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Clai'ksville, Red Iliver County, Texas, November 16, 1883,
New Seines 2STo. Q, \^ol. 5.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
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F- \l District Lleik.
. vv. ilvkm Cuu,,n=£
u- J^* Collector.
J. K. TreMUWi.
(i. L. MooitMAN- irenwuw.
S. E. HksdiUCH,
Church Directory.
Letter from ihe Editor.
Stuveyor.
Citv of Houston, Nov. 5. 1883.
ijkaii Standaud : My last was trom
JUSTIOtS AND CONSTABLKS.
1 W Stvslkv, J istice Peace, Precii-«t No 1
" ... ... Countable, Product "1
Divine ne.rvices at t:ie Metlio.'iai Ej.im.op*
Church South, in Clarksville,every hir.nlav.at 11
a. in., and at 7 p.m. -mt'lay School m ji". m.
E. W Al.DEHt.uN. J->t«tor ., „ ... ,, .
Preacling at the Cumberland PrtBl.vttriau ' Hempstead, A allf-r county. G.it- through
chur.hevery Sabbath, day and night- ' | there iii two and a bait days. and made
\i M.f at t ,, J*' "r ]'■'«V to BeHvill*. Austin comity, by
Maw. at St. Jomph's Church (Catliolu evtry
Sunday at 10} a. it. Cutcvhibm at 2i p. v
Vespera at 3J p. m. L « niaoi every day iu t!i
wnek at >} a. m.
KKV. A MAUKY, PIMUI.
j. C. , . „
\. M vL LDIS, . natice Peace,
Precinct No 2
Jonstable, Precinct " o
Justice Peace, Precinct No :j
Precinct " 3
,, .. Uw... Justice Pence Preeinct No 4
V't Joiisaxos Constable Precinct " 4
n Uruoillitt \In 5
E
\v. II. UoLMES
5 E. IIOBSEK
\V-.H.lL\KBiJisoN Constable,
Justice Peace Precinct No
Precinct "
.1 F. HUST
i)vVis Constable
c' V. SKISMEK Justice Peace Precinct SO 0
A. C- QL AKLES
Cocatable, Precinct "C
Justice Peace Precinct No 7
J S" Coustable, Precinct « 7
.. . h.-dson. Justice Peace Precinct No 8.
Constable Precinct *8.
J CO Vnty commissioners.
Precinct No«
1)aV1 Precinct •' 3
(j. B. Dea" ' ..Piecinct " 5
Jim BkyakCV. - ...Precinct " &
I' h* DELUIXUMl
court directory
, rn|.KT will be held in Red River Coun
nth «t May, 1^3. «> "" ,he la 'M
N„v. u.lM;r, IS** E M iJowcrs, Clerk
It K. ovlsks^Judse, s w hakman.Co.Atty.
B. It River Count}, held on the
January, March, May, July, bep-
tlur. >lou<lay
Vii.lwr :i">i j ui*l«e,A.P- Cokley,Clk.
Jl> inlay i" ea« h luontli Brows. Constable
•> SrASiAn^ lp. No 2 ueW ou tUe
lirsi Saturday i "j*" 1 ""y1 ^ n0LMi^, Constable
k. a. .mai;u>'--.j p^ijetko. 3, on 3rd .Saturday
j ysriou's Cot'iiT,
'VT'lloNE. J.I'. "A
ji;stick's C..L KT, Precinct No.
■ u eacii mOUtb.
Ha1!BL\snu Con
4 4th Saturday.
. .. !,.< i r. J. T. JoilUbTOS, Constable
J'wmScoCT, Frecinct No. &,on *i Saturday
•„, e;..!h P s B. Davis, Constat
j^noK^JoUKT, Precinct So. 6. on 1st Satur
,1 ,y In each ,, v q quaki es, Constat
{„ .M.tii w'"'*)'; . .. j. \v. W'ARTHArJ, Constable,
^.un th.-2.nl Sat-
"rlvlviv, J«r« B,,r-e Coul4tlll,Ic
Liodge Directory.
masonic.
Kiiendship Lodge no. 10 A. &. F. Masons,meets j shies its
first Friday night in each month, at Clarksville. '
Mayo James, Sec'j. T. A. Fcllkr, W. M.
Jack Titus Lodge no 194, meets at Coleman
Springs, on the third Saturday at 10 a. m. in each
month.
J. A. WniTMiuK, Sec'y. J. H. Beaty, W. M.
HalestxiroLodge No 3tsl meets at Halesboro on
Saturday night on; or before the full moon.
N. B: Bouykk,Sec'y. D. Thompson W. M.
Elkhoro Lodge No 402 meets at White Rock
Church, ou Saturday night an, or before the full
inoon.
S. H. Wai-d, Sec'y. J. W. Stilus, w. m.
Rosalie Lodge, No. 527, F. & A. M., meets at
Uosatie,Texas, ou Ihe 4th Saturday in each luonth
at 10 o'tluek au in.
L. B. Wai>k, Secretary. ■¥. M. Smith, w. M.
Equity Uraage No. 942, meets at Rosalie, Texas
on the 3d au.l 4th Saturdays in each month at 1
o'clock p. in. '1
II. V. Duuu, Secretary. W. E. Cook, Master.
Odd-Fellowa.
