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ATHENS, GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 17, 1878.
WHVERSJTY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
BpecV.il attcution paid to criminal practice.
For reference applv to Ex-Gov. T. H. Watt*
>6J end Hon. David Olopton, Montgomery, Ala.
" Office over Post-Office Athens*, Ga.
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NO.
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AppU’tlon for Letters ot Dtcmlmlon Guardian 8 »
Application fee Lease to Roll Lands 8 M
Notice to Debtor, and Creditor* 8 00
Sale of Land, Ac., per square— —— # »
Sales Periahable Pro party, 10 days, par re - 1 50
Eatrey Hotfoot, *0 daya.W.-.'-.-*...l.~— **•
Sheriff Sale#, per square * 80
Sheriff Mortfisgo ft. fa. aalca per Kjaart 8 00
Tax Collector’a Sales, per square 8 00
Foreclosure Mortgage, per square, each time. 1 00
Exemption Notice, (in advance', 3 28
Role Nltl’a, per square, each time. 1 80
•W The shore legal rates corrected by Ordinary
of Clarke county.
XsATO 2TOTXC33S-
. JJ K.TIlltAHlIKl!,
ATTORNEY AT LAV/,
XVntkinaviJle, Ga. 5
, Offico In former Ordinary’* Office.
Joni5-m«-ly
p «. T1IOMHON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Lamar Cobb. IIoweel Cobb.
^ «jt II. COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athene, Ga
Office in Deupree Building,
Andrew J. Cobs.
Alex S. Erwin.
£RWIN A COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athene, Ga.
Office on Corner of Broad end Thomas streets,
over Childs, Nickerson & Co.
feh22-l 876-1V
J H. DORTCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carneevillc, Gn.
aid'*-1873-11'
G. C. Thomas,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WATKINSV1LLE, GA.
O FFICE IN COURT-HOUSE, OPPOSITE
Ordinnrv*8 Office. Personal attention toalJ
biihiiu-88 entrusted to hie enre. np9-tt
^HUBUHY. MoCUHHY,
^L-trfcorxioy a-b Law,
Haktwell, Georgia,
Will practice in the Superior Courts of North
east Geoigia and Supremo Court at Atlanta.
Aug 8. 1S76 tf
JACKSON & THOMAS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Office South West Corner of College Avenue
and Clavton Street, also at the Court House.
All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, can get
them a*, any time by applying to the County
Solicitor at this office. dec!6-1874-tf
Halloo, John I
Halloo yourself!
Well eay, then!
Say what, Henry !
Say I Where did you get all those goods
you’ve got packed in that wagc.n ?
Why, I got them in Athens, of course.
But who did you buy them from ?
Well, now, that’s funny, I declare I thought
everybody knew that Huggins’ f tore was the
place to buy the best goods at the lowest
prices. Why a fellow just cuu’t get away from
there ’till he gets his wagon plump full of
goods, they sell them 80 cheap, and then they
are just the cleverest fellows to trade with that
I ever did sec.
Henry, you must stop in there the next time
you go to Athens. It’s right on Broad Street,
under the Bajtnxr Office. You will find every
thing so cheap, and such clever folks to wait on
yon that yon will never go to any other store.
Do they keep all kinds of goods, John t
Yes, everything yon want.
Cdffee in sacks, packed up in stacks 5* . .
Sugar in barrels and hogsheads top,' '..Jr;
: 'Gr»J>wikt>ffloWTSu» u»4ik*V
And tod to shorten it through and through
Then you ought to try their meat,
It’s the best in all this “beat”—
Hams, shoulders and sides as well.
Tnen the good tilings they’ve ^ot
1 never would have thought,
Such goods were brought here to sell.
Meal, Mackerel and Molasses,
Svrup, rice and looking-glasses,
The nest in the world, no doubt.
Grant’ and Horseford’s Baking Powder.
For which nothing speaks louder
Than the pretty light-bread it turns out.
The best smoke and chew ing tobacco,
And the very finest cracker
Thnt ever was baked in ap-in.
Then the best things to ent,
Fruit, vegetables and meat,
That ever was sealed in a can.
Fruit jars and jel;v tumblers,
The best among all numbers.
And everything else of the sort.
Knives, forks and butter paddles.
The best bridles, harness and saddles
Still cheaper than ever were bought.
Boots, leather, shoes and hats;
Buckets, brooms, tubs and mats,
And too many small things to mention.
And if anything you desire
For which you fail to enquire,
They are sure to ask jour attention.
Calicos, blcachings and tickings,
The best selections and pickings,
Staple dry goods as ever or more.
Crockery, lamps and glassware
So you need never pass there
For anything I’ve mentioned heretofore.
But who are these clever folks
You’ve been telling me about ?
