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VOL. XI.
professional Directory.
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attorneys at law.
ISAAC L. TOOLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Hous
ton, Dooly, Pulaski, Macon, Sumter and
Worth. Also in the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and in the United States Circuit
and District Courts within the State. All
business entrusted t his care will receive
prompt attention. febl tf
0. C. HORNE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
The Criminal Practiee, a specialty.
January 4, 1877. jan4 ly
WOOTEN & BUSBEE,
ATTORNEY S AT LAW,
-VIENNA, GEORGIA.
aprlS-tf
C. C. SMITH,
Attorney ami Counsellor at Law,
And Solicitor in Equity,
McVILLE, ... - GEORGIA
Refers to Hon. Clifford Anderson, Capt.
Jelin C. Rutherford and Walter B. Hill,
Esq., Professors of Law, Mercer Universi
ty Law School, Macon, Ga.
Prorunt attention given to all business
entrusted to my care. inar22 6m
EDWIN MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Perry, Georgia.
Will give immediate and careful atten
tion to all business entrusted to him in
Houston and adjoining counties
Office in Home Journal building on
public square. apr!2 tf
. ROLLIN A. STANLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dublin, Georgia.
Will practice in all the counties of the
Oconee Circuit, From long experience
in the Criminal Practice, much of his
time will be specially devoted to that
branch of Mis' profession. feb24 tf
JACOB WATSON,
attorney at law,
Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Will practice in the comities of Pulaski,
Dooly, Wilcox, Dodge,Telfair, Irwin, and
Houston. Prompt attention given to all
business placed in my hands. aprS tf*
LUTHER A. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Eastman, Ga.
Will practice iu all counties adjacent
to the Mi. & B. railroad, the Supreme
Court of tilt State and the Federal Court
of the Southern District of Georgia. For
parties desiring, will buy, sell or lease any
real estate, or pay the taxes upon the
same in the counties of Dodge, Laurens,
Wilcox, Telfair and Appling. Office in
the Court aprlS tf
' J. H. WOODWARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts
iu the counties of liooly, Worth.
Wilcox, Pulaski and Houston, and by
speciul contract in other cour ts. Prompt
attention given to all collections.
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L- C. RYAN. *T. B. MITCIIELL.
RYAN & MITCHELL, -
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
WILL practice in the counties com
prising the Oconee Circuit, and in
the Circuit and District Courts of the
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia. ieblltf
J. M. DENTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i >RACTICES in the Brunswick Circuit
l and elsewhere by special contract.
Office at residence, Coffee county, Ga. P.
O. addirdsg, HaSSleliurst, M. & B. R. R-,
Georgia. fcb4tt
W. IRA BROWN,
attorney at law,
Vienna, Ga.
y;)KA.6TICSs in the Supi nor Courts of !
L OlitMee Circuit, and elsewhere in the
State by special contract. Collections
and other butiuess promptly attended
to .ofjij 8 - 13 ' 1 y
—. Joittl H MARTIN,
ATTO-BKEY at law
AWD juEAt ESTATE AGENTS,
fiawkinsville, Ga.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Pulaski,
Houston. Dooly, Wliocx, Irwin,
Telfair, Dodge and Laurens. may-tt
CHARLES 0. KIBBEE,
ATTORN E Y AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
WjLE practice in the Clrcu't and Dis
trict Courts of the United States
tor the-Honthern District of Georga, and
B the .Superior,'Courts of Houston, Dooly,
ftlaskir Laurens, Wilcox, Irwin and
Ilodge counties. june29ly
JOHN F. DELACY,
A T TjQ.il NEY AT LAW,
7 EASTMAN, GA.
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Dodge, Telfair, Laurens, Montgomery,
Wilcox, and Irwin, of the Oconee Circuit,
and Appling and Wayne, of the Bruns
wick Ctrcutt;
Prompt attention given to all business
entrusted tri'Uis care. junl7 tf
JOHN F. LEWIS. D. B. I.EOSAUD
It. O. LEWIS.
LE>YJ$v LEONARD & CO.*
Bankers and Brokers,
HAWKERSV4IAE, •. - • - GA.
Buy and sell Excliangc, Bonds, Stocks,
Gold aWitWtver, and sttenu promptly to
ali collections left with us.
Will also make loans on good seem itieg.
L tprfi ly
Fincftt. brands of tobacco, and the
cheapest, at
Jas. E. Fokeb.
octll-tf.
HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
ELIAS HERRMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EASTMAN, GA.
