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CHRONICLE 4 CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Patrick Walsh, President, Augusta, Ga.
is a tn*n°o»-n>l<1<T«Mj-s<lvsiiced In life, sad is
Mr. John Pearson’s Statement:
In tha Spring of 1*3 I was attacked with a
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kinds of medicine.
kTtwH
the time 1 had used upone bottloTwas * _
saved nr life, and mr neighbors are of the
Mina eptalnn. It H the best Lum* Remedy
Statement of Mr.Ben].F.Hearmloo:
Early In November, J*W, while sewlwr on
machine, my wife was taken with a severe |
In her side, which was soon followed by bss
StS?^S« , A*dS^S'
swp. and In a f ew weeks she was redaead to a
living skeleton. The attending physician told
me that be thought one o( her longs wa* «a
tlrely gone. Phe could not retain the
delicate i.<>urt»hment on hex stomach. T
St. Prizes, gay* the legend, wu
of the first Roman converts to Cl
tiunity. She was bat thirteen w
she was sentenced to he torn topi
in the Coliseum by a lion. Bntw
he burst Into the am phi theatre,
stead of attacking her be gw
licked her feet. So she was ta
back to prison, and U
are legends of the martyrs
t will toil yo* how she ttitd,
In the dawn of virgin sweetness.
In the bad of maiden pride:
nd 1 think that I can see her.
As did thousands, while she stood
In the echoing Coliseum
‘ ter wondrous martyr mood.
Just thirteen ! and ye< unflinching,
the spirit of the child,
agister nMrrt wUMW,
AUitoBobSOT.’tooMithoaLnd^
MSuL'SmJhuSSid. IwiiU
“For tlia dropping of , pin!
r. Sullivan, my fi
FtonSlwwtedt!
...Holloway
Brewer's Long Restorer at
tn**x. i sent for a bottle, and gavel -
«. I found that abe could retain it ou t_
ach. and after about the third doea I benn
•tie* some improvement la her conrtltk*.
tinned tlio^medlclno^t-cnlar^,and bjrtl
to house, eh* 1* now In better
e has enjoyed forsevand years.
LAMAR, RANKIN, & LAMAR,
MACON, GA.
TUTTS
THE FIELDS ARE WHITE
WITH COTTON.
HARO TIMES NEARLY 0VEF-
A glorious harvest Is at hand, and ]
perity will soon prevail. Thousand
ramifies who have been wanting Pianos _
Organs for many long yeara will BUY THIS
Y EAR. Anticipating the demand, we have
mbihmimtp liras
125 YEARS IN USE.M
Greatest kledicsl Triumph of theAgs!
I SYMPTOMS OF A J
Torpid liver.
o la d e,Kill n esa
‘-irllcntlon to exertion of bud r or ml
frllnLllity oftrmprr, Low evlrll*. «
[fcell a g ef haeta g neglect ed aasae 4^M
■ rar-io-**. DIcxJaeoo, Flatteriag at the
leart. Data before the eyes. Ueadaeha I
■fis right eye* WstliMeesa, whk
Uam«, lllrbly colored Vrlne,nod
^■constipation.
BTPTT’a EgJJIareespwcliUJy adapted
[chaiige offcel Ingas to aSonlsh the eutTtrerj
. stock of SUPERB
M TEN LEADING
. Installment Terms. To accom
modate those who wish to buy now
hold their cotton until later, we maki
SPECIAL OFFER TO PLANO ANL
GAN BUYERS.
ion Merchant
e of the largest houses
dealers in Corn, Floor, Meat. Spots and fU
Luredetitogy in all these staples. He in
Is to call at hi* office on Got
iamti Slock for quotation
1 everyday. jsnlf-g
FORSYTH, GA.
This institution is fast regaining its form-
gSiggSa&sgg
to extend a kind, yet fins discipline. .Tito
reenlt has beea a eteady increase of patron
age and constant growttUaFStohc confidence
and favor. The Spring session will begin
(Old Indian Cure)
Stands Peerless In the list of BLOOD RE M
EDIKS for diseases due to IMPURE
BLOOD. It Is
Made strictly by _
without the slightest change.
It is a vegetable preparation, containing!
» mercury or other mineral poison.
