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VOL. XIV.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENT.
The George F. Pierce Institute.
THOMSOPf, GFOR.QXA.
SPRING TERM of this School will open Monday January I*2. 1885, and continue
\ six scholastic months. No pains will ho spared to mike tho School the equal of any j
High School in Middle Georgia. To this end we earnestly solicit tho cooperation of the
Trustees, patrons and friends of the School. Our aim is to nuk • the School a HOME;
COLLEGE for such as are not able to attend College, and to prepare others for the
Janior and Senior classes of our best male and female Colleges.
PARENTS may re*t assured that children sent to this School will he well cared for.
Their PHYSICAL. MEN PAL and MORAL GROWTH will be constantly watched :
ever by the Principal.
T3EPILS must be THOROUGH in tbe branches studied, and, to accomplish this, they '
A will be subjected to frequent rigid examinations, both oral and written.
TKA-xisrxasrcs-.
BELT FA ING that the BODY should he developed and trained in connection with tho
mind, the Principal hns decided t. add 111 * Military feature to the School. All of
*le young men and large Im s will he thoroughly drilled in Military Tactics. The girls
and small boys will l>e exercised in Callisthenics.
Discipline of the School w ill he firm r ither than harsh Pupils will l*e regarded
A as Geuthninii aud Ladies; and failing to deport themselves as such will be subjected (
W such punishment as may he deemed proper.
Tuitiou for the Spring Term will be :
i
First grade sl*2 00
beeond gradi 15 <0
Third grade ..12 0 )
Fourth grade .24. U)
amonnl pai lby the Public Fund vi ! i> deduct I f.o:u Ih * tuition. Tuition will
*• be charged from time of ei ti ring t.ii end of Trim.
AItLNTS will bear in nuud that the DUGLIC SGlifiOL will he taught ir the first of
the Term, hence, t • secure full benclil of tae Tnbli • Fund, chiuiren must he emered
n the first day of School
\I 4 I H MISS MAMIF. HUOWN, who has already established ;
•*' * s- MI v • acrsolf as a Music Toaciier, will continue to give the
Pupils Music Lessons. Tui ion h r Munh* ••?>.' <>o per month.
j’OX-IZbT 33. 0-X2OSS, I'kiwii'al.
IVr. 24, I**4.. tf
THE ADKINS HOUSK, !
ON ELLIS SHEET OPPOSITE OCU FELLOWS’ HAIL.
AUaiTSTA, tfi.v.
A. J. ADKmS. ja, - - • PRCFH,
Newly Fnrmsliaa Centrally Looaiei
CONVRNIK.NT TO DILI’OTS. COST OFFICE, AND
HK.SIN ESS run I ION OF ( i I V
Hot and h Id Hadis attached to Hoems.
FIHHf-CI,ASS TAIIT.KS, t'Li AN ItllOilS AMI HGDDING.
fel 7‘R3Gm Terms M<-fferrrre
FERTILIZERS FOE 1885. ~ ;
I am now ready to supply my cast nners an 1 the public with the following named
STANPAHD FEiITSLIZSRS:
Stern’s Am. Uowbone Sup-Phos.
Pendleton's Sup-I'lios.
AY hauit’s. f
Bowlders jf|tan lard.
Nassau.■
L an !
. A, ‘ :a .
Kuiir.t and Acid.
I will keep these Fertilizers f* r -al • at both I h uuson and Peering.
J. P. JONES,
Thonvon. Ga., Jan. 28, ISSS.
M. cvutis. |
Manufacturer and Dealer hi all kinds cf
Furniture and House Furnishing
Goods, 1 biggies, Carriages,
Wagons, Ac., Ac.
All Repairing promptly done and at rea
sonable rates. Blaeksmithiug in all its
brain lies.
UNDERTAKING.
I have a arge and elegant
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r v ; -AC. lllaAl\Vh|
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Which will he sent to any part of tin- town or country at reasonable mien.
COFFINS AM) METALLIC CASES.
BURIAL CASES)
all aml qiiojitieft. I riho : v , ,
KtJRLiL ROHES,
Suitable for Males or Females, old or young.
.r. 3i. cuims Th'nnson, On.
ils TiilE THAT
Thomas hi. Lewis,
NO. 5. BRICK ROW, THOMSON, GEORGIA.
Keeps the best stock of GkOCifitHN in Thom
son. It has been tested and as declared
by first-class judges. His stock consists of
Flour, Meal, (torn. Meat, Su-gar, Coffee,
and all their goods in tlieGrocery Line.
