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Smith Caroltua Railroad.
change of schedule.
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■ Up Day Passengers. _
(This Train does not connect with Train for
Columbia at Brauchvilte.)
Leave Charleston
' Branohville
" Midway X
“ Bamberg
“ Graham's
“ Lee s
“ Black ville
V Elko
“ WtHrston
“ Windsor
“ Montmorenci
t “ Aiken
Arrirc Augusta
9dR) a trt
12 Oo^pt in
12.28 p m
I2.87j) in
1^.61 p m
1.04 p m
^ VH pm
1.26 p m
1.84 p m
1.54, pm
2.12 p m
2.21 p m
3.15 p m
Dawn Day Passengers.
(This Train docs not connect with Train for
Columbia at Branchvijle.) ..
Lear* Angtfsta —
'* Aiken
M oiitfnorcnci
Windsor
“* Willision
“ Elko
Blaekville
Lee's
“ Graham's
•• Bamberg
“ Midway
“ Branchville
Arrive Charleston
8 T8 STB
9.11 am
0.20 a m
9.41 am
TO.0I a m
10.08 a m
10.24 am
10.31 a m
10.45 a m
10.58 a m
110 k $ in
11.30 an!
6.00 p m
K1QUT EXrBBSS.
I^ave Charleston
Arrive- Augusta
Leave Augusta >*
Arrive Charleston
Down Leave Blaekville
p Leave Black r'lle
11.00 p m
9.20 a m
3 45 a m
10.40 p in
6.20 p m
fr.88 a m
Connects with Trains at Branchville for
'Columbia
FRBIGBT AXD ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Charleston
Arrive augusta
(icave Augusta
Arrive Charleston
Down Leave Blaekville
Up Leave Blaekville ~' “
Connects at Branchville with Train for
Columbia.
Down day passenger connects at Black- I
ville with Colombia acoommodation train
UOam
6.45 p m
4 .00 a m
5.20 a m
8.34 a m
2.38 p m
( harlotte, Columbia & Augusta R R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Cn AnioTTB, Cou'mbia A A cor st a U. Rj,i
Gbubbal Passbxobr Depaktmknt. [
Coldmuia, S. C., June 1,1879. j
The following passenger schedule will be
operated on and after this date:
No. 1—Nijht Jjcyrcss, 5oi«/A. _
I^eavp h rlotte 12:45wm
Arrive o unobla 5:30 am
Leave ol umbia... 5:35 a tn
Arrive Augueta 9:25 a in
No. 2—Night Expr’tu, North.
Lrave Augueta 5:15 p m
Arrive oltimbla..^ 1:30am
Leave olutnbia ’.... 2:30 a m
Arrive harlotte. 12:10 am
No. 3—Day I'attrnger, South.
Leave harlotte 2:12 p m
Arriveolumbla 12:00 a in
Leave oiumbia.. 1:00 am
Arrive Augueta. ; 9:10 a w
No. 4—Day Vauengtr, North.
I**ave Augusta 6:50 a m
Arrive oium bia ,..10:45 am
lioave olumbia. 10:55 a tn
Arrive harlotte 9:00 p m
Three trains stop only at Foil Mill
Hock Hill. Chester, Winneboro, Ridge
way, Leesville,. Batesburg, Ridge
Bpiing, Johnston, Trenton and Gran-
iteville. All other stations will be re
cognized as Hag stations.
T. D. KLINE, Sup’t.
John R. Maoiokdo. Oen. Pas. Agent.
Savannah and Tharleston Railroad Co.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
' A -
Janvart 1, 1879.
Thi following Schedule is in effect at this
date:
Foot Mail, Daily.
Leave Charleston - - -
Arrive at Savannah - -
Arrive Pert Hoyal -
Arrive JacksonviHlt . - »
Arrive at Augusta - . -
ffeave Savannah ...
Arrive Charles tan i . -
? 15 a. m.
1 00 p. m.
4 17 p. m.
6 35 a. m.
5 30 p. m.
3 15 p. m.
9 00 p. m-
Night TYain, Daily.
Leave Charleston - « • - 8 lOp. m.
Arrive Savannah - - - 6 40 a. m.
Leave Savannah * - - - 9 00 p. m.
Arrive Charleston - - » 8 00a.m.
Pullman cars on all Night Trains.
C. 8. GADSDEN, Engr. and Supt.
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AUGUSTA, GA.,
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run
UAPTisrr WAttOft.