An excellent tonic and appetiser, emi
nently adapted to troubles peculisr to wo
man. It to an absolutely Infallible cure for
every known form of BLOOD DISEASE
and SKIN DISEASE arising from blood
taint, be it
Nyphllla Ju nny Htago,
Morofulo, Ulcers,
Khounmtlsni,
Catarrh,
Tetter,
Ulcerated
more Throat, White
Kcaena, Fimplea or Krnp»
iM PRICES. WITH 3 MOSTIS TME
“old, tried and true”
Made strictly by the“old original’ 1 ’receipe
ThONlaswurek of a good school.
tte^SsSamaad^dtSSathSTope v
effortln the onto have been sneeessfnl U
plying valnsM* contribution to the i
atomst every eonthem atate are tea]
invltod to consider the advantages
tare prospects of Monroe. Foot
tk Jaritt? Tt ° R. T. ASBURt, President*
n., «uue 16th, 18M.
, at first doubtingly;
1 confidence in its
During the month* of Septem
ber and October, 18W, ire irtU
tell Piano* and Organ* at our
Lotcctt Rock Bottom Oast*
Price*, requiring only
$25 CASH BOOT ON A PIAHO.
$10 CASH DOOT ON A ORGAN.
And alloid/tg threemonths time
on the balance. Without Inlere*l
or advance of price.
Those who buy under this plan, and find
vuemselves unable to complete payment
after the three months, will be given further
time, by agreeing to pay our regular Install
ment prices, and complying withour In
stallment Terms of payment. Should they
pay one half the amount due st thee months,
or make * largecash payment, an equitable
price for tl *
INDORSED BY PRACTICING i accordance withthe ti
PHYSICIANS.
pKMtT, Ga-, Jane
I have used it • — - 1
ultimately, with _ — ... — -
remedial virtues. I know whereof I speak.
I am familiar with the medical properties of
each of its component parts. It is profound,
y alterative, tonic, diuretic, diaphoretic
and emmenagogne. Is a word,
c. IS A PERFECT BLOOD
K PURIFIER-
rgestho liver and all Its tributaries
tnebsa.aadtoa specific, an Infalli-
e for all diseases for which it to re
commended bv the company- It never fails
A. B.. A. M., and MVb.
The following are falrsamplreor hni
Ail purchasers r ,
fer are required to sign our usual form ss to
their reeponslbUito. Instruments will be perfect direstion
sent on the nsusl fifteen days trial^when active penorman
LUDDEN A BATES
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
Savannah. GA.
the liver and bowels. As the
quires tone through the inflm
benign medicine, the nerves grew s
d reds of tostimonlaU we
Houston Co., Ga.. June 16.
HOW SUCCESS 8UCCEED
HALL’S
G&B WOODEN
DBV6 STORE
SPREADS.
sure foundation,
use the peerless invigorent.
For sale by all Druggists anp Dealers
“inerally.
LIBERAL, FAIR, HONEST DEALING
John E. Hal
j7.iift.tii.rairwit « Ula B££.v utUMrsu ro* jwus a
_ d ®MltoatlscUlmedfor It 1KILE*1.3 0 LONQ TnCK AND IS NOW ENLAR-
pan's Actual Measurement giving
yet tosreet with the first failure of O. I.
to do all that lad'* * '* wusnamt
FEB BOTTLE.
X I. C. CO.
r, - - - ga.
For Bale in Americus, Ga., by Dr. E.
®Fo?B2ealso
HAS BEEN CRAMPED FOR ROOM
.OKG TIME AND 18 NOW BNLA
GING HIS STORE TO JUST DOU-
BLE SIS YORKER SIZE. THIS
BAS BEEN CAUSED BY
INCREASING TRADF
WHICH DEMANDS
—
obyDr. Joba.E.HalL
J.
sserieua foe thirty years, w
DR. CARLISE’S
L. & B
Will cure Rheumatism, Cramp
-a Morbus, Nsuralgla, Inflamstioo of
Ineys,\VhiUow or Felon.S«-e Throat.
ValnaMe City
PROPERTY.
For Sal©.
SSKS | Twenty-Four Beautiful
Building Lots.
HEAVIER STOCK
OF
mmmm
And All Sundries!
ESPECIALLY
tiiiii
. SEED!
And Plantera Goods.
Be baa ta store aa Immense Stock of all the
Best Varieties of Seeds that be will sell
Wholesale or Rota
AS LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN THE
STATE. SOME RARE VARI
ETIES OP CHOICE SOUTH
ERN GROWN SEEDS ON
HAND THAT CANNOT
. BE FOUND ELBE-
CREEN GROCERY
I have opened next door to Pat
**-npe my fri«
icy want fresh
FOR SALE.
desirable house and lot %
tit mils we
077100,44 Murray SL, Mow York.
tfOSTJFEB’s
Fitter 5
Other tales of early martyrs
~ mofedmeilketo this:
i her lifted forehead,
ly the Madonna’s kiss—
' owsoofebnahood
_ still the girlish cheek,
WiUe her child hand puts the fillet
“ “ temple* young and meek!
