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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL;
BY 8. R. WESTON.
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"kirerii a9 new each insertion.
Au additional charge of 10 per cent will
jeaufie ou adTerti«emenla ordered to b» in
lilt.d "D a particular ptg *.
Adverth*<neut« nud’-r Lite head or 4 Spe—
Jill Puttee-.” will be iustrred tor 15 cents
pjclme, tor tie first insertion, and 10 cents
Iff line'for etcli sunseqnent insertion.
iorerliiettlents in tlte “ Local Column,”
toil be inserted at 20 cents per line lor the
sot, «n<H5 cent* per line for each subse-
Hietit insertion.
’ All coißtc'itiiicstiong or letters on bn-tiness
intended for this office shsuld be address-d
w •‘TCi Drv/S'N JWrnai*”
rail-road guide*
S*mliwests*rit Kail road Pa»-
aeutf'T Trains.
17i' H’CT.'T, Pres. | ViRGffcPCTVEft, Su p
sa»*e Macon 8:On a. v.
Arrive atEufaula 4*58 P. M.
Leave EnUuU v 7:45 A. M.
Attire at Mac* t 4:50 p u.
Cjnnecting »i'h Al .ativ branch train at
Snitiri If, aud will) Fort G "See btanch train
>t Ca hbe; r.
AOKAULA NIOHT AND ACC iMMOIiiTt'SN TRAttifF
Lmvc J/tCOII 9*oo K M.
Arrire at Kuf da 10:00 a m.
LrA»e Ku an a 5:lo r. v.
Arroe ajftcott s:'>7 a, m.
'Junnrct at S nitlivlllo wi'h Al any train on j
jftinl«y, Tiirsd y, Thursday and Friday
liigtie. So train Iv.vvson Soitrday nights.
CUUMU'JS DASKKNOVR TRAINS
Leave I/icoj 7:35 a m.
A n.e u O'i)tii'"bus I:fn r. *.
ViTf Columbia 1-2:3" P n. ;
Arrive At, VI .con 6:00 p M ■
C LCMBI'S NIOHI rAS-KNOKR TRAIN
ViVe 1|» -(Mi S. I 5 p. M.
if ire »i Coin "bus. .... 1: :'S ». u [
Lnve Columbus 8:05 p v
Arrive at M icon 4:20 A. u.
and Krtrurwirk- Paswn*
jjcr Iraiiis.
CEO. W UAZELUL’KSr, President.
trove Ma-on 9:16 A M.
A'rrivo t* Brunswick..... 10:20 P M.
Leive Brunswick _.4 J ill) A' id'.
d.rivtat M c0n.... 7:50 P. u.
TRAINS TO HAWKINSVII.I.K
Taves Sr con 3:00 p. m.
irrivu ft! Ifitwkinsville fi:3o p m. :
In’.')' IT.fi'kibsville. ...... .7:00 A X*
it dVe at Macon. 6:15 a. m.
/TMe tram tuns daily, Sundays excepted.
ft illaiKic Itnilroircl.-
FOSTER BLODGETT, Sup’t. .
NIGHT PASSKNBEU TRAIN
Leave AtUnu 7 00 P. M i
Arrive at Chattanooga 3.30 A M I
Lfave
ArriVe St Ar’anita ~ ...........4 14 s A. if'
OAV PABSKNo£k train.
Eeave Atlanta .. .8.15 A. M
Arrive at. Chattanooga 4.20 P. M
Leave Chattanooga 7.10 A. M
Atrire at Atlanta ~ ..3.17 P. M
Dalton accomk.nd.vtiun.
Leave Atlanta. 3.10 P M
Arrive at Hilton 11 85 P. W )
beive Dalton ....2.Hit A. W j
Artire at Atlanta ....11 00 A M
professional ©ards,
11. F. SUMMONS,
attorney at LAW, 1
«.i n'so.r, aa.
IJIXO'IPT attamioti given to a!! busies s
-A- iutrusud to his care.
augl* 9. :, f
c - s. WiHiTtu. L 0. lIuYLK. ;
WOOTEN & HOYLE,
Attorneys at Law,
MJ*IH~SOJT, G*A.
Jan 6-ly.
c. W. WARWICK,
Att'y at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
SMITHVILLE, GA.
Urlr" P rac, ' ce ' n South Western and Patau*-
*uits. Collections promptly remitted.
K - J- WARREN,
attorney at law,
- - - Y..f
LYo *. RtGRAFFENUEIu A IRVIN,
mottfityj MV/,
•«aco„, . . . Georgia.
yy ILL give attention to Piof,-83ional Bum
ness in the Macon, S>uth. western, and
£**' "* C'WdW; i„ ,he IT S Courts, in Sa
, an< * Atlanta ; and by Speeiat Con-
in any part of the State.
