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Preaching by the Missionary Baptist
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MASONIC:
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M. A. B. Tatum, H. P.; W. U. Jaco
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COURTS:
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and 4 .h Mondays in March and Septem
ber.
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Mind iv in each m mbs. G. M. Crab.,
tree, Ordinary.
The Justice Cunt for the Rising
Fawn district, on the 3 r d Siturday in
each month.
EDUCATIONAL:
Tue county B iard o( Education meets
' n the cad tv tt e chairman. E. P.
Ksfcherside, Cmnty School Crmmis
sio ier.
Plti > b’KSSIOM A.J, CAKDS.
T. .1, L"MPKI\ 1 (11 P. LUMPKIN,
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TIME <1 Rl
Tsking effect February 20th. 1881.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 2 Mail.
Arrives. Leaves.
Mendimi, 6 20 a. n\
York, 629 a. ru. 030 “
Liviugstou, 654 655 “
Epes, 717 “ 718 “
M- ler, 717 “ 7 S'3 “
Euttw, 805 “ 820 “
Tum iloosn, 951 “ 958 “
Cottondale, 10 It “ 10 12 “
Co-Vimr, 10 28 “ 10 30 “
Woodstock, 11 00 ‘ 11 0 “
Birmioghstn, 1! 4 p. m. 12 19 p. tr.
Trnssvdte, 12 54 “ 12 56 “
Springville, k 22 “ 133 “
Whit, ey, 2 (.9 “ 210 '•
Atttlla, 256 311 “
O.illi isv.lle, 107 “ 408 “
Brandsn, JM 34 “ 434 •
Fort I’avne, * 7 4 1 “ 452 “
Sulphur - 43 “ 545 *;
Rising F<i\J' *4. I 600 ** 60t
Trenton, 624 “ 625 “
WsuOatehie, 7i3 “ I 704
Ohsttsnnosrß, | 7TO “ |
NORTH IT HIND.
No. 1 Mail.
Ar.’ives. Leaves.
Chattanooga, 8 00 a. m.
Waubatrdiie, 815a. m 816 “
Mortransville, 834 “ 834 ‘
Trenton, 851 “ 852 *
Rismg Fawn, ; 9 14 “ 915
Sulphur Springs, 931 “ 932 “
Valley Head, 955 “ 955 ‘
Fort Payue, I<| ’I 10 22
Briindou, 10 26 “ 10 38
Portersville, 10 50 “ 10 50
Collinsville, 11 t'2 “ 11 03
Greenwood, 11 36 “ il 26 ‘
A Halls, 1150 12 lip. m
Whitney, 12 58 p. m. 12 57
Springvtlle, 131 1 ?>
Trnssviilc, 207 1 208
Birmin.'ham, 243 “ 248 ‘
Woodstock, 402 “ 403
Coaling, 434 “ 436
Cottondale, 452 “ 463
Tuscaloosa, 512 “ sl s
Eu‘aw, 618 *• | 703
Miller, 741 ‘ 742 •
Epes, 751 * 752 “
Livi r gstcu, 814 “ 815 ‘
Yotk 840 ,l 841
Meridian, 950 “
Cn as. B. Wallace, L. *t. Mobrison,
Superintendent. Gen’i Pass. Ag t
BROKE THE CAR-STRIVO.
Asa train was approaching Cleveland
it parted in the middle, and the bell-rope
■napped off like a thread, the end of it
striking an old lady on her bonnet.
“What is the matter?” Bhe ex
claimed.
“ Oh, the train’s broke in two,” replies
a gentleman who sat in the next seat.
“ I should say so,” the old lady said,
looking at the broken bell-cord. “ Did
they ’pose a trifling little string like that
would bold the train together ?
RISING FAWN, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. JULY 8, 1881.
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THE BOSX9X 01 RE.
BY DAVID 8. FOfcTF.lt.
I told her of a maid whoeo mind
Was filled with tender thoughts and fancies,
A lovely being of the kind
They write about in old roman oca.
“ Knowcst thou,” sr id I, “ this maiden fair.
