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ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTR 28, 1874.
NUMBER 80.
THE southern watchman
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
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LEOAL ADVERTISING .
it-. (: .los. perlevy of 10 linos 1500
1 mortgage salos, 00 days 5.00
. |0 lavs.by Administrators, Executors, or
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,, Debtors and Creditors 5.00
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, s j, ElFTY CENTS J
.. sad SEVENTY-!
.s contiauaueo, for an;
6.50
Agents Singer ManTg Co.
Atrkhs, Ga., July 13th, 1874.
T HE follow tag named gentlemen are duly authorised
Agents for the sale of the Singer Sewing Machine,
in the counties opposite their respective names, nnd
they, and they only, are authorized by ns to make sales
and collections for our account. Any and all others
are impostors, and payments made to them will not be
recognised by us,even though they may, without our
knowledge or consent, be in possession of notes drawn
inourlavor:
Banks county—S L. Oliver.
Clarko “ — G. E. Abbott and Wm. H. Yerhy.
Elbert “ —T. B. Browu and J. D. Almand.
Franklin “ —T. B. Brown and Jno. D. Maxwell.
Hart " —T. B. Brown.
Habersham* —\V. M. D. Lambert A Son.
—Hughey, Alexander A Co.
—John M. Ridgeway.
—Hughey, Alexander A Co.
—S. F. Jackson.
—S. F. Jackson.
A.
PROFESSIONAL AMP BUSINESS CABDS.
l»«AR MSB. | A. S. Kltwi*. | HOWELL COBB,JR.
HORB, ERWIN A O011B,
( , ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
w ATHENS, GEORGIA.
iIISes in tbc llcupice Building. Dcc21
A. EDGE,
, BOOT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER,
Watkixsvili.e, Ga.
B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attorncy-at-Law. Athens, Ha.
i/ *ir<<>h Hroii'l »lreet,ortr the ntore of Harry at Son,
\\ jiljjivc *p«cial attention to cases iii bankruptcy. A1
i,, to the collection of all claims ontrusteii to his care.
ttW.LAND it OUR,
[\i Whulesale and Retail Doalers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall.Broad St, Athons, Ga.
Wc are now prepared to store Cotton at 25 conts per
l,,1c.and wilUdvaneo cash when de.ircd. 0ct2S
nW'CMSH it CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
1.J For ll«>s, cor. Wray ami Lumpkin *ts.» Ath-
im. apS—3m LEK M. LYLE, Prin.
CVMORY SPEER,
\ J LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
S •li-'itor General of Western Circuit, will nttend
thi r.»urts 4»f Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Bank
J *k «■«n. Habersham, Franklin, Hahun nnd White,
»n I jive attention to collecting and other claims in
tt’counties. March 19, 1873.
^DWARD R. HARDEN,
t Luto Ju ice U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
uud uow Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
; ulv23 ly Quitman, /ironic* County, Ga.
MS* S. KSTKS. MADISON BELL.
17'STKS ,t BELL, Attorneys at Law,
Jj GAINESVILLE, GA.
MV WILL practice in the counties composing the
Venem Circuit, and Dawson and FoTsyth counties
r e Hlue Ridge Circuit. They will also prnctice in
th«8upretwe Court of Georgia, and in tho United States
Court at Atlanta. may!4
pLOYD
A- SILMAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will practice in the counties of Walton and Jackson
JjB.t J. I'LOri), J. B. SII.MAN
Covington, Ga. raar4 Jefferson, Ga.
T p:0’KELLEY’S
0 . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Over Williams’ Shoe store, Broad streot, Athens,
limrgiii. sep3.
T II. HUGGINS,
U • holes.ale and Retail Dealer in
l»KY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE. Ac.
Fehlft Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
TORN II. CHRISTY,
U riain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
Office* corner Broad and Wall streets, over the store
-sacs D. Pittard. tf
TAMES R. LYLE,
O Atthrxxt at Law,
!»*<■« WA TKISSVILLE, GA
J«
M. MATTHEWS.
Attorn ky AT Law,
Danielsviile.Ga.
l*r-uap; itiention will he given to any business en
mtfrl to M« «*arv. Marchl4.
TAMES L. LONG, M. 1),
v SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR k PHYSICIAN
(Office ut Mr. Thoma* Shcatt* Store,)
Good Hope District, Walton county, Ga.
Offers bis professional services to the eitisens of the
•grounding country. aug27
nail
Jackson 4t
Lumpkin **
Madison “
Oglethorpe*
Rabun 11
Towns “
Union “
Walton “
White
—Isaac C. Thrasher.
—W. M. D. Lambert k Son.
Collecting Agent at Lnrjic—J. T. Osborn.
THE SINGER MANUFG CO.,
july!5 By G. H. HOPE, Manager Athens Office.
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
T HE undersigned offers for sale his two tracts of
land—the oue on which ho lives containing near
three hundred acres, lying on Little Curry's creek-
miles from Jefferson. 12 or 13 from Athens; 125 to
150 acres in original forest of excellent timber; 20 to
“0 acres bottom; all in cultivation near 140 acres; 8
or 10 acres in orchard, of the choicest and best select
ed fruits. The land will average with the best in the
county. House built since the war, of the best select
ed lumber and shingles, containing 0 rooms, 4 fire
places, convenient to a syring of the best water. Saw
and Grist Mill three or four hundred yards from the
houic, as good ns is in the country. Out-buildings,
gin-house, Ac, sufficient. Also, cabins for tenants.
