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ATHENS, GA. DECEMBER 22, 1871
\ Sure Cure for Bara*.
While* tliB scientific nieti tit'
Miscellaneous,
I followed her words dreamily, won
dering whether it could really be sev
en years since Lettice and I stood talk
ing, to each other last,, while I felt how
impossible it, was that the little one
whom we had all combined to pet and
spoil could be at all v?hat Lot;tice was
Miscellaneous.
preside. Miscellany
mmil EAST GEORGIA
The Hamilton Brothers.
Successors to Georg® Sharp, !*■•>
Jewells**
AND
.-\ tlanta, Oa.
^yE OFFEI^ a huge variety of
; fine watches,
: CLOCKS,
, JEWELRY; ; „ lf ,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
‘ / - v v, v G0 °P$>
hurablo: plant growing in nearly, every ,
part of our land, on our low lands, or
marshy grounds, whoso; virtue* need.
only to be tested-to be found, a#affica-.
cious in saviug suffering and death, ms
where she would be," Lettice went on, j that -wonderful plant. , While there .are.
a little nervously, I fancied;in my si- ] fc, u t/cio who are suffering from cancer,,
lence. • “ you remember the low old j.there isni* a family-in our land but
seat under the lilacs, Mat ? Amy isjts felt the nehkofon efficacious
fond of sitting there as—I used to be remedy for the suffering produced by
whenl was j^r age. You used to say, evcn at slight hern; and it is a fact
GRAND EXHIBITION!!
t . FOR TH»
Farmers, Mechanics anl Housewives of
North-East Georgia. . >
Op e n VMesty Oajg l
rgqll'F. SE ASON tbr Fall*
We sat and talked in
the firelight,
ray brother Frank and I,.just ns we
had. sat and talked a hundred times be
fore inthe busy, backward years which
we two brothers had spent together.
, Suddenly looking up, Frank met my
ey-s fixed upon his moody face, and
running his fingers lazily through his
. _ iti it hanAnd betnfnn-
JS. willing that Athens ahoulJ La behind other
plse^pSTlem Uaportanov,! lutTe deteratiiMd io hmre
Hi3 Iettere to you are filled with his
own prosperity!
tl,e Pcuprec
flaini^ Jaral--#botei> to
PER A^NUMlFThVAN(ir
ji« JwfaFV*
r, g \ AT KIN SON,
”L E DOU..VBS l*ER ANNULS
iTTgt slcnrts^scM.
*w£.
r 0' V*V* ’’rvi,, 1 - f.,r each. auhMft*®ld
AND STATUARY.i
WE HAVE \ FULL COUPS OF
J\_ Aft***, Oeotp*
■IMlaf- _____
LAW.
A ,taU * ,Uber '
'Ei r ».a
xtsT.vwB'Prt. vW
— 7 ... aKintxL. and are prep red to Rive nnv Information on ap-
c. w. i pUcitilJll . \v„ guarantee the
An unusual assortment of
II <> me
For Men, Women ami Children ; and an unequalled
variety ©i' useful articles for
Will give s|*ecial attention
,a Btatrantcy. Al». to the collection of
-fj to hi* care.
SKKLTOV &
at TO R S E V s A r L A W ,
4 !,.rt«ll. 1 fort ,^nty, <icor»U.
l*ITT.tfAN A HINTON,
; t TTOUNEYS AT LAW,
I Jefferson, Jackson county, <■».
I —Svai EI. P. THL KMOM*,
t XT 0 H N E Y A T L A W\
.' \_ A!her
Barry .t Son’s Store.
„,w.iaB»nkr,-"*
,11 rlaim tntrusti
j~7 * j. r. AI.BXASHKB.
taFALEUS in HARDWARE,
1 / IMS Steel. Nails Curing" Materiel, Mining
mpl»««aU.,.tc., Whitehall it., AlUaU.
M.VAN ESTES,
\ T T 0 U N E Y A T L A At
Homer, Bank* CountT, Oa.
J. II. * t I.V.SKKY.
\ ttornev a r LAW,
CirueMllle, Franklin couniv, (,n. Offlee
occupied by J. K. Langston, 1-sq.
fiUOVEUkU.VKF.ls
SEW1XU MACHINES! !
rsnvoiMi.n tiie hint in ese,
my all WHO HAVE TRIED
1 ) ih,m. These machines, will. all <he
lMl’KOYKMEXTS
AND
attachments.
on* b* hwl. »t manufacturer's prices, freight
j BANNER OFFICF..