Also Boots, Shoes, Hats Clothing, and Dry
Goods o all kinds.
Corn, Meat <& Flour
A Specialty!
THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, M ARCH 4, 1885.
A DEAR LITTLE >CH9.iL MA'AM.
With >icr funny lit!].' glasses you'd have
thought her very wise
If It w asn't for the laughter that was peeping
from her eves;
Just the uu most and the dourest little school*
ma'am ev< r know n.
Whose w ay o. teaching hoys and girls was cer
tainly her own.
“1 jrive my brightest pupil," in a pleasant tone
she said.
“A little corner by himself to show that he i
head.
And, to spare the tender fccllnjfs of the dull
est b >v. I pul
All the others in a circle so you can’t toll
w hich is foot.
“Whenever any pupil In Ids lessons doesn’t
miss,
1 eneourare his endeavors with a penny au
aar-k;ss;
And, since this slight tipon tho r<‘st might too
severely fall,
1 take the box of kisses and 1 hand ’em round
to all.
“I’ve askt-il them what they’d tike to lea doz
en times or more,
Aml each. I ti ul, iutomis when grown to kaep
a candy si ore; ,
So, thinkin r that they omrht to have some
kuowlodjre of their trade.
I’ve pul a little stove in, just to show them
how it’s made.
“Enthusiastic? Bless yon, it is wonderful to
see
How interested in such things a little child can
In';
And. from their tempting taffy and their lus
cious hit {pops.
I'm sure Hum ']' do me credit when they coiuo
to open shops.”
And. with a nod that p'ainly showed how free
she was from d< übt.
She deft iy smoothed tin- wrinkles of her snowy
apron out
Just the t|eoei< st ami the dearest little school*
ma'am ever known.
Whose day o‘ teaching boys and girls was
r< ally he? ow n!
(Coiitin’D.Mi f an first page of la l week]
The Widow’s Lodsrer.
CITAfTKi: VII,
IN TTIK EN FM Vs CAM!*.
Noon.e Wiisintd’esurprised tlun A f;irvat
Hr* sudden frimulship which li:ul arisen
between her eccentric lodger and Dr.
Hyde. Toe ways of men w.n\) not
•-triinee in 1 tor, but sin* had nev *r seen
oyihing so strange as this. Two per
sons moropposite in cluirncter t would
liavo been difflcidt to find. y t tho next
morning, when Mr. Barker tUaiTeil for
Southampton, Geor r e was there wail
ing for him, mill looking after him as
if lie h id known him for years*.
rinci did not go; his muster told him
to stay and look aft .r the boy. threaten
ing bin with dire p tins ; n*l penalties
should anything go wron
“And he is to have the run of my
rooms as a playground.” the old gentle
man said. “L*t him make as much
noise as lie likes. M try. my dear, the
next tim * yon see in * you will very like
llv see your Linde Micluu 1 us well. 1
> may not return for two or thri e days,
. but do not be afraid; Mr. Hyde will
| take care of in g for your sake."
i “I am sure he w.di," said Mary, in
! noeeutiv.
i For site had no id el of anything but
tbe most pure, irmk friendship for he,
hußbaud’H oUb eornp-utiun. but t;e* fiwf
id’.ia cumg when she saw the self-con
scious (hange in George's face; and she
i was not a little troubled, (’•odd she
j have been mistak mi in thinking ho was
I engaged to Miss Alienin'? and did he
j care for her in a way that was more
than brotherly? Mary took that possi-
I bilitv into lo r mind with a sweet sense
of surprise and pleasure, not unattend
ed by pain. Their relationship, so far,
had been so enliivJy confidential and
unselfish, any change would throw a re
straint upon it. however it might end.
Mary had grown very fond of Mr.
Barker: of course, 1 1 • *r child's love for
tim singular old g* iph-inaii was a direct
passport to her heart; but it was not
that alone. Su* found hts 'if hoping
that Uncle Michael would be like him
--even to his oddities. She kne w him
so well by tlii.M tim'*; his terrific tueat
luent of'poor Mr. Darker only amused
imr now, and sin* told that young dis
ciple o; Galen not to mind him.
"But he has such a dreadful voice,”
Mr. Darker urged. k ’l have heard say
the. human voice will frighten a lion,
and 1 am not a lion, but it frightens
nit'.”
’T think h • knows that,” said Mary,
with a smile, “lake my advice, Mr.
Darker, the next time ho roars at you,
roar at him!"
“Sol wdl, M respond'd Mr. D irker,
inspired with extra courage by the old
gentleman's absence, “the very nc:;
time. Upon my word, my and air Mrs.
