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“Your name?” uttered the judge. “Rev. Abraham Clearstarch. ” Bottles cpuld -hardly hold in the titter, wlpch. notwithstanding the solemnity th( j Occasion, was ready to bubble from his lips. i t You are a minister, are you not?” The reverend gentlemen bowed. * “Mr. Clearstarch, you may state case in ns few words as possible,” i t Yes. sir. Day before yesterday noon, I purchased a ring for my daughter, I put the ring,.into my purse, and walked dqwn.- to , India wharf upon business, Upon ‘returning to my hotel 1 found that my purse was gone. 1 retraced my steps; but to no avail; I could not find my purse. Yosterday afternoon at dinner in t he hotel where I was stopping I saw I he ring upon the finger of this girl, I recognized the ring, and knew at once that she must know of the purse. 1 left the dining room, found an officer and had him make the arrest. The girl picked my pocket.” “Sure of that, Mr. Clearstarch?” asked his honor. “She must have done so. I certainly could not have lost it,” responded the reverend gentleman. i i Was the purse and ring found upon I he person of the culprit?” asked the judge of the officer. i if rhe ring was upon the girl’s finger, the purse in the boy’s pocket.” “Bad case. Now, my little man, tell your story. ” “If you please, sir, I’m only a boy, rough and all that, sir. I swear sum times and—maybe you wouldn’t believe me. She’ll tell you all ’bout it. You see, she’s only a little girl what liain’t got no friend in all the world but Bottles —Bottles is me, sir. Rags is her name, She never swears and—she never picked fnaryouJs”° w that ’ wer " ber sr made thc 3ndge smile good “Now, Rags, tell it all. Don’t be ’feared. The'trosnel 1 sharn can’t hurt us ” whispered Bottles to the trembling girl by his side With u nit freouent licqut Jit «'obs -oos and ana choking cnoxing excia excla nmtions Rags told her story, which you i already 11 ‘ 15 know ?V‘ one She also aiso told tom how now good goixi Bottles had , been to lier; how he had often gone without anything 1 ll X to eat so that she should have food. she gave ufaitl, ful picture of the peculiar life which surrounded the pair. The judge was as sured of her truth, and after she had ceased ‘it’s he said: t * evident that the girl has told what is true. Is there any one in the room ac qualified with the pair?” A sleek, fat, jolly looking man stepped forward and ga j ( ] . “1 know them your honor. I keep a butcher shop down in South street. A newsboy came and told me last night that Bottles and Rags had been arrested. honor, I stand here to say, from the bot tom of my heart, that I know both of them to be honest, square and upright. They are unfortunate children of street who make an honest living. I hope your honor won’t be hard on the two poor little kids.” i » They are both discharged. Mr. Clear starch, you will get your purse and ring of thc clerk. One thing more—you’ll not find the whole amount. The cashier of the Craw¬ ford restaurant just, sent me a note, tell¬ ing how the two little unfortunates eu joyed their Thanksgiving dinner at his place yesterday. Of course, having re covered your property, you will willingly donate that dinner for charity’s sake, Next.” The Rev. Abraham Clearstarch got his purse and ring, and went on his way. And Bottles and Rags found in a kindly st ranger who had been present a friend in whom philanthropy was largely devel* oped. The pair are, this day of Thanks¬ giving. eat ing a noble dinner at a home in one of our great western states. At last the two waifs, Bottles and Rags, are safely harbored from the sterner blows of poverty.—II. S. Keller in Commercial Travelers' Magazine. ’ JYineo ______ Albert Victor and Prince ot Wales are not likely to bo made peers for several years, as their father does not wish them to enter tba house of lords during the * ! THE PILGRIMS’ THANKSGIVING. How It Was Observed by Direction of Governor Bradford. The Pilgrim Fathers landed at Ply mouth, as we all know, on Monday, Dec. 21, 1020. Under favorable auspices the first har , vest was gathered. With hearts of joy they secured the bountiful crop of Indian corn which had ripened in the fierce heats of August and the warm haze of Septem her. As they looked on the heaped up i stores—the first fruits of their toil in the j new thankfulness land—their that the hearts Lord swelled had with so merci¬ ! fully cared for them, and that, though sorely smitten with pestilence, they were | dom now from blessed with health, peace and free j the dread of famine. I Mindful of the Providence to whom those blessings were due (those