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Speak Gently.
Speak gently; it is better far
To rule by love than lear.
Speak gently; let no harsh word mar
The good we might do here.
Speak gently; love doth whisper low
The vows that true hearts bind;
And gently friendship’s accents flow—
Affection’s voice is kind.
Speak gently to the lit le child,
Its love be sure to gain;
Teach it in accents soft and mild—
It may not long remain.
Speak gently to the young, for they
Will have enough to bear;
Pass through this life as best they may,
’Tis full of anxious care.
Speak gently to the aged one,
Grieve not the care-worn heart;
The sands of life are nearly run—
Let such in peace dapart.
Speak gently, kindly, to the poor,
Let no harsh tones be heard,
They have enough they must endure
Without an unkind word.
Speak gently to the erring know
They might have toiled in vain;
Perchance unkindness made them so
Oh, win them back again.
Speak gently—He who gave his life
To bend man’s stubborn will'
When elements were in fierce strife
Said to them “Peace, be still.”
Speak gently; ’|is a little thing
Dropped in the heart’s deep well;
The good, the joy, that it may bring,
Eternity shall tell.
WAS SHE UNWOMANLY?
“Edna Farleigb, you are crazy! I
nevi r heard of such a thing in all my
life. I’m —I’m” Mrs. Horton stop
ped for want of words to express her
feelings.
Edna smiled, but she stitched away
quietly, as she replied:
“I knew you would be surprised,
auntie, but 1 think a moment’s re
flection will convince you that it is
the wisest plan. I have but SIOO in
the world and the furniture that was
left from the sale. It isn’t much, but
with a few inexpensive additions it
will furnish the cottage. Dr. Gray
approved my plans, and he will rent
me the place very reasonably. The
grounds are planted witu fruit trees,
currants, strawberry, blackberry,
raspberry, and grape vines, and al
though they have been neglected,
careful pruning and training will re
store them, and they will amply re
pay it in fruit Katy w.ll stay with
me, and there is Widow Mirks’son
a strong willing fellow, whom I can
hire ”
“Good gracious, Edna ! To think
of hiring a man, the most improper
thing of all. What will people say ?”
and Mrs. Horton sank back upon the
sofa completely ov rooms.
Edna answered coolly, as she kept
on with her work:
“I have as good a right to hire a
man to help me as Dr. Gray a single
man has to keep a housekeeper. As
for the people, I don’t care in the
least for what they may say.”
“But there is your sewing machine
Edna, It would be so much more
womaly for you to earn your living by
sewing, since you are determined to |
be independent ; and as far as a home I
is concerned, you are welcome to
stay with me as long as you live. Be
side”—here Mrs. Horton hesitated an
instant — “there is Thorpe Clifford; I
do not think you are, as you say,
obliged to take this extraordinary
step. You will pardon me, Edna,
* but I think it very strong minded and
unwomanly ’’
Edna did not answer immediately
She was thinkii g how bright and
happy everything looked a month
ago, when her father was living, and
she had hardly given the future a
thought. And then when her father
died suddenly, and his ass dre came
to be looked into, it was found that
he was deeply in debt and his house
was sacrificed to liquidate it. She
was entirely alone then, but her aunt
at once brought her with the few
things that were saved from the
wreck to her own home.
“Thank you fur you offer aunt.”
she said, at las; “but Ido not wish
to be dependent, and I could earn
but a poor living with a sewing ma
chine. As for Thorpe Clifford, Ido
not love him and the woman who
would marry a man simply to gain a
home, would be both wicked and
worldly. I will prove to you, Aunt,
that I am not unwomanly enough to
do that."
She spoke with energy and spirit
and Mrs. Horton watching her reso
lute face and the determined light in
her eyes, was silent a moment from
. sheer amazement. She never had
understood her neice, and she was
farther from doing so new than ever
before. Os course if Edna determin
ed to unsex herself, she had the
privilege of doing so, but Mrs. Hor
ton could not relinquish her attempt
to dissuade her without another ef
fort.
Edna, have you forgotten Leslie
Holmes? What do you suppose he
will think when he hears of this.” she
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Edna bent a trifle lower over hi r
work ns Mrs. Horton suoke, and her
thoughts sped - to Leslie Holmes
seeking his fortune in fy r aw iy Cali
fornia. Forgotten him '? As if she
cou d ever forget Leslie, who had
been her chosen friend since child
hood. They were not engaged but
Edna thought they understood each
other,and they had corresponded du
ring the two years he had been ab
sent,
“If Leslie is the man 1 believe him
to be, he will think no less of me; and
if he is not, it does not matter what
he thinks.’’
Then she threw aside her work
ar ! went to feeding Chirp, her pet
canary, while Mrs. Horton sighed
till her spectacles nearly dropped off
over Edna’s foolishness.
******
It was a pretty place that Edna
had chosen; and Edna herself in a
ruffled dress of pink perctil, standing
under the arbor and glancing across
the grounds just completed the pic
ture. For she had been fairly set
tled in her cottage now for six weeks
and it was with no J’ttJe pride that
she looked about her. The neglect
ed trees had been trimmed into a
neat shape, and now were a gorgeous
mass of pink blossoms. The vines
had been pruned also, and trimmed
up, where they were growing finely,
and giving great promise of fruit the
present season. A largo plat of neg
lected strawberries had been careful
ly cleaned out, with plants left at the
proper distances, and the whole top
dressed with fine compost. Toe bal
ance of the garden was most promis
ing. Lettuce, peas, onions, aspara
gus—and in fact everything in the
line of garden fruit and vegetables,
were in a thriving condition.
