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ii. M. Uranuett, Sheriff.
m. L. Cox. Deputy Slieiili.
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ELLIJ AY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2.'!, 1882.
LORENA,
The years creep slowly by, I.orena,
The snow is on the. grass again,
The sun's low dowu the sky, Lorena,
The frost gleams where the flow’rs have
been.
But the heart throbs on as warmly now,
As when the summer days were nigh;
Oh ! the sun can never dip so low,
Adow n affection’s cloudless sky.
A hundred months have passed, Lorena,
Since last I held that hand in mine ;
And felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena,
Though mine heat faster far than thine.
A hundred months, 'twas tlow’ry May,
When up tlie hilly slope tve climbed.
To watcli the dying of the day,
And hear the distant cluirch bells chime.
We loved each other theft, Lorena,
More than we ever dared to tell;
And what we might have been, Lri'cna,
Ilad but out lovings prospered well—
But then, ’tis pad, the yeais are gone,
I’ll not call up their shadowy forms;
I’ll Say to them, “lost years sieep on !
Sleep oil! not heed life’s pelting storms.”
Yes, these were words of thine, Lorena,
They burn within my nieirforV yet ;
They touched some tender chords, Lorena,
Which thrill and tremble with regret.
’Twas not thy woman’s heart that spoke;
Thy heart was always true to me ;
A duty, stern, and i ressiug, broke
The tie which linked my soul with thee.
The sloty of that past-' Lorena, ‘
Alas ! 1 care not to sepeat
The hopes tlmt could not last, Lorena,
They lived, but only lived to cheat.
1 would not cause e’en one regret
To rankle in your bosome now ;
For “if we try, we may forget,”
Were words of thine long years ago.
It matters little now, Lorena,
The past is inTli'e eternal' past,
Our heads will soon lie low, Lorena,
Life’s tide is ebbing out so fast.
There is a future ! O, thank God !
Of life, this is so.stnai! a part!
’Tie dust to dust beneath the sod ;
But there, up there, tis heart to heart.
LOVE AND CATNIP.
15Y O. \V. COP. ITT,
The dim light of the lamp illu
mited the apartment for a while,
but at last went out, leaving
the room in darkness, save when
an occasional flash of light from
the half extinguished fire gleam
ed for a moment upon iiie obscu
rity. •
In one corner sealed upon the
sola, were the forms of a gentle
maiden and her adoring lover.
l’he youth was pleading his pas
’sion with all the burning eio
quence of impetuous love, and
imploring his charmer to name
the happy day that was to unite
them forever. But what was his
grief to find that she did not meet
his wishes with corresponding
ardor.
“Ah,Susan,” lie sighed, “have
I then deceived myself in fondly
believing that your gentle heart
reciprocated my passion?”
She fixed her liquid eyes upon
him, and her words were few and
coldly uttered.
“I rather think you have.”
“What! you cannot mean you
do not love me; you will not
tear from the sky of my future
the bright sun of my hope; and
leave ,me to grope forever in
darkness. Oh, Susan, by the
happy hours we have passed to
get her, by the bright dreams of
happiness we have cherished,
by the vows you have taken (o
love me, I conjure you to revoke
what you have just said, and
promise to be mine.”
But all unmoved by his aupeal,
site curls her ruby lips and utters:
“I shan’t do no such thing.”
“Merciful Heavings ;do [ hear
aright? Must I then live on in J
loneliness with niy hopes wither-j
eil and dead like a solitary suu
flower stalk in chilling winter?;
Nay, by tho whole universe 1 i
hwear it shall not bu ! Mark me,
cruel one, thou hie* been the
polar star by which I guid 'd my
whole existence, thou wast the
rock on which 1 Immdml my hop" I
of happiness, ami if Utou wilt not
be t tip, I swear by the blazing
sum that when he rises as usual
tolinrmtv morning: before break
fasß 1 will swallow poison and
expire for love of thee. Then you
wiTrliavo nothing tore mind you
-o ifttr. vVho loves you belter than
a Christmas dinner, save (he coii
sojtjrr; fieciiou that you are itis
murderess.”
I|tt his agony, Itis threats, af
feeKil her not. she was as cold as
fag
theaificjes that in midwinter hang
I'roifc the < .r houses. Ciuel
l she crush his last
hopftilud wilh a mocking, increil
tilfl|s smile, she said :
fun darsn'l lo do it.”
