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SoUTflERK Recorder
MILL EDGE VILLB, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 9«. 1879.
NUMB ER 8.
BALDWIN COUNTY
Trustee’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
WILL be sold oat ho first Tuesday in
”* October, next, in front of Masonic
llall door, in the city of MilMgevillo and
said State and county, wt®hi the usual
hours of Sheriirs sales:
One half interest in a brick store house,
land and appurtenances thereto attached,
situate, lying and beinjr id the city of Mil-
ledge ville, and said State and county, known
and distinguished in tlicnlan of said city as
part or lot ho. 2, in square No. 41. fronting
on Wayne street ii l / t feet, and running
back west, from said street, 110 feet, bound-
<sl on the north by store house owned by
I*. M. Compton, and on the south by store
house owned bv Airs. J. M. Edwards and
Mrs. T. \V. Turk, it being the store now oc
cupied by T. S. Bagiev, wmch store house,
land and appurtenances thereto attached,
is more particularly described in a deed of
mortgage executed by C. ti. llathcws to
Ellen Rooney, bearing date January the
11th, 1879, with a power of sale 1 herein con-
taine*!, anil r<H3onl«}il in tli'6 Clerks ofhco or
the Superior Court <4 Baldwin county, on
the I4tn day of January. 1879. Sold by me
as Trustee under said mortgage, terms
ELLEN ROONEY, Trustee.
Sept. 1st, 1879. ' In*-
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Extracts Era* the Alter** «f 8. Warren
" leys, H|4 ef AigwU.
We copy the following eloquent passages
from Mr. Maya’ Address delivered at
the commencement of the Hephzibah High
School, of Richmond county, on the 8th of
July, 1879.
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W ILL BE SOLD in front of the Masonic
Hal! door, in tin* city of ililjrtrfcivillo
and tlie countv of Baldwin, on the lirst
Tuesday in October, 1879. within Urn lqgal
iiours of sale, the fnlfnwirur prophiTyrtn-
wit:
aaj' acres of land lying in the 821st Dist.
Baldwin county, adjoining kinds of the
Asylum on the South and East, on the
West by Sam. LiugoukJ. Levied on as the
property ol \\ in A Luigould. Administrator
oCDaniel McMillan, to satisfy tax li las for
for his State arid county tax for the past 12
years. Property pointed out by the Tax
Collector.
Also at the same time and {tlaew
One hundred acres of land mow' or less,
lying in the 115th District, G. il., adjoining
lands of Mrs. Sar&li Lester, James .Pullej,
Seaborn Leoiuird and Thomas Ilali; levied
on as the property of Benjnmin Cook, to
satisfv a mortgage ti fa in favor of Roberts
,V Brake vs. said Benjnmin Cook'
C. tY. ENNIS, Sheriff B. C.
September 2<l, 1879. 7 tt.s.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Cottr.T OP OUDIXATtY, (_
September Term, 1879. |
W HEREAS, Peter J. CUoe, administra
tor upon the estate of John I ream >r,
late of said county, deceased, lias ril 'd his
I M-t it ion in said court for leave to sod the
Stocks ami Bonds, Wild Lands, Real Es
tate and Personal Property belonging to
the ostate of said deceased.
These are therefor-' to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause on or by the Oc
tober Term, next, of said Court, to he held
on the first Monday in October, 1879, why
leave to s-'il tlie real and personal proper-
t y belonging to tlie estate of said deceased,
should not be granted to said petitioner
as prayed for.
Witness my hand anil official signature
this the 1st day of September, 1879.
7 lm.| DANIEL P>. SANFORD, Ordinary.
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Liver,;
r * Invigorator*
has been useilj
w in my practice^
and by tho public,J
for more than 35 years,J
with unprecedented results. J
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“In all the whole range of English liter
ature-historical and dramatic—there is no
8ccne so mournful as that described by
Shakespeare between Cromwell and Wol-
sey, at the close of the third act of Henry
vm -
“The sprightly lark’s Shrill matin” had
long since waked 1 tiji' Cloudless morn. A
strong Eastern light poured through the
windows of the ante-chamber to the King’s
apartments. Tfrelrrcopstdnt King. anger
ed t.v the attempted interference of pro-
snmptuous -Wofeey ‘With hts judgment of
divorce from Catherine, had : read, witli in
creasing auger, the schedule of the im
mense accumulations Of the fiardinal, mak
ing him as d xcJT
“Wealthy as a South-Sea dream.”
Frowning ominously upon Wolsey, with
the baleful light-of “ruin leaping from his
eyes,” he had retired sullenly to his royal
apartments.
The jealous and expectant nobles had
thronged after the King, smiling, whisper
ing and darting back keen glances at
the troubled Cardinal. They had fulmi
nated various and, petty charges against
this splendid Legate of ,the Pope and Keep
er of the Great seal of England, and the
ear of Royalty had listened, and, the hoart
of Royalty had yielded. A little while and
the fatal papers had been signed stripping
Woleoy of his gorgebus trappings of wealt li
and office. A bind of magnificent plumage,
despoiled of his glory, ley soiled and flut
tering upon the ground. A splendid lumi
nary had reached lustfull meridian and sud
denly fallen ton stormy setting.
Finally, Wolsey, who had been courted
and flattered by all the Emperors of Eu
rope, who had
‘Sounded all the depths and shoals of horn »r,’
stood weeping and ruined in the sole pres
ence of his faithful friend, Cromwell. Tlie
cruel light or yonder golden pendant, blaz
ing upon the erown of vigorous morning,
streamed upon him, and gilded his utter
wretchedness and distress; while from his
quivering lips broke his remarkable charge:
BUSINESS
‘-‘Murk but my fall, und that, that ruined
me.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away am
bition;
By that siu lell the angels; how can man,
then,
The image of his Maker, hope to win by’t.
