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VOL 111
The Quitman Reporter
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Dr. E. A. J E LK S,
Practicing Physician.
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QUITMAN GA.
Office: Brick building adjoining store
of Messrs. Briggs, Jelks A* Cos., Srivven
street. [l-tf
8. T. KIXGSBEIIY,
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Attorney at Law,
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QUIT MAW, - 1 - " GF/‘~m*
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narOFFICE in now Rrick WaRW
BuvincttH btjforo the V. S. I'ut^BS
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* I. A. Allbritton,
Attorney at Law,
QUITMAN, * - - - (JA,
**~offk:f. is court house.-ws.
W. A. S. lit Mi'll I?if
Attorney at Litn™
QUITMAN. GEORGIA.
3MT*OFFICE in the Court IToukc "Ay
HADDOCK & RAIFOBD,
Attorneys at Law,
QUIT3IAN, GEO.
Will gire prompt attention to all buin<is
etrut*<l4o their earn.
P&" Office orer Kurton's store*
Dr. J. S. N. Snow,
D K IST T I S T .
OFFICE Front room np stairs over Kay
ton’s Store. Gas administered for painless
ly extracting teeth.
Charges to suit the times.
jan 10, ly
R. H. Robinson,
Physician and Surgeon
Having opened an offii° opposite the
Mclntosh House, in the building formerly
occupied by Mrs. Black, offers his services
to any who may call. Office hours from 0
to 12 o’clock a. m., and from *2 to 1 r. m.
Quitman, Ga. t Feb. 2, 1870. 3m
I>r. E. A. Jelks. Dr. Harry Mabbett.
I)rs. .1 elks A Mabbett,
Haring purchased the drug department of
Messrs. Briggs, .Telks A Cos., would respect
fully notify their friends and the public gen
erally that they havo just opened a NEW
DRUG STORE, in the house formerly occu
{>icd by l)r. Jelks as an office, which they
lave considerably enlarged, and are now
supplied vritli a full and complete stock of
Drugs,
Patnt Medici lies,
Perfumeries,
Toilet Articles,
Oils, Paints,
Window Glass,
Putty, &c., Ac.
Also a fine stock of SCHOOL HOOKS,
STATIONERY, TOBACCO, SEGARS,
SNUFF, Ac.
E. A. JELKS A HARRY MABBETT.
7-fiin
®te (film lepttfa.
The oltli*st, locomotive iu the Uni
ted States, constructed iu 1832, by
Hubert and George Stephenson, of
Great Britain, is on exhibition at the
Centennial.
New Mexico is to be admitted to
the Union under the title of “Monte
zuma.” The North American thinks
a more appropriate name, considering
the prevailing weakness of tho inhab
itants, wou'd bo “Threecardmontezu
lnn.”
Civil. It 10uts in Thk.ittiks. —ln the
United'Stutes Circuit Court of San
Francisco, in the case of ino Green
Colored, who brought suit against
McGuire for refusing him a seat, iu
the dress circle, thu Court held that
theatres were private property, sub
ject to such rules as may be establish
ed by their owners, and Green’s civil
rights were inapplicable to the case.
The Southern Predn/tenau furnishes
some instructive figures showing tho
comparative cost, of certain “unneces
saries,” from which it appears that
the country pays $70,000,000 annual
ly for dogs, $010,000,000 for tobacco
and $2,200,000 for intoxicating li
quors. The figures are given for the
purpose of contrasting the respect
ive items with the sum annually paid
in salaries to ministers of the gospel,
which is given at $6,000,000 only.
When the day for flic inauguration
of the President of the United States
was fixed upon the 4th of March, it
was for the reason that the date oc
curred seldom on Sunday. But twice
during our history has the inaugura
tion day fallen on that day. The first
was the second inaugural of James
Monroe, the fifth President, March 4,
tfnWn'l was when Zachary
H'-vsid-nt. Man’!.
. Vlay, Ins immgii
jW, dare llliti' I lie
he the
inaugural, March 4, 1877. This will
I happen thrsc times during each ceu
| tury, or one year after seven leap
i years.
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Mr. .Stewart's Employee*. —The
1 will of the late A. T. Stewart contaiu
;ed a provision that tliose of his em
ployees who had been in his service
should receive 8500, and
jjfesty with him twenty
A, ■} of the lucky
BBwS*n. embracing over
TlmoTmiulred, and they have receiv
ed their money, the sura required to
pay the donations amounting to near
ly a quarter of a million of dollars.
