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VOLUME XXI.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY,* JANT 20, 1875.
NUMBER 42.
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IhTsO U T HE RN WATCHMAN
1‘1’ULISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
,,t Jtroad and Wall Strert*, (upstairs.)
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•n FIFTY CENTS per square for the firstinsor-
'Vi.ni SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS per square for
e. for any lime under one month. For
a liberal deduction will be made.
\ liberal lo lujtiim on yearly advertisement*.
pP * ‘ MRS\L ADVERTISING .
per levy of 10 lines .. $500
, l “ ' , n *alc*, rtO day* 5.00
, jo day j, t>y A linioistratora, Executors, or
tila- M Administration or Guardianship 4.00
Dflbters and Creditors 5.00
N’id. per «.|uar°. each insertion 1.50
f t • jell Etoal E*tato 4.00
'ionf>r lismission of Administrator 5.00
•• •* Guardian 5.25
4 *e«rti»in the number of spiaro* in an advertise-
,',if».*ry. count the word*—one hundred being
. lfa n inos. All fractions arc counted a* full
professional anb justness Carbs.
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
fTMIE undersigned offers for sale his two tracts of
A land—the one on which he lives containing near
three hundred acre*, lying on Little Curry's creek, 6
miles from Jefferson. 12 or IS from Athena; 125 to
150 acres in original forest of excellent timber; 20 to
20 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. IIouse built since the war, of the best select
ed lumber and shingles, containing 9 rooms, 4 fire
places, convenient to a syring of the best water. Saw
and Grist Mill three or four hundred yards from the
house, as good as is in the country. Out-bnildings,
gin-house, Ac. sufficient. Also, cabins for tenants.
The other place contain* two hundred and five acres,
15 or 20 river and branch bottom, land sufficient for
4 or 5 hand* with a little clearing up, a* it has been
lying out for several years, which has improved it;
good fruit and water; common improvements; water
power for a gin. All indulgence granted possible.
july1& K.J. SHARP.
IIOWBLL COBB,JR.
null!!, KKWIN it COBB,
I; ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
AT//KXS, GEORGIA.
Office in the Deuptee Building. Dec21
B
\. KIWK,
. Boor, shoe and harness maker,
Watkinsvii.i.k, 0*.
VNKKITTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attorncy-at-Law. Athens, (la.
■t ,t Broad itreet,or*r the etore of Harry A Son,
jive special attention to cases »n Bankruptcy. Al-
the collection of all claim* entrusted to his care.
r'NwUNI) A OKR,
Pi Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
snJ COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall.Braad St, Athens, Gn.
We ire now prepared to store Colton at 25 cents per
lilt, uni will advance cash when desired. Oct28.
T7NT.L1SI1 A CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
[ J For Boys. c«>r. Wray and Lumpkin sts , Ath-
apS—3m LEE M. LYLE, Prin.
UHOllY SI’EER,
L, LAWYER, ATHENS, QA.
A>> U itor General of Western Circuit, will attend
:i» C <uru of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banks,
Jirki-n. Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
ud five attention to collecting and other claims in
:fij*e counties. March 19, 1873.
TMrtVARI) R. HARDEN,
X.J . Late Ju Ige l T . 5. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
and now Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
’jlyiH ly Quitman, Brook* County, Ga.
tni &. SSTl.S. MADISON BELL.
PsTES A- BELL, Attorneys at Law,
JJ GAINESVILLE, GA.
S-OT'WILL practice in the counties composing the
r «.*t«rn Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
'Ait Blue Bi lge Circuit. They will also practice in
iou|-ren.e Court of tfeorgia, and in the United States
!>i;t at Atlanta. may 14
IpLOYD
A SILMAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
till! i ractijo in the counties of Walton and Jackson,
JwlS 1. FL0TD, J. B. SILMAN.
Coring:on. Gs. mar4 Jefferson, Ga.
T F. O’KELLEY’S
Id. I’HoTOGRAPII GALLERY,
rer Williams Shoe store, Broad street, Athens,
r g‘»- scp3.
11. Hl’iWINS,
holusaloand Retail Dealer in
V GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
d6 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
JOHN II. CHRISTY,
|d PUia an J Fui) ROOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
cv* .'orner Broad an d Wall streets, over thestore
i!». lhttard. I ‘
AMES
LYLE,
Attorney at Law,
WA TKINSVILLE, GA.
|["HN M. MATTHEWS.
• ’ Attorney at Law,
Danielsviile.Ga.
“f japt mention will he given to any business on-
* l,:# * to hi* care. Marchl4.
.James l.Tong, m. dT
I j Sl’KUEON. ACCOUCHEUR 4 PHYSICIAN,
lOfict „( Jlr. Thomn, Sheaf' Store,)
°"I Hope District, Walton county, Oft.
M, professional services to tbe citiicne of the
dins country. aujr27
K.
ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
FRANKLIN, N. C.
ictirci. in all the Courts of Western North Caro
*viia the Federal Coqrti. Claims collected in
‘ft* of the State. aplfi—ly
|T IU.UY, Feel and Sale Stable,
ATHENS, OA.
fM.V.V X KKA VES, Proprietor*.
■ io i>c fouoil at their old stand, rear Frank-
1“ V ®J ie huilJing, Thomas street. Keep always
j, . *'* Turn-outs and careful drivers,
j .’ y ‘‘ well cared f»r when entrusted to our care.
