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VI.
"INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS-
CONYERS, GEORGIA, MAY 11, 1883.
'WHY DOES JAMIE STAY SO LATE?”
Wby is my boy so late to-night.
Where can lie like to roam?
The sheep and laipbs are lu the fold.
The kina have all come home;
The old kirk bell has rung for nine,
The candle now burns dim ;
How can lie think tlieold folks like
To wait so long for him!
I looked adown the meadow-path,
And up the woodland hill;
I listened for ills echoing steps
To pass the ruined •mill;
He little knows how long the hours
Will seem, while he’s away 1
Old hearts have not so many joys,
They can have one lad stray.
Then,“Jamie, Jamie,” 1 call aloud;
A hand the gate llinsrs wide
And lo 1 a handsome, manly youth
Is standing by my side!
And in this hushed and quiet hour,
The candle still burns dim, J
The while ne talks of hopes and Joys,
The future holds for him.
I know the merry wedding-bells
Will till his heart with joy ;
But they will steal lrom home Its light,
And take away- my boy 1
I well remember one glad time
When 1 could not say, Nay;
Another youth had wooed and won
My trusting heart away.
I kissed and blessed my- hopeful lad,
And ere I fell asleep,
The memories of his childhood years
Were treasured up to keep.
“Soon other eyes than mine,’’ I said,
For him, will watch and wait ;
My- foolish heart ne’er needs to ask,
Why stays my boy so late 1”
ONE THOUSAND.
“Matrimonial, — I am tired of the aimless
and rambling life of a bachelor. My heart
yearns for love aud home. I believe iu love
after marriage. I am still young, rather
handsome, and well situated as regards
means. I want to marry-. I am really in
earnest. What young lady of good, genial
hf art will respond? Address A. R, T., Box
9,99a.”
Thus read an advertisement which appear
ed in a paper about the beginning of the
year 1870.
“Pshaw! What confounded nonsense!”
exclaimed Mr. Joseph Connor, a wealthy
young gentleman, as he read the paragraph
that morning. “It is either some contempt¬
ible fortunehunter or some one who wants
to have a laugh over the nonsensical letters
he will get in response; or it may be some
ugly wretch that wishes to woo aud win by
letter, knowing that no woman, having once
seen him, is likely to give encouragement
to his suit. Confound it! I'll answer it
-myself. I can write with a feminine hand,
and I’il present my mythical seif as young,
beautiful, wealthy, entirely destitute of poor
relations, and very desirous of marrying
My name—let’s see—Millie Bonds That's
a splendid name. Millie is the Latin for
one thousand, and ‘Bonds’ may be suggest
ive of either the bonds of wedlock or those
much more desirable bonds, 5-20s and 7 30s.
No, I won’t pretend to be very rich either.
That would lead to suspicions of deception.
It would be considered too good a thing to
be true. I’ll call myself the possessor of a
thousand. That will bear an air of genu¬
ineness. Millie—one thousand.”
So Joe Connor, suddenly transformed into
the imaginary Millie Bonds, seated himself
at a writing table in the library, and, in a
neat feminine hand, wrote as follows:
Mr. A. R. T.— Sir: Seeing your adver¬
tisement for a wife, and beliving it to be in
good faith, I deem it no impropriety to
answer it, I, too, am tired of single life;
I believe that our natural condition is
wedlock, and that after one arrives at ma¬
turity, it is the only through road to hap¬
piness, I am young and handsome myself,
and have $1,000 in a savings bank., There
are those ot my acquaintances whom I
could marry, but I am sure they are not
proper matches for me. I believe mar
riage to be a lottery, it is true, but I do
not want to buy a ticket that is cerlain to
draw a blank. Address
Millie Bokds, San Francisco.
“There, that will do,” said Mr. Connor
as he folded the note and inclosed it in an
envelope. If that mille doesn’t insure an
answer, we must be approaching the mil
lenium.”
