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Over bis eves of violet blue The lids like white rose petals close, And deep-frin>red lashes of dusky hue Rest on cheeks like a fresh pink tree. Ready for bed in liis little white gown, I rock him to sleep, and the firelight gleams Over his clustering curls of brown, And away he goes to the lands of dreams. Pear little boy! I rock him still, s oT ] av away in his cradle nest, .... \\ hat , dreams , ~ can a ', baby . , s fancy r fi 1 As it lies asleep on its mother’s breast? I may not follow his fancy’s flight; Mayhap he looks with wandering eyes On beautiful fields, of heavenly light, And play# with children of Paradise. Or maybe it’s only his mother’s face That makes h ; m smile in lfs slumber so. And lie dreams in his love-warm resting-place, Of home; and “mamma,” he whispers low. He nestles el os 3 r, his heavy eyes. Half opened, close with a peaceful sigh; And O! what thoughts in my heart arise Of changes to come as the years go by. Youth and manhood, sweetheart and wile, And love’s sweet joy may his portion be! Rut 0! will he love me all his life, And always oe my boy to me? yv-ith a kiss on his smooth white brow, I lay My boy in his downy cradle nest: Let ihe future be what the future may, To-night my baby loves me best. POOR COUSIN BARTON. BY AMY RANDOLPH. [From the New York Ledger.] “It’s quite out of the question,” said Uncle Nathan Bangle. He was a stout, purple-faced old man, who sat staring into the fire, in A very shabby suit, with boots burst- out at the toes, cravat-ends frayed, and coat darned iti various spots. He had sat thus, for many a year, since grim paralysis descended upon him, waiting for good luck to come his wav,—and good-luck, like many an¬ other watched-for guest, had never eotne! He had been a harness-maker bv trade. Now he did nothing. But Mrs. Bangle, commonly known as “Aunt Belinda,” and 'their niece, Sophy, made vests, raised poultry, sold early strawberries, and did a lit¬ tle of everything to make both ends meet. And whenever they were in a particularly \ tight n financial place, r and . Uncle T Nathan prophesied the poor- house, Aunt Belinda had a comforta¬ ble way of saying: “Now where is the use of fretting! Providence will provide.” “It’s as good as sacrilege to talk so!” puffed Uncle Nathan. “But Providence always has pro¬ vided, uncle,” said Sophy Bangle. “Folks hadn’t ought to make light of sacred things,” said Uncle Nathan. “But 1 think that’s "what the Lord means, „ urged . Q Sophy. . “ u . r I hat , . we should take sacred things into our every-day life, instead of keeping t | ienl f or Sunday wear, just as we do our h< ‘ st l,oots :iml l,, ’ n, etsr ’ “Well,” creaked Uncle Nathan, you’ll find out, onekjof these days, that we shall end istheC^unty House.^ “No, no!' said . , Aunt . Belinda. x-, i ■ , “Don’t talk that way, Nathan!” “Ho doesn't mean it,” coaxed So- And just at this time, when things were at their gloomiest, a letter came from out West, announcing the ar- rival of a new member of the liouse- hold. “Barton Bangle,” said Aunt Belin- a. “Why, that’s your uncle’s cous- Sophy—the poor fellow that lost he had in the oil-craze, down in Pennsylvanv, and then West to corn- mit suicide in one of them canyons, hut changed ” his mind and failed in the grocery business arterwards, Poor fellow, he always was unlucky!” “\Ve don t want no outside iness grafted into this family,” said Uncle Nathan, arimly. “We’ve enough , of . own.’ our Devoted to Hews, Politics, Agriculture and General Progress. TOCCOA, GA., JAN. 1887. “But, father, he's old and poor,” urged Aunt Belinda, “We can't write to him not to come.” “No, to be sure,” said soft-hearted Sophy. “What’s he to eat?” growled Un¬ cle Nathan. “Just what we eat ourselves,” said Aunt Belinda. “Nobody ever yet starved on good wholesome oatmeal and milk, with plenty of home-grown vegetables—” “Who’s to hoe the vegetables?” •‘Why, I will, to be sure,” laughed Sophy. “1 hoed themjast year, and 1 guess I car hoe them again.” “We haint no room to spare.” “I can easily fit up the little room in the garret, where we store the nuts and pop-corn every year,” said Sophy. “There’s a cherry-wood bed-stead that I can mend and varnish; and al- though the room is small, it has a cheerful outlook over the river.” “It’s sinful, in tny opinion,” said Uncle Nathan, “for paupers like us to undertake the charge of another pauper.” “Now, father,” remonstrated Aunt Belinda, “don’t worry. Providence will provide.