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VOL. I.
8ANDERSVILLE, GA., MARCH 29, 1881.
NO. 52.
.«!.« par Tar.
G.
W. H. WHITAKER,
dentist,
Sudsrevflle, da.
Terms CASH.
ofl)#e |,i. resldenoe on Harria Street.
My Itlghts,
Vos, Goil has made mo a woman,
And I am content to bo
Just wliat He meant, not reaching out
For other things, since lie
Who known me boat and loves me most has
do rod this for me.
April JJ8S0
B. D.
EVANS,
Attorney atLaw,
Tire
A woman, to live my life ont
In quiet womanly ways.
Hearing the far-off battle,
Hoeing as through a haze
Baaderarille, Oa.
April I, IMP. :
DA. WM. RAWLINGS,
Physician & Surgeon,
OandenrtUe, Qa.
Office at flandemille Hotel.
April W, 1W0-
' E. A SULLIVAN,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Bandenrrille, Ga.
attention (irM t® eoUeeUon o'
■ Wm '’ Offloe In the Oowt.Hooee.
0. H. ROGERS,
Attorney at Law,
iter talk little ejaculatory expressions of
thanks, which seeinetl to liartS [no
application beside tlio general one
of mv knowing Spanish.
V hen tho boll sounded for dinner, I
took her down. My arm, which was
rather timidly ottered, being promptly
j and gratefully accepted. After that 1
used to seek _ her always before meals
and take her in witli me, and once, when
I something detained mo and I was a little
; late, I found her waiting for me. I tliink
crowding, struggling world of men tight i tho people of the vessel thought that we
through their busy days, ' were companions from the start, and some
1 ono alluded to hor once as my daughter,
, and although I hastily corrected tips, I
willingly lot it be supposed tlmt she was
traveling under my care. In tho sim-
, plest and most natural fashion slio
learned to defer to mo and lean on my
j decisions, and, by-and-bye, to confide in
I me.
It was one owning tlmt we lmd boon
sitting together a long time, idly tnlking
about tho weather and tho ship, and
wondering how long wo should have it
so fair, when she turned to mo, in her
soft Spanish speech, that loses so incal
cnlably by translation, and said :
“ I want you to toll mo about your
poople and your homo."
I felt ns if her little, soft, plump hand
For nil Its pliant slenderness, kin to the stronger j had dealt a blow upon my bare heart;
trees. ! but I answered, simply:
! “ I have no homo, and mv people are
lhc ngh. to a life of my own-- ; 0 n dead or gon o from mc-tlmt is, my
raorpb ’ 11 ‘' llflllal 1,11 1 parents and sisters and brothers, for I
she whs Coining, and of course ho would
not moot her. I reproached hor for not
having telegraphed, feeling n strange re
luctance to go and hunt him up; but she
despite my fond sympathy for her. t
was not being selfishly happy at her ex
pense, for, on my own part, I entirely
.... believed ill her lover’s troneherousuess, - - --- - ~ .
answered simply tlmt she could not af- though there wns nothing that could go j has no noble birth to recommend turn. ; Jmjjdg,
for roal proof. It was a foregone con- Ho began life ns a dragomnn to the A H { c k man is considered out of
elusion with me, and it was, therefore, Prussian consulate at Constantinople, . when tho doctor discontinues
only its issue I rojoicod at. and there thoroughly mastered the in-, «. ..
In my present ,stnto_of feeling it was ; tricMios of th« Eastern ; A rauslc tPftcUev feU from a tliird-
I am not strong nor valiant,
I would not join tho light
Or Jostle with Crowds in tho highways
To sully my garments white;
Hut I have eights as a woman, and hero I claim
my right.
Tho right of a rose to hloom ‘
In its ow n sweet, separate way,
With none to question tho perfumed pink
And not to utter a nay
If it readies a root or points a thorn, as even
rose tree may.
Tho rigid of tho lady-birch to grow,
To grow os tile I,ord shall please
Hy never a sturdy oak rebuked,
.Denied nor sun nor breeze,
Bandars rills, Qa.
Prompt attention given to nil business.
Offlo* In northwest room ol Ccvrt-Hoasa.
M»y *, IMP-
Of somebody eiso’s life, flung out
Thut taking hold of it,
I may stand as a cipher does after a immoral
writ.
c. C. BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
Senders rills, On,
WU pnetiM In the State and United 8Ut«
Court!.
Offloe in Court-IIoote.
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician & Surgeon,
Sanddnrilln.Gn.
Tho rigid to gather and glean
What food 1 need and can
From tho garnered store of knowledge
Which man lias heaped for man.
