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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN, CST\UUMIEI> IN 1854. By CHAS. W. HANCOCK. j VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Skmi-Wkkkiy, One Year - - -§4 00 VVef.lv, One Year - - - - - 2.00 t3T* Payable in advakce_®J All advertisementseminating from public tltces will be charged forin accordance with an act passed by tlie late General Assembly of Georgia —7s cents per hundred words for each of the first four insertions, anil 35 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, with date and signature, is counted as a word. The cash must accompany the copy of each advertisement, unless different arrange ments have been made. Advertising Kates. One Square first insertion, - - - -§I.OO Each subsequent insertion, - - - - 50 ISTTkn Lines of Minion, type solid cot stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will bo charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the length of time for which they are to ho inserted will he continued until ordered out and charged for accordingly. Advertisements to occupy fixed places will he charged 25 per cent, above regular rates Notiees in local column inserted for ten cent per line each insertion. Charles F. Crisp, Attorney ai lahv, AMERICUS, GA. decltitf B. R HOLLIS, Attorney at Emw 9 AMERICUS, GA. Office, Forsyth Street, in National Hank building. dec2otf E. G. SIMMONS. Attorney at Law, AMERICUS GA., Office in Hawkins’building, south side of Lamar Street, in the old office of Fort* Simmons. janGtf_ ,T. A. ANSLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW MI) SOLICITOR IN EQUITY, Office on Public Square, Over Gyles’ Clothing Store, Americus, Ga. After a brief respite I return again to the practice of law. As in the past it will he my earnest purpose to represent my clients faithfully and look to their interests. The commercial practice will receivo close atten tion and remittances promptly made. The Equity practice, and eases involving titles of land and real estate are my favorites. Will practice in the Courts of Southwest Georgia, the Supreme Court and Hie United States Courts. Thankful to my friends for their patronage. Fees moderate. novXltf CAUI). 1 offer my professional services again to the good people of Americus. After thirty years' of medical service, I have found It difficult to withdraw entirely. Office next door to Dr. Kldridge’s drugstore, on the Square janl7tf _ B. C. BLACK, M. D. Dr. J. A. FORT, Physician an! Surgeon, Offers his professional services to the people of Americus and vicinity. Office at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. At night can he found at residence at the Taylor house, on Lamar street. Calls will receive prompt attention. may26-tf J_ "Dr.' 8.>." HOLLOWAY, DentisT, Americas, - - Georgia Treats successfully all diseasesof the Den tal organs. Fills teeth by the Improved method, and inserts artificial teeth on the best material known to the profession. over Davenport and Son’s Drug Store. marllt i. B. G. Smith & Sons, microns no mint Americus, Ga. We are prepared to do any kind of work in the carpenter lino at short notice and on reasonable terms. Having had years of ex perience in the business, we feel competent to give satisfaction. All orders for con tracts for building will receive prompt at tention. Jobbing promptly attended to. may26-3m WOOL WANTED, BY THE Laurel Mills Manufacturing Company. in exchange for good honest jeans tweeds and linsoys, we exchange our cloth to farm . ers, wool-growers and merchantson favora ble terms, and will give you better value for your wool than you can get by selling for money. FOR 10 POUNDS WASHED WOOL, We give 8 yards Doeskin Jeans. Wo give 10 yards School Boy Jeans. We give 10X yards Tweeds. We give 12KyardsplainorCheckLinseys. FOR 10 POUNDS WOOL IN THE DIRT, We give 6 yards Doeskin Jeans. Wo give 8 yards School Boy Jeans. We give HA yards Tweeds. We givo 10 yards plain or Check Linseys. We will manufacture your wool into jeans for 22 A cents per yard, tweeds 15K. linseys 12A- We pay freight on all wool sent us. Send for circular anil samples, and you will send your wool when you see our goods. Direct to Laurel Mills Manufacturing Cos., BOSWELL, COBB COUNTY, GA; aprll-sw&wly ■ *6OIW 5 ;T Q jj H? Iron Lews. Bteel Bearlngi, Brme* TARE BEAM. I B * 'IONEB, BE PAYS THE FKKIGHt. 