John Marks had proved an invalu
able assistant, and Edna’s time was
fully employed in overseeing the
work, and planning for future opera
tions. Katy was with her and had
the full care of the indoor work.
Edna had not been permitte i to
choose her mode of life unmolested.
People had advised, sneered and ex
claimed according to their various
ways of viewing the matter. But
Edna had coolly ignored them all
and kepi resolutely on seeing which
many of her friends quietly gave her
the cold shoulder. Dr. Gray and
Thorpe Ciifford were not among
them. True and steadfast they stood
by her and their friendship had
smoothed many difficulties from her
path. She had written to Leslie
Holmes in answer to one of his let
ters, and in it she had told him of
the change in her worldly affairs and
what she had concluded to do. Since
that time she had heard no word
from him. He had always answered
her letters punctually before, and
somehow she felt as though her
strong miudedness as Mrs. Horton
called it bad something to do with
his silence.
With a last glance over the garden
she turned to enter the sitting room
where chirp was singing his sweetest
songs and among the flowers in the
window, when she was arrested by
Dr. Gray’s voice.
“Viewing your work, eb?” ho said,
stopping beside her and casting a
glance around. ‘“You came, you saw,
and you conquered, Madame Edna.
Really, I didn’t think it was possible
to work such a transformation as
you have accomplished here.”
“I am glad you like the looks of it.
Dr. Gray. Without your counsel
and help, I am afraid I should have
had poor success. If men would ac
cord women more of such friendship
as you have me, we would have a
better world than we do.”
Dr Gray looked away off where
the hills and the horizon met, and a
still farther away look in hie eyes,
and. said:
“i never was much of a lady’s man,
Edna, ’ slowly and deliberately, “but
I have trotted you on my knee many
a time years and years ago, and it is
nothing more than natural that I
should take an interest in you now.
Have you heard from Leslie yet?"
It was the doctor’s way to jump
from one subject to another, and the
abrupt question did not suprise
Eana.
“No: it has been seven weeks since
I heard from him. j wrote him
when I removed here, informing him
of my intended project, but have not
received an answer yet.-’
The doctor meditated, but said no
more on the subject, and after a stay
of half an hour ho took his leave.
“It looks a little suspicious, and
yet I don’t hardly believe it,” tie so
liloquized, as he went down the path.
“I don’t like to be mistaken when I
form an opinion of any one, and if
Leslie Holmes throws E Ina over be
cause of her go-ahead a -tiveness, I
shall lie, and he wiii deserve to be
kicked,” and the doctor stepped a lit
tle brisker, as if he would find pleas
are in administering t he punishment,
should it be necessary. “She’s got
the true grit,’’ meditatively, ‘'and
she’s bound to go ahead and win
She’s a sensible girl, a remarkably
sensible girl, and ain't afraid to soil
her fingers to gain an honest living.
If Leslie marries her Lt will get a
prize.”
With this the ductor climbed into
his buggy and disappeared down the
road in a cloud of dust.
******
“What shall I de., E Ina? Every
1 dollar is gone—even the roof over
i my head is not my own ’
“All gone, auntie? It seems as
i though something must be left.”
i “No; everything is swept away. It
j was all entrusted to Ackron, my bus
iness Agent, and he speculated large
. ly and lost, and Las left the country.
! The debts had tube paid,o*’ COUISe,
- anti it took the last dollar in the
I world,’” and Mrs Horton sighed au
dibly behind her handkerchief.
Edna sat silently thinking It was
now a yeas since she had moved into
her cottage, and she had been suc
cessful in her enterprise beyond her
most sanguine expectations. Sue
wt 8 not looking quite as well as when
we saw her last; a trifle thinner and
a trill 3 paler. lut that was all, 1
“Ant Helen,” she said, lucking up
after a moment’s thought, “you can
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come here. I have much better fa
cilities thia season for raising fiuitand
Vegetables than I had last, and with-
Ihe ready market that is always here
I ahull have no difficulty in support
ing us both. ’
Oh, Edna I shall be so glad, so
thankful, too!”
So it was settled. And Mrs. Hor
ton, with a great deal of respect and
admiration, which almost amounted
to awe, for her niece, which bad bien
growing steadily as her scheme pro
gressed, took up her abode at Edna’s
cottage; and Mr. Ciffi’ord set about
an investigation to see if any of the
property could be regained. Clifford
was an able lawyer, and the result
was that in two months time Mrs.
Horton found herself possessed of
her home and sufficient of the lost
property to enable her to live at case
once more.
And Edna? Despite her success,
despite her “strong-mindedness,’'
there was more loneliness in her
heart than she woi’dd have cared to
own, as she stood alone on the moon
lighted, vine-wreathed piazza the
uigbt after her aunt had returned
to her home. For in the fifteen
months that had passed since she be
gan her new life, she had heard no
word from Leslie Holmes. She felt
a little bitter at times, and a little
scornful also, as slowly and reluc
tantly the unpleasant fact ’hat it had
been as she half feared, forced itself
upon Lar mind.
