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THE SOUTHERN WORLD* JANUARY >6.18b5
Home Circle.
Prince or pauper, woman or man,
Every cieature undnr heaven’s blue dome,
Has a louring In common, neitllng close to each
heart, for
Home sweet borne.
Written especially for the Southern World.]
THE FEVER’PIEND.
BY KAMI! S. PAOCN.
He came and sat on my pillow last night,
O, but his cheeks were warm and red,
And hlo eyes were wild and bright,
And my pillow was stone to my head,
For over my face, all night he leaned,
Laughing a low, soft laugh In my ear,
That rose and fell like a wavelet’s swell,
And maddened my helpless soul to bear.
He gathered my life in my throbbing brain,
TUI it beat to bursting with o’erstrung pain,
He touched It and tapped It with cruel glee,
But be would not Blrlke It and set It free.
I throw up my arms and I called on Sleep,
Cold white swoons, even icy Death,
But the mocking flend sUU nearer leaned,
And scorched my pitiful, praying breath.
“ Keep from sleep! keep from sleep!
I have visions for yon,” he said,
” Poisonous popples, I have gleaned! ”
And straightway out of the dark there sheened
Wavering hosts of lurid ghosts,
Wraiths of living and shapes of dead.
And all night long they stared at me,
As with eyes that look and do not see.
I wearily watched them, but took no thought
If dead or living they were, God Wot!
For the red lleud laid his cheek to mine,
And the blood it glowed In my veins like wine,
And burned like streams of molten fire,
Till I moaned aloud in impotent Ire—
“ O cease your monotonous sibilant hisses!”
Why haunt me, and hate me, and kill me with
kisses,
Thou beautiful, torturous Fever Fiend 7
Till the gray dawn In at the window leaned,
Her spectral finger at him she pointed,
Lol he fled like an evil thing, anointed,
The long white rays crept ovor the floor,
But I saw them not, for I kucw no mere.
Written spoolally for tho Southern World.]
I,OST VIOLETS.
BY ROSA KVANGEL1NB ANGEI..
Violets of November!
Darling spring time flowers,
Did you just remember,
This bleak world of O'irs ?
And straightway upswinging,
Burst your prison-clay, .
With your beauty bringing
Tender thoughts of May.
Violets of November!
All the fields ate baro,
Waiting for December,
White and cold and fair.
Dusty, thorny hedge-rows,
Brown and leafless stand;
And the last sweet bird goes
To tho warm south-land.
Blessed baby violets,
Blue as yonder sky;
Precious olden promise
In your heart doth lie,
God doth not forget us,
Though the sad old year,
With its woe doth fret us,
He is ever near.
Violets of November!
You are lost, 1 know,
Yet will I remember
How you came to grow
In this mouth so cheerless,
With its frost and chill,
Violets brave and fearless,
Doing God’s sweet will!
Tlie Importance of Readlug,
BY A. G. CAUBL.lt.
We cannot too highly appreciate the
importance of reading good books, pe
riodicals and newspapers. The love of
knowledge comes with reading, and
when a person’s mind is charged with
the love of useful knowledge, it forms
a powerful barrier, and fortifies them*nd
against the inferior passions and vices,
the degrading ills and temptations,
which so often overtake and lead to the
haunts of idleness, intemperance, gam
bling, crime and disgrace. The habit
of reading useful books and papers,
should be especially encouraged and
cultivated in youth, while the mind is
susceptible of lasting impressions.
This is as indispensable in the formation
of a good character as to associate with
persons of pure and noble principles.
The best society in the world is that
which lives in good books. No taint of
vulgarity attaches to it, and no false
hood stains its truth. It is an old and
trife saying that " we may judge of a
man’s character by the company he
keeps,” and it is equally true, that we
may judge of a person's character by
the books he reads, for his associates
are often forced upon him, and his read
ing is a matter of his own choice and
selection. If parents would economize,
they should never cut off the supply of
useful reading matter from themselves
and families. Do without many of the
luxuries and fine clothing first. You
cannot be economical without it. The
library or collection of useful reading
matter is not a luxury, as some term it,
but it is one of the first and a very im
portant necessary to a profitable and
useful life.