Practices in the counties adjacent to the
M. &B.R. R. Collections made a spe
cialty oct2s tf
W. vOUMPHREYS, "
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EASTMAN, GA.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of
Podge nnd adjoining will
buy and sell Heal Estate, pay taxes for
non-residents, make collections, etc.
ocf2s tf
P. JT. HODGE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Hawkinsnille, Ga.
Will pmctice ip the Superior Courts of
Houston, Dooly' Puiiski, Twiggs, Dodge
and Wilcox. Special attention given to
collections. oct4 ly
A- H. WOOTTEN,
Attorney and Cottncellor at Law,
Mount Vernon, Ga.
Will practice in the Middle aud Oconee
Circuits. Criminal defence a specialty.
Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims. sept 27 tf
1877. 1877.
FALL AND WINTER
Millinery Goods!
I have received from New York and
Baltimore my stork of Millinery Goods
for tlie Full and Winter trade, embracing
the latest styles of Ladies’ Hats, Ribbons,
Flowers, and all goods that may be de
sired in the millinery line.
The Indies are respectfully invited to
call and examine my stock. I am pre
pared to allow .ny customers some new
and attractive styles, and I am sure as
cheap as they could expect.
Dresses made in the latest styles, aud
satisfaction guaranteed in prices.
MKP. N. WESTCOTT.
Hawkinsville, Ga., Sept. 11, 1577.
scptl3 3m
IPlarrta/tion. for Sale-
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of Pulaski county, will be sold
before the court house door in the town of
Hawkinsville, Ga., on the first Tuesday in
December next, within the legal hours of
sale, that part of lot of land number #wo
hundred and forty-nine, lying north Coney
branch and South of Big Creek. Supposed
to contain one hundred and thirty three
acres, and that part of lots numbers two
hundred and thirty-two and two hundred
and thirty three, lying on the east side of
the river road. All of said lands lying in
the fourth district of Pulaski county, and
containing in the aggregate three hundred
acres, more or less. Sold as the property
of Miles Sanders, late of said county, de
ceased, and lor the benefit of heirs and
Creditors of said deceased. Terms of sale
cash. September 19,1877.
MARTHA SANDERS,
scpt2o td Executrix.
KELSOE’S
Bar and Restaurant,
AT —•
WATERMAN’S OLD STANDI
I have opened at Waterman’s old stand
a neat Bar and Restaurant. Tables sup
plied with tlie best the market affords.
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, Etc. Meals
at all hours. At my Bar will always be
found tlie best ot' Liquors, Cigars, &c.
Beds furnished when desired. Farmers
and others visiting Hawkinsvjpe are in
vited to call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
D. KELSOE,
Hawkinsville, Ga., (late of Montezuma.)
sep6 if
INSURE
YOUH HOUSES
—AND—
MERCHANDISE!
The undersigned represents as asrent
two of tlie largest and most reliable Fire
Companies in the world.
The Liverpool, London & Globe, with a
Capital of $27,000,000. Amount Capital
in United States, $3,052,000.
And New York Home, with a cash Cap
ital of $3,000,000, and gross assets $0,111,-
000.
Will take risks on merchandise, cotton
in store houses, residences, furniture, -fee.,
for one, three or five years, and will in
sure resiliences forever on the payment of
ten annual premiums. Rates will be as
low as any first-class and safe companies.
The above companies are prepared and
will make the deposit with the State in ac
cordance with the act of the last Legisla
ture for the protection of policy holders.
August 30, i§77.
C. M, BOZEMAN, Agt.,
aug3o 3m Uawkinsville, Ga.
JULIUS KING'S
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Soul Km-ucyw
‘J—OFFICE OF— ’
W. D. KING,
Jeweler and Watchmaker,
UA WKINSVILLE, GA.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Gy ns, Pis
tols, etc., repaired at short notice and up
on the most reasonable terms. All work
guaranteed. octl tf
Sewing Machine Needles of all
I kinds for sale very low. Apply at
the Post Office, Vienna, Ga. tf
Hawkinsville, ga., Thursday morning, November.ls, is??.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The Hawkinsville Dispatcii will
be mailed (postape free; to subscri
bers in any pait of the United States
one year for two dollars. Six months
for one dollar.
A deduction of 25 cents will be
allowed each subscriber in a club of
six, and in a club of ten an extra
copy of the paper will be sent gratis
No credit subscribers taken. The
Dispatch has the largest bona fide
circulation of any weekly paper in
the State.
Geo. P. Woods,
tf Editor and Proprietor.
The Dahlonega Signal is of the
opinion that some of the northwest
ern Counties will „'give majorities
against Atlanta.
