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THE DAWSON WEEKLY .JOURNAL.
T. «• 'SSSS^A >■ }
gjtoson ittflila Journal,
Published Every Thursday.
TF.nMS— Strictly in •ldvttttcc.
Three months ' IO
s^»° nt r hß II
One year Z
U'orli 'i *»ery doWription exe
c.itedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
BAIL -ROAD GUIDE.
Soiili«'vester , i Railroad.
WU. 110 LT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup
f e ,,e Macon 5.15 A. M. ; arrive at CoW
jrr.K *> k*™ w- 1 ,s p -
A/ • arrive at Macon fi—< I • • •.
r eaves Macon 8 A M-. arrives at Eu
faula 5 30, P M ; Leaves Eufaula 7 20, A 11;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, I M.
ALBANY BRANCH.
reaves Smithville t 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 35, A M;
Arrives at Smithville 11, A M.
A Leave Outhbert 3.57 P. M.; arrive at. Fort
trains 5.40 P. M i Leave Fort Gams 7.05 A
M. ; arrive at 6'uthbert 9.05 A. .1/.
HYstcria A Atlantic Railroad.
E. HULBERT, Sup’t.
DAY PABSENOER TItATN.
Jjtavs Atlanta . • • “Isl p‘Vl‘
Lane Dalton • „
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 6.25 1. M.
Leave Chattanooga . - A.«.
Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12.05 P.M.
night train.
Leave Atlanta . • • ! ?!! T' J!
Arrive at Chattanooga . • . 4.10 A.M.
Leave Chattanooga . • 4.80 P.M.
Arrive at Dalton . . • 7 5 ,°
Arrive at Atlanta . . • 1.41 A. M.
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§usiawis isarfls.
o. B. WOOTEN. K W. DAVIS.
WOOTEN & DAVIS,
attorneys at law,
Datvson , da.
4ec24 1868 lv
I~E V I <J. 110 Y Tj,
attorney at law,
"Dawson, - - - - Ga.
’ll' ILL practice in the several Courts of
H Law'and Equity in this Stato and the
Circuit Courts of the United States for the
Sute of Georgia. Also, attenti u given to
COMMISSION' in BANKRUPTCY.
LAW FIRM.
XV G PARKS, j VASON k DAVIS,
Dawson, Ga. Albany, Ga.
n AYIN T 0 asiomted ourselves together in
. the practice of Law, we will be thank
ful for patronage, nnd will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to our care,
dec”, 1868—6 m
MEDICAL CARD.
DR. J. A. JACKSON,
pKHMANENTI.r located *« Dawson, rospoct-
I fully tender*llls Professional Services to tlie
people of Dawson ami surrounding country. In
truded in tlie most eminent. Colleges inns hospi
tals, both North and South, and having over
three years practical experience; one year e.f
which was under the immediate observation of a
skillful Physician, he hopes to merit and receive
a liberal share of patronage. Office at F.oylesfi 5
Drug Store, where he ran be found at all hours,
Win n not professionally engaged; except at
right, when he can be found at his residence, op
posite Col. Harpers.
7>nwsou, Cl a., feW’OO-ly
MEDICAL CARD."
Drs. Johnson & Stevenson
HAYING Located at BrowilN Sla
lion, Eh., lespecilully lender their
I’rofi'S.-lonal s. rvices to tbe cil zous of that
price, and surrounding country, aprl 1 y
J. Gk. 8. SMITH*
GtTJjST smith
./J7I .u.M iri.risT
hi A W SON, ; • ; G-corejia.
Keep? constantly on hand a welt selected
stock of Guns, Pistols, Caps, Cartridges and
Amuniiion of alt description.
• Kepairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, sew
>fg-VTchines, etc., etc. Feb 11 ’6B ly. .
T - J- PRATT. J. B. CItIM
Pratt \ crim,
dry goods and
Grocery Merchants,
b.UVSOS, - - GEORGIA
f IBERAI, advances made on Cotton
a shipned to our correspondents in ravan
oan and Baltimore. oet22’6Bly*
PROPRIETOR. \
RD HOUSEj
N,
BROWN HOUSE
E - E- I’.KOW.V A SON,
Ult h St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
‘ ,,W0,, i Georgia.