“I wonder,” she thought, “if he is
like other men, who preach up wo
manly independence and usefulness,
and then as soon as a woman puts
her pet theory into practice, turns in
disgust from her “strong minded
ness.” If he is a man he will honor
me for my ind pendence, and if he is
not it don’t matter.”
So absorbed was she that she did
not hear the click of the gate latch,
nor the quick, springing step that
came up the walk, until it was close
beside her. She turned then, con
fronting a tall, handsome bearded
man, at sight of whom she stopped,
paralized by confiding emotions.
“Edna, my own, brave little girl?’’
“Oh, Leslie!’’
Then she was in his arms, close
clasped to his breast, all the doubts
and suspense of the long months
swept away, and only pe»ce and sun
shine left.
Then Dr. Gray came up tho the
path, all unconscious, stopping in
bewilderment as he beheld the appa
rition before him.
“Why bless my soul!” he exclaim
ed, in amazement, “if that ain’t—yes
it’s Leslie Holmes]! You young dog,
what do you mean by putting in an
appearance at this late day?”
“Better late than never,” laughed
Leslie, as he shook the doctor’s prof
fered hand. “I should have been
here long since, but I heard Edna
had moved away, and not knowing
where, I never wrote. I changed
my quart rs over a year ago, which
acccounts I suppose, for the fact that
I did not hear from her.”
“Humph!” said the doctor. “It is
a good thing you can render a
straight account. I suppose you
came back rich, but I can tell you
that Edua Farleigh is a greater for
tune to any man than there is in the
minee of California.
Which was Leslie’s opiuion, exact
ly- .
A Macedonian Wail.
A writer giving a sketch of Turkish
cruelties that fell under his observa
tion says:
“The sufferings of the rural Chris
tian population of Macedonia from
officers of the army, boys; and other
irresponsible Moslems of rank and
influence are almost inconceivable.
During my stay in‘Uscub a young
Turkish officer who was roystering
in quite an open manner in a restau
rant in the company of a pasha, was
pointed out to me as Adis or Idris
Bey—a man of whom I had heard a
good deal. He is the sou of Hadji
Alta Bey member of the council of
Uscub, and the owner of a large es
tate about three hours distant from
the town. Idris Bey and his boon
companions are the terror of the whole
c untry for thirty miles or more
round Uscub. About the end of May
of last year Idris Bey and about a
dozen companions with tastes similar
to his own made an excursion to his
father’s chiflik. The chief of the ad
joining village, a Bulgarian was sei
zed, carried to the chffiik, and sub
mitted to the favorite method of tor
tile in vogue in Macedonia—he was
hung up by the het Is. When tho
poor old man could no longer en
dure the agony he suffered, he con
sented, at the request of Idris bey
and his follower©, to compel all the
other peasants in the village to repair
to the chiflik, and bring with them
each 100 piastres. This was but a
; relimiuary to a grosser outrage.
When the affrighted peasants ap
peared, piastres in hand, Idris Bey
and his associates seized them
Drawing their revolvers they threat
ened the peasants with instant death
uaiess ail the girls of the village were
brought io the chiflik. What could
simple, unarmed men do in the teeth
oi such a horde ? These girls many
nut more than 12 years of age were
compelled to be present at the druu
ki u orgies of the Moslem youths and
Lr throe days and nights they were
submitted to every indignity and
outrage which a loathsome Oriental
imagination could devise. Another
brilliant specimen of the officers in
command in Macedonia is Byer Bey.
A few weeks before my visit to Uscub
ho had a Christian girl of great beau
ty kidnapped from her home at the
toot of tbe Karsjack mountains, and
brought to his house at Uscub. Be
ing possessed of spirit the girl made
some resistance, whereupon Byer
Bey killed her in the most horrible
manner with a red hot iron. The
father of tbe girl—Kalchoff I believe,
is h s name— went to the Kouak ami
complained us the cruel theft of his
daughter in the first instance, and oi
her still more cruel death in the sec
ond. The redress he found was im
emmeiit for having the temerity
iccuso a Bey of Uscub of any
u against a don of a Christian.
To Please and De Pleased.
When Ifiiurs was forced to leave
' Vfer-iaiPes and his Palis hotel was
bn i.ed. pt up! j asked “where will he
live now? ’ “In history” said Cham,
the caricaturist. Only the few can
•Xj- :tt; have their names on the
primed paper forever and they are
those who have done something very
clever or very vile. He who burned
the temple of Diana is oliener spo
ken of than the architect who de
signed its beautiful proportions. The
tyrant is perpetuated as well as the
one who has blessed. All cannot
hope to be among the immortals bat
all can be trained to make existence
pleasant, though the nature in the
beginning may be the very opposite
of the agreeable.. It is in the power
of every one to cultivate some facul
ty which wi'l be agreeable to another
and thus mid io the general harmo
ny. The total sum of Happiness is
made up of individual enjoyment
When one is a source of comfort to
himself, he is very apt to afford gruti
fication to society. The discontented
ai d repining makes himself more
wretched than he inflie s misery on
others. He is to bo pitied worse
than tho egotist th worshipper 'ufl
self because dissatisfied, in his own
bosom he strives to create grumb
ling and dissension in every other
heart
‘ ‘A primrose by the river’s brim,
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing more,”
a'd he uses his utmost endeavors to
induce the belief that life is a fraud
and burden, because he cannot ap
preciate its utility and buoyancy, its
brightness and beauty. Nothing
pleases him as much as to check en
thusiasm and drag all within its
sphere to the gloomy depths. Such
sometimes live as disagreeables, like
Diogenes, because they are conspicu
ous in their own peculiar methods.
