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About The Dawson weekly journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1868-1878 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1870)
THE_DA WSON ' WEEKLY JODBNAE Vys.' U. WIiSTOX 3i;3soii iJltfUa ii.it, '' published Every Thursdvy. IS-StrUUy in .nuance. TF‘ n ’ JI , on 7 5 ThrM 25 Bit i§;-2 00 o«* ”“ r - •• ■ c.ino. per lev's B* rlir ‘ V, v. s* i«, ••«*« >• y y 61,0 Bjrlli'B'’ * * .1 “. ** .... 6no I«I 001. , M of Admini-tration, 4 00 Ciwti*®* ‘® r ~ guardianship, 400 .„ f * Ad niiii*tr»tion, 600 Di.oiwioo fro»' Guir j illlHhi p, 6 on ‘ tlon for le»ve to «i'll luml 4 14) 1 ° DobtorK »"d Creditor* 4 *»0 !<•»* w i.tiq. M.wch »«ldi.i«n-i. a on ss?«*** i'-peri, P- vqi.’r, 400 liwyNoue*; - 00 Morlfi.?-!, prr cq. 4 00 *“!**u nTr'i.c'twrvice, divorce oases.lo 00 *' *’ °J, a jve tiscineßi* must be sceuuipa- , p “a. «,»h. <*.,«» u * «PP—• i»i l»'«»'* ,iver > dotfioion f»c- JfL "»>***** sispaioh, at modeiate RA I L -RO A D GUIDE. bout It wo* to ra Kuili’oatl. fVjf HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POW.ER, <Sup Lt.Y. Macon 5.15 A. M ; arrive at Oolam bmll.ll A. H ; Leave IK 46 P. If - arrive at JtaiJou fi.2o P. A!. ' Macon 8 A AT, arrives at Ku i SO, P V ; Leaves E ifiula 7 20, A M ; Arrive* »l MaC"U 4 50, P «• AI.BANY BItANCII ~a»M SniiliviHe t 46, P « ; Arrives a. Alb.n,Jll,P«.^* U »^ 936,A Arrives at & uiihvllle 11, A . „ C.O.nb«rt S 57 P. W. ; arrive at Port Ma, 4.40 P. M i Leave Fort. Ua.na 7 05 A 4f,; arrive at Culhbert 9.05 A. J/. ffealeru Ac Allantic Railroad. p 11ULBE TANARUS, Sup’t. PAY V.'.SSKNUKR train. I/.** Atlanta • • • bora Dalton " ' Arrive at Chattanooga . " !,»«»»Otiati* iiooj a . • Artiv* at Atlanta . • • 12.06 P. M NIGHT TRAIN. t .. hi.,,.. . 7 no P. V liflW AI'MMU • v Arrive at OlnUimooga . • 4 A * 1,«.v« Ci attaiiooga . • 4 1 *■ Arrive at. D-.lt,hi . . • 7 50 l. V. \ - Atlanta •1 4 ' A- V g ß vwuaar<' vwtauMJJi'JWSa- tsrii ,t »■_>_£ ™W c p. >ro<tk.n. L c * * ,O ' LK> WOOTEH a HOYLE, Attorneys at l .aw. J«n Ci -1 v. Ra W. D A V I S, Attorney at Law, i).n»’so.n c.i. rJfOfics on ratnr fl ,or *bb t' e Jnrrn *1 Dec 23rd, ’69. ts. iiSGERS, BOTSfOfIO & CO., HEAL ESTtiTr. .WE.VTS', Dawson, TeriTil < oiiarty^ 4 RK off. Tins: for rfofirdblc i\. building iortswrid Oar r \* np?n to nil, f*ce of cost, to r»|(i.4l*r the h»*\ U>r Fair ami ai«o, for ihe uf those dialling purchase ©ct k 36:tf ~G. \t7 WARW?OiI, Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity, KitlTll VILLP., GA. f>rnc'ie<* in Son»h Wpstpro «od Patau* N circrtUs. Collections promptly remitted. K. j; WARI EW~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, *Jd»KS t'ILLE, * - - *.«• LION, BtGRAFFEMIEID & IRVIN, moftptr? /IT l/Al, •Vrtcoif, * - Georgia* WILL give Attention to Prof ssional Busi " neg* in the Macoq, aVout'.h'Wtgtero, &ud ■*UuU Circsiita; iu the U. S. Courts, in Sa- J*nn*h and Atlanta; and by Special Con* Ul * 1 in '* n? of the ly. R. F. SIMMONS, ATTORNEY at law, Kcal Estate Agent, —AND C»BBty \gpnt for Land & Immigra- Uoii oilice of the state of Georgia, Dawson Ter re.l Count), Ga. l)ROt pt attention given to ,11 busine c s *• lntru,li d to his caro. Will examine ti o land and ett'ect the sale or pn ehase of lb,B ‘ me - augs;rf A. CIIEATUAM, taeial Commission Merchant Dawson, Georgia. WVw !?* ? u * M ' Bt tonnt possible, anything u, ' <? dt or sell for the Merchant*, CoHl5 ey J laveto Bcll -S u » ht and »<>ld on eommlsalon. NowT, h u * ,f ’ 9| y Side,, wht .K Ud . a , ll(i t 0 arrive 20 casks clear Eibbed c h will be sold low for eaab. C. A. CHEATHAM. Wgf & Gottcji feed. h i' LOYZESd & GRIFFIN. j SAVANNAH )ND MAC IN CARDS. EIWSTEIN, ECKMAN & Ca., Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu HOOTS. SHOES, A\J> HATS, No. 153 Congress Street, E Finstein, Y s. nE. kman, s SavaaDali, Ga, A. Velsburg , nnt7;6ra " II Tlf WU NV Q'lKD'ft. TISON &. GORDON, COTTON FACTOJto —AND— General Commission IMants, 96 Bay Street, SavaaDali, 6a. p *. Bagjing and Rope or Iron Ties