AND
SOCIETY
To all Whom is May (onceru.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, September Term. 1S79.
W HEREAS, ].. A. Bayne, Administra
tor upon tlie estate of Louisa X.
llertv, late of s;iid county, deceased,
lias ’filed li is petition in said Court for
leave to sell tlie personal property belong
ing to the esiate of said deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause on or by the Octo
ber term, next, of said Court, to be held on
the lirst Monday in October, 1879. why
leave to sell the personal property belong
ing to said doc- used, should not be grant
ed to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand ami official signature
this tiie 1st dav of Septomlier, 1879.
7 lm.j DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
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GEORGIA, Baldwin County
Court of Ordinary, August Term, 1879. I
W HEREAS, F. :,1. Meadows, Adminis
trator upon the estate of N. A. E. I
Meadows, late of said Slate and county, de- j
•ceased, has filed his petition in said Court j
for letters of dismission from his trust as
such Administrator.
These are therefore to cite and admonish j
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veniberTerm. next, of said Court, to be held
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Whatever may have been our dread and
fear of the schemes and devices of the wily
and bold i>olitician, the transcendent genius
of the great dramatist has gathered our
sympathies,around the fallen Lord High
Chancellor. His power Is gone forever, and
the distress of his condition makes him a
mark for piety. He occupies the common
lot of wretched humanity. In his tempor
al abasement are seen the ruins of a splen
did eminence. Nothing is left him now but
his personal dignity. It is all the remains
of his late happy fortunes. He sustains
I hat. however, despite every reverse, with
noble fortitude; and as we see the former
light yet gleaming from his line, dark eyes,
and white hair falling, like a mantle of gio
rv, upon his shoulders, we cannot contem
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GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary. July Terra, 1879.
\\7HEREAS, Walter Paine, Administra-
II tor upon the estate of Martha Leo, c
late i.f said county deceased, lias filed ins
petition in said Court for letters of dismis
sion from his t rust as such administrator.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause ou by the October
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the first Monday in October, 1879, why let
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51 3m.] ’ DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
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E. WAITZFKLDER, President.
June 17th, 1879. 48 2m.
His charge to Cromwell is presented in
tlie form of a crude syllogism. The implied
conclusion, that man never can hope to win
by the indulgence of ambition, illogical and
unsatisfactory in the extreme, flows from a
misapprehension of the true nature and
quality of ambition; and that misappre
hension arises out of, and takes its form
and color from, tho gloom of his own situ
ation. The dismal and the calamitous end
ing of Cardinal Wolsey’s public life was tlie
immediate result, not of his great ambi
tion, misdirected and immoderate as it
most certainly was, but rather of a fatal
combination of arrangement of causes that
were successively and unitedly disastrous
to liis further retention of the prime pow
er of England. The prodigious wealth of
the Cardinal, the bnsy whispeiings of the
envious Dukes and Earls, and the revenge
ful malice of tlie new Queen—while these
tilings may themselves have been the prox
imate fruits of his misgoverned ambition
—were the direct causes which poisoned
to Wolsey the heart of the King and pro
duced iiis downfall.
But what is this magnificent bauble, or
this treacherous principle, against which the
illustrious Cardinal, with all the eloquence
ol' despair, declaims, and which he so
solemnly ciiarges Cromwell to fling away?
What is ambition?
Briefly, it is the pursuit of wealth, pow
er or glory. Or, again.it is tho reaching
out of human energies and desires after
those ends whose attainment and realiza
tion flatter and deUght the conscious pow
ers of man. Tho principle of ambition,
therefore, implies, in tts truest, highest de
velopment, an harmonious exercise of all the
mental activities, as well as associate and
commensurate physical fdree exerted in
obedience to the commands of those ment
al activities, or according to the necessi
ties of tlie occasion.
In this view, au irrational creature, or
one who has lost the equal action of bis
mind, can never know what it is to bo am
bitious. There must be a conscious and
intelligent discrimination of the end sought
to Ik; gained. That end must lie beyond,
out of and above the present condition or
estate. Tlie consciousness must be per
suaded of the attainability of that end, for
definite hope of iinai success enters large
ly into the constituent formation of ambi
tion. And.UnaUy, the desire and the will
must be fixed upon theend to be achieved,
aud the energies of body and mind directed
to that ac-liievemeat-J-’ •
Tlie question now arises in its logical
course, What is the highest possible end of
human ambition? What is that goal which
employs the grandest activities of man?
Where lies tiie splendid verge of human
possibilities?. „
Is it wealth? Do we repose our hope of
happiness in the acquisition of mere mate
rial possessions? Do our noblest apirations
gather about some gorgeous palace, when*
ideal Fortune, amid Idaiian pleasuies,
“doth He,
In her pavilion <eloth of gold, of tissue,)
O cr-picturing that Venus, where we see
The fancy outwork nature?"
Do we fall down and worship Mammon,
‘Least ejected spirit that fell from heaven,’
whose eyer.
“Were always downward bent admiring
move
Tiie Rlebes of heaven’s pavement, trodden
goid,
Than aught'dmne or lioly else enjoyed
In vision beatific?”
The speaker, not undervaluing “tiie ne
cessity of n fair competency in this life,”
after indicatlnsf that flic soul llred with the
desire to surround ftaeif With the glitter
mid trappings of U dftttk is not the true am
bition says:
• Man is immortal, has immortal powers,
is entitled Itrhnmortft! expectations. His
spirit stretches out its anxiiVus arms to tlie
immaculate skies fotflltnnortat prizes. Oh,
that he slidaM wffcletjl that part of his nat
ure which instinct wttli hdKteb-seht maj
esty, points, like the pnW .of'nopic noble
vessel, to tip; bopuUlew o*ean of HS^nity'.
