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Bering from home to TI home. •~n swallows wore building in early spring, . -oses were re 1 in June; vr H - *reat, white lilies were fair and SAT4M tho August noon; _ nds were blowing the yellow TVng of the harvest nigh, ‘Jutiful wor d lay calm and sweet, >u the joy of a cloudless sky— Then the swallows wore full of glad content In the hop • of the r northern nest; Were sure that tin; land they w -re tarrying in Os all other lands was the best. Ah! if they hi I he ird in th >se blissful days The Voice they must heed say: “Go,” They had left th ir nests with a keen regret. And their flight bad b ten sad and slow. But when summer was gone and flowers were dead. And the brown leaves fell with a sigh. And they watched the sun setting every day Further on in the northern skj, Then the Voice «as sweet when it bid them: “Go,” They were eager for southward flight. And they beat their wings to a new-born hope. When they went at the morning light. If the way was long, yet the way was glad. And they brighter and brighter grew. As they dipped their wings in the glowing heat. As they still to the southward flew; Till they found the land of the summer sun. Th • 1 n I wh re iho nightinir ib' “ingl. And joyfully rested 'mid ros ■ and song Their beautiful, weary wings. Like swallows we wander from homo to borne— We are binls of passage at liost In many a spot we have dwelt awhile. We have built us many a n -st. But the heart of the Father will touch our hearts. He will speak to u< soft and low, We shall follow the Voice to the better land. And its bliss and its beau:y know. —Mary A. Harr in Harper*. Weakly. JUDGE NOT. In the ante-room of Meredith & Son’s great co ton factory in Philadelphia a group of girls were standing engaged in an animated discussion. They were all young, some pretty, all dressed neatly, though many wore ill-chosen and unite coming finery. One of these, who had a mock gold chain and bracelets and a profusion of jet trimmings upon a cheap silk dress, spoke very emphatically: “It is the stingiest proceeding I ever heard of!” “W hat are you all so excited about?” asked a pretty little blonde coming in from the loom-room. “ Ellen Churchill!” “Dear me! What has she been do ing now? You are always discussing some dreadful deed of Ellen’s. I like her myself.” “Yes, we all know that,” said the first spea er; “you will defend any thing Ellen does.” “ But what has she done?” “Refused to sign the subserip.tion list for the tankard tobe presented Air. Rod man.” “And Mr. Rodman has been such a good friend to her.” said a third voice. I The little blonde, Susy Whiting, by I name, looked rather staggered at? the ' new accusation against her friend. Mr. Rodman, manager for Meredith A Son for nearly silty years, was about to re tire on account of the infirmities of ace, and the persons engaged in the great factory were collect ng money to buv a silver tan aid to present to’him. He was a kindly old man and always ready to lend a helping hand to the small army of wor. people under his control; so that the presentation was really a gift of love. Ellen Churchill had come to the great factory two years previous to the date ot the indignation meeting in the ante- Toom, and ha I r.sen to the position of forewoman in eno of the loom ro >ms. She was a handsome girl of about twenty when she applied tor work, and by every action and word betrayed the fact that she had stepped from a life of refinement to the hard drudgery of a factory hand. Her low. even tone be trayed the lady n its well-chosen words, and her slim, white bands bore notra -o of toil upon their smooth skin. Mie was courteous to all who came into inter course with her, but nt mate with none. She had nursed Susy Whiting through a long period of contagious fever, win ning the devotion of that little maiden, and the manager soon put her into posi tions of trust till she became forewoman. Here her education enabled h r to keep lhe books re .uired in the room, thus doubling her salary. And here was the great ground of complaint by her companions. It was Well-known that the salary of Helen Churchill was sufficient to warrant a Sood style of living and dressing. In le great boarding house, where sevent y of the girls had rooms, she could well afford to pay for the best, to contribute to the amusements of the house and dress well. Instead of all this she lived in the attic, poorly furnished, with a tiny stove, where she cooked the cheap est of food Her dress was of the coarsest description, made bv her own hands, and no ornament broke its se vere simplicity. She never spent money in any pleasure-seeking, nor