The Episcopal, Baptist’ nnd Pres
byterian Churches of Griffin are
without pastors -all having resigned
owing to non-payment of salaries.
Tt is stated that ten members of
the United States Senate are prin
ters by trade. This should be a
warning to all boys not to learn to
be printers.
A Gainesville physician has suc
cessfully removed a cataract from
the eyes of a lady in Hall county,
aged eighty-two years, and who has
been blind from that cause for Iho
past ten years.
He was bound to be accurate, aDd
he described a woman’s costume:
“She wore an elegant suit of some
thing or other, cut bias and trimmed
endwise.”
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, has in
troduced a bill in the Senate re
moving the disabilities of about thir
ty disfranchised citizens. The Hon.
Jefferson Davis is amongst the num
ber. •
An iron mine has been discovered
in Emanuel county, and the editor of
the Swainsboro Herald has been
shown a specimen of the ore, which
is very rich, and the mine from which
it tvas taken is said to be very ex
tensive.
A farmer in the upper portion of
Hart county bought a sack of guano
to try' it. He paid freight, paid for
scattering, etc., picked out nearly all
the cotton that was raised on the
land where he put the guano, sold it
and lacked one dollar and a quarter
of paying for the guano.
There were sixty-one failures re
ported in New York city during the
month of October, the largest num
ber of any month this year; but the
liabilities, which are in round num
bers $8,600,000, are not eo great as
in some other months. The number
of failures has increased about thirty
per cent, over the record for the
month of September, while the ag
gregate liabilities is smaller by SIOO-,
000.
A woman in Wisconsin Territory
kept her mouth open long enough up
on a certain occasion last month to
swallow a snake. Her husband be
trayed a good deal of feeling in re
lating the l’ttle circumstance to his
neighbors, and concluded his narra
tive with the remark : “There ain’t
nothin’ hard-hearted ’bout me, but
hanged if I s’posed I could feel enny
sorrer for a snake.”
A young man named James Weed,
of DeKalb county, went down into
his own well to get a bridle that
had fallen in by accident. On as
cending the well and getting up
about ten feet, the entire wall gave
away and fell in upon him, utterly
crushing him to deatii. Mr. Weed
was a promising young man in the
neighborhood in which he lived,
and his death is deeply regretted.
Tne Columbus Times says : “All
of the section hands on the South
western Railroad, about one hun
dred and fifty, ‘lay down de shovel
and de hoe’ November 1. They re
fuse to work because their wages
have been reduced from forty to
thiity-five cents per day. We
don’t blame them, it is not enough;
but all they can do now is to seek
work elsewhere and pot interfere
with the road in any manner.
This, we are informed, was a great
surprise to some connected with the
road.”
When a political opponent of Tom
Marshall's attempted to win the sym
pathies of the crowd by boasting that
his father was a cooper, Tom at once
admitted the fact, and pointing at
his antagonist, said : “But the old
man put a mighty poor head to one
of his whisky barrels.” That end
ed the contest.
A girl in Orange county, New
York, has had thcer step mothers and
two step-fathers. The only fun this
extraordinary orphan experiences is
eating wedding cake.
COTTON RECEIPTS AT SAVANNAH.
The receipts of cotton at the port
of Savannah up to date, show that
she will receive her full share of
the staple production as a leading
cotton port. The largest leceipts
on the Ist November, 1816, were
3,943 bales, and on the correspond
ing day in 1815 were 5091. A
comparison shows an increase of
2,131 bales as compared with last
year, and of 983 bales over the re
ceipts in 1815 Savannah News.
A MARTYR TO PRINCIPLE.
The Talbotton Register has the
following:
A good old lady, opposed to all
modem innovations of society, made
some casual remarks about “pin
backs” at the camp meeting, declar
ing there was no hope for heaveu if
girls persisted in tnis nefarious prac
tice. Next morning as the good old
sister rose and started to the arbor,
she was struck with perfect dismay
as she could not take a step. She
was pinned back, pinned down and
pinned up; but there wasn’t a girl
on the grounds that hnew a thing
about it. It requires patience to get
through this world—it does.
VULGAR WORDS.
