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TOWN DIRECTORY.
Mayor —Thomas O. Barnett.
Commissioners —W. W. I'urnipseed, J. S.
Wyatt, K G. Harris, E. R. James.
Clerk —K. G. Harris.
Treasurer —W. S. Shell.
Marshals —S. A. Beldinc, Marshal.
J. \V . Johnson,Deputy.
JUDICIARY.
A. M. Speer, - Judge.
V. D. Dismukk, - - Solicitor General.
Butts—Second Mondays in March and
September.
Henry—Tbirr, Mondays in April and Oc
tober.
Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February,
and August.
Newton—Third Mondays in March and
September.
Pike—Second Mondays in April and Octo
ber.
Rockdale —Monday after fourth Mondays in
March and September
Spalding—First Mondays in February
and August.
Ojhou— First Mondays in May aod No
vember.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
M etrodist Episcopal Church, (South,)
Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Fasior. Fourth
Sabbath in eneh month. Sunday-school 3
r. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
Mutxodist Protkstant Chukch . First
Sabbath month. Sunday-school 9
A. X.
Christian Church, Elder W. S. Fears,
Pastor. Second Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Church, Rev. Oxford, Pas
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
•PiKK Grove Lodge, No. 177, F. A. M
Stated communications, tourth Saturday *•
each month.
DOCTORS.
DR. J. C. TURNIPSEED will-ttend to
all calls day or night. Offi- e 1 res i~
dence, Hampton, Ga.
■|\R. W. H. PEEBLES ««»*» all dis-
J * eases, and will attep* calls day
and night. Office at 'the Store,
Broad Street, llampt ,n >
DR. N. I'. BAR*^T tenders his profes
sional eervie* “> the citizens of Henl 7
and adjoining and will answer calls
day or night Treats all diseases, of what,
ever nature Office at Nipper’s Drug Store,
Hampton Ga. Night calls can be made at
my res : ’ encc * °PP 0S > te Berea church, api 26
JP PONDER, Dentist, has located in
Hampton, Ga.,and invites the pnhlie to
pdl at his room, upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
JNO. G. COLD WELL, Attorney at Law,
Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice ir
the counties composing the Coweta and Flint
River Circuits. Prompt attention given to
commercial and olher collections.
TC- NOLAN Attorney at Law, Mc
• Donough, Georgia. Will practice in
the counties composing the Flint Circuit;
the Supreme Court o.f Georgia, and the
United States District Court.
WM.T. DIOKEN, Attorney at Law. Lo
cust Grove, Georgia, (Henry county.)
Will practice in tire connrips composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, aod the United States District
Court. apr27-ly
GEO. M NOLAN. Attorney aw.
McDonough, Ga (Office in Court )
Will practice in Henry and adjoining conn
ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts
of Georgia. Prompt attention giv°n to col
lections. mcb23-6m
JF. WALL. Attorney at Law. //amp
ton. Ga Will practice in the counties
"composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
the Supreme ami District Courts of Georgia
Prompt attention given to collections. ocs
IJIDWARD J. REAGAN. Attorney at
J law. Office on Broad Street, opposite
the Railroad depot. Hampton, Georgia.
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy.
BF. McCOLLUM, Attorney and Coon
• sellor at Law, Hampton, Ga. Will
practice in Henry, Clavtoo, Fa vet te, Coweta.
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Supe
rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United
States Coorts. Collecting claims a specialty.
Office uo stairs in Schaefer's warehouse.
TEN YEARS AFTER.
Ten years ago, when she wrs ten,
1 used to tea«e and scold her ;
1 liked her, and she loved me then,
A boy, some five years’ older.
I liked her; she would fetch mv book,
Bring lunch to stream or thicket ;
Would oil my gun, or bait my hook,
And field for hours at cricket.
She’d mend my cap, or find my whip ;
Ah 1 but boy?) hour s*on£!_
f her rather few than “Gyp,”
And far less than my pony.
She loved me then, tho’ heaven knows why—
Small wonder had she hated;
Her scores of dolls she’s had to cry,
That 1 decapitated
1 tore tier frocks, I pulled her hair,
Galled red the sheen upon it ;
Out fishing, I would even dare
Catch tadpoles in her bonnet.
Well, now I expiate my crime ;
The Nemesis of fables
Came after years ; to-day. Old Time
On me bus turned the tables.
