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A RISING TIDE.
Sarah Dowlney in Good Words.
, WC st wind clears the morning,
-he n’-'’’' 1 was l<mg! buUresh and strong
• f n ir rioudR are faint and thin,
ne ar and far along the bar,
lUe tide comes creeping in.
TJ# dreams of midnight showed me
i" life of loneliness,
stony shore, that knew no more
fue bright wave’s soft caress.
morning broke the vision fled-
With dawn new hopes begin,
he light is sweet, and at my ft <•
The tide comes rolling in.
jrer the bare, black bowlders
The ocean sweeps and swells.
waters wide ye come to Mde
lnii atones and empty sn^i
nleaf the floods lift up their voice.
With loud triumphant din.
Sad dreams depart—rest doubting heart,
The tide conies foaming In.
om the
‘Gleanings Publishing Company,
5ew York.
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village prize.
a Tale of the Revolution.
fn one of the loveliest villages of old
rgjnia there lived in the year 175-
old wan, whose daughter was de-
ired bv universal consent to be the
•eliest* maiden in all the country
ind. The veteran in his youth had
.i athletic and muscular above all
fellows, and his breast, where he
• avs wore them, could show the
ornuient of three medals, received
his victories in gymnastic feats,
ien a voting man. His daughter
„ now eighteen, and had been
ight in marriage by many suitors.
" brought wealth, another a fine
rson, another this, and another
ir. Hut they were all refused by
dd man. who became at last a by-
rd for his obstinacy among the
mg men of the v illage and neigh—
■hood. At length the nineteenth
iday of Annette, his charming
rhter, who was as amiable and
l ot as ‘he was beautiful, arrived.
• morning of that day her father
ited all the voutli of the country
a hav-making frolic. Seventeen
idsome and industrious young
u assembled. They came not only
nake lmv. but also to make love
the fair Annette. In three hours
y had filled the father’s barns with
newly dried grass, and their hearts
li love. Annette, by the father's
iimand, had brought the malt
tor of her own brewing which she
seated to each enamoured swain
hher own hands.
Now. my boys,” said the old keep-
of the jewel they all coveted, as
ning on their pitch-forks, they as-
uMed round his door in the cool of
■ evening. “Now 7 , my lads, you
re nearly all of you made proposals
my Annette. * Now, you see, I
i t care anything about money or
?nts, book-laming nor soldier-larn-
—1 can do as well by my gal as any
n in the country—but I want her
carry a man of my own grit. Now,
i know, or ought to know 7 , when I
s a youngster, I could beat any-
Rg in old Virginny, in the w 7 av of
ping. I got my old woman by
King the smartest man on the East-
i Shore, and I have took the oath
d sworn it, that no man shall have
daughter without jumping for it.
a understand me, boys. There’s
green, and here's Annette,” lie
led, taking his daughter, who stood
ally behind him, by the hand,
cw. the one who jumps the furtli-
on a ‘dead level’, shall marry An
te this very night.”
his unique address was received
the young men with applause.
1 many a youth, as he bounded
v forward to the arena of trial,
: a glance of anticipated victory
h upon the lovely object of village
talry. The maidens left their
,Us and quilting frames, the chil-
f 1 their noisy sports, the slaves
lr labors, and the old men their
|-chairs and long pipes, to witness
1 triumph in the success of their
^°r. AH prophesied and many
hed that it might be young Car-
• He -vas the handsomest and
lumored youth in the country ;
airl * „v,x.
-putation of being the ‘best leay^
ri <l in a country -where such ath-
achievements were the sine qua
' a man’s cleverness, this was no
ar y honor. In a contest like the
iJ t, lie had therefore every ad-
r bis fellow athletffi.
1 arena allotted for this liymenial
was a level space in front of
!ii; m“ inn, and near-'the centre of
' s piat. reserved in the midst of
ireem’ The verdure was quite
‘ at this place by previous ex.-
■ ' a similar kind, and a hard
°f Band more benefitting for
parpoas to which it wfcs to lie.
