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The Gainesville Eagle
Published Every Friday Mo<ning
BY RE »WL A' E &, HAM
The Offici*! Organ of t Hall, Banks, Towns
Rabon, Union and Dawson counties, and the cit;
•ts Gainesville. Has a large general circulation ii
/•Ive other counties in Northeast Georgia, an<
counties in Western North Carolina.
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h them patiently, until New York ?
which we mus-*- —
postponed the revision r eeu turning up Jack
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A Michigan man shook a can of nitro
glycerine to see if it was tomatoes. He
does not care now whether it was not.
The circus is gone, and the small boy
well remembers!
The lions roar End the tigers whisker
And the baboo a kicking'he monte, s ester.
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Appearances are deceiving. The man
with the most smiling face may have a
porous plaster six inches square on his
spine.
And New York, naughty New York,
had a greenback candidate for gover
nor. This greenback business would
be funny if it were not so serious.
American corned beef is superseding
all others in the market- of Germany.
Whndcr if we could not work off some
of our corned men on them.
It is a little remarkable that even the
most ably edited of the agricultural pe
riodicals give no directions as to the
sowing or reaping of wild oats.
Whom the gods love die young,
though why they should dye before
they are old enough for their hair to
4am gray will always be a mysteiy.
There is a strong probability of a
Bayard boom. Convince us of his
availability and we will support him in
preference t<i any man so far spoken of
A New York sky-rocket mistook a
pretty woman’s eye for thestais toward
which it was intended it should go>
and entering the flashing o.b caused
her death.
A months fighting of the Indians
cost the Government §500,000. Would
it not be better to buyout ( be whole
concern, and learn them to vote the
radical ticket.
The papers are criticising Beu Hills
recent open letter very severely. Ben’s
oratorical fusee is a good one but some
how he always so loads it that it kills
front and rear.
A lady friend says one of our ] st
'Weeks jokes was very poor. If she ex
pects us to raise jokes and fatten them
.ready for use she is writing on the
wrong postal c;”’d.
Two Canadians have been found guil
ty and pun islk I for kidnapping a poli
tician. They should come over here
Politicians are P’tuiy, and nobody can •
when one is taken oil’.
According to the Detroit Free Press
there is a man in Michigan named Bras
sier. He is perhaps kiu to the man who
brings in a teu dollar advertisement
and wants it inserted as an item of
news.
This is ihe time of year when the
poetic fancy of lovelorn maidens turns
to rhyming about fal'ing leaves and a"
that soil of thing and the mc’ ried wo
men begin to think about flannel and
baby stockings.
The married man. moral as he may be,
Who goes to a church sociable and com< i
home with a long brown hai.- ou his
lappel, can tell more straight l es in two
brief minutes thau the veri.«t sinner
shat ever played a short c.-rd.
There is a double-headed woman in u
New York museum, and one of the em
ploy; s proposed me age >o her about
two years ago. Oue head w: wi' lug
and.the other was not, and such a dis
cussion has not been known . nee the
morning stars sang together ra they
have had over it ever s'nee.
A Middle Georgia negro ambled i ito
into a neighbor’s potato patch in the
dark of the moon, and proceeded tc
help h ; mself. A gun got loose from h
moorings somewhere in the neighbor
hood and if the dc-key took the pota
toes with h m where he went, he and
they e r e both roasting together.
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When Dr. Jones set up to practi j
physic in Burke county h ; s first cal
after three months of wi ,: i : ng was from i
rustic who dashed up on a mule and
sticking out a bare* and swollen foot,
asked the doctor what was the waiter
“Erysipelas” said the doctor alter a
nvnute examination.
“Whoa! come around here” said rm
tic to the mule and then to the Doctor
“I allers thought you was a foul ant
now I know it. That’s a yaller jacke
•ting, “Gerlang!” and away he went.
The Gainesville Eagle
VOL. X 11.
J MY WIFE’S MOTHER.
£ j CHAPTER I.
i My name is Elton, and lam a
quiet man, addicted to books, reflec-
JJ tiou and a pipe after supper. Born
o in a retired country village I emi
-0 grated at an early period of my ex
o istence to London. My funds were
d moderate and my aspirations large,
but as 1 had no very definite plans,
u I accepted the offer of a worthy un-.
G cle, who agreed, if I would find the
t means of existence during the time,
9 to pay all fees, and assist me further
. with his advice and connection in
' going to the bar.
I entered myself as an incipient at
barrister-at-law, and then by great
i good lu*k obtaining an engagement
[ on a daily paper, prepared to pass
the years of my novitiate in study
7 •_1 work.
□ . here. s,^ eg were umal. I accord
sided my time into two parts,
one of which I devoted myself
’ • ■' s, '" e :ai~int» ’ ~ my J '.v books,
the other to t|feal : zed “ l iy liveli
hood Musical reSolt “b’ ""
I had* tak/it. $1 hate. ’ t
street, but I soon founll ie 'Laat Q ii£jer
the country it too confined. I had
been brought up where the green
and pleasant fields greeted my eyes
each morn, and the fragrant breath
> of flowers agreeably assailed me on
rising, so that Fleet street for me
; had no charms.