Their nann s I’d much like to know,
next time I go to Athens
I don’t want to get out
Till I drive right up to the store.
Well, there’s J. II. Huggins, the “Boss”-
The proprietor, you know,
And Mister Bub Fellows
Is a clerk in tlie store.
And Mister Harvey Huggins
Keens the Books to-be-sure.
And tlie old clerk of course
I thought you ought to know—
He’s been the/© so long,
His name is Johnnie Moore.
Tlie New Style Oman.
[From the Christian Index, Jnlj 11,1878.]
Hitherto there has been an un
satisfied demand for a Parlor Organ
which should combine power, sweet
ness and variety of tone with a per
fect action, enclosed in a rich and
ornamental case, which could be sold
at a very moderate price. After
spending large sums of monc-y in
experimenting, J. Estey & Co. have
at last succeeded in manufacturing
an organ which covers the whole
ground. The action, by an ingenious
and yet perfectly simple mechanism,
haa been rendered independent, and
cannot be a fleeted, like others, by
ia .tbgKf^fcifv. A
filial imui.IJ IWMM'
lias been fasliioaed, and many other
improvements been made, and we are
informed by G. P. Guilford, Estey’s
Managing Agent for the South, that
in his experience ot twenty-nine
years, be has never seen such a
universal favorite as this organ seems
to be. He has sent it out on trial to
be tested with other organs, and that
not one has ever been returned;
neither has he failed to sell it to any
customer who has ever seen it.
Having done away with all local
agencies, Esiey has determined to
sell through Mr. Guilford directly to
customers; thus giving them the
benefit of all discounts and commis
sions. july.23.tf.
KnUBI Rsuronn. Wilbvb F. Kxlskt.
Roiford & XZelseyv
Attorneys at Law,
And Counsellor’s and Solicitor’s in Equity,
Cochran, Pulaski County, Ga Special and im
mediate attention given to any business con
cerning lands. Intruders promptly ejected
from, and titles cleared up, and wild lands look
ed after generally, will buy and sell lands, pay
tuxes for nonresidents etc. Will practice in all
the counties contingent to either the M. «fe B.
R. R. ortho Atlantic A and K. R. Good re*
ference given when desired,
july Ifith.tf.
Draughn Souse,
MON HO K, WALTON* COUNTY, GE0RW1A.
First class accommodations, first class fair*
first class servants, and first class rooms bond
son ely furnished.
J.C DRAUGHN, Proprietor.
jnl\2S.8tn.
THERE IS A BETTER WAY Tl* EXJOT LIFE. 1
Than to quietly suffer the miseries
resulting from Dyspepsia. If you arc
distressed with Headache, Nervous
ness, Now Spirits, Wakefulness, Pal
pitation of the Heart, Costiveness,
Live Complaint, pain in the Stomach,
Bad Taste in the Mouth, Heartburn,
etc., seek that comforting relief that
always comes from using Parker’s
Ginger Tonic, and you wifi be aston
ished at your renewed capacity to , ,
enjov life when freed from pain and | delicate glands, swollen and festered
suffering. Protect also your little j disease,.that cause the troubling
ones from Cholera Infantum, and
yourself and family from sudden at
tacks of colic, cramps, dysintery or
cholera morbus, by keeping this
superb corrective and invigorant al-
ways at hand. Buy a 81 bottle from
your druggist, R. T. Brumby & Co.,
or a sample bottle at 15 cents, and
test its merits.
Pre-emlncn t
As an elegant hair dressing stands
Parker’s Hair Balsam, deservedly
popular lor the beautiful hair it pro
duces, and its healthful,' cleansing
and healing properties. Commen
cing at the roots, it promotes a luxu
riant growth of young hair, and un
failingly restores gray or faded hair
to its original youthful color, giving a
soft, rich and lustrous appearance of
great beauty. It is pleasantly cooling
to the scrip, cleanses it from Dandruff,
cures itching and humors, and stops
falling of tlie hair. It is perfectly
harmless, exquisitely perfumed, nev
er soi's the skin or gums the hair,
and pleases everybody by its many
excellent and attractive qualities.
Buy a bottle from your druggist,
Dr. R. T. Brumby & Co., and test its
merits.
IF r
The woman who rejoice in salad
aud ice cream, hot cakes and warm pie;
IF
The Student*who eats hastily and sits
down at once to active mental labor ;
IF
The Business Man who bolt3 his food
in eager haste and hurries to his
counting-room
IF
The Hard Drinker could look at the
XT W1IXIAK K. BXIOGX.
What summer tongs are tweet and fair,
And who shall sing them bljthe and gar,
With cadslice flexile-soft at air
And cheery as the summer day !