The other place contains two hundred nnd five acres,
15 or 20 river and brnuch bottom, land sufficient for
4 or 5 hands with a little clearing up, as it hns been
lyiug out for several years, which has improved it;
good fruit and wuter; common improvements: water
power for a gin. All indulgence grunted possible.
iuly15 E.J. SHARP.
FIRST GRAND GIFT CONCERT.
emale Hums Association
AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.
November 23, 1874.
LIST OP GIFTS:
flett fEpsttUang.
1 Grand Cn.-h Gift
....$100,(1011
1 Grand Cash Gilt
1 Grand Carh Gift
.... 50,000
.... 25,000
10 Cash Gilts, $10,000 each
.... 100,000
Id Cash GiltM, 5,000 each
50 Cush Gift*, 1,000 each
100 Caah Gifts, 500 each
1,000 Cash Gift*, 100
.... 75.000
.... 50,000
.... 50,000
1,111(11 Cash Gifu, 50 «ach
.... 50,000
dim ooo
22,178 Cash Gifts,amounting to $1,000,000
NUMBER of TICKETS, 100,000.
PRICE OP TICKETS.
$20.00
Halve
10.00
Quarter*
5.00
Eighths, or each Coupon
2.50
5J Tickets for
100.00
TIIE FORSAKEN.
[This poem, written by “ Stella,”’ (Mrs. Es-
tella Anna Lewis,) at the age of fourteen, Poe
said was “ the most beautiful ballad of the
kind ever written. We have road it,” ho re
marked, “ more than twenty times, and al
ways with increasing admiratii®."]
It bath been said, for all who die
There is a tear;
Some pining, bleeding heart to sigh
O’er every bier,
But in that hour of pain nnd dread,
Who will draw near
Around my humble couch and shed
One farewell tear t
Wbo'd watch life's last departing ray
In deep despair.
And soothe my spirit on its way,
With holy prayer?
What mourner round my bier will come,
In weeds of woe,
And follow me to my long home,
Solemn and slow f
When lying on my clay bed,
In icy sleep.
Who there, by pure affection led.
Will corns and weep;
By tho pale moon implant tho rose
Upon my breast,
And bid it cheer my dark repose.
My lowly rest !
Could I hut know, when I am sleeping
Low in the grouud,
Oue faithful heart would there lm keeping
Watch all night round,
As if some gem bo shrined beneath
That sod's cold gloom,
’Twould mitigate the pangs of death
And light the tomb.
Yea! in that hour, if I could feel
From halls of gloo
And Beauty's presence one would steal
In secrecy
And come and sit and weep by me
In night's deep noon.
Oil! I would ask of Memory
No other boon.
But, ah! a lonelier fate is mine,
A deeper woo
From ail I love in youth’s sweet time
I soon must go;
Draw round mo my palo robes of white,
I n a dark spot
To sleep through death's long, dreamless night,
Lono and forgot.
Tlio Montpelier Female Humane Association, char
tered by the LegLlature uf Virginia anil tho Circuit
'ourt ofOrangc Co., proposes, by a Grand Gift Con
cert, to establish ned endow a “ Horae for the Old, In.
firm, and Destitute Ladies of Virginia,” at Montpelier,
the former residence of President James Madison.
OoVKRaon's Offick, Richmond, July 3, 1871.
It affords rac pleasure to say that 1 nru well ac
quainted with a large majority of the officers of the
Montpelier Female Humane Association, who reside
in the vicinity of my home, nnd I attest their intelli
gence, and their worth and high reputation as gentle
men, as well ns the public confidence, influeneo and
substantial means liberally represented omong them.
JAMES I.. KEMPER, Gov. Virginia.
Alkxaxdria, Va-, July 8,1874.—* * * I com
mend them ns ger.ts of honor and integrity, and fully
ontitled to the confidence of the public. * * *
R. W. HUGHES, U. S. Judge East'n Dist. ofVa.
Further re f ercnccs by permission : His Excellency
Gilbert O. Walker, Ex-Governor of Vs.: Hon. Robt
E. Wilbers, Lieuti nant-Gov. of Vs. and U. S. Senator
elect; Senators and Members of Congress from Va.
Remittances for tickets niny be made by Express
prepaid. Post Office Money.Order on Washington, I)
C., or by Registered Letter.
For full particulars, testimonials, Ac.,send for Cir
eulnr. Address, Hon. JAMES BARBOUR.
Pres’tM. F. H. A., Alexandria, Va
Reliable Agents wanted ever} where. oct21—4w
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
• . FRANKLIN. N. C.
Puctieei in all the Courts of Western North Caro-
“u.andin the Federal Courts. Claims collected in
111 parts of the State. * r lG—ly
j lVKRY, Feed anil Sale Stable,
ATHENS, UA.
0-4V.V <r PKA TES, 1'ropritton.
found at their old stand, rear Frank-
is Home building, Thomas street. Keep always
j , 4 0 ® 1 ! Turn-outs and careful drivers.
'(•'cl; .ell eared for when entrusted to our care.
• lock on h»nd for sale at all times. dec25—tf
New Firm andNew Goods.
