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ib«mrtttPiM «vlil"h did mania so much a
year ago—my favorite
Spring ftledicine
Nearly everylanly need*, a pood *i>rins impurl- mcdl
»tue Ilk* IIoortN Sarsaparilla to expel
• iM aliieli aceunuduto iu the blood (hiringthe
winter. I eep up rtmiflh as warm weather
•% cm. ercato an appetite and premoto
healthy illgt-r.tlon. Try Hood's Sarsaparilla
i.nd you will !>o ennvtncctl of Its peculiar
merits. It li the Ideal sprint; medicine — re¬
liable, bend- lal, plonsaut to take, and gives
lull vaht" for the money, no suro to pet
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UIINISBKD M i'h <lm\v.hp"rin, which drive In
lo lh» floor at Ibo ba#o hoard, nnd a clamp by
which a Arm hold la taken ou the carpet w 1th
^ut th* lcaat dancer cf ti-arirg or iron ing. It la
atretohed to the derlrcd place l>y uahif; a* a lever
*lic Uaudlo of a complete hammer, n.fth h nt for
purpose* lu putting down u carpet. The only
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aud Into the cornet*.
Macufactur* d of m«H**h!o nndwronght Iron,
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mm la In a neat wooden box,
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The iirportaace of poi lfytag tho blood ran
Aot be ovcrt'bUmatcd, for without pure blood
job cannot enjoy good UedUt.
At ti ts acoaon nearly every one needs a
good rksIu iBd to purify, vitalize, and enrich
flu blood, and wo ask you to try Hood's
Peculiar Sampnri'.la. It strenptbens
&:><1 builds up the system,
eveazes au apj'edto, aiiJljauc* tbe digestion,
White it ©ridlmtcs disease. The peculiu
cvunbinaUun, pt. portion, and preparation
of the vegetable rencdles used givs to
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lar euraiifo j-owera. Ko ■
other mediunobas such a record of wonderfnl
cure*. If yea have nadc op your mind to
boy Hood's tiarsaj artlla do net he indocod to
take any other la lead. It is a PeenllM
and If vwrlhy your confldeneo.
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Graham n thmonth. Sunday-school Ladies’ 'J a. in. A.
day afternoon. Supt. Young Prayer meeting Prayer Tues¬
mens’ meet¬
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Pkksiiytkuun Church.' Sunday
school 9 a. m. .J. I*. II. Brown Supt,
MASONIC DIRECTORY.
Darlky Loook, No. 17.—Regular meet¬
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Brown, 8ec., D. F. Gunn, \Y. XI.
L vvavettk Cn a it ic a No. 12— Regular
meetingH 2nd Saturday evening. XV. A.
Graham, II. P.
XV. A. Graham Council,No. 22—Regular
meeting 4th Saturday evening. XV. A. Gru
ham, T I G XI.
lv of II. Gallic? Lodge No. 1887—Regular \V.
meeting 2nd nnd llh Tumlny nights K
LigliUoot, Reporter. T XI l>i<»\vn, Dictator
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Monday in each month
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
J. E. Paul!in, S. D. Coleman. J. F.
Croc 1 , A. L. Foster, J. N. Bigbie,
County Trkasurhr, J. P. H. Brown
C.vx Coi.i.KCTon, W. 11 . Harrison.
i\vx nzcijYKit, T. It. Davis.
Coroner, J D Owens.
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FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1889.
ONLY A HUSK.
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Torn Darcey, yet a young man,
had grown to be a very bud one.
At heart ho might have been ali
right, if his head and his will had
only been all right; but these being
wrong, the whole machine was go*
to the bad very fast, though
there were limes when the heart
felt something of its old truthful
yearnings. Tom had lost his place
n8 foreman in the great machine
shop, and what money he hud now
earned came from odd jobs of link
erieg which he was ab!o to do,
here and there, at privato houses;
lov Tom was a genius as well as a
mechanic, au*I when his head
steady enough, he could mend a
® lo,k ' “f®'”" » wat ® h > “ «•“ “ S
ho cuulli *ut up and regulate a
steam engine—and this latter ho
could do belter than ant other man
®r tli« Stott Falls
Manufacturing Tom Co.