.\OTIfE OF CH.lMiE OF SCHEDULE
<; eoiigTa railroad.
suiieriiitrnilriit'ft Dfllrc, 'l
lirorcia ami Nama A tmru^ta Uailnu-J. /
Au^ustj, (» .laninrv 20,1571. 1
M N AND AFTER SUNDAY,
V J January ad, IS71, th« Pnsscajer Trains will
run a® follow*:
I),VI Pwenjer Train, Daily, Sunday
Exrepttd.
Uavc Augusta at - ® 00a.m.
Uavr Atlanta :tl —^ w *
An it.-at Atlanta at '* :t0j». in.
Arriirat Augusta at 5 10 p. i.u
Night JtsMuyer 'Lain.
I.cavf Augnataat 8 30 p. m.
Uavt AUauiaat 10 Up. m.
Arn«« at Atlanta at — 0 >*»•
Arrive at Augusta at J ^ a* m*
Ikrzrlia Passenger Train.
!.\»ve Aii«u*tnat * 1*»P- m.
Uitc Herxtliant 7 30 a.m. I
Arrivrat Auavsva 0 23 a. in. |
Arrive at IL r/t lU 6
Uoth l».»v uni P.ia<-*ngur rnmt will iu ike
cl«M cs*numl«vr.a at Aumi'ta and Atlanta wit •
himwaRfr Train* of connecting r ad •.
PaMsaefr* from Atla H i. Athens. Washington,
asdtlation* on 'vrorjria Uiilroad, by takiiiji; ti e
Own Diy l*.tss«njnvr Train will tuake lose ■ onuc;--
tianstCaniak wi h the M con P.ies^n^or Train,
and rrarh Mac n the name div at 7 tOp. m
I'alat'e r*l«vpinj: (!ar»on all Si>;ht Trains.
Sfhrtinicon M.tcon .V Augusta Hailroad.
To take Krfeel Jan. 1871.
Ikturen Anyu*f't nud Macon-—Day
vnjtr Train Daily, Sunday Emcptcfl.
UwrAnjsusta a* 12 00noon.
Dwe M u-Hi at ft 0J». ni.
Amir at Macon :il 7 40 p. m.
Vrnte at A igu*t.\ at 1 45 •• n».
. TSe Jay Pavsenjtcr Tr.iln arriving at Mac»n at
W p. iu , mtkrs, rlos » co luectlona with Trains o(
« «nrc' In* Roads a l M aeon.
“iHcajers Icarmu Mvsin at ft a. m., will make
«}■*• connection* at Camak with Un Duy rassetiger
Trainf *r AtUnta. Athens, Wasli.n 'ton. .ami all
H' U >0 Ccor -i* u.u'rond, and ^ 1 a At-
Unu with
S. K. JOHNSON. SupL
^ndyour Old Furniture to
WOOD’S
KEPA.IR SHOP.
•rst !o tv. Episcopal Church,and have it
IB » hade good .ts sew.
“ It seems to me merely written to
see if we could send him out an assist
ant,” I answered, speaking lightly.
“ Of course you do not know of any
„ , . T-r- m ‘ assistants to send out to Bent,” Frank
,.r«cr..c, «,.«ip or H 6me {mil fann 3 j •• n, poorest ,o» Dg
j in fact, the E»ta;.iiihment l heretof, re known **the ^ of your acquaintance are ourselves the
k> PIiUltl‘l* , w j Hamilton Brothers, and thank Heav-
hMdqoartgrwM-f^rm rap- i en we have not fallen so low as to ex-
plici, if complete stock and fair dealing can make i *
it *o. j ile ourselves voluntarily as druggists to
An tttnrtivc feature of this Grand Exhibition,
will be lie display „f
in our own shop, and arc prepare! to FILL ANY
Oitsii.i for good* or work promptly.
na_ All g h>,1»engraved tree of charge.
\\ e make a •pecialty or
“ l -lo
PRFB1UMS FOR
LA RUEST AS.SORTEM NT,
THE FINEST GOODS.
TIIE LOWEST FlUCKS,
ANDTUEBEST WORK.
Call and sec us.
SH ARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 23-1 y
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RENOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
Selected with care by one of tht» firm, In New
York, to which they invite the attention of their
customer* aud the public. They have a good assort
ment of ’
STAPLE&FANGVDiYSOGDo
GliUlfKUies,
t»IC»Vt*>IO*M,
(IAICI>\Y A It I?.
« KO«'KBKY,
IIATM. t'APM,
BUtlTX,
MIIOR*.
