About Columbus daily enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1874-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1877)
w VTY 1 A. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1877. NO. 203 , the Central Georgia Weekly.] l \i:i.KO FARM SVNfi. r ,;n am couie at last, . i . ilr uf time is past, U ,. -r.iss alii cornin’ last, j , de shower; r in’ glo y brier, lev’s crowtu higher , ...itkies, mi' <1 dis warnin’; Vi,n won’t hub long to play, y,, r ileni glories in tlie nr ruin’ trouble* all ile day. . ibl age laugli to-day, i sing and play, in Mb S grow away, nckle urs am springiii’ , l ; 1 . ;cd atn bringiu’ you l»orn, liorn -1 omin’, i-bloomiu’ 1 de rain, "d and gain, ia pain,; u smiiiu’ ■u. spilin’ know de best, rup urn blest, ab some rest, jwer; ;tory brier, growiu' higher OOP UK OF I’llF. HUM. Ilian’s bosky slope trooper rides; rops are 007. tig from charger’s sides. ads to fall upe>n is tierce career, sex ho spares. ineynrd 011 the hill ill mark the while; arth, the wasted field, smokiug pile; , barbaric mind, ils in view e 1 iq a bated race >.nr can do. nun tiers horrors are olrels won; osl< in jieasant knows >{ the lion. Rusting; the Brsisn Chain. Mr. and Mrs. Woodford were enjoy- i;; a confidential matriiuonial chat over iet r tito-a-tete desert, and discussing iino length the antecedents and prob- ile future of a cousin, Mr. llichard roiighlon, who lately dropped down on mu. not irom the clouds, bat from an [pn train.'This gentleman had in ■>youth, been “crossrd in love.” Al iy. n musical enthusiast, ho had be- me attached to an amiable girl, a yonng in i rt singer, who was the main stay of r mother—the w idow of a captain in army—and some younger sisters; and ring himself not yet made a fair start life, the elders of both families rose 1 in arms against the alliance. Mrs. Woodford, of nearly the same ;e as her cousin Dick, had been his iiiiidante in their boy and girl days, bad 1 i.pathized warmly with Lis disappoint- i;i v.i:Lout very precisely understand- ; how it had come about, and was now Mail!” her husband that the attachment id been a far more serious affair than ry youthful fancies commonly are. It us true the gentleman had so far con- jltil himself as to marry another lady; mugh it was reported he had married a new, who had not made him supreme- happy. Rut he lost his wife some time efore leaving Australia, whither he had onv, and now, after a sojourn of nearly Kenty years, had returned with some- ■»iii;: more than a competeifce. hut what became of Mies Clifton? - ’ keil Mr. Woodford. “that 1 do not know,” returned the la- 1 •’Clifton was only her professional »iae her real one I quite forget; tbere- >re, if from any circumstances she pass- : inio private life. It would not be easy ii ek her. Dick only called her Alice I ‘T'r.ihablv she also married,” said Mr. iVoodfui 1 ‘T’essibly. replied his wife; “though F ul; ien nre more constant than men; and Lough she ceased to answer Dick’s let- r rs really brought him to a state of Misery which drove him from home, I U’ver thought the fault was quite her |dwd." W bile Mrs. Woodford was yet speak- lr G- 'lipro was a knock at the door, and 1 • I’roughton was announced. " hy did y on not come to dinner? - ’ e “’ u Mr. Woodford, rising to greet the v tor. “But we can have the lamb •‘ought back. ” he added, thanks, thanks," said Mr. Broughton: i uiutd at the hotel. I am sure I •Rut to apologize for calling at such a ' me * aK d for having brought Dandy with i andy was a terrier, and his master’s inseparable companion.” ->°w. Dandy, behave!" continued his astei, “and go and beg pardon for 0111 of us. Say we know we are two mannerly boors, at present unfit for er J" much as if the sagacious animal ucrstood every word of this address,he approached Mrs. Woodford,and sat on his Punches in a begging attitude. tie means biscuit,” said the lady, u “ 8 laugh, and suiting the action to * e word by giving him one, with a ca- '' Mn g pat into the bargain, fceriously, however," said Mr. Brough- luL - “1 would not have come at snch an our , lut wanted so much to tell you that last I have found lodgings which I Luck will just suit me. Or rather, I °uld say, that Dandy found them for rue.” Bandy! Well, he is a clever dog! He " 1 ‘‘ talk next; I suppose. But,” contin ued Mrs Woodford, “at present his mas ter must explain.” ft sounds ridiculous, perhaps, to tell °f such trifles,” replied her cousin: “but J ° r the last three or four days—ever *‘Uee the hot weather set in—I have felt 'luite interested in a shop in your neigh- kwlood, mainly, 1 think from the hu manity displayed by the owner inserting a large bowl of sparkling water by the door for the convenience of the poor panting dogs for which Dandy has been grateful more than once. It is a music