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PKOFESSIOXAI. VA lilts.
J Vis. S’. «• l UIMIIvM..
DENTIST,
McDonough, Ga.
Aiiv 011 c desiring work done can *v ne
iMiniinodatcd either tiy calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Guo W. Tinv.\x j V«'.T. Dickkn.
uitvn a i>in»r>,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Mt'hoNOl'Cll, Y*A.
Will practice in the counties composing
he Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
>i Georgia and the United States District
Court. . apr27.lv
j tS. 11. i’l IfU.K.
attorney at law.
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
he Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court 01
Georgia, and the United States. District
'court. ' martti-ly
j i IS II %<« 4A,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
>1 her collect ions. Will attend all t lie Courts
at- Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Schaefer’s warehouse. janl-ly
j F. lV U. 1.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octs-VJ
■yy A. ItROWA.
’ ATTORNEY AT* LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Wilfpractice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
jj C. J’IIKI’I.F.S*,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ham 1-ton, Ga,
. Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
*%f Georgia and the District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt attmi
•tioiigivefyto Collections, Oct 8. ISBB
Jno. D. SteWakt. j tl. !. Daniel.
S I’IIW i IFF A- I)AAIi:i..
ATTORNAT LAW;
*• - •
.1. \ltv>l t).
' Hami-ton. Ga,
"hereby tender my perfessional service to
" the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all calls night and
day.
LA II CARD. .
1 hare opened a law office in Atlanta. hut
will continue my practice in llenry county,
attending all Courts regular’v, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. V, ill he in Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Office—Room 26, Gate City Bank Build
in"'. Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TVE.
January Ist, 1885.
McElree’s Wine of Cardui
and THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Henry County:
I>. Knott & Co. McDonough.
Hill & ranter, Lovejov.
A. V. McVickcr, Babb.
Kerry & Bran nan, Flippen.
l)r. W. H. H. Peek, Locust Grove.
.1. C. Bostwick, Peeksville.
J. AV. Hale, ‘ * Sandy Ridge.
\V. H. Gilbert & Co. Stockbridge.
15. F. Harlow. Tunis
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sun in each lora .ry.rlie wiv
a " best uwin? macn'ue made in
fM I l the world,with nil the atrai htm-nts
L. / JRJv J"> will alto send i'r**«* ■ on.; ,ete
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WWjSSp II I CjjMwCttaamptes. In return v/e ask that you
lyUMr «»lio\v what v. ? send, to lb"-..- h!i<>
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«jr\VJrmed«-after the ftinigor patents,
V
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McDonomli Made Works
AND-
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\\Te announce to Ihg public that we are
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Repairing, such as
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Separatop mid .Mill YlJirliin
erv. Filing and (rnromiiiK
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We keep constantly on hand all kinds of
Brass Fittings, Inspirators (of any size),
Iron Piping and Pipe Fittings :* Pipping Cut
and Threaded any irize and Length, We are
prepared to repair your machinery cheaper
than you can have it done in Atlanta. All
work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
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May 24, 1888
-i \j" a Y'p P I | Agents in - very Town
I i A A I Ia I I and Count to sell ou»
floods. Send us One Dollar, and we will
send vou samples that sells for three dollars
and start you in business tic t will pnv you
from f 100 to S3OO per month.
Address
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RICHMOND, VA.
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MIM3NOI •r. (JA.
McDonough, a town of IJMMt inhabitants
*8 the county siteot Henry, oneof tin- lar
gest and must o.nuio.is counties in middle
Georgia, is situ-it- on the Fast Tenn., Va.
A Ga, K’v., !»■■ : ty eight nlies south of At
lanta, the capi lot of the -late. It is also
the nortlici t! t ; minus . I the Georgia Mid
! land « Gulf K’v, which lias its southern
! ermimis at Coinmlms, Ga., “the Lowell of
I the Smith.” The Central ol Georgia runs
\ through the western portion of the county,
I thus giving it three first class lines of rail
way.
