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.CAIN & POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOUISVILL, GA.
R. W. Carswell. W F. Denny.
Carswell & Denny
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LOUISVILLE,...... .OEORGrIA,
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Middle Circuit'. Afto-Htirlia to AOgqs .
ta Circuit. All business cutrusted to their
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Nov. 3.27 ly TO :■ itfctti ft t, \?, t;
V/. H. Watkins, .R. L. Gamble*
•WATKINS & GAMBLE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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Louisville and SanderpviUe , Ga.
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Louisville Academy.
G. A. HOLCOMBE, A, M Principal.
For information as to rates of Board and Tu
ition, apply to the Principal, or to any member
of the Board of Trustees.
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I A. L. PATTERSON,
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1 J, H. POLHILL,
l J. G.CAIN, Secy.
Louisville, Ga., March 12, 1874. 3m
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J J home seven miles from Louisville, and
offers his professional services to the citixens
in the neighborhood. ~ m
if otkßaw ic dT
Nnrgeon. /
CSUCCESSFULLY' treats-- Diseases pf-tfee
tJ itilhgs apa Throjvt, digeahesNof. th* Eye,
Nose and Ear, ana mTTorms of DrSpsey ; dis
eases of the Heart Kidneys, Bladder and Stric
ture, secret diseases, long standing Ulcers.—
Removes Hemoirheidal Tumors witnont pain.
Makes a speciality of diseases peculiar to Fe
males. Medicines sent to any point on thu
Railroad. All correspondence confidential.
Pel>y 15, 1874 ly
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AUG USTA, GEORGIA
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SAVANAJI, GA.
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October 30,1873, 3.n(
CENTRL RAILROAD.
, GEN’L SUPT’B OFFICE, C. R.tt. 1
Savannah, October 10, 1873. )
ON and after SUNDAY the 12th lust.,
Passenger trains on the Georgia Cenirnl
Railroad, its branches and connections, will
run as follows:
GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave 5avannah.................. 8;45 a m
Leave Augnsta 9:05 p m
iikAnguatq 4=W P m
Arrive in Macon ,- 6:4opm
Leave Maceu tos Columbus 7:15 p m
Leave Macon for Eufaula 9:10 p m
Leave Macon for Atlanta 7:30 pm
Arrive at Columbus 12:45 a m
Arrive at Eufaula 10:20 a in
Arrive at Atlanta 1:40 a m
COMING SOUTH AND EAST
Leave Atlanta « m
Leave Eufaula —— P m
Leave Columbus 1:30 am
Arrivest Macon from Atlanta 6:30 a m
Arrive at Macon from Eutaula 5:26 a m
Arrive at Maeon from ColOmpus 6:45 a m
Leave MacoK 7:15 am
Arrive »t AugWt» 4;00 p m
Arriyeat Savannah 5:25 pm
DAILY TRAIN (BUNDAY EXCEPTED)
BETWEEN EATONTON AND MACON.
Leaving Eatouton 5 ; 99 a m
Leaving Milledgeville h:43 a m
A 1 rive at Maoou. 7:45 am
RETURNING.
Leave Macon 4:00 p m
Arrive at Mllledgesville 7:14 p m
Arrive at Eatonton---. 9:uv P >“
Connects daily and ordon with Passenger
Train to 014 rom Savanannah and Augusta,
WM. ROGERS,
.. eneral Superintendent.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON SOUTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Charhston, October
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, 19th INST.,
THE following Schedule will be ruu on the
South Carolina Railroad:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN
Arrive at Charlesten P»
BIGBT EXPRESS TRAIN,
Leave Charleston S.en > m -
Sri? :
AIKEN TRAIN.
Leave Augusta.... 2-30 p. m.
Arrive at Akin..:.,. -M- »
General Ticket Ant.
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BoardinG HotjsE.
Mrs. M. S. MILLER, Proprietor.
Good Board furnished hr the
month, week or. day. Charges
moderate.
Oct, 15th 1873. ts
LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA., JUNE 11, 1874.
|BSpa PROSPECTUS 1874.