1 Applied its place.
The father of the lovely, blushing,
and withal happy prize (for she well
knew 7 who would win) with three oth
er patriarchal villagers were the judges
appointed to decide upon the claims
of the several competitors. The last
time Carroll tried his skill in this ex
ercise, he ‘cleared’ to use the leaper’s
phraseology, twenty-one feet and one
inch.
The signal was given and by lot the
young men stepped into the arena.
“Edward Grayson, seventeen feet,”
cried one of the judges. The youth
had done his utmost. He was a pale,
intellectual student. But what had
intellect to do in an arena? Without
a look at the maiden he left the
ground.
“Dick Boulden, nineteen feet.”
Dick -with a laugh turned away, and
replaced his coat.
“Harry Preston, nineteen feet and
three inches.” “Well done, Harry
Preston,” shouted the spectators,
“you have tried hard for the acres
and homestead.”
Harry also laughed and swore he
only “jumped forthe fun of the thing.”
Harry was a rattlebrained fellow 7 , but
never thought of matrimony. He
loved to walk and talk, and laugh and
romp with Annette, but sober mar
riage never came into his head. “He
only jumped for the fun of the thing.”
He not would have said so, if he was
sure of w’inning.
“Charley Simms, fifteen feet and a
half.”
“Hurrah for Charley! Charley’ll
win !” said the crowd good humoredly.
Charley Simms was the cleverest fel
low in the world. His mother had ad
vised him to stay at home, and told
him if he ever won a. wife, she would
fall in love with his good temper
rather than his legs. Charley howev
er made a trial of the latter capabili
ties and lost. Many refused to enter
the lists altogether. Others made the
trial, and only one of the leapers had
yet cleared twenty feet.
“Now,” cried the villagers, “let’s
see Henry Carroll. He ought to beat
this,” and every one appeared, as they
called to mind the mutual love of the
last competitor and the sweet Annette,
as if they heartily wished his success.
Henry stepped to his post with a
firm tread. His eye glanced with con
fidence around upon the face of An
nette, as if to catch therefrom that
spirit and assurance which the occa
sion calls for. Returning the encour
aging glance with which she met his
own, with a proud smile upon his lip,
he bounded forward.
“Twenty-one feet and a half!” shout
ed the multitude, repeating the an
nouncement of one of the judges,
“twenty-one feet and a half. Harry
Carroli—Annette aud Harry.” Hands,
caps, and handkerchiefs waved over
the heads of the spectators, and the
eyes of the delighted Annette spark
led with joy.
When Harry Carroll moved to his
station to strive for the prize, a tall
gentlemanly man in a military un
dress frock coat, who had rode up to
the inn,dismounted and joined the spec
tators unperceived, stepped sudden
ly forward, and, with a knowdng eye,
measured deliberately the space ac
complished by the last leaper. He
was a stranger in the village. His
handsome face and easy address at
tracted the eyes of the village maid
ens, and his manly and sinewy frame,
in which symmetry and strength were
happily united, called forth the admi
ration of the young men.
“Mayhap, sir stranger, you think
you can beat that,”said one of the by
standers, remarking the manner in
which the eye of the stranger scanned
the arena. “If you can leap beyond
Harry Carroll, you’ll beat tjie best
man in the colonies.” The truth of
this observation was assented to by a
general murmur.
“Is it for mere amusement you are
pursuing this pastime ?” inquired the
youthful stranger, “or is there a prize
for the winner?”
“Annette, the loveliest and wealthi
est of our village maidens, is the re
ward of the victor," cried one of the
judges.
“Are the lists open to all?”
“All young sir!” replied the father of
Annette, with interest, his youthful
ardor rising as he surveyed the pro
portions of the straight limbed young
stranger. “She is the bride of him
who outleaps Henry Carroll; if you
will try von are free , to do so. But
let me tell you, Harry Carroll has no
equal in Virginia. Here is my daugh
ter, sir, look at her and make your
trial.”
