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hl diu« through a verdant valley,
1 j m .d 011 either hank with trees,
the bird, sing sweet in sprn.g
\,J the th-wer s.wave in the breeze ;
earning silvery m the sunlight,
ihu.ei.ig I,.rough the leatlets green
■l,attahoofhee ’ flows riplmg onward
With its ever changing sheen.
■ugftjjo my ehildteh footsteps
■ov. >d alonp its l>anks to stray,
■ l later. I found my sweetest pleas-
I ure ,i
Blv its banks. Its cheerful play,
■paving garlands from the blossoms
■hat beside the streamlet grew,
■vaming of the distant tut ui e,
■reams fulfillment never knew.
■ter years enhanced its beauty.
■ iftetier drew my willing feet,
■• its dear association,
Kvith the holies of life most sweet,
■lieu T strayed beside it s waters,
■it was not as once, alone,
■id I listened at its music
Bviingling with a deeper tone.
■>w again my footsteps linger
■ly the dear, good old stream,
■>i as oft before, to ponder
Bm some bright delicious dream ;
■damn skies are dark anil chilling,
■ nil the leaves bestrew the ground,
■ile tiie waters of t lie streamlet
wit h a low 7 sad sound.
■ 'twere sorrowing with my spirit,
the brightness of past hours,
■r the days that only left me
■trokeii dreams and faded flowers,
■i the hopes so fondly cherished,
■vitheredby the hand of death,
■i the trees so fresh in springtime
■vrish with the autumn breath.
ime in the bright hereafter,
■when t lie pearly ’gates unfold,
we stand within the city,
■where the streets are paved wit h
gold,
■here the sunlight ever lingers,
■/Viul the weary heart finds rest,
shall see with dearest visions,
■wiiat Hod does is for the best.
MISCELLANY-
Written for the Hkkai.o.
MADCAP VIOLET
BY MIZBAH.
CHAP. I
I Violet, you cannot really mean
■ go? Just think how you are out
■ging propriety.
II tell you once for all l shall go
■hen and where I please.
I Two voices, one young, hot and
■tsionate, the other tirrn and low
■th a deep tench of sadness.
I They were standing in a narrow
■reet of a quaint old Norman
■wn. made famous by its gloomy
■ Bas.ile prison, its hundreds
■ years old belfry tower with its
■u few, where, ‘for hundred
■ars or more human foot had not
■en planted.’
■ They were standing directly be
ll® 111 this tower, but neither of
■fctu had eyes or ears, for any
■ ve each °ther just then. These
■ o belonged to a party of some
■c^ l ' cr ten Americans, who were
■aveling in Europe. They bad
■ en ex pluring the oldbelfrey tow
■ anj were returning to their ho
■‘ Ihe rest of the party having
■ on ahead— leaving Violet,
■ | lhanks and Hugh Lindsey to
■°w them. They had been
s from childhood, these two,
■ it was whispered by the friends
■ *hat whet Violet had com
■ ed her tour of Europe there
IUUI UU , be a ,r >ug*ng of the wed
ells and in the aiistocratic
a which they both were con
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sidsred leaders there would
mighty flutter of .expectation aid
wonder as to who woulifjbe among
the dear ‘five hundred’ friends
who would be specially invited to
the elegant affair.
This as yet was only whisper ed
for, although it was perfectly plain
to all that Hugh simply adored
this willful little beauty who held
her heart strings in her tiny hands.,
Violette was a born coquette and
had no idea of giving up any of
her freedom—and assuming the
role of ‘engaged young lady’ just
yet. So when her cousin Clark
Wimberly who was hopelessly en
amored with Yioiet’s beautiful
dark eyes and glossy hut brown
hair, would teasingly ask her when
she intended making Lindsey his
cousin, she would quickly deny
with flickering color that they
were anything but very dear
friends, and Wimberly would shrug
his shoulders and retain his convic
tions, for all that. But it was not
on account of Wimberly’s atten
tions, persistent though they
were, that the present quarrel was
about.