store on a small scale, but where they also sell ornamentB and ladies’ Berlin work and so on—>” “I know the shop,” interrupted Mrs. Woodford; “it is kept by a widow and her maiden sister, who seenj. very supe rior people.” “O, I am glad you know the place,” continued Mr. Brougton. “Well, this afternoon as usual I waited, looking in at the shop window, while Dandy quenob- ed his thirst, and wishing I could decide on something to purchase, by way of liquidating my dog’s debt, when I observ ed a card w'hich intimated there were furnished apartments to let. There were directions to ring at the private door; but seeing me linger on the spot longer than usual, Dandy had entered the shop and when I followed to look after him, I saw him planted firmly near an inner door, and accepting the caresses of a lit tle girl of about seven years old as if he had known her all his life. I made in quiries about the apartments, and found they consisted of the first floor, a nice bedroom, and pleasant sitting room; at tendance with good cooking guaranteed, and no other lodgers taken. Of course I went up stairs to look at the rooms, Dandy leading the way with the canine gravity which you remarked in him the other day. He jumped on a chair to look out of the window, and then on the sofa, as if to examine the softness of the cushions, and finally gave a little yelp which was only half a bark, and which seemed to say: ‘Master, this will do; here we are quite at home.’ Even the mistress of the house, Mrs. Gray, laugh ed at the evident contentment of the dog. Bat what charmed me was, there was no rebuke for my poor Dandy’s jumping on the furniture; and remembering besides the bowl of water, I felt inclined to be lieve that Dandy would be something more than tolerated in the house. Ac cordingly it was with a good hope that I intimated that my dog was my constant companion, and that I trusted his pres ence would not be objectionable.” “ ‘Oh, sir,’ said the widow, ‘we have only lost a dear old dog within these three months; and for our own poor pet’s sake—if for nothing else—we should be kind to a dog. As for my children, I be lieve they take after therr aunt; and my sister dotes upon dogs.’ ” “Ah, it was the maiden sister, I dare say, who was the mistress of the lament ed dog,” exclaimed Mrs. Woodford. “I have some recollection of seeing a very old black retriever in the shop.” “No doubt it was the same. I under stand the sister gives mnsio lessons; though at present she is taking a holiday styiug at the seaside with friends. There is another advantage in those lodgings,” continued Mr. Broughton; “the house being a music store, and one of the fam ily evidently musical, I am in hopes they will not object to my violin practicing any more than to Dandy for an inmate. What I want now is comfort, to enjoy myself after my own fashion, and oppor tunity of doing some good in the world, when what seems to me a fitting occasion offers. Five years more at the Antipodes and I might have come home a richer man; but perhaps in that time health would have been shattered by over-toil and I should have been less able than now to turn into new grooves of life and resume habits of culture. As it is, my means are ample for all I am likely to want. With books and music and Dan dy, I expect to get on capitally. Besides I mean to come and see you pretty of ten.”* “Indeed I hope you will,” ejaculated husband and wife together. “If we come too often they must turn ns out—must they not, Dandy?” said Mr. Broughton, speaking to and petting his dog; and then he added, tnrniDg to his cousin: “By the by, I ventured to give you as a reference as to my respectabili ty, responsibility, etc.” “And I will give you a good character, Dick, I promise you,” replied Mrs. Wood ford: “and what is more, I will recom mend Dandy to Mrs. Gray’s special re gard. He certainly is the cleverest dog I ever saw. Look at him now, wagging his tail at me, as if he understood every word I was saying.” “Spoken just like the cousin Maggie of early days,” said Mr. BrougbtoD, with a certain tremor in his voice which proved that his feelings were touched. “Al ways full of sympathy and thoughtfnl kindness. Yet even you can hardly tell what a friend Dandy has been to me through years of loneliness.” “Yes, I can, Dick,” said Mrs. Wood ford; “if I had not a pack of children to think about, I am quite sure I should want dogs or four-footed pets of some sort.” * * * Only a fortnight has passed, but Cou sin Dick seems as completely installed in his new lodgings as if he had occupied them for months. His most cherished personal belongings were all unpacked and arranged about his rooms according to bis own taste and fancy. A few well- worn books which he had taken from home in his youth still held a place of