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c 5 W: i ■ - IJV JOHN H. CHRISTY. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS. $2.00 per Annum, in advance, ■yOLTJMJH XXX. ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTR 28, 1874. NUMBER 80. THE southern watchman PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. ^ rr „, r „, r of Ilromt and H all ShrtxU, (upstairs.) TERMS. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, invariably in advance. advertising. , iferti.omentii will beiu.erted at ONE DOLLAR „...rv .’BNTS por square for tho firstinier- Y-FIVB CENTS per square for r any time under one month. For ids. a liberal deduction will he made. \ liberal leiuotion on yearly advertisements. LEOAL ADVERTISING . it-. (: .los. perlevy of 10 linos 1500 1 mortgage salos, 00 days 5.00 . |0 lavs.by Administrators, Executors, or •li.ilea's "f'diitninistratloti or fluardians ,, Debtors and Creditors 5.00 ^j.i oer square, each insertion 1.5(1 ! ill. I. iiilbRssI Estate.-...a,... 4.00 • istiuafer dismission of Administrator 5.00 1 .. is 41 Guardian 5.25 T , ssrsrtain the number of squares in an ndvertise- .,i,itmry, count the words—one hundred being sjss'l to t«» lines. Allfrsctions are counted as full pastes. , 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.