U * r,n b * Dd f,,r 9*lc at all times. dec25—tf
At
FALTs ANDWINTER STOCK OF
Millinery
AND FANCY GOODS.
MRS. T. A. ADAMS
A NNOLNCES to the public that she is tiow reeeiv-
ing a large and varied stock of Ladies’ Bonnets,
Hats Lace*, Ribbons, Trimmings, Ac., which she is
iifferinu9t low pricos. Ca • 1. oxamine and be convinced,
t door to Bank of the University. Athens. «ep30
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
Practical Watcbrter and Jeweler.
A T Dr. King’s Drug Store, Broad Street, will exe
cute all work entrusted to hint in the Rest styL
d at reasonable prices,
■5sdr~ Terms positively CASH. fcb4
CONTRAST.
There is happy sailing for others
Adown life's calm, sweet seas,
Whose boats are gayly dancing
Before the fragrant breezo ;
There are adverse winds and billowy sea.
And storms, and clouds, and gloom for me.
Some walk 'long paths all fair and sweet,
Abloom with countless dowers.
And scarce can tell which first to pluck
In all love's radiant bowers;
I walk along a thorny road.
Bearing a cross—a heavy load.
Some have their homes all bright with love
And kisses and fond good byes.
That only makes short absouce sweet,
_ And tearless, sparkling eyes;
There’s a dear one's grave on tho hill for me,
And rest, sweet rest, beyond the sea.
I, too, bad countless treasures once.
More than my heart could hold ;
Love scattered its pearls down at my feet.
And crowned me with its gold.
My pearls were gathered by the demon, Death,
My gold was tarnished by his breath.
God, steer my boat adown the sea.
Through all the uiurk and gloom ;
Help mo to walk along the road
Where not one flower doth bloom ;
Open tho pearl gates 'cross Death's sea,
And givo my darling hack to me.
New Firm and New Goods,
GRIFFETH & CRANE
A RE now opening at the old stand of Lampkin A
Crane, No.9 Broad Street, a fino stock of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS,
Hats, Shoes, Crockery,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
In fact, every thins nsnnlly kept in a firet-clns* Van
oty Store—which wc propose to scllat thelowestoash
prices, or exchange for Country Produce.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of our friends
and the public gonerallr.
Fehl ’ GRIFFETH * CRANE.
DR. WHITTIER:
No. 617 St. Charles Street, St. Louis, Hoi,
• of eteuctas 10 narrU**, bloefl
•r skkaeti vttefe rwolta frora
». with raparalUteS success,
chartered bj tbs Buis of Mis.
continues ts treat s
impurities, trery aitaei
iadUerettoo or tnprud<
Dr. W.'s establishment „ —
•onrl, was founded s«d has beta ost«UUSa4 to
•ft*. Mrtiln oxtd reliable roltof. Betas s gmdosu e(
remedies tbet o
ars bel
ber of opp]
tow. 56p
jo sOWstool la all thooo oasoo. His patlonto
^ ***«“ *r^wborVjta
u*r who failed, call or writs. From tho frost cars-
of wUaaUooe> ho U enablcd to hasp his chaifos
- S6 pages, living tail symptoms, fbr two ttampo.
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
a popolw book wbfcb >tak u rat br mn.
body. No Birrled petr, or persons cotrteaplatiag mar*
riafe, cam afford to do wlthoal It. Itooalalos tho ttwom of
msdkal Htcratoiw ea this su^eot, tho rooaltsof Dr. W.'s
loo« experience; aUo tho best Uoaobts fma late works
ta Bosopo and Amorim. Soot sealed, pe
■ post-paid for&OcU.
F 'OR use on ary Sewing Machine, is “CLARK’S
0. N. T.,” especially that made for and bearing
tbe name of the .Singer Manufacturing Co. A word
to the wise should he sufficient. Price. 75c. pet
doten Spools, at tho office of the SINGER MANU
FACTURING CO. G. II. HOPE, Agent,
julyl—ly* Bishop’s Corner, Athens, Ga.
Wagon Yard in Athens.
T HE subscriber has fitted up and opened a safe, com
fortable and commodious Wagon Yard, on Rivet
street, in the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where
CORN, FODDE R, and all other necessary supplies <-ar
bo purchased on reasonable torms. Chargestaodorate,
The highest market price paid for Country Produce,
an<! Bank bills received in exchungefor Goods.
JnlvT tf WTLKY F. TIOOB
jltlett |WisttUanj.
that I was to be buried that day at two o’clock j A Strange Fascination.
and I was beginning to feel decidedly shaky | In San La Jose, a California town, there
when Jerusba and her mother came into the : livod a yonnglady, handsome, wealthy, and
■ RIDEN,
ATTORNEY at law,
L. S. Claim Agent and Notary Public,
tlAlSKBVlLLE.GA.
- JOce mi Wilson street, below King 4 Bro'i.
ttbruery HI, 1S7S. •
Iv-V„ r. P. HOWELL.