1 A Bold on trial. WirmnU 6 ywil. AlUlzMMlow. H For trf book, address _ 1 B fit JONES OF BINBHANITOM, BIKWUATON, New Orleans, August 1, >683. TO THE PUBLIC. Investigate for Yourselves! Postmaster-General Gifcsham havlrlg pub lished a wilful and lnaliiiims falsehood in regard to the character of The Louisiana Stato Lottery Company, the following facts are given to' the ■ public; to prove hi i state ment, that we rfro engaged in a fraudulent business, to be false and untrue; Amount of prizes paid by The Louisiana State Lottery Company from January 1, 1872, to present date: Paid to Southern Express Cos., New . , Orleans,T. M. WeseOat, Manager.Jl,llo6,3oo Paid to Louisiana National Hunk, Jos. 11. Oglesby, President -fill,loo Paid to Louisiana Stato National Bank, S, 11. Kennedy, President. 125,100 Paid to New Orleans National Bank, A. Baldwin, President 83J630 Paid to Union National Bank, S. Charlaron, Cashier 01,450 Paid to Citizens’ Bank, E. L. Car nere, President 57,000 Paid to Germania National Bank, • Jules Cassard, President 30,000 Paid to Hibernia National Bank, Chas. Palfrey, Cashier 37,000 Paid to Canal Bank, Ed. Toby, Cashier 13,150 Paid to Mutual National Bank, Jos. Mitchell, Cashier 8,200 Total paid as above §2,253,050 Paid in sums of under §I,OOO at the various offices of the Company throughout the United States 2,027,110 Total paid by all §4,881,000 For the truth of the above facts wc refer the public to the officers of the above-named corporations, and for our legality and stand ing to tlie Mayor and Officers of the City of New Orleans, to the State authorities of Louisiana, and also to the U. S. Officials of Louisiana. Wo claim to be legal, honest and correct in all our transactions, as much so as_ any business in the country,Our standing is conceded by all who will inves tigate, and our stock has for years been sold at our Board of Brokers, and owned by many of our best known and respected citi zens. M A. DAUPHIN, President. Si-C.tlTtll, PRIZE, 9,75,0002.*. Ticket, only §5. sl.ares in proportion -————, l£l®ll LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CO. “ We do hereby certify that we super rise the arrangements for all Monthly and Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company , and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves , and that the same are conducted with honesty , fairness, and in good faith toward all partus, and we authorize the Company n use. this certificate , ■with fac simile, of our signatures attached, in its advertisements* ” \ OitimiiNKioticrfts- Incorporated in luiis for 25 years l>y the Legislature for Educational and Charitable purposes—witli a capital of §l, ooo,ooo— to which a reserve fund of over §550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the preseift State Constitution adopted December 2d, A.D., 1879. The only Lottery ever voted on anilendorsed by the people of any State. It never scales -or' postpones. li* Irad .Single Xuiniicr Drawings take place liionlEily, V M’l.EMilO IlS'l'OilTl’JdTV TO WIN A FOBTONE. NINTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS 1, AT NEW OR LEANS, TUESDAY, September I I, ISN3 —l6oth Monthly Drawing. Capital Prize, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each. Fractions, in Fifths in proportion. LIST OS' MIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE of §75,000 1 do do 25,000 1 do do 10,000 2 PRIZES OF §O,OOO 12,000 5 do 2,000 10,000 10 do 1,000 10,000 20 do 500 10,000 100 do 200 20,000 300 do 100 30,000 500 do 50 25,000 1000 do 25 25,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 9 Approximation Prizes of §750 6,750 9 do do 500 4,500 9 do do 250 2,250 1907 Prizes, amounting to §265,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the office of tlie Company in Now Orleans. For information write clearly, Riving full address. Address P. O. Money Orders or Registered Letters to ItlilV OKI,CAYS XATIOXAL ISAXK, New Orleans, La, Ordinary Letters by Mail or Express to m. A. DAUPHIN, Riew Orleans, l.a M or M. A. DAUPHIN, OU7 Seventli St M DC< augls-4w I Valuable Plantation FOR SALE! I offer for sale tlie plantation located three and a lialf miles northwest of Ameri cas, on the Muckalee Creek, containing Eight Hundred and Fifty Acres of land, about four hundred acres In a good state of cultivation, and known as the John Teel place. There is a good Gin house, ten ants and other out-houses on the place, and is supplied with excellent well water. Parties wishing to purchase will call on me on the place, or address me at Americus, Ga. WM. USPvY. aug!-2m REMOVAL. Can be found on and after September I, at the Store on Cotton Avenue, now occu pied hy James G. Edmund sou, where we will bo glad to welcome our customers and friends. We will keep A SELECT STOCK OF HEAVY AND FANCY GRO CERIES. Thankful for past favors, we are Yours truly; Schumpcrt, Roney & King. Americus, Ga., August 1,1883. Cigars, cigars, smoking tobacco'. Tho best five and ton cent cigars.