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Mmm m r JOHN H. CHRISTY. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS. OO per Annum, in advance. VOLUME XXI. ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1875. NUMBER 47. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. the SOUTHERN WATCHMAN] fall andwinter stock of Millinery I and fancy goods. MRS. T. A. ADAMS A NXOUNCES to the public tbit ah* ja now £*■ ing • Urge sod varied a took uf Lidioa’ B Li l ff corner of Brood and Wall Streets, (upstairs.) to®: TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. advertising. reeelv „ _ „ Bonneta, Hit, Lieea, Ribbona, Trimming!, Be., which ihe ii offfringitlowprieei. Call.examincandbeconrinerd. Uvertiaewentawill boinaertod at ONE DOLLAR | N **' d, '" r University. A then. ' aop30 isu> FIFTY OENTS per square for the firstinser .0.1 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS por square for nuanee. for any time under one month. For k" C't periods, a liberal deduction will be made, ibor:i\ ielaotion on yearly advertiaomenU. LEGAL ADVERTISING . I A ? Dr. King's Drag Stere, Broad Street, will exe- r r.- - lies, porlecy of 10 lino A cute all work entreated to him in the beet stele sales, *0 days.... 6.00 I and at reasonable prieei. Term, positirely E. A. WILLIAMSON, Meal Watctata aaJ Jeweler. <, t>y ,\<l uinistratur*, Kxecutora, or 6.50 i positively CASH. style feb4 at i»ns ■>( \ lminintmtion or tluardianship 4.00 1 . 1)oV>t.*rs and Creditors 5.00 1 \’M loir a |L*$re. ouch insertion 1.50 I ,vc to veil Rem! Estate... 4.00 I »ti«>nfrr lis:ni*Mon of Administrator 5.00 1 >* ** ** Guardian 5.251 ' . i.ii'ortain the number of squares in an advertise- I n : , r .oituary, count the words—one hundred beinfr I .^1 to ton linos. AllTractions are counted as full I professional anb business Carbs. I, i M \ it COBB. | A. S. BRWI2T. | IlOWKLI. COBB, JR. HiBB, E1LWIN & COBB, J ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ATHENS, GEORGIA. \ the Denpt«t Building. Dee21 ( DR. WHITTIER: So. 617 St. Charlie Street, SLIn^So, “•A ™ tw. ut ■Ilk, Mittb Mi nUelle iimT . ***7 MgggMgg MARRIAGE GUIDE, srvssss 55.*•"** rt *g» *• *• vHkevtlun. n>«4te*l Iltenuure mm Uto eeWeeL Uu k»M ipdilww Ulannnti /V. A. EDGE, BOOT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER, Watkiissvili.e, (Ja. B BANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond, 11< 0R «••<>» sewing Maehin.,i, “clark^s Attornoy-at-Law. Athens, Ga. I *■ O. N. T./* especially that made for and bearing ,oc«r the ttore of Barry 3t Son, 1name of tbe Singer Manufacturing Co. A word n Bankruptcy. Al-1 t0 w *®® should be snfieient. jJSfr* Priee, 75c. pei trusted to his care. M»>*en Spools, at the ofict of tbe 8INGE& MANU - FACTURING CO. G. H. HOPE, Agent. j'MOHY SPEER, j J® 1 * 1 —BUhop’a Corot?, Athens, Gb. J LAWYER, ATHENS. GA An Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend (Jjfict oh Broad street, Wiil give special attention to cases in Bankruptcy. Al- jo to the collection of all claims ths Courts of Clarke, Wnlton, G wit.nett, Hall, Banks, Jackson, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White, »t 1 give attention _ tin#* counties. March 19, 1873. Wagon Yard in Athens. ^^""h"^-;ZI T H fo E rub,7 rib n 7 h “ -*«•«. March 1« 1878 A forUb, « and com modioot Wagon Yard, en Sire. * • ,87S - ' '‘rMLIn th.neighborhoud of the Upper Bridge, wber. CORN, FODDER, and mil other necessary supplies ego h ®P,* r «h*i.d on reasonable term a. Charges moderate. The highest market price paid for Country Produce, and Bank bille raoalrad In exobangefor Qoodi. wft, TT'DWARD R. HARDEN, JLJ (Late JulgeU. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah, and now Judge of Brooks County Court) Attorney at Law, julySft iy Quitman, Brooks County, Ga. JolyT tf b*T F. HOOD. TpSTES Sc BELL, Attorneys at Law, JJ GAINESVILLE, GA. r^rWILL practice in the counties composing the Western Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties of the Blue Ridgo Circuit. They will also practice in the ^upreike Court of Georgia, and iu the United States Court at Atlanta. mayl4 ► THE GREAT BEMEDY moYD & SILMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will practioo in the counties of Walton and Jackson, oHNJ.ri.orn, j. b. silman. Covington, Ga. tnar4 Jefferson, Ga. ■ FOB- En, Scalds, Coras, Foist Oat, Sins of Insects ui GaUomu Inflammitions Generally, DISCOVERED BY SIRS. L E. BUSH JUG TAVERN, WALTON CO., GA., J. \XJAS entered egninit the World, nt tbe late State W FairatMaeon, and iadaily effecting THE MOST WONDERFUL CURBS, and hai heeome an indis- pemable household neeeuity. No family eboald be without it! If, after trial, a family ii willing to lira without thii P. 0'KELLEY’S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY', cr William!’ Shoo iloro, Broad street, AtheD,, I preparation for Teo DoUari"uf!ntiVri authoriied"to ,8 P 3 - I refund tbe money. FOR SALE, In Athena—At Dr Wm King’a Drug Store and at the Store of Judge J D Pitterd. In Watkinrrille—At the Store of Booth A Durham T 11. HUDGINS, U • bolcsale and Retail Dealer in IMIY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Feblfi Broad Streot, Athens, Ga. TOHN H. CHRISTY, J Plain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, | Broad St., Athem, Ga. Offiee •orncr Broad andWall street!, orer the store I Jsinr.* D. Pitterd. __ tf TAMES R. LYLE, U Attobxkt at Law, Dci-22 WATKIXSVIU.E, GA. In Monroe—At Dr Galloway's Drug Stora. At Princeton—By Mr Ruaiell. Address all ordera to WILEY H. BUSH, norld Jug Tavern, Walton eo., Ga. TOHN M. MATTHEWS. tl Attormkt at Law, Danielsviiie. Ga. Prompt ittention will be given to any business en* ujt«-l to bin fare. Marehl4. TAMESL. LONgTM7bT’ t) SPHULON, ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN. (Office at Mr.'Thoiuan Sheata* Store,) Good Hope District, Walton county, G Offer* hi* professional servioes to the cilisenr of the turrunoding country. ang27 K ELIAS, Attorney at Law, . FRAN! Use the Great i For all Diseases of tho Bowel*, such as CHOLERA, DYSENTERY Diai*rli«?R, Oolio, FAINS IN BACK, SIDE & JOINTS, Toothache and Neuralgia, The Proprietnrs.in putting thii GREAT RBMBDY n , j . .. _ _ ,ir | before th, public, do ao with the firm belief that it 1 uetk-es in ni! the Court, of Western North C.ro- CD „ ,U th , , bo „ di...... it i. recommended to bn*, and in the Federal Courts. Claims collected in | ..n,. r-i- *,«*i art all part* of the State. § Fleet fpsttlteng. THE WORLD IS WHAT WE HAKE IT. I’ve wen some people in this life Who always are repining. Who never, never yet could sw Tbe storm-clond’s silver lining. There always something is amiss, From sunriso to its setting; That God’s band made their map of life, They seem tho while forgetting. And I have seen a blessed sight To sin beclouded vision. Some people who, where’er they be, Uake earth seem an Elysian. They always sec tbe brightest side— Tbe direful shadows never— And keep the flower of hope in bloom Within their hernia forever. Tbe one can make tbe sunniest day Seem wondrous sad and dreary; Tbe other smilee tbe clouds away, And makes a dark day cherry. This life of onrs is, after all, A boot as we shall make it. If we can banish grief and care, Let’s baste to undertake it. That’s what I’ve always though t,’ answered tbe man. * Does yonr company pay its losses promptly t’ * :Yss, sir—yes, sir. If you were insured with me and yon were to die to-night I’d hand your wife a check withiu a week.’ ’Icouldn't ask for anything better than that.’ ] ‘No, sir. Tbe metto of our company i® Prompt pay and honorable dealing,' sir.' ‘ How much would a $5,000 policy cost,’ in quired the stranger, after a long pause. Yon are—let’s see—say thirty-five. A pol icy on you would cost $110 the first year.’ * That’s reasonable enough’’ ‘ Yes, that’s what we call low, bat oars is a strong company, does a safe business and in vests only in first-class securities. If you are thinking of taking oat a policy let me tell yon that onrs is tbe best and the safest, and even agents of rival companies will admit the truth of what I say, sir.’ ‘And when I die my wife will get her mon ey without any trouble f’ * I'll guarantee that, my dear sir.’ * And I’ll get a dividend every year T’ ‘ Yes, this is a mutual company, and part of while the iron was hot,” she assured him that I Hold On, Boys, he might in no way be abashed, bnt be seat-1 Hold on to your tongue, when yon are just ed and let her replace the buttons on his I ready to swear, lie, or speak hastily, or use linen. an improper word. Poor Boggs 1 or rather, happy Boggs! ho Hold on to your hand when yon are about was canght! to strike, steal, or do an improper act. His mind was on something besides money Hold on to your foot, when yon are on the all of that day, and those blue eyes and that 1 point of kicking, running away from study, or winning voice appeared to hannt him at every pursuing tbe path of error, shame or crime, step. * After all,’ he tbooght, * I may have Hold on to your temper when yon are an- beon too harsh in my estimation of women.’ gry, excited or imposed upon, or others angTy Day by day his heart grew warmer toward about you. the ‘ sluggish propensities of women,' and bo Hold on to yonr heart, when evil persons was unusually agile in bis step ; In fact, bach- seek yonr company and invite yon to join their elor Boggs was in love. games, mirth or revelry. It soon came to be whispered that be and Hold on to yonr good name, at all times, Widow Pinkin were engaged. In faot, it was for it is more valuable to yon than gold, high the gossip of the entire neighborhood that places or fashionable atlire. Mr Boggs and Mrs. Pinkin would soon be Hold on to tbe truth, for it will serve you married. well, and do you good throughout eternity. What a eight of jealonsy the simple, ponni- Hold on to yonr virtue ; it is above all less widow did causS, and all by overbearing price to you in ail times and in all places, a bachelor’s lamentations over a buttonless [ Hold on to yonr good character, for it is. BBASSER’S BURGLAR. Ur. Brasser, who lives on Ninth avenue, has a son abont twelve years old, named Claudius, I profits come back to the policy holders.’ and the other evening this boy received per- ' ** won’t cost mo but $110 for a policy mission to allow a neighbor's boy to stay all $5,0001’ night with him. The old people sleep down ‘That’s the figure, and it’s as low as you itairs in tbe sitting room, and the boys were 080 * et eafe insurance anywhere. Let me write pat into a room directly above. When they I 00 out a policy- Yon’ll never regret it.’ went up to bed Claudius had tbe clothesline ‘Them’s the blanks, I supposed said the under bis coat, and the neighbor's boy bad a stranger, pointing to tbe desk mask in bis pocket. They didn't kneel down * Ye ®.’ replied the agent, as ho hauled one and say their prayers like good boys and then “P to him and took np bis pen. ’What do jump into bed and toll boar stories, bnt as y°“ eay—shall I fill oat an application t’ soon as tbe door was locked tbe Brasser boy ‘ No, I guess I won’t take any to-day.' re- remarked : plied tbe stranger, as he unlocked bis valise, Yoo'll see more fan here to-night than ‘ bat * f 1°“ something that will take that would Ho on a ten acre lot!’ wart off yonr nose inside of a week, I've got it From a closet they brought out a cast-off right hero! It is good for corns, bunions, gout, suit of Brasser's clothes, staffed them with ringworm, earache, toothache, sprains, bruises whatever came bandy, tied the mask and an blacfc eyes, itch old straw hat on for a head, and while one boy Ho wa8 about to P'*ce his little bottle on tbe was carefully raising the window the other was | table, when the agent reached over and took tying tbe clothes-line around the “ man.” The | hi® b J the shoulder, and hoarsely whispered • image was lowered down in front of tho sitting | ‘ Mister, if yon don’t want to become a corpse room window, lifted np and down once or twice I y° u W 'H n °t h® two minutes going oat of here*’ and old Brasser was beard to leap out of bed < -^ D< ^ bo waa not ’ with a great jar. He was beginning to doze when be heard sounds under his window, and bis wife suggested that it was a cow in tbe How She Won Him. Boggs was the name, and Boggs was a shirt. As the days rolled by the conple were seen together frequently, and it was no longer the Widow Pinkin to Boggs, as he bad learned to call her Edith. and always will be, yonr best wealth. FRANKLIN, S. C. OUlnt! collected in apIS—ly ire. All we alk i. a fair trial.. Ifthi« MEDICINE doei not perform what waelalm for it after a fair trial, aceordinc to tit* direction!, then * I Y.V r REA EES, Proprietor!. i Return it and jet year Money. 5%-WiU be found at their old stand, retr Frank- I n - - . T r tjaoO lin House bniUing, Thoma* atreel. Keep ilway* j ITTCp3X6(1 &Hu put Up DJT J • Jcj# uvouj *“•* r *" a driT ‘"- I At dr, -w. R. D. THOMPSON’S, 288 Eaat Fair itroot, ATLANTA, GA. 0>AND FOR SALBBT ALL DRUGGISTS.-®^ PRICE, 50 CENTS. July 8th, 1874. T 1VERY, Feed and Sale Stable, AA ATHENS, GA. Moe*,; well c*r«d for when entrusted to our car*. >n hand for *alc at ail tlraas. dec25—tl M w. riden, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, U.S.Claim Agent and Notary Public, Gaixeivilli, Ga. | -it' Office on Wilson itreot, below King A Bro’!. February lit, 1873. c. err.ri.!». n. T. XOWXLI. PEEPLES Sc HOWELL, -L ATTORNEYS AT LAW, _ 20 ami 22. Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.‘ pH.tCTICK in the Stataaod Fodoral Court!, and . !>tend regularly all the Court! in Atlanta, inolud- ln 6 (be Supreme Court of tbo State, and will argua c&aes upon briefc for absent parties, on reasonable term,. They alio practice in theCourtflof thnconntUseon- tiruoui oracoeiiibleto Atiantaby Railroad, aapll R B. ADAIR, D. D. S. • Gambsvillk, Ga. - 0ffir ^’ ,0,| G*«Mtoornar Public Square. R S. ADAMS, M. D„ . (Jcroeox, Accoccntnn aud Pbtiiciav. Office at rosidenca, Mountain District, Walton oouu- ■' '-eorgia—offer! his professional lerviooi to tbo ennetrs of the surrounding country, ang26—iy ft C. DOBlis, V- Wholesale and Rotall Dealer in “'•Pie and Fancy DRY GOODS, OROOBRI1S, *«. F «'» No. 12 Broad Street, Athem, Ga. PLAIN and Fancy Job Printing, *- At the Southern Watchman Offiee. Spool silk; ATHENS 1IRBLE UBJUIIIE USD. A. R. Robertson D EALERioMonuments.HeadStanos.OredlaTombs, Marbleend Granite Box Tomb*. Also, Yasesaid Marble Taps for Furniture. Pertoni desiring work of this kind will do wall to oxnminn my designs before purchasing elsewhere. Price! moderate. Work tbop adjoining old cemetery. jalySS—ly HORSES & MOLES. TtHl ondereigned have established, in addition to A their Livery, a regular SALE STABLE, And will, from tbii date, keep en hand, at all times, a foil supply of HORSES & MULES. Those in want "S Btoek ean he supplied fct (Reasonable Figures. pw Give ns a call. Athena, Nov. 4—tf GANN A Brackets! Brackets! fiET THE BEST and CUEAFBST1 Git that men ufacturedby tbe Singer Manufacturing Company. Tt j] '* ’P" u,| y sd»p!ad for use on all kinde of Saw- '' F -‘reU,"whole,Si. .