Farm lands can lie Kouglil from $5. to
'yl o. icr acre: on which can lie grown re
‘ niuuci’ntive crops of Cotton, Cm-n, Wheat, 1
•Oats, Rye, Ilarley, Kice, Millet, Sugar-cane,
| Sorghum, Shvoet and Irish Potatoes, Ground
I and Field l’eas, and the finest Watermelons
J (both as to size and flavor) ill tire
i world. *
| All kinds pi fruits do well here. Quite a
| fruit industry lias sprung up some fourteen
j miles to the -ut 1 ■•ecsr of" M >. nm.ghy ana
I is conducted by an intelligent set of immi
| grants from the north, who bought the lands
i cheaply, and which have appreciated from
$lO. to SIOO. per acre. Tbete are thousands
of acres just as good in Henry county await
ing development by industrious immi-
grants.
There are eight- railrpad towns in Henry
county-McDonmigh, Hampton, Stock bridge.
Locust Grove, Flippen, Greenwood, Tunis
and Lobelia. In point ot population they
rank as given.
The climate is mild and oqutlble, There
is not a day ill the year that oul of door
work cannot be dune on account of cold
weather. The atmosphere is pure and en
tirely free from malaria. A ease of yellow
fever was never contracted in lot) miles of
this section. The county lies 1.100 feet
above sea level, and is gently undulating
in its topography. Wood amt water ot the
lies! quality are abundant., building mate
rial is cheap and plentiful. Undressed lum
ber dill Ik bought at $!). peril, and,dressed
lumber at from $1:1, tosl4. M. and shingles
(first class nil s:>. per M,
Our people are kindly disposed towards
all well-meaning new comers. Politically,
our people believe in “a free ballot and a
fair count.” There is a standing reward .of
$.->(10. lor a single instance where a man
has not- been allowed to vote his political
conviction —whether he lie democratic or
republican. Our motto is, ‘‘Let bygones lie
bygones; and let all unite in the up building
of our goodly heritage. We know no .south
no north.” Wu de ire to bond our united
energies to bringing our bcautiti 1 lauds to
that degree of perfection which brawn and
brain have done for less favored sec
tions.
The manufacturing industries of this
section have received a wonderful impetus in
the last few years. Griffin, a sprightly
tow n of iiOOf) inhabitants only eighteen* miles
south of us, has built two splendid cotton
mills ill the last three years-vrCOsting in the
agarogate $1)00,000. on which amount they
declared a dividend of lit) per •out. last year.
To those who have money to invest, we in
vite them to come to McDonough, which is
one of the ln-st building sites in the south,
owing to its being in the midst of the cotton
fields, and on a line of railway where cheap
coal vjvy| g,: l:r . it has bi-eii demonstrated
tliif capitalists cannot miLs a mistill; ■ tn in
vesting in southern manufacturing enter
terprises. A cotton mill, an oil mill or
guano factory would all pay a handsome div
idend if erected and put in operation
hero.
To tlie capitalist, the mechanic, the ma
chinist. the sturdy, thrifty northern and
western farmers we invite you to come and
examine our section before purchasing iq the
bleak, treeless northwest. We will accord
you a hearty welcome and happy, sunny
homes.
Sample copies of The Weekly forward
ed to any address on receipt of a one cent
stamp.
All parties corresponding with us will
please inclose stamps to insure reply.
Si-rui; & Thkneii, Pubs.,
• McDonough, Ga.
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.McDonough, ga.. Friday, junk. ”<s, imisd.
I.ou land l\>lk».
1 reached Bibbsville on a Friday
evening, and had hardly entered the
queer old place when 1 learned that
there was to be a picnic out at ‘‘the
falls” th* next day. Everybody was
a- much excited as on the eve of a
Fourth of July, and the colored people
c ulcl hardly hold themselves down.
The Widow Raker, at w hose house 1
found lodgings, had been cooking for
the last three days, and it was with a
lining sense of dignity that she informed
me of the fact that she was “the com
inittee boss on vitUes to eat.” During
* the evening a number of men dropped
j in. and after a bit the committee on ar
rangements 'got together to periect
some details.