The party had a recent addi
tion to its members in the person
of a young French Count, M De
Lunna. whom Violet had met the
previous winter in her own couu
try: and whose beautiful old chat
teau was only eight miles distaut
from the old town in which they
weie now stopping. And Violet,
f ill of the folly of eighteen years,
was flirting wtth him, in that way
that would have been perfectly u.i
derstood by her own countrymen;
but which the Frenchman took to
mean that she would be perfectly
willing to accept his hand and
name, whenever he choose to of
fer them, and as Violet waa an
heiress and be'in want of ready
money he intended to make that
offer. So that morning De Lun
na had proposed to the party an
excursion to the neighboring
town, with a lunch at hischatteau.
The invitation had been eagerly
accepted by the girls, but unluck
ily, Mrs Wimberly, who was chap
aroning the girls, was suffering
from one of her headaches. These
headaches always lasting for three
days or more, and during the
time she was totally unfit for any
exertion, and the girls were in de
spair at loosing the frolic. For
De Lunna Lad to return to Paris
on business and this was the only
day he had, in which to open his
doors (and his heart) to the fair
American.
Violet, urged by the other girls
calmly announced her intention
of going without her aunt, with
the two other girls, Clark Wimber
ly and Lindsey if he choose. Lind
aey heard her decision with amaze
went, and hastened to speak with
her alone, to express his di- ap
proval. and ask her for his sake
to give up the excursion. At the
same time telling her it would be
impossible for him to accompany
them, as he had an important
gagement that day, and it was
impossible for him to keep it and
return until 5 o’clock in the day,
too late to go to the chatteau. So
he thought it but right to request
Violet to give up the trip. And
he might have succeeded 1 ad not
Emily Wimberly, mischievously
asked Violet if Sir Hugh would
give his permission. After that,
Violet would have dare! anything
rather than to make the excursion.
Turning on Hugh, a pair ot‘ de
fiant eyes she said:
“I hope y.iu will know ire well
enough in future to know that
I’m not to be controlled.
The color rose to his face and
for an instant he was tempted to
make an answer as hot and fool
ish as her own. Then his love
came to his aid, and his eyes had
a look of pity in their blue
depths, as he said gently: ‘My
dear, lam older than yous per
Lawrenceville, Gra. Wednesday July 4, 1883
haps some would say that the ten
years difference in our ages was
too much for perfect love to exist,
but 1 don’t think so. You know
that 1 love you Violet, and I tell
you you’ll reget your folly if you
do go, ar.d now this is my last re
quest.
‘l’m tired of your lecturing’ she
said coldly, and I think we had
best put an end to this at once.
For a moment he made no re
ply, and Violet taking advantage
of hii silence, ran hastily down
the hill; but before she had reach
ed the rest of the party, a b ind
touched her arm and a voice, she
hardly recognized it was so hoarse
and sad, said; “Do not be afraid
of another lecture, of eowrse now
I have no right to interfere, but
Violet before yonder curfew shall
sound to-night, you will repent
your wilfulness, and when you do,
remember dear, I forgiva you.’
With these words he left her.
/n a few minutes uore sue join
ed the rest of the party and when
they all reacheu the hotel the De
Lunna family carriage, with foot
men in yellow li varies, stood at
the do<‘r. The Count met them
at once, ah, mad moiselle, he bs
gan reproachfully, I had begun
to despair. Madam, I hear is in
disposed, but I trust your cous"
ins amt yourself may persuade her
to accompany us and lunch at my
chatteau as you promised,
“Yen need not fear our depriv
ing ourselves of the charming ex
cursion/’ exclaimed Emily Wim
berly, with the audacity of her sev
enteen years.
Mamma is not able to hold up
her head, and won’t be for two
days, but w° are going, Amy, Vio
let Clark, Mr Lindsey aud myself.