Alienin’, he n *ar!v frightened mo out
of an examination.”
Mr. linker did not return within two
or three days, but on the morning after
his departure for Southampton Mary
had a letter roniGeorg* l . Uncie Michael
was a man after I.is own heart. George
told Inr, and not very much unlike Mr.
B rker. ‘‘And you need not expect
him just yet," Dr. Hyde added. ‘ lie
kii'# vs a great many people in London,
business and otherwise, and I daresay
lie will r main a f**w days with bis s s
tcr-in-law. the other Mrs. Allenby, in
Orthorp ■ Square. He knows I am writ
ing to you. so Mr. Barker. Undo
j Michael sends you his love. Mr. B irk
er tells you to take care of the boy; lie
|is immensely loud of the boy, though f
;do not think it means a corner in his
| will—he is not a man of that sort."
Nothingliad been further from M try's
thoughts, and she felt in lignaul at the
suggestion.
“I think," said George's letter, in
conclusion, “the other Mrs. Allenby
will be rather sorry for her conduct to
you. Uncle M.clmel knows every tiling
from Mr. Barker, and has asked me a
number of questions. I could only an
swer as I know, apart from it as a mat
ter of rigid or wrong."
Mar . was not inclined to care what
Uncle .Michael might think of it as a
matter of right or wrong. She had tak
en her own independent way from the
beginning, and was prepared to accept
the consequence now. She did not want
anything from Uncle Michael, M iry
told herself, and the lady in Ortho: pe
Square was sure to set him against her
in spite of Mr. Barker.
But the lady in Orthorp'* Square was
in sore tribulation. Writing from
Southampton, Michael Allenby had, in
a second letter, made elos • and particu
lar inquiries as to Arthur's wife. He
had met a friend, he said, who knew
t lie young doctor very well indeed, and
beard from him that Arthur intd left,
not only a widow, but a child.
“You have never mentioned this in
your letters to me," Mr. Allenby wrote,
‘ and doubtless you hat! your reasons
for it. But knowing how fond I was of
tlie lad, you might have informed me
on a point which was sure to be of vital
interest to m*. I am glad, however,
that he left them in such good hands as
yoqrs. otherwise the poor girl might
have had to work for her own living.
and work in any shape would be dis
creditable to a proud and wealthy name
like ours."
“Aud what will he think." the state
ly lady asked of her daughters, “when
be hears she iskeppinga Ipdging-house?
Who can have told him an\ Uiim* about
her?"
“It is too late to think of that now,"
her eldest; daughter replied. “There is
nothing to he done, unless you like to
go and beg her pardon; ask her to close
her house, and bring Ins..,elf and the
baby here, as if this had |‘*en her home
from the first."
“Mary would not do U." said lnr
younger sister Margaret*‘ she was too
deeply offended, and no yonder. Mary
could never he a hypocii e— she would
not do anything foruiemey. and we have
not been kind enough to £uko hex do it
for love."
Mrs. Allenby smw lhcL’ ce o. iiiis.
She was a d-ttlWln(T' in
her way a proud one. She. herself, had
UMuight of some such Riling as her
daughter Victoria suggested, though
tlie suggestion was made in irony, hut
she had tried Mary's patient, unyield
ing disposition before and always failed
in the contest; there way nothing* for it
but to stand her ground.
"I wish the girl was dead," sho said,
bitterly. “I wish she h-d died before
Arthur ever saw her. id a beggar
ly old father, too. They' wre? nothing
but paupers and pensioners on Arthur's
generosity. Slip trick <f him into mar
riage with her j r ttv f;ev and pensive
manners, and now, if your uncle saw
her and heard her story,-he would think
we hid iil-us and hu\ What right had
she to k . p my son’s b<>y from in *?"
* So*' is Ins mother,"/Margaret ;>uid,
quietly.
"1 w is Arthur's mother," was the re
ply. “And w mid l have let any selfish
love of mine stand in his way? I would
have resign'd him, eveft for evi r, and
to the lir akiug of my lm art; and that
girl took him from mu, I hate her! I
hate her!"
“Just now, my dear piamma," Vic
toria said, awe 1 1v. ‘ ymy look as if you
could put poison in her ten; but it does
seem a pity she should b ■ so thorough
ly in our way. Von niffy do; end up m
it. Uncle M ediael w li lal * a fancy to
In r, she has very vGuniiig ways, and he
;s sure to arimiiv wnat he will consider
In r independent spirit, just, as surely as
his money will go to A linn's hoy and
she will have the int of it during
Ik r lifetime."
