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Newspaper Page Text. r VOL XII. J. H. & W. B. SEALS{PROPRIETORS. ATLANTA, GA., MAY 15, 1886,' NONNY’S LOVE, OR THE HONEST GERMAN GIRL. sympathy, began to cry afresh, and faltered out. between her sobs: "Oh, dot mon. Mees Veeler, it ish dot mon!” “Whatman?" asked Miss Wheeler with a smile, "and what has he been doiug!" Again Guster hesitated. "Mess Veeler,” she asked, casting down her eyes, “haf you ever hat vnn Inafor9*’ rlwon/sQ IOHB YK*.Ii, $2 01. u vance} single oopy, sc. NO. 551, BY FANNY ANDREWS. ••I haint got no use fur them furrlglners no- wav.” said Mrs. Wilkins, giving the dishrag with which she was washing her Kitchen pans, an energetic twist, as if it had been the neck of an objectionable ioreiguer, ‘‘an’ I can t see what on earth do make Nonny so keen atte that air Guster Saddlebags er whatever her name mougiit be, wilii lier outlaDdisli talk an her dost, secret ways.” “I bain’i never seen no good come yiter young gals havin’of secrets all to Iheirselves, au - you Kin jes’ depen’ upon it, that’s er bleegeu to be somethin’ wrong in what wont bear the te "Come, maw, don’t you go an’ say nothin’ agin her. Hit’s true she ain’t done exackly right by me. but 1 ain’t a gwine to hear one word agin her from nobody.” The speaker, a tall gangling youth, whose bomtly teatures were somewhat relieved by a E air of pleasant brown eyes, raised himself, as e «poke, from the despondent attitude in which he had been sitting, and cast a disapproving glance at his mother. "I ain’t saylu’ nothin’ agin nobody in pertick- ler ” protested Mrs. Wilkins, with more energy than accuracy, “but 1 do tnink you ve let your- sef be put upon oudacious, Nonny, an’ it’s high time fur you to let some ioiks know that you ain’t a gwine to put up with everything. Hit’s better’n a year now sence you an’ her com menced keepin’ comp’ny toguther, an’ when ever you begin to push her about gittln’ mar ried she puts you off ou one ’seuse or uutber, an’ keeps a tellin’ ot you to wait a bit, au’ now, atter you’ve done waited an’ waited au’ waited fur nigh ou to a year, she ain’t no mo’ in the no tion to marry than she was at fust, an’ when you ask her why, she don’t give no reason but jest busts out a crylu’. Now, you cain’t say that that thar’s a likely way fur any gal to treat a young man, when she’s ben a lei tin’ of him wait on her so long.” , Nonny felt that he could not say it was, and so, to avoid the necessity of saying anything at- all, pulled his slouch hat over his eyes and stalked moodily out of the room. As he disap peared through the open door, a buxom moon faced girl, with a pair of very red elbows, who was busy picking a chicken at the other end of the table, looked up from her work, and said In o denreej. ting voice. ^ hat vun loafer? 1 Miss Wheeler’s face clouded for a moment. She was very rich and bad had many i (Its, and there was one long ago In whom she uad felt a tender interest. Luckily or unluckily, it occur red to her to test his love by causing it to be re ported to him that she had lost her fortune, whereupon he incontluently deserted. Gus- ter’s question revived a bitter memory, and she answered sadly: “No Guster, I have never had a lover, but you are young—you must have plenty of them.” Guster shook her head mournfully. “1 ish never had no oaler but Nonny,” she sobbed, “uut he loaf me no more; he pclieve me nod. he denk I loaf him not ” “Why nonsense,” said Miss Wheeler, good- naturedly, “how can he think that, when here you are crying your eyes out about him?” “He vill nod troost me, he like nod lo vaite, unt he denk 1 loaf him nod veu 1 make him to vaite ” "Why do you make him wait then? Why don’t you marry him at once, if he wishes It and you love him?” “I canned,” answered Guster decisively. “I haf nod yet verk oud my dime. I haf verk but only vuu year, unt I must still verk six muut more. He like nod to vaite dot six muut, but 1 musd not prake mine vort.” "Your word to whom?” asked Miss Wheeler, puzzled. “I do not understand—why must you woi k for anybody wheu you cau get a husband to support you?” "Pecause,” coutinued Guster, with increas ing embarrassment, "I haf no money in uer old contree. 