Then he put a stamp on the letter, and
put it in his pocket to mail as he should
go to his office. Alas 1 what a sheer waste
of a 2-cent stamp! Had he only known
how easily the letter might have been de¬
livered without going through the postoffice,
Joe Connor would have been two cents
richer and Uncle Sam two cents poorer—
currency, of coursq, Three days afterward,
be received the following, written in a
lady’s handwriting, and that, too, which he
had seen somewhere before.
Miss Bonds: A thousand pardons, I
have deceived you, though not with any
evil intent. When I put that advertise
ment in tbe paper I only meant to have a
little innocent fun out of it. I am not a
male candidate for marriage, nor a man at
all I am a young woman, like yourself. I
have received numerous answers to my ad
vertisement, but only yours interested me.
I plainly see in you a poor, honest, open- j |
hearted girl, who has probably toiled hard,
and exercised the greatest frugality to lay ] j
bv something are° for the future, and, I assure
ron vou entitled to great credit for
having been able to save a thousand dol
vou' i ~ Vhat I write to you for is to warn
not to pay any attention in future to
ma* ma rimonial advertisements. In this case
no harm , could u come nf of It , hut then-are re |
- 1 «.«™ -kick tlej n.«j od.J be
i innocent
have a few hundred dollars oi
j money laid by. It may be that you were
1 not in earnest, and that you have not given
your exact circumstances. Please write
again and inform me of these facts, as I
feel an unaccountable interest in you. Tell
me 3 'our actual name and residence, too,
and I will tell yon mine. Address as be¬
fore. A. R. T.
He, ha, hat” laughed Joe “Why, this'
is jolly. Both playing t’other sex. She’s a
you ng lady, eh ? Yes, and smart, too; I can
fee that. Refined and accomplished also,
i'll venture. Who knows but this might
come to something after all. I am getting
tired of the life of a bachelor, anyhow, and
who knows but that a happy union might
grow out of these romantic circumstances?
1 will write to her aud see—in good faith
this time. I’ll give real name, sex, residence
and circumstances, for I feel that. I can
trust this unknown person. God bless her.
I- Why how ridiculous 1 I am falling in
love with her already. It must be hev noble
soul that attracts me. A good heart shines
on the pages of her letter. There are not
many- who would have taken the trouble to
write such a letter of advice to an unknown
girl. Most persons would have kept up the
deception for the sake of fun, regardless of
consequences to others. Ah, there’s such
a thing as true benevolence of heart, and
this girl—A. R. T., whoever she is—is full
of it.”
Joe did as he had determined to do, eu
rious to see what would come of it. He
penned a very respectful note to the
unknown, addressing it to A. R. T„
acknowledging his own deception, giving
his real name and residence, and venturing
to express a warm admiration for his
correspondent. He also hint'd that he
was a well-to-do bachelor, “heart whole and
fancy free,” and thought seriously of mar¬
rying as soon as he should lorm the ac¬
quaintance of his “amity.” “Who
knows,” he added in conclusion, “what »
life history may grow out of this corres¬
pondence, so singularly begun?’’
Now, Joe Connor had, and has, one of
the prettiest sisters that any brother ever
had—Minnie, by name. Minnie is a lively
romping, joyous, sweet girl, o; ty nineteen
years old, and has a mind as bright as her
heart is pure. On the day after mailing his
last note to Miss A. R T ,—alais Mr.—
Joe Connor was sitting in the library
reading, when he heard some one enter the
house by the street door, and a laughing
voice that floated up to him informed bim
that it was his sister.
“That’s Minnie,” he observed. “1 won¬
der who is with her? Some young friend.
suppose. They've got something funny
to laugh about, I should say.”
The next moment the library door flew
open and Minnie, alone, burst into the
room, in a state bordering on hysterics.
Joe looked up in astonishment, tinged with
alarm. He had heard of persons becoming
insane all of a sudden from a diseased,
brain, aud the thought of sending poor
Minnie to Stockton was perfectly paralyz¬
ing.
"O, O, O, Joe ! ’ she laughed, rushing up
slapning him on the back, pulling his ears
and hair.
"What’s the matter?” he asked, perceiv¬
ing that her laughing convulsions prevent¬
ed her articulation.