— Pipes, snuff, etc., etc., at Dr. Eidridgo’s Drug Store. INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1883. Miss KATE KING Invites the attention of the Ladies to her SELECT STOCK OF MfcyaiFiifSMi, NOTIONS, Etc. ALL OF Till: LATEST STYLES, Which She keeps on hand at all times, and at tlie LOWEST GASH PRICES! tsui-sw c *;'or> ARRIVING DAILY. FlßiaiflfffFlFßflSll 'Don’t fail to Cal), and Examine her stock before purchasing else whore. Miss Katp KiriQ. PUBLIC SQUARE,.- AMERICUS, GA. aprll-tf LOOK! Mrs. M. T. Elam Has a Large Lot of Buttons Of various styles and qualities, which she will sell at 5 Cents per Bozen. A MKRICUS, Ga., June 2, 1883. (Etiucaihnnti, km Male mi Female HIGH SCHOOL! The Fall Term of this School Opens August 20th, aud Hoses in December. Board with the Principal at $lO Per Month! Tuition $2, S3 and $4 Per Month ! Due on the last day of each month. In accepting the care of this school I do so without opposition to any already estab lished in the city. My object will he to make this School a success, and I shall strive to merit a liberal patronage. Am J#'CfrA.HK, Principal* auglO-tf WE3LEYAIT FEMALE COLLEGE, Macon, Ooorgia. Tile Forty-sixth Annual Session will begin September lllth, 1883. The most elegant College building in tlie South, furnished with all the modern appliances looking to the health, happiness and comfort of its inmates. Unsurpassed advantages in Literature, Music aud Art at moderate rates. Apply for Catalogue to Rev. W. C. Bass, President, or Rev. C. W. Smith, Secretary. july2o-tf COLLEGE OF Physicians and Surgeons BlLTinOßli, Ml). Tlie practical advantages of this school are unsurpassed. Clinics held at City Hos pital, Materuite and Maryland Woman’s Hospital, all of which belong to this school. Physiological and Chemical Laboratory Work required of every student. Apply for a catalogue to du. thoiwas opie, Dean, a N. Carey Street. the university of Mississippi JL AT OXFORD. Tuition free to everybody hut Law Stu dents. This Institution will open its next session a7lli September, 1883. Tlie course is complete; tlio Faculty is large, able and efficient. Tlie terms are very mod irate. The whole Institution is open to both sexes. For catalogue and information apply to Gen. A. P. Stewart, Chancellor. U. M. SULLIVAN, Secretary. DIVORCES— No publicity; residents of Desertion, Non-Support. Advice and applications for stamps. W. 11. LEE, Att’y, 23<JB’way, N. Y. Newspaper Advertising Hnrcnii, 10 Spruce Street, New York. Rev. Father Wilds’ EXPERIENCE. The Rev. Z. I*. Wilds, well-known city | missionary in New York, ani brother j of tlio late eminent Judge Wil ls, of the Massachusetts Supreme Con. i, writes as follows: “”8 E. TAth St., Nr.w YorJ:, lb 10,1382. Messrs. J. O. Aver & Cos., Gent: nun : Last: ■winter I was ti’oulGd -'v, L a most uncomfortable itching luituo; alFecting more especially my limbs, wlit. u itched so intolerably at itight, aud burped tto intense ly, that 1 could scarcely bear at y clothing over them. L was also a sufiV ur from a severe catarrh and catarrhal- > nigh; my appetite was poor, and my .■ s a a good deal run down. Knowing t't value of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, by o>. ration of many other cases, and fro i personal use in former years, I began* taking for tlio above-named disorders. Gy a. ; ..tile im proved almost from the and > . After a short time (ho fever nnd.it-? :ig were ailayed, and all signs of ir Guv i of the skin disappeared. My cat?, it ; i cough were also cured by the a y v. is, and my. general health greatly . <•.• \.,i, until it :a now excellent. : fed ;. hundred per cent stronger, and ! ;,ttribute these results to the use of the Sarsaparilla, which 1 recommend with nil confidence ns tlio best blood mcdieii; • uv.-r devised. X took it in small doses litre? times a day, and used, in all, less then two bottles, f place these facts at your service, hoping their publication may V.o i. Yours respectfully, Z. P. Wilds.” The above instance : but one of the many constantly coming to our notice, which prove the perfect adaptability of Ayer’s .Sarsa parilla to tlie cure fa 1 diseases arising from impure or impourbhed blood, and a weakened vitality. Ayers Sa resa par i! Ia cleanses, enrich?-, no re ■•ihcns the blood, stimulates the a.