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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-02-01

Tt is complained in Connecticut that
the repeal of the usury law was unwise,
and there will probably be, from the
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL IA ;. 1873.

where are We Speak to me from out the long
years that have flown and say, am forgiven
-and all for gold, gold, cold-ha. did name 1t
false? ali colder far than icy Death the heart
gold makes cold"
A moment more and his fearful mood was
past. The old mocker was silent. The fact
wrought change In his humorous, and for a
while he hid his sorrows in forgettulness. Ills
soul grew even gay. The splendor of golden
palace rose before him, the labor of his life
that should comfort, aye enrapture now.
''Give me joy of my filled Golfers! Joy, joy of
my wealth, dearly bought wealth! 1t shall mix
in its golden goblet the toothsome draught that
shall dull the aching Of my heart, and give
dream of bliss to my soul.
The lull of wind and madness was brief. 1t
blew very hurricane now, and The old sign
fairly chuckled with devilish glee as II tossed
to and fro.
Rudely was the dreamer torn from his brief
joy and babe wake to despair again, or worse
himself.
Memory seemed to him yawhing Pit that
the devil-progeny of his own uHholy spirit had
digged in the years deep down toward Hell, ON
whose c:umblipg brink the slamour-wrapt
dreamer stood, aud fought the ddmon-sons that
would him down.
ala. ha! ye mock me do ye fdnds, once my
slaves, and dance your hellish shapes before my
heated brain that seems to fear you now, aud
reels dizzy on the dark edge thai opens ut my
feet! Ye point with leers your fingers at me,
and laugh in hateful triumph ID see me sink.
Awayl Back. yield me not. Life is still
more TO keep, and keep 1t | ,rai Loose me dey'
lis! OFF say, will not down!
The fearless maniac wrthed, and tore him
self, struggling fiarcely as one might wrestle on
Hell's brink witfrdevils and sitting bowed
his head once more and forererl
The hurricane moanod wildly around the ST.
lent dwelling; the darkness crepL steathily from
out the corners, and enveloyed the cold, long
sleeper; the faint gliinmer on the hearth hal
sped---and all was ASHES, NIGHT AMI
DEATH. E. II.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
SNAKE 1t SO Plain that /
Can Get Hold of It."

On the sixteenth day after the battle of Get
tysburg, entered the room where a young
wounded colonel was apparently near to death.
As entered he was reused from his st,ipor and
beckoned me to his bedside, and threw his
arms around my neck.
"Oh my father, how elaIl am to see yon. 1
was afraid you would not come till il was too
late. l am too feeble to Bay much, though |
have great many things To say to you; you
must do all the talking. Tell me about mother
and sister,"
soon perceived by thd appearance Of those
in the house, that there was no hope entertain
ed of his recovery. But as could no longer
endure the agony of suspense, at last inquired
of the doctor, "Doctor, what do You think of
my sons caseo'
! "Entirely hopeless"
| "But is there nothing more that can be done
TO save hm?"
3 sNo sir, everything that human skill and
kindness can do has beGn done. Yonr son has
been brave and very successful officer; ia:
been great favorite in the army; has won tin
highest esteem Of all who have known him, bu
he now must die. Immediately after the am
putation, the gangrene pet In, and defes all ef
forts arrest it."
"Weil, Doctor, how long do you think Ia
can llve?"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
SCANDAL ON THE BRAIN.

ny MRS. NJ. A. KiDDEn.
Ofall the many maladies,
And many human ills;
That rack the frame and fire The blood
In spite of drugs and pills;
The one that takes the deepest root
And gives the greatest pain,
And makes the patient venomous,
Is "Scandal on the Brain"
CHORUS.
Blighting, biting, trying, prying,
Seeking spot and stain,
These are the sure unerring sigus,
Ofscandal OH the brain.
There's Miss Fritz-Pray, the dear good soul
She never thinks of self;
But keeps record of her friends,
Quite handy OH the shelf
And when she's nothing else 10 do,
She takes the volume down,
And enters all the scraps and bits
Ofgossip round the town.-Cno.
Some people dress and go TO church,
With faces neat and prim
And neekly say their morning prayers,
And sing the Sunday hymn
But just rs soon as church Is out,
Some shady nook they gain,
To ease their minds and treat their friends,
To "Scandal on the rain.'-CHo.
Says Beam to Mote, oh, have you heard
The strange and shocking news,
How Mr.. Milf and Mrs. Milf
Have taken separate pews.
And how the artful Patience Gale
Was seen-now don't you tell;
Out walking with married man,
know him very well.-CHo.
And then there's so much horrd talk,
About that Nancy Boggs,
They say she really went to ride
With Ebenezer Noggs;
And when the young man started OIL
to leave the forward Miss;
The neighbors heard faint report;
II must have been kiss !! .-CHo.
Now don't you think last Monday night,
When l went out to walk;
met Ned Huntley's wife, and we
Had such such splendid talk!
She told me all about the fair,
And told her, you see,
The awful case about the Flnls,
That live at No. i.-Cuo.
And thus you'll find, wherc'er yougs.
That some will talk and pry;
And seek to have q finger in
Some other body's pie
But never mind, they're sure to feel,
Themselves the sharpest pain;
When suffering with this dread disease,
OF" Scandal on the Brain."-CHo.
SYMPTOMS.
Now when you see person nod,
And wink and whisper sly,
About what "they see" mighty "they,"
And end it with sigh.
just set that man and woman down
As rabid; for tis plain.
They've got tke most malignant type
OF "Scandal OH the Brain"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