“And the devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility.”
Every one can have friends if he
chooses. Some are worthy to be
grappled to the soul with hooks of I
steel; but never yet was human be
ing so friendless but that he could
find a friend to tell him disagreeable
truths. From the candid friends,
good Lord deliver us. They are worse
than he who gives injudicious prai >e,
When flatterers meet, it is said the
devil gooi to dinner. He always
dwells with him who is ever finding
fault, and nothing to commend. The
duty of a true critic who loves bis
art is to detect beauties as well as
imperfections. The way to goodness
can be led as well as pointed out.
It is the bounden duty of all in
this world to contribute to its hap
piness, and we know of none who
add so much to its joys as the good
talkers. They are welcomed every
where. Eyes brighten as they come,
and linger on them as they leave.
They are well springs of perennial
interest. We do not mean those
who are distinguish&d by a paucity
of ideas and flow of words, some as
large as a mountain and long as a
tedious Icctu-’e, but one of informa
tion, who can suit himself to the
company, and ever command a sym
pathetic audience. He must enjoy
society and have a genuine desire to
servo and please. If necessary he
must boa good listener. The gift of
a good talker is to bring out others
in talk, He inspires and suggests,
and forces bis auditors to believe
that it is to their own powers that
the conversation has taken such a
delightful turn. Social sympathy,
says au excellent writer, is a natural
gift, but there is a combination of
individuality, tact and wit, which can
ba cultivated and employed in an
engaging way and with characteris
tic charm. He who crams for an
evening talk is an intolerable worry—
so smart as to be insufferable. No
man can be a thoroughly good talker
who does not know a great deal. He
must read books, not skim them, and
study those which give a permanent
foundation. Then he must uso his
materials in such a method as not to
preach or eppeir pedantic. His
brightest scintillations and profoun
dest remarks, no matter how perfect
ed aud conned, must have all the
ingenuousness of the impromptu.
Familiarity with Hie literature of the
day and current events are absolute
ly essential. “Gift of gab” without
thoughts becomes as tiresome after
awhile as one who is eternally delv
ing in facts, figures and moral sua
sions. Culture wins and excites em
ulation.
How everybody dreads a conversa
tion party. The main reason danc
ing is a favorite pastime is that the
sexes are fond oi association, and
ihere are so few good talkers. The
shallowest tires of the current silly
conversation of empty minds aft.r an
hour or two of it. They run out of
all they know and cannot think of
anything else. So they sit and feel
like fools—with nothing to say and
without the information to suggest
any theme outside the beaten track.
Still (he books are lull of bright fan
cies aud imaginings. Having ex
hausted the common place each be
comes disgusted with self and the
other aud longs to join the merry or
thoughtful group where the talker is
tn ter tain iug charmed listeners. He
not only pleases others, but shews
that he is delighted by them. To
those who have pumped themselves
and their partners dry of empty
twaddle, scand d and the small events
of every day life, the dancing comes
as a bies-ing. With feet aud hands
occupied, words are not required.
There are hours when pairs are alone
that communion of thought is per
fect, and silence is tbe sweetest ex
pression of language. Love or inti
macy of tastes unites the two, and
eyes speak of oneness, and ideas are
revealed and comprehended with a
glance, act or change of countenance.
Th s will not answer for the talking
party. It is monotonous with look
ei s-ou. There is wanted the sparkle
of wit, the glow of humor that laughs
with not at you, or the more serious
matters that biing just enough of
suggestion to be pleasant without
being weighty, .nil thus keep up an
easy flow of interchanging ideas.
all elst in kumiug youth to be pleas
am. und to pit i; 3 e. Some of that by
eminent person-has >eea transmit
ted to posterity. The young are im
itators. They adopt the manners
: and methods oi superiors. Table
i talk is an element of early culture,
i Whether parents al’ow their children
ito talk at tho table or not, it is very
i important that the conversation to
wiiiuh they listen bo instructive aud
elevating* Calk of faults and scan
dals away the child. Tuey sit
at the table not far from an hour
each day, which is three hund-ed and
sixty-five hours, or one month every
year at table. Much of this time
conversation is carried on and young
1 ears are open to every word. Is it
’ strange that there is a mould’ng in
] fluence in this way of exchanging
: thought? Four weeks of schooling
j twelve hours each day, or eight
i weeks of six hours a day furnish up
I portunity for considerable advance
i ment. Yet parents are talking more
I thoughts into their children in a giv
en time than a teacher can. Ought
• not care to be taken that the table
I talk should be used as a pleasant ed
! ucator to excito inquiry in tho mind?
ilt may in after years produce
I wonderful results. The* youth
[ with correct, cheerful prompting
! may be a delight to social life, a suc
{cess in the word, that it may be said
of him when the final slum I '©!’comes:
“He had kept
The whiteness of his, soul, and thus men
o’er him wept.”