Taking with free hands freely and after an
ordered plan.
Thu right—ah, l*est and sweetest 1—
To stand all dismayed
Whenever sorrow or want of sin
Call for a woman's aid,
With none to cavil or question, by never a look
gainsaid.
I do not ask for a ballot;
Though very life were at stake,
1 would beg for the nobler justice
Tlmt men for manhood's sake
never hail a wife or a child, which is
what you meant, perhaps."
“Yes ; I meant that. It is so sad.
thought, perhaps, you might have
daughter liko me, aud that made you so
kind,”
“ No, I have no daughter," 1 said
slowly; “ though I am, in truth, old
enough to be your father."
“ And you have never loved any one—
never wanted to be married to some ono
who wns good and beautiful and kind
How strange I"
These questions wore scarcely marked
by any interrogative accent. Blie seemed
to be merely stating them as facts, with
a gentle reluctance. But, though she
j expected no answer from me, I was irrt
I sistibly prompted to confession.
“Yes, Lola,” I said, “I know Rome
i ono like that once, anil I loved her. But
1 it was long ago, and wo wore parted.”
ONn *at door to Mrs. Hayna'a millinery
Mom on liariia Street.
Hhouhl give ungrudgingly, nor withold till 1 j "Gh, why did you part? she said
must light and take.
DR. J. B. ROBERTS,
Physician & Surgeon,
taadenrill*, Gm.
Hay be eownlied at hi* offlo* on Haynei
Ureal, Id the Maeonio Ixslg* building, from &
in lo 1 p m, and I roan I to I • m; daring
other houri at hie reoideno*, on Oharoh street,
then not pioteuionaily *ng*g*4.
April! 1880.
Tho fleet foot and tho feeble foot
Doth seek tho self-snme goal,
The weakest soldier’s name is writ
On the great army-roll,
Anil Ginl, who made man’s body strong, madi
too the woman's soul.
• —.Susan CMUl.j,.
LOLA.
Watches, Clocks
AID JEWELRY
I passionately. “ Why did you suffer any
! tiling to part you? Was she not willing
to give up all, to leave home and friends
, and country and everything to follow
love, as I have done ?”
Urged on by a deep excitement, she
i had revealed hor secret, and I half feam'
she would repent and try to retract it
' but she did not. She seemed eitho:
to be unconscious that anything had been
' divulged, or unconscious of tho fac'
that I had not known it all tho time.
“You do well," I said, fervently. “ It
is worth the sacrifice. God grunt you
ilo not repent it.”
“ l have no fear,” she said, confidently.
Fear could not live in my heart, which
TIMELY TOPICS.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
urniD n
'run OTonv or an ocuan vuyaui:.
[ was homeward-bound from one of
my various excursions across the ocean, i
by which I lmd for many years beguiled ; holds a perfect love."
the tedium of my monotonous bachelor 1 Then, so simply and naturally, she
•xistenee, and having settled my belong- ■ told me her story. She lmd become en-
i ings in my stateroom, I turned out to take i gaged to a young American sent out to
a survey of my fellow-passengers. It was ! ypain as agent for some New York busi-
J Jjj Xv X. Cx A, iV m 1 autumn and the last of the summer tour- | ness firm, and lie lmd gone home a few
i ists were returning, and both saloons ; months ago, expecting to return; but
and decks wore crowded with animated ■ his superiors had made other arrange-
groups. Every ono seemed cheerful and ments, and he lmd written tlmt although
gay, and already several embryo flirta- ! he would be stationary in New York
lions could be dotected among tho young ' thereafter, he was coming back to marry
• people, of whom the passengers were hor and bring her to her home in the
largely composed. Being nil outsider | new world. At the time set for his ar
myself, traveling alone, and having left
such tender pursuits far lmek in the
POSTOFFICE HOURS.
7:00 to 11:30 *. m.
1:30 to 6:00 p. m.
K. A. SUIXIVAH, P. II.
ford it. All hor money was required for
the voyage, and, “ Besides,” she added,
quickly, blushing liko a rose, “I wanted
to give him the Joy of tho surprise;"
“Aud if,” I said, reluctantly, “if he
should not bo here, or anything, linve
on not money to return ?”
But he is bound to bo here; nothing
like Jlmt could happen. And if ho were
away I should waft till he returned. I
liavo no money to go, homo if I should
want to, but there’s not much danger of
my wanting.”
Heavens I whnt trust, wliat exquisite
feeling, what beautiful belief in lovo!
And If he should prove unworthy!