Good STEERs.-s1 liked your sermon very
much to-day, with single exception" said
worthy pastor to minister who had
occupied his pulpit a portion of the Sir
bath
''Well, what was the exception"
81 think you used too many technical
phrases"
.'Did l? didn't think of it,
"You repeatedly spoke of drawing infer
ences. Now, that was Greek 10 many hear
ers."
80, no! Most every one, of course, knows
what We mean by drawing inferences."
"f OH are mistaken, brother, as sure as you
live; do not believe one-half of my congrega-
tion would understand the phrase"
You certainly cannot be right"
81 am. Now, there is Mr.. Smith," pointing
out man just turning the corner "who Is
quite an intelligent farmer; we will overtake
him, and will ask him if he can draw an
infere nee, and do not believe that he will
understand me-"
Accordingly the ministers quickeend their
pace, and as they came up to Mr.. Smith, his
pastor said to hi m.
"Brother Smith, can you draw an infer
ence?"
Brother Smith, thus summarily interroga-
ted, looked at his pastor for some fif.eea
seconds quite surprised, and then rather hesi-
tatingly said:
"Well, l suppose could. I've got n pair Ct
steers that can draw anything to which they
are hitched, but l shoud't like to on Sunday
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

JOYFUL PlETY.-True piety sparklos with
joy all over A true Christian life would make
even little child love to be Christian. One
who has the spirit Of the Lord Jesus Christ will
belas he was; and wherever he came every
body flocked to him. Even the DID, sturdy
priests and pharisees could not keep away from
him. Mothers with their children came to him.
Children themselves ran to him. And the
wicked-those who were not accounted to be
worthy of standing in society free-they throng-
ed his footsteps. Wherever the Master came
there were sympathy and attractiveness and
wherever there is true piety, it should be
sweet: il should be fragrent it should draw
the bees, the very insects to it.-Beecher.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

"BcoFUL.'-A gentleman went to see poo
family pinched by poverty. He sent them wood
and food, and, what was as good, he showed
them his pleasant face
"This is booful this is booful " cried the
little boy, warming his cold hands by the stove,
which for many day had been as cold as all
outdoors.
'Are you mans coined from God?" asked
the child, looking up to the gentleman.
"Yes," said he; "Ciod sent me-"
sand when you go back, tell him is glad
is so glad. Tell him, thank him ever so times
The child stood some time with as shining q
face as you ever saw.
'sNow is warm, think of Pete and Lizzie
Maybe is take them some of my wood tod guy
u.s."
''AIaybe not" cried his father gruffly.
daddy" soid the child, struggling to tell
his feelings, "daddy, God give, give. God
good; be like him. Sor'
The child had been few times to mission
Sunday school, and there few little seeds of
divine truth dropped into his heart. Nothing,
it would seem, favored their growth yet they
sprung up, and the first chance he had showed
the grateful and sympithiziag spirit of Gcd's
little ones.
Tie gentleman hunted up Pete and Lizzie
and they, too, had a basket of wood.
| wonder if We, according to our lighr, are W
TO this little child?- Chifs Paper.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

THE NATIONAL REVENUE SysrEM.-The
consolidation of the internal revenue system
will lake effect he 10th of May. This will ie-
lieye the country OF about fifteen hundred as
SCISSORS and assistant assessors. Many Of these
are applying TO be- retained as deputy colec-
tors. The commissioner replies that by so do
ing the Department would be breaking faith
with the government. In the larger districts +,
however, it is stated, some appointments OF
deputy collectors will be made.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