1 haf no fater, nor mooter, nor nobody vat mide helb me, unt 1 cannot pay mine tare onderschlp vat prlug me to America. Herr Schenk,-der agent, pay seexty frank for me to come ou der setup, uut veu 1 come to dees con- tree, Mr. Holden, der proprietaire *11 dees ho tel, ne does pay back to Herr Schenk der mon ey, uut takb me to verk mlt him for It, unt it I do not der verk, 1 Isli no petter as vuu tief.” “Certainly, my girl, you are quite right,” cried Miss Wheeler, warmly, “and li your sweetheart was the man that he ought to be, he would only think the more of you lor your honest indepen dence.” But be must not know, I must not dell him,” sobbed the poor girl bitterly; “for if I dell, ue will vant. to pay der money. He is reech; his fater haf der mill, unt cows, unt land, unt 1 visit nod to be bought mit gold, like to vuu schlave. I cannot dell him, uut he dink 1 loft him nod pecause I make hun to vaite.” ~~ is. Wheeler_was struck wMy '. > ’ Y°Jllnnt*Gusterrshe"sets'll heaper' store by away about Guster, a Ve 90 rter curlu9 so me- blm, though she d na tUe mount ii,g jest «««>• l wal aditv^ofole Beck an’ her calf now, as I was a ».*- pvkh out. ’cause now, as I was^ Ue reyes out,’cause !V..V^*! 1 ??onny u'ad been a quarreUn|_wltb^ befj She nii-1 bit eT- ^wertng what she snook’ 'Jilt reward i Gister had »ne 8e p iJ h«“d only trust her a bit longer make everything plam atter awhile. ’ a* 8 |5,q that same ole chune ever YeS ii mnv begun keepin’ comp’ny with her,” 8e Hf« 1 ^ «Mlktus Placing her stout arms akim- said Mrs. Wilkins, p“ * its highest key, bo. and Pitching her v^ce >n 11^ ^ a “’ te “ Imr ra wttj can’t sue seh so at gwine to many mug » au , e , sl)e air a gwine onct andl bedone wit, , an -marry him an’be to. why cau t she i 4ire no in his to. ’stead o’ keepin’ him tote up in his done with it, sieauo e )uleu t0 iel id to mind ail the time, tel e hi H head so his business! Your pa sen ug nolWn . e ist, full er her tell he halutgo^J^ wlleUjer ttle an’ seh he dunno ha a)rgitt | n ’ as bad mill’s a H rl “ d ],“ t 0 p f v mt don’t stop talkin' about fS r a D " d g.rw’your°work, thal air chicken W< Thus adnfojdshe^M^s J/et ^etorned^o^ her * scrubblUK that nearly took it off its legs. j ortallce j n Mrs.Wilkiuswas a person Plney Creek Cove, sue nan ^ ^ in her 8a h d e ? 8 ’ gubors, was actually look- the worlu than her neig .’| lem sue was a ed up to f a8a “ 0 ,^erary pretentions too, for she person of some mera y p e at ,„ e district had learned to read ana r , w tlie .. Bapt | S t school, and subscribedre^g aa31 > UOU3 i y tue pa t- Record, in widen aud obituary po- cM medicine adveruscu of utera . etry. U was to her taste lor ui Nonuv owed his name, for having read aTew weeks before bis binba beautiful piece of a few weeks „ Uaa prudently poetry signed Auonymt ^ aulUor . Nonny, named her first no » undaunted by a however, went tMoug“ re seIlted , and susDicioa of the soietwu u * . hl th /. * - ei ukuitri., honoied her lor it. for some time, wl the uutiriug good nature with whi made those long dally pilgrimage, to the spring, and here was the very opportunity ishe desired. Taking the girl’s big rough hand in her own, * b “And i k s lD ?hii all the foolish man is sulking about? We can soon bring that right, and make him ashamed of himself for doubting a good honest girl like you. It is true I never had a real lover ot my own, but 1 think I can man- age vours if you will let me-and you need not fear,” she added, seeing the girl besitate, he shall not pay one cent for you—he shall heat nothing that could wound your honest pride; leave all that to me. Will you trust me, Gus te Kven Custer’s sturdy independence could feel no humiliation in accepting the offer of the kind hearted little old lady, so she kissed the li.aid thus generously hold out to her, and went about her work with a smiling face. That night Miss Wheeler had a long interview with the landlord, and next day paid a visit to the mil!, where she found Nonny Wilkins looking as disconsolate as a plucsed gauder, and left him beaming like a M The upshot of it all was that before the sea son closed there was aweddiug in the ball room at the hotel, and a line supper served at Miss Wheeler's expense, to the rustic guests. Cus ter’s untiring patience and good humor had gained her the favor of everybody n tbehouse, and the ladies showed their good will by provid ing her with a trousseau that w.»s tue talk of the cove for years atter. It is surmised, too, that Guster did not go to her husband