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VOLUME VIII.
DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBKU 23. 1885.
NUMBER XXVII.
Professional Cards.
THELEGEND PTHE BLACK
MADONNA.
T. L. GRINER,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
Dublin - Georgia.
Will practice in Washington, Johnson,
Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Dodge,
Pulaski, Twiggs aud Wilkinson counties,
and esiewliere by special contract.
may 21 tf.
THOMAS B. FELDER, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dublin. - ■ Georgia.
Will practice in the courts of the Oco
nee, Ocmulgcc and Middle circuits, and
the Supreme court of Georgia, and else
where by special contract.
Will negotiate loans on improved farm
ing lands.
Feb. 18th, 1885.-6m.
Dp. J. L. LINDER.
[SIX MILKS NORTH OF DUBLIN.]
OFFERS his services to the public at
large. Calls promptly attended to, day or
night. Office at residence,
aug 20, ’84 ly.
CHARLES HICKS, M. D.,
PRACTITIONER.
Dublin, - - Georgia.
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DR. C. F. GREEN,
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Dublin, - Georgia
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stands a beautiful cathedral, and
within this cathedral is the famous
statue of the Black Madonna. You
may buy littie pictures of her for a
small sum, and yon may hear a le
gend connected with too statue if
you will. It is worth listening to.
Ouco upon a time a young French
widow, who had a little boy left to
comfort her, registered a vow never
to marry again, but to live always
singlo for the child’s sake:
Every French- woman knows that
the Madonna highly disapproves of
sccoud marriages, and that she par
ticularly loves a widow who does not
change her condition; therefore this
lady left, herself particularly under
the care of the Virgin. She supposed
herself to have received a promise
that no harm should ever coine to
the child; and this was very Comfort
ing, for there had been a great deal
of contention amongst her relations
of her husband ubout the property
her toy had inherited, and many of
thorn hated him enough to spit it
hi in a way *or kill him; and in those
days such things' wore much more
easily done than they are now.
However, the child, who did not
guess that he had anenemyon earth
was very happy, grew finely
gavo every indication that he would
become a brilliant ma , and devolo'p
eil a wonderful voice, that made one
who heard him think of the angels
It was so beautiful that the Bishop
of Char.res himself took notice of
the i oy. and when a great church
festival was in preparation requested
his mother to let him sing, saying
that such a voice would be most-
impressive, u«d that it would add
greatly to the success of the whole
affair.
Such a request from the bishop,
besidos a great compliment, was
command. The mother set to wor
to prepare for her boy a beautiful
costume of white and blue embroid
ered with silver. In this, with h
fair hair hanging over his shouldcs
lie was wonderful lovely. The
mother looked ut him with iuex
pressible love and admiration, and
felt that other women were less
blest than she. Hand in hand they
proceeded to the cathedral, and th
child joined the other singers while
the mother knelt near the altar,
groat crowd filled* the place. Amidst
it was one of the child's envious
kinsmen, .who, disguised as a peas
ant, had determined to pu.i an end
to the little'life which stood between
him and his wealth./ All was ar
ranged. He had with him a deli
cute dagger, > the tip of which was
poisoned. One scratch with this
was certain death.
When lhe crowd gathered about
t}ie beautiful boy, as it was sure to
do, lie would strike the blow, so that
no one would suspept him, aud he
would mingle with the crowd, change
his dress, in a quiet place ho knew
of, and vanish. As the exquisite
voice arose to heaven, and the throng
pressed nearer to Sbc the beautiful
singer, the would-be murderer, with
the air of an innocent country fel
low, seemed to be pushed fonvai
by the crowd. The dagger was cou
cealed in his long sleeve. Hu utter
ed a little cry of admiration, and pui
•fortii his hand as one who sought,
for his own good, to touch some
blessed thing.
An instant more and tlie weapon
^vonltl have pierce the child’s hoart
His sung filled the air, growing fain
ter with every instant. But where
was he? Where?
It wus the mother who firsj; cried
out for her boy.
Then all voices were lifted. Some
cried out that they had seen a bund
of angels bear him away through the
lace-like intricacies of the carveti
ceiling; others that he sank through
the floor. Less spiritually-minded
observers believed tuat ho had been
stolen away by somo enemy. The
would-be murderer slunk off. He
had not harmed the child; but as be
lifted bis hand to stab him* ho had
gone out of existence as a flame is
extinguished. .