Never
I can see
Worthy the
I ran see the
Flushing
er that the dwelling
too his own
—. the hungry Ron
By the light that In them shoo* ?
Drew him, by Ibelr powers of sweetnees,
To theside of that rare child,
Till the people saw him crouching
Where she stood in radiance mild.
But the hearts of men were fiercer
Than the lion in bis need.
Though the kingly beast was vanquished.
” 'id the dreadful
And the dim old legend tells us
Of bow little Prisea died,
““ forehead,
With a halo round her foe
And a lily at bet side!
-HOWABD GfiTKDOS.
K^»0k1, n LV«fftO-08.
Next My Heart.
blonde beanty of Philadelphia, the
great heiress, who, as Dam* Rnmor
bad once whispieered, would gladly, in
her girlhood, have thrown herself and
hundreds of thousands of dollars at the
lest of her cousin. Walter Hazeldean!
Oh, horror! horror! And the house
just about to receive its second summer
cleaning—the guest chamber with Its
carpet taken tip and its curtains taken
down, ia preparation for the women
who was to come on the morrow to scrub
and parify; the cold bread and fruit
for tea, accorrding to Walter’s tastes;
the impossibility of adding anything
i except cold meat and salad.which
i waa scarcely time to prepare
»wn unfinished toilet,. when the
hen and pantry demanded her pres-
on the instant, if the credit of her
tea-table waa to be saved; her eye# still
red from tears, and that hatefnl, hate
ful stripe of gray hair on either side of
her temples, while blonde hair seldom
changed its hoe—all there troubled
massed themselves in one vast heap in
poor Mrs. Hadedean’s mind driving
her nearly distracted, as her husband
knocked at her bed-room door.
“We have an unexpected guest to
ten, darling," he said ia a low tone,
for she had not unlocked the doer. “On
the boat I met Miss Pontifex—my
consin Mildred, yon know, my dear.—
She is going to Hyde Park on a visit,
and her luggage is there by this time.
Bnt I persuaded her to atop a few hours
with ns and take tea, and afterward
yon and I will sea her to Hyde Park
by the nine o’clock train, if yon like,
love."
Mr*. Hasledean listened to this agree
able piogrammo in silence, command'
iag herself at its end sufficiently t<
Wery well. Walter. I am not quite
Bsed, Yon must entertain your
consin till tea is ready, and after tea we
will oonsult together about your plan.’*
“All right, love. ‘Don’t be long,’
replied har husband gaily, as he wen
down stairs.
Mrs. Hszledean gave herself no fui
ther time for thought. Dashing down
into the kitchen by the back stain
■he conoocted a salad as possible, ent
thin slioes of cold meat, and thicker
shoes of frnit sad iponge cake, the girl
flying into tha darkest recesses of the
store-room for choice _
with a last order or two to tha bewil-
1«M
It was a hot afternoon ia July, city
and conntry alike baking and broiling
beneath the direct rays of a blazing
■nn. Bat in tho small cottage of the
Haxledeans on the Hudson, alt was
coolness, greeaqry and shade. Vaeee
of flowers stood in the open windows,
blossoming vines wreathed over the
veranda’e and the interior, with its
moss-colored carpets, its white cur-
tains, and light chain and wfa. of| Tb , w , ri ng. catling tree,
baniboo and can., waa a aigLt moat rn- ■ bnubad and fattened op in a
freshing to eyes that had been wearied j -fTT/.; t v. w wd—a white
aiu.y long with thcdc.t.ftt.T.l «SXd~..l.lUd witi point., and
•o blinding glare of city block, *nd wiUl ptak riblKM11 „ det
dered j
homed back to her i
glare of city blocks and
At her dressing-table in a front
The finest tonic for ;
functions by i oa g been
M?Sm£S; '
__ _ rTceaseTirod
at nameless anxiety which Is a peculiarity
* *****
“Young lawyer” he was called by
hi* friends of the same ags, and by
the newspaper reporters who had occa
sion to speak of him. Yet he was two
and forty ytars of age, and success had
but jnst begun to grow acquainted
with his name.
And Lizzie—bright, gypsyish, dark
eyed Lizzie—who had been a beauty
and a belle in her yoong days—in her
yonng days!—alas! she began tb own
to heiself (long after other women had
■aid it of her. mind yon), that she waa
growing old. The young days were
left behind forever, and Lizzie, though
she still kept her bright obeeks aad
sparkling eyes, and agile step, Lizzie
was forty years of age on this
dsy we first behold her.