“Millie Bonds 1 Millie Bonds I” she ex¬
claimed. “I’m A. R. T. 1 P. 0. Box 9,999!
How are you Millie? How about the
thousand in the savings bank ?” And with
this she drew a letter from h r pocket at d
exhibited it to Joe’s horrified gaze by
holding it within an inch of his nose. Then
she threw it on the table, and Joe saw that
it was the last polite missive he had so
carefully penned to A, R. T., the artful
correspondent. “No wonder we took an
interest in each other, Joe Clear case oi
impulses of nature!” laughed the provok
ing girl, Minnie dearly, and
Joe Ct nnor loves
they soon mode up; but just at the time
when he discovfered and realized that he had
been pouring out his affectionate soul to his
sister, he pouted, looked sour, and said he
didn’t see ary sente in such nonsense; but
when Minnie asked him why he had taken
part in it then, he couldn’t answer coherent¬
ly, and so had to forgive her.
“But, Minnie,” be said, don’t put any
more such advertisements iu the papers; it
don’t look well
“If I do,” retorted Minnie, “don’t answer
them. You don’t know bow you look on
paper.” Joe has immediate hopes of raid
no a on
bis bachelorhood; and we f oppose that
thousand dollars still remains in the savings
bank to the credit of “Millie Bonds.”
’
Regal Trappings.
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The magnificent mantle which the
Czarina will wear at the coming coronation
is made of cloth of gold, bordered with
armorial bearings embroidered in silk and
gems. The crown placed on her head will
be the one used at the coronation of the
Empress Catherine If. and Pliizabeth. Its
value is estimated at three million of rou
bles, and it is composed ot diamonds, rabies,
and a large number of pear's In her
sceptre will blaze tbe great Orl-jff diamond,
which is said to weigh eight carats more
than the Koh-i-noor. The procession will
consist of thirty-three carriages. That of
the C/.arina was made ar Berlin by the or
dere of Frederick the great, aud presented
by him to the Empress Elizabeth. It is a
kind of double throne without springs, but
hung u on four bands of red velvet. A single J
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precious stones —New York Sun.
The New South at Work.
New England and Pennsylvania were well
satisfied with the division of work in this
country, when to thesonth was assigned the
raising of cotton and the buying from other
sections of nearly everything else; but now
when the south proposes to make pig iron
from her rich and inexhaustible ores, and
cotton goods from her great staple, the
goose up at ilie north does not hang near so
high. There is trouble both in New Eng¬
land and Pennsylvania. The cotton manu¬
facturers and pig iron dealers alike
confess that a change is impending. The
manufacturers of cotton confessed that the
mills of the souih are changing the current
of trade, when they asked the railroad
companies to act as a tariff hill by giving
them lower rates of transportation on their
products than similar goods bear. The
railroads refused to put upon their stock¬
holders such a burden and now New Eng¬
land must fight it out in open rivalry at no
little disadvantage A bale of cotton costs
a mill in the cotton belt $7 less than a bale
costs a manufacturer in Massachusetts or
New Hampshire. Besides this handsome
margin for profit, manufatucred goods are
carried from southern mills to the great
trade centres of the northwest for about one
half less than similar goods are carred from
Boston or New York. Such differences as
these are bringing about natural results, and
the entire country begins to understand that
the manufacture and sale of cotton goods is
no longer to be monopolized by.New Eng¬
land. How far or how fast the revolution
will go on no one can tell; but all can see
that it has begun.
In the iron trade a very similar revolution
has been started. The price of iron is
going down. “As regards the future of the
iron market,” says Ihe well informed Boston
Herald, “it appears certain now that no
permanent improvement is to be expected
until the exlcnt of the threatened revolution
caused by cheaper production in Alabama,
Tennessee and Virginia can at least he
counted.” This is the whole story in a nut
shell. Pittsburgh bas struck a snag, and
the furnaces that draw their ore from Lake
Superior or other distant localities, are
brought face to face with fnrnances that can
find ore, coal and lime within sight of their
stacks.
