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VOL. XIX.
THE DEW-FALL.
BY F. 3VYVILLE HOME.
I heard the word of tlio Dew-fall
As it gathered itself to a pearl,
And lay on the leaf of a Lilly,
Like a tear on the cheek of a girl.
“Cold, cold, 0 Lily,”
The Dew drop said to the leaf;
“Thy leaf, 0 Lily, is cold and
chilly,
And pale as a wordless grief.”
There arose a breeze at nightfall,
And blew the rushes apart;
The Lily shook, and the Dcwdrop
Slipt inward and lay at her heart.
“Cold, cold, 0 Lily,”
Said the Dewdrop unto the
flower,
“Thy heart, O Lily, is cold and
chilly,
And dark as a wintry shower.”
And the night went by with its star
light,
And the sun came up in its might;
And the Dewdrop arose from its Lily
And melted to mist in his light.
“Cold, cold, was the Lily,”
Said the Dewdrop with a sigh
of desire;
“At the daylight’s close I will
sleep with the Rose,
For the Rose has a heart of fire.”
Teiipranee Column.
A BREAKFAST ON EMPTY BOTTLES.
It has not been so very long since
there occurred in a portion of South
ern Kentucky, an event which in it
self possesses enough romance to be
elaborated into a very respectable
duodecimo. This I shall not at
tempt to and for me to give
the bare facts free from any varnish
and circumlocution.
The case in hand was a dissipated
husband, who, from a handsome
competency and a position of great
respectability, had, by a seemingly
uncontrollable appetite for wine
which sparkles with redness in the
cup, so completely degenerated as to
become a bankrupt, both in fortune
and character.
Their early married life was one of
encouragement and promise. He, a
talented man for his years, with a
family record to lend him prestige,
exhibited signs of no ordinary ability
iu the practice of law —his chosen
profession. She, a woman possess
ing all the amiable qualities calcula
ed to render her a true helpmate,
was not less gifted in turning to im
mediate advantage all that she did in
her sphere of domestic duties. How
holy is the home where every mem
ber of the household lends his Chris
tian aid in keeping the fires of sacred
duties burning upon the alter of do
mestic consecration! Temptations
which not unfrequently lurk around
the bar of the legal practitioner, be
guiled our friend into habits which at
one time foreboded the total ruin of
his once delightful home.
As time wore apace there was un
mistakable evidence of great pecuni
ary and social losses. The bright
and happy countenance of her who
was ever willing to share her hus
band’s misfortunes as well as successes,
was daily losing its sunshine of joy,
and was gradually settling under a
veil of sorrow which nothing but the
reformation of her husband could ev
er remove. It was with no impa
tient tone, with no undue amount of
chiding and upbraiding, that she ap
proached him with regard to his irreg
ularities, but with the softest voice
of tender affection did she endeavor
to revive his lost pride, to re-strengtli
cn his feelings of loyalty to his fami
ly, to convince him of inevitable dis
grace following his present course,
and to persuade him to reclaim what
his family had suffered from his in
toxication.
But the affectionate appeals of
Lis wife, and the kindly remonstran
ces of friends, had, as they generally
have in such cases, no perceptible in
fluence upon him who was apparent
ly indissolubly joined to his idol
whisky.
His besotted practice, continuing
more than a decade, had wrought a
marvelous revolution in his home.
Penury had usurped the place of
plenty, a cabin supplied the place of
a handsome mansion, hungry chil
dren now cried for the food a relent
less poverty held from them, and the
wife now sighed and drooped under
an experience of which -he had nev-
er dreamed when first married. But
the crisis was about passed, though
she did not know it. There was a
joy at hand for which she longed,
but did not look. The day had been
long, the sun had seemed to linger
along his route, and still with the
coming twilight there was nothing to
which her aching heart could turn
for comfort. There was no meal in
the barrel, no meat in the larder,
no coffee in the can, no sugar in the
pantry —oil gone, and five hungry
little mouths waiting upon their
mother to furnish them with what
she did not have nor could not get.
With the deep darkness came the
husband as usual, with just strength
enough to get home. During the
night the wife made known their
distressed condition, saying the chil
dren had cried themselves to sleep
for something to cat. To her telling
him there was nothing for breakfast,
he with a maudlin voice, told her
they could have whisky.