How the Zulu Monarch Was
Captured.
Cctewayo behaved like a king in
his downfall. Lord Gifford, with his
white cavalry, got within four miles
of the kraal where the Zulu k’ng was
■it daybreak and t lere lay in ambush,
fe; ring to advance across th© open
ground and waiting for the night to
make the attack lest the. King should
see and escape into th© bush which
borders the kraal within 300 yards
on the north side. Lord Gifford was
on the southeast side. In the mean
time Maj Marter, with the King’s
Dragoon Guards, appeared on the
northeast and was seen by the King,
but was not feared, the King think
ing the cavalry in the bad ground
could not approach quietly or with
out warning. Maj Marter, however,
had stripped the sa ld’es and left the
scabbards behind Disappearing
from v ’ew he stol; up nuiselei.siy
through the bush The native
contingent, whom j had concea d,
were put in advance, and they were
■ibie to move more rapidly than the
horses. These men dashed out of
the bush and surrrounded the Hiaal,
•laying, “Th© white man is c
you are caught.” Maj. Marter then
rode up and dismounted entered the
kraal, and coming s might to the hut
..u which the King was, called on
•din to come forth and surrender.
June King feared, and said, “No, you
come unto me;’’ but Marter was in
flexible, and th© King, creeping out,
stood up among the dragoons with
stately composure. A dragoon
sought to lay his hands upon him,
but he waved ths man back disdain
fully, saying, “White soldier, let me ;
be.” He then asked to be shot. !
The King’s bearing on the maren be
tween the lines of the Sixtieth Regi
ment into his tent in the camp at
Ulundi was dignified and calm.
Wearing a red blanket upon his
breast in the manner of a Roman
toga, he stepped slowly, looking
round with head thrown back and
haughty gaze at the soldiers nround
him. When cap! urod he asked the
rank of the offi nr w l . j had taken
him. Ho treated the native contin
gent contemptuously.
Religions Faith.
“I envy,” sa£s Sir Humphry Davy,
“no quality of the mind or intellect
in others; be it genius, wit, or fancy.
But if I could be allowed to choose
what would be most delightful and, I
believe, most useful to mo, I should
prefer a firm religious belief to any
other blessing; for it makes life a dis
cipline of goodness, creates new
hopes when all earthly ones vanish,
and throws over the decay, the des
truction of existence here, tbe most
gorgeous of all lights; awakens life
even in death, and from deoay and
destruction calls up beauty and di
vinity; makes an instrument of tor
turo and shame tho ladder of ascent
to Paradise; and, far above all com
binations of earthly hopes, calls up
the most delightful visions.of palms,
amaranths, the gardens of the blest,
the security of everlasting joys, where
the sensuali.jt and the skeptic view
only gloom, decay, annihilation, and
despair.”
Be Short
Long visits, long stories, long es
says, long exhortations, and long
prayeis, seldom profit those who have
te’dd with them Life is short. Time
is short. .
Moments are previous. Learn to
Coudens j, abridge, and intensify.
We can bear things that are dull if
they are only short. We can endure
many an ache and ill if it is over
soon 4 while~even‘. pleasures grow in
sipid, and pain intolerable, if they be
protracted beyond tbe limits of rea
son and convenience. Learn to be
short. Lop off branches; stick to the
main fact in your cue. If you pray
ask for what yon think you will re
ceive, and get through; if you speak,
tell your message and hold your peace
boil down two words into one, and
three into two. Always learn to bo
short.
A Word for Newspapers.
The Baptist ministers of New York
had an exciting discussion tho other
day on the point whether they should
admit reporters to their meetings or
not, in the course of which Dr. D. H.
Mi’ler excla’med, I want the good
things said here to be voiced outside.
I thank God for newspapers and for
reporters. Tn© power of the news
papers for good was acknowledged,
only three voting for the exclusion of
I tbe uretiS. , „
Good >nd Evil.
It is a recent ad dress by Horatio
Seymour, before the convicts in tho
State prison at Auburn, he gives ex
pression to views that does credit to
him as a man of head and heart Re
tnuved by personal preference from
the field us politics, and at an age
when the passions and prejudices
engendered by an active and aggres
sive political life have subsided into
the repose that comes to men who
have ceased to follow the “wiil-o’-the
wisp’’ of fancy, his utterances are en
titled to more than passing notice,
and the rich fruits of his experience,
mellowed and ripened during a long
and blameless life, are full of lessons
to which every one should give heed.
The tenderness that comes with ad
vancing age modifies the aggressive
elements of human character, and
when the judgment is unimpaired,
and the heart has sway, humanity
comes to the front and truth is told.
In one portion of his address,
which is replete with wisdom and
tender thought, he says:
“Sitting before my tire on a win
ter’s evening, and musing, as oid
men are apt to do about their acts,
their errrors, their successes, or their
failures, it occurred to me what I
would do if I had the power, and was
compelled to wipe out twenty acts of
my life. At first it seemed as if this
was an easy thing to do. I had done
more than twenty wrong things for
which I had always felt regret, and
was about to seize my imaginary
sponge and rub them out at once,
but I thought it best to move with
care, to do as I had done to others,
lay my character out upon the dis
secting table and trace all the influ
ences which had made or marred it.