“Now, then, you JiiH»’ ! said the
chairman, as lie finished making some
note* on a utcce of paper, “you are to
watch the Babcocks—tbe ole man and
bis two boys. They’ll come Fixed fur
fight, and at the fust sign of a tow
you’ll whistle the committee together
and pile on to ’em.”
“K’rect, Mr. Simmons,” answered
Jim, who was the village bl aksmith.
"And you, Tom—you are to watch
the Harpers—the three boys. The ole
man is sick and won't be yere. Them
boys is on the shute, ye know, and hev
got to be squelched right on the go
olf.”
“I kin lick the bull passle of’em.
Mr. Simmons,” confidently replied
I otn, who kept on ■ of the general
stores.
"And you, Henry—you kinder keep*
walking around and hev ver eye out
fur everybody, If you see ary man
draw his gnu, jum[s right on to Him
We can’t hev the glorious festivities of
this festivious occasion knocked earn!
wise by any onery conduct,”
When 1 asked under what auspices
the picnic was to be given, one of the
committee replied :
“Wall, the three or four kinds of ro
ligun around yere have sort o’ chipped
in together, and I’m bound thar’ll be a
right smart of sinners besides.”
At art early hour next forenoon I
repaired to the grounds, two or three
miles away, and found a good many
people before mo. Every sort of velii
cl • in use in the south had been
pressed into service, and every sort of
people and costume were to be seen, it
was to be a day off for old and young,
ana everybody looked as if lie mount
to enjoy it. The place was wild and
romantic, the weather delightful, and
the jubilee songs of the darkies echoed
up and down the gorge. The first
cloud arose just after the crowd reached
the ground. The chairman of the com
mittee tin order came to me looking
very auxiDu-, and asked :
“Which ’un do you abide by?”
“What do you mean ?” »
“Which religun— .Methodist ot bap
tist?”
“I rather lean to the Presbyterian.
Why ?”
“Because one of the Baptists yere is
taking advantage of the occasion to try
and convart the old man Parker, f
say it don’t belong. ’Tain’t the time
sot apart. If he goes in then some of
our Methodists will feel to go in, too,
and the whole thing will flop over to a
camp meeting. 1 svant you to meet up
’with him and tell him lie’s off the
bridge.”
Fortunately for all, the old man
Parker announced in a loud voice that
t j •’d whip the ipan who talked religion
to him on a week day, and the occa
sioii didn’t flop over, as predicted. I
soon found the Babcocks, father and
two sous. They were plain, honest
looking folks, with nothing of the ruffi
an or desperado in looks or actions,
and we had been talking for a quarter
of «n hour before anything was Ist slip.
Then one of the hoys announced :
“Say, pop, ole Jackson is yere.”
“He ar’ eh? How’s he conduc
tin’?’*
“Oh, sorter.”
“Well, if he’ un wants to be healthy
lie’ll walk soft. I don’t want to kick
up no row around yere, ’cause it’s a
festemotis occasion, but he’un musn’t
presume.”
“And Jerry Baker is here too, pop,”
added the boy.
“How sasserfrous for the likes of
deny to show up yere ! How’s he con
duciiu’?”
“Fairish.”
“Well, don’t you shoot pnless he
draws fust. It’s a festemous occasion,
and dead folks lying around takes off
the edge of a pnsson’s appetite.”
“And Tom Ktraker is over thaj’,
pop.”
“Does he’un dare sbo.v up yere as
big as life ? And how’s he conductin’
hisself?”
“Tolerable.”
“Then tell Jack to go go slow. Jack
wants a pop at him, ami it’s his b lin
den duty to hev it, but lie needn’t be
so awful hurryish about it. If thar’s
any row yere the ole woman will he
sartin to cotch a bullet, and then we’ll
hev her to wait on all the fall. Ami
right, stranger ?”
“Vou are 1”
“’Tain’t the occasion fur shootin’?”
“No.”
“Unit’s what I say. Let’s enjoy
ourselves as much as possible domin’
the day, and then do our stuntin' an’
killin’ on the way home.”
By and by I found the three Har
per boys smoking their pipes under a
tree, and one of them put a revolver
out of sight as I came up.