The young officer glanced upon the
trembling maiden about to be offered
upon the altar of her father’s uncon
querable monomania with an admir
ing eye. The poor girl looked at Har
ry, who stood near with a troubled
brow 7 and angry eye, and then cast
upon the new 7 competitor an implor
ing glance.
Placing his coat in the hands of one
of the judges, lie drew a sash he wore
beneath it tighter around his waist,
&£‘as3
apparently without effort, the. bound
in. existed oetween nim ana 'V- 1 , —... v • „„
Annette. Carroll had won„ th . at wa ? *? derade-the happiness, or
i ,, . - miconr nf Hnnrv n-rui A nnArtP.
misery of Henry and Annette.
“Twenty-two feet one inch !" shout
ed the judge. The announcement
was repeated with surprise by the
spectators, who crow 7 ded around the
victor, filling the air with congratu
lations, not unmingled, however, with
Ion cl murmurs from those who were
more nearly interested in the happj-
i>ehs of the lovers.
• The old man approached, arid grasp
ing his hand exultiiigly, called him
his son,* and said he fe'lt prouder of
Washington Letter,
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, March 22,1888.
With the Senate’s investigation of
the Administration, the House Com-
naieu mm ior ms success. mittee’s investigation of Pan-Electric
Annette, my pretty prize,” said the g tock, and another investigation of
victor, taking her passive hand, I Commissioner of Pensions in re-
\fon you fairly.” Annette’s cheek6 g ar d to the charges he brought
became paler than marble; she trem- a g a inst his predecessors, Dudley, it
bled like an aspen leaf, and clung WO uld seem that the spirit of inquiry
closer to her father, while the droop- **auirn* hero
with his eye the fair prize he had, al
though nameless and unknown, so
fairly won. She leaned upon her
father’s arm, pale and distressed.
Her lover stood aloof, gloomy and
mortified, admiring the superiority of
the stranger in an exercise in which
he prided himself as unrivaled, while
he hated him for his success.
ing eye sought the form of her lover.
His brow drew dark at the stranger’s
language.
“I have won you, my pretty flower,
to make you a bride!—tremble not so
violently—I mean not for myself, how
ever proud I might be,” he added gal
lantly, “to wear so fair a gemune:*
my heart. Perhaps,” and he cast his
eye round inquiringly, while the cur
rent of life leaped joyfully to her
brow, and a murmur of surprise ran
through the crowd, “perhaps Jdiere is p roo f of his allegations against ex
some favored youth among the. com
petitors who has a higher claim to
this jewel. Young sir,” he continued,
turning to the surprised Henry, “me
thinks you were victor in the lists be
fore me. I strove not for the maiden
though one could not well strive for a
Cowmisoioner Dudley’s Republican
Pension Machine. He has submitted
cases of gross irregularity, showing
that claims were advanced and allow
ed as partisan rewards, and he has
hundreds of affidavits in reserve,
mine ** Ajs to the Senate's fight for papers,
fairer—but from love for the manly none but the blindest of partisans can
you engaged. gee an y other outcome of the Repub-
sport in which I saw „ . „ ...
You are the victor, and as such, with
the permission of this worthy assem
bly, receive from my hand the prize
you have so well and honorably won.’
The youth sprang forward and
grasped his hand with gratitude, and
the next moment Annette was weep
ing from pure joy upon his should
ers. The welkin rung with the accli
mations of the de^ghted villagers,
and amid the temporary excitement
produced by this act, the stranger
withdrew 7 from the crowd, mounted
his horse and spurred at a brisk trot
through the village.
That night Henry and Annette were
married, and the health of the noble
hearted stranger was drunk in over
flowing bumpers of rustic beverage.
