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’ ckumikd weekly,
„Y S. A. ATKINSON,
lT three dollars per annum,
tTKlCTI.Y I.V ADVANCE.
JJicf, HnwI *'L, nverJ. H. Huggins.
K\TK< OF UlVERTlSINO.
...rtioM.iiu will br InrortaS utOne Dollar and
r A, ,-„m. i-r Square of 12 llaaa, for the fl rat, and
(Vni. for »ach anbaoanant Inicrtloo,
Miar'Uai*un<laronam*ofik. For a longer period
lijtral csatracta will bo made.
Business Directory.
O. CANDLER
A TTORNEY AJ LAjv.
SS. iuvr -
•ban *»4 VranUtn.
~ii *J»T« W. RWRS. '■ -
Attorney at laiv,
A- awl Notary PoMIr. «» ' p Vr‘tV P ”w
S,-4i:::;KoS.r i—i
C. W. SEIDELL,
SKELTON * SBUtflA fV* Ch
UtOBN EY S At htMV,
ilallartw.U, Hart County. Utorgla. _
^PITTMAN & HINTON,
A ttorneys at law,
J.ffrrvin, Jaclron county, Om.
Summey & Newton,
a»M«*AU «T„ ATIlfCK.o, CSA.
—:u:—
IRON, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, HOES,
NAILS, PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON OIN8,
And General Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale and Retail.
. SU.VMEY A xsirros
thons, Ga., April 14th. tf No. 6 Broad St.
ARTHUR EVANS,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
(late with childs & moss,)
TD ESPECTFULLY annonnees to
ill til. ritlaan. of Ath.na and rid ally that ha
ha. located at the Now Drue Store of Dr. Wm.
King, and la prepared to do all kinds of repaln on
Watch.., Clock., Jewelry, ate. All work promptly
don. and warranted. [Aug. II—3m.
¥M. WOOD,
|B * DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP
furniture.
FURNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
jL 1 hclatdrddaaid MUHkfehdd) life* latte rariaty
War.room, on Clayton 8t., nest to
S.lMl'KL P. THURMOND,. .
A TT 0 R N E V A T[LAW,
>,v.at Os Offir* on Broad atnaet, oyer
all clalai. «alni»U
I. 1. * I. r. ILK.VANOKB,
•TOiMALER8 IN HARDWARE,'
JL/ ha. Steel, NaiK Carriage Material, Mlnlh*
alpi.a.nt.,tVMlriiallrt., Atlanta.
~ M. VAN ESTES, v::; ,
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
Jl llemcr. Bank. County, Ga. ,
A T T oWHWR. LA"j?,
a.1 uratarillr. Franklin county, i Ua. Dfllaa
a,.rly occupied by J. F. Langiton, E*q. Ia‘
For the North East Ga. Railroad!
r IMIE undersigned has just returned
i from Sew York city, with
A Large and varied Stock
F A.HjIa «& WIN TER
J^il'eside Miscellany. Ion them, and in that silence Madge I retrospective glance at the Bonnie
n «aw things dearly at last. } Dundee must be given.
CONSISTING OF , .<i
. ; e
Dry Good» y \
Groceries,
Crockery,
tmumsmlpfl’
<: iHals,
r i Hill v r(!> ,fij< CopSf
BAGGING AND TIES
le op Kxcnange
T HAVE 300 acres of land In Clev
JL burnt Co., Ala., Which I will aell cheap, or ex
change for real estate in t lit* city.- There arc CO
acaaaclaarad.Mof It the bait bottom land do: Cana
creek, producing SO to 75 bushels of corn par acre,
and cotton la proportion. The remainder U in
tbh woods. The farm is SO miles Cram' the Selma,
Borne and Dalton Railroad, one and a quarter miles
fhxa Ckabonnvr site, Edwardarllle. • mile* fkum
the located depot of the Columbus and Chat
tanooga Railroad, and one mile from the route
Griffin and North
“MtVreM Mecheint* 1 atom house (not ..
longing to ihnpUoe),.which can be bought or
rantcdchaa,p and la a
Splendid Stand for a Country Store.
Titles indisputable. For further information ap
ply to, or address ,
Dr. J. W. MURRELL,
March 31-3m Athtui, Ga.
To Housekeepers.
£J"UST RECEIVED, a large assort-
Oi
WING MACHINES! 1
I'lttlVOINCKD THE BUST IN VSF..
13Y ALL WHO HAVE TRIED
L> tktia. Theta machine*, with all the
IMPHOVKMKNTS
AND
ATTACHMENTS.
