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F. R. FILUJGS, Editor. VOLUME VIII. Professional. DR. E. A. JELKS, Practicing P ii y s i c ian, QUITMAN GA Office : Brick building adjoining store of Messrs. Briggs. .Telks Cos., Screven street. January 31. 1873. 5-tt ~~ JAMES 1111 U IVrKK, Mcnui] nnb Counsellor ;it i’afo, QUITMAN- CA. p£?- Office, in the Court Uoi March 17, 1871. \V. B. Br.N.vcr *v T Ktxosderuy RENNET & KINGSBERY, ATTORNEYS AT TAW, Q- i man. Brooks Coc\rv, Gkorgiv. February 7. 1873 6 Kim ARD R II AU I)EN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, .' V*. Office, m the Court House, second flooi j ‘May M, 1872. ’.y DENTISTRY. Du IX V RICKS, H AVING recently ~ • r ,;. . attended a thor- £ f>ngh Course of Lee- Vv l lures and firaduri.-d at the New Orleau> -i £Q2B£E£sSsi!i "> Dental College, has'ey ? |pwsßKSprr ' returned to Quitman, vj. amlieojencd bis of- \S / y ‘ *s\J lice. * Thankful to friends and patrons for past favors, be will bo pleased to serve them in future. Good work and mod crate charges. March 14, 1873. 11-fim Da J. S. N. SNOW, DENTIST* QUITMAN, GEORGIA. RESPECTFULLY solicits the patronage of ti.»* Giti/.eua “ ( Brooks county, and will endeavor, J-lUXXj by faithfully ex utimr all work entrusted to him. to merit their c nrtdence. Charges moderate, and work guaranteed. up stairs, over J. Tillman’s store. March 31, 187 3 45-ly Miscellaneous. QUITMAN DiULt STORE. McCALL&GROOTER, I'n.u.rr.s is Drugs, Medicines,' I’aiuts, Oils. VARNISHES. Dye Stuffs, ■Ma BRUSHES, ! ry, Inrirl Art■ hs, <h- Notify the public that they will keep on hand j ccmpletc and froth stocks, and sell the same at a j reasonable profit. This is Exclusively a Drug .Store, and the on- , tire attention of the junior member of the firm wilt be pivea to the business. We respectfully solicit the patronage of Ihe i public. Quitman. Feb. 2, 1873. ly mt. M. c. wii.Ki.Nsox. nit. a. n. smith. LARGE DRUG SIGN. WILKINSON & SMITH, KEEP on hand a Complete Stock or Fresh and Pure . ;ff 'r*\ & Q DRUGS ti AjUJ* MED! CiN ES s ; r .Vm And many of the best % MP Also. White Head. Varnishes, I’ainis and Oils, Soaps. Tobacco, segara. Toilet Articles, All of which will b** so!4 on reasonable t*rms. Prescriptions carefully compounded Kerosene Oii, mil hereafter be sold aI Forty cents per gallon. Quitman, Ga., Jan. 31, 1873. 5 ly SAW & GRIST MILL, 3’, Mib s from Quitman. BOZEMAN & LEWIS. TAKE pleasure in notifying the public that they have still in operation a first-class Saw and Grist Mill, in a fine lumber section of Brooks county, and only .'A mi es from Quitman, on the Taliokas public road, and are prepared to furnish every kiud and tpiali'y r.f Lumber, at short notice, but exclusively for cash. We will grind only on Wet>\esi>ay and Sat crday of each week, and we guarantee good meal. _ , The following are onr prices for bomber : For General quality of Lumber, cash on de livery, $12.50 per 1000 lent. When payment l*ihwy«; exceeding ir* days, the bills will be immediately sued w ithout lur tber noticejto parties. For special bills, where all heart is required, the price will be $15.00 per 1000 feet, Cash. These prices will be strictly adhered to. We solicit the patronage of the public, and] will endeavor t.i give satisfaction. February IA 1873. 1 ~ ,m j SIIIAGLiEs! THE undersigned, who has an experience of many years in the manufacture of SHIN GLES. notifies the public that he keeps on band, and will make to order, any number of shingles desired, and deliver them on favorable terms. ? jtr Orders left at Gapt. Brooks’ store, Quit man, will be promptly attended to. * S. T. GOING. Brocks county, June 12 1573. - A If Quitman. ISM 01’ Till: WORID. THE QUEEN BEE HIVE AND HONEY EXTRACTOR! undersijrnoil l>as purchased tin* RIGHT S to tin* Q.L 1:1 :N .Li KK IHMLL ami ATK i X .SOXXIONKY KXTUA("I’OU; a* patented by I T. Atkitisou, August 10th 18(»9, for the entire State of Georgia, ntnl thr Eastern portion ot Florida. The IIIYE has proved by its merits to be the most practical in use, having the advantages of nil others, viz : ease of access to the brood frames, without having to remove