B*!*. 28,’89 ; ly.
Dawson Business Dralory,
Dry Gnoda nii>r«'liuiit*.
CWUIH, Qc TUCKEK, Dealer- iu a t|
ykinds of lirv Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
KSiTiiliß, .1 lOHR, Dealer in all
kinds of Drv Goods, Main street.
I OVEI>B At GKirFIV, Dealers
1 J iii S'anlo Dry Goods arsl Oroceiies also
and t'otnmisgion J/ >rchants, Xi '.in Street,
jVri'KEUMKY \ CKOIICII,
I▼ 1 Dealers in Drv Goods C'o’hinjr, Staple
Goods and E'.ntilv Groeeties, .Win strye'.
ORR, W. F. Dealer In Panev »rd sir .
ole Drv Goods, Main at., under “Jour
nil" Printing Office.
Grocery We reliant it
pri.TOY, J. 4., W‘4 rp|inuJßf» and
t r’otnmiflj'nn M'•»•<**>**»t, t»r»d ?*' Ri
eon, Fleer. Meal and Provi-ions generally, at
L »r. e & Brown’s old s' .nd. Mein at.
piUYun, smiti'E co.,
I D alers in D v Goods, Groceries, aud
Plan a'ioo Sur.rdies.
p REFR * SPIROTIS Grocery
* N" and /’roviaion Dealets, South side Pub
I'C Square.
Hood, r. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
Fmiilv sqnol’M generally, 2nd door to
Journal” Office, Slain 31.
Druggists.
/"'SIIfIATH % M, V A., Druggist, and
Phvsicinn Keeps a good suptdy of
Drugs and Hodicines, and preserihes for nil
the ills that flesh is heir to. At his old stand,
the Red Dug Store, Main st
r»YR-4, DU. J. It., Dealer in
Drugs, Wdicin»a, Oils, Paints, Dye
S'uffs, Garden Seed, & t , fcc.
BAKERY.
TI, SOI.OAS‘»Y, Raker, Gonfee
s tinner, and dealer in Fintiiv Orrcerips
Ki-h and 0> sters, 3/.iin Street, next to J. W.
Roberts & Cos.
IMI aSICIAXS.
nODAETT W. 11. P raeticing Phy
sician, and Surgeon. OlSce at Cheat
ham’s Dug S ore.
DR4. .f. AV. PRICE & SOA,
I’nnkful for past patronage hv (dose
attention and moderate chargeg hope to re»
eeive a continuance of tlie sttne. Office, Dr.
Gilpin’s oi l s'and j .n 13, 'f
IVnfcii It t pniVci'.
\1.1.1.\, .IOSS'4 I*., will .epair
Wa ches, (’looks, Ji-welrv, .f/it'ic Bocks,
Acco (potis, A'C . «lv»s»« to he f..nnd at his
old stand, on North side of Public oqnare
Livery Startles.
17.1 It AHI. A Sls 11J PF. Pale
i and peed Stable. Horses and J/ol a
for sale. Horses bo ti ded. North side Pub
lic Squire.
f linger, Y. «i. & Jf. li.. Sale,
A Feed and Livery Stable, D pot S rest
Good l o -es aid vehicles for bite on reason
able terms. April 14, 1
B \R RfiOJI.
1) AT WARD. Dealer i-. Fine Wines,
Brandi' S. Whiskies, Lager Brer, Ac ,
West side public Square, Main street.
V\ T EaRE RRfiffinNG LARGE LOTS
YY of Cdrn, and Country Produce.
W. h. CLAYf &i CO.,
WHOLESALE
LIQUOR DEALERS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 1, Granite Block, bread Street,
ATLANTA, CA.
We keep on hand Clay’s Old Kentucky Whig-
I e and solicit otders and consignmet ts.
mcti24 6m: W L. ( &. * .A.
A PROI LASLATWA.
GEOKhI A,
By R UFUS B. B ULL 0 CK,
Govenor of Said State.