“Yes, it’s a fine day,” said Henry,
the oldest, and I hope thar’ won’t
! he no misbehavin’.”
“Why should there lx- ?”
“Well, that ar' Ben Johnson has
-bowed up an’ ar’ steppin' too high fur
a feller of his breedin’. I’ve bin waft*
; tin’ a pop at him fur some time, an’ il
lie comes rubbitt’ around 1 can’t say as
I'm gAitig to hold bade.”
••An’ thar’s Hi Lawman out tlur’
blosvin’ as to how fur he kin jump,” \
added the second brother. “1 owe
him one fur shutiti’ at me from behind
a bush lan* summer, an' if he gits too
peart they’ll hev to carry hint home in
a cart.”
“Oh, shot!” growled the vounger
brother in disgust, “lou'uns ts alius
fur killin’. What’s* the use? Ain't
ot hot folks got rights i Do wo own
this yere uiith ? If any body erter fuel
sorter it’s me. Ain't 1 that mug Da
vis chinnin’ my gal ou tha. ? Hadn’t
l otter go right out ait’ begin to pop at
him? But 1 don’t do it. ’Cause why?
’Cause we hev got to have maun ers an’
if 1 kin meet up with he un to-morrow
he’s got to beg my paitlou or go under,
but I haiift gwino top befool myself
afore »-U the-#.' ''•***:
“Henry,” the man w\f> had been
delegated to watch everybody and he
•ready to jump, found a young man
loading a revolver just before noou,
atul he walked up to him ami said :
gßeit CalvTrt, von hand that over to
me chuck-a-quick 1”
“’Cause why ?”
“’Cause it might go off by accident,
and if it did it would be my bounded
duty to riddle you.”
“I’ll abide” said Ben, as he passed it
over, “but I want it when c.nnp breaks
up. That youngest Taylor bJy is doin’
a heap o’ braggin’, and ntebbe I’ll hev
to drop he’un down a peg after the
meetin’ is out.”
The day passed off without the
slightest trouble, mid those who antici
pated any at the breaking up were dis
appointed. Everybody seemed con
tent and happy, and when we got back
to town the old man Harper shook
hands and confidently "observed :
“Say, stranger, wasn’t it beau-tiful ?
Jist think of it?—not a single pussttn
killed ! The last one we had up there
turned out two cart loads of killed and
wounded, and it wasn’t a big crowd,
either.”
"Ilcseltins Still."*
Extract’fivm a recent sermon bv Rev.
Geo. 11. Means, Nicbolasville, Ky.:
Ver)- few persons, if any, are givett
to all kinds of sins. Each sinner lias
some particular way of sinning—a sm
that besets him, What is yours ?
Is it an unforgiving spirit? Some
one you secretly hate.
Is it an avhricious spirit ? A ltar
rewiug lust for gold.
Is it a licentious spirit ? A corrup
ting Inst for flesh.
Is i.: a wo UJty spiritA love of
the world aud its pleasures.
Is it an ambitious spirit ? An inor
dinate love of fame.
Is is u vatu spirit ? An undue love
of admiration and applause.
Is it a discontented spirit ? Dissat
isfietl with your lot in life.
Is it a deceitful spirit? Lips that
speak flattering lies.
J» it a proud spirit? A love of vain
and empty show.
Is it an envious spirit? That builds
on the ruin of others.
Is it a contentious spirit? Striving
for simple victoiv, regardless of truth.
Is it an indifferent spirit? Prayer
less and neglectful of your soul.
Is it a faithless spirit? Untrue to
the moral and sacred relations of
life.
Js it a liian-feaiing spirit? Dread of
the world’s opinions.
Is it a dishonest spirit? Dealing un
fairly with men.
Is it an uncharitable spiity? Making ,
no allowance for others.
Is it an irreverent spirit? Treating
sacred things with contempt.
Is it an unsubmissive spirit? Mur
muring at the wi-e dispensations of 1
providence.
Is it a presumptive spirit ? Sinning
against light and knowledge.
Is it a doubting spirit? A spirit of
skepticism, of unbelief?
Is it an egotistical spirit? That
which undervalues virtues in others,
and exalts those that belong to your
self.