Boia d'.Vrc Lotlgs no. 36.1. O. O. F., meats in
their hall iu Clarksville every Tuesday night
T. A. Carter, R. S. J. H. Chkatuam, N. M
Robert E. Lee Encampment I. O. O. F., meets in
Odd-Fellows Hall ou the 2nd and 4 th Friday night
fevery mouth.
J. H. Cheatham. Scribe. T. A. Cartkr. C. P.
The Killing of Women-
Crime in this country is taking a peculi-
ar course just now—that of the horrible
Savannah Grange No. 1002.
Meets at Coiiuan's Springs on Friday before
the 2d Saturday, and on the 4tli Saturday in
.-neb month, at 10 o'clock a. in.
White Rock Grange, No. 730, meets ou Saturday
before the tirnt Sunday iu each month, at 3 p. in
i i I ■ t th t £ts >" 1 i f biiorj tlid third Sunday
lOd . iu.
Malmaisoii Grange, No. 721,meets first and thir
Saturd-iys in eash month at. -& o'clock p. 10.
J. M. SKTTiJi, Master.
. HOCSTP Sewfeur.
w. J. MCDOSAI.U.
M. I- SI MS.
s i MS & McDONALD,
attorneys AT LAW.
CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS.
JS &sf Tffi
till- -Stall'
ttf.
a. m- taylor.
R. 3. CHAMBERS.
TAYLOR & CHAMBERS
AT'iOKSEYS AT LAW.
Clai ksville, Texas-
Will practice in the Courts of the Connty
and ot the titli Judicial District, a so tht n-
preiae and Federal Courts of the State.
•XV. E. DAlLKYi M. D-
OCULIST andAUBIST
PAlilS. TEXAS.
1 J"■
M.D.
K. 1>. MOODY,
BENNETT. TEXAS.
/jOV-ih liisprofetsional «■!vices totlie people
oflteiiMcii.
always on hand.
K. W- RUSH, M. 1>.
Paris, Texas.
■ ^s,,c<-ial attention given to thetreatmen
Pi of the diseases of Uio Eye, Ear, and
Throat (Catarrh.)
Oliice fx <>m 7 to^lO a- m
SOME HO v7 CE OTHER "WE GET ALONG.
The good wite bustled about the house.
Her face trill bright with pleasant smile,
As broken snatches of happy song
strengthen her heart and hand the while.
The good man satin ihe chimney nook,
H*s little clay pipe lietween his lips,
And alt he'd made, and all he'd lost.
Ready and clear on his linger tips.
f
j. w. RA1NEY.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
CLARKSVILLE TEXAS,
offers bis services to the public, in all bianche
iof his profession. , . ,
It.- will b*j found at Goldbergs drug store, or
at. Ilis result-nce, North of tbewjuare.
Nov. 1st IS79. .
A . B. FALL.
Real Estate and. Land Agents.
Lands 1'ought; Abstracts piocured; Sur
vevs made; Taxes paid. All business attend
ed t « prouiptly.
no.l!>-tf.
DENTISTR Y"
DR. Z. B. MOORMAN.
Resident I>entist
Can always lw Ion id at the Bank bnibling
fliee np stairs. All work warranted. Teeth ex-
raeted'for litiy cents, all other work in propor-
Oil.
Clarkavillo, N* v. 1st. no-l-tf.
<n:o. F. Bl'KDETT. N. A. SHAW
B IT R DETT & SHAW,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
(Clarksville, Texas.
"VVitt jHMi tite iu all ol the State and Federal
•iiiris iu Texas.
Collections a Specialty.
January Mb, no.9 tf.
"Good wife, I've just been thinking a bit.
Nothing has done very well this year;
Money is bound to be liard to get—
Everything is suie lo be very dear;
How tlie cattle are going to lie fed,
How we're going to keep the boys aftschool
Is a kind of debt and credit sum,
1 can't make balance by my rule."
She turned aronnd from tlie baking board,
Aud she faced linn with a cheerful laugh.
"Why, husband, dear, one wonld think
That the good, licli wheat was only chaff;
And what if the wheat was only cliaft",
As long as we both are well and strong
I'm not a woman to^vorry a bit,
Somehow or other we've got along.
"Into some lives raiu must fall,
Over all lamta the storm must beat.
But when the rain and storm ate o'er- -
The alter sunshine is twice as sweet.
Though every strait we have fouud it road,
In every grief we have found a song;
We have had brbe&r, and had to wait,
But somehow or other we get along.
For thirty years we have loved each other
Stood by each other, wliatev r befell;
Six boys have called us father and mother,
And all of them living aud doing well.
We owe no man a penny, my dear,
We'ie both of us loTing, well and strong;
Good man, 1 wish yon would smoke again.
And think how well we've got along.
He tilled liis pipe with a pleasant laugh;
Ho kissed his wife with a tender pride;
He said, "I'll do as you tell me, love,
I'll just count up ou the other side,"
She left him then with liis better thought.
And lifted her work with a low,.sweet song,
A song that followed lue many a year,
Somehow or other we get along.