Wher'att. Official ir formation has
been received tit this Department,
ti at on or about the 14lii inst, an at
tetllpt was niatio to throw bo h *»f 1 1'e
mail trains ol the .State llailiojid from
the track of said roan, near Kinffson
in the eounty ot Bartow, in this State,
by a person "r rers'ons unknown, in
placing c.iltain obstructions on the
track of said road in two oiffereut
places; and
Whereas, through the hand of an
overruling Providence, the miseheiv
ons intention of the perp. tra ors of
this heinous and fiendish oivrage was
prevented from being varied into tx
eeuti n, w ich otherwise wotftef' lAv »
resulted in a fearful calamity, not only
1 1 those whose lives had thereby, be
conie unper led, f>ut also to the pr?) f
ertv of he State:
Now, thori fore, in to insure
protectii ti o life and |r->perty\ to \in
dictile the majesty ol the law, and
with a vie* to pi evdnt the nccutrence
i f'sitiri -r outrages in the future, l
have tlKUgfit proper to issue ttds, my
oroclainatioh. hetehv "fl 'ti g a reward
ot FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for
the apprehension and delivery of the
unknown p.otv or parti s engaged m
tne perpetration of the mis htevous
outrage hereinshelore recited, with
evidence sufficient to convict, to the
Sheritl of the county of Bart '*>•
U;v«n under my hand and the Great
j Seal ' t the Slate at the cupitol in
I A'luntu, this siit enth day of Au
gust. in the year of our Lord
I Eighteen Hundred and S veil y,
and ot the IndepeD lem o ol the .Inited
Stales of Aim r e« the N ncty filth
hUFU-SB BULLOCK,
IBy 'he Governor:
Da VIP G. Goins o, Secretary of * « le -
Aug ito-At-
.DAWSOiY. GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1870.
\ PKOEI.AMATION.
«Eelt G I A .
By RUFUS B b( LLOCK,
Governor of said State.
M nereas t Offi d>l in'ormailon itas been re
ceived at dtis D -p-rfment that a murder was
.committed in ti e eeqn'v of I’pmn on the lb "
in*l«n', upon the body of Junes L. ird,
bv one William C.alim Cal Tat lor," aid-c
and ahet'ed hv his h'O'her. John I'oylor, and
that VA iiiiatn C. Taylor has fl,»d f'otn Justic :
I have thought proper, therefore,. to : ssi!e
t' is, ntv proclamation, hereby ofll ring a r.-
wutd of otie thousand and Hits lor the appro*
hersi >n and di I'verv of the said William
Taylor, with nroff Siinicient to convict, 0
tile Shi rifi' of Slid county and S ate.
And I do mhrpover charge a"d k q tire ail
officers in this S a'e, Civil and military, >o be
via 1 "it in ende v.iri,ig to apprehend the said
Wil iant 6. Tailor, in o-der iha: he mav be
hionghi to trial for tlie oli‘ i.3:t with whUh h>
“tands charged
Gvennnd r oiy l-an t and the Gr. a’ S-alo
ti e State, a’ the C.ipi ol in Ad inta, hi
13d and. y of Augnv, in tin ip .r of nu’ Lord
•E’ghteen Hund ed isd «Sven v and of the
Indi pendenee of the Giiiicd States cl
America the Nin V'li' h.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
Bv the Governor;
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State,
D SCRIP I ION:
Thp said Wiiii.m C Taylor is 2d vears ol
ge ; about 6 feel 7 inches high ; us rathe
red complexion ; has light auburn hair ; vcr>
high cheek hones; iery onti: orv intellect;
face little fteckled ; skin rough, with a dow -
east, look, and weighs aboU' 14L or lit
p unds. aU::2S-4t
CARRffiS FACTORY
TKOS. J. HART, Pro.,
AMI MANL’I ACTBttEU OF
CAR lAGci & BUGG E3
or F.T'Fiev lies, (,/rlo.e.
Patterns adjuiltd to unit the moat improved
Stales.
We keep on hand Northern and Ei ern
wo k wl ich we will se 1 at lowest easli piiteF
Jan- 2‘», ly.
cliaS e. a jones
U & JONES
(Jffyi lheir set vices ~a
r |'C lIS K I’L.4 N 1 7.RS and Mecrtf
-1 Middle and tV'Uliiwe- cr.i GcOtgiv, at.d j
invite their aUetiiio.i to ail rue ol theadv.n
'ages p-.s :■ '"I by tli;s city over oiiigis as t
Cott hi .f/urkt t.
Our on rges are very reasoraUe, being
about ONE H.ILF thoje of other cities o
Our Bmkiug facilities wi’l soon be consid
ershdv iuc eased, at.d wi.l he t q nil, if net su
perior, to liicie many interior uuvu tu Geo:
gia.
Tlie opening of the Macon and Angus'*
Rail>oad g'V.s us another outlet to Charles
ton, South Car. fins, thus increasing comped
tion lor our G’otton.
We cat! furnish plantation supplies on th
most reasruabife terms.
With onr experience in handling Colon
we believe «•« pin please those >'ho may fa
vor us with thei pa’ron ge.