One day had a job to mend
a broken mowing maebiue and
rca l ,er » for which ho received five
dollars, and on the follawing morn
ing he started out for his old haunt
—the village tavern. He knew his
wife sadly needed the money, and
that his two little children were in
ubsoluto suffeiing from want of
clothing, and that morning he held
a debato with tho I otter part oi
himsell; but the better part had be*,
como very weak and shaky, and
tho demon of appetite carried tho
Ho awa)* to the tavern Tom went
where, for two or three hours, ho
felt the exhilarating effects of the
alcoholic draught, and fancied him¬
self laugh; happ}*, as he could sing and
but, as usual, stupefaction
followed, and the man died out
Ho drank while % he could stand,
and then lay down in a corner,
where his companions left him.
It was late at night, almost mid*,
night, when tho landlord’s wife
came into the barroom to see what
kept her husband up, and she quick¬
ly saw Tom.
“Peter," mood, said “why she, don’t not in a pleas
ant you send
that miserable Tom l)aree3‘ home ?
lle‘s been hauginging around here
long enough."
sleep. Tom's The stupefaction dead was not sound
coma had left the
brain, and the calling of his namo
stung his senses to keen attention.
He hud an insane love for rum, but
did not love the landlord. Ip oth¬
er 3'ears, Peter Tindar and himself
had loved and wooed tho sweet
maiden—Ellen (Joss—and lie won
her, leaving Peter to lake up with
tho vinegary spinster who had
bought him tho tavern, and he
knew that lately the tapster had
gloated over the misei3* of the wo¬
man who had once discarded him.
‘Why don’t 3*011 send him home?'
demanded Mrs. Tindar, with an im¬
patient stamp of the foot. .
‘Hush, Lets}! lie's got mone}*.
Let him be, and lie'll bo sure 10
spend it before lie goes home, I‘ll
have the kernel of tho nnt, and his
wile 10:13* have tho husk !’
Wiih a snitfanda snsp Betsy
• urned away', and shortly af ertvard
Tom Darcey lifted himself upon
h ; s elbow.
‘Ah, Tom, are 3*ou awake ?’
‘Yes:’
‘Then rouse up aud have a warm
glass.’ Tom
got upon his feet and stead
icd himself.
•No, Peter, I won t drink an3*
more to night.’
‘It won't hurt }*ou, Tom—just u
drop.’
‘I know it won't,’said Tom, but¬
toning up his coat l>3* the onl3 r soli
tary button left.
And with this he went out into
‘l.o chill air of night. When he
got aw«3* from the shadow of the
. vpvcrn, he stopped and looked up
^ yho stars, and then he looked
. the . earth. .
; “own upon
.
| ‘Aye,’he muttered, grinding his
: heel in the gravel, ‘Peter Tindar is
ia | c i n g R 1C kernel and leaving poor
Elicit the husk, and I am helping
him to do it. I I am am robbing robbing my my
1 VVi j e of joj*, o„mlort“.oGbi„ robbing rnv children ol
I'ono.- uud R mysolt
‘>t love and life—just that Peter
Tindar ma}* have the kernel and
Ellen the husk! We'llsee.’
It was a revalation to tho man.
, T — o tavern Keeper s brief speech,
C not for his ears, had come
upon his senses as fell the voice oi
tiie risen Oue upon Saul of Tar
s us.
‘Vi e ll sec,’ setting his foot firmly
open- tb. gronnd, and thcn.bc
On the following morning he
said lo his w,Te:
‘Ellen, have you any coffeo in the
loV«"in.'«k v nr
She was instead glad
coffee ot the old. old ei.
de, l*
* . . 1 .. * ,
g^d and J™™ btrong. * CUI>;
there was really mas.c . in Tom «
voice; and the wile set about the
work with a H strange flatter in I her
heart. .
om an Wf> ( ‘ u P iI ^
. rant coffee, and then
slron r* ,rfl g
> ^!" tc l\ 1 2 aiu i “jkVd"*!rTj * a ked 8lr t^ 1 ^ h ? ‘ 7 U V Xhc
great manufactory, , whero ho found t
^-Scott »u the office.
f want to learn my
Dade over Again.