Ph« sat at her glass half-hidiag her
lace behind her clasped hands. She
had no longer a desire to look at that
too faithful mirror. Only this after
noon it had revealed a most
me truth so her. There on
her rounded templet, she had dis-
r path of white among
ot which she had so
proud A gray hair
and there had not mattered hertt
She had pulled them out halt eeri
bait laughingly, whenever she had hap
pened to see them. Bnt nor *
bnt a hundred—nay, a thou
r funeral.” In a
all the evening I was looking and long
ing for tho whistle of that city train.
* knew yon mast he suffering torture*
_ on were so pal* and still, and I enter
tained her, in your plsce to the best of
my ability; bnt, by George! It was
baril work. . Poor MCdred, she used to
nice, pretty, simple-hearted,
little girl, and I loved - her
r in oor yonng days. Bnt
sen her Parisan dress and Pi
affectations, her paint and powder, and
patches sud false hair, she dose not
seem like the eame person to me at all.
In fact, little wife, yon are the best
oompany I can have in this world, and
* sometimes think I don't cue if I nev-
- have any other till I die. How is
tbe poor little head now? Lean it on
my shoulder—so.
He drew her nearer and
lips fondly upon her
“1 am so tnsnkfnl, dear, that yon
just what yon are!” he went on.“This
hiding the advance of years ia a false
and terrible thing to me. “Poor Mil
dred! she was gray many a year ego,
and yet she fancies that she can cheat
everyone into believing her yonng
again by the arts of her toilet.”
“Paint—powder—false hair!”
mated Lizzie, wonderingly. “Walter,
Why, where are your eyes that yon
could not see them?” Maid he laughing.
“Bat I fo.get that yon have not known
Mildred from her earliest years, as I
have. To me the change is plain
enough. Thank heaven! yon will nevet
** yourself.”
—yon don’t object to—you
don’t dislike gray hair, Walter?” ask
ed Lfezie, anxicnsly.
“What a question. Wait till your
hair turns white, my love, and yon
will see that it as dear to me as when
a* black as now.'
’Bnt, oh, it is whit* already,” aaid
poor Lizzie, almost historically. “And
as eo graceful and accomplished
perfectly dressed,
so beautifully, and „
Walter, and yon talked to her, and i
THE SMOKER SOLILOQUIZES, j was no danger of forgetti
who calmly smokes his
Abeot the Girl* of Americas,
Written:
The Smoker believes there is an i
ia knowing how to smoke a cigar
well as inmaking it.Some how.lt
To the man
_ar and eith
er mentally or in reality observes this
I little figure, sorely there can he no
other conclusion than that she ia en
dowed by nature with tho moat inter
esting, pare andtratbfal of characters.
Look calmly at those beautiful brown
levee,beautiful alike in theireolor and
(their expression o( innocence and puri
ty, listen alternately to her merry
laughter and to her sober word* jmd yon
this.”
8he lifted the dark tresses aside,
showed him the gray looks upon her
temples, and hurst into tears. It wi
jnst one of those utterly absurd, hyi
terical, nonsensical outbreaks that
woman, now and then, mnst give way
to or die, and that a man can naver
check in a better or more kindly way,
than Walter Hszledean did, by a *i-
waa quickly
ing her eyes in
es of tears were entirely
tbe little wile tripped into the eool par
lor to weloome her nawelcom* guest.
A few momenta afterward thev wc
seated aroond the tea-table, and in the
datiee that devolved upon hex there,
” izzie bad ample excase for silence
Bat her husband and his guest
versed constantly, their talk going back
to the days of old, of which she kaew
nothing, to persons and places un
known to her, bnt familiar to their
earlier lire* as household words’
She felt shut out from their am.
i&tence, aad eat in her place, growing
paler and paler with every word that
was exchanged between tbe two.
Once or twice she
looking at her, with
Gradually the wife grew calm. Ly
ing there upon his faithful heart, and
listeniag to his whispered words, she
said how unwarranted all her jealous |
suspicion and sufferings had been.
“Yon will be wiser another time,my
love,” said her bnsband, as they tarn-
j, or from any other
trust me again, let me have a talisman
to carry with me that will recall to
yon all that we have talked about to-
i aside, he
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would take a livelier and gayer t
She could not blame him; and yet it
cut her to the very heart.