„d retail, b, th. BINGES 1 k^rA^tfoan^etandh^dyreetn»Wtm«at SUM’FaCTURINQ COMPANY. I lihmi Por sale at B RACKETS, Wall Pockets, Book-Shjlree, Clock ■ Shelves, Toilet-Csaee, Match-Safes, Haaging Ban- j“>yl—ly G. H. HOPE, Agent, Athens, Ga. brought to Athens. Per sale at novtt BURKE’S BOOK 6T0B1. Notice In Bankruptcy; P. G. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ATHENS OAe QFFICE over Barry’s store. Speetal* attention givnn f * Xh it iu gwTniaoo, eoee a wuak for three weeks, to criminal praotloe. For rafarenee. apply to Bx-1 . . f^ean anoointed Assiffnee ofthe estate of ». Thumas H. Watts and Hon. David Clopton, Mont I ^ Griffith, ofciarka county, who has been ad- jadged a bankrupt open bis own petition by tha Die. triet Courtof eald District. .. . , 1 ftbS H. N. HARRIS, Assignee. r>metj. AUbnmn. febS GLOBE HOTEL, , 0/ itroad andJackion struts. I SaV6 YOUT 3ioney lH T !! . E Q >“‘» Hotel bee just been refurnished and re- I XIIAVE this day received a foil etock of every kin .... tt * a ’ w ‘* »il ‘be modern ImprevemeaUaadeon-l |_ c f gate rial, to insure » ruperh Boot or 8hoe. All together with tha addition of n new voran-1 kinds of work done in my Hoe. ecu'.****** ** on *°f lbs most complete Hotels in tbe I pjNE B00T8 or 8H0E8, COAE8E BOOTS or “‘•trav'.liVg^uWie r ** dj f#r ,h * • e#0,B “ od * H ® n#f 18HOB8,Sowed <W4~' P. MAY, Proprietor. Unpaid Takes for 1874 b* paid by tbo 25tb imUnt it fartbesL I >fv 0,T * r i*»ued executioDb—I do not wi»b to jenJT—2m J.R r repairs . rviE, MpHBMHjlfmL v Broad street, Athens, Ga. MARTIN INSTITUTE. JefiFerson, Ga., impelled, if payment is not | rpiIE Spring Term of tbi» institution wiU open JOHN W, JOHNSON, | 1 Mondyy, Jan : 24tb, JiSTS.^wUhn^foU^ootp^ of x CoHoctor* yard. He got up. pulled the curtain away and bacbelor - Sospicious of all women, he natu-, rally evaded their company, and now, at the age of forty, we find him standing before the Great bottles! but it is a robber!’ and he I mirror ’ hea P in * i“*ectivea upon his washer : jumped into bed. woman for bringing to him buttonlcss linen. •Theodorions Brasser.yonareafooli’scream- Bo 88® occupied a front room in a stylish ed tbe wife as he monopolized all the bed brown front ’ for ho was worth a good P ro P er clothes to cover up his head and * t0 tel1 the trQ t b - “ore than one pair of •Be quiet,you old jade you 1’ he whispered -, bri(tht eves bad tried t0 melt bu 8610811 bean • perhaps he will go away!’ of its ic Y coldneM - “d at the ver F momont •Don’tyon call me a jadei’ she replied, whea he WM ab ° 8iDR wkat ho termed tbo reaching over and trying to find his hair. «l°ei?i® b propensities of woman kind in gener- Git up, and git the gun and blow his bead a1, an0 bis waBberwoman in particular, a off - I charming little widow, engaged in tho house Oh, yon do it.’ hold duties of the mansion where Boggs dom ’ Git np, you toward,’ she snapped • I will iclled ’ chaDCed to P 888 tbo door - and b6ard never live with yon ano ther day if you do not tbe fol,owin K soliloquy : do |( i I ‘ H'm 1 h’m I I wish all women were dead Brasser turned np the lamp, sat np in bed, The J bavo 00 more "^P® 61 f,r men than Bra land cried out: zlllan monkey® • Is that you, boys t' Tho little woman laughed outright, for well •Mercy on me, git up!’ yelled the wife, as ® heknew of bl8 sensitive peculiarities, but tbe straw man knocked against tbe window, notwithstanding these little jolts of ill tera- I will blow his head off as clean as milk !’ P* r on P art - ® b ® had long striven said Brasser, in a load voice, as he got up. to ontlc6 tb ® " crust y old bach,” as the girls He struck the stove.tbree or four times, npset 081 ' cd b' 01 - * n a niatrimocial snare. chair, and reached behind the foot of the bed ‘ Bla8t tbfim buttons! Confound that fool 1" and drew ont an old army mnsket. ® be could bear bln* ejaculate as the buttons •Now, then, for blood!’ he continued, as dropped from his linen as fast as his brawny he advanced to the window and lifted the | fingers touched them. * I always said women curtain. were fools made up to tantalize a man’s very The man was there, face close to the glass, H*® ««t of him, and every day that I live I and he bad anch a malignant expression of can find more proof of my assertions. Marry ! countenance that Brasser jumped back with a Bo * bo 1 I marry one of those stopld witch ery of alarm. es I And yet old Shellbottom had tbe imper- Kili him f Shoot him down, yon noodle- tinence to charge me with being smitten with head t* screamed the wife. I the Widow Pinkin! Smitten! Bah! what I will—by thunder 1 I will!’ replied Bras- nonsense 1 I. Jeremy Boggs, stoop from my ser, and he blazed away and tore out nearly I dignified position in life to he a woman’s all the lower sash. slave 1 I marry l It’s all staff; and lam asham- The boys np stairs uttered a