What p->et cornea with sandal shoon,
And dear brown eye of dreamy gate—
Brown as the wave whoeo forest gloom
lias drank the light of autumn day*.—
The light of column days!
Deep, deep within his quiet heart
He holds (he sunshine of the.year,
The must* of (lie meadow larV .
And belts that echo bint and dear;
” Anrtifti ’ **
F fheaoft/ sombre tona
Id memory of a birthday chime
Faded in that far lapse of time
That comes and goes for all;
And thus within Lis eyes the hr.se
Deepens of autumn days’.
Tlie sky is blue, ti.e sky is fair,
Aud writ with fleecy clouds in air ;
Aud boughs are waving fresh and Irc-e
As loam-crest on a summer sea;
And birds with wings whose flashing light
Makes tlie worn spirit yearn for flight
Are passing ou to some bright rone
We picture in the heart alone;
And nature chimes in undertone
Its murmurous authem bright and dear—
Yet he apart
Drinks in with subtle sense and Leait
.-.The rapture of the year;
And with his fur-off gaze
Turns it to autumn days.
He garners up the perfect time,
He stores at will of pain or mirth,
For him nor season comes nor clime—
lie stands alone of all the earth:
To him the forest tells ils tale,
The brooklet pours its plaintive wi il,
The wild pine rocks, tlie wild winds moan,
To him the torrent speaks alone,
Tlie tempest from its mountain throne,
The tumult of the angry sea,
The murmur of the roving bee,
The pale anemone that blows
lu sunshine o’er its native snows.
The blue-bell or the meadow-pink,
Or osier by the streamlet’s brink,
•All tell their tales in murmurs free—
The secrets of the land or sea 1
And in his patient eves,
Awaiting sorrow and surprise
Gather like falling leaves or sunset rays;
A dreamy wistful gloom—
A light too far! too soon!
The light of autumn days!
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THE TEST OF LOVE.
j brain ;
f|* A. ILER,
Watohmftkw & iTowolar,
A? Sneads Shoe Store next door to Reese &
Lane’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. AH
work warranted 12 months.
septl2-tf.
LIVERY, FEED HD SALE STABLE,
JH.th.onn, GSoorgicu
GANN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS.
Will be found at their old stand, rear Frank
lin House building, Thomas street. Keep al
ways on hand good Turnouts and caretnl dri
vers. Stock well cared for when entrusted to
our care. Stock on band for sale at all limes.
dcclStf.
For Sale.
A second-hand Wheeler * Wilson Sewing
Machine; liss hecn but little used and ia in per
fect order. For sole cheap for cash. Apply at
trgSS-tf. THIS OFFICE
Pottery Pictures!
The largest and handsomest assortment of
PICTURES FOR POTTERY DECORATION,
ever brought to Athens,
AT PANIC PRICE8,
.or sale at
BURKE’S BOOK-STORE.
aug.ts.tf.
SCHOOL BOOKS!
All of the School Books in ttse at the
Lucy Cobb Institute,
At Madame Sosnowski's Home Schoo
Various Schools in the City,
LOWEST FIGURES,
Tlioiua*' Black, Blue or Violet Ink—the best
the World—at 5 cents per bottle. For bargains
everything, call at
BURKE’S BOOK-STORE.
•ept.20.tf
Good Digestion.—“ Give us this
day our daily bread” and good medi
cine to digest it, is both reverent and
human. The human stomach and
liver are fruitful sources of life’s
comforts ; or disordered nnd diseased,
they tingle misery along every nerve
and through every artery. The man
woman with good digestion see
beauty ns they walk, and overcome
obstacles they meet in the routiue of
life, where the dispeptic sees only
gloom and stumbles and growls at
even imaginary objects. The world
still needs two or three new kinds of
medicine before death can be perfectly
abolished ; hut that many lives have
been prolonged, and many sufferers
from Liver disease, Dispepsia and
Headache, have been cured by Mor
rell’s Hepatiue, is no longer a doubt.
It cures Headache in twenty minutes,
and there is no question but what it is
the most wonderlul discovery made in
medical science. Those afflicted with
Biliousness and Liver Complaint
should use Merrcll’s Hepaline.
It can he had at
Dr. C. \V. Long & Co.,
Yes, wo can change a fifty dollar
bill if you want a bottle of Globe
Flower Cough Syrup, the greatest
Cough and lung remedy in the world;
or if you want to try it first and see ii
what the Hon. Alex. H. Stepens, Ex-
Gov. Smith, Ex-Gov. Brown and
Hon. Robert Toombs of Georgia, says
about it is true, you cau get a Samplf
Bottle for ten cents at Dr. C. W.
Long, <fc Co, Drug Store, Athens Ga,
that relieves an ordinary cold. Tht
Globe Flower Cough Syrup nevei
had an equal for Coughs, Colds and
Lung Affections. It positively
cures Consumpton when all other
boasted remedies fail. Sample Bottles,
ten cents. Regular size, fifty doses,
$1.00.
