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ATHENS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1S90.
V0L.58—NO.
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THE contest in the fifth district
Th<- prospects now are that Col
ston will he the next member
from the Fifth Georgia
Vu oT. mi'l that. Judge Stewart wih
ll>( j |,y ft large majority to re*
Jj,, .at home. In every debate Col.
■ sion lias had a decided advan
, i hantagonist, and carried
lll( . crowd with him.
Tim charge of Stewart that Liv-
'n.'.xtoii is an ot1ieei>Beeker anti a
demagogue ceitainly comes with
, a race from a man like the
Jinl ’C, who is recognized as one of
diL-grecdi^t, m- stiusatiatear.d per-
nt office-seekers in Georgia; and
tll demagoguery> Livingston can’t
l„, d a light to him.
W hen Col. Hammond represented
Kifi11 district in congress, Judge
M. w trt resorted to any and every
im-.ms t<> defeat him - actually drum.
inlll o „p votes for himself on the day
ol * ,.|ci lion, when his opponent had
mi ned home ami left the final do-
ell,I) to the people. We have never
I, ,,.I ( ol Livingston charged with
.m il practices.
Hut there is a stronger plea than
tin. wl;v Livingston should be elect-'
,•1 i - congress. He is a representa-
ij vi . ,,1'ilic funnels, ami is pledged to
th. ir interests ; wliile Stewart repre-
nothing but bis own amhitiiai,
.,nd is outspoken in opposition totho
Suli'Tieasury Gill ami every measure
nf n lii f deinemien by itie Alliance,
i-.farmer u> vote I'm Stewart • vei*
Livingston would be to gobackupon
Hie principles of the Alliance, and
tighten tlm chains of bondage that
In- has so long worn. r
One thing is clear : The agricul
turalists of our country can never
Impe for relief as long as they keep
n, t ongress representatives who di
vide every petition that they present,
and .-ire working only for the cities
ami eapilalisls.
Judge Stewart, is a lawyer, and has
im alliliaiion with or sympathy foi
fanner; Livings!,on is Imtli n
hit nu r and an AUiaocenian, and ii
In- is sent to congress, his whole aim
and ambition will be to secure the
(•iiaei.incut of legislation in the iu-
tiiesl of our stiiiggling Idlers of the
\\ e r.-mnot. see how any man who
di" his support from the ground
Min. for an instant, halt between two
■ millions, when it ironies to a vote for
Si, wirt or for Livingston.
due is your tried and true friend,
who will give you his entire time and
talent. The other, at best, cares no
in*iii- about the farmer than he does
im the dumb eattle that you work,
exceptto get your votes.
Judge Stewart has already been
weighed in the Sub-Treasury bal
ance. and found wanting ; and has
even added insult to injury by first
refusing to stand by the Alliauce in
m im t and righteous demand, and
then ridiculing litis organization for
asking; the passage of a Gill that its
best, snd wisest leaders decided was
tin* only salvation for our farmers
hom the despotic power of trusts,
&l>eetilators and extortioners.
Let tin- farmers and the Alliance-
then of the Fifth district stand by
L'ii.gsion. lie is llieir candidate
mi l then* friend, and will do manly
battle* Ibr their rights and liberties
1 ' > l'.*i led to congress.
•bulge Stewart is the candidate of
ll "‘ politicians,and lias ahead}’ shown
t't 't lie will he the rapreseulalivc in
c<, neie.ss of the favored few’, and use
hi* vote anil influence to oppress the
masses.
ih
Henderson, and I e it thns capturing
a tew votes ; but when the people
are heard, they never tail to declare
lor Hunnicuit. Ho, will be the next
Commissioner of Agriculture, and in
this great farmer, will our agricul
turalists have a tried and true friend.
When he is in ollice, there will be no
extortionate price placed upon the
commercial value of fertilizers, to de
ceive and mislead the tarraer.
COL-
!N
TOM HARDEMAN STILL
SEARCH OF AN OFFICE-
The latest news is that since Col.
Tom Hardeman has marched up the
Gubernatorial bill, and then march
ed down again, that the old gentle
man has been urged by his friends
to enter the contest for President of }* ur P riscd at the nu ® b “ of black
howl of indignation among the free
and independent tillers of the soil
that it even reached the gates of
Atlanta.
This thing nf ring rule is at. an
end in Georgia. The da}- has past
when a few politicians can meet in
Atlanta, and by appointing leaders
over the State, coerce the people into
supporting a candidate. The farm
ers propose to think and act for
themselves, and the candidate with
out a campaign committee will find
himself much better off than the
man with sucli a backing. Had the
Atlanta etowil persisted in forcing
their lines on the farmers of Geor
gia, Col. Norlhen would have been
MR. J. B. HUNNIC'JTT.
