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The Widow’s Heart. In her bovver, ;i willow iliveli : At her shrine three suitors knelt. Hitch juloreil Hie willow much, Kaoli assayed her heart totmieh. line hud wit, and one hud sold, And one w as east in beauty’s mould, liness which was it won the prize, i’llrse or tongue or handsome eyes First appeared the handsome man, Proudly peeping o’er his fan; lied ills lips and white Ids skin, Could such beauty fall to win? \ext appeared the man of gold, Cash lie counted, eoin he told, AVealtil the burden of his tale, Could sill’ll golden projects fail Then tot lit the man ot wit, Now site heard him with a sigh, Now she blushed, site knew not why ; Xow a tear stood on her cheek, Vow site moved to hear him speak. Beauty vanish, gold depart. Wit has won tin; widow ’s heart. ♦- 9 THE DOCTtR OF BRA!. There was once a countryman who, by dint of hard labor and the exercise of great prudence, Itad .amassed a sufficiency of means. Besides lots of wheat he had no lees thau eight oxen and four horses in his stables. Notwithstanding his comfortable position, however, he would not marry. II:s friends ar.d reproached him with his celibacy, hut he excused himself by saying that when he came across the kind of woman he wanted he would marry tier. His friends, to help him, resolved to search about for such a woman. There lived a few miles off an old chevalier, a widower and very poor, who had a.beautiful and clev er diughter. The girl was old enough to be married, but as it happened that the father had noth ing to give her, nobody thought it worth while to woo her. Ihe friends of the countryman having represented themselves before the old chevalier, he speedily yielded compliance to their wishes, and the girl who was good and would not disobey her father, found herself forced to comply. The country man was delighted at the prospect of such an all iance. He determined to lose no time, and press the mar riage forward with all haste. Hard ly, however, were they mairied than he perceived he had made a great mistake —that, in short, he .could not have done anything more foolish than to take to himself a wife. When, for instance he was working out in the fields, what would his wife do, she was so ac customed to sii at home in idleness? And, yet, what was the stupid hus band to do ? ‘lf, in the morning,’ he thought to himself, ’l’ll pick a quarrel and strike her. she will cry all the day through. Now whilst she is crying it is certain that she will not be in the humor to listen to the tail? of gallants. When I return I will lie quits with her by asking her par don, and I know how that is tu he obtained.’ i Fired with this splendid idea he loudly called for his dinner. When the meal was cone tided, lie ap proached his wife and struck her such a blow upon the face that the marks of his fingers reu aim'd im printed on her cheek. Nor was this all. Fancying he had not giv en her cause to cry long enough, he hit her four or five more blows aod then went out into the fields. The poor little craeture fell to cry ing very piteously, and with her hands laid crosswise on her bosom leutlly lamented her file. ‘Oh, father 1’ she cried, ‘why did you give me to such a man ? Had we not bread enough to eat, poor as we were ? Why was I so blind as to consent to such a marriage? Oli, beloved mother, had I not lost you I would not have been so un happy. What will Income of me!’ She remained inconsolable through out the whole of the day, crying as her husband had anticipated. Then his first i Sort was to concili ate her. ‘lt was the devil who tempted me to strike you,’ he exclaimed. He swore never again to raiso his hand to her, he threw himself at her feet, and begged her pardon with so humble and dejected an air, that the wife touched with pity, prom ised to forget everything that had happened. But the countryman, wlio saw how successful was his stratagem, resolved to put it into execution again. On rising the following morning he once more picked a quarrel with his wife, and repeated the performance of the preceeding day. Then he went forth to his work. The poor little woman felt now that this triatment was to ho her fate, and once more bega i to cry piteously. Wtiiie in this mournful condition, there rode up to her door two king's messengers, each monti'ed on a white horse, They saluted her Walker County Messenger, VOL. IV. in the name of the king, and asked her for something to eat. i hev were dying of hunger, they said. She set before them all she had in the house to offer, and while they were eating, begged them to tell her whither they were journeying. 