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VOLCME LVII. [Ij^ s U E E I 00BDl? b " 8heii '• ISSi}Consolidated 1872. MlLLEDGEVILLE, Ga., AUGUST 24, 1886.
Numbeb 7.
BALDWIN COUNTY.
To all Whom it may Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary. July Term, 1886.
W HEREAS, L. N. Callaway, admin
istrator upon the estate of W.
M. Sawyer, deceased, has filed his pe
tition in said court for letters of dis
mission from his trust as such admin
istrator.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
October term next, of said court, to
be held on the first Monday in Octo
ber, 1886, why letters of dismission
from said administration should not
be granted to said petitioner as pray
ed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this July 5th, 1886.
53 3m.] D. B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, August Term, 1836.
W HEREAS, Walter Paine, Clerk
of the Superior Court of said
County has filed his petition in said
Court for letters of Administration
upon the estate of William Paine, c.,
deceased.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, wheth
er heirs or creditors, to show cause
on or bv the September Term, next, of
said court, to be held on ihe first Mon
day in September. 1886, why letters
of Administration upon the estate of
said deceased should not be granted
to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this August the 2d, 1886.
DANIEL B. SANFORD,
4 lm.]Ordinary.
Petition to Sell Property.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, August Term, 1886.
W HEREAS, L. Carrington, Execu
tor upon the estate of Emmie
DeLauney Nisbet has filed his peti
tion in said Court for leave to sell the
real estate belonging to said deceased
for division, &c.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, heirs or
creditors to show cause on or by the
September Term next, of said Court
to be held on the first Monday in Sep
tember, 1886, why leave to sell the
property of said deceased, should not
be granted to said petitioner as pray
ed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this August 2nd, 1886.
DANIEL B. SANFORD,
4 lm. 1 Ordinary.
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Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin
ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIVER.
For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of
the Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges
tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Elatu.
lency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach
(sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria,
Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever,
Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar
rhoea, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath,
Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down
STAOIGER’S tURIHTII
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but Aline all diseases of the LIVER,
will STOMACH and BOWELS.
It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow
tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes
low. gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL*
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C. F. STADICER, Proprietor,
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April 20, 1886. 41 lv.
time and place,
the north-west-
of Milledgeville,
Baldwin Sheriff’s Sale.
W ILL be sold before the Court
House door, in the city of Mil
ledgeville, during legal sale hours, on
the first Tuesday in September, 1886,
the following property, to-wit:
One house and lot in the city of Mil
ledgeville, known in the plan of said
city, as the south-east corner of lot
No*. 175, containing one acre more or
less. Levied on as the property of
Joe Choice to satisfy one Justice
Court fi fa in favor of H. Adler vs.
Joe Choice.
Also at the same
one house and lot in
ern part of the city
and the north-east part lot No. 98.
Levied on as the property of Wesley
Lofton to satisfy one Justice Court fi
fa in of Turk & Byington vs. Wesley
Lofton.
Also at the same time and place,
one house and lot in the city of Mil
ledgeville, and known in the plan of
said city, as being in square No. 116,
said lot containing one half acre, more
or less. Levied on as the property
of Harry Banfield to satisfy one Jus
tice Court fi fa in favor of Turk &
Byington vs. Harry Banfield.
The above levies made by T. S. Bag-
ley, Constable, and returned to me
this August the 9th, 1886.
C. W. ENNIS, Sheriff.
Aug. 9th, 1886. 5 tds
SMITH'S
Mercer University,
MACON, GA.
The fall term of thin institution will open on
the last Wednesday fi&ttO of September next.
The chairs of Latin and Greek have been con
solidated into the chair of Ancient Languages, to
which J'rof. Win. G. Manly, a distinguished
graduate of the University ol Virginia has been
elected.
The Theological department, presided over
by Rev. James G. Kyals, D. I)., and the Law de
partment with Hon. Clifford Anderson as the
chairman of its faculty, offer special inducements
to students in these departments.
Of the Preparatory department, designed to
prepare boys for the University classes, Mr.
Emerson H.’ George, an alumnns of the Universi
ty, has been elected principal to succeed Prof.