A distinguished author' says : “I
resolved when I was a child never to
use a word which I could not use
before my mother without offending
her.” His and example are
worthy of imitation. Boys readily
learn a class low vulgar-words and
expressions which are never heard in
respectable circles. The utmost care
on the part of the parents will scarce
ly prevent it. Of course we cannot
think girls being so much exposed
to the peril. We cannot imagine a
decent girl using words that she
would not give utterance to before
father or mother. Such vulgarity
is thought by some boys to be
“smart,” the next thing to swearing,
and yet “not wicked.” But it is a
habit which leads to profanity, and
fills the mind with evil thoughts. It
vulgarizes and degrades the soul,
and prepares the way for many of
the gross and fearful sins which now
corrupt society. Young reader,
keep your mouth from all irnpurityy
and “your tongue from evil,” for,
“out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh.”
THE WIFE’S CHOICE.
The Evansville (Ind.) Journal says:
A certain man iu this vicinity, whose
name we are not at liberty to give,
went into the army, and at the close
of the war his family could hear
nothing from him, and for four years
after—eight from the time he left
home—they still heard nothing from
him and believed him to he dead.
The woman, feeling no doubt of his
death, was married to another, and
lived happily together for six months,
when, to the surprise of all, her first
husband relumed and gave w’hat
seemed to the family a sufficient
cause for his long and mysterious ab
sence. But now what could be done ?
The two men met and in a friendly
manner talked ihe matter over, and
each felt that no one was to blame for
the circumstances. The parties agreed
however to leave the wife for a fen
days, and at an appointed hour and
molihent the three should meet and
the wife should decide whose wife
she should be. The- decision was to
be final and the man not received
should leave the vicinity. With this
arrangement each complied. Ihe
decisive moment, the important time
arrived and the woman decided that
he who had been her first husband
should be her last. The other pro
cured his divorce and left for other
parts.
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
The great wall of China was meas
ured in many places by Mr. Unthank,
an American engineer, lately en
gaged on a survey for a Chinese rail
way. His measurements give the
heighth at .eighteen feet, and a
width on top of fifteen feet. Every
few hundred yards there is a tower
twenty-five feet high. The founda
tion of the wall is f solid granite.
Mr. Unthank brought with him a
brick from the wall, which is sup
posed to have been made 200 years
before the time of Christ. In build
ing this, immense stone fence to
keep out the Tartars, the builders
never attempted to avoid mountains
or chasms to save expense. For
1300 miles the wall goes over, plain
and mountain, and every foot of the
foundation is in solid granite, and
the rest of the structure solid mason
ry. In some places the wall is built
smooth up against the bank or
canons or precipices, where there
is a sheer descent of 1000 feet.
Small streams are arched over, but in
the larger streams the wall runs to
the water’s edge, and a tower is
built on each side On the top of the
wall there are breast works or de
fences, facing in and out, so the de
fending forces can pass from one
tower to another without being ex
posed to any enemy from either side.
To calculate the time of building or
cost of this wall is beyond human
skill. —London News.
Claiborne F. Jackson, once Gov
ernor of Missouri, married five sisters
in one of the most respectable and
wealthy families in the State. As
soon as one wife would die he would,
go and marry her sister in reasonable
time. Of course some of them were
widows when lie married them.
They say that When he asked the old
gentleman’s consent to take the last
one the humorous reply was:
“Yes, Claib, you can have her.
You have got them all. For good
ness sake don’t ask me for the old
womsMJi”
The Black Decoy ;
A RIDE FOR LIFE.
‘I guess I never told yon about the
horse, did I V asked Major Maxwell,
an old veteran of the war, as lie
pointed out a large black horse that
was quietly feeding in the pasture
just across the road. ‘That is the fa
mous Black Decoy; and he cost me
an even thousand dollars, to say
nothing of the vexation and the peril
attending his purchase.’
‘I bought him in the mountain. It
was before the war. I had two good
arms then, and this leg wasn’t a stick.
I was on escort duty. Something had
happened to some of the wagons, and
the train lay in camp a day for re
pairs. Nearly all the boys went out
alter tfffftilos, but my horse was
lame, so I remained in tamp.
There was only one companionable
person left with me, and that was
old Jacob Stockton. He was going
out to Montana *o meet his daughter.
He had been in Montana for years,
leaving his child with his friends in
the East, and early in the spring he
went to visit her. He found, howev
er, that she had gone to visit him, so
he hurried back, and by chance joined
the train that I was escorting.
‘We had become very good friends,
and at every opportunity I sought his
company, and was always well re-
paid.
‘On that day I found him stretched
at full length under a tree, pulling
away at his old black pipe. I fol
lowed his example, excepting the
pipe, and was soon an interested list
ener to the old gentleman’s tales of
travel and adventure. In the midst
of one of his most exciting narrations
he started unexpectedly to his feet,
exclaiming:
‘The Black Decoy, as sure as I
live! I wonder what ill luck is com
ing to ns now.’