• In a word, the cotton mills are coming to
the cotton fields, and the iron lurnacea are
seeking the best beds of raw material.
These changes will bring trouble to some
localities, and joy to others, but in trade as
in all life the rule is, the survival of the
fittest. If the south can make cheaper
cottons or pig iron. 6he need not trouble
herself about the schemes of her rivals, no
matter how rich or strongly entrenched they
may be Horace Gt-eely’s advice is begin¬
ning to be heeded—“Build your shops and
factories where the raw material is produc
ed.”—Atlanta Constitution.
An Interesting Lion Story.
The memory of the lion was preserved it)
its ancient haunts long after it had become
extinct. The scene of one of the prettiest
stories fof', by jEliati is laid in Mount
Pangaium, which from its mention by
Xenophon, must have been a famous haunt
of lions. Euderaus tells the tale that in
Pangaium in Thrace a bear attacked the
lair of a lion while it was unguarded, and
killed the whelps that were too srnal 1 and
weak to defend themselves. And when the
father and the mother came home from
hunting somewhere, and saw their children
lying dead, they were very much aggrieved
and attacked the bear-j but she was afraid
aud climed up into a tree as fast as she
could, and settled herself down, trying to
avoid the attack. Now, when they saw that
they could not avenge themselves on her,
the lioness did not cease to watch the tree,
but sat down in ambush at the foot, eying
the bear, that was covered with blood. But
the lion, as it were, without purpose aud
distraught with grief, after the manner of a
man, , rushed off to the mountains, aud
chanced to light on a wood cutter, who, in
terror let fall his ax; bat the lion fawned
upon him, and reaching up saluted him as
well as he could, aid licked his face with
his tongue. And the man took courage
Then the lion encircled him with his tail,
and led him, and did not suffer him to
leave his ax behind, but pointed with his
foot for it to be taken up. Aud when the
man did not understand he took it up in
his mouth and reached it to him. Then
he followed while the lion led him to his
den. And when the lioness saw him, shl
came and made signs, looking at the
pitiable spectacle and then up at the bear.
j ben the man pereeived and understood
^ !ioQ [md guflered cruel wrong
fpom Ae bea[ . ( and cut down the , ree wilb
migh) . aQd main And tbe tree (ell and
th(J lions tore the bear t0 pieces; but the
j ed tbe maD back again, safe and
aound> tQ the pW where be had i i( , bted
on him, and returned him to the very tree
he had been cutting.
Rehearsing Weddings.
Almost equaling the engagement roman
ces is the practice that has sprung up ofre
bearsing weddings. Every bishop and
prominent clergyman in Philadelphia who
participates in a fashionable wedding, has
in every instance to attend a full dress re
hearsal, andoften_‘wo asia-purtiof the pe
formance. The church is lighted, the or
<r a nist is in pkefe, the ushers take their po
kmWMMImS# i" t*|
the questions. The bride aud bridegroom
Where the Lawyer Carnes fn.
“I settled with the dissatisfied heirs foi
tbe estate and received their receipts foi
$1,2 h and a release for all further claim,'
said a. Brooklyn lawyer the other day to »
reporter in reference to a family contested
will in which about $15,000 worth af prop
erty was involved.
“Was that all the contestants r.isriveJ T
“That all! Don’t you want to leave any
thing for the lawyer ?” aud the eolloqu
terminated. The residue of the estate wat
bequeathed to the wijjow and two childre
[ he deceased.—N, Y. Herald.
Ite <•*“■*• !»«. * U “ k •»““
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white dresses.
C. W. WHITE. Publisher.
Number 8.
are instructed not to say “yes” at the wrong
time, told when to kneel down, when to get
up, and go through the difficult and gener
ally trying operation of putting on the ring
Sometimea the, bride and bridegroom go up
he aisle a dozen different times, with differ
ent steps and degrees of rapidity, before
they hit upon what their ci'cle of near
friends and relatives think the correctjdiing
The bride often tries half a dozen positions
and many more expressions. In one posi¬
tion she leans a little forward; in another
erect. Whether she carries her head on
the right or left side is considered impor
taut. The way the veil looks best; the ad
justment of the train at the altar, so that
she can turn around easily; the proper atti
tude in coming back—these and various
other matters have to be considered and
marked out carefully in advance. A short
time ago, at a wedding in Holy Trinity, the
bride and bridegi oom exchanged rings at
the altar, and after the ceremony embraced
and kissed each other iu the presence of the
congregation.