«•» be had, at manufacturer'* priews, freight
odlad.attha
BANNER OFFICE.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
ON TIIK
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
|V Superintendent** iiiUw, 1
and Huron k ImrnntA Railroad, r
Augusta, (1 January 20,1871. J
AND AFTER SUNDAY.
January ad, U7I, the Faaaenger Trains will
rut a.follows;
lyrty PaMvngfr Train, Daily, Sunday
KxttyUd.
l.t.t Augusta at. 5 00 a.m.
baa.. Atlanta at —7 10 a.m.
Anl.rat Atlanta at - 8 30p.m.
sMreat Augusta at.. Jt 40 p. w.
Night Patrenger Train.
I^s«. Augustaat I go p. m.
baa.. Atlanta at 10 lap. m.
Arrlt.at Atlanta at C 40 a. tu.
Arti.ral Augu.taat 7 30 a.m.
llrnrlia Passenger Train.
l*s.c Autu.ta at 4 15p.ni.
Ua.rMtrtrliaab ...7 30 a. m.
Arrlt.at Augusta 9 tSa. 10.
Atrlt.at Dtrtrlla —6 00p.m.
ltoh Kay ami Night Faaaengar Train, will make
float ratncctiunt st Augusta and Atlanta with
I'a.wngcr Trains of connecting roads.
IVt.ngan fraai AUanta, Athens, Washing!
osdits:inns on Georgia Railroad, by taking the
lhsa Day 1’aassng.r Train will maka cloan connec-
timtivowak with the Macon Passenger Train,
uri ruck Mac a the same day at 7 40 p. w
raise. Slraping Canon all Night Trains.
Vhednleon Maeon A An^usta Railroad.
To idly. Effort Jan. 38, 1871.
JMtre-n .ItijiiWa and Maeon—Day Pas-
fitgcr Train Daily, Simday Excepted.
J*s.a Augusts at..... It 00noon.
Us.s Vacua at 00 a. m.
Arm. St Macon at 7 40 p. m.
Grit, at Augusu at „...l 45 p. m.
. TU day Pataangsr Train arriving at Maeon at
k tn ., makes close connect inns with Trains of
f «»«i!ng Hoad, at Maeon.
riswogtrs Inring Macon at 4 a. m., will m...
.**'naratloo,atCaraak with UpDsy Passenget
GJtafor Atlanta, Athena. Washington, .and all
UJ* 1 * ®*"Ha Railroad, and w! i ,• < ctA a, At-
" s. K. JOHNSON, Supi
as, Goodwin & Miller,
Factors, ■
•Millluli -\ *mu luia Uni
touunissloiiMcvcliaiits
9A VST., SAVANNA^, <?i
*] 8QUTHST.,BALTIMORE, MD.
°° x nt *
Iw8y OUrOl^FimiitHretfi
, WOOD’S,
MADKlaOODJSXJtW.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
4 •HATEtt|AL. :r" <
A LARGE LOT direct from the
, *-nseulactory. and will ha sold as low
■Mi>_inywh«r. in IhoStale, ftalghkedt
s» r ar'
which wa are offering at vary low prioes. - All
stoves eold by us
WARRANTED AN
. if- 1 EVERYT ARTICULAR.-q
> SUMMEY & NEWTON:
«757eNGLAND & CQ.; 3
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL : STOCK K
Selected with care by one of th. firm, in New
York, to which they invite the attention ef their
customers and the public. They have a good assort
ment of
STAPLE & FANCY Oitr GO 00 S
GKOPKKIKM, < ,
'PHOVIKIOAS,
IIAIIDHAKR.
PKU4KKKY,
IIAT'IS. PAPS,
BUtSTH,
SHORs,
And in short, everything in the way of
amily and Plantation Supplies,
They will pay the HIGHEST PRICE FOR
COTTON or other Produce, and
Will nitre poiloit at 33 t'rnla a Bale
per month.
We arodetonslned to deal fairly, sell low, and by
cIom attention to bualneae hope to please old curio-
men and make many new ones. eepU5tf
NEW FALL GOODS.”
RENTER & REAVES have now in
store and to arrive,
130 Knga "PofTrc,
IOO Barrels eager,
400 Nacka Malt,
IO Tone Iran Tira,
3,000 hard. Bagging.
Alto a largo and.well-salaclfd stock of
STAPLE GOODS.
which we offer low to the public (hr cash or pro
duce. We arc also agents for the celebrated
« 4RVKK COTTON (UN.
aug25-3m ,
SHARP & FLOYD,"
Snccessors to George Sharp, Jr.,
AND-
\ tlanta, Ga.