"]). you wish to drive mo mad?" Mrs.
Allenby said, turning upon her fiercely.
“1 have thought of ilu se very things
myself, and I could sirm .i • h r."
“So could i." s.iid h -r oldest daugh
ter, with sweet and Hivage slowness.
“Sao took Arthur from you met s'm i**>s
taken George Hy le fr >,n'mo. it * has
not said so, but it is lb truth, my and ar
mamma."
Tii ■r • w s nut a lit I •of I’m tigress
and sjios ion in M Vgou la. just as
ther* vva-= Ur- suppi -ij D No
two .**'" Cd r r•••; ' •If-#'* 0i... .
unlik*. than slie an I Mirgirei w re.
Had not lh youngest lady of the Allen
by family rest mbll Mary not a iiUlo
in her ijuiet Htrengtli of character, sho
would have fared very badly indeed at
the hands of thus*' t v .
“Margant is right,'" M v e Allenby
said; “tiiat girl would not do anything
for money, and w? have not gone the
way to win leer love. 1 thought she
would have lost h< r fit lie prop riy and
been ruined by her wretched lodging
house long ag >.*'
“Daisy is generally right." said tho
sweet-voiced Victoria. “For - a gill so
quiet and romantic, there is more com
mon sens* about In i Ilian we poss ss
between ns. I tliought Mrs. M iry Al
lenby would have been ruined by the
house long ago; sm i so she would bill
idie lias ;;n excellent iulviser and busi
ness man in George Hyde. 1*■ rliaps
Daisy will lend us a libieof her eom
mnii sense. What would you advise,
dear?"
“Make peace with her." Margaret
said; “express tint regr I you o’lghi t*)
feel; tell l;er UmdeMo ha l is coining
hoin*. and invnl lea nei *to meet him."
“Would she come, do you think?"
“I think so.'*
“It would be. very humiliating to bo
refused."
“It would be all tie'l) ‘lt'*r."said 'Mrs.
Allenby, “we at least should have m ide
the first concession. Nothing would
p!c*;s.; mo more titan la r refusal; it
Would besom ■thing t > show my liroth
er-in-iaw. Write to ' r. M trgaret, in
any term, you please, b ug the letter
on wlnit you have said. Tell It rl have
'•nnshlered it as an act of
courtesy, to apprise her of Mr. Michael
Allenby’s return; that 1 i'givt tim un
fortunate einuunstance wiii'di have
kej)t us apart so long, aud I in vile h t
Ik r • to meet Arihu Vs uu•do, witli the
child. Siy auytiiing el e you like.
Saoiiid she come, it will sav* all ex
planations; sliouhi she not com •, it will
give m >re weight t> what F have done.
You area goo I girl, Mirgirei; you
never let y<>inf TT^fr- vh*’i I VT w.ih
your judgment."
“As we do." Victoria observed. “1
have to confess, my d' ar m or: no, that
J\l irgarct is a mystery to rn *. She is
either a saint- -very u :arly - or the most
artful girl I ever ka.jw. Which is it,
darling?"
“Whiclievcr you was the
composed reply. “Which von think the
most likely, considering tin training I
have received, and tlio exainpl * I have
daily. Fycu in tliis the 1 *.ti;*r I have
to write—l gave ruy advice in pure,
good faith, and you would in ike. a most
treacherous use of it. It shall be writ
ten, however, and good in iy coin: 1 of it
in a way you least expect."
Tho letter was written, but tho girl
could not write from tho heart.
“Mamma de.sir s me to tell you that
Arthur’s uncle. Mr. Michu'd Allenby, is
on his way to L m lon, and she wishes
you to mact him at oar lions.*, and she
very much regrets the unfortunate cir
cumstances which have kept us apart
so long."
“I should like you to com M irgaret
added. “VVe w re always friends, and
1 so much wish' to see, the darling hoy.
T have see him very often sv leu you
have been out with him, but not to
speak to him and kss him. ll* grows
like Arthur. I see the resemblance al
ready. Do come."
She sign *d herself Mary's affectionate
sister M irgaret, and gav • the letter to
her mother to read. That lady passed
it on to Victoria without a word.
“The first part would have kept her
away, as much as if Daisy intern le 1 it,"
Victoria said, “the s?co;id is very clev?r.
Yes, darling, that vvdl do. she will
either com * or invite you and that will
he almost as good.
• You arc verv iiir/en *rou s. ’Torv."
“I am only a woman, my love, I can
not even look like a saint, you can and
do."
In spite of these sarcastic inter
changes, Victoria loved her sister, and
would have resented a slight or an in
jury as bitterly as if indicted on herself.