T. E. Ryals.
Post graduate courges of study for the degrees
of A. M. and Ph. D., open to the graduates of all
male colleges have been established by the
authority of the board of trustees. For cata-
lougues ami other information, address
JNO. J. BRANTLY,
Secretary of Faculty.
July 20th, 1886. • (2 2ms.
Land For Sale.
0 :
seventy acres of land in the center
of Wilcox county, Ga., all in one
body, all fine farming land if put in
cultivation, though at present, it is one
of the finest timbered bodies of land
in Southwest, Ga. No ponds or lakes,
has never failing water, nine miles
west of the Ocmulgee river. Or I
will rent for a Turpentine farm. For
terms and price, apply to
B. W. SCOTT,
Milledgeville, Ga.
March 16th, 1886. 36 6m.
Furniture Repaired.
HAVE returned to Milledgeville,
after an absence of many years,
and opened a shop under Mrs. Woot-
ten’s store to carry on my trade, and
am prepared to do upholstering,
and repairing furniture. StTAlso un
dertaking. Give me a call.
R. N. ADAMS.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan., 9th 1886. [27tf
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FOB SALE CHEAP;
ALSO HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS.
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«"AGB2fTS Wanted: liberal induce
ments offered. For full information
address " E - BALDER,
address Brentsviile, Va.
June 8th, JS8C. *3 6m.
Legal blanks lor sale at this office. !
500 AGENTS WANTED
throughout the South and California, to sell
Gorman’s New Book of Travels Around the
World, in 1S84. Full of curious things, sight
seeing, adventures, fun, and incident.
Thirteen Countries described,— including
Egypt and Palestine. 621 pages, very cheap
and profusely Illustrated. Immensely popu
lar. $10. to $20. per day, easily made by
good Agents For Terms and^Territory, apply
to J, B. GORMAN, Talbottori, Ga.
A VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR
xi SALE. 500 acres, 50 acres berinuda
grass, between 50 and 75 acres of creek
and river bottom, good neighborhood
31 miles from Eatonton, 1 mile from a
good grist mill. Made on place last
year 28 bales cotton, and 300 bushels
corn with two plows. Good dwelling
6 rooms, barn, kitchen, smoke house,
double pantries, ironing house, and 5
good cabins, well watered. Apply to
BETHUNE & MOORE.
Miiledgevilie, Ga.
Another Railroad Project.
Washington Chronicle.
The Washington Chronicle has just
received information of a new rail
road project, which interests Washing
ton. Some railroad men in South
Carolina, at the instance of a North
ern company, which is building one
of the roads in that State, now con
template running a line from Chester
to Macon, in this State, bv way of
Abbeville, Mt. Carmel, Washington
and Sparta.
It is likely that an engineer and
two of the projectors will pass through
Washington next week for the pur
pose of inspecting the route.
THE UNION & RECORDER,
Published Weekly In Milledgeville, Ga.,
BY BARNES & MOORE.
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advance. Six months for seventy-five cents.—
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gaged as General Assistant.
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the Union being in its Forty-Third Volume and
he Recorderin its Fifty-Third Volume.
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EDITORIAL GLIMPSES.
Mr. Tildkn's Legacies.—Of his
$7,000,000 estate, he left about $5,000,-
000 to public benefactions.
The Hancock Fund.—The friends
of General Hancock have made up a
subscription so far to the amount of
$46,396 for Mrs. Hancock.
The President’s Vacation.—The
President is doing his best to clear up
work so that he may retreat to the
Adirondock mountains. He certain
ly has toiled hard enough to be enti
tled to a good rest.
With regard to the rumored resig
nation of Minister Jackson it can be
stated on authority that his purpose
to resign antedates the Cutting con
troversies, but he is expected to re
main at his post till they are fullv set
tled.
Lynching.—A father at George
town, Ills., had his hand injured by
his son in threshing grain. He was
so enraged that lie threw his son into
the thrasher, who was instantly cut
to pieces. The father was lynched, be
ing hanged from the thresher. It
may turn out to be only a rumor.
The Cutting Case.—Mr. A. G.
Sedgwick, of New l'ork, goes to Mexi
co by request of Mr. Bayard to secure
the fullest information in regard to
the Cutting case. This is very dis
creet on the part of the Secretary of
State and we hope the affair will
terminate without a resort to arms.
A LESSON IN FRACTIONS.
