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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XI.—NO. 11.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
t 081 it® FRESH
DRUGS, mens
AND—
CHEMICALS.
Paints,Oils, Colors, Brushes.
NEW GOODS constantly arriving. Large
stock WINDOW GLASS, all size*
Bxlo to 30x38. Fnl! assortment LAMPS,
CHIMNEYS. CHANDELIERS, LANT
ERNS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
POMADES, etc., etc. The best
Garden Seeds,
ONION SETS, POTATOES, 4c.. for
this climate from Robt. lluist, Philadelphia,
10c papers sold at 5c strictly—warranted
froth ntii genuine, crop 1882. FINEST
S ICO A US in town. SMOKING and
CHEWING TOBACCO.
Physician s PiTXcrijitionscare
fully compounded and dispensed.
JNO. A. GRIFFIN,
jan 1883. Giikknksiioiio’ Ga.
MONEYtoLOAN.
I am prepared to negotiate large or small
loans on Real Estate.
Office with W. 11. Branch, who will give
information in my absence.
J. CONKLIN BROWN,
jan. 19;h, ’B3. Grf.kxesoobo' Ga.
A- A. JfJRN'KJAJJ. W. E. ADAMS.
Drs. Jernigam &. Adams,
Physicians uni Surgeons,
•VeTOffer I heir pvofessional services to all
who may need them.
Greene County, Ga., Jan. 27, ’B2.
GEOTGHA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
^ —tot
Georgia Railroad, Cos. )
Office General Malinger, V
Augnsta, Dec 16, ’B2. j
COMMENCING SUNDAY, the 17th irwt.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated:
FAST JLiT ITBI
SO, 27. WEST DAILY.
Lve Augusts 7:25 am
Ar Athens 11:50 am
“ Gr'nsbo' 10:01 “
Ar Atlanta 12:55 pm
NO. 1 WtJST -.DAILY.
J,v
“ Macon.. 705 “
MU’dxe. 9 10 “
“ Camak.l2 20 “
*• Wash’l.ll 20 “
“ Athens. 905 “
Ar G'boro'. 2 16 p m
Ar Atlanta. 5 55 p m
NO. 3 WENT—DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 9 00 p m
Jjv Macon. 710 “
Ar G’horo'. .1 41 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 6 40 “
NO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Atlanta 2:50 p ni
Ar Gr’nslxi’ 5:37 p tit
“ Athens... 8:00 “
“ Augusta 8 20
NO. 2 EAST—DAILY.
Lv Atlanta 8 20 a in
“ G’horo’. 12 03 p in
Ar Athens 500 p tn
Ar YVash’t. 255 “
“ Camak. 1 .17 “
“ Mil’dge. 440 “
“ Mucon . 6 4.1 “
Ar Augusta 3 55 p m
NO. 4 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Atlanta.B 45 p m
Ar G’b'oro’ 1 47 a m
Ar Augusta 6 20 a m
MTBUPKKB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and from the following
points only: Relair, Rerzelja, Harlem,
Thomson, Camak, Crawfordvillc, Union
Point. Oreenesb iro, Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone
Mountain and Decatur
Train No. 23 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers tojind from tbe folllowing stations,
only, Beradia, Harlem, Hearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle,Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
Tlie Past Line lias Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and South
east.
E. 11. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent
Jso. W. Green, Gen’l Manager.
A CARD.
Union Point, Ga., January 6th, 1633.
Positively, I was dunned this day hy the
head clerk of one of our leading stores for
one cent balance due on one bottle ol lauda
num bought tbe day before. Now, jn or
der that I may pay my debts, (which gfe
very heavy, amounting tp about one hun
dred and forty-three dollars), and iie able Jo
pay cash hereafter, I offer the following
goods at greatiy reduced prices for the
cash.
Fifty fine organs as follows: Heal *125
Organs for *95 each. Real *95 Organs for
only SO4. Ileal *75 Organs for only #4B.