‘I quickly changed my recumbent
position for one better suited for ob
servation, and saw, eoming towards
camp, a stranger riding one horse
and leading another.
‘There was nothing remarkable about
the stranger nor the animal he rode ;
but the led horse was the most per
fect thing in the way of horse flesh I
ever saw. I was smitten at once.
Mv poor bay, though he had served
me faithfully for a year or more,
looked like an old cart horse by the
side cf this splendid black; and I de
cided at once that, if this animal
could be bought for money, I would
buy him.
‘Don’t do it, Major,’ said old Ja
cob, although I had not spoken a
word, ‘1 wouldn’t lidc nor own that
horse for the whole of Montana—no,
not if every stone were pure gold !’
‘Pooh, my friend, you’re wild J I'll
ride him, and buy him too, if I can.’
‘Major, if you know when you are
well off, you’ll not go nigh him.’
‘Your reasons,’ said 1, half vexed
at his superstitions.
‘I have but one,’ he replied solemn
ly : “if you mount that horse you
are no better than a dead man.’
‘I laughed outright.’
‘You hare forgotten the text, Ja
cob. Death comes on a pale horse.’
‘Black or white, you will find it as
I say, Major.’
‘By this time the new comer was
in speaking distance. 1 hailed him,
and went out to where lie stopped.
It was no hard matter to trade with
him, and in less than ten minutes I
was leading the horse away, and the
seller was riding off with a thousand
dollars added to his pocket money.
‘Anxious to try my new purchase,
I saddled and bridled him, and
mounted.’
‘Major! Major! don't do it!’
‘I had forgotten old Jacob, but
there he stood, holding the horse by
the bridle.
‘Major, you will certainly ride to
vour death !'
‘I was too much excited to pay
any attention to his words; and,
pushing the horse lightly with my
sharp Mexican spurs, I left the old
man still talking to me.
•My beautiful black went charm
ingly. I never had an easier seat,
and I never saw a horse that could
get over the ground with less oxer
tion. Twice one thousand dollars
would not have taken him from me.
‘At the start I gave the horse free
rein, and he took a northerly course
towards the mountains. In this way
J rode several miles ; but the nearness
of the sun to the zenith, and the ad
monitions of my inner man reminded
me it was time to return. I accord
ingly drew rein; but, instead of
wheeling about, tiic horse broke into
gallop, nearly unseating me.
‘1 had hitherto prided myself on
my command over anything of the
horse kind, but that magnificent
black took the conceit out of me.
All that I coital do or say made no
impression on him, and I was forced
at last to give Up and admit that I
had found my match. It was very
humiliating, I assure you, and there
was Jacob Stockton’s warning to
think about. I was not alafmed,how
ever, but I did find myself wondering
whether the old man had not some
reason for his belief. And I was
vexed, too. I could ride as far as
the horse could carry me ; but I felt
I had the right to choose the direc
tion. There was my dinner, too, a
nice, juicy buffalo steak. Take it all
in all, I was decidedly uncomforta
ble, and, had it not beeu for a weary
tramp back to our camping-ground,
I would have shot the animal dead
in his tracks.
‘The way grew rougher as I drew
nearer the mountains, but the horse
did not abate his speed in the least.
He plunged into a dry
bed of some mountain stream—
like one accustomed to the way. On
be dashed, and up, the path growing
narrower and the rocky sides steeper
Higher and higher were the rocky
walls as we advanced, until they
closed over our heads, shutting us in
the gloom. Ten minutes of this
gloom, and the horse emerged into
an open spape, lighted by the noon
day sun. There he stopped ns sud
denly as he started, and neighed
loudly.
‘Before I recovered my sarprise, a
quick, sharp, well-known sound
struck upon my ear, and looking in
the diree'ion whence it appeared to
come, 1 saw two men staring down
at me—two as rough—villainous
looking creatures as ever encumbered
the earth.
‘Ah, my friend, I know my peril
then, and my thoughts went through
my brain with wonderful rapidity.
I had not a second to lose. Al
ready two rifles were pointed at me.
Whatever I did must be done in
stantly. There was but one chance—
to stake a dumb brute’s life against
my own.
‘I drew my revolver and placed the
cold muzzle to the ear of my treach
erous captor.
‘My release, or the black imp’s
death!’ I shouted.