‘Kh, Tom! What do j’ou moan?’
‘I m«an that it‘s Tom Darecy,
come back to the old place, asking
jorgivcncss lor the past, and bop- |
ing to do better in tho luturo. !
‘Tom.” cried the manafactnrer, j
starting hand, forward and earnest/ graspin hta it
4 are you in s
really the old Tom ?’
Ls what s left of him, sir, and,
we‘ll have him whole and strong
vcr work” Y soon if you‘ll only set him at:
‘Work! Avc, Tom, and bless
3 ou, too! There is an engine to be
sct up and tested to*>day. Come
With me.
Tom‘s hands were weak and un*
_ his brain was clcar^ and
under his skilful supervision the
f."^" it it was was not not n " o r^;Z“" perfect. peilect. d Cr. Thpre Ih.ere d ’ av were were b ™
gaistakes ipistakcs which which ho he had had to to correct, correct,
and and it it was was late late in in the the evening evening when when
tho work was complete.
‘How flow is is it it now, now, Tom?’ lorn, asked ,, asked , Mr. Mr. ..
Scott, ocott, as as he no eamo came into into tho tho testing testing
house house and and found found the tho workmen workn.cu
ready ready to to depart. depart.
‘She*8 ‘She's all all right, right, sir. sir. You You ^ may may
d> give ive 3* your our warrant warrant without without fear.’ fear.’
‘God bless 3*011, Tom ! You dooH
know how liko sweet music the olu
voice sounds. Will 3 0U take 3 r our
place r,gj>in ?’
‘Wait till Monday morning, sir.
If yuu will efi'er it to mo then, I
will take it.
At tho little cottage Ellen Dar
ce\’s fluttering heart was sink’og.
That morning, after Tom had gone
fhe bad found a two-dollar bill in
ner coffeo cup. She knew that he
left it for her. She had been out
and bought tea and sugar and flour
and butter, and a bit of tender
3 teak, and all day long and a ray of
light had been dancing skim¬
ming before her—a ray from the
blessed light of other days. With
prayer and hope she set out the
iea-tablo and waited, but tho sun
went down and no Torn came.
Eight o’clock—and almost nine.
Oh, was it but a false glimmer af¬
ter all ?
Hark! The old step! strong, cn*
ger for homo. Yes, it was Tom,
with his oiu grime upon his hands,
and the odoi of oil upon his gar¬
ments.
‘I have kept }’OU waiting, Nel¬
lie ?’
'Tom!’
T didn't mean to, but the woik
hung on.’ You bacn
'Torn, Tom. have to
the old shop.’ the old
•Yes. and I’m to have
place, and’— Tom.’ *
‘O’n,
And she threw her arms aio-vu!
his neck and covered his face with
kisses.
‘Nellie, datling, wait a 1 title, and
you shall have the old Tom back
again.’ Tom. I‘vo him
*Oh, got now —
b!ess him, bless him. My own
Tom. My husband, Daicey ni}’ darling.
And then Tom realized
tho full power and blessing of wo>
man’s love.
It was a banquet of the gods, was
that supper—of household gods all
»eslored—with the ant! bright angels of
per.ee and love joy spreading
.heir wings over the board.
On tho following Monday mot n
ing, Tom Darcey assumed his place
at the head of tho great machine
shop, and those who thoroughly
knew him had no fear of his gov.g
back in the slough and jovlcssacss.
A few days later Torn met Peter
T*ndar on the sL&cts.
‘Eh, Torn, old boy, whal’s up?’
‘I am up—right side I up.’
