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"LORENA.”
An ■ Old Love Soil eel IM Inters,tls,
Hletory.
From the Cincinnati Enquirt'r.
Oatnide the March rain la pouring
down in blinding sheets, driven agninst
door and windows with a wild rush by
each gust of mad wind as it sweeps
down the narrow valley.
Inside all is warm and bright. I ait
before a glowing Are, kindled in the
open grate, which alone lights the room
on this dark, wild night. I lean oon-
tentedly back in my easy chair, listen*
ing to the swish of the tain, and watch
ing. the flickering shadows that play
upon the walls. I am soon lost in rev
erie, and the dim shadows take the
forms of the loved and lost of the long
ago.
Suddeniv some unknown person in
the next room begins singing softly the
words of one of those dear old songs
that will never die, acooaspanied by the
gentle tones of an autobarp in the hands
of a skilled musician.
“The years creep slowly by, Lorena—
The snow is on the grass again i
The sun's tow down tihe sky, Lorena,
The frost gleams where the flowers
have been.
But the heart throbs on as warmly now
As when the summer days are nigh;
Oh, the euh can oever dip as low
A dew n afTeottoriVclondlesB sky."
Then follows a abort interlude like the
gentle sound of tinkling rain drops. My
reverie is broken and I catch myself lis
tening intently for the next verse.
“A hnmlred months have passed,Lorena,
Since last I held thy hand In mine,
And felt that pulse beat fast, Lorena,
Though mine beat faster far than
thine.
A hundred mouths—'twas flowery May,
When npchedlstantslope weclimbed,
To watch the dying of the day,
And hear the distant church hells
chimed.""
Unconsciously I follow, in imagina
tion, the changing pictures presented by
the poet and dwelt npon so sweetly By
the unknown singer. I can see the
sloping hillside, covered, perhaps, with
early May Howera and bold dandelions;
the winding path, now seen, now lost to
views the sinking «nn, lighting all the
ekv with golden glory ; the young peo
ple streliing leisurelv along and un-
dosbtedly forgetting all about the sun
set, and “ohlming of the bells," foi such
are the ways of life.
I am forgetting rnvsetf again and
almost imagine the tinkling autoharp to
be the sweet chime of the ohnroh bells
in the distant valley below. But liBteu I
•“"We loved each other Chen, Lorena,
More than we ever dared to tell;
And what we 'might liave been,' Lorena,
Had but oar loving prospered well;
Bat, then, 'tls past—the yeacs are gone;
I’ll not callup their shadowy fount;
I’ll say to them, 'Lost years, sleep on,
Sleep on! Nor heed life's pelting
storms.’
The story of that past, Lorena,
Alas 1 I care not to repeat;
The hopes that coaid nqt last, Lorena,
They lived but otoly lived to cheat.
I would hot cause e'en on - regret
To rankle in yonr bosom now,
For ‘if we try we may forget,'
Were words of thine long years ago.
Yes, these were wordsof thioe. Lorena—
They burn within my memory yet;
They touched some tender chords,
Lorena,
Which thrill and tremole with regret.
'Tw«s not thy woman’s heart that
spoke—
Thy heart was always true to me;
A duty, strong and pressing, broke
The tie that linked my sonl with thee.
It matters little now, Lorena—
The past is in the eternal past;
Out heads will soon be lo w, Lorena ;
Life's tide is ebbing ont so fast.
There is a future—oh, thank God!
Of life this is so small a part;
'Tis dust to dost beneath the sod,
Bat there, up there, ’tis heart to
heart.”
The song ceases abruptly as a string
snaps, and the autoharp is rendered use
less. I have heard that little melody
scores of times, yet there is someting
very sweet in it withal—something that
appeals pathetically to my heart. Nat
urally, one feels that there is something
romantic connected with it all—and
there is! I "dll relate the simple tale
from true life, as it was told to me by a
very dear friend long, long ago.
"A yonng minister, twenty-fonr years
of age, fresh from a college at Oolnmbns,
Ohio, located at^anesville, Ohio, com
mencing his ministerial duties with
high hopes. Here he met Ella , a
member of the choir. She was a noted
beauty, bnt an orphan, residing with a
rich brother-in-law and sister.
“They were influential members of
the young pastor’s ohnroh, residing on
one of the eumnndlng hilltops. Here
Ella had every oomtort, bnt she gave
her heart to the yonng divine.
‘HiB edneatton was his sole wealth,
and consequently hit salt met with
nothing bnt ecorn from her rioh rela
tives. Being submissive she told the
yonng minister they mast part. Nearly
broken hearted the yonng people enacted
the foregoing scenes. The next day he
received a note, saying ‘if we try we
may forget.’
■The young minieter, Rev. D. H. L.