The morning came, and breakfast
was furnished according to his in
struction. Upon the naked table
empty bottles were placed at all the
plates except his own, and there was
placed the quart bottle of whisky
which had been brought homo the
evening before. He was awakened
and invited to breakfast. On enter
ing the room his eyes fell on crying
children and a broken hearted wife.
The scene was enough to impress any
heart with one remaining spark of
feeling. His heart was touched just
before the last spark had gone out.
Realizing his degradation and the
abject condition of his family, he ap
proached his wife and put his arm
around her neck and said (calling
her by name), “Let this be your last
cry on my account, by the grace of
God this scene shall be changed.”
He removed the bottles, with a sol
emn vow never to touch another
drop.
This occurred a score of years
since. To-day life is as sweet and
fortune as smiling as when the mar
miage-bells made two hearts beat as
one. By the grace of God are all
things done. — Christian Observer.
MISCELLANEOUS.
GEN. HOOD’S LOVE ROMANCE.
How his Sweotheart helped him to a Posi
tion, and how she repudiated him
when he failed to win Battles.
A writer in the Washington Chron
icle, relates the following dramatic
incident in the dead warrior’s life :
There was visiting Mrs. Jefferson Da
vis, in Richmond, at that time, a la
dy belonging to a family in the South,
of very powerful convictions, who,
in beauty, cleverness and ambition,
has never had her superior in that
section. She was engaged to be mar
ried to Gen. Hood. With all a wo
man’s natural ambition for her prom
ised husband, she determined, if pos
sible, to help him to a position where
his unqualified abilities as a fighter
would find a proper sphere. The
instant a change in the commander
of the second great army of the Con
federacy was noted, she saw her op
portunity. “I will try to have you
given the command of the Western
Army,” she wrote him, “and yon
must succeed!” Gen. Hood was
then about thirty-three years old,
and had first distinguished himself
in two of the greatest battles of the
war as a division and corps comman
der. He was a man who was always
ready to fight, no matter against what
odds ; and as the Army of the Ten
nessee could not be recruited mncli
more, it was decided at Richmond
that someone should cammand it
who would risk two or three terrible
battles, and, if it were possible, get
Sherman’s corps far enough apart to
fall on them and defeat them, each
one at a time. So Gen. Hood was
selected. Every one knew he would
fight whenever he got a chance, and
this was mainly what was wanted at |
Richmond. It was a proud day for
the stately woman he loved, when it
was announced, that Gen. Hood was
to be raised provisionally to the grade
of full General, and given this well
trained army.
On the 17fh af July (I believe
that was the date), Gen. Johnston
Devoted to the Cause of Truth and Justice, and the Interests of the People.
GREENESBORO’, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1884.
was relieved, and it was understood
that thereafter there would be more
flanking or stragetic operations, but
some terrible battles. Hood did his
best, but the transcendent genius of
Johnston was lacking, and the final
battles of the 14th and 15th of De
cember, 1864, in front of Nashville,
nearly destroyed his army. After
this occurred, Gen. Hood was sent
for to come to Richmond at once. —
The day after his arrival, lie received
a note from the lady mentioned, re
questing him to call on her at his
earliest convenience. There happen
ed to be an officer with Gen. Hood,
whom he knew very well, when tha
note reached him, and lie asked the
officer to go with him to the house
where Miss was. After a few
moments of waiting, when they were
announced, the lady came in with a
package in her hand. ‘Gen. Hood,’
she said, looking straight into his
eyes, “when I became engaged to
you I had the fullest faith in your
success. I tried to help you, and did
assist in having the command of the
Army of Tennessee given you. —
You have failed ; why or how is now
beside the question. I can never bring
myself to bear the name of a man who
wears the prestige of defeat, and I
sent for you to say, that our engage
ment must be at an end. Here are
your letters and some things you
gave me. Now, good-bye, and let
the dead past be forgotten. Good
bye !” While this was being said,
Gen. Hood was standing on his
crutches, for his leg was gone and his
arm shattered. He turned very
white, but said not a word, nor did
he look at the hand outstretched to
bid him good-bye. He gravely bent
his stately head and went out from
her presence forever. But lie never
forgot nor forgave the bitter, cruel
words, and years after, in speaking
of the matter, he showed deep emo
tion. It was so hard to bear, for he
had done all that loyalty, pluck and
the most distinguished courage could
do to win. It was an awful position
for the officer who went with him. —
When the conversation commenced
he rose and walked over to a window,
in order that he might not be a wit
ness to what lie foresaw would be a
most painful scene. But he could
not help hearing, and never until his
dying day will lie forget one of the
most remarkable incidents of the
war. Gen. Hood in 1869, married
Miss Marie Hennen, a daughter of
Hon. D. N. Hennen, of New Or
leans. She was a tall, handsome wo
man, worthy of her gallant and chiv
alrous soldier husband. The sad
death of both husband and wife in
quick succession of yellow fever in
1878, is still fresh in the public mind,
as is the fact, that they' left nine lit
tle children, the eldest only 9 years
old, to the care of strangers.
