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About The Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-1962 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1880)
) SUBSCRIFHOH BATM. i , * One year . / Hix months, 75 Three months «0 Hot* ■paper Law Deelaloaa. 1. Any person who takes a paper regular- ly from the postoffloe—whether directed to his name or another's! or whether he has sub- Bonbed or not— is t esponsible for the amount. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued be must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may oontinue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount,whether the paper is taken from the office or not. 3. The courts have deoided that refusing to take newspapers or periodicals from the postoffloe, or removing and^leaving them uncalled for is prims fade evidence of in- natiotnel fraud. ■‘LET THEBE BE LIGHT.' Subscription, $1,50 in Advance. VOLUME IV. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1880. NUMBER 16, The gn« men wiy tlmt ns electricity enn not bo stored like gns, tlio supply is therefore precarious and may at any time leavo the city in tho lurch 1 electricity depended on for light “They say," said a reporter to tho philosoplici of Menlo Park, “ one fatal defect is that you have no reservoir.” “They -don’t think about it,” replied Edison. “ What is a reservoir but reservo force? What better force can you have than a modern steam engine? I shall always have a reserve of electricity. Forty liv cities depend at this day upon modern steam engines, with their reserve cylii ders, for their water supply. Reservoirs for water arc getting out of date. What an absurdity to talk about reservoirs of electricity ! Your engine is your reser voir.” Some interesting experiments were made in Menlo Park which have deter mined Mr. Edison to reduce tho size of, tho carbon horse-shoes in tho globes. Two lights, which linvo been burning constantly for nearly two hundred and fifty hours, were taken down in order to ascertain whether they had depreciated by combtistion since first lighted. By menus of the galvanometer an accurate test was innde, and the result was com pared with the original tests, No re duction had been made—that is to say, tho amount of oxygen that had gained BUTLER HERALD. In Savannah, Gn., an anti-profanity pledge is being circulated, and very gen erally signed. The signers wear white ribbons. Nashville American: Ono thousand steel rails for the Chattanooga rail road arrived at Johnsonvillc yester day morning. Richmond, Ya., is taking precautions to prevent tho introduction in that city of small-pox which has appeared at Washington city. A petition is in circulation in Elber- ton, Gn., requesting the Council to fix the license to retail intoxicating liquors in tlint town at $5,000. There are more colored, pupils than white in the public schools in Columbia, S. C, but the white people pay three- fourths of tho expenses. Several hundred workmen wero dis charged from tho navy yard at Ports mouth, Vn., Monday night, on account of reduced allowance. Vaccination is being practiced to n great extent in Petersburg, Vn. ? in view of tho fact that am a 11-pox is infesting some of the northern cities. Tho Mobilo Cotton Exchange has proved tuch a financial success that the members have decided to erect a hand some building for its exclusive use. Raleigh (N. C.) News: The city gas Ya., last month, valued at $2,000,000. Tho total nqpiber of bales oxported thus far the present season foot up 137,521, valued at $7,148,404, being an excess of 8G,279 bales over tho exports tor the same period last year. The value of cot ton exported for the past three months exceeds that for tho same period last year by $2,499^195. Tallahassee (Fla.) Patriot: Thcoldest citizen can not recall to mind so mild a winter ns we have been experiencing this season. With the exception of two or three frosts tho reign of summer has been uninterrupted. On Christmas day eral of our citizens indulged in ;etables, such as green peas, btfets, radishes, rutabagas, turnips, new Irish A wonderful saving to the farmers of South Carolina lias come from the adop tion of tho fence law. In many counticf there is now no opposition to it wlmt- An extensive cotton factory is about to be organized at Charlotte, N. C., the nclmittnncolind been so infinitesimal tlint' e^y authorities lmvin K promised the ,, , .. , , .. company exemption from local taxation the combustion of tho carbon could not 1 J 1 bo measured by the finest and nicest test. It was found, too, that by reduc ing tho size of the carbon horse-shoes one-third eleven lights could bo genera ted j>cr horse-poWer instead of eight. By increasing the resistance of the lamps from (me hundred to two hundred olitns, Mr. Etlison finds that he can still further increase tho number of v lights per horse power. This, however, is found to in crease tho cost, and will not bo at tempted. ■ Little Rock (Ark.) Dqpiocrat: Tho panther killed a few weeks since a short distance from the city, and now on exhib ition here, measures seven and one half feet in length. Tho people of Rome, Georgia, arc very proud of their public library. Luring The States of Alabama, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes see and Texas arc known ns tho Cotton States, since the cultivation of cotton ab sorbs the labor of the husbandman in that region of our country. The tota population of the ten States in 1870 was 8,272,223. The close of the war found them impoverished. Their property w destroyed. Wc of the North next ovc ran them with carpet-bnggers, who stole from them, interfered with their State governments, oppressed them in many wrfys. Tho inhabitants of the Cotton States waited ns patiently as they had ought courageously, and at last regained the control of their own affairs. From that time the onward march of the cot ton belt toward the most unprecedented prosperity has not faltered for nn instant. The year of 1878 was a prosperous one for them, and they justly rejoiced over the rcsnlt. For the year ending on Ju 30, 1879, the domestic exports from the United States amounted in value to tal of $717,093,777. Of this vast sum the ten cotton States, with their scanty population, are credited with $102,304, 250 for their cotton alone. Over twenty- two per cent, of the value of our expor tations was received for a crop grown by less than twenty j>er cent, of our popula tion.