Three real s>so Pianos for only $265
each.
Thirty Thousand copies Evans Standard
sheet Music, (sold everywhere else at from
30 to 75c copy,) only 5c each.
One gross Morgans Piano, Organ and
Furniture Polish, former price 50c per bot
tle, only 40c each.
These goods are party on band, and the
balance are contracted for, ami are coming.
Please address at once,
S. F. COFFIN,
Union Point, Ga.
DR, D. S. HOLT,
PHIS! l\\ &SURGKOY.
Office at J. A. Griffin's Drug Store.
Greenesboro’, r r - Ga.
£yl offer my professional services to
the people of Greenesboro* an 4 Greene coun
ty. Prompt attention given to all calls.
fcb. 9th, ’B3.
—C. A. Davis & Cos. have both LaAdreths
and Buists seed. Also ocion sets, white and
red, and Eastern Seed potatoes as follows :
“Early Roae,” -‘-‘Extra Early Vermont,”
“Snow flake,” “Ring of Earlies,” “Bur
banks Seedlings” and “Beauty of Hebron,”
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
GItEENE COUNTY
SHERIFFS SALES.
AX T ILL lie sold before the Court House
' ' door in the city of Greenesboro', Ota.,
within the legal hours of sale, on the Finst
Tuesday in April next, the following prop
! erty to-wit:
The entire estate of Joseph 11. Edninn
son containing six hundred and thirty-live
acres of land, more or less, in said county,
adjoining lands of W P McWhorter, W A
Moore, W I{ Wilson and others ; being the
; home place of Wm Edmonson, late of said
county deceased; the interest of said Joseph
II Edmonson being a life estate in one un
divided eighth interest in said land that bc
j ing the distributive share of said Joseph
11. Edmonson under the will of his father,
Wm Edmonson. Levied on as the property
I of Joseph 11. Edmonson to satisfy a ti fa. is
sued from the Superior Court of Oglethorpe
county in favor of Thomas P. Janes and J.
:R. Sanders for tlie use of W 11. Pritchett
vs Joseph 11. Edmonson, principal, Wm. B.
Brightwcll. security. Written notice given
Tenant in possession as required by law.
Also, at tlie same time and place, four
hundred acres of land, more or less, all that
tract of land situated, lying and being in
Greene county—Viounded as follows : Com
mencing at a hickory on east hank of Oco
nee river, running north 79°; east, 94 chains
to red oak ; south, 8° and 45 seconds ; east
42 chains and 55 links to a stake on the line
of Y K Gresham; south, 79° west, 90 chains
to said river, thence up said river to liegin
ing point- adjoining lands of J M Storey,
estate of O P Daniel, Y F Greslmni and oth
ers. Said land levied on as the property of
Inman, Swann & Cos , tlie same being a part
of the estate of II J Wjllis, deceased, to sat
isfy a fi fa issued from Greene Superior
Court in favor of F C Foster, trustee, vs In
man, Swann & Cos. Written notices of this
levy given to defendants and tenants in
possession.
C. 0. NORTON, Sheriff.
February 33rd, 1883,
Also, at the same time and place, two
mules, one hay horse, one sow and eight
pigs, six shoals, sis cows with calves, eight
yearlings, twenty-one sheep, levied on to
satisfy a fi fa from the Superior Court, Joel
F. Thornton Ordinary, for tlie use of Luther
T Sanders, vs 1,. B. Willis.
Feb. 17th. 1883. J. S. Ham,
Deputy Sheriff.
ORDINARY’S NOTICES.
(; EORGIA-GREEN E COUNTY—Jno.
A -B. Y. Warner, Administrator of the
Estate of Richard Slocks deceased, applies
for leave to sell ail tlie Real Estate of said
deceased, ami also two Shares of tlie Capi
tal stock of tlie Georgia Railroad and Bank
ing Company, and an order to that effect
t will lie granted on tlie first Monday in April
next, unless good objections are filed.