"^TE OFFER a large variety of
FINE WATCHES,
i CLOCKS, i / • m
jeWelrV. j
* SILVER wAllt,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,. l . (
And STAttJA^^ . 1
WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF {
-VM JAJ It
1
Which he oflkn to the country at large at as
^REASONABLE PRICES
1 1 ‘ as the same gbods can be bonght 1
IN ANY MARKET IN THE
SOUTHER'S STATES, I
Freight added. As I am determined to
Sell as l.ow as Anybody,
in tills or iky Other market. 1 Invite my old custo
mers aadkbe psbltcgenerally,to |
OlVE MS A OMA.l
AND EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES.
I shall continue to ,
Buy Cotton and Country Produce
At the Highest Market Price.
S. C. DOBBS.
seyt 15-tf ;• .> ‘j
JAY 0. GAILEY,
HEW FALL STOCK
l >2/ / —OF /Hi/
t o q -rr—AND
m-.j*
' CHIMNEYS AND
kerosene: ill
Call and examine his stock be lore purchasing,
sept 15-tf.
NORTH EAST
GEORGIA
So Like a Woman.
“ Do you love her, uncle ?”
“ I am too old to indulge in the lux*
ury of rhapsodies,” he said, with a
laugh, “ but Til tell you this, Theo:
I am very fond of the girl, and very
well satisfied that you’ll approve of my
choice.”
The speakers were Theodore Bligh
and his uncle, the elder Mr. Bligh.—*
The subject of the talk was a young
girl to whom the unde was engaged,
and to whom the nephew was a strang-
Madge Dundee, or Bonnie Dun
dee, as she was called. M
‘ Wall, uncles don’t generally sub
mit their choices in such matters to
their nephews’judgments,” Theo Bligh
said, recovering his normal expression
of benignant indifference as he spoke,
and then he added: “ I hope with all
my heart that you’ll be happy.”
“ You will meet her to-night at din
ner," Mr. Bligh said to Theo, “ She is
comjng with her brothers and some
friends of theirs to sep her future
home.” , i ( } / . , .
He did meet her that evening. /
“ I think Mr. Bligh has been rather
nervous about introducing me to you,”
Miss Dundee said, quickly making way
for Theo to take a seat on the sola by
her side, “ he’s more than half afraid
that you won’t like me, and if you
don’t it will make him very unhappy.'
So she spoke in a girlish, almost child
ish outspoken way, without seeming to
consider or to mark the effect of her
words.either on the man she addressed
or on the bystanders. “ I should have
known you as Tlieo anywhere I’d seen
you," she went on; you’ll be exactly
lilrn . Tll.nl. ...1..... ...SV
GRAND EXHIBITION!!
FOR THE
Farmers, Mechanics and Housewives of
North-East Georgia.
Open' 9 a. very Day l
T HE SEASON for Fain Is at band and being un
willing that Athrut thuuld be behind other
places of less Importance, I have determined to have
A Commercial Exposition,
At My Old Stand, No. 7, Broad St.
To make the display attractive, I have visited
a Northern markets, and brought out many
»av«tTt«at
Embracing a very handsome display In seasonable
DEY GOODS!
An unusual assortment of
colored a lit
tle, but a moment she forced herself
back into composure and resumed,
“ when you’re as old as he is, I was
going to say, but I remembered that
young men hate to be reminded of their
youth, and so I bungled and blunder
ed. Can you forgive me V”
Could he forgive her! Was the.
Bonnie Dundee subtle, or only sweetly
simple, that she asked him this, in that
winning voice of her’s ? And, by the
way, how did she, with her Scotch
name, come with that touch of accent
—that way of softly resting on the
vowels that is a specialty of Irish wo
men’s pronounciatiou of words that
they want to caress? As he asked
himself this, he looked at her more
observantly, and wondered also how
she had come by that face and that ex
pression.
In a remarkably short time the two
became the most devoted friends.
Bonnie Dundee was not a mere in-
AT THE ' *
NEW DRUG STORE.
4JiTfo^ KT Englth J TiJ e Bki&
U 11, ' r *« l kiixl£-4ast reerirod at
. '—-— bc Fuck’s bookbtor
fffetg*
burxfs.
mi
.yianuracluremani/ Fine Goods
larbarotisfoap, oLUfo pnfctn* U MU’aXI
OUUERn for goods or work promptly.
sp. AUgowhcngraved firaoof charge.
FAIRS!
to giro any' Information on ap-
Ho guarantee the
LARGEST ASSORTEMNT,
ANDTHEBEST WORK.