—Pittsburg Post. SOUTHERN NEWS. trries grown during tho winter. Tho celebration of the centennial of the battlo of King’s Mountain, which will take place on the 7th of October, ii to be an interesting affair. Forty panics of the North Carolina State Guards will be present. All of the southern railroad companies will reduce their rates for this occasion, that old citizens of the Carolinas who have cm- migrated to Alabama, Mississippi, Louis iana and Texas may bo induced to at tend. An American flag twenty by thirty-six feet in size will be unfurled from the top of tho mountain, The grand jury of tho criminal court ial evil at considerable length in their report. They arc of tho opinion that tlint the house be warned tlint the hill should linve fuller consideration und be less excessive. Further discussion ensued, end ing in nn nniinntcd personal debate between Mr. Knndnll und Mr. O’Niell, of Pennsyl vania, which was the occasion of much laughter and confusion, but which had little to do with the subject. Pending the dis cussion the committee rosu and the house adjourned. House, Jan. 9.—Among the bills Intro- .1 referred this morning, was one by dueed Mr. Ryan, of Kansas, admitting' free of duty clothing and other articles destined for the relief of colored emigrants. The speaker —jgi then proceeded to cull the committee for their reports of a private nature. Hills were passed removing the political disabilities of W. 8. Maxwell, of Tennessee, and William Sharp, of Virginia, and also a number of hills for the relief of privnte individual*. Mr. O’Connor ( South Curolinu) presented a petition for the passage of a hill for return ing to tlie freedmen of the south the amount of their savings in tho Freedman’s trust company M-. Hayes (Illinois) intro duced a bill granting pen-ions to Buch sur vivors of tlie Mexican war ns were not con cerned in tlie late rebellion. Referred. At 3:45 the house adjourned till Monday. its existence of only ten months it has 218 contributing members, and contains 1,000 volumes. The dividend on factory, bank, rail road and gas stock, and the interest on state, city and railroad bonds that will l>c received in Augusta, Ga., this month amount to $499,000. Forty graves have been robbed in Oak- wood cemetery, at Richmond, Ya., since October. The police seem to have done nothing to put an end to the outrage, and many citizens uro indignant. Chattanooga Times: The rail-mill of tho Roan Iron Company turned out for its last day of the year’s work 120 tons of steel rails. One of the melting furna ces produced in the last six days 114 tons of good steel. Charlotte, (N. C.) Observer: The ana Augusta railroad keep on rebelling table class will not lessen the evil, wliile they arc persuaded that something should be done to limit the unblushing menace to decency and morality. As the evil exists in every community, and is likely to always exist, they are of the opinion that the most effective mannerof keeping it within limits is to set apart some ob scure part of the city for this class, and to adopt a license system for prostitutes, with such regulations as will keep them off the streets. Gen. Coburn says of the work of the Hot Springs Commission: About 050 claims to buy land were awarded, cov ering about 700 acres of land. About 050 moro acres of land were laid off into lots and blocks, and are lit for residence and use; tho remainder of the land con sists of mountains, too steep and rugged for occupation and improvement as a town. These mountains were appraised at a high rate to prevent their sale for the timber which is upon them, and that Congress may have an opportunity to re serve them as public park's. As they they are the most beautiful feature of tho place, running from the northeast to the southwest of tho town, covered with a variety of trees of a luxuriant growth. These mountains were * not laid oll’into blocks and lots, but platted and appraised in bulk. The remainder of the town was valued and the appraisement fixed at about one-third, to cnnblc the claimants to purchase. Immoderate Use of Tea. W. J. Morton, in an article on “ Tea,” in the Journal of Nervous and Mental pmastt, arrives at the following gen eral conclusions: 1. With tea, as with any potent drug, there is a proper and an improper dose. 2. In moderation, tea is a mental and bodily stimulant of a most agreeable nature, followed by no harmful reac tion. It produces contentment of mind, allays bodily wearinosB, and increases the incentive and the capacity for work. 8. Taken immoderately, it leads to a very serious group of symptoms, such as headache, vertigo, heat and flushings of body, ringing in the ears, mental dull ness ana confusion, tremulousness, “ nervousness,” sleeplessness, appre hension of evil, exhaustion of rnfnd and body, with disinclination to mental and physical exertion, increased and irregu lar action of the heart, increased res piration. Each of the above symptoms is pro duced by tea taken in immoderate quantities, irrespective of dyspepsia, or hypochondria, or hypenemia. The prolonged use of tea produces, addi tionally, symptoms of these three latter diseases. In short, in immoderate doses, tea has a most- injurious effect upon the nervous system. 