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THE EASTMAN TIMES •; hursday, dec. 2 :*., l-h H, L. BURCH, K 15 MILNE d ! . ■ E litors an 1 Proprietors. TERMS OF SUBS RJPTTOX: •>»* eopy one year, f-hOO One copy, six •aonth--. - 1.00 One copy, t!ir‘e mouths, 53 Clubs often, *>.. h sub--v'.'.»-r 1.50 Clubs ol five, each subscriber,- 1.75 Orncut Oitus or Doi.-.m Eors'n *mcui. OufiAV t;v Ti;' rWJK Ci, sty. Omciit O.iiiAx T w; or Eastman. OrnciAL Ohi.aT >'wr or ( a; •- ; -r -,v. ___ y. ■■• ,11 i aj.piieri'.ii.- \ ‘ r<>s;).j.i .tike i-.i until ordered out, when tl ■ tii.ie not «!»>.•)tied the copy, and payment <vx »"'.*'taeeo ®illt diogiy. a W' toradv.-,-dying ktr • •■■■■>■■■. • .. Tjirtr or coinax-ivial ldier.-.liiy v. .ii I- Pra-’need towards regular patrons. V n • ———————— NIGHT LITE AND CHAJACT MR. life. li,? Oiv A nio’ leakage r oft oi OteniSj 1 tie tov'ivivln night i . i ps the day forever e^pty. Night k sin's harvest time. More sin and are com uitted in on night t!tm Tlis in all tlvi uays of the week.— is more emphaticallv true in t ie city Anan in the country. The street. lamps, like a file of soldi m with torch in hand, stretch av ,o-in )hV, fang Hnes on either sidewalk; tin EeSattrS^s VnZd ' < ‘ illuminated^ and al s rre hr font '' 1 V illuminated music ui u io sends , fox tints m enchantment; the gay company he ■Ln^ Igin? to gather to the haunts imd i &ns of plot-sure; tb* gambling I are aflame with palatials. len the thoctn the nulls of destruction , are grunt- , Lg health, honor, hrppiness and hope out of a thousand lives. Vi...! I city under the gaslight ' x i N the ; rijtune as under bb Cr- ' ] I Nightlife in our cities is a dark j | problem whose rlep.hs .0,1 ohvveee lanl whirlpools make us start hnck | wil, horror: All niaht too: !•'=» are falling, blood is streaming.- - - Young men, tell me how and where yon spend your evenings, an,’. £ will . write you a chart of your character and final destiny, with blanks .in |eert your names. T it , seems to , me an appro’-riare • , I, It would 111 be: • >^.h-lus Uud'.igbt:” Pt l'conu- I, -irg r beai, what of the night? What P the young men of thecit ng atnight? "VVlio aretheir asso.- ,':es? What are their bad habits? V.hero do they go in and what time do tin y .come out? Policeman, would the ’ night life of young men commend - them to the confidence of their on,- ! ploy era? Would it be to their ! credit? Make a record of tl: ■ nights ; of one week. Put in the morning (papers the names and 1 aunt-; of all young men, their habits • r.d ’latinb, that are the streets for sinful plea - nro. Would there not be shame and confusion? Pome would not dare g to their would n >t di n c somo would leave the city; somo ‘ I would commit suicide. T> Remember, , that , . : young men, m ' , he retina or t All-Seeing .... Eye „ i« ii-re is nothing hid but -J ■ 11 be evealed on tho last clay. Watch - i Kin. WHERE ns XIS<E* IT. T , fep- he wants to,‘and’ lias things happen to him as he expects or ' wishes? If the nove’-of droarnim? ! » fc„..maken j away ' hi v .- woi.abm , d” oo ivorth Ken’s living for. The summit of all ambition is in dreamland, and it is a wise dispensation n-ver’y of [there. Providence that they t However high we climb Unblp an her neak Vor’-iu^ 1 Etahinini? boot-black n.. fv<,m H ‘ leather rti \~nnt wi '• ■ ,vv.;v the , swell W Band, ,ts cleaned. He wants to run the Ritmitx' and when he rer. lies that ® he trete his eve on jbb th< | ' Istore a ac , . an.i . , uys . : f to dream of owning the bar-n tin? rear. The senator sees the preri - t' 4 . l - ... . 