the c vor. ho ney boxes, surplus frames, or honey board. The brood trvmes being removed from the back of the hive without, in the least, injury to the combs or disturbing the working of the bees. The EXTRACTOR is the most simple, cheap, and durable machine that has cone before the public it will empty large combs or pieceß with great facility. It works very easy.and the prin ciples applied are the simpb st in nature, being the combination of gravitation with centrifugal torce. Any person or persons desirous of purchasing or examining the Hive and Extractor, will cail at my office, or address, me at Quitman, Ga. T ERMS: Single Rigid to use Hive $3 00 Singh* Right to use Extractor 5 00 JOHN A. IRVINE. Quitman June 5. 1873. 23-ts l>. W. PRICK, ™< ISA W TAILOR quitmax, axonaia, Tiron.n inform Merchant TAILORING KSTA I'.LISIIM EXT in Quitman, and has on hand a fine lot of Cloths and Cassimeres , suitable for making Dress and Business suits. He has also on hand a Select stock of READY MADE clothing. Cleaning and Repairing done on short notice, i’rices moderate. | April 10 1873. 1.7 -ly rnpmum work. John D. Bozeman, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, TiIAKES this method of informing the public ! X that his MILL business does not interfere | with his business as a HO USE CA UP ENTER; ; and he i» fully prepared to do all work desired, ! oil as Fa vora I>l<‘ Terms ! as possible, and to tie* satisfaction of all parties ' interested, lie will also contract to FURNISH LU MBER MATERIAL, | and build Dwelling Ilouaes, Store houses etc., i in pursuance with specifications furnished. Give him a trial. May 15, 1873. 20-ts LOOK HERE! Good Calico at 121 Cents. Jacob Baum, PEAL HR IN Dry Goods* Notions, Hard ware, Crockery, &c, Quitman Georgia. fITAKES pleasure in notifying his friends and 1 the public generally that he bus received his SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK TPOII- IH7:i, which will be sold on fair and honorable terms. These goods were purchased on very favorable terms, and I arn confident can and will be sold as cheap as any house iu town. My stock embraces almost everything kept in a retail store in the interior— Dry Goods, Press Goods. Domestic Goods , Heady Ma/le (Aothing f &osi*n/. Notions, Boots, Shoes’' lints, d'C. d'c. The Ladies are specially invited to pay me a visit, as I have many things that will meet favor in their eyes. ££TC&sh Purchasers are also specially invit ed to give rne a call, as lain determined to sell as low as any one. Thankful for past favors, a continuance of cus tom is solicited. JACOB BAUM. March 21, 1873. ly Boot and Shoe Shop ! e."reed, 4 Fraetirui and expnriem '‘l Jf*">s •■ nG Shor mak' r. has open,*.! a shop in tH** town of Quitman, and is prepared to put up work with neatness and dispatch. Kepairioft done to the satisfaction of customers. Charges very moder ate, but cash required on completion ol work. My shop is in the building adjoining the store ol Lovett £ Bryan. I respectfully solicit and will endeavor to de serve the patronage of the public. May C, 1573. 3ui E. SEED. HCr.£ SHALL THE PHESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNERIEED BY GAIN QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1873. Miscellaneous. Themly Reliable Gilt .Distribution in the country ,$100,000.00 In Valuable Gifts! TO UK DISTRIBUTED IN' %m Dt SfW.SLS’ fist SEMI ANNUAL SIFT ENTERPRISE, To be drawn Friday, July 4th, 1873» ! One Grand Capital Prize, i? 10,000 in Gold! | One Prize, §5,000, iu Silver! Five prizes of Si .IMIO, Kivu prizes of SSOO, and! Ten prizes of : If") each in Greenbacks. I Two Family Carriages and Matched Horses, with silver mounted Harness, worth sl,sooeach. Two Buggies, Horses, etc., worth S6OO rack. Two fine toned Rosewood Fiano, worth SSOO each; Ten Family Sewing Machines, SIOO each I 1500 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches, worth from S2O to *3OO each. Gold Uhuius, Sil ver ware. Jewelry, etc. Whole nnntbor ofG fls, 10,(100. Tickets limit ed to 50,000. /to®- Agents wanted to sell tickets, to whom Liberal Fremiums wall be paid. Single Tickets $2 ; Six tickets, $lO ; Twelve tickets. S2O; Twenty-live tickets, $lO. Circulars containing a full list of prizes, ades j crintion ol the manner of drawing, and other in formation in reference to the Distribution. Will tie sent to any one ordering them. All letters must be addressed to Main Omen. J,. I) SIN'E. Box 80, 101 W. I 1 ifl.ii St. (0-51) Cincinnati, 0 REASONS WHY THE Pa-in Killer MANKDUY PERRY DAVIS & SON 18 Til K Best Family Medicine of the Age! And w-hy it should be kept always near at hand: lat Rain-K ii.i.ku is tlu* most certain Cholera euro tli:it medical science lmtsprodMced. | 2nd. Pain Kh.llr, as a Diarrhoea and Dysen tery remedy, seldom if'ever faila. 3rd. Pain Ivii lku will cur** (’rampHor Pitinß ia any pari of ihe system. A single don.* usually eflects a cure. Ith. P ain- K!i i.iit will cine dyspepsia and) Indigestion, if used according (o Uiioc tions. sth. Pais Killer is an nlrnoKt never failing cure for ('olds. Coughs, Ac. (dh. Pain-Killkk has proved a Sovereign Remedy foi Pever and Ague, and (‘hill Fever: it lias cured the most obstinate 7th. Pa lx Killkk as a liniment is tinerpinled for Pri'-t Rises, ( hilblains, Bruises, Burns, (Juts, sprains, &c. Sill. Pain Kii lei: has cured cases of Rheu - matism and Neuralgia after years stand ing. 9th. Pain Killer will destroy Boils, Felons, Whitlows, Old Sores, giving relief from Pain after the first application. 10th. Pajv-Killkk cures Headache, and Toothache. lltli. pAJN-KiLT.Mt will save \ n days of sick ness and many a Dollar in time and Dot tor’s Bills. 12th. i’ain Killer is a purely Vegetable preparation, safe to Keep and to use in every family. The simplicity attending its use, to gether with the great, variety of diseases that limy be fidirely eradicated by it, and the* great urnouut of pain mid sulleririg that can be allevi ated through its iuh. make it imperative upon every person to supply th'ejpselves with this v al liable remedy, and to keep it always near at hand. The Rain Ktr.t.Lß is now known and appreciated in every <ju Hfe- of the Globe Phy sicians recommend it in their practice, while all elaftses of society have found in it relief and comfort. (Jive it. a trial. lb* irn* and buy tin* genuine. Every Druggist, and nearly r. Country Grocer threughoot the liUid keep ii for -ale. (23-lm) NEWMUSIC. rtTJU»DKF> BY J L PETERS 599 BroadwayN Y, j Mailed, post paid, on receipt of in irked price. | VOCAL. Above arid Below. .Soared .Song, by Juch, $0.30 j Back to the Old Home; song end chores,.... 30 j Beautiful form of my Dreams Stewart, ... 30 j Darling weep no more; song and chorus.,... 37 , Do not weep so, ‘i.-t-r darling; song 30 Don't forget to write me; sung and chorus,.. 35 j i poid we our hand.-; <--.ng or duet; JJoildieu.. 30 I Gone to the ff*-. voly Garden: song 33 ] Ifyou were 1. would you? song.... 30 ; Kii-.s me. darling, ere we part 3<* fdtih' Blind Xe!:: •n r .md chorus 30 Little Dan . ?or:g and chorus 40 fa.rd. forever at the side 25 Meet me. iu'the Dell 30 Meet me, dearest., v.ilh a Mv boy aei’OK-. the -"a - 35 Oh! Give me a heme in the South . v 40 Ob. Sam ! song and chorus 3b, | Only for You! Ballad 3b i Our Little- Pet; song and chorus Jo I Papa, stay heme: Temperance song 40 Save one blight Grown for me 40 We pray you sing that song; duet 3"> Wilt thou weep when 1 am low ? 2b INSTRUMENTAL. Polkas. .Sunbeam, by Kinkle, 35 cts; Belle of Saratogo, by Victor, 35 cts.; May Flowers, by Simon, 35 cts. Mazuiskas.—Awakening of the Birds, 50 cts;. Happy Thoughts, by Walker, 30 cts.; Laughing Wave, by Wilson, 50 cts.; Sunbeam, by Pacber, 40 cts. Gat.lops.—Charlie's and Freddie’s, by Kin kle. Faeh 35 cts. Sil /mSGIIES —Fatal Glance, by Young, 20 lets.; May Morning, by Schmidt. 50 cts.; Sun | beam, by Hampel, 35 cts ; and Willie’s, by, ! Kinkel, 35 cts. Marches.- Belle of .Saratoga, by ‘Baumbach, | lOctb.; Mollie’s, by Kinkel, 35cts. | Any of the above mailed, post-paid, on receipt ;of price. Address J. L. PETERS, j 539 Broadway. New York. 1 May Id, 1872. 