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JOHUnT "W. SLEDQ-E, Htoi'iUKTOR.
VOL. XXXI.
A. ITE"WSPAPEE IT O 33 THE 3? E O I? L E
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SONG DIDN'T WORK.
They Hal Been Married (Inly a Year an!
Hal Already tan to have Their
Lillle Disputes.
This morning over their breakfast
they had quarreled more vij-orouily than
usual, and he had thrust his hat fiercely
on his head, slammed the door and started
to the office with feelings of bitterness
ml rno in his heart.
As he paused up tho sidewalk there
came floating to his ears from a Deij-hlmr's
open window the musie of a song. It
had been the favorite of him and Louise
during th" days when the tender hauds
of iiovc hud firt begun lu to bind their
carts together. As the familiar notes
struck into life and vibration the old
sweet chords again a sudden and over
powering revulsion of feeling came upon
him His mind recalled the happy days
when he had so fondly and joyfully wor
shiped at her shrine. The well-remenj-bered
walkH 1 y the river, the balmy nights
when they whispered in the moonlight
among the honeysuckles, her low, sott
tonrs that had so strangely stirred his
heart, her first whispered words of love
the old tender echoes in his soul were
awakened.
He turned on his heel and went back.
iui-e was lying upon the sofa, ber face
buried in her hands, and htr shoulders
baking with a storm of sobs. A flood
of re-awakened love, pity and remorse
swept into his heart. He knelt by her
said and took her hands in his.
"Lou," lie said, in low, broken tones,
never, oh never let us say a hard word
one to the other again. Let us forget
that we have ever dune so, and remember
that love is all there is in life that couics
of heaven. Dry your tears, little one,
and forgive me for ever causing them to
flow."
She looked up in an ecstasy of happiness
and wonder. She smiled through her
tears, and her arms went round his neck
as she exclaimed:
"Oh, George, am I dreaming, or is it
your old self I have with me once more?
Surely, surely, darling we will never differ
;ain. Oh, how happy you have made
me by those words! Never, as long as
I live, will I bo cross with you auother
itne."
"And we will be happy always, dear
just as happy as we were a year ago."
Always. How different life seems,
George, when love and trust and con
fidence guides our steps. And you will
never speak harshly to me again?"
Never, darling. And you will never
bo fretful and complaining auy mure?"
"No, indeed. You know I never am
when you are niee and good to me It
is only when you begin to make a fuse
that I get cross."
"Sometimes, dear, you begin it."
"Not until you give me good cause."
"Very often you begin to raise Cain
before I've said a word "
"No doubt you thiuk so, but then you
always lay the blame on me. You never
think you do anything wrong."
"Well, whenever I don't do exactly
what you think I ought 1 1, you get on
your ear and howl liketwoctts on a back
enoe."
"Do I? The trouble with y m is that
you haven't enough sense to conduct your
busiucss properly, aud yo i c nu : home
gruiu as a bear and take your spite out
on me when anything goes wrou."
"A man who ojmcs home and gets a
tongue lashing before he gets inside tl)
ioor, and found fault witn forty-seveo
times before he hangs his hat up is likely
to feel gru u. I never saw a human
being in my life with a temper like
yours."
"And il 1 hulutbeeo a tool 1 never
would have married a map with the in.
suiting, bru'al manners that you 0s.
sess, I should think you wiull be
ashamed to live."
I'd rather a tlnusand ii ues bo dead
I ban to live tho life I'm living now. It's
enough to drive a iuiii orazy."
"Oh, you miserable, detestablu villain;
Why don't you kick and beat mu? I'm
sure you re mean enough to,
Two uiiiiuic latr tho man, wi'h tire in
his eye and a rod scratch o i his cheek,
came out of the ho isj a seound time
Tho music of the sa ue song was H lating
from the neighbor's window, and he uiui
tered:
"Confound that old tune. Why in
thunder can't they sing ' Johuny, get your
gun,' or something decent?"
