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in sin* leNM'sAFrrtioii lor 1-lilii*>ll
ooking'i'inil opinion i> ineonsis
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, The (’oiinlil n( ion of < *<n iiin
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injiie ill I *77. especially provides
i r_o a I “all men have the na'nr.il
>!fnd illfllienahle right lo worship
< iod, each according to the die
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tales of his own conscience. " and
iio human authority should, in
any ease, control or interfere
with sindi right of eonseienee. A
“im an amendment made March
till 1 ''7!*, to the < ’oustitulion nf
the I niled Stales distinctly says
that “(’ongress shall make no
law respecting an estahlishmenl
of religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof." I' not this
plain enough '
Christianity, in its commonly
accepted sense, means the re
liiiion of < hristians ; the system
of doctrines ami precepts given
by Christ and taught by the e
vangelists and apostles. I’aley
says, “While politicians ; and oth
ers are disputing over monarchies
aristocrieies and republics, Chris
tiatity is alike applicable, useful *
and friendly to all." Some of tin 1
doctrines inculcated by chris
tianit.v air 1 that *ve do good to
all men ; speak no evil ; love all
men and hear one another’s bur
dens.' Is (here anything in this
that warrants the persecution of
one religious sect by another ?|
I >oes ii not, on the con I rary. teach
love and foiheerance toward all ‘
You answer. “ \ cs. and persceu
lion for religion opinion is among!
the things (lint were. Such Ilnur
ished only in the dark ages.
In enrage, enlightened by learn
ingand Christianity such a thing
is unknown."
No, the spirit of persecution i
not confined to the dark ages.
Now. in our midst, it i- as cruel
and unrelenting a' when, in tin
days of old. it condemn'd men to
the slake and the rack. The tm
tnre is just as cruel as in those
days when men were stoned and
llaved alive. Does the statement
startle and horrify you ‘ Look
around and s,*,* it von do not lind
it true.
1' not a man who dares to
come holdy forward and avow
that he is not a believer in the
church or in religion, cried down
and frowned upon bv society;
Although he may live in accor
dance with every law both hu
man and divine : though he mnv
feed the hungry ; clothe the na
ked and visit the sick, yet it is
all of no avail to the (so called)
Christian it he is not a member ot
the church. How often do we
lind that such a man although In*
may in- cultured, refined and
j leal lied, i' denied a position for
which In j- eminently qualified
beeaii'i- ! iii- unbelief. while the
]io -it io ii • oi ien conferred on one
vi.o ha not one tithe the refine
ment oi seii'f merely because he
)' a prote"Oi' ol'chri-lianitv. This
1 por'enij ion is not confined to l he
unbeliever-, Each denomination
i- almost as biller against all
other denoininalions, as they all
are against the unbeliever.
Xor !his per.-ecnlion conlin
,ed to i. lieion alone. We meet
with it at every step, in thepolil
pica!, a- well a~ in the religious
umid. Look I oni Slab- lorn by
con to/"" •s e l ions, iiear the bit
• oi ,|,\eary heaped upon
'
he cal lev.'
-vise some l M ' r ;
dsh his slerj'-o this c - oit-iPein
mt opened tad of chri-i iaiiity and
a white hairt. ,j, jurni of govern
nto the rome; u||i( .| ( , v . ljv( . ?
are a port .
■ ...• ■ i(f • t nil per-ei u I ion con ■■ : ■
sir ? said 1
king: at ' irei-doni of thought,
ctaclee ai<in \ o, a thou
ifmes V,,; ,he two tiling' are ill
*: iy a .al !a ure. and one or ihe
) . ii• • i r. -: eventuailv pel i-!i.
at t
• a jji day i fast approaching when
rait yn will in esteemed for what
i pleaf> ind not far the religious or
■ly- U JJ|| opinions lie mav cherish.
the (•
/ SM Tinning the Siu-cn
fer ,
l i )nce on a lime l here was a
*1 \ n ! lie had a daughter who
i.VWi ■ siii’li a scold and whose
ten: ne went so la-1 there was no
~opping il. Si he gave mil that
fhe man who could slop her
tongue should have the princess
L> wile and hall’his kingdom in
to the hot-gain. .Vow, three
brothers who heard this made up
their minds to go and try their
luck ; and first of all f he f wo elder
weid. for I hey though they were
fhe eleveres ; but they couldn't
cope with her at all, and got well
thrashed besides.