4hc;i l he gets there h< looks < v< .tqwrrd Wall street and - - and Huntincrton Y awav un P on ' niother I i l lull; Ml and l when a man gets f nil the money he thinks he wants, t * Pcing Jper editor sitting him. above . him Tl and he down upon m Jlhes iire to ran a newspaper, - he reaches the summit of Lis . , he , , bauxrupt, . , . to ambition, . s an * go. begin all over again again. _ * ' Odv is aa Strong as his appetitV’ 1 ‘ Tins , - w.ij , ..I a tr«.mp c „ c . explains an k bigger pile of viefnabs in a day i ha can sit waoI. ^ . H 71 H VOL XIV PAUL TATE’S ROMANCE. Divorced, Riven Up ’ for Married. Dead, and Again Marries the Same Woman. Truths St. LOO,sGloh.-Denotra The death of Gr.be Tate, at Hen born and raised in this country. Hie father was one of tho perort planters ol ante-bellum ' tract of land he °'V no ' i 1 ™ B f to “’ 111 the moat productive part of tins section, slaves, and, better still, a largo batik acvniut. Gabe 1,»,1 groan in rJi atmi. plicrooE larury until lusmiea wore common. Ho bail bacn no c^loBWl to baring Ui. own nay rod t„ I ::vo ovary want Vhon <!ivi.ie.l Viwen him an.l bia sister, Mre. Dr. T . ,T. T A. , Hardmg, TT who , had , , to the home of her husband ni u^rson coun^, now a part of L'ai.sn.i,, nvy. .hero la iis > ., isa Annie Shotwell, the daughter of ^ A. L. Shotwell « gentleman ™ ™ d ^ er ways. His steam interest was second to Ms landed estate, and hie merchant’s business but barely outstripping his mining ^ rights. The vast coal fields of countv, >’ now owned by / Brown & , 01 • > 1 t * Uol,ar o C< - J Vt ' cr " ‘ m Mi-bviauaily. At that tune (^3) tnero were only two coal rnv.i^ operated on the Ohio river pi burgh, Pa., snd the one - - in ' u ’ r nd a<ul j the ac Shot toJot ’•? ‘d mines m Lmon county. evlmustlcss is the supply of 5 '"1 »nd : -superior the quality that railroad has just lieen completed H- f V'V "V f ftb * ; ; " Vj ' It i 3 seen f-nn t’u ^ v • , „ wth \ f, th^fort^s^b ,ua0 ™ on ^Vr ,'T, | . ‘ gl J V Mrs'lMe A ! ™ n f Mr. anu m 1 ,trs. 1 ah w nt to the ohotv ell mines, where , , »f „ a thousand , . " ' W . ' For >^rsl my Inred al , the mums, • and 1 ; . Mr Tate l ' , ' ' *0 this day T, - ju.bl.c 1; do no know t.ie cause. Sur v-Uos were plentiful, but no knmvl &1ge nf 11,0 cause was ever had. It . f* tnat was of suuul ™ importance, was ?™ e ’ for his wife was rich. Sometime after Mr. Tate . homo, Mrs. Tata procured a and shortly afterwards married 8am Churchill, a prosperous planter, who live;! near the mines, and with ? hom Bh ? 7“ ttC ?" llI,lte ? duri .j ia ci died and left ,'d ’ h ‘ s va ^ 09 nt9 4o (!ab f. an ‘J hl f 6 13 ' ter. litign late, another bachelor . uncle, , died .. , and added Ins tor soon t’ine to that of his brother Andrew f .r the benefit of his nephew and niece. No t long ai u-r that, Miss Nancy date died, and left her increased fortune from her own right and un A' ,n! r ’ , ;' t 111 tbo estates or U ' V *’ re f’' ar ‘ d ' !Uf?4) ’ 4 ° 4,rt ' e and his sister. - ; oiwithstanding the fact that con gi(] - a ble advertising had been done • , lierea , , " l au0 '■ J f ; Un no y' in 8 a 0i ,0 ^ ,m s L 1 ‘ ' u " ’ ‘ L ' * ^ ^ he was suspeeted to be , . , . - ,.. na ' v ;U1 °’ 4l -’ nild re< l n " :: ' ,ed to rp ‘ ni n - b iving home he found himself a wife to send the children to him at T ll “ , l as be , Y 9 * bl . + i “ ‘ - a bhe children. . Shortly aftowanl a . ..i.ui V.. 7 y“.. Hm dpr-n-J * j 1 ,' linb«r,il and ; ft , uvorce was 0 • lo ime yroman who had procured a ° y Atlanta . , has a . kerosene 'iti drunkard who driu^ half a gallon of oil a ----- One morsel is as good ns another wh n y onr m nth is oat of its nut : * During n - TT- lata snow-storm ~ at ... a do&> t; a L, a tia n w is in town to sell a load of watermelons. v.