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Wheat prospects arc flourishing nil
over Texas.
Corn is selling in eastern Texas nt
$2 per bushel.
How lo mako days longer—calcu
late lime by u woman’s minutes.
M' tin souls like mean i>ielur< s nro
often found in good looking frames.
To remove paint from the wall—
back up against it before it gets dry.
One who is contented with wlint lie
has done will never become famous
for what he w.ll do.
Over 800 families have been made
utterly destitute by tbe forest-fires in
N<*w Jersey.
A sturgeon which weighed 200
•pounds was taken bom the liver at
the bend, near Eufaiilo, Ala., In -1
Monday.
A Crittenden, Ky., man and wo.
man, aged respectively sixty-five and
sixty years, were married, after an
acquaintance of three days.
Hire coinage of of g< Id
bullion into live and ten dollar pieces,
just ordered will lu Ip meet the grow
ing demand lor hard money ot small
.denominations. It will also give us
inflation of the light sort.
They cull it a romantic marriage
in Michigan when a couple of the
neighbors gci the bride’s father into
a back room and sit on him to pro
vent, his interrupting and and break
ing up the wedding.— Boston Po.-t.
New York, April 20.—A Cinc'n
,miti special to the Times says two at
tempts have been made within the
.past foity-cigl t hours to assassinate
Eph Holland, the famous gambler
and lender of tbo gang ot re pent rs
which carried Cincinnntti for Tddcii
; in IS7G. llotl. attempts failed.
The steamer Strasburg, which ar
rived in Baltimore on the 2Gth ult.,
from Bremen, brought 1,91-1 emi
grant passengers from Germany. It.
is said to be the largest number of
emigrants ever - brought across the
Atlantic by One ship on a single voy
age. During the passage seven in
fants died and two births occurred.
— ->-•*-
A FittsßUßU man smuggled a set
of false teeth info a parlor wh re a
lot of ladies were collected and, pre
tending to find it on the floor, asked
who owned it, and every woman pres
ent had (liferent ways of twisting
her lips to show her own teeth, whin
she sp iko to say it was not h rs.
‘‘Tears, idle tears, I know not what
they mean,” playfully quoted Mr.
Ilickenlooper, as he came airily int >
the room, and found his wife crying.
And Mrs I(icken'ooper rose up and
remarked that sire supposed a fool
man would laugh ev, n if he did
smash his lingers b, jelly, trying to
drive a picture nail; and then she
flounced out of the room alter the
arnica, while Air. Ilickenlooper, in a
dazed condition sat down on a chair
that wasn't there, and nearly drove
himself through the floor.
A Western mai;, having lost his
wife, was accosted by a sympathizing
fniend, who remarked upon his woo
begone appearince. ‘-Well, I guess
you would look thin too,” was tiic
melancholy rejoinder, “if you had to
get up belorc daylight, make the
fires, draw water, split wood and
feed the cattle, all before breakfast.
I just tel! you wlint it is, if I don’t
get somebody to fill poor, dear saint
ed Maria’s place, I will be resting by
her side before many weeks are past.”
\n exchange says: “A printer re
cently walked into a certain business
house on his rounds to learn who de
sired anything in the way of adver
tisements, and no iecd that a drum
mer stood by the counter with his
sample valises all ready to open.—
t ‘Anything you want in the paper
this week?’’ inquired the prinlcr of
the man behind the counter, “No,”
said the business (?; man. “I don’t
believe in advertising. I wouldn't
givo a d—n for all the advertising !’’
The drummer waited until the printer
was half way to the door, and then
slowly taking up his sample valise,
reemarked: cfl, that lets mo out
I do not care to sell goods on time to
any man who docs not believe in ad
vertising. 1 prefer to deal with Jive
men. When I want to strike up a
tiade with a dead man I will go to
tlm graveyard and swap toomb
i-toues. Good day, sir.”'
iJie iiiiwii
IF. A. SINGLETON. Ed- and ITap'r
VOL 5.
TRUST AND BUST.
lTct not poor soul, while doubt anil fear
Disturb tlio breast,
Tlio pitying angels, who can seo
How vain thy wild regret must he,
. gay, “Trust and rest."
