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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.
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