PEEPLES £• HOWELL,
1 attorneys at law,
Itw, Kimball Home, Atlanta. Oa.‘
li (be State nud Federal Courts, and
I re K u, » rl y «H the Courts in Atlanta, includ-
Court of the State, and will argne
Ikrj! P ° n “ r * c f* for absent parties, on reasonable
P r *°Hoe in the Courts of thecountiescon-
I — sgcessible to Atlanta bv Railroad, sepll
THE GREAT REMEDY
FOR
Bins, Bealls, Coins, Poison Oat, Sip
of Insects and Cutaneous Inflammations Generally,
DISCOVERED BY DBS. L. E. BUSH,
JUG TAVERN, WALTON CO., GA.,
1UAS entered against tho World, at tho late State
\ V Fair at Macon, and is daily effecting THE MOST
WONDERFUL CURES, and has become an indis
pensable household necesoity. No family should be
without it!
If, after trial, a family is willing to li?o without this
preparation for Ten Dollars, agonts arc authorized to
refund the money.
FOR SALE,
In Athens—At Dr Wm King's Drug Store and at
tho Store of Judge J D Pittard.
In Watkinsville—At theStore of Booth A Durham.
In Monroe—At Dr Galloway's Drug Store.
At Princeton—By Mr Russell.
Address all orders to WILEY n. BUSII,
nov!9 Jug Tavern, Walton co:, Ga.
I pAYLLloX HOTEL,
'■’-'.rt jfV,"-f'ASS II jto 1 ia .Runted In the very
,1 l | Wn'|]ij l " l, l” rl of tbeeity, and all who
l *‘ k »Moe«F.s J ®''* , J 00 “ v » , »ienee and luxury that
l. do.,, . a - Board, per day, $3.00.
Mra. L. H. Botter.ixli
■If Proprietret*.
|Jj S. ADAMS, M.D.,
.;r ,0 r os - Acc “>'oheor and FnreiciAH.
U, M.i „ c *> Mountain Diitrict, Walton coun-
iti,.,,*.,. offer * hia profeaaiuaal service, to the
'orronnding eonntrv. aug20—ly
CllAHLBSTO.V, S. C.
8 l 'S,4 -NEWTON,
^Hler* i
1||„ foreign and Domaatio HARDWARE,
ANTI-PYR0TIC,
OR,
G-i*eat Fir^e-Killer.
NO HUMBUG!
CERTAIN,SURE, RELIABLE.
B Y a recent discovery, we are enabled to offer tbe
public a safe, certain aud sure cure for
Burns, Scalds, Scald-Ucad, Stings by Insects,
Tetter, King Worm, Piles, Sore Eyes
and Old Sores ot long standing.
This preparation has been thoroughly tested—in
barns always insures almost instant relief—has never
failed in a single instance.
We have in our possession numbers of certificate*
showing the WONDERFUL OURFS effected by this
preparation, which never fails.
Every Family should have a Bottle of it
RBADY FOR USE!
No one knows how soon a member of tho family may
need It.
It is a Georgia production and perfectly free from
mineral poison. __ _
iH».For »*!• in Athen. »t the Drug Store, of Dr. ft.
M. Smith 4 Go. end Dr. Wm. King, Jr.
Ordera ah uld be addreaped to
JARRKTT 4 MULKEY,
AugS Walton’. Ford. G»
■ No. 0,Broad atreet, Athens, G».
111“' ADAIR, I). D, s.
' °9*. Uairesvill,, Ga.
^ «ihe»H corner Public Square.
8. r -
|S’h «nd P h0 '*“^ * nd ReUil Depler in
I Nil GOODS, GROCERIES, 4e.
I — *0. 12 Broad Street. Athens. Ga.
and Fancy Job Printing,
At the Southern Watchman Office.
If’*,u >OOL SULdKJ
In *“? CHEAPEST! Oit that m.n
ra^ktasusiss’ *»*• 8 “ M "
| Q * H- HOPE, Agent, Athen,, G».
Ifcs**s5li W n. KKLY WITNESS, giving New,,
IS*. i jS&t Piotore, end LIv. Edito,' -
jur p'IV r ‘«««re, and Lire Editorial,, at
J«rPo.u f n >4l d > hu renched 75,000 circa
Bend for ben sample copy.
FRESH OYSTERS AND FISH:
I WILL serve One, fre,h fish and oytter,, at nil
hoars, at my restaaraat on Jackson street, and will
heap n good supply for sale. Every thing neat and
elean. FRANCIS LOUIS, (Democrat,)
NovlS—St. * Proprietor.
THE SNUFF-COLOREI) SUIT.
I scarcely know how it happened, but a
timber must have fell aud struck me on tho
head.
The first thing that I realized after it was
thitt I was straight and still on something hard
and when I tried to move myself I found it im
possible to do so 1 concluded that I must
bo in some very tight, dark placo, for I could
not sec; in fact I soon learned that, though
perfectly conscious, I could do nothiu'' but
hoar. A door opened and footsteps approach
ed ; but I felt a cloth taken from my face, and
a voice which I recognized as that of Mr. Jones,
tho father of my wife that was to ha—said :
lie hasn’t changed much,’ and his compan
ion, whose voice I knew to be tho villago un
dertaker, Uopkius by name, said lightly:
‘ Hotter looking dead than alive. How doeB
Jerueha fee! about it f Take on much!’