Call and sec us.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
fc>i
ltayB-lr
To recognize the love of one man in
the presence of another man who has
a right to feel jealous of her, is to be in
a position of the greatest danger and
delicacy and difficulty. Poor Madge
flinched for the find; moment when she
found herself in it, but the next instant
she recovered herself, and, with the
generosity of a woman, sought to put
them well with one another without re
gard to herself.
“ It wasselfiish of me tp say I wouldn’t
spare you, for it must be dull for yotf
here; but the fact is, Theo has spoilt
me, iusfiffi\Y brothers do, ahd I have
fallen^into tlieway ot ordering him
about as I do them, forgetting he isn’t
a brother." ' '< ‘
It was terribly trying work for them
all, weighted with the discoveries they
had recently made about each other.
It became insupportable to Mr. Bligh
after a short time, and so he sauntered
out into the garden, and Theo and
Madge were alone. ’ : ‘ *'
Her spirit* rose with her sense of
danger, as does that of all finely organ!
ized natures, and she turned to him
bright and brave at once, though he
had grown to be very dear to her, and
though she knew that he was suffering
horribly on her account. *' It seems
to me,” she said, “ that we’re all very
weak and wrong to let a shadow settle
over the last visit you’ll have with us,
until I am an old married woman, with
househeld cares on ray shoulders, that
will crush down my love of visits.” ; !
“ This will be my last visit with
you, Miss Dundee.” i : ,n
4 ‘ Theo !* she threw such a world of
reproachful tenderness into the tone in
which she uttered that one word, ' that
the man she addressed trembled visi
bly. His resolve, when spoken coldly
and harshly, shocked aud surprised her
out of the bright prudential tone she
had folly intended to adopt. Why had
Mr. Bligh gone away, leaving them
the prey of this mischievous opportu
nity 7 :
" Yes; for Heaven’s sake don’t speak
to me in that way, or you’ll drive me
mad!” and then he got up and went to
the window; and poor Madge saw that
his face had grown very pale, and that
an expression of hopelessness had set
tled upon it. She could not bear it
He had been so thoughtful for her al
ways—so gentle, aud devoted, and
sympathetic—that she felt as if she
must comfort him, let what might
come of it.
“ Theo,” she said again, with that
same pathetic cadence in her voice,
• ‘ you have been so kind to me always;
I can’t bear to see you so. Catft I
make you happier, Theo?”
He turned round quickly and caught
ylie bore his departure very bravely.
Remember how many other interests
were claiming her attention at the time,
and remember the ardent, impression
able, changeable nature of the girl.—
There was a good deal of the woman.
She had the faculty of feeling intense
ly for the time, and of getting over
tbinga. Is not that characteristic the
secret of many women keeping right
and many others going wrong ?
.. It brushed the bloom of the peach
roughly when he went away, .for that
veiled idolatry of his had . been very
jjleaSani to her; nevertheless she bore
it bravely, and ooade the best of that
which remained to her. “ l am so sort
ry, for I was so fond of him,” she said
to her lover, with that disarming frank
ness which women of her calibre know
so well how to ure. And Mr. Bligh,
hearing her, did not wonder that his
nephew had been scorched by the fiery
ordeal thfbhgh which he had been |bss-
sto'iltiliW'* *»iL‘ ,?‘vi,-
There was.this about it, too, .that it
was such clean-fire that even hao own
Bex could not despise and condemn and
prophesy^evil thingsconceroing Miss
Dundee's warmth. Just as she loved
^. £-\
tentedly through the present, whe n 1 Fifty of the Pcsbtigo-sufferer* were at
such a future loomed before him. i the Dunlap House, Marinette. Half
At last he was free—free to go home, of them were able to lie aUiut. Burn
and Vrin his bride, and obtain personal ed ears, faces, hands and feet were
common to nearly all. Many in rooms
could hardly stir in bed. They were
women with great bums on their sides
and limbs, with faces like kittles, and
hands like claws, burned to the bone.
Men could fight better and dare more
than women. Most of them perished
by suffocation. Littlu children are
sadly maimed in their feet and fares.
I saw one with a heel gone, and anoth
er with nn eye. Nearly all will recov
er without loss of sight or limb. ' I
could 1 fill a book with stories of the
■baspital. Most of thorn miffiT. more
from hurts bf tiiitid than body. I have
a sad memory of n w d w who
lost her crippled hoy* who went on
crutches, and n sprightly little girl who
fell'between tho burning logs. They
were all of her family. ‘ The screams
of both,’ slid said," 1, seemed forever
soun .ling in her eurs. There is'a fu
ture, and no doubt eompensntion for
all Ihdse suffering ones. <i » "i
: - “ Most of the cabins that are left are
satiable coquette. She was not
heartless fool, ready and willing to play! !*f r ^ an( ^ 88 8 * 10 was Ending near to
fast and loose for the stake of gaining
him.