*’ “And if Cousin Barton is old and poor, it is clearly our duty to do we can for him,” added Sophy. “Of course you women-folks will have ycur May,” grumbled Uncle Nathan. “You always do. But just wait and see what comes of it.” “Providence will provide.*’ chirped Aunt Belinda, who would have taken in a perfect alms-houseful of poor re- lations, if there bad been nowhere else for them to go. So the little bedroom in the garret was swept, cleaned am 1 garnished: the cherry-wood bed-stead was fur- nished with a comfortable husk mat- tress, manufactured by Sophy’s own deft fingers, homespun linen and a gorgeous patchwork coverlet, And one blooming May afternoon, svhen the apple-trees were tossing their billows of pink blossoms, Sophy drove to the station in a one-horse wagon borrowed of Farmer Netley, who lived on the next place, to meet Cousin Barton Bangle. “You don’t want them buffalo-robes. Sophy,” said Netley. “Oh, yes, J do, ’ said Sophy. “He’s an old man, and used to the climate of Southern California. He will be chilley. Put in the cushions, too, Mr. Netley; there s no telling how feeble he may be.” “Well, I declare, Sophy chuckled the honest farmer, “you do heat all! One would I think you had enough feeble old folks to care for already without takin’ iu any more-” ‘But he’s our cousin,’ said Sophy; ‘and lie s old and poor, and he has got nowhere else to go.” ‘There's very good reasons for giv- in’ him the cold shoulder, I should thing,’ said Mr. Netley, who was a logician in hi s wav. But Sophy only laughed as she shook old Dapple’s reins, and started away down the road, where dande- lions starred the grass and lilacs were just bursting into bud. ‘It’s a beautiful world,’ meditated sweet Sophy within herself. pity that any one should ever grow old and weak, like poor Cousin Bar- ton Bangle! Well, we must try to make it so pleasant and homelike for him that he will never remember what he has out-lived.’ At that lonely country station she cheecked her progress, carefully rein- ing up old Dapple behind the freight- house, so that he could not take fright at the unwonted vision of a loeonio- tive and the sleepy looking passenger cars, which, as Dapple had never taken fright in his life, and was a deal too fat and old to run away if he had, was, perhaps, an unnecessary precaution. ‘Just too late for the train, Miss Sophy,’ said the station agent. ‘But there’s a passenger asking about some way of getting to the Bangle farm¬ house. There he is, now.’ ‘An old man?’ said Sophy. ‘Well, not very old,' answered the ticket agent. And a tall, straight young fellow in an elegant olive traveling ulster, and a valise, come forward. ‘Mrs. Bangle?* said lie, with some tiling of a puzzled air. as lie looked at the pretty young girl sitting in the wagon. ‘No; only her niece, Sophy,’ said our heroine, reddening a little. ‘Where’s Cousin Barton?’ ‘I am Barton Bangle.’ ‘There is some mistake here,’ said Sophy, resolutely, ‘Cousin Barton is very old, and—and—we supposed he was poor.’ ‘Perhaps you are thinking of mv grandfather,’ said the young man. He w as eighty when he died, two years ago, at Los Angeles, I am the only Barton Bangle there is. And least so far as this world’s goods go—I am not poor. But 1 had a great curiosity to see some one who was akin to me, so l came East. lt is a dreadful feeling to be alone.’ Sophy held out her hand. ‘We are glad to see you,’ said she. ‘But how astonished Uncle Nathan and Aunt Belinda will be!’ ‘Astonished! Why?’ ‘Because, to tell the truth,’ admit- ted Sophy, with a roguish twinkle in her bright blue eyes, ‘we were going to take you into our family ro —to save you from the poor-house.’ And then she told him the story of the garret chamber, the husk mattress, and the cherry bed-stead, He listened, while a thrill of eino- tion quivered all through his frame, Sophy was driving as she talked, and Dapple was trotting leisurely under the blooming arch of apple boughs that fringed the road with beauty and fragrance, ‘1 think I shall like my Eastern re¬ lations,’he said in a low tone, ‘But now,’ she hesitated, ‘I do not know how you will like your primi¬ tive accommodations.’ ‘They will be pleasanter to roe than the palace-rooms of the largest hotel i n New York,’ said Causin Barton. Uncle Nathan was duly amazed at this unexpected edition of ‘PoorCous- [ n Barton.’ Aunt Belinda only smiled and said, in her cheery, cosy way: ‘Didn’t I tell you that Providence would provide?’ For Barton Bangle, the younger, was a rich man. Real estate in Los Angeles had proved a better invest- ment for his grandfather than the oil wells of Northern Pennslyvania, and whatever the old man touched had see med to turn to gold, And that gold was now inherited by hisgrand- son. Of course he fell in love with So- phi v. It was only right and proper that he should do so. It was also only natural, considering Sophy’s dim- pl es and the lovely pink and white that nestled in her complexion. Who cou ld blame him? ‘And now,’ said Aunt Belinda, on the eve of Sophy’s wedding-day, ‘only suppose, Nathan, that we had written to Cousin Barton and told him not to come!’ And Uncle Nathan had no answer to make. - m m m - The world is filled with a weary, anxious, hea\y-laden humanity. through weakness that we must S :l ' n strength, through w »suom, mrougn experience or tne P ast " a J toward the through our love and faith the true “ vva V of ltfe. - Pay your Subscription. NO. 24. The Strange Realization of Murder- ers Dream. [Ashvilie Cor. Charleston News and Courier.! There is in town a roonstrositj- which has just emerged from the ob- scurity of the mountains west of here A man thirty^fivc years of ago, six feet four inches in height and without a single hair on his body—such is Terry Shelton, a native of Cherokee county. Ten years ago he had a heavy beard and long black hair of which he was especiall proud. In the autumn of 1877 lie \vus tried for rour- der at Murphv, the county seat of Cherokcce. Frovn Col. A, T. David¬ son, the nestor of the bar of Western North Carolina; and of the most prominent members of his profession are gleaned some of the facts of this unfortunate man's sad st ry. Col. Davidson was of counsel for Shelton who was charged with the [murder of his brother. The prisoner, one morning before tuial came on, sent for his counsel and told them of a remarkable dream he had just had the nighUbcfore. lie said his dead brother had appeared to hitn and told him that he would be aqquited, but tnat shortly afterwards lie would lose his hair and beard as a mark sent upon him for his crime Suggestions to ihe prisoner were made to being as quite and free from ex- as possible, and forgetting the vision the attorneys returned to the court room. When a day or two since Col. Da- vidson saw the unfortunate man without a hair upon his person, he saw the terrible realization of that dream in the jail ten years ago. Soon after Shelton's trial and acquit¬ tal his hair began to drop out, and continued without pain to do so until his hair and beard were all gone. His skin is soft and smooth as an infants. His general health seems excellent, and lie shows no indisposition to show himself and pose as the modern Cain. He is of the firm belief that it is a punishment sent on him for the slaying of his brother. Cutting is not the only party who ha9 his eyes fixed on Mexico. A colony to settle in the state of Sinaloa is being organized in the New England States, with headquar¬ ters at Portland, Me. Some persons have already started for the scene of operations. Agriculture is not the prime object, but manufacturing is to be chiefly looked after, and with this in view a city is to be built and main- ly peopled by the colonists who arc to be skilled } workers. A dispatch from Portland says the directors of the company and Publisher Lowell, of New York, are to go on with the colonists to manage the business of the new city, which is to consist mainly’of manufacturing cotton goods, sugar, glass and paper. The paper is to be made from a shrub found on every hand in that country. The di¬ rectors have $000,000 with which to commence operations. Mr. Lowell will look especially after the paper industry. By openingjthirty six miles oi new railroad the colonists will strike a new timber belt, which will supply k all their requirements. Other cities will be formed as soon as the road is done. The Mexican govern¬ ment has granted every request of the colonists, and will purchase all their products. The land ceded to them will support 5 000,000 people. Virtue consists in making desire subordinate to duty, passion to princi¬ ple. The piilars of character are moderation, temperance, chastity, si ‘ m ’ plicity, self-control; its method is self-denial. Bucklen's Arnica oalve.