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90 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. »«. e 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. Vfdnllou l.mlhnrn World ^“CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000jj^f Tickets $5- Sliares In Proportion. ‘ Louisiana State Lottery Company. “ We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly ana Semi-An nual Drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery Company, ana in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are con ducted with honesty, fairness, and In good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Com pany to use this certificate, with fac-slmlles of our signatures attached, in its advertisements.” Commissioners. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legis lature for Educational andCharitable purposes— with a capital of $1,000,000—to which a reserve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its fran chise was made a part of the present State Con stitution adopted December 2d, A. D„ 1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grans, single Number Draw ings take place Monthly. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIM A FORTUNE. SECOND GRAND DRAWING. CLASS B, IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEAN8, TUES DAY, February zoth, 1885—177111 Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL, PRIZE, $75(000.] 100,000 Tickets at $5 Eacb. Frac tious, in Fifths In proportion. LIST OP PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000 1 do do 25,000 1 do 10,000 10,000 2 PRIZES OF $6,000. 5 do 2.000. 10 do 1.C00. 20 do 500. 100 do 200. 300 do 100. 500 do 60. 1000 do 25. 20,000 80,000 25,000 25,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZE8. Approximation Prises of $750 $ 6,730 “ “ 500 4,500 “ “ 250 2,250 1,967 Prizes, amounting to $265,600 Application for rates to clnbs should be made only to the office of the Company In New Or leans. For farther Information write clearly, giving full address. Postal Motes, Express Mon- ixpense) M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La. Or H. A. DAUPHIN, 607 Seventh Street, Washinqton, D. 0. Moke P. O. 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