For Man, Women and Children; and an unequalled
variety of useful articles for
For Home and Farm!
In fact* the Establishment, heretofore known a? the
*• PlanterVStore,”
Is to become the favorite headquarters for form sup
plies, if complete stock and lair daalins can make
l so.
An attractive feature of tbit Grand Exhibition,
rill be its display of
’ GLASSWARE, r
Lamps and Lamjj^i^up’e^
Far ahead of anything beret-
aUtutiog a 1
ofoteoffered, and cot-
leading
well worth tie attention o^Houhekeepera.
- Thera wHJ tlMfi h« m complete aa*ortment 4f
FAMILY GROCERIES!
of the beat grade*, and ape&al attention.
regular supply ef GOOD FLOUf. M.tAL,
to the
For the accommodation of bnlMet* a large supply o
to! f JKd4SMBtfiMatMP0* /!'»/
assy always ha found.
^Ai^oJl these attractive and useful gooda are to he
wwi
my old aualomera and tbs public are Invited to nail
and examine them. If they have anything to aell,
the Highest Market Price wlU ahraye be pffid Sor it.
J. H. HUGGINS,
aaptlf . Sign tf' 1 Pl*ntti»a atore.’ 1 Athena.
; jl
>1
TTISES, HAMMERS, Stock and
V Dias, Ac. F r sale hr __
mafohSI CHILDjbyHEWOM «1D0.
JJTLLABR^it the old es-
BARBER-SHOP,
no Bread street, over tho store of Maura. J.Xt
L. C. Matthews, have tho boat and moat attentive
wwriwwec aad all the modern appliance* for MiAV-
ING, SlUMfOOlSG, HAHt.»Rt»*IMl, etc. La-
dies and children walled on at their tealdences,
whan desired. Pott mortem eaaas wUl receive
prompt aad carelhl attention. Jsly 23.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
' a LARGE and well selected assort-
W pfeE5s^jbc?KER80N& CO.
TIRbN, STEEL,' HARDWARE
X Nails, Hoes, Axes, Chains and Rubber Baltin
for sal by SUMMEY * NEWTON.
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEORGIA. ' °
A CLASS FOB PAINTING IN
<Y WATER COLOBS has boon organised. It
la dealpnd to aflbrd fulllnatracttee in this haantl-
ful art and will ho conducted by a thorough
master. Young ladles not tn daily attendance at
the Home 8dboQl, are Invited to Join and to make
application to the Principal. Theboura of practice
taka place on the afternoon of Mondays and'Tb ore-
days, from close of the Home School at 4 p. m.
an til balfopestS; so that five full boars par sresk
are given to ins traction.
Prindpul Home School tor YoongLadiao.
Scpt29. A r | ;|
Wagon Yard In Atkoiis.
nxHESUBSCRIBER HAS
JL a sale, comfortable aad
Yard on River street, neat
where Corn. Fodder, and aii
SSsSESSSSaire
change forcooda. WILEY HOOD.
a little notoriety; but she was that
even more dangerous thing, a woman
afflicted with such a passion for pleas
ing that it became a fine art in her
hands, and when she was following it
she could not stay to count the cost of
failings or successes. It |was a new
sensation to her to have the right to
such attentions, and admiration and
love as Theo offered at a respectful dis
tance, on the score of being his uncle’s
nephew. It was a new sensation to
her, and she enjoyed it to the full; rev
eling in it as one does in sunbeams
after a long frost, or in dainty viands
after a long fast. The idea of its be
ing wrong or reprehensible in any way
to gather these roses of love and yoiftb
and pleasure, that were blooming in
her J>ath, never entered her mind.—
She was not false or fickle in reality,
she was only intensely fond of the ex»
citement of being pnt upon a pedestal,
and bring only worshipped in the sight
of all men.
There came a day when it was re
vealed to her suddenly, so juddenfy
that it made her ditty, and then she
behaved—like a woman.
One morning, uncle, nephew, and
Miss Dundee met.
Theo has been talking this morn
ing of leaving us soon; before he goes,
dear, we most know what day he is to
come baric and hail yon as an aunt.
It cost Mr. Bligh more than a slight
effort t* make this speech with appar
ent ease, for daring the last few days
he had not been blind of sight Bui
he succeeded in doing so, and only h<
himself suspected the pain his own
words gave him
“Going! Theo going!” exclaimed
Mi-s Dundee, lasping from fun into
surprised solemnity in a moment, and
laying her whip with a frank caressing
gesture on Theo’s arm as she spoke—
“Oh, don’t think of going, Theo;
caift spare you—we can’t spare him',
can we?"