GRIFFETH & CRANE
A RE no* opening at the old stand of Lnmpkir k
Crane, No.9 Broad S'trcct, a fine stock of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS,
Hats, Shoes, Crockery,
TAPI.E AND POCKET CUTLERY,
In faet,every thing usually kept in a first-class Van
ety Store—which we propose to sell at the lowest cash
prices, or exchange for Country Prodnc e.
Wo respectfully solicit the patronage of ourfriendi
and the public generally.
“ibl GRIFFETII A CRANE.
Yf R1DEN,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U.S. Cluim Agent and Notary Public,
Gainesville, Ga
{ j Wilson street, below King A Bro’s.
February ly, 1873.
‘ *. p.nowKii..
ES ,fc HOWELL,
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW,
, v nN< l 22. Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
I . ,n lh « S<»teand Federal Courts, and
in.. * *?** rt Kularly all the Courts in Atlanta, includ
ed, ,Va P r «roe Court of the State, and will argue
^ ur parties, on reaionable
i ti/i?. practice in the Courts of tho counties con-
•cssiblo to Atlanta by Railroad, sepll
DR. WHITTIER;
So. 617 St. Charles Street, St Louis, Xa.
continues to treat all eases of obstacles to atarrlan, blood
la^urlUes, every ailment or slekaoss which results from
indiscretion or laproJtaco. with unparalleled success.
Dr. W.*a establishment Is chartered by tho Stats of Mis
souri, eras founded and has been established to secure
safe, certain aad reliable relief. Bdaf a gradaats of
several asodleal colleges, aad hartaa tho experience of a
loot aad successTul Ufa in hie epecUTilee ho has periMtsd
remedies that are effectual la all these cases. HU patients
aro being treated by mall or express everywhere. Mu
matter who failed, call or write. From tho groat naia-
Ler or appUsatioos ho U enabled to keep his charges
low. 36 pages, giving full symptoms, for two stamps.
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
TOD pages, a popular book which should be road by every-
body. No married pair, or persons contemplating mar
riage. ssa afford to do without It. It eoatalns the cream of
mcuieal literature on this subject, tho results of Or. W.‘a
“ YU from late works
pool-paid for 40 cts.
loos experience; also the best though)
in Europe aad America. Scot sealed, j
Pavilion hotel,
r k =, „ CHARLESTON, S. C.
t wt ,. * !t 8r.t;LASS Hotel is situated in th. very
i;,,.. “ la * ill,, *uess part of th* oily, and all who
ssa t..- 11 flu< ! ovary convenience and luxury th,t
^•Prorar.4, Uoard, per <Nv. $3.00.
^»arox,N Tf t. P ** '
plAlN
Mr«. L. H.RuTTEnriELD, ]
Proprietreee.
und Fancy Job Printing,
At the Southern Watchman Office.
s- ADAMS, M. D.,
‘Affiee t hUR ?f 0!, » Accoucheur and Physician,
it, )i t Mountain Dirtrict, Walton coun
riti.e., bia profettional se?vice» to the
-^, 01 ,be 'urrouBding country. aug2«—ly
|^ B ’ ADAIR, D.D. S.
0.,,. Gaixisvill*, Ga.
'•"‘dlh.a.t corner Public Square.
S C !E
UEYVTON,
^®hlers in
Joc.s Fo 'rign and Domestic HARDWARE,
. . No. 6,Broad straet, Athens, Ga.
8 C ”
I S, *P!t S„J D hol,, * U • nd Re *»« Dealer itr
foa"" p «»oy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,**.
No. It Broad Street, A them, Ga.
. • Ml SSJjM P*rman.atly located in Ibis place,
I ‘>4 rlcieit, *” Tie “ to theeitlians of Athens
0® ’
|^^ffli T ^- P R M Cabb hon, 7;
t0 1876,
1 1 B * 81 AR -
B. P. BISHOP,
Many years have passe since the happy
night, and the hair thatwas dark and glos
sy is fast turning gray, I am grown to ho
an old man, and can look back to a happy
and I hope, a vrell spent life. And yet,
sweet as it has been, I would not recall a
single day, for the love that made my man
hood so bright, shines also upon my white
hairs.
An old man! Can this be so t At heart
I am as young as ever. And Mary, with
her bright hair parted smoothly from a
brow that has a slight furrow upon it, is
still the Mary of other days. To me she
can never grow old or changed. The heart
that held her in infancy, and sheltered her
in the flush and beauty of womanhood can
never cast her out till life shall cease to
warm it.
I J'OR use on any Sewing Machine, is “CLARK’S
0. N. T.,’’ eipecially that made for and bearing
tho name of the Singer Manufacturing Co. A word
to tho wise should be sufficient. fST" Price, 75c. pel
dozen Spools, at tho office of the SINGER MANU
FACTURING CO. G.H. HOPE. Agent,
julyl—ly Bishop’s Corner, Athons, Ga.
NICE FAT BEEF,
Pork, Mutton, &c.
T HE undersigned willopenhia BUTCHERING ES
TABLISHMENT on SATURDAY, and proposes
keeping all kinds of meats,
Butchered in the best style,
And furnished to customers with the utmost prompt!-
tudo. He solicits the patronage of the public. Ho is
looated on the Corner of Lumpkin and Market streets,
near Firemen’! Hall.
Meats will bo delivered promptly in any portion of
t he city. nug2R W. R DEMORB, Agent-
FOR SALE,
S EVERAL anparior building lots, being a part of
tho lot known as the Baxter place. Apply to
Dr. M. 8. DURHAM, or
eaglfi—tf J. 8. WILLIFORD.