; *ay of Bronham. Though Tlenipstead
° baa improved modi in itj [>e:iriince, I do
: iot l0*rn that irs commercial business
■ has increased. On tlie contrary its trade
! once cove veil a liirsre p rt of Austin conn"
;ty, which now t;oi'.s t-.- BcMville, and
products atul merchandise •>>*
j the Santa F.-. Talking wirii a hnvjer at
Ftwiiist^cd, about tin* Miporior paying
quality of investment iit stocK over any-
thing c5.se, 'it- £:tve me his experience on
a small scak\ Four years ago, he and a
farmer friend of his?.went jointly into a
little investment, the farmer selling out
his little place o:i the other side of the
river for §900. lie bought a small tract
of prairie, l.nitt a cabin and got ready to
buy cattle, but hail only two hundred
dollars left. At this stage the lawyer
put in 4700, and the cattle were purchas-
ed. Tliu farmer lives on the place, and
takes care ot the c.ittle. Last f ill, at the
end of fonr years, the partners were of-
fered $6,000 for the cattle, but did not
sell. Thrt raiic'.id is in Waller
county, and at the end of
an open range running down
into Harris county. *A hen the northers
come, the cattle drift down there, and it
requires a, good'deal of,labor iu the
spring to bring them again into a herd :
tiut the losses have been, one year twen-
ty head, the next year, ten head, and the
liext year only one. Cun any business
beat this i
Running up on the Central, you wait
awhile at tlie liretiham depot, and tlie
train of the Santa Fe come along and af-
ford passage either north or south. From
Breuham south, (he country is pleasant
to look at undulating prairie, black soil,
iu cultivation, until you get to tlie town
of Ciiini-y, a small pleasantly situated
place on a sandy ridge ; thence to Bell-
ville the county is mostly sandy. Aus-
tin county is one of the first settled in
the Mexican State ot Coahnila and Tex
as, and embraced Anstin's old seat ot
house at du<«k. aud (ugjpg.ii few miuutes
after, the brilliant the market
house close by, went over to liave a look
at a Saturday uightniarki t, always full killing of women. Maids, wives or mis-
of interest in a city. Found the market'
lit with the electric li£tfe?,~Tbe stalls near-
ly all filled by occnpiig^j^jKjing dres«vd
meats, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits,
cakes, fresh candiiUii'il|pj|pif^iked eatables
.ud coffee. It was a lively throng, and
everytltiug looked^atfir^tfve aud provo-
cative ot appetite and depletion of the
pocket. Along the curb stone on the
west side, carts were ranged, not merely
the length ol the market house, but
across the.street, blocloiS#« passage ot
vehicles, displaying vegetables, fruits aud
poultry. Some ot these ti^iers were our
African fellow citizens, Ejrjsrybody was
lively aud in good humor;- As I passed
along 1 beard a darkey, Ambitious ot a
good Suuday dinner, ask a trader iu
fowls the price o^ ebtcfcgu- The trader
pulled out a fiue looking, well grown
young ben, aud told him 4o cents. 1 note
this to .give uiy readers. n idea oi.the
poultry, ntarket in Hottiiiu. Beef sells
at ten to twelve cei.ts p&T|)ound.. .. Fish,
troii' or red fish 12 to Is^iits. A sad-
die ot a. venison 75 cent#; a brace of
wild ducks from fifty to sixty-five oents^
(fi) photography.
,J. Ii. I'. IIAUSER
i:k *s pleasure in announcing that he now lias
a Cvllcki constructed with special regard
i..ti.. t <•« aii'.stic effect#, ill which
i :i,i to . v.diice jiortraits that
ere :i!.<h" \-"ith those procured
artists, and ill lw pleasei to re-
ie t. atnu s «t aii who desire to per-
eir iiliysio .'ii.iii.ies. He will dupli-
ieturV.s* t-nCiice them if desired, or
ik ii« liis i:n« diat luay be called
i call s^iici ;ia examination of his
ill
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LYON S HEAUY,
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is'%, CJilcajjo.
ii * diirav ! i<lr
..1 for 1883
„ ln.-truu.«s.;*, _
*... Kp«nlttt,Up-\
i- V and *
pallium Materials;
.n u4 Exercises for
:UdIcc Bum! Koalc.'
A Modern Lear.
Clrini comparisons—but, alas, too often
seen linked together in this land of plenty
and Christian charity—what tales of sorrow
and suffering and despair lie hid away in
many a form that daily walk the streets of
a city adorned with schools, churches and
stores of plenty. Such were tlie reflections
or the reporter yesterday, when, in the
county court room, amid the uneasy silence
nf the throng that the majesty of tlie law
seeks to awe into the w ys of peace and or-
der, he saw an old man, with trembling
steps approach the strand, and in low tones
speak something that saddened the face of
the judge, and then Jslowly turning away,
with tears streaming from his eyes, sink in-
to his seat sobbing and moaning as with a
broken heart. And when the judge left
bis stand, and with so much interest and
sympathy tried to appease tlie old man's
grief, we took the first opportunity to learn
f rouilJ udge Steedman the cause of this scene.