For many years before his death Mr.
Stewart used to receive innumerable
letters from persons in all parts of the
world claiming relationship with him
ine demanding aid. Since his death
the number of applicants has greatly
increased. No notice whatever is
taken of these letters bv either Judge
Hilton or Mrs. Stewart, as they re
gard the writers as impostors.
Lonu Byhon at Homs. —In the life
of Haydon, recently published, speak
ing of Haydon’s anecdotes of the
leading poets of his day, the book il
tustrates Bvron’s aversion to seeing
women eat, by this story:
/CoL— was at Byron s house in
Piccadilly, Lady Byron in the room,
and “luncheon” was brought in, veal
cutlets, etc. She began eating. By
ron turned round in disgust and
said, “Gormandizing beast!” and
taking up the tray threw the whole
luncheon into the hall. Lady Byron
cried and left the room.”
With that single illustration why
seek for any further explanation of
the unhappiniss and separation of
Lord and Lady Byron V
A Defense of Womans Toilet.-
Margaret Fields gives some good facts
in the history of womans toilet, as a
defense of t.lio tendency of women of
the present day towards lavishness in
the decoration of their persons. She
says: “It is utterly useless to try to
make anything of human ilk believe
dress is not of primary importance;
that beauty unadorned has the slight
est chance, but because it is not true
iu fact, however excellent in theory.
Let a pretty woman neglect tho amen
ities of dress, leave all the accessories
of hair, lace or ribbion adornment un
cared for, and go around limp loose
and dowdyish with only her natural
charms to counterbalance, and see
how little chance she stands for admi
ration. A symmetrically cut, grace
fully hanging dress; a bright knot, ar
tistically disposed; a soft, delicate bit
of lace, makes all the difference in the
world in the effect a woman produces
upon the senses. It is a remarkable
fact, that while men make womans
folly in dress the targfet at which to
let fly their sharpest criticisms, it is
for man alone she indulges iu these
extravagances.
QUITMAN, GA., THUMSIUY, JUNE 8, 187<>.
STATE NEWS.
Pciirilhtgs and Scissoring* from
our Exchanges.
Hon. A. It. Stephens' health is
much improved.
- The Talbotton Standard lias put
on its summer size.
—Albany is sorely afflicted with
burglars.
—Thu blackbevy season is now fully
upon us, and the average country ed
itor is “cm the mend.”
Thomasvillc has tiro first cotton
bloom of the season.
—Catterpillars have made their
appearance in Gwinnett c unity.
Mr. Alex Irving and little son,
of Savannah, were drowned last week.
They fell overboard whilst an excur
sion Steamer was making its landing.
—M. F. Gallahor, route agent for
the postal service between Savannah
and Live Oak, lias been detected in ,
robbing the mails, and is in jail await
ing trial.
-Christopher, of the Fort Valley:
Mirror, and Eddy Mumford, of the
Talbotton Standard, are flinging
“juanner” at each other. It is all
about Mr. James. Nonsense, boys.
Bullock is still wearing liis nose
gay in Atlanta, and the “wealthy and
respectable citizens” of that cite - seem
to be untiring in their efforts to make
the fugutive ex-Goveruor enjoy his
vi it.
-Dr. T. J. Cooper, formerly of
Florida, who has been making bis
headquarters in Cuthbert some time
past, wooed and wonjg MissJe’jngan,
and, contrary to tltvK'islies of 4 the
young ladie’s father, the loving cou
ple were married, whereupon the
irate father bad the young groom ar
rested and lodged in jail upon a
charge of bigamy.
■—Savannah Weirs: The oilirons of
Georgia should remember that the
question of a Constitutional Conven
tion and the bogus bonds will have
t> be settled in tho primary;
meetings. No comity should elect a
member of the Legislature uniu
slrucltJ! upon t’,.. • vital issues.
■ —Prof. Robinson, who has been !
stopping at Lexington, lias shown
one of the “eleveti able editors” of the
Atlanta Constitution grants in his pos
session to 50,000 acres oj’ land, lying .
in 111 counties of this State, includ
ing the entire town of Thomasville
and 900 acres in Oglethorpe county.
Tho Professor must have been in
trouble and wanted some of the
“wealthy aud respectable citizens” of
Atlanta to go on his bond.”