Whatever it may be, it is your “be
setting sin,” and the text says “lay it
aside,” la£ it aside and “run.” get
away from your old haunts, old asso
ciates, old companionships; run with
j.“patienee,” patience with yourself,
your persecutors your God And
I 'dook unto Jesus” for deliverance, and
j courage, and comfort.
A I'siir I ■■<lcr»t;inilinj>
A woman in the near vicinity of 4.8
and weighing within a pound ’of 180,
occupied a seat on the train from Tole
do thfe other day in company with a sca
red-looking young man who probablv
voted last fall for the first time. As
they mentioned Detroit and the fact
that they were goilig to stop h er*\ a
citizen who had a seat ahead turned
around and said he would be glad to
give them any inform .tion he possess
ed.
“Look a-here,” said the woman in
answer, “I want a fair understanding
with yon at the outset. Who do you
suppose this young man is ?”
•■Your—your grandson, perhaps.”
“No, sir.”
“Your nephew, then.”
“No, sir ”
“Your own son.”
“No, sir ”
“Perhaps he is»an acquaintance.”
“He is my husband, sir—married
yesterday—and I don’t want any mis
takes made. A dozen different people
h ive taken him for my nephew or
grandson, and I’m getting tired of : t.
He’s my husband, sir—h u-*-b a-n A
and now go ahead and tell us where
we can find a hotel with family com
forts for about SI a day.”
Nnmiry NllliunelK-s.
There are eyes and eyes, just as
there ft-e noses and noses. I mean by
this that there are degrees of excellence
in the eye its there are degrees of ex
cellence in all the operations of nature.
The standard of beauty in the eye,
beyond certain effects, is 'largely arbi
trary. It depends a good deal upon til*
individual fancy. I* not this true of
all judgements, especially in all that
are called to pass upon that abstract
quality—beauty ? 1 have already, in
one of uiv silhouettes, quoted from one
of the charming sermons of that polish
ed and scholarly churchman, Bishop
Jeremy lor, and cited the r ise of
the'Greek painter who attempted to
create an ideally beautiful face and
bead, lie chose lho most beautiful
features from the faces that it: his opin
ion were Jjte perfect fae.es. lie fi*p
Vied mo eye or 1 hlone, the f hair ..jj
l’ognium and Tarsia's lip, Philouittm’s
chiu and the forehead of Dolphin, and
set. all these upon Milphidippa’s neck
and thought that he should outdo both
art and nature. But he did not
succeed so well as he hoped. When
he came to view the proportions he
found that the lip he considered perfect
in Tarsai was not in accord with the
chin of Philenium; that Ohione’s eye
and Dolphin's forehead were not inten
ded the one for the other, and that
while alone the hair of Pegnium was
the pA-fection of hirsute adornment, on
.Milphidippa’s neck it cut a very sorry
figure. And the Greek found that he
could not make a beautiful face, Imt
that what he hoped would be beautiful
was in fact quite ugly.
The truth is, as those have learned
who have examined the subject, that
beauty is a decidedly volatile essence,
or quality, if you have a voice between
the two words. It is not made of one
single feature. The red and white col
n ...
ors may bo charming in purity and
hrilliuncv. 'l'be eye may be attractive
and the’face rounded and the skin vel
vety. Hut if the fancy of the individu
al is not touched then he does not think
the face perfect. What pleases is
the proper proportion of the object to
the fancy.
* #
*
And thus we find that what may he
re dly beautiful in ifkelf is not at all at
tractive to certain persons. The eve,
considered abstractly, may have all the
requisites that make the artistically
pretty and striking eye. Yet to some
people there will be nothing attractive
about it. And these same people will
imagine beauty in an eye which, tneas
ured by these abstract standards, poss
esses vo beauty at all. There are some
eyes that will fascinate every one, and
the beauty of which every one will be
willing to admit. Hut even in the
case of such an eye the beauty will be
rather comparative than absolute, tak
ing the judgments of every one togeth
er.