joined iii any of the quiet merriment of the house. But the crowning enormity was ihe refusal to contribute to the silver tankard. The excited group in the ante-room dispersed for the day, walking home in the twilight of the September evening, and still they talked of the young fore woman. “The question is.' 1 said Mary Leigh who had been foremost in the suite room discussion “what doos she do with her money? She never puts anv in the factory savings bank; she cer tainly spends nothing on her dress Where is it all, then?" *• Perhaps she supports her parents?” “Both dead! I have heard her sav so.” J “ ell, I dare say Mr. Rodman won’t think her quite such a paragon as he has done, when he misses her name from the subscription list” “ And Walter Rodman will probably resent the insult to his father.” There was an exultation in the tone pf the last remark, but ill-concealed. ” alter Rodman, the only child of the old manager, was in the counting-house of the factory, with every prospect of soon becoming a partner ' A man past thirty, he had risen in the etnplov of Meredith <& Son from a lad of fourteen, and had saved money from a handsome salary, with the avowed intention of purchasing a place in the firm upon the anticipated retirement of Mr Meredith, who was known to favor the intention’ Amongst all the clerks and workmen in the great factory there was no one so handsome as Walter Rodman, none so quietly resin -d in manner, none so great a favorite with all. But he had gone through thirty years of lie fancy free, until Ellen Churchill came to the factory. There was something in the noble, refined face of the young girl that at tracted Walter Rodmafi ffom the first. That there was some heavy trouble brooding in the sadness of her great dark eyes he never doubted; but if ever purity and goodness were pictured in human countenance, they Were in El len s. From his father he learned much of the new-comer, of the quick adapta bility she showed for work evidently new to her, of the almost masculine bran that fitted her so sooil to take con trol of the loom-room where over a hun dred g rls were at Work. Os her antecedents he know only that she brought a letter from the clergyman of her parish, in a small town in New York State. That she was a woman of culture and refinement they could see for themselves. But Walter Rodman, by nature frank and true, as his heart more and more acknowledged Ellen for its queen, grieved over the evident mystery in her life. While in her conversation she ad vanced noble and generous view-, her whole st) le of living was penurious to an extent rarely seen in women of her age, when living upon a much smaller salary than she commanded. It was not mere ly economy, but saving pushed to ex tremity. There was a struggle constantly in the mind of the young clerk -a strug gle between his 16 e and his fear of re pentance If ho Urged his su t It was revolting to him to think of hs wi.e conducting his household upon parsimo nious principles, refusing to bestow of his abundance in charity, dressing mean ly, and perhaps influencing him in the same miserable habits. And yet. one hour with Ellen drove away all such thoughts The low, soft voice, always tinged by her habitual sadness, conveyed such a mirror of a pure, tender henri, a culti vated mind, a no le soul, that Walter forgot the course, moan dress, the many Stories rife in the factory of Ellen's stinginess, and knew he loved her as ho hud never before loved any woman. But when the silver tankard was pre sented to Mr. Rodman, and Ellen's name was not upon the list of qon'ribu tors to the gift, Walter experienced a sharp pang of disappointment. He knew that his father’s recommendation hid gained Ellen her first place in the factory, that she had found a firm friend in him. and owed her rapid advance ment to liis interest and influence. And yet she had refused her mite to the gift that testified the good feeling of her fellow-workers in the factory! Father and son had long been con fidential friends, and on the evening fol lowing lhe presentation the latter opened his heart and told all his doubts and fears. Mr. Rodman listened quiet ly. . •‘Yet you love Ellen,” lie said. “I love her,” replied Walter, “but 1 could never be happy with a miserly wife.” “Poor Ellen, how little she deserves that reproach!” said Mr. Rodman. “I shall violate a confidence reposed in me, alter, when I tell you how you mis judge her, but I think 1 can trust you. ’ “Has she told you her secret?” “No. I heard the story from the clergyman of Lenwood, her native vil lage, who wrote to me before she came here He is an old friend of mine, and I new