empty- handed, for soon after the marriage, old Mr. Wilkins paid off a mortgage on the null tliatiiad peon Dressing him for years, and Mrs. AN ilkins not only trekted her daughter-in-law always w’t'J the greatest respect, but was never again heard to make disparaging remarks about ’fur- riginers.” MW NEGRO WIFE. Did Mose? Marry a Negress? Points Upon Which Dr. Talmage Bases His Assertions. In Dr. Talmage’s sermon, published in the Sunny South for March 27th, it is stated that Moses married “a black woman from Ethiopia,” and in thp Quiz Column of same paper for April 17tb, an inquirer from Huntsville, Ala.,referring to Dr. T.’s statement, asks: “Did Moses really marry an Ethiopian woman, that is, anegress?” In answering this question a writer in the Sunny South says emphatically, "No; Moses did not marry a negro as we understand the word Elhiopian. Dr. Talmage should be better posted about Moses and his marriage with Zip- porah, daughter of Jethro.” In the same answer it is further stated in ubstance, “that Moses and Jethro were both, so to speak, grandsons of Abraham; that Moses married bis kinswoman, Zipporah, who was a Midiauite and was called a Cushite woman; that Cush means dark-skinned; that there were eastern and western Ethiopians; that the west, era Ethiopians south of Egypt bad woolly hair and flat noses; that Jethro bad as much brains as Moses, and gave bim some good advice wbich he took; that he worshipped the same Abra- hamic God, and that Miriam and Aaron simply made fools of themselves about Zipporah, for she was as good as they were.” We now turn to the 12th chapter of Numbers, upon wbich Dr. T. based his statement, and read: “And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of th“ Ethiopian woman whom be had married, for he had married an Ethio pian woman;” and ■*' the 6th 7th and sth verses he Lord, alter declaring the faithfulness of Moses and the super prophetic clearness with wbich Be revealed his will to him, asks, “Wherefore then we. e ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” “And (verse 9tb) the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and He departed” The word passages m tl >rew from wt der*' Ethiopian in this and other . iiih 1 .* !3 C . h In the original He- ■'Hiiv«r "isletod, and Dr. An t/lcrt hebj-ffu t-be ancient au f \Yl#»r*r M9VU* “1 in mtYennacheT crossed his path, uQtil Augusta siu • nuiiiiv the hoH in unruffled traaqumiy, uits had pursued in unruffled ^In the meantime this unconscious disturber toe vallev UP to the hotel on me wouuiam smo, Krs c‘VS'dor, after all mot ers are pretty much the same every where? were »t a,loss to understana why the OUR GALLERY OF SPRING BEAUTIES, TAKING DISE1SE FRIIH liOIIKS. WOMEN LAWYERS. wktli a pluin strunger, wbcu he might-as they disinterestedly averred—nave done so much b The raason^owever, is simple enough, as will aimear from what ^ljows-f ^ mounta , n by the mHl^a^spHuK to which “Guster”—as she was called iii the vernacular of the mountains—made oa, oihTimages in order to lill the pitcher ot a Lad a fancy for drinking the water of that par- -■ - r - Now these pilgrimages afforded fainou^opportumties for wliat is known in the B Sy U somelmXp C p°ene P a ny nearly always to be haugmg round the spring wneu Guster came hut. nitcher. Aud whdt is more natural or DroDer than that he should walk back up the moimtaln to carry it for her? The rest ot the slrmdeldyl can easily be imagined; and bus what appeared so unaccountable to the jealous mothers ofPiney Creek Cove was but the inev- But somehow the course of true love failed to n smooth. Guster—for some reason which she rould not or would not explain—kept put- tike Nonny off until he lost all patience and went home one day in a mood that provoked the scene with his mother just described, while poor JSr went toiling up the mountain path alone. G Th««Me at herfeet was one of the loveliest In all Tennessee, with the waters of Fiuey Creek Iiashlne noisily over their rocky bed, and the aasmug uui i j water wheel. List of the States in Which They Have Been Admitted to Practice. Damon Y. Kilgore, Esq., of the Philadelphia Bar, recently wrote to Perry & Martin, attore ueys at, law, (ladies,) Cuicago, inquiring as to the number of ladies practicing law in the United States. The junior partner of the firm, Ellen S. Martin, in Uer reply said: My investigation last year resulted in finding 48 women who had been admitted to the Bar and engaged in practice or some line of lawyers’ Visitors to Public Libraries Who Road Themselves Into the Grave. Washington, May 7.