—The following from tho Atlanta
Constiluton is intended, we suppose,
for Harris:
Augusta has a pig with a head like
an elephant’s. That is a curiosity, but
Savannah beats Augusta all-hollow.
The latter place has a man with a
head like a pig’s.
—Albany Weirs: On a certain Sun-:
day afternoon, not a thousand miles
from Albany, the ordinance of bap
tism was to have been administered
upon some half dozen converts to a
certain colored church, but for a very :
amusing reason it was postponed.
The usual crowd of friends, relatives
and brethren of the church, together
with the candidates, were gathered !
upon the banks of the “raging Thron
ateeska,” awaiting the arrival of the j
minister. Minnies grow into hours,
and tho patience of all is well-nigh
exhausted. Someone is sent to en
quire the cause of tlie delay. The
minister says, “Bide me down to the
river in a pluc.ton otherwise I will
not go.” A pluetou is sent for; none
can bo found. The c. in. is in
his resolution, and the crowd gradu
ally disperse some appreciating the
situation, and others swallowing
their mortificat ion as best they can.
—Harris, of the Savannah News, is
the builder ot the following trenchant
and well-directed verses. They are
worthy of careful perusal:
Watch, citizen, watch with caire,
Ye developments in Atlantuhv;
Ye time is ripe and ye season fairs.
For ye pranks of ye bogus bomlholdaire.
He will send abroad ye long lettaire
To ye unsuspecting nowspapaire.
And endeavor to run ye Legislature
By ye aid of ye Honorable Fotiphuirp,
Surnanied Peagreen, ye goober eataire;
But watch, citizen, watch with caire,
Ye developments iu Atlautaire.
Watch, citizen, watch with caire,
Rufus IS., with his gay flowaive,
And his “grayish pants” none ye worse for
wairc.
And ye amorous curl of liissidc-whiskaire,
Who cnllcth himself “ex-Goveruaicc.”
We warn you, citizen, to bewaire.
Of ye wiles of ye plmn-ed pluudernire,
Who weareth alwuy ye sweet flowuire.
Watch, citizen, watch with caire,
Matters and things in Atlautaire,
And remember well that ye people thnirc
“Endorsed” Hi Kimball, ye cotton spinnairc,
And fixed up Blodgett, yo quondam j
“grerssaire, ”
And went on yo bond of yo “ex-Governaire,” |
But slighted’and flouted yo cx-Troasurairc. I
Watch, citizen, watch with caire,
And attend yo meetings primanure,
For they arc now and always waiare
Yu strongholds ot ve ring-mastaire.
Watch, citizen, watch with caire,
Ye developments iu Atlautaire.
—Tho Columbus Enquirer lias the
; daring to relate the following: A gen
tleman in the city says that when lie
| was moving from Barbour county,
Alabama, to Jackson county, Texas,
tie carried with him an ox, which he
worked during the fall and winter.
In the spring he turned tho ox out to
graze and he strayed off. On liis re
turn to Barbour on a visit he found
that the ox had gone back to his for
: mer homo, a distance between 800
and a 1,000 miles. He also had a
“sandy” sow that returned to lier for
mer rooting grounds after having
been earned in a box a distance of 300
miles.
- -Talbotton Standard: There‘is a
hickory treo standing near the resi
dence of Mr. Ben Blanton iu this
linty, that, lias sill o 1 ’ t.bo.-,n
rioiis nsng'uig sWTT. it
measures eleven feet and three inch
es in circumference. This makes it
the largest tree in the neighborhood,
and Mr. Blanton says tint it has been
struck by lightning every year since
he has known it, and h|! has been liv
ing near it many years, and tho elec
tricity lias never been strong enough
to penetrate the bark f> the sap and
it has not been killed. It beifls
enough hickory-nuts every year to
supply the, neighborhood for ten
miles around. Less than one hun
dred squirrels build tlfcir nests and
raise their young in it every year.
Tho frost kills its leaves and they do 1
not remain green all winter. The
shade from its branch* and foliage
covers less than five acres of ground.
There are many other natures, rare
and interesting, connected with this
tree that are too numerous to men
tion. It rivals tho great tress of Cal
ifornia.
Over in Florida.
to Lave taken no
part in tho convention ht Madison last
week.
—Sheriff Bogue, of Madison, was
shot in the leg during the row-in the
Radical convention lass week. Many
will be pained to leant that the wound
was very slight.