*■- ««!] having lately been refitted
Hotels ?f lr D d ’ * nJ is now one °f tb® b e ß t
n i e nt in tlin ie -.^ late ’ and ’be most conve
€Vervthiuo- tk« T ‘ T hc ,ablc 13 eu PP ,icd wit b
7 Wn « the market aflords. f«blß’6»
Gr. IBER3STD,
manufacturer
AND
.Wbolsale & Retail dealer in
SADDLES, HARNESS,
AND
Saddlery Hardware.
\\7E would again call the attention of
T T Planters and J/qrchants to our supe
rior Stock and increased facilities for the
manufacture of everything in our line, com
prising—
Ladies’, Mens’ and Boys’ Saddles,
Carriage, Buggy and Team Harness,
Collars, Bridles, Saddle Blankets,
Horse Covers, Whips, &e., &e ,
Superiiue Buggy ltubes.
A varietv of leaf her constantly kept on
hand, as Patent A’namuled, Delting, Lace,
Upper and Calfskins.
Also, Enameled Duck and Prilling,
All widths of Belting made to order.
JSjjTMerchants, Planters and customers,
knowing we can and will offer you actual in
ducements in quality and price, we would re
quest you to call and examine our Stock at
44 Third /Street, before purchasing elsonhere.
"Wanted,
Hides Skins and Furs of allkinds;
also, Wool, J/oss and Tallow.
J/acon.Ga., December 17;6m
GIVE IE A CHANCE
TO SERVE YOU WITH
FRESH GROUND FLOUR,
OF ALL QUALITIES, \
SHORTS,
BRAN,
MEAL,
GRITS,
STOCK FEED, fcc.
.MJfIES n, KICK
Would respectfully inform his pid friends
r ▼ and the public in general, that, having
leased Mr. T. C. NISBET’S
MACON NIIT^T.S,
(Better known as the “Rock Mills,")
He has put the sime in complete and thor
ough running order, and is now prepared to
the merchants and house keepers of
J/acon, Middle and Southwestern Georgia,
with everything in his line, in any quantity
desired, on the most reasonable terms:
His experience in the .Hilling Business, to
gether with the satisfaction with which lie
has served them in the past, lie thinks enti
tles him to a share of public patronage, which
he solicits, and which ho will use every exer
tion to serve. A trial is all he asks,
febl l;3m
BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!
AT PUBLISHERS PRICES.
Fito.7l 10 CF.VTS TO S 10-
Ami sent by Wail, Postage.
BOOHS of Games, Tnjks, Riddles and
Puzzles.
noons on Etiquette and Usages of So
ciety.
SIOOnS on Love, Courtship, at.d J/arri
age.
noons on Fortune Telling,-'Dreams and
J/agic.
IJOOnS ou Letter Writing, Talking and
Debating.
Novels, I’rize Romances, Song and Joke
Books.
ANY BOOK that is asked for, no matter
what kind, where published, where you see
it advertised, or if not advertised at all. The
Books are arranged in Lists. Give the kind
of Book you want, and a list with prices, will
he sent L/y return mail. Address C. 11. \\ IL
CON, General Agent, No. 11 reachtree St.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Arrangements have been made with hous
es in every branch of Trade and Business in
the United States.
Importers, Manufacturers, Inventors,
Publishers, Maters, Etc.
Ihj which Anything, Everythin'/, that
can he found Aft T WHERE, can be
furnished.
In an Agency of this kind, where the wants
ol so m iny different person* are to he sup
plied there must necessarily be many things
required that cannot he advertised, and
which are not furnished except on special
application. No person, male or female,
need have the least hesitation in wilting for
JUST WHAT THKV WANT.
Descriptive circulitsof nkw and useful
inventions, Patent Medicines, Books, Kn
giavings, l’hotograpes, Music, Ac., sent free
to any address. feblljly
PLANTERS’ HOUSE
BAR AND RESTAURANT.
Adjoining Passenger shed and opposite
Brown’s and Byington’s Hotel.
P. McINTYRE, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in anouneing to my friends ami
the public genaraly, that I am now prepared to
furnsih Meals stall hours: consisting of Fish,
Oysters, Hum, Eggs, and such luxuries as the
country affords. Orders for Suppers and parties
puuetualy attended to. Confetiomirics and W uirs
furnishep sn most reasouble terms.
Jan 14th 3mo. .
HEAR ™ WITNESS!