— The brusics, Eest. 8>ai\c in ulcers, the won! salt for rbcum, cu.s sores, f ever sorcs , tetter, chapped hands, chilblains corns, and all skincrup- tions, and positively cures piles, or no pay repuired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cent9 per box for sale by W. H, & J. Dayis. TOCCOA NEWS JOB OFF We are Prepared to LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, CIRCULAR S. LAND DEEDS, MORTGAGE MARRIAGE LICENSE, AC. LEGAL BRIEFS. [From the Southern Trade Gazett.] Libel suits will not keep a man warm in cold weather.—Norwich Bul- et in. Lawyers dress pretty well, notwith¬ standing the fact that they occasion** ally lose a suit. Lawyers know all about the moral law, but there is very use for it in criminal practice. A correshondcnt asks : ‘Is it wrong to cheat a lawyer?’ First cheat the lawyer, and we will answer the conun- drum. A lawyer who w as under examina¬ tion as a witness, in a case related by the Buffalo Courier, had stated ap¬ proximately the time at which some thing occurred, f.nd being admonished sharply by the examining attornew to he more definite, ‘paralyzed’ him with the reply : ‘You ongnt to know. It was about the time you collected my cost in that suit and kept the money.' Note Signed on Sunday.—Deliv¬ ered on Monday. —A promisary note signed on Sunday but r.ot intended to be delivered till Monday, and not in fact delivered til! that day, is not sub¬ ject to the objection that it is a Suu- day contract, according to the dccis- ion of the Supreme Court of Iowa m the case of Bell vs. Mahin et ah, de¬ cided October 5, and reported to the Chicago Legal News. The court based its decision on the principle that a promisary note becomes a contract at the time of its delivery. “Gentlemen of the jury, charging a jury is a new business to me. as this is my first case. You have heard all the evidence in the case, as well as myself; you have also heard what the learned counsel have said. If you believe what the plaintiff has told you, your verdict will be for the plain¬ tiff; but, if, on the other hand, you believe what the defendant’s counsel has told you, then you will give a verdict for the defendant. But if you are like me, and don’t believe what either of them has said, then I’ll bo d-d if I know what you will do. Constable , take charge of the jury. The fine legal distinction an inge* nious lawyer is capable of drawing is well illustrated by a horse case re¬ cently decided in New Hampshire. The defendant in the suit was the owner of a horse which ‘had a vicious disposition and a constant inclination to insure mankind.’ In short, it was a 'notorious kicker,’ On one occa¬ sion, when the plaintiff was passing in front of of it, the beast “reared, squealed, struck forward with Ins fore feet, hit the plaintiff on the knee and did the injury complained of to the joint.” For this injury an action for damages was brought. It is a well-known general principle that the owner is liable for injuries done by a vicious animal which he knows to be vicious. The defendant in this case did not deny thah he knew his horse to be a lively kicker, but he pleaded ignorant of the animals propensity to indulge in such demonstrations with liis fore feet. Theieupon his lawyer advanced his theory that while his client might be liable for any kicking done by the horse with his hind feet, he could not be held responsible for the injur}* caused in this instance un¬ less it could be shown that he knew the animal would “kick with its for¬ ward feet in a manner similar to that in which the plaintiff wa3 struck. The question thus raised was taken to Supreme Court of the State, which promptly swept away the subtle dis¬ tinction by declaring that ‘the law recognised no such absurdity.’—N. Y. Herald. Attention ! Jteadersf f We would call the attention of our readers to the fact that they can get the Toccoa Niiwft, and Southern Cultivator for #2.25 per year, in a<& ranee.