Wagon Yard in Athens.
T HE snbseriherhas fitted up and opened a safe.com
fortable and oommodious Wagon Yard, en River
■treet, in the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where
CORN, FODDER, and,11 other necessary supplios. an
be purchased on reasonable terms. Charges moderate.
. The highest market prie, paid for Country Prodnee,
and Bank bills reoelvod in exchange for Goods.
JalyT- tf WILBY ». HOOD.
MARY MOORE.
All my life I hail known Mary Moore; all
my life 1 had loved her.
Our mothers were old playmates and lirst
cousins. My first recollections are of a boy
in a red frock anil morocco shoes, rocking
cradle, in which reposed a sunny-haired,
blue-eyed baby, not quite a year old. That
boy was myself—Harry Church; that baby
was Mary Moore.
Later still, 1 see inyselfatthe old school
house, drawing my little chaise up to the
door that Mary might ride home. Many
beating have I gained on such occasions,
for other boys besides me liked her, and
she, I fear was something of a flirt, even
in her pinafore. How elegantly she came
tripping down the steps when I called her
name; how sweetly her blue eyes looked
it me, liow gaily rang out her merry laugh.
No one but Mary could ever bring her heart
so near her lips. I followed that laugh
from my days of childhood till I grew an
iwkward, blushing youth; I followed it
through the heated noon of manhood; and
now when the frosts of age are silvering
my hair, and many children climb upon my
knee and call me “ father,” I find that the
memories of youth aro strong, and that
even in gray hairs I’m following tho music
still.
When I was fifteen the first great sorrow
of in” life came upon my breast. I was
sent to school, and was obliged to part
with Mary. We were not to see each oth
er for three long years. This to me was
like a sentence of death, for Mary was like
life iteelf to me. But hearts are tough
things after all.
I left college in all the flush ol my nine
teenth year. I was no longer awkward or
embarrassed. I had grown into a tali, slen
der stripling, with a very good opinion of
myself, both in general and particular. If
I thought of Mary Moore, it was to think
how I could dazzle ami bewilder her with
my good looks aud wonderful attainments,
and never thinking she might dazzle and
bewilder me still more. I was a coxcomb,
1 know, but as youth and good looks have
fled, I trust that I may bo believed when I
say that self-couceit has left me also.
An advantageous proposal was made me
at that time, and accepting it, 1 gave up
all idea of a profession, and prejtared to go
to Iudia. In my hurried visit home of two
days I saw nothing of Mary Moore. She
hail gone to a boarding-school at some dis
tance, and was not expected home until
the following May. I uttered a sigh to the
memory of my little blue-eyed playmate,
and then called myself “ a man again.
In a year, I thought as the vehicle whirl
ed away from our door—I will return, and
if Mary is as pretty as she used to be, why
then, perhaps I may marry her.
And thus I settled the future of a young
lady whom 1 had not seen for four years.
I never thought of the possibility of her re
fusing me—never dreamed that she would
not condescend to accept my offer.
But now I know that had Mary met me
then she would have despised me. Per
haps in the scented and affected student
she might have found plenty of sport; but
as for loving me, I should perhaps have
found myself mistaken. India was my sal
vation, merely because of my success, but
because my laborious industry had coun
teracted the evil in my nature and had
made me a better man. When at the end
of three years, I prepared to return, I said
nothing of the reformation of myself, which
I knew had taken place. They loved me
as I was, I murmured to myself, and they
shall find out for themselves whether I am
better worth loving than formerly.
I picked up many a token from that land
of romance and gold for the friends I hoped
to meet The gift for Mary Moore I select
ed with a beating heart; it was a ring of
rough virgin gold, with my name aud hers
engraved inside, that was all, and yet the
sight of the little toy strangely thrilled me
as I balanced it on the tip ot my finger.
To the eyes of others it was but a small
plain circle, suggesting thoughts, perhaps,
by its elegauce, of the beautifiil white hanc.
that was to' wear it Bnt to me—how
much was embodied there—all these de
lights were hidden within that riDg of gold.
Tall., bearded and sun-bronzed, I knocked
at my lather’s house. The light in the
parlor window, and the hum of conversa
tion and cheerful laughter, showed me that
company was assembled there. I hoped
that sister Lizzie would come to the door,
and I might greet the family whenno strange
eye was looking carelessly on.
But no, a servant answered my summons.
They were too merry in the parlor to heed
the long absent one*who asked for admit
tance. This bitter thought ran through my
mind as I heard the sound from the parlor,
and saw the half-suppressed smile on the
servant’s face.
I hesitated a moment before making my
self known or asking for any of my family.
And while I stood silent a strange appari
tion grew up before me; from behind the
servant peered out a golden head, a tiny,
delicate form and sweet childish face with
blue eyes, so like those of one who had
brightened my boyhood, that I started with
a sudden feeling of pain.
“ What is your name, toy pretty 1” I ask
ed, while the wondering servant held the
door.
“ Mary Moore.”
“ And what else ?” I asked, quickly.
Sho lifted up her hands to shade her face.
I had seen that very attitude in another,
in my boyhood, many and many a time—
and answered in a sweet, bird-like voice:
“ Mary Moore Chester.”