When wo stopped ashore, Lola and I
got into n carnage, which I ordered to
take us to a hotel. She let me arrange
everything just ns I chose, and we had
agreed to go together to tho hotel, and
tlion I wns to find hor lover and Bond
him to her.
I saw her safely seated in hor little
parlor, and then, ns it was early morning,
[ ordered a dainty breakfast there and wo
nto it tete-a-tete. I don’t think either
lmd much appetite, though I taxed my
wits to tho uttermost on tho menu and
had oven given a lavish order for flowers.
I tried to think of everything that
could giro her. pleasure, for I
felt almost certain of a impending
calamity and I looked again and
again into her sweet fnco trying to
fix its look of happiness in my mind.
And she was happy f Her voice was joy
ous as a loik's and her face as radiant as
day. I would fain linvo lingered a while
to‘bask in this bright sunshine, but she
was feverishly impatient and oagor that
I should bo gone. I think she grudged
mo tho boon of seeing him Hist, for she
made me promise that I would not tell
him of her presence, but bring liim back
with mo under some pretext if I found
him well, and return anil take her to him
if lie was ill. In either event, slio had
settled it in her mind that they wore to
bo married that very day.
When I was ready to go I wont up to
her anil took hor hands in mine. “Lola,”
I said, “whatever lies boforo yon,
whether joy or sorrow, remember that
you have me always for your friend. You
must rely upon me as you would upon
your”—I paused and then said—“father,”
It was an effort, but I foreod mysolf to
ttay it. Then, before leaving, I stooped
aud kissed her sweet lips. It wns tho
first time and would probably bo the last,
unit I valued it as people do value wliat
can como to them but once.
When I reached the house, tho address
of which Lola had given me, T inquired
for hor lover—ho was gone. The woman
who kept the house could give no infor
mation except that she thought lie had
gone West.
I was unfeignedly distressed. In that
moment I rose above self and thought
only of Lola. How shall I describe the
sceiic that followed my announcement to
the little creature? The lienrt-rending
grief, the wild denial ol' her lover’s
faithlessness 1 She utterly refused to
believe it. She would far sooner, she
said, think that lie was dead. After her
first outburst of passionate grief was
she calmed herself and said, stand
ing up: “T must go away; 1 must not
stay hero.”
the sight of her agony almost killed
Dr. Busch, who lies risen to the high- Xltree periods of life : Youth
est rank in tho German foreign office, i mump9 . middle age, bumps; old age,
lmd «.« ma1>1a l.itdit ♦ rv recommem 1 uhb. i • *
dragomnn
Ho 1
_ politics with Cfjunl success
And j.wlion attached to the legations at Stam-
oasy to fall into hopeful dreams of the j 1 sto^y window, and found the pitch ti*
futuro; it was impossible not to, Ann ."uisi umicnm u. uy I Mol.
s she sat meekly on tho sofa, after I boul and St. Petersburg; and when the j comfortably high
a\n!eTpMsiora“r^ntggies weTo'oveVri iast'furco-Russian War began Bismarck A lady friend says that bachelors are
foit convinced that } if I could win ber j summoned him to Berlin, and relied i like a batch of bincuils, good enough
hand in the wav wo hail agreed upon, I; tipoh him for information on the cliang- j after they are mixed,
could also, with time, win her pure ing phases of tho Eastern question. Bo* i q>he ordinary life of a locomotive ia
heart for mv own. It was a glorious 1 fore Bismarck’s rule only anstocrats j yeftTS , Possibly it would lire
goal. Something to live for, something j were permitted to enter the Prussian louger jf jt didn’t smoke,
to work and struggle for. My life and ; diplomatic corps. Now there are many I cromationist* liave at last din-
utmost energies Ld found the incentive j commoners hoidingtho highest offices. oom . ed Washington*, Pa., is that
comrOKd and Tl,o having iauarfial. *«» »°
quiet talk, and she listened patiently ami absolute control of telegraphic fa-
while. I unfolded mv plans for iier. But I oUities in certain omorgoncios lias led to
there rested on hor lovely face such a the leasing of telegraph wires by nows-
look of unutterable sorrow that I had to papers. Tho London Times Imh some
short ones; the Now York Tribune lias a
wire between New York and Washing
ton; tho lending papers of Cincinnati aro
similarly connected with Washington;
and recently tho Chicago Inter-Ocean
has taken what is probably tho longest
wiro leased bv any newspaper, connect
ing its editonal rooms with its news
bureau in Washington. All minsagos
are sent direct, tlio paper having exelu- ‘ nB they arc married,” wns thequiok
sivo uso of tho wire anil employing its 3
own operators.