*iion ..f the slomacli ami bowels, and thereby cnall s the system to resist and overco :i ■ i icksofall Scrofu {•■■us Disc ;- . /.' /,/ the Sbiu, Rheu matism, Catan ■!, t: />, tT.U y, and all disorders rosuhiug it i j -or or corrupted blood and a low state of the system. prep nv Dr. J.C. Ayer& Go., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Dnu/ G . pri< • §l, six bottles for ?r>. - |p* AYER’S ~'--T 'U. j CATHARTIC PILLS. Best Purgative Medicine curoConstipat i-•.:.! ion .Ileadaclic, and id! Bilious I'inordors. Sold everywhere. Always reliable. iff 0 Spjb > STOMACH - £&& i y rj u' • Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, hy increasing vital power, and rendering the physical functions regular and active, keeps tiio sys tem in good working order, and protects it against disease. For constipation, dyspep sia and liver complaint nervousness, kidney and rheumatic ailments, it is invaluable, and it affords a sure defence aeainst mala rial fevers, besides removing ail traces of such disease from tlie system. For sale by a!! Druggists and Dealers generally. AYER’S Ague Onre IS WARRANTED to cure all case* -f ma larial disease, such as Fever and Agim, Intcr milient or Chill Fover, Kemittent Fov.t, Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever, and I.;m ;• c-mi p’aint. In ettso of failure, after du? trial dealers are authorised, hy our cirmiG.r •Inly Ist, 1382, to rel'inul the money. Dr. J. C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mess. Sold l*y all Druggists. Row Many Mills Do You Drive? Tlio Odometer X7i7ill Toll. This instrument is no larger than a watch. It tells tlie exact number of miles driven to tfae 1-lQOth part of a mile; counts up to 1,000 miles; water ami du-i light; always in order; saves horses from being over-driven; Is easily attached to tlie wheel of a Huggy, (iarrlaife, Null-), Wagiosa, Hoa.l Cart, Sulky S'ioiv, Hi-upcr, limrcr, or other vehicle, invaluable to Lltokymex, IT.kas ure Drivers, Piitsicuxs, Farmers, Sur veyors, Draymen, Kxi’ressmek, Stage Owners, &c. Brice only *5.00 each, one thiid tin price of any oilier Odometer. When ordering give diameter of tlie wheel. Sent by mail on receipt of price, post-paid. Address 3lci>drv-i\s;,i/oi><>:i2E's’y;H 00., -2 North I.a Halle Nt., Chicago. ;s?"Send for circular. jul2s-w3m IP O 'O' T 2S 3 S HORSE AMD CATTLE POWDERS -Jrmint*. FOUTZ.S SlUlw No House avill die of Colic. Hots or Lcno Fu- VKP-, if Foutz’s Powders urn used in lime. Foutz’s Powder* will euro and prevtm Hog Ciiolrra. routz’s Pov.'ders will prevent (Jauks in Fowlo. Foutz’s Powders will inrrensothc qtt;mliiy of milk and cream twenty per cent., and make the butter firm and sweet. Foutz's Powders will cure or prevent almost evuuy Diskasi: to which Horses and rattle are subject. Foutz’s Powders will give Satisfaction. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. POUTS, Proprietor, BALTIMORE. LID. Hungarian moustache wax is the latest for fixing the moustache. Cos metics for the hair. Condroy’s ban doline, etc., etc., at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. 1 itoo.n ENOntiH ton am,. Don’t crowd and push in tlio march of life, Or tread on each other’s toes, For tlio world at best, in its great unrest, Is hard enough as it goes. Oil, wliy should tlie strong oppress tlie weak Till the latter go to the wall? On this earth of ours, with its thorn and flowers, There is room enough for all. if a lagging brother falls behind And drops from tlio toiling band, if fear a doubt put bis soul to rout, Then lend him a helping hand. Cheer up his heart with words of hope, Nor season the speech with gall; In the great highway, on tlie busiest day, There’s room enough for all. If a man witli the tread of a pioneer Steps out on your track ahead, Don’t grudge his start with anenvious heart For tlie mightiest once were lerl, But gird your ioins for tlie coming day— Let nothing your heart appall— Catcli up if you can with tlie forward man, There is room enough for all. And if, by doing your duty well, You should get to lead the van, Brand not your name witli a deed of shame. But come out an honest man. Keep a bright lookout on every side, Till heeding tlie Master’s call. Your soul should go, from tlie world below, Where there’s room enougli for all. PRAYER. Prayer in its truest, deepest and most interior sense is the opening of the doors of the soul to let the King of G lory come in. Prayer is the key to the everlasting doors of heaven, that opens them that the Divine Love and Truth may pour into our souls. The prayer that does this, is unself ish, asks nothing for ones self, that it is not willing to accord to all. The prayer that does this is humble and contrite, and