18 U fJoetiral. THE VALUEOF THE BIBLE. BY MRS. HENRIETTA I.EGGETT. | King Edward the Sixth, on the day of ! his coronation, had presented before him j throe swords, signifying that he was | Monarch of three Kingdoms. The King said there was one sword wanting* being asked what that was, he answered: “The Holy .Bible, which is the sword of the Spirit, and is to he preferred before all these ensigns of royalty:” And rtro thefce all: these glittering swords, Emblems of onr royalty, That on this day my noble Lords, 7 oil have to oil. V me? ! Surely the best ye have not given; It pains my heart to see j The one I love and juize, my Lord*, i You have withheld from mo. j What-is it? asked the knighted band, .''peak! speak! onr Sovereign King, ; And ief thy Royal subjects show, Their willingness to bring | The richest diamond from Ihe mine, The pearls beneath the sen, | And all that wealth and skill combine, ! We'll gladly offer Ihee. | Not ihose;no, not those glittering toys, i '1 hat perish and decay; But bring rne forth that* “Holy Book,” That will not pass away. The book Unit is the spirit’s svvrod, To break tin* sinful heart, And will that hallowed inlluenee give, That brotherhood imparls. That bids for others’ grid the tear ()f sympathy to flow, And call on Heaven alike lo bless, Our cherished friend or foe, Tin* spirit’s purifying fire, l.’nmixed wiih doubt or sear t It calmed the slighted Esau’s ire, When Jacob’s step drew near. ? Twns that that stayed the avenging hand, Os Jesse’s injured son, Though hunted like a beast of prey, The victory still was won, For Haul was humble in his power, His wrath had passed away, But David in that trying hour, God’s chosen would not slay. ’ I was that when Bethlehelin’s beaming star, Shone o’er Judea s plain. And bade the enraptuied Shepherd nlng In that exulting strain, Peace, peace to man, forever more, Peace and good will b<* given, Be the sword that wo adore, To guard our souls to Heaven. -" piistrUantcus. t TEintißu; i:i;triiih'i«\. HKMojisi: or voNserrxcK. Henri Hu JBarrc, a young French ar tist, became enamored of the only daugh k-r of a well-to-do auhergiste in the town of Circossono, in the South of France. Lneile Montaigne had beauty and mon ey, and Henri Du Barre had wit and tal ent; but these latter wore no fair coni va lent for the former in the eyes of the purse-proud father, who declared that no daughter of;lns should marry a poor man, though he were blessed with the wisdom of a Solomon. Now, Lucille loved Henri—at least, she told him so hut slie was too pru dent to elope with him and risk disinher itage; for after all, what was love without money ? Poverty coming in at the door would send it flying through the win dow. Poor Henri was in dispair. He real ly did love. Lucille, whether she did him or not loved her madly, and lie was one of those dark, fiery natures which make love a wild, terrible passion. How much money was necessary to make him her equal in the eyes of her worldly father? The aiiliergis£e named the sum. It was large, and Henri sigh ed, and felt more despair at his heart than ever. .Suddenly ho Isrightoned ;ij> with the recollection that he had youth and genius, and that in some large city, Paris, perhaps, where the latter would he appreciated, he might acquire both fame and fortune. But would Lucille wait?- Well, Ln- LuciJle was willing to wait awhil for just then, as she admitted to herself, she could think of no one she liked better than the poor artist; hut everything earthly must have a limit and the fair coquette thought her patience ought riot to extend beyond a year. A year is a very short lime to acquire fame and fortune, with the latter depen dent upon the former, but Henri was young, and youth is sanguine, and at all events he would make a trial, hoping for [ great t.lrings, knowing he could do no worse than fail. So he finished his engagements, hur riedly declined any new ones, sold a few pictures on hand for a moderate sum, gathered logether his scanty effects, bade his friends and Lucille adieu, and with a hopeful and heavy heart, w t off for the great metropolis of France. Tt was a long, long journey from Cir cassone to Paris, in the slow conveyances of the period when Henri Du Barre made it; and it