The Lawyer, the minister, the mer
chant, and all who lead sedentary lives
and are subject to Dyspepsia or Indi
gestion, Constipation and Headache;
These only knew wbat Herrell’s He-
petine for the Liver will do for their
relief, and how quickly it cures—there
would be much less suffering than at
present
Thu great Liver Medicines for sale
by Dr. C. W. Long, & Co.,
An Undeniable Trutli-
You deserve to suffer, and if you
lead a miserable, unsatisfactory life
in this beautiful world it is entirely
your own fault and there is only one
excuse for you,—your unreasonable
prejudice and skepticism, which has
killed thousands. Personal knowl
edge and common sense reasoning
will soon show you that Green’s
August Flower will cure you of Liv
er Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all
its miserable effects, such as sick
headache, palpitation of the heart
sour stomach, habitual cosliveness,
dizziness of the head, nervous pros
tration, low spirits, «fcc. Its sales
now reach every town cn the Western
Continent and not a Druggist hut
will tell you of its wonderful cures.
You can buy a Sample Bottle for 10
certs. Three doses will relieve you.
INSURE YOUR GINS
WITH
I. A. MADDEN, Agent,
For Merchants jan<l Mechanics Insurance Co.,
of Richmond Va. Insures Gins, Dwellings,
&c., in the City or Country,
$25,000
In United Stales Bonds, deposited with the
Treasurer ol Georgia tor security of policy
holders.
I. A. MADDEN, Aosxr,
Office with M. G. & J. Cohen,
No. 6, Broad St., Athens, Georgia.
eept.J.iro.
MOTHERS RELOOM HEAL1ZE
That indulgence in fruits and vege
tables causes deposits in the milk
which induce Colic or Cholera Infan
tum in their nursing little ones. To
counteract these injurious effects the
mother should use Parker’s Ginger
Tonic. It strengthens and corrects
her own nervous condition, and ils
goed effects are imparted through
the milk to the child, making it
cheerful, free from pain, and disposed
to refreshing sleep. Many ladies suf
fering from functional disorders and
Nervousness, will be si rprised at the
comfort this strengthening tonic
affords, ns by its use they fiud relief
from pain, aud functional regularly
restored. Buy a 81 bottle from yo u
druggist R. T. Brumby, or a sample
bottle at 15 cents, and test 'it
merits.
Llvcrls King.
The Liver is the imperial organ of
the whole human system, as it con
trols the life, health and happiness of
man. When it is disturbed in its
proper action, all kinds of ailments
arc the natural result. The digestion
ot food, the movements of the heart
and blood, the action of the brain
and nervous system, are all immedi
ately connected with the working of
the Liver. It lias been successfully
proved that Green’s August Flower
is unequalled in curing all persons af
flicted with Dyspepsia or Liver Com
plaint, and all* the numerous symp
toms that result from an unhealthy
condition of the Liver and Stomach.
Sample bottles to try, 10 cents.
Positively sold in all towns on the
Western Continent. Three doses
will prove that it is just what yon
want,.
UP. <3. t«. MoCDEHKRY,
Having resumed the practice of Medicine,
offer* bit professional aenriees to tha public,
both City and Country. Office at the New Drug
Store ot H. Gsuxou, under Newton House,
Athena, Georgio.| aeptA-Sm.
Prloea Red need.
A Gentle Hint.—In our style ot
climate, with its sudden changes of
temperature—rain, wind and sunshine
often intermingled in a single day—it
is no wonder that our children, friends
and relatives are so frequently taken j
from us by neglected colds, half the
deaths resulting directly from this
cause. A bottle ef Boschee’s German
Syrnp kept about your home for im
mediate use will prevent serious sick
ness, a large doctor’s bill, and perhaps
death, by the use of three or four doses.
For curing Consumption, Hemorrhages
Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Croup or
any disease of the Throat or Lungs, its
success is simple wonderful, as your
druggist will tell you. German Syrup
is now sold in every town and village
on this continent Sample bottles for
trial, 10c.; regular size, 75. For sa
ty
R. T. Brumby & Co.
Nellie Vallance walked out of the
little church in P with a proud
step and a light heart; she had just
become Mrs. Loyd Whitlow. The
husband was fine-looking, moral, in
telligent, possessing friends wherever
he chose to make them, and was con
sidered the most popular man in town.
Nellie was a pretty little creature,
with an innocent face, and a smooth,
round white brow, and light waves of
hair which, with her dinging, child
ish ways, made her an indescribable
charming bride.