The Count, although he could not
jide a look of surprise at the utter
disregard of propriety, made a po
lite answer and assisted the girls
into the coach.
It was a ride of seven miles,
through the beautiful green ccun
try, and then they reached the
sleepy old Norman town —up
through its narrow streets, past
curious old buildings whose inhab
itants looked with surprise at the
coach and its crowd of gaily dress
ed ladies.
But Violet saw nothing of these.
I think there must be a time when
a spirit of evil enters into us wo
men, and silencing our good an
gel, leads us into paiu and suffer
ing with our eyes wide open. It
was such a time with Violet. Had
Hugh been there, lis very pres
ence would have exercised the
deamon. But in his absence tern
per and pique reigned supreme,
ind never had she been more brill
iant and beautiful than on that
day.
At length they saw the old grey
towers of the chatteau, and the
girls were wilt with delight as
the coich rolled through the mas
sive gates into the paved court
yard.
Over the house they went, from
the ghostly old picture gallery,
where DeLunna’s ancestors look
ed down from massive frames on
this audacious crowd. Down
through the spacious bed cham
bers to the handsome but faded
drawing rooms with their deep
rnullin windows—down to a bright
modern sitting room wher* their
lunch was served in the daintiest
manner.
Then when lunch was over and
they had discussed iced cham
paigne and walnuts to their hearts
content Violet proposed that
they explore the grounds, which,
the Count said ■vere very exten
sive. knd though even her cous
in Clark disapproved of this, with
out a propel C'haporine, still the
spiriu of evil seemed to possess
Violet and she persisted that she
must see some of those ghostly
old walks, and they all set out.
Befare long the crowd seatter-
ed, De Lunna keeping close to Vj
olet’s side.
On and on they walked, through
the beautifnl old trees till at last
Violet spied away to the right a
low grey tower, almost complete
ly hidden from view by the ivy
that clung to it.
“What is that?" exclaimed Vio
let. pointing to the Ufwer.
“That,” said the Count, with a
curious smile, ‘is au ornamental
tower very, very, old, of which on
ly the lower half is safe, should
you like to go inside?
Violet consented eagerly, and
they soon reached the tower, and
ascended the very insecure look
ing steps.
There was a queer low door
just in front of them, and the rus
ty key groaned as it was turned
in the lock, but finally the door
yielded, opened, and Violet found
herself inside.
(to bk continued.)
A SLUGGING MATCH ALL
FOR LOVE.
Last Monday morning an extra
ordinary encounter, between tw«
young men took place at Hum*
burg, a short distance from this
city, on the Richmond and Dan
ville railroad, and the presence in
the city yesterday one of the com
batants, with his second, is how
the particulars of the ‘affair of
honor’ leaked out. The meeting
at Harrisburg of the two young
men was premeditated and the
parties had come to an agreement
as to the time and place of meet
ing by correspondence. One of
the parties was a Mr Meares, of
Wilmington, this state, and the
other a Mr Hoffman, of South Car
olina, but who has 1 goipg to
school at King's Mountain. The
cause of the difficulty is simply
that both the young men were in
love with the same young lady,
and the green eyed monster got
in his work on them They cut
at each other for a time and final
ly their emnity became so great
that thay decided to fight it out
according to the code. No weap
ens were to be used, according to
the agreement, but they w«_re to
have a simple but genuine slug
ging match, such as the iron fisted
gladiators of old indulged in to
the delight of the Romans. The
two young men accompanied by
their friends, or seconds, met at
Harrisburg promptly on Monday
morning, as agreed upon, and pre
pared for the fray They were
placed in position and at the word
fell upon each other with all the
fierceness born of madness. They
pumme/ed each other soundly for
about five minutes when the
North Carolinian was knocked to
the ground, but got up and resum
ed the fight. Tley fought for ex
actlv six*e m minutes by the watch
when both gladiators, bloody and
bruised, fell to the ground. The
seconds rushed to the side of each
of the fal/sn “slugs” ?nd endeavor
ed to raise them for a renewal of
the contest, but without success.