-«r G‘Y if about and treas nre 1-. contains the secret of the uni %er-»e. The common plaeee of s ith : i;v the f «>d i: .,on Hii: h our EASTMAX, G IWUIA, T XX r BILL NYE’S BOYHOOD. lie Ilecslls YVith Sadness the Jnveulle l’ains and Pleasnres of Youth. m If I were a wUdpa^ion boy again, endowed 6f 1 . , , . . . , JjjjLV » did before; * hut 1 oolong hWev^ve wo d;e th > W tare e^Yeneo judgment of manhood ‘tilt ^ na .l rheumatism b t So it is better tlrnt in - “* ,an , « m»y 1 , bejp ol' ,, 1 ‘A' 1 to * . ‘"i'' : "n.,. .mg ,, 1 1.1 1 change .■ notice a groat le co “™, my i ,,v f’ u Uon ''‘' :l ,uU0 SV*"" •“> • 1 hen I ha, . n.o sense, bull bad o good %^ digestion. Xow I haven t “ n ^ havfl caTort - ed owr my ny hoBll nntil they have worn it smooth but they have ^ j Jeal for me to loan , I am engaged in Learning during the day * and ^ putting ° arnica ou my Childilo ^ ig said to be the most ponod m . our hves .. and , “ 8Om0 tins s atement may not nil joy. I ™ have r f had lblo just > f but as much l4 19 f m i n late years as I did m boy ’ though the ^ people with whom we ayp lwn in COIltact daim {hat tbfiir exp9rienc8 has fceon difforent I hope they do not ' - anything personal by . that re k j do sometimes wish I could be a b again> but , smothor that wish ()U accouut of mv pare nts. What they need most is rest and change f but *T* ^ d hke a chance to se ** the corljren with whom they f 8 "? 8 ^ ' W T ^«tltul little taree01 whom grow up and ’* V f c,ma 50t ‘ au, ° fltlu ^ 1 inn iu that condition mysolfc 1 vvas eldest „i, 7 oa + or u,„ tuo raimiv, vifhtbeev vutn t.ie ex P nm' Rtill that way. My early ,,, life was ri llier tempestuous in places, occasionally 7 k d ‘me, but n r< frequently , with • , retribution. 1 was a vftry good roadster when y 0U12 g j and so retribution was most uh ;. ay8 in the acto f overtaking me. qUhile outraged justice was getting in its work on me, the other boys esCR p ed through a small aperture iu tho wail. HOOP SNAKES. Lhe scientific editor of the Phil ade i p hi a News that thero is no such rept ile aa the hoop snake. He is certainly mistaken. That the snake ra i ,e . cannot be denied, but that il « : isa 5 :;i dfact > and it g®< its naine f rom the habit of forming itself into the shape of a hoop when aiarmea. The hoop snake has been frequent iepUfos abouliXanTvvhile there is no authenticated case of <dea qj 1 f ro m its bite, yet it is greatly f eare d by the natives, and especial n. #h A n<w .np« It i a alleged that the snake carries its poison in a sac located near the eu d of the tail, and when alarmed u f Dron > 0 tl v reaches for the ot d destruction, ---uction thus thus forming torming a a ven- veri hoop. Stories of its locomo tion in this shape are exaggerato d, but there is little c* no doubt of the existence of the hoop B is considered d Uy,a the popular belief where it exists j a that its poison will blight a tree. -------------- TH* TOOK CANDIDA IE. — “ Ah » 8°°d fnend,” ^remarked affable stranger as he alighted nnd warmly shook the hand of an ; _t Y farmer \ ’ “I am irlad to meet OU ' You have a nice place i here, i good buildings, Z,i.th.wife«aii»: and a well cultiva f „ rl0 . t]« ones?” bb’ * ~ Tole rble. - , „ “Glad to hear it. By the way, ^ gnoozenbe j Me you have , . , J , . ,, your house, and— “Are you a lig*htnin’ rod agent?” cried the old man with a look of re b - fl f „ “les, v sir. “Gimme yer hand agin, then— thank goodness it’s no worse. Come at first that you was another can ,Udate for some county office!” — The latest pronunciation of matri- V GRANDMOTHER AS PlLiAVtOD. ,#Y>t ^t-—-*9.. Hi * One of the Slr»m-es1 of the Strajnre SKqVWS That Cross tiny Or n. — ■ « ap e'll— _ m P -,' , '® . at i>lo)-. ffUe tWi.sonefP,«nU living * busbaml of ti*Jr.tter. *' f ^ 7 ° T* ? *°? viUagf ' ' Wftive J!' fct ynth . aln J her dt0 J*' 1 r anil her l ^^,,,.£ sons Tilio 00 . bml lallou into bar (lotngo, toTto wa* believeil ^ a » in the neighborhood. XJie imfiotment, however, insie ^ „ ns 1)ol 90 Im „, h droadthey ... folt . ,, at . , her superna , ural . P° ve ? f? tI,e *?,«?\'\ ^ ( \ ° f *" ' r ' ‘‘ ' °“ 4 1,41 of last -j lier 10 ^ T V fc T i tT the effect that on his wffe, his h^er-m-iaw mg to tlieir cottage ^nd homo lumsolf from return- tlveir daily work ^tbefields, theyllfemr tho mother had fttlIeu iato the fire during their absence, and had been a]m0Rtlmracd 1 .. ,, ... . . ., * ' ^ m'/'tbf'Tel l°f ^ 1^° the ^ “ r ! ka 1 f a f tlieoldwo “ &n l dl lf ' n U ^ « harred on * the hearth, the balance of the form . { } uay.i„b.ea a * d ' ca i t ™i ucod to ashes, tuni.i .m * <> ™ Pet ° n<l ah ^ff of ^>’ efufi 0jU ’ the g^nddaugliter of tim . wll ° been no eye¬ witness of the crime, stated that the P*— »U W*n tho wi.low L„ Qnk of her bfld put her upcm Uw 8r0i a3 ,l hoM bore „„til ,ho w„ B dead. Before being put on fire the wretched old creature’s clothes had 1)eon (lrejlc}lod with petroIf , um . TJj0 defenR8 8ot up ia the extra . ordinary ; v one tlrnt the prisoners 1 were taeiuatou by motives . ot cupidity, .,. 11( t,,,* i,„ Y supeu ™™ntHtimi itn 1 , BnliAvinfrfh»ir .....ingtneii to be a witch. After tho 1 . ^ { \ ti on of the ^ crime her two tesand „ r ,, ;i 1 f n great excitement to the , j ^ ^t t,. ea toJ 0 ] him hlm to 4l) hear their confession. A BEAUTIFUL LESSON. Five hundred years ago there was living in Italy a great poet of the name of Petrarch. There came on a great trial in court; a number of pvople h.ui to. , . and i give vvuuc. s, they all had to take oath before do ing ni, bo. Petrarch came to bear wit but they said of him, “You need not make him take oath; he will be sure to tell the truth.” So they did not make him take oath, because everybody knew how true j lc was SYiiriO-JS OF LUNACY. ‘ ‘f>? yoU ai '° Ktlii on tlia lnvahd lis t “Alas, yes, and I have taken gal Ions of medicine.” T Laaf'summer j v0 I T triod tried everything.— sea-bathing, ““ifo'wonder ^you arofo°bad’health after going through salt and tery.” the awful | Aud then as trutn dawned upon them, they botli lnto laughter and fled from tll8 scene. HE LEFTIUSTILY. Suitor—“Mr. Boggs, I have evhie Boggs “ YY hen do you wart her ? ? ?, nce ‘ I do jtot want wait o 1 1 T *2 W “ | { a11 it that , " Y belongs Y to her, too. “Ofeours-- Everything that per tains tp her is sacred to me. “A. 1 right. Here are her bills ' Mdhner, S97; dressmaker, $2kd- vanished. _ ! —But the suitor had TH« tobict csMHiora. W. D. Suit, Dru T . nt, . Bippu T - .bans, testifies: 1 can recommend ; Electric Bitter* as the very best rem* cf.y Every bottle »o.u has given re net in every case. One man took six tism of tm years standing. Abra ham IGrc druggist, BeHv« He, Ohio, a fm*: -Hie best scll.n I have ever hardl«I way ex^lence..'EleetneRaters sands of others have added thwtes timocy, so that the verdict is “?