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About The Dawson weekly journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1868-1878 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1870)
THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL. afg. R. WESTON. jpjusott aaleehlu Jfouuuil, ' ‘ rOHl IU» *VK«V »«■■»«. mm.****** ,m Three 1 25 git months • ' ” 2 no Oa» Tear - " Hill.' ‘' * ■ I ' o RATES: l i>NK MONTI!. TWO MONTHS THREE M'TJUi [ I i SIX MONTHS [ I | ONK TEAR. 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Strife Ht Mac* » • Abanv branch irmn »' fi.#Uhvne, and wuh Fort G ines branch train .1 (7rhh«*. nurACLA m««T **«> N TRAINS L„ve .»/«*•" j- "...HIOiO A m' Ku, ‘ U . .5:10 p. m. L'A»»e c. n >7 . M ir*,,c »Jf»cn«t..< ...5.0, A. M. Conner a. *nv .ron on ifoudAV. Tu-ttCy, T%rc«* "«<> -;_ h(? So train I,■»*>■* »" Sattfrday n.ghu 6 cOItMCJS VASSKNQKRTRAISS i 7:35 A M. W« Arrive at Goltf’btM • • L &«££ Arrive a T icon COLfMBfS SKIRT PASSKMft.KTKAia ins’* 8 .. , ,g- “• Anise at. Columbus ’ j Columbus ‘ A y *!;.< o« »n<l BrUrttw »>*< i’a«ci»- jjer Train** «Eo'. W U.vZELUL'Rii I’, Preside! t. Ma-nn : ; 9;15 A ' M ArriTO V 8.-W-ick • 4. J0 BrßMßinck • yfrrite dt M Coff. TRAINS TO HA" KINSVILLK Afrit. at &ttW'vffiev ;«:40 r « ktr, ft .wkinstille....... J-'"' A “ Arrive at Silicon. ..: A " M ‘ This train runs daily, Sundays exc*l>tcd (Tester 11 « »ailr<>H<l. FOSTER ai.oVsF.tT, SJp't; MOIIT Pas'SKSßK.fi Tft Xt N U»e \ v Arrive 1 liluHanoOKM y Liitc Cimtimioogn 1 ■ Arrive »t. Atlanta .. :i . • -..414... DAY PASSBNoifi Tlt/’VN. lyfavo Atlanta X Arrive at Chailanooga Arrive at Atlanta 3-H P. « n'ALtos jfCCoMK*Nation. Atlanta. . Arrive at 0 ,lion " SS I.eive Dalton 2 - ,MI A. Arrive at Atlanta '' ,HI ©avfll H. F. SIMMONS, attorney at law, PROMPT attention given to ail business iutruSKrd to his eare. augfi 9itf C. B. WOOTEN. X C. HOYIaF, WOOTEN & HOYLE, Attorneys a.t X^aw, iMirso.r, o.i. Jan 6-ly. C. W. WARWICK, at Law And. Solicitor in Equity, BMITUVILLE, OA. (Till pracrice in South Western and Patau * circuits. Collections promptly remitted. K - J. WARREN, attorney at law, WON, btGRAFFENREII) & IRVIN, at Ljrtl, •Wrtfot,, ... Georgia. \V UA ‘ ffi v e attention to Professional Busi nes» iu the Macon, South-western, aud v,n “u Clrc!iil8 ‘; in the IT. S. Courts, in Sa tr« 1 • ini * At,a| rta; and by Special Con- a «‘ ln any part of the Stale. ®*Pt, 23,’69; ly. Dawson Business Directory, Dry (woods 71 err list lit*. CtRIH,& TUCKER, Dealers in all ■'kinds ol Dry Goods and Groceries. Main Street. K UTTER, .fICOR, Dealer in all kinds of Drv G'lod*, Mam street. IO VEINS Ac GUIITI V, Dealers J ill Staple Drv Goods and Groeeries also and t'ommission .Merchants, A/tin Street, Y Ac CROUCH, Dealers in Drv Goods. 0',,-hint., S'aple Goods and Funily Groceries, M lin street. / \t(R, W. U. D-aler In Farter and s»a " "o|e Drv Goods, Mam at., under ‘‘Jour nal" Printing Office. Grocery Wlerchauti I Gooitnisdon Merchant, and Dealer in Bi - eon, Flour. Weal and Provisions generally, at Sh >rne k Brown’s old stand. W tin St. FIltYUn. SHARPE & CO.. D alors in D-y Goods, Groceries, and Plan'ation Supplies. ST KEEK & SPIUOYS, Grocery \ I and Provision Dealers, South side Pub lic Square. Hooo, b. e* Dealer in Groceries and Fatndv suoplies generally, 2nd door to ‘Journal” Office, Main st. Drug-Jits# pHEATIIAH, C. A., Druggist and V Physician. Keep* 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 IKES, OK. J. ft., Dealer in Drugs, J/-dicinr*, Ods, Paints, Dye Stuffs, Gtrden Sepd, &0., &c. BAKERY. rl„ (OLOHON, B.ker, Confee # tionor, and dealer in F unily Grt-ceriep Ft*h and Ovsters, A/.in Street, next to J. W. Roberts & Cos. PniSItlAH, HOrtNETT XV. If. Tran, icing Phy sician, and Surgeon. Office alCheat- Itaui’b D'ug Store. OR *>. .1. W. P.iICE A SOA, 'iniikliil for past patronage, bv close a'tention and moderate charg-s honp to re. ceivp a continuance of the same. Office, Dr. Gilpin’s old stand j ■„ IS, 'f, IViUcii Kepaircr. A LU,\, JOin P., will .epair XV Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, A/ttsic Boohs, Acco dions, &c , always to he found at his old stand, on North side of Public Square Lltery Jlabies. pARVITI, A SHIR PE, Sale I 4 and Feed Stable. Horseg and jt/ul s for sale. Dorses boarded. North side Pub 'i« Squire. |)«ncr, iv. <». i J. k.. Sal*. 