♦urn my eyes away, now blessed it
would bo to smooth away this look—-to
recall the gay vivacity of my own bright
Lola! Wliat a happy task ! In spite of
nil, I felt I should succeed.
A long silence lmd fallen upon us
both. The room was warm, anil I had
set open tho door leading into the hall.
I wns glad of an excuse to do so, as it
took away some of tho air of privacy
which I feared she might find irksome.
She did not seem to notico my action,
but sat facing tho door, with her drooped
eves vesting on the little hands clasped
in hor lap. Presently a footstep was
heard coming along tlio lmll, and she
listlessly lookod up. As slio did bo,
the light of a great, ecstatic joy rushed
over her face. She sprang to nor foot,
with the glad cry;
“ Riohnrdr and Hung herself into liis
arms. Ho clasped hor tight to his Iioart,
and drew hor into tho room. Wns ho
true or false ? I know that I need only
sco his fnco to tell. In that moment of
extreme exeitnment ho would forget to
don liis mask. He stooped abovo her
and covorod hor neck and face with
kisses. Then, after tlmt moment’s rap
ture, ho looked at mo. It was a noblo
face—honest, manly anil kind.
I ought to have been glad, but I heard
myself groan.
I would have loft tho room, but Lola
detained mo, telling her lover in en
thusiastic terms how kind I had boon,
and begging liini to thank mo, which ho
did in such terms ns only a goo'd anil
honorable man could have used. I lmd
lo listen, too, to liis explanation. Jle
lmd, indeed, gone West, having accepted
a promising appointment which would
give him permanent and remunerative
employment. Having settled matters
there,"ho had obtained leave, and was
now on liis way to Spain and Lola. It
was all as dear as day.
returns.
Bernhardt dies so realistically thot it
is said a coroner, who saw hor, ran
around to theatago door and wanted to
hold an inquest.
“It is harder to got ahead in this
world," said Oloriuda's young man, as
hor father assisted him out of the door
with his boot, “than it is to get a
foot."
« Don't you think,” said a husband,
mildly rebuking his wife, “ that women
aro possessed by Satan ?" " Yes, ns
Prof. Bornbech, writing to tho Medi
cal Trees, culls attention lo tlio probable
danger arising from tho uso of ultrama
rine wall papers. Ho states that a room
hung with an ultramarine colored pn-
reply.
‘Young lady, examining some bridal
veils: "Can you really recommend
this one?" Over-zealous shopman;
"Oh, yes, miss 1 It may bo used sev
eral times.”
Gladstone goes to church with a pin
per gave out a most disagreeable smell holding his shirt cuffs together in place
of sulphuretted hydrogen, the source of
which for somo time escaped detection.
Eventually, however, a closo examina
tion was limdo of tho paper, which led
to the conclusion that the deep blue
wall paper was slowly undergoing a pro
cess of decomposition under tlio influ
ence of tho alum in tho paste used in
hanging. This appeared to bo continu
ed, for on steeping a piece of tho paper
in a very dilute solution of alum it gavo
off suffiViont sulphoreted hydrogen to
bo quite percoptiblo to tbo nose, and to
blacken lend paper.
of n button, but if all waited for buttons
thoro would be no sermons. Hang a
statesman who can’t mako a shingle nail
nnsuei for a suspender button.—Detroit
I<r vj Press.
"Do you realize it, Angelica,’'
whispered Clarence to his betrothed;
" only'two weeks more and wo will be
ono ; but, remember, darling, I am to
bo that one." And then the angelic
creature silently stole to the piano
iind touchingly warbled: "Oh, to he
Notldng I"
Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington, | _
which now runs through the heart of the Boom In Heaton,
city, so forming and connecting the eapi- " Ami .tmf
l of tho United States with the official w 1 **"■
tol of thoUnitcc
homo of tho nation’s chief magistrate,
linn in tho comparatively few years of its
existence been tho scene of nuuiy grand,
peculiar and most interesting occurron-
Tfie li-ii^th'ftiijj *hi>
- 1 • “ o hulght of ft urn O'liml. «ov. 'J: 1C;
Ami tho 1
Thoro are some who never tliink of
heaven. In their mind a thought of tho
better country would starve for overy
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’ vagueness of tbo past, I amused myself
i with merely watching ami listening, and
j it is perhaps not surprising that I soon
i found myself wearied. It was for tho
! most part such senseless chatter, such
arrant frivolity that I heard, such con-
rival, however, lie had sent u loiter in
stead, saying an attack of illness pre
vented lii's coming, but ho was now con
valescent, though tho physicians said iie
must not take the voyage for some time.