NO ARSENIC! NO QL INI A E!!
jro juEHCUitn: s
r.nm County, Ga., Feb. 11th, 1860.
Messrs L. W. Hunt & Cos.
Gknts— l have taken Dr. Wilhsft’s Antipo
riodie, and have given it in n.y family, and
unhesitatingly pronounce it to be the best
Chill and Fever Medicine that I ever saw. 1
have never known it to Tallin a single lu
stance. Yours truly,
Tiios. J. Gibson, Bibb county.
For sale in Dawson by Janks & Loyi.kss,
Druggists. _ march 11 69.f_
C. w. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
BStITHYILLS, OA.
Will praciice in South Western and Patau
la Circuits. Collections promptly reunited.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 18(59.
J W. CLAYTON. J. H. RODGERS.
J. W. CLAYTON & CO.,
GROCERS AND
Commission Merchants,
(Opposite McNaught, Ormond A Cos.,
Wli:tt;ii;il! Slreel, Atluntii, On.
AVe keep a full stock of all Goods usually
found in a Grocery Store. Orders and Con
signments solieted. Satisfaction guaranteed.
jan 14—3 m
J. M. HOLBROOK’S
Ir'rico Current
FOR
FURS, FOR 1S61).
Ist 2d 3d 4th qual
80ar... Ji4 00 . ~s3 00- -fa 00... .$1 00
Otter ...3 00..., 200 .. 1 00 50
Mink 2 50 1 75 1 00 25
Beaver. ...1 50 ... 1 00 50......25
Red Fox 75 50 25 00
Gray “..,..25 20 15 10
Coon 20 15 10 05
Musk Rat.. 15 10 08 03
Wild Cat 25 20 15 10
House Cat 12J 10 08 05
Opossum 10 08 05 03
Skunk 30 20 15 10
Rabit 25 cents per dozen.
J. SW. HOLBROOK,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fur ;iud Wool Hals,
OF ALL DESCKSIPTIONS.
WHITE HALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
janl4:3m
Saddlery and Harness Emporium.
G. C. ROGERS,
On the Site of the Old Theatre , and opposite
United States Hotel,
DECATUS ST. ATLANTA, GA.
Convenient to the Passenger Depot. Pri
ces will be found more reasonable and Stock
more complete than any in the city. Also,
all kinds of Harness nnd Skirting Leathers.—
Also, Enameled Leathers and Cloths constant
ly on hand, wholesale and Retail.
CARRI AGES AND BIGGIES,
Baby Carriages, Pocking Horses, and Tluggy
Umbrellas, of tnc most approved style and tinish,
on hand and made to order. jaul4-ly
FURNITURE.
W.&E.P.TAYLOR,
21 A23 Cotton Avenue, 21 &23
.Macon, Ga.
KEEP always on hand all kinds of fine
and plain Furniture , Mahogany,
Walnut and fancy painted sets. Bedsteads,
Chairs, Tables, A/attresses, spring Beds,
Hair cloth, looking Glass plates, all sizes,
Gilt and fancy mouldings, and ail articles
usually kept in a first class Furniture Warc
lrouse. All articles sold by us guaranteed to
be ns represented. Orders promptly filled,
as low as if purchased in person.
jiiil4;3m
LIQUORS! LIQUORS!
.1. w. o t tmois.
Successor to Horne A Co.‘
So. GO, Clierry St, MACON Ga.,
Has on hand
A CHOICE STOCK OF WHISKEY,
\LL grades, from a good common to the
pu/est and best in the market.
Also, pure Brandy, Gin, Rum, and Wine,
of all grades, all of which can he purchased
LOW FOR CASH.
FLOUR —Equal to the best, at the lowest cash
price.
PLANTING POTATOES—A large stock.
Early Goodrich, Peach Blow,
Early Pink-Eye, Chill Red.
TOBACCO—PIug and Fine-Cut, cheap and
good. Tobacco has advanced, but he
will sell at old prices.
He is now receiving a large stock of Teas,
Green and Black; Coffee, Sugar, Molasses
and svritp, ol various grades; vine
gar, both Apple and Wine;atl of
which he will sell at a small margin overcoat.
SOAPS —lie has a large and varied lot of Fan
cy Toilet and common Soaps,.which he sells
to the trade a Philadelphia Prices.
FRUIT AND CAN GOODS.