BY BOB MU HER.
De Mcth’dist team stall’ded fas'—
Hit had a heavy load ;
Item mules haiH+bed en weeds and
Snatched up wjiilc on dty road /
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grass,
De driber Slumped an* yelled aloud, -
An' talked de Scripter, too / -a
But ’twant no use dem bones to $rowd, * :
Dat didn’t seem to do.
Dat khart wid sinners full was packed.
An! ’t coijbik't.turn a wheel ^
Dem mules dey bucked au’ den day backed
Au*.lifted up dey heel. '
‘‘Git up I go long ! ’ de driber cried —
“Now what Vou foolin’ bout !
Dem sinners dey will think Hied
Whet} fust! started out;
I fold ’em ef dey’d ride wM me,
Key'd git to glory sho’,-
But. Lawd hnb mussy, don’t ybu see
We’s trabblin’ mighty sk^r !”
Dem sinners made ouaanignty yell,
Dey pulled der ha'r and bawled ;
Whah day’d fetched up, dey couldn’f tclt, ^
So out dey slipped an’ crawled.
Delbrptls* team .about die-timer v-' ---
Hit fuck au’ hove in sight*
Dem bells was jingling in a rhyme —
Dat rig was hitched np right.
Hit come a chargin’ likede win’,
An’ den de bosses stopped ;
Dat Meth’dis crowd hit tumbled in—
Y on, in dat Waggin hopped I 1
Dat Baptis’ drjber gib a howl
Dat Svaked Ue.ebe’nin breeie;
’Twos, wuseer dan de wil<l cat yowl
A ringin' trough de Trees;
Dem bosses made a sudden start—
Dey fetched one neigh an’ cry,
Dey bumped agin dat Meth'dist khart,
An’ went a sailin’ by. *
Dat waggin went a boomin’ on
Clean up to glory bright ;
Dem wheels went spinniu’, sho’s you bo’n.
— Like
Now let me sify-td sinners all ;
Com Cyme de Baptis’ ban’,
Der fiag is wavin’ on de wall
Arouu’de Promis Lan !
—New (Tricans Times.
OUR FARMERS’ COLUMN.
The Orchard.
April is the month In which the war
on apple and peach tree borers should
be(?ln. Applications of soft soap are
said, by high authority, to be very
effectual.
'I’lse Colton Cntcrpillnr.
Prof. Riley says they are not to bo
dreaded after a mild winter for the
reason that being aroused to activity
during tbe mild winter weather they
exhaust themselves iu bunting nour
ishment and finding none.
tu--
[foe the people.] P
The lloaoter.
Hint No. 2.
What a revolting and melafidltoiy
picture of the depravity of human na
ture is exhibited in this character; in-
the long list of black vices thore Is none
moredestructive'and abominable than
that of slandering others, no vice that
Illustrates more forcibly, a reprobate
mind, a blind and soared conscience, a
false, deceitful antL'malLoioas heart.
With the “backbiter,* all frispdablp U
hollow, professions of esteem and love
only empty, tilings, hyposricy and
deciet fill ths soul, the tongae and the
heart are in perfect unison, false is
tho life and false is the heart, and yet,
how sad, to think, how very common
this character, You find [t every
where, in fch« city and the country, in
the society of the refined as well as
the unrefined, among the rich and
the poor, in the church and In the
world. Oh, what- a melancholy pic
ture of the universal depravity of the
human race I And now, for a few rea
sons why we should condemn, and
frown down this fearful vice.
Reason No. 1—Because a •‘back
biter” is no better than a knave; his
work and his mission in society are
that of robbery, they lob not of goods
but of character—far better to steal
my purse, as thp poet has expressed
It, “Hfc that steals my parse steak
trash; He that filches from me my
name, takes that which not enriches
him, but makes me poor Indeed,” I
repeat It, every backbiter is a robber;
the only difference between him and
naraBiiRti.
The Fire—Mb. Sandipkb’s Accicrerr—
Town Council—A Model Goose.
■ . -. Bambkkq. April IS.—The dwelling
house of Mr. A.Schacte, of this place,
was destroyed by fire last night, be
ginning about 12 o’clock. It Is sup
posed to be the work of an Incendia
ry, as the fire was found to have orig
inated on the outside of the kltcheir
The Town Counoil Ip^at this writing,
Investigating tho matter, and tho re
sult of their investigation will prob
ably be reported for the next Issue of
The People. Mr. Bchacte, I am lo-
iortned, was insured for 9800 on the
dwelling and 8200 on household and
kitchen furniture, which will reduce
the net loss to about $200. Mr. 8.
has the mo«4: profound sympathy of
the cooftpunity, and especially those
who suffered last year by the groat
fire.