Htis distinguished farmer, who is
l * lt ' people’s candidate for Commis-
"f Agriculture, is sweeping
b‘i* Siat e like a tidal wave, and se-
‘ "o - ten votes to Henderson’s one.
farmers and Alliance have ac
t ' pt<*il Mr. Hunnicuit as their stand-
jr bhearer, while the politicians are
8 f ' M, iuing Col. Henderson. This lat-
nilleinan bitterly fought his
going before the people, and
insult to their intelligence
now to ask their support,
unnicuit is the candidate of
ler
fc l'-*( tinn
is an
i" 1 tiiin
Mr. 1|
f l^oph'j and will represent the
^ fin< ls all d their interests if elected.
. bn iigi, Mr. Hnnnicntthaa spoken
( | ' 1Uso ° all over tlm State, even his
S j l<ll, ' os have not dared to utter a
U ” * Word reflecting* upon his lion-.
Jt| ’ ^'araeter or ability. In this cor-
a "'‘> s,K 'h a pure and spotless
lntr '" ccrtain| V a high endorse-
I — ^nt and conclusively shows tbat.T.
t v . UnDici tt is the man to guard
‘Qterests of our farmers.
i n * e town r, ng8 are at work pack-
conventions in the interest of
the State Agricultural Society, made
vacant by the resignation of Col.
Noriben. This was once a very for
midable position, and was acknowl
edged to be the best stepping-stone
to ollice in Georgia; but since the
Alliance has been organized, this so-
called Agricultural (?) Society has
been on the wane and it is now noth
ing but a cheap side-show to the
great farmers’ movement.
We are in favor of Col. Hardeman
being elected to this position. It
will suit him to a niceity, for he will
find in its members a set of plug hat,
swallow-tail-coat farmers (?) from
the towns and cities. His refined
and sensitive nerves will not be shock
ed by the sight of cackle-burrs in a
member’s hair, or his democracy and
patriotism rasped Gy such harrowing
propositions as the Sub-Treasury
bill. In fact, Col. Hardeman will be
at home in the President’s chair of
the State Agricultural Society, and
this position seems to us as his
allotted sphere in life. If the Colonel
don’t get the new Gubernatorial coat
being made for Northen, he can at
least wear his old cast-off garment.
Col. Hardeman made the happiest
hit of his life when lie withdrew from
the contest for Governor. His pyro
technic announcement, and sudden
collapse, reminded us of an old story
told by Judge Rice:
The Judge says he was once at
tending court in a mountain county,
where the crowd all got gloriously
drunk, which wound up in a free-
Ibr.-all light. When the combat was
at its warmest, a fellow came rush"
mg up to the crowd, shucked his
coat and throwing it on the ground,
yelled out as he sailed in:
“I want it distinctly understood
that Bill Jones’ is in this fight.”
The words were scarcely out of the
now recruit’s mouth, when some one
struck him behind the burr of the
ear, and he took a double summer
sault, landing on top of the coat he
had just discarded.
Gradually picking himself up, Bill
gently put ou his coat agaiu and
modestly remarked to the crowd:
“I want it distinctly understood
that Bill Jones’ is out of this fight—
for he feels indisposed.”
Thus it was with Tom Hardeman.
Encouraged by tiie largest of the big
dailies, and the applause of the poli
ticians, Col. Tom sailed into the
Gubernatorial arena, and laying ofl
his coat went for Col. Nortjren and
the Alliance. Just at that time
Gwinnett county took him a lick
behind the burr of his political ear,
that landed the old man back in
Macon.
He was so stupefied by the stun
ning blow, that it took several days
to recover himself; when he compla
cently put on his coat of private life
and answered a letter, that in
substance said:
»•I want it distinctly understood
that Tom Hardeman is out of the
Gubernatorial fight—for he feels in
disposed,”
It was not necessary for him to
send that Doctor’s certificate, tor no
one doubted the fact o( his being
sick.
Col. Tom Hardeman is a good and
honest democrat, and we wish him
long life and happiness in his retire
ment to private life— which the Presi
dency of the State Agricultural So
ciety naturally means. We would
advise the old gentleman, however,
that the next time lie attempts to
run with the farmers, to see that he
don’t take hold of the loaded end of
this agricultural gun.
A GOOD RIDDANCE.
Col. Northen made a ten-strike
when he disbanded that self-appoint
ed campaign committee in Atlanta,
that was trying to conduct his race,
This committee started out with a
serious mistake, by appointing a lot
of lawyers and merchants all over
the State to boss the farmers in their
votes—and this insult raised such a
balls placed against him in the bal
lot-box, even did he have no oppo
sition.