A fine lot of Pox Oranges, Lemons, Ap
ples, Nuts of all grades; Peaches, Tomatoes,
Green Corn, Peas. Beans, Oysters, Sardines,
Raisins, Currants, Horse Ktddish, Swamp
Crauberries and Holland Herring, /Split Peas,
Starch, Bluing, and, in fact, everything that
is usually kept by a first-class Grocer.
BACON.
He ha? jus: received a few boxes of Clear
Ribbed Sides, which he oilers low. Also,
Pickled Beef, Pickled Pork, English Break
fast Bacon, Bologne Sausage, Butter and
Lard.
He will sell all of the above very low for
cash, and those who give him a trial he is
sure to please.
rg” Call soon, nnd call open.
JNO. W. O’CONNOR.
ja»l4—oneyrw
TiIOMAS WOOD,
(NEXT DOOR TO LANTER HOUSE,)
Macon, - - Ga.
DEALER IN
FINE FURNITURE,
Chairs, Mattresses, Feathers, Carpets, Win
dow Shades, Wall Paper, &c. Parlor Setts
in Ileps and Hair Clo'h, Bedroom Setts in
Mahogany and Walnut, it’aameled Cottage
Setts, cheap, &c., &c.
risk’s ITlclalic Burial Cases,
and Full Glass Caskets—Coffins in Ross,
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut, Cedar and Paint*
ed. to suit the times. decßsm
BYLNtiTON’S HOTEL.
(Opposite Ihc Passenger Depot.)
yi l ~ - - GIIOKGIA.
rpUIS well known Hotel is now conducted
I by the Sons of the late J L. Byington,
who was so well known throughout the State
lor keeping a good Hotel. leblß ( iß6'J
Dawson Business Direjiy,
Dry Good? llereli:tiif«.
j' ETNEK, JACOB, Dealer in all
lv kinds of Dry Goods, Main street.
KITTNER. E/. Dealer in Fancy and
Staple Dry Goods, and Groceries, Bald
wiusold stand, ri/aiti Street.
I OYE ESS A GKII ITY, Dealers
J in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
Warehouse and Commission J/orchants,
.1/4 in Street,
MeKENNI A CUOfJCIf, Dealers
in Fancy and /Staple Dry Goods, J/ain
St, At Reddicks old stand.
OK IC, IV. I'. Dealer ill Fancy and sta
ple Dry Goods, Main st., under “Jour
nal" Printing Office.
1) It ATT A CfTTU, Dealers in all
I kinds of Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
PEEPLES, W. ML, Dealer in .Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block,
Main street.-
Grocery TOurrlisiiif*.
\ ETHER, S. !>., Dealer in Groceries
and Family Supplies. J/ain Street.
J. A., Dealer in Bacon,
Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Mrin st.
UARHETI A SHARPE, Dealers
1 in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
Public Square, Main st.
Greer a summons, Grocery
and Provision Dealers, South side Pub
lic Square.
HOOI>, B. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
Familv supplies generally, next door to
'Journal” Office, Main st.
MIZEIzL, R. C. .V Cos. Grocery and
Provision dealers. Next door to the Ho
tel Maiu Street.
CONFECTIONERIES.
T)ICII VRDSO!N, I). C. Dealer in
lECoufectionaries, Fisb, Oysters, Ac Main
Street.
Ri-diiuisl.
( Nil EATIIA l|, C. A., Druggist and
V / Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that flesh is heir to. At his old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st.
PIIiSICIAfIS.
DERRYUAn, S>r. .1. E. I>. Prac-
I tieing Physician and Surgeon. Office
over S. M. /STesel & Bro’s, Dawson, Ga.
Watch Repairer.
VI.r.EY, JOlin P., will repair
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, A/u»ic Books,
Aeco'dions, Ac , nlwnvs tube fi nnd at his
old stand, on North side of Public Square.
Gtiitxmilli.
SWfTH, J. *i. S., Dealer in Guns,
Pistols, Caps, Cartridges, and sportirg
goods generally, Main st.
TIN SHOP.
O *>!(!<>, BS. J. Dealer in Stoves and I 1 in -
CAwareofai! deserptioos. Repairing done
on short notice. Northeast side Public square
El very Stables.
PABXEU, SSI \ RPE* Cos., Sale
I and Livery Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale nnd hire Horses boarded. North side
Public Square.