The mother—the unhappy moth
er—■ who had decked her child for
this festival with such care, who hud
been so proud of him, so glad that
lie was her own, was carried home
more dead than alive. She might,
perhaps, have died or gone mad but
for strange visions that came to her
in the night. From these she awoke
comforted, sure that tho Madonna
had not deserted tier. A voice said
to her: “The child lives. In due
imo Our Ludy will restore him to
you. Boat peace.”
So she lived; but she could no lon
ger rejoice. Watching and watting
forever, wrapped always in her sublu
vest, palo us white marble, her form
became familiar to all chartrcs.
Even strungers knew her us the
mother whose child had been stolen
from her on the day of the groat
festival—some said by men; somo by
angels, who thought him loo lovely
for this world. But when that year
ly festival came ubout again, she
knelt iu her old place in the church,
her eyes ou the spot whence he had
vanished. But year after year went
by. Tho mercenary relatives of her
husband laid claim to tho property
but siuce^there was no proof of the
heir’s death, could not have their
will. Quarrels arose between them
One stubbed the ether in u quuirol,
another died of some strange inula
dy. At last all were gone—all the
enemies of tue widow's only son, aim
the great festival came about again
aud tlie crowd gathered uoout the
cailudral as it did every year. -
The mother knelt in her black*
veil, and prayed lo the Madonna
This was all tho child could toll,
and when asked to describe the wo
man ho said she was beautiful, with
lovely eyes and a gentle smile, and
black.
The good men held a counoil and
esolved to lift the stone., Below it
is averred, they found a strango
white cave, and in it the statue now
known to all who visit Chartres ns
tho Black Madonna. They placed
it upon a shrine for all to see. And
every your, as long as she lived, the
mother whose son had been restored
to her, oatne on tho eve of tho festi
val to hang about tho nock of the
beautiful Black Madonna a jewel of
groat value.
As lor tho boy, somewhere in
Chartres his portrait is preserved; a
fair baby, with golden locks, and
great blue eyes; iiisVhead is thrown
back, and his lips lie apart as though
ho were singing; and his dross is
blue and white, embroidered with
silver.—Mary Kyle Dallas, in Now
York Ledger.
Nineteenth Century Proverbs.
A thousand blind persons sue no
further than one.
The Truth of tho past fights for
the Hope of v tlu- future.
Genius is merely the courage to
fish your own wreck.
It martyrdom is the teat of truth,
vice is tho greatest of the goods.
If you wisfpft person to believe
you virtuous, confess a few faults.
Wlmt iEusylus calls fate, Galvin
calls election, and Darwin selec
tion.
to
she did every
Tho music
restore her child,
day of her said life,
arose,The same grand song he sang
that day, the boys’ voices were shrill
aim! sweet, but suddenly-above them
all rose one beautiful beyond ties
enption. Whenco did it ctfnie
From above the earth, or from bo
low? Tho eyes wore all present
sought in vain to see tho singer, and
over that poor mother’s face spread
a flash of hope, and she looked ovo
to heaven. Nearer, sweeter, clour
er, it came! Nowit was there uni otigst
them. They saw tho singer. On
the same spot on tho marble floor
whence he had vanished stood tli
child,—n delicate and dainty figuvi
in bine and white embroidered wit
silver, not one whit changed si not!
that day when his mother had dress
ed him in her handwork, not seem
ingly an hour old. As though lie
hajJ never even left off, he continued
his song, and the people thought
they beheld a vision or an angel—hoi
the mother know the Madonna had
restored her boy. She waiicd until
the music ceased, then opened hoi
arms and clusped her son in them
once more, and showered her kisses
on his golden hair and snow white
brow, while he with equal ardor
embraced her.
Tho legend goes on to say that the
bishop and many holy men inquired
into tlie case, and that the child told
them tli is story: As ho sang seven
years before in the cathedral ho hud
felt himself drawn down war
through the floor. There, in
sitange white cave, where a sort of
moonlight reigned perpetually, a
beautiful woman had takeu him in
liur armfe, aud hud bidden him to
have ho fear.
“Danger threatens you,” she said,
“and I must keep you here until u
is over.”
Then when lie wept for his moth
er she sang him songs that made
him forgei; and when lie grew hun
gry fed him with milk and honey.
