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EXAMINE HOW YOUR HUMOR l^JNULINKD, AND WHICH •HIE RULING RATION OF YOl’U MIND."
VOLUME VI.
CANTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY s, 1885.
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MEMORY'S HALO.
Bomotimes whon heart is weary with the etrifo
Of life existence in this world below,
V radiant beam or sun with treasures rife
Forecasts the shadow with its gladsome glow.
Perhaps a gentle touch of lips so sweet
Will drive the burden front nty dhnl a Way,
And ronder lifo strain fondly complete,
An 1 brighten up tin sorrow or the day.
Maybe the memory of somo tender hand
“Laid on the weary.brow in time ago,"
Will still the murmuringg of .grief's command
Into serene and peaceful ebb and flow.
Lightly the shades will rest upon my heart,
When moin'ries fond of days gouo by,
bith all their gentleness and joy impart
A glory like Boino halo from tho sky.
A THA NKSOI VINO iS’CLVG.
Behold tho leaves ure seer and dead
Where late woro summer's flowoMU
And storms and eloUtls ate overhead
Instead of summer showers.
G>mc close, good comrades; hearts so warm
Would cheer a bleak November;
And while we praise our winter fires,
Sweet summer we’ll remember,
So with one voico of eager song
Make our sincero Thanksgiving,
That while we’ve memory or hope
Lifo is full worth tho living.
• Mns. T. W Dewing.
THE BRAVEST AND TRUEST,
"I declare I feoi us light as a bird,”
StoIJa Markham observed, aa nho stood
before the mirror combing out her soft
brown trapes with the utmost delibofA-
tiou. "Yonr Canadian nil- in exhiliara-
ting, Nora. Winter in England moana
fog, damp, and general disngroenblo-
ness. Here it iB tho perfection of woath-
er. Quite too lovoly, isn't it?”
And Stella, who had gone out to Mon.
treal on a visit to her Uncle—General
Markham, commanding tho garriaou
there—only a month before, gave a eigli
of pleasure aa ahe gazed out of the win
dow at tho glorious prospect being be
fore her. /
.'Her cousin .flora sat at the window
looking out upbu the aamo view with
perhaps aa much of admiration, but
hardly tho same amount of enthusiasm,
for eho had been nearly two years in
Montreal, and tho novelty was of courso
worn off in her case.
"Oh, I don’t know!” 3ho said with a
covert smile of deep significance. "If
ono had two lovers always in attendance
I suppose oven a desert might bo made
tolerable. ” S
A dead silence fell upon the room;
then Stelin went on placidly arranging
several rows of ringlets over her fore-
bend, wondering what had started Nora
on tho war path, but venturing no
remark until her oouaiu said, with abrupt
emphasis:
"What do suppose will bo tho end of
all this, Stella ?’’
"Of what, pray ? Put it in plain Eng
lish.”
"You know perfectly well what I
mean, and you ought to bo ashamed of
yourself. You have no right to trillo
with such men as Alan Douglas aud
Major Valcour.”
"My dear Nora you aro, without ex-
oeption, the most absurdly inconsistent
person of my acquaintance. ”
"I do not deny that 1 havo had various
■ittle affairs in my time, but I never car
ried a flirtation beyond my bounds aa
you have done.”
"Indeed 1”
"I am really in earnest, Stella. I re
fuse to be a party to auy such perform
ance; and if this sort of thing is to con
tinue I shall leave you to end tho nffuir
as yon see fit.”
‘'Dear me ! what a fuss about nothing !
I don’t think they intend to murder each
other just yet. ”
"Perhaps not; but you know they
both love you devotedly, aud why do
you keep them hovering around ? You
eau’t. marrv them both, and I doubt very
much whether you intend to marry
either.”
"I don’t know that I do,” she an
swered, but the color in her choeks
deepened somewhat, and she did not
meet her cousin’s questioning glance.
"Then you are worse than I thought
you were 1” cried Nora, with righteous
wrath. "I never would havo believed
von capable of such wickedness, Stella.
It’s a sin and a shame for any girl to act
ns yon have done ! It's what I call con
temptible !”
“Is it, though ?" she answered, with a
little embarrassed laugb. "Don’t get
in such a rage with me, Nora. It isn’t
my fault that I can’t make up my mind.
