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3 YOL. 1. DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16,1879. NO 44 THE TWO LIGHTS. “ ‘When I’m a man/’ is the poetty of youth. ‘When I was young/’ is the poetry of old age.”’ “When I’m a man,” the stripling cries, And strives the coming years to scon— “Ah, then I shall be strong and wise, When I’m a man I” “When I was young,” the old man sighs, “Bravely the lark and linnet sung Their carol under sunny skies, When I was young!” “When I’m a man, I shall be free To guard the right, the truth uphold.” “When I was young I bent no knee To power or gold.” - “Then sltall I satisfy my soul With yonder prize, when I’m a man.” “Too late I found how vain the goal To which I ran." “When I’m a man these idle toys Aside forever shall be flung.” “There was no poison in-my joys When I was young.” The boy’s bright dream is all before, The man’s romance lies far behind. Had we the present and no more, Fate were unkind. But, brpther, tolling in the night, Still count yourself not all unblest If in the east there gleams a light. Or in the west. —Blackwood’s Magazine “HANG THE BABY.** “Then yon won’t go, Alice ?” “No, Herbert—I am sorry—but the baby !” “Oh, hang the baby!” and Her bert flung out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Alice stood at the door growing whiter and whiter. Then she gave a heart-breaking cry, fell ou her knees by the cradle, and hiding her face in her hands, sobbed bitterly. She had .looked forward so long to going to this particular party; It was given by Mrs. Mountjoy, oiie of the leaders in society, and all who were eminent jji politics, diplomacy or literature, as \yeif as distinguished in the fashionable world, were sure to bo there. 'She had been kept at home so much sinc£ the baby had been born, that she really felt the need of a little variety and relaxation. But baby had been threatened with croup* a week before, and the fond mother hud not yet recovered from her fright. Baby, she admitted was now better “but not fit,” she declared, to be left, with only the nurse to look after it. Nurses are so careless, everybody had told her, oven the best of them. So she felt it her duty to give up the party, She had hot asked Herbert to give it up also, and even said there was no reason he should stay at home; but still, in her heart of hearts, she hoped he would. “He said ‘hang the baby yes he did f darling,” she murmured, with indignant emphasis, as she bent over the little unconscious sleeper. “It was your papa who,said that, and he has gone to a brilliant party with such thoughts of his wife and child / Did you .come, dearest to estrange us from each other ?” This awful idea oalled for bitter sighs. . Herbert had said such beautiful things in her trusting young maiden hood. “Never should their lives run iu separate channels, as those of some married people of their acquaintance did”—“never a joy accepted that did not make them one—never a bar rier could come between them.”— And now co think that this wee little babe, with its golden curls, this beautiful little helpless creature Bhould part them, as never strong hands could ! r She pictured the gay assemblage, and her Herbert dancing with fair young girls, smiling on others, and leaving her to die of heart-break. Her imagination, always too vivid, viewed him in his triumphs, until her misery took almost the form of madness. “He dident want me to go,” she said; “he acted as if he didn’t, and then ho pretended to throw all the blame on dear, helpless baby.” Suddenly she heard the sound of carriage-wheels outside; they stop ped at the door ; the bell rang; and a fairy-like figure stood on the threshold of the room, in all the wistfullness of expectancy, with dimpling smiles and laughing eyes. “Oh, Mabel!” cried Alice, start ing to her feet, with a glad cry. “This is indeed a surprise. I’m so glad you’ve come. My darling sis ter I” Forthwith ensued a scene of rapt u rous welcome. Then tho baby was exhibited, and one would not have dreamed that a tear had stained the cheek of a fond mother. Then the visitors trunks were ordered to' be carried up-stairs. “But where’s Herbert ? In the study ?” said Mabel. All the light went