—Visitors to the Con gressional Library had their attention attracted the other day by the demeanor of an old man who entered with the assistance of a crutch. He had a bandage over one eye and a roll of red flannel enveloped one of his hands. He stored his crutch away by the side of his chair, adjusted the bandage over bis eye and rubbed his side while wailiug. Presently the attendant brought him au armful of books that seemed to be medi cal works. The cripple was soon poring over these with the deepest interest. That’s one ot them,” said the reporter’s com- u/nrir (editing law reports or periodicals) in the United States. I have heard of othe.s_s.nce. but as tl was too late for my purpose I have M . followed them up. There <ire ninny mor- womeu who have studied aud been admitted, but they have not practiced. 40 in nAtlial lirfff.lil'.l Die lures queold mill, with its great water wheel, Ending out In clear reltet against the woody a ones of Sand Mountain that rose like a solid »?Pi nn the other side ot the valley. But Guster was in no mood for contemplating the beauties oMiature That day. Uer umugbts were busy “The 48 in actual practice are distributed as follows* (I Ktve the place of first admission "T.” o,'.r.5mK,«s EHSSSrfA-as “"wo,,,™ .... 00 .1,01. Jfgg- mmmm MILLIONAIRE CONGRESSMEN. Annoyances to Which they arc Subject by Reason of Their W ealth. pauion. “I see,” replied the reporter. “So devoted to books that he climbs up the Capitol steps and . - reports that go out from here about [Cleveland Leader.] One of the very rich men in Congress was talk ing to me last night about the troubles of Con gressional millionaires. Said be: “It is won derful liow fast a man's fortune grows after he gets to Washington. When I got to the capital I supposed myself, from an invoice of my vat rious possessions, to be worth a certain numbei of millions of dollars. I had not been here a week before the papers began their estimate ol my pile, and I think ! jumped about ?10 000,000 higher iu the course of a month. That is on paper, you know. I have made money very fast at times in my life, but never so fast as they make it for me here at Wasbinglon. These ]ojec», says: “unthe / ail as . «, ly esta. , .f,' 11 the gCLer ;> par! • i A.’rica which lies i ,.ce. andKj*. ally in Scr“’iU ab Rv “above Ee“pt” he means above on the Nile that is, so: h of Egypt; for in the same ar ticle’he claims, ou the authority of Herodotus, that “Ethiopia includes the countries above Egypt, the present Nubia aud Abyssinia.” *. fw. ....thnr unri ‘‘As From same author and article we quote, regards the physical character of tue ancient Ethiopians.it may ne remarked that the Greeks commonly usen the terra Ethiopian nearly as we nse'tuat of uegro; they constantly spoke of the FtliioDlans as we speak of the negroes, as if ttiev were the blackest people known to the world “To wash the Ethiopian white,” was a uroverbial expression applied to a hopeless at- RT™T.r a# wavs: “Theodectes attributed to the vicinitv of the sun the black color and woolly vicinity m i „ d > Ti e ro<.otiis pxnressiy i fiirms that the Ethiopians of Africa have the most woolly hair ot all nations.” And further on he says: “The Hebrews who could not fail to kuow the proper application ot tue kktiom.1 term, Cush, seem to have had a pro nto' expression similar to that of the Greeks, •ran the Cush change ids color, or tue leopard his spots?’— (Jeremiah 13, 23). This is s. flieient to prove that the E.hiop.an was the darkest race of people known to the Greeks and In earlier times to the Hebrews. The only way of avoid ing the inference that the Ethiopians were gen- l ne negroes, must be by the supposition that the ancients, among whom the foregoing <x oresslons were correct, were not acquainted with oev people exactly resembling the people mty of Jethro, the veneration and flection shown him hv Moses, as well as the considera tion and respect manifested by “Aaron and the Elders of Israel” during his visit to them In the wilderness, we are fully satisfied that Zipporab, his daughter, could not have been the “Ethio pian woman” mentioned in the 12th of Num bers