'We are not journeying anywhere in particular,’ said they. ‘lhe truth is we are searching for a skill ful doctor, and we meaty to travel even to England should we not find one here. Ada, the king’s daughter, is iH. Eight days igo, while eating some fish,a bone stuck in her throat, and left her incapa ble of swallowing- Every remedy that can be suggested has been ap plied to her, tut •sithoutavail. She can neither eat nor sleep, and her suffering is terrible. The king who is in dispair, has ordered us to search about for someone capable of curing the princess. If lie loses her he will die.’ ‘You have no need to travel any further,’ said the wife. ‘I know the very man you want. He is a great doctor.’ ‘I s it possible ? You are not de ceiving us ?’ ‘No, I am telling you the truth: hut unfortunately, the doctor of whom I speak is a very singular sort ot a penon. He is just slightly touched in the head, I fear. Although he has an extraordinary genius for medicine, he seems to thoroughly detest the science. My impression is that unless you beat him heartily you will not get him to act with you.’ ‘Oh !’ they answered, ‘if he only needs cudgeling, we’ll give it to him. lie couldn’t be in better hands. Only tell us where he lives.. The wife indicated the fields in which the husband was working, and wishing farewell,entreat ed them not to forget the essentia) condition of their undertaking. They thanked her, and arming themelves each with a big stick, made to wards the countryman. Having sa luted him, they iniortned him that they came from the king, and com manded him to follow them. ‘What for?’ he asked. ‘To cure the Princess Ada. We have heard of your skill, and we h ve come to fetch you in the king’s n line.’ The countryman replied that he was only a laborer; ar.d that if the king wanted hi-s services i" that capacity, lie would he happy to de vote them to him. But as to rued nine, he swore on his honor that lie kniw nothing at all about it. ‘I see,’ whispered one of the kings messengers to the other,‘that oivilitv will not succeed here. He evidently wants to be beaten.’ Saving this lie alighted from his horse, the other followed him, and grasping their sl’uks, they , cor.- menced beating the countryman with, the heartiest Z“st. The help less labor commenced by roaring at them lor their cowardice—two to one—and their cruelty; hut find ing them too strong for him, he threw himself upon his knees and swore to obey them. They there upon mounted him upon one of the white horses ar.d conducted him thus to the palace of the king. The illness of the princess had thrown the king into a state border ing distracf'on. The return of the two mis engers inspired him with hope, and lie ordered them to he conductjd into his presence that he might learti how sccesslul they had been in their inquiries. Hav ing sounded the praises of the won derful hut eccentric doctor, they then proceeded to narrate how they had found nod the method they had employed tocapture him ‘I confess,’said tire king, ‘that I never heard of a doctor like this before But since it in necessary that he should he beaten before he will cure the princess, let him be beaten.’ Having ordered the | rin cess to descend, he bade tha coun tryman approach him. ‘My friend,’ he said, this is the lady whom you must cure.’ The wretched countryman threw himself upon his knees and beg ged for mercy, swearing by all that was holy that he knew nothing whatever of medicine. T‘‘e only reply' of the king was to signal to two tall sergeants who were stand ing ! y armed with sticks. They made a dart at the countryman,, LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1881. and seizing hint by the arms, rain ed upon him a perfect shower oi blows. ‘Mercy ! mercy !!’ lie yelled ‘1 II cure In r, sir, 1 11 cure her.” The princess stood before him p ile and dying, indicating her suf fering by putting her finger down her open mouth. The countryman began to ponder within himself how lie should effect a cure. H e plainly saw that there was no hack ing ou*. of it, hut that he must eith er succeed or perish from flogging. ‘The bone,’ said he to himself, 'is in the throat. If I could only suc ceed in making her laugh, the chances are that I might dislodge it.’ Impressed with this oqtion,he re quested the king to order a large fire to be alighted in the hall, and furtlu-r desired to he left alone with the princess. When the hall was deserted he told Her to seat herself near the fire, and commenced by making such hideous grimaces that in spite of her suffering the prin cess suddenly burst out into a shout of laughter. At the same in stant the hone flew outof her throat and fell upon the floor ! Picking it up the countryman flew to the door crying: ‘‘Sir.', sire, here it :s! here it is !’ ‘I owe you my life !’ cried the king, it. a transport of joy. And he promised to give bum in reward for his services haudsoirie presents of gowns and cloaks. It wis a cus tom among the kings and princess es of that period to make presents of cloaks and dresses nt Michael mas and Christmas to the nobility attached to their courts. Some times tiie acceptance of these pres ents was interpreted into a willing ness to enter into one year’s service w’th the king who offered them. A c icvalier thus appareled was ei’l ed a Chevalier du Rio. Ihe coun tryman thanked him He declared positively however, that he only wanted permission to retur.r. to his home, feigning that his business greatly needed his presence. In vain the king offered him his friend ship and entreated him to remain, lie answered that he was pressed; that when he left there was no bread in the house, and that it was imperative .that he should carry wheat to the mill. But on a signal from the king which brought the two sergeants about him again, the countryman crie 1 for mercy, prom ising to remain not only a day, hut forever, if lie were desired. There upon they conducted him into a room in which lie was washed and shaved and habited in a magnifi cent scarlet cloak. All this lime however, he was meditating a plan to escape, and comforted himself with believing that a practical op portunity would soon he presented. The cure he had effected achieved for him in no time a great reputa tion. No sooner had it been noised abroad than upward so eighty sick persons belonging to the town pre sented themselves at the gates of the chateau, and besought the king to put in a good word for them with the doctor. The king having called him, “My friend,” said he, ‘f recommend these persons to your notice. Cure them all at once, if you please, as I wish to send them back to their homes.” “Sire,” replied the qountryraan, “unless heaven cures them I can’t. There s re too many.” “Let the sergeants be brought,” exclaimed the king. At the approach of these two formidable persons the poor wretch, trembling in every limb, volun teered not only to cure the eighty G ck persons, hut the whole world in the bargain, even to the last man. lie begged the king and all those who were of good health to leave the hall as they had dope be fore. Being left alone with tha sick, he ranged them all along the fireplace, in which li3 had made a tremendous fire. “My friends,” he said, addressing them with great solemnity, “it is no trifling favor to accord, that ol giving health to so many people in so slioit a time. There is only one way that I know of effecting a gen eral cure among you, and that is, of choosing the oua who is the most seriously ill arid throwing him into the fire. When he is consumed, the ashes will he distributed among you all to swallow. The remedy is extreme, but I’ll stake my head on the result.’ Saying this, he sternly content teuaplated the surrounding crowd as if examining their condition. But among thym all there, was not one who for the whole of Norman dy would have allowed that his malady wtut oeriwns. Tho doctor addressing one of them, exclaimed: ‘You are looking pale and ill; yon seem to have the most serious dis order of tlioin all.’ *l, sire ? On my word I never felt better in my life than I do at this moment.’ ‘Finn what do you here,you vil linfi !' cried the doctor. Without answering, the sick man opened the door and took to Ms heels. The king, who was outside, perceived the sick man jeave .the hall. ‘Are you cured ?’ ‘Yes sire - ’ A moment after another sick man appeared. ‘And you ?’‘l am also cured.’ , . What was the result of this ma neuver? There was not a single soul, old or young, male or female, who would consent to being re duced to ashes. All left, swearing they were all cured. The delighted king returned to the hall to congratulate the doctor. He w r as amazed and filled with ad miration at the skill that in so short a.time could work so many miracles. ‘Sire,’ exclaimed the the doctor, ‘I have an amulet pos sessed of u wonderous virtue with which I work my cures.’ The king overwhelmed him with presents. He assured him of his eternal friendship, ami permitted him to return to his w ife, on condi iions, however, that when lie was wanted he should not be urged to come by t ! 