Both were finished, and each one
unmiodful of the celebrated Mc-
Duff s invocation, cried, ‘enough.’
The seconds insisted on the fight
proceeding, but ea;h combatant
declared himself satisfied. They
were assisted to rise, and then,
in the presence of the seconds,
they shook hands and declared
the matter settled.— Charlotte
(N C) Observer.
Two drunken men fought a du
el with no other weapons than
their fists, near Perth Amboy.
The risk of the engagement arose
from their selection of the railroad
track as the arena on which to set
tie their quarrel. A locomotive
came along and killed them both.
The moral of the occurance is
found by reflecting that the loco
motive was loaded with water,
the combatant* with whiskey.
FAST TIME.
One of our citizens remarked to
us yesterday about fast traveling.
He said : ‘I see you publish a little
piece about a train on the Geor
gia road going lfi miles in min
utes. That ain’t a marker to the
time that was made on the same
road before the war. I tell you
the engine and tender qnii the
earth for awhile and flew. It was
in the days of mining up in Lump
kin and teu rent, pieces went 8 for
a dollar. Change was so scarce
that a man could easily get off 80
cents for one dollar in silver. Har
rison Kiley, who L known to near
ly every man and child in North
ern Georgia and who always had
au eye solely to business, carried
a large amount of money to Augus
ta to exchange it for ten cent piec
es. The dimes were put up in
kegs about the size of nail kegs
and contained several thousand
dollars. The porter at the bank
where Mr Riley got the kegs was
rolling them out and putting them
in a dray to carry to the train,
when the porter got out one keg
more than was paid for. Mr Ri
ley was assisting the porter in get
ting out the kegß, but of course he
was not cognizant of the fact that
he had got too many of the kegs
or he would at ones have told the
bank officers that the porter had
made a mistake. Mr Riley was a
man of no education whatever, but
was a good trader, and Soveral
times representated Lumpkin coun
ty in the legislature, and I can safe
ly state from what I know and
have heard oi him that he had no
hand in getting out one keg
too many. Mr Riley came to
Athens with his money and went
to Uncle Dick Saulter, who was
then keeping a livery stable here,
and told him he wanted the best
pair of horses he had and with a
safe driver, as he wanted to go
through to Dahlonega that day
Mr Saniter told him it was impos
Bible to make the trip without stop
ping and refused to let him have
the horses. After a while they
agreed for the team to go to
Gainesville and rest until 11
o’clock that night and then go on
to Dahlonega. Mr Riley put his
kegs in the lirile wagon and sort
ed. Ha had been gone several
hours when the bank offi
cers in Augueta discovered their
less and knew that Mr Riley must
have the money, as he was the on
ly one that had done any large bus
iness in ten cent pieces that day
.So they chartered an engine and
tender and started in pursuit, and
old citizens who saw the engine
pass say that it quit the track and
flew ; that a mile a minute was
slow traveling for it. The bank
officer arrived in Athens several
hours after Mr Riley had left, and
went to Mr Saulter and got a pair
of horses and still pursued. They
overtook Mr Riley at Gainesville,
just as he was coming out ot the
hotel to get in his wagon to con
tinue his journey. The bank offi
cer made known his loss to Mr R.
and told him he was confident he
hid the musing keg. Mr R.
told him to search the wagon, and
of course the money was found
and transferred to the bank offi
cer’s buggy. Mr R. told him that
he couldn’t cipher, and therefore
could not tell how much money he
had. You just asl any of our old
citizens about fast trains and they
will tell you that when Harrison
Riley got the ten cent pieces in
Augusta—Banner Watchman.
A vigilant sentinel is posted at
the door of a picture gallery with
strict orders of the customary
character.
A sightseer happens along and
is promptly halted,
‘Here, sir, you must leave your
cane at the door!’