“* se*iMJ3 of tbe Li^cr. Ikidnejy s 01 the Henman’s drug store, Eastman, Ga. Ween girl ---*--. talks about “two atriugs a to beao,” doea.abe mean bis suepena- WILLIAM M AI * \mf all on Amount of the lloi m Snow. # i » , 1 my, not calm and serene by no We are passing though th t ^ there wastt light in the. win dow for rat ,aiKleo 1 endured it with resignation and hope. Domestic «te«rf«r fire Boon thaw we talked about the indv^nr and aeon its myriads of falling fft-m tlm windows auti the eluldi»n were happy. Hut 1 am an old coon about such things now, and wish I Had Aladdin’s lamp to lift us all up'and set us down m Florida for a,season. The fun is all over and the uort-lty too. Sun¬ day morning 1 waited patiently for John. John makes ilia tiros, but John did not come to lime. Ho lives half a milo away, and when 1 arose anti looked out upon the free of nature, 1 saw tin t the beautiful snow was deep, very deep, and it occurred to me that John was snowed under and was nut coming, l’hc wood ami the lightvvood was in the wpodbouse and the drift was two feet deep midway, and so 1 had to wade out for the fuel 1 think there was less fun in it than most anything 1 ever undertook; but in course of time 1 got a good fire made, and was happy. There was no iightwood split, ami no ax; John had carried tho ax home with him, the improvident scamp. Strange to say, 1 found the long-handled shovel where it belonged, and 1 be¬ gan to use it. 1 worked hard aud fast sqovelling the beautiful snow out of the pathway 1 to the wood* house, and oft the , steps, and out of tlie back piazza down to the lot | gate, and from there to the stable gate, and from there to the corn crib; and so forth and so ou. Not a fgate or a door could be opened until 1 had cleared a way, and my feet wore all wet and cold, and my upper story all hot and tired, and 1 had to go the house and hunt uu old shoes and dry socks, and re ceivQ a big lot of—dome: tic sym- j , pat by. A good breakfast and hot 1 eofi-orestoreama, and sol tackled *' '' 1111 ! -'fi ‘ 1,0w »g »m and , ni'eli- , a walk to tlio spring, and t’-eu fed thestock, and every few moments 1 looked up tho road for John. In course of time 1 got everything 1,00,1 , , . , , b> . , lie done, , aud , was almost glad that 1 bad nobody to heI b ,ae ' Wimt a conafor4 there ia in the reaction after you have done a w ,r . ( , 1 , Y r f ,, on ni,1< , 1 1 ° ■ pnsi ‘ r i418 to do a thin S wlipn >' ou know V°u have got it to do, and ; 19 »o sabstitut. to c aJ1 -J AI1 d D’ I ^ nmnly and h ™ est n « 1 tho bl « llicko [V I «Scks of wood upon my patriarch al shoulder and waddled carefully and slowly up the steps andreplon iKhed the genial fires. I got only one fall, and tho big. stick went rolling one way and 1 went another. Tho house shook with tho shock, and my female family thought it was an earthquake and ran toth' rescue, but 1 rallied to my/ rit ’ and showed them what ye** meant by the survival of deu^od® the finest. There ig no inocnons inocui ^ «bout me when trouble cc** !P “. about half ,ld that v ankle an hour 1 fo» ray was spraineyi . , ft 8n nd d 1 l could cornu not no. looomote i cot < antl^can to look up the road for Jp&n. They bathed the swollen nt witb kerosene and camphor and mustang, and 1 grunted pretty sharply and got better. I do love to grant end take on. It does me ! BB mnch good w It doee children to | erv, *’ and I always did believe in leF tl ting chiiarcn chiMr , n cry cry when wnen they uiey - hurt. It is the best sort of rnedi cine. .lav Kundav ’ Monday and . there was no. a track in t j lft big road—not a aonl went by ! Thar*. um« ltd . 