stern, bold men were very devotional), Governor Bradford proclaimed a solemn Thanksgiv¬ ing feast, and ordered that preparations should be made for celebrating it with such festivities as were in their power. Four men were dispatched into 1 he woods to shoot wild fowl, and though the game had been scanty throughout the summer, the quartet of sportsmen returned at night staggering under their burden of turkeys, geese and pigeons sufficient to provision the entire settlement, for a Avhole week, There was rare labor done by the good Puritan dames, plucking and dressing the game, pounding corn and baking it, get ting out and polishing the tin and pewter table services brought from England and Holland, and scrubbing the wooden trenchers that served the poorer pilgrims in lieu of tin or pewter. The roar of one of the great guns on the hill top announced the commencement of Thanksgiving. It was Thursday, Oct. 24, xs abreast, with firearms shouldered, marched orderly and silently toward the meeting house. Behind came Governor Bradford in his long robe of office, walk ing gravely, as befitted a governor. On his right m hand inf i walked wnlkerl the the vene™hle veneraoie lUd- Fid er Brewster in his preacher’s cloak, A bear mg . the Bible reverently in ms T lianas, 0 un the governor’s left was the military chief of the colony, Miles Standish, his heavy armor laid aside for a short cloak, his trusty sword at his side, and a small cane in his hand as a mark of office. Proudly he watched the firm tread, sturdy frames and serviceable weapons of the little troop before him, and was half regretful that among the subjects for the day’s thanks giving was the blessing of peace with all the tribes about them. It was also a pity so many good muskets should be used only in shooting wild fowl, so doubtless he thought; for the , sturdy , little , captain was, as he had said, a man of war, half of whose thirty-seven years had been spent in knocking about the world as a soldier of fortune. The sermon of Elder Brewster was ap¬ propriate to the occasion. Never was lie known to preach a better discourse or a shorter one, though it would be thought long enough now, particularly if the steam of roasting Meleagris gallopavo tickled the nostrils of preacher and con¬ gregation, as it did them. It was a Thanksgiving dinner, and nc mistake about it. To be sure the tables were of the rudest, and there was not much display, nor were there the many little delicacies that can often be found aow on Thanksgiving tables. But the turkey was there in all his glory of browned skin, rich gravies and palatable stuffiing, and so were a number of other birds, great and small, roasted and boded an( * baked over the embers. There w a. corn bread and hominy and puddings, and several little nicknacks such as skillful housewives could make up of the mate rials at hand. Nor were the tables alto* gether wanting in display. Some families had brought a few household relics from their English homes, and these were set out to do honor to the day of rejoicing. The dinner over, the pilgrims turned to the homes they had left. As the day closed and darkness came creeping in from the pine woods around Plymouth, the settlers trod once more, in fancy, the green lanes of England or the busy streets of Leyden. They sang the psalms and songs that had been sung around tneir English firesides, and mingled memories of the past with thankfulness for the pres¬ ent and hope for the future. Hark! An Indian shout, followed by a challenge from one of the guard. A sharp rattle of a drum, and every man grasped his firelock and rushed out in alarm. Nearly a hundred savages were pouring into the village with shouts and cries. But there was no occasion for alarm. It was Massasoit and his braves coming in to thank the white men for their assistance and to share their festivi¬ ties. They brought with them five deer and a good supply of other game, as their contribution to the feast. So the thanksgiving feasting was con¬ tinued another day. By daybreak the fires were again set going and the work of roasting, broiling and boiling was re¬ sumed. This time venison was added to the turkey. While the feast was preparing the In¬ dians performed their dances, startling the white men and frightening the young folks and women with their wild yells and fierce gestures. When they rested Capt. Standish ordered out his soldiers in full armor and put them through their mili¬ tary exercises, winding up with the dis¬ charge of a volley from their muskets, and a salute from the great cannon on the hill top and the little cannon before the governor’s door. The crash of the mus¬ ketry and the roar of the ordnance terri¬ fied the savages, and they begged the “great captain” that he would not thun¬ der again, lest he should kill them all. On the third day the feasting was re¬ sumed, the Indian hunters going out before daybreak and returning early with | a ™ e , ^ ® ^™n nd V , $ ssw«- LSfwta A SiSS dians a short distance from the settlement Thus, with prajer^ fJ^ 1: an^feltting and feasting, with with P su ms aru ! Indian dances, with joyous J J songs, mincrUrur roaring artillery and Eng h&h shouts , mingling pLppHIv cheerily with with Indian Tmiinn whoops, t was celebrated the first New England my Thanksgiving. 