POR OVI'.K VIVtX h K
Mrs. Winslow'8 Soothing Syrup has been
used for ovor fifty years by millions of
mothers for children, while teething, with
perfect success. It soothe the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind colic, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little
sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists
in eery part of the world. 25 cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
low's Soothing Syrup," and take no oth
er kind.
Tin blacksmith is always ttrikiui
his wages.
for
OABTOaiA.
Tutu-
MlU
li n
TOW
THE BIGGEST ONE.
The Major Told the ISiest Lie and No
One In the Crowd Doutted It.
There were five or six of them sitting
bout the stove in the drug store, and they
bad been telling some pretty tall stories.
The druggist was a man of some humor
and invention, and he concocted a mix
ture ofgreat potency and line flavor, com
posed uf Hp. Pruiupnti, saccharum alba,
cortex limiuiis, carniilivllus aroumtictis
mid aqua pura i. s. This mixture he pro-
nosed to administer to whomsoever should
tell the biggest story, and tho party at
once began to stretch their inventive pow
ers to their fullest extent. A toilet soap
Iruunuer was appointed judge, and the
prize mixture, steaming hot, sat in an
eight ounce graduated measure upon the
edge of the stove.
The colonel told a war story of the
Munchausen variety, the 'squire rolaled a
hunting adventure that evinced a decided
genius fur evading the truth, and the
postmaster made a strung bid for the
prize with a snake story big enough to
make the sea serpent jealous. The others
Mowed in turn, and the last man, the
major entered the competition. The
major had in his mind a remarkable nar
rative about a dog that he owned that
did some wnnderlul things, and he began
his story this way:
"Last Wednesday morning I got up a
little later than usual, and went down to
breakfast. Most of you have seen that
brown setter of mine he's a good deal
smarter than most men. Well, that dog
was io the dining room when I went in.
As I came in the door my wife, who was
waiting for me, said:
"John, when I went in to wake you up
this morning, I found this five dollar bill
on the floor. You must have dropped it
from your pocket when you undressed lust
night. Theu she handed mo the bill. Now
that dog of mine was ."
"Wait a minute," said the toilet soap
drummer, "you needn't go any futher
with your story. Tho prize is yours. I'm
a married man myself, and that lie you've
just told is one that you'll never improve
on. I hereby render a decision io your
favor."
As there was no singlo mem io the
crowd, not a voioe was raised in protest
against the judge's verdict.
1'ASS IT 1JV.
There arc a great many troubles, and
trials, and unpleasant things in this world,
enough to keep one io perpetual fret and
fever and turmoil, if one will allow onesell
to be fretted by them. But many of them
are not worth (retting about or caring
fur; they are of little consequence, aod
we should pay little regard to them.
A mao says something which is not
pleasaut. If we make trouble about it
he will perhaps repeat what be has said,
and say as much more. If we say noth
ing, that will end it. The best course io
such a case is to pass it by, aod say notli
iug. We shall always have trials, but
wo oecd not grow peevish, or fretful, or
i npatient over them. We cm bear more
than we have borne. We can bear more
than wo thiuk wo can bear. Many a
quarrel which is exceeding bitter to day
will to morrow be lost to view. Next
year we shall wooder that we worried or
fretted or were disturbed by the petty
tiiuls that crossed our path. A friend
may grow unkind, ao enemy may be ma
licious; never mind, pass it by. Clouds
may be dark to-day, but the sunshine wil
come to-morrow, nod the afflictions and
trials of the present will pass before the
brightness of the days to come.
Bury tho troubles that aro past; bear
the troubles of tho piesent; do not worry
about the troubles of the future. Meet
each trial as it comes, and in a majority
of case's the best courso will be to pass it
by, aod leave it with God.
CARDINAL MANSINO ON
CHILDREN.