1 F.-ed and Liver? Stable, Depot 8 reet. Gtiod ho ru es and vehicles sot lure on reason able terms. April 14, ly. BAK- room . 1> XT AY Ast D, Dealer in Fine Wines, Brandies. Wtiiskies, Lager Beer, Ac, West side public Square, Main street. SPEECH OF HON. F. M, HARPER, t,i the House of Representatives, on the motion to reconsider vote on the Opera House Purcha e. Mr. Speaker: While I am; satisfied, front what transpired on this floor on yesterday, that the purchase of this House is* a foregone conclusion, still I feel that I should bo recreant to the people whom I have the honor to r p resent, were I to remain silent upon ♦his important occasion, I regretted very much to see the indecent haste with which this measure was forced through this House on yesterday, un der what seemed to be, and doubtless was, a preconcerted arrangement.— This matter was taken' up, the previ ous question eSilted, and the resolu tions rushed through this body with out allowing the opponents of the measure to bo heard, and so eager were they for its passage, the Speaker in the chair actually refused to allow members opposing the measure so bs hoard on points of order. This being true, I think it not unreasonable but eminently right and proper that mem qers of this House should reconsider their action on yesterday, and remem ber that in this trade they are voting away the poople’s money, and not their own. For my own part, lam unwil- li n ,r to see largo amounts of money belonging to the tax-payors of this State thus voted away without then consent or approbation. Mr. Speaker, I have several objections to urge against the purchase of this building b v this Legislature. In the first place, the House is unfit for a State C apitol. Secondly, Its location is very unsuita ble. Third This, House is not worth half the money you propose to pay foi | it And, fourthly, If it was as good j a trade on the part cf the State as you say it is, you have no right to make it without the consent ol the people who have it to pay for. j 1 You were sent hero to make laws . looking to the best interests of the , people, and not to invest their money in real estate, and whenever you do it, in my opinion (to say the very least of its you have transcended your autlioi ity—gone beyond the purposes for which you were elected, acted in bad faith, and are no longer worthy of the trust confided to you by your constitu ents. Think of it This eapitol was given to the State ten years by the people of Atlanta, in order to consum mate and cover, up the raud in hist moving it here without the consent of tlie people. Now, in order to benefit a few individuals, you propose to ab solve the people of Atlanta from that contract—-pay the Messrs. Kimball, Dawson, ga., Thursday September s, i«7u. Bullock ami others an exhorbitant Itriee lbr a very inferior house, with j out the consent of those whose money you are spending, thereby becoming 1 yourselves a party not only to the 1 ist hut also to the first iniquitotfs fraud practiced upon the people of Georgia I by that memorable body that once as sembled in the ciiv of Atlanta, styling itselt the Constitutional Convention. I bat the members of this House should so act and so arbitrarily tram ple under foot the most sacrod rights of the people is but another striking demonstration of the fact that money Its power. While Ido not wish to im pugn the motives of any who honestly differ with me on this question, (if there be any such) I must say, that in my ju Igment, those who refuse to ac cept the fair and equitable proposition which I am now going to make, are willing to risk more, situated as they are, than men generally, under similar circumstances. Now my offer is this: A. ou say this is a good trade for the people of Georgia—that this Opera House is offering cheap and we ought to buy it. Buy it for whom ? Not for ourselves, but for