And in short, ererything in the way of
Family and Plantation Supplies,
They will pay the HIGHEST PRICE FOR
COTTON or other FroducO,»nd
W ill “lore «'oilon »t 25 t'cnl* n BnTc
per month.
We are determined todenl fiirly. lelllow, xndby
cb>.e attention to busimo* hope to please old custo
mers and make many new ones. acptiotf
JAY 0. GAILEY,
[ NVITES ATTENTION TO HIS
mW FALL STOCK
GLASSW A liEi
Lamps and LampFixtures,
Far ahead of anything heretofore offered, and con
stituting a leading
jfywell worth the attention of Housekeepers.
There will always be a complete assortment of
t
GROCERIES
of the best grades and special attention paid to the
regular supply of GOOD FLOUli, MEAL, and
PROVISIONS GENERALLY.
For the accommodation of builders a large supply o
may always be found.
As all these attractive and useful goods are to be
sold at -.-«i
my old customer* and the public are invited to call •
and examine them. If they have unyiliiug to sell,
the llUhcrvt Market Price will always be |*aid for it.
J. H. HUGGINS,
, nt 15 Sirn of “ Planter’s Store.” Athcn*.
OK
Oil
LONGS it BILLUPS,
B tOAD .sr„ ATIIEXS, <jeo.,
DEALERS IN
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
DYE-STUFFS,
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS,
PUTTY,
ST \TIOJNERY ;
CHIMNEYS AND
PURE KEROSENE
C i’l and examine hi"
fcO;»l 13-tl'.
stock belore purebusin?.
[I6D 7
FoiMoitatGa, Railroad!
' piIE undersigned has jujt returned
_x. from New York city, with
A Largo and varied Stock
flwir/*ge, Buggy & Wagon
matrhim,.
A LARGE LOT direct from the
mxuuuctory, and will he *,11 as low a* can
"gwagmiw&r.
Good Blacking Brushes,
AT $1 o0 PER DOZEN.
AT THE
I - - __ XEW DR [JO STORE.
1 i,v ^‘ ho,)l Hooks.
100 £2 Z - Ele,ne ntary Siselling
h tte *' - w *h*lfr'l Dl< lionary.
» „ ffb^rd » Arithmetic*.
» .. 1, Sniders.
Vi .. aejeold’* Header*.
W .. 5 0 »nell’i Coaiposltlon.
V« * Ge*«raphy,dc., Ac..
*' ,,| rodu«ii,.n prlr:., at
BURKE’S.
*** FALL GOODS.
L & REAVES have now
. -rrite,
‘A0 |, #
“>0 Ha,
IV A LL & WINTER
I
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Crockery,
Shoes,
Hals,
Caps,
BAGGING AND TIES
HEMLOCK LElTHEU,
mu, esc., S/t.
Which he offer* to the country at large at a*
REASONABLE PRICES
at the tame good* can be bought
IN ANY MAR Kin IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES,
Freight added. Ai I am determined to
Sell as l.ow as Anybody,
In thla or any other market, I incite my old cuato-
mera and tha public generally, to
(VIV£ Ml A ©All 2
AND EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES.
I ahall continue to
Buy Coftonand Country Produce
At the Highest Market Price
S. C. DOBBS.
eeyt 15-tf
PFIPI WHY. l.fQlOliS BIITKKS,
\ ND EVERY UHING usually
usually kept in a First Class Drugstore.
Particular atcul on ha* been pard n the selection
of aur stock, to the purity and reliability of out
'.Kiiis, and families and physic aiusare assured that
I orders Will he BUod with promptness and fidelity.
! our
j STOCK OF FANCY GOODS
I I* Urge and attractive, embracing a great variety
FEiiFUMEliY,
TOILET ARTICLES,
BRUSHES,
COMBS, &C.
1! elm bold’• and Ayer** PrejaniUous, Hurley’*
Warm Candy and aa sa|*arilia, Drake •
I’l.iut.itiou ilitters, ttomaiu’* Crimean
Bitters, lloatiuud’iiiwruian Bittar*,
and many other popular preparations tdwayson
baud.
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
of the most appmved varieties on hand and for
sale iu any quantity desired. Also Grass Seed.
ST. LOUIS LEAD,
Warranted strictly pure—the best in the maiket
Bent. I would not change quarters
with him for any consideration, but I
fear I envy his success. You must
own, Max, that it is hard fighting here.”
“So it is anywhere, in any profes
sion, just at first,” I answered quietly.
“ There is but one thing Yve can do.—
However small our income, Yve can live
it down and work hard to increase it.