‘Yes —1 sec. Lut hope you
haven’t forsaken us Tom V
*1 have fovs~-ken 011 1 }’ the evil
3*ou have in store, Peter. The fact
!«, 1 concluded my wife and Jili'o
ones had fed on husks long enough
and if there was a kernel !cL in m3’
heart, or in my manhood, they
should have it.’
‘Ah, you heard what I said to
my *‘Y’es, wife that night?’ I shall bo
PevCi; and graie
| £*uI to you 4 foi* it as long as 1 livo.
}f Hw v * i rem emem c on banco ,' T.:lCO of Of you *’*_’!! will will rl- p!
; 1 ways Jmtb be tel'cvcd by that tinge ' oi
w ,ua b-•
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Capital Punishment in 1088 .
Tho number of legal executions
, during the year has increased over
last year, when . :t was much sma.l- ,
J cr than for many years pievious.
The total number was eight3*-»even
n8 con .. pa e od with seventy-nine in
ISs <’ c^tythreo in L 83 and 10 c
in 1?G5 * Tbo execul :° a ,n the scv *
eral Slates we- e a? follows : Alaoa-
3 i Tllir,,:s ' 2 i b ^
, b Kansas. 2; Kentncdty. l; Lou
ana » S: Ma ‘- % * an » Massac u n sc a t.-.
Mipi)esola ’ ^ M,ssiss? P^ ^
soon, 4; New York, 9 ; Now
„ Carolina 2 -Oh : 3 Ore
j L -'•o.in lj ono?, Uu,o. o u, * uie
gcr, 1 ; Pepr?_y!vania, 5 ; South Car
ol'aa Tennessee, 2 ; Texas, G; Ar
izona, 1; Iuaho. Montana, 0
Washington, J; Wyoming, I; Indi
»n Tcnitory. 2. OF this number
a :i wcre ma u but ono . tiru-even ^
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W ero whites, twenty-nine negroes
and one Chinaman.—Chicago Tri
Lane.
IIow Frogs Arc Hunted.
“The Hackensack meadows, over
Jn Je,-scy. hunt iss •frogs.” about Ike best plirce
to tor
So spoke a Fulton street market
man Last the other morning.
u wintoi/* ho continued, U I
dag 11 Dor. frozen frogs out of one
| 10 | 0 of Sprout branch of Saddle
Rj ver . An order came to mo for
eight dozen, and as I bad not a
jumper in my winter pit at home
and not a noso to to be seen above
water, the prospects for my $42 for
that eight dozen iuunt"' frogs looked bluo.
But I took a over to the
branch, and ulicr looking over tho
ground found a hoio that seemed
likely, and all at once tho r idea
smd dig out io '° the sleeping }*** «» < beauties. ™ 1 « '*
Waterlogged wood and leaves had
formed a natural dam at tho litilo
l’oixFs half outlet, and it only look
a days work to cut the dam
away and then bail cut tho water
which would not How ’ and there I
had tho whole naked bed of the
pond spread out rcaey for my
work.
“With a couple of flat boards
strapped to my feet, so that I would
not sink, l went over the mud with
a scoop shovel, turning it over to
tho depth of about eight inches,
and out of that little pond I took
eleven dozen table-size bullfrogs—
not very fat, to be sure, and awful¬
ly' drows3*; ^ ut I s °o n remedied
that b3* soaking them at homo for
a couple of days in warm water.
A frog takes in water through the
skin, you know, and every consci¬
entious dealer soaks his frogs bo
fo.-o selling them. My winter
Logs woke right up in the warm
wale \ and when I delivered them
wero lively and plump.
“If the frog has one enemy he
has a thousand, Herons eat him,
and sn do ducks, snakes, fishes,
kingfishers, owls, crawfishes, and
most every water insect that lives.
Man is not his worst enemy by a
good deal; and when a man is wil¬
ling to pa3* enongh for a frog to en¬
able the hotel to pa}’ ino $3 a doz¬
en for them, then I say tho man
deserves every lrog ho gets. Yes,
there is money* in frog-hunting for
ono who who knows how, cspocial
in winter. 1 have what I call a
winter Log-pit at home, made up
of several tubs of mud and warm
water, in a room kept at a mild
temperature all iho time, which 1
slock in tho fall, and sell from
when the ma shes aio frozen up.