yell and groan «d of myself to give it a thought 1’ and Brasser Jumped for the window to see if In this manner Boggs continnod tosolilo- tbe man was down. Ht wasn't. He stood ffnize, while at the same time every word that right there, and made a leap at Brasser. escaped his lips fell on the ears of Widow He’s coming in—perlice—boys—ho!’ per-1 P iBkln . Hoe 1* roared the old man. The widow was a clever-looking little wo- The Uttered certain permitted Mrs. Brasser ma °> a “ d - although she had reached her tbir- to catch sight of a man jumping up and down, | tlcth year, she had lost none of her pristine and she yelled: beauty which so often caused envy, and per- • Theodorins, I’m going to faint 1’ baps jealonsy, among her school companions. • Faint and be darned—boys—perlioe!' he Wi *h a sweet face, of attractive demeanor, replied, walloping oa the sheet-iron stove with and lar 8®. round, bine eyes, sparkling with in- tbe poker. I telligence, Edith Goldwin Pinkin, though a •Don’t yon dare talk that way to me!’ widow, was still as worthy of a rich bachelor as shrieked the old woman, reoovering from her “7 of *be score of yonng girls who were striv-. desire to faint. ing to become Mrs. Jeremy Boggs. Po-lece! Po-Iecef now came from the ‘I have it!’ she exclaimed, as she went boys up stairs, while one continued shouting | tripping up the stairs to her own room. ■ I the other drew the man np, tore him limb from fix a plan to win him if it is in the range limb, and secreted the pieces. of possibilities for a woman to soften his erode Sevoral neighbors were aroused, an officer nature.’ came op from the station, and a search of the In a few moments Boggs was startled by premises was made. Not so much as a track U tap at bis door. This waa something nnu- J in tbe snow was found, and the offioer pot on 8081 to him, .as it was seidopa that he was dia- an injured look, and —id to Mr. Brasser: turbed while in his room. The door was A guilty conscience needs no aoeoser.' drawn slightly *Jar, and if ever a blush ooyer- • That’s so r ehamaaed the indignant neigh- ®d bis large, oval, brown face, it was at this, bore as they departed. : $C /i moment, as. there stood Widow pinkin, her As'Ul Brasser bong aqnilt before the shat-1 vely^lipe wreathed in one other happi- For gotten, Generation after generation have felt as we feel, and their fellows were as active in life as Often he would take her soft, tioy hand in I oars are now. They passed away as a vapor, lis own, and sit for hours on the ivy-clad ve- while nature wore tbe same aspect of beaaty as randab, drinking in the depths of her inviting when her Creator commanded her to be. And loveliness. so, likewise, shall it be when we are gone. ‘ Edith,’ be said one clear, starry night, as The heavens will be as bright over onr graves nothing but the notes of the whippoorwill dis- as they are now aronnd our path; tbe world turbed their reverie, * allow me to call you my will have the same funeral winding on its way, darling Edith, for it seems to me that each and the attraction for offspring that she once day I live there is something that binds me had for ourselves, and that she now for onr closer to yon than I can conceive in friend- children. A little while and all this will have ship's name. Yob, my darling Edith, I want happened. The throbbing heart will bo stilled to call you—my love—my wife T and we shall be at rest. Our prayers will be And this was Jeremy Boggs, tbe crusty old said, and tbe grave-clods will be thrown in bacbelor, who could coin such honeyed words and our friendswiil all retnro, and we shall be for one whose sex be had so despised ! left behind to darkness and to the worms. For a few moments all was silent; then, And it may be for some short time we shall be lifting: her great lustrous eyes and taming spoken of, but the things of life will creep in them fall in his face, she asked with a sweet and our names will soon be forgotten. Days accont: will continue to move on, and laughter will be ’ Jerry, do you think that you can always heard in every chamber in which we died; and love me as yon do now f I the eyes will glisten again with joy -, and even • Always, and ever, darling 1’ oar children will cease to think of us and will There was a momentary flutter of rustling | not remembor to lisp onr name, lacs, and Edith’s bead fell on the bachelor’s bosom and her dimpled hand was clasped in I Sunshine and Sleep, his own. I Sleepless persons should court the sun. The Soon they were married, and Edith has had very worst soporific is laudanum, and the very no occasiou to regret her marriage with a best, sunshine. Therefore it is very plain that bacbelor. Her rivals were outwitted, but poor sleepers should pass as many hours as they never knew, “ how she won him.” | possible in tbe sunshine, and as few as possible in the shade. Many women are martyrs, and A Sad Effect of Novel Beading. | yet they do not know it. They shut the sun There was a Chicago girl, and she