Tea over at last, and they adjourned
to the parlor. Unbiddei, Mildred sat
down to the piano. She touched the
keys with a masterly skill, and let her
rich foil soprano v * "
the evening air, in
a loo bright
— good nor at
ashes of rather
is gone and for-
watchful can de-
i will see in this
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Wn, th. great nuu ot mankind a b.ia*
either do not underataad or bil to ip-lnor too dull, neither too® *
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Borne people emoae ae il it were their I childilh pataion that ia goe
duty, and it wat a matter of little coo- Eott ,o before the leer wetehful
Moomioe whether the, eojojed it or ite pretence. Yon will eee
there (moke ae if they were bright netnfe, at time# aeedleeelj
do eo hr the cigar, apd-the clouded hr imaginary mialortonei. e
oouilter one aouhet it the hatter, creature that belicl the belief thtt ho-
While a few smoke for the pure lor* I m .nit T Q » e , h* existence to chance
of a cigar, and with a proper apprecia- nlonejuni that banishes the thought
i of it excellencies of flavor, and it# J of a benefioent Creator.
The Smoker belong* The Smoker next saw a fig-
. He finds a great p!eM-1 a*,, *i mo ,t beautiful ia face and
help in smoking. He M (him. at which, he looked
is in no harry to finish adgar.hnt draws | closely iand derivedhie estimate from no
it calmly, carefully and liesnrely. Ha | ot her data whatever. She is dark of
Gads hi* cigar a companion and a I«yes and hair, rather light of oomplax-
friend, and yet he does not grave at its (ion, and yonng, younger probably than
gradual destruction, or heeitata in the , nj th, mo k#r has mentioned. Intal-
leatt to knock off the lengthening ash] ligenoo beamed from her countenance
11 haa grown the proper bafrth. aod wit is evidently a part of her na-
Tb# Smoker, of oonnw, likes his ci- j tare. She has a dreamy look out of
gar sometimes more than at othern. eyeg , and u she i. engaged in any
Wnil* be smokes nearly all day, it is | amassment that requires no mental ef-
chiefly at night find on special occasions I there is such a repose on Ipr fea-
that he likes hie cigar most. If the I tares as is delightful to behold. The
truth must be told, while a great arm- ] smoker was not surprised when he
chair u not wholly undesirable, be pre- learned from experience that she sang
fern a bright fire, no other light in the I w ell, and less,that alto was bar favorite,
a save that given by th# fire itself; It U an open secret that th# last -
to lie at lengUiuDon tbe rug before I third of a smoker’* cigar i# th* best
fire, with his head upon a pillow. | pwt 0 f it. Why it is eo, Tho 8moker
bolstered by tbe back ofachaiiitnraed UannottolL Still it is atari and as he
to th* fioor and forming a* _ inclined I wM drawing thus to theolosa of hi#
plane. Then it is The Smoker most I , mo k e> h 0 fell in the best of humor to
gladly lights his agar, and stretched J examining what is to him decidedly the
at length to imbibe ita fragrance, to | hardest problem to thoroughly solve,
feel its peaceful influence, and to watch h a t h« entire astronomy of Americas
tf>e lazy wreaths of smoke curl grace-1 maidens. This nn# would not do for
folly away. Then it is he mm thing# modest Diana, and yet of all th* ro
of moment and things trivial in the (habitants of the heavens, Diana she
cleareat^n tha least impassioned light. | mo#t resembles. She it a blonde, of
Then it is Tbe Smoker meditate* and I course, and a very beautiful one too,
enjoy# bie cigar. When thos alone, I G f perfect mould. Sbo it is that ie-
h* is least alone. 1 minds Tho Smoker, more than anyone
The other night, white thus watch-1 k e ^a* ever seen, of those lines of Ed-
ing the wreatlms of emoke, and modi-1 watd . Coataworth Pinckney, addree-
tating, Th* Smoker dropped upon the I ^ t ho “Most Beautiful W(
subject of the “Girl# of Americas.” J America.” •
Surely this wa# a delightful theme for I flU Ulll cup to one
thought, thinks tbe reader. Bnt The I or loveliness alone.
Smoker was not entirely siren over to I A woman ot her gentle sc:
SXa .L-too fer J ^JffS^SSTWeett
horn tie demoieliiing ioaoeoc. of tie
fur visions,and hie cigar burnod tool Aniktodljrstarejtegegiven.
.moothly .moked loo oomforteblj o(Si : tiSil ^£^n. ,
fer him to be an enthoaiast, he was [
derided to
now a philosopher. He deride*
taka each girl, and analyze her,
no not harshly at all, hot
.. # He did not reach them all, (
but those that he did, he lays before
reader*, let them guess if they
Her Health 1 and would there
rVere more of soch a frame.