Something in Store.
A policeman petroling Gratiot avenue
yesterdayj,was called into a shoe shop, the
proprietor of which is an honest, unsuspect¬
ing burgher, and asked:
“Can yon tell me .if Sheneral Grant is
still in der city ?”
“Grant! Why, he hasn't been here in a
year.”
“Ish dot bossible 1 My frent, vas der
Bresideut here about two weeks ago ?”
“No.”
“Vhas der a big riot down town tree
weeks ago in which some Dutchmans got
kilt ?”
“No, Sir.”
“Vhas dere some ferry boats got blowed
up?”
“Never heard of any.”
“My frent, ledt me ask one more question,
Vhas some orphan asylums all burned up
one night last week and all der ieedle
shildren roasted like ducks in der oofen ?”
“Of course not ”
“Vhell dot oxplains to me. I haf a poy
Shon. He vhas oudt nights, und he doan,
come home till 2 o’clock next morning
Vhen I ash him aboudt it he says some or
pban asylum burned down, or some.ferry
poat blew oop, or Sheneral Grant was in
town und vhant's to see him. So dot poy
has been lying to me ?”
“Looks that way.”
“Vhell, to night he vhill shlip oudt as
usual, und by 1 o’clock he vhill come creep¬
ing in. I shall ask him vhere he vhas
all der time so long, und he vhill say
Sheneral Sherman vhas in town 1 shall
tell him dot 1 take hitn out to der barn und
introduce him to a school house on fire, und
vhen 1 am all tired oudt mit clubbing him
I pelief dot poy vhill see some ahokes und
slay home nights. I tought it vhas funuy
dot so much happens all der time und dey
doan' put in der Sherman bapers. Vhell,
vhell. I visb it vhas night so I could pegin
to show him dot I am der biggest Sheneral
of all.—Free Press.
Tried Her Own Remedy.
A lady in this city overheard h»r nurse
girl talking to the little child she was put¬
ting to sleep, and among other legends of
the nursery iu which she indulged was
this:—
‘ If you dou’t go right to sleep this very
minute a great, big, awful biatk bear, with
eyts like coals of fire, aud sharp, white
cruel teeth, will come out from under the
aud e a-t y-o-u-a-l-l-u-p!”
The poor little thing nestled down under,
the clothes and after a long season of terror
fell asleep to dream of bears eating her,
That night when the slolid nurse had
composed herself in her own comfortable
bed and bad put the light out, there came
a sudden rap at the door, and the voice of
the mistress called loudly to her :—
“Maggie! Maggie 1 for mercy’s sake get
up as quick as yon can 1 There’s a burglar
under the bed, and as soon as you get to
sleep he’s coming out to rob and murder
you!”
“At the word burglar the girl sprang from
the bed with a scream, tore open the door
aud fell in hysterics into the hail.
The lesson 'was even more instructive
than the mistress had designed, but when
the girl’s fears were calmed she said to
her:—
"You did not hesitate to tell my little
delicate child, who could not possibly know
that it was a lie, a cruel story oi a bear un¬
der her bed. Now, when I treat you to the
same kind of a slumber story, you are
nearly frightened to death. To n on ow you
can go into the kitchen and work. You
are not fit to take care of little children.”
How many children there are who evrey
night of their lives are frightened to sleep !
litf €nms WwMj.
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fashion notes.
Fichsus of all sorts arc becoming fashion
able.
A great deal of gold is used fortrimming.
The old pine patterns are revived for
rich stuffs.
Pockets appear on some of the new
French dresses,
White musliu bows are decidedly out of
fashion,
Strapped shoes and slippers are worn for
evening and house dress only.