It was the old story of King Lear repeated.
An old man, after long, weary years of love,
toil and self denial; rears bom® full of
children, and bestowing his all upon them,
is turned out to seek shelter where he final-
ly may be compelled, through charity, to
go to the "little house over the hill." If
so, too sad. Worse than fc scorpion's sting
is a thankless child! Will not the sad and
wearied face of the old father hauut them
in their dreams? In the wild and wintry
night will they not see bis face on the win-
dow pane, and bear bis fP#b.'P knock at the
door? But maybe then they can't let liijii
. llis body may be in Potter's field, and
this, the white ghost of remorse coming in
tbe moonless night to trouble tliem with
the thoughts of a father deserted.—[Sher-
man Courier.
The Governor has "cut out" so much
work for the special session that it Is hot
probable it will be well done, if done at all.
There will be but few leisure moments for
wrestling with the Jack-pot—and what glo-
ry is there in going to a legislature which
has no Jack-pot attacmnents?—[Dallas
Times.
Government Suit Felipe burnt by St.
Ajina iu ISoti. Upon the western, line of
thH Sau Felipe tuur league tract, is now
buildiug up tt.e lively village of Sealy,
upou the railioad. It fire bad not effaced
old Sau Pelipu entirely, except the ground
it stoud on, I should have had a desire to
see it. Ike town faccd upon the Brazos,
but 1 oat told the location was not at*
tractive iu its natural features, though
some families live there now, BeUvilfc is
unlike any other place heretofore visited
by me. It is upou a sandy hill top, fall-
ing away gently iu every direction, and
affording a pleasant view looking down
any "of the streets which radiate from tbe
court bouse square. All the business
part ot the town is either around the
squaiv or very ciose to it. The streets
are narrow, tbe c-tyle of building intiqua
ted except ill the netv bricks which have
been erected, since the arrival ot the
Santa Fe. 'llio streets are narrow, the
general aspect is cosy, compact, and
Huuiewhat foreign, and as you pass
around the square or go into tlie stores^
you note the Get man expression ot coun-
tenance, which is a large part of the pop-
ulation are legitimately authorized to
carry, aud you hear everywhere, that old
Winueld called '-ll.e sweet German ac
cont." The court house of brick was
built in 1S5G, bat its style is that ot a
century ago. The larger number of
houses around arc frames, and most ot
thet-e look ancient. Looking out from
the hill in a soiuh westerly direction, the
visitor discerns a long line of timber evi
ilently bordering a stream, and bejoud
tnis a line of hills. Thin timber borders
Mill Creek, which received its name from
a water mill built iu 1881 or thereabout,
by an early settler uamed Cummiu^s,
He repelvud as a bonus a grant of five
leagues of spk-nd; 1 laud, svliipli strided
tbe creek, am! comprised the bottom laud
ou each side. The mill ground meal for
the early settlers twice o - thriisc, anil was
then carried away by a high rise ot water.
There was no renewal ot tbe mill, but the
builder rttaiued the luud. lie left two
descendants—one a daughter was mar-
ried to Gen. D. Y. Poi tis, who lor some
yeurs waft a prominent citizen of the old
Xiepubl-c, and who died a ftnv months
since at Boerne, out ot the general public
view. The line of ridge beyond the
creeks is a line of sand hills, a part of
which has attitude. Mitch more than
half the population of the county is of
Germans, aud their children born here,
but all talk English. The larger portion
of the uieitshants and saloon keepers are
Germans. {Some o{ the stores cany largo
stocks, and the craps being jiliort most
of" them are overstocked. Popnlation Is
uot increasing rapidly, and probably
does not exceed tftHl in town ; 1G,000 in
the county. The corn crop is tolerable
and corn worth fifty cents a bushel. Got
to Bellville at 2 o'clock Friday evening,
found uot much to do, and left by Satur-
day evening's train to spend uiy Sabbath
in the city. Coming down Jrom Bellville,
the county is sandy nearly all the way.
Until Wiillieiui Station is reached, both
sides nt the road show marks ot thorough
cultivations, but the crops with few , >;
Below Willh
Fresh Irish potatoes seventy to seventy,
five centra bushel; swefet potatoes about
tbe s.mief beans high. Muttoii is ckea
er than beef.
Houstou continues to improve. Tbe
new irou bridge coum<o6Uig the heart
of the city with tue fifth ward,
iu which are most of the railroad depots,
is a good lookiug structure built by the
conunty, and is a great convenience. Ouc
still sees a few boats in Alio bayou, em
plowed by the Navigation^Dotnpany, but
t:.e bayou has ceased to be the commer-
cial artery. It is pleasant to look atitow-
ever, as a marine feature, aud as 1 stood
upon tbe bridge I note*} that tbe NtideB
asserted themselves, audi, the water was
flowing upward. The new Shepard build-
ing approaches completion and is au or
iiameut to Main street, ttibugh not large,
because grouud was scant; but it is ol
good attitude aud nice^jtiiiisli. Grant's
English Opera Company! has large bills
at tbe street corners, aiiuouucing Billee
Taylor, Olivette, tbe Pirates of Peiizauce
etc., but I shall uot ha vie tbe good for-
tune to see mid listen, as'-I must go this
evening to Columbus. The weather Is
quite warm here, and peopta in their offi
ces divest themselves of their coats.