They made their bridal tour and
settled down in Louisville, a very
happy couple. Yet, ere two months
had passed away, the little wife sat
over her nnlasted breakfast with
tearful eyes and pouting lips, giving
vent at last to a torrent of teaia.
“ What in the world is the matter?”
inquired cousin Kate from across the
table.
“I—I believe Lloyd is getting tired
of me,’’ answered Nellie, sobbing.
“Nonsense, Nell; you always were I
such a sensitive plant! I can’t see
that you have any cause to make such
an assertion.’’
“ But I have; this is the second
morning he has gone off without kiss
ing me, and—enough more to make
me know that he does not love tne as
he did.
“ You ought to remember that
your husband is one of those who at
taches little importance to outward
show of affection. I am sure ho
docs not love you less because he for
gets those little lover like attentions,
which, after all are of little conse
quence when one is sure of a husbands
affections.”
“ But I mn net at all sure, that is
just it. And this very day I
going to begin to test his love for
me ; if I can succeed in making him
jealous I’ll believe he loves me.”
“ Rather a difficult game to play,
Cousin Nell; how are you going to do
it.
“ Oh, it’s easy enough. You re
member Albert Weston? He is
practicing law here in Louisville. I
believe that he possesses enough of
the old affection for me, aud jmt
about principle enough to make him
useful in this matter. His mauner
when I have met hint has annoyed
me beyond measure.
“ I’ll make use of it now.”
« Well, Mrs. Whitlow, all I have
to say is, that you will likely regret
the day you planned this foolish little
game.”
To this Nellie only answered, “I’ll
write this minute and accept his invi
tation to drive this evening.’’
Lloyd Whitlow was home that
night before Nellie returned. When
at last she did come she was in high
spirits giving as a reason, when her
husband rallied her upon the faot,
that she had bad “ such a glorious
drive with her old lover.”
it, little . wife,” l»e said,
ASfUi a iaugh, “ yon threM^tiiat old
eF’ over for me; dotty go # to
owing me over for him.” -i •:>
t“ Oh, stranger things have hap-
v Jned'l” she answered.
/•this conversation ended in making
the husband unusually quiet and the
wife tiuakually gay.
.jcj" * * * • * !«c
V “Darling,” Lloyd said, laying
idowa^Kbqpk one eveiiiug, t^otfr a
uiontjj jifterward, “ are you acting
. >" receiving Mr. Weston
Kflef«y6ti^#f^»?P
“ I hope so, Lloyd.”
“ Well,’’ he said, leaning over and
looking in his wife’s i yes, “ one
ought not to care for old lovers, I
suppose, when one is sure that he is
the only lover now.’’
“ Oh!” thought Nellie, “ he is
waking up at last.” But she answer
ed with a light laugh, “ don’t you he
too sure of that,”
He resumed his book immediately,
and lookeil very grave, while the
light danced in Nellie’s eyes as she
said to herself, “ I believe my plan
will succeed!’’
“Nellie,’’ said her esusin Kate, as
she entered the parlor hurriedly, a
few weeks later, and interrupted her
in the midst of au old love song,
while Mr. Weston was bending over
her at the piano, “ excuse my trouble-
ing yon, but I must see you a mo
ment.”
Weston took out his watch, said
he ought to have been gone half an
hour ago, hade them goed evening,
and left.
“ Well, Katie, what is it? What
are you lookiug so frightened about ?
“ Nellie Whitlow, you have gone
far enough in your “ test!’’ As I
came in the front door, Lloyd passed
me going out. I never saw such a
look ou a man’s face!
He came from the back parlor, and
must have heard all you said. Oh,
Nell, what did you say that caused
him to leave looking like that ? Did
you know he was there?’’
Of course I did ; but Weston did
not, and Lloyd did not know that I
knew it. So I concluded to finish
up«ty-task this evening. I did not
commit myself, cither; I only let
Weston talk his nonsense without re
buking him. So, if yon think Lloyd
is really jealous, I’ll stop, for I am tired
ot it, and to-night I’ll tell him all about
it and laugh at him. I do believe he
loves me now, Kate, and I am not a
hit sorry lor what I have done.’’
You may he, before you are
through. Lloyd Whitlow is not a
man to be trifled with, as I have told
you dozen of times ; hut you would
have your own way.”
That evening, the wife who had
promised herself so much happiness in
confessing all to her husband, was
walking the floor, back and forth;
her lips .wire quivering, her hands
working nervously, and her face was
as white and as woc-begoue as three
hours of suspense and agony could
make it. Lloyd had not returned.
The clock struck twelve. With the
first chirac she threw herself prostrate
upon the floor.