Whose beauty doth my thoughts beguile 7”
Bhe answered with a dreamy air,
“ Well, I should ainile I”
Her cheeks possess the rose’s hne,
No form is daintior or completer,
Ho hair so brown, no eyas so blue,
No mouth is tenderer or sweeter.
The favored youth who gains the hand
Of this fair girl will ne’er regret it.”
With modeßt grace she ndded: “ And
Don’t you forget it.”
“ Oh, thou daffr mistress of my heart!
My angel! let me kneel befoae thee
And say how heavenly sweet thou art,
And how devoutly I adoro thee.”
Bhe turned away her lovely head,
And, with a languid look that fired .
Aly soul, in murmured accents said,
“ You make me tired.”
-Scribner's Magazine.
ALL TH HOUGH A POCKET
BOQK.
Tom and Joe lie stretched, boy-fash
ion, upon the mg before the fire, with a
very disconsolate look upon the young
faces the dancing flames lit up. It is a
stormy night, and they are, therefore,
disappointed of a promised treat to
which for a week back they have been
looking forward.
Suddenly the door opens and gives
entrance to a tall, brisk figure.
“Boys, are you here? Poor fellows !
it’s too bad yon are doomed to disap
pointment; but what say you to a story ?
Would it compensate in the least degree
for the great animal show?”
Y*es, they think il will; and, with a
slight but decided change iu both posi
tion and expression, they wait expect
antly, confident of being interested, for
they are no strangers to their brother
in-law’s graphic stories, Ar.d he begins:
“ It was a very cold day, and, as little
IfflcV stood (%> mm-T pyiiveriitg ir
the keen blast which pierced relentlessly
through his thin, ragged garments, be
said, half g,loud: ‘Oh, dear 1 this world
isn’t much of a place. I wonder if it’s
warmer where mother is I I wish I was
there ! ’
‘ ‘ Poor boy ! A month ago deatli had
robbed him of his only friend by taking
away his mother, and since then he had
lived as thousands do— ‘ everywhere ’ —
picking up what odd jobs be could in
the daytime, and sleeping at night in
any nook that offered him shelter. But
work was not always to be found, and
for the past two days his pockets had
not held even a penny with which to
buy bread, and the boy was almost fam
ished. Ho walked on slowly, the tears
running down his pinched face, when
suddenly a great thrill ran all through
his frame, for the moment bringing
a warmth it had but rarely known.
Could it be, or did his eyes deceive him?
There, right before him on the pave
ment. was a pocket-book I
“With a hasty glance backward the
lad, with trembling fingers, lifted and
opened his prize, and saw what seemed
like incalculable riches to his unaccus
tomed eyes—a roll of crisp bank-notes.
“ ‘Now I can get something to eat! ’
“ But something white attracted his
notice; a card, and penciled upon it a
name and address.
“Dick could read a little, and he
easily picked out the written characters
which proclaimed to whom the lost
pocketbook belonged.
‘ ‘ For a moment the boy hesitated. It
was his. He had found it. Had he not
a right to it ?
‘ ‘ But even as he thought conscience
rose, and with a loud voice cried:
“‘No I As long as you know the own
er’s name it is not yours.'
“Just before she died his mother had
said to him:
“ ‘Dick, my poor boy, I doubt not
but that you may come to wear a tom,
soiled coat, but there is no need that it
shonld,cover a soiled soul. Be true and
honest, no matter what happens, and
Qod will care for you.’
“A choking sob rose in the boy's
tlirc 1 1 as he slowly turned.
“ ‘ I will take it to the house that is
on the card,’ he said softly; ‘ but, olf,
how hungry I am I ”
“He thrust the pocket-book into the
breast of his jacket, but not before it
had been seen.
“ ‘See hero, Dickey, old fellow, shell
out ! You’ve got a find, and you must
go shares. Here, hand over that pock
et-book.’
‘ ‘ Dick looked up resolutely into the
boyish faces of lug accosters. They
were bigger boys than he, but he was
no coward.
“ ‘ You can’t have it,’ ho said, ‘for it
isn’t mine; and I’m taking it where it
belongs.’