Oil, that he should ignore his high birth
and bo content to shlngft gjblderi worm!
Wealth caii lie made uft willing slave of
tlie passions, but ratHJtof thcsoul. AH of
its t< ndoncieg*Tiflf (VB, ♦here Mammon
treads Vi i tuo pales and dies. It deals with
the present, with the material, but is of no
spiritual or endurjig'.'^idufe. It can have
no reference to, or interest in, the great
hereafter. Indeed, pvcfh in tills life its ex
istence is fleeting, its period transient. It
may spread its treacherous wings at any
hour—like yonder fleecy cloudlet, which
even now disappearsrtn the indefinite azure
beyond and, flying, leave its poor posses
sor a needy pensioner upon the stinted
bounties of human sympathy.
Nothing that wealth can buy can imme
diately touch or expand the soul; nor are
its greatest splendors, streaming before us
like a “tempest of dazzling mist,” sufficient
to attract the finer powers of the mind. It
provides for the body, it ministers to tiie
appetites. It establishes a motley govern
ment of desires anti passions in man; and
6110I1 a pure democracy of mere appe
tite and passions, however organized or
composed, can never lead to happiness
and peace. The inevitable end of such a
promiscuous rule is the most deplorable
of nil anarchies. The harmonious and ex
quisite relations of man’s triple nature are
destroyed, perhaps forever. Physical, ment
al and spiritual misrule and confusion en
sue, and in such a spectacle are witnessed
the ruins of one of the subtlest systems the
universe contains.”
“Nor can I conceive how there can be
either wrong or danger in that ambition
whieli looks to preferment through the
lists of honorable competition. Indeed,
GikI seems to have made competition a law
of universal nature. Bee how the gentle
flowers, whose prodigal beauties enrich
and ennoble tlie Helds of tlie earth, vie witli
each other in tempting the flight of insects.
The diminutive pansy, touched into ex
quisite beauty by tlie creative genius of tlie
sun’s living rays, raises her graceful head
and sustains tlie rude gaze of morn
ing; tlie Arabian jasmine gently swings her
censer in the evening air, filling the whole
glad vicinage with its delicious incense;
and the queenly lilly, in l'obe of chast
est snow, is yet bold enough to “un
mask her beauty to the moon;”—all
for the purpose of c-atching tho roving eye
or flattering tlie delicate olfactories of
some golden insect marauder. In gener
ous and intelligent rivalry they throw open
their ambrosial chambers and spread the
daintiest of meals to his fastidious pres
ence; for, in tiie wonderful providence of
God, tiie visits of the pampered little fa
vorite carry health and fecundity to the
very flowers whose store he so ruthlessly
plunders.
Observe too, the ambition of tho nightly
heavens. Cloud-compelling Jupiter, riding
up tlie East upon His majestical throne of
thrice polished ivory. His four attendant
moons circling that throne like so many
silver sprites, the lordly eagle at His feet
with expanded wings, and holding in His
raised right hand tlie thunderbolts of uni
versal power, sheds His glory over every
quarter of the skies. And yonder, at an
other point blazes, the envious orb of Sat
urn, as with cruel and bloody scythe up
lifted, he turns his flashing eye toward tlie
superior splendors of iiis most puissant
son, Jupiter; and yonder, tar away, glows
fiery Mars, whose furious car we fancy we
can almost hear rattling over the burning
hills of heaven. But,-Oh! turn and see the
queen of the western skies, rare and radiant
Venus, with eyes of luminous love divine,
lips fairly melting and dripping with nec
tarine delights, and her long golden tres
ses just tipping tlie upper extreme of the
moon’s fair crescent. In her mild beauty
blessing the blue profound, she shines witli
soft, rich light—
NELLIE ROY.
Miss Ykilcite Vastine lifted her pretty
face—just now clouded with disappoint
ment., but withal a very pretty combination
of regular features, good complexion and
brilliant, hair and eyes.
“Isn't it too bad. Miss Elder? The little
French girl I had engaged to sing the con
tralto has just sent nie word that she has
an attack of diphtheria, and Percy St. Au-
byn isn’t coming.”
Miss Elder could sis- the tears of vexation
just ready to drop.
“Reilly that is an annoying combination
of circumstances. Can't you replace the
singer? Nellie Roy would lie so thankful
of the opportunity to earn the money, and
she really has a lovely alto voice—in my
opinion farexcelling Miss Fayette’s.”
And site drove off on her little errand of
charity, leaving Violetto undecided wheth
er t< > rejoice or regret at. the prospect.
“Far-bcaiuing o’er the silver host of night
When all tlie starry train emblaze the
sphei'e.”
And still a thousand others, differing one
from another in glory, strive, in ever-vary
ing, never-ending competition, to glorify
and give lustre to tlie unfathomable deep
of night.
Oh! thou man, whom God has created
only a littro lower than the angels, is
“This midnight pomp.
This gorgeous arch with golden worlds in
laid,
Built with divine ambition, nought to thee?”
Wilt thou draw no glorious lessons from
tiiat shining page eternal? What wisdom
glows there—what an illustrious incentive
to man’s noblest efforts?
I charge no one to fling away ambition;
rather would I preach ambition—only let
it be the true ambition."
“It is true that all men cannot be famous,
for then there would be no such thing as
fame. It is equally true that all cannot
hope to fie powerful. But no person is so
humble that God has not provided an hon
orable path for him to follow. There is a
field for tlie play of every man’s faculties.