She was to be pitied, just as much as
her mother was to be blamed, for sho
had made her children what they were.
The answer cam * from M iry by re
turn of post; m a few words and as po
litely as possible M iry declined, but she
appended a very affectionate welcome
for Margaret herself.
“We have not met since poor Ar
thur's-death," she wrote, “but I have
not forgotten your kindness th-mi, or
o ired th * less for you. Come and see
my darling boy whenever you please,
you will always be welcome; but l oan
l not coni/ to your mother's house, though
J h ■; Vjpfcii Ml my higirn iu jpite
of Ihf* hitter sorrow she has caused me.
You l hope will come."
“Just as 1 thought," Victoria said.
“You will be very Welcome, dear, and
ifmaufmais wise she will lot you go.
B it it appears to mo sho does not say a
word of Uncle Michael."
“Not a word."
“Very strange."
“ None of us know that girl yet," Mrs.
Allenby sftid; “slic may ho playing soma
deep game of her own, or she would, not
be such a fool, even with her beggarly
pride, as to stand in her own light and
the child's. Give mo that letter, Mar
garet, it will prove to your Undo
Michael (he vindictive unforgiving
spirit wo have to deal with. You mty
go and see her when you please, it shall
not be said that I left any means un
-1 i i<*d to effect a reconciliation; you may
tell her that even if sho will not see me
I, as Arthur's mother, should like to
see Arthur's boy, and perhaps she will i
Permit you to bring liini here some
times, and say that if she t hinks it more
becoming our respective ages I will
vis t her myself."
“I will say exactly what you tell me,
mamma."
“I know you will," Mrs. Allenby said,
angrily, “and in tho puma tone and
m inner, if you could, but that is not
win! I want."
“M iy l go to-day V"
“Tn s in:uute if You like."
“1 will tell her what you say," Mar
garet said gently, * ‘an l soften it as far
as I can, for I should bk > to see you re
eoucil *d. Wo ought to remember how
Arthur loved her."
“I' 1 could forg'd that." Mrs. Allcn
bv said, “I couhl forgive her every
thing."
Margaret took Iri* at her word and
went, much to her mother's disappoint*
in Mil. M iry was out, but baby was at
home. Sue couhl hear him in the din
ing-room, m iking enough noise for-i
regimentof babies, an t siie asked vefy
wis: Hilly if she mi ght see him.
“Jf you do not mind going in," Mar
tha said; “in* is playing with Mr. lV.rk*
-er. a'.Hl he in nob dv—qu*' as hi r a
ii iby as tho other. Will you go in, Miss
Ali *nby?"
‘On. C' rtainlv!" an 1 she opened the
dining-room door.
“Here’s a lady to see tho baby, sir,—
Miss Allenby."
‘•Com * in," said Mr. Darker, cheer
fully. H * had not heard tin; first words,
an I quite misund unload tim last.
“Com: in. Mrs. Allenby; Id art mind
you. though I look very absurd. Noth
in* els: v, II suit the little man hut l
in 11 sit on tlie floor, and pretend to
play th i trotnlnno whde lie beats the
drum. I h ive quite tak ut tho place of
tho old gentleman upstairs, and—good
gracious nn !"
Nothing <!ortainly could have been
more, absurd than tho picture he pre
sented. with the absurdity intensified
by his and .siniy at the unexpected ap
j Mra-u.'e o;‘ a stringer. Margaret could
I not help lull riling, in spite of her tear
ful delight, as she caught Arthur’s boy
i in hor arms.
“What a donkev you must think me,"
said Mr. Daik?r, scrambling to his l'eet.
“I thought it was Mr.;. Allenby—his
i mamma, you know. What a donkey
| you must think me."
“Indeed I do not, Mr. Darker-—the
: servant told me your name unless to
! bf: a donk v is to love chihlivu very
much, and then, I like doukies. lam
baby’s auntie, and my name is Allenby,
that is how the in• sink; arose."
“To be shiv; nothing could be more
natural," said Mortinu.'r Dostlethwaite,
whose senses had gone on a wool-gath
ering expedition. “ihay sit down and
make yourself at honi •. Mrs. Allenby
will not be long. Would you like u cup
of t"a if you wouldn't mind? I have
some apricot jam mi l biscuits, and
several things. :f I knew where to find
them, but tin little fellow lias put the
key of the chiffonier somewhere—in the
fire. I think.”
“Will you give m • a cup of tea?”said
Margaret, anxious to put the poor fel
low at Ilia ease. “I should like it very
much."