advanced on crops. L'bersl cadi advances mado on consifrit inents of cotton. Grateful for lihpr>-l patronage in the nast, a continuance of the llio Same is rtspeetfullv soltcitvd. s-p‘);>t>n JncuSl^conn^, Wholesale dealer in PURE WHISKIES, BRANDIES Gins, Turns, Wiut.’G 4c., CO Cherry SI., - - JUacou, Gn. And sole agent lor the Pale of thatcelebra rated brand I*ure KYK WHISKEY “XXXX” n M.eon. AH thnoo wlio wish a pure article n the way of El'AlvArt/, ttraiuhf, if ’inrs , .fir f/titl t’ortcr , ran get it by calling on Jitu. W. H’CoUIICr. lie haa also a tine stock of F mev T-.ilet Soup*, wiiiclt he offers v»rv M)lf'* lot' C.Hfl. He keep. always on hand a lull «nd complete stock of Fancy Groceries, Including It f'S’l'P- <{S, SurtUnes honsrrns: l.’urrani*, It.ll- SF.VTS, Stali tn .Macaroni, JVit* rlir .». ttl\ l.ys. Tomatoes, TV" *, rOl’f’Kf, Sf fj.itts, s E7(f P, MOI..ISSES, lSc. FI.OCR —A full stock of all 0 adts. 25 HOXF.4 LEMONS —At slu 60 per Box j > 2T ,6 m SMIT H, A 6 SCOTT 4. CO,, Sr*uccessoiM to Liitlo, Smith A Cos , DEALERS IN — Saddles, Harness, Carriage Material, shoe m.rzit.ras. iUbit!. hownlHg 4 Hi’s (ouronj lluggie* ah 1 Wasrohs, Yo. 4 Sirny Ml., .Ylstrot!, S"|.2j*iui n. n. ADAMS. 11 k. wamr.rr.N. a a ar ms, Kaloiiuiu, Ga. bavamiMh, Ga. Am-.'iieu-.Ga. ADAMS. WASHBU 3 t J CO. FACTORS AND— Commission Merchants, No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range, iv 1 B’69;i')'« Scttltitu It, Si it?’: H. Cn.QriTT, Javi» Uaua-i, linker Ominlv, G.i. New'on, Ga. . Hi nil 11. Coi.yciTT, Savamnh, Ga. COLQUITT & BAGGS, COfTON FACTORS & GENERAL C OMMISSION MERCHANTS. Bay Mrect, SaTUiinali, «a. Special aitctition to the s-a’u of Colton, [.amber and Timber. Liberal advances on Oon«ignrventH. in u v 6;if f U M*Y S T UMI E. A large aud elegant assortment of HEW FURNITURE, Os all descriptions. Parlor Suites, Bedroom Puitns, Chairs, Mattresses, Bedsteads, &0 , In great variety. Also, Carpets, Oil Cio'hi, Mattings, lings, Mats, Window Shades, Wall IWr,-F«>R Sams Chk*p ! Please give meac-M. THOMAS WOOD, Next to Lanier House, Macon. Ga, brown house. u. E, BKOU.H A SO.H, Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot Alacon, Georgia. ItfllS House having latolv been refitted and repaired, ,n.i is now one of the best Hotels in the State, and (he most conve nient m the city. The table a supplied»hh everything the market affords. leblßb3 THE TOMLINSON OEMAREST CO Maoufactu-rers of FIWE CARRIAGES, 260 Broadway, Mow \ork. Are manufacturing extensively ev n,v style cf Carriage, Buggy, and Wagon suitable for the South, from the tinest Landau and Phaeton down to tho Velocipede _ ... _ Mr. W. Woodruff, of Grini.*, Cra., well known throughout the S"U'h as he originator of the cel; brated Buggy called --The Wood uff C no..rd, ' is-fd “The Wool off Plafl'ation W agro, and ,ss. ciated with us in N. Y , where we will always beep a good stock of these Buggies and Wagons on hand, whic h are said to be superior to almost any madß in America. . , If you want auy kind of a VehiCie, GOOD warranted work, send your or ders directly to this House, or through aIIV c! c.ur Age nts, Mid (hey will have oroßopt attention Illustrated Circulars w ,Ube scut to any person who will write for them. 0 ** Dawson, ga„ Thursday, jakuary 20, iB7O. To The 'l'ruviUlng Public. marshall house, s.i a.i. 7’his Brst-c’ass Hotel is situated on Brough ton Street, and is convenient to the business pa it «j y the city. Omnibuses and Biggago iigntts will always be in attendance at the v nous Depots and Steamboat Landings, to convey p.g-engers to the Hotel. The heal .T'VJ Stable aeoommodatitAig will be found adjoining the house. Ih* uitders’gned will spare neither time, trouble uor expense to make his guests com loriable, and r. nder this House, in every tub' s’antial particular, equal, at least, to any in the State. The rate of Board has been reduced to *3 00 a day. A. U. LUCE, Proprietor. McAFEE HOUSES, At Smflliville and Ft. Valley, Ca. ' E 'HE uedersigneti h .vir.g taken the Bying & ton //oum lit Ft. Valley, t«kes pleasure in notifying the travelling public that both the above bouses are now in the 4 f:,il Udo’V <»f ,v ill 6pttre nW expenie to make them noth V iust-Class Uotels, J/t-als readv on the arival of the train. W. M. McAFER. AND IRfiHlf STORE M ai n street, West of the Court House. IHAVE just opened my stock of Goods, consisting in part, of best grades of Fam« ilv Flour, Beef Hama, Tennessee Hams, Bo logna Sausage, Cheese, Coffee, Teas, Sugars. White and Blue Fish, Mackerel, Butter, Lard, Jellies, Preserves, Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Raisins, /•’runes. Dates, &c., also, □ fine article of Brandy and Whiskey, in bottles, Uigurs and Tobacco. Will be receiving all the sr. son choier Apples, Oranges, Cabbage, Fresb Fish and Oyaiere, and everything good to cat or drink. THE LADIES, can, wi’h propriety, come to my store and make their ►election 4 !. THE LITTLE FOLKS ! shall, also, teceive attention, and their wants will he attended to. J/v motto is “quic k » des and silt <1! profits." Terms : strictly cash. K 'spceifnliv nek the titiz msof Damon, and •ilt who trade hue to cal! and examine my .took of G »nds. H. It. THOMAS. oct-.'S; in M JN S TI. W I LLIA >1 S 0 N MILLINER AND MANTUA MAKER, AND DIALER IN jflillijiafli IJonuf, fapy TVolionn, Etc., Etc., Etc (Next Door to Dr. Cheatham's,) TiAIS ST. - - DAWSON, GA. r I''HANKFUL for the patronage given me 1 since 1 have been in business, I hope to ineri' a continuance of the f.irf, by close application to business, au.f a desire to please those who may f vor me with a call. Ms stock of Fall ami Winter Goods will com pose all articles needed by the Ladies in the Millinery line, also Fancy Goods and Yankee A’otions, to suit the wants ol Ladies, Misses and Children. Mv object is to please those who call on me, and ask of the ladies of Ter rail, 6’tlboun and Webster counties, and all wha trade at Dawson, to call and examine my Btock. Sept.23'lf. DR. WM. 1). LEONARD, Smitnville, Lee County, Ga. RESPECTFULLY tenders bis services to the public in the treatment ol all diseas e-. of tne EVA). Having for Some time past paid particular attention to O#*M TIB.IK.MIV SlJltGEft, I", he now proposes to make the diseases of the Eye a speciality. Blindness, Dimness of vision, Cataracts, Amamosis, Chronic Inflamatious, and all Other dlserses of the eye treated with perfect success. All cures warranted. Ad dress, 1)K. WM. D. LEONARD, Reuwick P. 0., (SiuithvMe.) S. W. R. R. nov4-if Lee county Ga, night freight • AND ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. SocruwESTKRN Railroad Cos. Orric*, ) Macon, October 8, 1869 j ON and after Sunday night October 10th, inst. this Company will run aright Freight and Accommodation Train between Macon and EufatiU, every night except Sat urday night, connecting at Sm.thvil e with Albany, and at Cu.bbert with Fort Games ac commodation t arns, as follow- . L »ve Macon, 8:28'. P- m i ’ lr,,ve at K'lfau.'a -11, ,n Leave EuLuU. 7:18 p. m. ; arrive It*Jfcfo:’. *:’•'* m ' Dp lr ;" llor ~ M 'T' Dawson a' 11 P Do mi Tram ior KnTaula I) .. sot 8.. ni. Regular utai trains tun as h«rtto*"«h pow octlA;tf Engineer k SupVUeut. Piirily <tl Character. Over the beauty of Uicplutu nnd tlio apricot tltt’t'o grows n bloom, a beauty more exquisite than the Iruit itself —a soft, delicate flush that ovcrspinads its blushing check. Now, it you strike your hand over that, and p is once gone, it is pone forever; lor U never grows but once. The flower G.iti hangs I itt the morning, impearled with dew— : arrayed with j wols—once al ake it, so j that the bauds roll off, and you may sprinkle water over it as you please, yet it can never be made again ‘what, it was when the dew fell lightly upon it lrotn heaven ! On a frosty morning you may see the panes of glass cover ed wiut landscapes, mountains, lakes, aud trees,- blended iu a beautiful tua tustic picture. Now, lay your bund llpun the glass, and by the scratch of your finger, or by the wiulii tl