Mr. William Sandifer, who lives
about two miles southeast of Bam
berg, had the misfortune to get his
collar bone broken yesterday after
noon In a fall from his buggy. His
mule became frightened at a dog—I
don’t think the dog was a “mad dog”
and dashed off with the buggy In
which were Mr. Sandifer and his little
son, five years old. Mr. Sandifer was
immediately thrown from the vehicle
and sustained the Injury above men-
flohed, but, 'fortunately for hlii little
son, he bad the presence of mind to
climb out of the buggy from b^lud
ami escape Injury. There wereone
Will underwrite on all kind* of property,
feel and personal, in Barnwell county, in
cluding gins, gin-houses, mills and machin
ery. cotton ginned and unginned at the low
esi current rates. r 5— •
~ It. M. THOMPSON,
.V Local Agent, Willistoa. 8. G.
it. B. Policies isfued in beft English Fire
Compraiee If preferred, confined to dwell*
ftig houses, stores and cements.
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Abont the llonee.
Begin with the warm weather to
guard against fevers. See that no
slop-hols*, filthy puddles or decaying
materials of any kind are on the pnwn.
isee; keep down weeds and grass;
open your windows everyday and give
your house a thorough airing. Many
deaths from fever are directly trace
able to the back doors or windows of
kitchens aBd tho “waeh sheds.” If
you can smell one of these places get
ready to send for the doctor.
'1 lie Vegetable Garden.
Thin out vegetables as noon as they
are large enough and hoe immediate
ly afterwards, drawing the earth
around the plants. Ills better to cul
tivate gardens in the afternoon when
plants are free from dew.
Jladishes may be grown in a very
few days by the following method : let
some good radish seed soak In water
for twenty-four hours, then put in a
bag and expose to the sun. In the
course of the day germination will
commence.' Tbe seed must be sown In
a well manured hot-bed, and watered
from time to time with lukewarm
water. By this treatment tbe radishes
will in a very short time aqulre a suf
ficient bulk and be good to eat.
Salt for Mtock.
The value of salt for stock can not
be overrated. It Is an undoubted fact
that where animals have unrestrained
Agent* wanted.
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the
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Transparencies of Statuary and Engrav
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Convex Glass. Manufacturers of Vel
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DRALKB IN
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
Poultry, Game,
Egg8 f Butter,
Potatoes, &c.,
No 108 Meeting
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St„ Charleston. 8. C.
T. B. GOLDING:;
attorney A.t Latvr
- I«p25-ly APPLETON, S. C.
access to salt at all times, many of the
diseases to which they are liable are
warded off and prevented by keeping
the system regular. Farm animals,
when kept on grass or green, succulent
feed, naturally take more salt than
when kept on dry fodder. Salt In
creases digestion by Increasing the
flow of saliva, aiding alsojfurther by
promoting thirst, and a constant flow
of fluids to assist fa dissolving much
of tbe food which otherwise might be
only Imperfectly digested. Actual ex
periments carefully couduoted have
demonstrated that where two hogs
arefattoned—one fed salt In Its food
be other with salt exeluded—the
one fed salt 4©od fattened very much
faster and iu several weeks’ less time.
It exceeded in weight J>y a consider
able proportion the oue fed without
salt iu its food. Stock should have
free access to salt, and they will only
take what Is needful; but If they are
left without It for a long time a sur
feit is often taken which operates. In
juriously. ’
the highway robber, the former steals
my “g od name,” tbe latter toy goods.
Reason No. 2—Because tbe “back
biter” 1h a coward. The very term it
self implies this. He is certainly a
coward who would speak of you in
your absence, wbat be dared not to do
In your presence. It Is only tbe ill-
conditioned dog (bat would fly at you
and bite your back when your face Is
turned; so we say t whether this char
acter is found In the foul-mouthed
sloth, the refined fop, or the fashion
able belle, whether at the “public
walks or the private parlor,” it Is
nevertheless tha character of the
coward; no brave man or ttae woman
would be a “social bushwhacker,”
Reason No. 8—Because tbe ‘back
biter” is a “talebearer,” and how
abominable is such a character la any
community. No one can trust them
with a secret, except for publication;
they resemble the “bill carrlara” In
the street, with this difference; tbe one
carries his bills openly, and “above
board,” while the “talebearer” carries
his news secretly—they fetch and
carry the bits and scraps they pick op
In the social circle, they are an abomin
able pest to any community, society
orcBurch. One of the ancients said;
that both the teller and bearer of false
stories ought equally to be hung; the
one by the tongue, the other by the
cars.