out of her sis ter’s eyes; her hands fell. “He’s out—out, dear.” “Good ! Don’t be angry because I’m glad, for we can have such a nice little chat. Yon didn’t expect mo.” “Of course I didn’t.” “Well I didn’t think of coming, as you know for a month yet. But I thought it would be so nice to stir prise you.” “Oh ! I’m so glad.” “And then Paul is coming,” she said, blushing, “next week to stay a month ; he has business here and ho wanted me so badly to be hero, too. I declare,” she said, laughing, “I’ll have to marry him soon to got rid of him.” “Oh, Mabel, don’t marry him un less you’re certain you’ll be happy !” cried Alice, hysterically. “Bo sure first, he won’t go to parties aud lo ave you a—lone with ba—by,” she sobbed. . “What! Is Herbert at a party ?” queried Mabel, quite subdued. “Yes, he is, and wliori I told him I couldn’t go on the account of the baby, he said, ‘hang ba—by /’ Yes, you little angel, your own father said those awful words—and then he si— slammed the door.” “He’s a viper 1” exclaimed Mabel, with sudden vehemence. “A nice way to treat a wife like you—a baby like that! But why couldn’t you leave the baby ?” “Because he was threatened with croup last week.” •‘But lie’s well enough now—sleeps deliciously. He’ll not wake all night perhaps. And tho nurse would have taken good care of him.” “I should have been thinking of fire and all that.” “Oh, nonsense ! You ought to have gone. But Herbert had no right to behave as he did ; and he must bo punished,”and Mabel threw her wraps on tho bed, and took her seat by the glowing fire. “It won’t do to let him get the upper hand. Ah ! I have it. I’ve .thought of a splendid pjan. A charming, delight ful little plot,” and she clapped her hands m glee. “Oh, Mabel, what is it ?” and Al ice slid down at her sister’s feet, gaz ing in her face with expectant smiles. ‘What are you going to do ?” “Pm not going to do it. I shall stay here and watch baby. You are going to tho party.” “Mabel! * Impossible ?” “Quite possible, in fact it must bo done. You m nst let Herbert see that you are as pretty as any body, and quite as much admired. It is decid ed. Yon are to go to the party and play a part. Let me arrunge the programme.” “But, Mabel, I havn’t. a dress pre pared—or anything. I gave up go ing a week ago, when baby was threatened with the croup.” “Pshaw! You shall wear one of mine,—one of the most bewitching, bewildering of dresses, bought. from my last allowance from Uncle Curtis. •Only to see it will throw you into ecstasies. Worth nqyer composed anything more lovely. I want t<• see it on you. Come, come, call your maid; I am all impatience. Wo’ll shame our bad husband into good behavior, see if we don’t. No irres- ?i*> olution, pretty sister mino. I’ll stay at home and fancy myself mistress here, and count your pictures, vases, and pretty things, and catalogue them, so as to make mamma happy with a letter tp-morrow. Order the coachman to get a carriage—if that’s impossible send for a cab.” In less than a half an hour Mabel led her sister to the great French mirrof, and laughingly introduced her to the loveliest and best dressed woman she had almost over seen. Alice trembled when she fouud herself actually on the way to Mrs. Mountjoy’s; her sister’s urgent will had conquered, and her heart was hardened by Herbert’s omphatic ex pression concerning the baby. She was reassured, howover, by Mrs. Mountjoy’s hearty welcome; “So glad you have come, my dear,” she said. “Your husband said he feared ‘baby’ would keep you at home; but I told him it was all nonsense. You did right to reconsider the mat ter.” Herbert like many haudsome so ciety men* was a little spoiled and selfish without knowing it. He lov ed Alice devotedly; but he was not unwilling to receive the sweet smiles and honeyed words of others ; while, with a man’s inconsistency, lie was pot desirous that his wife should play the part of a married belle. It was while he was dancing with one of tlio most noted and beautiful women of the metropolis, who was more than willing to listen to his nonsense, that Herbert, looking up from the face leaning against his- shoulder, .while tho dreamy wultz “thrilled hearts sensitive to sadness as to joy,” encountered the