you" palm, nli the uem tite trncoW will be obliterated, b’o there i9 fc youth a bgrnity and purity of churaqior, which, when once touched und qebled, eau never be restored ; a fringe inpre dol eate tteuft frostwork, bad w r,i. ..when torn und broken, wiil never bo re-em* broideied. A rnaD who has spotted and'soiled his garments in youth, thu’ he may seek to make them white again, can never wholly do it, even if he were to wash them with his tears j When a young man leaves t.is lather's house, with the blessing of his mother a tears still wet upon ftis forebuud, if he once loses that early purity of char acter, it is a loss that he can never make whole again. Such is the con sequence of crime. Its etlecu cannot 1 be eradicated ; it can only be forgiven. JS3TG cneral R»ns“m, of Nor’h Ciuettua, whu was with (Jeueral Lea at Appomattox, iu a late address said . ‘‘Ou tbe utoriiug after the surrender, the armies slid occupying the positions of the day b.-fore, several officers and gentlemen bad assembled attnc tent of General Lie, ou a small eminence in tbe woods. I shall never forget tbe gio.p. it was tbe first aud only time 1 ever saw tfiat /great and good man show emotion; it seemed as if Lis heart would break The eye which bad gazed like the eagle ou tbe red iightniug ot battle was wet with a patrio’s tear, aim with a soldier’s grief. Tuo conver eaiiou was a s< rrowlui one, lor it related to tbe surrender, when at length Gen eral Gordon, hi, well as I recollect now, said: “Wall, General Lee, what must we do now i 1 ” Well do I remember General Lie’s face, as lighting up Irorn gloom, be said : *• 1 can only say to you, gentlemen, what I wrote to Mrs. Lee ibis morning : we cultivate •tbd eirengibeu our virtue. Human Virtue ougni, at leas', to be equal to hu man calamity Where sham. I Spend Eternity A indy bad Wot .Ci; o . a c;t:'il,, and p.aced on the top of an hotir glass iu her gard u'huusu the following simple vcr.e from one of tno poem* of JoLd Cure.— it was the season when the flowers were iu Ibeir highest glory : To think of Fiimiuer* >cttocomc, That i am not to wot*! To think a weed is yet to bloom From dust that I shall be I” The next morning the found the fol lowing lines, iu pencil, on tbe back of tbe same card : To think when heaven and earth are fled, And times aud seasons o’er— When all that can die shall be dead, That 1 shall die no more 1 O ! where will then my portion be? JFhere shall I spend eternity 1 KiUirofui Progress. The American Railroad Journal says: “lu reviewing the history of our national development during the year now drawing to a close, no oua element of our matuial progress is more notice able t:au the rapid extension of our railroad system throughout all parts of the country. At tho beginning of 1860 there were 42 ; 2 7 2 milts of railroad in operation in the United States, attd at the present time there are at least 50,- 000 miles finished, or in an advance 1 stage of construction Iu every Stats and Territory we fiad the people bu-ily engaged in the important work of lay ing the foundations of future railroads some of local and others of national iropoitauce. The number of these en terprises now under way is not far from three buodred. E >ch State in the Un ion, has, on au average, seven or eight separate railroads now in the oourse of construction. Maiue has 8; New Hampshire, 4; Vermont, 0, Massac husetts, 5; Rhode Island 5; Connecti cut, 7; New York, 11; New Jersey, 7 ; Pennsylvania, 32 ; .Delaware, 5 ; Maryland, 7 ; West Virginia, 1 ; (tho Chesapeake aud Ohio,) and probably others; Ohio, 12; Indiana, 12; Illi nois, 12; Michigan, 13 ; Wisconsin, 5 , Minnesota, 7 ; lowv, 13; Missouri, 12 ; Nebraska, 3,■ Kansas, 9 ; Arkansas, 3; Texas; 4; Liuisiana, 4; Misaistippt, 3; Alabama, 6; and in the Southern Atlantic States at least twenty great works are reported in vatieus stages of progress—some lately undertaken, and others in a forward state of oompletioo. Many of these roads are hundreds of mi ss in length, tappiug richly