Poets rave ovdl* the blue eyes. In
three eases out of five where an apos
trophe is addressed to the eye or whore
an imaginary heroine is created she lias
blue eyes. I nev'er could understand
this predilection for eyes orblne. True,
they are very pretty and generally are
accompanied by a pretty completion. !
Hut ni the light blue eye I seo nothing
•particularly striking. It may make a
pretty eye but it seems to me that the i
blue eye has a superficial expression!
which is not always attractive. There
are bluo eyes which are so deep in their j
color that they are beautiful, and when
these are fringed with long lashes they
make a puie eye. But these are not 1
the ordinary blue eyes. The average
blue eye is not magnetic- The hard
blue eye is indifference itself.
I csnnot say mucli for thp green
eyes Some green eyes that I tiave
seen are very noticable. Bu* from a
study of the eye and the character to-j
getLer the conclusion is that the green
eye is not the eye of an open hearted
nature. There is a certain charm aboat
that eye and it is an intelligent eye.
But all the green eyes that I have no
ticed are accompanied by some not al
together pleasant traits, as for instance,
selfishness, jealousy and sometimes cru
elty. If theieure any green eyes which
aVc free from thest traits I shall he
glad to know of them so that honora-
ble amends can be trade for the slan
der.
♦r *
The sloe black eye is the eye of iri
j tensity and passionateness. There is
no half jvay business abotlt it. It is
no'so intelligent as the green eye or
i the brown eye. lint it is soft *and
! amatory. The man or the woman with
the sloe black eye goes to extremes, it,
is all softness or all fierceness. The
sloe black eye is not so expressive as .
the others because there is none of the |
delicate tracery of color lines which
we see in-the other eyes. There is a
blankness to the iris of the vary black
eye which detracts very much from its
beauty. And while under the influeu- '
ce of emotion the coal black eye may
change somewhat, it never can be beau
tifully expressive because the color shad
ings are all lost.
The brown eye is a delicious eye. It
is >oft and tender, dreamy at;d intelli
gent, hut more delicately sensuous than
intellectual. It is a wonder that more
poets do not address their raving to the
brown than to the blue eye. The
brown eye bespeaks the genuinely ten
der nature. The possessor of it seldom
goes to extremes. There are few vio
lent agitafons of the disposition, al
though J have seen brown eve, that
were accompanied by a get* duely sa'ati
ic character. There i» no rule without
its exceptions, and it is uot fair to the
brown eye to make this one s standard
for judgment. The brown eye is an
eye to pin one's faith to. It is the sun
ny nature and the generous that looks
through the brown
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But the best eye to me is the gray
eye, Aud if there is a tleek of the ha
zel in it, or better yet a touch of tbe
violet’s hue, it is the more effective.
The gray eye bespeaks the constant
nature. Jt is the trustful eye, the in
telligent eye, the eye that eloquently
portrays the responsive, the sympathet
ic, the loyal character. There is in the
expression of the gray eye an indefina
ble essence, or aspect, which fascinates
and holds the attention and commands
the confidence. The steel gray eye is
the eye of cruelty. But the soft, gray
eye, tvit.h its pure and expressive look,
who does not say that it. is beautiful ?
And who eatt deny thtit the violet gray
eye, an eye that ts so seldom seen, is
,P4| lgnUv ravishing ?
Rut, as 1 have written, the beauty of
any thing is the proportion of the ob
ject to the fancy. And tln-ie will he
many whosiffauey is so different front
j mine that they will not agree with one
| word that they have read on the eye
M. G. in /tetroit Free /‘reus.
IS<‘l:i|'li<ml Tlioii" III*.
Ho is a wise mail who makes a life
alliance with Taut, the master and pre
ceptor of Genius.
If a man have leprosy let us cure his
disease* The rule that obtains, I believe*
is to kill the leper.
You will bo far less ill at ease with
work as your portion, than with much
time to kill. He is in soro distress on
whom the time hangs heavily.
Were 1 a teacher in pulpit, forum or
elsewhere, I would reduce Captain
Rhetoric to the grade of Lieutenant
and promote Corporal Thought to the
rank of Colonel.