But all is now well. That Northen
campaign committee in Atlanta is a
thing of the past. Their subordinate
district executive committees were
never confirmed. The people are
triumphant, and W. J. Northen is
the candidate of the people, and on
their free and untrammelled ballot
lie relies for support.
Do not let us hold Col. Northen
responsible for the insults that his
self-appointed groomers attempted
to place upon our farmers. This
gentleman was in no manner respond
siole for the blunder, and this be
proved by at once returning to At
lanta and dispersing the little band
that had formed for the purpose of
reaping the laurels of his assumed
victory, and afterwards trying to
dictate his public policy.
Northen will be a Governor elec tint
by the people, and will owe his alle
giance solely to the people. That
campaign committee was but a flash
in the pan.
It is now no more.
Peace to its ashes.
FRANK COLLEY
Endorsed by the Organized Democra
cy of Madison County.
We run the name of Frank II. Colley
to onr mast-head this week as the choice
of Madison county to represent the
Eighth Congressional District of Geor
gia in the wind Congress.
The overwhelming majority which
Madison county gave Colley over both
his opponents shows clearly, how our
people regard the unfair means being
used by tlie -ltev. Timmerman and a
few otters, to defeat him in his own
county. Madison county, the first to
let, has said by her vote that she does
not believe them, and the other coun
ties will doubtless speak in a like man-
r.
Judge Lawson, while entirely clear of
any connection with the matter, finds
himself pretty much in the position of
the persecuted philanthropist, who
prayed God that lie might be delivered
from his friends.
We congratulate the people of Madi
son ou their choice for Congress.—Dan
iels vi lie Monitor.
THE FIRST BALE.
It Arrives in Albany This Morning.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Albany, July 5.—The first bale of
cotton was brought in this morning to
S. It. Weston & Son’s warehouse by
Martin Davis, colored, of Baker coun
ty, and was sold at public outcry to H.
Hobbs, S. B. Brown and Chas. Wesse-
lowskey at 15 1-2 cents. It was classed
low middling and weighed 325 pounds.
It was raised by the colored people on
the place of the late Primus Jones, in
Baker county. It is the first time in the
history of the country that the first bale
was brought in by colored people.
Martin Davis brought in the hulls from
which the cotton was taken, as well as
a few open bolls, every pound this year’s
staple.
THE BARBECUES YESTERDAY.
Both Largely Attended and the
Crowds Satisfied.
The two barbecues came of according
to program yesterday, and both were
largely attended.
The one at Princeton was given to
the employees of the factory by Mr.
Hamilton, and these with their wives,
children and friends enjoyed the day
tlior-nglily. Col. Morton was the only
legislative candidate present, and he
put in some good work- He says he is
confident of getting the votes of a large
majority of the voters out there.
The other Iwirbeeue was given by the
friends of Mr. Cobb near Winterville,
and about two hundred voters of that
section were present. The eating part
of the program was especially good, and
both this and the speaki ng was enjoyed
by all. Mr. Cobb made a good speech
in the morning, and his friends say In*
added many votes to his already good
hold there.
PITTARD& SYKES.
AtThelr New Store on Clayton Street.
The firm of Pittard & Sykes have
moved their stock of goods from their
old stand corner of Lumpkin and Wash
ington streets, to their new place of
business No. 7 & 0Clayton street. These
young gentlemen did a splendid busi
ness at their old store,and having moved
into large and more desirable quarters,
and having added to their choice stock
of fancy and family groceries, we pre
diet for them a large anil more prosper
ous trade. They are hard workers,
thorough business men, and give orders
prompt attention.
Miss Mary Hamilton sailed from
New York yesterday morning on the
Cujjarder Umbria, for Liverpool.
ALLIANCE CHAT.
A REVIEW OF THE CONDITION OF
OUR FARMERS.
The Future Hope of the Country--The
Scarcity of Labor—The Sub-Treas
ury Bill Discussed—The Alliance and
Politics—A Chapter of Advice from
Tne Banner Editor.
The recent contest in Madison county
vindicated the Alliance against the
charge that the farmers eouhl be ruled
hy demagogues aul appeals to their
prejudice, and would try and dictate
the politics of Georgia. In that county
the Alliance lias an overwhelming ma
jority, and yet they defeated Mr
Olive, who was making the largest bid
for their votes. This election shows
that Ailiaiiceinen are controlled by rea
son, and that no man can ride them into
ollice on a hoboy.