Our Ws ehuuse has just been put in thor
ough repair, ami we are now ready to weign
and sell or store your Cotton.
We are agents lor the WIN",SHI/* \M
FA’OV/TD ton ON MN, a sample of wh.ci
Cm) be seen "l cue Warehouse. Cill and ex
atnute it, or send us your order-. .Even
Gin wariarted. I’noe $4 on n-r saw.
Ca Vi FBELL & JONES.
P. S Mr. Richard LI Hutchings n r; I ep
J. I'. Koloc will have chaige ol our Scale'
and Warehouse Yard. Macon, Ga , Atqr2s
atig‘2s 3'n.
Eating Saloon, Eating Saloon,
poiJa ivaSer. poda Water I
J. Ta. SOLOMON
tltnkps plps-in-e in nnnonrcinsr to the c ! ti-
I z-'n'S of /)>w9nn sn«l Btirrow"iin«f c<-n -
trv, ,h it he his aeein openeit hi« E Cine Si
loon, where «ll lh*v di'lioi-it'H of ihe "
ip,ii 'ihe market sffdrde will alwavs he found,
and cooked io suit any taste, n addition to
EATING SfLQOft,
Bakery & Confectionery,
ho has erected a
SODA FOUNT,
perfected arr-ncement-' wheiehv he will at*
wavs have ICE on hand, and those who
like a d,-IM«u*, cooling,innocent, d-aiiahl, c>n
always be accommoda'ed at his Saloon. H>
j is also prepared to furnish
LEMONADE;
DOMERSIC WINE \ &c
in anv qnanlitv, so- anv purpo«e. Lidie*
pppeciallv, are assured that the m-.s' perf-c’
o,der wiil al»avs be m tint aim'd, aid all tha
can be will be done to make ihe S.loon »
wor'hv place of resort, five me a call
Don’t forge, the n'ace. Depot 'staeet, nei
door to J. VV. Roberst.
J L SOLOMONS.
April 28, t .
A B ADAMS. 8 “ BarSM-.R*
ADAM3&SUSMORE
WAREHOUSE AND
cotton: factors,
.TUt’O.V, (id.
W'ILL carry on the business at the Plan*
\\ ipra Ware*-onse, l.tely occupied by
Afoma, Jones k Reynold*.
aOgr 25-Bifc.
SELECTED rOtT Y.
Red Ol I 11 iI la of C,: Ol’Sia.
The foil-Iwintr beautiful linos are
from the p nos Henry R Jackson, of
Savannah, Ga.;
The red old kill of Georgia!
So bald aud hire nd bleak—
Their memory fills my spirit
VV ith thoughts / cannot apeak.
Tboy h v • no robe of verdure-*•'
Stript ua ed to the Idaat:
Aud yot of all the varied earth
/love them best aud last.
I love thom for the pleasure
IPith which my life was ble^t,
When erst I left In boyhood
Mv footsteps ou til it brenht.
When in the rains lud perinhi and
Those steps from plain toKuoxvl,
Then vanished, with he stor • of grief,
Joy’s footprints from my soul i
The red old hills of Georgia
/ never can forget; Y -
Amid life’s joys and sorrows,
My heart is on them yet:
And when my course is ended,
ftftien life her « eb has wove,
Oh I may 1 then, bfbeath those hills
Lie to them I love«
A AVotiinii’y Loitcludoiiti.
I MiiJ If I might go back again,
To the very hour ami place of mv birth;
.Vight have my Lite whatever I chore,
And live it iu any part of the earth ,
Put perfect sunshine iuto my sky,
liaiiish tlie aha :oiv of sorrow aud doubt,
Ann-all my happiness multiplied,
Aud all my suffering blotted out ;
1C 1 could have known in the years now gone,
Tlie best that a woman comes to know,
Could have had whatever will make her blast,,
Or whatever she thinks will make her so
il,tve found the highest and pirest bliss
That tile bridle wreath and ring inclose,
And gained the one out of all the world,
That my heart as well as my reason chose--
And if this had been, and I stood to-night
Ity my children, lying asleep iu their beds,
And could count in my prayers, for a rosary,
Tlie shining row of their golden heads;
Heal /said, if a miracle such as this
Could be wrought for me, at tny bidding, still
I would choose to have my past as it is,
And let my future come as it will:
1 would not make thfe path’l have trod
More pleasant or even, more stra gilt or wide
Nor ch nge my co .rse the breadth of a hair,
This way or hat way, to either aide.