on account of whose implied race—inferi ority or social un worthiness—Mirlan and Aaron spake against Moses. From what has been said of the physical char acteristics of the two races, it is evident that the term Cush or Ethiopian could not in any legitimate sense be applied to the Midianites. Were an offspring of Abraham aDd a native of Germany, wnile traveling in Africa, to meet and marry a Jewess born and reared in Ciro and introduced in the religious belief of Abra ham, could any one reasonably claim that his brother and sister in Germany had cause to rid icule him for such alliance? His wife being of the same race aud religious belief, neither him self nor ills possible offspring could be injured by the union. Indeed, under such circumstan ces, would any autobiographer (for the Book of Numbers is attribnted to Moses) solemnly record of himself that he had married an Afri can woman, when iu fact he had only married an Israelite lu that distant land? Moreover, were a writer to express himself so inaccurately there would still be ne cause for the division of his family when they knew (tor Miriam and Aaron must have known this woman or they could not have ridiculed her) that his kinswoman, a Jew ess, was intend by the phrase African woman. Any unbiased reader of the 12th of Numbers must feel that It was not a loose application ot the term Ethiopian, it was not simply a resi dence In a country of this name, but it was un mistakably the distinctive Ethiopian face, feat ures and characteristics of this wife of Moses that so displeased Miriam and Aaron. Under any view of the subject it is clear that the term Ethiopian was not and could not have been applmd to a true Midiauite in this chap ter, and if Zipporali was the woman described here iu Numbers it is evident that she was a genuine Ethiopian who was merely residing in the land ot Midtan wheu Moses married her. There is something so unnatural,so grosely Ir reconcilable iu the * ffoit to identify this “Ethi opian woman,” and Z’ppard the daughter of a highly honored priest of Midian. that even the writer of the article in the Su:.ny South who tries to support their identity, is betrayed In the severe criticism that “Miriam and Aaron slrr- ply made fools of themstlves about Zipporab, for she was as good as they were.” Indeed, all who identify these women, must cherish, if they do not express very similar opinions In regard lo the conduct ol Miriam and Aaron. Who then was this “Ethiopian woman?” This question cannot be. reasonably answered without, assuming that Moses was twice mar ried aud there ts strong support f“r Much u- _ tv .first authority we offer lu sun- < „ / . • •/TVs-’-l, lot 'll stales lu ait “V,OSes uad married an Ethiopian woman,” and sine.' we have aireadj shown the unreasonable ness'' not to say the absurdity, of identifying her with Zipporab, it follows that the two passages ol (Scripture referring to these women must noiur to separate marriages. 1 ri, e i as t authority we offer, and the best aside from the Bible that can be quoted in regard to the fcti.m of Moses, is Josephus, the Jewish historian In “Antiquities of the Jews ’ (Book ,‘h . UaD iotb.) Josephus furnishes an account ot Moses as the general of the Egyptian army during their war with the Ethiopians, which Whiston, his translator, says is omitted in our Bibles, but Is found In lrenaeus. In the beginning of the war Josephus states that the Ethiopians were victorious and contin ued so until Moses, in accordance with their sa cred oracle, became commander of the Eg} p- tian army, after which tlie Ethiopians, through l e stratagems of Moses, were surprised and beaten in the first encounter, and were after- wards so hard pressed that “tloy retired to 8a- * A Mma Wheeler s room «ma tueu weni ou ” llu t° Miss wnetfie j uc n seemed to follow S^ri^nster'everywhere that day, aud she could f'SS aright She spilt water on Miss Whaler’s new dress? put the counterpane on S?be<l awry/turned over the slop jar, audi final- ly'completed the measure «f ^r Iniquities by •running on the poodle’s tall, so anal miss Whaler, gentle little soul tUougb she was, felt prmeffod to administer a sharp rebuke, when a airi’H swollen eyes checked the comes afflicted Pxac tiy that,” replied the hab itue “It’s bis affliction that brings him here, aud it’s his affliction that ho comes. You see lie is as