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MORHAN, OA., FEIVII. 1 Hits,
Jloine Studies.
4 *‘Htiidio» uefVea for time, tor
,' pint
ornaments, for nbilliti<"<; they perfect
nature,and are thmaelvt* perfected bv
oxperience.” Bet us look unto lionie
atiidios. It is al ways a little interest¬
ing to notice how a boy or girl v ill act
when she leaves ichool and ru nniiug
home for good; begins to assume the
position and imu>uuili« of Bn adult
member of society. Thoso first few
months, when they conunrneo life on
their own responsibility, as it were, arc
rather a crucial test of character,
very quickly determine of what, material
they nro made; whether of the real
earnest, student mu'enal, or the fashion
able butterfly gossamer,
At school a girl or boy is alwavs nat¬
urally more or less under-supervision;
their time is mapped out; their course of
atody clearly defined; their moral being
hedged in on every side by riiies and
regulations: every thing is anangi’d for
them, and they can hardly call, their
thoughts their own.
But this school discipline must
perforce come to an end with Use con¬
clusion of school life; and then most
boya or girts become coinpural ively f ree
agents, and continue to siudy or not, us
they feel disposed, The one prevail
tng idea a young boy or girl of su>on-
toeu or eighteen just released from the
trammals of a boarding school wav
finished, or in other words had learned
every thing useful mid ornamental that
it was proper for them to acquire, is
happily exploded. High schools, male
and female colleges, and cotnpettvo ex¬
amination have dedt a final blow to that
lingering piei-Aaf superstition. There
is perhaps just the fear that in the
distant future woumu or man may lie
contingent to be either d-.sirablo or pleas¬
ing. Womans fineness is sweetness of
manner and no good can ever be at¬
tained by cultivating the head at an ex¬
pense of the heart, it is obvious for
many reasons that only a small propo
tion of our girls and hoys will be in a
position to reap academic honors. (A
college education docs not cost n mere
trifle). Therefore most of them, if they
iuteud to study at all, will have to do so
amid the infinite destruction of home-life
and only those who have tried it kuow
how dillicult a matter this is. The eldest
daughter of a little tribe is especially
likely to have her hands full. Iuterrnp-.
tious are the order of the day, and it is
well nigh imposiblo for one to pursue a
systematic course of reading. Every
one knows the thousands and one tri
fles that go to make up the sum of
every-day exist mo. It must be a diluted
that girls situated so that the regular
routine of domestic work must be per-
sued that there is some excuse for letting
their studies stile.
Now a word of warning to yon boys.
Studious girls and boys often when left
to their own devices, fall in lo the mis¬
takes of trying to do too much and keep
up too many of their school studies;
they spend their leisure hours over too
large asurfiee therefore the results is,
they do nothing well. So try during
your school days to try to perfect your
self in some one thing.—Our New Light
Correspondent.
Letter From Damascus.
Once in every mouth I will eontrib
ute something to the Monitok. As the
railroad is now completed to this place
we will bo able to furnish you more
news.
Yes, Damascus is now a railroad town.
That is one of the solved wonders of the
19th century. Daily trains are now
being run from here to Baiu'iridge.
The new Baptist church house nt
Iron City was dedicated last Sunday.
Butonaocouutof theenelement aeatliei',
only a small congregation was present to
witness the exercises. An evidence of
good times with those who was preheat,
was plainly shown by tins liberal spirit
in which the people responded when
the collection was takeu.
The large saw mill at Donnldsonville,
owned by the Douaklsonville Lumber
Company, was destroyed by fire last Sat-
andsy night. They estimate their loss
at about $30,000.
M*. Curtis Laws, of Hilton, and Miss
Sjws'x, of tl»i« place* fire
llKHTi«*d tert- Hmnl.iJ uL;l)
f^utnl Lord* f*jiU?w ft com, u.-1
|;4iv«' {ign.-<(] to flit •i’Unu^\tip >
^""•*‘ >niiv, "'' ,, ' t ' r - * M *y
fiplv each i'>yi and di/de
hm'diuis, share the sorrow mi<l tank-
the load , lighter t'y each , soaring .
Some people Iiiiiik marry Mg is i.
| habit or a cotilngtons djnr-c of roan
• kilid. Wf-ijiiy' ij?)j know the* cuusc of
I everv jh r on mwmiiig, ’hut ut., <lo
kno*v uiu-; tliin; : that there is utrlhinp
like it. Oi all thiijga'jn this' lUv, there
is no i oniiuirison to ih.it of matrimony.