“When I got that letter,” said Lola,
“I could do nothing but cry aud fret for
the first two or three days. I did not out
Spectacles, Spectacles,
FBOM
JERNIGAN.
KF“N°iie genuine without our Trad* Mark.
On hand and for sole,
scions posing and airy fluttering that I ' or sleep, and my aunt, whom I li\od
saw. Of course after a while I found ex- j with, said I would die, and was yerv
' coptions to tliis tendency, but the quiet hard and cross. I was utterly wretched,
' and sensible people on board, as usual, | until one night as 1 lay thinking it all
■1 occupied tlio background. over I resolved that I would go to him.
, Failing to find myself interested then He had once, lialf-liesitatingly, suggested
in these surroundings, I began a leis-j it, saying it would save so much expense,
urely inspection of tho vessel, wandering , and ho is not at all well oil; but it nail
about its nooks.and crannies, and fiuni 1- j frightened me so that ho gave it up^say-
Music.
SOTO
iariziug mysolf with my little island | ing lie would spend all ho bad, sooner
- b 1 11’ _1 T nnnm l 1 flin niivinfv lYmltmUhlft Of
JERNIGAN
ro*
NOUNS,
accordeons,
BOWS,
STRINGS,
JjQglN BOXES, ETC.
Needles,
OIli and SHUTTLES
home. Anti so strolling along, I came
upon a small, quiet, gray-dad figure
seated alone and looking wistfully over
the waters. As she wns quite unconscious
of mv proximity, I stopped a few paces
off and examined her closely. She looked
almost a child, so small and slight slie
was, and yet ono would not have dared
to treat her as a child. There was a self-
reliance and serenity about her entirely
uncliildlike, but, all the same, very
pretty to see. Her complexion wasdaik
and very rich, and her cheeks charm-
incly rounded and curved, and nor
eyes, turned seaward, were the largest
i and darkest I ever remembered to
have seen. Indeed, so uncom-
] mon was their size that, when some
! sound aroused her and she turned tlioi
I slowlv on mo, I was dazzled by them
i they gave lier face such a strange aspoc ,
j and yet it was u peculiarity far from
! being unlovely. Slio was Spanish
had seen that at a glance-ami the
mute, uncertain way in which sheYcokml
at me prompted tlio conviction that htoo
felt herself, even at the outset of this
voyage, hampered by tho fact that sli
knew no other tongue. After that one
Mach
long, steady glance, slie turned her face
lor sals. I will
iikn nr.iT nisciunes, iot sale.
oriW piirts ol Machine* that get
broke, anj new piece*
aro wanted.
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long, HieauA K lluut > \ , . i #n _ii v
away again and I heard her sigh gently.
After a moment’s hesitation 1 moved just
a step nearer and addressed her in he
own language, asking it itwashei fiist
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smile and looked at me again. Tlio great
eyes were radiant with pleasure, and.
With an exquisite^tteranccitliatimade m>
own Spanish seem a harsh bxogi•
answered fearlessly andnaturallv .'
was going to Amenca for the fiist time,
and,Indeed, was for tlio first time at sea.
“You will bo seasick almostcertrinl ,
Aro von prepared loi
V ered. “I have
You
then,” I said,
that V"
“ Oh. ves,” she ansWv,— . , T
hoped that perhaps I might not be, but
am prepared for anything. . ,
There wns a patient resolution m
tones that piqued W_.curioMtj’ esp
cially ns she presently 1 » fo ™ e ,^X r the
was ill alone and going simply wrier
captain’s care. She was fidL 0 * ^
meeting some-one who ^spoke hei ion
uoge, and constantly intermingled with
than givo me tho anxiety and trouble of
such a voyage. But now—now that lie
was ill and alone—I could think no
longer of mv dread ; indeed, it was gone,
and all I thought of was to go to him,
nnd comfort and nurse and take care ot
him. So I got my aunt’seonsent, though
she would not give it at first, nnd I took
the very next steamer. And see how
easy and pleasant it lias been! Ho need
not have been afraid for mo; but, then,
lie could not know, and neither could I,
that I should find you!”
Her ardent tone and look, as she said
these last.words, thrilled me strangely
It was n spontaneous, affectionate out
burst thut pained wliilo it caressed me
And beside my own personal feeling, a
dreadful misgiving about hor weighed
on my heart. She was so confident, so
full of trust—-what if slio should be de
eeived in this limn ? AVliut, if tho attack
of illness were a mere subterfuge? Such
things had boon. I turned cold and then
hot at the more suggestion. I asked her
lover’s name, but it was unknown to me,
though tlio name of tlio house he repre
sented was familiar. But that went foi
nothiug as to the man’s personal charac
(or, and the fear that this might be
treacherous made mo sick with dread
Wliat would be the end, if my appro
hensions proved correct ? Wliat would
become of the poor child? A wild
thought suggested itself. It was
strange mixture of deep pity for her and
deep joy, tempered with pain ana yet
sweet with hope, for myself.