William K Mullins and Robert L. Mc-
Whorter Administrators of the Estate of
Williain'N. Williams and Thomas M. Bry
an, Administrators of the Estate of James
B. Hart—apply foi Letters of Dismission
i from said Estates and such Letters will lie
1 granted on tlie first Monday in June next
i unless good objections are filed.
JOEL F. THORNTON. Ord’y.
HAMBURG LINIMENT.
Tills Liniment possesses many advantages
over the various Liniments generally sold.
It is a powerful stimulant and excites the
secretions to a healthy aclion. it is very
penetrating and through the pores of the
skin is absorbed and carried to the seat or
location of disease, lit action does not de
pend upon tbe amount of rubbing or friction
applied, but depends upon it# absorbent ao
tion.
It is good in all cases of sprains, strains.
Rheumatism, stiff joints, bruises, swellings,
Lumbago, wry neck &o, A better Remedy
cannot be found for all kinds of injuries in
animals. Hamburg Liniment isihe Remedy
for man or beast. For sale by J. A.
GBIFFIN, Greenesboro, Ga.
THE BEST
—ARE THE—
CHEAPEST!
TN NO OTHER ARTICLES of TRADE
*■ HAS THE PUBLIC been so universally
and systematically robbed as in tbe pur
chase of
BOOTS AND SHOES.
BALDWIN & BURNETT
Warrant all Goods as represented, or refund
tbe purchase money, Our
FALL L WINTER STO K
IS NIAS COMPLETE.
We respectfully invite everybody to call
and examine our varied and elegant line of
seasonable Goods. tHTAshare of the pat
ronage of Greene and adjoining counties so
licited. Orders by mail filled promptly and
satisfactorily.
BALDWIN & BURNETT,
Defpkee Brii.niNO, Corner Thomas and
Broad Street,
ATHENS, - - - - GA.
sept. 22nd, 1882.
E. J, HICKEY,
Fashionable Hair Pressing
Saloon!
No. 212 6th Jackson Street, rear of E,
It. Schneider’s,
AUGUST 4. v - - GA.
Hair cutting, Sltaving, Shampooing, and
Dyeing in tbe most artistic style.
Manufacturer of the Excelsior Hair Re
pewer and Danrlruf Eradieator. Razors
Concaved and sharpened on sliortest notice.
A fine lot of Canary Birds kept constantly
on band. Orders by mail promptly atten
ded to. Don’t forget the place.
Ho £o mwffsr,
Opposite Globe Hotel, Jackson Street,
nov. lOlh, ’B2.
—Kimbrough & Knowles have just re
ceived a large stock of Etiwan Bone, Send
in your orders. '
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAIPWELFAUE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIIWY MORNING, MARCH 1(>, 1883,
SELECTED POETRY.
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
BY MBS. MARY E. BRYAN.
Febkvary 11, 1812 March 4, 1883.
Sweet is the scene when virtue dies!
How sinks a righteous soul to rest,
How mildly beams the closing eyes,'
How gently heaves tli’ expiring breast!
So fades a summer cloud away,
So sinks tlie gale when storms are o’er.
So gently shuts the eye of day,
So dies a wave along the shore.
Triumphant smiles the victor brow.
Panned by some ange’ls purple wing
Where is, 6 grave, thy victory now '/
And where, insidious death, thy sting?
IN MEMORIAM.
A DISCOURSE ON THE LIFE
OF MR. STEPHENS,
DELIVERED IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
OF THE REDEEMER, IN. GREENES
BORO, C, V , ON THE FOURTH SUNDAY
IN LENT, 1883, BY THE REV. JOSHUA
KNOWLES, RECTOR.
TEXT,
But go thou thy way till Ihe end he;
for thou shall rest, and stand in
thy lot at the end of the days.
Dtiuie) 12,13 v.