1 not ' last . long, for . ’ the , hun» , j ter;J r&boit8 3oa i ( j no t Rowland travel any tried better it, than but J tljft . 1){ . aoon MX mto iieid a golly that and was ! deepor than bis in snow, ,, ^ r . w ;m. ... ; ron Rad it WR8 sixteen inches | Tim like <J it b jn this generation, and I hope will never be again. Enongta of a ___, „ ’* cannot 'm, inv where M * wife said the lard was ap to ne,gF>o, n*qo iy to come ar.d mile uuu»«iJ neighbor e nm. rx a quarter of a to Freeman's, and 1 am a duck*logged fatal! supply. “Bend who? 1 [fo 1 [r.iini me d ,nc j |>; t iiivasaUfi'einiuisJ ; H- ‘'111', iTM _ niio m m| l><r . W ; if scar.et stoekinip B:’ Bee was kiiittig for lVarlie, amt let plcti ey» with s vvan.lji the (Lt to the sunlight, hills now gol- she ) . r as divamingly ofyeuA \wnt back over the long stretch Intervening. 'Let nil? sod it is 00 years anti over, for 1 was duuing on 15 years and Susie nas tfe years older. Susie was an oipjriiw with seven brothers and sisters vlh« had found places among ivftfthes and friends; living with Wcviuoifh Brewster, her cousin l‘auline's I,u-viand, who was a roer* chant nt Lunt Rock. She was a quiet ami capable girl, and they sat great hail store bv her. Her sister Sallie in a mod duria f the summer and gone to housekeei ig oyer in Massacliu* setts, anti Susie had been longing to go an 1 sc her for quite a while. So when it came a slack spell on the farm, late in m plumber, Weymouth told Susie she could lake Bluelicr—ft great roan’ horse - and go over to her sixer’s one day and come back the text. ‘Snsdo was wild with delight, as she I’uMqyei' along to got me to come and help «vith the work during her ab¬ sence. Skodid look sweet, to be sure, ns she c.vuo out with her batiste dress of sort, silvery gray, her jaunty velvet hat turned up to show tho pearl siniu lining, with its ostrich plumes nodding in lh>v wind. You see that lint was butight, on purpose for her in new York when Weymouth went after goods. There was not an* other in town to compare with it. 'Well, the hired man hel l the horse while Weymouth helped her on, and she went oil down the road while we were calling out good bye to her.-— T he women in those days rode most,, l.v mi horseback when they went any¬ where, and Susie went on hiq pv as a bird, 1111 nl she got over the stule line, when her ear cam-lit the sound of drums and fifes, anti her horse began going as if lie tveie walking on eggs. Then she remembered all at once thafl- it ill wns general training day over in assacli it setts. ‘Her horse had boon owned by an oillcor of the troopers for several year#, and always stepped ii time to music.. Shonow spied the fuoiit on a erohs street ll they making for the inaiu Street. would only, pas* be lor -she muclied tht-m, she now lioped ho that her ho se Would not overtake them, hut he heard iho martfiil muA sic, and as though tho s weet elixf?* had Idled all his vein**wftU Uft*» he pricked the up hi sear.