At last tlio voyago was over, and the
realization of this fuet mudo mo unac
countably sad. For Lola was dearer to
me every day. In lier little attacks of
illness, which slio hud not altogether
escaped, I had carried lier about in my
arms, like a child', and she had leaned
on mo and looked up to mo with a child
j 8 h confidence and trust that was un
speaknbly sweet to the lonoly old
bachelor whoso attitude toward this
young girl had seemed to touch liis age
and world-weariness with a magic wand
that had made them drop from him liko
a garment.
Lola and I stood together on deck, oil
our bags and parcols strapped aud ready
for moving. She hod not told her lover
cos. A dozen rears after the oomnionco-1 loneliness. Others think of it occasion-
mont of tlio present century, over the | ally, when the voice of sweet music ate.ols
mud which then formed its road-bod, i upon tlieir ear, or Providence or tho
the British armies moved. Over Penn- j preacher lifts them above earth. But
svlvania avenue lias passed to liis iimu- 1 when they do tliink of it, how poor and
"'PlTat vorv evening tiiev were married gnmtion nearly every president of. the , meagre their thoughts; to them it is n
I was the onlv witness besides tlio cler-! United States. Washington, tho first, ; narrow, eiivmnsenlied wot m tlio nm-
I'vnuin nnd I never will forgot the vmli- ! a« it is almost needless to say, was not j verse, a small place just large enough for
‘ if w ? w l li i n'iir inaugurated here, lie took tlie oath of tlieir church, but too small to admit
tIn soiT ce T ra he felted .1 joy 1 Xo on the 80tli of April, 1770, in the j within its pearly enclosure, even the good
the Mcmce. 1 ratuci nnnu nci jo) v n tlion railed the Fed-! bovond their communion. Such wore
might bo dimmed bv some ^ ’ x jading and ’situated wlioro the no! tho views entertained by John when,
l" d o nt°' t hhi k "h 1 i ''e ve r' e m i q ire he lute (i ! custo.i, house now stands. Upon Penn- on the lonely isle, he saw, in grand pono-
.. foolimr for her and of course it .svlvania avenufciilmost any day during | mniio view, tlio heavenly city.
- - ’ ’ ..... ! 1 . tho winter, nmy bo seen most of the John was in tlio spirit on tlio mountain
men distinguished in the politics of ibis . of holy contomplatiou, and he bail aile-
conntrv. It is the habit of all tlio peo-1 lightful convorsa|Uon witli one ot Uio
pie of Washington to walk on tho avo-
nno during tlio hours from 4 to 5.80 or
li o’clock in tlio evening.
“Oil, Lola,” I said, “ where?"
She (lung herself back on the lounge
ith a motion of utter despair. I went
to her and threw myself on my knees
side her nnd folded both her tromb-
lg hands in mine.
“Lola, be brave,” lsnid. “Face the
orst. It is a bitter tiling to say, but l
believe he is false to you. I believe the
illness was a feint, and I believe lie is
illfully lost to you. My little darling,
is hard I know, but not so bad us if you
had niunied him and found it out nftcr-
ard. But do not despair. I will not
ave you, and you shall tell me just wliat
on would have me do. I will take you
back to Spain if you want to go.”
“ I cannot! I could not bear it! And
have no money.”
“ Never mind that ” I said. “ I have
plenty, more—far more than I want. I
would give my life to comfort you. I
will go now, ii 1 you say so, and take pas
sage on tho next returning ship.”
“ I could not bear it. I never will go
back,” she said; “no ono loves mo there.
am only a useless little burden. I never
will go back!”
“Then stay," I said, passionately—
stay with me. Let me love and com
fort you. Stay with mo always, Lola.
No one can love you as I will.”
At first I tliink she did not understand
y meaning, but when slio did slio
wrenched her hands from mine and
sprang to the middle of the room.
“How can you? How can you bo so
cruel ?” she said. “ Do you think I could
over lovo any one else after having given
my love to liim ? No; I have loved him
only—I have given him all my love—and
worthy or unworthy, he has it still.”
“Lola, my little child,” I said, “you {
must face tho truth. You cannot live
in this strange country all alone. You
have neither friends nor money. You
cannot work, and if you could you must
uot he alone. I cannot help you and
maintain yon unless you take my name
and occupy the honorable position of
my wife. But I will not force it on you.