—Judge W. A. McLean now says
through the papers tli: ! lie is a Dem
ocrat. Yes, and tlj re will be hun
dreds of more ci'S- uvimw
than-this in FloridajHr Ore No vein
• % t
—The Democratic*-reitrH (. uoi
mitteo of Jeffersoiiwaoutity met at
Months 110 on the 27ui ult., and or
ganized by electing James F. Tucker,
chairman; R. Turnbull, assistant aud
B. B. YVhitfield Secretary and treas
urer.
—ln course of a speech in the Rad
ical pow-wow at Madison last week
Meacliam said that he had been of
fered a bribe of five tljonsand dollars
by Conover's friends. I \Ye don’t be
lieve a word of it, for he has been
bought with less money than that in
times past. It may be, however, that
lie had sold out to Stearns before ho
received Conover’s bid.
—Corn is scarce in Jefferson coun
ty, in consequence of which stock, in
many instances, is suffering.
—lt. is said the Florida orange crop
for the present season is 25,000,000,
worth oil an- average” art the groves
815 per thousainl, nuking 8375,000.
It is estimated that there are now not
more than 3,000 acres of young trees
from four to six years old from the
hud, some bearing as many as 100 or
anges the past fruit season. For tho
next five years it is believed the crop
will gradually increase from the
growth of trees to 150.000,000, yield
ing a product of 82,251a. 1 sjo or ah 1 ’
one seventh of the product of Pal
ermo.
-—The editor of the A<irirtil/nri.4\viH 1
discovered that the Everglades can be
easily drained, or at. L t that the
wnterTof "fUrim 11 OM-W • o ?ali l*c •
lowered ten feet, which \ 11 drain
a million acres of fine cane and fruit
lands. It is explained thus: “Be
tween the navigable part of the Ca
toosa hat chic river and Luke Okeecho
bee there is only a distance of eight
miles, which is saw brass marsh. A
canal dug through this would lower
the lake at least ten feet, as there are
rapids in the river so strong that it is
hardly possible to pole a boat against
them. The saw grass prevents the
How of water from the lake into the
river, and the overplus if therefore 1
discharged over the fim into the Ev
erglades. YVoro this canal dug the
water would be discharged into the
river and the Everglades, and the
marshy lands on tho banks of the lake
rendered fit for cultivation.
—John Dalton, Ji. of Concord,!
Fla., sends the Savannah Weirs, under
date of the 23d ult., the following re
markable story:
“There is great exeiteinent prevail
ing in this section of tho country
about the story of a negro fisherman.
The story is that a negro living in
the adjoining county of Leon got up
very soon on the morning of Alay the
12th and declared that ho would go
down to the lake and catch a mess of
fish before tlm Almighty woke up.
Tho report goes that lie is fishing
there now. I saw a gentleman (a Air.
Poston) who says it is perfectly im
possible to move the negro. He I
declares that the boat iu which the
negro is sitting is cemented, us it
were, to tho water. No wind nor
wave nor human force has yet
moved it from the spot where, ten
days ago, the negro threw out liis lino.
Tn position, the negro is leaning over
or bending forward from the middle
scat, and there lie sits the whole day
long, staring all the time as intently at
liis corks as if lie momentarily expect
ed some large lisli to bite; but, they
say, hungry or not, no fish has yet,
taken hold of liis line. Mr. Boston
informs me that a story which lias
been circulated about the blood gush
ing from the negro’s hands when you
attempt, to move his .polo lias no foun
dation in truth: but lie solemnly de
clares to me that be saw the negro,
boat and polo in the lake as lat.o as
one o’clock in the afternoon of yester
-r;tVTU|> to whjeh time no effort, had
availed to move him from that harbor
wherein some supernatural power
seems to have anchored him.
A Knock-down Argument foe (he
Heathen.
The other day, when the wind whis
tle.l sea-toned jigs around the Bat
tery, a little old man entered a sa
loon in that, vicinity and asked tho
bar-keeper if lie could leave some
tracts there.
“A whole car-load, if you want to,”
was the prompt, reply, and the little
old man placed a package on a beer
table and softly said:
“There’s no nobler cause than the
cause of the heathen. We should all
contribute a small share of our wor
thy wealth to shed the Gospel light
across the seas.”
A pair of boxing-gloves were softly
reposing on a table, and the little old
man felt of them and went, on:
“It, makes me sad to see such sin
ful things lying around when the cost
of one glove might save a dozen souls
in Africa.”