That, I take it, is the secret of success,
Frank. We canvassed our prospects,
* j and then Frank told me how anxious
he was to succeed, that he might win
Lettice for his wife. It was Lettice’s
birthday and we were going to pay our
respects to her on this eventful occa
sion. Frank told me how great a trial
it was to him, waiting and struggling
for success that he might marry, and I
asked:
“ Frank, do you feel that the wait
ing is a trial, too, for—-her ?”
“ I know wliat you mean,” he an
swered, slightly pausing. “Yes, Max,
I think so.”
“ Do you know it?” I questioned, in
a low voice, whose sadness touched iny
own heart. And he answered, with no
pause at all:
“ Yes, Max, I know it.”
Wc had just finished dressing, when
I startled Frank by saying very quietly.
“ I have made up my mind to go
out to Bent.”
“ To—what ?”
“ Simply what I said—to go out to
Bent. I want a change, and a change
holding out some prospect of success.
you. What will it seem, I wonder,
when you are gone ?”
“It depends upon who shall live
here then, my dear fellow," I answered,
“ No house where you and Lettice live
could be dreary in any way.”
I could see the scarlet rush into his
face before he lighted the gas. Then
he turned to me with joyous eyes, and
leaning on the chimney-piece, asked
me laughingly when I would come
back and prove that for myself.
“ I will come,” I said, quite cheer
fully, “in—let me see—in twenty
years, perhaps.”
“ O nonsense, Max;" he cried, in his
quick earnestness laying one hand upon
my arm ; “ you will come for my wed
ding.”
“ For your wedding ? I echoed, as if
the words spoken so simply had be
wildered me. “Frank, does she really
love you T
“ Why, Max, old fellow, I never
saw you so nervous before. Are you
afraid that I am deceiving myself-
tbat she is dec&ving me ?”
“ No—never Afraid of that. You
know she loves you, Frank T"
“ Yes, Max, I know it.”
“Then I will come—unless you
marry within ten years’ time.”
Frank’s whistle of astonishment
broke into a hearty laugh. “ A nice
little waiting time you allow us, Max
Wc shall certainly have leisure to think
it well over.”
“ If you don’t marry until then,”
went ou, laughing, too, “ I will come.
If you do, you must hav
brother represented, and
you for a holiday in ten years’ time.
“ Ten years!” mused Frank; “what
a weary time to look ou to, unless one
is anticipating a happy future."
Day after day, until the last hour
came, had I shrunk from bidding fare
well to Lettice. Then I just went to
her, as I had gone many a time befor^
standing chatting idly in the pretty
Why should I not seize this opportuni- room where we had often been so gay
llorsf. Hof. »"d faille Prwdrn.
Invaluable for all dl*ea»es of »took.
nova&scnoQX*
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
V CLASS FOR PAINTING IN
WATER COLORS 1»» been orjaniaed. It
1* designe l to afford foil instruction in this beauti
ful art and "will lie conlucteJ by a thorough
master. Y’oung lodies not In daily attendance at
the Home School, are invited to join and to make
a [Milica tlon to the Princ' pal. The hours of practice
tike place on the afternoon of Mondays an<rThurs
day*. from cliwe^r the Home School at» p. in.
until half-posiSj ao that five fttU hour* per week
ate given tuiaitreetlOB.
For for«her i l,uto™aUon 1 .p^ytO ijowsKii
Principal Home School for Young Ladies.
8 ml!.
M* t oiler,
■Youa r ' ,r “" ’
AI,,, ; ' Rung.os.
•" * •a i.e.-ll.wleeied stock of
;~ -: A i‘.L- K <*OOD3.
" * ir - *!? }J* public for cash or pro-
f, UtV cu’ !“ ,ur ,u » coiefirated
U UfTOn CilX.
“ But—you take me so fearfully by
surprise,” stammered Frank. “Why,
you are a far cleverer surgeon than
Bent; you go and_bc his servant.”
We stood under the bare old lime-
tree, which in summer shaded the
doorwav', and my hand was on the bell
when Frank stayed it and spoke a few
words in unusual earnestness.
“ Tell me one thing, Max, before we
go in. You do not decide to leave
here for my sake—because I have so
often complained that our practice is
not sufficient for two ; and because you
know I want to marry, and cannot do
so as we are ? You Yvould not leave
your home and your friends, and me,
and go out to drudgery for that reason
Max ? I shall not be comfortable un
less you tell me that you do it for your
own sake.”
Knowing that my going would spare
together.
“ If Frank is to drive here for you
iu time to catch the express, you allow
us a very short time indeed,” said Mr.