My heart sank down like lead. Here
was an end to all the bright dreams and
hopes of my youth and manhood. Frank
Chester, my boyish rival, who had often
tried in vain to .usurp my place beside the
girl, had succeeded at last, aud had won
her away from me. This was tho child—
his child aud Mary’s.
I sank, body and soul, beneath this blow,
and, hiding my face in my hands, I leaned
against the door, while my heart wept tears
ot blood. The little one gazed at me, griev
ed and amazed, and put up her pretty lips
as if about to cry, while the perplexed ser
vant stepped to the parlor and called my
sister out to see who it was that conducted
himself so strangely. I heard a light step,
and a pleasant voice, saying:
‘ Did you wish to see my father, sir V
I looked up. There stood a pretty, sweet
faced maiden of twenty, not much changed
from the dear little sister I had loved so
well. I looked after her for a moment,
and then stilling the tempest of my heart,
by a mighty effort, I opened my arms and
said:
“ Lizzie, don’t you know me V
“Harry! oh, my brother Harry!” she
cried, and threw herself upon my breast,
and wept as if her heart would break.
I could not weep. I drew her gently
into tho parlor, and stood with her before
them all.
There was a rush, and a cry of joy, then
my father and mother spraug toward me,
and welcomed mo home with heart-felt
tears.
Oh, strange and passing sweet is such a
greeting to tho way-worn traveler! And
as I held my dear old mother to my heart,
and grasped my lather's hand, while Lizzie
clung beside me, I felt that all was not yet
lost; and though another hail secured life’s
choicest blessing, many a joy remained for
me in the dear sanctuary of home.
There were four inmates of the room,
who had risen on my sudden entrance.
One was the blue-eyed child whom I had
already seen, and who now stood beside
Frank Chester, clinging to his hand. Near
by stood Lizzie Moore, Mary’s eldest sister,
and in a distant corner, to which she had
hurriedly retreated when my name was
spoken , stood a toll and slender figure,
half hidden by the heavy window curtains
that fell to the floor.
Wheu tho first rapturous greeting was
over, Lizzie led me forward with a timid
grace, and Frank Chester grasped my hand.
‘ Welcome home, my boy!’ lie said, with
the loud, cheerful tones I remember so well.
You have changed so that I never would
have known you; but no matter about that,
your heart is in the right place, I know.’
‘ How can you say that he is changed f
said my mother gently. ‘To be sure he
looks older and grave, aud more like a man
than when he went away, but his eyes and
smiles aro tho same as ever. It is a heavy
heart that changes him. He is still my boy.’
‘ Aye, mother,’ I answered sadly, ‘ I am
your boy still.’
Heaven help me! at that moment I felt
like a boy, and it would have been a bless
ed relief to have wept upon her bosom as
I had done in myinfaucy. But I kept down
the tremor of my lip s, and answered quick
ly, as I looked into his fu’l handsome face.
‘ You have changed, too Frank, but I think
for the better.’
‘ Oh, yes—thank you for the compliment,’
he answered with a hearty laugh.
‘ My wife tells me I grow handsomer ev
ery day.’
His wife! Could I hear that name and
keep silent still.
And have you seen my little girl V he
added, lifting the infant in his arms, aud
kissing her crimsoned cheek. ‘ I tell you
Harry, there is no such other in the world..
Don’t you think she looks very much like’
her mother used tof
‘ Very much,’ I faltered.
‘ Hallo!’ cried Frank, with a suddenness
which made me start violently, ‘ I have
forgotten to introduce you to my wile; I
believe you and she used to be playmates
your younger days—yes, Harry,’ and
he slapped me on the back—‘for the
sake of old times, and because you were
not at the wedding, I will give you leave to
kiss her once, but mind, old fellow, you are
not tr repeat the ceremony. Come, here she
is; I want to see how you will manage
those ferocious mustaches of yours iu the
operation.’ i>.>s
He pushed Lizzie, laughing aud blushing,
toward me. A gleam of light and hope al
most too dazzling to bear, came over me,
and I cried out before I thought, ‘ Not Mary.’
I must have betrayed my secret to every
one in the room. But nothing was said;
even Frank, in general so obtuse, was this
time silent I kissed the fair cheek of the
young wife, and hurried to the silent figure,
looking out of the window.
‘ Mary—Mary Moore!’ I said in a low ea
ger tone,‘have you no welcome to give
the wanderer f
She turned, and laid her hand in mine
and said hurriedly—
‘ I am glad to see you here, Harry.’
Simple words, and yet how blessed they
made me. I would not have yielded her
up at that minute for an emperor’s crown.
For there was the happy home group and
dear home fireside, with sweet Mary Moore.
Hie eyes I dreamed of day and night were
falling beneath the ardent gaze of mine,
and the sween lace I had so long prayed to
see was there beside me. I never knew
the meaning of happiness until that mo-,
ment.
A Bear In Court.
Last week, in Clyde, a rather amusing in
cident took place. A man was in town
with a performing bear—one of those bur
ly, growling fellows, that look dangerous.
