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iw Oft / pn 7 n S. B, Burr, Proprietor. GLORY. WOBD3 BY JUDGE LONGSTKEET. Sweet bards may chant melodious lays, And fame may tell the story; I envy not tbeir fading praise, I hope to sing in glory. Chorus Oh! glory, oh glory, there’s room enough in Paradise For all a home in glory. 2 . Let bannered hosts in mortal strife, And broidered vestments gory, Seared laurels buy, with ebbing lite, I seek a crown in glory. Chorus. 3. For heaps of gold, let others toil, From blooming years, to hoary, Nor rust corrupt, nor thieves can spoil, My treasured home in glory. Chorus. 4. When near the cross, the Saviour stood, He said I go before ye, A mansion to prepare, that you May dwell with me, in glory. Chorus. 5. The conflict of Gettisenmne In bloody Fweat why bore He, He drank that bitter cup, that we Might drink with Him in glory. Chorus. 6 . The empurpled l-obe of mockery scorn’s, Aud crown of (horns, why wore He. Sin wove the robe, sin grew the thorns, Yet we may share His glory. - Chorus. 7. When on the cross, His gushing blood, IVhy did on Calvary pour lie, That Grace might wash me in the flood, And make me meet for glory. Chorus. 8 . May love refine my heart from dros3, By Grace to shout the story, Then in tlmtrobe, that crown, that cross, 1 will forever glory. Chorus. • -«■ TWO LIVES It was a slow and languid thrill* ing of his senses. So Vaughn Dare would have worded his sen¬ sations, had he suddenly been balled upon to do so, ns, sitling on the bread piazza to the Ocean House at Newport, he found his attention i-iveted upon a woman’s face of such rare, such wonderful beauty, that his gaze seemed fari¬ na ted. She sat quite near him, re cl in ing in a low chaii-, her hands hold¬ ing some soft, fleecy work, which, however, had made no progress Since he had first seen her. Her head, small and daintily poi¬ sed otl the exquisite, sloping shoul ders, was covered with a mass of dark red hair, which wind blew in iiiumerable little Waves floating above the low, brow. Her eyes, when the lashes lifted themselves from the carmine tinted cheek to betray their coloi", appeared to hold in their brown depths the same shade red which was in her hail-, a Soft of smouldering light, as though oiily needing some ful impulse to have it burst forth in flame. Her lips richly fed, and not too full, pafted over the strong, gleaiftifig teeth. Fvery motion replete with grace. A little group of men her, whose presence she seemed to suffer rather than to court rarely laughed. Now and she smiled—a faint, languid —when her features woxxld i-elapse back into the old indifference. ‘Too absoi-bed even to wish good morning, Mr. Dare ?’ Voice. There Was ho outward visible sign of the man’s inward anathe¬ mas, as Vaughn, instantly l-ising, courteously doffed his hat to Mrs. Tftorne—a young and ipretty wid¬ ow of but twenty-four. •B-oW glad I am to see you,’ she continued, holding out a white, plump little hand. ‘When did you arrive ? I thought you still abroad.’ ‘laves there a man with soul so dead? Ete‘ answered, laughingly. ‘You see, it was that sort of thing, tugging at my heart-strings, that brought rafe, a- penitent, to my fatherland. I reached New York some time last week. Really it was too lrot to keep any account of time, except as ltoeasurcd by the thermometer. As Soon aS possible, I came down horo for a breath of frosb air, Reached hero lato het night, and already,’ with a low bow, ‘have met my reward.’ 'Ah, I see you have not yet for¬ gotten your habit of making pretty speeches ! Fortunately, long ago I learned to estimate them at their proper value. But, tell me, did you find anything in the galleries abroad lovelier than Laura,Sterne’s face ? Have you met her f ‘I certainly have met with no greater miriele than the fact of one woman according to another her due meed of praise. Dare I re¬ spond? or is it merely a trap for the unwary ? She is pretty—rath¬ er. You see, I am timid. I do not know her. Will you present me?’ ‘With pleasure. Laura,’ having taken his arm and led him over to where the girl sat, ‘this is my old friend Mr. Dare. Mr. Dare—Miss Sterne. The red-brown eyes lifted them¬ selves for a moment to his face; the carmine burned an instant to a deeper stain on the beautiful cheek. With a little musical laugh, Mrs. Thorne glided away; the other men, oiie by one, followed suit, and the new intrude! held undisputed possession of the prize. The morning was a precursor to the days that followed. It grew to be a recognized thing that Vaughn Dare had stepped into the foremost place, and that, when he approached, others must fall back. Thex-e wei-e many who had made desperate struggles to gain that which seemed to be his by a sort of unconscious right. He had drifted to Newport without purpose or in¬ tent. He found himself held there, as a vessel to its moorings ; bxxt he knew his anchorage lay' in Laura Sterne’s smile. Ilow it lit up the lovely face! Was it only his fancy that it al¬ ways waited his coming to first dawn in the wonderful eyes, and then to grow and deepen until tbe red lips caught it ? ‘Vaughn Dare is a flirt,’ said Dame Gossip. ‘It is diamond cut diamond,’ said Dame On Dit. ‘Thei-e is a fiance awaiting in Gotham,’ asserted Dame Bumox-. Bat, spite of the thx-ec ancient and worthy (?) dames, the lovers wended their way content. Were they lovers ? Had they paused to put the question to them selves? Sometimes they would spend hours almost without words, when Vaughn, throwing himself on the sands at Miss Sterne’s feet, would let his eyes rest dreamily on the perfect face, on which neither stffi nor wind seemed ever to rest but with loving impress. ‘Have you a picture of yourself ?’ he asked her, one day. ‘No,’ she answered. ‘I have UeVer had a photograph taken.— Strange, is it not ? I have always hated the idea of having a card board repi’esentation of myself in the possession of one’s five hun¬ dred friends. If one’s picture could be held by one—the one for whom yoii have had it drawn or painted, one whom you know would value it as a counterfeit of the real —it might be different.’ Did she expect that he would axfswer, ‘I want it! I woxxld be that one f Silence fell for a moment be¬ tween them ; then Vatxghn sprang to his feet, and offering her his arm, they walked silently back to the house. That night as they had finished a waltz together, he whispered in ear: ‘I am tired of all these people.— I want to be alone. May we not go up for awhile into your par¬ lor?’ ‘Certainly,’ she replied, her mood always failing in with lids, and led the way, he following, It was a pretty little room, which sho had brought tho stamp of her' own individuality, Tho music from- below reached but faintly; the salt air from the window. Without, tho atuiosphcro weary, oppressive, as though FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23* 1880* were brooding. It seemei to weigh on Vaughn Dare’s spirit. He leaned out to look into the night—to try, if possible, to shake it off. A faint scream roused him. Miss Sterne had crossed the room to her escritoire ; a breath of wind had blown the lace shawl liad thrown about her shoulders, aud fastened on her hair, across the flame of the lamp. had instantly taken fire. As instautantly, Dare compre bended the danger. A table stood at his side, covered with some pretty, dainty cloth. He dragged it off, and threw it about her. Scarce sixty seconds, and the peril was over ! She was xinscorch¬ ed, unmarrecl, but ho still held her as he had caught her—close-wrap¬ ped in his arras—close-pressed to his heart! One of his hands was severely burned. lie did not even know it, until she caught and pressed it to her lips. ‘For me f she whispered.--" ‘Vaughn, Vaughn ! I iove yon —I love you ! The life you have saved is yours.’ At her words, ho slowly opened his arms and released her from his hold, an ashen pallor creeping on his face. She looked up at him in dim. bewildered wonderment. ‘What is -it ?’ she questioned. ‘Only that you have opened heaven to me, and I must turn away from its gates. Mad, blind fool that I have been, not to see whither wo were drifting. Laura, I love you—rye, as you love me— and I am bound in honor to anoth¬ er woman.' ‘You mean that you have been engaged to—be—max-idea all this time, and I-Oh, what have I done V covering her face with her hands and sinking- back in her cliaii-. ‘Nothing,’ ho replied, ‘but what the lovliest, purest of women might have done. Knowing- no evil, you thought none. I—’ ‘Leave me!’ she cried, springing to her feet. ‘Go to the woman who has the right to claim you.— I make to heaven but one prayer —that I may never see your face again !’ But when ho had obeyed her, she crouched down upon tho floor in her struggle to keep-) back the moans—aye, and kissed the where his feet had rested. Calm, silent, impassive, all life, he had opened the pent-up flood-gates of her soul, for for this. - * * ‘We have made a mistake. For¬ give me that my eyes have just opened to it. and that I ask you to release me from nay bonds. I thought I loved you ; but women do not always know their own hearts. I send you back your ring, your letters. Send me back my broken pledge, and your foi-give ncss.’ This was the lettei-, from his af¬ fianced, Yauglm Dare found wait-, ing him on liis return to the city. This, which Fate hail sent him iu the moment of his need—this, which raised the weight from his chest, and load from his brain— which made him a free man—free to woo and win tha only woman, lie now knew, that he had ever truly loved. It would bo a little difficult., per¬ haps, to gain lier fox-giveiiess—to win anew her trust ; but with such an end, and the knowledge that she loved him, he could not fail. Wiry was it, then that on the boat, returning, sleep forsook lain’ 4 In tbe morning, he would find hex sitting, perhaps where he had first seen her. Ho could fancy the haughty look of inci-edxdity oil the beautiful faco as ho approached, only to see it soften and die out un der tho eloquent passion of his words, Ah, how he loved her ! Now, in tho new sense of his freedom, ho dared avow to his own soul liow well. But, spite of it all, tho night wore heavily away. Toward morning ho sought his berth, but only to lie and :oss restlessly about, until the stea¬ mer touched her pier. It was still early when lie reached the hotel. A sudden chill seized him as he entered the office. The few standing about wore a safl, pi ty¬ ing look, he could not understand. ‘You have heard the terrible news, Mr. Dare ?’ the clerk questioned., ‘I have heard nothing,’he abrupt ly answered. ‘What 1 you do not know ? Steme was drowned yesterday, while bathing. At first, she seemed averse to going in, but they finally prevail ed upon her. The tide was very strong, but they say, when it swept her beyond hex* reach, she seemed to smile as though she had no fear She uttered no moan or cry, and must-have lost consciousness almost immediate’y, for when the-life-rope was thrown her—they hoped in time to save her life—she riiade no effort to grasp it. Her body was recovered last night.’ ‘Take me to her ?’ Dare whisper¬ ed, in a licsxrse, changed voice. It seemed as though ho had known it all long ago, as though ho had lived in another life. Walking as in a dream, with all trace of col¬ or fled from cheek and lips, he foL lowed to the closed door, where the loan left him. Then he opened it quietly and went in. The few watch era, taking one glance at his awfitl face, rose; and left him with his dead —ah, his own. for time and eterni¬ ty! Did she xxot still wear the smile upon her lips for him ? For her the struggle was over.— What wonder that she had smiled as she felt the waters, more itierei ful than man, wrapping her in their embrace? What wonder that-she care d no? to grasp the lMpe' whioh should snatch her back into the old agony of living ? On liis knees before tlio exquisite form, Vaughn D ire wrestled with his angiiish. Ah, they both had drifted with the tide—she into the still ocean of eternity , ho into tho bitter turmoil o! the might-have Drifted—drifted .with the tide men cal! living, and on its wa¬ ters have boon wrecked ‘Two Lives.’ Encounter with Cats. —A boy entering a barn-loft, saw two cats lying asleep. Bent upon having sonic fun, he took up a bundle of fodder and sprang upon them. There was something of a disap pointment in the result. The cats, instead of running away, sprang at tho boy with a fury that started him. Having nothing with which to defend himself, the boy tumbled around, while the cats squalled, clawed and bit unmercifully. The boy's cries did not bring assistance and of course, realizing tlio fact that it might pi-ove fatal to delay desperate efforts, the boy sprang to¬ ward the ladder leaning against the rafters and ascended to the roof of tho house. The cats followed him, and, despite his efforts to keep them away, bit and ehxwed him frigbtful- Realizing his ladder folly, he jumped down on tho liay. The cats followed him. By this time lie was bleeding very freely, and his coat was almost tom in threads. Seiz¬ ing one of the cats by tbe hind legs he attempted to beat it to death against the wall, nut tho animal doubled around and began tearing his arm. Shaking tire feline off, he ran to the ladder leading down. Tho animals followed him. Just as he reached the ladder, he discover¬ ed a monkey-wrench lying on the floor. Seizing it, he turned, dealt the foremost cat a blow between the eyes, aud before it could recov¬ er mashed its head. The other animal was not rendered less fero cions by the death of its companion, but fought with fury. With a heavy blow the boy stretched out the remaining foliuo, and boat out its brains. “How far is it to Cub Creek?” asked a ti-avolcr of a Dutch woman. “Only shoost a little vays.” “Is it four, six eight or ten miles?” impa¬ tiently asked tho stranger. I dinks it is,” serenely replied unmoved gate-keeper. The Successful Plea of a Negro cn Trial for Murder The Dallas (Tex) Times recites the details of a case that certainly presents some of the most remarks' ble features known irt the history of farisprudence in this country. This occurred at Waxahaebie, during the iast term of the Ellis county district court A colored man was indicted for entering into conspira¬ cy to murder. He was brought to trial, the evidence was strong, and in spite of the good fight made in his defense by his attorney, ho was convicted. A motion for a new tri¬ al was made, and the judge, seeing that no error of law was made, and believing that the evidence was sufficient, promptly overruled the motion. AVhen the prisoner's were brought to be sentenced, this negro was among them. ‘When asked if be had anything to say why sentence should not bo patssed upon him, he said he knew anything he might say would have no weight upon tha court, as all the forms of law had been complied with, and he knew he must go to the penitenti¬ ary, but that he had some thiugs to say for the beuefit of his colored friends, and, with the permission of the court, he would make a few re¬ marks. The court told him that he would listen. The negro start¬ ed oft slowly and deliberately, res viewing the testimony, showing the inconsistencies of witnesses’ state ments and theu carried away with the idea of wrong done him, he burst forth in a strain of eloquence seldom heard. When he sat down the judge said: “Sam, I thought yon guilty; I don’t believe so now, and will set aside the judgiucftt overrul¬ ing your motion fora now trial and se you nnlljpr c lu.ncc,' So elo quently had the negro presented his case, that the court attorney then dismissed the case, and the prisoner walked out of the court room a free matff. This is the ifrst case in Texas, at least, where a man brought up to be sentenced was ov¬ er turned loose. Every person pres¬ ent says that the effort was the fins cst one ever heard. The negro is uneducated aud a common field baa’d. A Bad Giio, to Marry —A bad daughetr, fftvs’ an exchange, selciom inakes'a good wife. If a girl is ill tempered at home, snarls at her pa ren s, snaps at brothers' and sisters, and shirks her ordinary duties, (lie chances are tcu to one that when she gets a home of her own sho will make it wretched. There are girls who fancy themselves so far superior to their parents that the mere privi¬ lege of enjoying their society in the house ought to be tilt tbe old peeple should have the assurance to ask. While their mothers are busy with domestic duties they sit in the easiest chair or lieon the softestsofas, feed¬ ing on cheap and