It was in vain that men told me
of its historical associations, of Rich
ard. Lovelace, and. Chatterton, of
Salisbury’s palace and the play
house, of Richardson and Aisatia. of
Goldsmith and Doctor Johnson, and
all the other celebrities connected
1 with this noisy locality. I would
not have given an acre of meadow
for all tLeir musty reminiscences;
so took myself out. of town and
searched for lodgings in merry Isling
ton.
At ail events I should be within
reach of green fields, and I made
wondrous resolutions as to early
rising, to enjoy rural walks, without
which I should never be able, I was
quite sure, to preserve my health.
Behold ms, then, wandering
through the streets of that vast sub -
urb, in search of a place where to
find repose and opportunities of
study.
A neat, clean, pretty house, with
a garden in front, lilacs and all that,
attracted my attention, and impelled
by I know not what mysterious at
traction I pushed open the gate and
entered
! Scarely was my hand upon the
knocker of the door, when it opened
1 suddenly, and a woman in cap and
ribbons appeared with a bobbing
curtsy.
“What do you please to want,
sir?”
I started. The woman was about
forty-five, neat, prim, with a rubi
cund face, and a cold grey eye that
was particularly piercing; but withal
kindly manners. It was her voice
that startled me —it was so curt and
sententious.
i “I wish to find quiet lodgings.’’ I
I replied, in a very mild and even tim
id lone.
She sternly asked me what rooms
111 quired, and discovering that my
requirements extended to a drawing
room and a bed-room, her air be
came bland and smiling, and, with a
second curtsy, she showed me up
’ stairs.
The drawing-room floor was that
she offered tc me. I entered its pre
cincts with something of a sensation
of awe. Everything was so neat
aud clean. The muslin curtains
were co purely white, the chintz
’ sofa-cover so starched and stiff, with
a general out' ; ne of old maidish
ness, which ought to have alarmed
me.
; But lam of a peculiar tempera
| ment. I can never back out. Had
I possessed wife or sister I shou’d
i have said, —
“The apartments suit me very
well, b” f T Mrs. So-and-so
come and see them.”
I sLouid then have backed out,
and appeared no more.
Had I possessed the courage to
prevaricate I should have invented
- some such excuse on the spot, and
have equally vanished.
> But I had uot the courage, so
t quietly took out a sovereign, laid
I it on the table, and in this hasty
manner, became Mrs. Graham’s
lodger.
; I then took my leave, after order
; ing sea at six, at which time I an
i nounced my intention of returning
! with my things
I Once in the street I breathed more
freely. I was beyond the influence
of one whom instinctively I dreaded.
A vague idea flashed across my mind
of sacrificing the deposit, and seek
e’sswhere; but besides the simple
fact that I could not afford to lose a
sovereign, my manhood was indig
nant at the prospect of fearing a
woman.
And yet it had always been my
' weakness If I ever stopped out
, i late, or was behind hand with mv
rent, or some fast friend made a
' noise in my room after hours, it was
! with absolute fear and trembling I
e next day faced the female Gorgon,
y j whose undoubted right to find fault
erected her into such alarming pro
portions in mj eyes,
J Now, however, all was plain sail
e mg. I had paid my money in ad
° vanes. I was in possession of the
best apartment in the house, and in
- . oustquence entitled to pre-eminent
i consideration; I was deferminfed not
j t allow my forebodii gs of evil to
a'arm me.
CHAPTER 11.
It was six o’clock. My portman
a teau and carpet bag had been taken
d up stairs. I had on my way to the
I, house purchased the necessary gro
r. ceries, which had been duly conveyed
a to my apartment.
The fire burned chesrfuliy on tl e
hearth, the kettle steamed upon
the hob, the candle* were lit, and
I had sunk into the cosiest of arm
i chairs, when a knock came to the
, » J
'■ i !i or.
‘ Come in.”
GAINESVILLE. GA., FBIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 7. 1879
Enter landlady with many bows
and curtsies, after which she said—
“ Mr. Elton, pray is there anything i
I can do for you? You have only to
ring, please, and Mary shall wait]
upon you.”
I gave some trivial orders, and
then when she had left opened my
box, took out some booksand papers,
and after ringing my bell, subsided
into study.
My door opened. I heard a rust
ling of female dress; my tea was
made, a gentle voice told me all was
ready; but so great was my abstrac
tion that I raised not my eyes for
some minutes. I was alone. My
tea was made, my toast buttered to a
turn as if by magic.
“What a wonderful woman to be
sure,” I thought, and sat down to
tea with a zest and enjoyment I had
not known for some time.