In the process of time there were
bom unto the married pair sons and
daughters, and Henry Carroll became
Col. Henry Carroll, of the Revolu
tionary army. \ v
One evening having just returned
home after a hard campaign, he .was
sitting with his family on the gallery
of his handsome country home, when
an advance courier rode up and an
nounced the approach of General
Washington and suite, informing that
he should crave his hospitality, for
the night. The necessary directions
were given in reference to the nQn§^-
hold preparations, and Colonel .Car
roll ordered his horse, rode forward to
meet and escort to his house the dis
tinguished guest, whom he had never
seen, although serving in the same
widelv extended army.
That evening at the table, Annette,
now become the dignified, matronly
and handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not
keep her eyes from the face of the il
lustrious visitor. Every moment or
two she would steal a glance at his
commanding features, half assuredly
shake her head and look again, to be
still puzzled. Her absence of mind
and embarressment at length became
evident to her husband who inquired
affectionately if she was ill.
“I suspect Colonel,” said the Gen
eral, who had been sometime, with a
ouiet, meaning smile, observing the
lady’s curious and puzzled survey of
his features, “that Mrs. Carroll thinks
she recognizes in me an old acquaint
ance.” And he smiled with a mysteri
ous air as he gazed upon both alter
nately. The Colonel started, and a
faint memory of the past seemed to
be revived, as be gazed, while the la
dy rose impulsively from her chair,
bending eagerlv forward over the tea
urn, with clasped hands, and an eye of
intense eager inquiry fixed fully upon
him, stood for a moment with her iips
parted as if she would speak. “Par
don me my dear madam—pardon me
Colonel, I* must put an end to this
scene. I have become, by dint of
camp fare and hard usage, took un
wieldy to leap again, twenty-two feet
and one inch even for so fair a bride
as I wot of."
The recognition, with the surprise,
delight and happiness that followed,
are' left to the imagination of the
reader. General Washington was in
deed the handsome young “leaper,
still traditionary.—and whose claim
to substantial bona fide flesh and
blood, was stoutly contested by the
village story tellers until the happy
denouement which took place at the
hospitable mansion of Col. Carroll.
Dame Fortune Favors Poor Annie
Smith
who is a colored cook and washer, at
118 Liberty street, was the lucky hold
er of one-fifth of the ticket m The
Louisiana State Lottery which^ drew
the first capital .prize of $75,000 on
Tuesday, Feb, 9. In a quiet wav sue
said: “Mv name is Annie. Smith. I
am 40 vears of age and a widow; born
at Monroe, La. SIv attention was
attracted to a ticket—No. 57, <0o. me
combination pleased me, I purchased
one-fifth for the sum of $1. I called
at the office of the company, and was
told that 1 had won $!5,0G0. kne nas
no children living and is alone in the
world.—New Orleans < La.) Picayune,
Feb. 13.
were raging here now.
On the contrary all of these affairs
are dismal farces. No-sensations have
been eyolved from the Telephone bus
iness, and public interest in it is rap
idly subsiding. Hon. Casey Young
has contradicted the imputations
against the Attorney-General, and in
seeking letters for publication as tes
timony, out of 212, five were from Mr.
Garland, none of which bear on the
subject under investigation.
Gen. Black is well fortified with
see any other outcome of the Repub
lican situation than a surrender. There
is a desire on the part of most of the
Senators who have followed Mr. Ed
munds’ lead to drop the contest as soon
as possible and to say as little as possi
ble about it. The debate has involved
so many Senatorsjin contradictions and
inconsistencies that it has clearly
strengthened the President in his po
sition. It has also served to direct
attention to the evils of secret ses
sions so intently that their very exis
tence is strongly threatened.
The weakest point of the Republi
can position is that they have called
for this information to be used in Star
Chamber sessions. If the Senate con
sidered the President’s appointment
in open session, there w 7 ould be much
more excuse for these attacks upon
him for his secrecy.
Senator Edmunds is sorely cut by
the revolt of the Finance Committee.
Its resolve to report the nominations
of Internal Revenue Collectors refer
red to it in spite of the caucus, was a
square back down from the republi
can position. And t&e present week
is likely to witness similar action on
the part of the Indian Affairs Commit
tee, and other Committees which are
weary of the useless contest.