* and aweyt’on like overwileltiling leap id'a - atarnct, to join them. Og he vvout, never at~ ti-mpUh » to pause at the rear of tho glittering column; on past the lu'rny. of men silting ho proudly within tlieir saddles, on, to tho very front, and there, beside the tail form of thi^ ,, dimt eapuln. ho tried to HuJ| bne ml ,.w..p on to • pil ing cn*t.^| all ..... | i, : ,v. hi ; a Ion; T.r.r i _nj ! whit eouhjJ to^ lor a m merit norii an.I nw, allow her fl eU of i/hi. Tucre -nail . Oil Mill •• t illlll wM i i ■ i i«y u III :i . a ll old MS I luuiritiL yet terriblyv women. When Capta ' 1(MV terribly Inglitiaiw tr#^!! *f«y **», ,0^^2152 “»'• Hint, try if a cd to say Sm bV^ W f wt Z ‘He tidily «- “' :u saw 7,', Z . kfi l ‘“ft! looking mwi: and more; u lam (iir.Tlly a bri Jit thought respectfully; came lo him, and he said, very ‘.Miss; il* you arc willing, I will ex change |»or ,-ess with you, a* mine I atn using for tin- first limo in Uiih way, and he has not become no attached to itrtrtial , ni | h i c yours,’ And, liel[)ing tho young lady oir, and cxclmr giug #ad dba, lie inquired her name and place of le.-idcnee that he might erne and exchange ‘Well, them again, .Susie went on and had her visit out. We all wondered a great deal when she came back on her Ht range horse, yet she never tried to eniiahten us any. Weymouth said, -Susie made a very good bargain in trading horses, and any of them are ( i ih P «)mu.I if she does as well e very time,’ i_. ‘But the next day when the hand* Mmib captain came driving up and** * W( . 811VV Susie’s blushes, we knew j»*t aH we q tj OW would end as we did p,,, ile xt .May, when wesaw her stand U[) [, e8 i de t |, e captain in the little church, while tho solemn words were said which made them one. ‘Ye j , i was one of the bridesmaids, ar.d wore a siik dress for the first time W Gl, ( qitain lbvw took her to a mun» year# aiterwaids, *1 nevei had uooums.’ That was her first rid**, but notthn last. mi qr or i.*w at everv eeneral training, .....tfil Uie oul j da sweet wife just aa they ha . UJ . t Uj( . WuV llH . v vvoul I caecr 1 Aui] llhi tlie thonH.t ot 1 saw ho.se that looked bk clier.’ —(final Cheer. An Illinois editor defines.a ‘ ^ ; te the^tea J“«Wt amount of oths _ er people s moae>. n A woman always lefts a secret to' | f one because she is afraid she ■ . v . lt w> ffb H()U1 of PeafieWf Gi> ., ; • . . = , , k ' every day, add rea Is without spec * laclcs. • ■Bin go to tic U will tuko^a £3* it IS Wo 1 iNe lunn’s folks ”,o«Pfr<»f sugar ..ud lie rigged up a steigli and c ime down, luid we swapped sugar for lard, nnti lie brought it down. His two big mules could hardly pull the sleigh down grade. 1 triedit with a bug¬ gy, and the wheels got solid and then got oval amt one-sided, ami twisted ,»nd wobbled eyery way, and we hart hk&d to have not got homo again. YY * 11 , the next dr„ ? 1 waded up to Howland's and borrowed an ax ltm | shovel, ami shoveled tho tirM from olf the woodpile anti cut somo Wood j and some liglitwood, and about the time l got through and was blow¬ ing for wind, 1 looked up the road and saw John coming with my uxe 011 his shoulder. 1 thought first 1 would get my gun and shoot him, but I d-d not. lmt has baen the matter, John,'' said 1. ‘Have yon been sick?’ ‘No sir, 1 ain't been sick, but 1 lias had do wor-t pains; de worst pains in my head and my back and jints to be sure, to be sure. I tried to get here Sunday inoruiu ; but 1 caved in fore ! got 50 yards, 1 did sure. No 1 ain't been t ick, but sieh pains, sick pains. I know you would want dis hero ax. Let 1 lowed you would got along pome how. 1 knowed if any limn could get along you could, and J tolo my old oman you is do shiftiest man 1 eber seed iu all my lit* and de best one.’ The for old sly coon iluttory know my weak* ness a little and so ho laid it on thick. Well, wo know now ivlmt they mean up north w hen they say ‘‘snowed muter.’ but wo do not fix up for it like they do. Our bilks would )-■ i ' or freon i if tho [ik« of this woul l lust n inontli. Nut halt of our pe i; Io ke q> & smoke* | UH1Sf , tik( > they did before tho w ,v, \Ve kill a hog at a time atonr hoimo. When wo want a cured ham wo buy one. That iu not farmer like, but we do it. Wo sell our wheat and buy flour, and so when provisions get out aud we cannot send to town we are in a bad fix. The town is in a bad fix too; for they get out of wood sometimes and freeze hi.— There arc poor folks in t low wo I are burn " ■ p d.n ^ old ; plank mid hovering over a mighty ! little fire. There are lots of tolks j wuo need u gm rdiait to oni.o i lem : ft !‘ , , ‘‘ 11 h 1 til u I. I will 1 li • I hoi mild( , „|,.j 1. ,<i.- nnotli *r s, -ll like thin, se> if 1 don’t. This suu ny south will have t > change its n (UUR before lo- •. 1 reckon it is {!>« Yankees mov-ngdown here and bringing tlieir Id,z airds with them. Hut we We'killed are all right now at our house. u fat shoto this make nliojit half ol If™ it into aau^.'ige mout. YY-e can kill a sheep or a yearling when Mims we wnni one, beat and 1 Mrs (Sicily cannot bo ou big hominy. H;> let the beautiful »»mv prevail ^ « ufen tlle rord i w.ll he awful - j' h( . very time that the roan, ought be theJaftt »r«. tin v ''V and it is all owing to W’-** '. u '" ( The system of ro«‘d-w<u'k j 'M. ',q 1 llayri no at mg and shovel for u d ,y or 11 ud cnd 11 d(Jll °. j xh* down to Millc-tgcvilto laet ^k, tint goo I ohl town of memo* mumoriu the old time - llonore(1 capital, wl-cre the great statesmen of antebellum days were wont to congregate, it is classic and consecrated ground. My memory went back to tlm days of Troup and Clark, and the Crawfords, and John Forsyth and Berrien, who were stars of the first magnitude, and whom Georgians will never'forget. 1 hen 1 came along down the corridors ol time to their peer* of another genef alien whom i person ally knew and revered. Twenty-fine years ngo I tlieir met them counsel there, in for an we effort had to ealle recon* 1 for j struct *ur shattered commonwealth, T here was Jenkir.s and Cobh, atnl j^eek Btcpiiens and his brother Lin* tea, and 1 >omb hel J ilmson. an I no v they a« ,ioa 1, all Go kI. Hie State House has lmm € „ nvi . n , t lnU , a colli -a, and in fact than any other college in the state. Gen. D. IL H as an educator and disciplinarian la* - already pi iced this institution among tae ib-st in the state. He wear* well not seen him for 23years ....... and Uo n**f had ..... no b| e record has his been ulnae the war . Would that oil our brave gem e , aU had such an one. The old MeComt) House is still in that its walls have heard wh lory could be written. Great men ng. there-.ll the great a a ft -- tion, and there was strategy aud wit, and anecdote . 4 n<l <-1 iwhh ace nn*urDa«8od. But Milledgevilte is neither dead or asleep. She is enjoying a quiet. her pc .pie are . Am and a . cue A )|tJtu . r n« t lo in i an Vputati«a. i that alone will give #t'»wa a r Jun Ahv.