Several horses were frightened by the ani
mal, when the Marshal arrested the keeper
and took him before the Mayor, the bear
going along ostensibly to see fair play. The
Mayor’s office and the Council room are to
gether, and the Council happened to bo in
session. The Marshal stated his complaint
and the keeper of the bear was asked what
he had to say. Before answering the fellow
stepped on one of the bear’s feet, and or
dered him to stand on his hindlegs. The
animal obeyed at once, and opened his
meat destroyer to its fullest capacity. His
demonstrations were so vicious that the
Council retired in haste, some going out by
the windows. Stuffey, of the Independent,
and Sweetly of the Review, stood near the
door, and when the beor opened his man-
trap they ran a race to see who should get
out the soonest. At the door their legs be
came entangled, and they rolled to the bot
tom of the stairs together, each one ahead
hall - the time. When they landed they sim
ultaneously exclaimed, 4 What in the thun
der are you running that way for?’ In the
meantime the Mayor was in a corner and
could not escape, but he boldly spoke to the
keeper iu the; following legal language:
‘ Take your d—d bear and go to h—1 with
it.’ The fellow immediately retired, and
taking the Mayor at his word, went strait
to Fremont. He was arrested there, but
got oft' by a similar move to the one above
recited.
YOU KNOW YOU DO.
When some one’s step comes up the walk,
Your cheeks take on a rosier hue.
And though no otbor bears his knock,
You hear it well—you know you do;
And though it may be very wrong,
When pa is quite ignored for you,
You siug for him your prettiest song,
You cunning thing--you know you do!
And when he talks of other girls,
Of hateful Kate aud Jennie too.
You fling at him your auburu curls,
Yon jealous thing—you know you do!
Ho blushes deep, and looks afraid
To bo thus left aloue with you ;
But your eyes tell there ne'er was maid
But could be wooed—you know they do!
You peop at some one ’ueath your curls,
Uutil with love you burn him through,
And make him bate all other girls—
la love for you - you know yon do!
And when his arm steals round your chair,
You give a little screatn or two,
As If you didn't want it there,
But oh, you do—you know yon do!
You let him kiss your blushing cheeks 1
Somehow your lips meet bis lips too;
You tempt him silly tbiuga to speak.
You wicked flirt—you know you do!
And when he timidly doth press
His wish to make a wife of you,
With happy heart you answer yes.
You darling girl—you know you do!
For the Boys.
‘ Sir,’said a boy stopping before
on his cart ‘ do you want a boy to work for
youf
‘No,’ answered the mau, ‘I Lave no such
want.’ The boy looked disappointed; at
least the man thought so, aud ho asked-
‘ Don’t you succeed iu getting a place!’
‘ I have asked at a good many places,’
said the boy. ‘A woman told me that you
had been after a boy; but I find that it is
not so.’
‘ Don’t be discouraged,’ said the man, in a
friendly tone.
‘ Oh! no, sir, said the boy, cheerfully,
‘ because this is a very big world, andl feel
very certain God has something for me to
do in it. I am only toying to find it.’
‘ Just so, just so,’ said the gentleman, who
overheard the talk. ‘Come with me, my
boy; I am in want of somebody just like
you.” It was the doctor, who thought any
boy so anxious to find his work would be
likely to do it faithfully when he found it.
If every body had the spirit of this little
lad there would be no idlers in the world
standing at the corners, or sitting in the
shops waiting for work to come to them.
Work does not often come so. Almost
everything wortjj having, like the ore in
the mine, must be sought for.
Better than Gold.
We often hear little boys telling of the
wonders they will do when they grow to be
men. They are looking and longing for
the time when they shall be large enough
to carry a cane anil wear a tall hat; aud
not one of them will say he expects to he
a poor man; but every one intends to be
rieh. Now money is very good in its place
but let me tell you little boys what is a
great deal better than money, and you may
bo earning all the time you are waiting to
grow large enough to earn a fortune. The
Bible says “a <7000! name is rather to bo
chosen than great riches, and loving favor
better than silver or gold.” A good name
does not mean a name for beingthe richest
man in town or for owning the largest house.
A good name is a name fordoing good
deeds; a name for wearing a pleasant face
and carrying a cheerful heart; tor always
doing right, no matterwhat we may be.
Do More for Mother.
‘Is there a vacant place in this bank
I which I could fill!’ was the inquiry of a
boy, as, with glowing cheek, he stood be-
jfore the manager.
‘ There is none,’ was the reply. ‘ Were
I you told that you might obtain a situation
I here! Who recommended you T
1 No one recommended me, sir,’ calmly
I answered the boy. * I only thought I would
I see.’
There was a straightforwardness in the
I manner, an honest determination in the
countenance of the lad, which pleased the
man of business, and induced him to con-
| tinue the conversation. He said:
I You must have friends who could aid
I you in obtaining a situation; have you told
I them !’
Tho quick flash of the deep blue eyes
! was quenched in the overtaking wave of
j sadness, as he said, though half musingly:
‘ My mother said it would be useless to
I try without friends;’ then recollecting him
self; he apologized for the interruption, and
was about to withdraw, wheu the gentle
man detained him by asking him why he
did not remain at school for a year or two,
I and then enter upon the business world.
‘ I have no time,’was the reply. ‘Istudy
| at home, and keep up with the boys.’
‘ Then you have a place already !’ said
| the interrogator. ‘ Why do you leave it!’
I I have not left it,’ answered the boy,
| quietly.
‘But you wish to leave it; what is the
Character.