the people. They must pay for it out of their own hard earnings. Now is it unreasonable that as a Representative I should ask this House to consult the wishes of the people about this trade, in view of this stubborn truth that their money must lie appropriated to pay for it? Gentlemen, let us, as honest men and faithful representatives, not wish ing to involve the people in debt, thereby imposing upon them heavy taxes, come together one and all, and issue our address to the people ; giv ing them all the facts and circumstan ces connected with the matter, giving your true reasons for favoring the pur chase, (if you are willing to make the true reasons known to the public ;) Let the people in each county meet at once, (for I believe they will take pleasure in doing so) take the matter into consideration, and say whether or not they desire that we shall make this trade for them. This is fair ; this is right, and it is your duty to reconsider your hasty action of yesterday, and let thu matter ta-e this direction. If you refuse to do this, the people of this State will forever hereafter hold you responsible for this gross infraction of their rights. Now will you do this ? I make tho proposition fairly and squarely. You shall either accept now or disregard it, and it shall be known to the people of Georgia who it is that is willing to invest their money without authority in property at ex horbitant prices without tueir couseut. 1 could say much more upon this subject., giving reasons why this gross fraud should not be consummated, but having shown your determination on yesterday by the undue advantage taken of us in your hot haste to do wrong, I close my remarks, again ask ing you to accept that fair proposition, which in behalf of the people I have honestly made to you. ADDRESS OF HON. WAiHI.'ISrON POE. Dclitcre l ou tlic Occasion of l.ayiug Gic <orin i’ Stone ol die KiuiM esiiiij Court House September 1, »S7O. The occasion upon which wo have assembled to-day, Fellow-Citizens, rc oue of general interest, including all classes and conditions of society. When wo contemplate the magnifi cent structure about to be erected on these imposing foundations, wo are in duced, instinctively to ask, it it is not intended foT the habitation of some citizen more highly tavured by fortune t urn othe.'S, aud art not its spacious and commodious halls to be tlie abode of his privileged family and in which music and painting shall vie with each other for the mastery, and where pleasure and felicity shall reign su preme ; and in which the feet ot the dancers shall move harmoniutrsly with the viol and the harp ? We answer no ! but we have been Called together to witness tlie impos ing ceremony of laying the Corue: - j Stone of a Temple of Justice, a lion e j dedicated to the cause of virtue, rta- I son and truth, in which the laws of | the land are to be administered, our j rights secured and our wrongs re- dressod. It is true that this material struc- | ture with all its completeness and skill ful arrangements is not entitled to tlie consideration- we this day manifest; and were it not for the purpose to which this building is to be devoted, our ceremonies would savour more of heathen idolatry than an intelligent Christian observance. But when wo consider that it is to be dedicated to t ie noble and sacred cause of dispen.- - inn- justice to all classes and conditions I o i'men ; to the rich and the poor, the ! learned and the ignorant, the high and i low, and that by men sworn to ‘‘ad- minister justice without respect to persons, and do equal rights to the poor and the rich," we are induced to- confer on the very building itself an importance and dignity surpassing that ot any other structure not dedicated to the worship of Jehovah. .. .. The Aroopagus of Greece, held its session in the open air, on Mar’s hid, ' at Athens, in presence of the assem bled t wizens. The Romans admi is tered justice in the Forum, m the presence of the whole people, and al so under the open canopy of heaven. But we, more civilized, erect suitable houses in which to administer the