There was never any genuineness or
cohesioqiii the movement, and it re-
quired liuie political keenness to see
what would certainly happen. The
obstruction was a political blunder,
and there was so little interest in it
that the public did not even charge
its mind with the tax of keeping
up with the debate. The indigna
tion "which was pumped up was
false and labored, and there has been
no time when the Republican Sena
tors in a body have not regretted the
course into which they were dragoon
ed by the rasping selfishness from
Vermont. As an experimental issue
it has been a dismal failure, and it is
only astonishing that the pretense.was
kept up as long as it was.
The bill to pension the widow of
General Hancock has been before the
House, and was eloquently supported
by Representative Bingham of Penn
sylvania, The penwon w 7 ill be $2,000
a* year. There are many members
who would lie glad to make it $5,000,
but the widows of G«n. Thomas and
Admiral Farragut receive $2,000. and
precedents in sucii matters are difficult
to overcome.
—
TEE TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL.
Governor McDaniel Appoints the Com
mission Which Will Meet Soon.
From the Atlanta Constitution, 2-3d.
Yesterday Governor McDaniel ap
pointed the commissioners for the
technological school. The following
gentlemen were named as the board:
E. R. Hodgson, of Athens; S. M. In
man, of Atlanta: O. S. Porter, of New-
nan: N. E. Harris, of Macon, and
Columbus Heard, of Greene county.
The Governor will call the board to
gether at once for the purpose of or-
aeeame xmnusuuic g an j za tion. After the organization
whose appearance and disappearance first duty of the board will be to
in the native village of the lo\ ers. is U p 0 n the location of the school
r.+:n and whose claim technology. The question of loca
tion is left with the board under this
provisio—that that city pr town shall
be selected which, in the opinion of
the board offers the best inducements.
The health and general accessibiliity
of the place is to be considered in con
nection with the amount of money
offered or other inducements held out.
Any city or town or any non-sectarian
institution of learning may have its
claims considered.
The appropriation will not be avail
able until the first of January. 1887,
but it is probable that the board w 7 ill,
at an early meeting establish the terms
of competition so that each city in
terested may know exactly what it
has to do and may have time to get
its people together and arrange such
offer as can be placed before the
board later in the summer. It is pos
sible the board will decide upon the
location during the* summer or early
in the fall so that the state appropria
tion can be used as soon as it becomes
available.
x OUR AUGUSTA LETTER.
Editors Unioh & Recorder :
Richmond is preparing for the fight
for prohibition. The requisite num
ber of voters have already signed a
petition calling for an election. This
petition is already in the hands of the
Ordinary, who for the present is with
holding his “order of election,” at
the request of the Prohibitionists.
They will not open the campaign un
til the crops are laid by, knowing
that an election of any kind is demor
alizing to farm labor. The leaders on
the side of the Prohibitionists will be
Rev. Warren Candler, and Judge M.
P. Foster, both young, brainy, and
eloquent.
The Antis are already organized,
and are preparing for a desperate
struggle. When the campaign opens,
I will send you weekly accounts from
the field of battle.
Everything is quiet in political cir
cles. In fact there is very little to
stir the breeze.
The friends of the Hon. Patrick
Walsh—the noble hearted Irishman—
would like to see him Governor, but
he is advocating the claims of Ex-
Speaker Bacon, and of course, w 7 ill
not be untrue to his friend. Robt. E.
Pierce, a brilliant young lawyer, will
be a candidate next fall for the House
of Representatives. Robbe and Cal
vin will have opposition, if they run,
but they will be hard to beat. No
county can boast of better Legislators
thaq these favorites of old Richmond.
The churches of Augusta are at
present holding protracted meetings
for the conversion of the impenitent.
At the First Baptist, Rev. W. M.
Wharton preaches twiee daily to im
mense congregations. Mr. Wharton
is a very attractive preacher, full of
the Spirit of Christ, and intensely
earnest in his efforts to save souls. He
preaches the Gospel in all its simplici
ty and beauty, with great force and
eloquence. Many souls have already
professed their faith in the Savior,
and many more are on the way.
