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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. Advertising Hates. From and including this date the rates of adver Using in the Eagle will be as follows: Sheriff’a sales, for each levy of one inch $2 5( Each additional inch or fraction 2 f Mortgage sales (60 days] one inch 5 0( Meh additional inch or fraction. 3 Ct Bxecntors’ administrators’ and guardians sales, •naisch 4W Bach additional inch 1 50 Notice to debtors and creditors 4 06 Citation for letters of administration or guar dianship 4 00 Notice of application for leave to sell land. ... 4 00 Bettors of dismission—executor, administrator or guardian 600 Estray notices 4 0 Citations of unrepresented estates 4 00 Homestead notices..... 2 00 Rule Nl. 81. to foreclose, once a month for four months, per inch 4 10 tSf" The law authorizes county officers to collect advertising fees in advance, and we hold the officers responsible for all advertising sent us. JW Notices of ordinaries calling attention of ad ministrators. executors and guardians to making their annual returns; and of sherihs calling atten tion to section 3649 of the Code, published free for •ffi 'srs who patronize the Eagle. irci-eUt'B" Transient advertising, other than legal no 'ant by J’ wiU be cliarged $1 per inch for the first, and eerie J i 3ents for each subsequent insertion. Adver >cerics h desiring large space for ■ A ■ jr * i ’ ue ,I,au xtit to biijonth, will receive a lib • led' • ' i fr'-r kens thejw rates. jrowj evei m I nav .i. A bills are due upon t - . E , ertlsement, unless t, fNendatlon from u a few turljths contrary, and wi l T, ~,?<■ •—«—o of the proprieto-/ (SI) liSC'Pf instructions w' nd charged f< / . „„ . return our tinccrZ r c&. uu .Mto bcr of our subscribers who t their subscription to the ,/,„ ri -'*r egv ‘ Uc ’ G *‘ i helped us greatly. There wurtkn. jTb. however who are in arreata i .. . , , „ . lie door. make this last and final ( the amounts due us . W*3 boom now ? h them patiently, until New York ? which we mus-*- — postponed the revision r eeu turning up Jack mary Ist, 1880, and betwer. ime a repiesentativo of tl be glad to learn . the courts of the sev< oarding houses have ich we circulate rates. ♦ ♦ 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. ♦ » 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. e ♦ 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. 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