Three or four of the boys liad drop
ped in and the saloon-keeper winked
at them and replied:
“Do you want to earn 85 for the
heat hen ’?”
“Verily, I do.’
“Put on the gloves with me and
knock me down and I’ll ante lip cash
enough to convert a whole’ regiment
of African sinners.”
“The cause is noble, (he induce
ment great," mused thelittleold man,
■fas lie toyed with t.hp gloves.
'Lite boys encouraged him to go in.
de.-'iying tt> : >—- iitin knocked wrong
an:r*u;,, ihe finally got out of liis
overcoat with the explanation:
“It can’t be a sin to box for the
cause of tile heathen.”
The saloonist meant to lift birr over
one of the tables at the first blow,
but the blow was warded off very
handsomely, and the little old man
sighed:
“Ah urn! The heathen walk in
wickedness and they have souls to be
saved !”
“Look out, now!” cried the saloon
ist, as lie got in a left hander.
“Y erily, I will and I will give thee
one in return —for the heathen.”
He struck a staggering blow, and
the saloonist didn’t feel quite so en
thusiastic, as on the start. He took
the defensive, and he soou had all the
work he could do.
“That’s another of the ignorant
minds on the far-off shore !” sighed
tho little old man as lie knocked the
saloonist against the wall.
There wasnt any “science" about
liim, but lie struck to kill, and bis
arms were flying around like the
spokes to a wagon wheel.
“Don’t crowd a feller,” called out
the saloonist as he was driven back,
and he got mad and put iu his bard
: est licks. He meant to smash the little
man’s nose as flat as a window glass,
but he could not do it. Ho got in two
jor three fair hits, and was beginning
to regain his courage when Hie aged
stranger sorrow fully remarked:
“My friend, tho heathen call, and T
can not tarry much longer. Take this
one, and may it broaden your views
jon the heathen question. Receive
i-Utid-PMtf in lflo spirit tendered, and |
you may be sure the $5 shall be u
beacon light as far as it will go.”
He delivered two sledge-hammer,
.blows, right aud left, and the saloon
ist got the last on tho ear as he dodg
ed tho first. He went over in beau
tiful style, and as lie slowly regained
his feet he felt iu his vest pocket for
the wager.
“If you’ll come around here to
night and do that, again I’ll double
the money ! he growled, as he paid
the wager.
“My road points toward Busting,"
softly replied tho old man, “and I
cannot tarty. Let us part friendly,
for I only boxed thee fertile heathen’s
sake. 1 gave to thee, thou hast giv
en to the heathen, and now, fare
well !”
A Great Ylutheu. The mother of
John Quincy Adams, said in a letter
to him, when he was only twelve:
“I would rather see you laid in
your grave than grow up a profane
and graceless boy.”
Not long before his death a gentle
man said to him: “I’ve found out who
made yon.”
“What do you mean?” asked .Mr.
Adams.
Tho gentleman roplie: “I have
just been reading the published let
ters of your mother.”
He stood up in his peculiar manner,
and said:
“Yes, sir; all that is good in me 1
owe to my mother.”
Obey lug Orders.
The “oldest inhabitant” perfectly
j remembers the Widow Trotter, who
I used, many years ago, to inhabit a
small wooden house away down in
Hanover street, in somewhat clo-o
i proximity to Salutation alley. Well,
this widow was blessed with a son,
who, like Goldsmith, and many .'til
er men, distinguished in afterlife,
was the dunce of his class. Numer
ous were the floggings which his stu
! pidity brought upon him, and the
road to knowledge was with him ti n
: ]y a “wale ot tears.”
One day lie came homo, as usual,
1 with red eyes and hands.
“(), you blockhead !” screamed hi
! mother she was a bit of a virago,
Mrs. Trotter was--“you’ve been get
i tin’ another lickin’, I know,”
“(), yes,” replied young Mr. Trea
ter; “that's one uv the rng’lar exer
cises - lickin’ me. ‘AI ter I've licked
Trotter,’sez the master, ‘l’ll hear the
Tithnietie class.’ But mother, to
change the subject, ns (lie criminal
said, when lie found the judge was
getting personal, is there euny er
rand I can do for you?”
“Yes,”grumbled the widow: “only
you’re so eternal slow about every
thing yon undertake go get a pitch
er of water, and be four years about
it, will yon ?”