I have soaiotimo thought, when look
ing on a church full of ohildren, there is
nothing more beautiful in the sight of
God. A beautiful garden of roses, lilies
and lovely flowers is sweet and beauiitu
to the eve. The hand of man guards and
watches ov cr it so that do harm can en
ter. Sometimes a storm of wind or hail
breaks the lilies, destroys, the roses, and
makes ruin where before all was sweet an
orderly. The wicked and malicious man
comes in to wreck and ruin his neighbor'
garden, and when they see this every
body is touched to iho heart. Everythin;
lovely and sweet trampled down am
wrecked makes ooe grieved; but in thi
sight of God, not tho most beautiful gar
den fashioned by the hand of man, not
even Paradise, not even the garden of
Kdeo, with all its glory aod beauty of
flowers aod fruits, is so bright and glor
ious as are the souls of little children in
whom the Holy Ghost dwells. Seleoted
"What is pronunciation, Uncle Jim?
"It is something vou hunt un in i dio-
tiooary ono day and forget the next.
OABTOIIIA.
A WILY MOONSHINER.
The Officers Came to Capture Him, ht Hi
Caught Them.
Cap Nelson is a mooDshiner whose
stills io Clinton county, Ky., have never
been found. The revenue officers have
eodeuvored for years to catch him, but
the nearest they ever succeeded was about
two years ago, tho details of which raid
were told to a Star reporter by Thad
Arnold, one of the deputies who aceom-
auied the posse,
"We left Point Bumside," he said
and slopped the Grst night in Monlieel-
stariing eurly the next morning fur
Boston mouutuio, near which Nelson was
nown to live. As wo rode up the nar
row bridle path that is tho easiest way to
e top of the mountain a mountaineer
met us.
" 'Howdy, strangers?' ho said.
" 'Howdy?' we answered.
" 'Ooio to Albany?' he inquired.
" 'Yes.'
" 'Waal, I reckoD I kio do yo' uns
some good an make an hones' dollar,' he
remarked. 'One of yo' all jess get down
n come hyar.'
"Our leader dismounted, and the man
said cautiously:
" 'Thar's a feller named Cap Nelson
hyar, an thar's rewards fur 'im. Kf yo'
all
will briog some men hyar, I'll go
alves.
"After a little sparring a deal was made
with the fellow, whi took us to a house
for supper wh'jre he said Nelson had an
engagement to come that night. We
watched the informer carefully and kept
our weapons ready for uso.
" 'Yo' uns all go up yander in tho loft
an keep a sharp lookout. When he
comes, jump right down an captcr 'im
suddiut. Take me, too, for my hide
wouldn't be worth shucks ef they hod
ny ijee he war given away.1
"We were a little suspicious, but kept
a close watch upon the man. He was not
out of our sight eieept wheo he went to
eed the horses.
'About the time it grew dark there
were sounds of horses' hoofs, and our spy
whispered up the loft: ' He'll ride up, an
I'll go out an see 'im an stop 'im. II
won't come io 'cause thar's two others
with 'im. When yo' all hear three pistn
shots, yo' kio know it's 'im. Git yo' crit
ters an Burroun 'im.'
"We started after the horses, and the
pistol shots were heard as we reached the
og stable. The horses were gone, the
hts were out in the cabin and when we
got back it was deserted We finally got
into the house, aod loosely scrawle I no
piece of brown paper waswritteu: 'I tol
yo' all I'd show yo' Cap Nelson for ha
the 82,000. You all et supper with him,
but he don't live here as a gcueral thing
He took the horses for half what yo' owe
him for showiog himself, and the rest
can be sent to him at Monticello.'
"It was the lust trace we could find of
him, and we walked 30 miles to town, ex
pecting every miouto to be shot at."
Washington Star.
DIDN'T CARE TO HEAR.
A stranger from the North was consid
erably astonished, while strolling through
an Arkansas towu to see a number of meo
suddenly erupt from t lie court house door
uue of them ruuniug hurriedly down the
steps and other stumbling and rolling
down .