Dresses are now cut oval shaped at the
neC k, in preference to V shape,
Flowers are used in great profusion on
the bonnets imported for spring.
The combination costume romaius the
marked feature in spring styles,
Several or two rows of small buttons down
the front of the dress remain in favor.
Clasps on the collars and in the neck of
dresses take the place of brooches and lace
pins
Orange aud flame colors in vanishing
effects are seen in many of the new silks
and novelty goods.
The latest novelty in jerseys is a beaded
half jersey, an odd and very effective adjunct
to a black toilet.
Bustles and crinolettes grow larger, while
skirt draperies are made more ample to
accommodate them.
Black silk Blockings with gold thread
clocks and embroidery are among spring
Importations of fancy hosiery.
New mulls and silk muslin are dotted and
figured in silk broche spots, dots, diamonds,
flowers and leaves.
Sprays of flowers, beautifully imitated in
precious stones, are taking as brooches the
lead of all others.
Sleeves and collars of dresses are trim¬
med with fiat, lying collars and cuffs of lace
put on over the dress collar and cuffs.
Waistcoats of all kinds, directory, Louis
XIV., continental, and D’Orsny, are in
high favor on ladieB basques, jackets and
bodices.
The newest wraps are padded on the
shoulders, or rather on the upper part of
the sleeve. This is done to give the wearer
the appearance of greater height.
Dress sleeves are fitted very closely to the
arm ; they are high on the shoulder and
short at the wrist,; linen cuffs are seldom
used, because white cuffs of embroidery are
worn outside the sleeve.
The white India cashmere, with India
cashmere palm leaf and other Oriental
designs, are the costilesl woolen stuffs
brought out this season. They are priced
at $100 a robe.
Morning dresses still sparkle with jets
and many of the richest-looking new spring
mantles are literally covered with applique
and embtoideries in silk pnd jet. Jettled
gimps are used iu combination with elegant
’it fringes and pendant ornaments and
cords. Some of the new velvet gauzes have
large raised flowers outlined with jet, but it
is doubtful if this is an improvement. It
certainly impares the soft effect which is
the greatest attraction for this handsome
material, newly imported for mantles and
ever dresses.
Pulled His Tail.
The .Portland (Oregon) Sunday Mercu¬
ry tells the following story of a cougar
conflict, and the daring deed of a courage¬
ous woman in her husband’s defence. The
immense forests in the neighborhood of
Yaquina Bay are filled with cougars, beares,
and other'ferocious wild animals, that, when
driven by .hunger, sometimes seek the set¬
tlements for food. A short time ago a far¬
mer named .Scurrry, residing a short dis¬
tance from Elk City, was attacked by a
cougar, while be was at work on his farm
near the house. The beast made a desper¬
ate fight, knocking the man down before he
could defend hirnselt, or use a pistol in his
possessor Scurry-was growing faint in the
deadly struggle that ensued, when his wife,
who saw the attack from the door of her
cabin, ran up to his assistance, and, with¬
out stopping to consider her danger, seized
the animal by the tail, and by main force
dagged him from his anticipated dinner.
Scurry leaped to his fget, and before the
cougar could renew the assault, struck him
with the sharp end af the mattock he had
been using, killing him instantly. Mrs.
Scurry kept up well, but when there was no
further need of exertion on her part she
tottered and “fell all of a heap,” as her
husband said. He escaped with painful
scratches and an ugly bite iu the shoulder.
They have dressed their assailan ts skin,
which now makes a handsome rug for the
pioneer's best room.
The strength of industry is calm, not,
boisterous. Much talk and little work gen
erally go hand in hand. Those who boast
loudly ot the great things they wili accomp
iish, and who make a stir aud commotion
whenever they attempt anything, who work
violently and to excess at one time and not
at all at another, who think that in order
to be earnest they must be fussy, and to be
mthusiastie they must be violent—such
persons cannot show forth the power of
industry. That is reserved for the calm
and steadfast toiler, who, without boasting
or flourish, pursues his work, aiming at
excellence rather than plaudits, and fidei
ity rather than glitter,