‘But, my friend, I haven’t got
any cane!’
‘Then go back and get one! No
one is allowed to pass in here un
less he leaves his cane at the door.
Orders is orders!’
jVol. XIII.—No. 15.
THE ARKANSAS FARMER.
A cattle dealer stopped at the
house of an Arkansas small fanner
and called to a man who was draw
ing water with »n eld fashioned
windlass that cried out with an
alarming screak at every turn of
the crank.
•Light,’ shouted the drawer ot
the water
Die man dismounted and ap
proached the well. ‘I am a cattle
buyer,’ said the man ‘and I’d like
to talk business to yen.’
•Can’t talk business till I give
these steers as much vater as
they want.’
‘How long will it take you?’
‘Blamed if 1 know, They ain’t
had no water for two days, and
the well’s seventy five feet deep,
and the bucket leaks. Now make
the calc’lation. ’
‘How long have you been draw
ii.g ?’
‘Sence sun tip : and they're just
as rampant now as they was when
l commenced. I don't low to do
nothin’ else for several days yit,
for by the time one gets ’nough
the other's spilin' for some.’
Why don’t you drive them to
the creek ?’
‘Thar ain't no creek in the neigh
borhood.’
‘Why don’t you drive them to
the river ?’
‘ Coe they’d rink in and drown
thareelves.’
?Why don't you drive them to
the pond ?'
‘They won’t drink that sort o’
water.’
‘Don’t you want to sell them V
‘I would if the old woman would
consent, and I tnink she iu wil
lin. ’
‘Where is she ?'
‘She’s just gittin’ ready to go
over and sea one of the neigh
bors.’
‘You’d better consult her before
she leaves.’
‘You don't know that warnan
like I do. It ain’t safe to pester
bar when she’s gittin' ready to go
anywhar. Wa'll hafter wait till
she gets back.’
‘How far is it V
‘About nine miles.’
‘I see you don’t care to talk bus
iness.’
‘No, I ain’t so powerful keen.’
‘lf you’d pay more attention to
business you’d live betfer.’
‘Don’t wanter live no better’n I
am. Suits me.’
‘Are you making any attempt
to educate your children V
‘Yes, an’ they’re gittin’ along
fine, Jim hit a nigger with a rock
yisterday, Bob sassed a Jestice of
the Peace, an’ Buck ain’t afeered
of the devil. That’s a mighty
good show in,’ let me tell you,’
and the windlass screaked and
the steers walled their eyes.
‘Are all your children boys V
‘They might have been if it hail
not been for one thing.’
‘What was that?’
‘One of ’em was a gal V
‘Where is she now?’
‘Married to the triflin’est fellow
I ever seed.’
‘Well, there’s no use fooling
with you. Good day.
‘Good bye, stranger.’ And he
turned the crank, muttering to
himself, ‘Nosin’ round’ here tryin’
to find out who’s got whiskey. A
man haster be mighty smart these
days. —Arkantaw Traveler.
THE BAD BOY.
“Why was you and your ma
down to the police station so late
last night?’ isked the grocerymau
of the bad boy, as he kicked a dog
away from a basket of peaches
standing on the sidewalk. “Your
ma seemed to be much affected. ”
‘That’s a family secret. But if
you will give me some of those rot
tan peaches I will tell you. if you
won't ever ask pa how he came to
be pulled by the police.’