Reason No. 4—Because the back
biter Is a “slanderer.” What a poison
ous tongUfo la that of tbe slanderer. It
tarnishes whatever it touchee, It
blackens what it cannot consume; tbe
“black toneme” among poopleila|worse
than the disease of black tongue
among tbe cattle, during the late war
—the former kills others besides
those who have it, while the latter
only kills the cattle that have It. All
slanderers should be cut off from de
cent society and excluded from ou^
churches promptly.
Reason No. 5—Because the “back
biter” Is a “social cannibal.” Cannl
balism lu one sense- Is copflued to
heathendom, but there is a social can
nibalism of the fiercest sort formed
n Christendom, whose chief delight Is
to chew up Tcharacter “piece by piece'
and glut with pleasure .upon a man
gled reputation, as tbe man eater feeds
upon human flesh—horrible sight
Now. reader, If your are one, whose
beet natural gift Is backbiting, anc
who has a talent for doing nothing,
but eating, sleeping, and gadding
about In society, defiunlng character,
for you this article is written. The
or two other runaways during yester
day afternoon, none of them, however,
amounted to anything serious.
Our town is holding Its municipal
election to-day, and I understand
there are two or three tickets in the
field, but as they are all Demcicratlc
and composed of the very beet men,
there is little or no excitement occa
sioned by the various oppositions. It
is thought the prevailing ticket is tbe
old tloket or present Incumbents; the
only opposition to them being an or
dinance recently passed compelling
the Masonic Lodge to pay the town
: 12 50 for each meeting held In the
City Hall, whether a regular or an
extra communication. It Is claimed
» be very unfair from tbe faot that a
majority of tbe citizens of tbe town
are Masons as well as taxpayers.
Mr E. B. Price, living news TWm-
berg. Informs your correspondent Ufht
he has discovered among bis flock a
very proliflo goose. That within
twenty days after hatching one brood
she hud weaned them and bad layed
five eggs on the second crop. How
does that compare with horse millet
or California Beer ?
We have had three frosts within the
ast week, but to-day the weather
promises to moderate a little.
v-sr. Cyheeh.
Tee Floor or the Oc*an.—If the At
lantic ocean were drained, there would
be founds' range of moufifalns run-
' :! Lr li
ning through tbe middle of It, and
another range from Newfoundland to
Iceland. The tops of these are two
miles below a sailing ship, and the
valleys between are In some places fif
teen miles deep. The mountains are
whitened for miles by tiny creamy
shells, while the deep places are red
with color. *
blister is severe, but kind hands and » x ^ the fltArch comee out . gquaws sianumg near oy seemet
tender heart has put It on—the dis- cT me.”—Virginia City (Ner.) Ohronl-1 e D J 0 7 'he sport intensely, for they
ease is severe and requires a severe
remedy. J. F. B,
Bamberg, April 16,1880.
A Towanda, Pa., sign reads thus
John- Smith, teaober of cowtllllons
and other dances—gammar taut In
the neatest manner—fresh salt herrln
on draft—likewise Goodfrey’s cordjlal
A Hoy Hero.
BY *. J.W.
“Tell us a story, grandpa—a stsry,
please l’. t
It was little blue-eyed Sadie who
made the request, as; she climbed up
to her seat of honor on the old man’s
knee. AU tbe children, with eager
faces, crowded round his chair; for
they knew that grahdna would refuse
his littls favorite nothing.
“What kind of a story, ray pet?’ he
said, gently stroking her golden curls.
“A dost story.*
“Something about pirate* 1’ cried
Ralph, the eldest, who did not believe
in fairies dr ghosts, '
“Or Indians 1 Oh, do tell ue a true
story about Indians, grandpa 1’ ex
claimed George. “Mamma said that
? ou could tell tie something wonder-
ul that happened once, if you wished
to—eometbing really true.’
“Very well, It shall be about Indians,’
grandpa answered; “and my hero Is
only eight years oid—about yo ur age,
Georgie.*
As the children drew their chairs
nearer to listen, they made a very
pretty picture In that cozy, firelit
room.