Oldfield.
“ And yet it is a long good-bye, 1
added Lettice, jestingly; “ you are not
coming home for a long time, are you,
Max?”
“ Frank and I have made an impor
tant arrangement about that,” I an
swered, trying to jest, too, because I
fancied she would uuderstand what he
had asked me to do. “ I am going to
stay ten years unless he wauts me."
“ If he does not Yvant you, you pre
fer staying out there V
“ Yes. What prospect is there of
any one else wanting me t"
“ I suppose none,” she answered
quietly, “ as you say so ; but we shall
be glad to see you when you return.—
Not that you will care for that either,
Very softly, while hur clear, sweet
eyes- looked bravely into mine, she
whispered-the little verse, which has
been ever with me since, and has help
ed me often, as her voice could help
me in those far off days.
There is a cross in every lot,
Add an earnest need of prayer;
But a lowly heart that leans on God,
Is happy everywhere. ‘
From the gate I ^ looked back wist
fully to where she still stood under the
Winter branches, and-she smiled one
bright, quick smile and ran in;
Then I sat down beside Frank, and
Amy sprang up, and gave me, Yvith
tear-filled eyes, the only kiss among all
my sad good-byes.
Later on, in the frosty Winter morn
ing, we two brothers, who had been
together all our lives, parted on the
deck of the great waiting vessel, Yvith
only a few broken words, and one long,
dose lingering hand-grasp.^ ^
“ The ten years are passing, and you
must keep your promise, Max, and
come.” i ■ ’i.: .
I read the words over and over
again. It was not yet ten, hut over
seven years since I had set foot in Md-
bourne, and in every letter Frank had
sent me through those long years I had
expected him to tdl me what he had
told me at last Yet now that it was
told, the lines seemed to swim before
my eyes, and my fingers would not
write the glad and congratulatory
words I wished to send him.
Now that my reward is come,” he
wrote, “ I claim your promise. We
only delay our marriage for your arri
val. Max, old fellew, vou would have
felt happy for me indeed, if you bad
seen how willingly Mr. Oldfield gave
my darling to me. I bad been a son
to him for years, he said; I could
hardly he nearer when I was his
daughter’s husband. And now my
cup of happiness will be full wheu you
come. How soon can you be home ?”
So, upon a bright Spring morning,
Frank and I met once more in Eng
land ; and tired with a tiredness which
I had never felt before, I rested that
evening in my own chair beside the
cheery home fire; striving to look back
I will come T «. y ou are very tired, Max,” said
Frank, in his quick glad tones.
A little; but I was not thinking of
that. I was thinking how utterly con
tent you look, Frank.”
So I ought to. ought I not? be
came I am so utterly content. Do I
look changed in any other Yvay ?”
“No, none.”
“Sol look utterly content, do I?
yet I have had trouble, too. You
ought to say you see the traces, Max.”
“ What trouble has it been ?” I ask
ed.
“ A trouble of five years ago, Max,”
he answered quietly; “a trouble I nev
er felt that I could tell you in a letter.
When I first asked Lettice to be my
wife she—refused me, Max.”
“ I feared so, Frank,” I said, so Ioyv
that he stepped forward to catch the
words. “I feared so from your silence
at
too, thai you loved to rest, there on
summer evening; but yjcuj have been
away so long,, cooing sq j: -raqch, tha,t (
tho^e old'memories, will be all buried
now?" , ,
“ yes.; JJJhej aro qljl .hurfcdj” I an
swered, fueling the scarlet mount into
my 'face to contradict the coolness of
words. t! ,,|j
She smiled a little wistful smile,
which had a strange, brave tenderness
in it.
“ I too have lived seven years since
then,” she said: “ but the old memo
ries are dear to me, Max, and I would j (Wood) lypha atigustifolxa (Luna-).
ell-known to medical men that mnny^vfy-"
valuable liveware lost, not <0 much ,.j
frora the extent of the burn a* from, ,j
the shock and exhaustion to the nerr* - -
ous system from the intense suffering,
that'the torturing nature ,
causer heiore it is relieved.
This wonderful plaut is the homely,- u
Cat tail. Beery school-boy knows it;,>.•
for does he not make his arrow# of It*
long, slender stem ? To botanist* it is
known as bolongihg- tt» the clas* of Af-.
lumaeeous endogens, or flower* without ^
es. Of the order, iTypha latifoOu '/i
jt or sale or Exchange.