law, but whose doors are ever open to all classes of citizens ; on the principle that it is tit and proper that the peo nle should bo acquainted not only with the results, hut also with the manner in which their laws aro'ctdimnistored In this view of the subject, the occa sion which has called us together, is one of no ordinary character, and cal culated to excite ottr highest and our prof mmlest r, spect. The business that lies before us, is nothing less than to dedicate this buildilig, now in a course of erection, to the noble and sublime purposo of the administra tion of the law. We aro all, ns human, intelligent, accountable beings, amenable to law. The great Creator himself, on account oft) e perfection of his nature, can do no wrong, and, consequently cannot violate any law of right. But man, by roason of the transgression, has cor rupted his nature, and bis understand ing is full of ignorance and error ; and our merciful Creator, in aid of this im perfection, bus been pleased to reveal his Divine Law. But this is not tho law with which we are Aacerned to day, and which is intended to be ad ministered in this Hoifse ; but law en acted by human legislators intended to regulate our conduct as citizens, by commanding what is right and prohib iting what is wrong. With what a personal interest, therefore, do those ceremonies commend themselves to us all; for it is here, in this that our lives, our liberty, our characters and property, if assailed, aro to bo vindicated and upheld, and our wrongs redressed. It is hero that fraud is to be traced through all its sinuous windings and tho perpetrator exposed to the con demning and" withering gaze of jus ‘ice. It is here thot the lonely, poor, despised and slandered female may come, in poverty and in rags, and ob tain tho vindication of her character and the condign punishment of her detainer. It is here that the widow and the orphan may seek and obtain redress from the avaricious and dis honest representative of their buried husband and father. And it is here that the person falsely and maliciously accused of crime, by a corrupt and de signing prosecutor, may, however humble and despised, without foe or reward, have his character vindicated and his false accuser punished. And may it not be permitted, in this connection, to refer to those who min ister in tho Temple of Justice ? The character of tho lawyer is often tho subject of the jest of the humorist’s and the satirist’s censure ; and it is to be regretted that the conduct of so many has given authority for such in dulgence. But when we survey the long line of worthies, members of this noblo and honorable profession, who have reflected lustre ou the human character; who- have distinguished themselves, and made their names im mortal by acts of patriotism and devo tion to th eir country in the hour of her greatqpt need; who have given their time and their taients to the ad vancement of the cause o! philanthro py and benevolence, and their sub stance to plans of benevolence and charity —in short, who have taken the lead in all enterprises calculated to el ovate tlieir country in the scale of na tions, to advance the progress of civ ilization, and widen the circle of ro tincuiout and culture in every conmiii mty —to be a worthy member of this honorable profession, becomes a source of as unalloyed gratuiatiou as was felt by the ancient inhabitant of Romo, when lie exultingly proclaimed, “ 1 urn a Homan eitisen /” My friends of the legal profession, allow mo to exhort you to renewed et fbrts in answering the demands ina le upon you by tlie exigency of the cir cumstances with which we are sur rounded. Tue tunes are emphatically out ot joint, and although tue tocsin of war has ceased to be sounded, yet our country is tilled with alarms, and disorder and confusion run riot through the land. Fraud and corrup tion are louud in our high places, aud virtue and interity are heard to pro claim. “ vVlien vice prevails and impious men bear sway, The post oi honor is a private station.” If ever there was a period in tlie history of our country when the most