My past is mine, nndl take it all,
/ts weakness its folly, if you please:
Nay, eien my sins, if you come to that,
J/ay have been my helps, not hind-auces I
If I saved my body from tlie flames
Because that once 1 It and burned my hand:
Or kept myself from a greater sin
By doing ales —you will understand :
ft was better 1 suffered a little t-ailt,
Better 1 siuued for ft little time,
irtlio smarting warned _n; back from death,
Aud the sting of sin withheld from c.inte.
Who know s I’",vtt HR- «t it* I:.M ««.-;• 'bow *
Why look at the moon from where w e st..nd
Opaque, uneven, you say : yet it shines,
A luminous sphere, complete aud grand !
So lot my past stand, just as it -stands.
Aud let me now, as 1 nuy grow old I
1 am what 1 am, aud my life lor mfl,
/s the best, or it had not been, 1 hold.
[I‘HKBIC I'iRY
MISC ELL AN EOU ; .
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Hon. Council 3. Wooisn.
This gentleman was born in Pulas
ki county Georgia, on the ffilth day of
August, IBdd, and is consequently
thirty-eight years of age. lie is about
six feet high, of florid complexion,
dark hair, and bluish grey eyes.
Tne father of Mr. Wooten is a far
mer, and was in moderate circum
stances. The services of the subject
of this sketch being required about
the business of the farm, his educa
tional advantages were wry meagre
up to tire ago of eighteen, when he
went to tho Academy of Mr. links, a
noted teacher in the county of Ran
dolph.- After remaining at tho Acad
emy some two years he engaged in
teaching, in order to raise money to
assist in defraying the expenses' of a
collegiate course. He entered Emory
Golluge in 1834, and was graduated in
1860.
Ho commenced the study of the
law at once, which study ho prosecu
ted in the otfico of Judge Lint' n Ste
phens, of /Sparta. His examination
upon the win lings and intricacies of
technical learning in law, though some
think them to be as difficult to bo
traced as tho mazes ol the Cretan lab
yrinth hud been lighted'up, and a
safety lamp fixed in every mine worth
expioiing, by his distinguished pie
ceptor, and, alter standing ti highly
creditable examination, was admitted
to the bar in November, 1856, and en
tered at once upon a practice w hicli
far exceeded his anticipations for its
extent and lucrativeness at the out
break of the war.
Mr. Wooten being the Captain of a
volunieer company raised in Jus coun
ty, was pluced with his company in
tho sth Georgia llogimeut, twelve
mouths volunteers. Me "as aiter
wards Major of a battalhon ol C aval
ry. Mr. W. was /Solicitor General of
the Pataula Circuit nearly three years.
His intelligence and principle, his re
gard to official duties and desire for
justice, gave him great popularity in
his otfleo. Asa Solicitor, easo or anx
iety never caused him to forget that
spirit which elicits truth with purity
and freedom. His amenity of man
ners as a Solicitor and as ah Attorney
has placed no stain on the courtesy of
the profession.
Mr. W. was ©looted without opposi
' tlon to the Constitutional Convention
lof 1865. The course pursued by him
lin the Convention is too wolf kna,wq.
! to refer to.
I He rosi'les in Dawson, Terrell cum-,
ty, Georgia, in the 11th Senatorial
' District, Iroin which he was elected to
I the present Senate, by a majority of
over eleven hundred.’
i Mr. Wooten, as has boon stated, is a
| lawyer by profession, and enjoys an
oxtensive and remunerative practice
I He ranks the lending mem
bora of the Senato, and is, perhaps,
one of tlie most popular men among
the members of thut body. He ia no
apologist for tyrrany ; no Batterer of
power; nor does ho profane the talent
that lie has to pamper those who gov
ern.
There is about him a frank and
manly integrity of purn >se, unstained
by any selfish mote a, always seeking
for truth, right and justice as its ob
ject; always looking to the public
good, that causes him to rank high
with his party ; and oven amidst the
violence of contention which has alien
ated friends and relatives, his courtesy
and politeness, his moral aud intel
lectual frankness, and his purity of
intention, have gained him, in a great
degree, the respei t and. confidence ol
the opposition.
Mr. Wooten is a gentloman in the
truo moaning of that word, no pos
ses ses a high sense cf honor; is ever
tegardful of tho feelings of others,
yet zealous in his advocacy or defence
of what he deems right. His voice is
clear, his articulation distinct, his lan
guage pure, and his gestures grace
ful; his argumentative powers are
good, and his sagacity readily discov
ers the pivot on which the cause ho
advocates will turn, while his ingenui
ty points t out to him every advantage
he could take.
In his public career Mr. W. is as
siduous in his duties aud regular at
nis post. He is straight forward in
his character, far there is nothing
about him t tut is doubtful, that lias a
etwilight existence ; but all his traits
are strong in their native light as sum
tuer’s day.