• Oh. no, bhe had her oyo on another fellow,
anyhow, aud a better match, too, excepting
tho money part. Though I had nothing against
lien, only he didn’t know much, and was
abuut the homeliest man I ever knew. Such a
month: why it really seemed as though he
was going to swallow kuifo, plate, aud all,
when he opened it at dinner.’
• Well,’ said the cheerful voice of Hopkins,’
he'll never open his mouth agaiu ; and thou
ho proceeded to measure mo for my coffin, for
it seemed that I was dead, or thoy thought I
was, w hich was all the saino to the greedy
pocket of the undertaker. I bad heard of un
dertakers who always whistled joyfully when
they got a tuoasure, but I never believed it
before. Hut that man actually whistled
subdued dunciug-tunc while ho measured me,
and it seemed to mo that throe or four icicles
were rolling down my back, to tho music of
his whistling.
His duty done, they covered my face again
and left me to my own reflections, which were
not particularly comforting, although I had
often heard it remarked, that meditation was
good for the soul, and this w.ts tho best cbanco
I had ever had to try it.
Au hour must have passed when tho door
again opoued, and two persons eaine whisper
ing along to whore I lay, and the voice of my
promised wife fell upon my ear.
• 1 dread to look at him, Bob; ho was so
mortal homely, alive, he must be frightful
dead.’
I ground my teeth in imagination, as I re
membered how often she had gone into rap
tures, or pretended to, over ray uoblo brow
and expressivo mouth; aud how that she of-
teu declared that if 1 wore taken away from
her she would surely pine away and die.
One of them raised the cloth, and I knew
thoy were looking at me. Bob was her second
cousin, and I knew ho was that ‘ other fellow,’
whom her father had mentioned.
‘Seems to me you don’t feel very had aboat
bis dyiug, ’Iiusha,’ remarked Bob, medita
tively.
‘ Well, to tell the truth,’ said my betrothed
I don’t care very much about it. If he had
lived I should havo married him, because ho
was rich, and father wanted me to : but 1 was
getting about sick of my bargain, for knew I
should always be ashamed of him, lie looked
so much like a baboon.
• But yon loved him,’ remarked Bob.
‘No, I didn't! My affections were wasted
long ago upon one who never returned my
love;’ and my fast-fading idol sighed heavily.
They had covered my face by this time, and
were standing a few steps from whore I lay.
‘ About how long ago, 'Kasha t’ asked Bob,
‘ A year, or such a matter,’ with another
deep sigh, which ended in a fit of sneezing.
• About tbe time I went away V interrogated
the cautious Bob, coughing a little.
Well, yes, some're near,' assentod my dear
affianced.
■ Now, Jerusba, you don't mean to insinuate
that I—’
• 1 don't mean to insinuate anything, Bob
Smith !' and the angelic sweetness of her voice
somewhat sharpened.
• Now, see here, ’Rusha, I’ve loved you ever
since you were knee high to a gopher, bat
thought when you came borne that you was
sweet on that other chap; but I swan I believe
you liked me all the time!’
• Ob, Bob 1’ said my was-to-be, in a gushing
sort of way.
‘ Mine own Jerusba!‘ remarked Bob.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
A VERY desirable HOUSE »nd LOT for salo or
rant, in Cobbhnm. Th« honsn eonUlns ten good
rooms, TLere 1, n well of good wnter on tho pro
mises. Apply to
deeSO
LEWIS J. LAMPKIN.
NOTICE.
I FOREWARN nil persons against trading for a cer-
lain promissory note, given for Six Hundred Dt>i-
lars, bearing date on or about tho 12»b day of Novem
ber last, mad, payable to William Amis, or bearer, and
signed by inyaalf— tbe oon.iderstlon ofsi.id not. hav
ing proved false in part. MARY BROOKS.
The Newnan papors will plaas# copy and forward
bill to advertiser. doeSO-lt
Then I heard a subdued rush, accompanied
by violent lip explosions. I tried to kick or grate
my teeth, or do eametbiag to relieve my out
raged feelings but uota kick nor a grate could I
raise. It was an awful fire to be in, bat I bad
to stand it, or lay it, so I laid still and let
them alone until they got tired of it, and then
they went out, and I was again left to my own
pleasant reflections
Night came, and so did a lot of young fel
lows with their girls, to sit up with me; and
they had a jolly timo of it, although it was
agjjgpst my principles to enjoy it on so solemn
an occasion.
It seemed an ago until morning, bat it came
at last and they went away. I heard them say
room and bogan arranging for the Mineral
Jerusba,’ said btr mother, ‘ here is that
snuff-colored suit of poor Ben’s; of course bo
will never have any more aso for clothes, so
just put them away among yoar carpet-rags ;
they'll make a splendid stripe.’
Now that particular suit of clothes was just
the neatest one I evor owned, nrm-boles, wrist
bands, buttons, all just the thing, A»d my blood
boiled to hear them talk so cooHy of using
them for stripes in a rag-carpet.'^ They kept
on talking as they swept, dusted Rod cleaned
up the room. i
* Bob says be will take tho Martin farm to
work this year,’ said Jerusha, cheerfully; • and
as soon as we’re married we’ll go to housekeep
ing in that little cottago close to the road. Now
I must get my carpet done just as soon as pos
sible, for I want it in that uico iittlo front room-
These duds of Ben’s will tnako out enough
rags, I guess. His folks live so far away thoy
will never inquire about his clothes. Now, if
it wasn’t for tho looks of it we could ask old
Mother Smith about coloring yellow ; she’s
sure to be hero to day.’