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The Savannah Morning News.
“A great paper—an honor not
only to Savannah, but to ihe Slate.
—A tanta Ga. Constitution
“A real live paper—one of the
best on the Continent.—Sanders
vide Ga Hemld.
‘‘Should be received by every bus>
iness man—able, fresh, spicy.”—
Marianna Fla. ourier.
■ “The neatest, wittiest and most
ably edited daily in the Southern
States.”— Covington Ga. Enterprise.
“One of the journals of
thg So.uth-~edited with ability and
sprighiliness- ..invaluable to mer
chants and business men.” Chris*
tian Index.
In issuing this, the twenty-fifth annual pros
pectus oi the Savannah Mobs iso News, it is
unnecessary to (evert tothe history of the pa
per. For a quarter of a century it has been
the conspicuous and consis ent champion of
Southern sentiment and Southern interests.
The career of the Morning News has been one
of singular prosperity. It made a place lor.i -
sell from the start avd has kept it, while a of
its contemporaries of that day, and all save one
of its later rivals, have perished by the ways
side, and to-day it stands firmly established in
popular favor, with little or no competition
within the area of its circulation.
The restless activity, energy and enterprise
of the age have so extended the sphere of jour
ualism that the modern newspaper is literally
encyclopedic in character, composing every
thing of specific or general in the vast domain
of art, science, literature, religion, politics and
the news. Its tendency is to occupy the field
ofthe pamphlet, the magazine and the novel,
audit is gradually usurping the functions of
those vehicles of thought and iuformation. Its
scope embraces the discussion of every subject
which has been invesied wiih interest by the
restless explorations of the human iutelb ct,
and includes every topic calculated to instruct
or to entertain. In the newspaper of to-day
the profoundest exegetical article goes forth
surrounded and relieved by the brilliant essay
the caustic review, the pungent editorial, the
sparkling letter of correspondence, and the ra
cy paragraph—the whole formings Commune
of Belle Lettres wherein the most noteworthy
literary effort has s-arcely any advantage of
position over the poorest item.
It has been the aim ofthe conductors ofthe
Morning News to keep the paper fully abreast
ot this tide of progress and improvement,' and
to this end no expense has > een spared. Thai
their efforts have been in some degree success
full, is evident from the flattering encomiums
bestowed upon the paper by its contempora
ries, sad from the large circulation and influ
ence to which it has attaiued The plans of
lie Proprietor for 1874 comprehend a nearer
approach to the ideal journalism of the time
than ever before. The features that have giv
en the paper a marked individua i’y among
Southern journal!, and which have brought it
up to its present high standard of popularity
wd be retained and improved upon- Events
of interest transpiring in any portion of the
world within reach of the electric wires, will
tind in ilic Morn ng Neats a p ompt and reliable
chronicler; and its arrangements for gathering
ihe news are such that all important omissions
of tlie telegraph are reasonably sure to be sup
plied by its staff of special correspondents; so
that the readers of the papei are certainof
finding in its comprehensive columns the la
test and freshest intelligence, systematically
grouped and attractively edited.
In its editorial conduct the Mornlno News
will consistaullv pursue the policy which has
charac:erized it from the first. Questions of
national or sectional interest will be candidly
and impartially discussed, while every subject
of a political complexion will be treated with
an eye single to the welfare, the progress and
the substantial development of the material
resources of the South. The system of carpet
bag robbory aud plunder that has impoverish
ed our section the popular practices of cf official
knavery and corruption—and all those odious
features of Radicalism which have for their
object the prostration ofsovereign States and
■he disestablishment of civil government in
the South —will be held up to the severest
condemnation; and at all times, in season and
out of season, the paper will advocate the pri
mitively pure doctrines of a strict construc
tion of the Constitution, and the admni st a
tiou of the powers of the government —Execu-
tive, Judical and Legislative—within the
limits prescribed by that instrument. In sub.
serving the interest of s section that has been
so sorely oppressed and so persistently belied
tbeeouraeof the MorkiNU News will be, as
heretofore, either cautiously conservative or
sharply aggressive, as the nature of the cir
cumstances may seem to demand; and it will
be the aim and purpose ofthe conductors of
the sper to maintain its position as one of the
leading exponents of Southern opinion.