Bob Trotter took the pitcher, and
wended his way in the direction of
tho street pump; but be hadn’t, got
far when lie encountered bis friend,
Joe Buffer, the mate of a vessel, issu
ing from his home, dragging a heavy
sea chest after him.
“Come,Bob,” said -Toe, “bear a hand
and help ns down to the Long wharf
with this.”
“IVell, so I would,” answered Bob,
“only you see ■ mother scut me
arter a pitcher o’ water.”
“What ilo you care about your
mother—she don’t care for you'?,
Come along.”
“Well,” said Bob, “just let me bide !
the pitcher where 1 can find it, again.”
With these words he stowed away ;
his earthenware under a flight of
stone steps, and accompanied his |
friend aboard bis ship. The pilot i
was urging tho captain to cast off, j
and take advantage of the tide and
wind, but the latter was awaiting the
arrival of a boy who had shipped (la
day before, wishing no good to his
eyes for thu delay lie liad occasioned.
At last he turned to Bob, and said,
“Wl.-il ,i., ~.. w .... y mi; a • t ,
shipping with me ? I’ll treat yon
welt and give you ton dollars a
month.”
“I should like to go,” said Bob
hesitatingly. “But my mother——”
“Hangyour mother!” interrupted
: the captain. “Mile’ll bo glad to get
rid of you. Come- will you go?”
“I haiu't got no clothes.”
“Here’s a chest full. That other
chap was just your size; they’ll fit
you to a T.”
1“ ‘Til go.”
i “Cast off that line there!” shouted
1 the captain; and the ship fell off with
; the. tide, and was soon s’anding down
i the bay with a fair wind, and every :
: stitch of canvas set. She was bound
| for the north-west coast, via. Canton,
; and back again, which was then eall
jed the “double voyage,” and usually
j occupied about four years.
In tho meanwhile, the uon-appeav
auco of Bob seriously alarmed his j
mother. A night passed, and the ;
1 town crier was called into requisition j
a week, when she gave him up, had a !
note read for her in meeting aud went!
into mourning.
Just four years after these occur- i
re aces the ship returned to port, and i
Bob and his friend were paid oft’. The |
wages of the widow’s son amounted '
to just four hundred and eighty dol
; lars, and he fouiul on squaring his
| accounts with the captain, that his
advances had amounted to tho odd
tons, and four hundred dollars clear
were the fruits of his long cruise.
Aa he milk. .1 in the direction of
his mother’s house, in company with
Joe, he scanned with a curious eye
the houses, shops, and the people’that
lie passed. Nothing appeared chang
ed; the same signs indicated an un
changing hospitality on the part of
the same landlords, tho same lump
ers were standing at the same corners
—it seemed as if he had boon gone
only a day. YY'itli tho old sights and
sounds, Bob’s old feelings revived,
and he almost dreaded io see, de
bouching from some alley, a detach
ment of boys sent by his ancient ene
my, tho school-master, to know why
i lie had been playing truant, and to
carry him back to receive the custom
ary walloping.
When he was quite near home, he
said—
“ Joe, I wonder if anybody’s found
that old pitcher?”
Ho stooped down, thrust bis arm
under the stone steps, and withdrew
the identical piece of earthenware he
had deposited there four years ago.
I Having rinsed and tilled at the pump,
he walked into his mother’s house,
and found her seated iu her accus
tomed arm chair. She looked at him
a minute, recognized him, screamed,
and exclaimed,-
“Why, Bob! where knee you been?
YY’hat havo you been doing V”
“Gottiu’ that pitcher o’ water,” au
; swered Bob, selling it upon tho table.
“1 always obey orders you told me
[ to be four years ab nit it, and I was.”
Rheumatism is always a joint af
; fair, and yet there is only one parly
i to it.
lining Cheerful :il Home.
William Oowiisheet, while eating
■ his lunch during Saturday noon hour
at tli<> \ alley shops, unfolding a
tempting piece of cheese and saw the
follow Lug lines which attracted liis
atteution,on the newspaper wrapper:
”Ev< :y man who wishes to cherish
the lovilm i: U<> ()£ liis h, nseliold,
will lay off the eaves of business with
lus working clothes, and carry cheer
fulness and smiles into his home.”
“Now that’s a light sensible pieoe,”
■ ib.-erved William, critically. “I’m
blamed if I don't try that, tiling and
see if it won’! help the old woman’s
jaw and the tie’s vowl.”
