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ijgB MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOTICE. _ . u oom munication. luttnded tor this , t)e accompanied with the lull P* r ®?_ w Vitor, not necessarily lor publh „ L in no w»y responsible lor the view* ^ionsol correspondent*. THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY* Catered ea teeond-claM aittter at toe San. ileurtBe PoMofflm, April *7, IMS. A. J. JERNIGAN, PnorniETon, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. 81.50 PER ANNUM. Mn4omtUo» WMklacUs Gouty, Ho* nrauMWlT JERNMAN A SCARBOROUGH. 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 Subscribe for the MERCURY, Only gl.60 per annvm. PUBLI8UED BY JERNIGAN & SCARBOROUGH. BUY YOUR ’ 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. A J- JERNIGAN. 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 * .ms SES2 rv^tt'iod stool DltlMj POINTS, r ifflDir tff i , • IJ^beautifully, nml Instead of orcudWj ; atl.e plant* ,|.u, ‘ rot '. “'Alter U 3*. 4, ami 6 ins. r STOOL. l‘tre more IIOO\ of crcxidintf zraW isluuent from th* soil, educe better developed ate'" J.IJONKS,WILMINGTON, I w«y or drllltm ‘ m<J lc, ** lh of ., row ogali-w-.., '•1 tit l ! e v „ II. CLAYTON, rUh you', Dot lo Uiu « t*,. f, 0ur Uint v " , re »'°ro wla-nt, xylu-re I drilled ' “f, jou ro favor. 1 0,< * 1 gave tli»m o fair CLiTTOX, J*., Ml. Flc».*ni, Dtl. 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 i 1 '".•i 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.