Wo ievu io wrDt' of niuniag'; is. Manicd
life makes the world better. It is rigli
to marry; l.-.t, bi*cati8e it is an obedi, nc
to God. 2nd, We obey the laws of
online. Single life in b tt ball .fife, and
when matured each should erlceiif Tin
of her tlie better half. It. V. 1'fioL
Runuing a SetvsjmjpT.
The r.an who euu run a new:pap'r
willmnt being crilieised, ci usrtred it hi
threatened, hn> never been found, He
is it barren jdmdity, .1 oantiful to think
abont, but incapable of taking ‘on mor-
tali'y and nBsociaiion with vn'gur 1 m-
nianity. It is »» impossible for a news
paper man to please everybody as it i
for everybody to pleuse him, and lii-
sotJBer lie makes up I is mirrd to the
stubborn fact the be' ter for alfcOnceriu d.
If ile .works hard lor the public good, Ii-
receives private oensute; if he co:.ple-
nieuts merit, liols censured by sunburn
domerit; if lie tries to be fair lie is c m
demuedbylhC nutair: If he multisu
mistake, few overlook-it or apologize foi
him. No matter how innocent hi • pur¬
pose, 1m is picked to pieces, ' misrepro-
suutod, maligned, lid.eus d and to don
defended. He works hard for bread
aud butter, white other mop «;ix rich
around him. Yes it is imposiblo for «
newspaper man to please all. As weh
try to chain a cyclone or lasso the ligu' -
mug.—Miij svilla (Ky) Ledger.
There is one.other individual who has
the same roail to travel in [ lna-ing t)-»-
public as the iiewspapcr r.iini that is the
village postmaster. Ask him about it.
We don’t ivatTt hit your charity —give
purl of it to yoin-^postiuastor.. - Livings'
ton Home. *
A step Backwards.
The bmiit hill to regulate soeiml class
11 ail master, which is now undtu* consicl-
oratiuii by congress, is a distinct step
b tel;ward, says the Homo Tribune, and
It is to bo hoped that no Hoif-iv-pe/ting
legislator will give his vote for a. men sure
winch is bound to wor’. detriment to the
educational interests of tho people. Mr.
Loud proposes to tnako Urn pos al Depart¬
ment solf-sustainlng by raising the rates
of postage for all forms of complete hooka
which now pass through the mails at one
cent per hound, mill to abolish the privi.
lego which publishers now have of send¬
ing sample copies at the same rate. Tue
result of this will be an increase in tin
price of books, which arc < 50 cheap iiown-
days that tho poorest workingman imiy
secure a iiice little library of his favorite.
A bill that raises the price of books puts
it premium on literary, ami should not be
passed. There arc better ways of mak
ing the dostal Department, self.sustaining.
For instance, why nut make the ratlLoads
carry the mails as cheaply ns they carry
tha shipments uf the express companies?
It has boon estimated that this alone
would accomplish the object.
An exchange very truthfully remarks:
There nro lints in every town whose sole
aim in life is to set the pot of gossip
boiling aud try to stir up strife in an
otherwise* peaceful community. Why
don’t t hey take a vacation? Society can
dispense with their service u:.d a good
long rest of their jaw might kill them.
A wagging tongue that hangs on a swivel
can do more harm in fifteen minutes
limn a skunk can in a graveyard. A
person who is addicted to the habit of
tattling and sprea bug news is an eye¬
sore to the world and is' an
nuisance.
'Ye are a xlous to do a little good
(his world and can think of no
or hotter way to do it than, by
iiq; One Minute Cough Cure as a prevena
live of pneumonia, consumption and
serious lung troubles that follow
ed cold.-. Mrs, S, T, elayton.
11 airy Turner, Edison, l\ E,
Leary,
An exchange says, merchants who
want newspaper men to roast peddlers,
| cheap John stores and the like would
make newspaper men feel mote
, doing so if those same merchants would
quit using free letter heads of machinery
and other wholesalers, gargling oil on*
velopes, baking pmvd. r statements,
sidewalk advertisements and rubber
j stamps, Live luerelmut- who would
j n«ve newspapers to do tlie must for
; thorn should stand by the printers and
reciprocate their patronage and that of
j their friguds.—Palcitine {Ind.j News.
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THE “DA BY'’ DEIiO.
"Bah‘y”lie was Fi lled in th.nrcg
iznent, end -though lie Lad iunad
over hia 21 years no V imil;>:
pfgfcibly could have s uited him.
' They were on the frontier of In¬
dia. The ground they then occupied
was doubtful territory. Once oi
| twice those lir.d l:;-«.;» a whi> per of o
rising among some of the wilder
Afghans or Afridi tribibut so fat
nothing hud occurred to distiub the
dull monotony.