Whilst it is pre-eminently true,
my _ hearers, that “goodliness is
profitable nuto all things, having
the promise of the life that now is
and that which is to come,” it is
equally true that it does not ex
empt us from the frailties aud in
firmities of life, much less from the
common decree, “dust thou art and
unto dust shall thou return.”
We live and labor ; we suffer and
enjoy ; we sorrow anil rejoice ; we
weep aud mourn ; we lie down and
die. This is the common lot of
humanity, and will be till the heav
ens are no more. The good and
wise—the pure and lovely, as well
as the base and sordid, have, in
their appointed time, gone down to
the house of silence. Daniel, who
wrote the book from which our
text is taken, was an eminent and
highly honored servant of God.
Like Timothy his youth and eld age
were consecrated to His service.
Under the most trying circum
stances he maintained his integri
ty, and amid the fascinations and
allurements of a licentious court Ite
preserved a spotless reputation. A
prince himself, and blessed with
au unusual share of worldly sub
stance, he was nevertheless not
ashamed, in the presence of idola
trous kings and potentates, to con
fess and worship the true God- But
for special divine interposition, lie
would have been a martyr for his
loyalty to the king of heaven. As
a prophet of the most High, lie
was probably favored above all the
seers of the old testament. In the
last six chapters of the book which
bears his name, wo have a series
of prophecies, uttered at different
periods, extending from the days of
Daniel to the end of time. In
these, the Assyrian, the Persian,
the Greciau and Roman Empires,
are all particularly described; the
advent of Christ precisely fixed ;
tho rise and fall of anti-Christ, and
the duration of his power exactly
determined—the future restoration
of the Jews—the final victory of
Christ over all his enemies, and tho
universal prevalence of true relig
ion, are distinctly foretold, as pref
eeding that glorious consummation,
when the heathen shall be given to
Christ for his inheritance and the
uttermost parts of the world for his
possession, and the kingdoms of
of this world be brought under the
reign of Emanuel—God with us.
Josephus commends him as the
greatest of the prophets. The
Jewish Targums and Talmuds,
frequently cjte and appeal to his
authority, Bt, Raul arid St. John
have copied many of his prophecies,
and our Savior himself cites, his
words and styles him “Daniel the
prophet.” The prophet Ezekiel,
associates him with Noah and Job,
as eminent for righteousness, and
influence with God, Visions of the
future, more clear and comprehen
sive than were eyer vouchsafed to
any other of the sacred writers,
were presented to his view. He
saw thrones aud empires rise, tri
umph scourge the earth and sink
into oblivion. He had witnessed
the destruction of the temple of
God and one captivity of his people.
In awful vision he now beheld an
other. He saw the temple re-built j
and agaiu destroyed. His people ,
again gathered and again scatter
ed—wanderiug over the earth,
without priest or altar or sacrifice
for many generations. With a sad
and perplexed heart, he contempla
ted tbe scenes of darkness, tumult
and violence which even in this our
day and generation, shake and
scourge the earth. With burdened
heart, in the language of the con
text, he exelaims, O My Lord!
“What shall be the pud of these
things ?” But way beyond and
| above this dismSfperspective, rose
ito his enrapttfcd and prophetic
\ vision, the Sui*jpf righteousness,
with healing in ■Bowings, and the
kingdom of Chrslii bearing univer
sal sway. And MR he caught an
encouraging glmPsc of a brighter
and better day, m the dim future,
and with his stricken people* doubt
less desired to labor for and enjoy
it, the angel of the covenant- con
cludes his messajijgovith the sotemu
language of the hit—“Go thou thy
way till the end l|L for thou slpUt
rest, anil stand in thy lot, at the
end of th v days.” * Thus was this
illustrious servtjAA-'f Old, dismiss
ed from the toiisfiu * V
re *
Georgia, to : oaj* tny hearers, is
'elad iu the vestmeuts of sorrow’.