fertile ana hitherto undeveloped agricultural districts, and drawing within the busy otrcle of the world’s activities ad iu du-tuics sectious before inaccessible, and at uo distant day will add millions an nually to the material wealth of the na tion. Avery moderate estimate gives he aggregate length of the road- now iu progress at not less than 15,000 miles, the greater part of which will bo opeued to bu-iness within the lcxi two or tbreo years. There is tsue single fuel which one m y oppose to nil the wit and urgu no-ut of it fidelity—namely : that uo man over repealed being a Christian on his dcath-bod- I Pacts about Cougrrssairu. j The average age of Sruators is not far from filly-five ; that of l.eprdsent j atives not far from forty five. [ In the Senate there are five gentle ' mou below the age of forty. In the House there are five members un der thirty. The youngest Senator is Genera! Spencer, of Alabama, h.iru November 1, Ibi>6. aud consequently thirty three years old. The youngest Representa tive is lion Clinton L. Cobb,ot Noflh Carolina, born August 25f 1842, and consequently but little over twetry sev en j The oldest Senator is lien Simon j Cameron, of Pennsylvania, born Mulch |S, 1799. He is also the oldest in Con j gressiotiul Seniority, having taken his | seat in the Senate iu 1840. lie has, ■ however, had two long interruptions i in his Senatorial curetf, so Hat his . whole service amounts to eleven years. He is 'heonly mvmberot either House I who was born before tiie cotun.uoe j inent ot the present century. Tifie oldest member of me present j House ot Representatives in Congres sional seniorty is Hon. Fernando Wood, who look nis seal in 1841, lu the Twenty-seventh Congtess. Hie age is but fiity seven. 1 Mr. Garrett l)uvm, Senator irorn ■ Kentucky, was curlier in tne House than any present member of that body, having m 1839 taken his seat iu the Twenty-sixth Congrjss. He is the only member of either House who sat in Congress more than thirty years since, J)lr. Davis, however, belongs to the present century, having been horu iu 18L/1, two months earlier tliau Sen ator Vickers, ol Maryland, lu point of long couiinued service Mr Sumner is tbe “Father of the Senate,” having served for almost nineteen years with out interruption, lie has five years mure to serve oa his present torn). Hon Robert 0. boheuck. ol Ohio, is tko “Father of the Home." lie en tered it in 1842, und (having been out from 1851 to is now serving fits eighth Wrm. ilon Henry L Dawes, of Massa chusetts, is serving his seventh contin uous term. General Banks and Hon. Horace Maynard are iu their sixth term, not continuous. lions. James Brooks and S. S. Cox, of New York, and Hon. Nathan F. Dixon, of GLode Island, are each in their filth term. Air. Brooks was the pioneer Wash ington correspondent, aud also the first ol Kuropeun correspondents lor Ainer cau papers. Tno youngest Senators are Messrs. Sprague ami Kellogg, thiity - nine years ; McDonald, thirty seven years ; Uslioin aud bpoucer, thirty - three years. All “curpet-buggers” except Guv Sprague. Ttie youngest Representatives are Hon Thomas Fitch, of Nevada, thir ty-one veais; Gen. S S. Witcher, ol Wes: Virginia, thirty years; lion. C, M. Humil.on, < f Florida, twenty-nine years; lion. Logan 11 Roots, ol Ar kansas, twenty-eight years, ana Hon. C. L. Cobb, of North Carolina, twen ty-seven years. Mes-rs Hamilton and Roots were membeis of the last Con gress The average length of the Con gressional biographies is ten lines.