was nearly two weeks before he reached the gay capitol. And then he began his struggle with poverty, which clung to him in spite of his hopes, his exertions and his prayers, for six weary months, when he gave up in dispair, and secretly 1- ft. the city, to beg his way back to CircHssone, to see his Lucille once more, hid her an eternal adieu, and end a life no longer of any value to its pos- j sessor. Henri Du Barre, set out from Paris i afoot and alone, depending solely upon j the charity of French peasants for food j and lodging. He had six sous in his j i- kit when he started, and thesf he in- I vested in a deadly poison, which ho car ried as a dernier resort, determined not to suffer beyond what nature might, rea sonably hear, but which it was his hope to retain till he had again seen Lucille. In this manner lie reached and passed through Lyons’, foot-sore, ragged and disheartened—an object indeed for com miseration. Twenty leagues beyond Lyons, in passing through a long, dark, lonely wood, ho met a Jew, carrying-a heavy pack upon his back. The poor arti* asked the Israelite foe charity; his appeal was answered with a few coins, for which he thanked the giver and then Offered to carry his pack. “O, no - it is nothing -it is nothing— a few old clothes only I” returned the Jew hurriedly—so hurriedly, and with such evident uneasiness, in fact, as to awaken suspicion in the mind of the young artist: that it, contained something of great value. Then it was that a wild, vague, unde fined desire t o possess it first took pos session of the man who was now going home to die wretchedly, but whom two thousand francs might bless with life and happiness. When the mind of man takes highly criminal bent it seems as if some evil demon whispers in his ear the most plausible reason for a wicked course to happiness. Henri Du Barre, Who had never before thought of harming a human being, now glanced furtively, and almost sliudder ingly around him, with the dark and wicked thought in his brain, that if this old man were dead, and he the possessor of his pack, he might yet'have a bright and happy future. It was a dreary, dis mal spot in the thick Woods where they both stood and no human eye save theirs was looking upon this scene. Why should this old matt bo cumbered with wealth, which could not. bring him one tithe of the joy that it might him who coveted its possession ? He* could not live many years, that old men, at the most, arill he might die any minffte, and his valuable effects become the inherit ance of strangers! What matter’ll a few-years, more or less, to him a wander ing and despised Jew- 1 And why should he, the poor miserable artist, hesitat e be tween the Jew’s life and his own ? Were not all living creatures bound by the in ner law of their being to act in self defence, even to the taking of life when necessary to sustain their own ? and would ho not die should the Jew live? and would he not live should the Jew then die ? And even should the secret he discovered, would it ho any worse than death at last ? He had bought poison for himself, and why should not another take it for his salvation? —in which event he would have the means to procure more, and could always as now carry his life in his hands. The Jew had hidden him good day, and was trudging onward at a slow, steady pace, while these wild, wicked thoughts were coursing through the brain of the latter, with all the plausi bility of truth. Suddenly the Jew stopped, produced a little flask, and raised it- to his lips. The devil was tempting young' Du Barre •to crime, and here was the opportunity. “My good friend,” called the artist, to the Jew, “J am very faint; will you give me a few drops of that wine?” “I will give you half,” said the Israel ite, halting. The artist advanced tremulously-, pro duced, the poison, and concealed it in his hand as he approached Ids victim, and, under pretence of wiping the mouth of the flask, dropped it in. Then he pre tended to drink and handed it hack with thanks, bogged the Jew to drink bis health at their final parting. Isaac com plied, and tls-y separated, each