“Many years ago,’ grandpa began,
“there lived a family of English emi
grants on the Western frontier. Their
home was not as comfortable as this,
for tbe house was simply a loc-eabin,
without curtains or carpets, and with
loop-holes instead of windows. Tet
Mr. Martin and his wife were very
happy, as long as they were untrou
bled by Indians, who were very fierce
and powerful at the time I speak of.
The husband worked all Tfayrcnttlng
dowulrofialaLhe neighborhood. Some
time* ho took with him bis little son.
named Georgs—who looked very much
all bla force Into the efiort, then sent
tbe weapon flashing through the sun-
Ughti- -7-
lt grazed the little captive’s head,
like the Georgie who is listening to me
now. Tbe boy bad large, dark eyes
and long, yellow curls—Just like
yours, my child.
“So they all lived happily In this
strange, lonely home for abouta year;
until one dark, moonless night, a
party of Sioux Indians on tbe war
path surrounded tbe cabin, and woke
the Inma'ee with a fearful war-whoop.
“Mr. Martin, springing out of bed,
seized his carbines and two trusty
pistols, and prepared to defend the
wife and child whom ho loved so well.
“Oenrgto held the weapons In readi-
>rhi '
Woman's Moftening Influence.
“It’s astonlsbin’,” remarked the
forty-niner this moruiog as be noded
over his glass to our reporter, “It’s
aetonlshin’ what a coward a man Is at
home—a reg’lar crawlin’ sneak, by
Jove I I’ve traveled a good bit and
held up my end iu most o’ the campn
on the eoast since ’43. I’ve got three
bullets Inside o’ me. I've shot and
been shot at, an’ never heard nobody
say I hadn’t as good grit as moat fel
lers that’s goiu’. But at home I’m a
that'
kayote. Afore I'd let the old woman
know that her hot biscuit wasn’t A t
when it’s like stiff amalgam, I’d fill
myself at. a retort. I’ve done it lots 9’
times. Most of my teoth Is gone from
tuggin’ on beefsteak that the old wo
man fried. D’ye think I roar out when
1 go over a chair In the dark ? No,
sir. While I’m rubbin’ my shins an’
keepin back the tseru I’m likewlee
sweatin fur fear the old woman has
been woke up by the upeet. I didn’t
use to be so,” slged the poor fellow
thoughtful!? rubbing bis shlnin
scalp. “ When we first hitched
thought I was the superintendent, but
after a year or two of argyin’ the pint
I settled down to shovin’ the car at
low wages.-* I kin lick any man o’ my
age and slzo,” cried the old gentleman,
banging the saloon table with his
*1
ness for uls father, while tbe mether
loaded them. . Soon .alas 1 a bullet,
fired by tbe redskins, passed through
tbs loop-bote, killing instantly the
courageous Mrs. Martin.’
“Grandpa, you .are ciylogT Sadie
Interrupted, looking up into tbe old
mao’s face.
“Hush, darling 1’ be answered, brush
ing something like moisture from his
eyes. “Let me tell you all the reef
“Then Mr. Martin lost all hope; but,
for the sake of his child, he made a
galiant struggle. The Indians, after
•*m <>t 1 botr rmmhnr Intel been i ' ~
burst Into the cabin, ana one o!
foremost, wlthja single blow of his
tomahawk, killed the heroic English
man.’
“And what about Dorgte?’ Sadie
asks, with breathless Interest.
“Tbe child fired the last loaded
pistol at the red-skloe who bad mur
dered his father. Tbe charge took
effect—the Indian was dangerously
wounded; but a dozen weapons were
immediately leveled at tbe boy’s bead.
By the Interference of the chief, Oeor
gie was saved from death, and oarried
away as a captive.
“Tbe Indians hod two. other prison
ers besides him—men whom they in
tended to torture on reaching home.’
“After two weary days of Journey
ing over the prairies, the/ party at
length arrived at a Sioux village.
Crowds of old women and children,
accompanied by barking oiirs, came
forth to meet them, and especially to
jeer the helpless captives.
The next day, amidst great rejoic
ings, the latter wero ' put to death at
the stale*—according to the invariable
custom of the savages.
Georgie was turned over bv the old
warriors to be tortured by the lodlan
children,
Imitating their elders, these little
wretches tied the white child with lea
thern thongs to a stake driven firmly
In to the ground.