'Excuse me, Mr, but what was the
matter in there?" he asked, addressing
a gentleman upon whoso person another
gentleman had in his haste riden most of
tho way down the stone steps.
" Wal," replied the eitiz-in interrogated,
pawing his person over in a respectful
way to discover if perchance the ends ol
any broken bones were protruding
through his pelt, "Jim Pritchet t ucci
dentally shot Heck Jonks's dog yesterday
with t trillin' old hair-trigger revolver
ho's g it, an' while he was tryin, to ex
plain to the dog's owner how tho aeci
dent came to happen the old pistol went
off of its own accord an' shot Heck. Ad
jest dow' while he was tryin,' yere io the
Cou't House, to explaio the matter to the
Coroner's jury, the infernal old pistol
went off again an' shot a hole plumb
through tho Coroner, an' as he insisted
upon iryin' to explain the last accident
to the rest of us, we 'lowed we didn't
keer to stuy to hear it."
"Are you never tight with your
money?"
"Only when money is slack."
'What U nutritious food, Undo Aleck?'
"It is food that is so cheap and plain that
many people are ashamed to eat it."
"Of all the wonders of the great west,
which was tho one that impressed you
most?" " Woudering how I was ever going
(0 get back home."
On s swallow may not make spring,
but one grasshopper will.
"They ssy he is descended from along
line of kioga."
"I should judge from his looka that it
was a pretty big come down.
ABE WAS CONVICTED.
But he Had Left all to the Lord and Came
out All Right.
They were going to try a colored man
for stealing a quantity of raw cotton,
aod when the hour arrived, I went up to
tho court house to hear the case. The
prisoner was a man about 40 years of nge,
and hud elected to plead his own case.
The prosecution proved that the bag of
cotton was found iu his cabin, and the
property was fully identified as belonging
to tho owner of tho compress. The pris
oner asked uo questions, but said he
wanted to make a statement and rest his
case "wid de hiwd. Alter a while he
was given an opportunity to speak, and
said:
'I war' gwine by dat compress at 'leven
o'clork at night, when a voice called out
to me: 'Hold on, dar, Aberham Jones!
Yo' was a pore man, an' you jes' take long
dis bag o'cotton to buy yo' sum shoes fur
cole wedder." Deo de bag fell at my feet
an'I d uo took it home."
Did you reeogDize the voice?" asked
the judge.
"Did you recogoize that voice?"
"No, sab; but I reckoD it was cr enjul
dat spoke."
"Then why did you hide the bag when
you got home?"
Well, sah, jest' as I got frewdegate
anodder voice told me dat I'd better hide
de cotton fur a few days."
"No, sah; but I reckon it was a voice
from Heaben."
"And that's your defence, is it?"
"Yes, sah. I'se willin' to res' dis case
in de Lawd's hands. De Lawd knows
I never stole dat cotton."
"Hadn't you better have a lawyer?"
suggested the judge.
"No, sah. I'z3 beeo gwioe ter chuich
fur de las' fu'ty y'ars an' I'm restin' dis
case right in de hands of de Lawd."
"I shall have to give you four months
in jail, Abraham."
"Huh! What fur?"
"Stealing that cotton.'
The prisoner received his sentence
without a word, seeming to have expected
it, aod was taken away. Two weeks
later I met him oo the street of Seliua,
50 miles away, aod said to him:
"Why, I thought you were iu jail for
four months over io Florence!"
"Yaas, I was," he replied.
"I remember that you put your case in
the hands of the Lord."
"Yaas, sah; an' I come out all right."
"But you got four months."
"o I did, sah, but arter sarvin fui
nine days, do Lawd showed me how to
dig outer dat j lil, an' yere I urn, an dey
won t gll me ugaiu!
HE DIDN'T WANT MUCH.
"Say, kernel," ho said, as he walked
into the editor's office and stamped about
forty pounds of mud off has boots against
the legs of the stove, "I sorter thought I'd
take yer paper cf you'd do the square
thiog."