honor, though they were now flanked by many fresher looking volumes; and an old and cherished violin rested in one corner, and helped to give the sitting room its inhabited look, though writing materials near the window and newspa pers lying about contributed to the ef fect. Over the mantel-piece in his bed-room he had arranged his store of warlike weapons—a sword which Richard Brough ton had certainly never used, but which he valued as the gift of a dead friend; revolvers which he had looked on as pro tectors in many a perilous journey, and a boomerang, brought home as ft curiosi ty- Mr. Broughton had finished his break fast, and was enjoying his morning news- paper; bat he had been to the opera the night before, and the melody of an air which had delighted him still haunteid his ear, and even disturbed the rythm of the very didactic leading article he was read ing. He was not much disturbed by Mrs Gray’s knocking at the door; she came, as she usually did every morning, to re ceive his orders for dinner. “Yon manage my dinners so nicely for me,” said Mr. Broughton, in answer to some suggestion of his landlady, “that I think I cannot do better than leave all arrangements to you. But do sit down; I want to thank you for taking care of my dog last night. I hope he was not troublesome to you?” “Not in the least,” returned Mrs. Gray; “when once he ascertained that you really were not in the house he set tled down quietly, and played with the children till they went to bed.” “I am so glad your children are not afraid of him,” observed Mr. Broughton. “Ob, they aro too well used to a dog and to pets in general to be afraid of a gentle creature like your Dandy. In fact, my difficulty is keeping them out of your rooms. Ally—yon remember how Dandy took to her from the very first—Ally wanted to come in and see the dog just now. I dare say she is near the door still.” “O, pray, let her in,” said Mr. Brough ton, himself rising to open the door. “I will not be jealous because it is my dog she wants to see—not me;” and there was a little langh at the idea of Dandy being such a favorite. When the room door opened, 6ure enough little Ally was found waiting, but not alone; her brother, a curly-headed urchin two years her junior, had hold of her hand; and both were evidently in expectation of being allowed some lit tle frolic with the dog. “Come in, my dears—come in,” ex claimed Mr. Broughton, “Dandy will be most happy to see you, and will show you some of his accomplishments if you like.” Though a little shy at first with the “strange gentleman,” whom they had been taught in a vague sort of way to reverence, and for whose comfort they were told to refrain from noise, the shy ness soon wore off when they found that Dandy’s master was as willing to be their playmate as Dandy himself. For their delectation the dog went through his most admired tricks: he jumped over a stick, he allowed of mimic shooting and acted the dead dog, he begged for a piece of bread, but could not be induced to eat it until assured it was paid for. More over, he howled a note in unison with one his master played on the violin; but probably without meaning to imply ad miration of the latter performance. A less keen observer than a fond and widowed mother was likely to be, might, if contemplating this little scene, have felt pretty sure that fond as Richard Broughton was of his dog, it had not ex hausted all his capacity of loving. By people who have never had their hearts thrill to the mystery of canine attach ment he had often been ridiculed for the intensity of his affection for Dandy, and when he spoke of a “dog’s love” as be ing the only ideal of his life that had ev er been fully realized, few persons un derstood him. But Mrs. Gray saw at a glance that he had a natural love for children, and probably for all helpless creatures, and considering all the circum stances of her household, she thought herself most fortunate in her lodger. It is astonishing how soon pleasant habits may be formed. Before the next week had passed it became quite the custom of the children to come into Mr. Mr. Broughton’s rooms at least once a day, ostensibly to play with Dandy, but also they brought their toys to Dandy’s master, and chattered away as bright, eager, fresh-hearted children are pretty sure to do with those whom, by some subtle instinct, they at once recognize as friends. Dandy’s canine predecessor in the house, the much-lamented Topsy, was a frequent subject of conversation. Her accomplishments were described, though admitted to be fewer than Dan dy’s and her death and burial dwelt on with some pathos. And one day little Ally came into the room hugging a thick photographic album in her arms. She had brought it for the express purpose of showing poor Topsy’s likeness. Topsy