— The longest is that of Hou. Win. F. Prosser, of Tennessee, who occupies twenty-six, but they are so crammed with incidents that they could not be well abbieviated. The hardest worked Senator in com mittee service is Hon. James W. Pat terson, of New Hampshire, who is chairman ot the Joint Committee cm Retrenchment, and is a member ol three others. The blondes ox tbe Senate have it all their own way iu the Committee ou ILo J udiciary. lu the House the most fortunate men on committees are Hon John Lynch, of Maine, who is chairman ol two commi tees and stands second on that Ol banking und currency, and lion. Thomas A. Jenckus, of ltnode Island, who is chairman of the Com mittee on Patents and rues those ol leu-uehmeut and civil service. The fireside is a school of infinite im portaßeo; it is important because it is universal, and because the education it bestows, being wt'VW ill with the woof of childhood, gives form and col or to the whole texture of life. An absent-minded professor, i« go ing «ut th« g«t« ““*? htu Wlugo, ran t.,;a : nst a cow. In the contusion of the moment he raised nis bat, and exclaimed : “I beg your ptrdon, mad am.’’ fciocn alter, be stumbled against a lady in the street; in sudden rucol lection ; 1 his fortnor mishap, he called out : “is that you again, you brute?” tjqh-j.—Light moves with a velocity of ouo hundred and ninet2iwo tbousaud five hundred miles iu a second of time. It travels from the sun to the earth in seven minutes and a half. It moves through a space equal lo the circum ference of our globo in the eighth part Os a second; a flight which the swiftest bird could not perforin in lens liTaa three weeks. How Many.— ?—A young roan asked an old man for his daugter in marriage. The answer was : ‘Go into the orohard and bring in a number of apples. Give me one-half of the whole Dumber, aud the mother half of the | balance and half aD apple over, and to tbe daughter one-half of the remainder aud half an apple, aud have one left for yourself, without rutting an apple, : and then, if she is willing, y'u can have j her.” He solved tho question. How ' many did be bring ? TToiiihii''« Work. l>Hrning little stocking!!, For rentier liftle fe«t ; Washing little faces To keep them clean and sweet; Hearing bible lessons, Teaching catechism, Fraying for salvation From heresy and seism ; Woman’s work. Sewing on the buttons, Overseeing rations: Soothing, with a kind word, Other’s lamentations; Guidin'* clumsy Bridgets, ( oaxlug sullen cooks ; Eutertuining company, And reading recent books ; Woman’s work. Burying out of sight Her own unhealing smarts, Letting in the sunshiue On others’ clouded hearts; Binding up the wounded, Healing up the sick, Bravely marching onward Through dangers dark and thick/ Woman’s work. * Leading little children, And blessing manhood’s years / Showing to the sinful How God’s forgiveness cheers : Scattering sweet rjses Along another’s path/ Smiling by the wayside, Content with what- she hath ; Woman’s work. Letting fall her own tears Where »nly God /Fining off another’s With tender sympathy; Learning oy experience, Teaching by example; Yearning lor the gsitewny, Golden, pearly, ample ; Woman’s work. Lastly comoth silence, A day sf deep repose ; Iler locks smoothly braided, L'pou her breast a rose, Lashes rusting i llpou the marble cheek; A look of blessed peace Upon the forehead meek. The hands softly folded, The kindly pulses still ; The lips kuow no smiling. The noble heart no thrill. Her couch needs no smoothing, She caret!i for no care; Love’s tenderest entreaty Wake’s no responses there ! A grave in the valley Tears, bitter sol s, regret, One more lesson given That life may not forget, A face forever hidden, A race forever run ; “Dust to dust,” a voice saith, Aud woman’s work is done l M i ra’s Lily. BY NKTJIK NEALE Myra Mayson flitted restlessly about the luxurious room, wh.so suit c.rpei yiulded no sound to the footstep as she passed ovet its riob-hued fluwoisuhat looked as fresh aud glowing as it real buds, leaves aud bio sums were strewed beneath her feet. She peered through (be rich damask euriaiua, wuich draped gracelully tbe window, out into the dark ray less night Not a star wai vts.ble through the heavy cloudi, aud by the light of a street lump, she saw tbe side walk was nearly covered With snow, aud tbe leathery (lakes snll descending .