The humblest of us can help his brother
along the rugged way of life. What though
we may not iiave won a brief glory amid
the dreadful carnage of war! What though
we be not learned enough to shed the light
of wisdom upon the world! We can at
least devise a method of relieving the dis
tress of others. And after all, the noblest
ambition is that which seeks employment
in the amelioration of the condition of hu
manity. It is an end worthy the aim of the
most splendid genius that ever turned its
batteries upon human ignorance. It is an
end, also, which is accessible to all, the
highest and tlie lowest. Opportunities for
doing goo< I present themselves in front of
tlie iiovel as well as the palace. The seiz
ure of those opportunities—to extend a
helping hand to tlie weary and the fallen
—expands, exalts and ennobles the heart
and soul.
Tlie greatest monarch can have no loftier
ambition than that which rests in the hap
piness of iiis people. The lowliest, subject
is not below a capacity for the indulgence
of a similar ambition—tho happiness of
those around him.
To tlie halt and the blind, tlie sick and the
maimed—those who are baptized in the thick
waters of affliction—I might say that it
may be that tlie glories of heaven are re
served for the play of ambition. There,
purged of all dross and impurities of the
flesh, cured or all imperfections of the body,
your souls may expatiate forever amid tho
eternal splendors of the sidereal heav-
A DRAWBACK ON BRIGHT HOPES.
[Court Circular, August 8.]
A clergyman of my acquaintance told
me that he once visited a lady of his par
ish who had just lost tier husband, in order
to offer consolation, and upon her earnest
inquiries as to the reunion of famUies in
heaven, he strongly asserted his belief in
tiiat fact; and when she asked with anxiety
whether any time must elapse before
friends world be able to find each other in
the next world he emphatically said, “No!
they will be united at once.” Ho was
flunking of the happiness of being able to
offer the relief of such faith, when she
broke in upon suck meditations by exclaim
ing sadly, “Weil, iiis first wife lias got him
then by this time.”
In Mexico the Methodists have
thirty-four missionaries in all, in
cluding natives and assistants, and a
church membership of 3140. The
Presbyterians have twenty-seven
churches and a total membership of
3.2G0. At Zitaouraro, one of the large
towns of Mexico, 200 were received
to membership during the last year.
In 1870 the Baptists sent a missionary
to Monterey, who has organized three
Baptist churches in and about that
city. In 1871 the Friends sent a man
to the State of Tamaulipas, who
founded a church in Matamorus and
was very successful in his work else
where. Between 1863 and 1870 six
churches were organized in various
parts of Northern Mexico under the
Board of the American and Foreign
Christian Union, the work of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church, under the
care of Bishop Riley. The whole
number of Protestant Chnrehes in
Mexico is about forty.
”If you think I had better, mamma?”
Mrs. Roy and Miss Elder both looked at
Nellie's flushed, sweet face, as the gtrl ap
pealed to her mother, almost wistfully.
“It must be just as you please, dear.”
Nellie turned her face away for ona min
ute, and then she crested her head almost
defiantly.
“Of course I’ll go, Miss Elder, and thank
you ever so much for your kindness. And
what shall I wear, Miss Eider? White tulle
over white satin, and pearls, or black silk
and velvet and diamonds?”
And she laughed gayly, but not in the
least hiding from Miss Elder the bitter sar
casm she was really feeling.
Miss Elder gently interrupted her.
“There will be no difficulty about tbftt,
Nellie. You are more than welcome to a
lovely white grenadine I never have worn,
and witii a few flowers”
“Indeed 1 shall do very well, Miss Elder.
I have a dress saveu from the wreck, one
of mamma’s siiks, the silvfer-gray one, that
I have been so often tempted to sell. And
there are several of my white carnations
out; so, altogether I shall look—oh, royal!”
Only, somehow or the other, it made Miss
Elder’s heart aeko to hear the girl’s brave
Cheeriness.
But she did look “royal” when she stood
on theelegant little Brussels-carpeted stage
that had been erected at the end of Miss
Vastiue’s suit of double-drawing-rooms—
royal as even a princess looked.
And every one of that be-diamonded, aris
tocratic audience held their breath while
tlie slender, silvery robed girl, with the
passionful dark eyes, sung her song, mak
ing sueli a Hood of melody that the very
canaries in their cages ceased their own
rippling trills.
And Violette Vastine knew from the en
thusiastic encores that would not be silenc
ed, tiiat the success of her opening “even
ing” was a grand assured fact, all through
Nellie Roy.
And she did not know, at the very instant
when she sat slowly flirting her elegant
feathered fan, and listening to the entranc
ing sweetness of Nellie Roy’s voice, that
just inside the door, beyond which he was
unable to proceed, in consequence of the
lateness of iiis unexpected arrival, Percy
St. Aubyii was standing, drinking in every
sound the girl made, and watching her with
his eager eyes, until, in tlie very act of bow
ing her final adieu, Nellie caught sight of
him.
She did not falter then, but outside the
room, when she stood alone in the little in
closed side portico tiiat had been improvis
ed into a retiring room between times for
Miss Vastine’s “hired performers,” she
sunk, quivering from head to foot, into the
one chair, the hot tears springing to her
eyes, great thrills of anguishful memory
scathing and buffeting her.
And right in the midst of it all, when just
the other side of the stage sho could hear
the laughter and applause attending the
comicalities of Professor l’atrizio, tlie hu
morous contributor to tlie entertainment,
Percy St. Aubyn walked in.
“Nellie, found at last!”
He caUed her name eagerly and she
sprang from the chair, her eyes flashing
through the tears, her head whirling, her
heart all a-throb.
“How dare you speak to me? Leave this
room, or 1 shall, ttiis minute? How dare
you stand thei-e and look at me and speak
my name?
And then, before St. Aubyn could move
his lips or prevent her quick motion she
had darted past him, catching up her
wraps, and was gone from out Miss Vas-
tine’s house.