Mrs. Hindis, the adjutant’;,' wife,
wag very touch nj set. Hitherto she
had reigned suprciiio. All the devo¬
tion of the giurision had been I ucly
I offered at her fc< t, and Baby—well,
i 1( , i and out of tlio adjutant’s
_ .
quarters with the familiar air of a
well established family cat.
In due time tbo general, accom¬
panied by his wife and daughters,
reached us. The latter wort line
looking women. Tlio youngest might
ho five and twenty, the oldest was-
certainly HO.
To this one Baby, to everybody's
astonishment, immediately attached
himself. The old general scowled,
hut to no put • j
Mrs. Him tea parties were do-
eerted, wlieiv'.s before he was al¬
ways there ■.<> hand round the cakes
and make himself of use. We missed
him, for W" had to get up for what
we wanted.ourselves.
Not tbai Miss Steward encouraged
him—far from it. At first she had
been kind to him. He was but a boy
in looks and in age, so she had
treated him as a younger brother
until bis attentions became the talk
of the station, and then, 1 fancy, the
old general issued an order to hi;
daughter, and she began to pull him
up—gently at first, firmly soon.
. Flnivlly the Judy herself cut up
rough, amd she sent for Baby and
gave him a bad quarter of an hour.
Bho pointed out to him how ridic¬
ulous his attentions wore, and when
bo ventu’iqd to speak of marriage
she called him a baby, who needed
his mother more than a wife, and
that if she had any more of his non¬
sense she would write to his mother.
Sir told him that they would al¬
ways be pleased to see him at-their
bungalow, but her mother made it
a condition that be must give a
promise not to think of her again
in connection with marriage.
This promise he refused to give,
so he was wnrnd off and excluded
from all invitations.
One tiling was noticeably. 'He
brightened up wonderfully in his
duties. He would spend hours at
target practice, and old Sergeant
Hunt and he seemed to spend a lot
of time together. By Hunt’s account
there never v, as such a shot as Baby
was becoming under his tuition.
Mrs. Hindlo was in despair. IIo
had been very useful to her beforo
this unfortunate affair with Miss
Steward, ana at her “at homes” ha
was missed by all, for he was sure
to do or say something funny.
It was arranged by some one to
have a picnic. This was to be a kind
of winding up to our moderate fes¬
tivities, for the general's sojourn
with us was now at an end any day.
The morning of the start Baby
stood looking wistfully at the prep¬
arations, and there was just a sus¬
picion of tears in his largo blue
eyes—but 1 may be mistaken. The
Misses Steward made their appear¬
ance and ware soon mounted on
mules.
“Now, Dora,” shouted the old
general to his eldest daughter, “look
after your sisters.”
Baby’s eyes followed her move¬
ments with a hungry, mournful
look. His heart ached as the little
party rode off, which he had not
been invited to join. It was an un¬
derstood thing now that Baby was
to ho left out of everything.
For some time he wandered about
in a restless, aimless manner. Then
he sauntered out again. Here lie
was joined by Hunt, who deeply
sympathized with Baby in the mat¬
ter, and had been prophesying all
kinds of dark things about tlie
weather.
“I think it is a mistake, sir,” ho
remarked, with the respectful ttir of
a man who lias seen long service.
“AYhat is a mistake, Hunt?” in¬
quired Baby.
“Well, this picnic. The country
is not safe, leastways for ladies,
whb women Xt° Then'Va lot
of them Afridis about over the hill,
j umi 1 «•» sure there will be trouble
with tho Afghans.
Something in Hunt’s manner set
Baby thinking, and, after a brief
visit to his major, he rode off in the
direction of tho \ u nic party. After
riding some distance he branched
I off to the right, and, after dismount-
iug, he begun to lead his horse by n
bridle path, one might almost call
it, over the bills.
The party rad several miles far-
ther to go and would cut through
the hills by «; pass just about wide
-a Baby— thank;- j
at with old Hunt—
rd ct the coiui-j
ai I i e rend he had
Idea Judes be-i
cf Cel -a
It ■olid i
(] <h gcr- |
■.oil y v.. . occupied j
or, siLer wild nomads,
! :.<erU,ir. allegiance
id, rod was now
1 . ■ • i: the gr; at green
■ 1 is attention was \
t rapidly crons
• >.- 'chij iasscs, he |
i j urstied at peybaj
} y sorr e 00 or Of j
leuntf >1 Afgi: •; or Afridis, he |
'Ouid Kid tl
Tie 1 <«!c in ti:o f.ikii direction slanting of the |
-o'" g a :
he defile, i vklt-nily the route to of pc tlie through Picnic j
*'"•■■ aide to join | |
;
him. lie in saw that the rider |
civilian al, i that he was j
...■■. I, L ha bad a huiiaaerchiel ■
hod i-i.I.;! trickling JttK r"ad, from his which j
blood was down face.