he could confide in me. 1 will tell you what he wrote to me. Six years ago Ellen's mother died, leaving in her care a sickly step-brother, then eleven years old. Iler own father had left Ellen a pretty cottage, and she had a small in emo from the fruit and poultry on the place, while she made a sud cient living teaching music and playing the organ in the church. When her mother died, leaving Stephen Grady, her step-brother, an orphan and penniless (for her step-father before his death s uandered all her mother’s little fortune), Ellen promised to care for the boy. Remember, she was but sixteen herself, though < arly care had matured her far beyond her actual years. “The boy grew r up like his father, reckless of expenditure, loose in princi ple, yet tender to his sister-mother, and one of those loving scapegraces who al ways win some good worn >n's devotion He yvon Ellen's. She thought herself bound bv her promise to her mother to make e ery sa ritiee for Ste hen, and she faithfully tried to lead him away from the companions and evil influence that were ruining his life. Thrxi years ago a friend of Mrs. Grady took Stephen into his count ng-house. Heie he was to learn the book-keeping, and for a time he worked steadily. Then the bad company wh eh had ruined his boyhood again exerted an evil influence, and he had learned to gamble. Remember \\ alter, he was but fourteen, and Ellen but live years older. “One of his accomplishments was the power of imitating handwriting, and by the persuasion ot some older heads he forced ache k for twothousand debars on the firm he was with. The cheek passed the bank undetected, for the Cashier yvas in the habit of pa\ ing over large sums to Grady. Rut when it was returned to the firm the forgery was discovered and traced to Stephen— when the truth came out that he had gambled away the entire amount, and the two men who had urged the crime and |MH*keted the money had fed, leav ing the lad to bear tho eonse pienei s He was arrested, and repentance eanuj when he saw the full consequence of his acts. “It was then that Ellen proved her self the noble woman 1 believe her to be. She was -tillering already for her broth er r me. has ing lost her place as or ganist. and most of her music pupils having left her. Despite all this, she went to the firm and pleaded for the 1:1,1 H r eloquence gained him some th ng. I hey agreed not to prosecute, but to allow the l>oy to leave the town and go to an unde who was willin ' to give him another trial in a Westerneitv it mark that if, Walter—if Ellen would pay the ¥2,000 and interest within t to j ears. “She undertook the task. Stephen was released and sent to his father s hiother whee he is doing well, and Ellen left her homo and came here, hoping for higher wages than «h« could I Um in her own town. I, knowing all, advanced her interest in every way. Month after month, denying herself ev erything but the merest necessaries of life, she has sent her earnings to wipe off her brother's debt. With the rent of the house and what she saves here she has paid it all. the last installment being ackfaowledged ii a letter 1 hand ed to her yesterday. You can under stand why she could not take even a few dollars to subscribe lor a present to me when 1 tell you the two years ex pired oil the very day when the last hun dred dollars was received. Now, Whi ter, you know Ellen’s secret. Judge for yourself if she is a miser.” “She is aS noble and self-sacrificing as my heart always to’d me she W'a«, in spite of appearances!” said Walter, warmly. “To m<irrw I w.ll see if she can ever return mjf IbVti " “Not to-morrow,” said Mr. Rodmail, smiling. “ Ellen went home this after noon, her task finished. Out of the sum I paid her fin- th*i Irtst week of her toil here, she begged the acceptance of the copy of Longfellow upon the table beside you, a-king me to believe she was grateful for all niy k ndness to her. Let her rest a 1 ttle from her iong Strain of self-sacrifice and toil, Walter; and then, if you can win her love, I will gladly give her a daughter’s place in my heart.” Winter had comean 1 gone and spr’ng sunshine was mak ng all nature glad, when, one cheery morning, the train through Lenwood left a single passen ger at the village stat'on. He was a tall, handsome man, dressed well, with out fopp shness, and he inquired of a man at the station for the ree d r.