I’lau not nor scheme, but calmly wait;
Ilis choice is best;
While blind and erring is thy sight,
His wisdom secs and judges right;
So trust and rest.
Strive not nor struggle; thy poor might
Can never wrest
The meanest thing to serve thy will—-
All power is His alono. Cos still
And trust and rest.
Desire not; self-love Is strong
Within thy breast;
And yet he low s time belter still,
80 let him do his loving will,
And trust and rest.
Why dost thou fear? His wisdom reigns
Supreme confessed;
Ilis power is infinite; His lovo
Thy deepest, fondest dreams above,
So trust and rest.
.. _in-
LOVED AND LOST.
BY ALFRED JEFF.EItSON.
“And do you lvjcct my proposal ?’’
asked a young m m who sat on a sola
in an tl.boriitfcly furnished apart
ment, eagerly gazing into the face of
a beautiful young girl, whoso eyes
were pensively fixed on some object
before her.
For some minutes there was n si
lence; only the faint ticking of a
Fn-ncli clock on the mantel disturb,
ed ihc perfect stillness which Arthur
Stanley did not care to break, and
which Bel! Parker could not, for she
Was painfully agitated.
“Mi. Stanley,’’ she said, at last,
turning to him with a flushed lace,
“I respect you as a friend, and have
always enjoyed your society; if I have
by words or manner assured you ol
regard other than friendly, attribrd
it to my girlish fully; ns to reciproca
ting your affections, I fear I cannot.”
For a moment ho did not speak,
only pressed more passionately tlm
soil, white hand he held in his.
“Dirtyou will toll me, dearest Belle,
what has so suddenly altered your nf-
P eiion for me? or have I be n chcer
ishing a false hope? When I leceiv
ed your reply to my letter la.-t week,
requesting your hand in marriage.—
I couid not believe that my devotal
attentions for the past three years
had been in vain. Were those as
surances that you gave mo but a lew
evenings ago but the impulse o( a
momentary passiop ?’’
“Do not, Mr. Stanley,” she said,
“impose upon me the necessity of
reviving the past; but let it be fur
gotten.’’
“No, Bejie, dearest., tlio past is 100
dear to bo forgotten.”
Ay Hi nr arose impatiently and turn
i and from her. B Jla watched him si
lently as lie paged up and down tlio
00m as if in deep meditation.
“Belle, have you no pity for me
Arthur said, more gently coming to
her side again. “Wc have had mis
understandings enough; do not mar
my future any longer. Oh, Belle,
think how I have invert you ail these
months and years! Think how 1
must suffer in tire future, if you ban
ish me from you ! You are not wise
to play with mo thus,” ha added. —
“You make mo reckless —you mako
me—''
‘•Hush !” she said, suddenly. ‘ll
is not Arthur who speaks.”
"It is tiuth,’’Jia interrupted. “You
arc cruel to give mo your love and
then lake it from me. Do you not
not know that I love yon as my life,
Belle, dear? What is there before
me ? Only a life spent in a mad, vain
endeavor to forget the past, to shut
you out of my heart. ’
Arthur ccas< and pleading, for he saw
that he could make no impression on
her Cold heart, and walking to the
hat rack in the hall, pit-pared lor de
parture. liollc followed him to the
y\. DEMOCHATIO TJ± IvlUL'irT UEWSP A.3?.7i2:R,
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., MAY 5, 1880.
door, and in the glow of the bright
moon's rnvs saw him sadly depart
Belle watched him, as he slowly
and with bowed head retraced his
footsteps homeward along the lone
ly village road, until distance hid him
from view.
“Will ho over return, and am I not
cruel in sending him nwav?” she
soloquiacd, 113 she stood in the door
way looking in the direction whence
lie had gone.
*• ' -j * *
Years passed by, and ntmnrotis
changes befe 1 the quiet village ol Jr
vington on the bank of the Hudson
river. Author, by the death of l,is
father, ex-Judge Stanley, had fallen
heir to considerable property, situa
ted in Hastings, a neighboring vil
lage, and had taken up liis- abode
there,and was now engaged in the ex
tensive practice of the law which his
father had kit him.