**•*
The rains last week were not so gen
eral as we would like, but they reached
over a large territory, and saved the
finest crops ever grown in Georgia. i lie
oldest citizens say they never saw such
is plenty of time yet for the “dry
streaks,” but the scoruhiag sun rays
are telling on the crops. This year both
up-lands and bottoms have “hit,” and
if we do not have a ilood in the fall, our
barns will burst with plenty.
***
Farmers are at lease 25 per cent, bet
ter off than they were three years ago—
and they owe all of their prosperity to
tlie Alliance. They are working with
more heart and encouragement, and
practise rigid economy. The burthen
of debt is being slowly but surely lifted
front their shoulders, and for the first
time since the war there is a ray of light
before'them. Every man who dlls tlie
soil should unite with the Alliance. In
this organization lies their only hope for
relief anil protection.
*
* *
Farm lands are worth 50 per cent,
more than they were ten years ago, in
fertility. Farmers are taking morein-
tifrest in preserving their fields against
willing rains. Ilill-sides are ditched
or terraced, an increased quantity of
fertilizers are used every year, and you
now rarely see a gully or washed place.
In old times, a field was scraped over
for a few years, and then turned out.
Now such a practice is unknown. Deep-
plowing is done, and year by year the
lands increase in productiveness.
it
* *
One great drawback to our farmers is
a scarcity of labor. Each year the com
plaints on tins account grow louder.
1'bere are several causes for this: 1.
There is no doubt but that tlie negro
race is decreasing in numbeis, and the
women refuse to work in the fields,
while the children attend schools. 2.
An increased area of land is under culti
vation. 3. The sons of our farmers ipdt
the field as soon os they can secure a
job in a town, and we must roly upon a
thriftless arid lazy race for bauds.
* *
rn a 4 .' several plans to remedy
this evil. IThe first and most impoitaut
is the pass:.ge*of the*■ Sub-Treasury bill,
that will euable*the farmers to control
amt dictate tlie prices of the crop*.
When this is done and agriculture
made more profitable than business pur
suits and professions, you will see our
young white boys chug to the farm,
and clerks desert the yard-stick to guide
the plow. We must build lip and dig
nify farm labor, and make it profitable
to keep the rising generation at home.
This end can the best and speediest! be
attained by the passage of the Sub-
Treasury bill.
***
Then our Southern farmers must get
rid of those old fag ideas, and adopt
modern and improved methods of agri
culture. Prepare your fields so as to
make horses and machinery do the work
of negroes. Remove the stones, dig up
every stump, and by the introduction
of the improved agricultural imple
ment-, one. white man anil two horses
an tend as much land, and cultivate
it better, too, than a dozen negroes.
***
Then we can retire Coffee to the rear,
and gradually support him with a thrifty
;md industrious class of white labor.
Let us open our doors to welcome good
white emigrants. Tlie negro will lie a
boi.c of contention and au element of
Linger as long as ho remains among us.
This race is getting more insolent, ex
tortionate in their demands and dan
gerous in their tendences each year. He
must some day be supplanted, and the
sooner it is done the better for the
South.
***
Our people have pandered to the ne
gro’s whims, and taxed themselves luto
poverty for liis education. This race
has the hand of supplication ever ex
tended to the whites. And yet they
never let an opportunity escape to vote
against their benefactors. It is high
time that the negro was “toting his own
skillet,” and thrown upon ids own re
sources. When this is done, it will
be a great stride toward the relief of
our fanners. Abolish those negro
schools, and thousands of able-bodied
hands will be added to our supply of
field laborers.
»*.
The fanners must stick together,
work together and vote together. They
have the united capital of the world
against them, and they must throw a
solid phalaDX of votes against their ene
mies. Beware of selfish and greedy
politicians, who will try and ride you
into ollice. A man who is a true friend
to the alliance will not be actuated by
the hope or ollice. Follow the guidance
of leaders who ask no reward,
rather than of candidates'who are ready
to make any promise to get your sup
port.
•**
The Alliance must not be discouraged
because they do not succeed at once.
Take for instance the Sub-Treasury bill.
It may require ten years to secure the
passage of this great measure of relief
for our farnn rs; but you must be pa
tient and vigilant. Dont grow discour
aged. Thu Banker editor is enlisted
to the end, and he will stand by the
farmers as long as he can. wi. Id a pen-
Our cause is just, and right will evi
dently triumph,
***
Let every true allianeeman stand by
his principles, his order and its candi
dates. Do not let little internal trou
bles and dissension!! interfere with
the work you have to do. Every sub
alliance should wash Us dirty linen in
its lodge-room, and by all means pre
sent a compact and unbroken front to
the outside world.
dates. This was, we think, a mistake
that our alliance friends in Oglethorpe
made. They otttcially endorsed for Con
gress, Mr. J, T. Olive, a town lawyer*
who was not even eligible to member
ship in their order, anil whose only
prominent act was the introduction
into the legislature of a bill that the al
liance has already and most properly
repudiated. Besides, Mr. Olive is not
even committed in his letter of an
nouncement on the sub-treasury bill,
but makes a vague and sliding promise,
that means nothing.