A BISHOP’S STRANGE STORY.
Odd Things Which Have Happened to
Bishop Bowman.
Bishop Bowman, of the Methodist
church, who is next in seniority in
the Episcopal College to Bishop
Simpson, although having no faith
in spiritualism, relates the following
singular circumstance, without, how
ever offering any comment upon the
facts: On his recent tour to the
East he returned home by the way
of the Red Sea. Before embarking,
he received a letter giving him en
couraging news of the condition of
his wife, who had been quite ill.
After a Sunday service on board of
the boat, as the vessel steamed
through the Red Sea, he went to his
room, and, as the shades of night be
gan to gather, he prepared to retire,
and was about to offer up a prayer
for his sick wife, when he suddenly
found that he could not utter a word
and that hismind was blank. Think
ing that this was an attack of nervous
ness, he arose and walked across the
room to compose himself, after which
he again attempted to pray for the
complete recovery of his wife, but
was affected as before. The convic
tion then came to him that his wife
was dead. Three weeks afterward
he reached Rome, and there found a
message awaiting him announcing
the death of his wife on the evening
of the day on which he had vainly
attempted to pray for her recovery.
The Bishop also says that his daugh
ter, who was at Paris when her
mother died, also received a singular
presentment of the same character.
This was not the only apparently
supernatural thing that has occurred
to Bishop Bowman. A few years
ago, he says, during an attack of
sickness, it appeared to him .that he
was transported to a spirit land,
where he held conversations with
friends- long since dead, and he feels
disposed to claim that he had really
been for a time in an unseen world.
In reciting these facts, Bishop Bow
man docs not propose to make any
deductions in favor of what is known
as modern spiritualism ; be simply
presents them as remarkable and to
him inexplicable phenomena.—Phil
adelphia Record.
THE LAND THIEVES.
[Albany idem & Advertiser.']
Upon information received from
most reliable sources in counties south
and cast of this city, the News and
Advertiser recently' set up an earn
est complaint against what has be
come a great evil in most of the wire
grass or piny woods counties of south
ern Georgia, viz: the forgery of ti
tles to lands. Fraudulent land grants,
bearing fac simile impressions of the
great seal of the State, are undoubt
edly in existence and have been cir
culated to cover different lots of land
in nearly every county in the timber
region of southern Georgia, causing
much trouble and expense to the
rightful owners of such lands.
The News & Advertiser has called
attention to these forgeries several
times during the last ‘two or three
months, and now we are glad to know
*tliat the subject has at las' attracted
tks attention of Governor JfetaDauiel.
By reference to his proclamation
published elsewhere in this paper, it
will be seen that the Governor offers
a reward of two hundred and fifty
dollars for the apprehension and im
prisonment, with proof to convict,
of any person or persons feloniously
implicated in any of these land for
geries or in the use of the great seal;
of the State.
There are land owners in southern
Georgia who can apprehend some of
these land sharks and swindlers if
they will make the right sort of effort,
or if, in other words, they will use
the information they have already
obtained in trying to protect their
property. We sincerely hope that
non', since they are promised a re
ward and the protection of the State,
they will be bold to proceed to arrest
the swindlers that have been spotted,
and bring them to justice.
Two boys were quarreling: “My
pa is a preacher an’ will go to heav
en.” “Yes, an’ my pa is a doctor an’
can kill your ole pa.”
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