I was getting very mad now, indeed. I felt
that the crisis was near, and that I should
either die or explode if they did not let my
snuff-colored suit aiono. Jerusha picked them
up—I knew it, for I heard tho buckles and
buttons jingle—and made lor t he door. 1 tried
to shako my fist and yell at her, but all in
vain. I laid there, outwardly as quietly as a
lamb, inwardly boiling with wrath. It was
teo much; the deepest traneo could not havo
held out against tho loss of that suit. With
a powerful effort I sprang up and screaraod.
crusha dropped my clothes and her mother
tho duster, and both fled from tho room and
from tho bouse, nover stopping till they reach
ed Dr. Brown's across the street. With diffi
culty I managed to get my clothes. I had
just got them fairly on, when Mrs. Jones and
her daughter, followed by a numerous compa
ny of men, women and children, came peering
cautiously into tho room. I sat on my board
and looked at them. Such a scared-looking
crowd was enough to amuse au owl, so I laugh
ed; I knew it was unbecoming, bnt I couldn’t
have helped it if they had chucked mo iuto
my cotfiu—which tho undertaker was just car
rying past the window—and buried mo tho
next minute. I laughed till I jarred tho chair
out from under one cud of tho board, and down
I went with a crash. Then tho doctor ven
tured into tho room, saying rather dubiously :
' So you are not dead yet. Bon f ’
* Well, no, not exactly,’ I replied, ‘ sorry to
disappoint my friends about the funeral, how
ever.’
* Yes.’ he said, rather absently, ‘ bad, rath
er— that is—ahem!’
Fooled out of that snuff-colored stripe !’ I
thought, as I looked at Jerusha.
' Go and speak with him,' said her father,
in a staid whisper. ‘ He’s got the stamps, and
you had better marry him alter alt*
They began to gather around me and con
gratulate mo on my escape. I notice that
they cried a great deal moro now than wbon
I was dead. Jerusha carno and hung
around my neck, sniveling desperately. I
gave her a not over-gontlo push, and told her
to wait next time until I was safely buried be
fore she set her heart on my old clothes.
* O, I urn so glad V she said sweetly, with
out appearing to notico what I said about the
clothes—“ that yon are not dead, Benny,
dear. My heart soemod all withorod and
broken to see you lying all cold and white. I
wept bitterly over your pale face, my beloved.’
' Vos,' I replied, ‘ I heard you and Bob tak
ing on terribly. It was a lucky die for mo.’
* Could you hoar V she gasped.
‘ I rather think I could,somo,' I roplied.
She looked toward tho door, but it was
crowded full, so she mado a divo for tho opon
window, and went through it like a doer. She
shut herself up in tho smoko house, and would
not come out until after I had left tho bouse.
Bob would not fill his promise of marriage
with his cousiu because she tried to make up
with mo again ; so sbo is living a life of single
blessedness.
While I am writing, my wifo is cutting up
my snuff-colored clotbos to make a stripe ia a
new carpet for our front room.
more that; usually well educated. Her father
wa3 an invalid, her mother was cold and
heartless.
Two years ago a physician was called to at
tend her fathor; in this way tho young lady
saw him Tho doctor paid no attention to
her—his mind was engrossed with his profes
sional duties. A fow weeks ago the doctor
was somewhat surprised by being asked by
tho young lady to give her the favor of a pri
vate interview. She took him intoadrawing-
room.
• Doctor,’ said she, ‘ I suppose that gentle
men of your profession are accustomed to
receive strange confidences. I have a con
fession to make to you.’
He supposed that the impending confession
bad something to do with the stato of her own
health or with that of her father, and ho beg
ged her to procood.
* You will, however, Jt>e scarcely prepared
for what I am about to say,' sho continued ;
* hut I wish you to hoar it. It is now just
two years since I first saw yon. You have
scarcely ever exchanged a word with me, but
I havo learned much about you. I am not
mistaken in believing that you are unmarried T’
‘ No,’ said ho, ‘ I am not married.'
* And your affections are not engaged t’
‘ You scarcely havo tho right to ask that,’
said bo.
• Well, then,’ sho replied, ’ I will not ask
it; but I will make you my confession. I love
you with all my heart. I wish you to marry
mo. I havo loved you from the first moment
I saw you. I said to mysolf, ‘ I will wait for
two years ; if he then speaks to me I will know
what to say.’ Yon havo not spoken, and now
I speak. I say I love you with all my heart;
you are necessary for mo; will you marry mo V
The doctor, who although not a very old
man, was twico tho ago of tho young lady,
recovering a little from his surprise, tried to
turn the matter off as a joke, but the young
lady was very sorions.
‘ No,’ sho said, ‘ I am in very sober earn
est. I know all that you may say or think as
to tho iudolisacy of ray proposal, but I can
not help it. I ask you once more, can you
love mo, and will you marry me V
‘ In sober earnest, then,’ ho replied, ‘ I can
not marry you.’
' Tbon I shall die,’ said she, very calmly,
and left tho room.
Tho doctor had heaid people say before
that they should die, and ho left the liouso
without attaching very much importance to
tho prophecy.