He seemed to have slept ou her bos
om a long while, when she awaken
ed him with a kiss, and bade him
adieu; and thou lie wus in the cathe
dral again, singing, and he saw his
mother, and was glad.
Marriage is the prism that brings
oat the colons of a youth’s and maid
en’s life.
No small part of human misery
comes from the unjust application
of just laws.
Wise men si'- in judgment on lire
poor, but tho poor sit in judgment
on the world..
Thousands of men who would
murder you for ton dollars, will not
put to sea on Friday.'
If you wish a person to believe
that you know o'uo thing, first swear
that you know nothing else.
VJoos unite menj_ virtues separate
them. Saints arc apt "to liiito each
other; drunkards are good friends.
The chief art of war is to assume
ihe offensive; tho mouths of soldiers
are more dangerous than their bayo
nets.
. There are two crimes in the world
—not to work when you are able to
work; not to help those who are
uimble to work.
Science knows neither clean nor
foul, neither delicate, neither eyes*,
nose nor tasto, but only the truth.
The poets who created the heath
en gods tu/ned them , into men to
givo them a greater interest. But
they were never able to turn them
back into gods.
Tho slander of a friend, the treach
ery of u wife, \ho wife, tho deaf oar
which humanity tuns to its lover—
foi' these three evils tho gods cannot
find a remedy.—John Swintou’s Pa
per.
Divorces in Burmali.
Loudon Queen,
The Bttrihiin marries early, and,
tho gli polygamy is permitted, has
only one wife, whom, with the other
females,of tlie family, he compels
to do all tlio woik. Divorces by eilhei
party arc easily arranged, and are
very common occurrences. If two
persons are tied of each other’s socio-
ly, they dissolve partnership in tlie
following simple but conclusive man
tier: They respectively light two
candies, and shutting up their hut,
sit down and wait quietly until they
are burned out. Tho one whose cau
dle burns out fires IcuveB tho house
at once and forever, taking nothing
but'the clothes he or she may have
ou at the tune, all else becoming tlie
property of the other party.
Death of Hubert Toombs,
Tho kingliest of Georgian’s is
dead?
Th° rich lifo, riotous in its tiffins
cnee, is spirit at last. Tho deop-
through whioh it8weptin thunderous
majesty and the shoals over whioh
it tumbled uoisily, arc drained and
bare.
Bob Toombs is no morel
Qneuched is this imperious life.
Stilled is the mighty heart. Gono,
the dauntless spirit. At rest, the tur
bulent emotions. Pulseless, the
splendid form.
If God ever made tho body of mor
tal man toshi.to with ihe hope and
inspiration of immortality, surely
here it was. In the splendor of his
beauty—in the mightiness of his
strength—ip the vitality that spark
led in,his oyes and rushed through his
vions—iu the ease with which he
conquered and the heights to which
lie soared—in tho scope aud freedom
and bond less comprehension of his
powers, there was little suggestion of
decay. Dazzled by bis kingly beau
ty mid majesty, one might have
said, “Surely lie will cohquor
death!”
But the course of nature is un
changeable. Even the eagle’s wings
grow weary and are folded, and the
strong matt totters to the welcome
grave. The glory- fades from tho
cltecK and the light (lies-in the oye
The majesty departs from tho pallid
brow, and tho rich blood falters in
the vein. The longue that sum
moned forty million people to war
babbles unmeaningly in its hollow
cavern. Tho lingers that easily spilt
this continent in two, beat the air
p'tifully for support mid guidance
The mighty spirit that bent senators
to ils will and that forged earth’s
bloodiest revolution, sickliod o’er
last with uplifting similews, creeps
aimlessly within the walls of memo
ry, mid weeps or laughs alike
itself.
Then God, in his wisoitud i .finite
mercy, comes and ends it all! His
gcnilc hands clasp the wandering
lingers. His kiss touches the maun
during lips. There is pence ut lust
Georgia’s glorious eon sleeps. The
uuforgiveu rebel awaits, in unbroken
stillness, the final judgment of God
And deatn, touching the tranquil
face witli his unspeakable solemnity
••evites thcroWF something of .tiro
majesty and beauty of youth, llmt
liis people, gazing through the mist
of tears, may see him last as they
loved him best, when lie stood
among men in his kingly splondor
Atlanta Constitution.
with
Proverbs tu Puck.
Never hit a man when he’s down.
Jump on him.
“No” ofton means
man’s “Yes” often
A woman’s
“Yes;” but a
means “No.”