Before piling the brushwood round
him, the Indian children, with much
yelling and confusioo, retired to tbe
distance of about twenty paces, arm
ing themselves meanwhile with fight
tomahawks and with bows and ar-
iows.
They first drew a lino, which it was
forbidden to pass. Then each one in
turn stepped to the front and fired,
trying how close he oould come to tbs
boy without hitting him.
Georgie felt the arrow*-whi*
his head. He was too much interested,
or, I should say, surprised, by the ter
rible ordeal through which he ifae
passing to feel afraid. But he grew
abd with la dull, heavy thud, sank In
to the etake to which he was bounds
This was too much for Georgie’*
proud spirit J n
He would not stand to be killed so
shamefully I. He would fight for bis
life, as he had seen bis father do !
With all his strength, he tugged at
the leather strips which held him,
and—oh,Joy|—found one arm free!
He uttered a ery of triumph!
Grasping tbe tomahawk above his
head, bn wrencheiMt, out of the wood,
then quickly liberating his other hand,
bif sloodf’armed, and ready to die
like a man.
Brandishing the weapon above bis
head, Georgie . fuabed toward tbe
astoulshed band of navagee.
They had not expected this. They
were not prepared for such an action
on the part of their captive. They
were dumbfounded, terrified. Bo they
turned and ran.
With a shout, of triumph *the
white child pursued them. On, on
they fled, and Georgia after them 1 A
crowd of braves intercepted the boy.
he would bnve been speedily killed,
butfpr tho Intercession of a squaw,
who had witnessed the whole affair.
As tbe wife of the head chief, she had
great Influeuce with the tribe. She
had lost her own child during the
proceeding week, and now, as a spe
cial favor, begged to be allowed to
Her j prayer was
adopt Georgie.
granted. ^ •
And thus the boy hero was saved.
What became of him afterward?
Ralph asked, as grandpa concluded
his story.
Until he was eighteen years of age,
Georgie lived wTCfi the tribe. He
learned their lauguage, and gradually
forgot hls‘ own. He could ride ble
mustang, fling tbe Inseo, and kill the
great buffalom of tbe prairies, as well
as the most experienced warriors.
He acquired such influence over hie
red bretbern that, wheu the chief died,
be was elected to the vacant place.
At last It happen'd that a party of
his warrior*, against his strict orders,
attacked a frontier village, and bore
away as captive a beautiful white
maiden.
Georgie, as I call him still, rescued
her from (lange* because ardently
attached to her, and she returned bis
affection. By her efforts she brought 1
him back to civilized life. They were
married, and, as stories‘anr, every -
thing went merry as a marrlag>|--.|Mikl
My dear children, that is all. . *_
What a Woman Cara
w“rinkl«l fiat 6 ; “I’ll^hool. ataod"trp~or I very angry when one of the missiles
rough-and-tumble for coin, but when better almep than the others, earned
I hang my hat on tho peg tn tho ball a * oe * °J golden'halr.
an’ teke off my muddy boota, an’ The young Indians yelled their ap-
hear the old woman ask if that'e me, pl au8e a * this fl° e shot, and khb*
1 squaws standing near by seemed to
•tin
As the wife and mother, woman can
make the fortune and happiness of
bet hue band and cblldreor, and If she *
did nothing else, surely this would be
■uffloieut dmtloy. By her thrift.
1 ni'l'-: . un i uu t. abe cam secure U»
her partner and to he re ell a compe
tence In old age, no matter how small
their beginning or how adverse a fate
may be theirs. By her ebecnalMB% ,
sheesa restore her husband’s spirit^,
enaken by the anxiety of business. By
her tender care, she can often restore
him to health, if disease has over
tasked his potrere. By her counsel
and love, she can win him from bad
company, If t< mptatlon In aq ATtl
hour has led him astray. By her ex
ample, per precepts, and her sex’s
Insight ?nto character, she can mould
her children, however adverse their ’
disposl’ion, Into noble men and women.
And, by leading in all things a true
and beautiful life, she can refine, eie-
AvatSk and spiritualise all who come
within reach, so that with others of
her sex emulating and assisting her,
she can do more 40 regenerate the
world than all the statesmen or re
formers that ever legislated.
She an do much, aloe I peihape
more, td degrade man, If ehe chooses
to do It. Who con estimate the evils •
that woman baa tbe power to do? Asa
wife she can ruin herself by extrava -
ganoe.folly.or want of affection, She can
make a demon or an outcast of a man
who might otherwise become a good
member of society. She can bring
brtckertngs, strife and discord into
what has been a happy home. She -
can change the innocent babes into
vile men and even Into vile women.