Pm twenty-five ; she’s twenty, now—
Dark-eyed, pink-cheeked and bonnv ;
The curls are golden ’round her brow ;
She smiles and calls me Johnny.
Of yore I used her Christian mime,
But now, through fate or malice.
When she is by, my lips can’t Irame
Five letters to make Alice.
I, who could joke with her and tease, *
Stand silent uow before her;
Dumb, through the very wish to please—
A speechless, shy udorer.
Or, il she turns to me to speak,
I’m dazzled by her graces;
The hot blood rushes io my cheek ;
I babble common-places.
She’s kind and cool, ah ! heaven knows bow
I wish she blushed and faltered;
She likes me, and I love her, now ;
Dear, dear I how things have altered !
The Seuliiueutal aide of Farm
I-ife.
Poets bare sung the delights of the farm
er’s life in strains so enchanting that one
might wonder why nil the world has not for
saken every other pursuit and betaken iiwrff
to tbe tilling of the soil. Bat the farmer,
himself, in the unsized hay field, or plod
ding in the clayey turrow at the tail ol his
plow, wiD a free holdei’s right sticking to
each tool, or beuding, with aching back, be
twe'“ 'te corp rows, or breasting tbe winter
norm in the petfoimauce of imperative
duties, looks at life from a different point of
view. To him this life appears as full of
toil and care and evil chances as that ol any
other toiler; and true it is, the life of tqi
ordinary fanner is hard, with little to soften
it—too much of work, too liitle.of play. But
as true is what the poet sang so long ago :
“Thrice happy are the husbaudman if they
could but see their blessings for they have
independence more than others who, by the
6weat ol the brow, earn their bread, and the
pure air of beaven to breathe, and the blessed
privilege of daily communion will) nature.
It is not easy for tbe farmer to see any
beauty in his eDcmips—the meadows full of
daisies, with which he is forever fighting, or
by which he has been ignominiously con
quered ; the encroaching ranks of golden-rod
along the borders of his fields, and the brist
ling bayonets of these Canadian invaders,
the thistles. How few farmers, or other
people, for that matter, see in tbeciirabiog
blushes of the dawning day, or tbe gorgeous
painting of its close, or in the perfect day
itself, anything but the foretelling ol fair or
foul weather; or notice the ways of any
unturned biids or beasts, except that the
crows come to poll the cord, the hawks to
catch the chickens, tbe foxes to steal tbe
lambs and turkeys!
However, the farmer does feel a thrill of
pleasure when, in the hazy softness of a
February or March day, be hears the caw
of tbe first carrion-seeking, hungry crow.
In April, when the fields begin to show a
suspicion of coming green and give forth an
odor of spring, and the dingy snow-banks
along the fences are daily dwindling, he wel
comes tbe carol of the first biue-biid, and is
glad to hear tbe robin utter his restless note
from the hough of tbe old appfe-tree ; and.
when he hears the plaiotive cry of tbegrasg
plover, he is sure spr-ng has come, and th°n
thinks of the small birds no more till the
first blast of returning winter sweeps over
tbe bare trees and frozen fields, when, ail at
once, be becomes aware that tbe troubadours
are gone. He sees that the brave little
chickadee remains faithful to bis post. ar.d
feels that his cheery note enlivens a little the
dreariness of winter, as does the ready
piping of the nut-hatch and the voice of the
dowry, fuller of life than music, and the dis
cordant note of the bine jay, who clad in a
nit of summer sky, loudly proclaims his
presence. But tbe singers are gODe, and he
misses them.
HAMPTON, GEORGIA, , MARCH 7, 1879.
The Gloaming.,
'The gloaming is the hour for quiet retro
spection of the hours that are past, for (ear
less onlooking to fhose which are to come,
and for closer communing with God and
one’s soul. The day is flowing into the
night tbrongh the golden gate of twilight,
just ns fervid youth and fragrant woman
hood, the strength of manhood and the
leader’s power, are passing through the calm
rest of old age into the stillness of death In
the gloaming, the aowl seems to see the right 11
v iloe and the true shapes of things more
clearly than she did when the son was high,
and the eyes were dazzled with its shine and
tbe blood fevered with its heat. Then pns
skin was strong, and with passion, self will,
false aims, false beliefs—and disappointment
as the shadow lying behind. If the power
was there to create, to resist, to combat, to
subdue, so also was the bitter smart and the
cruel blow. And there was the inevitable
deception of the senses. Then the sunTglt l
fell on the stagnant waters of the deadly
swamp and tnrned them into lakes of purest
gold, which a wise man would spend his
time well to seek and his strength to possess.