does not dictate to God, but always adds, “nevertheless not my will but thine bo done.” Voluble words that go forth for the admiration ol the world are not pray ers; they arc mere declamations or reci tations. Long harangues to God are vain ! babblings, that close the Gates of ! Heaven. They dishonor God, and j give the honor to the babler. Formal prayers are toying with holy ! things. They take the name of God ! in vain. j We do not condemn public prayer i when it is the true utterance of a soul I devotedly in love with the Lord to | whom it is offered. j The prayer of such a man as J. W. • Fletcher opens the doors of Heaven j until a Hood of glory pours in upon his 1 hearers, Not that one man’s prayer ' of itself opens the doors ot other men’s ! souls, but it is infectious, and causes ; the hearers to join Him in the prayer and thus open their souls to the King of Gloryu A true prayer does not dictate; a true prayer does not demand, but car ries up its complaint to the Lord as the great physician and leaves him to pre | scribe the remedy. Wh is he that I sends lor a physician and tell him what ! remedy to use? The physician is pre sumed to know best. How much more so is it with the Great, Physician who probes the very sources of all diseases of soul and body. The infidel says, it God knows all things and is constantly laboring to restore all things why pray at all? If man was a mere piece of machinery like a clock that only has to be kept running, this would boa rational ques tion. Man is designed to be of a rational mind and of free volition. Every prov idence of God is to keep him in free dom and rationality'. It is therefore necessary that there should be a free conspiration of the soul of man with the Spirit of God. The aspirations of men are the con tinued prayers of men. Some open the doors of Heaven and some open the doors of hell. The aspirations of men that look to the good of mankind open the doors of Heaven. Tlio aspirations of men that look only to the good ot self open the doors of hell. The one stores up treasures in Heav en; the other stores up treasures on earth. The treasures of the first endure to all eternity; the treasures of the other endure through a short life on earth. Are prayers answered? Always, but seldom 'in the exact manner expect ed. This we know from much experi ence. The request made may not be granted, hut that which is better for us is granted instead. This is clearly tine of all true prayer from a believing soul. By believing soul we mean one who believes in a Divine ruler of the Universe, an allwise creator. He that calls nature God must trust to chance and his own cunning and sagacity. Verily such a one has the cohorts of hell to help him to attain his ends. But oh! what a harvest of death and destruction is reaped in the end. They that sow to the wind reap the whirl wind. He that loves God and desires the salvation of all rnon goes up to God in the attitude of prayer, and receives an inspiration of prayer that will be answered to the fullest extent, perhaps not to the letter but to tlio spirit. If the devout prayer of inspiration goes out for the salvation of all men, it will not alone save them, hut it sends out a ray of love and light that besieges every heart. Through snail prayers the strongholds of Satan are constantly beseiged, and as the number of men who breath such prayers increase, the power of hell decrease. One stroke of the ax does not cut down the tree. But man has a mightier weapon at his hand to war against sin. It is obedience to God. Why stand idle and beat the breast and stamp the feet and cry to God. “Not every one that sayeth unto me, Lord, Lord, slrill enter the kingdom of Heaven; hot lie that iloeth the will of my Father which is in Heaven.” 'Bile constant endeavor toon the will of God is a consiaut silent prayer, it is a constant looking to (Lid. It sets a constant watch uvi-i- the cuuiiiici; ii sounds the depths of Satan; it takes all the conceit out of the old Adam of our nature; it humiliates us, and makes us give all tlie glory to God. It puri ties our spoken prayeis and shortens them wonderfully. It is not the beautiful and rhetorical prayer that opens Heaven for man and builds him a mansion in Heaven, but it is the silent prayer of a good life. But to lead this life, we need the daily bread of Heaven, the flow of the Divine Spirit into our souls. For this we should let no day' pass without go ing up to God in secret prayer, and thus open the everlasting doors ol Heaven, that the King of Glory may come in. A Beautiful Monument. and liu most beautiful