It is an old counti*}’ idea, and is
common in Paris, where they never
see a frog half us big as our bull
Log, from one 3’c-ars end to the
other. ”—Eqchango.
-«♦-» Oil---
Flexible btonc.
There lay this morning on the
desk of Mr. Samuel Hodgkins, act¬
ing chief clerk of the war depart¬
ment, u stone It wrapped in brown
paper. weighed about a pound
and was perhaps thirtcon inches
in length, 2 and 1-2 in width, and
one ihiru of an iucli thick, The
texture of the stone was fine and
presented no evidence of stratifica¬
tion, and Wis smooth over the en¬
tire surface. A knife blade made
no impression on tho particles.
There was no doubt as to its being
possessed a genuine stone, flexibilii}' but it nevertheless
the of a piece
of india-rubber. When taken in
tho hand and shaken in the direc¬
tion ot its flat surfaces it would
bend back and forth with a dull,
'muffled sound. The movement was
more of a laxity in the adhesion,
apparently lior.zontully than an clas'.icily.
W lien held on one end
the other dropped and remained
in thiyt position. With the two
ends supported on rests, tho free
center could bo pressed half an
inch below the middle line. With
ono end held firmly on tho do.‘k
the other could be bent upward over
an inen. The movement was no‘
confined to ono direction—in the
plane of the flat surfaces—but the
! entiio stone seemed to be construct
cd .........<•-' on the principle of an universal
joint, with a * movement -............... in all direc¬
tions under pressure.
It came from a mountain in
North Carolina, and bears the
name of ‘flexible sand stone/ The
entire mountain is composed of'
material, and pieces cut at ran
dom exhibitlhe same flexible prop
erties.—-Washington Star.
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?r pTylbe „ * r . n ... ^ , . .
me fare
Mrs. B.-No, indeed; I II pay ,1.
1 .. ^ rs * C 1 jT D<> ” ot th,n „ k tickets .° 3Uc1 for . 1 a
1 ^°' c P* e,lt J
.is ft those ss
“P last tickets when I
p^to get a near bunch, any.
^ A c 5n restaurant an hour
later)-Weli I declare, Ihavcfor
gotten my purse.
! "ra. Mrs. B o. —So oo have nave I i min^ min.. Is is it u
‘ ^
i in.« i ... (
lheieneh.bat little really broa^.t’ so
money with me that—
Mrs. D—Never mind. The pro
prietor here knows me, and i will
leM ,,im to char ^* it to Cousin
George—Philadelphia It'cord.
Immenso deposits of tripoli havo
been found near Salt Luke Cuy.
Thought ^lxo Was Hissed.
There is no city in the United
States where mistakes arising from
ignorance of the customs of other
countries are more likely to occur
than in Washington. Seine eve*,
nings ago there was a social gath**
or ing at one of the most hospitable
residences in tho city, Not the
least important incident on thisoc**
casiou was the singing of tho daugh¬
ter of a certain South American
minister, Tills young lady, tall,
beautiful, with largo lustrous dark
eyes, at once audience. engaged the sympa^
thy of her She hud but
lately arrived in Washington and
her English was so imperfect that
sho sang the words of her song on*
ly in her own language. ‘La Palo*
ma’ WA##er selection, nndl its plain¬
tive strains rendered by her rich
contralto voice held her auditors
almost spellbound. At its conclu¬
sion tho enthusiasm created broke
out in applause. There were sev¬
eral old gentlemen, one a member
of congress, who showed thoir ap¬
preciation not only by a look of
kindly approval on their faces, but
by patting tho floor with their foot;
and so loudly did they express
Lhemsclvos that they wero heard
above all tho other manifestations
of enthusiasm in the room. Tho
Senonta, who at first received fho
appreciative appiauso floor smilingly,
looked down to tho as her
dyes filled with lears, and tho mus
cics of her mouth evidently played tremu¬ labor¬
lously. Sho was
ing under a heavy emotion not re¬
sulting from tho praise the applause and
gave her. A moment rnoro
sho drew forth and slowly raised
to her eyes a dclicato laco handker
chief’ then rising slowly she cross¬
ed the room to where her father
sat. Uo arose wonderingly to moot
her.