The men’s eyes met for a moment as
Madge spoke, and in that moment each
read that the other knew all about it
“ % knows I love her," poor Theo
moaned in his heart, and “ he sees I
know it,’’ Mr. Bligh thought, with not
one whit less pain. And a silence fell
“ Madge, do you love my uncle ?”
Half frightened, she drew back from
him, and, “ I am engaged to him,” she
stammered.
“ Yes, but you have made me love
you; you knew your chance, and you
have used it If you love him, let me
go without another of those appeals
that yon know how to make so mad
dening, if not—Madge, Madge ?”
He had taken her hands again, aud
was looking down into her face with a
gleam of intense pleading affection that
for a moment he was the world to her.
If I had known you first," she sob
bed, “ but I didn’t you see, and we
Dundees never break our word. And
—oh! yon had better go after all, but
it was very hard to Jo it Had. she
not spoken his name with all her heart
in her voice only a minute ago, leading
him on by the tone she used to tell his
secret to her in thefiope that she'ivbnld
be
from them all? And now she was
telling him that if she had known him
first she would have loved him best,
and that die could not for her naufeV
sake break her word to his unde!
It was a ghastly state of affairs, and
as Boon as he'conld, Theo Bligh
made an end of going away. The
two men had nq verbal explanation on
leave-taking, but they parted as' com
rades who had been wounded -in the
same fight might' put. 'Aud then
Theo found that,Riohgh existence was
not embittered to him, the savor bad
gone from the old pleasures* ?
It was decidedly 'hot worth while’
tw, he felt, tb try and do anything
lijd or defipite, for be could never'
find a woman to share his glory ’ or
smile Upon hl»' success, who Could put
Bonnie Dundee out of his mind; after
her other women did and would always
appear to be wanting in something.—
She had the trick of making others ap
pear tame and pale, aud, uisqificient,
and—well, the man who has bchn shone
upon by a star, never feels that there
is much warmth in a taper.
, He banished himself so effectually
that he heard no tidings from the
Chase for six months, and then he ven
tured to send his address to his banker,
and to have letters forwarded to him;
but before these letters are read,
Cgbti Vfcnd'dancing, and flowers, and
sweet sounds, so did she love to be
loved I and though it nutde her danger
ous, it never made, her despicable,—
And someliow men understood this,
and so. fostered her other foibles, be
cause of.their gladness that, she was free
from grenter ones. .
It was only about a week before the
dny.fixecl for thrir marriage, feat Mr.
Bligh ventured to speak decisively to
herj Yri7t : fssrnestly and, gently he
spoke; beseeched her to open aU her
heart to him, and to tell him if any
other image bad evCr displaced him.
And : Ma<j£e listened to him thonght-
fullv, and analyzed her, own emotions;
and finally answered him.
“ If he had come first, I should have
loved Theo desperately; as it was I
didn’t dare let myself. You’re not
afraid, are you V' • * i '*
“ Oaly for your happiness, my poor
child,” he said, ‘f oot for my own
honor.”
T like you so much, you know,” she
said energetically—'’it does seem so
hard that one can’t express all one’s
little gradation of feelings in words—I
like you so much—but it’s dark to me
now without him,” she added, with a
sudden passion that carried her. out of
herself; and convinced him that she
could never be his wife.
He fa the younger man—and
you are right.” He tried to say it
calmly, but it was on awfi 1 blow ; and
again, as the strength of his manhood
was shaken, Madge wavered, and strove
to comfort him:
Let things go on and I shall for
get him, or grow indifferent to him;
know myself—I shall live it down.”
You need not, poor child, for he
loves you, too.”
Yes, I know that,” she answered
with the reckless openness that made
her what she was.
After that, such of the world as
knew the Blighs and the Dundees had
bad a fresh and delightful source of
wonderment for a time. The marri
ng? between the owner of the Chase
and Madge was broken off, and still
they were friendly; -and still neither
would listen to one word against or
comment on the conduct of the other.
Time would tell, people said sapient-
ly, reserving thrir belief ns to what
time would tell to themselves.
, months passed, and then Theo
Bligh received those letters of which
mention ha^ $een made. One was
from Madge, and contained these
words t,pi
“ Yob ancle has proaiised to explain
everything. I need only Bay I shall
absolution from his unde for those sins
which love had made him commit—
Fate favored him now. The steamer
was a fast one, and in a fortnight he
was down at the Chase, grasping his
uncle’s hand.