“How delightful.” and he rang the ;
bell. “Some tea please, Martha. The j
boy quite t.iks to you, Miss Allenby. ;
so he do-as to me; out there is no one :
like the old g uitl m m upstairs. It is
really very goo I of you to take a cup of j
tea. You do not knowhow delighted!
I am."
And Mr. Darker was very far from |
knowing the good impression lie hid j
made on Margaret. She saw the simple, j
chivalrous good nature und *r the sur
face of his nervousness, and ho improv
ed greatly on acquaintance. H * went
into the next room, smo )tlied his tum
bled hair, settled his collar and tin. and
changed his study coat for one more
presentable. * My the timo ho had don©
this the tray was on tho table. H.iby
settled the apricot jam difficulty by
producing tho chiffonier koy from be
neath tho hearthrug.
II” had taken to Margaret, but he did
not; understand her vet. II * gav* her a
vast amount of unintelligible informa
tion concerning “Boko,*’ who lived, if
his tiny linger was to bo b dieved, sonr - I
where in the ceiling. II * patted her >
face and said “poor” when hr saw tho i
tears in her eyes, and let her give him
as many kisses ns she clios *; but on the j
whole, there was Iris pi :ymate on tho I
apricot jam sido of the table, and af er j
av: ry oriel' consultation with hintsdf [
the little fellow chimb red over to him. I
Up to tliis period of his career Master
Arthur evinced a decided preference |
for his <nvn sex.
Mr. Daiker had never enjoyed him- .
self so much. Miss Allenby put him so j
delightfully at his ease. She had the j
rare quality of ta**t. the cultivated in
stinct of a fine, delicate, and generous !
nature. She ltd him by degrees to talk *
of his own profession, the house lie lived
in. his fellow lodger, and Mnrv. \f n
garet learned that Alary was his idea of
perfection, that li is fellow lodger was
an extraordinary combination of con
trarieties, that Hi© house he lived in was
the dearest spot on earth, ami that his
professional hopes were modest to a
degree; but ho was confident in a quiet
way.
“X shall make a position in twenty
years or so,” h * said; “and if I can pay
my expenses in the meantime, it is all
I have a right to expect. Tho house
physician is very kin l and • encourag
ing. S nnetini *s I # despond, and feel
afraid that I have mistaken my voca
tion."
“That is a good sign. Air. Parker. I
read somewhere, quite recently, that
bo man ever yet attained greatness in
his profession who had not suffered
from that despondent feeling-a doubt
of his own worthiness an t power. It
may. not be a proof of geniusc. but it
leant ih at lie lata ikigltmatnta
j --a desire lo do bis best. "
“How very kind of you to.say so; you
give me * confidence in myself that l
, only have when Mrs. Allenby talks to
i Bit*. 1 think it is so nice of her to give
me a few minutes when she thinks I
' am dull."
I- “You would l?o dull sometimes; but
i have you no friends in Loudon?"
i “Dear me, no! All the men of my
1 own age are so dreadfully wild, it would
kill me iu a week to go on as they do."
“You want companionship of a better
sort," said Margaret. “It will be dif
ferent when you are in a position of
your own, and have someone to care
: for you."
“I am not the kind of man to be car
ed for," said Mr. Darken, shaking his
l head; “and if anyone did care for mo,
i we should have to wait a great many
years. lam on© of a. large family, you
| see. Miss Allenby, and the utmost I
; couhl expect or accept would be to be
set up in a house or apartments, and
! kept going for a year. I am painfully
j conscious of my own defects, and lean*
i not cure them. I am not the kind of
| man to be cared for."
“Do not let the lmbifc of self-dispar
agement grow upon you," Margaret
sdd, with kindly sympathy; “yourtime
will come, as it does to other men. (Jf
course you know the beautiful old super
stition that every soul is created with
its twin?"
“Yes; and they winder about in
search of each other, and perhaps never
meet."
“Hope and try to believa that yours
will," said Margaret, and the conversa
tion might have been prolonged in the
same strain had not the baby, thinking
j he looked rather sad, tried to soothe
I him with a spoonful of apricot jam
| and just then Alary cam * in.
The two girls had always loved each
' other, and Mr. Parker felt his own eyes
fill as he witnessed the tearful pleasure
jof their meeting; but the tee* were
i soon over with Mary—she ua long
j since learned to keep down Ui6 outward
, sign of her emotion.
“M inima told me I might come, ami
I was so glad darling. I cam” at once.
ou were out. and hearing baby was
here, I intruded upon Mr. Darker. Ho
was good enough to give me a cup of
tea."