•
m m
The alliance can’t afford to take up a
candidate unless he is squarely commit'
tod for them. Rigid at the heels of these
Oglethorpe resolutions of endorsement
Mr. Olive was overwhelmingly defeated
in Madison county, which is a rebuke
to the alliance of Oglethorpe for endors
ing him. This order cannot afford to
shoulder every man who happens to
have relatives m the alliance ranks.
They have great living issues to work
for, and must not be snatched off on
any side-track. 'The idea of an organi
zation of farmers endorsing a lawyer
who cannot ever enter their lodge-room,
is ridiculous.
***
We only ask the alliance to stand by
us, we ask neither their votes nor their
oHioi/ito •’u y j iioivt oil w ~tiv. II _ . . . » a
a prospect for corn and cotton. There ' no,,e ^ w® are only prompted by an
- - honest and earnest desire to lift up our
struggling farmers. If we can assist in
securing the passage of the sub-treasury
bill, it is all tlie honor and reward we
want. We want to see our farmers
placed in a porition wnere they can
price them our cotton, and not l>e forced
to buy and sell on the terms of the deal
er. We want to sec our great southern
staple bringing 15 cents per pound, and
our farmers become tlie most prosperous
people on earth. We are enlisted heart,
soul and pen with them in their great
fight, and do not intend to be dis
couraged hy either ridicule ormalice,—
bribed bv gain or deterred bv threats.
T. L G.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT
To a Horse--He Fortunately Escapes
U nhurt.
A very peculiar accident happened to
a horse Friday afternoon near Lyndon’s
planing mill.
It seems that a horse was tied near
tlm bridge, but became frightened and
broke loose, ruuning up the road to the
place it crossed the track of the C. & M.
railroad, and then turnekl and ran dowu
the track at a high rate of speed. It is
supposed that he did not notice the
trestle over River stieet, and that his
peed was such that he could not stop
himself in time, for no oue saw himjust
at this point.
W lieu next seen he was about midway
the trestle with both fore and hind legs
hanging through the spaces between
the cross-ties, and was frantically try
ing to get himself out of this painful
position. lie was seen first by Dr.
Lyndon, and out of the kindness of las
heart, he made his hands quit work ami
try to remove the unfortunate animal.
As soon as any attempts were made,
however, the horse succeeded in re
gaining his feet, hut only to fall par
tially off, his hind legs catching on the
fail, anil his head and body banging
perpendicularly. Alter swinging to
and fro in this most\remarkable and
acrobatic position, the poor animal
dropped a distance of about twenty feet
straight down upon liis head. lie roll
ed over on his Pack and remained in
this position so long as to cause the
The Congressional Race in the Fifth.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Atlanta, Ga., July 5.—The Con
gressional race is going to he an excit-
iog one, and it seems to me that Hul
sey’s candidacy has thrown the ehanees
in Livingston’s favor. Hulsey’s calcu
lation was to carry Fulton and DeKalb,
taking four votes from Livingston and
six from Stewart. But the last three
or four days have shown that Hulsey
is not as strong as his friends thought
him. I don’t believe he will carry his
own county, DeKalb. lie has solidi
fied,. the Alliance there in Livingston’s
favor, and people who know tlie county
say that it has at last settled upon Liv-
ingston.
On the other hand, Stewart has no
idea of relinquishing Fulton county.
Hulsey’s friends are at work, but they
are working with a forlorn hope. A
Livingston club isjorganized here anil is
getting in some good work. Stewart
would undoubtedly have carried the
county against Livingston, but in a
three-cornered fight—witli tlie Living
ston vote solid and tlie anti Livingston
vote divided—there’s no telling just
now what will happen.
Walton county, where Stewart and
Livingston spoke last, will probably go
for Stewart, liis chances, too, are im
proving daily in Douglass.
They meet to-day at Fairburn, Camp
bell county.
CHARLIE SCHUHARDT NABBED.
The Cow Thief Caught In Macon.
Charlie Schubardt, the well known
Athenian who skipped the town recent
ly with the money paid him for a stolen
cow, is again in the city. However, he
is not allowed the privilege of walking
our streets, and the bars of the jail are
between him and the outside world*
Mr. Martin, the gentleman who own
ed the cow, received word from Macou
that Charlie was there. He immediate
ly left for that place. He found Char
lie witii little trouble, swore out a war
rant for him and returned to Athens
with him safely in charge.