“‘You can’t come that dodge over
me. Here, hand it over, or you’ll wish
you had,’ and the taller of the two boys
raised one hand to strike, while lie made
a snatch at Dick’s jacket with the other.
“The thin cloth parted, and the ob
ject of dispute rolled upon the pave
ment.
“‘You young rowdy, what are yon
striking that little hoy i r ?’
“ The new-comer was a middle-aged,
benevolent-faced man, and, as he spoke,
lie emphasized liis words by grasping
the rough boy's shoulder with no gentle
hand.
“ ‘ He’s a thief ; lie’s got my pocket
book,’was tlie sullen reply, with a vnin
glance around for the companion, who
had lest no time in putting a good dist
ance between himself and the scene of
action.
“ ‘ That he hasn’t. I have been
watching the whole occurrence from the
stoop just over the way. 1 saw this lit
tle lad find the pocket-book, read the
card, and heard what passed between
him and yon. It is you who are tne
thief—in intention, if not in actual
deed ; aud now you had better go away
quickly, and be thankful you are let off
so easily.’
“ Then, taking Dick’s hand, he looked
pityingly into the pale face, all disfig
ured by his assailant’s rude fist,
“‘Come with me, my little lad,’ he
said. ‘lt was my pocket-book which
you found, and I am goiug to show yon
now that, no matter wliat comes, “ hon
psty is the best policy” to follow.’
“And Dick, going willingly, was led
to a cozy homo, where a sweet-faced
woman with a babe in her arms came to
door to greet her husband with the
smile she might have worn when
he "was her lover. And there, in that
home-nest, blessed by mutual respect
< ml love, the poor orphan hoy found a
feheKer. Hi’s benefactor was ft physi
cian, and there was many a way in which
Dick’s active hands ami Kmbs could
make themselves mid there lie
lived until the on-c*?ing years brought
with them a restless, ambitions longing
for independence. Then, with tears in
his he pressed the kind hands of
his friends, and started out in the world
to carve his own fortune.
“He went West, to that land where
stout hearts are so much
needed and prized. Success does not
come without labor, and Dick worked
hard, afel his exertions were rewarded.
So he feQ when, ten years later, ho was
able to invest in a safe business quite a
little sum—the result of his own indus
try. Then, yielding to an irresistible
impulse to return and look once more
upon the faces of his benefactors, lie
turned his steps eastward.
“It was late in the evening when ho
alighted at the station and walked up
the familiar street which led to his old
home. But he found a disappointment
awaiting him ; tho house was vacant,
and a sign ‘To let ’ was upon the door.
He turned away, intending to inquire in
the adjacent house, when a sudden alarm
rang out upon the night air—‘ Fire I
fire!’ At once the bells clanged, and
with the usual hue and cry men and
boys trooped out to the rescue, and
among them, catching their excitement,
went the traveler. The fire was only
some five blocks away, in a large hand
some house, and it must have gained
great headway before being discovered,
for already the flames were licking the
window of the third story.
“ ‘lt is Dr. L who lives here,’
some one says. * Yes,’ another answers;
‘ but he’s away. He’s my doctor, and
1m told mg the other day that he was
going into the country for a while with
his family.’
“ The name acted like a shock of elec
tricity upon one hearer in the crowd.
Throwing off' his coat, disregarding the
cries that called him back, Dick rushed
straight into the mass of smoke and
flamo which enveloped the office-door.
With superhuman strength he forced it
open. All was dark inside, hut with the
lurid light which glared into the win
dows Dick saw a motionless form in the
chair before the desk, with his head
sunk upon his breast, and his eyes
closed. Seizing the inert figure in his
strong arms, he dragged rather than
carried it from the room into the ball,
and from thence out into the open air.
“ A shout of horror greeted him.
“ ‘ We rapped and called and no one
answered, and so wo thought it was true
that he was away. He must have been
suffocated before he could call for help.
Poor man ! ’
“ ‘ Leave me alone and attend to your
duty,’ Dick said, briefly. ‘He isn’t
dead—his heart still beats. But make
sure there is no other inmate in the
house.’