going different ways. As soon as Henri was out of sight of the Israelite, he entered the wood, and returned in an oblique direction, until he came in sight of his Victim, who was now writhing in the agonies of death, and groaning for mercy. A few minutes more and he was still the dread work was done. Dragging the body from the road, and concealing it, the murderer next carried the pack far hack into the forest , tore it open, and found it did indeed contain old clothes. He was nearly frantic. He had murdered a harmless old man, and got nothing for it. He threw the gar ments from him with the" wild action of remorse and despair. Suddenly ho heard a clink as if of money. Then he began to examine the bid garments, and found, to his almost mad joy, that they contained immense treasure in jewels- diamonds, sapphires, pearls and rubies, to the value, as he . thought, of ten thousand francs, hut in reality, more than a hundred thousand. Far in the depth of that dark wood the, murderer bid the most precious stones, to be brought forth in and after time. There were two thousand five hundred francs in money; and with this amount he started for home, no longer a -man, but alas ! even further than , ever from being a happy one. He traveled in his nigged clothes as far as Nismes, fearful of spending his j ill-acquired coins sooner; hut at Nismes i ventured to purchase anew and genteel 1 suit, and in this shortly after appeared . before Lucille, showed her father the i < sum required, which be represented as : having been honestly obtained in his ;; profession, and claimed her hand. 1 1 In due time ILcnri Utf Barre married i Lucille Montaigne, and happy were all at the wedding but the guilty groom, who was never to know happiness again. He kept his awful secret, however, and profited by it, making an occasional visit to the spot of his crime, under pretence of traveling on bu.-.iacts. He took away and disposed of the jewels one by one, and gradually grow opulent, and was re garded by all who knew him as an hon est man of mark. • But the remembrance of his great crime had a strange fascination for him, and much of his time was spent in brood ing over it in secret. Being an artist, lie at length naturally conceived the idea of painting the scene of the mitrder; and he finally drew it in miniaturu oil ivory, picturing himself in act, of dragging the dead body Os the Jew into the forest, whose features, from memory only, he delineated with woh derftil fidelity, and as if this were not enough to satisfy his morbid infatuation, he wrote underneath : “Isaac, a Jew, murdered by Henri Dll Barre, Artist, September the 10th, in a dark wood, about twenty leagues south from Lyons.” 11 was a strange, insarte idea, that of jjyeseiving a memory of the horrible deed in this manner; hut this miniature of the Scene he.had set in a neat little frame, and carried in a belt around his waist. But the strangest part of the horrible affair is yet to bo told. On bis last vis it to the forest, for the last jewel 'hat vet remained of the proceeds of his aw ful crime, he was shot dead by a high wayman, who, on searching his person found the miniature, and recognized in the features of the murdered Jew—his own father ! This produced so strange an imjife*. sion on Ihe second murderer, that, hi' carried it. to the authorities and made a. full confession of his own crime. A full and thorough investigation took place; and among the papers of Du Barre Was found one containing a statement of the wholi* transaction, as we have here, re corded it. The second piurderer, tho son of the Jew, was subsequently executed, and so ended the chain of dark and bloody events. Truly, the ways of Provideitce are wonderful and mysterious. SICVEIt a IVETA IN. BY ISIDORE. “Large bounties to restore we wish in vain, but all may shun the guilt of giv ing pain.” When Pericles, one of the most illus trious of the lawgivers of Athens, lay at the point of death, while his friends were praising him for the glorious deeds du ring bis life, he replied: “It. is my great est glory that none of my acts have caus ed a citizen of Athens