“ And now you know what niy next
move will be," he said, when the greet
ings were overi subduing bis own glad
ness as muchas he could, out of respect
for the sorrow by which hfa unde' had
bought it. “What fa the matter?” ho
added in alerm, seeing a change in the
kind- cordial face that was hout on
him. .stMffl.’? c» tr«at.." r .t; -*»
“ You know I have come to ask her
to be nq^’ wife."]
I - “I have borne an awful grief anti
disappointment. I’d bear it again rath
er thah have to tell this to you, my
hoy.' ’ ‘You have stayed too long.” "
“Good heaven !-fa she dead?"
“ Not'dead, but as lostto\vou>dsif
she were; and'you mlist’gij back* and
she must nevet* have come, or she will
be tree to hereelf, pitiful and over-kind,
and—dike a woman generally* shall I
say ? She fa married; ypu have stay
ed long.” , ... j .. Jtl);7 i, t ..
It <Jid not kill him, and, it .did not
send him to the bad, a cqnvepie^Llb-
cality to which fiction writers frequen
tly consiga their jilted heroes. But it
dulled his life, and robbed him of hfa
belief in ttic goodness 1 and fidelity of
■L(noli >!<.'/ti!i:h!
woman. •
Notwithstanding which he ' fbrgave
’frerv ‘ iifrd was friendly driih her in the
after-years;'and though her fickleness
had earned hfa contempt, he never paid
the debt. ■ And so poetical justice was
not awarded to' the “flagrant flirt”
Bonnie-Dundee, who would ha Ve been
better woman if she hod not been so
thorough a one.
The Wisconsin Fires.
A SUMMING UP OF THE LOPS OF' LIFE
V: i AND PROPERTY.'. • .. j
alya^s be your faithful friend, Madge
The other was from hfa ancle, and
contained a free forgiveness, (this was
only imp|ied, hotcriirsely'vblanteered,)
and a full account. “ Come back and
win what I have lost, and as I love
yburaav my son, so will {Jove her as
my daughter.”1 That was ■ something
likb an invitation from 1 a defeated to
successful*lover! ‘ ’ • ’
&nc$ aiDre fate was against .things
righting; themselves in : the dear and
good way that-was. so. open. Theo
had by'thfe time taken a situation-in
mercantile hbuse ln New York—a sit
uation bf trust,' which he could not
A correspondent of the Milwaukee
Wisconsin, who has traveled through
the burnt regions in Wfaconsip, thus
sums up the loss of life and property
in the country through which he pass
ed.
‘ After making a deduction for ex
aggerations, I had supposed that five
hundred would cover the number of
dead on the west side of the bay. I
now learn from reliable sources that
the actual number of interments up to
Monday night counted up five hun
dred and four. Add another hundred
for remains of ashes and charred bones
at Peshtigo, and. I think we have not
far from the true number on the west
side. Add one hundred and fifty for
the east side—making seven hundred
and fifty in all—and the death roll is
nearly complete.
It fa impossible to figure the ag
gregate losses of pine timber and farm
property with any degree of closeness.
It fa the interest of mill men to under
rate die amount of fallen pine that
must be assured this winter to save it.
A medium estimate of damage in pine
lands in the Green Bay region fa 8400,-
000. The damage on the Wolf fa fig
ured at $300,000. There ' fa abund
ance of hard wood left iu places; the
damage to individuals may atbonnt to
$300,000. The loss of the fifteen saw
mills burned fa put at 8225,000. The
loss of cord-wooJ, ties, hemlock, bark,
&C.i is set at $200,00Q, The losses of
fences, buildings, wagons cattle, crops,
among the six hundred farmers, can
not be less than $600,000—making a
total-aggregate of more than $3,000,-
000, aride from those qt Peshtigo.
“ The country through from Brown
county north, to BigStuigeon Bay,, for
four hundred square | miles, is-utterly
devastated;' At least four hundred
forma in tbfa, tornado section alone are
left desoktteH-strippedof every,imprev-
ment. Fences,barns,-dwellings, im
plements, furniture, wagons, harness,
au<kdrop*,,a)i went up in a 1 whirlwind
of fire.’- li will take, thirty years, in
that oofc]» hard soil for thrir timber to
grow again. In the aggregate, their
losses must foot up Jto one thousand
doUara,a.,faip4ly rt Farms here luyve
saved half of thrir teams, that were let
loose in the woods, and a third of their,
stock. But they have nn hay, straw,
or feed qf any sort—not eyep the poor
chance of broefse, in the woods, Near
ly.all, iwith large families, have lost
crowd with two and thro»iu.nilies
I saw one with four men, five women,’ <"
and sixteen children—two of them in
fante. They had just, received an out- n
fit of clothing—warm stockings; knit
hoods; thin shawls, thin gaiters,' and-,
light colored dresses for tho womeu
aud girls'; odd-fashioned hate,! burned -
boots, thin jackets, Uud summer coats
and pants for the men and boy*,rr
There were some occasions for laughter,
but none of ridicule; all were glad and
surprised at getting what they did.— »
I saw no immediate want of protw- •>
ions. Flour^ jsirk and hard bread urn
distributed tb all, jnickag&t of tea aud
coffee to most:* iThere ate nearly po*
tatoes enough in the country; if distrib
uted. Thrir stuck that falofthaatfaen q!