[She mourns the daath of a gifted
and honored son. Her harps are
attuned to requiems of grief and
sadness, and we feel that it is right
and proper that we should pay our
humble tribute to the memory of
one we knew so well and loved so
much.
In recalling the names of the il
lustrious worthies who in ages past,
iby their piety, patriotism and pa
tient endurance of suffering, won
the favor of heaveu and the ap
plause of the good and great, the
name and fame of “ Daniel the Pro
phet" was presented to our mind,
las well suited to illustrate the life
and death of him whom the nation
now mourns, id many respects
their biographies bear a striking
analogy. Both of them in yxnuth.
entered into covenant relations with
the God of heaven. Both from
early life to ripe old age were loyal
to God and country, and acted well,
their part in the eventful ages in
which they lived. Both of them
were Christian patriots and wise
statesmen and labored most assid
uously to promote the prosperity
andhappiness of the people. Having
successfully performed their great
and special mission, at the bidding
of the angel of the everlasting cov
enant, both now quietly rest in
their heaven-appointed lot, “ and
their works do follow them."
On this occasion and in this pre
sence, I presume >*£diout impro
priety or offence, 'j \ sny, k that
during the whole period of his pub
lie life, which covered nearly half a
century, no man labored more ear
nestly or faithfully to conserve the
true interests of the American peo
j pie than
ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS.
Li the stormy days of the Re
public, what voice more potent than
liis in calming the turbulence of
sectional passion and strife ? There
was a magic and majesty in Jiis
quiet look and Voice, that quickly
subdued the rising tempest of hea
! ted debate, Though by no means
| despairing of tlie Republic, his last
days were burdened with anxiety
in regard to the safety and perpe
tuity of our free institutions. It
was this which caused him, at the
urgent solicitation of friends to fore
go his determination to retire from
public life. Heeding the voice of
duty, at the call of tlie people, he
still continued a faithful npd dili
gent laborer in their service.
But in the midst of his arduous
toil comes to him the message to
“ depart and be with Christ.”
The weary wheels of life noise
lessly cease to move, and the great
Georgian is with his illustrious pro
totype “Daniel the Prophet,” stnn
jding in his lot aucl resting from his
labors.
Mr. Stephens whole life was one
;of toil and suffering. To this doubt
less is lamely attributable the per
fection of his character. It is said
that Christ was made perfect thro’
suffering. But I reckon that the
pcgjtfW
not toße'couipareifwitn tiit'giOries
and rewards that are now revealed
to our sainted friend and brother
in his heavenly “ mansion.”
The Savior says, he that giveth
a cup of cold water to a disciple ip
the name of a disciple, shall in no
wise lose his reward. Think of the
magnitude of the labors and be
stowments of this good man all
through hjs useful life, and then of
the magnitude and grandeur of his
hevenly patrimony, Think of the
little army of young men (122) that
his hard earned savings enabled
him to educate and send forth, to
bless and improve society—make
earth more sunny and heaven more
dazzling and vocal. Think of these
young men transmitting from gen
eration to generation, to the end of
time, the benefits of this princely
munificence. Then calculate if you
can the joyous dividends that are
punctually and steadily forthcom?
ing from those desposits which nei
ther moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and thieves do not break through
and steal. This is certainly better
for Stephens than the proud boast
and ephemeral delight o' the sor
did and hoardipg millionair.
And now in conclusion, my hear
ers, we enquire, what gave to Mr.
Stephens such remarkable success
in life and such wonderful peace in
death. It was prayer. Christ bad
said, “ If ye shall ask anything in
my name I will do it." This and
other diviue promises Mr. Stephens
believed. Like Dauiel, he was
“ strong in the Lord and the power
of bis might,” because he was a
man of prayer. Prayer shielded
Daniel from .the devices of a licen
tious court and the mouths of its
lions. Mr. Stephens, thus armour
ed, and fortified, doubtless escaped
the greater dangers that are am
bushed impolitieal and metropoli
tan life at the preseut day, by seek
ing light and guidance from above.