“Miss Allenby was kind enough to
take oik*,” said Air. Darker, eagerly;
“she found me in the most absurd posi
tion."
j “Nothingis absurd that is done in
kindness," said Margaret, quickly; “he
was simply pi tying with baby, as I
should have done, an 1 I thank you very
much. Mr. Darker."
Miss Allenby gave him h< r hand with
the lreedom of an old friend, and then
the fair vision went upstairs accom
panied by Mary and the baby. Strug
gling with a wild desire to steal tin* tea
cup she had drank from, he kissed the
place her lips had touched, and seizing
his hut went fora walk round tho
square. Where he went after that he
could not have said, bit ho was gone
ihree hours, aud when he returned Miss
Allenby was taking leave of Mary at
tin* door."
“1 am so glad you are her”. Mr. Dark
er," Alary said; “1 was wondering what
we should do. It is so Lit * for my sis
ter to bo out alone; will you kindly see
her to Orthorpe Square?"
(7b he continued.)
Surplus of Lawyers.
Complaint of the overcrowding of
the legal profession is noticeable in
j widely separated sect'ons of the emin
! try. In Vermont, towns which used to
! raise and support solid lawyers of the
I old school, learned jn pleadings, do not
! afford income to keep one alive. In
; the South it is said that the profession
. of law is having dull times in many of
I the larger towns, while in Philadelphia,
j where a well-known proverb implies
| that a superior assortment is maimain
' ed, a large proportion of tin* l.fitK) law
| vers starve. A stjitist einn reckons
| that in that city only livu have an iu
: coine of $.‘30,000 each mid upwards,
about thirty SIO,OOO each, and luO
i s while 1.000 average not over
I £*’>oo a year from legitimate fees.
There are two or Three causes for
i this Mipertlnity of lawyers. In # nearly
all the states the old and intricate sys
tem of pleadings has been done away ;
it was eiimbersome lumber, but it re
quired a good deal of study to master
i! and so served o keep down ih* num
ber >f aspirants to the bar. The much
simpler modern systems arc more easi
ly mastered, while the inullipli. atiou of
law schools has rendered an education
for tin? bar much mor * accessible. Old
lawyers are apt to think that a deteri
oration of the profession has resulted,
but that does not follow. VVhat was
formerly u close trade-union, guild or
profession has been thrown open to
more general entrance. Nothing has
been lost by throwing aside the old
pleadings, howe\er difficult they may
have been to acquire, if after licquisf
sition they vv re lumber ami encum
brance. The modern law student may,
*f he chooses, spend upon a general ed
ucation the same time he would apply
to them, ami secure at least as much
mental discipline. This ought, per
haps, to he more generally required.
On the other hand the avoidance of
litigation is more generally sought, than
formerly. Under the mollified system
of codified .statutes, sill in one volume,
men of ordinary intelligence can con
sult the statutes themselves: as to tho
common law, or tlmt rendered hv the
courts, the eases ordinnniy arising have
now been so thoroughly adjudicated
that honest counsel of fair ability
ought not to lead his client, astray.
Moreover, there is a general disposition
among more honorable members of the
bar not to encourage litigation, unless
it is nt?<.essar; # : whether that is more
ti n * than formerly it Would be difi* uU
INTO. 9.
to say.
It is certainly not a misfortune to the
country that less wealth proportionally
is consumed in 1 tigation than former
ly; if such is the case in the administra
tion of the criminal law, there must be
inereaaing expense for the maintenance
of cou fs and public prosecution so long
as crime increases.
Activity of business always gives rise
to clash of interests, and makes litiga
tion. The great mass of this is now be
tween real persons and corporations, or
between corporations on both sides.—
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
How to Tell. •
The NowJPork Graphic gives the fol
lowing directions “how to tell a wo
*miu’s age:"
some oHicr wom n.
Few grand mothers are less than 26 off
the stage. \ v „l’
Itrnncttrs an a rule look older than
blondes of the same age.
Slenderness is supposed to be girlish
unless it produces wrinkles.
An unmarried woman is a girl un
til she is 10. After that she* is au old
maid.
During leap-year deduct ten years
from the ago of every unmarried wo
man.
If a woman has false teeth and
plumpers it is a d'e to put her down as
over 20.
Ask her how ok! she is and multiply
the answer by two. If she, isanaetrevsa
multiply it by four.
Fat increases the apparent age of a
woman under 26 yearn and lessens* it
over that age.
i— i
FJCMAI.I; TOOTH PfIXKUS.
llow (llrl'n SlqgvT Ariutml M*n*n Neck
Will Knock Spot)* Out of Laughing <ia*.