“Padre, sho said, “olios mo buls
ian. Llavcrnc a casa. (Father,
they hiss mo. Take me homo.)
“No. no. Es una equivocacion
solo. Elios nos hachen honor.
(No, no. It is a mistake. They
do us honor L*}' the applause.)
“Pero patcau. (But they stamp
their feet.)
“Ah, said tho experienced dip¬
lomat, laughing, and continuing
in Spanish : “You aro not in our
southern country. Hero the
stamping ot feet is not to hiss, but
to applaud. Scnorita b}' this time
Tho was
surrounded by her hostess and oil)
cr ladies, inquiring and concerned
for the cause of her grief, and when
tho minister explained to them tho
custom ot his country and the mis¬
interpretation of tho stamping of
feet, they consoled their young
guest, who smiled through her
tears, and final 1}' encore.—‘New responded to York a
demand for an
Tribune.
WLy lie Couldn’t Vote for Can¬
non.
One of tho refreshing features of'
»ho speakership frankness contest with in which the
House is the
some of' tho members give their
reasons for refusing to support cer¬
tain candidates. Representative
Joe Cannon’s friends are telling
with a great doal of relish why he
can’t rel}' on the support of a load¬
ing Republican whoso district is
not 1,000 miles from New York. A
lieutenant of tho popular Illinois
member was urging his ciaims up
on New Yorker. Tho latter was
against Mr. Cannon and said so
quite plainly, though he refused to
give any reasons for opposition. Tom Reed? ,
Arc you committed to
inquired the Cannon lieutenant.
No, was the reply.
To McKinley?
No.
To Julius Ceasar Brown?
No.
Then why are you so strongly
against our man?
Well, said the disgusted Now
Yorker, if 3*011 insist on knowing,
you shall know. I'm rgainst Joe
Cannon, good fellow stand though ho is,
because I can t the idea of
silting here for two }*cars and fac¬
ing a man as homely as ho is. That
is all there is to it.
Mr. Cannon’s friend thought the
joke a good one and ho told to it
that gentleman’s recalled supporters. One of
them at once tho way Can¬
non on a certain occasion last yoar
characterized a fellow member who
is now a rival for tho rpeakership.
Said lie :
When I am in the presence ol
--, I feci like the Chinaman be¬
fore the Jos£,. I know that he is
ugly, bat good heavens, how great
ho is.—N. Y. Tribune.
*c*
The use of the telegraph instru¬
ment, remarks ihe New York
Tribune, has become so much of
an cycr}*day thing and such a con¬
venience that men seem to forget
what a wonderful, thing it is.. A
newspaper man telephoned to the
cable office the other da}* and ask
**<1 :t :l London special dispatch
haJ y«'- T' 10 -P« r '
at a r replied tout it had not, and
said: “Wait a minute and I will
ask London if tho copy has come
in there.” In a few minutes, not
more than ten or fifteen, he called
over the telephone wire: “Lon
don has not received tho copj*
yet.
,
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Khurp Words,
How they sting and wound and
rankle ! IIow the ghost of them
lingers to torment u&! They hurt
a I' k o those that glvo
and • those that reeuivo
»hcm. And how full tho world is
of ihem. how readily they lean to
the tongue and fail t ®r om'iho lips !
Oh, the great pity O l i.! Tho
groat wonder of it when wo Jovo
our own sq well, and know that
any moment wo may soo thorn turn
to dust and ashes bofero our eves
anti w3 bo powerless to prevont it,
that wo should pain them with
those sharp words, which will sling
both thorn and us so bitterly !
Well lor us all would it be. if
when tho care, tho pain and tho la¬
bor of tho day is over, wo could
sink upon our pillows to rest, with
no ghosts of angry words to haunt
our slumber and leer at us in tho
dai kness and in the silence of tho
lonely night watches.