Boot ant. Shoe Shop
E> EMAi EY, B. F., Makes and repairs
I A Boots and Shoes of all kinds,at Andrews
& Miller’s Harness Shop, Depot st., Dawson.
rw-rv ■«—»?-- wm. '. - .-c- ii« aw./ii jicj cm
Georgia Home insurance Cos,,
OF COJLUJtMBI S, G.f.
INCORPORATED ) CAPITAL
S $350,000
r rniS Companv mnkea a sppcialifv of i-fni-
Sing l 9 arti?ij>f(fhig I’otieifs on
Dwellings, whereby the insured receive a
share in the profits without incurring any
liability. Apply to S. R. WESTON’, A g’t,
mrll’69-3m Dawson, Ga.
0. A. CHEATHAM,
General Commission Merchant,
Dawson, Georgia.
TIfTTvTi buy on the bent terms posiriblv, anything
VY the planters need, or sell for the Merehauts,
anything they have to sell.
Cotton bought anti sold on commission.
march 11-WJ-ly ,
Now on hand and to arrive 20casks elcar Kibbcd
Sides which will be sold low for cash.
C. A. CHEATHAM.
INAUGURATED AT LAST I
New Harness Manufactory
ijt Dvivrsojr, c.i.
rpHE subscribers would respectfully call
1. the attention of the public generally, to
the fact, that they will make and keep on
hand, all kinds of Ml. I U„YESS 9 and will
sell them as cheap as they can be had in any
market. Our work is all made of tbo best
material, and made by hand and not machine.
Old Harness and Saddles repaired ou short
notice.
ANDREWS A NIIXER.
Dawson, Ga., 3/arch 11, 1869—1 y
, PLimi'sififfi
ON TIME!
WE arc now prepared to fnmisb
Planters supplies of all kinds, ON
TIME, at reasonable ratos, for ap
proved paper.
JOHNSON, CAMPBELL & CO.
Maecm ; Ga , March ’69—2m
POETRY.
ScluiilzciTs I'lliIom»
A NKW BALLAD, RY HANS DRKITMAN.
“Hans Breitman” has caught the veloci
pede fever. Ilia euthusiastn is tempered
somewhat, howevor, by the fact that a friend
ol his, named iichnitzerl once made n won
derful velocipede which killed tbe inventor,
whose melancholy death is set forth in the
following ballad:
Herr /Schuitzerl make a philosopede,
Von of de newest kind;
It vent mitout a vheel in front,
And hadn’t none pelilnd.
You vheel vas in de mittal, dough,
And it vent as sure as ecks.
For he sthruddlcd ou de axei-dree
Mil der vheel petween bis leeks.
Uml ven he rant to sthart id off
He paddled mit his veet,
Uud soon he cot to go so vast
Dat avery dings he peat.
He run her out ou Broader shtreed,
He shkeeted like der vind,
Ilei 1 how he passed de vancy chaps,
Und lef deni all pehind 1
Dc vellcrs roit de trotting nags
Pooled oop to sec him bass;
De Deut.scherß all erstattnished saidt:
“Potilmnsend ! TK«s tat das f"
Boot vaster shtill der Schuitzerl slewed
On—mit a ghastly smile ;
ne tidn’t toouch de dirt, py
Not vonce in half a mile.
Oh, vot ish all dis early pliss?
Oh, vot ish Amu’s sooeksews?
Oh, vot ish various kinds of dings?
Und vot ish habbiness?
Ve find a pank rode in de shtreedt,
Next dings ber pank ish preak ;
Ve falls, nnd knocks our outsides in,
Ven ve a ten-shtrike make.
So vas it mit dor Schnitzerleio
On his philosopede,
Ilis feet both eh lipped outsideward shoost
Ven at his exdra speed.
He felled oopon der vheel, of course;
De vheel like blitzee flew;
Und Schuitzerl lie vas sehnitz in vact
For id shlished him good in two.
Und as for his philosopede,
Id cot so shkared, men say.
Id pounded onward till it vent
Ganz teufelwards afay.
Boot vhere i-h now der Schnitzcrl’s soul?
Vhere dos his shbirit pide?
In Ilimmel, troo de endless plue,
It takes a medeor ride.
A Woinnii’s Dream.