Ife sprtuig to his feel, despair
wai painted-on ids feature s, des
peration glared in his eyes. With
hist hands clasped in agony he
tmired an imploring look toward
i of his heart, and ox
dafiied :
‘?Unce more I implore you to
reflect, recall those ciuel words,
or*] go to fulfil! iny threat,” and
with his hand upon the latch, he
aw|iUed her decision.
]' came like a thunderbolt to
I lily unhappy youth,
pfou may go—it you wisli—to
ffith one bound he gained the
st(let, furiously he dashed along,
atvd turning ihe first corner ran
against a gust of wind that was
ruihing the o t he r way. The
biTcze knocked off his tie ; it had
TOT him a Y but the week before,
but lie heeded not its loss. Like
n.tt'hilwind he swept along the
sidewalk, he espied a blue bottle
iS| druggist's window, he made
tracks toward it. •
jppening the door with an im
pjpsity tliat in ado the cm k
spnlig over the counter and seek
safety behind a glass case, he
fixed his eyes with the ferocity
of a bereaved tigress upon the
slim and trembling attendant,
and hoarsely growled :
“Poison ! give me poison !’’
“En! alt! what?” gasped the
horror stricken clerk, from Ins
place of refuge.
“Poison ! do yon hear?” thun
dered the youth furiously.
With shaking hands, the clerk
filled a phial and spilt die liquid
on his new inexpressibles; but
not heeding this mishap, he plae
ed Ihe significant label “poison”
oil the bolt le, and standing on
lip-toe reached it over tho top of
the show-case to Itis dangerous
customer. Clutching it fiercly,
the doomed young man hurled a
quarter at the head of the clerk,
add then hurried to itis lodgings.
When he reached his own room
the excitement had passed away,
btu it was succeeded by a- cool
determina! ion that was as-abso
lutely blood chilling as an ice
house.
Undressing, he prepared for
bed, and (lien seizing tiie phial
of poison, lie drank its contents
unfatilteringly. Getting into
bed he aroused his chum, who
had slept through ilie whole ol
the terrible scene, and bade him
arise and cull his parents, and al
so send for his false lady love to
crime and see him die. His re
quest was complied will).
While they were lamenting
over him, the door opened and
Susan, the cruel, but now repent
ant object of his love, entered
ihe room. As she approached
the bedside of the expiring youth
he raised himself feebly up and
said :
“Susan, for tl.ee I die,” and
sunk back helpless on his pillow. |
Who shall padiit the anguish,!
the agony of the lovely ulaiden ?!
With shrießs that rent the air in ;
lo shreads and drove the ancient j
tabby Iroin the room, she rushed
to her doomed lover and implor
ed his forgivnesa. She culled
him by every endearing epithet,
hut alas, it wu too late, too lute.
Fondly she embraced him, ton-!
derly she parted his hair in the!
middle and kissed his pale fore
head.*
They were reconciled while he
"'its on the brink of eternity.
. But Ihe poison was at work
within; he felt it coursing i!s
wayjhrough every vein, lie was
conscious that he lift'd but, n few
short moments lo live, when iiis
cli it in, who had entered io bid a
a last farewell, inquired what he
had taken. Perhaps there wa> j
I an antidote.
“Ala#] noy r miirmurt*l the un
happy viclim, “it is 100 lale lo
think of remedies. I am almost
■ gone. The boflle of poison is on
the mantle; Ido not know ils
name.”
The chum seized the phial, und
looked ai what remained of (lie
fatal draught. lie sighed, and
extracting the cork, applied it to
his nose.
Three long sniffs lie took, and
the phial 101 l with a crush from
his almost palsied hands, while
intones of wonder he ejaculated:
“Catnip! by tluiudor.”
“What !” exclaimed the ex
piling lover, springing bolt up
ritiht in bed.
“Extract of Gat nip, as sure as
you're living; you are not pois
oned at all.”
Wilh one bound the dying man
gained the middle of the room
His lailp-love fled in dismay at
beholding him in his scanty cos
tume, and he, picking up the
fragments of the phial, soon sat
isfied himself that it was indeed,
catnip l hat he had swallowed.
Great was his rage at the dis
covery. With horrid impreca
tions on the youth who had de
.ceivey) him, lie got into his cloth
mg, and aiming himself wilh a
big slick, he sallied forth to
wreak bloody vengence.
But to his deep disappointment
Ihe drug store was closed and
ihe attendant gone. Taking the
edge off his wrath by shaking out
of his boots a small boy whom he
encountered on his wav home
ward, he swore a deep and terri
ble oath of vengence on Ihe
diuggist clerk, lo be inflicted the
first time he encountered him.
Horrible lo hear were the words
lie breathed, and the oath was
registered somewhere.