sparkling face .of his wife, and .saw her arrayed in the freshest and most graceful costume in the room. She was mov iiig quietly along with an escort in uniform. Pray don’t stumble,” said his partner, petulantly, for*from that moment tho grand repose of his man ner was gone, and the lady on his arm might have been made of wax, or any other ductile material, for all he car ed now. “How the dickens came she hero?” he muttered to himself, as lie led his partnor, absently, to a seat, deaf to all her pretty words, blind to her fas creations. “It certainly is Alice— but the dress—tho prettiest thing hero ! and IJoft her quite determined not to come. I don’t understand it. Dancing with that military puppy, Guinnett, too. She knows I hate him.” v With these Amiable thoughts, ho laid himself out to gain the attention of his wife and make her explain. It was some time before ho had tho chance, so he was obliged to content himself with following her graceful motions, angry with himself and with her. ‘Alice ! can I believe my eyes,” he said, at last, in the pause of the dance. “I should think you might, rath er,” was tho nonchalant reply. “Pray, how did you come ?” “Pray, how did you come ? I rode. Did you walk P” “Well, but—” “Excuse me. I'm engaged four deep already ; and Herbert was forc- to move aside, as a pompous acquaintance claimed her hand. I’d like to knock that follow down,” he muttered, angry in earn est. . Another pause, another tete a-tete. No satisfaction given. Herbert had hardly the grace to redeem his danc ing engagements. . “About tho baby, Alice ?” ho ask ed, anxiously. She put her rosy lips to his ear, and in a subdued voice, exclaimed ; “Hang the baby!” Herbert started, and changed col or. To be sure ho had used tho same language ; but from her it w'as too exasperating. How ho got through the evening ho could hardly tell, When, at last, they were together in tho carriage, driving homo, there might have been an open rupture, buit for the determined ’oalureoss of Alice, who took everything as a mut ter of course. One glance in tho beautiful nurso- ry uusculcd his eyes. There by tho fire, sul Mabel, in nil the abandon of a neglige toilet, her luxuriant tresses falling in glossy freedom over her shoulders, while the little fellow on her lap, clutching at one long, shin ing. 'ourl, crowed and laughed, as well as lie could for “auntie’s” smothering kisses. A sudden revulsion of feeling came fo the father’s heart at the sight of this sweet home-picture. J “Aha ! I know who contrived this plot,” ho said. “But I am glad to see you, Mabel, nevertheless. ” “Wasn’t she the hollo of tho ball?” Answered Mabel, saucily. “There’s no doubt of that. At any rate, I didn’t got a ohaiiQe to dance with her.” “Of course. Who over heard in society of dancing with one’s wife ?” she said, sarcastically. “I see that she followed my directions implicitly. You must learn sir,-that a household divided against itself cannot stand— that is, if one half is flirting at a par- *y, and tho other half at homo crying her eyes out.” | “Oh, Alice—wore yon realty P” f “I should think she whs. I can ■assure you that I myself saw half tho house dissolved in tears, and so wretched that— ” “Mabel, IiubIi 1” said Alice, im ploringly. BILL AltP’S SUNDAY CHAT. His Family Preparing to Receive an I nflux of Country Cousins. Atlanta Constitution. Its a thrillin time when a country family have invited their city cousins to visit, ’em, and are lixin up to re ceive ’em in a hospitable manner. My wife, Mrs. Arp, she wore not. at homo ahcr so tho girls took matters in charge, and for several days thb exciting episode went. on. It was like clearing the deck of a man of war for a light. The house lias been scoured, and senibed, and sand pa ltered. Everything in it has been taken down and put up again, and moved to a now plaoo, and I can’t find anything now when I want it. The old faded carpets have been taken- up and bouton, and patched all ovor, and ourtailod aud put down ‘Traitor, do you turn on mo ?” exclaimed Mubel, with mock dis pleasure. “My'child,” she went on, tossing the crowing cherub, ‘.