About an hour later, when again
absorbed in my studies, a gentle
knock came to the door.
“I again said, “Come in.” and then,
to »ny surprise, a sylph-form glided
into the . .
It was a girl about sixteen, with
ruddy cheeks, jet black eyes, long
waving curls that fell upon a snow
white collar, who, with some little
hesitation of manner, asked if she
could clear away,
“Certainly, my dear,” I said, rising
involuntarily.
“I hope you liked your tea, sir.”
I had the greatest mind in the
world to ask her who she was. I was
sure she was no domestic. Her man
nera forbade the suspicion.
I don’t believe, I never did and I
never shall, in any sane man actually
rushing headlong into all the intri
cacies of the tender passion in five
minutes; but Ido believe in a kind
of consciousness coming over a man,
a flutter of the heart, warning him to
flee in time, or that he must suc
cumb. I was carried on by an irre
sistible attraction. For a man of
my temper, I hit upon one of the
boldest plans ever conceived by mor
tal man.
“Is Mrs. Graham within?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Now. my dear, will you answer
me a plain and straightforward ques
tion ?”
“Certainly, sir,’’ the black eyes
being opened beyond their usual
width.
“Then does Mrs. Graham like a
nice little cosy supper?” I said.
“Sir 1”
“I say does, or does not, the ex
cellent Mrs. Graham—relict, I sup
pose, of the defunct Graham—like
suppers ?”
“She does, sir,” said the damsel,
smiling.
“Maryin a sharp and some
what peremptory tone from down
stairs.
“Mary—well, tell Mrs. Graham I
want her,” I said, with amazed volu
bility.
Mary, still smiling, and evidently
much amazed, went to the door, and
whispering something over the ban
nisters, my new landlady soon sailed
into the room with her original suavi
ty and the usual phrase.
“What do you please to want,
sir ?”
“My dear madam,” I said, “be
hold in me a forlorn stranger in
London, an unfortunate bachelor”—
Mrs. Graham simpered, Mary smiled
—“who, having no engagement this
evening, is painfully condemned to
spend his first night alone in his
now lodgings. Madam, I have to
ask you a favor—will yen sup with
me ? ’
“Sir!’’
“I say, my dear madam, will you
sup with me?” I continued, while
Mrs. Graham indulged in a vacant
stare.
“Lobster, oysters, celery, and
stout, nothing more,” I urged.
There was a slight relenting on the
countenance of Mrs. Graham; while
Mary actually laughed.
“And this young lady, madam.’’
“My daughter, sir ” This very
friendly and smilingly.
“If Miss Graham will join us, we
can afterwards try a quiet rubber at
whist. I will take dummy.”
“Ben plays whist,” said the inad
v rtent Mary,
“And who is Ben ?” I replied, with
an effort at playfulness quite spas
modic. _
“My brother, sir,” with a blush
and a curtsy.
“Then we shall form an excellent
parti parree," I said with a smile, as
I handed to Mrs. Graham the funds
necessary for the contemplated out
lay.
I shall never forget that evening;
no, not if I live a hundred years. The
supper was discus ed io the great
satisfaction of all parties, and we had
cut for partners.
Mary was my partner.
It always happens so on these oc
casions; if it had fallen out otherwise
—well, never mind, everything is for
the best in the best of all possible
worlds.
I did not play well, I must confess
it. The bright sparkle of those
speaking orbs kept my heart in a
constant flutter. I forgot all about
the game and though for appearance
sake I appeared to take an interest,
I cast my sixpence away in a reckless
and careless manner that astonished
myself.
At last I declared I could play no
more. There was a run of luck, a
dead set of the cards against me,
and though too happy to have such
a partner, I must either change or
cease gambling.
“Are you fond of singing Mr.
Elton ?’’ said the delightful Gra
ham.
“I dote on it.’’
It is false; but who in my situa
tion would not have said the same ?
“My daughter accompanies her
self on the guitar,” she contin
ued.
“I should be delighted.”
Mary simpered and blushed, but
B.n, at a signal from mamma, fetched
up the instrument, and for full half
, au*hour I was in a perfect dream of
; de ight. She did sing sweetly—
but it was the divine attraction of
those black eyes which so much af
| fected me.
| I could have listened all night.
I But Mrs- Graham was too good a
I liplomatist to allow anything of th*
kind. She saw I liked my new
home; suspected, doubtless, I was
struck by her daughter, and, like
a good general, made a skillful re -
treat.
At half past eleven I was alone in
my room, and shortly after, finding
fire and pipe had gone out, I retire 1
to bed, to dream of odd tricks, the
rub, black eyes, guitars, light ga
zelles, and animals quoted in pathet
ic love verses by disconsolate maid
ens.
CHAPTER 111.
As day after day wore on 1 be
came more and more infatuated with
the adorable Mary, and one evenin '
when we were out for a walk 1 whis
pered words of love into her ear
Instead of responding, as 1 fondly
hoped she began to speak of her
family.