4. Immoderate tea drinking, con tinued for a considerable time, with great certainty produces dyspepsia. 5. The immediate mental symptoms produced by tea are not to be attributed lias suffered much in this way at differ ent times and is a sympathizer. Memphis Appeal: Mr Waring be lieves that, with the requisite force of hands at work, the sewers can lie put down by the first of May, and then Mem phis will be one of the host sewered and drained cities on the continent. North Carolina has fifty-five cotton mills. South Carolina has 1,849 miles of railroad. Whitfield county, Gn. has seventy-two churches. The last bar-room has been closed i Decatur, Gn. The houses in Macon, Ga., arc to be numbered. The guano trade in Georgia promises to he lively; Orange culturo is increasing around Mobile, Ala. Seventeen newspapers are published in Raleigh, N. C. Two spring-lied manufactories arc in operation at Troy, Ala. A colony from Michigan has arrived in Orange county, Fla. Tho ministers of Grcensborough, NJ, C., are preaching against dancing. Several negro guards have been em ployed for the Virginia State peniten tiary. The population of Augusta, G., is 27,- 012, a gain of 1,844 during the past year. . Anderson county, (S. C.) had no sales of property under tax executions last year. Tho canal at Columbia, S. C,, was bc.un in 1823. They hope to complct Nashville American: The city gov ernment, and the people of Nashville especially, are to be congratulated upon the fact that the new issue of city bonds have at last reached par and arc likely to lie at a premium at no distant day. All these bonds have been issued since 1870. Street letter-boxes are something new in Macon, Ga., and the people havi great deal of trouble in keeping them their places. A countryman came in tho city the other day and wanted to feed his horse. Not seeing a box convenient, he tore off the top of one of tho post- office boxes and fed his horse in it. Columbus (Ga.) Times: C. Lopez, n cigar manufacturer of this city, is seventy-nine years of age. A day c two since he received a letter from h father, who is ono hundred and twelve yenrs of age, and is hale and h arty. He served for twelve years in the army of Spain, and is now a retired officer, re ceiving as a bounty $125 per month. The Savannah theater was built in 1803, and is the oldest in America. It is a massive building of brick and stone. It has never been remodeled or changed any way. The architect of this theater was an Englishman brought to America by tho Blake brothers, two wealthy rice planters of South Carolina, who at that time had their residence in Savannah. it s The Agricultural and Mechanical Colic e of A1 ibamn, at Auburn, 1ms 230 students. The temperance movement is spreading ike wild fire among the negroes of Sa vannah, Ga., In Powhatan county j Ya., during the bust month a Mr. Watkins had 100 sheep killed by dogs. The Alexandria Gazette, tho oldest newspaper in Virginia, has entered upon its eighty-first year. l company has been organized in New cans for the supply of gas for heating Orleans for and cooking purposes. The Hood relief fund amounts to $10,- 963, of which $10,500 havo boen invested in United States bonds. The cotton trade of Charleston, 8. C., a mo nts to $20,000,000 a year, and the rico trade to $2,000,000. Twenty-five shares of South Carolina railroad stock wero sold at auction Charleston at $7.80 per share. Macon, Georgia, is to have a United States Court, and now her people want a neat Government building. Tho city treasury of Nashville will lie drawn upon for about $25,000 to aid in the approaching centennial celebration The Lee Memorial Association still lacks $4,500 to complete the building. It is proposed to have it completed lr next commencement. The stone done, but the roof has not l>een placed upon it, which is to be iron. A ‘ tem porary shingle roof now protects its walls. Tho doors were placed in posi- „ (n... .1....U nr.ft ...1.I..1. Il'nirvll *1 (1(1(1 tion a few days ago, which weigh 3,000 pounds e cli. Nashville Banner: During the month of December, 1879, twenty-nine tramps were fed ana lodged in the city work- CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. tation of several memorials, tion of Mr. Morgan, the senate, as a mark of respect to the memory of the‘late Senatoi Houston, adjourned until to-morrow. Tim House. The speaker proceeded the regular order of business to call the eoi mittccB for reports. Mr. Scales (North Cm lina), chairman of tlie committee on Indian affairs, reported a resolution directing the committees to investigate and report upon the origin of the recent outbreak of tlie Lite Indians at White River agency, in Colorado. I authorizing it to send for persons and Elam (Louisiana), fro lommittee oil naval affairs, reported a bill ling to tlie ports of Wilmington, In the above experiment upon my self, the whole gronp of symptoms was produced with no sign of digestive trouble superadded.. 6. Tea retards the “ waste ” or retro grade metamorphosis of tissue, and thereby diminishes the demand for food. It also diminishes the amount of urine secreted. 9. Many of the symptoms of immod erate tea drinking are such as may oc cur without suspicion of tea being their cause; and we may find many people taking tea to relieve the very symptoms which its abuse is producing. et for the establishment of public , The hoi committee of tlie whole o of the committee on rules, hut o the : (New York) i of Mr. C. , mnsiderntion the the members lime to examine tlie reports Forney (Alabama) announced the death of Senator Houston, and tlie house, at 1 ‘.45, i a mark of respect, adjourned. TiibSenate, Jan. 7.