Interesting meetings have just clos
ed in the 3rd Baptist, 1st Presbyte
rian, and 1st Christian churches, and
will continue in the 3rd Christian
church during the present week.
A. sensational dispatch in regard to
the Chinese of Augusta appeared not
long ago in the columns of the Atlan
ta Constitution. There is no founda
tion whatever for such assertions.
One or two merchants whose stores
are in proximity to those of the Chi
namen may wish to deprive them of
some privileges, but in general, no dis
satisfaction exists. On the other
hand there are many who feel kindly
toward the poor benighted heathen
in out midst, anti are laboring for their
welfare. Mrs. A. Smith Irvine, Mrs.
W. M. Jordan and other ladies have
organized a Sunday School for the
Celestials, ana are striving to teach
them the truths of the Gospel. The
school numbers about 25. It is a
beautiful sight to see the almond-eyed
Celestial sitting by the faithful teach
er, eagerly drinking in the saving
truths of the Book Divine. No dan
ger of a Chinese massacre in Augusta.
Our literary folks are anticipating
much enjoyment in the intellectual
feast about to be spread by the great
I)r. Lipscomb, who will on Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday of the present
week deliver three lectures for the
benefit of the Library. The Doctor,
no doubt has something good in store
for Augusta. Speaking of the Libra
ry reminds me of the great scramble
for the Librarian's position, made va
cant by the resignation of Mr. Chas.
Crocker. There are sixteen appli
cants for the position, many ladies be
ing among this number. The Direct
ors have placed the election in the
hands of the subscribers. The weath
er just now is glorious. Occasionally
the wild March winds sweep the dust
along our streets, but the genial sun
shine. the budding boughs, and the
sweet scented violet remind us that
Spring is at our doors.
Houghton.
Asylum Trustee.
Atlanta, March 22.—Hon. A. T.
McIntyre, Sr., of Thomasville, was
to-dav appointed a • trustee of the
State'Lunatic Asylum to fill the va
cancy caused bv the death of Colonel
L. N. Whittle, of Macon. Colonel
McIntyre is a prominent citizen of
the State—anex-Congressman—whose
name has more than once been men
tioned favorably for Governor.
The unsettled arrangements be
tween the city of Macon and the Ma
con and Covington R. R. Co. which
have recently caused some confusion
and apprehension concerning the for
ward movement of that enterprise,
have all been adjusted and the enter
prising contractor is pushing work on
the road with great vigor and rapidi
ty. It is claimed that the road will be
finished by August next; but we think
if it is completed by Christmas it will
be a remarkable performance.
him than if hq ’were a pnince. Pliysi- jj- rg jj; arv Friend of Chariet
cal activity and strength were the old e( j 2^ y ea {. Si w hile walking to
leaper’6 true patents of nobility. boat i n Savannah, to return li<
Resuming his coat the victor sought fell dead in tlie street.
rleston,
the
home,
The Vv ashington Chronicle believes
now ’that Hon. Seaborn Reese will
not have any opposition for the nomi
nation in the Eighth.-
Judging by the trial of Mr. Heze-
kiah Irby in Macon the other day for
beating his wife, the “'Central Cit>
fixes; the fee for the enjoyment of that
luxury at fifteen dollars. That strikes
us as being “dog cheap.*’
Mr. Chas. Lease of East Macon is in
trouble for having married a seennd
wife before ascertaining that the first
wife was dead. He claims that he
was assured that number oue was no
longer in the way. Chief Wiley is
trying to ascertain whether the facts
will warrant a charge of bigamy.
OLIO.
To see the world is to judge
judges.
Mirth is short-lived; cheerfnlzKKSs-
never tires.
No man ever did a polite thing yet
without feeling a little prouder for A
He who puts a bad construction on
a good act, reveals his own wicker
ness at heart.