to put on mourn ing.” There is a deep meaning ill this remark. There is a wise, moral lesson conveyed in these words. In the last moment’s.of a good and great, man’s ex* ist< nee, with conscious pride he could a vow to his countrymen to those who had slighted and neglected him that, he had never done turgid, to cause one of them pain. I [is hold and brave achievement* in battle, the wisdom that ruled his coun cils, all ranked into insignificance; but the sweet thought that, he had never wronged any one was his support and his only boast; a thought, that was to comfort, him In the last hour of his life. In the hour of our need, or trouble, in the lightsome moment of our existence, can we, like Pereieles, comfort ourselves with the like thought; that no careless remark of ours has ever raised a blush of shame? Not always. In our gay mo ments we are not thoughtful. There is often a little demon within ourselves, | who is a very merciless little demon. He gives our thoughts an acrid tinge. He makes us of lea say cruel ami bitter things, lie urges us to laugh at the fallen, and to make mimicry over the unfortunate, old, or decrepid. He is often very sarcastic, his sallies seem like wit, and his smiles like merriment. The unl inking multi tude, who hear his words, laugh; but; there is one also a listener, who has felt the keeu thrust, and Whose sprit, brUiscd and lacerated is writhing under the tor ture. Thus there are thousands who tread t he public way ; with sad faces, and j a fellow creature,has made, them sad. j These people are easily recognized. You know them by their walk, by their steps, j by their speech; and there is, so to speak, j an air of mourning about, them. They j have not. the moral strength nor the bra- j zcn.courage to laugh in return at the world’:', sneers and gibes, and so they ] can only feel them keenly and bitterly. 1 11 the silence of their chambers these I bruised, crushed spirits of humanity, I whom the merciless and unthinking have j trampled on, ran only weep silently the hitter tears of anguish. The thousands of “diti'e luuaunbemi men,” bearing their burden of cares and trou bles; troubles which almost press them down-, fall gasping to the earth by the act j of a follow creature; rind those, who should j raise them from tho dust, cast them yet j deeper in the mire, and so “Man’s inhumanity to man, Makes countless l.ltousanils mourn.” Thrice happy are those, who, like Peri cles, can console themselves with | thought* of never having caused a fellow ' being to put on his disconsolate garb of I mourning. Sweet, sweet to think that in spite of the ills and miseries of our life - that in spite of our cares, we may yet lighten those of others; cheer the down-hearted, encourage the desponding, j and porfr words of healing balm ift the | already crushed spirit; words that will j vet cause the soul, "with renewed hopes j to gaze heavenward in search of its God.! Let us think, ‘‘That Heaven decrees T«> all, the gift of minustering to e.ise The gentle offieefiof patient love; The mild forbearance of anofliev’s fault. I The taunting word suppressed Boon as thought, j On ibeee, Heaven bade the bliss of life depend, j And t nibhedill fortune when i t made a friend.” ($2.00 i,oi- .\imurrt NUMBIviI 2<? If hut'* its a h ins '* “Mother, mother, Iviss irn;!” plo&dcd • lit-He chorub boy, with blue eyes, anxious ' -V searching his mother’s unusually* seru | oils face, ns she tenderly laid him uporit his soft warm bed, and lovingly folded (.ho showy drapery about him. “DoLisj me, mother!” and the rosy lips begun to tremble, the tear drops to gather in the pleading upturned eyes, and the'Uttle bo som heaved with struggling emotion. * “My little sun ha* been naughty to day, ’ replies the mother, sadly: “how can 1 kiss those lips that have spoken sucli angry words!” 