Trade, I am told, aud can readily appre-
ciate, is uot especially brisk, with those
who depend npou oat1 of town custom.
Tlie court house basement is completed,
anil the frames are set lor the first story
above ground. Comingout from Rich-
mond through the Brasos bottom, I saw
a top crop on cotton of good height.
When we passed between the sugar
plantations of Cuuu.it1gha91.aud Ellis, tbe
negroes were cutting cane; I thought it
very short, though the blades still hold a
bright green color. Ellis' large, new
refinery seemed to be uear'.y finished.
Next we got to Stafford's poinut, anil tor
nineteen miles passed through open prai
THE DEVIL'S DANCE.
in grass.
a I>E M.
Two Notable Graves.
In siicluded parts of Mount Oliver ceme-
tery, says the Washington Post, far apart
from each other, however, are graves con-
taining the remains of two people once
prominent in national events, but now ap-
parently forgotten altogether. One is the
grave of Mrs. Mary E. Surrat, who was ex-
ecuted as one of the Abraham Lincoln con-
spiritors, and the'other is that of Wirtz the
keeper of the much dreaded Andersonville
prison pen during the late' war. Visitors
to the cemetery, especially strangers,
will find practically nothing to de-
note the graves of these once well known
people. Wirtz is burried under a tall hicko-
ry tree in which the squirrels chatter and
gambol. Tall, rank weeds aud unkempt
grass surround the spot, and the simple in-
scription "Wirtz" on a tiny Block of mar-
ble at the head of the grave, is the only
thing to denote the resting place of a man
once so famous in his pet-culiar way, and so
universally detested.
Mrs. Surrat's grave is equally obscure.
A ragged box bush and a glass jar contain-
ing a few withered vines are the only signs
that even a memory of tbe unfortunate wo-
man still survives. A small p'ain, head-
stone, bluntly inscribed. "M{-^. Mary K.
Murrat," is all to Indicate who the ocptipapt
of the grave was. There U neither date uof
cause of death on the headstone,and the lot
containing graves of other members of the
family is rank with weeds and banked with
the faded leaves of autumn, j
Mount Oliver cemetery was visited by a
large number of strangers yesterday. The
weather was exceedingly fine, and two la-
dies whq Lftd J turned tlje location of Mrs.
Surrat's grave visited it and expressed re-
gret at its neglected appearance. They ev-
idently oheriiUed friendly recollections of
the poor woman, for before leaving they
purchased flowers and placed them upon
her grave. "That sort of thing," said the
superintendent of the cemetery to a reporter
of the Post, when the latter, who had wit-
nessed the scene, called attention to it, "oc-
curs once in a while, but not often."
Yesterday evening about 4 o'clock, at
gin. on High prairie, Bill Rowland
killed Tom by a&bbisg Uim in the
heart, Rowland is a young man and work-
Pratt and his brother were
tresses, it makes no matter. They are all
murdered in the same cold, brutal, butch-
ering manner. But stranger than almost
everything else is the almost absolute im-
punity which generally attaches to these
kind of atrocities. The more savage the
murder, the less likely the detection ef the
murderers. Corpses are found in all sorts of
public places, literally hacked and hewed
to pieces, and yet, eight times out of ten,
the devils who do these monstrous deeds are
never discovered. Within the year fifty
instauces might be given of such occurrenc-
es with only now aud then a discovery or a
conviction. A woman is in the full Hush
and vigor of youth, health and some passa-
ble beauty in the morning. Now and then
she gives out some tender little confidence
about her husband, her sweetheart or her
lover. When the night comes she goes out
into it, and she is never seen again alive on
this earth. When she is found she is gen-
erally found battered and butchered almost
beyond recognition. There was Ida Atkin-
son, murdered in her own room at home.
People were all about the house at work,
and yet none heard an outcry, although the
poor woman's throat was cut, and there
were thirty-five other stabs and gashes on
various parts of her body. Aud here but
yesterday, as it were, another one, Zona
Burns, rode out in the night with a man of
family, large wealth and great respectabili-
ty. When they found her the next day her
head had been crushed into an unrecogni-
zable mass. Those who knew her best had
to grope about the mutilations to find some
token of her identity. The man last seen
with her has been arrested, but the clew
ends. There is no evidence really to bold,
much less to hang him.
It is actually, to sum it all up, a regular
epidemic of woman killing. When this has
run its course, it will be some other kind of
killing. All creation is but a sliding scale
of murders, where the strong prey upon the
weak perpetually.
—
You have a father? You have a mother?
You love them. But once in a while you
grow impatient, and the meanness of your
nature crops out; it wreaks itself on inno-
cent father and mother, perhaps, and they
suffer the punishment of a cross word call-
ed up by another's annoyance. The hard
word is spoken. It may be regretted, for-
given and forgot, but it can never be re-
called. Father and mother will sigh and
forgive, but—
Some day it will come back to you.