"Why, of eourse, we are always glad
to accommodate our subscribers."
"Wei, here's a little obituary of Aunt
Kalliae hit's jes' ten pages o' foolscap
an' won't make much, I reckin'."
"We'll print it."
"An' you'll send forty copies of the
paper to this 'ere list o' relatives, won't
your
"Yes."
"An' nex' week my daughter Serilly
is goiu' to git married. I reckin you
print a hull lot about that?"
"0." course. That's news."
"An', say, I've got ono o' the finest
youog shotcs you ever have saw. I want
you to cu u out some day an write up
hit."
"I shall bo glad to do so."
'You ain't got a doz 'n er two ole ma
zincs who t you vo duo read a lay id
eround handy, hev you?"
"Yea, here's three or lour."
"Thanky. Jes' put me down fer three
months, an' I'll hand you the quarter I
this fall sometimo." J. A. Hall in At
lanla Constitution.
NO DEVIATION.
"Look at that trunk!" exclaimed the
woman as she identified it in the baggage
room and saw that hinges and locks were
broken and corner knocked off.
"Yes'm, I've been looking at it," was
the humble reply of the official.
"It's all snnshed to pieces!"
"Yes'm"
"And it was done on thisrad."
"Yes'm."
"Well, what do you propose to do about
it?"
I'll report it to the agent, ma' am, aod
he'll r'port it to the superintendent, and
the superintendent to the president, and
the president to the Board of Directors,
and some day three or four years hence a
lawyer will call on you and want to know
why you didn't travel with your ward
robe in a shawl-strap. That's our routine,
ma'am, and we never deviate not even
wheo the baggage mao forgets to leavs us
1 piece of the trunk "
"Does he stammer badly?"
J , "No, he is ao adept it it."
JONES IN ATLANTA.
Some Notes from a Sermon Reported in thi
Atlanta Journal.
Mr. Jones i-topped short, and looking
toward the crowded doorw ay of the build
io', said:
"There's a constant commotion about
that door and it must be stopped. Are
there any policemen around here? If
the crowd utthitdoir cntiou;s that
noise I want it cleaned out. No rubble
can run this meeting. Either that crowd
must adjourn or this meeting will adjourn.
I have never preached to a rabble yet,
and don't propose to begin oow. If
your mouth is oblige! to go off, why just
take it outside Brother Kelly, keep
them quiet around that door. If it's a
man making tint racket, get un him and
ride him down here if it's a woman,
let her rile you down here. (Great
laughter.)
"I can't talk to un auilienc like this
unless there is perfect quiet."
His racy rebuke restored order and he
proceeded with his seruioo just as if noth
iug had happened.
Speaking again directl y to his text he
said:
"Paul saw and his spirit stirred wilhin
him. I hate a lazy man. I like a fellow of
spirit, one that you have to hold back
like a spirited horse. Preacho rs of At
lanta remind me of tho nigger and the
old mule. They lambast her, but she
won't move. The nigger lambasted his
mule, but he went only ab out three miles
an hour.
"Look here," said a man, "ain't that
mule lazy?"
"No, boss, he's ooly got a thick hide
and a short recollection." (Great laugh
ter) "My idea is to stir the people up. The
people are lying down on the government
and people in the church aro lying down
oo the Lord sitting on a stump trusting
in the Lord! Nine-tenths of the people
in the churches hero never get beyond
trusting in the Lord! They remind me
of the two niggers in the road doing
oothing, but trusting. One said he be
lieved in helpin' hissef first and den de
Lord. The other dat he b'leve in nuthin'
but jes trustin' in de Lord. A mad bull
with mud oo his horns aod business in
his eye, rushed toward them aod they
umped up and ran for their lives.
"How's dat?" asked one, "er ain't yer
jes trusted in de Lord."
'Wall yer see,' he replied, 'dere waot
do wild animals er loose wen de Lord
made dem promises ' "
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