Then Hoofs, (he youngest, set
off. ami w licn he had gone a little
w ay he found an osier baud lying
mi the load and lie picked il up.
When lie had gone a little fur
Iher he found a piece of broken
plate, and he picked that up too.
A lit tle flirt her on he found a
dead magpie, and a little further j
on still, a crooked ram's horn ; so
he went on a bit and found the
fellow lo the horn ; and at lasi
just as lie was crossing the field
by l lie King's palace, where they
were pitching out dung, he found i
i worn out shoe sole. All these
things he took with him into the
palace and went before thel’rin
cess.
“< bind day," said he.
••( food day." said she and made
i wry face.
‘•('an I get my magpie cooked
here i" iie asked.
‘•I am afraid it will burst," an
-wvied ihe I'rincess.
‘•Oh, never fear, for I'll .just
tie tlii- osier band around it."
said the lad, as he pulled it out.
‘ The fat will run oil'of it," said
the Princess.
•• l'iien I'il hold this under it,"
said the lad and ho showed her
the piece oi broken plate.
••'l mi are so crooked in your
word'." >aid the Princess, ’there's i
no knowing where to have you." ,
••No, I'm not erooked." said tin- :
lad. ••but this is.” so he held up j
one of tlie* horns.
••Well!' said the Princess. ••!
never saw Ihe mat eh of t lrs in all •
i:iv days."
••Why. here you see the match
i • il..' 'aid the lad. so ht pulled
• i the other ram's horn.
•I think." said the Princess,
mi must have come here to
oar out my tongue with vour
. insense."
•No. 1 have not," said the lad;
ni this is worn out," as he pull
c out tin 1 shoe sole,
I■> this the Princess hadn't a
v. rd to say, for she had fairly
lost her voice with rage.
•Now you are mine," said the
lad And so he got tin* Princess
to wife and half the kingdom.
WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY
TAILED.
(hie day the Hoar met the Fox,
who came shirking along with a
string offish he had stolen.
• Whence did you get those
from asked the Hear.
••Oh. my Lord Hmin I've been
out fishing and caught them,"
said the Fox.
So the Hear had a mind to learn
to fish too and bade the Fox tell
him how lie was 111 set about it.
I'Jli: 1 iidLl • AM) l iniiSIDK—MARIETTA, (GA.) THURSDAY, APRIL IsTO.
•Oh. il s an easy craft, for you.
: answered the Fox. ‘and soon
i learned. You've only got to go
! upon the ice and cut a hole and
j stick your tail down into it. and
jso you must go on holding il
j there as long as you can. You've
1 not to mind if your tail smarts a
little; that's when the !Mi Lite.
The longer you hold if there, the
! more fish you'll get ; then all at
once out with it with a cross pull
; sideways and w ith a strong pull.
,too,"
Yes, flie Bear did as the fox
had said and held his tail a long
: long time down in the hole, till i!
! was fast- frozen in. Then he pull
ed it out with a cross pull and it
snapped short off. That's why
Bruin goes about with a stumpy
Io tail 1 his day.
The Bushman ami the Lion—-
now tiik ni ntkii rt hunter.
Captain Alward tells a droll
story of a reoontre between a
busliman and a lion. The nar
. rat or was acquainted with the
i man, and has no doubt of the
I t ruth of Ihe story. Tin* busliman
while a long way from home, was
met by a lion. The animal, as
i suied that he had his victim com
pletelv in iiis power, began to
sport and dally with him with a
feline jocosity which fhe poor
little busliman failed to appreci
ate. i'iie lion would appear at a
point in the road and leap back
again into the jungle, to reappear
a lift le further on. Hut the hush
man did not lose his presence of
mind, and presently hit upon a
device by which he might pos
si lily outwit his foe, This plan -
was suggested by the lion's
own conduct. Aware that the
1 brute was ahead ol him, he dodg
ed lo the right, and feeling pret
ly sure of the lion’s wherahouts,
resorted to the course of quietly
watching his movements. When
the lion discovered that the man
had suddenly di appeared from
the path, he was a good deal per
plexed. lie reared with mortifi
cation vhen hi’ espied tin* hush
man peeping at him over the
grass. The busliman at once
changed Ii is position, while the
lion stood irresolute in the path
following with his eye the shift
ing black man. In another mo
ment the little man rustled the
reeds, vanished, and showed a
gain at another point. The great
brute was first confused aiul then
alarmed. It evidently began to
dawn upon him that he had mis
taken the position of matters, and !
that ho was the hunted party.