Webster, was heard of no more nntll he
located at Racine, Wis„ lie met J. Web
ster, a music composer. They were no
kin, bnt became warm friends. He
promised J. Webster some words for a
song, which proved to be 'Lorena,' bat
nnder the name 'Bertha,' which did not
fit the innate; so was changed to 'Lo
rena '
“Years after he wrote a friend: "I
donbt if all the dark lines are erased
from my heart yet.” He married a
Wisconsin lady ut Neenah, where he
edited a-newspaper about the beginning
of the war.
* 'Ella' was married to a young law
yer of Ironton after hie denartnre. Her
hnsbaud became a judge and prominent
in Ohio politics.
'She became the mother of three chil
dren, bnt led a discontented, unhappy
life, and always bore a sad heart over
her early tovo and ‘what might have
been.’" Swazy S.
Gaft. Cbuuty, New York.
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There, there, sweet girl, some tears must fall,
Some hearts must throb and almost break,
But why should you weep most of all
When all would smile Just for your sake?
Narcissus bends botdde the brook
Where admiration wars with strife,
And self-enamoured Is his look;
’Tls spring that gives that flower life.
Oh! might I kiss those tears away
My soul could brave its future woe,
What now is night would seem as day,
And hope would all Us fears forego.
And yet my eyes are filling too,
My heart does throb, but not through fear;
As blade to hilt will still prove true,
Heaven will kneel to woman’s tear.
Unworthy 1 your grief to feel,
Or bow to any tear of thine,
For they could fall where angels kneel,
And hallowed more would lie thy shrine.
Warm tears come streaming from the eyes,
And thoughts pour out that were unkind,
But in tlm heaven of those skies
Sweet love is left smiling behind.
Knch chrystal drop heaven reflects
The dreams of angels beam above,
And purity’s sweet smile collecta
Where love sought hope and hope nought Ions
There, there, sweet girl then weop no more,
The day is brighter after min;
The waves east piwrls upon the shore.
And hearts grow sweeter through their pain.
The hud may blight and yet may bloom.
The rose may fade and yet may lire,
A heart may break and heal up noon
And leurn ’tls better to forgive.
There's no desert however dry,
But at flint* some moisture's Is there;
There Is no breast that heaves a sigh,
But 1ms not wept away its car**.
Yonr grief shall not avail thee aught.
Wounds will heal when you pluck the dart,
For tears nr** seeds that love has wrought;
Kindness grows in the human heart
The spring com**s sparkling from the earth,
And heaven smiles within Its face;
•Only such tears could have their lirth
In virtue’s love, and heaven’s gn*re. ,
The heart will stand iiml hat** defy,
Though grief Its withered Ikh** may sear;
Yet it will pity every sigh.
And full nnd kneel Uiore u tear.
Some clouds must gather overhead.
Some min must full unto theonrth,
Fur tears ure drops tHut overspread
And give the gentle flowers birth.
When grief must sink my sonl tw rrst.
And I Is* numlsTed with the<«WatL,
May no tear fall ubove my breast
Purer than those which you liarc Whed.
There, there, sweet girl tints**-tsars have g#ni<*,
And hope ttennis brighter just for tins.*;
May for others you Mill smile an.
But I w ill choose a «*vir lor me.
—'CUATTflN JTttNWK.
MISS TUCKER'S BIBLE READINGS.
OEirS ARRAIGNMENT.
The CMStltuflaa, the Rag and E.er,thtng
Else American Denounced.
K V. Debs denounced thn American
flan, burled abuse at the snpreute ooart,
and railed all forms of constitutional
government ill the Fourth of Jnly ora
tion to t he local democrats in Chicago
Among; other ttinps he safd the con
stitution of the United States was
founded iu inquiry, and that onr much
vaunted equality was only a myth.
The righto of laboring people h id no
consideration in the drafting of the doc
ument. He said the supreme court was
nothing more than a convenience of the
rioh and erery judge who sits on a su
preme bench today is the “tool of capi
talists."
Debs said that he had no respect lor
the stars and stripes. Speaking of
President McKinley's question, "Who
will pull down that flag?" he answered,
in behalf of his sooalled party, that the
social democrats wonld pall it down.
His remarks caused a sensation.
Seven Years In Bed.
"WUIwond-rs ever cease:” inquire
the friends of Mrs. L. Pease, of L'iw-
rence, Kan. They knew Bhe had been
unable to leave her bed in seven years
on account of kidney and liver trouble,
nervons prostration and general debility ;
bnt, "three bottles of Electrio Bitters
enabled me to walk," she writes, “and
in three, mouths I felt like a new per-
son." Women suffering from headache,
backache, nervousness, sleeplessness,
melancholy, fainting and dizzy spells
will And it a priceless blessing. Try it.