‘As soon as they perceived my In
tention they disappeared; but I
knew it was only to gain a more ad
vantageous position. I dared not
leave the horse, however, for on him
depended my safety'; so I sat there,
still holding my revolver, ready for
any emergency, and watching all
points. Vigilant as 1 was, however,
1 was surprised. Without any warn
ing, a light form leaped upon the
sadiile behind me, and a strange
word—some magical word, it seemed,
for the horse, so motionless before,
wheeled on the instant, and went
dashing back through the path he
had come.
‘Then and there was a ride for
life. The rocks seemed swarming with
men ; bullets flew about us like hail,
and the clatter of hoofs over the
hard stones came distinctly to our
cars. I spared neither whip nor
spur, and by strange good fortune
we escaped the bullets and reached
the open plain. Then, for the first
time, 1 ventured to look behind, and
I saw a woman’s face. I cannot de
scribe my feelings—my surprise, my
admiration, my gratitude, my love.
For once in my life I forgot there
was such a man as Major (iuy Max
well. Neither knowing no* - caring
who this stranger was—whether rich
or poor, or high or low degree—l
then and there gave her the noblest,
truest, best love man ever gave to
woman, nor thought perhaps it
would never be returned. My life
then was nothing, only so far as it
was necessary for her safety. The
yelling demons in pursuit were
welcome to it, if by this means she
could he saved. Hut thorn aa no
surety ot that. Both would be saved
or both lost.
Our pursuers were gaining on us.
Ever and anon a leaden messenger
ploughed up the sand behind us,
lessening our hope as they fell nearer.
But we could only urge on the poor
tired horse, and pray for deliver
anee.
A mile a two ahead of us was a
belt of timber. I had no recollec
tion of passing it in the morning;
but if we bad lost our way we could
not turn back. If we could only
reach the shelter of those trees iL
would be better than remaining on
the open plain, a target for liell a
score of rifles. But could we reach
it ? I bad not the shadow of an idea
that we could, for the horse was
neatly spent. Yet I urged him On.
fie strained every muscle to the ut
most, but those sinews of steel gave
way at last. He staggered and
fell, and I was just in time to save
myself and companion from being
crushed beneath him.
‘The timber was yet about a hun
dred yards away, and the ruffians
scarcely fifty behind. Why they
didn’t fire upon us I never knew, hut
I think they wished to spare my
Companion’s life.
‘I grasped the small white hand of
my companion in peril, and together
we resumed the flight. But half the
distance was covered when one of
the robbers galloped up to my side
and drew his sabre on me.
‘Take that ’
They were the last words he ever
spoke. Puffs of white smoke ap
peared suddenly among the trees,
and of the ten outlaws but three
escaped.
‘VVell, there is hut little more to
tell. The timber which I had tried
so hard to reach was oui own
camping-ground, and it was the
rifles of my own men that sent
death and defeat iuto the robber
ranks.
Mr. Biockton stared at me as
though I were a veritable ghost; but
when I led forward the beautiful
girl it was my turn to be sur
prised.
‘Minnie, tny darling,’ cried the old
man.
‘And I krew then who had
shared my ride from the outlaws’
stronghold.
‘She had been taken prisoner only
the day before. -Failing to find her
father, she was On her return, when
the coach fell into the hands of the
robbers. By chance she saw me,
and conceived the bold plan of es
cape ; but what magic words she
used to induce the obdurate horse
to turn hack with us I never knew
and she cannot tell.
‘lt came to me, and went again
when I had no further use for it,’
is her reply when I ask her about
it, so I am contented with the bene
fits received and ask no questions.
‘We resumed our way the next
morning, Minnie accompanying us.
The horse, too, I took with me,
although it seemed utterly worth
less. He grew better, however;
and there he is now, pretty well
advanced in years, it is true, but
still the cheapest horse ever bought.
Smile away, if you like. 1 do not
allude to the original investment—
I paid enough lor a share in the
concern—but to the dividend re
ceived. Only oiie has been declared;
yet I would not sell for ten thou
sand dollars. Let me show you.
Minnie! Minnie! O, here you are.
My wife, Minnie Stockton‘ Maxwell
—my dividend.’
TO YOUNG MEN.
It has boon said, anil truly, that and
man is a bundle of habits. It may
be said, with equal truth, that bad
habits are our worst enemies. How
they steal on us almost unconsciously
ami securely fasten themselves to us !