urgent appeal for a firm and faithful admiuist'. ation of the law, that p.Uadi um of liberty, was required, this is that time. I implore you, therefore, as ’members of live legal profession, to discharge your whole duty; be faith ful to those sacred principles which constitute the foundation of the law. Let no considerations oi personal ad vantage divert you from your duty; let your motto be, “ Fiat justieir , raut Citium ßo careful to sustain and up hold him who has been appointed to preside over our courts in tlie laithlul and intelligent administration of the law. Oar noble household should not be divided, for oar mission is one and the same—tho advancement of justice and tho overthrow of wrong. And, fellow-citizens, we call upon you- for your co-operation in this im portant enterprise, for you are direct ly concerned in the faithful adminis tration of the laws and obedience to its requirements. Our political system proceeds upon the admission that man is capable ot self-government, the truth ot which depends upon the consent ot trio citi zen to obey the law. It is upon this proposition that the success of our ex periment of free government depends; for unless tho laws are obeyed, an arehv and confusion must ensuo, and our experiment of free government prove a total failure. 1 invoke you, therefore, to-day, in connection with these ceremonies, deeply and seriously to reflect upon the vital importance of obedience to law. Conform to its re quirements, and our system of gov ernment will move on as harmonious ly and noiselessly as the earth on its axis. Disobey and violate tho laws of tho land, anil confusion and disorder must prevail, society bo disrupted,and misrule and licentiousness abound. And to that portion of our people wlio have so recently received the boon of freedom, I would emphatically ud dress myself, and urge upon them tlio great importance of this subject. You have just emerged from a condition which rentiers you necessarily poor and ignorant, and consequently indi vidually uninthrrrontial. Ycmr entire dependence for support and protection is upon the faithful and impartial ad ministration of the law. If that is secured, your rights will be protected aud your wrongs redressed. Y’our relation to the law is very similar to that of orphan children, to whom it assumes the position of their deceased parents; and this creates an unquallifi- ] od obligation of respect ami obedience. and a compliance with which, like the cheerful performance of every other duty, secures a corresponding row ard. Formerly you were under tho control of guardians, whose duty and interest prompted to guide you in the right way rn order that you might avoid physical ami moral injury; but now you are under your own control, and dependent on your own unaided will. With what emphasis, then, does the exhortation to make the law your girido address itself in view of your condition? It is your imperious duty as it is your highest interest, faithfu ly to obey the law. The freedom includes obedience to law. There can be no lasting liberty without law. Away with the errone ous idea that liberty consists iu doing as you please. Baton tho contrary let it be remembered that real, sub stantial liberty rests upon a faithful observance of the law. With this principle established as the rule of your conduct, you will become useful and happy citizens, adding strength and permanence to our institutions; otherwise you will only be subjected to tlie vindicatory part of the law, which entails punishment on its viola tors. Let us, then, one and all, in the act of laying the coruer-stono oftliis Totn ple of Justice, renew our obligations of fidelity to the laws of our country, and resolve to forego all private ad vantages for the public good. Let these principles bo adopted by our whole people, aud our government will become the pride of nations, the joy of the whole earth. Money at Interest. BY AMY RANDOLPH. “Please, sir, will you givo mo a penny; only a penny?” “No—go along with you; I never give money to street beggars.” And Mrs. Parker sat a trifle more erect, if it were possible, in her buffa lo-cushioned wagon-seat, and grasped her blue cotton umbrella tighter.