I found, to my surprise, if there were
any go! ion threads i mining through
it, they were wrought out by the re
grets felt at the wrong; that these re
grets had run through the course of
my life, guiding my footsteps through
all its iiii; icacies and problems, aud
if I should obliterate allot these the
act to which these golden threads
wore attracted—whose lengthening
lines were woven into my very nu
ture—if I should obliterate all of
these, I should destroy what little
there was of virtue in my moral
make-up. Thus I learned that the
wrong act, followed by the just re
gret and by thoughtful caution to
avoid Lke errors, made me a b itter
man th hi I should have been if 1
had nev. r fadon. In this I found
hope for mystflf an ! hope for ( there,
ami I tell you who sit before me, as I
sny to all in every condition, that if
juu wi’l jon can make yourselves
better men lhan if you had never
fallen into errors or crimes. A
m in’s desti y does imt turn upon the
fact of his doing or not doing wrong, ’
for all men will do it; but of how he .
bears himself, what he does, and 1
what he thinks after the wrong act.
It was well said by Confucius, the i
Chinese sage, that a man’s character i
is decided, not by the number of I
times he fails, but by the Dumber of
times he lifts himself up I do not i
know why evil is permitted in this <
world, but I do know that each one
of us has the magicalpower to trans ]
mute it into good.” {
It is rarely that the matter of good (
and evil tendencies in tho human (
mind are treated with the considera ]
tion due to their importance. Nor ,
do thinking men, as a rule, give at
tention to the subject, but drift down
the current of their own life without ,
thought of ti e troublesome waters |
where men less fortunate than them- (
selves arc struggling with evenly bal- (
anced, heredit try forces for good and ]
evil. With men so organized, it is a (
simple question of circumstances as |
to whether they become honored and
ust ful members of society, or out
casts who prey upon it. 1 luman ex- ‘
perionca repeats itself with each sue- i
ceeding generation, and each has its ’
modicum of good, while evil asserts <
its presence always. The social I
problems growing out oi these oppo- i
site conditions, are difficult of solu- I
tion, but if each in their way would <
conscientiously perform their duties 1
to society, much would be done to
avert the sorrow and suffering that
come from criminal tendencies and
associations.
The errors which find their way
into every life, may be dealt with as
to prove of inestimable value. They
show us that we are no better than
our fellows, soften our judgment of
wrongdoers, broaden our sympathies
for the erring, round off the sharp
edges of personal vanity, and give a
fullness of vision to the moral senses
that nothing else can.
Am Affecting Meeting.
The second batch of amnestied
Communists arrived in Paris on
September 5. The correspondent of
the London News relates this inci
dent: An old man, the senior of the
band, was wrapped up in a blanket
and trembling with a cold fit of ague.
A sharp cry diverted attention from
him It proceeded from Mme. Ro
ques, who recognized in one of the
yellow-vlsaged, gray-bearded spec
tres her husband, who was a most
respectable man, aud for years May
or of Bateaux. His case at the time
of his trial ex -ited great interest.
He was not a Communist, but was
guilty of having granted belligerent
rights to some who were wounded.
The wife threw herself into his arms,
and she led him to the saloon in
which Louis Blanc was waiting.
Those looking on felt too sad to cry
‘Vive la Rspublique!”
A member in the rhetorical class
in a certain college had just finished
his declamation, when the president
said; “Mr ,do you suppose a
general would address his soldiers
in the manner in which you spoke
that piece?" “Yes. sir, I do,” was the
reply, “If ho was half sacred to
death.”
Senator Bruce’s recent baby is
called Rosloe Conkling Bruce, and
they tell the infant that Gov. Sprague
will efteh him if he isn’t a good little
SMALL BITS
’ Os Various Kiucls < art lessly thrown To
) . Kether.
i No hots! potl ?r ever tried ! j ttnash
an elephant s trunk.
How tdrnuge it is that Lot words
should produce a coolness.
It is reported that the Indians in
Florida now number only 800.
Patience is taught by a fish rod
and line having a worm at one end
and a man at the other.
The woman who said she wouldn’t
marry the best man ’ivlng kept her
word when sue married a tramp.
To be interesting a speaker should
be fall of his subject, unless he hap
pens to be speaking against liquor.
A sociable man is one who, when
he has ten minutes to spare, goes
and bothers somebody who hasn’t.
The amount of pin-money requin I
by the married woman depends on
whether she uses diamond pins or
rolling-pins.
Etiquette says a call should not b
less than fifteen minutes in length.
Book agents have been known to re
main longer,
A Hindoo baker in Calcutta, proud
of the English he has acquired dis
plays the sign, ‘European Loafer’
over hrs door.
Gun. Sherman’s daughter is : oon
to be married to a young : aval ufii
cer named Thackeray, who is a re a
tive of the great novelist.
When you are down-hearted and
the world looks black to you, you
ought to be hospitable enough to en
tertain a hope of better days.