Every- cloud has a silver lining,
but it is not given to every limn to
turn it inside out.
Children and fools tells tho truth.
It takes a full grown, mentally
sound man to lio artistically.
A thing 0, beauty is a joy forever,
but it won’, bring more than half
its value in an auction sulo.
Never deal from the bottuin of a
puck uuloss you happen to lie une
qual to arranging a cold deck.
A kind unswer turncth away wrath,
but a knowlodgo of tho manly art
comes in handy, now aud then.
Novel* contradict a woman. Leave
her alone and sho will suvo you the
trouble by contradicting herself.
Absence makes tho heart grow
fonder, hut you qo not want to be.
away from your wife’s society lucre
than seven evenings out of tho week.
Love mu little, love n o long, is
fall of poetry and soul elixir; but
most girls of our acquaintance would
rut her bo loved a good deal, and all
at onco, as it were—0. V. Teixoru.
A Good Example to Follow.
A few days ago the nowspapors
stated that tho President had express
ed a desire to seo at the WliitoJIouso
Senators who had objections tomuKO
to "any of his appointments. Con
siderable doubt was expressed )da
tive to tho truth of this statement.
Somo of tho republican Senators
thought they would rather take their
chances of defeating in tho Senate
nominations objectionable, to them
tlnujto goto the President about t nom.
It scorns, however, that Senator Citl-
lom, of Illinois, and Congressman
plumb, of that State, concluded
they would soo the President about
-tin appointment particularly obnox
ious to them. Tho appointoo in
question is the Postmaster at Streu-
tor, 111. They wore kindly received,
and tho President said that the
newspaper statement, that he would
like to seo thoso Senators and Rep
resentatives who lmd complaints to
make about his appointments, was
true.
Messrs. CuHorn and Plumb told
their story about the postmaster in
question. The President asked them
if they knew the information they
furnished him to bo true. Ilioy
answered that they did not; they only
gave what they hud heard. Of
course this was not satisfactory. Tho
President informed them that ho
would have inquiries made, and if
their Complaint, wits well founded he
would not send tho iiume of. the
St renter postmaster to tlie Sen
ate.
Could anything be fairer than this?
B.v (Vis conduct in tho enso did the
Pros,idont not prove his only object
to be to put good men in otfice?
Would itTTOt lie a much wiser plan
for nil i lie Senators who think they
know of appointments not fit to bo.
made to go lo tho President and
stale their reason for thinking so? If
they lire desirous of doing only what
is l ight it is probable tly.y will ac
cept tho invitation tho President has
extended to thorn. If Senator Cnl-
loni lmd not called on tho President
ho would liuvo objected doubtless to
thp confirmation of tho Stroator
Postmaster, and yot, from his own
story, he know nothing against him
that lio c6uld testify to. Perhaps
objections will bo made to a good
nijiny of tho nominations on moro
hercany than cnidonco. If Lite nomi
nation of,the Streutor postmaster is
sent to tho Senate Senator Oulloui
will know that his charges woro not
well founded, and will have, tborc-
foio, no occasion lo raise an objec
tion, but If it is not sent then ho will
know that tho President has found
the charges to be true, and a dis
cussion of tho matter by tho Senato
will have been prevented. Moro of
tho Senators ought to follow Senator
MoCullom’s
Nows.
exumpio.—Savannah
ATcxau Grain} Jury.
Much surprise was created boro
to-day at tho action of tho grand
jury which adjourned, and failing to
return bills of indictment, forced
the release from prison of lour men
guilty of desperate and undenied
killings, nud who wero in jail on
charges of murdering their victims.
Tho four men arc Charles Woods,
for killing John Latimer at the gas
works; James Scott, for killing “Big
Miko” tho hack driver; Jim Alexan
der, for shooting a negro in Si ring-
town; Bob Philips for cutting a ne
gro’s throat at the oil mills.—Dallas.
Texas Special.
An Arabic Proverb.
[Now York icdcpcudciit.]
Tho following is an Arabic prov
erb which we havoltakon down from
tho mouth of an Oriental:
Mon are four:
Hu who knows not, and known not
lio known not. He is a fool; shun
him.
Ho who knows not. and knows ho
knows not. He is simple; teach
him.
He who knows, aud knows not ho
knows, lie is asleep; wako him.
lie who knows, and knows ho
kiruws. lie is wise; follow him.