— But her husband, Paul Parker, on whose kindly face the boy turned his gaze, said; ‘ See lie re, boy; I’ve only got a fif ty-ceut, and its more money than I ought to give away I shall be here at three o’clock this day week, oppo site this very tavern, will you bo here to pay it back to me? siiud, I only lend it to you; and may be I’ll be able to find some work lbr you by that time. ’ ‘■Yes sir,’ said the boy, gleefully, as lie scrambled up the sides of the whee’. “1 will be here, sure.” “Paul Parker, you’re a fool!” said the woman, angrily. “You scatter your money about as though there ’ was no end to it. Du you suppose you’ll ever see your fifty cents again!"’ “I hope so, wife, ’ said the old man, touching his placid horse gently with tho reins, and urging him in‘o a slee py jog-trot. “X should be sorry to think there wasn’t no truth in that bright-eyed little follow. Give the world a fair chance, that’s all I’ve got say. ’ The blistering August sunshine ' was pouritfg into a litt.e garret room | in one of ttie most squaiod aud neg lected purlieus of the town, where a I brutal-looking man sat smoking a short black pipe, and two or three boys lounged around half a sleep.— A hand-organ stool against the tv all aud a monkey dressed in soiled red rags chatted in the window. Nino’s a'ccovdeou and a thumbed tambour ine lay near by, Nino hiinsdl, with tear-stained cheeks and heavy eyelids was crouched in a corner, wistfully watching the door, aS if resolved to avail himself if the first chance that ottered itsolf for escape. There was a wild beauty about the boy in spite of his swarthy chooxs j and forlorn uniform of rags, and an j attractiveness that was ditHcuit to un- j dorstand. His brow, overshadowed by thick black kicks, was lrank and : open; his eyes were soft and liquid, aud there were both love and gentle ness in the well outlined mouth. Had Nino Berlani been the offspring of aristocratic lineage, he would have been called handsome; but rags and poverty aud blows are anything but beautifying, and Nino had kn rwu little else i'll his brief and sunless ex istence. Presently the man knocked the ashes from his pipe and laid it down with a vicious sidelong glance at tho boy. . “So you’d got fifty cents bid away , you was going to gammon me out t,h? ’ he demanded. “You young vag- j abond, I’d like to know wliat you. mean by it.” “It was mine,” so’. bel the boy; “I earned it siugin' under the great folks’ winders, a ter work hours was over I gave you all I earned in the day time, I did. “Yours!” growled the man, savage ly; “and all you earn is mine, and if ever I catch you at any such a trick again, I’ll split your head open for you. Where aro you going now?—■ Sit down again.’’ “Only out as far as West-Landhill tavern,” said Nino, entreatingly, as his eyes marked the slowly creeping tide of sunshine along the floor, that formed his only substitute for a clock. “Well, you won’t do no such thing!’ said the man, evidently in a most con- ! trary and quarelsouie mood. “Go back to your bench again; do you hoar? You’ie not goin’ to stir out o’, this beforo night, and not then, un- ' less you behave yourself. ’ “I’ll be back in ten minutes, sir; I will, indeed.’ ] “Hold your noise!” brutally ojocula tod his irate keeper. “I tell you you shan't stir another peg; there, now! Dteva, to oim «f tho other boys, “give us a light here for this pipe. ’ | Nino, watching his opportunity, as a wild beast might watch for an es cape from its cage, gave a forward I dart just as the man stooped over to rub his match against the sole of his Is tot. But ho was not quite quick enough; his tyrant seized him rudely by tho arm, and slung him across the floor as if lie had been a toy Ho fell, his temple striking against the leg of a bedstead standing in the corner, and lay there qtrrto insensible. “Blest if I don t think he’s done for, dad,” said ono of the hitherto impas sive spectators of the scene, a boy of thirteen, who was generally dressed as a “wandering Bavarian,” with