The busliman, who clearly re
cognised what was passing in his
enemy's mind, did not pause to
let the lion recover his startled
wits. Me began to steal gradual
ly toward the foe, who, now in a
complete state of doubt and fear
fairly turned tail and decamped,
leaving the plucky and ingenious
little busliman master of the sit
nation —ChomberY Jon runt.
Footsteps of the Dead
If you had seen this old man
as ho sat in the corner whore the
spring sun fell brightest. If you
had heard his words of faith, you
would know that faith can be
come a second life, as it were,
never wavering or doubting
through years and years, and dy
ing only when the heart ceases
its boatings, lie had said: •Those
who died long years ago are ever
with mo in the spirit. 1 cannot
see them, because 1 am mortal,
but when 1 am called to go. be it
night or day, I shall hear their
footsteps, ami they will lead me
over the dark river into heaven's
sunlight beyond." The other (lay
he sat alone iu the sunlight. No
one dreamed that his end was
near. When hi< feeble, worn but
'till loving wife entered the room
to see if he slept, the old man's
pale, dead face had such a 'mile
as she had never seen before, and
his hands were held out as if to
give greeting. While the house
was still the old man had heard
the footsteps of his faith. For
more than a score of years lie had
waited and listened and never
doubted. Had men told him
that there was nothing beyond
earth but dii't and darkness it
would have broken his heart.
Softly fell tho footsteps along the
hall, as if children were creeping
in to give grandpa a surprise, ami
when the old man raised his hand
nod turned, that smile,which even
death could not fade, was brought
to his face, and lie stretched out
his a.ms to those whom he knew
would come.
Hie Soluble Pacific, one of the
best fertilizers for cotton, now on
the market, for sale at the Old
Printing Office Hnildinir Maiiet
ta. bn.
A New Sieve.
A Tai i-iiizen having in view
; the purchase of anew coal stove
* was yesterday standing in front
1 of a hardware store, when a news
boy halted and respectfully said:
••I spose you've seen the new
stove the one that beats ’em all."
••I don’t know that 1 have.' was
the calm reply.
••You orter see it. They are
alius talkin' 'bout these stoves
which save ten percent, of fuel,
and now they've got one."
1 “Have, eh
••Yes, I saw this one goin’ the
other <lay, hot enough to bake an
ox. and it didn't burn any coal at
all—not even a pound."
•■ls that possible ! Why 1 nev
or heard of such a thing! Didn't
■ burn any coal at all ?"
••Not an ounce and it was
throwing out an awful heat."
••Well; that beats me. I don’t
see how they got the heat.
••They burned wood, sir !" was
the humble reply.
The man tried to coax the boy
within reach, but the lad had to
go to 1 lie post office.
Vampire Hats in Brazil.—Pro
, bably no part of the empire is
more afflicted than a portion of
the province of Bahia with the
scourge of vampires. Whole
herds of cattle are sometimes de
stroyed by this venomous bat It
was long a matter of conjecture
how the animal accomplished
the insidious and deadly work,
but scientific men have now de
cided that the tongue, which is
capable of considerable extension
is furnished at its extremity with
a number of papill.e, which are
so arranged as to form an organ
of suction, the ups having also
tubercles symmetrically arrang
ed. Fastening themselves upon
cattle, these dreadful animals
draw the blood from their victims.
The wound, made probably by
the small needle like teeth, is a
fine, round hole, the bleeding
from which is very difficult to
stop, it is said that the wings of
this deadly hat fly around during
flie operation of wounding and
drawing blood with great veloc
ity, thus fanning the victim and
lulling while the terrible work is
in progress. Some of these crea
tures measures two feet between
the tops of their wings, and they
are often found in great numbers
in deserted dwellings in the out
skirts of this city. The negroes
and Indians especially dread
them, and there are numerous
superstitions among the natives
iii regard to them.— ,Y> v Tori
llerarhl.
Ur. Rabelais 1 Free Journey.—
The learned and famous French
man, Dr. Rabelais, once found
himself in Marseilles without
money. lie wished to travel to
Paris, but could not contrive a
way to do so. At last, however,
he bit upon a plan.
Me started on the first of April
carrying witli him some phials
labelled “Poison lor the King
and the Royal Family." At the
city gates, according to the cus
tom in those days, the traveller
was searched, and these suspi
cions looking bottles were found
as lie intended. The officials were
horrified, and they promptly ar
rested him and hurried him off as
a State prisoner to Faris, there
th be tred for treason.
Not long after Ins arrival Ra
belais and his bottles were taken
before tin* judges. Then the
doctor, who was well known as
a wit, made a little explanation
showed that the phials contained
nothing but brick dust, and was
at once released—the court, the
accusers, the lookers-on, and all
Paris convulsed with laughter at
the joke.— St. Xicholas.
The Wav to Get It.— There
was quite a crowd congregated
in Snyder's saloon the other day,
telling stories, smoking strong
pipes, and keeping as close to
the stove as possible.
Presently a stranger walked
in and eat a sandwich, after which
he addressed the men as follows:
••You men are all out of work
eh t"
•Yes." they replied unanimous
ly.
••Got big families (“
They responded together in the
affirmative.
••Would you work faithfully if
you could get a chance t"
••Of course, we would."
••Then you all want work, work
and nothing but work ?”
-We do!"
••.Well there’s only one way to
get it!"
-How's that ?**
-Why go out and look for it !”
Then he skipped out. amid
groans of ehm-grin and disappoint
ment.
i’he following from the Ameri
can Punoh is good whether it is
venerable or not : Young House
keeper—"Pm afraid those fish 1
bought of you yesterday were
not tresh. My husband said they
were not nice at all P" Fish ped
dler—“ Well, it’s yer own fault,
mum. I’ve bin round every day
this week with ein, and vees moil
had 'em Monday if yer loiked !”
••I pant for glory—l pant for
fame." said an incipent attorney
who had just been sworn and ad
mitted to the honorable profes
-ion of the law. “Why, then you
have a pair of pants all your
own." said the judge, who was
fond of a joke, ••and that is more
than can be said of the most of
ns on our advent to the bar."
A Clergyman reading the bu
rial service over an Irish corpse,
forgot the sex of the deceased.
Coming to that part of the cere
mony which reads, “Our deal
brother or sister," the Rev. gen
tleman whispered to a follower
of Ihe funeral, “Is it a brother or
sister C “Faith," was the reply,
“it’s nayther the one nor the ofh
or—it"' only a relation.”
ihe following announcement
lately appeared in a paper:
•‘Edward E len, painter, is re
quested to communicate with his
brother, when he will hear of
something to his advantage—his
wife is dead.”
WESTERN & ATLANTIC
Kail ISBgitfia Rond
TIME OF DEPARTURE
FROM MARIETTA.
PASS EVOKES SOUTH.
No. t 12.13 111.
“ - J 0.07. ]). 111.
Freights.
No. 12 +.lB. a. in.
Aocom 7.57. a. in.
No. 10 1.13 p. in.
“6 4.27. p. m,
"8 2.49. a. 111,
Passengers North
No." 3 7.13. a. m.
“ 1 3,30, P , m.
Freights
No. 5 7.59. a. in.
"9 8.18. a, m,
Accom 5.18, p, m.
No. 7. . . . . 8.07. p. m.
No. I. 2. 3. 4. 5- 9. 10. IJ.
and Accomodation trains, stop at
Marietta.
W. C. McLellan,
WISHES TO INFORM MRS
friends and the friends of L. O.
McLellan, that, as successor of
the latter, he has and will keep
on hand, fully up to old stand
aids, all the leading brands of Im
ported WINES and BRANDIES.
Also full line of old RYE and
BOURBON Whiskies, with do
mestic GINS and WHISKIES,
and would call attention especi
ally to the OHIO VALLEY
WINES, on draft and bottled, at
very reasonable prices.
The Medical fraternity are in
vited to examine.
VV. C. McLELLAN.
Marietta, (la., March 13, ’/!•
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