Now in the twilight the false shine has
fadpd from the low lying pools, and the dark
and deadly mists creep up to mark botli
their place and quality! If only he had
known the tru’h of things in time ! If only
he had not believed that marshlands were
living lakes of golden water, which a man
would do well to give his life to gain !
In the daytime, clouds obscured the sun,
so that the impatient und sore-hearted man
said in bis bitterness that the god had
tnrned his face from the earth and from him,
and that to morrow’s glory would never ri«e.
Now in the gloaming’the hope of that mor
row has already lessened in anticipation the
evil done by the clouds of to-day, and trnst
end hope come in the place of sorrow and
despair The worst has been {..make room
for the better. No more false jamming and
no more blinding by the deeeDed 1 and flut
tered sense ; no more mi'diverstorfof'hneEgv,
and taking for pure and beautiful waters ol
life deadly morass and stagnant marsh. The
gloaming of life sets a man straight, not only
with himself but with things, and gives birn
a trner knowledge than be ever had before,
fie stands full face to the west and looks
into the light, which now he can bear, and
which h* do longer finds bewildering or
blinding That time of tumult and passion,
ol heat and strife, fhtougb which he has
passed, how glad he is to leave it all behind
him while waiting, watching for the quiet
po ce of the night through the teuder soft
ness oi the gloaming ! How near and yet
how lar seem to him the unfulfilled hopes of
the morning, the mistaken endeavor of the
noon, the hard labor and fierce struggle of
the day? If he had only knowu in time the
things which were best for him, how differ
ently he would have acted—and now : God’s
wilt be done and God pardon all his sins!
fie must take things as they stand, trusting
in the unlading mercy ; fpr if repentance is
good, regret i 6 vain, and gloaming is for
peace, not strife.
Slowly the.last rays of the sun fade out
of the sky, and tbe lingering light as slowly
follows. The world lies hashed as a tired
sleeper, and tbe moon and tbe stars come
out as watchers. as signs of other worlds and
other lives. But the old man sitting pale
and peaceful i’d the house porch knows now
what he no longer sees ; for the gloaming of
his life has passed into the deep stillness of
something beyond, a« the day has passed into
the night, and both lie in the hollow of God’s
right hand.— Chamber’s Journal.
Men ok Few Words. — ,Some men use
words as riflemen use bullets. 'They say but
little. The few words go right to the mark.
They let you talk, and guide your face aod
eyes on and on, till what you say can be
answered in a word or two, and then they
launch out a sentence, pi.erce tbe matter to
tbe quick, and are done. Your conversation
falls into their minds as a river in a deep
chasm, and is lost from sight in its depth
and darkness They will sometimes surprise
you with a few words that go to the mark
like gunshot, and then they are silent again
as if they were reloading. Such men are
safe counselors and Irue friends, where they
profess to be swch. To them truth is more
valuable than gold, while pretension is too
gaudy to deceive them. Words without
point to them are like titles without merit,
only betraying tbe weakness of the blind
dupes who are ever used to forward otbet
men's schemes.
A great writer says : “Some people are
born Christians.” But there’s’ no occasion
for worrying over tbe matter; they generally
outgrow it.
There are two kinds of men who tell the
truth— one from force of circacnstuoces and
the other for a change.
Taftlo Etiquette. - --
Bread should be broken, not cut; but if
you don’t like bread, “cut” it. In “break
ing" bread u-e a curb hit v
Do not fill your mouth ton full;- -rather
allow some of the food to get into your
moustache.
Split a biscuit with your fingers, instead
of opening it with your knife like an oyster.
If the biscuit bo hard, n tnfltl and wedge are
a(|ini«sible in tin* best society.
fin not pick your teeth at the luhte. Pick
them at the dentist's, if he has a good as
sortment io pick from.
Salt should never be put on the, table
cloth, but on the side of yonr plate. If.
however, yon want to p : ckle the tablecloth
in briny, yon mint put salt on it, of course.