tambourine and bolls. “Let him alone, I say,” snarled the father. “I’ll teach him a lesson.” Just then the bell in the old square tower of the town clock struck three. “I told you he wouldn t be here, Paul!” exultantly exclaimed Mrs. Parker, projecting her keen gray eyes into every nook and corner around the dull street in front of tho “West- Landliill House of Entertainment for Man aud Beast.” “1 knew it! Now, what do you think of your fine honest boy?’' Paul Parker's countenance clouded visibly. “I’m sorry for it, wife—sorry from tho bottom of my heart I somehow thought ho was different from the common lot of ’em, but I s’pose I hadn t ought to expect much from a lad brought up iu the streets. Well, well, let’s drive on.” The swift rolling years had sprink led silver blossoms more plentifully on the head of Paul Parker, and plowed deeper lines in his wife’s face The little girl at tlieir fireside had grown into a tall; handsome young woman. Once more we enter the in ner sanctum of their lives “It is father’s step, mother,” said Lucy Parker, jumping up to the open door. “Well, father, what luck?” “Bad enough, child,” said old Paul, meekly shaking tho powdery fringe of snow from his overcoat. “Milton s down ag’n with fevor’n ague; his wife’s poorly, and Bruce has had a stroke, so ho can’t work any more.” “And they didn’t pay you the mon ey? Paul you were a fool for ever lending it, shrieked his wife shrilly.— “And what are we to do, with law yer Martin writin’ and writin’ lor the money we owe him?” “Wo can do nothing, wife.” “We shall be sold out at action, and die in a poor house yet. Oh, Paul, why didn’t you pay m ire be > 1 to what I’ve always kept tollin’ you?” “Not so bad as that, I hope,” said tho old man cheerily, though the mus cles of his lip and brow quivered. “Father, fs it St. John Martin the Leeds street lawyer, to whom you owe this Money?” “Yos; what do you know about him?” . “Not much; but I met his son at several parties last fail, and I—l think, if you were to go there and toll linn just how it is, or write, even”— “No use,” crotrleod Mrs. Parker, despairingly, “other folks aint so roady to let go of their money as your father is, Lucy. ’ “May be it’s worth trying, ’ said old Paul, hopefully “we’ll write this very night ami next week we’ll go up to Boston aud soe what answer he makes us.” And then Lucy, blushing like a pea, ran to get the pen and paper, timidly trusting in the efficacy of her plan. “For his father can’t be so’ very hard-hearted,” she thought, “aud they are so very rich that mi roly they will be willing to wait for this live hundred ifoliars until wo can pay it.” The elegantly furnished little office on Leeds street did not often have such outre equipages drawn up before lit as Paul Parkers raud-be-splashed j box wagon and shaggy old pony, and tho elegantly attired young lawyer, j who sat at the desk examing some papers, glanced up in surprise as the I blooming girl and the beat old man j entered together, like May and De cember. “Lucy! ’ “Ninian! I thonght your father—l did not know that—” “My father is detained at his coun try seat, and I am acting member of the firm, Lucy. He took me into partnership last week, and and this is—’ He turned inquiringly, and with something of a start, to tho brown faced old man, who stood modostly in the back ground. Lucy introduced her father, and stated their business, with a profu ion v> ry bee milng blush es. She had not expected to lind hor gallant young cavalier of tho past fall in th»' office of St. John Martin “We are in very straightened eiv- VUI. \. —I\o. 30, eumstances, Mr. Martin,” concluded Lucy, “and my father cannot at pres ent nope to discharge this debt, but I am soon to have a good situation ini Madame E-lvaine’s school as music teacher, And wo can get aitffi'g and pay a part at a time if yoUr father would bo so kind as to wait a little—■” Lucy stopped short; her voice was getting unsteady, and she was far too proud to yield to the fast coming tears in Nitiian Martin's presence. Tito young man had listened in si lence, but now he tisik a tiu box from