It is highly probable that the
friends of tho subject of this sketch
will sec him traveling in a larger or
bit, for a strong determination is
springing up in bis district to run hint
lor Congress, and if a candidate, his
election is beyond a doubt. He is a
popular man, without tho least trait of
a demagogue in his composition. His
is “that popularity which follows, aud
not that which is run after.”
The laws of nature are unfailing
and uudeviating, and industry and
perseverance, energy an l talent can,
tn any situation, accomplish their
proper ends. These t.aits of charac
ter have aided to build up the subject of
this sketch; and it selected as a rep
resentative in Cougress, tnis s one eu
ergy and talent would bo exercised to
advance the interest aud promote tho
prosperity of the people of Georgia.
Tho people of the iith district have
an able, faithful and efficient Senator
in Air. Wooten; one true to them,
their wishes and necessities, and from
various manifestations in his district
to run him for Congress, it is pleasant
to soo that his services iu the General j
Assembly, his genial disposition aud i
the excellencies of tlie man uro appre
ciated.
When the Legislature adjourns Mr.
Wooten can look back upon his ca
reer in that body, and catch a beam of j
gladness from the review, and he will :
see no vote or act to degrade, but all
to elevate him in his self-estimation.
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Our Saturday Might.
A Li.t v Visit.
Nearer by another?
Gently swung tho gato to-night as
the week was Closed by God’s gate of
time—Saturday Night. And from us
all the past is closed out. Wo cannot
change our record now—for with the
sunset came the angels who till mid
night are 1 earing to tho great tlire h
ing floor all our sheaves, be they of*
grain or of weeds.
Happy be those who e sheaves will
yield golden de ds when struck by>
that impartial judgment of Hini' who,
if possessed of no more than earthly
charity, would censure without gath
ering or winnowing to see if there be
that which is good iu our lives or our
hearts.
Satufday Night again. Another
little volume written, soon to be seal
ed and borne away—as tve too shall
go before long, when, released and re
lieved from our work aud our duty.—
To-night tve have rested aud gone not
out. It is good to rest. And we had
such a good oue. A workingman
with his tviftf and three little children
came to our rooms to-night. One
year ago he tvas an overtempted man,
with no one outsido of his family to
speak kindly to him. He loitered by
the roadside of life—he ran not tiro
road to prosperity, but sank in the I
mire of dissipation. But now! How
changed. So he came with his hou->e
fiold treasures and brought a basket
of peaches, a Saturday Night present
to one he calls truly a friend.
Did you ever read of golden shoaves?
Did you ever realize how light ad
golden the heart feels when there
comes a certainty that kind words
have saved homos to happiness and
given lasting strength to tne despond
ing? If you never have known this
your life has been like a shrub that
brings neither flower or fruit; —shade
or medicinal virt e—useless !
\Ve had a social chat. A good talk;
as one who means well can talk witii
others thus actuated. Tney have ail
gone now; they all went away -iftvppy
i as the week went out to bathe in
i the crimson-tinted sunset, which is
! "but.the shadow of the mollow eternal.
I 'As he sat right there on the sofa.
I She satin the just »6y,
’ whilS’tne little ones w ere everywhere.
And ail the "room were fi ippy. lie
■ told us of his old life and ol his new.
•H 6 fdld how he loved, and -.vbbed,
and won the good woman who caiuo
hero with him How he loved her,
! anl for two years was truo to liar, ;o
himself, his m mliood, and his obliga
tions.
He was a clork iu a store. A jolly
good follow. II j sort of 101 liu tv\ h
tho “boys”—took to drink—squander
ed his money—lost his situation and
found another. Thou lost that Thou
he found uud lost another. Then he
lost his home. Then lio lost his pluck j
and floated like drift-wood. Anywhere
and everywhere, except in pure, still
waters.
It was tho same old, old stoiy. Ho
went down tho latter so many thou
sands go down—so few Come up.—
Want, porverty, sickness, disease,
suffering and all those caiuo to him.
I’eojilo turned from him. Ho was
not wanted, for those, not able to take
caro of themselves uro net the ones
to care for others, or tho interests of
others. I’ut that was last year.
So to-night ho came to return our
call within one day of a year! Wo
had forgotten all about it. Aud the
good wife hadcomo, and brought with
her the family If .bio. Site s lowed to us
tho book,a 1 ttle brown book, ut worth
more than its weig ‘tin golito her.
Births —And there were all the
names.
Mamed —And she pointed to tlie
record.