dearly shine ont of their houses and their hearts; they loved to read novels. Those that told of the wear veils, they carry parasols, they do all adventurers of young women who did won- possible to keep off tho most potent influence derfui things in a romantic way, braved the which is intended to give them strength, and terrors of tbe sea, and breathed the smoke of [beauty, and cheerfulness. Is it not time to battle, all for their true love's sake, bad peon- change all this, and so get color and roses in liar charms for hor. So it came about that onr cheeks, strength in our weak backs, and she yearned to have a real adventure on her courage in onr timid souls? The women of own account. She longed to disguise herself in America are pale and delicate, but with tbe male attire and become a heroine, and have a t aid of sunlight they may be blooming and hair-breadth escape. Fortune favored her. | strong. She had a lover, who in the daytimo swung the ponderous yardstick in a down town dry goods store, and who bad bisnightsto himself. Keep Yonr Feet Warm. To keep these extremities warm is to effect In her eyes he was simply adorable. He a ° insurance against tbe almost interminable slight Boots list oi disorders which spring out of a cold.” First, never be tightly shod, or shoes, when they fit closely, press against of seemed noble, brave, pure and virtuous. It occurred to ber to put him to tbe proof, and straightway she bit upon a plan. One eve- ning be called upon her. and after an hour tho foot ' and P reve nt the free circulation had been spent in conversational pleasantries. I the blood - When ’ °“ tbe contrar T’ the y do not no took bis departure. No sooner bad be gone than she bies herself to her room, dons a fall suit of her brother's habiliments, and went I embrace the foot too tightly the foot gets fair play, and tbe spaces left between the leather and stockings are filled with a comfortable forth”on her "lover's traiL'" 8hs“row him Jo'toa | s ^?\ of war “ alr ' Thesecond mis is never companion. Soon afterwards she fonnd her- 8,tln dam P 8boe8 \ It ' 8 oflen lmagitled ' that self In a bar-room watching the twain' as they anle8S ‘ he T ^ Positive y wet it is notnecesro became hilarons over wine and cigars. she change them while the feet are at rest, was shocked at the tenor of their remark8 , This .s a fallacy; for when the least dampness and at tbe been-here-before air that they as- 18 abso , rbed mt0 tb6 8ol f’ 1118 at _ tract6d J fur ‘ b snmed. In short, she shadowed them from ®r to the foot itself by its own beat, and thus dive to dive until they entered a gambling P^p^tion is dangerously checked. Any per hell. After them she sped, and simultaneous- 806 Prove this by trying the experiment ly with them walked into the tiger’s lair. ° f “ egl * Ct * ng tba rule ’ and bis feet w 11 become Sh. took an elevated position on ths back cold and dam P after » fe " mo “ enta tok,n * f 'the shoe and warming it will appear quite dry. of a chair and watched her lover. He step ped to the faro-table and began losing his money with tbe usual success of a drunken yonng man. Irritated at last by his reverses tend window, he remarked to bis wife. eat smiles. W *"V-3i m»j ec-y. xcuw.iwns * •Now what an old enndorango yon made of I ‘ Mr. Boggs’sto faltered, tremulously, as yourself.* ber eyes met hts, • von grant excuse me for my DoQ’t SiQEi^y losilltsEt me, or ril choke but.l Wmstjqu .wiUoiiHyqopaid- tho attenuated life out of you,’ she replied. And the boys kicked around on the bed, obucked each other in ths ribs, and cried: • I’d ratbax£e jk boy than be President !•- er it a woman’s doty on my part to ask yon if any of your linen requires repairs, and if so I would be happy to offer my services to render them comfortable. Apple saaa and apinage ! Ho* old Bpggs’ eyes did, dance in their sookets at the melt ing words of Widow Pinkin 1 •Ahem! ahem i Well—yes—let me see,* He Didn’t Want Any. ; The other day a well dressed stranger, car- ryiog a hand valise, called into a life insurance I and as Boggs managed to force tbie reply bo office and Inquired if the agent was in. The looked like a person who would esteem it a agent came forward, robbing his bands, and I blessing for tbo floor to sink beneath him and the stranger asked: I seclude him from the widow’s gaze. 4 Do yon take life insurance risks here, sir?’ He felt sure in his own mind that his mnt- • Yes, sir; glad to see yon, sir—sit down, sir,’ tarings over his bnttonless linon bad reached replied the agent. the ears of tbe widow, and be trembled like • What do you think of life insorane, any an aspen-leaf as he stood spellbound, striving way t' inquired the stranger, as he sat down | to articulate—he knew not what, and took off his hat. The widow wa3 quick to perceive his em • It's a national blessiDg, sir—an institution barrassment, and with that womanly instinct which is looked upon with sovereign favor by which has often broken the ice over frozen lntemwnt man and woman in Anuirtoa.