“Oh, my love, my darling!” she
cried; “so generous, so ready to shield
how can I live without you ? And
you are gone—gone away, believin
— —^ ■
Nellie turned away with a “ thank
you,” and a lighter heart than she
had known for many a day. She di-
cided instantly to go with him, be
lieving she could make all right if
she could see him. Four o’clock
found her en route for the village on
the Ohio, on board the steamer Gray
Eagle. There was an excursion par
ty on hoard for the same place, from
whcnc^ie^ were going to Wyan*
do6fe Cave. Many of her acquain
tances were iu the party, and among
them Weston, Op arriving at°Lea-
liad gone on down the river, but
would return iu a day or two. Her
friends uiged her to join their party.
She was willing to do anything to
pass away the time that must elapse
before her husband came, so she went
with them to' explore the renowned
cave.
They Lt d not been gone an hour
when Lloyd Whitlow returned to
Leavenworth. Learning that one of
the party just gone had been anxious
to see him, he started alter them on
horseback, little thinking that his
wife was one of party, yet faintly
hoping that he would hear from her.
He overtook them just as they had
arrived at l lue river. He was as
tonished at seeing his wife there, and
only recognized her by a distant bow.
He supposed that Weston’s presence
was the cause of hers.
The fording-placo was a little high
stalactites and his party got far ahead
of him. He discovered this and
hurried after them. He could see
their lights in the diatance. When
nearly up to them his candle went
out. He went sauntering along up*
til he came within hearing of the two
nearest him, and recognized his wife
and Weston.
“ You cannot deny,’’ Weston was
saying, “ that yon have encoaraged
me to think that you cared for me,
Nellie, and, by heaven t You
not say me nay j*’
I was so fraid I did not possess my
husband’s whole heart, that I deter
mined to test his love for me by try
ing to make him jealous - ”
“ So you made a cat’s paw ot me 1
Very kind of you. May I ask what
prompted you to select me ?”
“ Because you were respectable
enough in the eyes of the world to
make it look right, and you were un
principled enough to make it practi
cable, aud heartless enough to have
no feeling in the matter.”
“ Then you love your husband ?”
“Love him? I idolize him! I
would give my life to occupy the
place in his heart I did a month ago.
I love him so well that I cannot im
agine how heaven can be heaven to
ine without him!’’
“That is enough, Mrs. Whitlow.
I believe that you will enjoy yourself
more iu his company than mine ; so I
now from recent reins ; the water will step ahead and send him back to
was muddy, too, so one could not see I you.”
the bottom, which right there was a
level rock extending across the stream,
and was several yards wide, but
which had an offset of a number of
feet; yet in the muddy, high water it
was safe enough if one kept one’s eye
on the other side and drove straight
for it.
Lloyd was going over last, so Nel
lie waited purposely to go in the last
buggy load. They were not half
over before the horse, frightened at
the splashing of the water behind it,
reared, plunged, upset the buggy in
the deep water, and left the driver
aud Nellie in a fair way to be drown
ed. Tiie driver helped himself;
Lloyd was at Nellie’s side in an
instant.
To Nellie, the chill of the water
seemed like the visible
death. She did not scream ; she be
lieved she would drown, and the on
ly pang to her was the thought she
would die unreconciled to her hus
band. But they had scarcely become
one ere the strong arms and nerves
of Lloyd Whitlow had saved her.
His heart went out to her when he
Weston went on, when out of the
darkness a pair of arms encircled her.
Nellie looked up, terror stricken,
and saw the face of her husband,
wearing so different a look, that she
knew he had heard all.
“ Nellie, darling, you are my own
pure wife after all, hut you were very,
very indiscreet.”
“ I was trying to make you jeals
ous.”
“ And you succeeded with a ven
geance. I never thought my love
needed that trial.’’
“ But yon acted so differently from
what you did before we were mar
ried.”
“ I was your lover then, Nellie.'’
“Yts, Lloyd,” she said as she
clung closer to him ; “ and yo - i are
presence of j infinitc, - v moro to ,no now—you are
my husband.”
“ I believe I understand you,’’ he
said, with a smile. “ What you ask
is easily given; suppose I commence
now,” and Lloyd Whitlow clasped
his little wife to his breast and nearly
covered her with kisses.”
“ Thank God, Lloyd, that we
ranght'sight of the bloodless face j onc e more understand each other! I
turned so beseechingly toward him. ]
They stood alone on the ledge of
rocks in the middle of the water,
Nellie spoke first.
*» Lloyd,” she said “ you will for
give mo. I am not guilty as you sup
pose. I love you, so I came down
here to find you. And oh, Lloyd,”
as she saw his face softening toward
her, “ you do love me, too ; you cau-
not say no!”
lie laid his hand over the little fin
gers quivering so piteously, remem
bered himself, and drew away. His
voice was hard as he said :
“ I might have listened to vou and
will repay you the pain I have cost
you by a lifetime devotion.