A barrel of salt tablecloth would come in
plsy should your pork give out during the
winter.
Do not rattle your knife and fork. A
kuife »mt spoon will be found more mn j ical.
Eat your soup from the Bide of the spoon
—either htside or outside.
Do not take game in your fingers. This,
however, does not apply to a game of cards
I) i not rest your arms on the rabLcloth.
Stack yoitr arms in a corner of the room
before beginning dinner.
When asked what part of the fowl you
pref.-r, slswer promptly. If you want the
whole of it, don’t hesitate t« sav so.
Do not drink with the spoon in your cup;
put it in vour pocket. Forgetting it, you
will be sd much ahpmi A close regard to
this rule has enabled Ben Butler to accumu
late a couipeteney.
It is bad taste for host and hostess to fiire
ish eating liefors tbeir guests. It is better
to move theii chairs so as to finish behind
them.
Never leave the table until all are through,
without sufficient excuse. The sudden en
trance of a policeman with a warrant for
your arrest,-is generally considered sufficient
excuse in polite circles.
Pay no attention to accidents or blunders
on the part of servants. If Budget blows
herself up while encouraging the fi r e with
kerosene, keep right on eating just as if you
had never (kero) sene it.
Never help yourself to articles of food
with your knife or fork. Use a harpoon or
a lasso.
When you have finished your meal lay
your knife and fork on your plate side by
side, with the bandies towards the right, a
little south by southwest, bearing northerly
when the wind is off the sideboard quarter.
—Cmannati Saturday Night.
The Desolation of Babtlon. —lt is us
ual for travelers to dwell upon the utter
desolatem of Babylon, and to paint its site
as a strip of desert especially woe-begone
and unfertile. Cat tbe elegant, gentlemen
who dwell upon this aspect of the place
could not have seen it to the middle of April.
Tire date groves and gardens along the banks
of the Euphrates are then things of beauty in
their fietb spring verdure, aud the plaio
itself is laid down with crops. Irrigation
canals cross it here and there and give
trouble to the horseman. No gras a grows
upon the mounds, and there are patches ol
the level white with nitre, which is to be
found here as in other parts of Mesopotamia ;
but tbe surface of the soil is, on the whole,
green snd pleasant to the eye. 'The glad
waters of the river flow on in 'the bright
morning sunshine, with palm and mulberry
banging ever its banks, drinking in sap and
lile. The great city which counted its pop
ulation by millions, and filled tbe world with
a renown not yet forgotten, has disappeared
under tbe dust of twenty centuries, but na
ture * as fresh and jocund os when Babylon
was still unbuilt. Birds sing overhead in
the pleasant spring air; butterflies flatter
about in search of flowers ; balmy odors re
gale tbe seats* It is difficult under the cir
cum-nances to feel as one perhaps ought to
feel for the great Capital which once cum
bered this ground. Nature does not mourn
for it, and it is bard to be sad at the bud
ding of sentiment when the bright 6pring
hides its grave.— Geary’s Travels.
'The London World tell this bow
an annoyed musician revenger) btut-ell:
“One of the most eminent pianists in London
having suffered much from the irrepressible
conversation of drawing-room audiences,
devised tbs other day a ineuos ol giving a
les-on to the town. He arranged with his
violin, his violoncello and tlie rest that tbe
music coma to a sudden stop in the midst of
the l<>udea' passage ol the piece at a given
signal Iron) him It was done. Tbe bawl
mg and shouting voices were left in the
twinkling ol an eye, bigu nod dry,as it were,
upon a shore of sileuee. Joyous, clear aod
distinct above them all rose he voice of Lady
AVhy Women Murry.
Vanity Fan , in a recent issue, says : Th<'
qn-’stirm which We fhinsidcrod ln-4 week
• Why Men Marry,” is an friteiebtfng Onir)
bul it rmt-d be pronnnrte n d interior in Inter
est to the qncui,/n “Why Women Many,”
in the degree in w' ieh men are fit all rt*R- a
ports less interfsting than worrubiV The
willingness of wom«ti to n.nrry i& greater and
more patent than that of men; and/wit will
ndd, that it is a great deal' more wnffWhil
That women lva*«, uf irw n eMloquia! ydbruse,
•he worst nf it a'l throu !i we entethfiih
no doubt, and that the matrimonial state,’a
undersfood by experience, hss, as a rale,
fewer attractions for them than for men, we
also believe to be true. Yet, while there
are many men who from choice abstain from
marrying, and still more who put off marry
ing till the Inst prae’ieaf inbftient, wp douht
if there are any women worth mentioning
who refuse the married state -from option
und deliberation, and not many who post
pone marrying till a late period of life front
n general repugnance to. having a husband.