She sat alone in the moonlight, her
benutifu! cheek resting upon her hand,
so soft and white and dimpled. Y 7 ou
could tell, as you looked at her, that
her thoughts were far away, and that
she was thinking of something beauti
ful. Her eyes were wistful; her lips
were softly pressed together; the dim
ples in her cheeks had died out, and
only tbo dimple in her chin remained,
that little rosy cleft, tbe impress of
Love's finger. She was less glowing
than at times, but none the less lovely.
I thought to myself, as I 10-iked at her
that she was nearer Ileavtn than we
coarser mortals, and I longed to know
whither her pure tieart turned i'self
I approached her; she did not hear
rne. I spoke ; she did not answer. I
touched her softly on the arm ; site
looked up and smiled, a far-away
smile, such as an angel might have
given.
“You arc thinking very intently,” I
said
Bho answered, ‘YYs,’ in a subdued
tone of voice, as though that which
was on her mind was too holy for dis
cussion. But I persisted.
“Will you tell me what your thoughts
were?” 1 asked.
She shook her head. “You could
not understand,” she said.
‘ I could try,” I said humbly ; “I am
coarse and rude, l know, but I could
strive to comprehend ”
She smiled sweetly, but still with
th at tar-away look in tier dark ej’es.
“No, not coarse,” she said, “but you
are a man. It is so different with
men; were veil a woman you would
understand at once Now, perhaps,
you may smile, may laugh at me.”
‘Believe mo. n >,” I whispered; “I
adore the beautiful, the pure, the true.
Let me know your sweet thoughts.”
She gave me her hand “I will till
you,” she said. “I have thought of
nodiing else all day. Lust night I lay
awake thinking of it. lam wrong, oh !
if I am wrong, Edgar, I tremble to
think of it.”
“Y 7 ou cannot be wrong,” I said.
She gave mo her other hand.
“You think not?” she said, “ah but
you cannot bo so good a judge as a
woman I thinn—l believe—”
“Y'S, yes,” I whispered, bending
nearer; “yes, Angeline.”
“I am almost sure,” she said, in ac
cents softer than the ripple of falling
water, “almost sure, Edgar, the blue
fringe will look better on anew walk
ing suit than purple velvet. Don’t you
think so ?”
C3TA few evenings since, with joy
ous spirits and gorgeously arrayed, I sal
lied forth with charming Clara, for a
dashing promenade. Ab, what strains
of magic power swell tho chord of youth
ful pride, a3 one treads the walks of
fashion with a beauty by bis side! Cla
ra, with grace betwitebing, seemed to
trip on fairy feet, and each passer turned
to view us, sailing gladly up the street;
thrilled this heart for my fond affection’s
queeD, beating lime with quickest meas
ure, to ber crinoline. Suddenly my
charmer faltered, as il shocked by some
great ill, wails the anguish of her feat
ures, seemed my very soul to stiU; light
ly on my arm she languished, and 1 cried
in anxious far—speak, inv darling Cla
ra—tell me what’s the matter, dear!—
Metbinks her gentle form grew lesser by
the collapse of her gown, as she sighed
in trembling accents, “Love, my skele
ton is down!”
Printers’ accounts are said to bo like
faith-—‘The substance of things hoped
for, and the evidence of things not
seen.’
Allan’* Kiltie Story.
“I AM THE DOOR.”
It was a rainy Sabbath, too wot for
Johnny to go to church, and so father
and mother left Allan home to take
caro of him. The playthings wore all
put away, except Kitty; so Johnny
played with Kitty till lie made her an
gry by trying to take her up by tho
ears, as Allan took his rabbits. Then
she jumped out of the window, and
Johnny saw her no more that morn
ing.
S “Allan,” ho said, “I wish I could
jurt go and look into my box of play
things. I won’t take out one. I just
want to look at them ; that wouldn’t
bo breaking tho Sabbath, would it?”
“It would he going into tempta
tion,” said Allan; “and you know you
prayed this morning, ‘Load us not into
temptation.’”
“O dear,” sighed Johnny ; “then I
wish I was at church.”
“Como,” said Allan, “I will preach
you a little sermon ”
“Well,” said Johnny, “I will lis
ten.”
8o Allan look the great Bibio, nnd
found this text, which was so easy
that Johnny could read it himself; “1
am the door.”