driven off to niendows and fields not •«
burned ' over. One large-hearted old
farmer was keeping eighty odd cattle y
belonging to his unfortunate neighbors.
Without stopping to consider the
ways of Providence, or tiie uses of
philosophy, these simple-minded.-peo- |
pie seem to have understood the art of
helping one another. -t!t
Mrs. Hosca Jones’ Lecture.
The Norwich Advertiser says that
Mr. Hosca Jones having gone to Chic
ago and got home again in a rather
.worn-out condition, Mrs. Hosca Jones
lectures him nocturnally as follows:
“Yes, you went, didn’t ye; went
unbeknown tous, didn’t ye; sneaked
off with yonr baggage in a (till box ?
It’s n mighty wonder you wan’t struck
down in your dreadful awfulness.—
Didn’t you feel our hand on your sliou*-
der like the clutch ofa' skeptic? But
you will get your comeuppencc before
you get through. They swashed you
out, didn’t they ? ha, 1m, ha! If yer
had a hair on yer old pate, it would
have singed it oft’. But yer so mean
that hair wont grow on ye anyhow.
Your soil fa too poor to raise pusley.”
“ Mrs. Jones,” broke in Hosea.
“ Don’t yer speak, yer Iteast. If yer
speak I’ll smother yer with the baby.
Pretty hot was it, hey ? It will Iks
better by and by for sich os you as runs
away from thrir wives. Trying to get
up a sympathy because you lost yer
baggage. I’ll tell the public what it
was. One reversablc shirt, four pu|ier
collars, one tooth-brush tukeu on trial.
Flames chased ye, did they? They
were avenging my wrongs? Went
hungry, did ye? Good—wished it hnd
trimmed V- to a skeleton. Went thirs
ty, hey ? Better still. You suffered
more from thirst than hunger. I’ll war
rant. (‘You are right.in your head,
old girl,’ Hnscii whispered to himself)
Got your blamed old eyes full of dirt,
didye? That’s what you got for
throwing the dirt into mine. lake tn
have got kicked over by a mule, didn't
ye? Needn’t been afeard. Mules
never hurt one another, you”—
At. this’point Keno’s voice was itcanl.
Fifteen Urrat Mistakes.
....... .... ,. . , .theirlast«owqndpig. t In g ride, of
hastily quit, or place another man in six miles, on nearly a straight line, I
rashly. Great interest were involved
in it, which be could.not endange£ .by
hfa absence, for a year at least. Bat
life was bright to him again, and he
bore the delay bravely, having illimi
table faith in the girl he Ihved, and in
himaelfl Hod she not gallantly won
this faith, by avowing her love for him,
and losing the richer man and the bet
ter position by the avowal ? Had she
not, of her own free will, written to
him those few sweet words of promise ?
Small wonder that he could live con
saw but three hens qnd a fanning mil)
—the only farm implement left in tho
town. In the Brigian settlement,.on
Red river, sixtytwo families were bur
ned out iu a row! Not a house, not a
shed, not a cqop—not one fence rai!
left upon another. The families had
fled, almost naked and breathless, to
the few cabinB on the outskirts that
were saved.
“ There are 300 or more wounded
sufferers remaining ip hotels, boarding
houses, and hospitals about ihc Bav.
ltis a great m’stake to set up our
own standard of tho right and wrong
and judge people accordingly. It i*
a great mistake to measure the enjoy
ment of others by our own; to expect
uqformity of opinion in this world; to
look for judgment and experience . in
youth; to endeavor to mould all dfa-
positions alike; not to yield ip imma- ‘
terfal things; to look for perfection in our
own actiotis ;‘to wony ourselves and
others with what cannot be remedied ;
not to alleviate all that needs, allevia
tion, fir as lies in our power; not
to make allowance for the infirmities
of others; to consider everything im
possible which we cannot perforin ; to
believe only what our finite minds can
grasp; to expect to be able ti> under
stand everything. The greatest of nil
mistakes is to live only for time, when
any moment may launch us into eterni
ty- ...
Astor owns nine hundred Inildiugs
and insures hiqptolf.