That women refuse individual men, and
sometimes go on refusing man after man, is
true enough ; but then their objection is to
the man and not to the con-li inn of life th.it
man proposes; or. not unfiequmilly, their
refus.,l Hii-es from mere slyiltishness, from a
feeling that they may do better, nr from a
cheeiiuf conviction that there is plenty of
time to “think about it ” As u rule, how
ever, women who have the chance of marry
ing, marry, and they would mirry yet more
promptly time they do were it not tint they
are frequently held buck from taking a fool
ish step by wise parents or friends. How is
this apparent paradox to- be explained ?
There is less to in-luce a woman to marry
than to induce men, yet men besita'e to
many and women jump at marriage. Home
will answer that man is a rational and wo -
man an irrational animal; but over snd
above tbe distinction., being too uncompli
mentary to be truj, it is one of those plaus
ible explanations that explain nothing.
Again, it is sometimes affirmed that, in m ir
rying, men saerifiee liberty, whereas women,
in marrying, acquire it. When men sacri
fice what is called their liberty by marrying,
they are already tired of their liberty, or that
paiticuiar iorin of it which bachelorhood
enjoys, and were the point thoroughly ex“
ainmcd, we suspect it would be found that
they abandon a form of liberty of which
they are weary for another form they have
not yet possessed.
What a Mule Gan Do.
This mule looked like he was a hundred
aod thirty-eight years old, and was dead,
standing upon his feet. He wag hitched to
a pine-bodied spring wagon with a high
dashboard. The “team” was standing on
tho levee in mute silence, while* the old
darkey who“driv” it went aboard the wharf
boat. A tramp could make a barrel of
money selling pictures of that mule, labelled
“Ftttjenee.” His long, flabby ears hung
down each side of his head like window
awuings with the rods out of them. His
face wore a sober look, while out of his
month hung a tongue eight inches long. His
tail swung down from the rear end of his
hurricane roof like m wet rope, while hi«
whole body seemed as motionless as death
itself. Presently a red headed urchin, with
un o'd boot in bis hand, walked.up in ho.nt
of him, aod, looking into his face, saw that
the mole was asleep. He walked around,
climbed up into the wagon, leaned over the
dashboard, lifted that mule's tail, und let it
come down in time to catch a death giip
on that boot leg. 'The mule woke up so
quick that he kicked the boy and the dash
board twenty feet into the air. fie didn’t
stop there. He changed tbe position of bis
ears, hauled in bis tongue, planted his fore
teet and bis head betwe n his knees, and
from his fore shoulders to the tip of his
trunk was in lively motion, and he didn’t
look like he was more than two years old,
tbe way he was kicking that ollfiWngnn body
into kindling wood with his heels He had
, ii all to himself, and was doing finely, when
the old darkey rushed up the hill, got in
I Iront of him, grabbed him by each ear.
shouted, “ .Vh'oa ! I tell yott. Wat’s de mut
| ter wid Jtou? Whoa up!” and, looking
around at the crowd, yelled, “Will some o’
! yer gemmen git dat ar boot leg out while I
hold him? kase de waegin’s mine, an’ I jes
borrowed de mole.” But no one ventured,
and wlieu we left his bed bud almost reached
Uie tail-gate, and the old darkey was still
yelling “ \V hoa. !” — Courier-Journal.
“Love is an eternal transport!” exclaimed
un poet. “So is a canal-boat,"
said a practical old forwarding merchant.
Aocordinq to Joseph Cook, Boston bus
eight miles of grog shops. No wotwkr ber
1 streets are so crooked.
•tVrurtnnl f’ttlfure.