BY M. E. S.
ne
General Santa Anna’s widow is
dead. A dispatch from the city of
Mexico says, “The death of Dolores
Foster, widow of the famous Mexican
General, Don Antonio Lopez De San
ta Anna, is announced. She was a
woman of strong traits of character,
and had lived in retirement since the
deRth of her husband.
The President has appointed the
Hon. W. T. Newman of Atlanta, to be
Judge of the United States Circuit
Court of the Northern district of
Georgia to succeed the late Judge
McCay. The appointment gives gen
eral satisfaction. Capt. Newman was
a brave soldier during the war and is
looked upon as an able lawyer.
Another Irish Riot.—Another
serious riot occurred at Belfast, begin
ning on the night of the 14th. Sever
al persons ware killed and many ware
wounded. Rifles, pistols, and other
weapons ware used. A little child
w as shot through the breast and re
ported to be dying. Many houses
riddled with bullets. The firing con
tinued through the greater part of
the night.
The Irish Delegates.
Mr. Davitt, and associates from Ire
land, attended a large meeting at
Chicago arid addressed an immense
concourse. The meeting was presided
over by ex-Congressmen John F.
Finerty. Mr. Davitt took a hopeful
view of the Irish cause. He holds up
Mr. Gladstone as the great Statesman
who deserved success, and looks to
the grand old man as yet standing
whose principles w r ill prevail sooner
or later. Mr. Davitt is not despond
ent but anticipates an eventual suc
cess. He says the means used to de
feat Mr. Gladstone w r ere as mean and
unscrupulous as the temporary tri
umph will be fruitless and fleetin
Mr. Gladstone relied upon w r hat is
good in the English character; his op
ponents upon the prejudice and bigo
try and the meaner traits of the lead
ers and people. He thinks it was a
mistake to undertake to carry the
land purchase. Many were not pre
pared for that great measure of furn
ishing the Irish with the domain of
the landlords. Mr. Gladstone’s policy
was right but the people were not pre
pared for it. The people are getting
their eyes open.
Speaking of the Belfast riots, Mr.
Davitt said:
The “loyalty” which has manifest
ed itself in the murder of Catholics,
policemen and English soldiers has
horrified most Englishmen who were
told how peaceable and law'-abiding a
class that was W’hich was opposed to
home rule. The civilized w’orld has
aiso passed its verdict upon ruffian-
ism which had reduced a prosperous
Irish city to a state of terror and dis
order.
He thinks everything will work right
at last. The public sentiment is slowly
but surely turning in favor of Irish
home rule and there will yet be an
Irish parliament in College Green.
t arious speeches were made. Hope,
nowever illusive, is a vital prin-
C i t’ • , ant * * n this grand change,
the Irish are sustained by a unanimi
ty that invites them to work on for
eventual success.
It was such a blow to me, such' a
bitter, overwhelming blow! I had
been so comfortable and happy since
the schoolmaster had boarded with
me. The big front chamber had been
go grim and ghostly, always shut up
and empty. It was our spare room
when poor, dear Charley was alive;
but now that I was a widow'and poor,
it was a needless luxury to keep a
guest chamber. None of our old
friends cared to visit me now, just
when I needed them most; w r hen I
was lonely and sad and miserable they
refused to come. But when Mr.
Slade took the room I didn’t grieve
about the loss of friends. It seemed
odd to have money for the guest
chamber, but the way that I was
situated reconciled me to the thought
very speedily indeed.
Then when my boy Charley got in
to that scrape at school I should have
died if it had been anybody but Mr.
Slade.
“Madam,” he said, “your boy is
mischievous—very mischievous.”
“Yes. sir,” I said, meekly.
“And to extend a rope in such a
manner that the unconscious heels of
his teacher should be tripped up there
by; to fill the hat of his instructor
with stones; to put wax upon
the bench so that the tails of his
coat may adhere to this sticky
substance and thus come to grief
—all these things are very repre
hensible. madam, and merit a condign
punishment.”
“Yes, sir,” I replied, and wiped
away my regretful tears, for I knew
what was coming.
Either Charley would be expelled
from the school, or dreadfully beaten
by this injured man. It was better
to have him beaten than expelled
but either was horrible.