Every book or paper we read has its
moral influence on our minds. Should
we read books of true principles, set
ting forth the high and noble attain
ments of life, it ennobles our spirits,
strengthens our characters, and makes
us scorn whatever is mean, low or base.
On the other hand if we read books or
papers which present false pictures of
human life, such as novels and other
fictitious literature, we will imbibe that
spirit, and finally consider that life is a
tragedy, a farce or a fiction; that men
are knaveB or heroes, and that women
are angels or fairies. Men or women
who give themselves up to the reading
of such literature, are generally a nui
sance, are of no use to themselves or lo
society, and often become nervous and
insane. Abstain from reading literature
which has any perceptib'e essence of
fiction about it. Read nothing but that
which is noble and calculated to instruct
and elevate you. Parents or guardians
should not spare their unceasing efforts
to inculcate into the minds of children
under their care, while they are young,
a habit of reading at every available
spare moment, a portion of some good
book or paper; which habit, if properly
cultivated, would be of more real value
to them than all the wealth you might
give them. Its value cannot be meas
ured by dollars and cents. We cannot
reasonably overestimate the influence of
literature upon the world. It iB by it
that we are taught nearly all we know
of any note, and it is by its influence
that the world has been civilized and
governed, to a great extent. Literature
iB the only audible voice of the transac
tions and accomplishments of the past.
Great men have lived and died 1 cities
have arisen and fallen; kingdoms have
been built up and destroyed; and all
these, with the progress of the present,
exist in magic preservation in our litera
ture ; that we may be almost as familiar
with the incidents, as if we were wit
nesses to the same, and be benefitted
accordingly.
Newspapers have become the great
highway of intelligence, and exert great
controlling power in our country. They
are an indispensable element in achoice
collection of reading matter. Show me
an intelligent or noted man or family in
a neighborhood, and I will show you a
man or family well supplied with news
papers and periodicals. Newspapers
are a great advantage in the education
of a family of children, on account of
the information gained, being of practi
cal knowledge. We can only realize the
vast educating power of the press,
through newspapers, upon a nation, by
comparing one which has them, with an
other which has them not. Information
is inseparably connected with advance
ment, and any reading matter contain
ing useful information is beneficial. It
makes home pleasant, cheerful and
talkative; it thins the haunts of vice,
and closes a thousand and one avenues
of temptation. And when we properly
consider its influence upon the minds of
the rising generation, we shall certainly
regard it as as a great social and moral
light. If you care for your family’s hap
piness and progress in life, furnish them
with good books and paper;:-; they are
so indispensable that nothing can com
pensate to you and your family for their
absence. Read nothing but pure and
untainted literature. Shun the reading
of fiction as you would the society of
the wicked Of all the books, the Bible
contains the greatest variety of useful
and profitable reading and demand our
attention more than all others. To
those who plead a want of time to read,
we would say—be as frugal with your
time as you are with your dollars, and
you will also have plenty of time for use
ful reading.—Indiana Farmer.
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Written specially for the Southern World. |
nat Chile's Fuat I.oug Britches.
BY MUDA IJETNUB.
I tell you, dat chile wus proud dat
day when his paw fotch him home from
town wid dem long britches on. His
maw had done made him some close and
she made de pants tolerable long, but
de gals, his sisters, wus mighty besot
about um. Dey ’lowed dey was too long
and looked too coarse an’ rough. You
see dey wanted little bud to wear des
knee britches what looks so stylish like
de picture in fashion books. But Mars
Ben say hit was time for dat boy to ba a
man. He thought the store close would
be better hisself, so he took his little
son ter town and got him a spanking
new suit—britches, vest, and coat all
alike. You jest oughter a seen dem
gals when our little man walked in de
room wid his new suit on. ’Twant no
laughing matter wid dat chile—he wus
proud, but dem sisters, dey laughed an’
dey laughed. His pants Btruck long on
his shoes jest like a man’s, an’ if you
believe me, he had on galluses, raal sto’
bought galluses. He wus proud, man,
an’ he axed me whar Sam wus—Sam is
my boy what fetches water an’ wood an’
goes on urrans at de white folks’ house.