That life might ho all poetry
And weariness a name.’*
The Smoker never looked so hard
. so intently before. When he had
concluded Ids observation ha wat not
old
UX
gerdzyz
melodies kaown only to
of youth.
Walter leaned over the piano
one entranced. Mildred would .
“Do yon remember this?” “Have yon
glossy u
black—another year, at most, and
then she would be quite an old woman,
with hair as *hite as her own grand
mother’s had been!
She—Lizzie Hszledean—an “old
lady,” a gray—no a white-haired wo-
Could ii be possible! Her heart
was yonng as ever! * When she play
ed with little Lizzie on the lawn, at
ball, or batttedoor, and shuttlecock, it
was hard to say which most enjoyed
the game, she or the child of five yean.
She could walk as far and as fast m ia
her girlhood. Bb# could oversee her
household affairs as well as ever. Bnt
the white hair was there before her,
ever repeating ita terrible teeson—
Growing old, growing old!”
It was neatly tea-time. She could
bear little Liazie talking on the lawn,
to ber pet kitten aad bar doll about the
“time lor papa to oome. aad what
would papa bring them when haeame.”
Down-stairs in the kitchen, aad in the
dining-room, below bei
.beard the ring and tial _
Iver and china, and knew that tha
servant was doing her beet to have ev
erything in«
rived.
Yet she sat still before her mirror,
wiping away m tear now aad then, and
ihoking back a sob. Of what bm
vein all the arts of the toilet now?—
How long would Walter love her after
■he was old and gray?
Suddenly there was a wild cry
delight from the Uwa. and Bridget be-
gan to fly to and fro ia her dominions
another old-time song, to which
lawyer seemed to listen wRh ell hi*
“Hark! whet wee that?” aaid he, at
length starting from the piano to lis-
The whistle of the lest city train, I
r,” said Mildred, gltorieg at the
toy watch at her girdle. “My train
will be here in a few minutes. What
SKflrsnBfciS:' ‘
here, Coruin Walter. And
■ay so in her presence,”
ran, approaching the cor
Lizzie had sat alone, b
FOR SALE.
1 hare two horse* for aal^oue tea suds band of ro#M that fastened back her
the other Is a mare. Tbe mnle Is high he- Inm* dark earls.
tend, tew before and all between wttboat a ]?*, w r_
smiling at tha excited child, and talk-
ing to Walter in snehtew,
right^enlj^Srfo’e'ud’ie tbe perf«-
tion of a Parisian walking toilet, with
a fluffy cloud of golden hair shadow
ing her low, white foret
tho bonnotof lace tulle.
Mrs. Hazzledean gazed at the nn-
slcome visitor in *
e recognized her i
Pontifex, of all woi
Mildred Pontifex, the
i yon have
yon
* ’A.**
ifting the dark
took a small
and severed a
There, Lizzie, dear, Til wear that
next my heart fo
raising it to his
Hated her in, and tbe door of their
home closed between them and all the
folly and suffering of the outer world.
Tbe Joys of Youth.
Poets sing of tbe springtime of yonth,
bnt this glad season is not a mere
tion of fancy. It is in human life
what as In nature. There are tbe days
of singing birds and babbling brooks,
then the seasons of ripening, and at
last the harvest of life; with death fol
lowing all. In yonth gayety and frolic
ere as natural as the bndding of the
leavM in spring. They cannot be
checked. Tb* old fathers of New Eng.
land tried it with their bine tews, bnt
tbe youngsters had their stolen frolics,
and went love-making Sundays in spite
of the terrors of the etatnte.
It is quite the proper thing, there
fore, for yonag people to be fail of life
and spirit*. Hearty and wholesome
peasures should be cultivated, for they
not only help develop* a cheerful sprit,
but they gather a fnnd of satisfaction
forth* mature character when it come*,
to ita had work. On* tendency, how
ever, is worth avoidihg. It it that of
turning pleasure into dissipation; of
•Mking in a sort of hot-bod excitement
to force simple enjoyment into rank and
unnatural growth.
The craving for enjoyment of this
* ‘ * ’ ”iofto-da:
who they w ......