In the news department, the current local af
fairs of Georgia and Florida wi 1 be chronicled
was the same picturesque and pungent assi
duity that has made them such prominent and
popular features of the paper. The local de ■
partment is in charge of a gentleman of skill
and reputation, and will continue to be the
most complete and reliable record of home
events to be found in auy Georgia journal.—
The commercial department is full and com
plete . The Glares arq collated by experts, and
their accuracy is such as to commend them to
merchants and business men in this and the ad
joining States. The local market reports e
compiled with laborious careandmay.be. a
lied on as re presenting every phase oi Sav .
nah’s commerce.
The Weekly News is a carefully edited
compendium of the freshest intelligence, and
comprises all ofthe most attractive features of
the Daily. It contains thoughtful editorials
upon matter of current interest, lively con
densations, characteristic paragraphs, and
latest telegrams and market reports up to the
hour of going to press- It specially commend
itself to the farmers and planters of Georgia
Florida and the adjacent States, and is fur
nished at a price that places it within the
reach of all.
WhMfrhere said ofthe Daily and Week
ly may also, with equal truth, be said of the
Tri weekly News. It is one of the best
papers of its kind and contains everything of
Interest' iliat appears in the Daily, together
with the latest telegrams and commercial intel
ligence.
TERMS:
Daily Morning News 1000
Tbi„W eekl y New5...... 6 00
Weekly News 2 00
Money may be sent by express at the risk
and expense of the proprietor, Address
J. H. EBTILL, Savannah
McCOMB’S HOTEL,
jUille dg cyille, G a
H* H. MCCOMBS—Proprietor
BOARD PER DAY $3.00
THE LOVEO ONE GONJ.
A light is from our household gone,
A voice we loved s stilled,
A place is vacant ou our hearth
Which never cau be filled ;
A gentle heart that throbbed but now
With tenderness ana love,
Has hushed its weary throbbings here,
To throb in bliss above,
Yes, to the home where angels are,
Her trusting soul has fled,
And yet we bend above her tomb
With tears, and call her dead ,
We call her dead; but ah ! we know
She dwells where living wa era flow:
We miss thee from Onr home, dear one,
We mbs thee from thy place—
Oh l life will be so dark without
The sunshine of ihy face!
We wait for thee at eve’s sweet hout,
When stars begin to burn, '
We linger in onr ootlage porch
To look for their return ;
But vainly for thy coming -tep
We list through all the hours—
We only hear the wind's low voiee
• That murmurs through the flowers,
And the dark river's solemn hymn
Sweeping among the woodlands din.
The bird we loved is singing yet
Above our cottage door.
We s;gh to hear it singing now,
Since heard by thee no more;
The sunshine and the trembling leaves
Tlie blue, o’er-arehing sky,
The music of the wandering winds
That float in whispers by—
All speaking in tender tones to me
Os ail life’s parted hours aud thee.
I do not see thee now, dear one,
I do not sec thee now,
But even v/hen the twilight breeze
Steals over my lifted brow,
I hear thy voice upon my ear
Iu murmurs low and soft,
I hear the words of tenderness
That I have heard so oft.
And on my wounded spi it falls
A blessing from above,
That, whispers—though thy life is o’er,
We have not lost thy love,
Ah me ! thy heart in death grown cold,
Still loves us with a lo.e untold.
No need of Fame’s proud voice for thoe,
Nor need for earthly tame,
Thou art enshrined in our fond hearts,
And that is all tlie same ;
Ay, lull it faith, and trust, aud hope,
We tread life’s troubled sea.
Till the last throbbing wave of time
Shall bear our suuL to thoe—
To thee, oli! it will be so sweet
With all our sins forgiven.
To mingle with our loved and lost,
In onr. sweet home in heaven ;
To spend with all the blest above
An endless lile of perfect love.