A few days after this the young lady was
found dead in her bod. Two luttors laid upon
her dressing-table. One was addressed to her
family solicitor.
Every penny of her property was given to
the doctor, aud the solicitor was instructed to
make tho transfer to him. to ask no questions
and to take no rocoipt. Tho othor letter was
to tho doctor. ‘ I told you I should die, and
when you receive this I shall bo dead. For
ten days I havo takon no food or drink ; but
that does not kill mo, and now I havo taken
poison. I havo no reproach to make to you
but I could not livo without your love. When
lam doad look at my heart and you will see
your name there. I havo two requests to make
of you. Go to my solicitor and tako what ho
has for you. and then go off on a holiday to
Italy for a fow months. Tho other request is
that you nover ask whero I am buried, and
never como to my gravo.’
Thero was a post-mortom examination mado
on tho young lady's body. On her breast over
her heart, deeply imprinted in tho flesh, woro
tho initials of tho doctor’s name. The char
acters seomod to havo boon made thero two
or threo years before. Thoy were probably
imprinted by her own hand on the day when
sho first saw him.
RELIC'S.
Shut tho door closely, let no passer by
Our task o’orlook : 'tis only you aud I
Who care with rov’reht hands to lay aside
Those simple relics of tho child that died.
Within this casket lay them one by one,
Nor let us woeping linger when ’tis done.
Such tears might breed repining; ’tis not
ours
To grudge tho Lord tho gatb'ring of His
flowors.
HOW LITTLE WE KNOW.
How little wo know of each other.
We pass through tbe journey of life,
With its struggles, its feats and temptations,
Its heart-breaking cares and its strife!
We can only see things on the surface,
For few people glory in sin,
And an unruffled face is no index
To the tnmult which rages within.
How little we know of each other!
The man who to-day passes by
Blessed with fortune and honor aud titles.
And bolding his prond head on high.
May carry a dread secret with him
Which makes his bosom a hell,
And he, sooner or later, a felon,
May write in tho prisoner’s cell.
How little we know of each other!
That woman of fashion, who sneers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her sighs and her toars,
May, ero the sun rises to morrow,
Havo tho mask rudely torn from her face,
Ami siuk from the height of her glory
To tho dark shades of shame and disgrace.
How little we know of each other t
Of ourselves too little we know !
We aro .ail weak when under temptation,
All subject to error and woe.
Then let blessed charity rule us,
Let us put away envy aud spite—
For the skeleton grim in our closet
May some day bo brought to light.
A Sal isfled Conscience. .
There are a great many stories afloat about
tho punctilious observance of Sunday in Scot
land ; bnt wo remember none more illustrative
of the absurdity to which tho custom is car
ried than tho following, which is told by tho
Coant De Mediae Pornar, in his newly publish
ed work, • The Honeymoon :"
It was at the hotel of Dumbarton. I had
just got up and rung tho bell for somo hot wa
ter for shaving. A waiter answered my call.
‘ I want somo hot water, if you please,
said.
• And what do you want the hot water V
‘ For shaving,* said I.
• Ye canna havo the hot water on tho Lord’s
Day for sic a thing as shaving,’ said tbe waiter,
horror struck at the idea.
I insisted again, bnt with the same effect.
• Na, na,’ said ho, ‘ ye canna have it.’
Necessity is the mother of invention, ’tis
said, and this aroused mine. I thought that
if I could arrange the order in such a way that
it would not affect his religious scruples, he
would bring it directly. I therefore proposed
that I should like some toddy, aDd told him to
bring me the materials for making it, consist
ing of whisltey, sugar, and boiling water
These be brought without the least demur,
gave him the whiskey, which be drank, aud I
used the hot water. So conscience was sat
isfied.
..When yon strike oil, step boring. Many
a man has bored clean through and let the
oil ran out at the bottom.
. .Smith, who was offered a plate of macca-
roni soup, declined it, saying that they “could
not play off any biled pipe stems on him.”
-.“ The strongest propensity in a woman’s
nature,” is a desire to know what is going on,
and the next is to boss tbe job.”
. - The prisoner who iMb asked if he had any
thing to say before be received sentence, told
the judge he wonld like to have sentence
transposed, if it made no difference to him, so
he could receive ten cents, instead of sentence. House of Representatives.
Thoy are all here : tho toys that she loved
best;
Tho little pillow that her soft chook pressod
Her pictured books, dofaced with frequent
touch
Of tiny bauds that prized them overmuch ;
A tatterod loaf, with verses of a hymn—
Nay, do thou fold it, for my sight grows dim
It 800insbut now sbo spelled it at my knee,
*• Nearer to God,” and askod how that could
be.
I see again the look that sought the.skies,
The earnest wonder in the pure blue eyes.
As tbe rapt ear my meaning faintly caught.
Though scarcely comprehending all I taught
Sho hath those mysteries solved in soaring
there ;
And wo, too, have drawn nearer than wo were.
Strengthened by faith that heeds nor let nor
stay,
Sinco those child footsteps trod the narrow
way.
Why He did not Get the Place.