“Dock, laau, back to the fort! Tlio
.re ! -ut! licre they come!” I
Kf fiucie _ a rapid gesture with | |
i:ia h ft hai
“How many are there?” asked |
Baby. i
shouted “ 1 ’d'ty in or 60 of the fiends, ” was I
answer. I
TP y were now galloping side by j
aide. ;
“There are ladies in tbo pass j
there:” shouted Baby. j
“Heaven help them!” i
“There are 20 men or so with |
'-'■" h ciieu x. ;by again. |
,L T1 y will be eaten up by these ^
.
fnternai vim, oned the s a anger, |
who was vrg.'iii.' h:,-; horse to do its :
u * ujii; '■ :
Baby set iffs teeth. If these hill 1
-
men came upon there the little would party bo with- j
out warning, a mas- j
fiacre. His mind was made up, The j
pursuers were rapidly gaining. I
They knew there was a chance of 1
etvt a for the fugitives if they gain-
ed tlio p . Cut off from that,
thcre was none.
T! 1 . w-r-i '''' 77 '/ t’b ■ Wap wa 7 „ eiviny b V’.
out. tJioujdi bis own was quite fresu, , *
to a to ita long rest. Baby . i ‘ was
thn.icing ,, Dora, i r bne ., must L he .
or
saved at v all n costs.
dr ,,,,, b d n ri ‘ ! - “ y l '-“ ;,,
a „ ,top ana got down. Have
my horse. I am a lighter man.
rr" lour horse will do for me. 1 I
1
A . change or .. a horses.
waa soon
effected, t and they were oft rs on then ...
^ mrd riilo ahefid amiin I
Get as quickly ns possible, '
. but . give . me your rifle a and 1 ammum- •
tion 1” shouted Baby. i
rJ . ho ( stranger , loosened i his 1 • rifle, -n ! 1
i.
and . they swung the ... horses together .
while the gun and cartridges passed
into his hands. They could hear the
‘
yells J ot their pursuers now, ’ who ,
were determined t not , to 1 v lose then .
prey. gen-!
“Yon ride on and warn the
era!. You '■genet miss him. I will
stou some of these chaps at the en-
tranco of the pass!” shouted Baby
as a bullet whizzed past his head, j
They were nearing the entry now,
which was narrow, and to avoid ac-.
cident Baby held his horse in to
give bis companion a few yards
start. As soon as they were about
100 yards inside tho defile Baby
drew his revolver, and, reining'ins
exhausted horse, shot it through tha :
head. There was no cover in the
defile, so Baby was going to fight
from behind his steed. !
At each eido the hills rose almost
perpendicularly. If he could but
hold the brutes back for half an
hour, it would give the general time
to save Dora.
He had one advantage. They
would come full tilt at the opening
under the impression he had passed
on through. Ha looked at Iris car-
trudges and smiled. There were near-
ly 100, with those of tho civilian,’
and then he had his two revolvers,
but there were CO or 60 of the eno-!
my to face.
The Afridis came on with hideous ;
warcriea. The first one who passed
the angle fell almost before he could
see what was opposed to him, for !
Baby had his rifle trained on that
corner. Notv his shooting stood him
in good service, and he mentally j
blessed Hunt. I
Another fell just as he entered the
opening. Crack, crack, and two.
more went down under his merciless 1
aim. with Ho knew dead before that he they must fill the boj ]
pass could
fully awakehed to the fact that it j
was guarded. When the first fell,!
others had come on so furiously |
that they could not check them-
selves, but more would be up pres
eutly.
A fierce joy possessed tho heart c/
Baby. It was tho first timo he had
used a weapon of this kind in anger,
and his power with it made him
^tLto ^ re ten minutes gained
j now, for tho m shots,
were CO Present-
j ly two entered the defile. Baby
j paused to let them come on. Fora
moment tho two paused, evidently
to talk the matter over; then, nal¬
iai»g that there was only one man
opposed to them, they spurred on I
their horses to the charge. j
Fuff, ping, ping! The foremost |
Afridi swayed aud made desperate
efforts to recover his balance, hut
Behy’s rifle puffed once more, and
ff'- 1 foil, and tlie horse, mad with
fright aud pain, turned and galloped j
\
of i.;e I
out puKH.