LINES ON A TRUE MOTHER.
In all the wide world there is none like unto
her,
There’s none half so tender, there’s noun half
so wise;
I would that the whole world might prize her
and know her,
And read what I see in her beautiful eyes.
She’s not overwise in her own estimation,
Her raiment not costly, nor queenly her way ;
Bnt deep in her eyes barns a sweet revelation.
That glows on as true as the star of the day.
Her form is not seen in the courts of tho
graces.
Her feet in low paths contentedly walk ;
Her life-work lo lead little leet in sure places,
To teach tho young lips of her nursliugs to
talk.
She’s put off the jewels with which pride
would deck her.
Lest they vex the sweet dreams of her babies
at rest;
What glory or grace could their brilliancy
leud her,
Who regally wears but her babe on her breast?
From out her pure eyes youth’s flash hath de
parted,
An- the roses have vanished like dew from
her face;
But the first blush of girlhood could neVrhave
imparted
Such wealth, such perlection of womanly
grace.
There’s peace in her cottage, where virtue pre
vailed,
A halo of glory adorne h bar bed ;
Ihe bat and the laurel but poorly availeth,
To orown with due honors so peerless a head,
I would that the whole world might prize her
an I know her,
So wise is her wisdom, so patiently given ;
Who walks in the light her Creator hath
shown her.
To guide by her footprints her young flock to
heaven.
JOHN AT SA T LAKE.
A Humorous Description of the Ci y of
th 6 Saints.
It is just two days run from San
Francisco to Sait Lake City, but ii
you should personally umlc.take to
run it in twoilays you’d fi» I it t ikes
two weeks—lhai’s on foot. They
manipulate pictorial pnetebo ird on
tHfe ears. The game requites only
ihtee cards. You bet on the jack,
and you’ll find that you turn up a
jack—a jackass. In playing this
game, the rule that applies to Napo
leon on the white horse. “Y'>u pays
your money and you takes your
choice,” U reversed, and you takes
your choice and pays your money.
To get to Salt Lake City you leave
the Union Pacific at Ogden, and
take the Utah Central railroad, and
then take a drink, and then you
ride thirty-eight miles, and there you
are.
Salt Lake City has a population of
about 22,000. The first party of
prospectors, less than 200 in number
and headed by %righam Young,
reached here in 1847. Five hundred
more arrived the following year.—
The city is laid out iu squares,
formed uy very broad streets. It
has several very good hotels.
The Tabernacle is the biggest
m eiing house 1 ever got inside oi.
It is jus the shape of a wire bu:ter
cover. It will |i dd over 13', 000 p o
pie. Prai: le sehoom rs used to be
plemy in this sec ion, but Only one
brig has ever arrived at this port,
and that wa* 13rig-ham. lie is the
boss of the town, li takes a big
piece of calico to dr.-ss his wile.—
There is a section of this couniry
known as Ranau t Belt, an I that is
i he only belt long enough t > go round
Mrs. Biiglnm Young all at on e.—
He must keep a ten horse power en
gine to mix hash for h ; s fami’y, Ho.v
a donkey engine can be horsepower
I bequeath to your reulers as a ro
bu* for them to s live.
The city is situated in the loveliest
valleys I ever s iw, ovefsh tdowe I
by the Wahsatch range of moun
tains, their peaks visible capped
with snow the year rou >d. The
climate is wondeifully mild, Aboul
lwo miles from ihe centre of tlie
city, and owned by it, is a warm
su pher spring. Swimming bath
houses have been creeled, and a
swim in that sulphur water is a lux
ury. Still further out from the city
are the hot springs. An egg will
cojk in fourminuies. So will two
eggs. Uncle Sam has a military
cainp near the city. There is on
very large business house here. It
is called Zion’s Co-op rauve Mer
camile Institution.