I HAVE 300 acres of land in Cle-
burna Co., Ala., which I willorilcheap,orex-
cbangs for real estate in thi* city. There
acre* cleared, 38of It the heet bottom land on Cane
creek, producing 50 to 75 boahel* of corn per ecre,
end cotton in pnmortlon. The remainder U In
the woods. The fora I* 20 mile* from the Selma,
Rome end Dalton Railroad, one mod a quarter mile*
(tom the county alte, Edwardarllie, • mile* from
the located depot of the Columhua nod Chat
tanooga Railroad, and one mile Drum the route
of the Griffin and North Alabama Railroad
Thera i> an excellent store bouao (not be
longing to the place), which can he bought or
ranted ehra,p and Un
Splendid Stand for a Country Store,
Title* indisputable. For furth*r Information ap-
me great pin, *hicl. in m, co„- «* J™ »rn for nothing, you know,
ordice 1 shrank from, I answered him except fortumzmg your life.
ply to, or nddr
March Sl-3m
Un. J. W.
MUKRELL,
Athens, Ga.
4.
MERCHANT,
WK. WOOD,
DEALER IX ALL KINDS OF
F U RNITURE.
1TURNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
JJ bolstered and Tarniahed, alto ■ lam earlety
or wood coffin* and Flak’* Patent Motalic Burial
Cm** alway»on hand. _ ,
Wareroom* on Clayton SU, next to EpUoop*!
Church. 8ep» j*. WILLIAM WOOD.
XT ILL & BRYDYE, at the old es-
11 UblUbed
B ARBER-8HOP,
on Broad street, orar tho store of Morn*. J- R. A
L. C. Matthow*. hare tt* best *nd moat—
workmen and aU.tho modi
1YG, S1IAMPOOIM1, IU
*5U- whcn n d*rirrf.” a p«J‘ rnorlm cwoi wW wedt
prompt and careful attention. July 2S*
on Yard in A thens.
^^SUBSCRIBER HAS
comfortable and commodioo* Waron
▼Aid on River itrHt, bnt tho UpptrBriogo.
A mi *»kgLa*r!ia.«p:
-* ^Iley 1 hoop
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
^rn)i~o.O^\r.ga B
A LARGE and well selected assort-
“cHLLDS, NICKERSON & CO
with a quick “ Yes.”
We had a very pleasant evening
with Lettice. I did not feel very hap
py, and my dejected appearance was
referred to more than once in the even
ing. Frank made some remark, Yvhen
I in reply said:
“ The fact is, Lettice, Frank cannot
understand my last new whim, which
is to go out to Melbourne to join an
old friend of ours.”
And this was hoiv I told her; on her
birthday night. I, who had worked,
and hoped, and waited, for the fulfill
ment of that one bright dream which
noYV lay shattered into fragments in
that pretty, cheerful room.
What do you think, Lettice of this
new project of Max’s?” asked Frank,
laughingly, as she moved by the tea-
table.
She simply said, “ I do not like it;
but if Max thinks it best, I suppose he
does well to carry out his project.
Max,” said Lettice’s father, as he
came in, looking curiously at me,
“ Yvhat’s this the little one tells me ?
LUCY CUBB INSTITUTE.
ATHEN S „ QA--
UB«. A. B. WBIIJUT, Principal,
(LATE OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.)
Her Yvords in their quiet, simple
scorn, stabbed me to the hea. t.
“ That is a wide word, Lettice,”
said, “ and a word which even yet I
have not fathomed.”
“ But you expect to do so in Mel
bourne ?”
“ I hope so.”
With an odd little laugh she chang
ed the subject; and very soon Frank
drove up to the gate. Mr. Oldfield
and Amy went out and stood beside
the dog-cart, talking to him, while '
followed more slowly. Lettice came
with me, and stood a minute under the
bare old lime-tree, with the winter sun
shine on her bright young face. And
I looking down upon her—knew that
this picture would dwell in my heart
through all my lonely life.
Her jesting scorn was all gone now
only her eyes were a little puzzled, and
a little sad.
“You will he quite happy, Max ;
she said, “ Yvith that happiness which
makes others happy too.”
“ Tell me how, Lettice,” I cried, the
that time. But never mind, dear
fellow, as it has ended so brightly.”
“ No, I don’t mind now one atom.
It has ended so brigthly, as you say.”
It seemed like a dream to be walk
ing once more at Frank’s side, on the
shadowy street; and still more like a
dream to be entering unannounced the
pretty familiar room, where Lettice sat
alone at the Yrindow sewing in the
twilight
Lettice," cried Frank, in gay ea
gerness, “ here’s Max.”