‘toll your selfish papa that he also has some obliga tions, and that had kiiqmjp, were to bo. tlio bone of contention in this family,-you’d have staid in the garden of angels, where' you wore wanted.” Herbert was strongly affected by this audacious Qutburst, but it hud tho effoct of leadjug him to sec his duty in a new light. It taught him to reflect; opened his eyes to his selfishness ; arid inado him from that evening, a bettor aiid more consider ate husband. Six montiis from that lime Aliee was dressed for another party. But this time the party was given at her own house, iu honor of Mabol’s mar riage. Even the bride did not look lovoljer ; for nothing now occurred to mar Alice’s happiness; and happi ness, after all is the best preservative of beauty. “Ah 1 how charming you look,” whispered Mabel, with an arch glance as they passed each other in the dance. “Prettier, even, and it is saying a greut deal, than when X cur ed your husband, by sending you to Mrs. Mouutjoy’8 party.” A Wonderful Work in a Day. Wo are compelled this morning to again print a quintuple sheet of the Herald to meet tho demands of advertisers, who occupy sixty-eight columns of our space, Apart from the great amount of extra labor required to set tho immense quantity of type required by this increase of size, the single item of stereotyping reaohes extraordinary dimensions. As fourteen -plates are made of each page of tho Herald our issue of to-day calls for two hundred and eighty plates, each of these weighs about fifty pounds, or seven tons of metal- from which to print this single edi tion. In round numbers about three millions of pieces of typo have been picked np, one at a time, by compos itors to prepare the pages for the stereotypers, aud more than a hun dred and fifty men were required to set the type, make the plates aud print tho paper. These figures will give our readers some idea, though only an imperfectono, of tho amount of work necessary to tho printing of a single copy of tho Herald.—[N. Y. Herald. ’em out without taking cold. Tho furniture bus been freshly varnished with kerosene oil; tho window glass washed on both sides, and the knives and forks, water buckets, wash pans and shovel mid tongs brightened up. The hearths lmvo been painted with Spanish brown, tho soiled plastering whitewashed, the family portraits dusted, and tho pewter teapot and plated castors and spoons and napkin rings polished as fine as a jewelry store, I surveyed tho operations from day to day with affectionate interest for it does mo good to soo young people work diligently in a merito rious cause; nevertheless my routine of daily life appears to bo somewhat demoralized. On the first day our humble dinner was dispensed with and mo ^d ,! W: boi« iwitpa .talljtwl. on bread and.sorghum at a sido table. The next day wo wore allowed to lunch in tho back piazzor for fear we would inoss up tlio dining-room and the next wo were eon fined to tlio water-shed to keep us from messing up the piazzer and after that I ineolc ly prepared myself to bo showed out doors on a plank, but we wasent. Ivo beon doing some more work on tho front yard to surprise Mrs. ArjJ when she comes, but they’ve locked tho front door to keep us from trampin through tho hall and we have to go round about a hundred yards for a drink of wuter. This is all correct I reckon for tlioros no malice in it and tlioy praise up our torraco so gushingly Ivo a mind to keep *on with em down into the public road and cascade that to the branch. Delicate hints have beon given that it ain’t polite to sot down to dinner with one’s coat off, or to drink coffee out of a saucer, or oat hominy with a knife, or smoko in the parlor. Tho wash bowl has been turned up side down to keep us from using it With this side up it holds about a pint and a half, and as I was a wash ing my face with tho tips of my fingers tlioy surveyed me with looks of unutterable despair. Whoil - I raise my workin boots On the banister rail for an evening rest, they wipe it off with a wot fag as soon as I leave. I musent step on tho purty rod hearth to make up *a fire or to put a back log on that weighs 00 pounds. Thoyvo put pillows oh my bed about half its big as a bale of cotton and fringed all round like.a petticoat. Tlioy are to stay on in day-time and be taken off at night. When Im tired and feel thq need of a midday nap tliat bed wus a comfort, but the best I can. do.now is to sit up in a chair and nod. The dogs don’t un derstand tho now system at all. Old Bows lias been coining in tlio house to the fire or-lying in the piazzor for 14 years, and it does seem impossible to break him of it in a sudden though dogmatic manner. Broom-hundles and fishing-poles move em out at one door, but tlioy slip in at another. Thoyll enter an appeal when Mrs. Arp comes homo. Im waiting pa tiently for her advent myself, but og»;in. 