T -t Vras this divine light from above
f.t enabled him like Dauief, of
ten, with prophetic visioa, to fore
cast the future, and signal the peo
ple of coming clangers. In this re
spect Governor Stephens surpass
ed all his contemporaries.
And now, in closing this brief
tribute to the memory of one whom i
we have personally known for neai - - j
ly half a century, we would say-to
the young men of the country, iini- !
tate the example the great and good
man whose death the nation now
mourns. Whether in public or pri
vate life, be menof prayer. Then
shall your pathway, like his, “shine j
brighter and brighter to the per
fect day.”
ADJACENT COUNTIES.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING IN
THEM.
BEING CONDENSED INFORMATION AROUT
OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS, AND
GOSSIP CF VARIOUS KINDS, ARRANG
ED IN VARIOUS STYLES.
WILKES.
Condensed from the Gazette.
—Some of our farmers have fin
ished planting their nplnnd corn.
Mr. Duncan Dußose showed
us a hen egg that was as round us
a balj.
—T|io Toombs burying ground
is in sight of tbe Skull Shoals road
five miles from Washington.
Mr. ,W. W. Hill lias recently
set out a young orchard of four
hundred and fifty' young peach
trees.
—We understand tliat the rail
road through Lincoln will not pass
by Ldncolnton, but several miles
this side.
WARREN.
—Died of pneumonia February
tbe 27th little Maggie Lon infant
daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. N- R.
Nunn age 5, months apd 7 days.
Miss Agnes Brinson has a
school of 35 pupils.
—Camack enjoyed a sociable
Wednesday night last.
The Baptist Sabbath School
needs a good library.
—There is a good school at Pro
vidence church; and also another
under Professor Parham at Rey r
uoldsville.
—Mr. Pat Hill brought a bale of
cotton and had it shipped which
weighed over 900 pounds,
—Mr. J. P. Jolmson married a
Kingston lady and has settled
down at Barnett.
—A pleasant marriage ceremony
was celebrated at Elim church last
Tuesday.
OGLETHORPE.
Condcnncd from the Echo.
Oglethorpe county is out of
debt.
—Coru planting has commenced
in some places.
—A large corn crop will be plan
ted this year than last.
It is talked that Oglethorpe
will go in with Mudison county and
build a bridge at Watson’s mills
across South Broad river.
—Mr. R. B. Matthews brought
to town Tuesday the skin of an ot
ter he caught the week before near
his house. Their fur ranks ainoung
the finest.
—Married, on the Ist iust., in
Bowling-Green district, Oglethorpe
county, Miss Ida Williams and Mr.
1). Young, Rev. Jno. R. Young offi
ciating.
—Peach and almond blooms out
near Crawford.
—Bill Reid, col., can beat Farris
furinan farming and give him four
‘‘in the deal.” He plows a little
red ox weighing about 30 lbs to the
quarter and plants about 3 acres
of t)fip land without any manure,
how much cotton does he sell ?
About four bales.
—Mr. Flanders Moore who lives
near Crawford was attacked by n
mad dog last Friday, while on his
horse. The dog ripped about con
sierably and after biting several
hogs was killed by Jim Tiller,(col.)
THE BAD pOY' IN LOVE.
HOW HE FELT WHILE IN THAT DE
LIGHTFUL STATE.
“Are yon a Christian ? asked the
bail boy of a grocery man, as that
gcntlemtm was placing vegetables
out iu front of the grocery one
morning.
“Well, I hope so,” answered (he
grocery man. “I try to do what is
right, aud I hope to wear the gol
den crown when the time comes to
close my books.”
‘Then how is it that you put a
box of great big sweet potatoes, and
when we order some and they come
to the table they are little bit of
things, not bigger than a radish ?
Do you expect to got to heaven on
such small potatoes when 3 - ou use
big ones for a sign ?” asked the
boy, as he took out a silk handker
chief and brushed a speck of dust
off his nicely blacked shoes.