Salt Lake is som 3 miles from the
city- I visit and it. The name is up*
ropis. It isn’t necessiry to embalm
a man to make him keep if he has
ever b -ou soaked in that water.—
One teaspoonful once a day taken
internally woild turn a man into
& rn beef in less than a week.—
Mashed potato-s dropped into the
•lake co.ee up codfish b ills inside id
three minutos, and an o!d boot leg
bee mies a mackerel in two hours.
Three barrels of water make one
ba rel of sill—iliat is according io
chemical analysis. My judgment,
unsupported, would lea I me to be
lieve, from tasting ii, thitonebir
rel of water would make three bar
rels of sail. Its buoyancy is remaik
aiile. Mr. B of Z. Q. M. ins: i
tution says that lie lias walked out
into that lake unt I he Ins had fifty
fe t of water under him, and sank
only to his wais . Mr. 13 also
informed me that in disrobing he ac
cidentally dropped his stockings ; he
walked out into ihe lake, sat and >wn,
made a clothes line of h s toes, hung
his stockings on’em, and su tlier
li 1 they and ied. I remarked, that
must have been when he was a buoy
—hut he said no.
Th- re is a man out here, he is a
jeweler. He is the very fellow who
made the we'kin ring. I saw him
making a napkin ring. There is a
demand for old horse shoes: they
are goiog to start a Chinese paper in
Sacramento, and they want ’em for
type.
I met art o'd New Yorker day be
fore y esti rdav ■ he was once a prom
inent republican ; lie is now a very
strong (lemociat.
Bays I “What made you change?”
Says he “ It’s perfectly naiutal I
should do so.”
Says I, ” Why so
Says he, “Den’t a man always,
when he gets tired of lying on one
side turn over on the other ?”
Says I, “Good day, «ir.”
Says he, “Good dav. sir.”
A fellow told r something. He
says, “Not a thousand mil -s fro n
Canal street. New York, a sign
hangs cut over a restaurant and or,
“ George & Joe,” He was in there
eating some cooked meats the other
day, when two anti-crusaders enter
ed. They walked up to the b r and
exclaimed, “Give us a couple.” “A
couple what ?” says the harkeep-r.
“A couple of George and Joes,” was
the reply. “Wh., gentlemen,” saxs
the barkeeper, ‘ Gcrive aid Joe is
the name of ihe fi in.” “My gra
cious 1” says one of the fellows, “you
don’t told me so; gad [ knew Tom
and Jerry was a beverage, and (tang
me if I didn’t think George and Joe
was a n-'w drink.”
Mr. Cooßy’s Ha*.
When Mr Coojey came into
church last Sunday," lie placed his
new high hat just outside the pew m
the niale. Presently Mrs. Pitman
entered, and as she proceeded up
the aisle her abounding skirls scoop
ed Cooley’s hat and rolle I it up
nea ly to the pulpit. Cos iley pur
sued his hat with feelings of indig
nation, and when Mrs. Pitman took
her seat, he walked back brushing
thp hat wiih his sleeve. A few mo
ments later, Mrs. Hopkins came in
to,church, gn l as Cooley had again
placed h s hat in ihe aisle, Mrs.
Hopkins’ skirts struck it and swept
it along aboul twenty feet, and left
it lying on the carpet in a demorav
lized condition. Cooley was singing
a hymn at the time, and he didn’t
tniss it. But a moment later, when
he look ’d over the en I of the pew
to see if it was safe, he was furious
to p'-rcieve that it was gone. He
skirmished up the a sle alter it again
red in the face, and uttering sen
tences which vvre horribly out of
place in the sanetua'y. II iw ver,
lie put the hat down again and de
termined to keep h'3 eye on it, but
just as he bad turned his be id away
for a moment, Mrs Fmiley name in
and Cooley looke 1 amund only in
time io watch.the hat being gather
el in und -r Ms. Snti ey's skir sand
carried away by the n. He started
in pursuit, and just sa lie did so the
hai must have ndied against Mrs.
-3ini ey’s ankles, lor she gave a jump
and screa med right out in church.