The reward of the truly virtuoi s
are inherent in their own lives, and
are none the less enjoy d, though
they are unknown to all the world.
Oranges, lemons, olives, and al
monds are to bo cultivated in Flori-
da soon by a large number of Ital
ian colonists, now on their way to
that State.
Gold from Europe continues to
arrive here in such large quanti
ties that our young men can now
own two sets of brass sleeve but
tons without being considered ex
travagant.
It is a great gift of the gods to be
born with a hatr- 1 am! contempt of
all injustice and meanness. It is a
higher lot never to have !.• d and
truckled, than to have shared honors
won by dishonors.
Wherever affection can spring it is
like the green leaf ami the blossom
pure and breath ng purity, v hatevi r
soil it may grow in. It is noi. satis
fied without perfect loyalty of heart;
it aims at its own completeness.
The world was made to work in,
and if you fill vonr In-urtc
angels the bad spirts will keep out,
because there is no room for them.
They like work to do, and will not
stay long with an idle, slothful per
son.
Little words are the sweetest to
hear; little chart ies fly farthest and
stay longest on the wing; little. 1 .kcs
are the stillest; little hearts the full
est; little farms the best tilled; little
books the most read; and little songs
the dearest loved,
There is no compensation for the
woman who feels that the chief re
lation of her life has been no more
than a mistake. She has lost her
crown. The deepest secret of human
blessedness has half whispered itself
to her and then forever passed her
by.
An American engineer has been ‘
studying the great wall of China. It J
is 1,728 miles long, and, being built ,
without the slightest regard to the <
configuration of the ground, is some- 1
times carried 1,000 feet down into '
abysses. Brooks and small rivers '
bridged over by it, and strong tow- <
ers on both sides protect large riv
ers.
The admirers of Father Ryan, as
well as lovers of true poetry, will’ be
gratified to learn that Messrs. John
L Rapier & Co., publishers of the
Mobile Register, announce that they
now have in press the first and only
edition of Father Ryan s poems ever
offered to the public, which they
expect to have ready for delivery
on or before the Ist of November,
prox.
A Dutchman, the proprietor of a
Colorado fine of stages, was collect
ing $2 a piece from the passengers,
byway of fare. A’l had ppid except
one, and he, drawing a large revolv
er, pointed it at the head of the col
lector and hoarsely asked: “Wont
that pass me?” Perfectly unmoved
the Dutchman said: “Oh no; we
eats dem tings here. Two tollars
please.”
Herr Krupp, the German gun
maker, is a tall, fine looking man nf
remarkably commanding presence,
with white hair and beard, high
forehead, bright eyes, and a striking
ly intellectual expression. At sev
enty bis natural force is not abated,
bnt he is active and energetic. His
broad breast is not broad enough for
the medals and orders that have been
conferred upon him by his own and
other sovereyons; he has repeatedly
declined a patent of nobility during
the last fifteen years.
The pious s oundrel who managed
the Freedman’s Bark and robbed
the confiding negroes of their little
savings, aggregated into an immense
sum, cut the erminating proof of
their guilt out of the books of the
institution. This is what Senator
Bruce discovers in his work of inves
tigation. Yet when those rascals
were stea’ing the funds and mutila
ting the books they gave much of
their time to fervent prayer that the
Lord would bless the poor benighted
negro and curse the “wicked rebels.”
It may be that they thought they
had a fair claim to the money in pay
ment for their prayers—Shvannab
a1.,..-.
Heal Estite
Hoase and Lm>» ( street, 11 aclu
land. 4 rooms, y.mn ■ orchard, stable, erib
oF'X 11 ise a,i va h house. Apply to \
B C Dorsey & Co, R, al Estate Agents ;
Vacant lot containing 2 acres Vtbe-.-
street; nice building lots. Apply so ABC
Dors. y A Co, Beal Estate Agents?
from Sp I rin - stre «t, corner lot,
fronting 110 fee, and running baiklso f. -i ■
beautiful building lot and near the public
squ we Apply to AB c D &f 1 “
Estate Agents.
Sixy acres, partly in an! partly onto(
city mints, good dwelling and out-house.-
about half in cultivation; choice fruit tr s
—apples, peaches, pears, plnms.grap,-- etc
as pretty a place as any in Norlhe’
gin- Apply to AB C Dorsey A Co, Red
Estate Agents.
Four and a half acre-lot, just outside city
Innes, in good state of cultivation; house
cort tming 3 rooms, with upstairs unfinished
Apply to AB C Dorsey A Co, R p Esl de
Agents.
A 3(k) acre farm, about 6 miles f-om
Gainesville; 12« acres of bottom laud, with
0v.r0,000 young apple trees, all bearin''
fruit, with house and 5 settlements ou the
place. This is a place that for a future in
vestment cannot be excelled. Apply to \
B C Dorsey A Co, Real Estate .Vents
NO. 41
3 1 building lot on west side of Main street
fronting 22 feet by 100 back. Will be s. Id
cheap for cash by A B C Dorsey and Co.
25 or 50 acres of land just outside of the
oily hunts, enclosed; beautiful place tor
building; 10 or 12 acres woodland, 8 or Itl
acre.-: branch bottom; balance in old field,
and lies well; fine view of the mountains?