Tother day I seed a reed poking out’n
Sam’s britches pocket. Says I to my
self ; “ Dis nigger is gwinter look inter
dat matter.” Shore ’nuf I looked an’
hit was a pipe. Dem boys is mighty
anxious to git grown. Sometimes dare
lips is jist as red. You ax dem what de
matter, and dey say dey been a chawin’
’simmon bark tobaccer.
When Sunday come, dat chile he wus
so anxious to show ofl his new close till
he couldn’t hardly rest. He up an’
dressed in ’em the fust thing. One of
de gals says: “ Bud, you’ll git ’lasses
on your coat, you oughter waited till ar-
ter breakfast.” It rained arter break
fast and he changed to his ever days.
Arter while it brightened up an’ he
dressed agin; dAn hit rained an’ he
shucked off; finally his sister what loves
ter go to Sunday school says: “Bud,
git ready, I think we can go,” and he
was soon in dem close agin. He went,
he did, an’ I’ll be bound all the nine
and ten year old boys in Possum Trot
would soon have long britches and gal
luses ef dare maws an* paws an’ sisters
would let ’em. Little boys is mighty
anxious ter git grown an’ so is bigger
ones, dat’s why dare is so much ’baccer
and liquor used. De youngsters hain’t
got no better sense dan to think hit
makes ’em grown to use des pUens an’
dey jest gits in de habit while dey hain’t
got no Bense, an’ when dey learns some
sense dey is slaves to de habit. My ole
mars ter tried his best ter quit terbaccer
arter his boysgrowed up, but he couldn’t.
Ise a ole nigger what loveB terbaccer
myself, but Ise wished er many er time
I could spen’ my money fur somepen
else, but de ’baccer has to be had.
I think de gals is well nigh recomciled
ter little bud’s long britches. Dey shame
him a heap though, ef he ’fuses ter
drive ’em about or wait on ’em like a
ge’man.
The year is dead T It la not dead, but sleeps;
In time to come 'twill wake to life again.
Its woe is hushed; Its joy but silence keeps—
Its woe and joy shall chill and cheer as then.
The rheumatic prize fighter is a wreck
of humanity. His spars are all gone.
Training of Children.
As soon as your little lass can prattle
and run about teach her order, cleanli
ness, noatness and economy. The sec
ond you can commence almost at birth.
Buy her some toys—dolls, a house and
cradle, if possible—supply her with a
place to put them in, nor Buffer any
member of the family to disturb or ap
propriate that place. As soon as she is
tired of her playthings make her care
fully dust and stow them neatly away
in their proper places. This will teach
her order and punctuality. As she ad
vances give her lessons in sewing and
making garments for her dolls; also to-
make the curtains, carpets and uphol
stery for the chairs, sofas and ottomans,,
and arrange them properly, to keep the
house clean and the doll’s clothes also.
By this you will lay the foundation of &
good, sound, practical domestic educa
tion, and will soon discover all the ele
ments of a well ordered and regulated
system pervading every action and
movement of your little pupil.
The custom of cutting away the hair
on the inner side of the ear of a horse
is net a good one. It is needed to pro
tect that delicate org^n from dust, rain
and cold. At most, all the trimming
allowable is to close the edges of the
ear and cut away the ends that project
beyond.
im SURE CURES
n DISH aid DENTIFRICE
Cores Bleeding Goins, Ulcers, Sort Month, Bor*
Throat, Clesnsas the Tssth and Pnrlflss ths Brssth;
ossd snd rsoomrasnded by leading dsnUsts. Pre
pared by Dys. J.P. k W. R. Holms, Dentists, Macon.
Ga. For Sal* by nil druggists and dentist*.
For sale by Howard & Gaudier, Lamar,
Rankin & Lamar, Wholesale Agents, Atlanta.Ga.
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80,000
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