Yesterday, maybe, a little one ran up to
you smilingly, and with the innocent,heaven
born confidence of childhood, clapping its
little hands, that would not harm a fly, in
your face. The childish action delighted
its author, hut it annoyed you. Yon were
busy and reproved the little one. Two
pearly tears stood in her great blue eyes,
her lips quivered,and she turned away from
you. The era of childhood, with its happy
fleeting hours, will erase the unkind word,
Lbut—
Some day it will come back to you.
A beggar stands at your door. The rain
is dashing in torrents through the black at-
mosphere of the night, and the sharp vivid
lightnings only intensify by their violent
contrast the awfulness of the darkness.
The beggar's plea for shelter is punctuated
by the blast that howls forth its anger, and
you turn your brother off.
This will come back to you some day.
If you are impatient, testy, ill humored,
spiteful, malicious, cowardly and mean,
your whole life will be a constant reckoning
with evil actions whose enormity is only
equalled by the increasing wickedness of
tbe future; and an unatoned past is always
the precurser of a more reprehensible fu-
ture. A bad heart is a boomerang of pas-
sion, whose evil consequences always fall
on the head of their luckless author. On
the other hand, all good deeds work in a
similar way, with the rules that govern
promises and conclusions, causes and ef-
fects ; if either good or bad, the result will
be in conformity with the nature of the
deed. Your bad deeds and good deeds are
juries that sit upon the destiny of your life
and decide the verdict of happiness or des-
pair.
Some day they will come back to you.—
[Williamsport Breakfast Table.
k Preacher's Attaok on the Sinfulness
of the Waltz.
An Arkansaw Proposal-
I From the Arkansaw Traveler. J
'•Can I have a few words with yon, sirf*
Asked young Arthur Gregg:e, entering
a richly carpeted cflice and addressing
Colonel Bibley.
4'I suppose you can,"' the Colonel re-
plied, nervously turning iu liis revolving
chair and glancing at Arthur iu a way so
.. ,, , „ . devoid of interest that the young man
that the bible sanctioned it, by saying inwardly wished he had not sought au
that iu no place in the holy writings interview with the crusty old fellow,
did it appear that the sexes joined thej _ "i w" d 110s detain vou long, for I know
The Rev. E. R. Dile discourse, last
evening upon the "Modern Dance" be-
fore a large congregation in the Cen-
tral Methodits chuch. He refuted the
arguments of the devotees of dancing
and danced; an other instance wasi..^,.!.. 1W1 t ,
,,i 1 , t-oui.1 not no doubt,spend vour tune mora
where a lewd young woman danced so profitable than by talking to me "
gracefully as to causo the decapitation! -------
of a good iuan aud the presentation of
his head to her as a reward for her las-
Sheriff Deuglass came in from Bells Sat-
urday evening and brought information of
a most daring robbery committed at that
place Friday night. It seems that a man
by the name of Lewis Cooper, from Hunt
county, was in that village attending to bus-
iness of a private nature, when he was ap-
proaohed by a stranger who introduced him-
self, and by the free use of a slick tongue,
succeeded in gaining Cooper's confidence.
After a few minutes conversation, Ceoper
in company with his new made friend, stoll-
ed some distance down the railroad for the
ostensible purpose of visiting and forming
the acquaintance of some young ladies in
that neighborhood. But the youg ladies
were not there, and when they arrived at
the designated point, Cooper was pounced
upon by his new made friend, badly ohok-
eil and robbed of $35 in cash. The villain
made his escape with the booty and has not
been heard of since—[Sherman Courier.
civious douduct. The history of all
pagau nations shews that they were ad-
dicted to dancing from the Digger In-
dians up, and the speaker thought it
one of the causes of their being over-
thrown in tbe race of intellectual aud
social developemcnt. Among the Greeks
the dance originated with the service of
Bacchus, the wine god, and with them
it was issociated with the drinking of
wine and bacchanalian carousals.
Their three muses—Terpischore, Eu-
terpe, and Melpomene—which were al-
lied with their dances, were not the
three Christian graces, Hope,Faith aud
Charity, but were three disgraces, cor-
responding to tbe modern theater,
make
dance, and drinking. With the Romans
only those danced who hired themselves
for that purpose ; and a noble ltoman
or plebeau freeman in Rome's better
days would scorn to have been seen
dancing. Catosaid: "Only fools and
drunken men dance." The reverend
speaker said the Mohammedans do not
allow the sexes to mingle 111 the dance,
and in Nubia to-day such an exhibition
would be looked upon as a scandalous
proceeding. Of the merits of the mod-
ern dance, in itself it is harmless, but
the trouble is that it leaps oyei all en-
closures ; it is injurious to health in that
it conduces to late hours, the inhalation
of gin and tobacco-scented air, and in
the modern ball-room the seeds of con-
sumption are sown. It is not a recre-
ation, but a dissipation.