*o of Miss Churchill. “ lhe first white cottage as you turn the econd street from here,” was the reply. It was soon fhiinti, ahd itt the giitelhe traveler halted. The windows, shaded by a wide verandah, were open, and he could see the tasteful parlor. Near the window stood a handsome woman, trail ing a vine over a net-work of string. Her face Was partly averted, but the stranger could see that all the pallor and sadness of the past w<»~ rone. Upon the graceful figure was a dress of fleecy muslin, tastefully made and trimmed with soft lace ruffles at throat and wrist, and a few well-chosen orna ments. Suddenly some inner sense seemed to tell Ellen she was watched. She turne I and saw Walter Rodman looking earnestly, wistfully at her. A quick flush swept across her cheek and her eyes lighted glad / s’ J came for ward to greet hiitt. “May 1 come in?” he asked, opening the little gate. “lam very glad to welcome yoi,” she answered, and then extended her band as he sprang lightly up the steps. It is not fair ttf repeat, lo“ rs’ talk. Suflice it that before Walter hut the lit tle cottage to take the return train he had won the dearest wish of his heart; and when summer roses bloomed Ellen became the bride of the junior partnci of Meredith & Co., the new firm of the factory where she had worked so faith fully. Courting All of Thein. “I don’t want to make any trouble, but there is one man in this city who ought to be gibbet?d!” began a blunt spoken woman of forty-five as she stood 'before tho officials of the police station. Wlimi they inquired the particulars she handed out a letter and said: “Observe the envelope., That letter is addressed to me. You will see that writer calls mo his jessamine, and he yy ants me to set an early day for the yy edding!” When the Captain had finished tlie letter, she was ready with another, add ing: “And this is addressed to my daugh ter Lucretia. You will see that he calls her his rosy angel, and he says he can’t live if she doesn’t marry him. It’s the same man.” So it was, and his letter was as ten der as a spring chicken. That finished, she handed out a third, with the re mark : “This is directed to my daughter Helen. It’s the very same man, and in it he calls her his pansy, and says he dreams of her.” “Why, he seemed to love the whole family,” remarked the Captain. “That's just it. I’m a widow with two daughters, and he was courting us all at once and engaged to three of us at the same time. Oh, what wretches there are in this world!” “Yes, indeed. It’s lucky you found him out.” “Yes, it is. If I hadn’t he might have married the whole caboodle of us. If Lucretia hadn’t opened one of my let ters, and if I hadn’t searched the girls’ pockets while they were asleep, we d have thought him an innocent lamb.” “And do you want him arrested?” “No, I guess not, but I want this matter to go into the papers as a warn ing to other women. Just think of his sitting up with me Sunday night, Lucre tia on Wednesday night, and Helen on Friday night, and calling each one of us his climbing rose! Oh, sir, the women ought to know what a deceiving animal man is!” “Yes, he’s pretty tough.” “It has learned me a lesson,” she said ns she was ready to go. “The next man t hat comes sparking around my house has got to come right out and say which he’s after. If it’s the girls I won’t say nothing, and if it’s me it won’t do ’em a bit of good to slam things around and twit me of burying two husbands!” —lt cost ¥120,000 to kill sixteen thou sand million embryo locusts on the Island of Cyprus this year, the British Government footing the bills. —The first newspaper that ever ap peared in France is said to have the date 1494. A book-worm recently discovered a stray copy in a library in Nantes. Francis and George Darwin, the sons of the great naturalist, are about to move from the old Down house to the vicinity of Cambridge, where they will -tablish a large factory for making idiilosophie d instruments. —A stock-keeper reports hat ing cured I many bad warts on cattle and horses y applicat ion to each of one good daub of tar. —Black corn has been raised in Liv ingston County, N. Y. It is described as bein£ as black as an African, as sweet as sugar, and retains all these attributes when cooked. an eighteen-inch death. 