-IHlls were Introduced id referred as follows: Hy Mr. Coke, ( by -quest) to promote tlie immediate and rapid . , . sdiate nstruction of the International i Northern railroad, of Texas, from San Anto nio to tlie ltio Grande. By Mr. Maxcy, to extend the jurisdiction of the northern dis trict of Texas. Mr. Wiiulom submitted a resolution instructing the appropriations committee to consider tho expediency of es tablishing a new executive department of agriculture mid commerce. _ Ordered printed Premature Education. Most of our leading minds, in the various departments of activity, origi nate in the rural districts. The cities and large towns furnish very few in proportion to the population. The fact lias been explained by the purer air, simpler habits, and hardier life, which characterize the country. But we are inclined ;to think that our eehool sys tem is an equally important factor i the case. In the rural districts it i mpossible to attend at a very early age, partly because the schools are not adapted to them, and partly because inconveniences of distance, bad roads and inclement weather. Moreover, there are generally only two terms, a shorter in summer and a longer in winter, the latter being largely attended even by young men and young ladies, many of whom become themselves teachers. There is, take the year through, time enough for all sorts of work and study are duly interchanged. l-nigh impossible to pusllHhe I laid on tlie table. A similar bill w troduccu by Mr. Davis, of Virginia. The House.—Mr Chalmers (Mississippi) It is well- brain at the “expense of the muscles. The result is that nerve-force is ex pended in laying solid foundations for the superstructure of the mind and body. " cities education begins almost traduced a bill which w . late coin certificates Mr. Townshend (Il linois) offered a resolution instructing the committee on foreign affairs to inquire into tlie expediency of abolishing nil trnordmnry i isters resident from the United States to foreign countries. Referred. Among the bills introduced and referred were tlie following: By Mr. Mills (Texas), requesting tlie president to invite tlie gov ernment of Mexico to enter into a treaty; also, similar bills relative to Brazil By Mr. Culberson (Texas), for reeoinage of trnde-dollars. .. By Mr. Page (California), restrict tlie emigration of Chinese By Mr. Acklen (Louisiana), for the regulat' house. During the same month in 1878, L were provided for. The decrease mainly duo to the fact that tramps * now arrested as vagrants and re quired to cam their food and lodging by working on the streets, whereas in 1878 they wero provided for as “ charity prisoners.” Charlotte (S. C.) News: Railroad Commissioner Bonham will to-morrow issue notice to the railroads that in ac cordance with Judge Mackey’s decision they must hereafter charge freight on -cotton by weight instead of measure- freights and passcii; dievc tlie same from tlie restrictions of lo- ill quarantine. .. By Mr. Reagan (1 for tlie construction of a railroad froi Snn Antonio to tlie Rio Cirande Mr. Mills (Texns), directing tlie president to prohibit all Indians from tho reservations from „ into Texns Mr. Stevens (Illinois) reported back the senate bill amending sections 2324 regard il 2325 of the revised statutes mineral lands. After some discussl .. Reagan (Texas) and others opposed the bill- It was passed by yeas 177, nays 29. ‘ ’ journed. Senate, Jan. 8.—Mr. Janes (Louisiana) nted n pctiUon of the ship ment. An order has already been issued Charlotte, Co- by the president of the lumbtis and Augusta railroad to conform to this decision in transporting cotton on his line. In the San Antonio (Texns) Express of the 2d lilt., Mr. P. J. Moss, livestock commission merchant, reports: The principal feature in the cattle market is the purchase by Mr. B. B. Groom, man ager of the Anglo-American Cattle Com pany, of 8,000 head of cattle. These will be driven north in the spring, and lOuisinna asking for tho amendment of the iw relative to the forfeiture of vessels f( tlie violation of the revenue laws .... M Jonas introduced a bill to repeal the two lit second section of the net to incorporate the i-Pncific railroad company to aid in ’ road and for other p *111 1AJ U11TCH 1.V/1W. Ill UIU Bpilllg, lllivi will require tho services of about forty- four men, 275 horses'and tho necessary paraphernalia incident to such drives. Columbus (Gn.) Enquirer-Sun: The peoplt^‘Lying in the vicinity of Clapp’s mctory <5 hnve been troubled greatly for Win. Hammock had five cows killed in less than a year. James Norsworthy had two shot in-the last two weeks. Mrs. Clark lostonc about three weeks since, and could not tell what became of her until the head wits found in a neighlmr- iug swamp. Thirty-six t' oiisnnd bales of jpDon were shipped to Europe from Norfolk, railroad lie forfeited and to rc-cnnct said tion in favor of tlie New Orleans Pacific rail ro“nd company. Referred. The senate went into executive session, and when the doors ere reopened, adjourned till Monday. House.