What tremendous efforts it takes to
rid ourselves of them when once we
have yielded. In one of the great
churches of Naples I looked unon a
form in marble that I shall never
forget. The statute is called “Vice
Convinced,” and represents, in life
size, a man struggling with tremen*
dous effort to break loose from tlie
net work of evil habits that have com
pletely enveloped him. The net is
represented by a cordon of open work
marble about him. A master’s hand
has wrought out this wonderful piece
of statuaryi A strong man in tlie
prime of manhood finds himself com
pletely encircled, bound hand and
foot, by bad habits. The net-Work
is complete. There seems to be no
possible escape from its meshes. But
under the inspiration of anew pur
pose that seems to have come to the
man from the face of a beautiful
angel, with a mighty effort he has
succeeded in breaking asunder the
coils that are about him. Every
muscle is at a tension, every part of
the entire form 6eems convulsed in
the fearful struggle. But he has
been successful, and a radiant smile
of joy nnd relief lights up his face.
Never before had I so fully realized
the power and tyranny of a habit, and
how utterly impossible it is to break
loose from a bad one. Every day 1
meet on these stieets men, who,
though rich, would give ail their
treasures in a moment could they
rise above the power of an evil habit.
Only the other day a citizen fled
from our city to a distant part of the
country hoping, as ho said, to get
r:d of the temptations that were
about him.
The formation of correct habits in
early life is comparatively easy. In
a word : if you would become model
characters you must discard all bad
habits, all oitd habits, all that is un
gracious or ungrateful in word or
deed, or manner. In order to do
this you must study constantly your
selves, and if possible, be under the
influence and shadow of good men
and women. Read, in hours of re
creation, good books. Shut: as you
would a deadly poison, the impure
1 itoratal ru that io more or lessatirunit,
Bass by on the other side, always,
when invited to tike a social glass
with a friend. Boar about with you
tlie conscious dignity of manhood,
not in a vain but in a modest, yet
positive way. Never sacrifice princi
ple for place. Embark in no busi
ness scheme that has not a fail
promise of moderate returns. Never
spend that which you have not got.
Don't discount the future, it may not
be yours.
SECRET OfTiapimness.
Someone (evidently not a bache
lor) writing on this subject, says:
Men and women wed each other to
be happy. And why not, if- they
marry wisely ? ’(’lie woman should
be a little more considerate than her
husband. He should bestow upon
her all his worldly goods, and she
should take good care of them.
Neither must be jealous, nor give the
oilier cause for jealousy. Neither
imut encourage sentimental friend
ship for the opposite sex. l’erleet
confidence in each other, and riti
cencc concerning their mutual affairs,
even to members of their own fami
lies, is a first necessity, A wife
should dress herself becomingly'
whenever she expects to meet her
husband’s' eyes. The man should
not grow slovenly even at home.
Fault finding, long arguments or
scoldings, end the happiness that
begin in kisses and love-making.
Sisters and brothers may quarrel and
“make up.” Lovers are lovers no
longer after such disturbances occur,
and married people who are not
lovers are bound by red hot chains.
If a man admires his wife most in
prints she.is silly not to wear them.
II she likes him best in black doth,
he is a fool if lie neglects to indulge
in it. They should contrive to please
each other even if they please
nobody else, for their mutual happi
ness can Only be the result of their
mutual love, and that love will
never fail to exalt its object.
A BEAUTIFUL KEFUECTION.
It cannot be that earth is man’s
abiding place. It cannot be that our
life is cast up by an ocean of eternity
to float a moment upon the waves
and sink into nothingness; felse
why is it that the high and glorious
aspirations which leap from the tem
ple of our heart are forever wander
ing about unsatisfied ? Why is it
that the rainbow and cloud come over
us with a beauty that is not of earth,
and then pass off and leave us to
muse upon their faded loveliness?
We are horn for a higher destiny
than that of earth ; there is a realm
where the rainbow never fades, where
the stars will be spread out before us
like islands that slumber on the
ocean, and where the beautiful which
begins here and passes before us like
shadows will stay in our presence
forever.
Gaze not on beauty too much, lest
it blast thee ; nor too long, lest it
blind thee. If thon like it, it de
eeives thee ; if thou leave it, it dis
turbs thee’; if thou hunt alter it, it
destroys thee. It virtue accompany
it, it is the heart’s paradise; if vice
associate with it, it is the soul’s pur
gatory. It is the wise mail’s bonfire
and the fool’s furnace.
NO. 46
STOPPING THE INTEREST.
Daniel Webster once dined with a
Boston mercbant, and when they
came to the wine a dnsty old bottle'
was carefully decanted by John and
passed to the host. Taking the bot
tle he poured out Mr. Webster’s
glass and handed it to him. Tiled
pouring out another glass fob him
gelf he held it to the light and said ;
“How do you like it Mr. Web
ster?” .
“I think it is a fine specimen of
old port.”