monument in the world, save that of (jiteen Louisa, wife of Frederick William IV., in Charlot tenburg, near Berlin, is that of Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Prince of Wales, afterward King George IV., and wife of Prince Leopold, late King of Belgium. It stands in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, England. Her sudden death and that of her in fant son, who was the heir to the throne of England, at Claremont, near Win sor, in 1810, caused deep and univer sal sorrow throughout the kingdom. She lived a sad life until her mar riage, when, emancipated from the heartless bondage of her parents, and the tyranny of her domestics, she real ly entered upon the true enjoyment of life. But death destroyed the hopes of sympathizing kingdom. She not only stood high in rank, but higher in the Christian graces, and a mourning and grateful nation erected this splendid monument to her memory'. The monument is of white marble, and attests the skill of the artists, Matthew Wyatt. The vault is found in Urswick Chapel, at the eastern end of the building. The cenotaph con sists of two parts, the front, or lower one, representing mortality, and the higher one, back of the former, repre senting the resurrection to life and glory. The body of the princess is carved above the sarcophagus, covered with a white robe, her right hand falling gent ly over the edge of the sarcophagus. It is so finely executed that the out lines of her figure, and even her coun tenance, are admirably preserved. At each of the four corners a female figure with head covered has fallen upon her face in passionate grief. In the background the princess is repre sented as ascending in joyous aspect from the tomb, between two winged angels, one of them supporting her child. A canopy of curved gilt-work encir cles it above, on which are intertwined the arms of England and Saxe-Coburg, to which Leopold belonged. On the window back of the monument six of the apostles are painted, and a rich purple-and-orange light streams down through the invisible side windows upon the rising figures, giving them a most beautiful celestial glow, and rep resenting to the spectator a strange contrast with the dim and shadowy figures in front. It gives one a vivid idea of tlie dif ference between the earthly and hea venly, and unfolds to his enraptured vision the glories of immortality. The visitor may study it in its finely exe cuted details for hours with increas ing interest. —Philadelphia Saturday Night. A Story of the Sullivan Family, Portsmouth correspondent of the Washing ton Star. When that sturdy Irishwoman to whom the Sullivan family may well look back with pride, was crossing the Atlantic on her way to the new coun try and was asked, “Why do you come to America?” she answered, “To raise Governors for them,” little dreaming that she would live to see one of her sons Governor of New Hampshire and another Governor of Massachusetts, though I am sorry to say the third did not do much honor to his family, and was known as “Devil Jim.” The story goes that soon after John Sulli van rose to he Governor of w Hamp shire he desired to give a grand dinner to a number of distinguished guests. A member of his family at the time was his mother, and, fearing she would not bo quite equal to the occasion, he concluded it would be best to arrange for her non-appearance at the dinner table. Approaching the matter as gently as possible he soon succeeded in making the quick-witted old lady understand the drift of his diplomatic talk, and in convincing himself that be bad miscalculated the pride of tlio mother of the Sullivans. Rising, in all the majesty of lier Irish wrath, “John Sullivan,” exclaimed the old lady, “I have hoed potatoes in the field with the Governor of New Hampshire j FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NO. 94. at my breast, the Governor of Massa chusetts hy my side, and the devil tug ging at my skirts, hut never yet have l allowed one of my sons to ho asham ed of me; order the chaise and send me home.” Remonstrances were of no avail, and home went John Sulli van’s mother in all the majesty cf her ligliteous indignation. Is This Your Likeness? One of tlie subtlest forms of selfish ness is that which comes from self-ab sorption in work. The greater tlio work, the more ready conscience is to palliate or even to justify altogether this selfishness. Just now the world of ctities is howling over Carlyle’s careless unconcern for his sensitive, sometimes sick, and often suffering wife. It does not relieve him from just condemnation