Her father had been a captain- in a
foot regiment, of respectable fami
ly, but little means, who dying, left
them a pittance and a house of fur
niture, which Mrs. Graham deter
mined to utilize by letting lodgings.
By this means, and with the assist
ance of her son, who was clerk in a
bank, they contrived to live in -som ■
parative comfort.
I was sufficiently raised above her
to be a little proud of the fact. My
father was a clergyman, and th-*
younger scion of a noble house. 1
told my story with pardonable pride.
Perhaps 1 enlarged too much on my
noble relations, for, with a sligh'
sigh, Mary complained of fatigue,
and we went home.
One little month, and the wordn
had been spoken. 1 had avowed my
love, and found her affections mine,
and with the consent of ail the high
contracting parties, our union was to
take place at the end of six month )
of probation.
1 remained a lodger, or rather,
from day, a boarder in the house. 1
believe few women would have stood
the test, but my Mar.y did. She wa<;
always the same gentle, kind; merry,
fascinating thing, never thinking of
herself, but always of others; a de
voted daughter, an admirable sister,
and a kind though somewhat way
ward mistress. 1 became more and
more fascinated every day of my
life.
My future mother-in-law was ad
mirablf. No one could have beer
made mora of than 1 was. An arm
chair by the fire, warm slippers, m;
favorite joints on Sunday—nothing
could be too good for me.
Mary, though still assisting her
mother, became more like what tbe
wife of a future barrister-at-law should
be; and 1 am of opinion that if w *
oftener looked to what fortune m
make of us, the better it would be
for up.
She devoted several hours a day to
improve herself. 1 selected books
for her and guided her studies, and
naturally enough found her an apt
scholar.
At last my holiday came. It was
to last three weeks, and 1 selected
the opportunity to get married. 1
will not describe the ceremony. It.
is so much an every day affair that it
needs no elaborate notice. To m»
it was the acme of human happi
ness. But 1 have other things to
tell.
We were married and the honey
moon was spent at a retired water
ing-place, where our personal joy
was lost to view in the general en
joyment.
We knew nobody, but we were all
in all unto ourselves; and when at
the expiration of my leave of absence
we returned to Islington, a more
loving or affectionate couple did not
exist.
CHAPTER IV.
Let my surprise, my indignation
be conceived when, on arriving at
home, I found my books and papers
in the front parlor, and discovered
that our dormitory was on the same
floor.
The drawing-room was let to a
clerk in the Bank of England.
X was uterly overwhelmed. I hate
parlors, and have a weakness for
drawing-rooms. I turned to Mary
and said we had better leave at once.
“Oh, Charles,” she said, with a tear
glistening in her eye, “the very first.
day we come home! It would look
so unkind, and make mamma so un*
happy.’ ’
“Your mamma does not mind
making us very uncomfortable,” I re
plied.
“Uncomfortable I" cried the voice
of the charmer; “why, it’s the nicest,
cosiest, little parlor in the world.
Come, sit down, there’s a dear, and
let us have some tea.”
I yielded. It is the fate of man.
A proper amount of respect to one’s
wife’s opinion, and wishes is the duty
of a husband, but a little firmness is
also very desirable. I saw clearly
the coming disadvantages of the new
arrangement, but I also saw that
Mary was distressed—in fact, I had
only been married th) ee weeks.
Mrs. Graham, probably guessing
what would bo my feelings, had pru
dently kept out of the way until the
matter was settled; but now she
came in as bland and smiling as ever
to join our party.
Now I did not dislike Mrs. Gra
ham—not at all—but I wished for a
pleasant tete-a-tete with my wife. I
saw at one that my visions of domes
tic bliss were over. The moment the
drawing room was let, I was bound
to make this a common sitting-room.
I could not leave my mother-in-law
in the kitchen. She was very kind—
too kind I may say. She it was first
suggested that my wife should be
special purse-bearer. Now up to
that moment there had been no ques
tion of money between us. Mary
had whatever she required. What
remained I generally ac the end of
the week expended in books.
But now I had surrendered my
dignity. My purchases were can
vassed, and, knowing my worthy
mother-in-law’s idiosyncrasy, X rarely
ventured on the only luxury in which
I ever desired to indulge. Besides I
had little opportunity to study. I
was out all day, and when I returns 1,
not only was it a family party —wife,
mother and son—but neighbors
would drop in. My reading hours
were after supper.
It was s ven o’clock, and I was
wrapped in Blackstone. Tn j smoke
of my pipe gracefully curled round
my head. All was still, when a hand
was laid across my eyes.
“Eleven o’clock, Charley.’’
“But, my dear Mary, I haven’t
read a line these four days. I really
must study some time or other.”
“But mamma says it’s so bad for
the eyes, and smoking is worse
She’s made me promise not to let you
read or smoke after eleven,” said my
wife, in her most se luctive tones.