had been photographed a num ber of times; once cozily curled np on a mat; once occupying an easy-chair with something of the dignity of a judge; another time as a conspicuous mem ber of a group; and lastly by the side of a lady who had her hand on its head. “And who is the lady?” inquired Mr. Broughton, trying to speak with a calm ness he did not quite feel. “It does not look like yonr mother.” “0, no! Why it is auntie!” exclaimed little Ally in a tone which implied won der that he could for a moment have ta ken it for Mrs. Gr&y. “Then Topsy was fond of auntie, and auntie was fond of Topsy, I suppose?" said Mr. Broughton, wishing to discover all he could about this auntie. The little girl nodded her head by way of reply, and then she said: “Auntie did cry so much when Topsy died. She was auntie’s own doggy.” “And did you cry?" asked Mr. Brough ton. Another nod of the head; bat the child exclaimed: “Not as much as auntie; auntie cried till her eyes were quite red.” “And is this portrait very much like auntie?” asked Mr. Broughton. * “Yes; but she never wears such sleeves as those now. I’ll show yon her new photograph;” and the little fingers rapid ly turned over leaves and found a like ness taken only the other day. Mr. Bronghton recognized the same sweet face, though it showed that seven or eight years had probably passed between the time the one photograph bftd been taken and the other, “And what is auntie’s name?” inquired Mr. Broughton with forced composure. “Auntie!” said the little girl, as if the word were quite sufficient; but added a moment after, as if the thought of more information b^pg required had just come to her: “She is Alice, and I am Alice; only they call me Ally. Auntie is so good,” the child continued; “mother Bays she is the best anntie that ever lived. And I must try to be good, too, because I have got her turn e. ” “Quite right, my darling,” said Mr. Broughton, giving the child a fatherly kiss. “But run away now for I have let ters to write. Will you leave me the al bum; I should like to look at Topsy again —though I don’t think she was much like Dandy. Do yon?” “Not a bit !” cried the child, tripping off gleefully, and leaving Mr. Brough ton with his heart stirred in a manner that it had not been for many years. It was true that he had letters to write but it was half au hour before he took pen in hand. The first thing he did was to draw forth a powerful magnifying glass, and by its means to study the face of the lady with the dog most narrowly. Yes; he had not a shadow of doubt that this dear “auntie,” the maiden sister of Mrs. Gray of whom he had heard, was the love of his youth, the Alice Clifton of the concert room, the Alice Croft of private life. Photography revealed some lines of care and suffering that had not belonged to the fair yonng face he so well remembered; but such footmarks of time must be expected in the coarse of twenty years, even under happier circum stances than had probably befallen the woman in question. That she should have relinquished her professional career without having married puzzled him. Bat he had incidentally heard the children say “auntie” was coming home to-morrow; and before many days should pass, he would certainly find out a thing or two which must greatly influence his future. As if to confirm his already strong be lief beyond the power of momentary cav il, the next time he went down stairs he observed a letter on the hall table, which on looking if it were intended for him self, he saw was addressed “Miss Croft.” The next day Alice Croft returned home; and as Bronghton was taking his coffee, he conld hear the children’s merry shouts of welcome, at which, by the by, Dandy set np a short bark, as if he thought he too had a right to join in the demonstration. “I will do nothing hurriedly,” thought Mr. Broughton to himself; after twenty years of separation I can wait a few days surely. After all, if we meet on the stairs she will not recognize in me the slim, smooth-faced boy I believe she re members. And thinking thus, he glanc ed at himself in the chimney-glass, no ting the bronzed, weather-beaten face and long thick beard streaked with white that it reflected. “I wonder, though, if my name will strike her?” he continued, pondering, “Perhaps not; and yet it may.” Now the fact was, Alice Croft had not as yet heard of the new lodger’s name; for her gister had at first understood it, and written it “Rawton” in communica ting the news that the rooms were let. Three or four days passed away before Alice had any inkling of the mistake. Meanwhile Richard Broughton had seen her—unseen himself—more than once; and had even heard her voice speaking caressingly to the children. How it thrilled on his ear and confirmed his res olution! It was the early twilight