—Tlie house went into a committee of tlie whole on the report of tlie committo rules. »Mr. Reagan (Texns) spoke ' vides that the committee on commerce shall report tlie river and harbor bill merely for reference to the appropriations committee, lie thought that the fatter coinmittc, bui dened ns it already is, could not give tli sullicet proper consideration. He objects to the iiliin of making one committee merely amanuensis for all others, nud de clared that tlie committee (fti always acted on tlie river and harbor bill*, witli faithfulness and efficiency. After some further discussion, in which Messrs. Garfield Mr. Randall, of Pcnnsylvnni . behalf of the committee on rules any inten tion of abridging tlvu power of any,■'Roust committee, or of saving any word derogatory to any committee, hut the river and liarlx hill had jiteadily grown year by year, fro !,000,00). to $8,000,000, und lie thought Como out tn the garden and walk with mo, While the dancer* whirl to that dreamy tune, See! the inoonliiht silvers the sleeping *ea, And tho world 1* a* fair a* a night In night fn J . r hand a* I used to do; • tho last, last time you knew, Ycu are pate, or i* it tho moonlight’s gleam Teat given to your face that n.rrowful look? And at the end a Is hy Ida poemi it say (urwvell- wsi fair nid ft Closing uiy cj A cluster of budi d on the topmost stair, to feet, breast—ah 1 t bite from hei r half a “Itmust be her son.*’ “No; he is dead. But yesterday Jt brought her the news—blessed news, I should say—though ever since she has wandered arouna muttering strangely and weeping and wringing 'her hands. No; she shall be taken care of. But how about the child, Susan? ’ “I don’t know what to sav, it has come upon me so sudden. I will think over ft, and we will talk of it again this evening. 1 haven’t time now. As with them the custom of a lifetime, and as the next day would be an Uncom monly busy one they acted upon it, and the house soon became quiet* save as now and then could be heard the walking and groaning of old Martha. The husband slumbered heavily, but the good wife scarcely dftp1 her eyee. The anxiety for the the dis turbance caused by thff^PEervant, the responsibility attached to the adoption and bringing up of a child, and the 1 1 As it is to-night In u Hero tho viols cry, and tho deep bassoon Some ■orrowful’incniory. Tho tune Is tho saddest one I have ever known; Or Is it because wo must part to-day Tlint t c seems siul' Ah I r Tho ways o! loro you, lovo, i That in coming, ... The beautiful face and the dream I knew, ‘ ’ * ill always hold regret, .—a - night, s I shall n forget I’ryal . I shall stand by the sc 1 think of the mi Wlu-n the frt-s e him e fell chill ami whlto On tho fairest flower of tho summer tide. Must I let you goT They nro railing you Mus- . Must I sny g.Hxl-by.and go my way? If we must part, it is better so; Good-by’a such a sorrowful word to say I Give me, my darling, one Inst sweet kiss; So we kiss our dear ones, and see them dio; But death holds no parting ns sad ns tht.il God bless vou. and keep you; and, so good-b AFTER MANY DAYS. have so much to do to get ready for dinner to-morrow. You know you in vited the Domine and his wife to come home with us after church.” “ Yes, yes, and I'Ve got a considerable amount of choring around to do my self .’ All that day there was great stewing baking, aod baking in the home of Job Grey, but his wife went around with lighter step, pleasanter face, and brighter eyes than usual, and ever and anon her old lips bubbled over with song, while Maltha sat moping- in the chimney-corner, working ner hands nervously, or wandering up and down stairs. Poor Martha,” said Mrs. Grey to the woman she had summoned to assist her in the lavish preparation, “she takes the death of her son hard. I fear has upset her reason.” - “ lie never was a good son lo her; always caused her trouble and disgrace. Dear knows she ought to be thankful he has gone,” was the almost unfeeling remark. But still he was her child, 1 •aid the good dame, thinking of her ^ own conversation had with the minister coi bined drove away slumber, the day she was setir. But Martha had arisen As her mistress entered the k found her bending over the fii ing, bonneted, shawled, dabbled dress telling she abroad. “ Land sakest” she “where have you been, Mai you sick?” __ JJblL _, hone for forj . hers,” pleaded the i before the atom he7 Be still I” eommanded Job_ himself whiter than snow. *' only disobeyed me I might 1 given her ; bntathief, never I” “ Father,’.’ said the poor, heart widow, breaking silencWor the fin as ska rushed forward and threw a supplicant at his feet, “I nefl aught from yon—not a single ] onlyf tariier. an she shiver- her |« been Yon speak falsely! The ^ yon fled hundreds of dollars J Got You big in vain.” “Hotone step!’ 1 exclaju springing forward and c angry man. “ Hear u Innocent as a bah stole your him." Martha I’’ f , I . J troth—can prorc It. Job U'ejr, work ,our will with m6 -‘i Mre not come.™ me th "'h, a even fiercely, but made thougn her mistress caught i threat about doing somethit killed for it, and, looking qj one bordering upon Inaanitf from further questioning, ani ful not to cross her. But as the morning ft reply, Buttered Fir even if bpn her as I refrained ■ caro- am “J*™ 1 • “net in my old former child,J- hav?’® ££&& * bi° b fen ,00 yh e i d d Tu a h nd of’Hte? ^ 7 n?w ng ’Then re h mi8Und ' r ' t '^™ Martha appeared her ) me,'^ii3'o|5m4 a iiu h “ r ' ♦ lmiicrh mrirn rp.tirpnt. nhA 1/mL «.* I iUml> ...j. b . though more reticent. 