When her husband asked her what
was the mailer she said there mu-t
be a dog under her dress, an I sic
wave her skirls a twi-t. Out role I
Conley's ha', and Mrs, Smiley, be
ing very near-ighied‘ thought it was
a dog, aud immediately kicked it so
savagely that it flew up i, to trie
ga 1 ry and lo Ige I upon the top of
t e oigan. Cnolev, perfectly frantic
with rage, forgot where he was, and
holding his clenched fist under Stni
ley’s nose, lie shrieked : “I’ve half
a mind to bu-t you over the sno >t!”
Then tie fl mg down his hymn book
and rushed from tbechmch. He
went home bareheaded, an I ihe
sexton bro .ght his humili iting li it
around after dinner. Alter this
C -oley intends to go io Quaker
m t'lings where he can say his pray
ers wun his hat on his head.— Max
Adeler, in Danbury News.
I For the At tvs Farmer.
KINDNESS REWARDED.
Onr acts of hiudness and dee Is of
charity should at all limes be done
ili ough pure, unselfish motives, but
this should not lessen the pleasure
and benefits which sometimes
accrue t> the kind friend or lioeral
donor. The kmnvldege that we
have done something conducive to
the comfort and happiness ofa fellow
creature, and ease of conscience, a
satisfied s mse of duty performed and
the knowledge that v e have God’s
approval, that he loves ache rf'ul
giver. These wi.l amply repay us
tor whet we do; but we sometimes
have other compensation in this life,
and in the next our reward is to be
great.
Somes year ago a young man of some
twenty yeirs, was leaving his horn
on busine.-s. Itulroads were not in
lull v gue then anJ he was making
Ins journey on horse back. He was
on nis way to Gorgia’s forest city,
tlie irip would taks him several and tys
and his only lunds were four si ver
doll irs. Toward the termi ius of his
j -urney, ou a lovely spring morning,
he was riding leismely along in tnc
vigor ot his young manhood The
cankering cures and troub'es of lile
were strangers to him, he was hap
py, truly happy, an.l nt'ure a.id al
his su-roundings se in'd to accord
with his feelings. The dew drops
sparkled on the tiny wild fl >wers
like tears iu a maidens eyes ; the
wind sing and sported with th-'
leaves; the mo king bird aid th"
lurk warbled their sweet songs,
making glorious melody which was -
e l on tne gentle mvi ze brought b ick
tlie low cadence of the g mile cooing
dove. He rode slowly forward
humming some cheerful song when
he saw a man rise slowly from the
root of a tree; traces of sadnes and
sorrow were written indelibly upon
his features. The stranger ca ne to
the road-ideas Charlie cime up.—
He addressed Charlie sadly, but
politely, and asked him if he could
tell him where he eo ild get work.—
Ch irlie told him he was a stranger
in that neighborhood and could n t
give him any information, but ob
serving the sid cotint iuu ce of the
stranger, the vis ble traces of tear
in his large brown eves, be- oould
not he p saying: “You seem io b •
in trouble my friead. can I help
v OU f l '
“Ah! troub'e did you say, m»
young friend f may you ever lie a
s ranger to such bitter anguish of
soul as I have so lately experienced
I am an Irishman and born of respec
table parents. A year ago myself,
my precious Join and our angel
babe left our home iu Ireland tor
America. We hail but little money
but were hopeful that here we should
at least make a good living Ourtery
departure seemed to be the prolific
mother of misfortune and soul-trying
sorrow. The voyage was noi half
ended wh n our babe sickened and
died, and we had to hand him down
to ihe yawning mouth of the great
deep. This great trial was a leach
upon the life ofmyprecioua wife. We
landed. I set out with a will and de»
j termination to make a living, am! to
minister to the comfort. of iw frail
flower. 1 worked hard,- early and
late ; but being a stranger ani the
work new to me, 1 could command
only small wages. My wilefs feeble
he.lth was rapidly wasting awav,
and soon 1 had to neglect my work
toe.re for hr. Then it was that
poverty, which maketh the little
child witii heavy sighs complain, en-
tered my door, and, Op! the an
guish of sou! that came to in; then
wlvn l could no longer sup ly the
wants of my suffering, dying wife,
another heart vvili ever know. But
the golden bow I was scon broken an 1
h' : r pure life we t out. Ye.-terday
as the ' sail hid itself b hind the
Western hills, I laid her awav for.-
ever, and n >w here I am n a strange
luid—r.o hie.ids—m" loved ones
gone—no ho ne but this forest, and
uot a penny in the world.”