As lie ea ■ houn in the eve
ning he pt, -mile that made bis
! smutty face look like, a potato the
I wheell ■arrow had rim over, and going
into the house slapped down his
blickev, jerked off his dickey, and
danced a small hornpipe oil the kitch
■ s\ ell in ' ining like n
man having a tooth pulled, and end
ing by throwing liis arms around his
wife, as she prodded lmlf a shad ill
the frying pan as she shouted:
“Give us a buss, ole 'uomnii,
for Urn just as happy n a sfump-iaihnl do<?
That's found a li.me in the garden."
But lie n vi r got any further. Mrs.
Crownsheof. rose up anil glared at
him like a lioness at hay.
“William (’rouTi,sheet ! and has it
come to this! Have I made your
fires, and cooked your meals and
wash, and your shirts for L fifteen years
to have you come home drunk before
supper ?”
"W by, Mollie, heaven bless you,
1 m not drunk; I’m only cheerful.”
“Cheerful! yes, a cheerful looking
object you are to come home to a
houseful of innocent children. Just
look at that poor little dear Hubert
H. Saver (,’rowu.sboet, sitting there
staring his eyes out'of liis bead at liis
i liot.i old fat In :. Oh 1 I’m ashamed
of you.”
“You’re all wrong, Mollie; I’m onlv
tal ;iu' oft my cares along with my
clothes, and bringing cheerfulness
home to (ho loving hearts o*' my
housohoiild.”
“Why bless niv heart, if T don't be
lieve the man has gone clear crazy.
Here, Matilda, run out and ask one of
the neighbor men to come iu here.
Toll 'em your father lias got some
thing boriiblo the matter with him,”
and shoved the girl out, at the back
door, and grabbing the baby by one
, arm she tied up stairs.
The neighbors came in and looked
suspicious at \\ jliiam, as lie washed
his face in the back yard; then (hey
went into the house and he heard
them comforting his wife; who was
crying by the apronful. They guess
ed he would be all right directly--ho
had only taken a little too much on an
empty stomach.
William says, this morning, that ho
lievi rsiw a newspaper.in his life" that
was worth a cuss.
A Boniest ic Sorrow.
Here is a characteristic ouvorsii
;lion which occurred some time since
between a certain Mrs. Smith and a
Mrs. Jones. The husbands of both
belong to the Bank Club, and upon a
foerlaiu occasion the two wives met
and talked over their grievances.
Said Ylrs. .Tones: "My dear, do
you know that I am unhappy?”
“No, deyr. had not the remotest
idea of anything of that kind. You
[ are living in such luxury and ease
| that I supposed you to be the happi
est of mortals. ■
“Oil, no, I uever think of that, for
: I am too, too unhappy.”
“What makes you so unhappy?”
“Oh, never tniml, dear; it does not
concern any one iu the world but
myself; but I am dreadful unhappy.
I suppose lam the most unhappy
; person aylio lives.”
j “Do tell me what it is?”
“Well, my d> ar, if you will know, it
|is this: My husband goes out and
stays all night long at tho chib and.
|>!avs -ar.i.. Ain’t that dreadful ?”
’ - Sne' li a.ized at Mrs, Jones
very eulmP and ]1 i ’idly an i pitying
ly, aml tie u remarked:
“My dear Airs. Jones, I was abso
lutely frightened I was alarmed. I
shuddered for fear you were about to
relate some terrible mystery. You
are not half so unhappy as 1 am. I
am tho most unhappy, miserable wo
man that ever lived.”
“What!” said Mrs. .Tones, “Yon
unhappy, and so ranch admired and
; caressed by society.”
“Y'es, the most heart-broken wo
man you over knew.”
“Wlmt can lo tho cause of this?”
“Well, [’ll tell you, my dear. You
see lav husband goes out and stays
: all night, and— well, he sta\ sail night
and tries to play cards, but can't.
Those other fellows beat him every
night.”
Tiiinr or You i; Cmldkkx. Pa-
Tents, talk with your children. Go not
keep your best looks and thoughts
for company. Give them more of
your time. Children can appreciate
favors I assure you. Look at tho
mothers of our great men in tho past.
No one of them spent her time iu
making and returning so many fash
ionable calls as society requires at tho
present time. Wo have a solemn
charge given to us, apd how can wo
train up a child if all our time is de
voted to others’? No, mothers, spend
more of your time with the little ones.
Walk with them, plan simple pleas
ures tor them, and they will grow up
Rui honor to you iu the_futuie time,
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