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Close of a Remarkable Religious Revival la
Albany.
The aerlea of Bible readtnga began at
the Auditorium three weeks ago yeater-
day by Mtaa Emma Tnoker, nnder the
direction of the Rev. J. A. Harmon, of
the Methodlet ohnroh, closed last night.
This bus been perhaps the greatest re
ligions revival ever experienced In Al
bany. People of all denominations have
atteuded the meetings and the congre
gations have been large. There have
been a number of conversion!, and
baokaliders have been reclaimed and.
•leeping ohnroh members awakened nn
der the power of Mias Tnoker's earnest
readings and eloquent exhortations.
There have been a number of acces
sions to the Methodist ohnroh, and It is
expected that the other churches of the
city will have aeceeslons as the result of
the good work that has been done In
these meetings.
Last night there was a short praise
service held before Mias Tnoker gave
her last reading, and men, women and
children In the large congregation stood
np and testiled to the benefits which
they felt they had received. Various
experiences were given, and they went
to show that all sorta of troubles had
been removed.
Miss Tncber has done a remarkable
J work here. For three weeks, and In the
midst of a torrid wave tbs* has been
prostrating people all over the country,
she has conducted from 'three to five
services a day—never lets than three—
and has dene much personal work be
sides. IT.e physical eudnranoo of this
frail little womau has been wonderful.
"010 JOHN"
■Pays Tribute Is Mfss Tucker nod Makes a
Suggesdea «r Yws.
Alhayv,Gin.- July5th, HIM.
Dear Hkiiald:
Miss Emma Tackier is stupefy doing*
Mg work in Albany- religion* and other
wise. She has removed hats from ladies
while in church, enoept a few. Some
-of ns have to bsnd onr aeeks on move
our seats to avoid a bat now nnd then.
Don’t yon think those few with big hats
on foal lanetome stnee the hat crusade *
I notice many poor horse* wearing
hats, .last look oat of yonr windows
and see lints on horses and moles. We
want* Miss Tucker kind in Albany-
one that can get np a home In Albany
on the same plan that Miss Tnoker is
getting up in Atlanta. I think about
41,000 goes out of Albany to aid her
home iu Atla ita, We need q home
here with a hospital annex and an old
soldiers' home aud a few other things.
I don't think Atlanta Is entitled to all.
However, she has poshing people. Miss
Tncker is one jof them. God bless her
She is sorely a good and Godly woman.
Old John
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SAD DEATH AT WIltINGHAM.
Mrs, C. A. Alford, Wife ot a Prominent Cltt-
■icn, Passes Away.
News has (reached theedby of [the sad
death of Mrs. Jennie Alford, which oo
nnrred at her home In Willingham yea,
terday afternoon about 12:90 o'clock.
Mrs. Alfond bad been aonffrrer from
consumption, and for some time part
she had been gradually growing
weaker nntll the sad end came at the
hour above stared.
Mrs. Alford was the wife of Mr. O. A.
Alford, a member of the Arm of Alford
ft Sloan aud one of the most pcosperons
and prominent business men in this sea,
tioa of the state. She was the possessor
of a heantifnl Christian character, and
she bore her long sufferings with a pa
tience nnd fortitude that were remarka
ble. Mia. Alford had hundreds of
friends,' and she numbered many of
them among the citizens of Albany,
many of whom will receive the an
nouncement of her death with much
sorrow.
The funeral will occur tomorrow at
Sumner, where the remains will be In
terred.
A Riflni, Honrlng Flood
Washed down a telegraph line which
Ohas. O Elite, of Lisbon, la , had to re
pair. "Standing waist deep in lay
water," he writes, “gave me a terrible
cold and oongh It grew worse dally.
Finally the best doctors in Oakland,
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Some very curioas societies have been
recently established in Japan. One is
entitled a “Society for the Study of the
Causes of Discontent,” and it is already
so popalar that it proposes to issue a
monthly magazine, in which the various
panaoeas for abolishing unhappiness
will be fuUy explained and criticised.
The object of the society is to classify
and label the various causes of discon
tent and then to search vigorously until
it finds the requisite cure in each case.
Another society haR been founded at
Nakatsu with the extraordinary name
of the “Union for Loud Laughing.” It
owes its existence to certain optimists,
who believe that there is nothing better
than laughter, aud who hope in this
way to spread their wholesome creed
far aud wide. The main by-law of this
society ordains that every member must
laugh out loud on every possible occa
sion.
Low Kat«Exc ursion to Montgomery! Ala
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m. Good until .Tnly 19th, returning, allowing
two davs in Montgomery.
Tiieo. t) Ki.ink, E. H. HlNTOJ*,Jl. C^HATLE,
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The court house lawn is now a very
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mower recently purchased by the coun
ty commissioners and the work it has
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