Then there was a lull. Eaby
freely. Over 20 minifies j
passed now, and his thoughts. )
of Dora. Had bis messenger •
them yeti Hardly! Per-
the old general might come to
bio assistance with some of the men
when he iiad arranged for Dora’?;
safety.
The enemy had drawn off. He
had time to think, but his eyes were
kept steadily on the narrow open-
ing at the end of the defile. What
were they v;p to now? What would
their next move be?
What was; that : A cloud of dust
coming through the defile 1 There
was no wind. What eoulu it bet
Suddenly it dawned upon him that
gome of the Afridis wero crawling
upon him on their stomachs, wrig-
gling along like eels, thrashing the
dust about them in front to obscure
his aim.
But he caught eight of a body
here and there, and whenever ho
flpj pis rifle spoke, find it was gener¬
a iiy f 0 ii OT ,edBy a yell. Still, that
duet cloud gradually approached,
He had to expose himself more now
to take aim at bis attackers.
Ping! That was near his own
head, hut he must raise it to get
sight of them. The rest were now
crawling along after their leader,
for they were hot going-to be held
at hay- by oiie man.
Ping! This time he felt a sharp
eting on his neck, and something
likc wan „ W ater trickled down be-
tween his shirt and his neck,
But he continued to pump in the
bullets. There was a numbness in
his left shoulder and a fearful pain
when he tried to turn his head. Ho
wanted to brush the blood away
f rorn p,j H eyes. There were a scram-
nn( j a KcufHe. The Afridis wero
preparing to jump up and make a
rush. The final act was now be-
gun.
He tried to load his riflo, but some¬
how things were getting muddled
and mixed, and he could not lift his
gun.
Su(,denl >’ thcre ?. ^ a ?.‘‘
he . was consclons that 1a0
wero closing in upon him. The end
Was comin 8 - Ho ho l 1<: ' 1 th «Y wouId
not mutilate him, and, if they did,
that , , the ,, old , general \ , would , . not , teii . . ,
, his . mother ., and the .
gins,
With a struggle 00 no was on his .
foot. , , Ins Tl . . . almost , obhter-
vision was
now, and he knew it was with
his own blood. He threw his empty
He bad B till
tour , shots , . , left r , . tbo .. other
in one, l
which , . . he , changed , into - , , his . right . ,
, hand, . for r his left hand , somehow ,
coul<1 .. not , ul1 the trl . - S 0r
P 8 -
shots, ,^ndly grn he pir.g plugged his weapon in the hard, four
° A
TT He wa ” tedto , pnt U P h,s 'f* . , , ? r “
to + ward oft something „ and defend
, his . head, , , but , he . could ,, not move n.
TT He f * ^^rcd. , ,. feomothmgseemed - , to ,
fl ,lodo msale bral n V an d he fel!
down over tlio horse, but | tliero 1 was
the .. victor . , , 9 smile on his > • face. , Ho T t
. had . for „ he , had . , saved , Dora. _
won,
“He would have had the Y. C. for
this had he livedi said the old gen-
eral as he stooped down and gazed
into Baby s. face, with its boyish
tmiile, beautiful in spito of all the
disfigurement of dust and blood
u I )0n waa ® etern man, but
the tears fell thickly as he seruti-
the form of the young sub-
altoru to see if there were a chance
of life.
9
Far away in England, in a cottage
nestling away half buried among
the oaks and elms of a quiet little
village in Yorkshire, a mother
weeps for her boy, who died like a
soldier, as his father before him.
In the same village lives an elder¬
ly spinster, who fights with the ree-
tor and the curate. She has been
called a sour old maid, though she
is not so old as she looks, but she
has altered very much since the day
of the picnic in India. Peoplo won-
der at her devotion to the widow
lady whose son was. killed in India,
Tho vicar knows, for he went
through the whole of Baby’s private
papers—Baby was an old pupil of
his—but be keeps his own counsel
and is always patient with Misa
Dora’s eccentricities.—Answers.
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“What of that? She can find n
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Carter’s Formula, Complete Fertilizer; Arlington Kigfi Grade,
Complete Fertilizer; Our Favorite, Complete Fertilizer; Potash
Acid; Acid Phosphate; M urate of Potash; Ifainit; Cotton Seed Meal.
With the above brands we can furnish anything in plant food that iff
needed or our farmers will want. We Can and will meet legitimate cumi
I petition. Get our prices before baying elsewhere,
ARLING1 ON OIL AND FERTILIZER CO
ARLINGTON, G FOHnf A,