Ho drew a long puff of
let it alowly can away. Somehqw it | vision. Somo how, the 8moker frit sad
made a longer stream thkn usual, and I when he saw this, for he saw that *h^
formed itself in a rather tall, decidedly I « u very fond ot admiration, as was
•tender yonng lady in a very tight fit-1 quite natural, and that ahe was equally
ting dress. She - was a brunette,and j powerless to repell it. The ’Smoker
■bowed a littte anxiety aliko tor tha J thoogbt he* saw, white none were
fit and effect of her dress, and a pen-1 seriously and positively disoouraged—
chant for admiration. He saw sever-1 th* utter disappointment and defeat of
al admirers around her, bnt none pin-1 several most in earnest. Thus ft was,
ionel by Cupid's dart,nor did she seem J The Smoker,naturally a little hardliesrt
strong on the intellectual _
and rather prided herself on tbatl And yet white ho was sorry for thorn,
fact. I he knew their fate would be just. None
The Smoker next saw a very pretty ( 0 f those hovering with such anxiety
picture in the shape of a tall, graceful | and devotion could rightly aspire to
With
sort is one of th* evils of to-day. 1
all the other blessing of the 19th
tuTy, its great opportunities for hap-
ploess are in danger of being abased.
Liberty, education, the printing pres
all civilization and Christianity h
won for ns—are in this peril. We
the train to Hv<
tx if the would
had a bad headache
ing on all day—and
she would be best in bed.
Bo tho siren parted from Mrs. Ha-
zlsdesn with a well expressed regret
1 a light perfumery kiss, and Wei-
went with her to the station and
inca to Hyde Park, where he
place her safely
ant friends.
fin the care of expect-
have
won for ns—are in this peril,
like to become superficial and artificial
in pleasure, as in business and social
accomplishments. We stop hastily
over th* smell comfort! end delights,
which might be cultivated to our great
solaoe and benefit.
Th# pleasures of yonth should have
a serious rid*. Not mere trifling, teef-
ing away time, lazy enjoyment of de
lightful things, but a sober cultivation
of what ministers to- solid pleasure,
should be oar aim. It is not the spor-
threnes* of the butterfly that fits on*
for the work of life.
miration; of whteh she received quite a I nw no element in the bright vision
liberal share. The 8moker think* this 1 that made him fear for her sake she
yonng lady very pretty, bnt very con-1 would sometime in either rackleM haste
scions of it, and,it truth be told, some-1 or passion oome down from her throne,
what broods over it. There were eev-| erae to(i by kind nature, and lift some
eral male figures constantly in vtow.| ona Q f these sait or*, and make him
baton*, ia particular, was seen with J happy, at the expense of heraelf.
the reserved seat coupons of five or six | The Smoker was satisfied that
shows in his haads, standing near, and (had done her full duty by this e
he seemed the most in favor. creation, bnt the creature bad not pre-
The Smoker next observed a very ] B8 rved entirely intact tbe perfect a
fine looking, elegant yonng lad^, not | given her. She was gey, ratfc
pretty but handsome and distingue, (gay. She waa bright, aviabte^ood by
Here the smoker derided waj| D atnn»; she had a little inclined to dull
quite a noble character, end destined J these noble qaalittee by presuming too
to make tbe man whom Madame Rn-1 much on her own strength, end upon
mot aays will call for her toon, an ex-1 the infsiior, nay servila character ot
oellent wife. She it toll and stately, I many with whom she might como in con
with light complexion and light hair, (tact.' The Smoker gladly saw that this
a blonde. ) wa* not a complete change, slight i
The'Smoker next saw a petit* hot | unnoticeable by most persons, as it a
bright little figure, with* bright faoe I but simply a tendency that, by the e
and perfect srif-posMsaion. This lit-1 ere iso of tbe splendid will which is here,
tie woman has hair rather dark, bnt j can be checked, and leave the
black, is quite small and quite J almost perfect character as God had
smart, and seems wholly owned by a j formed it. There are great posribili-
devotad ssrain not much her superior I ties for this beautiful character, and if
in size. 1 possible more beautiful person. God
The Smoker looked again and saw a | grant they may beefrfie reaiitiM,thought _
* ’ *’'not quiteUhe Bmoket as he rather impatiently
ender in I hurled the stomp of his eigar into the
figure, with a rosebud month, a coil of | smouldering coals. Then he turned
brown hair, and very pretty brown J uneasily from the position in which be
eyes. She is rather youngei than the j had gazed so long, and concluded that .
rest, bnt not too yonng to be much ad-1 probably the safest pise, and certainly
mired by some of the yonng men, who (the most likely one, would be for him
■how their appreciation of her qualities j to oontinoe to fight if out on the ~line
by frequently calling at the neat little | of single blessedness, and to look alone
house where ahe lives. Her voice I to his cigar for solaoe and coufert. He'
would rather snrpriM yon, being rath-1 thought again of the poor wretches he
er fall for eo small and so yonng a girl had seen doomed to disappointment,
but far from masculine. I and thought what an old hear he him-
Tbe Smoker looked loag at the next Jerif was, and mattered hetwesg hi* I
Nearly an hoar passed before he lift
ed tha latch ot his garden gate once
more.