I am sure I would be perfectly willing
to oblige you by marrying one of the
gentlemen, but I can’t, for the lifo of
me, find out which one to prefer.”
"Yon had better not have either if
you’ve any doubt about it,” Nora said,
bluntly.
"Now you aro going back to what
you said before."
“I wish you would have dene with
this trilling.”
"Nothing was further from my
thoughts,” Stella answered, so gravely
that Nora said, iu quite a different
tone:
"Yon ere hot in love with oithor of
them, then?”
"I—I dou’t think I am. I boliovo I
like A1— Mr. Douglas best; but tho
Valcour fortuuo and family arms quite
balance my preference. 8o you boo I
am in a dilemma. Ah, thoro they arc
now 1 We had bettor put ou our things
before wo go downstairs, hadn't woY
What a very great swell Major Valcour’s
coachman is. It’s a handsome sleigh,
too.”
Nora went to tho wardrobo nud got
out her lint and furs. As nlio put them
Off, preparatory to a rido with Lor
cousin’s rivnl suitors, h!io vented her-
feelings in the brief remark that Stella
wits the queerest girl sho had over-mot*
The gentlemen werS waiting for them
in tho sleigh at the front door, and it
was not .long bcftiVo tho robes 1 were
wrapped about fcbornj aud they were off
nt a rattling paoo on tho road leading
out of tho quaint old town. .
It was a clear, breezy day, but not'too
cold for pleasure, and tho ice-boats—
those swift-winged sleighs so common
OU the Canadian rivers iu winter—were
skimming over the frozen surfaco of tho
water like beautiful white gulls.
To see thoso dainty littlo vessels,
mounted on runners, cutting Rlong over
tho ico at a rnto of sixty miles an hour,
thrilled Stella’s venturesomo soul with
envy.
"Oh, I womd givo anything in tho
world for a rido on ono of tlioso boats,”
she cried, with girlish extravaganoe, and
her speaking eyes followed the graceful
movements of tho trim littlo ice fleet.
"Havo you never ridden in ono?”
Engeue Valcour asked, in surprise.
“No; but I havo always wanted to. I
should think it would bo perfectly de
lightful.”
"It is,” Valcour auswemfl. "‘We have
a boat, Miss Markham. If you”—
"loo-boating is very dangerous
sport," Alan Douglas observed, sontcu-
tionsly. . "You may divo into nn air
hole, or capsize at any moment.”
"So they say,” Valcour answored
carelessly; "but I’ve been out on the
river soores of times, aud havo never
met with a single accident. It’s all in
I lie management of tho boat. I would
not bo afraid to take half a dozen of
people in tho Victorinc.”
"That a man has escaped a hundred
times is no indemnity against possible
accidents," Douglas said tersely. "I
wouldn’t oaro to tako anyone with moiu
the Victorine—certainly not a lady.”
"Oh, I wouldn’t be a bit afraid 1”
Stella cried. "Major Valcour, do take
mo ! I am dying to go 1”
"I am perfectly willing to tako you,”
lie said laughingly; "only you must
promise mo immunity from prosecution
in case anything dreadful happons to
you.”
Alan Douglas’s faco was overspread
with o sudden pallor.
"Major Valcour,” ho said sternly, "I
hope you have no serious intention of
doing anything so foolhardy.”
The color rushed to Val^nr’s face,
and liis eyes emitted an angry spark.
“I am at Miss Markham’s service,”
ho said shortly. "I shall tako her if sho
wishes to go. ”
"Certainly I do!” Stella cried. "If
there is any real danger, it will only add
zest to my enjoyment. I would like it
above all things — wouldn’t you,
Nora?”
"No, thanks 1” her cousin answered
nervously, "I would rather bo ex
cused. ”
“What! aro you afraid, too?” Stella
exclaimed, with an accent that brought
a resentful flush to Alan’s face.
Eho might as well have called him a
coward.
"Whether wo aro afraid or not, MiBS
Markham,” ho said with quick, cutting
emphasis, "I feel it my duty to inform
yon that ice-boating is not a suitable
sport for a lady. In the first place, tho
boats aro mere skeletons, and the only
way to accommodate oneself to them is
to lie down fiat in the stern. There aro
no seats, no cushions, nothing—in fact,
there aro only tho barest ribs of timber
to hold on. No lady can rido in ono
without real discomfort, aud—not a lit
tle discredit to herself.”