of a summer evening. The shop was closed, and Mrs. Gray had gone out after seeing the chil dren in bed. Broughton felt that the hour was come, and ringing his bell, ask ed the servant who answered it if Miss Croft were at home and disengaged. “Yes, sir,” said the maid; “she is all alone in the parlor.” “Then be so good as to give her my card, and ask if I may wait upon her.” But Mr. Broughton followed the ser vant down stairs, and was ready to avail himself of the permission given in a min ute. The servant, thinking it her duty, lighted the gas before leaving the room; but she left it burning low, so that the lingering daylight prevailed over it. Though the reception room was but a lit tle parlor behind a shop, there was an air of refinement about its appointments, and the outlook into a mere yard wus masked by a balcony full of blooming and odorous plants. The door which led into the shop remained open, probably for the sake of air; but to snch a passion* ate lover of music as the visitor was, the sight of two or three pianos and a harp and guitar was rather suggestive of de lightful ideas than of anything else. Alice had risen from her chair, and ad vanced with outstretched hand to meet her guest; bat she did not seem to find a word of greeting. “Alice!” exclaimed Mr. Broughton, “if I may still call you so, do I seem like one risen from the dead?" “O, no,” she replied: “I never thought you were dead,” but as she spoke there was a faltering of her voice which show ed that Bhe was agitated. By this time both were seated, though a little way apart. Mr. BrougEton drew his chair nearer, and said softly: “Alice, I come to ask you if it is too late to mend our broken chain?” “But you are married; I heard that long ago,” exclaimed Alice with dignity. “You have no right to allude to the past.” “I have been a widower these two years,” was the re oinder. The explanations which followed need not be described in detail. “Letters kept back, false messages, The tale so old and dark,” had separated the lovers; and when Alice Croft believed that she was forsaken, a severe illness ensued, after her recovery from which it was found that her voioe WM seriously impaired. Instead of rest ing it for a time, she was tempted by the exigencies of her profession to overstrain it, the result being such a deterioration in its quality that it was no longer pow erful and certain enough for the concert room. Then followed many years of ar duous labor as a teacher of musio, during which time her mother’s death and the death of other members of the family re duced the little circle, till at last her youngest and widowed sister Mrs. Gray was the only one left. Six weeks after the reunion just de scribed, a quiet but well-omened wed ding took place, in which Richard Broughton and Alice Croft were the prin cipal actors. Meanwhile the bridegroom and bride elect, living under (he same roof, had had abundant opportunities of riveting the “broken chain” to which al lusion has been made; while Dandy, no longer confined to one apartment, now ran abont the house as if perpetually en gaged in taking messages from one per son to another. Mr. and Mrs. Woodford early apprised of all that was going on, had made the acquaintance of Miss Croft and her sister, and being fond of chil dren, had ireqnentiy had the little Grays at their house. Mr. Woodford even con sented to give the bride away, and his two young daughters were the brides maids. But as Broughton said,bis cousin Maggie was always a “trump,” and her husband seemed worthy of her. It was the evening before the wedding. The whole family had been visiting the Woodfords, and it was evident that little Ally had something on her mind to com municate. The young Woodfords as well as their mother constantly called Mr. Broughton “Cousin Dick,” and the term had evidently struck the children much. “What is it, Ally?” said Mr. Broughton, drawing the little girl on his knee. “What is it you are wishing to say?" “I should like to call you ‘Cousin Dick,’ like those yonng ladies. May I? for I love you as much.” And as she spoke Ally raised her face for a kiss, and pat her arms around his neck. “Will not ‘Uncle Dick’ do as well?” cried Broughton, giving the child a warm hng. “Don’t yon understand that I shall be really Uncle Dick to-morrow?” “O, how nice! Uncle Dick, dear Un cle Dick—yes, I like that better.” It may be added that Dandy accompanied the newly married pair on their wedding journey. They considered they owed him so much that it would not be just to give him the pain of even a temporary separation from his master—and mistress. Comets No Longer Signs of Coming Catastrophes. It should be a noteworthy circumstance to those who continue to look on comets as signs of great catastrophes, that a war more remarkable