“ Which I must encourage by a
little petting now and then, cli ?’’
“ Yes, Lloyd.”
That excursion party thought in
the morning that Mr. and Mrs.
Whitlow were the most matter of
fset bride and groom they evqr saw;
but concluded in the evening that
they were the most devoted,
Nellie’s advice to newly married
wives is “ don’t test your husband’s
love.”
mo guilty ! Oh, how utterly wasted j believed an explanation possible, if I
will my life he without you 1”
She lay there until morning, wtep-
g convulsively at intervals, and
choked with the flood af sorrow and
remorse. And another thought took
possession of her. Suppose some
harm had come to hint! She could
endure his reproaches, his desertion,
even, hut never the sight of hint
wounded or dead for her sake. She
would bear her suspense no longer,
she,said; she could know the worst
by going to his office and question
ing the clerks, and go she would.
Before she reached the street a
servant handed lier a lei ter.
“ Left here for you this morning,
ma’am.’’
Nellie retraced her steps hurriedly,
and with trembling fingers opened
her hnsbaud’s note. It was written
the evening before.
“ I am going dowu the river for a
few days, to stay until I conclude
how to arrange affairs between us.
I shall take steps to give you hack
your- freedom. Until then, try to
act discreetly.”
That was all; not even a reproach,
believing of her what lie did ; only
cold, constrained words. Aud tilt
hitter part for her was, that she knew
her husband’s forbearance grew out of
his great love for her.
A week passed; she never wanted
to remember how.
“ Have you heard from Mr. Whit
low ?” she asked again cf his clerk, as
she had done every day since he left,
“ Yes, just received a letter. He
js at Leavenworth.”
had not fouud you with him to-day.’’
“ Then why did you not let me [
die?” She moaned. “Why did
you save my life to torture me ?”
And she commenced sobbing.
“ Woman, this is acting. Have
done with itwas the husband’s
only answer.
Her excited sobs came faster. A
gleam of pity came into his eyes; he
hurried with her to the shore, wrap
ped her in 6liawls provided by the
company, placed her in a carriage
and told the driver to hurry with her
to the hotel, six miles distant; he
would follow on hoiseback. Ashe
put her out cf his arms, her great
pleading eyes were turned toward
him, searching for some look of affec
tion, some tain recognition of all that
she had been to him. But finding
none, the anguish of her disappoint
ment broke forth in a single word—
Lloyd 1”
To his dying day he never forgot
that cry. A slight quiver about the
mouth, a swift quailing of the eye
were all the signs lie gave that he
heard her. She knew that all was
over between them. One thought
took possession of her; to act so that
the company would suspect nothing.
So she declared herself restored upon
their arrival at the hotel, and insisted
upon going with the party into the
cave.
At one o’clock they started, with
lighted candles and guides. Weston
kept near Nellie: Whitlow was here,
there, everywhere. He had become
1 interested at last in some magnificent
(Written for the Southern Banner.)
Strength.
“I write unto you young men be
cause ye are strong.”
A child was taken from her home
in the lew country up among the
rocks and hills. Whilst seated on the
door-step one evening just as dusk
fell like a veil upon the lovely land
scape, a horseman rode rapidly past.
At every bound his horse’s feet struck
fire from the rock-paved street, Now
it is not to be supposed that the little
maiden was quite unacquainted with
Monsieur Caloric and his wonderful
doiegs; she had only not yet learned
to bring down her erudition from the
cloud lands of science for every day
uses. Hence the thrill of startled de
light and astonishment with which she
witnessed this phenomenon for the
first time. Descending to the street
she examined the stones with great
curiosity to see if they really were
common ones—the same dark, unin
teresting looking objects that had lain
there unnoticed before. Yes 1 the
very same.
It was to a somewhat similar sensa
tion of delighted surprise that my
mind was awakened, not long since,
by a beautiful and apposite allusion
to the text at the heaa of this article
—my text. It was front a minister—
himself a young man. Unlike the
stones in my narrative, however, the
passage, so commonplace seeming
hitherto, ia no longer the same, but
glows with new and increasing beauty
aud interest. I shall leave its higher
mysteries to one capable of evolving
spiritual light and heat from so fit a
subject; while if I may but hammer
out a few sparks wherewith to shun
some path of danger and error, or
light up its opposite one of safety, my
•Sorts will not have been wholly in
vain.
••And 1 would that n>Y tongue could Uttar
The thoughts that arise In me.”
“Ye angels that excel in strength.”
Here angels, we see, are admired for
their strength; and * s there not some
thing as excellent, yea! glorious, in
the true, manly type cf human
strength ? Such was Adam when he
came from his Maker’s hand in the
plenitude of vigorous and elastic pow
ers of soul and body. And though
sin has done its utmost to weaken and
deface the once n0ble structure, in its
ruins it is grandly beautiful still.