For sale by A B C Dorsey A Co.
1 wool carder, double cylinder, one break
er, .] burr machines; been used e.ght years
For sale by ABC Dorsey A Co.
House and lot corner Spring mid Syca
more streets; 7 rooms, good basement, well
arranged and convenient; also a small
boose adjoining, with 4 rooms. For sale
by A B C Dorsey A Co.
. 2t» acres of land, one-half outside the city
limits; a new three-room house, stables, etc.
inside the city limits; all the laud cleared
and fenced, and in cultivation. For sale bv
A B G Dorsey A Co.
4(j4 acres of land at Lula, 50 acres having
been laid off into business and building
lots, each alternate lot of the 50 acres bJ?
101 ;iug to the No. heastern Railroad: the
Air -Line Railroad runs for one mile through
tiia above tract jof land; the Northeastern
Railroad about three-fourths of a mile; the
. .jbt of way of both voads oil the 4GI acres;
ihe tracis ot land lies well; GO ceres of old
field; 15 acres of branch bottom, not cleared
plenty of wood and good timber. This is
the place for you to make your money on,
as we will sell with the tract of land the
business and building lots; all goes together
ABC Dorsey A Co.
ll’ese, with other city property and farms,
are in our bauds for sale. We also rent
property, and will look after wild lands, or
sell lands anywhere. We advertise at our
own expense-no sale, no charge. All
letters promptly answered when stamp : s
enclosed.
A. B. BRUMBY’S
School for Boys,
Prince Avenue, - Athens, Ga.
■ RE-OPENS MONDAY, SEPT. 1, Ls7».
1 uition SI to SG per month, according to
» age, grade, etc. Board $lO a month, in .d
- vanee.
k 1\ >f. W. H. Waddei. writes: “f do not
hesitate to recommend Dr. Jhumb- as the
most successful teacher among those who,
during my professorship of twenty years’
duration, prepared students for the Univer
sity of Georgia.”
For fc ier information send for circular
to or confer with
A. B. BRUMBY, A. M., M. D.
se2G P. O. Drawer 287, Athens, Ga.
WALTER T. M. ARTHUR. JOHN W. GRIFFIN.
McArthur &
DEALERS IN
Ln ud and Real Estate
EASTMA X, GEORGIA.
Offer for sale or lease in lots to suit purch 1-
seis, some of Iha choicest timber and Tur
pentine Lands in the Southern States.
REFER BY I'HIIMISSIOIV 'l’o
I. C. PL ANT, Prest. First National Bank of
Macon, Ga.
Capt. JOHN McMAHON, Vice-Prest. Sou
them Bank of the State of Ga. Savannah,
Ga. sep26-tf
Lucy J Dover) Libel for Divorce in Daw
vs >■ son Superior Court, April
Earl W Dover. J Terms, 18ff9.
It appearing to the court by the loturn of
the Sheriff iu this case that the defendant*
Earl W Dover, does not reside in said conn-
iy, and it further appearing that he does
not reside in the State of Georgia; it is or
dered by the court that said defendant ap
pear and answer said case at the next term
of the court, and in default plaintiff be al
lowed to proceed. And it is further ordered
that service be perfected on the <ief<*ndant
in said case by the publication of this rule
in the Gainesville Emile, a public gazette
of this State, once a month for four months
before the next term of this court.
April 21, 1879. Geo. Nf. Lester,
J. S. G., B. K. C.
Georgia, Dawson County.
I hereby certify shat the above and fore
going is a true extract from the minutes of
Dawson Superior court, April Term. 1879.
This April 30,1879. John W Hug-, ss,
may9-4m C. S. (}.
Alfred J Batson j Libel for divorce in Union
vs. z Superior Court, May
Lizzie Batson. ) term, 1879.
Rule to perfect seivice, etc. It appearing
to the court by the return of the sheriff that
the defendant does not reside in this county,
and it further appearing that she does not
reside in this State, it is on motion of G J
Wellborn, counsel for plaintiff, ordered by
the court that said defendant ap tear and
answer at the lext te-m of this court, else
that the case be considered in default and
the plaintiff allowed to proceed.
It is further ordered that this rule b - pub
lished in the Gainesville Eagle one.- a month
lor four mouths.
GEO. N. LESTER, J S C.
A true extract from the minutes of Union
Superior Court This May 29th, 1879.
ju!4-4m G E FOSTER, C S G.
Cheap for flash.
Twenty acres of land, one-half inside city
limits, a new three-room cottage well fin
ished, and good outbuddings; one hundred
young fruit trees of choice varieties; good
well of water, etc. All the land cleared an<
under good fence. For further particulars
apply at this office. sel9.
MILLINERY GOODS.
Miss Lizzie Carroll desires to announce
to her friends and customers that she has
reconsidered her determination to leave
Gainesville, and will make it her permanent
home. She has ordered and will have on
her shelves next week a splendid stock of
goods. ’ And on
Wednesday, October the Bth,
She will have her
Opening
Os Millinery Goods. All beautiful things to *
please the Ladies. Her stock is the finest
she has ever brought to this market. Pur
chased very LOW, anil she will offer
RARE BARGAINS.
Callon WEDNESDAY and every day tbere
i after. CASH SALES and small profits is