For tho present I will iind some safe place
to put you in, and we will sec what
can bo ctono. At all events, whether you
can lovo mo or not, I love you and will
always lovo you.”
Do you love me?” she haul, facing
me and speaking with eager voheinenco.
“ Oh, I do, I do!” Isaid.
“ Then find him for mo!”
I could not speak at once. For one
moment a wild hope had budded in my
breast, and it would not die without a
struggle. Then I looked at lier and
said, calmly: .
“ I will try. I will do my utmost. J
will givo it my most conscientious ef
forts. Blit, Lola, if I fail ? ”
“If you fail to find him,” slio said,
“ or if you find'kini^to be false, then I
will give you tho reward you wish. I
will marry you.”
It was not a rapturous consent, but I
found a wonderful satisfaction in it,
pleased her to fancy now that it hud !
been chiefly pity for lier loneliness. :
The service ended, there remained j
nothing lint to lake Lola to u jewelers
shop uoar-by nnd let her choose a pres
ent from me, which she munificently
paid for with a kiss.
Jt was, indeed, the last !
The Towers of Silence.
which are built in
Tlieso tow
compound on the top of Malabar Hill,
in the Island of Bombay, aro six in
number, and overlook tlio sea, tbo oldest
being 800 years. The internal arrange
ments of die towers areas follows,—The
bodies iuc placed in three separate cir
cles—the outer nnd larger one for men,
tlio middle ono for .women, and the
smallest for children. There is a pit in
tho centre, into which tlie bones are
thrown after the fiesli is stripped off,
and paths to allow the priest to move
about. Tlio flooring gradually sinks to
tlio centre to let the ruin into the pits
from which it filters into the .earth,
The towers vary in size from about
thirty to fifty feet in diameter, and eight
lo fourteen m height.
This Tarsee mode of disposing of the
dead seems to European minds very re
volting. The body, after the religions
ceremony is performed in the temple
where the friendH are assembled, is car
ried out and placed in one of tho towers,
where it remains exposed to the elements
until the flesh is entirely eaten off, by
the crowds of vultures which frequent
tlio place, in about one hour, when
the skeleton becomes dry, it is thrown
into the pit in tho centre ; thus tho rich
and poor meet together on one level of
equality after death. Wlion the pit be
comes full of bonos, they aro taken out
and thrown into the sea, thus fulfilling ;
one of tho principal tenets of the Zoro-
aster religion, “That tlio mother earth ,
shall not bo defiled.”
The Life ol' un Actress.
Mr. Labouchoro recently said in un
article in Truth on the London stage :
Actresses live in a world of their own.
They generally exaggerate every senti
ment. Their real life is tinged with
their theatrical life, and high-wrought
melodrama becomes a second nature
.oval surveyors of the heavenly country,
lie says, verse 15, “And ho that talked
with me had u golden rood to measure
the city, and tho gates thereof,-.-ami the
walls thereof." Tlio idea lie gives to us
is, that there was solidity, firmness, du
rability and strength all combined .wjtji
indescribable beauty, surpassing gran
deur and infinite glory.
Tlio city, as l*e saw it, was in the form
of a magnificent cube, of vast dimen
sions. The surveyor bad tlio golden
reed, and lie measured the city in the
presence of liis visitor. It was 12,000
to them Few of them have a perfectly ! ^ ^ tW-
(kiiki nril mn <■! i>\ IsltMli'H 1 tllilV liXIKl If) i . 1** . .» i
sane notion of existence; they exist in , }’^^ 0 ad,Zi 12,000 Kn B « high,
the feeling of the moment. Limy i i | length, nnd the breadth, and the
generally *“ c “l u ‘ b L°„'‘V!i 1 height of it aro equal.
est in tlio ordinary occupations of their j ^view of Vho great city we are
juito in harmony with the rabincal book.
, at ono moment they aro in tlio
wildest spirits, at another in the depth
of despair, and those with whom they
como m contact are alternately either
melodramatic villains plotting their
destruction, or angelic beings that have
no existence out of plays. If they are
asked why they lovo or bate, they insist
that they aro endowed with a poculiai
instinct, and this instinct they exnlt as
something far superior to practical in
telligence, and glory iu being its sub
missive slaves. • There are certain qual
ities which go to mako an actress, and
most of them go to make a lunatic.
All actresses are, of course, not necea
1 need not occupy room with quotations.
In almost every other theory proposed
great violence is dono to the Greek text.
In this interpretation the sense is natu
ral and grammatical construction re
spected.