The grocery man blushed and j
said he did not mean to take such
advantage of his customers. He
said it must have been a mistake of j
the hoy that delivers groceries.
“Then you must hire the boy to
make mistakes, for it has been so
every time we have had sweet po- /
tatoeg for five years,” said the boy.
“And about greeu corn. Yon;
have a few ears stripped down to 1
show how nice and plump it is, and
if we order a dozen ears there are I
only two that have got any corn on I
at all, and pa and in a gets them,
and the rest of us lniye to chew
cobs. Do you hope to wear a
crown of glory oil that kind of
corn ? ’
j “Oil, such things will happen,”
| said the grocery man with a laugh,
j “But don’t let’s talk about heaven.
Let's talk about the other place,
i How’s things over to your house?
! And say, what is the matter with
you? You are all dressed up aud
have got a clean shirt on and your
jshoes blacked and 1 notice your
I pants are not raveled out so at the
j bottoms -of the legs behind. You
j are not iu love are you ?”
“Well, I should smile,” said the
i boy; as he looked in a small mir
i ror on the counter covered with flv
specks. “A girl got mashed on me
find ma says it’s good for a boy
/Who hasn’t got no sister to be iu
Gove with a girl, and so I kind of
Tumbled to myself, and she don’t
go no where without I go with her.
! I take her to dnnoing school, and
everywhere and she loves me like
' a house afire. Say, was you ever
jin love ? Makes a fellow feel queer,
I don’t it? Well sir, the first time I
| Went with herl put my arm around
her, and honest it spared me. It
j was just like when you take hold
of the handles of a Jectric battery,
and you can’t let go till the man
turns the knob. Honest, I was
just as weak as a cat, I thought
she had needles in her belt, aud
was going to take my arm away
but it was just like it was glued ou.
I asked her if she felt that way too,
and she said she used to, but it
was nothing when you got used to
jit. That made me mad. But she
|is older than life, and knows more
j about it. When I was going to
leave her at the gate she kissed
itne, and that was worse than put
| ting ray arm around her. By gosh,
j I trembled all over just like I bad
| chills, but I was as warm as toast.
She wouldn’t let me go for as much
as a minute, and I was tired us
though I had been carrying coal
up stairs. I didn’t want to go
home at all but she said it would!
be the best way for me to go home,;
and come agaiu the next day, and
the next morning I went to her
houso before any of them were up,
and her pa came out to let the cat
in, and I asked him what time his
girl got up. and he luffed and said
I had got it bad, and that J better
go home and not be picked till I
got ripe. Say, how much does it
cost to get married ?"
“Well I should say yon had got
it bad,” said the grocery man, as
he sat out a basket of beets, “your
getting in love will be a great thing
for your pa. You won’t have any
time to play any more jokes on
him.
“0 I guess we can find time to
keep ‘pa from being lonesome.
I Have you seen him this morning ?
I You ought to have seen him last
night. You see my chum’s pa has
!got a setter dog stuffed,’it is one
; that died two years ago, and he
! thought a great deal of it, and he
had it stuffed for ornament.
Well my chum and iiie took the
dog and put it on our front steps,
and took some cotton and fastened
it to the dogs mouth so it looked
just like froth, and we got hebiud
the door and waited for pa to pome
home from the theatre. Wimp pa
started to come up the stops, I
growled, and pa looked at the dog
npd said, f Mad dog, by primus’ and
he started down the sidewalk, and
my chum barked just like a dog,
and I ’ki-ki’d’ and growled like a
dog that get’s licked, and you ought
to seen pa run. He went around
in the alley' and was going to get
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in a basement window, and mv
chum had a revolver with some
I blank cartridges and we went down
-iu the basement, and when pa was
try ing to open the window my chnra
began io tire towards pa. Pa hol
lered that it was only him and not
a burglar, bat after my chum fired
four shots pa run and climbed over
tlie fence, and then we took the
dog home and I stayed \jith my
chum nil night, and in the morning
ma said pa didn’t get home till four
o’clock and then a policeman came
with him, and pa talked about mad
degs, and being taken for a bur
glar aud neatlv killed, and she was
afraid pa had took to drinking
again, and she asked me if I heard
any firing of guns, and I said no,
and then she put a wet towel op
pa’s head.’