in many respects than any which has ever yet been waged be tween two great nations—a war sudden in its operations and decisive in its ef fects—a war in which three armies, each larger than all the forces commanded by Napoleon I, during the campaign of 1813, were captured bodily—should have been begun and carried on to its termination without the appearance of any great comet. The civil war in America, a still more terrible calamity to that great na tion than the success of Moltke’s opera tions to the French, may be regarded by believers as presiguified by the great comet of 18G1. But it so chances that the war between France and Germany occurred near the middle of one of the longest intervals recorded in astro nomical annals as nnmarked by a single conspicuous comet—the interval between the years 1862 and 1874. If the progress of just ideas respecting comets has beep slow, it must nevertheless be regarded as on the whole satisfactory. When we remember that it was not mere idle fancy which bad to be opposed, not mere ter rors which had to be calmed, but that the idea of significance of changes in the heavens had come to be regarded by man kind as part of their religion, it cannot but be thought a hopeful sign that all reasoning men in our time have abandon ed the idea that comets are sent to warn inhabitants of this small earth. Obey ing in their movements the same law of gravitation which guides the planets in their courses, the comets are tracked by the skillful mathematician along those re mote parts of their course where even the telescope fails to keep them in view. Not only are they no louger regarded as presaging the fortunes of men on this earth, but men on this earth are able to predict the fortunes of comets. Not on ly is it seen that they cannot influence the fates of the earth or other planets, but we perceive the earth and planets, by their attractive energies, influences, and in no unimportant degree, the fates of these visitants from outer space. En couraging, truly, is the lesson taught us by the saccess of earnest study and care ful inquiry in determining some at least among the laws which govern bodies once thought the wildest and most errat ic creatures in the whole of God’s uni verse.—[Richard Proctor in Belgravia. In reply to an advertisement for the position of governess, a yonng lady re ceived the following, of which she begged insertion in the London Time* : “Madam ;—In reply to your letter of this morning I beg to s ay we are desirous of meeting with a governess for our four elder children—two girls and two boys, aged 9, 7, G, 4. Oar girls have not got beyond simple tunes in music. Are you a good needle-woman ? and can you cut out and make children’s frocks ? As I should require you to attend to their wardrobes, assist with other sewings, wash and dress the two elder boys, dress the girls’ hair, to walk out with them, and to make yourself generally useful, would you, on an emergency, object to help make the beds and wash up the breakfast and Tea-things ? Are yon a member of the Church of England and a communicant?” The salary offered to the lady posse3sin g (ho required qualifications was $100,. .^•4— W —A young dentist was introduced to a fashionable beauty the other evening,and gracefully opened the conversation by saying, “Miss , I hope I may con sider that we are not entirely unacquaint ed. I had the pleasure of pulling a tooth for your father only a short time ago.” —“How are yoa, John?” said one friend to another meeting in the street; “I’m glad to see you. ” “Very well, Charley,” was the response. “Come and take a drink, old fellow; ’tisn’t often we meet.” “That’s a fact, Charley,” declare ed the other, “and when we do, it’s meet and drink.” —If there is anything that will make.a man suddenly remember that he is not a blue and gold butterfly in a rose-pink at mosphere, it is to have his wife yell at him as he goes through the door: “Re collect, George, the coal is out, and we haven’t got any kindling wood, and there is not a single potato in the house. Now don’t forget it.” — She was a very modest girl, and when the observatory astronomer said “Take a glance through the telescope, miss, and you will see Venus in all her glory,” she frigidly drew back and re plied, “No, thank you, sir: I have no desire to look at any member of my sex who dresses as she is represented to.” —The following interesting little dia logue was overheard at a hop one even ing last week, at Saratoga, between a young man and his partner, who had some difficulty in opening a conversation “I am very warm,” remarked the young lady. “Do you wear flannels?” asked her cavalier with tender interest. -A correspondent wants to know: “Can a Christian go to the circus?” Why, yes! he can go to the circus easily enough; but