"What do you mean to insinuate, sir?”
Valcour exclaimed angrily.
“I insinuate nothing,” Douglas re
plied cooly. “I state the case withou'
equivocation.”
Then he turned to tho coachman and
said in a low tone:
"Htop hero, please 1 uadics, I am
obliged to leave you. Good morning,
Major Valcour!”
“Drive on !” Valcour cried as bo mut
tered something under bis Iweatli.
Alan Douglas had leaped lightly out
of the sleigh and, lining liis hat, began
to rotraco the road back to Montreal.
"Well,of all the pretty exhibits lever
did sco 1” Htolla exclaimed with a look
of scorn.
"Ho was afraid we’d ask him to join
ns,” whispered Valcour. "no needu’t
havo disturbed himsolf."
"Tho idea of a man of his ngA heing
so superlatively cautious 1” Stella added
derisively, "I call that downright cow
ardice."
VuMDnr was, of course, not ill pleased
to flud bin rival in disgrace; but Nora
looked back at tho retroptiug tiguro of
Alan Dougina with a different fooling.
"Yon will tako me, won’t you, Major
Valcour?" Stella asked ooqnotUshly.
To which Valcour, of course, replied
lhat he would tako her anywhere she
yishedtogo.
"We might go this afternoon,” hr
mid reflectively; "tho ieo looks pretty
souud, and thero’s a iluo breeze blow
ing.” •.
yes 1 do (ot us go this alter-
noon I" Stella urged eagerly,
Aud so it was arranged.
The yictoriuo, a splendid littlo ioo
yacht lay just oil tho landing. Valcour
had provided cushions and robes for
her, but Stella was somewhat shrprised
to learu that Ainu Douglas had come
pretty near tho truth.
They had met him on their way down
to the river, but lie passed on with tho
slightest of f rrmnl salutes.
"Is there no ono else going with ns?”
Stella askod in surprise, iih Eugene Val
cour tucked tho robes about her, and
seated himBolf in a hulf-reclining posture
at her side.
"No,” ho answored with a smile, "1
can manago the boat myself, aud tho
Victorino is so Hmull there is hardly
room for more. Besides," ho added in
a lower and more tender tone, "would
not another person bo da trap f You
aro ,j*ot afraid to trust yourself with
me?>
"OJ Yio <" Stella answored with
heigb^nod color.
Then tho sails caught tho wind ns It
went whistling by, nnd away tboy sped
over tho smooth, glittering surfaco of
the ico.
Lying in tho stem of tho boat, Stolla
looked up at tho oloar blue sky, and out
at tho snow-clad mountains which
skirted their path on either side.
Every object sho fixed lior eyes upon
appeared to vanish ns if by magic, Tho
boat soemed to skim through tho air.
Even tho express truiu which oamo
Dowling along on tho cast bank of tho
river was loft far in tho rear.
Tho wind fluttered Stella's hair, nud
fanned tho color in her chocks into a
bright, flume; her eyes sparklod with on-
joymeut, anil laughter fairly bubbled to
her lips.
"Isn’t this perfectly splendid ?” she
cried for tho sixth or seventh timo, as
tho Victorine circled and tacked in a
lively breeze.
“Thoro is another boat making this
way,” Valcour observed. “It must be a
poor sailor. With only one mau in it, it
ought to have passed us long ago."
Stolla watched it for awhile, and then
lay back in tho stern of the Victorino
with her cyos closed.
"Sho is catching up wjth us,” Valcour
exclaimed presently; but Stella was not
tho least bit interested in the chaste.
"I feel as if I wore drifting away into
dreamland somowhere,” she said; and
then sho felt a firm baud held softlj
over her own.
This brought hor to her senses; sho
openod her eyes with a start aud found
Eugeno Valcour looking down at her
with an expression she could not mis
take.
"I wish we could go drifting on this
way for ever,” he said passionately, "you
and I, darling."
For tho moment his hold ou tho rud
der had relaxed, and he forgot that con
stant vigilance was required of him.
"Look out !” was the clear ringing
shout that came from tho boat in the
rear, but it came too late,
Tho Victorino had boro down upon
one of those treacherous air-holes. In
an instant she had capsized, aud both
Stella and Valcour were struggling iu
the water.