Saved! —Midway the page, under
the marriage record, he had written
his name again, with her and tho lit
tle ones as witnesses, and ho wan ed
our name with theirs. And so we
wrote it with this same pen, and ad
ded tlie date, an l “ Goi lore yo
What if just a tear or two came to
the eyes of tho good wife. We could
not well see them, for the 1 ght wts
not so si.atr as now. Aidw on a lit
tle five-yeur-o.d puss, wi h a clean
bright lace, came at.d sat on our knee
and told us what timet she had uo.v
playing with little Kittle and Freddie;
how good she was when papa cauia
homo, and how she ran to meet him;
but Freddie and Kittie always got to
him first, only when she got the best
start, wo could not help kissing lie.
right on her beautiful brow, with the
feeling, as it scams to’ us, a good
mother must have when she lasses
her little darling goodnight.
A good f ien l of ours—a man we
love, and who has so often been vory
kind to us—once pointed to his her. i
tiful home, and tho expensive orna
ments it contained, and said ho made
it all standing behind his bar. lie
had some beautiful pictures in his
parlor, made as ho said—but we
would net give our living picture,
made by us on tho other si ie of his
bar, for all he has. It . would not be
| 1 "'ig ere will t ote i finr-1 »Utri;ty
I Night to all of us. And if we have
] no such beautiful homo as lie has hero
| wo shall have a picture to take with us
| over lie river, ami our load will be
j lighter than his.
| But then—that is his business. All
j poisons have a right to he happy—hut
' wo cannot bear to make our happiness
jby the unhappiness of another. *
j Sight there lie sat and talked. II j
- told us liow happy he was now. Ho
has a good situation—book-keeper iik
a piano esta dishment. He lias good
j health —a plain, happy homo, lie is
! making iriflsuls, aud has lastly been
I toward the La. . \ijth those who some
f day will drop iim his grave a Vprig
of evergreen—for such is tho emblem
of immortality which m irks tho tem
porary restiug place. It was net ely*
quenco that lie aimed at, but a timidP
truthful recital. Tho most elixjJSpt'
ot all,eloquence—for it roaches
the heart. .jkmlrUj the power
'•iraiKdWVl* that aw ho was bor
ing a real, earnest, happy, useful life !
Ol course ho hail friend j, but
of.fke circle were the
guys of all*" lie tola us how she who !
sat there ia the'great oasy-cliair al- j
ways tried to have his little home in j
order, that it might be att: a uive. iSlie !
kept tho little ones clean and was all |
the time happy herself. Ho delighted
iu taking home each night some little i
thing—a peach for each oue—tome
candy, or nuts, or fruit of some kind—
or a primer, book or newspaper—a
little picture or htile article of adorn
ment, bo could afford.
And ho said lm was urpn i'd to see
how these little thinys kept filling up
the house, till it looked so nice now.—
And he said, tho more lie took home
the more ho wanted to —tho happier
it male his loved ones, and tiro proud
er they were of him. lie also said
that he felt very i ie-h now, for lie was
aide to caro for himself and his family,
and he knew who his real friends
were.
Then he told us how his wife" tried
to please him—to humor him, as ho
said, till he could not help loving her.
/She kept his clothes in order--took
care of tho children and taught them
so much none but a mother can teach
—prepared little di-hos for him, and
then alter supper, would sit and road
to him and the other babies!
When wo smiled at his idea of bo- j
iug a baby, he sai l it was belter to be
a "home baby,” than a drunken, shift
less, ncglectlul husband and father.
And we toid him ho was rijkt. Tho
true man Knows ot all this, and will
i bear witniss that it is not beneath a
man to be kind, lo\ing, a eclionato,
or on “familiar terms” with bis home
ones, so Le can teach them what it is
'til'll vdinest, heartsome man.
lie was a workingman. He is'our
kftnd. We are hu. It is true we
never net till a ye. r since. And then
by aceiuen . He s ii that a lew kind,
earne-t words then, came to him like
a strong boa* to one who hss boen ri
ding rough waves till nearly worn out.
And on this boat of kind words ho
had ridden, a year, till at last he was
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sale and resting ou the shore, happy
with those lie loved, as all of Gou’s
millions might bo happy with the ones
they love, if such wn3 their desire.
* * * *
It is some time since they went
The omnibuses huvo stopped running
for the night, and no more is the rum*
. bio of n ji y wheels heard on the pavc-
I meat below our windows.
The ones who called on,us as we did
[ on them last year, and have promised
to next, have reached their homes, ns
we have nearly tlie end of our work
for tiro week.
Before us, in a little plate on our
desk, is a pit from one of the peaches
the litilo ones did bring us. If w
throwit away, of what use to any one ?