A few minutes later Miss Elder came to
find her, with a message from Miss Vas
tine. “The ladies and gentlemen were wait
ing; was she ready?”
And the next day there came another
message to her, accompanied by the money
she had earned at tlie expense of so much
misery; for with tlie sight of Percy St. Au-
byn’s face, in its smiling exultation over
her humiliation —or, at least, what seemed
to Nellie his exultation and her humiliation
had come the keenest misery her young
life had ever known, even keener in its
smarting pain than that she suffered once
upon a time, not so very far back, when
Percy St. Aubyn bad left her without a
word to face tlie misfortune that had come
upon her.
An hour after Miss Vustine’s money had
gone to pay tiie grocer's bill Mr. Percy St.
Aubyn walked into the little parior where
Nellie sat at her sewing, from which she
could not possibly make a retreat.
He went in without knocking and strode
down tho room to where she sat.
“Nellie!”
She rose from her chair, white with the
pain and anger of the shock of iiis sudden
presence.
“Mr. St. Aubyn!”
Despite her flashing eyes and appallingly
frigid displeasure he extended his hand.
“Nellie, you shall not siiencc me. I have
something to say”
She interrupted him hotly;
“You have nothing to say to me, now or
ever.”
She had withdrawn herself several steps
further from where lie stood and was re
turning iiis look witli one of cold indigna
tion.
“But I tell you I have something to say
to you, and you shall hear me say It. Do
you think I have found you, after these
wretched months, only to let you escape
me again and condemn me unheard?”
His words were emphasized with passion
ate intensity. But site answered coMly,
indifferently, as before:
“H you wish to speak, speak.”
“I do wish to speak, to demand why,
when I sought you last night, after tlie
long, long parting between us, you flew
from me os if I contaminated you? Nellie,
if you knew the search I had made for
you"
A fluttering color drifted into her cheeks
and she suddenly dropped her lovely head
towards him in a piteous, bewildered way.
“I am afraid I don’t understand you.—
You searched”
He stepped up beside her and suddenly
captured her, drawing her head to life
breast and kissing her quivering lips.
“Oh, Nellie, my darling. No, you shall
not get away from me! No, Nellie, you
may struggle all you please, but you shall
never leave my arms until you telljme you
are my sweet promised wife, first, kiss
me.”
She had’always loved him; she would
never love any one else, so what could she
do but just what she did—give Way to the
flood of tears that would not be restrained,
and tell him all that was in her heart] and
promise him whatever he demanded?
And Miss Violette Vastine can never for
give herself or Miss Elder for haring J^-
lie Roy take Mile. Fayette’s place, •Mir
all she cried herself ill with disappoint
ment and vexation, when she beard ot Iffes
Roy’s engagement she never dace show her
Jealous spite, when not very much later she
Wftsa guest Hidden to Percy St. Autiyn’s
wsddfaig, at which the little Fayettee sung
her sweetest for a price that was extrava
gantly munificent.
"We wflf make her as happy as we can,”
Mr. St.’Aiib3'ii said tenderly, just before lie
and his fair bride went down into their ele
gant parlors, “because I really feel tiiat in
a sort of measure I owe a great deal of hap
piness to lief. And you are happy, my
wife?”
While no man could Iiave asked a more
satisfactory answer than the look of pas
sional adoration she gave him as she rais
ed her lips to him to be kissed.
HU MOROUW.
“Sam, why am lawyers like fishes?” “I
doesn't meddle wid dat subject at all.”—
“Why, kasedey am fond of debate.”
Atpkxrances.—Hairdresser— Tremen
dous 'ed ot ’air, sir! Better let me cut the
’ole of ft horf!
Eminent Violinist—Why ?
Hairdresser-Well, you’ll excuse my say
ing so, but it makes you look like one of
them Jiddltr chape, you know
John’s Review of the Case.—China Bob,
alias China Charley, who was sentenced last
Thursday to one year’s imprisonment,
when asked by Judge Bellinger why sen
tence should not be pronounced, replied in
fair English; “I not much to say. Jury
And me guilty. Me suppose jury all right.
(Pointing to his head.) Think jury wrong
here. (Pointing to his mouth.! Lawyer
man he too much ton-n-n-guo.”
Who Was the Wretched Woman.—At
-the French Bazaar in the Albert Hall a lady
was dispensing tea. A solemn gentleman
approached and asked the price of a cup.
“One shilling," replied tiie lady, and he put
down a shtflfng. Before handing him the
cup thelady raised it to her lips and ob
served that the priem was now a sovereign.
The solemn gentleman gravely replaced Iiis
shlUing with a sovereign and said: “Be
good enough to give me a clean cup.”
BOTH* AT HIS OWN GAME.
1 Story About a Man who can "Bear” as Much
as a Bear.
Among the baggage coming down on a
Flint and Pere Marquette train tlie other
daV was a full-grown black bear. Bruin
had been In captivity for two or three years,
and was on his way East for a zoological
garden. His owner was allowed to ride
with him in the baggage-car, and he seem
ed to think his bear was tlie greatest ani
mal on earth. Ho was ready to bet tiiat
bruin could out-hug and out-bite anything
human, and was rather disappointed wiien
the railroad men refused to dispute that
polntwlth him. He was indulging in his
brag when an old man came into tho car to
see about his trunk. He saw, tlie bear, of
course, but the glanc-e of contempt lie lie-
stowed on the animal instantly kindled tlie
indignation of the owner, who called out:
“Mebbe you think I'm toting an old hyena
around the country!”
“I guess it’s a bear," slowly replied tiie
other, “but I see nothing remarkable about
him.”
“You don’t eh? Well, I do! Mebbe you’d
like to see him hug that trunk of yours?