When questioned, Charlie says:
“D— n it, I don’t go stole no cow,” and
this about all that ■ an be gotten from
him. However diere is no doubt about
his guilt, ami be will no doubt rest se
curely behind the bars for some time to
come.
A Nuisance Which Should be Re
moved.—The citizens living on Prince
avenue report that the negroes prac
tising with their reels are a perfect
nuisance, and they should l>e stopped.
The negroes do good work at all the
fires which occur in Athens, and for
tliis receive the thanks of tlie eitizens,
but if they will practise, some place
should be given them by the city, where
their noisy yells and ptomiscuous
sprinkling of water would not so iu-
convenice our people. At certain times
it is very disagreeable for ladies to go
by the place on Prince aventie, and the
_ , ,, * . .. i itizens in this locality have good cause
Be careful how yon endorse candt- w # n
Children’s Department.
JENNIE’d COMMENOEMENT.
‘I handed in my essay yesterday, fur
corrections, you know,’ said Jennie Lan
der, at the break hist table, one morning
late in May.
‘And when is it you graduati?’ asked her
father.
‘Four weeks from to-day Commence
ment is.’
‘1 wasn’t thinking it was quite so soon,’
said her mother.
‘Nor I, either,’ said Mr. Lander.
‘Commeucemeut! I don’t a**e what they
call it a commencement for, win n it isn’t
the beginnintf, but the ending,’ commented
ten year oid Marian.
Jennie did nut answer. To her it was
the ‘commencement’—a new, giad hi go
ning of life, in earnest, though all her life
had been iflsd and all its yenia had been
new. Something in the name pleased her,
as though there was coming an opportu
nity to take a fresh hold ou fresh ChrU.
ian privilege and service.
‘I think,’ said the mother, ‘it is called so
because it used to come later in the season
They conferred the degrees at tlm begin,
ning of the school year instead of at its
close, didn’t they ?’
But no oue seemed to know, and no one
answered.
‘I euess,’ said the father, ‘ you’d better
I«-t Jcunie get her tixines out of fiiai mon
ey Cane paid me for the wimhI from the
tmek lot—if there’s enough letL’
‘Yes, l was keepiug it for that, and I
guess it will do.’
•Tne girls are all going up to the city,
Saturday, together, to buy tneii dressee,’
put iu Jennie, timidly. 'They say lliey cun
get iliiugs enough cheaper to more than
save the tare, and tli-y see a (letter ass rt-
ment to choose from.’
Well, you must im as your mother thinks
best ub'iut that. If she’s willing, 1 am,’
r joined Mr. L .Oder, as he rose from the
table and went out.
Said the mother—but just recovered
from a long illness, and stiff weak and thin
—‘Ruu to my drawer and get that old wal
let, dear, ana we’ll look it over.’
Yes,’ she went on, ‘litre’s just about
enouiih, as I thought.’
‘But, mother,’ put in the daughter, ‘you
weie going to have a new spriug drees out
of that wood money, and you haven’t even
anything to wear to graduation.’
‘Well,’was the repiy, with a little sigh,
‘we can only have ail there is, you know.
The doctor’s bill was so high, audyuuT
father had to have a com; hut 1 guess may
be '.here'll be some other way to get tlie
diess. I can manage, somehow.’
To ‘manage somehow’ meant, in ali prob-
abili.y, to go wiihou', Jennie Knew, and
she thought remorsefully of her own dain
ty spring suit, not ail new, to be sine, hut
constructed by her. mother’s wesk hands
duiing her convalescence.
The money for the pietty new goods to
add to the old, ant! the two o: three dol
lars for the simple hat, she remembered,
had come out of this same wood money ;
aid nos' her mother had Only a shiny
black silk, yeais out of dale, and her
iuucu worn black cashmere tu cnoose from
tor a spring toilet.
She went about her morning work with
a sober face ; ihe p o.-pect of a new white
cashmere, all damtify made and set off
with bits of inihrouiery here and there
mat you eoulu hardly tell from the nal
11 .Weis she was going to wear, did not re
joice her as she had thought it would.
Hei mother was looking over some little
diesses ot Marian’s.
When you go up-stairs, Jennie,’ she said,
I wish you to 1.0 to that trunk and gel
tnose things Aunt Mai sent us. There
ire two or three summer dr.-sses of Cousin
Lama’s. 1 believe that mull w-as her grad
uating dress. 1 want to fix up eou.e tliiugs
for Marian.’