Wo take the passage us it reads, “12,-
000 furlongs,” which, when reduced to
feet and cubed, is 048,088,000,009,000,
000,000,000 cubic foot, the half of which
we reserve for the throne of glory and
tlie heavenly court. Half of the remain-
dor I reserve for the. angel’s thrones, do
minions, principalities and powers. Half
of the remainder I reserve for celestial
saiily mad, but ii I were xm a jury im- j of heaveu i v fruits and flowers,
paneled to try an actress for murder, I, { ^ ^ remainder for shady bowers'
should approach tho inquiry with tlie t loyel kR Hlllt ' n f the remain-
feeling that nature had. ' n ° k . j dor for tliegohkm streets and walks, and
been lavish to her in that harmony of: ^ remainder, or ono thirty-second of
intellectual powers which produce J the w j lolC( j divide into rooms of 20 feet
moral responsibility. square, and 10 fqet high. Of rooms we
■ I havo 7,413,578,125,000,000,000,000.
Then I suppose that this world was
She Raid n Commission.
A Chicago merchant accompanied a
Milwaukee gentleman—an old friend—
to liis home, where lie had been many
times a guest before. In n conversa
tion with the charming daughter of
I’ower of Habit.
It is related of Queen Louise, of l'rus-
siu, mother of the present Emperor Wil-
| liam, that one of lier frequent visitors, a
special friend of her husband, was an old
general called Kockoritz. This old sol
dier, after having (lined with liis royal
friends, always manifested at a certain
time a peculiar nervousness nnd rcstless-
his host, lie rallied her on her contin-
nanco in a state of single blessedness.
Kho replied that nono of the Milwau
kee beaux wore to hor tnstc, and in
an indifferent way inquired if Chicago
had nnv nice young men disengaged.
Recoivni
ig an affirmative reply slio re-
ness, as if wishing to depart, while at oilier
hours of tlie day lie was only too glad to
stay and have a friendly chat. But
after dinner ho always showed this groat
anxiety to go home. Louise was puz
zled at the old man’s strango behavior,
and resolved to find out the cause.
She made inquiry of his steward, who,
mained a minute or two in a brown j after a few questions, explained that the
study, and then
in a bantering tone,
commission merchant: send mo down u
populated as at present, with say 000,-
000,000 f human beings, and that three
generations passed away every hundred
years, that is allowing 33 and one-third
years for each generation, and that at the
close of the seven thousandth year the
trumpet of heaven would proclaim that
"time would , bo no longer,” and that
earth’s population would all be brought
home to the city of God.
I also suppose that in tho universe of
our Futher there aro 800,000 worlds like
ours existing under the same number
term of years as ours; each haring the
snilie number of inhabitants as our own,
and each inliabitaut obedient to tlie uni
versal “come.”
Take oil these multitudes of human or
created beings, hud the heavenly home
nice young mail and I will ullow you
a commission of ten cents a pound.’
The Milwaukee girl got her nice young
man in due time. Tho commission
charges were just 819.50.
brightening up said I old general had indulged for so many created being ,, 1 .
le “Well you are a long years in the habit of siyokmg a j the angel measured for John ami lor us,
’. - ' - ’ — long pipe alter dipnoi' that ho could not j dear reader, would afford 49 suoli rooms
possibly do without it. The next time ; , w measured above for each inlmbi
the old general came to dine ho exhibited I tent of a^ tlie 800,000 1 world and leave
after the repast tho same nervous ! ra0 re than £.000,000 cubic yet unsiu-voy-
restlossness, and rose to take leave. e d. “AhcF yet there is t^^^ Oh, how
Whereupon Louise roso, too, and ' fr-ue it is ^nat "in . house
said: “Wait a little, general; I want to j there are many monsic
show you something.” She went into
the next room. On her return she held
along pipe already tilled in ono hand The only cure for indolence is work
m
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Guiballard recently reproved a friend l
for liis too liberal use of absinthe. “Ball!" x „ r _ — . , -
said tlie latter, “I’ve drank of it since I and a burning waxlight and a “ spill ” in 1 tlie only onre for golfisjuiess is sacrifice;
was a boy, and I’m sixty.” “Very like-1 tlie other. Handing the pipe to tlio as- j the only, cure for unbelief is to snake on
ly,” replied Guiballard, “but if you had j touislied old man and lighting the spill; j tho ague of doubt by doing your cou-
nover drank of it perhaps you would ! hIio said: “ There, my old general, make science’s bidding; the only cure for
now be seventy.” This is French, of yourself comfortable; this time you shall timidity i* to plunge into SQBio dreaded
course. . 1 not desert us.” daty before the chill corn* tn.
Midi.