I was about to say something harsh
about her mother, when I felt the
pressure of her soft arms about my
neck, and a kiss was imprinted on
my lips. I had been less than a man
hud I uoL yielded.
It was a fatal defeat. From that
hour my mother-in-law was master
of the house. I ceased to be consul
ted. My very wife acted in all things
without consulting me. I was a ci
pher; I will not harrass my readers
will minute details, but I will say
briefly that ere six months had
elapsed, I had descended into one of
the meekest, most placid and pliant
of sons-in-law.
My wife—let me do her justice—
was the same, dear, kind, affectionate
little soul as ever. She loved me
truly, and sought to make me happy
But example is contagious. She sa v
me treated as nobody, and the con
tagion spread.
She would ask in her friends to
tea, without explanation or warning;
but if I unfortunately proposed the
introduction of an acquaintance, I
had to hold a council of war in which
my voice was heard very humbly in
deed, and.the high contracting partie«
decidedjwithout asking for my vote.
■ Now I will not be harsh on
mothers-in-law. I believe this state
of things to be natural. A mother
has been used all her life to control
the actions of her daughter; her child
marries, and she parts with her au
thori y with great difficulty. She
cannot bear to see her power over
her child pass into the hands of
a stranger, and hence her constant
endeavors to acquire the mastership
over him.
Yes; but, unhappy mortal, why
live with your mother-in-law ?
CHAPTER V.
I had met Jack Johnson in the
morning. A finer fellow never
breathed. I had wildly asked him
to dine with me on the following
Sunday, and had just intimated as
much to my wife and mother-in-law.
My wife looked down upon the
i ground. She liked Jack Johnson,
and wished me to enjoy the society
of my friends, but Mrs. Grjaham had
dilated so much on extravagance, ex
pensive habits, and my fatal fondness
for society, that she knew not what
to say.
“I believe,” said Mrs. Graham,
with a slight cough, “we had compa
ny last Bunday. This constant rack
eting is scarcely suited to people in
our station.”
A friend of my wife’s had certainly
dropped in to tea and supper, and
I had seen her home.
“True, madam, racketing might be
unwise on our part, but the presence
of one friend, now and then, at my—
our dinner-table can scarcely bo
judged so severely.”
I was leaning my elbow on the end
of the sofa and looking at them with
half closed eyes.
“As you please, you are the best
judge; but I think it would be wiser
to put off the gentleman until you
can better afford it," began Mrs
Graham.
“But, mother dear, Jack Johnson
is Charley’s best friend—is so useful
to him —so kind—and I am quite
sure the little he eats and drinks can
make no difference.”
“My dear girl,” began may mother
in-law. What followed I did not
hear, for she had stooped forward to
listen to something.
I laid my head on the sofa, and
looked dreamily at them, and was
fast falling to sleep, when my atten
tion was indignantly aroused by an
observation from my mother-in-law
“My darling child, what you say is
very nice and proper, but as I soon
found after I married your dear de
parted father, it is always wrong to
give way to a busband Cnarley is s
very good fellow, but wants manag
ing. If once you allow him an act o'
ndependence, he will become you
master.”
I sprang to my feet, seized my has,
and rushed frantically into the open
air.- Ido believe I was mad. Thi
last insult had worked me up into a
state of absolute frenzy. I could
have slain them both.
It was strange how quickly every
thing passed me—-hops, vehicles,
passengers appeared to fly I min
ded them not; but despised cries and
even curces, where I hustled people
and turned them from their path, on
ward I went until I reached the coun
try.
Instead of cooling me the air of
the fields and meadows added to my
fever, and at last, perceiving before
me a cool, shady pond, I plunged
headlong in.
Wild were my sensations Lights
by myraids passetl before my eyes —
visions of beauty came and went in a
second, and then all was still. I
knew nothing. When I recovered
my senses I was alone beside the
pond and all was darkness.
I felt cold and miserable. I would
have given anything to be at home
by my fireside. I turned toward Is
lington with a chill forboding at my
heart I was quite humbled now;
but bow should I be received? My
reflections were none of the most
peasant. I must confess it, I wished
Jack Johnson anywhere but where he
would liked to have been.
But wishes were useless. I musti
go hom o . I hurried back as quickly
as poss.ble. The shops were still
epen, bat no one noticed me now. I
returned quick r than I came, and
yet not one complained of
tny rudeness.
[ reached my home. Thu door at
5 is u was ou the latch, »nd I entered
the passage All was still eave in
the oar lor, where I heard the jobbing
of my wife.
I .vas about to rush in and console
her, when my attention was djrawn
to Mrs. Granam.
“.t’s v-iry sudden and very sad, my
d<ar; such a fine young man, too,
but we must resign ourselves. Your
poor de*i‘ fruiter died very suddeely.
Certainly his death suspicious,
but he might have failea in by acci
dent.”