So a lew minutes later the young girl
took from the trunk she had been scut to,
a ginghmu, somewhat worn, a lielit cam
bric, aud, careful y wrapped in a paper, a
dress of tine white mull, made in the fash
ion ot a lew years hi tore. It had avidenl-
ly been worn only once or twice, for it wa
not soiled.
‘My, what quantities of cloth there are
iu it. It is just as goud ms new, aud so
fine and pretty. If it were mull I wauled
now’—
How swift was the thought that flashed
through her mind—yet it was not quite a
welcome one—‘I could take ibis for grad-
uatiou, and then mother could have uek
dress.’
Her chin dropped into her hand, and
she sat quite still, ‘if I don’t, mother
can't have a thing,' and she knew bow lit
tle her mother’s wardrobe held, aud she
was ashamed to own to herself how hard
it was to gine up her own cherished plans.
She replaced the dress iu its wrappings,
and laid it with the others at the bead of
the stairs, that she might see it when she
Wont down, ana went to set iu order her
own little room. It was yet early when it
was done, and she sat dowu by the low
wudow to“ibink it oui.” The while fore
head was knitted in thought, and perhaps a
few tears fell before the decision was made
but there was a little prayer sent up, right
earnestly, aud a haunting reinemberaee
of the cay’Btext: “Bear ye oue another’s
burdens, and so fulfil the law of Cbr st.”
So it wra.with an unclouded face that
she re-entereo the sitting room.
“See here, mother, this lovely mull! It
will make a nice graduating dress, „uu I'm
going to have it; and now you can have
yours.”
“But you wanttd a cashmere.”
“Well, this will do, aud we’ll have as
pretty as we can. That money will get
your dress aud ray little things, too ”
O nee formed, her decision was final. It
was a cheerful givmg.r o one likis a raaoe
over dress for lies graduating gown, and
videos of the clinging cashmere she bad
renounced would sometime dance before
her eye, but she resolutely turned away.
It was hard not to go with the girls nu
their delightful shopping expedition onEat-
urday; but she diove her mother down
town in ihe old carnage, and toig >t her
disappointment iu the pleasure of choosing
her mother’s dn as o. soft, fine won!, a dark
gray, with si>k enough to uim a and make
a hide bonnet: and when alter her iitile
fineries had been chosen and paid tor, there
remained money enough lor a pair of gary
ki Is, to offset her own white ones,and some
dainty niching to match her own laces, she
felt herseit Wi II p*iu.
The mull gnVe no hint of previous ser
vice when its fresh suowy tolas were drap
ped about Jennie’s slender form. All her
flowers were real oues, and she had noth
ing to regret or sigh tor, when she !• oked
over to wher tlie little mother sat, Com
mencement day, in her pretty gray dress
with such tenner pride in her kind eyes.
And the n other was thinking, ns I do, that
such an aci of-Uioiighttui, cnee)ful self-
denial, was not nu inauspicious commence,
ment of|whatevrr graver and srunder tasks
lie beyond CommeiiciTuent Day.—G<-).«,*»
Rule
1 •• "i 'is* (• • * > *-.• ir *'- : *? '
RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.
iiiE uiuilriaT nuuffj
Does your soul regard earthly things as
the highest, and the business which rilates
to them as your weightiest employment ?
Then is your soul hke toe waves of ihe sea,
which are driven and blown by the wind-
it is Riven up to eterpnl disquiet amt
transient change. For manifold and varied
are earthly tliiugs, and whoever 'gives him
self up to ilieir dominion, liis soul is drag
ged higher in all directions by hope and
lear, by joy and sorrow, hy desire for gain
""d oy pain at loss. A- d how should u»*
the grace of die Lord and his peace make
their dwelling in such a disturbed soul! Oh
my friends wnativeriajihly calling may
be altoied us—however spiritual in its ef
fects— if its employments drive us forward
in breathless basic upon lire’s path; if we
think we can never find time to stand still
and to think where we are and whither w«
will go, and to reflect on the heavenly and
eternal cone, rns of our immortal souls* if
prayer has instils power and the Divine
Word us charm for us, then we have cast
away out life upon a tearful erior, iqron a
tl. edug dream; then are we, with all ..ur
apparent richuess in bodily and sp.fhnal
goods really—very po. >r.
friendliness.