Glancing up at Lizzie's bedroom
window he sew that it wee dark.
“Poor child! I hope she is sound
asleep by this time,” he said, ee be
halted in the porch to light his last
not asleep,” said a voice
oat of the darkness, so close to him
that it made him start.
■Lizzie, my darling, is this yon?
in bed, my darl-
“I could not go.'
“Bat your head
ting up like this.
have suffered agonies all through this
evening, my love. When I saw yoo
turn eo pel* at the tea table I could
have gone and knocked my own heed
-*in«t the wall.”
“Bat why?** asked Lizzie, surpassed
For being such a stupid brute
to bring home company without kno-
ing whether you were ill or well,” w
tbe reply. “Bnt you see my darling,
I met her unexpectedly on the boat,
and what could I do? To tell the truth
my dear, she invited herself here to tea,
but of course I couldn’t explain that to wom ®“-
you at the bedroom door, while she S. T. Seay, JlalMax C
was standing in the hall below. And dune JO 1884.
Tbe Atlanta Constitution,
n a long article relating to the B.
B. B., of that city, says:
The Blood Balm Company started
otto* year ago with $162.00, bnt to-day
tbe basins** cannot be bought for
$50,000,001
The demand and the satisfaetiongiv-
en is said to be without a parallel, ae
its action is pronounced wonderful.
We are glad to annonnM that oor
druggist s have already secured a sup
ply, and we hope our readers will sop-
ply themeelvM at onoe.
It is said to be the only speedy and
permanent Mood poison remedy offered,
giving entire satisfaction in all casM
i one bottle has been need. Fer
I Disease*, Kidney Trouble*,
Scrofuls, Catarrh, old Ulcers and Skin
Diseases, try one bottle of B. B. B.
inch-21-lm
Sees What the Ladles Say,
Dor* Great Goon.— I have been
using Mexican Female Remedy a
and it hae done me mnch good.
Mrs. Louisa F. Mourns, Gish*, Ye.,
Jane 80. 1884.
Likes rr Splendidly.—My wife has
been using Mexican Female Remedy
and likes it splendidly. Sbo tell* ev
ery one it is a perfect boon to Buffering
m
i, and white ho became thorough-1 teeth,
image, and wl
ly satisfied on some points, it wa# goae -or all sad words of _
before he conld finish his investigation, j The sadds* are three.
She is decidedly plump, if truth mast
be told, a very little^ too mnch to, bnt
oSmiS^Srebeen.'
enough to malm it noticeable. She
is very lively, oonridered joktly, one of
the liveliest in town, very indej-endeut,
caring mostly for her own way, using
very *xpre««iT* language at time*. She
is fond of horseback riding, of ekating
and dancing. She Is more of * bru
nette than a. blonde, and flashes more
intelligence from her eye* than Tbe
Smoker thought on first view. She is
one who ia now lively, and>ln»oet friv
olous, bat capable of great eanmstaM*
aad a laudable application to the du-
tte*. and the responsibilities of life.
Tbe question of moment with her is
whether she wilt fall to appreciate her
power until it is gone. Tho Si
There ie another not unlike the" one
the Smoker aaw lazt^ather her oppo
site in complexion and in hair.bnt very
similar in constitution. With this dif
ference: white the former occasionally
seems to remember her more tuber
tore, the latter it appear# never d-
The smoker candidly admits he Iisn
not seen this figure ss clearly and clo-o-
How lie Struck it Ulch.
Mr. J. B. Franz, proprietor of the
St. James’ Hotel, Mansfield. O.. is la
luck on account of the purchase of a 1
ticket in Tbe Louisiana State Lottery.. *
Several wocka since Mr: Franz, who
plsce and Mr. Franz received a tele
gram notifying him that his whole
ticket had drawn ^6,000 in cash, which
sum is subject to his order.—hfanajicl '
(Ohio) Liberal, Feb. 11.
, IIow to bo llcauti
Ladies, you can be sure <
>u cannot have rosy . *
ear complexion
good health. Dia
beauty. Parker’s l
blood, invigorates tl
all bad bnmore out of t
raakos the plainest i
Tell your husband*. -
ly as his inclination wonld dictate, or
a careful analysis would require. He
maybe mistaken.
The Smoker next nw a little figure
j that had not been ont of his mind for an
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