“Here is a test for a little boy who
is four years old,” said Allan, “for it
has just four words in it, one for every
year; the first word is‘l.’ That has
only one letter in it. This moans the
Lord Jesus, the good Saviour who
loves little children. The second word is
‘am.’ That has two letters in it.—
When Jesus says ‘I am tho door,’ of
couse he doesn’t mean that he is the
door like that you shut just uow ; but
this littie sermon is to show you how
he is like a door. The third word is'
‘the,’ which has three letters. Jesus
says ‘the dour' because there is only
one door into tho kingdom of heaven.
Tho fourth word is ‘door,’ which has
four letters in it. A door lots people
into the house; and if there was no
door they could not get in. So the
Lord Jesus lets his people into the
kingdom of heaven; and if it was not
for him, they could not get in at all.
“A door keeps out the rain, and the
dogs and thieve?; and so Jesus keeps
all evil and hurtful things out of his
beautiful heaven. Now, when ■you
want to get into a house, you go
straight *o the door; and so if wo
want to go into the kingdom of heav
en, we must go to Jesus and ask him
to let us in.”
So Allan kneeled down, and little
Johnny by him, and they prayed to
the dear Lord to make them his own
good children, so that they might go
into his beautiful city when he comes.
Child'B Delhjht.
Cliiiicsc Parable on llo*pitali*
ID
Fold, in the course of his wanderings,
coming to a village, knocked at tie door
of a rich woman, and begged permission
to enter. “What!" said she, “do you
think I receive into my house every rov
ing vagabond? No, indeed, it would be
unbefitting a resp/ ctable womarjgo your
way!”
Then he went to tho cotfago of a poor
woman, who at once kindly begged him
to enter. She set before him the only
food she had, a iittle goat’s milk, broke
a piece of bread into it, *‘M iy Fohi bless
it that we may both have enough!”
Blic then prepared for him a couch of
straw; and, when he fell asleep, perceiv
ing that he had no shirt, she sat up all
night and made him one out of gome
liuen she had mule by her own haul la
bor; iu the morning she brought it to
him begging he would not despise her
Door gift. After breakfast, she accom
panied him a littlo way; and at par'ing,
Fohi said, “May the first work you un
der take last un it evening!”
When she got home, she began to
in asure her linen, to s -c how rnuoh was
left; and she went on measuring, and did
not come to the end of it until tbo even
ing, when her house and yard were full
of liner.; in short, she did not know
what to do with her wealth. Her rich
neighbor, seeing this, wag sorely vexed,
an 1 resolved that such good fortuue
should not escape her aga n.
After some months the traveller came
once more to tbo village: she went to
meet him, pressed nim to go to her
house, treated him with the best food she
had, and in tbe morning brought him a
shirt of fine linen, vvlroh she had made
some time before; but all night sho kept
a candle burning in her room, that the
stranger, if he awoke, might suppose she
was making his shirt, After broakfast,
she ticcompßaicd him out of the village;
and when they parted he said, “May
tbe first work you undertake last till
evening!”
She wont her way him c, thinking the
whole time of her linen, and anticipa
ting its wonderful increase; but just
then her cows began to lew. “Before
I measure my lincD,”said she, “I will
quickly fetch the cows some water ”
But when sho poured the water into
tbe trough, her pail never emptied; sho
on pouring, tbe stream increased, and
soon her house aDd yard were all under
water; the neighbors complained that ev
erything was ruinod; the cattle were
drowned, and with difficulty she saved
her own life, for tho water never ceased
flowing un>ii the setting of the sun.
BfPuA blacksmith of a village io
Spain murdered a naan, and was con
demned to be banged. Tbe chief poas
ants of thc placo jtiiucd together and
begged tbe alcade that the blacksmith
might not suffer, because be wat neces
sary to the place, which could not do
without a blacksmith to shoe horses,
meud wheels, etc.“But,’thc alcade said,
how, then, can I fulfil justice?” A labor
er answered, “Sir, there are two weav
ers iu the village, and for so small a
place, one is enough; hang the other.”
yol. o.
money TS. Enterprise..