.Whan woman, wisely conscious of
her inferiority, first' learns to view
‘ ‘ * ’ ’-‘' kea^ljfe ap..q
fwwmSF
and stern conflict, how docs her heart
swell with pride aud joy to recognize
that the being whom God has ordain
ed lo beher companion, guide and ruler,
is strong'. Strong iu mind to grap
ple with her difrfcnlties and solve
them; strong-armed to defend and
sustaiu her; and strong-hearted to
hear with her infirmities, and love and
cherish her through all. Happy is
that woman who God has thus bless
ed. The Pilgrims were no longer
afraid when they had got “Mr. Great
Heart’’ to be their guide.
Yet all .are not so. To weak men
the distasteful realities of life are an
unceasing source ot iritation and dis
content. They have no Ruth for the
heavier trials of her lot, but are ab
sorbed in the selfish contemplation ot
their own wrongs and burdens. It
this noble? is it wise? What advant
age that he was made a man, in the
image and likeness of bis Creator, it
he must sell himself a slave to petty
vices, and motives, and influences ?
Why not have been a woman as well,
or one of the lower animals even ? For
shame 1 Let him resume his discarded
birth-right and rise above the region
of gnats and musquitoes into the
clear and bracing atmosphere it is his
privilege to inherit.
May I be forgiven for mentioning
another, and alas 1 far more deadly
evil to which many of our young men
sell their strength ? I mean the evil of
intoxicating drink.
Here I recall a story from Jose-
phus. Not very accurately, I fear,
but enough so, perhaps, for present
purposes.
Three young Courtiers made each
an ovation, on as many successive
nights, before Darius, King cf Per
sia. Their subject was—“Which is
the strongest, the King, or wine, or
women ?” The first proved conclusive
ly what every one knew already too
well, the almost unlimited power
wielded by an Eastern despot. Tlie
second agreed so far, but argued that
wiue was even more powerful since
that Foreign Lord himself had been
known to yield to its influences. But
Zerububel, a Prince of Judah, con
tended that the honor of superior
strength should he given to woman.
He had seen the Queen frown upon
the King in anger and slap his face,
while instead of instantly calling for
the executioner and his bowstring, the
latter only laughed as he kissed her iu
return.
I am inclined to look upon this as a
solitary instance, however, or else the
times have changed for the worse
since those of King Darius Any wo
man who would venture now to an
grily slap her husband’s jaws, while
in his cups, would be more apt to
swell the list of “Horrible Tragedies”
in the columns of next day’s newspa
per than receive a smile and kiss for
her rudeness. Oh! why is it that our
newspapers are filled with unnatural
murders, and suicides, and horrors in
conceivable, but that men everywhere
will drink whiskey ?
“I write ucto you, youn<» men, be
cause ye are strong.” Ye may yet
be saved. Cast uot your manhood,
your glory, into this wretched slough
where runs down and accumulates all
that is disgusting and degrading in
human nature. “Shun it, pass not
by.’’ If you object that the habit
has grown upon you until you have
no longer power to resist, I ask, are
you sure of that ? Can you not forci
bly withhold your feet from the shops
where the poison is sold, or from the
houses where it is offered in wicked
hospitality?
“But I have lost the will to resist.”
Then save yourself against your
will, or without it, rather. You can
surely lock yourself in a room with
barred windows and throw the key
into tne street, when you feel the de
mon within arousing himself; or you
can engage some friend to tie you
hand and foot to your bed until your
ragings are stilled. Yes, I know there
is hnmiiiaiton—there is shame in such
an imprisonment, but only from your
having made it a necessity, and it is
incalculably more manly to suffer it
now than to yield. Is there no shame
no humiliation, in lying down to sleep
upon the lap of the vue enchantress
who has already, shorn your locks and
will soon deliver you up a bound and
helpless victim to every hatoful and
debasing passion? You must resist
her with the little strength you have,
and seize upon all possible helps by
the way. There are in medicine ana
hygiene many aids to overcoming the
inebriate’s thirst. Of these you may
ahd must avail yourself, and every
true man and woman will give you a
helping hand. Think but a moment 1
You are swimming for life. Should
you sink it will be not temporal death
merely; but soul-death—ruin—end
less, irretrievable and * unutterable.
And you who have but just entered
upon your downward course—who
think lightly of itaj dangers, and
boast of your power to stop at a point
of safety, are you sure you know
where that point is ? Remember,
“Wine id a mocker.” You may pass
it ere, in your headlong career you
know whither you are tending.
Stay I I entreat you. Stop right
where you are! It is a fearful thing
to trifle with temptation.
That ve may be strong,! pray God.
E. M.W,