C *a ie’s youthful It. art 'was mov
ed with symp ithy at the s.d tale
ri counted to him. lie opened Ins
purse, at the sitne time giving such
words of consolation as lie could
command. ‘My friend you have
not asked, an 1 I hope wid not be
ofl aided. I nave four s 1 ver and ilia*s ,*
take these two, use them as your
needs require, seek work, be hope
ful, ive riaht, and you will yet be
happy in tins lde and infinitely rn< re
so in the the world to come.”
A dheerlul look ligiited up the
sun burn and face, and nis in inly boss
ora heived with greatful emotion as
he took the g ft with a God tiles
you. He rm his hand into his pock
et and took oat a worn tit Ie Testa
ment, ‘‘Write your name h re, my
good friend, I want to oiler fb- you
every night that prayer my in >th r
offered f.r me the night be l -me 1 1,-ft
my far offhome.’’
Eight years has pissed away.—
Gitarl e is t av. 1 iug the same
road—lie pass s the spot oi the
meeting narttre I, a'l is fresh to his
mind yet many changes have taken
pla« e with him. He now has just
two silver and dlars in his pock-t. and
this is all the in ttey he has in the
vvotld. He li id ban farming, but
by a peculiir train ot misfo, tunes he
had lost a'l. He is gang to the
city this time to seek busiut ss. The
hot sun, tlt£ worry and fatigue of
the tiip bruigon fever and i.y the
time he reeh s the ei y he is scaredv
able to ride. He entered town and
rode to the ne irest Ih ery stable, ami
and told the keeper to take charge
of his horse until he should cdl tor
him. The gentlemanly keeper told
him he would have him cued for
well. Charley went into the propri •
etors office and re. isteiel his fu l
address. He tin n went to seek his
boarding house. Here—as soon ns
his arrangements weie made--he
was shown to his room, which lie
never left for live weeks. It wjs a
giant, struggle b tween life and
death, but Charlie was the victor,
and at the end of five vv< eks lie was
able to walk about. Bui while the
biit le thread of life had been lengths
ened out to hirn, his prospects had
the gloom of night hung up n his
pathway. One morning he walked
over 1 1 the stable and told the pros
prietor that he had been sick nigh
unto dentil; that he w.is among
Strang, rs, in debt for board and phy
sicians fees, an 1 th it lie wanted to
sell his liorse to pay up and start to
work. Mi. C said that the next
day wts ihe 12 h ol the month, and
after that day lie would answer him
In the mealtime come look at my
horses and gi erne your opinion of
some of them. Cfiarlie did so, and
Mr G was sutisfie I with his
o inions. ‘‘Co ne round said lie,
early to morrow’, for I have a fine
pair of horses that I want you to
drive with me.” Th** ne.v morning
found them dashing rapidly along
the m >n ei.h road, and the nd- was
jo delightful and his companion so
kind and c heerful ihat Charlie did
not tio'e the seven miles past over
nntil th y drive u der the shade of
a large oak. “What recollections
does this place bring to vour mind
Charli !”
Charlie remembered well and told
him a p i/t ol what we have related.
Mr. €1 grasped his (land, while
the b'g tears stole into his eves.—
You are my friend forever said he. I
am the man jou befriended ro nobly
eight years ago to-day. When I read
your address ami conpare l it with
the one in the Testament, l was al
most su e of it, and I have come out
here to pr ive it. Now it is my
privilege and p'e isure to r pay yout
kindness. I have a large and pros,
perous business, you shall to-rnor
row be installed as my co-partner.
Bethany, Ga., June 2nd 1574.
NO. 6.