A cold and frightful plunge was all
that she remembered till hours had
passed, and she found herself lying in
bed, while Nora chafed her wrists and
temples with alcohol.
"ThaDk God 1" Nora cried, fervently,
as Stella opened her oyes. “Tell Mr.
Douglas she is safe.”
"Whoro is Mr. Valcour?" Stella
asked, feebly.
Nora’s faco flushed indignantly.
"At home 1” she answered, shortly.
"He has behaved shamefully, Btella.
When the boat upset, he just left yon
to drown, aud tried to save himself. If
it hadn’t been for Alan Douglas yon
wouldn’t be here now,
"Did Alan save my lifo ?” askeJ. Stella, ‘ b0at '
temulously,
"Yes. Oh, ho has acted like a hero
to-day. lie saw you set out, and felt so
fearful for your safety that ho took an
other’boat and followed you. lie was
right near at hand when the accident oc
ourred."
Stolla had nothing to say just then;
lmt when evening enmo sho met Alan
Douglas face to face.
"I sent for yon,” sho said, holding
out her hands to him. "1 owe you my
life, Mr. Douglas.”
"You owe mo nothing," ho interposed,
hastily.
"You make it very hard for mo," she
said, looking down. "If I may not offer
you my lifo in payment for a debt, will
you accept it as a gift?”
He looked ot her Incredulously for 'n
moment, and then ho caught her hand
with passionate eagerness.
"Stella, ho erted, "you cauuot mean
that, after all ”.
"I have mado up my mind to many
you," she answered shyly.
“I cannot nccept such a sacrifice,” liv
said j with a snddou revulsion of feeling:
"this is gratitude."
"No, Alan," sho whispered, nestling
in his arms; "it is love. Won't you be
lieve mo when I tell yon bo? 1 think I
ought (w know."
eau I bolieve yon ?” ho said,
and $i1 K.e folded hor to his heart; “iny
life, my love, it, Is too good to bo true l”
"I have dono with such injustice,”
sho murmured penitently; "can you for
give mo?”
"I can forgivo you now," ho answered
rapturously.
And so their penoo was made.
It was a yoar after they were married
that Nora e»mo to make them a visit in
England. Mention ol Major Valcour's
name paved the way to a freo discussion
of tho foregoing episode.
"I think,” Stella then remarked, with
conscious pride iu her husband’s worth,
"that truo courage must always have in
it a strong admixture of caution.”
ton ver led In u Well.
*i
Tho Marietta (Ga.) Journal says:
Just over tho county line in Paulding
County lives Mr. Manning Phillips. Ho
lias a well forty-ilvo feet deep, walled
up with rock forty feet. IIo could get
no ono to go down iu it to finish tho
work desirod until last Monday, when
Mr. .Tames Ross, a fearlcsH, nbJo-bodied
fellow, said lie wasn't o^taid to go down
in I ho old well. A ropo wns fastened to
his body and ho wan lowered nearly to
tho bottom, when those standing around
tho well on top of terra firma heard a
rumbling noise and were horrified to seo
tho rock, well and dirt tumbling in upon
tlio living man in the depths below.
There camo a faint erv for help. His
audible voico invoked tho preseueo and
prayer of the preacher. The holy man
of God replied, "I’ll do what I can for
you, Jimmie.” Aud thus completely
walled in with rock ahovo him, below
him and around him, lie was unable to
movo bis body, but managed to get his
hand to liis mouth and push tho dirt
away. The ropo around his body was
cutting him fearfully. Tho men above
thoughtlessly tugged oway at the rope
aud were about to pull him iu twain. Ho
succeeded in getting his knife out of his
pockot and soverod the ropo that bound
him.
Tho men worked for dear lifo in re
moving the rock anil dirt and to rcseuo
Mr. Ross from his suffocating tomb.
For seven hours and a lmlf be was thus
imprisoned. When ho was reached ho
was almost unconscious, but tho fresh
air soon revived him. Ho thanked God
and his rescuers for deliverance aud said
ho went down in that well a wickod man
but henceforth ho would leud a different
life. ^
A Way They Have in France.