.Hi( ' TMtPiHSvCI •
The flower />( one civiHzi wehawe
seen to he personal culture—and of to if
flower every twl* and root and stem is .
presion®—every leaf, and gprtn and hurf is
beautiful. tint that wHichmnkcs it* grnctdul
■ corolla, thit into which it unfold* asmt#
highest and nnmt-perfect development is the
spirit of self-negation by which “every t.wir
look*not an bis own-things hut also pp <he
ithing* of others,” by which “,lhe strong,/>up}
■**' ,h : !i ■
non! hers hardens, l^- ganiftiond in its sfreng'b
becoming the supporter of infancy in its
and youth in ftsv : gor becoming
the ni iin t maned of ofd age in its decrepitude'
and decay ’Hiis seffincfjrtlnn lies at the
hnsis of all sneiil order, of all constitutional
freedom, of ell sound and wholesome admin
istration of law; 1* raotH if soil in those
intimate relations of mutual interdependence
and sympathy which hold man a
common weal. It flowers in these, brood
philanthropies and noble cbarities'whiyh ate,
peculiar to our Christian civilization, i»
which the tenderness of human sympathy,
the liberality of munificent wealth, and the
discoveries and appliances of advanced
science, are all brought to bear for the relief
of the suffering, the rescue of the perishing,
the supply of the needy, 'ha cure of the sick,
the restoration of the erring, the healing of
alt disorder, and the righting of nil wrong.
Let this feature of onr be fully
realized, and out of the abundance of the
rich the necessities of-the honest poor would
be freely supplied ; the arm of the strong
would be the sure defense of the weak 4 w .r
would cease; famine would bo abated;
pestilence would be rQbbod o( half iU bor- ,
rors. There would be no form of autfir-ing
that should not evoke a healthful
and no .cry for help that should nod uwakeo
a generous response.— Riv. T. D. If'dhcr
spoon
Our ljt»st Friendships.
L“t us bury our dead friendships silently
and solemnly. Yes, just as temkrly as we
lay away “nnd r the diisies” the cold forms
of those whom we had cherished and loved
us dearly, when the jewel had gone from the
casket to return to us never more We cun
be true, we men and women, loyal and loving
in every way, so long as the object of our
affection is faithful too, but we are seldom
magnanimous. When, like David of old,
we ore sore wrtnndcd In the “house of our
friends” we do not bear it patiently, silently,
but 'urn away with heart® filled with bitter
ness, and in the first hours of oar sorrow and
deep humiliation we vow that we ure done
with the world and its deceit and treachery
forever. It is no light thing, this death in
the hpart. If a friend dies, we know that
he shall rise again, hut for a d ad friendship '
there is no resurrection, and some of us afe '
so constituted that we never can again trust ’
so fully, confide an unreservedly, while we
journey on in this uncertain word, so full Of*
sad disappointments and deceitful promise*, 1
It has been beautifully said that ‘we 1
should make of our changing friendships a •
ladder to the angels.” Alas I we fear that •
many use them as a descent to the demon*
Oh ! the ghoul-like malice that cun prompt
one to abuse the confidence of the ; r onee
beloved—to use the knowledge of their most
sacred affairsjso ns to blight tbeir characters
or to blacken their once fair fume! Oh I
let us bind this golden rule on our own
hearts, and upon the hearts of all our kind#
Bury your dead friendships silently, sok
emidy. YVe shall all stand some day on the
borders of the spirit-land, where broker*
friendships will be reunited, where all bitter
ness and heart-pangs shall be ever more for
gotten Ln the majestic presence of the great
Peace- maker, the Sanctifier, the Oonsecrator
—Death.
YVny Max Need YY’ivbs. —lt is not to
sweep the house, make the bed, daru the.
socks and cook the meals, that a man chiefly
wants a wile. If this is all, when a young
man calls to sec a lady, send him into the
pantry to taste the bread aod cake she has
made, send him to inspect the needle-work
and bed-uuking, or put a broom into her
hands and scud him to witness its use. Bucli
things are important, and the wise young
rnau will look after them. But what the
true man wants is a wife's companionship,
sympathy and love. A man is sometimes
overtaken by inislot tunes ; he Tweets failures
and deieat*; trials and temptation? beset
him ; and be needs some one to stand by him
and sympathize. All through life, threugb
storm aDd sunshine, through conflict and
victory, through adveise acd favoring wind*,
man needs a woman's Jove. His heart yearns
tor it.
The man who is waiting for something to
turn up, geuerally finds it when be steps oo *
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