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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for water arc getting out of date.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’
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