At some of tho crack country houses
of France there have recently been fes
tivities in every way worthy of a placo
in tho pages of Ouida’s next novel. At
one chateau a hidden orchestra played
during summer, and when dessert was
on tho table a troop of beautifully-
dressed damsels appeared from behind
tho curtains and danced round the table,
offering fruit and flowers to the guests.
At another house the shooting party
were surprised, on arriving at the lodge
at which they were to lunch, to find it
converted into a country inn, where the
fair hostess and her friends were waitiug
to attend on the sportsmen, elaborately
got up as waiting-women. At another
mansion tho party were diverted by
a performance of a play, which even the
Paris censor is scarcely likely to permit
to be seen in public.
Feeble.— Emperor William is now so
fecblo that his early demise is looked
[or at Berlin, and its conscquenco can
vassed. Unablo to sit on horseback, ho
can only witness reviews from a carriage
Dr. J. P. Saye
BALL GROUND, GA
Tenders his professional services tc
the citizens of Hall Ground and sue-
rounding country.
Office—R. J. Bolings’ Hotel.
HOUSE - BUILDING
and—
CONTRACTING.
I am now fully prepared to promptly
complete all contracts for Building ui
Repairing Houses
1 keep constantly on hand and cax
promptly fill idl orders for auy kind of
Sash, Doors, Mouldings,
Rough and Dressed
LUMBER,
nud in fact Building Material of every
description.
All work guaranteed satisfactory, and
at prices that defy competition.
If contemplating anything in my lint
call nnd get my plans and prices.
H. S. TOLBERT.
THOS. W. HOGAN,
DENTIST,
Cnnton,
Ga.
Tenders liis professional services to th«
citizens of Oanton nud surrounding coun
try, nnd guarantees satisfaction in worb
and prices.
Office—Over W. M. Ellis’ store.
MEDICAL CARD.
Lli. Jf. SEWELL
Returns tbanVt to the citizens of Canton
and vicinity for their liberal patronugo
and ask a continuance of the same
Being permanently located, will con
tinue to practice Medicino, Surgery and
Midwifery.
Hoping by industry, energy and strict
application to business to merit an in
creased patiunugo and continuance ol
tho same
Ofllt’e and Drug Store first dooreaet of
R, T. Jones’ store. Jtciidenoe adjoining
Ben. F. Perry. jmi3
UJ, McENTYftE,
BRICK, PLASTERING
—AND-
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Co n ton.
Go,.
I am fully prepared to do any kind of
Masonry or Plastering at the lowest pos
sible rates, and solicit tho patronage of
Ihose desiring work in mv lino.
jan3 11. II McKNTYRE.
A. J. STEADMAN,
CANTON ... G A.
Having taken charge of his father’s
shop returns thunks to his customers for
past putronago and aiks foracoiitinuancv
of the same.
All wi.rk, such as Roofing, GiUtoriuij
coppor, and all repairs will be promptly
oxecuted, and ntrousenablo prices. Give
him a trial is all he asks.
McAFFEE HOUSE,
OANTON, GA.
Under an entirely new management, is now
open for the accommodation of those seeking
a healthy and pleasant locality. Accommoda
tions first-class and prices low. Splendid
Bamplo Rooms for drummers. Bpecial rates to
families.
In connection with tho IIouso aro splendid
stables, whero horses, buggies, etc., will re
ceive prompt attention, and at moderate rateB.
All jurors and citizens of the county having
business in court, will ho charged less than
regular rates. For further particulars call on
or address
COL. H. C. KELLOCC.
< union, Georeia.
CARRIAGE PAINTING.
House, Sign and Ornamental
:pal inting.
T would beg to stato that I have opened a
shop in Marietta for the puipose cf carrying
on the Painting Business in all its branches,
and having worked for tho last twelve yean in
.Marietta it is mniecuiaary for mo to state my
capacity as to durability and finish. Call and
see me nr write arvl learn my prices. Hoping
you will favor me with a shaie of your patron
age, I am respectfully,
THOS. H. MATHEWn,
Marietta, July 3, 1884—tf
MONEY TO LOAN.
Farmers in Cherokee county can negotiate
loans of money through mo in rums of $300
ami upwards on live years timo. Lo»hb to
carry 8 per cent, interest and to be paid an
nually. For further particulars call on
GKO. I. TF.AHLEY,
Canton. a*.