What he cant sliver when lie gets his paws
around it has got to have roots forty feel
under ground.”
. “I’ve got a son back in the ear”. reflec
tively observed the old man and then he
stopped and looked at the bear.
“Your son? Egad ! Will you match your
son agin my bear?” chuckled tlie owner as
he danced with delight.
“I guess so.”
“You do! Bring him in! Trot him out!
I’ll give him all the show he wants and bet
five to one on the bear!”
The old man slowlj' took in a chew of to
bacco, left the car, and when he returned
he had his son Martin witli him. Martin
seemed to be about twenty-seven years of
age and a little taller than a hitch ing-post.
He was built on the ground, with a back
like a writing-desk and arms which seemed
to have been sawed from railroad ties.
“Martin, this ’ere man wants to bet live
to one that his bear can out-hug you,”
quietly explained the father as the son sat
down on a trunk.
“Yes, that’s it—that’s just it!” cackled
the owner. •‘I’ll muzzle him so lie can’t
bite and I’ll bet five to one he’ll make you
holler in two minutes!”
“Muzzle your b’ar,” was all tiiat Martin
said as he pulled out a $5 bill and handed it
to the baggageman. The bear-man put
$25 with it, grinning like a boy in a cherry-
tree, and in a minute he had the bear ready.
Martin removed his coat and paper collar
and carelessly inquired:
“Is this to be a squar’ hug, with no goug
ing?”
“Jess so—jess!” replied the bear man.
“You hug the bear and he will hugyou, and
the one who squeals first loses his cash.
Now, then, all ready.”
As Martin approached, tlie bear rose up
with a sinful glare in his eye and the two
embraced. It was a sort of back-hold, witii
no sell-out on the crowd.
“Go for him, Hunyado!” yelled the bear
man as they closed and the bear responded.
One could see by the set of his eyes tiiat he
meant to make jelly of that young man in a
York minute, but he failed to do it. Some
little trifles stood in his way. For instance
it wasn’t ten seconds bofore he realized that
two eould play at hugging. Martin’s hand
sank down in the bear’s coat, tho shoulder
muscles were called on for duty and at the
first hug the bear rolled his eyes in aston
ishment.
“Go hi, Hunyado—go in—go in!” scream
ed the bear man and bruin laid himself out
as if he meant to pull a railroad water-tank
down.
“You might squeeze a little bit harder,
my son,” carelessly suggested tlie father,
as be spit from the open door and Martin
called out his reserve muscle.
Each had bis best grip. There was no
tumbling around to waste breath, but it
wasastandup, standstill hugging match.
Little by little the bear’s eyes began to
bulge and his mouth to open, and Martin’s
face slowly grew to the color of red paint.
“Hang to him, Hunyado—I’ve got my
last dollar on your head!” shrieked the bear
man, as he saw a further bulge to iiis pot's
eyes.
But it was no use. All of a sudden the
bear began to yell and cough and strangle.
He was a goner. Martin knew it, but he
wanted no dispute and so he gave Hunyan-
do a lift from the floor, a hug which rolled
his eyes around like a pin wheel, and then
.dropped him In a heap on the floor.
. “Well, may I be shot,” gasped the bear
mftD« ffe be stood over the half-lifeless heap
qf hair and daws.
“Martin,” said the father, as lie handed
him the $30, “you’d better go back thar and
watch qur satchels!”
“Jta^I guess so,” replied tiie son, as he
shoved the bjlls in his vest pocket, and lie
retired without another word or a look at
the bpur.
That was the bear they were feeding gruel
to IgA saloon on Randolph street twoeven-
tagg Ago—una man was feeding him gruel
and another feeling along his spine to find
t&lfawtiira.
Our New Terk Letter.
A Visit to Poughkeepsie and a Ramble Through
the IlaMs of VassAr—A Magnificent Institu
tion—What it Does for the Higher Educa
tion of American Women.
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otfuby all lirst-claae
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47 eow 3m.
From our own Corre*i>oMdr»t.
New York, Aug. 29th, 1879.
A few days ago a trip up tlie Hudson Riv
er, made partly for business and partly for
pleasure, brought me in tlie neighborhood
of Poughkeepsie. Here, certain friends,
bent upon showing me the objects of inter
est, proposed a visit to Vassal- College. I
consented, for I blush to own it—I liad nev
er investigated that wonderful seat of learn
ing, though from the time of its foundation,
my ears had been filled with its renown.
The town of Poughkeepsie is a delightful
place, and the country around and a!x>ut, is
as fertile and healthful as any that can be
found on this broad continent. Pardon mo
if I seem enthusiastic about the region or
our noble Hudson River, but it has a charm
for me that memories of the choicest scenes
at home or abroad cannot dim.
Poughkeepsie, lying on tlie eastern bank
of the river, is easily reached by rail from
North, South, East or West, at nearly every
hour in the day, and it is also connected
with Albany aud New York by several lines
of steamboats. It is celebrated for its
boarding schools, commercial college, and
State asylum. Its cducatiuiial institutions
give Instruction to some 1,200 students every
year.
Pre-eminent, however, in the minds oi all
Americans, in connection with Poughkeep
sie, stands Vassar College.
The college grounds cover a space of two
hundred acres, a third of which lias been
ornamentally laid out by the celebrated ar
tists Olmsted and Vaux. The remainder is
used as a farm and garden. In describing
the buildings and grounds I cannot do so
more effectively than in tlie words of the
Rev. II. n. McFarland, who has written
exhaustively upon the subject (to Scribner’2
Magazine. He said:
Going out from Poughkeepsie, soon after
entry upon the College grounds, you pass
through the gateway and porter’s lodge.