* i muteness, and being determined to • strike AN ALTAR*ATION. When Mike was courting Kitty Mill, He begged—as lovers often will— In accents softly spoken, That she one lock of golden hair From her fair head to him would spare. By way of a love token. Now Mike and Kit are man and wifs. Their courting turned to marriage atrtfis. And a sad difference makae it, Though still attracted by her hair. He ne'er now begs a lock she’ll spare, Bat oat in handfols takes it. for Carefulness. There is no estimating the amount of hard- he glanced around tbe room forhlsfriend, and I earned property which is lost through a want saw the boy-girl looking at him. Thinking I of care in using. We rip and tear, pitch and that the boy was a spy pat upon his track, he jerk, break and smash np things entirely too lanncbed an oath at ber, which struck her full much. No wonder there are always oblnk in the heart, and followed it with his fist, boles to be stopped np. No wonder the barrel which struck her fall in the face. She fell gets empty when the leak is left open, to the floor. Her hat rolled off and disclosed careful. Keep cool. Go slow. Old Moses to him the features of his sweetheart. He I Stroup, of North Carolina, is a modal for called a hack and Saw her home. It is hardly I He has had for thirty years tbe same cob necessary to add that he never palled tnat shelling corn. He need the same pocket knife door bell again. She has lost interest in nor- for thirty years. He has the mowing scythe of els' and hea faith in yonng mankind has been bis grandfather, bnt It is worn on to its back, rudely shaken. The moral of the story is and be has laid it aitay. Moses is a German that yonng men who are inclined to sport I nnd a philosopher, and we presume a rich man, should beware having sweethearts that dote | He ought to be. on fictitious literature of the romantic kind. ..A Virginia letter says: •• If a plantation ! '■ Temperance and the Chnreh. negro has a grudge against a person, he wilt Every church that claims to be a blessing to cut off the head of a white chicken-cock and the community and the world ought by every I place it on a fence or a tree in ths* immediate consideration of piety and morality to take neighborhood of his enemy’s dwelling, with tbe high ground on the subject of temperance. I bill toward the door. This, in their opinion, This holy warfare against the monster vice of * puts a spell or charm’ on tbe honse, and briogs intemperance most be waged chiefly by the rain, sickness and death on the inmates tbere- chnrch of God! Others, from various consid- of. So firmly do they believe in charms, and orations, may fall into the ranks, but the so strongly does this belief act on their imagin charch mast be in the van: He who in this ations, that when they think themselvi lay otters one doubtful word on the temper- charmed they sicken and die in spite of all mhe question is a traitor to tbe cause, even I that can be done. On one plantation in the more than he who advocates licensing saloons I eastern part of thiB State twenty-seven ne- and those traps set by the devil for ensnaring I groes sickened and died before the war, ont of youth—tbe beer gardens. This is the time a stock of one hundred, simply because they when' the mask 'mast be stripped from tbe | deemed themselves tricked or charmed.’' hideous face of that greatest foe of humanity, intemperance. Children of God, speak ont! I Senator Gordon's Vindication of the Tonob not, taste not, handle not the aconrsed 1 8outh.—The Tribune pays the speech of Sena- stnff. The corse of G«d rests on him who tor Gordon, of Georgia, the compliment of pbtteth tbe bottle to his neighbor’s month, or printing it in full as one of the ablest on tbe the yonng ladv who pntteth the wine glass Louisana question and the general condition of to her lover’sTips.—Baptiet Church Paper. | the South, delivered in Congress. It editori ally speaks thus of our noble Senator, who is ' ..A young fellow in San Francisco sadden- winning golden opinions from both North and ly snatched a kiss from a lady friend, and ex- South: “ Senator Gordon is a man of high cusod his conduct*by saying that it was a sort of character, and a fair representative of the large temporary insanity that now and then came I class of Southern men of ability and culture npon him. When ho arose to take his leave I who have accepted iu good faith the result of the pitying damsol said to him,. ’ If you ever the war, and are trying to restore their States feel any more such fits coming on, you had bet to full fellowship in tho Union. As a calm but ter come right hore where your infirmity isloloquent vindication of tho South of to-day Iwown, and we will take care of yon.’ I his speech will repay pernsal.” Wayside Gatherings. How doth the busy little pig Improve eaoh shining hoar, And gather sausage all (he day From every opening flower. And when tbe shades of twilight foil He slumbers in his sty, Or sings his pretty evening song, “ Root, little pig, or die.” . .Which is the butt end of a goat I A Vermont former stroked his gray losks and sadly remarked: •• I didn’t really kwr how old and feeble I was until I went to link James this morning. He’s only seventeen, bnt couldn’t make him holler.” . -They tried to scare a Toledo man In Mis souri by threatening to tar and feather bias, bnt he replied ” Coma on with yonr oldtir I’ve been there six times, and I’ve got* re* ceipt for washing it off!” . -There are moments when the two worlds, the earthly and the spiritoal, sweep by near to each other, and when earthly day an* heavenly night tench each in twilight. -.A yonng lady asked a bookseller's clerk if b# bad “ Festus.” •• No,” he answered, “ bat ’m afraid aboil is coming on the book of my neck.” . .It Is very bad husbandly, to harrow np tbe feelings of yonr wife, and rake np old quarrels, to hoe a grudge, and to sow dlseard. . .Mark Twain says tbe Sandwich Island ers are generally as unlettered as the basic side of a tombstone. . .A North Carolina ghost halts In front efa negro's cabin and demands 50 cents, and la that way picks np $5 or $6 per night. ..Money is like manors, of very little nso unless it be spread. Sally, what time do yon folks dinet7 • Soon as you go away; that's missus' orders.” ..Conclusion of Colfax's lectors on Lin coln : “ Having reached tbe topmost round of the ladder of fame, he stepped into tha skies.” .A physician advised a patient to •• taka a walk on an empty stomach.” •• Whose stom ach t” feebly asked tbe patient. . .A grocer in the suburbs, when complained to abont selling bad eggs, said: “ At thla time of the year the henB are not well, and often lay bad eggs.” ..A Nevada maa who had seven homely daughters, got a paper to bint that he had seven kegs filled with gold in his oeilar, and every girl was married in five months. .A short man became attached to a tall woman, and somebody said that he had fallen in love with ber. ” Do you call it fallen ia love?’ said the suitor; • it’s more like eliab* ing up to it.’ ‘A.home without children is like high heaven withont angels,’ says a Kentucky pa* per. We just want to have him get out of bed four times a night for a month to keep the baby's legs covered up. ..A colored gentleman went to consnlt one of tbe most‘high-toned’ lawyers in Boston, and after stating his case, said: • Now I know* yon’s a lawyer; but I wish yon would please, sar, jiss tell tbe trnff abont dat matter.' Mamma, where do tbe cows get their milk t’ asked Willie, looking np from the foam ing pan of milk which he bad been intently regarding. ‘Where do yon get yonr tears t* was tbe answer. After a thooghtfhl ailonoe, be again broke ont: ‘Mamma, do the oows have to be spankedf* .At a dancing party in western Kentucky the other night, to which several women oanw with their babies, some yonng men changed the clothes of tbe infonts while their parents were dancing, and mixed them np generally, Tbe following day there was a great row, and as the families lived miles apart, it took sev* oral days to nnmix the children. ..It is said that Andrew Johnson is tbe oaiy ex-president who has ever been elected to tbe Senate of the United States, and is the only ex-president now living. . ;,.. 4i ..The Americans are tbs greatest paper consumers in the world, naing seventeen pounds per bead per annum, while the Eng lish consume only eleven and a half pounds and the French seven pounds to each inhab itant. • Will yon please to insert this objtuary no tice f’ asked a simple old gentleman of the editor. * I make bold to ask it, because I know the deceased bad a great many friend* around hero who'd be pleased to hear of his death.' -True courage Is oool and calm. Tha bravest of men have the least of bratalj bullying insolence, and lo tbe very time of danger are fonnd the most serene and free. ..A man was seen coming out of a Texas newspaper offiee with one eye gouged oat, and bis nose spread all over hie face like a piece of raw beef, and one of bis ears bitten off. To a policeman who interviewed him ke replied: “ I didn't like an article that ’peared in the paper last week, and I went to see the man who writ it. He was thar, stranger.” .The passions are at onco tempters and chastisers. As tempters, they corns with garlands of flowers on the brows of youth; as chastisers, they appear with wreaths of, snakes on the forehead of deformity. They are angels of light, in tboir delusion; they are fiends of torment in their inflictions. ..A couple of fellows who were pretty thoroughly soaked with mean whisky, got into the gutter. After floundering for some time one of them said; ‘Let’s go to some other house, this hotel leaks.' . .The Illinois womau who has darned four hundred pairs of stockings is upset by tha Hosier who has cussed one hundred pairs «f tight boots. ..‘•Am I not a little pale?” inquired a lady who was short and corpulent, of a crusty old bachelor. “ You look more like a big tabs'* was the blunt reply.