'e use of the stick. The countryman now bade adieu to the king. He had ,no longer any oc casion to he :t laborer; and no lon gireared to beat his wife. To his flying day, however, henever knew how he had been made a doctor. A Letter to Marier, Itiefc, anil the Keys of Lafayette. Editor Measeni cr : I know that Warier would give all her interest in the affairs of this world to take the manly form of Job Hoggins in her arms, and press it to her warm breast once more before she dies. riince I left Georgia, I have been going to school, learning to spell, read and write the English lan guage correctly. Mnrier will re joice to hear this, for she always said that I. was wantingin blit these things only, to-wit: Ist. A knowledge of the English lungjase. 2d. Ordinary temperance. Bdly. A rlipositym to make an honest Jiving, and alio would some limes add, hy way of emphasis, that I was not virtuous nor truth f<!’. , , I have, (he it said to my credit,) not used a.ny spirituous ferment for ten days, and it may truthfully he said of Job, that Job is a,truth ful, sober gentleman. The only j thing that old Job drinks now is j cistern water and patent medicine. Job remembers well the first j time in this life, he ever fell the f rvent kiss that Marier,pressed upon his cheek. ’Twas many long yams ago. To old Job this was the first kiss of love, hut hedois not under take to say how many men Marier had kissed before she zissed Job. Although it was twenty-three years ago, the place that Mayier pressed that kiss is the only sweet green spot on Job Hoggins’ head. This kiss was received and pressed , on old Job's left jaw hone, and from that blessed day until this very | moment, lias and does believe that some portion of Paradise is still on this .earth, for in this kiss Eden with its purity was revived. Job’s mouth Inis made many, many < fforts to get pne more taste of the nectar that still clings to the place where Marier first kissed him, Job’s mouth is now located on the side of his face where the kiss was first pressed, and the kiss has taken a stand on the top of Job’s hairless head. Job is in as bad condition ■ os the gentlemen that Haled saw in Hie VVoild of Chance. My con edition is critical, Mr. Editor. lam j Molting each day to see myself turn - a summersault. \\ mild that Marier were here now to press another kiss ! on tlie other side of my face tr pro duce an equilihiiuni, for l love her | yet as deiirlv, as in days that me j gone by. Yes, \ es, Jolt's natural leal tires should lie preserved as an ! outline of his former neuuty for the i admiring eye of Dick. Oh, memory,sweet memory, what ’ would Job give to-day for power to | recall for one moment the blessed- Loess of the hour when Marier first kissed him, and be kissed by Marier dear, just one more time. All the I cold compositions of art fade away when comparedi with the pleasure and sweetness of the first kiss of love. And Dick, my darling child, I an anxious sire is solicitous con cerning you yet. With what de light old Job would caress you just j one more time..' To part your red i hair in the middle once more, and } rido you up and down on his f ot, would he a consolation niof.t dear. While Marier, your mother, my son, would put her arms around the neck of Job,,your father, my chilli, and bathe hia cheeks with affection’s tears. Yes, she would talk and tel! of Job’s former beauty and liis exploits. She would whis per iu his ear, “how much like Dick you are, my dear.” “Jobie, I am so glad you ha ye come hack to the object of your first love.” *'Your mother-in-law is dead now, and how happy we are and will he.” “How dear you are to me.” Memory, sweet memory of days that are gone. “I’ve loved you through all the vents you’ve been away.” “ ' es, I love thee more and more, Jobie, dear. “I am so happy I could weep.” “With all thy faults 1 love ihee still.” ’ Old I am fainting, dying—J—- Jo—Job —Jolfie, dear ” etc. Womanlike, it would not be Inr.g until Job would fee) 1 lie effects of the broomstick, unless, however, the loss of a slep-tn other would re move the angry passions of a good mtured wife. Before I close, Mr. Editor, I would say a word to the hoys of LaFavetle. God bless von hoys. I sometimes think that you divide with Marier and Dick, what remains of in v heart and uflections. I am sure I thought so in the days, or rather nights, of yore, when w;e would meet at Patterson’s, and you would .gently slap me on the shoulder, and nay in the most seductive manner, “take a drink?’’ Oh! soul stinging words, they reached, lodged in, and are fixed in the softest place in old Job’s heart. Ir. my prayer I say God bless the boys, May their pathway through life he illuminated hyetars ns bright as those far off glories that drift in | the n idnight sky. May they never he old and bald, and disconsolate. Boys, do them cussed ,oli locust trerseverget “on n bender”or “high j lonesome,” as they used to do, and run against a gentleman and knock him down without cause .or provo cation? Are the good people of the dear old town of La Fayette startled now a-dsiy at midnight’s unholy hour, by she war whoop, “Let ’er roll?” l’lisy were on one occasion, as I daresay, some of you j doubtless remember. Now, in j conclusion, I will ask you to look after my poor little orphan Dickie, Keg that Marier does not break bark. OVef. hia head, as she did over the head of his poor, unfortunate father. Take him toKunday school with you, and try to make a good and happy man of him. Tell him his father was n great and a good i man. Comfort him by telling him that tiie name of Job Loggins will be written in that bright, and im mortal galaxy, composed of such names ~s Washington, the Jacksons, Clay, Calhoun, Lee, Grant, and a few others, to which his ever hope ful sire trusts he will add the name of Dick Logging by theside of yours truly, , Jon Logcins. P. K.—Job will return to Georgia next fall J. L. When n landlady discovered tl at her hoarders were dropping off, toe burden ot her song became: ‘Noth-1 ing hut leaves.’ Gen. Longstreet has been settled on as marshal of Georgia, and he . will he appointed as soon as he re- j turns from TuiK.ev. JI. .1. Kim ball was his chief competitor for the office. NO. Decoy lug elephants. The kraal, writes a correspond ent from Ceylon, was an inclo ed space of some two hundred yards j . ncli wa v. The fence was com posed of large trunks of trees, sunk into the ground, and of about 16 li-et in bight. At one end was lie ! entrance,about twenty yards across; j at each gate-post were largo tiunks |of trees, supported in an upright position by strong ropes attached |to the surrounding trees. When j the ele| hauls enter, these ropes are | cut, and down come the huge trees I across the passage, ell'eotu.allv,bar ing nil retreat. We encamped in [ one of tv row of huts, hastily run | up on the leeward, side of the kraal, j and at some distance from it, as the power of scent is particularly keen in the elephant, and if once a panic is raised, they would all rush madly away, and he never seen ugaii in that locality. In the immediate vicinity of the kraal, and commanding a good view of the whole proceedings, I were most extraordinary nets, con ] structed high up among the branche, I and of sufficient dimensions to ac commodate most of (lie party. '1 hev I Were thus made; A number of good. : stout poles wore laid from the brunches of one tree to another, some sixty feet from the ground, arid carefully made fust; others were then placed across them, and side railings, four feet high, were j added for security These last were interwoven with leafy branches, which effectually concealed the occupants; a ladder !of long bamboos completed the 1 thing; and tiros were constructed I veritable crows’ nests, admirably | adapted for a good view of the j proceedings, combined w ith ;cr ■ J feet security. The kraal was a I government one, and about two I (linusnriil unlives had been em ployed, for inoro than a fortnight, in driving the adjacent country; by 1 day they had white wands, and .it. night torches. The elephant is a timid animal when not provoked or wounded, and the above simple means were ample sufficient to prevent the animals from “hearking ■ back." On this occasion, bv good man- i ageiricnt, a, large body of elephants i had been driven slowly into the | neighborhood of the kraal. The ' excitement was gelling intense; j every crash of a falling branch or I the chattering of die large monkey | common to thrse woods, made one j start and gaze expectantly in the j direction of Ihe elephants. A t lost, j when our patience was well li’gh j i exhausted, a line herd w.vs seen in i the distance, slowly approaching, under the guidance of three nr four ; elephants who were employing i j every southing art to induce the ! lenders to accompany them into ; the kraal. Strange to s.av, (he elephant in ! ils captive slate sei ins to take abso lute pleasure in decoying ils wild congeners into the kraals, and in subsequently aiding in making I them captive also. About forty ! had entered, when the rear guard was seized with a panic and bolted ; the line of healers. The entrance was thereupon immediately barred, and those that were within made! safe. Then came the fun of the : thing. A decoy clcphanlcatitiously approached the nearest wild one, its mahout (driver) walking on tho ! other side, and timing his move- ! } ir.euts so as to he always concealed hy the forelegs of his animal. With admirable tact, alter many ■ attempts tho decoy persuaded tile captive to raise one of his hind 1 legs, .which was mainly brought about hy tho former tickling the wild elephant with its trunk, and so causing it to lift its leg. A noose was immedia'ely slipped round it hy the adroit attendant, and the other < nd was made fast to a neigh boring tree, after which the poor ! animal was left to its fate; and ils it,sidious visitors proceeded to an-I other, whom they served in the | ! same manner; and so hy degrees | all the best elephants were secured. : The remainder were subsequently shot hy sportsmen who were there, i —Ex. The tnan who ate his dinner with the forte of a r.ivcr, has been try ing ' to spin a mountain top. MAMVBflbau -■‘‘"tg r HI I gl—jMfcimJ* Iteb) h UMd. w. MATHIS, ‘ l’.il'V is ilfixl!’’ Threc,| 5 ’ u t'rds pilling iilonit the line, t , .. 'oiiUi»rudc of somewhere ami Hoon IdPgotten. allrr all <piiit ng.in I leaned -GOODS, head upon my haii.l mid fell into di «'|> reverie of all that tho9<nvordt ,1! * n ca " Ixs may mean. Some where—o dainty f »rm,slid * and cold, unclasped hy mother’s inis to-n:”ht. Eyes that yeatnrdny were bright and blue as skies of June drooped to night beneath white lids t at no voice can ever rain)again. Two soft hands, whose rose leaf tin era were wont to wander loving ly nrnutid mother's neck and face, loosely holding white huds, quietly | folded in coffined rest. r u . >. Soft lips, yesterday rippling with laughter, sweet as woodland brook ga v as trill of forest bird, tonight ut responsive to kiss or call of love. A silent home—the palter’of In.by luct forever bushed— n era die bed uiipressed. Little shoes half worn—dainty garments—shoulder knots of l»luc to match those eyes ofyesetrday, folded with aching heart away. A tiny mound, snow-covered in some (piiet graveyur i, A mother’s groping touch in un easy slumber, for the fair bond that shall never rest upon her bosom. The Imv,sob, . the bitter tear, as hr. ken dreams awake to-sad reali ty. The hopes ot future years wrecked, like fair ships that sud denly go down in siglit of land. The watching of other babies, dimpled, laughing,''strong, and this onegnm! The present ngonv of grief, tl o fu u e emptiness of heart all held in those three little words, “Baby s dead!” Ln.ha-il, it is well that wo can copy line] soon forget tlle words so freighted with woe to those who receive and send them. And yet it cannot harm ns now and then to give a tender thought to those whom our careless pen stroke is preparing such a weight of grief.— Telegraph Operator. It was tlielr first night aboard the steamer, “At. last,” lie said tenderly “we are all alone, out upon Hie deep waleis ot tin- dark blue sea, and your lieart w ill always beat for mo as it lias boat in the past ?” “My henrt’s all rigid,” she answered languidly, “but my -toniilfli feels awful.”—Koikl.-ind ('bronicle. At the front gate two weeks be fore the wedding. He; “My sweet! my darling! ’ She “Willie, my love. At ih.e front gale, two years after. She: ‘'Bill, where are you I roii.g?” H< : “None o’ y< ur busi ness.’'— Meriden Rer.mler. “Da you pretend to have as good judgment as i have?” exclaimed an enraged husband to his wife. “Well no, ’ she replied, “our choice of partm rs f..r life allows that my judgment is not to he compared to yours.” ’What are you doing out therte, my daughter, in the night dew?’’ said the kindly old gentleman on tho piazza. “Practicing fencing,’! waa the sweet reply, ns she leaned over the pickets till her .ace was dreadfully close to William’s. n» —i An ii.lv.-nisi m.-iifmys: “Saveyonr hair while von hive it.” .Many young ladies lake -this advice. They take, their li.-dr otf before going to bed, and carefully place it on the bilreati or back of a chair, where the rats' can’t gel at it. 't least minor says they do. - —• roinpa.-doiinte old lady (paying tier •are)—‘Mow jailed your horse looks; driver; is not l!ie bit mieoinfortably large for bis mouth! 1 ilaekmim—‘lt ain't llio bit in bis mouth, mum; it’s Hie small bit in liis stotnadi.’ - ♦ m Itidiiiison (after a long bout at cards at the .-lull) —Mi’s awful late, Brown. What will you sty to your wife?” Brown. Mu a whisper)— Ob t shan’t say mill'll, you kmnv—‘flood morning dear,’ or something of that sort. She’ll say the red.’ Wlien Beecher w as 'asked what enjoy ment then; was ill heaven for an old maid so homely that she lias to help herself up whenever she falls down, hi Hie it inter, he could make no reply. ■ The men folks complain of climbing to the upper stories,.hut a woman emit got up stares easily enough— if she is good-looking. ,*• Paintingm window shutter ia a good deed in more ways than one. It helps the blind, ■ fhc (iratest Blessing. 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