Mr. I\, a wealthy man, retired, from
business, was urged by a friend to engage
in a mercantile scheme, from which large
profits wero apparent. “You are right,”"
Baid ho, “as regards tho probable suc
cess of the scheme, but L shall not em
bark in it. I have too rnuoh money a»Y
ready.”
lie was asked to explain, and re
marked: "Yes, I would not arose the
streot to gain thousands. I should be'
happier if my inoomc wore less; lam
old and in a year or two, whatever I pos
sess will avail me naught. My daughr
ters aro dead, and I have three sons
whom I dearly love. My own cdiioa—
! Hon had boon neglected; my fortune wa»
gained by honest labor and careful eoon
omy; I had no timo for study, but J re
solved that my sons should have every
advantage. They each received a clas
sical education, and then I gave them
the choice of a profession. Tho eldest
would be a physician; the second’ chose
the law; the third resolved to follow my
footsteps as a merchant. This was to
my mind; I was proud of my sous, and
trusted ono day to see them distin
guished, or at icast usoful to their fellow
men. I spared no expense in their train
ing; they had never wanted money,, for
1 gavo each a liberal allowance. Never
had men fairer opportunities; but look
at tho results; tho physician has no pa
tients; the lawyer no clients; while tho
merchant—instead of following my ex
ample—is about visiting bis conntiog
room! In vain I urged them to greater
dilligenco. What is tho response?—
‘There is no use, father—we shall never
want money, we know you have enough
for all.’ Thus, instead of being ener
getic and useful members of society, my
sons are more idlers and men of vaiw
display. Had they been forced to strug
gle against difficulties to gain their pro
fessions, and were even now dependent
on their own exertions for support, they
would in all probability have done cred
it to ihomsclves and me.”— l*hrcnolo<jic~
al Journal.
Nebraska Life.
A citizen of Nebraska thus posts an
Eastern correspondent who speared a
variety of questions as to tho territory
and life there;
“What kind of a country do you live
in ?”
“Mixed and extensivo. It is mado
up principally of laud and water.”
‘•Wbat kind of weather ?’’
“Long spells of weather aro frequent.
Our sunshino comes off principally du
ring the day time.”
“Have you plenty of water—and how
got?”
“A good deal of water scattered
about and generally got in pails and
whisky.” .
‘ I* it hard ?”
“Hither so, when you have to go half
a mile and then wade iu mu 1 knee deep
to get i\’
“Whatkind of buildings ?”
“Allegoric, lonio, anti-balorie, log
and slabs. The buildings arc chitfly
out of do zrs, ands > low be ween joints
that the chimneys ail stick out through
tho roof.”
“What kind of society ?”
“G ■ >d, bud, hateful, indifferent and
nixed.”
“Any aii-’tiierncy ?”
“N ny ono.”
“What do your people do Lr a living
mostly?” ~ h
“Some work, some laze around, oae’9
a shrewd business manager, ami several
drink whisky.”
“Is it cheap living there ?”
‘•Only five con s a glass, and the wa
ter thrown in.”
“Any taste for music I”
“Strong. Buzz and buck saws in tho
day time, and wolf-howling and cat
fighting at nights.” ,
“Any pianos there ?”
A Hough Case- lu Arkansas, Elder
Knapp, while “baptizing” converts at a
revivtl meeting, advanced with a wiry,
sharp-eyed old chap into the water. He
asked tho usual question, whether there
was any reason why the ordinance of
baptism should not be administered.
After a pause a tall, powerful looking
chap, with an eye like a blaze, who was
leaning on a long rifle and looking on,
rotnarked; “Elder, I don’t want to inter*
sere in this yere business any, but I
want to say that this is an old sinner you
have got bold of, and I know that ono
dip won’t do him any good. If you
want t) got the sin out of him you’ll
have to anchor him out in deep water
over night.”
DSt-Singing is a great “institution 1”
It oiis tho wheels of care, supplies the
placo of sunshine. A man who sings
has a good heart under his shirt front.
Such a man not only works more will
ingly but ho works more constantly.
A singing cobbler will earn as much
money again as one who gives way to
low spirits and indigestoD. Avaricious,
men never sing. The man who attacks,
singing throws a stone]at thc head ofhiU
aiity, and would, il ho eouid, rob June
of its roses and August of its meadow
larks. Singing promotes health, strength
ens the voice, the organs af the
threat and lungs, and prevents or cures
consumption. Singing iaau excellent
agent for promoting mental hygiene—
Herald of Health.
T he w r-stcamcr Oalcna, haj been or
dered to Cuban waters.