The country seems to he slowly but
surely drifting into womanhood. If
things' continue to go as they have bean
going for the past two years, future
grammarians will have a license for
swearing that tho world belongs to the
feminine gender. Everybody is getting
to bo female, government offices, sten
ographic positions, attorneys, physi
cians, barbers, ami woman, the glori
ous creation and embodiment of all
that costs money, has at last stopped
boldly i do the dentist's ofneo and of
fered to trade off SIOO,OOO worth of
pain for fifty cents spot cash.
If more women adopt, the practice of
dentistry, there will he 10.-s howl float
ing about the “home of the bravo and
land of the free" limn there is just at
present. It is u very strong-willed man
indeed, who refrains from letting off
a concatenation of wail from the timo
lie strikes the bottom stair of a tooth
pulling factory, until the dentist stands
over his sen.-eless remains, flourishing
his jaw and a fragment of the tooth in
the air, demanding a dollar aud a half
for his kindne-s for not pulling tiio
whole front, of ii is head off. People who
live next door to a dentist, and are
obliged to go flown <o the boiler factory
when they want to unjoy somo sleep,
can testify to this.
Woman will put mor* bravery into
the frame of a man than any other ne
gotiable article in the country, * except
ing, perhaps, poor whisky. Man in
the presence of man is weak, blit be
neath the uoulful and bclhulonnuful
eyes of woman he’s stronger than a
ninety-foot derrick. We. speak from
experience. From this argument then,
it will be readily seen that, where a
man should howl loud enough to hail a,
ship in the Adriatic sea, when he was
having a tooth pulled by it man in Kal
amazoo, put a woman with a force at
tachment on lo the same tooth and a
fellow would hire a deaf-and-dumb
man to do the talking for him, while ho
lay and quietly gazed up the sleeve of
the fail* murderess, who was trying to
pull his boots off’over his head.
The only objections to female dentists
are. that they are liable to render the
male portion of the population of tho
United States toothless, eventually, and
that the laughing gas, ether and chlor
oform traffic will suffer.
When u fellow goes to a female den
tist, who carries a fair amount of sweet
lips, pearly tooth, azure eye, peachy
cheok amt sylph-like form, it is hardly
safe for a friend to suggest to him that
it would be a good idea lo hide behind
an an esthetic, nine times out of ten he
won't know what the word means and
will accuse you of calling name , or
else he will become suspicious tlmt you
have an idea that he is’ut brave, and
couldn't set and have his lungs and
several internal equipments extracted
by n woman without making some largo
disturbance. Let tin* woman place her
l-*ft arm around a fellow’s head and a
peculiar sensation is immediately
bivouac* and along his spine; she bends
low down, her c clashes tickle the
cheeks of her patient; the forceps steal
into his yawning abyss, and in the ex
eil< incut of the moment, lie don't,
know whether she has kissed him or
puffed hi* b/oth. There isn't a fellow
in Christendom who has got common
sense that will say that there is any
th! g about luugldug gas that will
knock the feeling so teetotally out of a
fellows make-up, as a girl’s slecvo
aroiflid his neck and her breath playing
over his face. Woman may usurp man,
but sho is doing lunch to suppKiut
with pleasure. - St. Raul Her
ald.
The railway up Vesuvius has already
paiu .or itself; the trains which ascend
night and day, are well patronized btr
native and foreign sight-seen*, nil
strangers ascending nowadays, where
as formerly a loot ascent was so irk
some that only the during undertook
the round trip.
One of the, South American fruits
which are to be tried in Southern Cali
fornia next year is the melon shrub. It
is de crihed as an evergreen, with h
beautiful purple and white (lower, and
bears a fruit 1 ke a rifled cannon shell,
about four inches long b\ from two to
three inches in diameter.
The greatest depth so, far discovered
in the ocean is 2fi.K,>i). five miles, or
about 2.2(H) feel le-s tliau the height of
the world’s loftiest mountain peak.
Mount Everest, oue of the Himalaya
chain, winch is found to he not less,
and apparently h little more, than 29,-
UUO feat above the sea level.
Twenty-four years ago the United
JjJtates had in them only 60,000.000 peo
-0(H) people. Now we are grown to over
54,000,000. In 1800 we only had 141
cities of over 8,000 inhabitants, now
there are over 300 such cities. The total
population of this class of cities was
5,000,000, now it is over L,000,000.
A company in the upper part of New
Jersey i> making counterpanes und pil
low shams of pu?>er, which retail at #4
cents a set,