“‘There can’t he. Don’t you see
the windows are all shut and barred ? ’
“The house was burned to ashes be
fore Dick’s efforts, seconded by the sym
pathetic efforts of the crowd of friends,
who Juad by that, time gathered at the
spot, proved effectual to restore his ben
efactor’s consciousness. Then, alive
and breathing, though faintly like an in
fant, they bore him to a friend’s home,
where Diek, as soon as lie had sent a
telegram to the absent wife, telling
of her husband’s peril and safety, fol
lowed.
“ ‘So you have saved my life, Dick,’
the doctor said, a day later. * That was
a lucky day for me when I lost my pock
et-book. ’
“Dicks eyes filled—man thougti lie
was.
“‘ It was a more than lucky day for
me,’ he answered, ‘ and I am only glad
that I have been enabled to repay in
some measure the great debt that I owe
to you.’
“And the wife and daughter came,
and Dick was overwhelmed by their
gratitude, but what touched him most
was when the daughter, whom he re
membered a little 10-year-old girl, now
a graceful young woman with all her
mother’s beauty and her father’s good
ness combined in her lovely face, took
his hand in her two fair ones, and, press
ing it to her soft, red lips, said: ‘How
can I ever repay you ? But for you I
would now be fatherless, and my mothor
a widow.’ ”
“And he marrjed the daughter, I
suppose,” Tom says, breaking in.
“ Yes, you are jiglit. She found a
way to repay him ; and* that ends the
storv. ”
Brother Richard," says Joe, looking
up, “are you quite sure it’s a tme
story ? ”
‘ ‘ Quite sure—for, my little man, that
poor Mile hoy Dick, grown to mauliood
uoff, ; _ lh, you tirtfi story 4 , and Ills ben©-'
factor, the good doctor, is no other than
your own noble father, of whom yon are
so justly proud ; while the daughter is
your sister Fan, who, twelve years ago—
just, one year before von were bom—
made me one of the happiest of men.”
“ Wasn’t it a jolly story, Joe?" said
Tom, when they were snugly ensconced
under the sheets for the night. “Do
you know, it proves one thing. .I’ve al
ways thought from what I’ve heard and
read—and you know I’ve read a heap of
books—that the fellows who begin way
down always seem to get up the highest
<n tlie end.”
SLEEP.
During every moment of conscious
ness the brain is in activity. The pe
culiar process of cerebration, whatever
that may consist of, is taking place;
thought after thought comes forth, nor
can wo help it. It is only when the pe
culiar connection or chain of connection
of the braiu cell with another is broken
and consciousness fades away in the
dreamless land of perfect sleep that the
brain is at rest. In this state it recuper
ates its exhausted energy and power,
and stores them up for future need.
The period of wakefulness is one of con
stant wear. is generated
at the expense of brain cells which can
be fully replaced only by pefiods of per
fectly regulated repose. If, therefore
these are not secured by sleep—if the
brain, through over stimulation, is not
left to recuperate, its energy becomes
exhausted ; debility, disease, and finally
disintegration supervene. Hence, the
story is almost always the aame. For
weeks and months before the signs of
iusanity appear, the patient has been
anxious, wakeful, worried, not sleeping
more than four or five hours out of the
twenty-four. Tho poor brain, unable to
do its constant work, begins to waver, to
show signs of weakness or aberration .
hallucinations or delusions hover around
like floating shadows iu the air, until
finally disease comes, aud the structure
of the body totters to its fall.!
IK MATER OF ALMSHOUSES.
There is a prevalent idea that the
almshouses, for the most part, shelter
the unhappy and guiltless poor, whom
unmerciful disaster has followed fast and
followed faster until it has chased them
to this last refuge—people who have
come from vine-covered cottages, or
tidy rooms up one flight of stairs in ten
ement houses, with a big Bible on a ta
ble ana* pot of flowers in the window,
or even from luxurious homes desolated
by commercial panics. Asa matter of
fact, the great majority of American in
door paupers belong to wbat are called
the lowest classes, and seek the alms
house not because of unmerciful disaster,
but because of very common vices,—
A tlantio Monthly.