Tbe speaker here indulged in a face-
tious criticism of the course that would
be pursued should prayer meetings or
other religious exercises be continued
until the same lute hours as are dance
parties. "Why,'' said he, "there would
be a convention of doctors invoked im-
mediately : the secular editors would sit
down to their desks and with heads so
swelled from last night's wine supper
that their fey&j oould not be worn, would
bury us /gander columns of editorials
about religious fanatics wearing out
theh?jHHfe$sFwitb long prayers and pre-
dict an unusually huge crop of religious
lunatics as the result. The love of dis-
play lead young women to dance, and
the same desire fills our streets with
fallen women. When two embaace in
the dance all others should leave the
room. And yet Dame Fashion schools
society to permit the lascivious move-
ments of the dance. It leads to unde-
sirable associations, and the lower the
level of humanity the more dancing is
indulged 111; it is the chosen amusement
of the slums of society. Professedly
♦select balls' are only in name j a fine
coat and a diamon pin may cover a
black heart, and $5 will buy a ticket to
the most select ball. We have millon-
aires in this city," continued the speak-
er "whose rottenness taints the air!
No doubt.' the Colonel assented.
"I am glad to see," said the young
man, bowing, ''that there are subjects on
which \vc agree, and since you haw uu«
wittingly led me step by step, to th«
threshold of the subject, iu which above
all others I desire your concurence, I will
at once open the door: I think that I
would make an admirable sou-iu-law.
Do you agree with me?"
"I do. You would undoubtedly
a good sou iu law—of a donkey."
"Ah, I see. Then pray allow me to ask
for youi daughter's hand in marriage*"
The Colonel glared at the young man
for a moment aud then replied: "if im-
pudence were wit, then I would regard
you as capable of taking care ot a wife.''
"And it arrogaco were generosity then
I would have had 110 hesitancy iu ap-
proaching \ ou.''
"Ah, yon are quite *qnal to an emer-
gency. I).i you love my daughter Willi
a truth and depth of devotion which iii
the future slii.ll ever prevent ar.y other
love trom arising t.. ihe surface; do you
think that in after years, when your am-
bition iias elevated you to the height of a
longed for eminence, that your love will
be strong euoiigh to keep pace with your
advancement, and lift her step by step,
as you yourself arc lift^l?"
*'I do,' solemnly said the young man,
inclining his head in reverence.
_ "My daughter is loving and not ambi-
tious. In her life's affection will be ev-
erything. Will voii ever speak cross to
her?"
'•Never.''
hat assurance have If
"This, Sir! 'and the young man drew
-1 bottle lio.'ii his side pocket.
"What have we here! Kentuck\f
"Kentucky.
"Ah said the Colonel, as ho threw out
a chew of to'iaeco and took the bottle.
"Here's looking at youf'
"Drink hearty,'' the young tii.-iu rep'ied
and Liking the bottle he held it. up aud
added: "Here's to the hair ot your head."
Ihe marriage was solemnly celebrated
and tbe youug man, who is a horse doc-
tor, has began to ascend the ladder of
ambition.
The Lime Kiln-Club.
[Detroit Free Press.
"De odder night," began the President,
as the club cauie to order, "de ole man Birch
cum over to my cabin an' cride bekase he
had not becuin a great an' fomous man.
Dat sot me to fink in'.
"Cicero was a great man, but I can not
fiue it 011 record dat. lie eber took any mo'
comfort dan Samuel Shin does. Samuel has
'nuff to eat an' drink an' war, an' of an
ebenin' he kin sot down in a snug co'ner
an' eat snow apples an' read dc paper. 11c
am harmles to de community as he am.
Make a great man of him an' he might in-
vent a new sort o* religun, or originate a
new theory in polyties, or do sumthin' or
other to upsot de minds of half dc people.
Demosthenes was a gieat man, tiut I
can't B:id dat. a e ial dealer's collector
could put his baud 011 liiui when wanted,
as he kfu ou Giveadam Jones. You can't
find dat his wife was a good cook, or dat
had a i.ath-iootn in iiis house, or a cupalo
011 his ba^ii, or dat he relished his dinner
How then can a maiden or a pure wife \ :UI> better d-tu hrudder .tones do^s, whilo
or mother allow the public embrace of he had the same chiloblaiusau'headaches
such men?" In conclusion he held that
dancing is unfavorable to intellectual
It is said that the money paid for fertili
zers in Hartford county Maryland, this j captions nrts very short.