“Now. can you guess what it cost
me ?” said the host.
“Surely not,” said Mr. Webster;
“I only know that it is excellent.”
‘"Well, now, I can tell you, for I
made a careful estimate the other
day. When I add the interest to the
first price, I find that it cost me tin*
sum of just one dollar and twenty
cents per glass!”
“Good gracious! you don’t say so,”
said Mr. Webster ; and then draining
his glass he presented it again with
the remark :
“Fill it up again as quick as you
can, for I want to stop that con
founded interest.”
NOT AN UNCOMMON SORT OF LYING.
An old but vigorous looking gen
tleman, seemingly from the rural
districts, got into a car and walked
its full length without receiving an
invitation to sit down. Approaching
a gentleman who had a whole bench
to himself, he asked : “Is this s<,ut
occupied ?”
“Yes, sir, it is,” impertinently re
plied the other.
“Well,” replied the broad shoul
dered, “I will keep this seat until the
gentleman comes.”
The original proprietor withdrew
himself hautilv to one end and looked
insulted. After a while the train
got in motion, and still nobody came’
to claim the seat, whereupon the
deep-chested agriculturist turned and
said : “Sir, when you told mo that
this seat was occupied, you told me
a lie”—such was his plain language:
“I never sit near a liar if I can avoid
it. 1 would rather stand up.”
Then appealing to another party;
he said : “Sir, may I sit next to you ?
You don’t look like a liar.” We
need hardly say that he got his seat,
and that tile original proprietor
thought that there was something
wrong about our social system.
WHEN TIIE DARK COMES.
A little girl sat, at twilight, in her
sick mother's room, busily thinking.
All day she had been fulfof fun and
noise, and had many times worried
her poor tired mother.
“Ala,” said the little girl, “what
do you suppose makes me get over
my mischief and begin to act good,
just about this tilllo every nig’lit TANARUS”
“1 don’t Know, dear. Can vou not
tell ?”
“Well, T guess it’s because this is
when Ihe dark comes, You know I
am a little afraid of that. Aml then,
ma, i begin to think of all the
naughty tilings I’ve don% to grieve
you, and that perhaps you might die
before morning, and so I bwgin to
act good.”
“Ob,” thought I, “bow many of us
wait till dark comes, in the form of
sickness or sorrow, or trouble of some
kind, before we ‘begin to do good !’
How much better lo be good while
we are enjoying life’s brightstlnshine
and then, ‘when tiie dark comes,
it will, in a measure, to all—we shall
be ready to meet it without fear.”
LOVE AND ASTRONOMY.
“By Jupiter, these are lovely
nights ! Nothing Mars the serenity
of the scene I” exclaimed young
Jones the other night as he Saturn
the porch ’neath the silvery rays of
the crescent moon, with his* arm
around liife’ waist of Venus: liut
when the old woman opened the win
dow above them and turned a pitcher
of water on their devoted heads, they
thought they had encountered Nep
tune. She simply remarked lo them
as they started for the gate : “Here;
come back ! you can’t cornet over my
daughter in that milky way.” Jones
retorted: “Uranus off, and I’ll be
banged if I come back until i get
ready,” and his girl took liis arm,
and lie started oil' witli a spec 1 like a
messenger Mercury; who is said to
have wings on his heels, and silence
reigned dnCe niore. The old woman
said she would planet different next
time.
“Is that clean buttfer V' asked a
grocer of a boy who had brought a
quantity to market. “I should think
it ought to be," replied the boy, “for
marm and Sai were more than two
hours picking the hair and motes out
of it last night.’’
“My friend, she was a good ’oraan ;
she didn’t know nothin’ about yer
belles-lettcrs, yer rhetoric nnd all
that kind o’ stuff, but when yier come
to darnin’ socks and- makin’ fatty
bread, I tell yer she was a yaller dog
under the wagon.”
The slumbers of an Irish geritlemari
being disturbed by another gentle-'
man who had come to administer a
horse-whipping, lie asked him wheth
er lie meant to be so unmanly as to
flog him while in bed? “Certainly
not,” was the yisitor’s reply, “Well,
then,” rejoined the other, quietly
rolling himself up very snugly in the
bed-clothes, “you may wait as long
as you please, but hang me if I’ll get'
up while you’re in the house.”
An old lady with a largo family,'
living near a river, was asked if she
did not live in constant fear that
some of her children would her
drowned. “Oh, no,” she replied ;we
have only lost three or four in that
wayi”
If you think you are 100 tall, mar
ry an extravagant woman and you
will soon find ) ourself short enough: