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ymiff's sunny musing* feed our sense, .f into tiie heart of all things stealing l llor 'i„ *m spelled ears divine her utterance, I? 0 * ,., im . 0 rd more than musically feeling! r * 1 in a whirl of sunshine while it listens, st .cs heaven its audience proclaim, ' -l the charm in moro than language glia- Kne Ltod 10 call each other by their name. PJ*;., u „, has in usings while be lies in state, Kihouirlu upon his moveless lips reposing: K ° „/ I V aco beyond the ruuge of Fate, li!pledge of Ever to his dead disclosing. li’jL than a breath there lingers yet to die, Ra oil liow deathless his soliloquyl Lyhonias Gordon Hake in London Academy. THE TWO VISITS. mother, aud from that time on he her no trouble-in such ways. And o' coarse Mr. Van Dylte has been a great help to me in the training of our chil dren.” One of the pleasantest memories of the visit was theu recalled, that of the ihildren’s hour, which Longfellow has immortalized in that sweet poem, be ginning: Between thedark and the daylight. When the night is beginning to lower. ' Comes a pause in the day’s occupation Which is known as the children’s hour. How beautiful it was to see that MORIT’JRNS. I feel the slow, soft shadows In the room And through the curtains 1 can faintly see The patient face that was so lunch to me When life and love and hope were in their bloom; Through all the mist, through all the deepen ing gloom. It gazes down in mild serenity. As if to make as gentle av may be The echoing pathway leading to the tomb. Oh, Mother, let me grasp thy hand while yet My eyes can see thoe; let thy lips touch mine. | Thy cool hand trembles, and thino eyes or wet. - — Th® tears I weep are tears of joy divine. “°. th ®T,f ^ her her “***• flock about her ““ «" e B f «'*"*•. _ money for sac* sport?’ persisted Stardi ZL . “ g00d ■ h 2: or read to n^r ‘ m ° whUB Uloa “* vunt. ‘‘Yon lookseedy enough, my fine them, or recite some pretty poems, and - & ■hoot me yon will simply prove yourself afraid of me. Take your seat at the table, and 1 will make my words good.” There was something in the calm, stern manner of the stranger that seemed to render the gambler powerless. He hesi tated a moment and then said bully- iugly: “1 never play with a man whose face I cannot see.” “Never mind my face; if you are not afraid of losing yon shall see it when 1 am done with you.” “But how do I know that yon have We eonthe the child for some wlthholden pleasure. Till sweet eyes smile that were so fain to weep, “Tomorrow—only wait until tomorrow— After you sleep.” So wo are soothed with solemn dreams of heaven. When earthly days no further solace keep; Hope tells us there shall be a happy morrow— After we deep. —Anne It. Aldrich In New Orleans Picayune. It was on ft cold night in November L t l drew up my comfortable chair L.fore a cheerful blaze in my Rimply furnished, pleasant library, and with Ly head resting on the pillow of the Lair fell to meditating. I had just re- lunied home after paying two short Lits to dear old friends of my happy Lliool days, who for ten years had been distresses of their own homes. 1 was tying, as 1 sat there, to answer the Luestioii why it was that i had enjoyed |,v visit so much more at Mrs. Van dyke’s than 1 did at Mrs. Barstow’s. d,tti ladies were bright, cordial, euter- uiiiug, intelligent and exceedingly sjntalile, and 1 had looked forward for years to the pleasure of visiting cin in their own homes. They were living in inland cities about miles apart. Both of these friends tarried lawyers, who were already ruing good incomes, and both families the entree to the best society. The homes of these friends were not jly comfortable but exceedingly taste d and pleasant, and the children in juth homes were bright, handsome and rry. with plastic minds ready to be liolded by their parents. Vet with all this similarity in the so ls! position of both families, iti the in- fcuies they received, in the homes they id built, in the education of the rreiits and in their church relations be atmosphere of theso two homes was ry different, and a visit in the one was peat contrast to the other. 1 recalled many incidents of the two sits, and they convinced mo, and re strongly than ever before, that mother makes the home. Her taste methods, her ideas, her example tr influence, her spirit are all im s-ed upon the household and create atmosphere. At Mrs. Van Dyke’s not only was all household machinery so woll oiled lat its running was noiseless, but there no friction whatever in the family^ household arose betimes, in the old shhmcd way, and all the children e ready for breakfast when the meal announced, and they appeared ap- jprutely dressed, and each with hap- face bidding their parents, each er, and the guests a pleasant good kniihg. Then after morning prayer, 'which tlm servants participated, each the older children quietly disap- red from the sitting room to attend I a few practical duties before getting idy for school, apjseariug ere long. |tli books in hand, for a goodby kiss to hear the last cheery word from iier as they started out. | With perfect composure, and with no .rent trouble, a few frieuds were 1 to dine one evening, and a most blightful visit enjoyed. The flowers. |e glass, the silver, the tabhylinen were fnnisite, and the dinner of only four ses was well cooked, homelike and til served, while the feast of reason. Je quick repartee, the witty stories, the uf political, social and literary talk tre not only a pleasure to all the older hut a source of education and cul Into the children. Several such in- nual companies were entertained at Van Dyke's while 1 was there, hi every department the household lemed to move along harmoniously and fthout apparent exertion or undue care the part of the mother. The home * at all times in perfect order, and without stillness or angularity visi 1 anywhere. remembered going into one of the |iWren’s rooms to look at a gift of a Dtty picture, and as little Mary opened bureau drawer 1 noticed how neat and Tly it was as was also her closet here tho shoes and rubbers even were hack against the baseboard with hilarity and precision. 1 asked Mrs. V* Dyke when we were alone if Mary, "'as nine years old, arranged her and drawers herself, to which «>ou her mother replied: rCertainly. 1 taught all my children fore they were two years old to be or- fly- Even at that age,” she said, fou know they are very imitative, and *>' love to do little services for their “fliers. I showed them just how to [j fl'eir clothes and shoes away in an P er *y manner, and bow to lay things I tlieir drawers and keep them neatly, Van early lessons they will never for- l believe,” she added, “no matter many servants one can afford to Ive it is well to teach children to he ” Pliant, and to do everything Mnptly and well. Snch teaching a vast amount of work and of un- cessary friction through life. True it mat some children seem to have nat- hy more of a bump of order than aws > bnt the orderly habit can be cul- fated. if the hanging loop of Mary’s nr/1 oi*l XT lxoo talk with them about their lessons, and after dinner play a few merry games with them. Then when bedtime came she excused herself for half an hour and ataid with her children as they pre- —Burton Egbert Stevenson In New York Sob. THE FATAL CAED. pared for bod. sioriPE sweet little f.vinua , ,h « MtasMppi river was to there, and with readied effort redd. ''$%gbjt££1l£ S-! U JADIS.” SSL » iV “ “ Over the flat fen country there were “There.” said the stranger; “1 have whlte m,sts , «“»* lt wa3 !llread y $10,COO there. If you can win it you ! growing dusk, but it was not going to shall do so.” { be very dark this summer night. The With an oath Sturdivant placed him-1 weeds had been cut and drifted down self yt the table and badohis challenger ■ stream in thick masses. A thin, middle unstudied effort guid ing their thoughts aright and bidding them happy good nights. That, she said, was one of her precious half hours which was seldom interfered with. do likewise. Those of us who had listened to this leans and the ports above were called, ! dialogue now gathered around Now the railroads have driven All the boats off the river. The former class of steamers were, in many respects, de- the table, expecting to see a Sfsene of more than usual interest. The granger had not raised his hat brim and bone of - ns had seen his face, but we all ffltfrom ! his general air and manner that Daniel: Sturdivant had at last met his match, j pant of the boat there was no one in _ - it wa8 a fja^ desolate aged man stood by the lock gates, watching an approaching boat. He was dressed in country clothes, but he had not the air of a countryman; he was pale, and had a look of experience. Save for the regular sound of the sculls every thing was quite still. Save for the man at the lock gates and the solitary occu- 1 couki not but contrast with all these figE. bu ttoeyne^e^to te Z vS'fe* rSSr I ZZ ! - — toreftoehow^Bret ,b. j *** nof.-Jbltv inti" repose of manner, ; los8 of the ^ there was 8nvoto 1 stranger was an nnnsually good player, j scene. g u S , 8 -,\ n ° rder ’ or more encounters between the more ! For an hour or more the playing went 1 The boat was rather a heavy tub, and “„, q ,r ,‘5°°. ^ ““ children and i aw i es s portion of the travelers, in which I on in silenc e. Tl»e stakes were Ugh and ! the man who was sculling was tired and much less enjoyment with them. There pistol bullets would fly rather too thiek 1 t . ho contest marked with raifc MnlL | oxlt of temper. As a rale, he was thought for the comfort of the steady going j Sl&rdivant exerted himself as he had ; to be a distinctly brilliant and genial people. 1 never done before, but to- spite of all his j young man: but he wanted to get on to The cause of such disturbance was ' e ® orts ke ^ ost steadily. By the expira- 1 Nunnishsm, which was five miles be- generally a quarrel over tho gaming 1 Hon of the time indicated above he had was continual friction in her household, and while there was no lack of love and confidence there was a lack of nnity, and consequently continual conflict. Two or three children were frequent ly late to breakfast, morning prayers were often omitted because all the family were late, at school time books could not be found, anti shoe buttons and mittens were missing, and there was a general scurry and commotion until - the children, with hurried and Dften reproving words, were started for school. Then Mrs. Bars tow had many little things to do which the children should have done, for the entire house was in confusion. This hindered the mother from attending to her own duties at the proper time, and through out the household this lack of prompt ness nud order was felt, and much which otherwise would have been easy to ac complish was made difficult. To Mrs. Barstow, therefore, it seemed great undertaking to give a dinner party. Theu, too, she attempted an elaborate affair with seven or eight courses, with decorated menus and much expense, a dinner that required most of her time and thought for sev eral days, and the time of her servants, as well s* the eyjxmse of. Ipring extra help. All these preparations^ e x- tansted the hostess that she could not enjoy her guests with the zest she might otherwise have had, and the effort made was uncouscionsly felt by the guests, and it hindered perfect ease and un affected pleasure. I meditated, too. on the constant friction which engendered discussions, harsh criticisms, hasty words-and fret ted spirits. All this led the children, interesting as they were, to grow dis respectful toward their parents, which did not tend to increase the love and interest ^Jriends. It was seldom that the evening hour was a happy or restful one, for tho moth er. worn and weary with the many per plexities and cares of the day, was too often unable to be merry with or atten tive to her children. Their voices and their noise disturbed her and the moth er's fretted spirit was contagions. The little ones were hurried off to bed with an uninterested nurse, and Mrs. Barstow’s h of relief was significant. When 1 left one homo with reluctance, where the order, the repose, the easy hospitali ty had cheered and delighted mo, 1 was ready to leave the other, where even my own spirit became fretted before the day set for my departure. in tho quiet of my own home, and by that cheery blaze in the twilight hour, 1 said aloud: “And all this difference which made one home 60 delightful to visit and the other so mnch less agree able, can be accounted for by the order and promptness and harmony in tne one, and the disorder and dilatoriness and friction in the other. The good cheer and respect shown to parents in the one and the lack of it in the other; the ease of entertaining in the ppe, tiio harden of it in the other; the time which the parents devoted to their children in the one home, the absence of such devotior in the other; the happy, peaceful spirits in the one, the fretted spirits in the other; the close fellowship between p; ents and children in the one and la .ar- ack of such sympathy in the other; all this,’ 1 said, “is the result of good early train ing, or a lack of it, in snch habits as must have a powerful influence in every home, which will be felt through life. r Fair faces beaming ’round the household hearth. Toting joyous tones in melody of mirth. The sire doub.y living in his boy,' ■' And she the crown of all that wealth or joy; These make the home Uke some sweet lyre given To sound on earth the harmonies of heaven. ^-Standard. should give way,' so orderly has ht-coiuo she would not for a moment n , of hanging it upon the hook until “ Joop was mended.” 1 this I recalled as I sat there, and w hat my friend said about her Jms- when j ha^ remarked that 1 had cr seen a gentlemen who seemed id “ «o little trouble about the house, ue w M a surprise to me in that re- • said Mrs. Van Dyke. “1 told “°°n after we were married that J. accustomed to see men leave thing about for some one to pick * d asked him how it happened that 80 u °at and orderly. He said when he was about thirteen years id y, “ otic ed that his mother picked up , P ? w »y what he had left carelesa- Syj. N b«4 Vwd pp ,u drawers his mother, without a P«j»o and regulated thetd, and he ®ded one day that fie How to Make m Bulldog Let Go. Says a breeder of bulldogs: “The quickest way to release a person from the jaws of a bulldog, if be be unfortu nate enough to be bitten, is by catching the dog’s hind paw, in the center of which is an exceedingly teu^t spot called |he heaft. ^h$ shguld be pres jfean bettor, the paw taken into the month and bitten with the teeth. The dog will relinquish the hold at once, is a desperate remedy, bat a sure one, and one that is resorted to by the pro fessional dog fighters."—New York Her ald. ■ Preserving A method of impregnating logs with zino chloride in order to preserve them is now in use in Austria, being known as the Pfister process. The timber is impregnated in the forest as soon as pos sible after it is felled.—New York Times. A M?W SURVEY. Of the Line of Clarke ^and Oglethorpe There has been some dissatMaciion as *n the county 11”“ between Clarke snq O-rlethorpecoupes. This will di“d very soon. Br f. C. M, i"’’ raua .5 Clirke countv Surveyor, and ThOB, H Mos®. the surveyor of Orletborpe will anew line on the 25th inst- Tho j-h on* oay that he was some- Harvey wiT' prrhably change ihe loca- fettw able to do till this than his tiou of the lino in some places. table. The regulations of the boats usually required that all such amuse ments should be conducted iu a saloon provided for that purpose in the “Texas” (officer’s cabin), situated on the hurricane deck, but the sporting gentlemen were by no means caref nl to observe this rule, and the gaming was most commonly carried on at the dining table in the main saloon of the steamer, to the great annoyance of two-thirds of those on board. Many professional gamblew used to make these boats their homes, traveling back and forth with them, fleecing all who were foolish and verdant enough' to fall in their clutches. One of the most remarkable men of this class was named Daniel Sturdivant, a Frenchman, the son of a broken down scion of nobility who had settled in New Orleans before the transfer of Lonisiana to the United States. Stnrdivant had been raised a “gentleman” by his aristo cratic father, but on coming of age and finding his fortunes very bad. had taken to cards as a means to better them, ilis sncMLSsJu this field was so great that he waoVV^—r , '^-> «-Qntiune it, until at the time of wnT«?rs3iite be was one of the most notorious gamblers between St, Louis and New Orleans. Ho was a man of fine personal appearance and of great physical strength. He was also noted for his personal courage. As a gambler was most expert and successful. There were dark stories of deeds which he had committed while under the influ ence of play »nd liquor, and it was said by some that he had killed half a dozen men in his lifetime. Yet no one dared to speak these stories openh-, for no one dared to bring upon ImuseL AmLe^ger of such a man. He had attached himself to one of toe magnificent steamers plying between New Orleans and Vicksburg, and had publicly announced his determination to shoot any man who encroached upon his scene of operations. Of course this left him undisputed possession of the field, and he reaped a golden harvest daring the one brief year be conducted his op erations there. It was my lot at the time to be com pelled to make frequent trips between New Orleans and Vicksburg, being heavily engaged in cotton speculations. preferred the steamer of which Sturdi vant had taken possession, inasmuch as it was not only the most comfortable, bnt also the swiftest, and time was of the utmost importance to me. It was known that 1 carried large sums of money, and 1 was also aprehemdve lest Sturdivant should ask me to play. 1 had full made up my mind to re fuse him, and if he attempted to draw me into a quarrel to shoot him without inercy, as 1 knew that only chance fct Vrty life lay in getting the advantage of him. Strange to say, he did not make any snch proposition to me, and I gave him no chance to do so. One night we had started out from Vicksburg, and were heading merrily down the river, when Stnrdivant. came up to the group which had gathered around the stove. He had been drink ing. All made way for him. Well, gentleman,” he said in an un steady tone, “yon seem to be terribly dull. Who wants to play for twenty dollars ante?* ’ • There was po pppl?- All present teemed to know the man, and no one bared to volunteer to place himself in his clutches. Umphl” he exclaimed, with an ex pression of contempt, “afraid to try your luck with Dan Sturdivant, eh? Or maybe yon want a little coaxing. Some of yon most play with me. I can’t stand guoh treatment. Come, let’s see who it shall be.” He glanced around ttio as if to secure his. ytotinp Fpr tM first time I trtibe^ 'thp gaze of one of the group xed steadily upon him. He was a stranger to me iutd was dressed in a plain snit of homespnn, and his face was partially concealed by a broad brimmed sombrero, which was drawn down over it. Are you Daniel Stnrdivant, the gam- filer?’ be asked to ^ calm tone without rising. Sturdivant flushed darkly and gave the stranger a keen glance. “Some persons call me so behind my back,” he said insolently, “bnt no one would care to apply that term to me be fore my face." “Nevertheless,” said the stranger qui etly, “l want an answer—yes or no.” “Well, then, 1 am,” said the gambler. “What of it?" “Simply this," replied th$ gtrahger, it) have heard if said that you claim to be the fiest card player in the southwest. Uaveoopie 800 miles to prove you a liar. Sturdivant strode forjyard a step or two, and thrust his hand into his breast, as if to grasp a weapon. “gtop»” said tjie stranger. “If yon lost over $2,000. I noticed the flash upon his face deepen and a strange Hght come into his eyes. At last, with an ex clamation of triumph, he drew toward him the heap of notes. “That was well done.” said the strang er. “Yon are an expert at cheating. Bnt go on; I can best yon whether you play openly or dishonestly." Stnrdivant said nothing, bnt dealt the cards again. The hand was played and Stnrdivant was abont to seize the stakes again when the stranger laid down a card and checked him. The gambler ottered a sharp cry and sat motionless, with his eye fixed on the card, a worn and faded ace of hearts, with a dark stain across the face. Stur divant’s face worked convulsively as he gazed at it, and the spectators gathered more closely aronnd the two. wondering at the 6trange scene. “In (Joil’s name, who are yon?” asked Sturdivant, with his eyes still fixed on the card. “Look at me,” said the stranger quietly. As if powerless to resist, Stnrdivant raised his eyes to the speaker; Th? stranger raised his hat and sat looking at the trembling man with eyes which blaze/l with fury. Sturdivant uttered a groan and each back in his chair, with his face white aud rigid. The stranger with one sweep gathered up the money from the table and thrust in his bosom. “The ace of hearts is an unlucky card for you, Daniel Sturdivant.” he said coolly; “yon played it once when you thought it to your advantage. Now, God help you, for that play is returned.” As be spoke he raised a pistol which we had not seen, and befoitfwe could stop him aimed deliberately at the trem- biing man and fired. The gambler fell heavily upon the table a corpse, and the bright blood streamed over it, hiding the fatal card from sight. “Gentlemen,” said the stranger, ris ing to his feet as we stood paralyzed with horror at the dreadful scene, “that man ruined my wife and tried to mur der me. 1 have been hunting for him for ten years.” He walked slowly by ns down the stairway to the lower deck. Just as the steamer tonched at the landing he sprang ashore and vanished in the woods.—O. O. in New York News. yond the lock, that night, and he had been delayed by, the weeds. The gods had given him extraordinarily good looks and many other good things: i enough to keep him genial, unless, as ' on the present occasion, circumstances tried him severely. At the lock he I when one grows old or lies dying the drew into the bank and hailed the mid- | pl a titudes get to have terrible force— nots in it. r The table vis oa > native ser vant, who seemed affred cheeks and new boots. Hill went off to superintend the bosinesB of the inn. Philip was left alone with Jeanne. She told him to smoke and he was obedient; he also made her tell him other things. Yes, she had been to school at Nun- nisham—rather too good a school for her, she was afraid, bnt her mother had wished it. Her mother had taught her French and .a little mnsic. Music and drawing were the best things, she thought, bnt she liked some books. She owned that it was lonely at the inn. “1 am glad you came,” she confessed frankly. “Jeanne.” said Philip, “I heard yon humming a line or two of ‘Jadis’ before Bnpper, didn’t I? I wish you would sing it to me.” She agreed at once, crossing the room to a little cottage piano—rather a worn out instrument, bnt still a piano. The melody—plaintive, gentle, childish —of Jeanne’s sweet voice and the sad ness of the words, with their quaint, pensive refrain, did not miss their ef fect— For nothing further here I barn; A joy once lost cannot return. My heart asks only to be blessed "With an everlasting rest. He thanked her; he had liked that very mnch. “Why,” he asked, “were you startled when you saw me?’ Because you are a dream come true. 1 saw your face in a dream last night— as clearly as 1 see yon now. All this time 1 have been feeling as if I had known you before.” Really?” he said. He had not quite believed it. “How many things come true I One says things about the short ness of time or tho certainty of death so often that they lose all meaning; then THB EDITOR OF THE BANK3 COUNTY GAZETTE IS SCORED. THE POLICY OF THE PAPER Country Boys Make Good Soldiers. Within a year past the recruiting flag fias been hung out in many of our New England towns and villages by officers of the regular army detailed for the pur- >se of gathering volunteers to fill up ie ranks of Unple Sam’s forty regi- enta pf infantry, cavalry and artillery, recruiting stations were maintained only in big cities like New York and Boston, but the material secured there was not of the best Secretary Proctor had an idea that the country youth were better qualified, morally, mentally and physically, for a soldier’s life than the dregs of our floating nrban population, and under his direction recruiting par ties, eacli headed by a commissioned of ficer, were sent into rural New England, New York and. some portions of the west. The experiment is paic| to be working admirably sq far as the welfare of the atiny & oouaerned, though the officers do not enjoy the necessity of moving from one town to another, drumming np recruits as a crommercial traveler drums up trade. The new system of en listment and thdvarions minor reforms have had a marked and instantaneous effect npon the character of tfiq famy. The soldiers are happie^andn&fire Vff' tented, and desertion^ supk "fewer it they have fieeii for many years.—Boston Journal. die aged man who still stood watching him. “Hit what are the weeds like above the lock?’ “Very bad, sir.” The answer was given in a serious, respectful voice. The young man swore gently to him self. “Is there any place near here where 1 could put up for the night?’ ’ “There is only a public house, sir. 1 am the landlord of it—my name is Hill. 1 could give you a bedroom, a little rough perhaps, but” “Good—a bed and some supper—cap ital! That is the only bit of luck I’ve had today.” As he was speaking the young man picked up a small knapsack which was lying iu the stern of the boat and jumped out. He made the boat fast and joined the landlord on the tow path. “It is this way. You will let me carry that for you. sir. As they walked aloug the brilliant young man—his name was Philip Vince —chatted freely. He was taking a holi day up the river and was to have joined a friend at Nunnisham that night and then gone an wifjr him the day after. He told the landlord a 1 ! this and also surmised that Hill was noli* native of the fen country. “No, sir,” was the answer, “I was valet to Sir Charles Sulmont. You have perliaps heard of him. Philip had never heard of him, bnt said that he had. “When Sir Charles died ho left mo a little money and I married a maid who waa theu in Lady Snluieut’s service. 1 bought this house with a little assistance from her ladyship and settled here. 1 was very young then and 1 have been hero eighteen years.” Philip gathered from further talk as they went along that Mrs. Hill was dead, and that she had left one child, Jeanne, a girl of seventeen, who lived with her father. When they reached the inn. Hill showed Philip a bedroom— a largo, comfortable room, and began to make some apology about supper. They very rarely had any one staying in the house, and there was nothing left but fiore Philip interrupted: ‘■‘■Yon would be doing me a kindness if you would let me have, supper with ypti and your daughter. 1 hate solitude. ‘ mean, if your—if Miss Hill wouldn’t object." “If yon really wish it, sir, I should fie very pleased; so also, 1 am sure, would Jeanne.” Hill was a born valet; he had the manner; if he had lived out of service for a hundred years he would have been a valet still. When Hill left him, Philip looked aronnd the room and congratulated himself. Everything was very neat and clean. The landlord was a capital fellow—a little splemn, perhaps, but still a capital fellow. This Was far above the accommodation which he had expected dust then a light footfall came np the stairs, and Philip caught, a snatch of a French song. The song stopped short just before the footfall passed his door. they come true. She was struck by that; she kept her eyes fixed on his and he kept on talking to her. He did not, as the time wore on, always mean quite so much as he said, and she meant mnch more than she said. That is a common difference between a man and a woman on such occasions. It seemed to her that now for the first time she really lived. After Jeanne had said,good night, Philip had some chat with her father about her. 1 expect that she will be engaged very soon, sir,” he said; “a young man called Banks—William Banks—is anx ious, and has spoken to me, and she likes him.” Now, I wonder,” thought Philip as he went up stairs, “why she never even hinted that to me. M’yes, I see.” Next morning after breakfast he went away, taking with him a few forget- menots, a pleasant memory and just the faintest possible feeling of remorse. They all faded. Furnishes a Text For an Excoriation From Mr. V. D. Lockbart, and Mr. Hames* Reply—Politics at the Bottom of the Row. San® population Statistics. In 1850 the states and territories west of the Mississippi river had an aggregate population of 1,720,844, and the country west of the Missouri, excluding Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri, had; a population of only 182,507; iq other words the population of the' vast region west of .the Missouri to 1830 was not as large as the population of Omaha is to day.—Edward Rosewater’s Omaha Ad dress. A Deposit of Cold Lead. Cashier (to tough looking customer)— Do yon wish to make a deposit? Tough Looking Customer (presenting pistol)—If necessary. Out wid de boo dle!—Kate Field’s Washington. BUCKLES ARNIC SALVE. Tae Brat salve In the world for Cuts, B uis -a. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rbeuc, Fever S. r s, Tetter, Cl apped Hands. Chilblains Cor is, and alt Ski a Eruptions andposi;- ivelv cart-8 Pilts, or no pay required# It is guaranteed to give P' fl-cl satisfaction, or money return'd. Price 25 cents per box. Far f a'e bv J >* n Crawford & Co, Palmer & Klnnebr.w. ; -mm lo, and Jeanne had seemed so quiet and de pressed of late that her father, in order to cheer her np, had invited Mr. Wil liam Banks to spend the evening. Mr. Banks was a small shopkeeper in Nunnisham, /nd considered to be no mean wag by tnfik^M{ho knew him. Yet he felt unable to cheer her np. “Suit- posing we had a bit of a toon, Jenny, be suggested at last. ' : , She was quite docile. She played one thing after another. Suddenly she be gan “Jadis." 1 don’t understand French myself,” Mr. Banks remarked, “but the words of a song don’t matter.” She had never thought much about the words herself before. But now— Since no more his lore I be Nothing further pleases me. Her voice faltered a little, but she sang on to the end of the verse— My heart asks only to be blessed With an everlasting rest. Yes, the song had “come true.” Just there she gave way and began to cry a little. A week afterward Mr, Banka an nounced that his attentions to M>«h Hill were at an end,—Speaker. Hombb, Ua., May 18.—for some time ast the Banks County Gazette has een cor ducted as a red hot Third party organ, its editor being Mr. Joseph S Barnes. It was to be expected that, as a Third party organ, the Gazette would raise a row which culminated yesterday in a salty communication from Mr. V. D. Lockhart and in an editorial rejoin der from Editor Hames. In Mr. Lock hart’s open letter to the editor, that gentleman Bays: A few of the leading citizens of Banks county had started aoounty pa per and leased it to a gentleman with the understanding that he was to run it in the interest of the people who owned it, and with that they passed resolu tions positively committing the paper to the organized Democratic party and its principles, and that contrary to the express orders of the company yon had converted the paper into a political nondescript—“going over to the enemy.” I shall not stop here to discosa the legal rights you may have to join the third party, to favor prohibition, to ad vance doctrines of social equality, or even to announce yourself a candidate; for you have doubtless done all these, either directly or indirectly, since you have been among us. But I do say that if the gentlemen who gave their money to this enterprise had known that you intended to prostitute our county paper and almost rain it, as you have done, you would have never had control of it. Aftor publishing my entire article from The Eagle (for which I thank you), you go into along string of per sonal rid'cule directed against me. You commence flinging mud and ridionle before I even announced that I am a candidate. Yon attack me as a private citizen. Wait until I am before the leople before you vent your gas on me. p see your wonderful acuteness has dis covered in my article the “smouldering fires of my long pent up senatorial as pirations.” You have discovered more than any one else, for I assure you that I have not the remotest idea that I shall ever be a candidate for any office what soever. You announce that you are ready, with all your ignorance, to offer your self as a sacrifice on the altar of public service. In other words you announce that you are a candidate, and that you are able to “steer clear of the low bar rooms and banqueting halls” of Atlanta. Ah! can you? Glad to hear that you have built up so much confidence in your own self, Mr. Hames. You are, indeed, a Christian gentleman. Bun really if you cannot publish a county newspaper for a company according ta the express desire of its founders and owners, it would be unsafe to trust you with an office. The merchants have stopped adver tising in your paper and the Gazette ia not todav worth one-half as much as an advertising medium that it was when the paper was edited by Mr. Rorie. You have allowed the paper to dwindle dowu from a staunch business enterprise to a “nothing patch,” run mostly by the Reform Press Association. I will take Deadhead. Fiends. The condition of mind which follows the receipt of a free pass has always formed a most mysterious Btudy to me. A perfectly normal and well balanced brain has been turned topsy turvy in a minute by the receipt of a free pass and never seemed to. Regain its equilibrium. There ia no. spectacle in the world more common than that of the man who takee ; the manager out to dinner, treats him to the most elaborate affair that he can buy and then falls into a condition of infantile delight when he receives the pass for which he has beep working. Ordinary persons will finy no end of champagne for a theatrical'man if they think there is a thing as a pass in t r sight. Xfiey struggle and scheme and Philip conjectured that this must be the I ^ and apparently the mon- daughter, and that it had been a French I«W fide of it never forces itself npon maid that Hill had married—tapes the I their judgment. nama Jeanne and that snatch of song; { Why a man will spend ten dollars in also that the daughter, had fieen warned I treating another in order to procure for of fiia arrival, and had gone to put on I nothing seats which he could have fier, pretty" dress. All of these con- jfecturea were quite correct. And yet when Jeanne entered the sitting room, a few minutes afterward, and saw Philip for the first time, she was so startled that she showed it slightly. Philip was also a little surprised, for a different reason, and did not show it at all. He had thought of the possibility that Jeanne might be pretty, and she was a beauty—a brunette, childlike in many ways, but with a woman’s eyes. Her voioe was good, and her first words showed that she' had some education. It took her about ten minutes to get from decided shyness to complete confi dence. Philip was feeling far too good- tempered to let any one be shy with him; he made Hill and his daughter talk, and he talked freely himself. He liked the simplicity of everything about him; he had grown tired of formalities in Lon don. He liked cold beef and salad, for h.e \vas very hungry, and—yes, above all, he liked Jeanne. What on earth were that face and that manner doing in a riverside inn? She was perfect; she did not apologize too much, did not get bought for three dollars is a mystery. It is said that after a man haa once seen a play from a deadhead seat, he can never witness a performance afterward from a seat which he has purchased. After the habit is once formed the vic tim is forever afterward irresponsible.— Efiakely Hall in Brooklyn Eagle. Salvation Army Women Go Alone, In the course of a talk by Mrs. Bal- lington Booth somebody asked her if the Salvation women did not need escorts in going about the city’s notorious quarters as- they do, and she told him, “No; it would take too much time to protect the escorts,” The women are fearless and are almost never molested.—New York Times. Photograph! at Any Time, A French inventor haa devised a pended camera, by means of which pho tographs may be taken on board of a ship even when the sea is running high. —New York Journal. _ A' Young Lady’s Death —Sunday flurried, did not have red bands, spoke j afternoon at five o’clock Mis* Stella correctly, laughed charmingly—in a word, was bewitching. Really, he was glad that he had been prevented from going on to Nunnisham. Toward the end of supper he discovered that she was wearing a white dress with forgetme- Moser passed into the spirit world after a lingering illness. The burial’ took place at the Georgia Factory burying ground yesterday afternoon. The be reaved relatives have sympathies of alL Bank&County Gazeete, makes the fol lowing reply: The doctor says the citizens started a county paper and made a mistake in leasing to me. If the leading citizens were so exacting in the policy theu wished the paper to maintain why dicl they not run it as their property, em ploy me to run it and pay me for my services, or hire some other man ? Why didn’t the leading citizens come up ah the expiration of my hired contract antk pay me the sal iry they had promised me and that was then due, continuing- the business on, defraying its expenses, and reaping its benefit? Why did you stockholders rush at me with imploring tales, supplicating me to purchase your stock, importuning me to such an ex tent that my interest for yon being aroused I bought without even the shadow of means with which to pay you? Why did you, to some extent, l oroe me to buy several shares, promis ing me your continued support as an inducement and pleading in your own defense for withdrawing your patron age that I haven’t “toted fair?” You lease me the business ata ruin ous price in order that I might con sume another year to pay myself out of the business the wages you promised me (or my services the year before, (that being my only chance except to. sue), you sell me your stock in spite of my protestations that I don’t want to break the enterprise, and then demand that you shall have Che right to muzzle my month and dictate my polioy. The doctor says that they attaoked him in privacy and ridiculed him. I did, but I am willing to leave the mat ter to disinterested parties to decide as to whose language was the most un generous. He says he is not a candi date. I was mistaken and beg his par don,. It is not necessary for me to say whether I am a candidate or not. Tho people have formed their conclusions. However, I will have to serve the peo ple if they demand my services. Greatinterest is being taken by tho people in the above controversy, and many predict thattbe end is not yet. Democrat: The Democrats of Banks are red hot. TRIBUTE OF LOVE. Bereavement comes some time like a thunder burst from a cloudy sky. Such is the case iu the death of little Philip Cheatham, the only son of Char lie and Alice Cneatham, but to the will of the King of Kings we must bow re membering that He who is able to give is also rifle to take away. The sorrow- 13 tricken and bereaved parents may ask why such an innocent, sweet and loving little boy as ours was taken away, we would refer them to some pages of the blessed Scriptures where the Lord said: “my beloved has gone down into the garden to pluck liilies.” And He says: “suffer little children to come unto me for suoh ia the kingdom of Heaven.” Our sympathies go out tor the be reaved parents, but we feel in this their greatest hour of trouble while they mourn the loss of their sweet little boy, he is playing on his golden harp in that house not made by hands eternal in the Heavens. Little Philip, thou art gone, Thy little crown to wear. Oh! may we all be able to meet You oyer there. iaStis tv