No two leaves in the forest are exactly I matter!’
the same form and texture. No two grains I For an instant the child hesitated, then
of sand, taken from the sea-shore of the he replied, with half reluctant frankness :
great African desert, are identical in bulk < I must do more for my mother!’
and outline. Even the drops of water, the Brave words ! Talisman of success any-
most alike in the universe, will exhibit some I where, everywhere. They sank into the
marks of distinction when submitted to a [heart of the listener, recalling tho radiant,
powerful microscope. The law that ex- past. Grasping the hand of the astonished
eludes duplicates from the visible kingdom child, he said, with a quivering voice:
of nature, is also a law of the moral world. “ My good boy, what is your name T You
From Adam to the last man, no two races I shall fill the first vacancy for an apprentice
will be found exactly the same; and variety I that occurs in the bank. If, meantime, you
in trait and lineament of human character need a friend, come to me. But now give
is as inexhaustible as is a man’s outward | nie your confidence. Why do you wish to
appearance. The power which in one |do more for your mother! Have you no
man’s moral composition is ardent, demon- father !”
strative, predominate, in another lies dor- Tears filled the boy’s eyes as he replied:
mant or dead. The craviug which in one “ My father is dead, my brothers aud my
breast concentrates upon itself the whole sisters are dead, and my mother aud I are
mind and will, before its voice can be si- j left aloue to help each other. But she is
lenced or its will appeased, is never felt, I not strong, and I wish to take care of heiv
scarcely understood, by a being of a tlift'er- it will please her, sir, that you have been
eut organization. The weak man is laugh- so kind; aud I am much obliged to you.’
cd at in scorn by the strength of the strong; So saying, the boy left, little dreaming
moral power and weak pulp travel side by j that his nobleness of character had been a
man side, and souls of fine porcelain tremble in bright glance of sunshine into that busy
the near presence of iron and granite. 1
Judgment.
The truth is, a man’s judgment is a man’s
girdle. He is responsible for his reason,
as he is for his conscience or his eyes. He
world he had so tremblingly entered. A
| boy animated by the desire to help his mo-
| ther, will always find friends.
Not Down on the Bills.
^ u ^ ^ ^ ^ Kouvere, the actor, who died recently,
has no more right to abdicate conscience I v y as distinguished on the French stage for
than eye-sight. And to argue that judgment admirable manner in which he played
is to be renounced because conscience often I Shakspeare, and it is even said that his in
ert's, is just as wise as to argue that con-1 t euse study of Hamlet drove him mad first,
science is to bo renounced because judg-1 an< ^ then to tho grave. A few years ago,
ment very often errs. Judgment is here Iiouver ® L y° ns > where it was an
on probation, as the entire uature is. it is pounced that he would play King Lear,
here to be trained. As the will, and the I house \vas full, the piece commenced,
conscience, and the affections are to be dis- aa( * everything went well until the moment
ciplined, so also is tho judgment. It may I t j ie H- 1 ?,® s , 1< . ) - u ^ tears over
commit mistakes. The conscience may, 1 tee body of Cordelia, fhe public then saw
the will inav. It is liable to err; so iseverv I w*te astonishment that Rouvere s face as-
power. It is beset by dangers; so is all of I surned. an expression not at all in harmony
the soul and all of the body. It is a part I J^te te° situation, and that the courtiers
of life’s responsibilities to face danger. It I to^ed sls djteey were trying to stifle a de-
is a burden Natuie laid upon us, when she | sir ® l au gh- Cordelia, whose head was
put us in a world of probation. There is I re< d mm 8 on a velvet cushion, opened her
no training without the possibility of error.
There is no discipline without some danger.
No Children.
Mnniflcent Beqnest of a Southern Gentleman.
Gazaway B. Lamar, who died recently
in New York, bequeathed one hundred thou
sand dollars for tho erection at Savannah
of a home for the aged and infirm negroes.
G. B. Lamar was one of the most fiery of
secessionists. His son, Col. Charles A. L.
Lamar, was killed near Col. Mott’s resi
dence by the Federals, in their advance on
Columbus, on April 16th, 1865. He was
one of the most gallant officers in the Con
federate service. Mr. G. B. Lamar was rob
bed by the Government of thousands of
bales of cotton. Oflatehelias recovered
from the Government, through the courts,
a considerable poition. He owned hun
dreds of negroes. Though freed against his
will, he still preserved affection for them.
Though a true Southerner, and what may
be called a bitter Democrat, he still had
love for his former slaves, and leaves this
magnificent bequest to the aged and infirm
who were lately slaves. Did any Northern
Radical do anything sogenerous ! Seward
and Sumner died rich. They left their de
scendants rich. No t a word about the aged
and infirm. They Left only the Civil Rights
Bill, the emblem ol’ hate and discord. Mr.
Lamar, the Southerner and ex-secessionist,
the hater, according to the Radical theory,
of the black man, bequeathed ah asylum
for his old age, while Civil Rights cannot fur
nish a livelihood. Which has proved the
truest friend of the black race.—Columbus
Enquirer.
. - A little Bridgeport shaver who wanted
to be a good boy, v/as told by his mother to
pray. He said he had prayed, but he didn’t
get good. He was told to keep on praying.
< But,’ said he, ‘ I don’t want to keep teasing
Him all the time.’