trashy novels, and chex-isli the notion that they arc very literary individuals. The house. hold drudgery is to x coarse for such ladies as they. Girls of this sort are generally very airxio'us to bo married that tlry may escape the disagreeablcncss of a homo where they arc held more or ldss tinder sub¬ jection. A caller, who doesn’t have a chance to see how they behave as daughters may be excused for fancy* ing them lovely and loveable beings; but one who does see it is foolish if he commits* himself by offering mavrii-go to a girl of this sort. she will not assist tfer mother in the domestic labors, is she net likely to be equally slothful £nd illtempcr ed when she marries? If she now thinks herself too fine to is it safe to expect that her views as to that matter would xadicaily change if she became a wife? q-[ 10 origination of tho proposition (0 abolish tlio rule that requires th irds of the National ConvCuti-n vo tg f or a - candidate before ho comes a nominee, iagenernlly ted to Mr. Tildcti’s supporters. charge is that if a majority suffices fo' nominate, Mr. Tildeu may seGuro the nomination through th6 votes of tho delegates from States as Vermont and Iowa, | arc immovably Republican; HOW THE WITNESS FARES ON THE STAND The manner in which attorneys question witnesses is exasperating to the intelligent listener beyond expression. The great purpose of the average lawyer, for instance, is to draw from the witness til the facts in his possession, except the facts that touch the case under consideration. •A countryman chopping down a tree, stops his work, and buries his axe up to the eye in the brains of his brother-in-law. The witness who saw the whole bloody transac tiou is brought into court, and his examination runs about thus: “You say that the prisoner was chopping a tree down. Now, will you please tell the court and jury where he bought the axe?” “You don’t know; very well, sir; well see about that.” “Now sir, look at the jury—don't stare in that helpless manner at me —now, sir, do you say, upon your oath, that the defendant stole that axe before he left Paducha?” “You dont say so, eh? Well now mark me sir. How many feet was it from the tree the defendant was chopping to the nearest grist mill? You can’t say?” “Was it ten feet?” “Certainly, a good deal more. ” “Well, then, was it a tliovfsaml miles?” “Oh, certainly not.” “The court and the jury will please observe the stubbornness of the witness. It is manifestly his to keep from the jury the they ought to know.” “Now sir, who owned the mill?” The witness innocently inquires “What mill ?” but soon repents it. “The court and jury will please observe tbe exasperating contuma ciousness of this witness; his evas¬ ion and his manifest pnipose to. confuse your minds to the facts involved in this terrible murder.” “Now sir, look in my face, You have solemnly sworn that the man was chopping near a mill, Well now you dare say—look at the ju¬ ry six-—that there was no mill with¬ in a thousand miles of the tree the defendant was felling!” “I don’t say anything of the kind.” ‘‘The jury will please note that answer.” “Now r , see here my friend—we have had about enough of this. Yon first deelai-ed that there was no mill, and now you brazenly avow there was a mill near the wood chopper—” saicf “I there was no mill within forty feet—” “Never do you mind What you said—I know what you said, and the jury knows; and now, sir, listen to me.” “Who made your hoots?’’ “You don’t know? Is there any¬ thing, under God’s heavens that do know? There, there! Look the jury— not at mo. And now perhaps, yon can toll tho jury what your name is.” The witness tells his nanfo. “Now", sir, look—how long did yon live there?” The witness timidly asked “lived wheire?” When the attorney springs to his feet. ' “May it please the court and jn l-y, I find this witness utterly incor¬ rigible, stubborn, mulish and bent on keeping buck the very facts the jury must have; lie has clearly been tampered with and comes hei-o with the manifest intention qf brow beating and worrying both the ju¬ ry and the bar, I have temporized with him, I have led liinx gently from point to point in the hope of beguiling him into a true recital of the fact connected with this dread ful nxurdev, aud what is my reward of this considerate kindness and forbearance?’ Speaking under the sanctity of au oath, he tolls tho court and jury that ho doesn’t know wliare ho lives, and has' asked me to' tell him! Great God! Can such things be, and not overcome us like tv—Hke—and not ovoi-como us? I ash. your Honor, that this witness be sent to jail for contama cy. to remain thero until ho expros- V0I.-9 No. 4t ea a -willingness to tell what lie knows about this dreadful miu--> der. The court then admonishes the witness that futher tx-ifling will not be permitted: that he must answer the gentleman’s questions, or he’d certainly feel called upon to commit him to prison. It comes kind o’ sudden like jn t as the congregation have finished singing ‘Salvation’s free,’ to havtf the preacher announce that ‘tbo collection will now be taken up.’ A pretty good first of April joko was that of a Toronto alderman who wandered about the streets bearing the placard on his broiftl back inscribed: ‘Widened at the expense of the corporation.’ A Connecticut farmer recently jnmped into a well because his wife ran him into debt. He found, how ever, that ho couldn’t keep his head above water any better after he got t iei-e. ‘Ah 1’ said Adolphus, ‘In our courting days, when I took leave! and went down the steps, she said ‘by-by’ so sweetly, and now it’s ‘buy, buy/' ‘I see,’ said his friend, ‘she’s cast a different spell over you.’ A shoemaker was arrested for bigamy and brought before tho magistrate. ‘Which wife,’ asked a by stander, ‘will he be obliged to' take?’ Smith, always ready at a joke, replied, ‘He’s a cobbler, and of com-se must stick to his last.’ An old miser, who was notorious for self denial, was one day asked why he was so thin. ‘I don’t know,’ said the miser; ‘I have tried va¬ rious means for getting fattei", but without success.’ ‘Have you tried victuals ?’ inquired a friend. When a certain ignorant justice of the peace had his attention call¬ ed to the particular section of tho law flatly conti-adicting his decis¬ ion. he replied that lie always dis=> agreed with the revised statutes in that particular. The advantage of having a tele¬ phone connection with youx- ehiireh b that yon can listen to the sermon in bed Sunday morning and fall asleep at just the right place. The Cincinnati Gazette says tiiat it is que'-r that so many biblcs live to a good old age. while not ono pack of playing cards out of a doz¬ en sees the second Christmas. Jano Gray SwissLolm declares that “this world will be grossly mis¬ managed until there are as many boys born as girls.” Mrs. Swisshehn is right. That is tbo only way to prevent miss^managemeut. ~ ■ i •— 10 » - All old oyster dealer, who had cangfit billions, and eaten millions oftlie delicious brivalve, was delight¬ ed with a dish given him at a church fair called “oyster stew. ’ Ho. said it was so new to him. He was so! sick of oysters. Miss Emma Abbot, having been told of some criticism upon tho warmth of her afitiflgin love scenes; responded: “I detest tbe conven tion- * al, stagey, stupid, love-making scenes so often depicted by women who never Were in love and know nothing of the pis-ion. 1 havo been in love, aud know what I atu acting.” Ono Christmas tho church of a village near one of bur manufactur¬ ing towns was so beautifully deco¬ rated that many outsiders came to’ view it, ono of whom, as sho gazed on its beauties and inhaled the per fumo of spruce and pine and bal¬ sam, feoiingly remarked: ‘How solemn it smells !’ Homo ono else observed that sho had hoard of tho ‘odor of sanctity",’ but never know exactly xnxtil now what it was.’ It. is asserted that in the event of a war bet wet ft Russia and China, wLioh now seems certain, tho Unit¬ ed States would s ipply both coun¬ tries with nearly all their provis¬ ions and materials of war. The Russian GoverAirVobt, it is Said, ha's already made arrangements to puts' chase anus and ammunition in tilin' country, and also to secure coal lof thu use of its navy iu tlio Pacific. “it’s au ill wind,” etc.