'L'haygotBmulloriind HtnuHor, „ ollra jvluoh tlicy suy m a good way to wow, , turfcll ull tu tol#ow with blu(> am going to conform to the new order just as long as l can in reason. She’d lake cafe of me and restore my privileges. She never would allow anybody to regulate me but herself, company or no company. She’s overstayed her time two days trying to decide what to buy with two dollars and a half. Poor thing! 1 wish she bad u hundred. Id follow her about from store to store all the day long. Then sho wouldn’t buy nothing for herself but a pair 'of specks, and she’d buy them on the sly, for she dent want it generally understood she has to use era. I woke up one night about midnight and discovered hor sitting by the fire with my glasses on a reading Molly Brown, Pin revelin now at her delight, when she sees all the improvements, that wo havo made in bo* long! absence for it seems like she litis boon off to Europo, or Jeru salem, or tho Suoz Canal. We’ve grass sod^ They run round iir tho form of a snake with two crooks in him but which our poetic girls speuk of as Mr. Hogarth’S liue of beauty. Wb’vo leveled off anothor.yard for a orokay ground; she loves to play sometimes, and it does me good to soe her throw the mallet after the ball when it misses, the wicket two or throe times in succession. She’s a coinin’. Tho llowors are waiting for hor, and the chickens and colts, and the dogs and cats, and the chil dren and mo. Wfs’ro all u .waiting. i. Bill Aiip. Senator Hampton. CliurlcHtou News i.nd Coupler. Senator Hampton is improving steadily, I>ut tlie.physieians in atten dance upon him agree in the opinion that it would be exceedingly impru dent in him to go, at this time, to Washington. Tlio journey would be fatiguing, at least, to one in his Condition, aud bin physicians earnest ly advise against iL This is the reason why Sonator Hampton is not in his scat in tho senate. We are informed that Senator Hampton is in constant communication with Senator Butler and other democratic loaders. Those sec no present neces sity for Senator Hampton to run any risk of retarding his cnmpleto recov ery by premature exertion* Relying on their judgment Jio reconciles him self as best ho may to his temporary withdrawal from uctivo participation in public uffuirs. We are authorized td say, however, that in case any emergency should arise calling, for thd voice or vole of Senator Hamp ton, he will, whatever tlio cost to himself, go instantly to Washington and be sworn in. So long us. bis absence ,from the senate does not affect injuriously tho momentous interests represented by the demo cratic party, Senator Hampton will consent, under the udvico of his physicians, to remain in South Car olina. \\ benever thoso into rusts shall, in the remotest degree, bo placed in jeopardy by his absenoe, lie will, with his constitutional de votion to duty, hasten to the front and stay there until all duiiger 4 is past. We sincerely hope, novortho- less, that- it will not be considered indispensable that ho shall uttond the extra. session, A low weeks more of (lie repose and recreation bo now hi* will restore him, it is believ ed, to his usual vigorous'health. V. An Awful Pile, Philadelphia Chronicle,' It in believed that if all the pistols carried in the south were collected together, it would make a pile high enough to knock a hole clean through the sky and frighten all tho nervous little angels into convulsions. ‘‘The foolish man,” truthfully rcniarketh an exchange, “foldejfch his hands, and saith: ‘There is ho trade; why should I advortise?’ But tho wiso man is not so. Ho whoopeth it np in tho newspapers, and verily he druwoth customers from af '