Ii was a little luin K just to bring a pleasu
ant smile and a kradlJ-Good mor,.ing”i ltt o
the lowly room; to see the mute eyes of
ihe old woman pleased with her htidit
dress aud the ring on her hand; to seo
Kathleen resting a little from her woik
brightening with a hit or sell-respect that
“the lady" Should Call her; to hear of tho
hard times, and the long winter, and the
old woman’s daily failing; to listen to the
little homesick stories of Killarney-of the
okl cabin, aud the potatoes, and the pig;
the stormy voyage and the dreary,landing,
and troubled luture, aue how ‘ the mother’s
heart was broken entirely for home, poor
critter”—all the outpouring of ihe lonely
emigrant life. Avery hole thing—only
the ’ enp of water,” given from fountains
lull and ruuning over; hut dollars in g.„d
could I-Ot have balanced it to the bail-eyed
'girl going back to her soap.'Uili ami her
scrubbiug hoard, nor given, perhaps, such
pleagMUt fancies to the mute i yet* on the
pillow. It was the trieudliness ot the thing
that brought such real, warm, hummi h.Ip
with it where help was wus needed.
BEING HAPPY.
It is hy no means impossible to imagine
a world where existence would be const; m
suffering,the condi,ions now brought about
by disease the nomtal ones, the body such
mat evey tense should ue au avenue lor
pain, and every nerve a suing to vibrate
with agony. We might he as painfully
conscious of all the involuntary winking of
the vital organs as we are now blissfully
unconscious ot it; every breath might give
u» a twinge, ami every beat of the heart
thrill us with anguish. But so at tractive is
mere existence made that we always think
of an a.iim d’s file os joyous; and the high
er the creature, the in,ire iluense we sup
pose the joy in be. Not unnaturally, then
it is assumed that God meant human fife to
be accouipunied with the greatest pleas
ure; and the Search for lmppimss has a
pelfect)y reasonable basis.
T,he animals to which we attribute the
greatest enjoyment are not such as the
sponge or uie oyster,but those like the birds
or b.ittei files. No indolence and sluggusm-
ness, hut tireless activity, is ihe ideal of
pleasure, and the plea-ure is thought of as
proportioned to the net ion in t*iu allotted
shere. We find no evidence of cravings
destined to remain ungratified; and even
pain appear as a mercilul warning from
wnni! courses. Bo it is ordered of God
that happiness comes in the disclmge of
du'y, our unsatisfied longings only prompt
Us to seek that which can fill them; and
t ie tnquent disappointments and vexation
only tell us that we are wanderiug from
the right path and wain us against going
astray. Ti e wants of the humblest human
being can be met by nothing less than God:
they point to a blessedness that is higher
thau happine.-s, and is itself only a pro
phecy of future bliss. Whatever the man
of the world may gaio, whatever Chris-
tains may lack, the one must remain in
daikness that can he felt, the others have
in their dwellings the true Light.
The question how to be happy is no new
one. Centuries ago men weie seeking an
answer to it-,soiue found it,as they thought
ia deadening the heart until there should
be an utter indifference to pleasure and to
piio; others, iu the enjoyment of every
thing that could gratity the lower nature.
The philosophers that tried the one course
cut a sorry figure in history; the ruler of
the world at that period had everything
that he desired, and the men of his day re
presented him as by common consent the
most wretched of men. It was at that time
that a despised sect, iu an obscrue province
without comforts, and in peril of their lives
found the coveted sicret, and lived and
died happy because oi the love of a Saviour
n whose name they were le.ling others
the same secret How much improvement
on their method has world been able to of
fer since then ?—Golden Rule.
WHAT GAN 1 DU f
The Rev. Spencer Compton, the earnest
evangelical minister in Boulogne, Fraoce,
relates the following inciih-nl:
“During a vogage to India I sat one dark
evening iu my cabin, feting thoroughly
unwell, as the seu was r.siag last,and I was
but a poor sailor. Suddenly the cry of 'Man
overboard’ made me spring to my feet.
1 bcatd a 1 ram ping overhead, but resolved
not to go ou deck lest I should ntcrlere
with tlie crew in their efforts to save the
poor man. "What con 1 d •Jr*’ 1 asked my
self and instantly unhooking my lamp, i
hetd it near the lop ot my c.^iu window
and close to my hull’s eye window, that its
light might shine upon tlie sea, and as near
tue snip as poss ble. In hall a mi,rale's
lime I heard the joyful cry ‘It's all rigid;
Ira's safe,’ upou which 1 put my lamp bark
in its place
•;Tue next day, however, I was told that
my little lamp was the sole menus of sav
ing the man’s life; it was only by the time
ly light which shone upon him that the
knotted rope could be thrown so a« to
teach him.*’
Cbrisuia worker, never despond, nr
think theru is uotuing tor you to do even
in the dark and weary day Looking unto
Jesus, lift up your light,let it so’ shine that
men may see;and in the bright resurrect!
morning what joy to htar t lit "Well dim**’*
ami to know that you have unawares s^.edi
some soul from death.