5 The Moil Malignant ‘ In lhe World. [London Telegr.ph.] . ,a , A tetfeid arrival at the Zioologwn cietv’s Garden at lint's Park deserves special notice, apart frond the fact hat it is the first of its species known have been brought to England It 18 * called the CcAte cannata, abojt a I and a half long, fliltl of Yet, although in appeaftm*’ neither interesting nor formidable, it M «ie deadliest created things. This de testable little worm, w’uwh hx’kmgj at it, t,e spectator might make bold te.tray he could imitate very passably in putty, is, nevertheless, one Oi t. _ ■ cles and masterpieces of nature, toi i death itself, flhd iWries in its tiny heav. the secret of destroying life with the sudden rapidity of lightning “nd the concentrated *g«nv of all poisons. Ibe echis comes to ns ir’otfl India, where it is tolerably common, being fotliid in nearly every part of the peninsula, and feared wherever found as the incarnation o instant and terrible destruction. For tunately, however, for nifili, »t ™ no , like the cobra and the kormt, a hcrtise frcqiiefiting »nake, for its tiny size would give it a terrible fUDwtage over human beings who live crowded together, as the natives of India do, in small dftt'kened rooms, while its aggressive habits. wottlil make it infinitely more fatal to lif<! than its dreaded relatives. this king vs the asps, this modern basilisk, ks not 1 only venomous beyond conception, but I s actively offensive. It does not turn to escape from man, a" the cobra will, or flash into concealment, like the korait, but conscious, perhaps, of its deadliness, deliberately keeps the path against its human assailant, and, putting its own eighteen inches of length against his bulk, challenges and provokes the con flict. A stroke with a whip will cwt it in two, or a clod of earth disable it; but such is its malignity that it will invite attack by every device at its command, ‘'♦M.ing his otrn life on the mere chance of his adversary coining within the little circle of his power. At most, the radius of this circle is twelve inches, but within it, at any point, lies certain death, and on the bare hope of band or foot trespass ing within its reach, the echis throws its body into it figure-of-eight coil, and at tracting. attention by rubbing its loops together, which, from the roughness of the scales (hence the epithet carinata), makes a rustling, hissing sound, erects its head and awaits attack. No -tee hav ing ever encountered this terrible worm can ever forget its truculent aspect when thus aroused, its eagerly aggressive air, its restless coils, which in constant mo tion one over the other, and rustling ominously all the while, stealthily but sun ly bringing it nearer and neiuer to the object of its fury; the eye malignant even beyond those of other vipers, and then the inconceivable rapidity of its stroke. For the echis does not want to strike until it is within striking distance, but vents its malice in repeatedly darting at nothing, hoping, perhaps, to aggra vate its antagonist into coming to closer quarters, or, more probably, as a mere expression of its own incontrollable viciousness. A I’ by Cnrrl.fic in the Hall. • A cm-inge in the hull. Th <• (p_>i piece of furniture that my h-■ cui boast, always making an ■i ‘ i r !• c c ptian in favor of th? r.idl •>. T .it I aliy carriage means a homo. V. .thoiit it, only a place to stay in. It .leans a “dear little dimpled darl ing ’ —t' at makes stinshineall the time— w;i m it hasn't ; ot the colic. It means i happy mother, whose life is ‘ill <1 with ail tender care, all sweet i■ sp ■ .si il,tics, all wonderful hop? for the future. It means a father who holds his head up among men with the grandest dig nity that any man may know. To mother it is “Baby.” Tofather it is “My boy.” That baby carriage in the hall means all the wealth of rosy hours as mother sings lullaby songs—perhaps, “ II S I mv tier, lie still and slumber, Holy aide's gua d thy bed.” When all the time she is the angel that God appointed to guard it, as none of all high heaven's host could do. It means a word of plans and projects which all center in that one little life It means a father that studies his ba. k balance with wonderful diligence, for “ My son must have a good education, and a good start in life,” you know. And ho goes home and catches the laughing toddler up, and reddens the dimples with his whiskers, and then put ting sturdy little twelve-month’s old on his feet, sets him at his a, b, c of walk ing, addressing him with comical dig nity, “Well, Governor, where shall we go now?” And although he only calls him “Gov ernor," the mother’s heart says—and the father wouldn't deny it were she to put it in words—that more likely it will be President, in that dim, beautiful and certainly very grand future. Her choice, though, would lie that he should l>e a good man and a happy one. Between them both they parcel out for his manhood s years all that makes life worth the living. That baby carriage in the hall means a good deni, does it not? It means everything to the father and mother. It means more than can lie told. B you have such apiece of furniture in use you know all about it If you haven’t, it’s a waste of raw ma terial to bother with vou. Wheelina Leader. ' y A Hawk Steals a Hat. A few days ago. as a son of Mr. Nich olas Norrish, of Nassagaweya, was pass ing through the w<xxls on his farm, he noticed a hawk hovering around near him. Thinking nothing about the mat ter, he w alked on, when all at once, and before he had time to make any defense, the bird dived down and caught his hat in its claws and carried it aloft. When the bird got alwut the height of the trees t let the hat drop.