The groceryman told him to
help himself out of the basket the
dog bad been smelling of, and he
filled his pockets, and the bosom
of his flannel shirt and his hat, and
Sdid:
‘Well, you know pa is studying
up on the Bible, and he is trying
to get me interested, and he wants
me to aßk him questions, but if I
ask him any questions he can’t an
swer, he ge ts mad, When I asked
him about Daniel in the den of
lions, and if he didn't think Dan
was traveling with a show, and
had the lions chloroformed, he
said I was a scoffer and would go
to Geheuna. Now I don’t want
to go to Gehenna just for wanting
to get posted ou the show but?i -
ness of old times, do you ? When
pa said Dan was saved from the
jaw* of the lions ’cause he prayed
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three times every day, and had
faith, and I told him that was
just, what the duffer that goes in
to the lion s den in Coup's circus
did because I saw him in the dress
ing room, wlieu me and my chum
got in for carrying water for the
elephant, and he was exhorting
with u girl in tights who was go
ing to ride two horses. Pa said I
was mistaken, cause they never
preyed in circus, ’eopt the lemon
ade butchers. I guess I km'w
when I hear a mnn pray. Coup’s
Daniel talked just like a deacon at
class meeting, and told the girl to
go to the pluce where the preach
ers says wo will all go if we dont
do different. Pa says it is wicked
to spe»k of Daniel in the same
breath that you spt-nk of a circus.
W ell, I couldn’t help it, and when
he wanted me to ask him ques
tions about Elijah going up in a
chariot of fire, I asked him if he
believed a chariot like the ones in
in the ourcus, with eight horses,
could carry a muu rigM up to the
clouds, and pa suid of course it
could. Then I asled him what
tliev did with the horses after they
got up there, or if the chariot kept
running back and forth like a buss
to a picnic, and whether they had
stalls for the horses and harness
makers to repair I arnesses, and
wagon makers, cause a churi
ot is liable to run off a wheel, if it
strikes a cloud in turning a corn
er. Pn said I made him tired. He
said I had no more conception of
the beauties of Scripture than a
mule, and then I told pa he could
not expect a mule to‘know much
unless the mule’s father had
brought him up right, and where
a mule s father had been a regular
old bummer till he got jimjums,
and only got religion to keep out
of the inebriate uvylnm, that the
little mule was entitled to more
charity for his short comings than
the mule’s papa That seemed to
make him mail, and ho said the
Scripture lesson would be contin
ued some other time, and I might
go out and play and if I wasn’t iu
before nine o’clock he would come
after me anil warm my jacket..
Well, I was out playing and me
and my chum heard of the murder
in Third Ward, anil went down
there to see the dead and wound
ed, and it was after ten c’clock aud
pa was searching for me, und I
saw pa go into an alley, in his
shirt sleeves and no baton, and
the police were looking for the
murderer and I told thelpolicemau
that there was a suspicious look
ing man in the alley, and the po
/iceman went in there and jumped
on his back, aud held him down,
and the patrol wagon came, anil
they loaded pa in, and he gnashed
his teeth, and said they would pay
dearly for this, and they held his
hands and told him not to talk, as
ho would commit himself, and
they tore off his suspender but
tons, and J went home and told
ma the police hud pulled pa for
being in a suspicious place, and
she said she had always beeu
afraid he had come to some bad
end, and wo went ilown to the sta
tion and the police let pa go cn
proi ise that he wouhln t do so
again, and we went home and pa
farm, d the dust out of my pants’.
But he did it in a pious manner,
and I can’t complain. He was try
ing to explain to ma how it was
that he was pulled, when I came
away, and I guess ho will make
out t) square himself Say, don’t
these peaches have a darned queer
taste 1 Well, good bye. lamgo -
ing down to the morgue to have
some fun ’
Never let the tea boil.
For rough hands, use lemon
juice.
Strong lye cleans tainted pork
barrels.
Tepid milk and water deans
oilcloth without soap.
Paint slashed upon window
glass can he easily removed by a
strong solution of soda.
To give stoves a good polish,
rub them with a piece of Brussels
carpet after blackening them.
If vou wish to make a cake that
wil' keep well, use the yolkß of
eggs only; they keep it much more
moist and less liable to dry than
the whites do.
To crystahze grasses, one pound
best alum, powdered; half a gallon
of soft water; boil until dissolved;
dip the grass in the solution, and
allow’t to remain six or seven
hours; remove and dry in the sun.
This is a reliable recipe.
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