I T£KMS: per Annum, striet’jr in Advance.
NUMBER 3?.
MEXICAN SOCIETY.
Its Beautiful It omen and Various Castes.
[From'the New Orleans Democrat.]
There exists no other society on the
planet, not even in India, where there is
more distinction of caste and jlass than
is found in Mexico. On the gulf coast,
by consequence of unfortunate amal
gamation of the white and the Indian
and Chinese and the black races, there
are said to exist at least a dozen separate
classes of humanity, of different color,
or, at least, of different characteristics
In the capital such is not the case.
There are Cast ilians and creoles, or chil
dren of Indian mothers and Spanish
fathers and full-blooded Tndfcms. The
creoles are noted for their intelligence,
their symmetry of form, and Ifature and
their personal courage. Their complex
ion may be said to resemble that of the
far-famed Caballeros of Andalusia. Tlie
moles are tall and shapely, while the
ladies aro genera’ly very Wufutiful, are
well formed, possess delicately-molded
hands and feet, and the most> beautiful
eyes of any of the ln&nazyjaxiily. The
belles of the South o£ France, of the
mountains and plains of Spain, of the
Sierras and coasts of Portugal and the
famous cities of Italy, yield to
their charming sisters of the. Latin re
publics in the beauty, shape, size and
expression of the eyes. They are so ex
ceedingly expressive, a glance from be
tween their low Binges seems to melt
into the very soul. ’
The Mexican ladies are > exemplary
wives and fond, loving mothers.. Their
home to them is their entire world ; their
husbands the idols of their hearts, while
their children are the angels yvhick make
their home their heaven. Yet, strange
to sav, there is no word in Spanish
language that can express the idea con
veyed in our dear old hearty Anglo-Sax
on word “ home.” The nearest approach
to it is found in hogar, which may be
translated “hearth-stone” or simply
“ hr-flvth.” ¥4., uc/U'wiSiWßin.ii.'Uiiy this,
the ties of family aro more binding in
Mexican society than among any other
race uuder heaven. The repentant out
cast knows that he or she can always re
turn to the friendly shelter rtf the family
roof, while the prodigal eoh invariably
finds the arms of the indulgent and for
giving parents open to receive him, for
among the Spanish creoles “blood is
thicker than' water,” and tears which
stream from a mother’s eyee have often
wiped away the stains of erring daught
ers’ sin. In Latin countries one false
step is not so often followed hy a parent’s
curse, nor the door shut lo the return of
one who has in the senseless parlance of
society irretrievably fallen.
AH KMTOIVS HMMT,
In the years agone, when De Witt
Clinton county, was the county and
a right smart village the woods, or
on the way to be, the editor of its weekt
ly paper had some subscribers who paid
in wood, others in produce, others in
fur, and others yet who didn’t pay at
all. One of these latter class was named
Lemon, but to squeeze anything out of
him was next to impossible. He had
excuses at his tongue’s end for not pay
ing, and the longer the debt stood the
more reasonable his excuses seemed to
his creditors. One day the editor met
him on the street, and, after a general
greeting, began cm him with:
“Mr. Lemon, you have been owing
me for two years. ”
“Yes. bnt I had bad luck in my sugar
bush.”
“But you might have brought wood.”
“So I should, but I broke two new
axes and couldn’t buy another.”
“I offered to take it out in turnips
and corn.”
“I know, but the crow§ ate my corn
up and the Injuns stole all y turnips.”
“Well, how are you getting along
now ? ” asked the editor. .
“First-rate.”
“ Have you a good run of sugar ? ”
“Yes.”
“ Corn doing well ?”
“Splendid.”
“ Wheat all right ? ”
“Yes, all right/’
“Well, if corn, wheat, potatoes and
turnips turn out good, and you keep well
and you have no losses, will you pay me
in the fall ? ”
The farmer scratched his head and
took a full minute to think over it before
he replied:
“ That’s an honest debt and orter be
paid, but I won’t positively agree to
square up this fail until I know what
sort of a corn season we are to have i ”
It is needless to say that he never
squared.— Detroit Free Press.
New York is declared to be the worst
paved city in the world.