One boy can drop into a well a.
stone which forty men can not gafc
out.—Turkish Proverb.
Justice ought to be as cheap as
dew, but half the time it costs mon
to get it, than it is worth.
The first ingredient in conversaikxL
is truth, the next good sense, th*
third good humor, and the fourth vrii
You may put the world down as a
mob of fools, but don't forget this:
takes a smart man to beat them.
Those who mold and move most tin
minds and actions of men. are seldom
seen. They never head the proees
sion.
It will generally be found that nt
man's own good breeding is the beijtj
security against other people's S
manners.
Labor is the parent of aff the last
ing wonders of this world, whether w.
verse or stone, whether poetry tir
pyramids.
The most cross-grained are by x*t
means the worst of mankind; nor tin
humblest in station the least polish** •
in feeling.
A man troubles himself with imagi
nary sorrows, and discards tho**i
things which could help him easily
eradicate those sorrows.
It is an easy thing to accept as tmt
or best what we wish to be so, with
out sifting the evidence; but to judg«-
wisely takes both labor and time.
None is poor but the mean ka.
mind, the timorous, the weak,
unbelieving; none is wealthy but thn
afffhent in sou^ who is satisfied axxi
floweth over.
Useful knowledge can have no Em
mies except the ignorant; it cherisiKcs
youth, delights the aged, is an omu
ment in prosperity, and yields coin
fort in adversity.
It never was intended that mat
should be perfect on earth; the gnevi
thing is, not never to miss the bnh
eye,—but to get a little nearer 7 to it
every time we shoot.
If we expect to lie happy <ve imis&t
be busy; it is better to hunt up-a h«?
net's nest, and fight that than be* •>«:--
of a job; no idle man ever'was happ -
and but few idle men are innoeentr
long.
Nearly everybody has heard th*-
story of the painter of olden tino^
who exposed his picture to the poli
tic criticism, and put a paint bricsii
hand} 7 that anybody might paint
any particular feature he did not fq
prove of. Of course the stupid mat
soon found that everybody had scars*
fault to find, and his picture was to
tally obliterated.
The loving heart is the strong heart
The generous hand is the hand \<
cling to when the path is diffietrit
There is room for the exercise of char
ity everywhere—in business, in soc?i«.
ty, and in the church; but the firsd
and chiefest need for it is at house;
where it is the salt which keeps aU
things sweet, the aroma which maket
every hour charming and the divioa
light which shines star-like through
all gloom and depression.
The poor pittance of seventy years
is not worth being a villain for.
What matter if your neighbor lies :ii.
a splendid tomb? Sleep you with in
nocence. Look behind through th*
track of time; a vast desert lies open
in retrospect; through this desert
your fathers have journeyed; wearied
with tears and sorrows they sank fr-oau
the walks of man. You must leav-c-
thern where they fall, and you are to
go a little further, where you will
find eternal rest.
A loving New England couple dyed
for each other the other day. The
man w r as frosted with the snows ot
seventy winters, while she, who wia
to be his blushing bride, had the ravci
locks of thirty. He dyed his hair
black to please his bride, and she. nn-
concious of the fact, bleached hers to
gratify him. How 7 loving they must
have looked when taking the vov-
that made them man and wife.
Eugene Beck, whose shocking mur
der of his wife and sister-in-law last
year, caused so great a sensation,
throughout the state, will be tried at
Rabun Superior Court for the mur
der of the latter. He was tried at
last term of the Court for the murder
of his wife and sentenced to the i>eni»
tentiary for life.
It develops that the suspension r4
rail-roads by strikes affects all class**
of commerce very seriously. Some-
methods should exist by which arbi
tration between conservative men < :
both interests could adjust matters
without so much personal and burl
iness suffering.
In the United States Senate, during
a recent debate, Senator \ esr of If L«
souri, paid a high tribute to the mer
its of St. Jacob’s Oil. Other promi
nent men have also found it promp;
in its cure of rheumatism and neural
gia. Price, fifty cents a bottle.