that iiis sin is a common one; but if none hut a sinless critic could throw the first stone, Car lyle would not get much hurt. When they are first married the hus band is everything to tlio wife. House keeping cares are small, or none at all; there is little society; the days are long and lonely; the wife counts the hours and even the minutes for her husband’s return; and everything is ready for his coming, as though he were all the world contained, as, indeed, he is to her. But this cannot continue long. Children come and divide atten tion, care and love. Society interposes its claims. The church demands time and thought. There are calls to re turn, and meetings to attend, and dresses to make, and baby to care for; and the husband has to take a second place. Now, though it is never easy ior an idol to step offfroinliis pedestal, or put another alongside himself, the husband, who has a moderate share of common sense, will not expect the wile and mother to become so absorbed in other duties that her husband recedes steadily from the first place to the third, ami fourth, and finally goes out of sight altogether. Bho no longer watches for his coming; she is surpris ed when he appears, and half disap pointed too, that he is home so soon, for this bit of household work is not quite done, or that last stitch is not yet taken, and she is really more anxious to finish the seam than to sec lier hus band. The little things that make home hajipy are forgotten because of the supposed larger duties due to socie ty or the church; and the wife by' her self-absorption in a busy, hustling life outside does more to make her hus band pagan than to make pagans Christian, because the one she touches very nearly and the other she influences only afar off. We call (his life of sell absorption on a subtle form of selfish ness, because social ambition makes so cial care a delight and social duty a pleasure; and what the good woman imagines to he a self-denial is really an enjoyment, if not a passion. We have known women who were never weary of inveighing against society who would die of ennui if they were taken out of it. But this subtle form of selfishness is far oftener seen in the husband than in the wife. He gives himself up to his business, and gives only a fringe and fragment of thought to the woman whom lie idolized for a month, or even, with rare fidelity of masculine affection, for a twelve month. When lie comes home he leaves his mind in the count ing-room and only brings his body to the supper-table. He is generally ab stracted, and often positively cross. His wife has received so many rebuff’s from him that, if she be sensitive, she learns to study him furtively before she ven tures to address him, even in the quiet of the evening fireside; and if she ho not sensitive she answers hack, and each sharp battle of words separates them farther and farther from each oth er. The best men arc most easily'sub ject to this unconscious form of subtle selfishness. The higher the thoughts and the larger the work, the greater the danger and easier the self-excuse. The minister who is devoted to the interests of his church, who is full of tenderness in the pulpit, and of rcspoctful consid eration in soe’ety, appears not unfre quently at home unaccommodating, thoughtless of others, easily irritated, in a word, selfish. He may he wholly unconscious of selfishness. In one sense ho is not selfish, for his thoughts are not on self, hut on his serurtm, his church, or his perplexed parishoner. But lie puts his work first and forgets Paul’s declaration that lie who fails to provide fur his own family is worso than an infidel. And to provide for one’s own family is to provide not merely food and clothing, but consid eration and love. Reader! we will not say as Nathan to David; “Thou art the man;” hut we will say interrogatively: Art thou the man? If you want to know, ask your mate —husband or wife—to read this article, and then to-night tell yon whether anything of your face can he seen in the mirror.— Christian Union. .Meeting at a court one day, Roches ter, with mock politeness, thus accos ted Barrow, the witty divine. “Doc tor, lam yours to the shoe-tie.” To which Barrow rejoined, “My lord, I am yours to the ground.” Rochester followed with, “Doctor, I am yours to the centre.” The doctor returned, “My lord, I am yours to Rie atipodes.” Rochester, scorning to he foiled by a musty divinity, as lie termed Barrow, replied, “Doctor, I am yours to the bottomless pit.” Wherupon Barrow, turning on his heels, quietly observed, “There, my lord, I leave yon!”