it wilt cost him a quarter, when he gets there, to get in. You see a Christian is always too proud to carry water for the elephant; and that is where the sinner has the advantage over him in the matter of free passes. —“Love caught the brush,” he wrote to her, “and painted your glowing picture upon the living canvass of my soul!” This was a young man on a six dollar salary, and if he had had seventy-five dollars a week and a rich annt, he could not have fixed her more completely. Now they are married, and he only wears a boiled shirt upon Sundays. —She was ever forty, and came to town to collect a legacy of two hundred dollars. Receiving a check for the amount, she went to the bank to have it cashed; and being properly identified, the paying teller asked her: “How will you take it, madam?" She smiled her heavenliest, and in honeyed accents whis pered: “Warm—and two pieces of sugar if you please!” —A Yankee in Paris, who was listening to the boasts of a lot of English and French artists about the wonderful gen ius of their respective countrymen, at length broke out saying: “Oh, pshaw! you git out! Why, there’s bill Divine, of our village, who kin paint a piece of cork so exactly like marble that the min ute you throw it into the water it will sink to the bottom just like a stone. —He sat crumpled up over the remains of a watermelon, with his hat on the back of his head, and his toes turned in ward, groaning as if his heart would break. “Do you feel sick, Sam?" asked a sympathizing friend. “I feel, ” said Sam, speaking with much difficulty, “I feel, as if I was having a circus perform ance in here,” and he struck himself a blow beneath the belt that sounded like the flap of a wet sheet in an eighteen knot breeze. —“I have just bought a dog,” says Jones. “I never owned one before in my life. I have been a housekeeper a great many years and I never knew how mnch comfort there is in a dog. He is always so kfnd and gentle and glad to see me. When I go home he always jumps up on me and looks so pleased. When I go home late, and sometimes do, he nev er looks gloomy and sad—he never asks that cutting question: “Where have you been ail this while?” The True Wife. Rnskin says : “What do you think the beautiful word ‘wife’ comes from ? It is the great word m which the English and Latin languages conquered the French and Greek. I hope the French some day will get a word for it, instead of that dreadful word femme. But what do you think it comes from ? The great use of Saxon words is that they mean something. Wife means ‘ Weaver' You must either be house-wives or house-moths ; remem ber that. In the deep sense, you must either weave men’s fortunes and embroid er them, or feed upon and bring them to decay. Wherever a true wife comes, home is always around her. The stars may be over her head ; the glow-worm in the cold grass may be the only fire at her foot at night; but home is wherever she is, and for a noble woman it stretches far behind her, better than houses ceiled with cedar, or painted with vermillion, shedding its quiet light far, for those who else are homeless. This, then, I believe to be woman’s true place and power. ” A stoey is told of two worthy New England deacons between whom a bitter feud had long existed concerning some contested point. Neither would yield, and the matter threatened to be handed down- to the next generation, when one day Deacon Smith appeared before his enemy and solemnly said : “Brother Jones, it is a shame that this quarrel of ours should bring scandal upon onr Church. I have prayed earnestly for gui dance in the matter, and have come to the conclusion that you must give in, for I cannot." D?TUTTS 3 Meet the wants of those who need a safe and reliable medicine. The immense demand which has so rapidly followed their introduction is evidence that* they do supply this want, and proves them to be ‘ I THE MOST POPULAR Pill ever furnished the American people. The high est medical authorities concede their superiority over all others, because they possess alterative, tonic, and healing properties contained in no Other medicine. Being strongly Anti-Rilkms, they expel all humors, correct a vitiated state of the system, and, being purely vegetable, they do not, like other pills, leave the stomach and bowels in a worse condition than they found them, but, on the contrary, impart a healthy tone and vigor before unknown. |OUR WORDS INDORSED| Dr. C. L. MITCHELL, Ft. Meade, Fla., says: . . . “I know the superiority of your pills, and scant to see them used instead of the xcorth- less compounds sold in this country.” . . . Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville. Ky.,says: . . . “ Tull's pills are -worth their weight in gold.” . . . 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