1 „ n1ra ~ ivin{r _ H. r Maria Mrtmr ftenrere George In Demorest's Magazine, EDUCATIONAL GLEANINGS. Colorado shows the highest average paid to women teachers. In West Virginia . . the average of men and women teachers’wages is the same. The winter meeting of the National Educa* tion association will be held nt Washington, Feb. 14-16, 1888. Harvard college is at a high tLan tide of fortune, having received no less $3,000,000 in gifts during the last five months. The great telescope of Dearborn university, Chicago, has passed into the possession of th6 Northwestern university of Illinois. The fact is shown that a very large major* ity of all eases of myopia, near sightedness, have their origin during the period of school lifa It is expected that the new fire proof build¬ ing of Syracuse university, to contain the Von Ranke library", will be completed within a year. A school for the teaching of the Volapuk ia to be opened by the Bavarian minister of worship at the Luitpold gymnasium in Munich. It is in . Boston that fiftyjlady teachers unite m securing an instructor and lecturer, devot mgtheir spare hours to hard study of psy gy The election of Miss Alice M. Longfellow to a place on the school board at Cambridge, Mass., is viewed with much satisfaction in that section. The first college president in this country 0 f Scandinavian origin is Edward Olson, re cently elected to the presidency of the Uni versity of Dakota. It was on account of his rigorous treatment of students in the gymnasium that M. Delia noff, the Russian minister of public instruc¬ tion, was dismissed. In Brief and to the Point." 11 Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disord liver is misery. Indigestion is a f t to good nature. The human digestive apparatus is one of the most complicated and wonderful things in existence. It easily put out of order. Greasy fool,tough food,sloppy food bad cookery, mental worry, late hours rre'ilir 11 bits, and may of.Yiefc things which ought not to be, h. made the American people a of dispepsia. But Green’s August Flower has done a wonderful work in teforming this sad business and making the Ameri can people so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. Rc-member:-No happiness without health. But Green’s August Flower brings health and happiness to dyspeptic. Ask your druggist for a bottle. Seventy-five cents. BUSY AS BEES. “Please say to the readers of the Journal that while we are too bus"' to write an advertisement, we are not too busy to give them careful atten¬ tion if they are in need of anything in the way of clothing, hats, furnish ing goods, &c. Our stock is full and complete and the great rush upon is evidence that our prices are satis factory. Never before haue we been so well assured of the wisdom of our motto “Quick sales and small profits.”! Thus spoke the senior of .J. K Harris this & ibe, Co., Clothiers, hurried Columbus^ to sc r as he off to at¬ tend a waiting customer. | The finest line of Toilet Soap^i ever exhibited in Hamilton just re ceived at the Drug Store. tf About the Crops. If ymj want to save money in yom foot wear and at the name time get firp I c’ftsa boots and shoes, call at the sign j the big Black Bear, Columbus’, Ga anc* , I ny from C. J. Edge. THE MORNING NEWS j STEAM PRINTING HOUSE! i-l Printing .Lithographing ,Engr^i ring , Stereotyping 9 Book Bin¬ ding and Blank Book i Manufacturing . The Largest Concern of the kid is the Soot' J hnrongbly eqnipped and complete ^ ip it>elf;the latest machinery and thej i most skillful workmen. 'i! Corporations. Banks Manufacturers. County ■I i ■ Earmers. and Bankers, Merchants, IVIechanics, Officers; And Business Men Generally about placing orders for anything { < in t, above lines, from a visiting card tat raaronaoth poster, or from a noemoranc^ J boob to a mammoth ledger, are reqtv* to give f 1 is b u»e a trial. Aj' Jm J.H. F?.TILL, rfi 3 Whitaker St., Savanna#) A this paper jasawriff s®swii£ awy cbsssws» ,