I was standing opposite her, look
ing down upon her with still, calm,
eyes; the grave elder brother of
, strong and passionate love of my heart
You are surely not thinking, in any • ^ rein bling in my voice. “ Tell me how
seriousness of going abroad.” to w j n this happiness.”
“ I have decided to do so, indeed,
as soon as Frank and I can arrange
matters here !”
“ I cannot believe it Why, if my
own daughter had suddenly told me
she was going I could not have been
more astonished. What can have de
rided yon?”
to win this happiness.
“ I cannot,” she answered softly.—
“ I cannot teach you what yon know
so well.
“ Lettice,” I said, “my one dearest
friend, this is the last moment Give
me some few words of help to take with
me —as a aster would have given them
to me.”
not bury them fo! all the world."
“ Because it is so different with you
and me," I faltered. “ I—*T think I
have no courage left. How long Frank
stays.” ' ! '
“ I see them in the" lower garden
now," she abswered 1 gently, looking
away from me as I struggled with my
pain.
“ How quickly Amy would have
run in to greet me in the nit? times,” I
said, speaking once more as I had
schooled myself to do; only thtifc r a lit
tle bitterne$3 \fould creep into the
tone.
“ Yes," laughed Lettice, softly, “but
she will not come this evening without
Frank. She has been quite timid
about your return. She asked me to-
niy if you would think Frank had
choseu unwisely because she is so much
younger than he i*; so ignorant and
untried, she said.”
In the bewildered breathless silence
which followed Lettice’s words, she
looked up at me; deep shadows gather
ing in her eyes, as if she too felt the
agony of : the doubt and hope which
stirred roe.
“ Do you think Frank has chosen
wisely. Max, in taking my little sister?"
she asked, speaking plainly the truth,
Yvhich she knew now that 1 had never
heard.
“ Lettice—Lettice, is it so ?” I stam
mered, my fingers tight upon the chair'
below me, and my heart beating wild
ly- ■
“ Yes, Max," she answered, “ it is
so.” And I knew she could read the
whole story of my deep and lasting
love written in my quivering face.
“Andyou, Lettice?”
“ I,” she answered, in a bright, low
ton*—“ I have waited:”
Then I covered my face hurriedly;
for boyish tears had overflowed my
eyes iu the untold joy of this surprise.
“ Max,” she whispered, her gentle
touch upon my arm, I thought you
knew this, and had come home ' for
their sakes.”
“ No, not for their sakes, Lettice;
for Frank’s and yours."
“ Why for my sake?" she asked,
tears shining in her own eyes as sho
looked brightly into mine.
Then, low and brokenly, I told her
of my love; the long, hopeless love
Yvhich would not die. And at last she
answered, with her gentle hands on
mine, and a deep, true gladness shin
ing behind the tears:
“ Max, dear Max, I am V6ry glad I
waited.”
* ^, * * * *
her affianced husband. She dropped «• Max,” said Frank, that night af-
her work, and put her two hands into ^ we g 0t home, “ may I have the old
mine in quick, glad greeting; and I phte put back upon the door? »
spoke to her just as I knew Frank . w e both laughed at the idea, for
would wish me to speak to her; watch- j Frant wa3 Dr Hamilton now, and I
ing all the while his face as well as had half a dozen letters after my nane;
hers. She was changed more than he bu t we took a candle and went off at
was. The face that had been almost once to fl nd Frank—sitting down
childlike in its sunny beauty was a wo- and ^ k i n g it U po n his knee—brushed
man’s face now; deeper and graver, t j )e thick dust from it quite tenderly ;
but infinitely more beautiful. I thought, while x leanin over his shoulder, read
as I saw its old bright, sunny smile still .... ... ■*
there. She looked up at Frank, a
wonderful light shining in her eyes.
“ Now you have all you wish, Frank,
she said. And I felt that she was as
happy in his love as he was in hers.—
I stood beside them, talking iu langh-
ing, genial tones; hoping that she
could never guess how hardly I had
schooled myself to this.
Presently Frank passed out through
the open window, and Lettice, looking
after him, raised her eyes questioning-
ly to me.
“ You thiuk us all changed, I sup
pose, Max. Even Frank?”
“ Yes,” I answered, absently.
“ But you have not seen sister Amy
yetf*8he went on, smiling. “Sheof
course is most changed ot all Frank
is gone to letch her I fancy. He says
she is like what I was at her age, but
that is only his pleasing flattery, for
she is very, very pretty.”
the letters as he cleaned.
“ Hamilton Brothers!” It doss not
do Frank; and yet thank God for the
truth it tells. We are brothers still,
we will be brothers to the end.”