And now each night may be
seen a slender stripling, wendihg
his way homeward at a rapid
pace, lie has a big bowie knife
and a revolver in each hand, yet
he starts ai every footstep and
trembles at every shadow. Ever
and anon he casts looks of terror
behind, lor lie fears the Avenger!
It is the doomed druggist clerk
and since:the threat, of the pois
oned man has been told him, he
has grown so thin that his em
ployer intends to use him as' an
illustration in a course of lect
ures on anatomy.
....
A number of years ago a rich
man, as eccentric as he was be
nevolent, died in Philadelphia,
leaving a will, in which tie laid a
solemn injunction upon his cliil
dren that so long as they lived
they should see Ihe old year out
and the new year in at the foot
of his coffin. The children are
scattered through many States,
from Vermont io Nebraska, but
they never violate t heir father’s
Hijuction, and last New Year, a
few moments before midnight,
they assembled, as usual, in the
family vault in Laurel Hill Cem
etery. Four of those upon whom
this grim necessity was laid are
dead, and the survivors consti-
H>le a strange and mournful
group as they carry out their
father's solemn behest
The Intimate Friend.
It is singular enough that it is
always the friend of your soul
who discover!’ all vour detects of
VOL. Yll. K 0 o.
appearance and manner. Vanity
will never take a great hold uprin
your soul as long as you possess
a crony, fcflie will keep you well
informed of everything yoq had
ia! her not know. She discovery
those gray hairs in your blacli
hair that you fondly dreamt no
one ever saw, rind is kind enough
to tell you that you looked your
worst at that last parly. When
you have irrevocably fought
your best bonnet, she lets yoti
| know how unbecoming ijLis ; and.
, when your dress is worn out, sie
j remarks that it always made you
i look your worst. . .*
j ‘She adores you. She does it
| all in such angelic fashion that
: you cannot find fault with her,but
| you never please her. One dav
J s ! ,e will say, “How pale you are,
; love.” The next, “flow flushed
j von grow, dear.” Lose live
pounds, and she will declare that
she has wept all night to see you
wasting away. Gain five, and
she will say, regretfully,' “Ahf
ami you have such a slender
lorm ! \on cannot grow yam
while you have a crony. —px
— * —
An Effectual Temperance Lecture,'
A young man called, in compa
ny with several yther gentlemen,'
upon a young lady. Her father
was also present to assist in en
tertaining the callers. lie did
not share liis dnughler’s scruples
against the use of spirituous
drinks, for he had wine to offer.
The wine was poured out, am!
would have been drank, but the
.young lady asked :
“Did you call upon me or upon
papa?”
Gallantry, if nothing else, com
polled them to answer : -
“We called upon you.”
“then you will please not
drink wine; ( have lemonade for
my callers.”
The father urged I lie guests to
drink, and ihey were undecided.
The young lady added:
‘'.Remember, if you call upon
me, then you drink lemonade;’
but if upon papa, why, ihen, in,
that case, 1 have nothing to say.”
1 lie wine glasses were set down
with their contents nnlasted.
After leaving the house, one of 1
(he parly exclaimed:
“That is jhe most effect ual tem
perance lecture I have ever
heard.”
Tlie young man from whom
these facts were obtained broke
off at once from I lie use of strong*
drink, and is now a clergyman
preaching temperance and re~
ligion. lie still holds in a grate
ful remenioerance the lady who'
gracefully and resolutely give
him to understand tiiat her call
ers should not drink wine. —Ex
Killing Sassafras Sprouts c,iid Old
Field Pines, 4
When is llie proper time to.cut
sassafras, that they m a y not'
sprout out ; also,the time lo.chop
around old field - pines to kill,
them? Give the cheapest way
to get rid of sassliras stumps,
large ones.
Answeu. —Cattle turned upon'
sassafras through l!ie latter part
of I lie summer jntl them most
iboroughly. They partially break
them down and eat oil" the leaves.
Taking tiie hint from this, it has
been found that breaking the
bushes —not completely off—near
the ground in August kills them
more effectually Ilian digging
them up. The only way in which
they can he killed by “sprouting”
is to dig them up at least one foot
deep in August. August is the
best month to destroy trees by
“girding.” Sassafras and other
small stumps can he gotten rid
of by hooking a log-chain in
them, then winding the chain
around the stunio, and putting*
the end of a strong lever in the
ring of the chain ; hitch a steady
team to the other end of the lever
and pulling it round, twist tho
stumnnut of the ground. —South
on Ooifir>/(>>r • tcL'irincv,