If I were asked to name the most
significant of the elements that, com
pose as nearly perfection as it is un
derntood in our temporal relations, 1
should he disposed to select reverence
for truth.
The intellectual autocrat of the
world is its chit-lost criminsl. When
the miracle, man—made hut a little
lower than the angels -man “the quin
tessence of mind”— i/ossi/is ! We turn
from him in pity and loathing !
A morning appotito not only forti
fies its happy possessor against a then
sand ills which allliet the ntan who
loathes his breakfast, but it is an un
mistakable denotement that lie is equip
ped to sharply relish all the felicities
of life.
Whether man sits luxuriously back
In bis easy chair or pauses with uplif
ted pickaxe in the act of picking out a
blue clay living, he thinks. There is
blooded thought and there is “plug”
thought. Til ore was Bucephalus and
there was Rosinante.
It has always seemed to metthat
there is a lot of nonsense in the rule
that our charities—incomparably the
loftiest duties and the sweetest pleasures
of mankind—must be confined to the
“heathens.” Remember always the
“heathen at our door.”
'1 here is that hi the commonest sa
lute of the courtly man which stirs in
Ime by instinct, a gcncious emulation.
- And whenever 1 am strong enough to
rise above the foggy atmosphere in
which I practice life as a rule, the con
| genial task of imitating him employs
| me in holiday fashion—something as if
| the wood-chopper by occupation en
gaged his leisure in* painting the Ma
| donna.
In riotous youth I was prone to re \
gard as a gloomy shadow of Method
ism, the idea that the sweetest pleas
ures in life are those which spring up
from a sense ol duty. In the light of
; mature years I read a far different les
son ; and wore it licit that I pity my
! self a little for the pain and unquiet
that pursue me on neglect of duty, 1
might extract comfort from good inten
tions—of which material I have a su
| per abundance.
!l<- Hits Straight.
“Look here, sir!” exclaimed an ex
cited citizen as he grabbed hold of a
mart on Michigan avenue yesterday,
“J want an explanation from you !”
“You can have it, sir,” was the calm
reply.
‘•You were at my house yesterday
asking for charity.”
“Very likely.”
“You told rnv wife that you were a
sufferer by the Johnstown flood.”
“No doubt of it, sir.”
“But when sho asked you where
Johnstown was, you located it in
low.-..”
“I certainly did, sir.”
“Then it is proof enough that you
are a fraud and deserve arrest!”
“Don’t be so previous, my friend.
Here is a state map of lowa. Do you
see Johnstown right there under my
finger ?”
“Y-e s.”
“Well, here is a clipping from a Du
buijue paper. Doe-n’t it say that
Buffalo Creek is out of its hanks and
flooding the main streets of .Johns
town ?”
“Yes.”
“Weil, then, what have you got to
say 5 Flood took my house and shop
away, drownded ray wife, and I’m ask
ing for money to make a new start.”
“Yes—l see. Here’s a quarter to
nelp you along. It’s very strange co
incidence—very. Haven’t got a Cam
bria iron works out there, have yon ?”
“Not quite. I believe they call it
the Cambria lead and'shot works.”
“Yes. You can. go on. Curious
coincidence—very.”
The art of printing was suggested by,
a man cutting letters on the bark of a
tree, and impressing them on a piece of
paper.
W 01,0 111 Vl’Kft'M NTOItV.
Vk lit Iholai-ny IleaSii-aii-
Her Haled Hie of a
Wolf Nkih.
lie was along in years, as I saw by his
iron gray heard, and F saw upon his
goods that his name was Cross. He
was a toll man, and bis build showed
that ho was a man of great muscular
power. Ho examined the wolf skin
for a moment, then threw it from him.
muttering it deep curse, the meaning
of which I did not understand. I pri
vately asked my friend what it
meant.
“Ah 1" said he, “he has as id story
to tell.”
My neighbor, who had only eome as
a guide, went home in the afternoon,
and as Mr. Cross was somewhat fa
tigued by the journey fiotu the sottle
_ tY6 (Hit ufiti Vo • iit.p Ilep’
day. * 1 was Very simone to tieur Sir.