“ Leaves ensifornt, concavewitbiRuaar*
the base; sterile and fertilc «pikesri®*e -
together, or -more remote.-. *4-
mon, smooth^ tall, .inhabitant
water in muddy .pools and ditebe* »
the United StatesAud Cnnudas- iTba.rt
stem arises irorn,-three; U).iiftlie-jf«N>l(>>
round and smooth, leafy, below, termiv- i
nated by the largo cylindri® spikes.
Spikes of a brown color,
cbes in length, composed of *leBd*r , ^
downy flowers, so compact,.particular- «
ly the fertile ones, as to be ofdWMWUfr ,j
able hardness. The upper I portion i* >1
smaller, composed of the sterile flower*.
Leaves somewhat sword-shaped,' erect* 11
two to four feet long, and nearly one ^
inch wide. They are called flags, and’ 1
are made useful for weaving the seat* ,
of chairs, etc.” - ! - - • r
I have been particular in giving the
full description as found in Wood's
Botany, that no one need mistake it.
The brown tops are fully grown by the ^
first of August geherallyl and can be
gathered from that time until the tktrm- (
flies, or as late as they hang on their
stems. Their virtue remain* any
l?ngth of time, by putting them in »
bag and hanging in a dry place. To
prepare them for use, you have to pick
off the downy substance mix with
enough lard to form a slave and apply
it twice in the twenty-four hours. The
relief is immediate. T have never’
known a case that the pain did''not'
cease in from twenty to ^hirty,minutes.
And over all other remedies it'has thi*
virtue: It acts as quickly oo *n rid
burn that has become a bad soft^
as efficaciously as upon a frerif burp.
It makes no difierenco b whffit: the
burn has been made, steam, fire, water,,
powder or any other oonceiv»hle.buxn-,
ing matter, it is still (as one sufferer,
said, when, in twenty minutes hi# pain
was relieved,) “ a miracle." .
In these days we are too apt neg
lect some of the good old-fashioned,
remedies in our haste .to seek out the
new. Let our hospitals, our railroad*
and steamboats keep a. supply of thi#,
natural remedy, which cost# nothing
but to gather it, on hand, and aee .if
suffering so soon relieved doff- not pay
for all the trouble. , Let •wy.xPPBfft
copy this simple remedy, that it* hh**s*
ing may be felt in: cyery pari our
country, now while it i* so much nced-r
ed in the fearful baptism of fire through
which we are passing.—\V„ ip Rural
New Yorker.
To KeR^ GMATHS Bright.—-
Whi n n gnile is putvliwcd »nd \mi
how to keep the |Mili*hixl part* as blight
its they then are, you! will almost tUway*
get an evasive an**tr, for y|rb*t
we do not understand. One would aug;
pose that the vender* of grates would be
pleased to know that the grates they
disp .sc of would always look' as clean
and bright as when they left their posse**
•ion. A writer in l he Oemantmen- TA*-
graph has discovered * modc-for keeping
the polished part* ot grates bright with
out using *n undue quantity of “ elbow
grease.” It i* simply to take * piece ot
flannel, mois en it with cost oil, dip it
into powdered emery, and rub; and lo,
»nd behold 1 brightness will' *uddenly
appear, and tiie matronly heart will lie
gladdened.
A curious experiment was tried in
Russia with some murderers. They
were placed, without knowing it, in
four beds where four persons had died
of the cholera. They did not tnkc the
disease. They were then told that they
were to sleep in beds where some per
sons had died of malignant cholera,
but the beds were, in fact, new and had
not beep used at all. Nevertheless,
three of them died of the disease within
four hours.
The grand, daily-question of life is to
be, “ Lord, what wilt thou have mo to
do?” Tho smallest as well as the great
est matters are all to be settled by it,
If brooms are wrt in boiling puds
once a week they will become very tough,
wilt not cut the carpet, lost much longer,
and always sweep like a new broom. A
very dusty carpet may be cleaned by
setting a pail of cold water out by tho
door, wet the broom in it, knock it to
get out all the drop*, sweep • yard or so,
then wash the broom again as before and
sweep again, being careful to shake all
the drops of the broom, and not >X«’P f«
at a time. The water may need tp be
changed once or twice if the carpet i*
very dusty. Snow sprinkled over a car
pet and sweept off before it lias time to
melt and dissolve is also nice for renovat
ing a soiled carpet. Moistened Indian
meal is used with good effect liy iomc
housekeepers.
-*-•>- ——“
Never confide a secret your rela
tions; “ blood will tell.”
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