O’ : whom could they be speaking?
“O, mother! mother! it wtyj I that
killed him I should have yielded at
once ou I bat fatal evening, when be
wanted to bring home JuOk Johnson.
I shouldn’t then be a miserable and
disconsolate widow.”
A widow L Wiw, then, was I ? I
felt a cold chill run through every
vein.
“Charley was certainly an amiable
young man,” said Mrs. Grahambut
his weakness of character did not fot
bode any great success in life- H
would never nave riiJen above a law*
yer’c clerk.”
“Oh! my poor Charles! To think
that a week ago he sac there wlr-re
you sit! I shall never get over it,
mother.”
“My dear, it is your duty tj cave
for yourself When the first grief is
over you will think better of it, and
should some other young man equal
ly as amiable, but more suited, pre
sent himself, I am sure that you will
not ado v the mem r; of the depart
ed ’
I could stand it no longer. I
sprang forward and awoke with a
start
“What is the matter?” said Mary
gbhtlj-- , - t
“Only a very unpleasant dream, I
said drily, and I sat still a few min
utes.
My dream, absurd, incoherent and
ludicrous as it was, bad opened my
eyes. I was determined to tssert
my dignity as-ft man, and once for
all to assume my right position in
my house.
“My dear,’ I Said placidly, “while
1 have been asleep, have yott settled
about Sunday’s dinner ?”
“No, dear —why ?”
“Because, you £mjw, Jack Johnson
is coming to dine with me.”
Aly wife looked surprised; my
mother-in law.
“1 thought ’ began Mary.
“The matter quite settled —
that he v.as to be put off," Said Mrs.
Graham
“My dear Mary,” 1 replied, still
quietly and blandly, ‘T have asked
my friend Jack Johnson to dine with
me, and 1 certainly shall not put off
If, however, it gives yonr mother so
much trouble, wny 1 ©an. adjourn the
affair till Sunday week;.by tfiat time
you can find fresh apartments.”
“Fresh apartments!” gasped Mrs.
Graham.
“Leave mamma ?” said M*ry.
“Yes, my love, rather than put her
to inconvenience. Besides, lam de
termined to have a drawing room.
The floor upstairs was my del.ght,
and 1 cannot live in a parlor any
longer. 1 had intended to delay the
mutter until spring; but as your
mamma is ready unable to accommo
date us, we might contrive to go to
morrow, and then, you know, Jack
Johnson can dine with us on Sun
day.”
Mrs. Graham looked at me. There
was a caltn determination about my
look which appalled her.
“But, Charley, love ”
“Mary," 1 whispered, as she cam£
coaxingly to my side, loud enough to
oo heard, ‘T tm in earnest. Do not
let us have arfy quarrel over it."
“1 won’t quarrel a bit,” said the
coaxing litlie fairy, “only if Jaijk
Johnson does come to dinner ”
“Not to inconvenience anybody,” 1
said maliciously.
“And mamma mak.-s everything
nice and comfortable ”
“But——”
“And next Monday gives the draw
ing room people notice. ”
“Mary, began Mrs. Graham,
“Mamma/ said Mary, firmly, it
must be as my husband wishes. 1
am sure to please me he will remain
until we take a house of his own.
But he must have the drawing-room
floor, wmeh snail be his custie, and
he shall have whomsoever be pleases
to dinner,”
Mrs. Graham looked at her keenly,
, a tear stood in her eyt-. 1 tarneil
away. 1 Aasfast ipeißug.
“My children, it shall be as you
piease’ Y>U shall itave ths drawing
room to your.--
son shall di *- ev i v so you
> 1 xj’t ‘ak>- ’‘<'A m ■ 'g gjyl
Y u forgiv .; Al E. i ’
1 held oi.o my ha ■■■i ait wa~
settled W w oi-.x* Wj»ek int
ou* own apaitm o-‘ •, f' ~u tu.a
hour Were as happy as the day wa..-
long Wi remained - here, too, nn
til an increasing Utaii rendered a
whole house necessary. We moved,
but not far, and then it was that io
my wife’s days of trial, during the
sickness of our children, when pro
fessional avocations forced me away,
that 1 learned to appreciate the ster
ling good qualities of my mother in
law.
A kinder and better friend to us
fte never found, but in no moment of
weakness did 1 ever again think of
living in the same Louse with My
Wife's Mother
It is now fourteen years since the
war closed, but ft is very remarkable
how a hand organ (jan keep maimed
auldiers looking so young.
Every theatre in Chicago ia now
open on Sunday evenings, and usual
ly they have larger audßmces on that
night than on any other.
It is estimated that churches and
schools cost this nation one dollar
for each and the “rum
’ traffic" e rVffeon dollars.
Growing plants in the window
* sweeten me air of the whole house.
The Chinese Wall.