I said, oue of them. There are enough more They come to read up their own cases. Those books before him treat of blindness, lame ness aud rheumatism. He is one of the formed men ou those subjects In the city. 4he more he knows about tbe ailments tbe worse be comes his affliction, and he will probably add some new ones before tie gets through with that pile ot books. When he started in uere he had something the matter with one of his eyes, and he came to read up ou blindness. By careful study he has spieau ailments all over hlmselt until there is no point in his body that aiu t in torture. He had been reading up his own case, and has improved upon it. That s about the way with all ot them. Some of them are actu ally suffering from some trouble for which they are seeking a remedy. Others are unconscious ly looking for troubles to have. Men who have some chronic ailment, for which doctois have been uuable to give them any relief, go to the li brary and read all the works they can find that may. in any way, apply to their case. Some of them become experts in particular branobes ot medicine. They devote thetr whole lives to it, and never seem to think or speak of anything else. Some, like this man, discover that they are in possession ot a grekt variety of aliments, and tboir researches into medicine become very extensive, though somewhat desultory. Some get cured of one complaint when they fall into possession of another, but others retain all the . a « mini, an/1 train them srri-S&s male* aoou In the other old ones aud continue to nurse and train them very carefully while adding new ones constant ly. But generally they are dt voted to one par ticular thing, aud they pursue vnat assiduously. They are one of the peculiar cla»ses of readers. The Republican papers are shocked that the Southern people single out Mr. Jefferson Davis lor peculiar honor. Perhaps if the Republicans had not singled Mr. Davis out as the oue man to be excluded from the general amnesty extended to all ol nis followers, ne would not have been so much of a martyr in the eyes of tbo3e he lea In a hopeless struggle. , th* airl’s swollen eyes checked the «°k kindly what ww the cause of the trouble. ^Guster did not answer at first, but when the question was repeated in a voice of tender admitted on unit - / wliateV er ther the common law on the subject fwuaie*c. ^^VuWtaSMtmg to admission of attorneys.” protecthm trom the mighty. lhey coul^ none of them lament their own conditton.--S«*/t. my being aire bring all the beggars of the country down upon me, ami I get letters from everywhere, proposing ail sorts of ridiculous schemes. Here is one, for instance,” and the Congressman held out a letter to me, “proposing that i furnish $100 000 to start a weekly newspaper, wiii .li the man says will bring in $50,000 a year when it lias reached 125 000 circulation, which of course it would very soon. He proposes to charge sev- ty five cents per agate line tor . ad Yt‘' t ’ 8t ^' en | 8 ' As he will get all his news out of ihe daily pa pers It cau be run cheaply. Tlien 1[ get »c°re8 of letters, embracing nearly all the States of the Union, from men who want to lift mortgages off tneir houses, and other scor* s from charitable institutions who can tell me just bow to u^e my money so that it will do the most good. Some of my letters come from boys wbo want an edu cation and 1 suppose it I could look these mat ters up I could find some really meritorious in sures. I am bothered a great deal by cranks also, and I can tell you that the man who is published as rich has some troubles wbicn the rnior man never thinks of. I find that I am working harder since 1 have been a Congress- with any people exactly or Guinea, and therefore applied the terms ‘woolly-haired, flat-nosed,’ etc , to nations who had these characteristics in a much less degree than those people wuom we now term ue- gr we'may pause to remark that such a supposi tion would be wholly gratuitous, lor alter the flood tlie whole human family starting trom a common centre ou the plains ot Shinar must nave been much less widely scattered in the lavs ot Moses and the ancient historians than at present. Indeed tlie early descendants of Noah were so averse to separation that even their partial dispersion was effected only by a confusion of their tongue's. Wp now turn to th© MidiunitGs: Josephus