“Please don’t expel him, Mr. Slade,
I said. “He must be punished, of
course, but please don’t beat him very
hard.”
“I shall not beat him at all,”
said.
“Don’t expel him,” I entreated.
“Nor expel him.” he replied. “If
you’ll leave the boy to me, there will
be no further trouble. He has a good
heart, and open, generous, manly
nature. I’ll appeal to these, madam, if
you’ll allow me. I think we can get
along with Charley if we take the
right away.”
“O, Mr. Slade!” “how noble you
are! how generous! how magnani
mous! I think Heaven was good to
sent me such a—a boarder.”
He grew a little red under my praise
and, as it wag school time, bowed
himself out; but really he looked like
an archangel to me as walked down
the street. Of course the simile was
absurd. He was tall and lean and un
gainly; the tails of his long coat did
not flap as gracefully as many anoth
er coat close by. Charley said he was
knock-kneed; perhaps he was I don’t
know what that term means. He
might have been knock-kneed, but
to me that day he was allt that was
desirable in man.
The way lie managed Charley after
that was miraculous; there is no other
ward for it. The boy was as wild and
untamable as a young colt when Mr.
Slade took hold of him, and shortly
afterward he was the most tractable
and orderly of mortals. I could see,
though, the time and trouble it cost
to work such wonders with him. In
the spring they want fishing together,
and Mr. Slade taught Charley how tc
manage his hook and line, and weedle
the poor little fish to his bait. In
mid-summer they got up a collection
of beetles and bugs and all sorts of
things. It was terrible to the poor
insects, I suppose; but, oh, dear Heav
en, w’hat a rest and comfort it was to me
to have»Charlev amused and kept out
of trouble.
I began to rest upon Mr. Slade, to
confide in him, to ask his advice, and
invariably take it upon all occasions,
to gratefully take advantage of his
knack in repairing things about the
house, putting in troublesome domes
tic utensils. He always put up the
shades in the house-cleaning time, and
hung the pictures; and what I
should have done, without him that
time the machine got out of
order, Heaven only knows. I had
a dress to finish for Mrs. Chap-
pel, and was working away, when,
all at once, the machine began to
squeak dreadfully all the morning.
I oiled and fussed at it, but
all to no purpose; it squeaked
more and more. And, to crow'n
all, the nice pumpkin pie I had
made for Mr. Slade's luncheon was
burned to a crisp. I smelled it, and
rushed to the stove, but too late. It
was a black ruin, and I sat down and
cried over it. It seemed to me so sad
and terrible I wanted to lie down and
die, w r henin walked Mr. Slade to his
luncheon.
“It’s no use coming in,” I said. “I
don’t know' how you can board here,
anyway, I am such a miserable house
keeper. It would be so much better
if Charley and I w ere dead.”
“What has happened'.'” ask
Slade.
I felt ashamed when I saw the look
of alarm in his face.
It is very sad to burn the crust of a
nice pie all to a crisp? I said.
“Do you think so?” said Mr. Slade.
“Now for me it is a most excellent
mischance. Of all things in the world
I revere the burned crust of a pie. I
have hesitated to declare this predilec
tion, because I know it is a remarka
ble one, and not at all likely to be
shared by the majority of people;
asked Mr.
but fortune has favored me to-day.
Mrs. Sweet, let us have the pie by-
all means!”
And he actually lifted the horrible
black thing to the table, and ate it—
yes, he ate it—w'hich was the most
graceful piece of martydom I ever
saw' in a man. And then I got
courage to tell him how I burned it;
that Mrs. Chappel must have that
dress, and the machine had begun to
squeak in the most horrable way;
that I d ciledit and fussed with it, all
to no purpose, and how I was to
finish that dress of Mrs. Chappel’s
with the dreadful noise distractiug my
poor brain, I didn’t know'.
“We’ll look at it,” he said, in that
resting, comforting, soul-cheering
way of his, and as I followed him into
the sitting room, I knew' in my heart
that he would exorcise that squeaking
demon from the machine. And he
did.
“It’s the ball,” he said; “It’s become
smooth from friction, and if you'll
bring me a little flour or meal, * Mrs.
Sweet—stay! here is a piece of chalk,
w'hich is better than all.”
And with that little white lump
that he took from his waistcoat, he
made the machine perfect in five—in
tw'o minutes.