8h* took h^ | ^/I'co^Sd'cS" usual interest in what was [going on, at- with in one of his arm* «n,i 7“ P* 1 tending to the household ! duties, and “Ron his breast. L* _ la ^ *°! ) Wng V WII.I.IAU a. BUSnXBLL. “ Never, so long as I live, will I for give her, and when 1 am dead not a sin gle penny of my money shall ever ben- For the thousandth time old Job Grey uttered the same threat—the same in spirit, if not in words. It had be come almost a part of his daily life, and appeared to intensify as the years passed. Ono would have thought, as the grave yawned more closely, he would havo softened. But it was not so. His purpose remained unchanged and his will unbent. At first it had been a paradox to his neighbors how one who prayed so long and loudly at all churcn gatherings could thus harbor resentment and be unmindful of the forgiveness of which he would soon stand in need. But at last they be came accustomed to his chronic state of mind, and knowing that, in the main, he was the possessor of a good and warm heart, simply smiled at it.' Yet what could have made him burst out so suddenly and without apparent cause at that particular time sorely puzzled his old wife. “Why, Job,” she exclaimed, pausing in making the pumpkin pies that were ever the crowning glory of the Thanks giving table, “ what upon earth is the matter now?” And it would have been a wonder to those more deeply veised in the mys tery of the human soul than Susan Grey. Her husband had waxed rich; the world had gone well with him, his acres had increased, ho was the owner of bank and railroad stock, his cattle and horses and sheep were many, and he was not without worldly honors. Yes, business had gone well with him, 9 good dame, thinking unu wandering, home-denied one and tears trickled down her face. I wonder where he died and what was the matter. I forgot to ask Job. But we must hurry up. I declare to goodness it is almost noon, and I’ve got so much do and so much to think about.” “What is all this fuss aboutT” questioned Martha, suddenly raising her head from between her hands and ap parently noticing for the first time tlie unusual disturbance in the domestic ar rangements. “ Have you forgotten that to-morrow „ Thanksgiving and the Domine and his wife are to be here?” asked her mis tress. ‘ But don’t fret about it. Martha. You are not well and we’ll manage to get along without you.” “ I shall never be well until I am in my grave,” replied tho old woman, sol emnly. “ I know, I know, Martha—you are thinking of your poor boy.^ But you never gave a sign of the cause of her recent trouble, save it might have been in a casual word dropped about her not being “ wanted very long.” That was the ray of light that solved the mystery of her actions for Job Ore* and his wife. She must hire learned their purpose, and preauped she would be discharged. “ Poor old thing.” said) the husband • “go and comfort her, oMn; tell her ■he shall never want a kotoefas long as I have a roof ever mr hftl. She has been too good and faitMni$serv ttD t, Mrs. Grq^did as ffiMpnaband ujx)nhi.breast, her daughteriSfflSf a uested. The woman stajd et her u _ antly foran instant. wAhen broke down entirely and soMal »terL v 4£Ttib’ good new* *•» #> ™ _ her,” said Mrs. OMAJofler husband when she returned/^I JLid °.‘|y known the cause of hef muble it v rst how much suffering 11 her, poor thing.” it have Bared fer»d W “„Y'S' '£ V ‘ofi PelU * b ‘ <-■ troubled waters- inured upoi a*aai!i T"re U,e h ~^-^“o D #o 0 b oH a,l » ZlflJ*** ***• widest forgiven- ^ * mor J of Tkankwivinsr. ^ no bom bed cheered, kfast things her master must remember that he iB—' “ In the pit of fire and brimstone where I—” sne glared around defiantly for a moment and then continued— “where I soon shall be Oh I heaven, that I should have—” The rest of the sentence was inaudible, and she flung herself back in the chair, bent down her head, and sobbed aloud, as she rocked uneasily backward and forward. The mistress soothed her and hastened on the work. And early in the after noon the pantry-shelveB were loaded with the most delicious-looking pump kin pies, a great fat turkey, prepared for the spit, a massive bowl of ruby Certainly Martha and as soon as the were out of the way il gone to his out-of-dooi ■ployment, she sought her mistress aiuAid: “So you are goifig h'^lopt s child in your old age?” 1 #t „ “ Yes, Martha, we *| talking of it.” “Who?” , . “Domine Armstron/says he knows a girl that will suit us.” . ,, „ “And he is right, Listen to him. Martha turned awr again, Mid even more earnestly thaniefore did up the work. „ „U uu a stool mo firmly And Torroln from my bead capnwi Whilst I resisting* licked and^lled^ When from the school I’d stray away To swim or fish, or h*»e-ha l play. On my return who waxed when the soft sunny breath of Indian summer whispered peace and plenty and contentment, ne should have turned back the ledger of life for nearly twenty years to look upon one dark, haunting page, could have been ac counted for by none but himself. I was thinking, Susan,” he said, through, time enough for all sorts ot rural sports and diversions. Play, omanhood. Nothing is worse than this unremit ting employment of the brain in child hood,’and during the period of youth, Edison’s Diet. [Boston Traveller.] Some years ago a representative of the Traveller had the pleasure of taking din ner with tlie distinguished inventor, Thomas A. Edison. It was in the season of strawberries. Edison ordered strawberry shortcake, strawberries and cream, and applo dump lings with hard sauce. “Good gracious 1” exclaimed writer, “what sort of a dinner do you call that?” I don’t wonder you'ask,” said Edison, with a laujjli. “The fact is, mydear boy I need brains more than I do tat. That explains it.” “But” we remonstrated, “surely yon do not think the food you have ordered will produce the phosphorescent article you desire?” No doubt of it, my dear fellow; did you ever hear of a celebrated inventor who had made his mark on a diet of corn bread and salt pork?” Tho writer was fain to admit that he never did. That’s just the point,” said Edison. ‘Now, I claim that to produce good brain work, we must pay as much atten tion to the brain as we do to the liver. We must feed it. We must give it food that will keep it in continual activity, and which, moreover, will nourish it. For that reason I make my diet some thing that will startle a disciple of Dio Lewis.” X blliuaillg, OUBoll, Hu and despite all the gall of bitterness within his heart he could not entirely keep