-i --leuily but rap dy. She sigb'ds.f'y, aud mruiug uw .y, walked to the fire place and stirred the glowtug coals, wbiefi sen- a warmth over the room - , then drawing a large, luxurian' chair iu front of tbe lire, sealed herself, gaz tig long aud absoutly into tbe grrtc. Bui. he same face looked up tutu hers, alike from the snow- covered street und tbe grate’s glowing coals. It was a pale, worn chiid-faee, and a low, plaintive voice echoed from It —“l’.case, lady, give me money lor my siclt bisicr 1 and the night wind seemed to wail to ner through tne etorui that plaintive obi! i voice. As Myra returned from a shopping excursion tint moruiDg, as sho supped from her carriage and j ttvsed up the nro-d steps ol her elegant home, * lu tie child, iniuly eiul, o&me up to her and said,—“Piease, lady, give me a lit tle uwuey tor my sick tis er.” But Myra scarcely heeded the low, p.aintivo voice, aud, drawing her rich lurs more closely around Lor as she stood in the keen, cold wind, said carelessly,— ‘1 nave no chaog ', child lhca saia l herself, —-‘B om mo, how these b- ggars do annoy me ! that is the third oue who has applied to me today.’’ But glanc ing U P> b^c BO li I^'! leading eyes of tbe child filled with tears, anu a des pa.riug look swept over ter pale, thin lace, as she turnt-d aud walked slowly away. Again and again dur.ug the day, dnl mat mournlui look come ho tween Myra and the scenes aud faces around her; aud now, to night, as hor busbaud lingered late at tir olboe, and ber boy slept qu el in his little cub, the shadows ol lone.miss and thought gath ered heavily around her, anu once more that haun ing face oame Leiote her with low, plaintive tones. Bae continued gaaiug steadily on tbe glowing coals unit! a soft diowsmess crept over her, and her eyelids drooped geatlv, and leaning ber head back on fa. -oft chair, sta slumbered. A few moments ana a Hulling close by aroused her, as a fair, beauteous being stood near her, with a lace radiant with love aud benevolence, her drapery light and gbsleuiug. But most beautilui ol all was a cluster of snowy bllies she held iu her hand, and exlonaiug them to Myra, she said, in a nob, sweet voice: , , . , “Your lily, dear lady,—is it ready : ‘‘l have uo lilies,” replied Myra. “No lily gatheicd ready lor jour heavenly home !” she rophsd reproacn tully aud sadly. ‘‘On I dear lady, what have been doing all day V' Myra told her how her aay had been spent : the morning iu shopping, tbe atternoon in a long siesta and m the nursery wi'b ber boy. “Aud so you have gathered no lily for me?’ the visitor again said sadly. “Who are you T’ inquired Myra. “1 am au angel sent to gather anu bear to heaven ail the li'.ltes oollec.od each day by the chtidrcu of earth, to i bloom eternally iu heaven. When this world shall have passed away, and ‘the glories and splendors thercol, had an end,’ these 111 iss will sail remain blooming iu fragrance in heaven for ever. Bat every deed of mcroy. oharity VOL. IV. —-NO. 49. or kindeeas done to Ibe smilg or bodieff t-f CbrHt'ii stiff ring children on oarta, a lily like tbisig given to the pmr, and at nightfall I gather them all in and b< sr them up to beavon to bioom eter nally See how beautiful they are 1" As Myra gaz :<1 closely down iuto their *nowy oup.t, she noticed that ou the pe tals of each one, tbo dew-deeps bad formed ibeoiselvifl into these words ? ‘ lua much as ye did it unro the least of tb >»e, ye did it unto me.” Tne an gel puioifng to these dew-drops, said ? ‘•These are tbe tears which kindness drew from the eyes of ibe poor and suf fering who gave them the liiy, aud they became obryataliz-d into gem* in these heaveuiy lillie*. D and not a little giif offor yuu a liiy at your door-step lo ony ?” “Y*>s,” replied Myr* mourn'ully, ‘‘but I did uot ku-ivv it.” ‘‘Uu 1 dear L.dy, gather lilies fer iicaveu Kartbly 11 w. ra must all fada sud die ; be.avei ly i tie.-, blooms eternal ly. lute b-auiilul home and its noble owner, tbe fair und y by who dio.UiS yonder io Lis in la onb mast ail t-d» aad pa e asay. 