Now, how could I help watching
him from the door again, as he walk
ed away to school; and let his coat
tails flap as they may, or be knock-
kneed to eternity, how could I help
sending after him mv heartiest bene
diction and blessing?
And can it be wondered at that,
only two or three months after when
he was going away, I was like one
stunned and bewildered? We ware
sitting in the little front room, and I
was finishing off that diagonal over
skirt for Mrs. Chappel, Charley had
gone hunting to the w'oods, for it was
already autumn, and an early frost
had set the leaves aflame. A breeze
from the west blew my hair into my
eyes and I put it back with a tremb
ling hand. The soft, warm day of
golden light suddenly seemed to cloud
over and become one of moody sad
ness.
“I have an opportunity, for ad
vancement in my profession,” said he,
“which it would ill behoove me to put
by. In my native town is offered me
a position of trust and confidence, no
less, I may r say to you dear madam,
than a professor’s chair.”
I hadn’t the least idea what he
meant. I knew that one chair differ
ed very much from another, and,
whereas, one was comfortable, easy,
enjoyable, another might be for the
time being a geat of torture, but where
in a professor’s chair excelled I could
not at that time imagine. I sat quite
still and the ruffle fell from my hand;
my foot rested upon the treadle of the
machine, and I sat and stared at Mr.
Slade like one demented.
“And it has occurred to me,” he
went on, “that the position I have
held here, which is an exceedingly
easy and pleasant one, might profita
bly and suitably be filled by one of
the other sex; the duties are not at all
hazardous, and could be performed
more readily, it appears to me, than
those pertaining to the needle. I
have spoken to the committee in your
behalf, and with a little attention up
on your part to the simple mathernat-
cal requirements necessary, and a little
help upon mine, you w r ill be ready to
fill the position at once.”
“Who? I, Mr. Slade? Why, you
must be crazy!
Then, feeling that this was not a re
spectful way to speak, I added that his
kindness for me had led him to over
rate my capabilities. ^
“Why, Mr. Slade, said I, “I never
got beyond the four rules in arithme
tic.”
And upon these depend every-
tliing,” he replied. “Come put by
yaur work, let us see what we can do
for a first attempt.”
It was of no use to refuse. His was
one of those material natures that al
ways conquor. Half an hour after
I was sitting close by his side at the
table, with Charley's slate under my
blurred eyes and Charley’s pencil in
ray trembling fingers. The rosy even
ing light streamed in upon us, the soft
south wind bringing resinous odors
through the windows from the w r ood
w'here Charley yet lingered.
“Now% my dear Mrs. Sweet,” said
Mr. Slade, and the very gentleness of
his tone, the tender rendering of my
name, made me shiver and shake, for
I could not get the thought out of my
head that when he was gone there
was nobody left to deal tenderly with
me or mine, “now pray try and give
your thoughts to the subject in hand.
It is the simplest thing in the world,
and these rudiments once conquered
the rest will follow. Now, a man sold
his farm for $8,730, and fourteen-fif
teenths of this is seven-ninths of the
cost of his house, and the house cost
seven times as much as the store; now
w'hat was the cost of the house and
store?’’
His voice w r as so persuasive, so dis
tinct, it must have been a pleasant
voice to listen to at school, even if the
poor little blockheads could make
neither head nor tail of his meaning.
I looked at Mr. Slade, and then out of
the xvindow, where the mellow light
of the sunset shone, and away over
at the wooded hills beyond, and I
thought how, such a little while ago,
it was a spring landscape all bathed
in tenderest green, and now it was
autumn, the grass was sere and
brown, the leaves ware falling, the
branches like skeletons against the
evening sky.
“Madam—my dear Mrs. Sweet."
said the voice of the schoolmaster,
“I beg your attention to these few
un-
you.
first rules. It is distasteful for me
to leave you a prey to the coarse hab-
its of these village women, who flaunt
their finery in an obtrusive and
becoming manner, and grudge
the poor reward of your labor.”
“She said the seams ware crooked
and perhaps they were.'’ I said, for
I knew' he meant Mrs. Chappel. “I
am not very good at sewing or—any
thing.” Then two big tears rolled out of
my eyes on Charley’s slate, and blur
red the schoolmaster’s figures, which
so distressed him that he got up and
took a turn about the room again.