This structure is utilized by its affording
two dwelling for the families ol men em
ployed upon the College Farm. At a
straight distance of 1,000 feet stands tlie
main College building, the roadway thith
er flanked right and left by evergreens.
These superb facilities for producing the
mens sana in sano corporc, and for develop
ing {esthetic taste, arc in constant use. By
college regulation each student, save in
stormy weather, is to be out in the grounds
twenty minutes every day, and sixty min
utes every other day. They may go when
they like, ir not engaged in recitations or
other College exercises, but go they must,
and go they do. Nor has any instance ever
been known of their disturbance in the
freest use of all the grounds.
Northward of tiie college, on its front,
lies a circular flower garden, a half mile in
circumference, worked wholly by such stu
dents as enroll themselves members or the
Floral Society.
It is an admirable sight to look upon these
grounds, filled with bright and happy girls,
walking, gardening, engaged in games,
rowing on the lake, or occasionally making
ready, in some shady recess, for work in
c-lass rooms.
It is a constant joy at Vassar to see that
bodily health is not to be sacrificed to any
other object whatever, and that, #0 far as
the result is attainable by means within its
power, those whom It educates are to be
come physically well developed, vigorous
and graceful women, prepared to take en
lightened care of their own health and that
of others under their charge. In the past
training of our countrywomen this end has
been so much neglected that we shall pre
sent in this connection, and for the sake of
unity, what else we noted in our visit which
induced us to believe this. Diet and regi
men were fully laid before us. We sat at
the College table, and bear witness to its
variety, wholesomeness and fullness. No
man can go with the steward through all
his department and miss the conviction we
have expressed.
One of the most admirable features of
Vassar discipline is tho mingling of study
and recreation in wise proportions. The
students Iiave tho advantages of a finely
appointed gymnasium, a bowling alley,
and grounds for every variety of out of
door sport in which they may wish to in
dulge. Tlie profossor of physiology and
hygiene is a woman and a physician. She
resides in the colleges, lectures to students
upon tlie care of their health, and by her
watchfulness and constant association with
the students, enables them to guard their
physical well-being.
The main building covers an area of 50,000
square feet, has 1,600 exterior and 150 in
terior windows, an<l upwards of 800 rooms
exclusive of tlie chapel. There are accom
modations in this building for 350 students.
There is also an Astronomical Observatory
and a Calisthenium. The observatory is
fully equipped with astronomical appar
atus including a large equatorial telescope.
In the Calisthenium there is a neat little
hall for theatrical and other entertain
ments, an Art Gallery filled with choice
works, numerous rooms for music practice,
a Museum ot Natural History, containing
large collections, eminent among which is
the Girard collection of North American
birds, presented by J. P. Girard of Pough
keepsie. From tiiis collection Audubon
made many of his drawings for Birds of
America. In the main building there is a
library stocked with nearly 10,000 volumes,
besides the Astronomical Library of 200
volumes at the Observatory.
Candidates for admission must be fifteen
years of age and of good character. Appli
cants for any and every grade are examin
ed in Arithmetic, English Grammar, Mod
ern Geography, and the History of the
United States. There is a preparatory
course, which tying completed will admit
the student to tlie Freshman Class, and the
regular college course embraces all the
highest branches of science, literature and
art, such as are common in the most ad
vanced colleges for men. In fact many
special branches in their higher forms, such
as drawing, painting, music, etc., are sel
dom embraced in the curriculum of colle
ges for’the sterner sex. A student at Vas
sar is not obliged to take ail the stqdies
that are taught in the institution, a special
course that meets with the sanction of the
Faculty may be mapped out and then pur
sued to the fullest extent.
in this connection may be stated that tho
Faculty, the heads of departments of in
struction, and the corps of teachers include
the names of many persons eminent in
their peculiar vocations. There are no non
resident Professors.
The great aim and object of the educa
tional system at Vassar is to provide wo
men with a complete, course of intellectual
training, so that they may become better
wives, mothers and members of society,
and be able to take their stand with pien in
dealing with the complications and trials of
Life. It was the hope of the founder that, if
the institution should prove a success, and
the idea on which it was based (that of a
true liberal education for women) should be
accepted by the community, other benefac
tors would aiise to carry outtliC work he
began, by endowing professorships and
scholarships, adding to the library apjcl
cabinets, erecting new buildings as they
might be required, and otherwise augment
ing the resources of tty institution.
Matthew Vassar fouuded the Cbllege' In
1861. and endowed it iii various ways with
over $4iV*,900. He intended, as he himself
expressed it. that all sectarian influences
tfon With'Sir; M. Vassar, Jr., i s no* rich,
though a r-'poi t-to two eontrnrv has spread
abroad and 1 hough it is commonly believ
ed that it frequ. nily has heavy endow
ments. Not one dollar lias !sv*n given in the
way of endowment* - since tiie original
‘donations -'by Matthew Vassar, senior.
It hiis nAt like fnanv institutions run
in debt during thejiard limes, for Its
imam ijit uhuiijs have l>et,'n wisely and
abtv managed. But it requires funds,
and recently, wiien the Board of Trus
tees decided tiiat^ a completely ap
pointed laboratory wasaneoessity, Messrs.
Matthew Vassar, Jr., and John Guy Vas
sar, nephews of Matthew Vassar, Sr., and
formerly his partMM's in business, gave
the money, a large sum, for the purpose.
By the way, I may state that the Vitaisar
brothers are again adding to their good
works by erecting a home for indigent old
men in Poughkeepsie. The community is
mistaken in believing that the Messrs.