Several years ago a slab-sided, awkward
printer boy from Maine found his way to
Washington in search of au * easy place.’ Tom
Ewing was then Secretary of tho Interior. To
him tho youngster naturally appliod for assis
tanco in getting tho desired situation. This
was the encouraging answer ho received from
Ewing:
* I will not get you a place in auy of the de
partments. Moreover, if you find a placo and
go to work I’ll nse all my influence to havo you
dismissed. I am not going to have you made
into a limp and helpless nonenity if I can help
it. Go anywhore else, go to the devil if you
like; you shan’t stay in Washington.’
This inspiriting counsel drove tho printer
youth back to Maine again. Had Ewing fonnd
him tho desired ‘ place,’ he wonld to-day bo
tying tapo around bundled documents, or
sticking official stamps on somebody tslse’s let
ters, in one of tho departments, an inert hit
man routine-machine. But the uuele’s sensi
ble brusqueness was tho nophow’s salvation.
The name of that discouraged young applicant
was James G. Blaine, present Speaker of tbe
A King of Spain.
The announcement of tho proclamation of
Prince Alfonso as King of Spain, and bis re
cognition by tbo armies operating against the
Carlists in the north and ceutre of that coun
try, and by the naval forces at Santander, is a
strange and unlooked for piece of intelligence.
Up to this time tbo rebellion against the Span
ish Republic Iras been chiefly represented by
Don Carlos, and against him the Republican
armies have been directing all their energies.
That tho Republican party in Spain will now
suddenly and tamely yield to aaother royal
pretender to tho divine right can hardly be
conceived, but nothing that happeus in Spain
is entitled to bo astonishing. Alfonso, Marquis
do Covadnngn, Priuco of tho Austrias, who
will bo known as Alfonso XII., if be should
make good bis claim, is the son of the ex-
Queen Isabella II. and hor consort, Don
Francis d’Assisis, and was born at Madrid,
November 28,1857, being, therefore, seventeen
years of age. He followed his mother on her
expulsion from the throne in 1863, and con
tinued to resido with her, while receiving his
iucation, until recently, at Paris and Geneva,
having in October last been granted by tbe
British government the privilege of becoming
a student in tbo military collegoof Sandhurst,
England, whero he now is. In March, 1870,
tho Princo went to Rome to receive the sacra
ment at tho hands of tho Pope, on which oc
casion the Queen wrote to the latter, declaring
to him that she did not aspire to preserve to
herself tho right to tho throne, but to transmit
it to the Prince, her son, adding: ‘I have
formed the proposition that the Prince shall
be educated in such a manner that if some day
tbo nation needs him, and God wishes it, he
may go and perform his labor without exciting
the hatred or the opposition of any of the nu
merous factions into which our country is un
fortunately divided, for he will have learned
that tbo good King of Spain must not belong
to any party, but to all tbe Spaniards, and
that God has given the Kings for the people,
and not the people for tho Kings.’ On the
25th of June, 1870, the Queen signed a formal
abdication in favor of Alfonso, at Paris, in tbe
presence of tho royal family and several Span
ish grandees and Generals who adhered to her
cause. Tho election for King in the Spanish
Cortes on the 17th of the following November,
eight votes were cast for Alfonso, while ten
votes wero cast in blank by other of his ad
hcrents. The result, however, being the elec
tion of Amadeus, of Italy, the Queen issued
protest against it. Since that time the scheme
for placing: Alfonso on the thrond has never
been abandoned, but his adherents have been
so few in or out of Spain that their intrigues
havo never assumed importance until the
present. Ou the 22d ultimo, in response to
au address from some grandeos, tho young
Princo said that monarchy alone could termi
nate tho disorders and uncertainty which pro
vail in Spain, and further declared that a ma
jority of tho people of Spain were agreed in
the opinion that be is tbe only rightful repre
sentative of tho Spanish monarchy. A day or
two ago it was announced that General Mar
tinez Campas had pronounced in favor of the
Prince, and had carried over two battalions
from the Republican army. A portion of the
army of tho centre was at once withdrawn
from pursuit of the CarliBts to march against
Campas, but now we have it indicated by
cablo that the main forces of Spain, military
and naval, have followed in the ‘ new move
ment ;’ that a regency has been formed under
Couovas del Castello, and that thus has been
struck tho ’ death blow to the Carlist cause.’
—Baltimore Sun.
wonld not be kind enough to hoist her umbrel
la!
But no. Even while ho spoke, he opened
that useful article, and held it gracefully over
his companion.
“Thank you.” said she earnestly.
"Not at all,” said he, still moro earnestly.
And on they went.
Why, the fellow flatly contradicted the
lady,” said I to myself. "How outrageous!’
But no, again ; for they were evidently on
the best of terms, and tho lady smiled sweetly
at his words.
Yet the birds say that this sort of talk is
quite usual amoog genteel human beings.
Fight it Out.
A story is told of a daughter of a promi
nent person now in the lecture field, which is
peculiarly interesting and suggestive of uncon
scious wisdom. A gentleman was invited to
tbe lecturer's house to tea. Immediately on
being seated at the table, the little girl aston
ished the family cirele and the guest by tbe
abrupt question:
“Where is your wife t”
Now the gentleman, having been recently
separated from the partner of his life, was ta
ken so completely by surprise that he stam
mered forth tho truth:
“I don’t know."
"Don’t know !’" replied the enfant terrible.