'f«ach thou* witn you to gainer fiats— imnxorteUea' >o bloom in a homo not m uiu .van bands, eternal ii the heavous. Heed' tins warning, dear lady, ere I come again.” And as esiased speaking, she turned to leave the r.iru, and with a low, aad farewell, stooped aud kissed goody tbe woepiug Myra.- Myra opened her eyes and found h.r husband ieauiug over her chair. "What is tbe matter, little wife If Whu horrible vision baa broken your slumbers ? 1 catuu iu a few moments ago and found you sleeping aud sobbing btut-rly, aud f kissed 3ou out ot v’oor trouble. What were yuu dteamtug?” Myra rubbed her eyes heavily, and looked around tbd roOui earn »:ly Ufjior sue spoke. "Was it your kiss that aw >ke me 1 Have b'oeu only dreaming 1 D.d you meet any one wneu you came in ! “One at tbe time with your ques tions, if you please.” tepiioU her nus bauu sinning. "Yes, to your first and second; no, to your l»si. What wero you dreaming T’ Myra related to him her dream, and becoming and reply iuu-rested iu tbe reel til as she proceeded, he i.sieued atten tively aud tbougbifuily, and when she fiuisncd, said : •‘My.a, would yuu recogszj that beggar gill if ; .u saWbir ag-iu f" “1 tnink 1 Wiuld know iLat face amid a hundred, so constantly has it Uauuled my mind ail day.” “BorLups it wav me same one who caused me to be so late returning homo this evening. Just as I wa. shout to Dave my office, a pale, thinly clad girl came lu, cvideuuy much excited, aL<i uatuhiug bold, sad : ‘Ob ! doctor, do, for God's sake, corno to my poor litt.o si.ter/ Moved by the deep auguisn iu me tones and face of the girl, 1 lultowcd her to her miserable abide of pov riyi Ou a pallet iu one corner of il.e deso late loom, I found a little child of not moie than five or s x yuaitt of age, wasted by disease und pmoably want, but e'videutly rapid y pasting aivay to a laud wnere nunger, pa, ll uoi warn would trouble her child heart no m re. As we entered tbe room, nba collect ‘cistor !’ unci l>e girl sprang Irorn my side anil kne.l down beside ibe little sufferer, say tog toudcriy,—‘Horn I am darling, *nd here is me doctor to make you well I will Uot leave you any more 10-uigbi;’ anti sue nestled clu e down beside the cbi.d, with her aim thrown prulecungiy around her. feeing that me child was beyond the reueii ot bu rn au skill, 1 tuiu-d Irorn me bedside ana beckoned to a woman who was in UlO room, and in low whispered tones in Ihe pissuge, told her the child could uot live uuiu morutug. Drum bur 1 learned mat the little beggar gnl bad striven Rrafely to uku oaio ot heisatt and al m.sl baby bi-ttr, since tne U.a h of their mo’her, until the iutle one sick ened, and tb.re was no resort out neg gaiy. 1 fell, promising to return iu the morning. Y\ ouid you tike to go wi.h me tueu, aud see if we can iae.p the lne next morning Myra acoonipauted bc-r lausnund, and iouud the older girl ke>ptngber oad, weary Vigil over her dead, uor cvou.d she ugre. to leave un til 11 slept in Us mother cattu. After the burial, Myia took tbe g>:l homo with her unlit she could succeed in get ting her into tbe orphan asylum; and never again aid she forget tbe low, mu sical words ol tbe dream angsl,—“Oh ! lady, gather lilies for heaven.’' Humorous. “Pete, is you into them sweetmeats agin f” “No inarm, them sweetmeats is into me.” “I am going to the poat-offioo, Bob ;> shall 1 inquire tor you?” “Well, yes, if you have a minti to, but don’t think you will find me there.” Could anything be better than the uegro’s reply to a young lady he offered to lilt over i-ne gutter, and who insisted that she was too heavy ? “Lor, missus,” said he, “L’s used to hitiug barrels of sugar. A Frenchman brought two mugs to tbe milkman in plack of one, as usual, an 1 on oeiug a<kcd the meaning of it, r< plied, “IBs f-r te milk, aud dis for te> water, and 1 vtti mix dem so as to suit myself. “Wbxt are you doing there Jane ?” “Why pa, Ism going to paint my doll's pinafore red. ’ “But what have you got to dye it?” “Beer,” “Who ou earth told you that beer would dye red ?” “ W by, M.a baid it was 'uoer that made yo.ui uoee red, and p” “Here, Susan, take this ohild, ”