Vassar will shoulder all the financial re
sponsibility of the institution. I believe
they have done now all they intend to do;
they certainly have done all that they
can be expected to do. Aid must come in
future from those who favor tho education
of American women. Y'ale, Harvard, and
other colleges receive large endowments,
and why should not Vassar College be
equally fortunate? Notwithstanding the
good already accomplished by Vassar, the
first Coliego established in this country
for women, much more could have been
done had she received but a small part of
what has already been given to other In
stitutions. Many who have means coaid
easily spare enough to establish a profes
sor’s chair, or a scholarship, called by their
names, .and tiie CrtWege with its present
equipment, and with a fair amount grant
ed nrrndow'ed would become a university.
Tlie fame of Vassar has spread over the
world. This I know, because tho Belgian
Government has requested through its
Minister, a plan of tne College, and a New
York architect, Mr. James Wood, has made
the necessary copies lor this purpose. In
London, Holloway, the pill manufacturer,
is now building a college for women on the
plan of Vassar, and its course of study will
be similar to tliq.t, or its American proto
type. .... Radix.
SPIRIT OK THE PRESS,
[New York Star.]
The members of the national board of
health continue to draw their salaries, as
they iiave an undoubted right to do; but
so far as any measures for preventing tho
spread of the yellow fever epidemic are con
cerned,.the work seems to have been per
formed by the icc-al authorities exclusively.
[Griffin Sun.]
If there were rioYfejjnihc-fi circumlocution,
less technicalities, and more plain straight
forwardness about the bills introduced into
the legislature, there would be less proba
bility of misinterpretation by tiie people,
and less litigation in order to interpret
them. Some members of the legislatui'e
will frame a bill which appears to be in the
interest of tho people but has a false bot
tom in it that experts will bring to light
whenever it is to their interest to do so.
Too much quibbling and humbuggery.
ITelegraph & Messenger.]
The indications are tiiat business in
many departments of trade this season
will be better than it has boon for several
years. The iron men of the city have all
the work they can attend to. One of tho
ironworks is running on double time, and
another has adopted the eleven hour sys
tem. Hands are scarce and more wanted
to do the amount of work required to keep
up witii the incoming orders. A great
many engines are being sold and an Im
mense aniourt of mill-work is continually
being ordered. These special orders to
gether witli the general work keep things
lively. It is hoped that the revival in
this bi'anch of the trade will extend to
others.
[Ishmaelite-j
There can be no question of tlie fact that
those members of the Legislature who
habitually absent themselves from the ses
sions of that body, ought to be docked in
their wages. Where absence is not un
avoidable, there ought to be no pay. There
isn’t a member of the Legislature tiiat pays
his day laborers on bis farm, for lost time.
The law ought to apply the same princi
ple to the pay of members of the Legis
lature. A half day’s work should bring a
halfday’s pay; and a day spent in inex
cusable absence should be punished by a
floe.
Legislature is a business, and it ought to
be conducted in accordance with business
principles.
CHILD S FLAY IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATI YES.
[Atlanta Dispatch.)
The session of the House of Representa
tives this morning was nothing hut child’s
play throughout. There was barely a quo
rum present at the assembling of the House,
when a message was received announcing
the readiness of the Senate to proceed with
the Goldsmith impeachment trial the great
er number of the small portion assembled
rushed to the Senate Chamber to witness
the proceedings there. Several votes on
various questions were taken, and each time
there was no quorum voting. Upon a call
of the roll of the House, the absentees
would rush back and answer to their names
aud again retire to theSenateChamber, and
in subsequent votes the effort to obtain a
quorum was likewise ineffectual. The re
maining faithful, few in number, therefore
adjourned an hour and a half before the us
ual time under rules, and it was with a
hard effort that they succeeded in marshal
ing up a sufficient vote to carry tiiis motion.
We tell the members that tlie people are
watching these little tilings, andare getting
a trifle tired of the frequency of the calling
of the roll of members in tlie middle of a
morning's session to ascertain if a qourum
is present. You aio elected to represent
your counties in the Legislature. Why not
remain in your scats aud do it?
THE SPRAGUE'TROUBLE.
New York, Sep. 2.—The following from
the Times embraces the main points in the
specials published tiiis morning regarding
the Sprague affair. Tlie reports recently
published in the New York and Boston
papers regarding Mrs. Sprague’s flight
from C'anochet, are contradicted by all
persons interested, except tiie lady her
self.
Her counsel discouraged her departure,
and do not know what her intentions are or
where she is. They say, however, that she
will not live with her husband.
The latter is calm and resigned. He says
he never interfered with his wife’s corres
pondence, counsel or friends. The reports
of the use of physical force, which are dis
tinctly denied by Mr. Sprague, are cor
roborated by the testimony of A. H. Wat
son, of Providence, guests at Canonchet
and the lady’s counsel.
The rumore of intoxication are unfound
ed, as the Governor lias been obstemious for
several months. He was asleep wiien his
wife went away. She had sent her jewel-
ry> papers and furniture in advance, a hich
feet, was known to Mr. Sprague.
• Jit appears now that Mrs. Sprague re
turned to Canoe bet solely for the pur
pose of obtaining possession of her daught
ers.
Mr Sprague employs no counsel, but oc-
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cas tonally consults a country lawyer.
Mrs Sprague arrived Sunday noon at
Lodeedale, R. I.. a little village north
should be carefully excluded, but the train- I J^g***^ twOTty dSbflare!
ing of our students should never be eutetia- 1 g|, e then gave Warren Mosher, a stable
ted to the .-ke|riical. Hie frrWfgtous Or lm- j keeper, titty dollars lor getUng a fresh
moral. 1 his-intention hhs never been niter- | tejunreedy. Her new driver has not yet
ed by his >.iicl;essorin nimmgeuienl. ' ; * : - j - e he jg t ', n the way
Vassar College, I learned in a coowoi- i Mew raarto and 1