H’was one day while quietly rented
in his office, preparing a lengthy ar
gument involving a question, of own
ership to an extensive estate, that
his office-boy announced a gentleman
and daughter, Parker by name.
“Show him in, Teddy,” which was
the familiar title of the office boy.
And in in walked a gray-haiml old
gentleman. Ills troubled expression
and downcast look made it apparent
that something was destroying his
happiness.
Attlinr arose lo greet him, and
bade him be seated.
in a tremulous voice tint old man
acquainted him with his grievances.
Ha said he had conic in behalf of !'is
daughter, who had, a fe w years ago,
married a man whoso.wealth had led
him to dissipation and intemperate
habits, and who made her homo a
misery to. her, and she now sought a
pi'pa ration from him.
“Perhaps yon had belt r hear the
story from her own lip?,” interrupted
the old mart; and calling in hi?
daughter, who had been seated in the
outer office, he introduced her as Mrs.
Thompson, nee Bello Barker.
Arthur bade her bo seated, and
she began to relate her story, which
was simply marriage without love.—
After she l ad finished, a slight color
was perceptible in Arthur’s cheeks;
the reference she had made to her
once peaceful home in Irvington, and
the many poor young tnen of the vil
lage who had sought her hand am!
heart, caused the sweet memories of
eight years ago to rush to his brain,
and almost persuaded him to reveal
his identity.
“Does she not r< cognize me,” he
thought. How could she foil to re
call m him her eld lover, whom she
had so cruelly discaided just tight
years ago ? Perhaps his trip to Eu
rope and the cultivation of a beard
had altered him somewhat.
An bur promised to give the mat
ter careful consideration, and instat
ed them to call again 111 a few days
to swear and sign a few preliminary
papers, which they promised to do.
Taking the old gentleman’s hand, tlm
daughter led him to the carriage
that was in waiting at the door, and
they quickly drove away.
Alter they had gone, Arthur lei
into a reverie, and it was sometime
before lie could recover himself. He
gradually forgot the incident and re
sumed liis study.
A lew dins afterward, the tum
bling of carriage wheels was heard
rolling along the vi luge road, and a
carriage halted in Itont of his door.
Ho recognized at once ibe occupant,
who was fortunately alone, and pre
pared to rect ive her.
“You arc punctual to your prom
ise, Mrs. Thompson,’’ said Arthur, as
he arose from his sent at his desk and
offered his hand to greet her.
She answered pleasantly, and seat
ed herself. Alter explaining the law
of the case, and obtaining her signa
ture to a few legal documents, Ar
thnrb- e.>nvctfit'<m gradually TlTifte-d
off to (.ther r.ubj- ct?,:ind finally reach
ed the village of Irvington.
‘‘Pardon me, hut have you a re
collection, Mrs. Thompson, of a
bright moonlight evening about eight
or nine years ago, when yon said fare
well to a young man who hud been
paying attention to'you?”
“Why do you ask that question,
Mr. St inky ?" sh j said, inquisitively.
“My recollection remedy extends so
far bick, and since tny marriage. I
have scarcely bad time to think of
anything but tnv ui.liupraiitci-s.
Opening a small drawer in his
dedc, Arthur drew forth a delicate
little note, which had been preserved
with the greatest care, and handed
it to h.r, and at the same time asked
her i. she recognized the writing.
In a moment her face flushed, and
taking a more canid look nt Ar
thur. she secogrtiz and in him her dis
carded lover.
“Ah! Mrs. Thompson, I ste it re
calls to your memory an iuckh nt
which time and passing events Lad
almost ob!it< rated; you still remem
ber jour answer to my request lor
your hand and heart, the result of
which was dooming me to the solita
ry abodes of study in order to shut
yonr image out of my heart.”
“Yes, Mr. Stanley, I see my folly
now,’’ she said, wiping away the
tears that were fast filling her large
blue eyes, “My pride and girlish
fickleness would not allow me to see
it then; bat their reward has comm
I married n min' w-h.-wits' very weal
thy, and against rnv father’s Wish;
fits wealth led him to dissipation, and
instead of making my borne happy,
he made it very unhappy.”