— Montreal Witness. IredericC. Blodgett, of Spencer, Mass., enjoys the distinction of being the man twice pardoned out of the Peni tentiary. Many years ago he was sen tenced for life. Six years ago he was released on pardon. Three months ago he stole and was again remanded. Re cently was again pardoned. WM. A. MILLER, C. MILLER & CARGILL, .. I WHOLESALE QU E.E.N ARF No. 184 Market Street, OHATTANOOG-A. TENK. 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Machine and Kerosene Oils; Varnishes, Putty, Window Glass, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures; Surgical Apparatus, such as Abdominal Supporters, Trusses, Lancets, Pocket Cases, etc., etc. This firm also deals in Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Fine Cigars and Snuff, and have the ex elusive Drug trade in fine Wines, Whiskies and Brandies in Dalton. Call and see them at the corner of King and Hamilton streets, Dalton, Ga. Prices guaranteed compare with Atlanta. # je!B tfa Tire Dalton [CHANGED FROM INDEPENEENT HEADLIGHT,] Brightest, Most Progressive, Liberal and Popul a News Paper in Northwest Georgia. ONLY OLTE TDOLdEJALL YEAR. Advertisers can find no Better Medium through which to Meet the Farmers, Mechanics, Merchants, Mill Men and People of this section. H. A. i er. Healthfnlness of Milk. If any one wishes to grow lieshy, n pint of milk taken before retiring at night will soon cover the scrawniest bones. Although nowadays we see a good many fleshy persons, there are a great many lean and lank ones, wh sigh for the fashionable measure of plumpness, and who would lie vastly improved in health and appearance con' 1 their figures he rounded with good, solid flesh. Nothing is more cov eted by thin women than a full figure and nothing will so raise the ire and provoke the scandal of the •• clipper builds ” as the consciousness of plump ness in a rival. In cases of fever and summer com plaint milk is now given with excellent results. The idea that milk is feverish has exploded, and it is now the physi cian's great reliance in bringing throw h typhoid patients, or those in too low's state to be nourished by solid food. It is a mistake to scrimp the milk pitcher I ake more milk and buy less meat Look to your milkman*; have larue sized, well-filled milk pitchers on th< table each meal, and you will havesoum flesh ami save doctors’ t ills. There is a quaint story told us about a Texan preacher who had a falling out with his congregation. While the con gregation and pastor were at daggers’ points, the latter received an appoint ment as chaplain of a penitentiary. When he came to preach his farewell 'aermon, he took the following verse for his text “I go to prepare a place for you, so that where I am ye may be also.”— Galveston News. A Trap to Catch a Polar Bear. The natives of the polar regions have a most ingenious method of trapping bears. A thick and strong piece of wludebone, about four inches broad and two feet loug, is bent double. While in this state some pieces of blubber are wrapped around it, and the contrivance renders it hard and compact; it is now ready for use. The natives, being armed with bows and arrows, and taken the frozen mass with them, depart in quest of their prey, and as s«x>n as the anim> ' is seen, one of them deliberately dis charges an arrow at it. The bear, feel ing the result, pursues the party, now in full retreat; but meeting with the frozen blubber, dropped expressly for it, swal laws the lump. The chase, the exercise of the inside soon cause the dissolution of the blubber. The whalebone, thus freed from encumbrance, springs buck to its old position, and makes such havoc with the intestines that the boast discon tinues the chase, and soon dies. A schoolboy spelled d-e-c-i-m-a-1 and pronounced it dismal. "What do yon mean by calling that dismal? ’’exclaimed the teacher. “ ’Cause it is,” answered the boy. “It’s dismal fractions. All fractions are dismal. There isn’t a hit of fun in any of ’em.” For a mare with scratches: Give nrr one of the following balls every day ‘° r three days, then two a week: Barha tloes aloes, two ounces: nitrate of P 0 *' ash, three ounces; powdered gingei. four ounces; mo’asses sufficient to i»*' e eight balls. Feed flax-seed tea daib- Exercise regularly.— Country man.