(J’s story, and after supper we sat
around the fire for some time, telling
about the moose and the various things
that had happened during our few days
stay at the head of tho Hog liiver,
which was tho name of the locality
where wo were stopping. After my
friend and I had exhausted all our
tales, not forgetting that awful night’s
watching at the camp door, we asked
Mr. Cross to tell us something of his
hunting exploits.
••I have hut one story,” ho replied,
“that will interest you, but I do not
often tell it,” and 1 saw a tear glisten
ing in his eye.
I told him wo would be pleased to
hear his story, Imt did not wish for him
to call anything to remembrance that
would cause him g'ief. lie replied:
“The wound had been healed these
many years, though often now it seems
to bleed aficsli; hut my story now 1 will
tell.
“I was horn in the northern part of
Vermont. My father was a farmer,
and I was the only child, my father
gave me the homestead, lie died quite
young and the earo of the farm devol
ved on me. My mother soon became
lame and unable to do tho work, and 1
resolved to marry. Dear Louisa, a
farmer’s daughter who lived hut a few
miles away, was the one I gave my
heart and hand, and indeed, she was
worthy of the love of any man. My
mother soon afterwards died, and we
laid hpr betide her husband in the
churchyard.
“Two children were horn to us,
Tommie and Louisa. We watched
over them iii their inlaucy, and loved
them dearly. Tommy was 7, and
Louie, as we called her, was •>. School
was to commence the next Monday,
and as they had never been to school,
we made arrangements to send them.
The school house was about one-half
mile off, beyond a piece of woods. I
went with them the first and
second day, and met them at night, as
they were afraid to go through the
woods alone; Imt the third day Tommy
said,* 1 l’apa need not go with us any
more, we can go alone.’ I granted
their wish, and soon saw them disappear,
going towards the school house, swing
ing their little dinner pails.
“They had gone hut a tow minutes.
I had taken up my ax, and was about
commencing to cut some wood. I
heard little Tommy scream : ‘O dear,
papa! O dear, papa!’ hurst upon my
ears; and at the same moment I heard
little Louie call 11 mamma, mamma”! It
is needless to say that 1 rushed to their
rescue, tightly grasping my ax. In
one minute I saw two wolves tearing
my children to pieties. With an un
earthly yell, 1 rushed upon them. One
left Miy child and sprang upon mo ; he
lay dead the nex t instant. I sprang
upon the other that was tearing the
flesh from the cheek of my little girl;
but he ran swiftly aijay. .Poor little
Louie was deat'; little Tommie raised
his torn and bloody hand, and faintly
said: ■<> papa, I wish you had comt;
fore !’ It was his last words; in a few
moments lie was dead. I took my
dear ones in my arms, and carried them
to my house. My wife vva# at the
barn. I lay them on the bed; my wife
soon came in. She looked upon
her children, uttered a fearful wail of
sorrow, and fell almost lifeless upon the
lloor! The shock was too much for
her, and indeed, more than many moth
i ers could have stood, and within one
month she died a raving maniac. She
sleeps in Vermont besides her dear ba
bies she loved so well,” When he had
finished Jiis story there was not a dry
eye in the,camp, and for some time not
a word was spoken. Bu; the evening
was far spent, and we soon retired tp
our beds to dream ever the eveDts of
the day, „
The One i liing Vnlril,
A gentleman who was driving up
Fourth avenue the other day came to
several empty barrels in the street, and
lie halted and asked of a boy who sat
on the curb:
“Say, boy, who rolled those barrels
out here 5 ”
“l’a did. We are cleaning bouse,”
was the answer.
“Whose children are those out there
in the street ?”
“They are ours. Ma sent ’em out
to get rid of them.”
“Is that your dog making such a fuss
in the back yard ?”
“Yes, sir. We are seeing how long
he can keep it up.”
“And I suppose you lugged that lad
der out here ?”
“Yes, sir—l’m playing with it.”
“ Well, you seem to be doing about as
you want up here ?”
“Yes, sir, except that I can’t pry
that letter box off the lamp post. You
haven’t got a crowbar in the buggy,
have you? I jw-t want that, to be
P.V ” '
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