She can lower the moral tone of so
ciety lu»elf, and tbua pollute legisla
tion at the'epring head. She can, In .
fine, become an Instrument of evil
instead of an angel of good. Instead
of making flowers of truth, purity,
beauty, and eptrtuallty spring .vpfn
her footsteps, till tbe earth smiles
with a loveliness that is almost celee- »
tial, she can transform It to a black
and arid desert, covered with the
scorn of all evil passion and swept by
the bitter blast of everlasting death.
This is what woman can do for the
wrong as well as for the right la y ;
her mission a little one? Has she no
worthy work, as has become theory
late? Man may have a harder task ;
bat he ha»' none loftle?
than woman’s.
to travel,
or more In-
en-
cle.
A Living God.
-^rntee _ sassage and other garden
truck. N. B.—Bawl on friday nlte— ^
prayer meeting cheusday-also salme
singing by the quire.”
Master Iff. B. Barnwell to-day gave
judgment against J. L. Noagle, as
ex-county treasurer, and O. M. Wilder
as surety, for $2,109. the amount as-
tertalned to have been collected by
Netffle a* taxes for this county and
unaccounta^t for. -
Marlon.—Under tbe preaching of
Miss Painter and Mrs. Moon, who have
been preaching at the’- Methodist
Church three weeks, there have been
about thirty converts.—Star.
Did you ever, I ask you, hear a re
ligious man say, as years went 00,
that bis reltgloaJaad disappointed
him ? Nay, the life of our God Is con
tinued even now upon the earth; and
where tbe life is, there le the full, un
ending, irresistible powSr by which
God will lead us from strength until
couraged the children to continue.
After a few more trials, they
tired of this kind of archery, so they
proceeded to something more danger
ous and exciting.
God in Zlop. We worship no absent
God. We serve no lifeless abstraction.
We devote/oureelv* s to no idle Idea.
We are buoyed up by no mere Inflated
enthusi ism. We serve a God living
—a God present—a God who loves—a
God who acts—a God who bids us
trust him to the uttermost, as we pa
tiently pursue fepe path from whose
end,even now, he Is beckoning to us,
whispering to os the while, as
minds are dark, and our hearts are
Id, aud our fears are great, the rich
words of most abundant promise, “I
have yet many things to say unto you,
but you oaunot bear them now.”
Each in turn, exerting all
strength, flung a tomahawk at
little*prisoner. Oh 1 It was piteous to
see tbe child, with bright, blue eyee,
and yellow curls floating on tbe wind,
standing there a helplees target for
that crowd of young savages. Yes,
hair was golden as the sunlight-
look; my children, how mine is gray?
Yes, yes grandpa 1 Please go on!
Tell us wbat happened next I the list
eners cried, Impatiently.
. Well, the old man continued, Geor
gie was ia s terrible state of excite
ment, while one by one, five boys step
ped to the front, and five shining
weapons barely skimmed by his head.
The sixth young savage was the
e who bad made the good shot a
few minutes before, with bow and
arrow. '" # *
He DOW poised hie sharp tomahfwk
tn tbe air, took a long, deliberate Mm,
bent hi* supple body ferward, threw
The Old Oaken Bucket.—“The Old
Oaken Bucket” was written" fifty or
oro years aim by a printer named
uel Woodworth. He was in tho
habit of dropping into a noted drink-
tug saloon kept by one Mallory. One
his day, a f fer drinking a glass of brandy
the l and water, ho smacked his lips and
declared that Mallory’s brandy was
superior to any drink he had ever
tasted. “No," said Mallory, • yon are
mistaken. There was a drink which.
In both our estimations, fareurpaen* d
this.” “What was that ?” incredulous
ly asked Samuel. “Tbe fresh spring
water we used to drink from the old
oaken bucket that hung In the well,
after returning from the fields on a
sultry day.” “Very tree* replied
t’v tear-drops glistening In
to his
Wood wort*
his eyes. Returning
printing
in
he seated himself at his desk
and b^ao to write. Is half an hour,
e old oaken bucket, ike iron-bound
1 1 , j, Y’ 1
The moofl-eoTered backet that hung la the
weU -" .
Was embalmed In an Inspiring song
that has become as familiar as a
>ld wort.' v
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