‘Dear Mrs. Sweet,” he said quite
imploringly, “if you w'onld only make
up your mind to master the*se first
rules. A man sold his farm for $8,730.
“And I’m sure lie got a good price-
for it," I broke in; “and whatever he
got for his house, it must have been,
all it was worth. As for his store, I
do’nt know anything about it; I can’t
see that it is any of my business, Mr.
Slade, and I can’t bother with it just
now. If it was a house alone or a
farm but to cut them all up and put
them together again like a patekw'ork
quilt is impossible for me to think of,
Mr. Slade, I can't do it, I never could,
and its ridiculous to ask me such a
thing, Mr. Slade. All I can do after
you go away is to go on working tor
Mrs. Chappel till I drop dead; and if
it wasn t for Charley, I w'ouldn't care
liow' soon that w'ould be.”
Then I put my head down on tiie-
table and cried, ready to break my
heart. I couldn’t help it. I was the
most wretched creature in the world,
and my heart was full. 1 couldn’t
help the cry, and I’m glad now that I
did.
i or suddenly I felt his strong arm
tremble on the back of my chair.
“It is so sad and terrible,” I said,,
“to have the seems always, crooked
and Mrs. Chappel—”
“Confusion to Mrs. Chappel and
her crooked seams! Tell me, madam,
Mrs. Sweet—tell me, dear little heart,
would it not even be better to give-
your futnre to a grim old pedagogue
li’ n 1
like me?
crooked
lemg.
I heaved a sigli of relief,
strong arm fell, sheltering
me.
It shall at least be free from
seams and puzzling prob
and his
around
“If heaven will vouchsafe to me,”
he said, getting back to his dear old
wordy way, “your sweet companion
ship for all the days to come, I can
evern find it in my heart to be grate
ful to Mrs. Chappel and wislv her
well.”
I don’t know what I said, but every
body knows that I never could see -
any fault in Mr. Slade, and I don’t
to this day. He fills his professor’s
chair, and I have ever so many com
fortable ones at home. Charley is a
splendid mathematician, but there is
a little fellow just creeping in frac
tions, and he came to me the otbsr-
day, his dear little brains sore and
puzzling over the self-same sum.
“And please, mamma,” he begged,
“a man sold his farm for $8,730. and
fourteen-fifteenths of this is—”
“Go to papa, darling,” I said; “he
found out the cost of it long ago; but
as for me, dear, I’m glad to say that I
never could make it out—never.”
Have a Purpose-
Young man, have a purpose in your
heart. Now, what is your purpose in
life? Is it that, under all circumstan
ces, you will do what you think is
right? Or is it to become rich at the
expense of principle and right? The
first purpose you should have is to
care for yourself. Young men nowa
days don't; and when the body is
wrecked, they hobble through life,
making everybody about them miser
able. Find out what diet best agrees
with you, and adhere to it. Daniel
began by abstaining from wine. This
would be a good start for you. young
man.
Next, take care of your intellect.
Study; if you have intellect—there
are some young men w'ho don’t know
w'hether or not they have any intel
lect—improve it. Many hard-worked
men have acquired profound educa
tion by being studious during small
intervals of leisure. Get an hour a day
if you can get no more. Devote half
of it to the study of the Bible, and
divide the remaining 30 minutes, say
between astronomy, botany and geol
ogy. Do this one year, and you will
be surprised at what you have ac
complished.
Then take care of your manners.
The manners of Americans are degen
erating. There was a time when a
young man would not offend a lady
by puffing cigar smoke into her face.
Now I see it done on the street-cars
every day. Imitate the swaetness
and gentleness of Daniel. Be affable,
suave, courteous and kind. Never
utter a thoughtless word that will
pain. Start in life with the principle,
“I’ll be a gentleman, come what will.
—Dr. H. M. Scudder.
BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
Good teeth promote the general
health, enables us to thoroughly naae-
ticate our food, insures a pure breath
and wholesome saliva, produce an
agreeable effect upon others by the
exhibition of a clean and healthy
mouth; but to have good teeth,, we
must keep them clean and correct
any acidity of the secretions of the
mouth by using Delectalave.
For sale in Milledgeville, by C. L.
Case, Druggist.