would have bought all the land in the: the land is in pasture. It is all a |
ant looking country. Got to the Ti e
year
county
Here is a fresh anecdotc from the
battle field of Gettysburg:
"The party passed through Gettys-
burg sffid south on the Enimetts-
burg road, where the flag of the Second
Divission, Third Corps, was seen flying
from a fence corner, and as the white
diamond came in to view it was greeted
with cheer. This was the identical flag
flying on the identical spot where it
waved on the second day of the battle
when Sickles was driven from the ad-
vanced position which he occupied. In
the history of the fight, as published,
Sickles' action in locating his line here
is claimed to have been a mistake, but
. w ... , X was tissued to-day by a party who
ed at the gin. Pratt and his brother were c!ainied to know that Sickles did it to
atthegin unloadi^Medco^n froy wag- bring on a battie, being under the im-
on. Rowland had peen accused of heing e:„ lL..t „ J., ?i.i _.,t^ui
concerned with the theft of Darnell's
horses. Pratt was a son-in-law of Darnell,
and a difficulty came up when Pratt accus-
ed Ron laud of haviug stolen a bale of rent
cotton faom Darnell. Rowland gave him
the d—11 lie, when Pratt jumped from his
wagon; Rowland drew bis knife, and Pratt ^
ran until he conld draw his knife; he then ^Xd"not, 'for at~ thaiTmoment"the
tt*' '♦ wV\ee* " ! . shrill Confederate yell was raised im-
.he otli'vr" Iiv Mt'diawly ill front, aud Longstrcet
1-owbad Mien <-ot o. . atiK down on the corps like au aval-
an' nightmares. As Oiveadaui now libs
sin* circulates children kin play with him,
, , , , wood-piles in his tieighlmrl ood am safe,
and social developeinent, leads to evil j an' mo' dan ons poo' family am indebted
associations, is heathenish in its origin I to him lur a shiltn' in money or a bosket
tfce chosen sport of the most debauch- j of 'taters. Make him a great piiosopher
ed class, and generally detestable.— jan' who kin tell how many rows an' riots
[Sau Francisco Chronicle. ; an7 broken heads could be h id st his
About Success- |. ,Wils * h,lt 1 can't
. ! unit «tat he W'ah t«nl 011 partickler tln«
Success runs in many grooves; there j or 111,1 <l;,t his tailor gin him
is a groove for each individual. Oncia'! "T\ /'.V ' fot* UiiiCwu,,<
® } wite!! be bought t«*n pounds ot sugar all
reason why many fail of success is they j M ,mw Wiu.„ Wavdown Bebee gits
are all the while trying to run in other „ot down iu front ol his cook stove, u
people's grooves. checkerboard 011 his lap an' a panful ol
When a persou leaves his own indi- popcorn at his right hand, wnl five pick-
viduality he leaves success. Janiniiies robin' ober each udder on de
When one leaves truth and honrfr he! a'" f '" !lP « o' comfort dan
leaves genuine success. | P,/,to "!• He biW no
Mauy a brilliant bauble looking like I"''
v . . , *? j de world nor spite it. He makes 110 jinj-
success, in the end is counteiteit. j diekshiuis lur people to worry ober, an'
bis theories ticbber jar de dishes oft de
shell. Make him a great man au' Ins
coin tort an' happiness fly away, an' lie
sots himself up to reach at:' command an'
becun: ebcrybody's antagonist.
"I)t) man who sighs to trade fa'r wages,
.1 warm house ai.' a peace h'arthstuu fur
de glory ot Boiiapaite am a dolt.
De mau who sacrifices his clean, hum-
There are groves of success leading
to all kinds 'if qf objects. Your pa-
rents, my boys and girls, may be suc-
cessful in raising very fine sons and
daughters. Agassiz reach the height of
success yet he "never had time to get
rich."
Many a groove of good, honest sue- j
cess never leads to a high place, hii}! (>]e cahin—his easy ole coat, his co'u cob
runs its length on a level. It is a sad; pip« an' his pitcher o'cider fur de gab or
thine for one to leave it because it does 'an orator or de lielushuns of a phdoso-
not lead to eminence.
pluloso-
j plier trades his 'later fur wind fall apples.
Many a blossom never becomes fruit j Let us percced to bizness."
but blasts and falls to the ground iu- j —
stead. True worth never blasts. I a very interesting case of suspended res-
My dear boys and girls, if you would j piration occurred ^.t birth of u child in this
not have your lives blasted, make your-, city one day last week. A quarter of an
selves woithv while vou are still young. I hour after the birth of the child the atteu-
- - - ^ *>.. -l— called to it, and
pression that Meade would not fight here
unless forced. The conversation be-
tween the two Generals, when Meade
rode out to the exposed line, was ex-
concise. Said Sickles; 'I will with-
draw the line if you wish.' 'D—n it,'
said Meade, 'they won't let you.' And
a:iOUii:c:
twenty years ago.
<1,
"Bocbam Mew-.
■;e,
_ - | have no breath. 1 he physician
successful. j ,not|,,.r what she had been taking ; she said
It you wish to insure your future j she had taken one hundred drops of laud-
j success, your days must be spent 111 in- anum and had taken three doses of opium,
! dustry, your evenings in steady ways ; in order to keep off pains which she thought
! and you must practically learn the Gold-! premature. As i well known, opium ef-
ien Rule. * ifeets'by destroying respiration, but it could
| _1 m ,mi m not hurt before birth because contact with
Mr. Bi<rcmow, one of Mr. Tilden's | air the child has no breath. Yet the influ-
j most intimate personal and political | « ee of the opium tieca.ne apparent after
r • 1 > j j • /ii • I birth, aud prevt'iitwl respiration. Kniorc-
.friends, stated m Chicago a few days e<} r * iration was resorted to. l.utthe child
ago "that if every man, woman and wasvvorke<Hvi,h four I,ours before it breath-
child in the Lnited States would sign a; (-(j easj|y ]t. ;s now doing well and will
petition asking him to run for president |jVL. Tj,e t.as<. js regarded with intense in-
he would refuse." That secius posi-jterest by the profession.—[Ft. Worth O*-
tive.
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