..Several years ago a hopeful young min
ister left these shores for the Cannibal Is
lands as a missionary. On arriving at the
end of his journey the natives weighed him,
and cut a sliver off his leg as a sample. He
came home by the next boat, and is now
toe travelling agent; of a circus.
eyes, got up, and rushed off the stage, hold
ing her sides. The audience, convinced
that they were being made fools of, began
to hiss, and to talk of tearing up the bench
es, when a lad in the upper gallery called
A homo without children is like a heaven 1 0 ut, “ Ah! that dog.” It was then tho turn
without angels. We often hear landlords 0 f the public .to roar, for a butcher who
prefer some of then- tenants because they was seated in the first rank of the stalls,
have no children. Advertiscmentsofhouses a nd had fallen asleep, bad brought a dog
to let, or board, are qualified by the words with him, and the animal, being of a curi-
“ without children.” Children are an in-| 0 us disposition, had jumped upon his mas-
cumbrance, a nuisance, and are not wanted, tor’s knees, and placed his two fore-paws
Supposing they change the order and say, on the orchestra railing. Iu this position
“ Select circles aud classes of society, and he gravely witnessed the performance.—
single persons and childless parents;” Nor was this all, for the butcher, feeling
houses aud homes where no little lips prat- too hot, had taken off his wig, and in his
tie, no little voices cry. How stiff and prim sleep had placed it on tbo dog's head- No
the parlors, how orderly and mechanical wonder that the sight of so ludicrous a
the company, how cold and formal the sal- spectator should have diverted the course
utations; there is no romp nor fun there, 0 f King Lear's tears, and have resuscitated
no scratches on the furniture, nothingawry, Cordelia.
no glee. The guests are like fish—cold-1 —— —
blooded; no throb of paternal feeling beats WfiVSidC tiilthcrillffS.
in those veins; no pets nor playthings, be-1
cause there are no children there. Any of | A common Suer—A lawyer. P. S. He
the company are free to bring in a kitten | is likely to be a drain to his client,
or poodle, with weak eyes, and the corners . .Peter II, of Brazil, is said to be tho
of his mouth streaked in chaunels, like the 1 richest monarch iu the world, and there are
lips of a tobacco ctaewer; to be fondled and many in the world who would like to be
kissed, and lie on the lap of its devoted | Peter two.
mistress. But no children. . .No man can read about all .these bur-
Better sweep the flowers from the soil, l glaries without a determination to have his
better pluck the stars from the sky; yes, | wife sleep on the front side of tfye bed.
let paint, varnish and upholstery go, but ..A Milwaukee paper says: ‘What is
let the children come. Next to the song wanted in Kansas is more telegraph poles,
of an angel is the laugh of a child. And or stronger ones. The average pole holds
the heart that can feel and the lips that can only about four horse thieves comfortably.’
say, “I hate children;” should exchange . .In Japan the law requires that, when
places with Lot’s wife. I a person cuts down a tree, he shall plant
Tho man or woman who has fallen, no one in its place. In this way the supply of
matter what the crime is, who retains in wood is kept up. Geo. Washington owes
his or her soul the love of song, of flowers bis country a tree.
and of children, has not yet been left with- j . .Harry, after looking on while his new
out the ministry of angels, to woo and to [ little sister cried at being washed and dress-
win them back to virtue. And the home ed the other day, turned away, saying: ‘ It
that has not echoed to the merry voices of she screamed like that in heaven, I don’t
childhood, has not yet been baptized to its wonder they sent her off.’
name, even though formal prayers may ..One of the meanest little things on
have dedicated it to the purpose of a home, earth is to throw a small watermelon and
However close may be the affinities of lov- bit a political speaker in the pit of the
ing nature, the bond that perfects that [stomach just as he is explaining the Bred
union is only found in parentage. The full Scott decision. :
heart is never known uutil parental love ..a Western man set fire tested prairie
reveals it. | for fim, but after he had run seven ffiiles
and climbed a tree, with his pants about all
iy A member of the Saganaw county burned off, he concluded the sport was a
bar, says the Detroit Journal of Commerce, little too violent exercise to be indulged in
was recently in one of our thriving interor more than once in a lifetime,
towns on professional business. In the of- . .The fact that General Beauregard has
fice of the hotel he was accosted by a very been made President of a Base Ball club, is
agreeable gentleman, evidently of the genus bringing him prominently into public no-
drummor, who wanted to know where he tice. One exchange says: ‘He will now
was from. The legal gentleman, not ex-1 probably not accept ’the position offered in
actly relishing the stranger’s familiarity, the Argentine Republic.’
answered shortly, “From Detroit” The ..The manager of a counter? theatre,
next question was, “ For what house are peeping through the curtain between the
you travelingV “For my own.”, “You acts, was surprised by a glimpse of the
are! may I ask your name!” “ You may.” empty benches. ‘Why, good gracious!’ said
Pause—enjoyable to the lawyer, embarrass- he, turning to the prompter, ‘ where is tee
ing to the other. “Well, (desperately) audience!* ‘He just stepped out to get a
what is your name!” “Jones.” “What a mug of beer,’was the brief reply,
line are you in r “I don’t understand you, ■
S5*
saw his opportunity, and looking at the mamma that sbe wouI< D ° * , .
other from head to foot, he said, slowly, y°“ n 6 m ftI] • oa tho faco of tbo oartb ’ r ; ™ d
“ Well, you appear to carry a d—d small '.ith him, after tho old lady’s death, to th*
line of samples.” Blackstone says he owes I Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, aud was mar-
the drummer one. ' I ried under ground.