says (An t Jews’ Book, 4th chap. r.t’O that when Balaam went, througu ihe earn est solicitations ol Balak, the curse the Israel ites moved by the Divine Spirit, he pronounced a bless’n' instead, and tom Baiak and Hie Miu iauHes that the providence of God was concern ed to preserve the nation of the Hebrews from entire destruction, but that temporary disaster miaht be brought upon them by following Ms directions namely: Set out the Handsomest ot vour daughters, and after decking them in the most attractive manner, seed i hem near the c imp of Israel with instructions to associate fr-eiv with the Israelites so, as if possible, to I,.,,., .ji.n shnnid the voumr men ot the mrn than I have ever worked before. Continued the millionaire, I ans answer all of myletier^ usingToi course, a stenographer, and ™make a rule toknswer a letter as soon as I get it. 1 have learned a good deal In Congress. aud I never have been In a place where I felt that 1 was able to do so little aloue before. I think Congress is a body of great intelligence but very fluid wisdom, and I have gotten from my asso- ciationhere a much higher regard for the aver. «»*> Intel licence of the people of the United States. The members of Congress, I find as a rule are men of a good deal of brains, and con siderable culture. Talk ,0 h 1 m.Tcc? d |bem^o- and they are sensible enough, but get them to get her and they act and talk like a set of blank ed fools. Ha was On a Strike. [Washington Oritio.1 A small boy without any hat, with his hair like a briar patoh, his clothes twisted wrong end foremost and bearing other marks or A girl’s heart will palpitate and her breath ' some great upheaval of nature, rushed on ,„ih short aud auick at me very tnought of of a house and into the arms of a po win their love and, should the young men of the Hebrews desire them for wives, to consent not to suen proposal till these men were persuaded to disobey the laws of their own God by wor shipping the gods ot the Midianites and Moab ites- tor by this means God would be angry with them; adding, when Balaam hart suggested this couusei to them he w©ut Ills way. .1 nf Hulffunr’ Wll children of Israel to trespass against the Lord, is referred to in Numbers xili. 1C, and tlie na ture aud fruits of this counsel is briefly men tioned in the 25th chapter of Numbers, iu winch It ts stated that even “Trimri, a prince ot a chief house among the Simeonttes,” was slain fur his bold trespass with Cozbl, a Midianitish woman. Tbough ‘‘the daugniers of Moab” are alone mentioned In the first verse oE this chapter, it will be seen, from the C;h verse of the same chapter, and from the 4th verse of the 22ad chapter, that the Midianites were allied with them in this scandalous behavior.which brought death to thousands cf the Israelites. When so many ol the Israelites and some too of the highest families and positions, who, un der the leadership of Moses, had witnessed the numerous marvelous displays of tlie power of Ca'mbyses afterwards named M-roc after the Lame of Ms own sister.” He says this city was so encompassed by the Nile ana its tributaries, bv strong walls aud ramparts, as to render it •MPost impossible for such as had crossed the river to take the city, ana tbeu closes the chap ter with tbe following words: “However, while Moses was uneasy at the army s lying idle (for ihe enemies durst not come to a battle) this in- Lident happened: Sharbis was the daughter of the King of the Ethiopians; she happened to see Moses as he led the army near the walls and f'Uiptif with great courage? and admiriug sufflfl tv orbisUndertakings, and believing him to be the author of the Egyptian’s success, when they had before despaired of recovering their liberty and to be tlie occasion of tbe great dan- ger the Ethiopians were in when they had before boasted of their great achievements, she fell deeply in love with him; and upon tne prevah e: cv of that passion, seut to him the most faithful of all her servants to discuss wflh him about their marriage. He thereupon accepted the offer ou condition sue would pro- eLra the delivering up of the city, and gave her the assurance of an oath to take her to ms wile; SaSE when he had once-akeu possesshmot fe city, he would no^break ter. No sooner was the agreement made put n tooa ,‘w.or immediately: and when Moses had cut off rim u'tM( 1 .piaiis , 'he gave'thanks to God and con- summated hismarriage and led the Egyptians ° Now 11'wi11°beVe^oeinbered that Saba, or Me- a royal city of Ethiopia proper-tbat is, M ,., 0 ai:u*rf>d nt*ar Sb0U- and nvip tbe country ot Nubia South of Egypt; and nence ThaS the King’s daughter, belonged n i ne Western Ethiopians, a race whom ancient Mstcrians assert not only bad black skins, but Herodotus affirms had “the most woolly hair of Herodotus all nation: ins thus seen that the very name of Moses’ Tharbis the Ethiopiou, for Zipporah, Jor in the ..Hi ..lit he uesenoes Moses flight to vi***v next chapter he uesenues *■* '- , u ., Midian and his marriage with L'iPPorah the risnenter of Raquel or Jethro, “a priest, and one ?hni?Mit worthy by the people of the country, of thought wori.iiy, o> .ue e , manner creat honor”—in substantially the same manner tnntit is described in Exodus, and therefore wi li surroundings and under circumstances en tirely different Irom those attending Ms first m From what has been said we conclude that the plain import of tbe i2-:n of Numbers is as foi- . Miriam and Aaroo spake against Moses, not because he had married a descendant of Abraham with face merely embrowned by ex m mu re but clearly aud unmistakably because he had’degraded nimself, in their opinion, by marrviug a geuuine Ethiopian, or, in modern paHance a veritable negro. For this reason they “looked down” on Moses.and even tried to Lnifervalue him as a minister of God, aud at the undervalue him as; same time to exalt l»*v .«««• •— * ,, ~ M the Lord had spoken by them as well as by Mo- But the Lord quickly informed them that 9 marveiuu* uiapiaja m „ the true and living God, were seduced into the loin »f idolatry and other disgraceful | j". _ ence ^for His servant was not influenced in the _ . , into the 2J 8 ' ge ”“too a higher iu His sight than they, and grievous sin of idolatry and other disgraceful pointed rebuke declared that His prefer- (7 _ “ . MIJinnlHah ammuii mark* fctUIll- I * | n A..aiw«ari Ln tho trespasses by the Midianitish women, we natu rally Infer that their complexion and their phys ical characteristics and developments generally could not have been of a type so low as to pro voke the ridicule of Mirlan and AaroD. lu tbe 18th cnapter of Exodus, which gives an account ot the visit ol Jethro, the priest of Mid ian, to Moses In the wilderness, it is stated, veise 7th, that Moses went out to meet his fath er-in-law. and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of thetr welfare” and after magnifying the Lord for His marve.- oSs deliverance of Israel out ot the hands of the come short aud quick at me very „ getting up to recite a verse In the Sunday school Soncert, but she will sit calmly up in the choir and flirt with the handsome tenor all throuan the service in the face of the whole congrega tion without experiencing a single tremor. Somerville (Mass ) Journal. “Hello!” exclaimed that worthy. “What’s the matter?” . . “Oh, nothing muoh,” replied the boy, "only ma’s on a strike, that’s all. Egvptians, It is further stated that, verse 12th, • Jethro. Moses’father-in law, took a burnt of- _ . find and A urnn P:imA ferine, and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.” As stated by the writer of the article In the Sunny South. Jethro was, very probably, ^de scendant ot Abraham and Keturab, and when we consider the Abrahamic connection, the wealth, the social importance and priestly dig- le.ist bv bis Ethiopian wile. . . ^ Aaron was repeiitaut, and immediately asked his brothel’s forgiveness; but Miriam, who seems to have been the prime mover in this mat ter, was smitten with leprosy by the Lord. She sought to degrade Moses, and the Lord merely, visited her own iniquity upon herseh by publicly degrading her with a disease so loathsome tnat it necessitated her removal from the camp for a whole week. From the Lord’s recognition of the legitimacy ot the marriage ol His uouored servant with an Ethiopian the unity or universal brotherhood ol tne whole human family might possibly be ar gued ; aud a supporting passage might be found in the New Testament (Actsxvii.) where Paul says that God “hath made of one blood au na tions of men for to dwell on all the face ol the earth.” Concluded 5th column on eighth page.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907, May 15, 1886, Image 1