its shelf in the safe and unlocking Jit, disclosed sundry packages of labelled notes, receipts, etc. “Lot mo see,” ho said, runin’g his eye over them, “it was a note for five hundred dollars I believe.” “Yes, sir,” answerd the old man, “for five hundred dollars ’’ “Is this not your note?” “Yes, sir.” . , Minion Martin tore’ it in two, and Initl the fragments on the fire. Paul Parser and Lucy gazed in astonish ment. as the young lawyer lifted his dark eyes calmly toward them. “Mr. Parker, you! will please con sider that you have this day received payment for a very old debt. Wo have balanced accounts.” “Sir, I don’t understand you,’’ said the bewildered old man. “I don’* remember—” “But I do. It is rather more than! ton years, Mr. Parker, since you put that money at interest.” “Sir?” “I will be more plain with yoU,” said the young mart, smiling. “Per haps Miss Parker is not aWare that I am only the adopted son of my morn than father. My real name is Nino Berlani. lam an 1 talian by birth.— Just ten years ago I was begging in the streets of Laudhill, starved and penniless. A kind hand you know whoso Mr Parker—extended itself to 1 me in the hour of need.” The old man’s face lited up. “I do remember now. It was st fifty Cent piece; and I told you to come back just a week from time ami— ’ “And I did not come. No, But I tried my very best to come, but was prevented by the brutality of the man whose slave aud drudge I was. Well I begged my way to Boston, having run away from uiy tyrant St. Johrt Martin found me one night ini the streets, perishing from cold artr! star vation. He had just lost his only child, a boy of about my own age, a id not unlike me in personal appear ance, and sotnohow I seemed to take tho sore, vacant place iti Iris heart I resolved that if it ever lay in uiy pow er I would return the gift a thousand fold. But 1 never dreamed that Lucy’s father was my benefactor.” He turned to her with a bright congratulatory smile, as he concluded, while the brown face of old Paul Parker worked with emotions he could not conceal. “I thought 3 T ou wouldn’t ha’ cheat ed me, boy; 1 thought your face was a good and truo one! But I hfc’ivt no right to your generosity. YoMr father— ’’ “My father and I are oue, sir, in thought deed aud wish." “1 don’t know how to thank you, young man.” “Then do not attempt it. Perhaps ono of these days I may ask you for yet more favors.” Old Paul Parker went homo to his wife sedately triumphant. ‘Wife’you’ve said “I told you so all your life; now it s m'y turn'.” “What on airth do you nieiittM grumbled his ascetic helpmate. I do’ believe you re gettiu’ in your dotage. ’ “May bo I am; in that case though I wish I’d got into it long ago.” AnJ lie told his adventure, while Lucy sat by, smiling like a morning, in May. “Didn’t I invest that fifty to a pret ty good advantage?” ho asked. ‘ Well, I never! ’ was her ultima tum. “He wants new favors some day from ino. What do you say, mother? Can we spare our little girl here?”. “Don’t, father!” elded Lucy, hiding her lace; but she didn’t look very an gry after all.— sd. Alfdiiibct of Proverbs.' A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. Boasters are cousins to liars. Confession of faults intake half amends. Denying a fault doubles it. Envy shooteth at others and wound oth herself. Foolish fear doubles danger. God reaches us good things by our hands. lfe has hard, work who has nothing to do. It costs more to avonge wrongs than; to bear them. Knavery is the worst trade. Learning makes man lit company for himself. Modesty is a guaVd t> Virtue!- Not to hear conscience is the way to’ silence it. One hour to day is worth two to morrow. Proud looks make foul work in fair facos. ♦ Q’uiot conscience gives sweet sleep. Richest is ho that wants least. Small faults indulged are little thieve* that let in greater. The boughs that bear most htatig lowest. Upright walking is sure walking 1 ! YirtuVe and happiness are mother aud daughter. Wise men make more opportunities than they find. You never lose by doing a good torn. Zeal without knowledge is fire withA out light.