Ali, readers of this dear paper,
which is trying so faithfully to load
us in all right and pleasant Wat's,
led mo entreat you to guard well
tho citadel of your lips, watch well
the words which fall from 3'our
tongue, lest you mar and disfiguro
both your own life and those en>
trusted to your keeping, Let us
endeavor to speak kindly whether
wo feel so or not, and cultivate it
as a habit, until it becomes ns nat¬
ural to us as tho air wo breatho.
There arc heights and depths in
iwiiioncss, of which we have perhaps
never yet dreamed.
And did you evor think how
much sorrow and suffering every
human heart has to hear in this
world cf sin ? There is no day so •
bright in any human life but whalj
some cloud floats over its sunshine >
there is no heart so freo lrom caro
that it does not boar tho burden of
a cross; then let 11s not add the
weight of unkindness to burdens
already hoavy.
B«>3*s and girls, if‘}*ou kuow3’our
angry words to brother or sister,
and your wilful ways brought tho ’
grey hairs to your mother’s head,
and tho wrinkles to nor brow, you
surel}’ would rbmombor to bo
more kind and thoughtful.
And. mothers, if 3*011 knew tho
busy foot so ready to patter aftor
y-ou der everywhere, would soon wan¬
into an open grave. }*ou would
take more pains to lend them int»
all right and loving wa} T s; if 3*011
could realize that the restless hands
so ready to find mischief would
soon be folded so cold and still
that all 3*our kisses and your
tears eoald not move them or warm
them you would be rnoro gontlo and
more patient. rnoro/ f
May wo all in the future bo
careful of our words, and watchful
oi our tor.gues, that wo may help
iustead of hinder others.--Con*«
tributor to Woman’s World.
An Ordinary Men’s Club.
In Tho XVliter, published tn Bos¬
ton, a subscriber asked what con¬
stituted eligibility to membcrsh'.p
in the Boston Press Association.
Tho editor stated tho requisites and
added “women arc not eligible to
membership." d Another subscriber,
a woman, ai an interested reader
asked why. To her, as well as to
the rest of us, it was a littlo singu¬
lar that women should ho debarred
from association with tho bright
minds ot their profession in just
this way, and only bccauso of her
inl'ciior sex. She may do any of
lbs work required of men, before
they are considered members of tho
press as a profession. She may bo
contributor, editor, manager or re¬
porter, but is incapacitated cn acs
count ot her sex to become a mem¬
ber of the Boston Press Association.
When the reader asked why, tho
editor's answer was, ‘because wo¬
men were thought out of place iu
an ordinary men’s club.',
A light this began misguided to dawn in tho
mind of woman.
What an erroneous impression sho
had had of the of this famed Boston
Press Association ! Sho had really
felt it a deprivation to bo debarred
from membership: but you see,
she was mistaken in its object,
when sho supposed she was missing
a great help in her literary carccrN
It is on!y an ‘ordinary men's club,*
sister workers—a very ordinary
ono too, no doubt, where a ‘woman
would bo out of place.’ You.know*
the smoky atmosphere, bazy witk
ehoicc(?) would language bo and permissible doubtful
stories not in
a woman’s prcscnco. would Probably, insist
loo, the women on
maintaining the supremacy of head
over heels, and the poor suffering
men would be compelled Lord intended to keep
their tect whero the
them to be. XVe haven’t lost any**
thing b}* being denied admittance!
to this ‘ordinary men’s club,’ bufc
why can't wc have ono of our own t
and on a very different basis-ono
that will help and strengthen U3 in
our work.-Woman’s Work.
Pop. is Queen Victoria’s other
name Lizc ?
No, my aon. Why do you ask ?
Why, Englishman, you know and Shakespeare I’ve
was an just
heard } T ou tcad where ho says:
•Uncasj* Lizo, the bead that wears
a crown,’ and Victoria wears the
crown doesn’t sho 1 —Texas Sifts
ings.