“You ought to be ashamed,’ said
the grocery man. ’‘How does youp
pa like your being in love with the
girl. Does he seem to encourage
you iu it?”
“Oh, yes. She was up to our
house to borrow some tea, and pa
patted her on the cheek aud hug-,
ged her, and said she was a dear
little daisy, and wanted her to sit iu
his lap, hut when I wanted him to
let me have fifty cents to buy her
some ice cream lie said that was all
nonsense. He said, ‘Look at yonr
mil. Eating ice cream when she
was a girl was wliat injured her
health for life’ I asked ma about
it and said pa never laid out tea
cents for ice cream or any other
luxury jn all the five years"he was
sparkipg her. She says he took
her to a circus once, but he got free
tickets for carrying water for the
elephant. She says pa was tighter
than thejiarkon a tree. I tell you
it’s going to be different with ine.
If there is any thing the girl wants
she is going to have it if I have to
sell ma’s copper boiler to get the
money. What is the use of having
money, if yon hoard it up and don’t
enjoy it? This family will be run
on different pimciples after this
you bet. Say, how much are
those yellow wooden pocket combs
in the s(ioe case? I’ve got a notion
to buy them for her. How would
one of them round mirrors with a
zinc cover do for a present for a
girl. There’s uothing too‘good for
her.'—Peeks Urnr.
My Mother'
Children, look in those eyes, lis
ten to that dear voice, notice tho
feeling of even a single touch that
is bestowed upon’you by that gen
tle hand ! Make much of it while
yet you have that most precious of
all good gifts—a loving mother.
Read tho unfathomable love of
those eyesj the anxiety of that tone
and look, however slight your pain.
In after life you may have friends,
fond, dear friends, but never will
you have again the inexpressible
love aud gentleness lavished upon
you which none but a mqtbey bp
tstows. Often do I sigh, iu my
struggle with the hard, uncaring
world, for the sweet, deep security
I felt wltcD, of au evening nestling
in her bosom, I listened to some
quiet tale suitable to my age, read
in her tender and untiring voice.
Never can I forget her sweet glan
ces cast upon me when I appeared
asleep; never her kiss of peace at
night. Years have passed away
since we laid bet beside my father
in the old church yard; yet still her
voice whispers from the grave, and
her eye watches over me as I visit
spots long since hallowed to the
memory of my mother.—Lord
Macau lary.
Tiuintng Daughters.— There are
so many more ways now open for
women to make a living than for
merly. If girls would only try to
be helpful in (he house eluting their
school years, and learn all theii?
mothers can teach them abcpit
housework before they think of
marrying, we should bayg more
happy homes and fewer divorce ca
ses. Much of the domestic tropb
|le we see about us is caused by
j mis-management'iu the house. A
wife should be as competent to con
duct her household affairs as the
husband is to do bis business.—
South and West.
—lt is good that \vg have soaje r
times some troubles and crosses;
for they often make a man enter
into himself, a,ud consider that he
,is here iq bapisbfpept, and ought
not to place his typgt iq any worldly
thiDg.
—Censure and criticism never
hurt any bod}’. If false, they can
not harm you, unless you are want
ing in character; and, if true, they
pliow a man his weak points and
forewarn him against failure anci
trouble.—Gladstone.
—Dr. Crosby says that he would
like to have the Presbyterian
Church in America adopt such an
addition toils Confession of Faith
as was adopted by the United Pres?
byterians of Scotland, and which
shall “bring out more clearly the
side of man’s free will.”