If wo could plant it, iu time we might
sJ o from it a tree tilled with good
fruit—if we could not, perhaps some
ono eLe might, uud so much good
might eomo out of little, as groat re
sults aud abundant happiness some
times come from a few kind words
spoken not iu authority so much as
sympathy.
Pretty soon wo shall rest. The pain
lights from long-continued over-work
it tiro desk dance before our eyes, but
we are very happy, for ail that. It
seems as though we had done some
good; perhaps but a little—but yet it
was bettor than none. We are glad
our brother workingman is happy—
that his lovod family is happy, and
that he and they camo to-night to
make us happy. And we are glad to ,
know that nine of his old friends, who
once roamed the places of dissipation
with him, have all resolved to lead
new aud noble lives, _u:nl are to bo
found seeking rest and happiness with.
rireir loved ones each Saturday Night.
—“Bkick” Pomerot.
The Jluutaiim of fc ipfurc.
Mount Ararat, whereon, says Moser*
the ark rested, consists of two peaks,
separated by a valley. The groat
Ararat rises to a bight of 17 ,210 feet
from tho level of the sea, and tho
lessor or littlo Ararat to 18,000. Tho
groat Ararat was ascended, after great
toil, by Prof. Parrot, in 1829;
probably then pressed by the foot of
man to. the first time since Noah.
Carmel, tho scene of the trial
between Elijah ami tho worshippers
of Baal, as to whether Jehovah or
Baal was God, is the general name of
a range of hills extending north-west
from tiro plain of Ejdraolon, and end
ing iu a bifid promontory on tho shore
of tho Mediterranean, forming the
bay of Aero. The extent of the range
is six miles, and the greatest height
1,0 110 feet
Mount Lbal and Gjiiri, in Samaria
■’iso about 800 feet, having a valley
about 150 paces wide between. On
these hills was performed the grand
ceremony, ou the Israelities gaining'
possession of the land of promise, for
which /.lose-) had left direction. Six
tribes where placed upon Mount
Geri/um to bless the people, aud six
upon Mount Lbal to curse. In latter
times the Samaritans built a temple
ou Mount Gorizum, and tlio Samari
tans still regard it as holy ground.
Mount Hor, on the summit of which
Aaron died, is situated in Arabia Pet
rea, on the confines of Idumea, uud
.t ie's to the olevaflon of 3,090 feet.
Lebanon, whose renowned ‘ cedars’
are many times alluded to, is the
name applied in Scriuturo to both tho
Libunus and mountains
two parallel mngt s fc *«J%Se(ng from
north-west Li tt-ijFftlnvest oa the north-
Pailostine. The aver-
r migo is about 10,
[•‘.Mount Moriah, ono ofthe hills up
on which Jerusalem was built of old
and tho site of Solomn’s temple, and
the present Mosque of Outer, is about
| 200 J feet above the level of tho Medi
■ terranean, and separated lrom tho
i Mount ot Olives, sacred as the frequent
; resort of the Saviour for meditation
and prayer, derived its name from tho
1 number and beauty of its olive trees,
it rises about SCO feet above its opposite
I neighbor, Moriah, and is tho place of
burial of tfie Jews.
Mount frinai, where ‘tho Lord
descended in fire,’ and gave tho com
mandments to Moses, is a wild, deso
late region peaks and precipices, deep
ravines and water-coursos. Its
hoigtlr is 7,000 feet, and the leng'h of
the whole range is three ntilos.
; -Viount Tabor is a beautiful mountain,
standing alone on the north border of
the plain of Esdroelon, south lrom
Nazareth. To this hill tradition
points es tho spot hallowed by the
transfiguration of our lord; and this
event is still yearly celebrated by the
Latin ar.d Greek churches.
Mount Zion, many times alluded to
in scriptui e as the ‘holy hill,’ ‘beautiful
for situation,’ etc., was one of tho
four hills upon which ancient Jerusa
lem was built. It is rather lower than
Odvo, surrounded by the valleys of
Hinnon and Jehosaphat: and ai< ono
time formed the citadel or heart of
j of tho city.
i New Dnji&criAixo Groan. —A new
Democratic paper to be called the Pa
triot, backed by 8100,000 capital, wiil
make its appearance in Waslington
City in November. It will be a joint
stock concern.
Jas. E Harvey has been elected
President an 1 editor-in-chief, 0. K.
Harris, h'e"retarv and managing edi
tor, and Jas G. Berrett, publisher.
Harvey was Minister to Portugal and
well known as a newspaper man.
Harris is a leading correspondent aL
Washington, and until Recently was
managing editor of the Republican of
that city. Bj;rett is ar. ex-Mayor
The crops in North Georgia said tc
be the best raised in afeny* years.