“Since that memorable night,
Bulk.. I have not forgotten you; you
were tii” means of my ever remain
in" a single man, though many have
crossed my partway, some perhaps
more beautiful than xoit, in others
judgement, yet I could seff 110 woith
nor happiness in them; your eyes
haunted me wherever I wont.”
“Forgive me !’’ she said. “I did
not think your lovo for me was so
strong.’’
She covered her face with her
hand?, and wept as though herhcait
would break.
“Then you acknowledge, Bilk —
pardon mo for call-tig you Belle—
that you discarded ine beeaus 1 was
a poor student, and that you thought
no happiness abided in poverty ?'’
“1 did,’’ she said; “But 1 regret
my action ■’
Further conversation was inter
rupted by the entrance of tlio office
boy, announcing n gentleman on very
important business. Arthur bade
her good by, and she entered her
carriage,
* * Ht
Months passed; winter’s chilly air
appeared, and sent to slumber Hie
blossomed flowers. The next term
of the county court was to be con
vened on Monday, and Mrs. Thump*
son’s case was second on the calendar
tor trial, lathe meantime, Arthur
engaged hi ms. If by collecting the
evidence and securing the neces
sary witnesses.
The day for the trial arrived, and
Arthur gained his case.
The following day Mrs. Thompson
called upon Arthur to thank him and
r pay him for his services.
“No, Airs. Thompson,” said Arthur
ein],h uically, “I should be only too
pleased to render you any service in
my powi r and that gratuitously and
wjiling’y; there is but one tiling that
I regr.. t in reference to you, and twit
is that you were not as wise once as
you arc now.”
* ii * *
Mrs. Thompson now resides with
tier aged father, whose life is fast de
clining, in the quiet village of (Ir
vington, a wiser and a better wo
man. Arthur remains a bachelor,
wedded alono to his profession,
through the falsity of tills woman;
and although lie receives au occa
sional friendly visit from her, lie nev
er in conversation rebel's to tiio past,
bravely submitting lo his lute 01
“loved and lost,”
A MISTAKE. I
Those carious p r.sonal rosem-1
bianece, which are not uncommon,,
has given rise to the popular belie!
that every mail lias his double some
where in llie word. It appears that
the double of an eminent philosopher
psychology at tlio Berlin University
is a liair-dresscr whose sho > is situ
ated in the immediate neighborhood
ot that institution, and who, full
aware of lik likeness to the learned j
doctor, carefully copies tlio latter in
dress, bearing and demeanor. A few
days ago the professor was walking
homeward from his Let are room,
when u> gentleman entirely unknown
to him stopped him in the street, say
ing;
“Follow me to my house. I want
you to cut my hair.”
The amiable prof ?s t,. one of
whoso principals of life has always
been never t'i withohlioll from a fol
low creature any service that it
might bo in his power to render,
mcek’y accompanied the stranger
to his home,, and there ad
dressed himself to the task thus im
peratively prescribed to him. Lacking
professional scissors, he picked up a
pair of shears,, used for cutting pa
per, from a writing table In tnedress--
ing-room, to width he was conduct
ed, and with the implement proceed
ed most conscientiously to cut the
.vk’TYri hair d0. .11 to I'rfe-very roots.
When he lad cleared about halt of
She skuff he accidentally struck the
point of- his shorn's into the scalp of
the patient, who,, springing to his
feet in great pain and wrath, ex
claimed:
“Can’t you 1 ’ fake ears what, you are
about '? I)o you callyouaself a hair
cutter?”
“A hair cutter V f returned the as
tonished sage. “Certainly not. I
am only Prof. B , very much at
your service, as you will perceive.”
A dICJ'NLiI KILLS HER BARE.
A special to ‘. he Constitution gives
the following accoun* a sick
ening transaction:
“Emily Carter, the wife of a’’
known and highly respected citizu! n >
Samuel Carter, who farms about four
miles from Thompson, took her little
infant, six months old, carried it to
the wood?a shott distance from her
house, cut its tin oat with .a razor and
Lit the baby lying in the busbos.
Her husband was returning fyom Sun
day school and saw her returning
from the woods. After he had been
in the house some little time lie miss
ed the baby and asked Mrs. Carter
where it was. Shs first said she had
giw n it away, but soon afterwards J
sue said she had cut ils throat and [
left it in the woods. He immediate-!