About two o'clock in the afternoon
Lieut. Sperry, the navigator, had aa
experience that must have reminded
hua of Columbus discovering Ameri
ca. He bad found the Great Wa 1
IBy carefully looking through onr
glasses, in tame we saw it—a thick,
brown, irregular line, that crumbled
into the sea. The Richmond steamed
toward the beach, and so gracious
was the weather that we were able to
anchor within a mile of shore. All
the boats were let down, and as many
as could be spared from the vessel
wentashore—the captain, the officers,
sailors in their blue, tidy uniforms
and an especial sailor, with a pot of
white paint, to inscribe the fact that
the Richmond had visited the Great
Wall. The great well is the only
monument I have seen which could
be improved by modern sacrilege,
and which could be painted over and
plastered without compunctions of
conscience. From what I read of
this stupendous achievement it was
built under the reign of a Chinese
emperor who flourished two centuries
before Christ. The emperor was dis
turbed by the constant invasion of
-the Tartars, a hardy, nomadic race
who came from the hills of Mongolia
and plundered his people; who were,
indeed, afterward to come—if the em
peror could have opened the book of
fate and known—and rule the coun
try and found the dynasty which ex
ists, after a fashion, still. So his
Maje sty resolved to build a wall that
should forever protect his empire
from the invader. The wall was
built, and so well was it done that
here we come, wanderers from the
-antipodes, twenty o-uturiea after, and
find it still a substantial, imposing,
but in the light of modern science, a
nseless wall. It is 1,250 miles in
length; and it is only when you con
sider that distance, and the incredi
ble amount of labor that it imposed,
that the magnitude of the work
breaks upon you. We landed on a
smooth, pebbly beach, studded with
shells which would have rejoiced the
eyes of children. We found a small
village and saw the villagers gather
ing corn. The children, a few beg
gars and a blind person came to wel
come us. The end of the wall which
juts ipto the sea has been beaten by
the waves into a ragged, shapeless
condition. There was an easy as
cent, however, up stone steps. At
the top there wa? a small temple, ev
idently given to pious uses still, for
there was a keeper who dickered
about letting ns in, and the walls
seemed to be in order, clean and
painted. The wall at the site of the
temple was about a hundred feet
wide; but this was only a special
width, to accommodate the temple
and present an imposing presence to
the sea. As far as we could see the
wall stretched over hill and valley,
until it became a line. At the sur
face its average width ia twenty-five
feet; at the base it varies from forty
feet to one hundred. It is made of
atone and brick, and considering that
twenty centuries have been testing
its workmanship, the work was well
done.
As a mere wall there is nothing
imposipg about the great wall of
; China. There are thousands of walls
the world over, better built and more
useful. What impressed us was the
infinite patience which could have
compassed so vast a labor. Wonder
ful are the Pyramids, and wonderful
•ea dream the ruins of Thebes.
There you eee mechanical results
which yon ennnot follow or solve,
engineering achievements we could
not even now repeat. This wall is a
marvel of patience. I had been read
ing the late Mr. Seward’s calculation
that the labor which udd budded the
great wall would haTe built the Pa
Cific railways. Gen. Grant thought
that Mr. Seward had underrated its
extent. ‘"I beliove,” he said, “that
the labor expended on this wall
could have built every railroad in the
United States, every canal and high
way, and most if not all our cities.”
The story ia that millions were em
ployed on the wall, and the work
lasted ten years.
Earth can never be completely hap
py, because it is not heaven; nor
completely unhappy, because it is the
way thither.
A Russian doctor, Malarivsky, pro
poses to print books in white ink on
black paper as a prevention of short
sightedness.
Girls are eaid to be the most ex
pert telegraphers along the line oi
tne Pennsylvania railroad.
Thirty-five hundred and twenty
three emigrants arrived at Castle
Garden last week.
A course of architecture is part of
fche instruction given at the Yi e
SeiroiWof Arts.
Our lives are
kinds of experiences to complete
the patterns.
No man ever kept healtuy in bod)
and mind with less than seven hours
of sleep.
Fortune does not change men; ii
only unmasks and shows their true
character.
-
Haverly is to increase his colored
minstrel company to one hundred
mefaber-.
The veil which covers the face of
futurity is woven by the hand of
mercy.
The modes of autumn and win
ter in New York may be called
Joud.
All I have seen teaches me to trust
Creator for that which I have not
seen.
The intellect of the wise is lik<
glass; it admits the light and reflects
it.
(Wherever you go, let men track
your pathway by your Christian life.
Beal Est tie Announcements.
House and Lot on Summit street, It acre
land, 4 rooms, young orchard, stable, crib,
buggy house and wash house. Apply to A
B C Dorsey & Co, Beal Estate Agents.
Vacant lot containing 2 acres, Athens
street; nice building lots. Apply to ABC
Dorsey A r o, Real Estate Agents.