100 muell, t.oo much! rii'tiful moth er, relent! That little heart is swelling, breaking with grief, tumultuous sobs break from that agitatedbosom; the snow-' white pillow is drenched with penitent ’tears, and tile httle dimpled hand is ex-' tended so imploringly. fteleiit. Tis entigh! Cnee more the little cherub form is pressed to that mother’s aching heart, and the good-night kiss of forgiveness given two-fold tenderer. A few moments and the sobbings cease, the golden head drops, the weary eyelids) close, and the little erring one is laid hack upon his couch, penitent and hum ble by one kiss from mamma. What’s iii a kiss- a simple kiss? Much very much! More potent than the sceptre. Who has not felt its magic in fluence? ’Tis the lover’s tender pledge of undying constancy; ’tis a bond of friendship and fidelity, and not only is it dear t.o the youthful ardent, hut also fd old age, to the withered heart and blos somless cheek. . Getting Oat of < 'lose Quarters. Gov. 1) , of Florida, was as cele bratjjd for bis waggery as for his execu tive qualifications. Giving a crowd of 5 gapping listeners an aH-oiiht of tlid strange things he had seen during his peregrinations through the far West, bd said - “Fa.et gentlemen, the trees artysd close together in Arkansas that you may travel for days without finding theiri more than three feet apart; and then the game! such vast numbers of buffaloed and bears and wild eats, but in all the world liever saw such deer!” “What of the deer, Governor 1) ?’* asked a squint-eyed (iwVndalit Os Nim rod. who, to use his owli expression. ’d’ruther hunt nor eat any time,” and so he. had. “O, the biggest bouncing btieks yod ever saw! Why. my dear sir, the woods are pcsh-elly alive with theiri; charging about with horns full four feet apart.” “Well, led, Governor D . if the trees are only t (tree feet apart, and tM dec ’s horns lour, 1 want you to tell me' how they get, through:” “O, well t hut’s their look out- I havtf nothing to do W fb t.hrttf” Don’t mistake life. Don't draw wrong conceptions of what it takes id make life. All there is of life is T,ove■ Ambition is l-ul. crumbling straw to be buried bv tnr-. II died upon the lips; but enters not tin- heart to make it tru ly glorious. All these conquest* this adding of acres this piling up wealth for others, is nothing to the glowing of that love for others, which will carry us safely over the wondrous sea where those whose hearts ;ye ln-avy with I list, and | passion, base mid Selfish, desirous only' | for personal gratification, will sink to j rise no more. I We heard a lawyer wild a doctor dig- I puting tho other a;:;? about a bill a fel | low owed each of them, lie was only' able to pay oji<>, and left if with them t.O settle which should have it. “Why, I ought to have the money, of course,” said the lawyer, “J saved the fellow from going to the. penitentiary.” “Well,” said the doctor, “I silted him from go ing to hell !” It is heedless lo add who got the money. - -a. * | A skeptic who was trying If. confuse' } a Christian Colored man t-y the contra dictory passages in the Bible, asked hoW ! it could he flint we were in the Spirit, ' and the Spirit iii Ms, received the reply: "Oh! dar’s no phzric Tout dat; it’s like' j poker:— now de poker’s in He fire, and :de tire’s in dc pi kef.” A profound the-- ologian could not have made a better re ! ply- - “San , you’s learned in the law; call you say if ole Lucifer was t o lose his tail,- where would he go to find anoder one?” “Why, to de tel.i in, of course, /on igno* ramus -datn dc rn!y place I knows Ort where they u -tail had spirits.” “Somebody advertises for agetlts (ft sell a work < ritith and, “Hytin nial Instruct or.” A rotcmpoiai-y adds, “The bOsf hyiueniul instifietor tie know of is at young widi w. What she don’t knOw, therc’s fro Use learning.” A coach-driver stopped at a house tot gi t some water for the young ladies ill the i arriage. Being asked why he stop ped, he promptly ri plied : “To Wafer my flowers.” We alwav t tidnk of a veiy mean man that he was made by one Os nat nil 's cob blers, and, like an unfinished booty thrown off w ;, !'ont being souled.- . Why is a lashii liable joting ladylike a rigid oiu-mist ? Because she snakes :i, great deal of l ustle about a little waist. The heart that beats for no mi an, is a, niche without an image. Misfortunes filter and sepalatt* sin cere friends from the stum.