his voice from trembling and something of mist from gathering in his eyes, “I was thinking of the day when our one child forsook her home to go away with a scoundrel.” The poor mother, who had never ceased to love their offending daughter, drew her apron over her toar-laden lashes and sobbed. “ He loved our child dearly and was very poor, Job, but always treated her kindly—always as long as he lived. “ He stole her away. She disobeyed her parents, and I could ” “ Don’t Job—don’t curse her Poor child, she has suffered enough, and we all have wandered like sheep from the right path. But what could make you ihinkof her to-day of all othersy” “ I had to do so. We are gro wing aid without any one to care for us, and when we die all our wealth will go to strangers unless—” ‘ You leave it to some society.” ‘To have jt fought over and squan dered. No, no; never a cent will any of them finger and grow fat upon ” “But our daughter?” “ Hush 1 As she made her bed, even so must she lie in it. Didn’t she steal hundreds of dollars from me?” “ Thank heaver., they were married, Oh I tho consolation that has been to me. But I wouldn’t think of it to-day, Job; to-morrow is tho blessed Thanks giving, and we ought to prepare our selves to meet it in a proper spirit. Certainly we have very much to be thankful for.” “ Well,” he continued, “ this picture of our Mary—take it away, wife, will drive me mad.” “The woman raised it from the floor, where it had fallen, tenderly brushed away the dust, kissed it, and having laid it safely between tho leaves of the Bible, he continued: “ Happening to come across the face once so dear to us, I thought of wha our home might have been had Bhe married as we wished; how she and her husband and bright-eyed laughing children would havo made the lonely old house ring to-morrow. But it will never be, never be.” His wife had sunk into tho ro«* lu g‘ chair, sobbing aloud, and even he'***** moved as she had never seen him befo)$, as he went on: It can never be now, Susan, but you cranberry jelly, a huge chicken-pie, waiting tho oven; a cake crowned with the most delicate frosting—in fact, everything in as much forwardness as could be, and a hungry soul would have rejoiced even in expectation of the feast. Then the house was made tidy, swept and dusted, fresh asparagus sprays hung in the corners, vases filled with bright-colored chrysanthemums, and the mistress, giving over the rest of her “help,” announced her deter mination to run in and see the Domino’s wife a bit. But she saw the Domine as well, and they had a long and earnest consulta tion. The treuole which old Martha was in was discussed at length, and then they drifted into other matters, until at last, warned by the lateness of the hour Mrs. Grey thrust her needles into the ball of yarn, rolled up the half finished stocking, put it in her spacious pocket, and said she must go home and get tea. “ You won’t forget what I said, and be sure to come,” she said at parting, with a strange combination of smiles upon lips and tears glistening in eyes. “ Never fear,” answered the Domine warmly, “ and I will pray for a bless ing.” “Oh! it would mako the day one of such fervent and holy thanksgiving, Domine.” Yes, a soul saved; a lost sheep gathered again within tlie fold would be as a benediction. No, I shall not fail to remember, and I will add works to faith. Strango what could be the mat ter with Marina.” An hour later Job Grey came in from his work and found a loaded table wait ing, lamps lighted, and a hickory fire blazing and crackling cheerily upon the sitting room hearth. “ Bless me, Susan, you are beginning Thanksgiving early,” he said. thought you’d be tired and ry, Job, and we might as well be comfortable.” So 1 am. What, waffles!” lie ex claimed, as his wife placed upon the table a huge dish of the delicious prep aration, crisp, golden-brown, rich and covered with the freshest of butter, whitest of sugar and daintily sprinkled with nutmeg. “ Yes, I knew you liked .TaH ” “ I have everyth!# in order,” she •aid, when callea to o to church, “ but have got to stay fid attend to the dinner.” , • , ,, “ What, not goto) Martha, and this Thanksgiving?” “ No, not to-dto^ I uni not well, and there is too n'xoji to be done.” She retreated whdn, carefully closed np the house, anti went up-stairs, re maining there for i long time; in fact going and returning until dinner abso lutely required all Itfr attention. And Job Grey and hi Susan, and the Domine and his wifi found everything ready when the low service at church was over. The -taUe was set and gar nished, the great thicken pie steamed apetizing odors, te pumpkin pies as flaked gold, and he turkey dripping unctiousness frofi it* well-brownea sides. Had themutress of the mansion When brother Joe my blood had shed, Who made me, ere I went to boa, H«t'„ to ble-hi. U07 C“‘' moU ^. When hom. I brought nj chojen wli/ My.Jmtbcr. Who yanked and boxed my 0 “*' And made their fife a valo of *>ars? - • ■ Whom did they liatobeyond il As nn excuse, who sold I lied?^ I dare not say, but say I dm My mother. she is, there’s trouble th(*rc. My mother.