Vacant lot on Spring street, corner lot.
fronting 110 feet and running Lick 150 feet’-
beautiful building lot an 1 n-.gr the irabiie
square. Apply to AB 0 Dorsey & Co. Real
Estate Agents.
Sixty acres, partly in an t p?rtly out of
city limits; good dwelling and out-houses;
about half in cultivation; choice fruit trees
—apples, peaches, pears, plums,grapes, etc;
as pretty a place as any in Northeast Geor
gia. Apply to AB C Dorsey & Co, Beal
Estate Agents.
Four and a half acre-lot, just outside oity
limits, in good state of cultivation; house
containing 3 rooms,with upstairs unfinished
Apply to A B C Dorsey & Co, Real Estate
Agents.
A 360-acre farm, about 6 miles from
Gainesville; 1*26 acres of bottom land, with
over 5,000 young apple trees, all bearing
fruit, with house and 5 settlements on the
place. This is a place that for a future in
vestment cannot be excelled. Apply to A
B C Dorsey & Co, Real Estate Agents.
1 building lot on west side of Main street,
fronting 22 feet by 100 back. Will bo sold
cheap for cash by A B C Dorsey and Co.
25 or 50 acres of land just outside of the
oity limits, enclosed; beautiful place for
building; 10 or 12 acres woodland, 8 or 10
acres branch bottom; balance in old field,
and lies well; fine view of the mountains.
For sale by ABC Dorsey & Co.
1 wool carder, double cylinder, one break
er, i burr machines; been used eight years.
For sale by A B 0 Dorsey & Co.
House and lot corner Spring and Syca
more streets; 7 rooms, good basement, well
arranged and convenient; also a small
house adjoining, with 4 rooms. For sale
by A B C Dorsey & Co.
20 acres of laud, 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 by
ABC Dorsey & Co.
464 acres of land at Lula, 50 acres having
been laid off into business and building
lots, each alternate lot of the 50 acres be
longing to the Northeastern Railroad: the
Air-Line Railroad runs for one mile through
the above tract jof land; the Northeastern
Railroad about three-fourths of a mile; the
right of way of both roads off the 464 acres;
rhe trac's oi land lies well; 60 acres 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 Hell with the tract of land the
business and building lots; all goes together
ABC Dorsey & Co.
These, with other city property and farms,
are in our hands for sale. We also rent
property, and will look after wild lands, or
sell lauds anywhere. We advertise at our
own expense— no sale, no charge. All
letters promptly answered when stamp is
enclosed.
NO. 44
DRUGS I
DSL H. J. LONG,
PUBLIC SQUARE, SAINEbVILLE, GA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines
AND
TOILET ARTICLES.
A full line of the finest brands '
Tobacco and Cig
always on hand at the LOWEST PRICES.
FINE TOILET SOAPS,
Combs and brushes. Colognes, and all kinds
of Toilet Articles.
Prescriptions Carefully Filled
BY
An Experienced Pharmacist
Patent Medicines of all Kinds.
Proprietary Articles.
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES
AND
Pure St. Lows Lead
In bulk and at Retail.
WNDOW GLASS, Putty and all sorts of
Painters and Glaziers supplies at wholesale
and retail.
11. J. LONG,
Public Square, Gainesville, Ga.
oct3-3m
MI LL I N ERY GOODS?
Miss Lizzie Carroll desires to announce
to her friends an I customers that she has
reconsidered her determination to leave
Gainesville, and will make it her permanent
Home. She has ordered and will have on
tier shelves next week a splendid stock of
goods. And on
.Wednesday, Ootobar the Bth, J
-lie will hive her
Op.3it ii < j
Os Millinery Goods. All beautiful things to
please the Ladies. Her stock is the finest
she his ever brought to this market. Pur
chased very LOW, and she will offer
RARE BARGAINS.
Callon WEDNESDAY and every day there
after. CASH SALES and small profits is
her motto. oet-3 Im
FRED. J. STILSON,
DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, Etc.
Wholesaler of solid gold and plated
JEWELRY.
ALL KIM) I OF WORK DONE, AND
SATISFACTION GU AR AN PEED.
53 Whitehall Street, Atlant., Gt.
oct3-3m.
WALTER T. MCIBTHUR. JOHN W. GRIFFIN.
McArthur & Griffin,
DEALERS IN
Land and Reul Estate
EASTMAN, GEORGIA.
Offer for sa'e >r wh<i i : 1 /s to suit purcha
sers, some of the ch >i<*. ut Pi über and Tur
pentine Lan Is in the S »ithern States.
REFE'.I BY PKaUBiUJ TO
I. C. PL\N P, Brest; First N. i sail B i-ik of
Mac ><>. Gi.
Capt JOHN McMAHON. VM ■ Pro.it Sou
th r i Ba sk of the State of Gi. Savannah,
Ga. si j 26-ts
iirwi ittK
ATHENS, GA.
RATES, $2.00 PER DAY.
A. D. OLINARD, PROPRIETOR.