Why don’t you knowt”
Finding that the child persisted in her in
terrogatories, despite the mild roproof of her
parents, he concluded to make a clean breast
of the matter, and have it over at once. So
he said with a calmness which was the result
of inward expletives:
“Well, we dont live together; we think, as
we can’t agree, we’d better not.”
He stifled a groan as the child began again,
and darted an exasperated look at her parents.
But the little torment would not be quieted
until sho exclaimed :
“Can’t agree! Then why don’t you fight it
out, as pa and ma do ?"
“Vcngoance is mine,” laughingly retorted
the visitor, after “pa and ma" exchanged
looks of holy horror, followed by tho inevita
ble roar.
A Quick Quarter.
We commend the following to tbe youth of
our section:
“ A boy worked hard all day for a quarter of
a dollar. With the quarter be bought apples,
and took thorn to town and sold them on tbe
street for a dollar. With the dollar he bought
a sheep. 1 his sheep brought him a lamb, and
her fleece brought him another dollar. The
next spring he bad two sheep, two lambs, and
a yearling sheep. The three fleeces he sold
for three dollars, and bought three more sheep.
He now had six, with a fair prospect. He
worked, where be found opportunity, for bay,
corn, oats, pasturage for his sheep. He took
tbe choicest care of them, .and soon bad a
flock. The wool enabled him to buy a pas
ture for them, aud by tbe time he was twenty-
one he bad a fair start in life, and all from the
quarter he earned iu one day.”
Wayside Gatherings.
Social ostracism is very unsocial.
..It is bettor to be useful than rich.
..A fast musician—One who plays too forte.
..No church is too weak to tako up a col
lection.
It requires no particular skill to make a
blunder.
..With hungry men, meal times are tbe best
times.
.. No Chinaman has ever yet become a book
agent.
..A mother-in-law in the house is a well
spring ofjawy.
..Time will only hang up his scythe when
he is no mower.
The Beautiful Blue Danube” is a muddy,
yellow fraud.
- .Jonah was a stranger among whales, aqd
they took him in.
..When was the greatest freak of naturet
When Mary had a little lamb.
. What is the largest room in the world 7
The room for improvement.
.Snails are to be taxed in Paris, which will
make them go still more slowly.
. .The elephant is said to be dying out; so
you’d better go and see it at once.
.. A client is nover certain about a lawyer,
and generally takes him on trial.
.Pluck and patience are a strong firm in
transacting tho daily business of life.
..The proper salutation when you meet a
writing master is, “How do you flourish T”
.. It was a Portland chap after coming to a
railroad crossing the other day, and reading
the sign, “Look out for the locomotive,”
climbed to the top and gazing up the track,
wanted to know “where’n thunder the old
thing was ?"
.. A Chicago boy of ten says that when his
parents get into a fight, and his mother calls
for a flat-iron and his father yells for the stove-
bandle, be is placed in a most embarrassing
position, as be is sure to get licked, no matter
who he minds-—[Detroit Press.
..“Little Tommy didn't disobey mama,and
go in swimming did bet” “No, mamma;
Jimmy Brown and the rest of the boys went
in, but I remembered what you said aud didn't
disobey you." “And Tommy never tolls lies,
doos he f” “No, mamma, I wouldn't tell a lie
for all the world.” “Tbon how does Tommy
happen to have on Jimmy Brown’s shirt f”
That conundrum was too much for Tommy.
He had to give it up.
..Mrs. Jones has long boon wanting to vis
it Greenwood Cemetery, and in early summer
sho says to her husband, “You have never
yet taken me to Greenwood." “No, dear," he
replied, “that’s a pleasure I have yat bad only
in anticipation,”
..A man that don’t know any thiog will
tell it the first time he gets acbaoce.
. - One of the meanest things a small boy can
do is to put tacks in the chairs when he knows
that a young man is coming to call on his sis
ter that evening.
Careless English.
People who think themselves precise in
their language will please read aud consider
the following ;
A lady and gentleman were crossing our
meadow, eno cloudy day, when it suddenly
began to rain-
“Won’t you be kind enough to hoist my um
brella t” asked the lady.
“Certainly,” replied the gentleman.
I was astonished at this, for if won't means
anything at all, it means “will not,” and there
fore according to my translation, tbe gentle
man really had told the lady that certainly he
'« £ -■
Humor and Sarcasm.
It is not everybody who knows where to
joke, or when, or how ; and whoever is igno
rant of these conditions had better not joke at
all. A gentleman never attempts to be hu
moroue at the expense of people with whom
be is but slightly acquainted. In fact it is
neither good manners nor wise policy to joke
at anybody’s expense; that is to say, to make
anybody uncomfortable merely to raise a laugh.
Old JSeop, who was doubtless the subject of
mauy a gibe on account of his humped back
tells the whole story in a fable of “The boys
and the frogs.” What was fun to the young
sters was death to tbe croakers A jest may
cut deeper than a curse. Some men are so
constituted that they cannot take a friendly
joke in the same light coin, and will requite
it with contumely and insult. Never banter
one of this olass, or he will brood over hia
badinage long after you bare forgotten it, and
it is not prudent to incur any one’s enmity for
tbe sake of uttering a smart double entendre
or a tart repartee. Satire, however, when lev
eled at social foibles and political evils, is not
only legitimate, but commendable. It bas
shamed down more abuses than were ever abol
ished by force of logic.
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