* WAIFS AfP WHIMS. Nothing in atyttb social unfa there could have jeen no improvemeni But one thing c trifle surprised her. There were two more plates and two more chairs than tlie number warranted, and alio queatioaed Martha as to the rerson. “I didn’t know who you might bring home. Somebody is always being asked, anil this being Thanksgiving I thought very likely the table might he crowi especially as there was cooked.” “And you were right, Martha,” said the Domilie approvingly. “ Tlntfijs indeed plenty, and room for more. ^Oht that all the sorrowing, stricken children of the earth could partake of such bounty; that every wandering son and daughter of the earth could gather much so utterly thrown aw^ and t der foot as a dishonored woman. When two women with *newJ pass each other on the street there . pair of back stares ntade immediately There is no widowW) utterly widowed in her circumstances as she who has j drunken husband—no orphan so per-| fectly destitute as he who has a drunken f ft A ton of gold makes a fraction ovJ half a million of dollars, and when^ man says hiB wife is worth her i in gold, and she weighs 120 pousfc • ■ i» worth 1*0,000. , , A YOtmo Artist has painted*,, ic _ tore of a dog under a tree, n*[ the w ^, rk Uaoartlaticallydone that|£ on6of , he connoliaeun can tell the |, 8rlc of the tree from thatuf the dog./ them, Job,” replied his wife quietly, ure and the red flush could scarcely have been accounted for by the heat of the fire. Like them, you dear old soul? There is nothing I like better. And such nice ones I I don’t believe you ever made better in all your life, anu I know no women can beat you, Susan.” parsonage; that tUIU Ul uoi non w tuo paiouuago, liiuu the minister said he would try and find out what was the matter with Martha, and comfort her; and that she also talked about their proposal to adopt a girl. “And what d*J the Domine say?” Doings in the Dewy Dell. [New Haven Register.] Down in the dewy dell, where the sunbeams scarcely fall, remains perfect quiet. Even the soft murmuring ac cent of young love that erstwhile frightened the fair maiden by its echo, has ceased, and the chirrup and twitter lof the little bird on the twig has been postponed on acoountof the weather. Jdut love and music are not dead. Jane gnd Harry are popping corn over the red hot covers of the kitchen stove, and As e /ery kernel snaps there is a thrill of ecstatic delight in their hearts that dis counts brother Jim’s banjo up in the attic ten per cent. «... footsteps—one who would urtha’ grow into our hearts, become aafo chi! to us, and to whom wo could leave our property when we are called beyond “f.liA ri»pr.” anestioned her husband. “Oh! he approved the plan, and wonttalvd why we had not thought of it ‘ ' treS’ linking w loft girt is around* tlieir parents' board, am giveness, love and happiness reign in every heart.” • Job Grey -h ^ted up at his wife un easily, and hi wife was forced to wipe away tears. Jis words had touched the hidden fo’ -it of feeling within their lieartu far more than his labored sermon upon chari'y had done, and for a mo ment the silence waa painful. To Job Grey his oft repeated prayer arose ac cusingly. It was known to all present, and for the first time he felt not only its absurdity but its sin. Yet he was the first to rally, and commanded Martha to remove the extra plates and chairs. The old servant looked questioningly at the minister. He came to her relief saying: “ Now, that they are placed you might ah well permit them to remain, my old friend. Blessed are they that give, and— “ You promised me the girl would be here,” interrupted Mrs. Grey. “ So I did, and if present she would fill one place.” “An-1 her mother the other,” said Marth.i. She flung the door wide open and re vealed a woman in the prime of life, holding a beautiful girl by the hand and both looking through tears; shrinking and afraid.' . , “Mlaryl Ohl God be praised^ my daughter 1” exclaimed 8 P rin fc n IL eldei ' '" - faca cold V’ asked a man terday. “ Oough, 1 ply.—Philadelphia oaa’t you ever blew you dose? you have a Simpkins, yes- . the sententious Sunday Item Mrs. Langtry is described as having been in her girlhood “a lovely little need to dash about the' island of Jersey on her little pony in most daring fash ion ” A great many of our modern young ladies resemble the lilies of the field: they toil not, neither do they Bpin! But they spend a pile of money and lay around the house and let their mothers do the work. “Men often jump at flonclusions,” says the proverb. So do dogs. We saw* a dog jump at the concMsion of a oat, which was sticking through the opening of a partly closed door, and it creatfffi more disturbance than a church yrTlf- dal. Girls are advised by a Oiicajo physi cian to sleep on their backs if they their 'eyes, “ These bleu , sajB, “ are the result of sleeping on tho The step-daughter of John Stuart Mill ban been a member of the London School Board for three years, and the befoi DCUUUl DUUIU 1U( IUIVU *uu HUI radicals of the Southwark Division pro pose to again re-elect her, anffawith her | Mrs. Lucas, John Bright’s sistea L The Lockport Union thinks 9 is nszt I to nothing. Why, Ives, we thought you % had. been there often enough to know 1 that “ nain” waa nothing—but, oome to think, iprhaps Lockport people never le anything.— Yontert Statesman, , Iris were rapntly brought J uuce in Scranton, Pa., on jtoning a peaceable old lad tense was that she was a wiU believed it to be their duty 1 death. the river. ‘ Job 1” she almost gasped in aston ishment, “ what do you mean?’ “ I mean,” he said hastily, and as one uncertain even of himself, “ we might adopt some girl.” ‘ Gracious! But old Martha? She has been with us these many years, and like ourscli» about worn out. You could not have tlie heart to turn her out now?” ' w - “ No, Susan. She even unto death. But she'is faTlil frtst. You CAiinot but have noticed and if 1 am net deceived she has thing heavy upon her nind.J' waa easy enough; the kind ofit girt is the trouble.” . “The Domine believes he km that will suit us—the child of a wi and he would drive about it.” That accounts for his being road so late. I saw him going a I came iflfand feared «ome one i dying. When will Ite let us “To-morrow.” - _ 4* ^ “I wonder wh'C guess I know. It a smart youngt the Domine does.' but- we needn’ i -X