I}' sent for some of his neighbors and !
went to search for the child. They
soon found the little baby, lying dead,
with his throat cut. She was brought
here this morning and put in jail.
She is perfectly insane, and in all
probability will be sent to the asy
lum,
The oldest living ex-Congressman
is Jno. A. Cuthbert, wiio ( ves it) Mo
bile. He was by 11 in Savannah in
1788. and wont to Congress in 1819
Irotii this .-tate.
Do hardware stores keep newspa
per flics?
You can’t dig dams without mov
ing a mussel.
0 _ __
Amateur fishermen in this coun
try pay one million dollars a year for
fh-hiiig gear.
Western papers are discussing the
question, “Shall married women
work?” Uunless they do, we sup
pose a good many husbands of the
period will starve to death. —[New
York Express.
An infamous o'd bachelor being
asked if ho ever witnessed a public
execution, replied, “No, but I once
saw a marriage.’’ ■
A XX CAL SVllSf.'tllM’/OX, $2 Oft
6 ranberry & Barlow.
1880-™ ""apkll. 18801.
Bought m January, before the advance of Fef/fuary ant#
March, is now open and ready to fttS'SdSif at
Msctra Low I*r£ee#
Wff RESPECTFULLY INVITE ALL OUK FRIENDS, A THOSE WHO*
HAVE NEVER TRADED WITH ITS, IF THE? WM’T?> t ß!> CHEAP
GOODS, TO CALL AND EXAMINE'OOft*STOCK VEtOkE THEY
PER CHASE THEIR SPRING SUPPLIES, AND SATISFY 0
THEMSELVES THAT WE CVN, aND WILL, OFFER
THEM SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO GIVE US AT
LEAST A PORTION' OF THEIR TRADE III
WE KITE IST OPE® I CREAT VARIETY OF
Elegant Dress Goods
As dxap as they trere ever sold, notvPit Asian ding #l#
that Skis been puMisfecd? about higli prices!
jmimSBSSSW
12 NF fc .TSi.eSJiff
AT LAST SUMMER'S PRICES !*
also PERreoT FrrrnK?'
'shirts' and collars?
rmrs’i! ,iss colored ta
ble DA H ASK, TOWELS AND
NAPKIffS, table ©e CLOTHS,
SUMMER CASSDIERfiS.LRfE.t DRILLS,-.
COTTONADES AND OTHER ROODS FOR’
PA ATS, EA DIES’'AND NESTLE WEN’S HAND.
KEKCMIEFS AT ANY fR|gE, LiDIEf AltD
TLEJSE.YS TIES, L,APsr.&C©HE AlfcS AND CFFPS,- AC„ &C>
1 THE FINEST STOCK WE EMM®'
HAXJSIiBG EDGINGS I
jx~
IIAMMIE LACES!'
Bon-fon brats!
And other New Styles are still the
most popular!
Hats and Shoes as Cheap as anybody can sell them I
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS!
SOME ENEiEELY NEW AND VERY HANDSOME,
POCKET KNIVES AND SCISSORS
AS L.pw AS THEY EVEH WEM
SOLD AT NEW YORK PRICES AT WHOLESALE. “
A BEAUTIFUL STOCK OF HOSIERY I
We arc closing out Winter Stopk of
Carpets at Less than Present New York Prices!
UIUUIDKIIV & lit BLOW.
Amkiucus, Ga v April 10, 1880.
A TTEXTIOS, aItA IS OHO WEBB.
We hereby noiify tho Immtn of Ma
rion end adjoining counties that we will
have a splendid ihr*h and separator
for i breaking nnd cleaning grain in the
incoming season, and we hope to do
good work, and <?r known in chanical
experience and encisoas certainly be
speak for n* energy and diapateh in
threabing grain. Planlera would *e
cure more eeitainty rl a-rvico by apeak
ing to ns in lime, and they would e*-
pcdiaie the threshing of their grain by
having wood and water on Sand read*/
and avoid delay*. , ,
'H G. Ivey linos/
March * l>, taao. -if,
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