Let man take telescope, and reverse it,
and how far off things seem! and let man re-
verse his own nature and look through it the
wrong way,-how impossible it is for him to
see God
A faithful man shall abound with bles ssings:
but he that maketh hasteto be rich shallInot be
innocent.
Boarders Wdntei.-Seyeral young men and
one or two married men with there wives, can
be accommodated with board by j, Parker
No l3 East Second street. II.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

Trains leaving wilmington, at lo4O A. NJ, and 636
P. NJ, con meet with trains leaving rh"A"o'p'A "'
$50 A. NJ, and4 =. NJ. ,.. .,o ro,a
The 1910 A. NJ, train also connects win ue pom
ware r. r. and z. W. a. b. r. X. trains arriving III
Wilmington at 1915 and 1923 A. M; NJ Am
Trains leaving Landenberg at $40 a; NJ, Anu ~
p NJ connects with trains for Philadeiphia lehs,hg
Wilmington at $40 A. NJ. and $50 r. M. anu ! ,ne ~
Delaware train South, leaving Wih''"s''" '' ''-'
Omnibus transfer between W WI apd I; EroSt ";
and Market Sta, by McMullen q Seal, at GEMS lor
each passenger and cents for each RsGs II s
ocr 3l-tt M. u OoN"A", -
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
IsIr Nor PROF. ANITY?

Is IT NOT RoFANITY?-"Swear not at all ~
A wored to girls and young ladies'.
You would no. swear-the thought is horrible
yet you say, perhaps, such word as "Mercy!"
"Goodnesso' 'Gracious" "Kipgdom!" and the
like, in common conversation. l have heard
many such expressions fall trippingly from rosy
lips.
Mercy, goodness, and grace are attributes of
God. In this view of the case, if il is not pro-
family, it is very lear it, to use them as exple-
tives.
AT the very least these are idle words, and
idle words are sinful.
Let your conversation be simple, straight
forward and free from anything which even
threatens to break the third commandment
s, y. Times.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
"When can read my title clear"

and We did sing.
''Now, Father want You shouli pray, and
| will follow YOU"
We did pray and Jesus heard us.
"Father, am very happy. Why, believe
| shall get well. | feel much better"
From that hour all his symptoms changed
pulse went down, and countenance Frightened
The current of life had changed. The doctor
came in and found him cheerful aud happy
looked at lm-felt his pulse which he had
been watching with intense anxiety, and sail,
''Wiy colonel, you loook BETTER
~ am much better, doctor. am going to
get well. My father told me how to become a
Christian and | am very happy. | believe
shall recover, for God has heard my PRAYER
too. My father can tell you how to get hold
OF it,
III the evening three surgeons were in con-
| sultation, but saw no hope in the case, and one
Of them took his final leave of the colonel
Next morning tue two surgeons, who had been
in cno- -tant attendance, came in and began as
usual TO dress the wound. On opening the
bandages, they suddenly drew back, and throw
ing up their arms exclaimed:
"Great God, this is a miracle The gangrene
is arrested, and the colonel will live. God has
heard your prayer
"Why, doc'or,' replied the colonel, 81 told
you yesterday, that believed should get well,
loT usheu Jesus tlht might i've 10 10 some
good. knew he heard my prayer and now
you see he has. Bless the Lord with me, doc
tor"
Meanwhile, sour son must die" had gone
over the wires and made sadness at home
! Next day" sour son wW lire, and is happy IA
Chiisf," followed, and joy came TO the loved
ones.
After his recovery, the colonel returned TO
the people whose SONS he had led with honor
through fifteen hard-fought battles. They in
return, gave lin the best office in the gift of a
loyal and grateful people. Among them he now
lives in prosperity and honor, is member OF
the Church Of Christ, and father of happy
family growing up around him, and consecra-
ted, in baptism, 10 the service of his Redeemer
|, too, was male better man and better
minister by that scene, where this dear son,
struggling with his guilt and fear of death was
led to Jesus, and found the pardon of his sins.
| there resolved never TO forget that charge he
made me, in his extremity "Mdke il so pidi,
:, that I can get hold of IT, have made this the
! motto of every sermon have since preached,
and God has blessed the effort. Congregations
dlist.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

Making reflections on the faults Of others is
generally fruitless thing; ii is often attended
with mistakes and involves men in sin. When
we find it SO hard 10 amend ourselves, we may
well esteem ii n very unseemly thing with bit
terness to inveigh against Cur brother.-A. ID.
l7Ol
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
RELIGIOUS.
HE DRUNKARD'S WIFE.


DY FRANCIS 5. SMITH.
am dying, Willie, dying,
Death dew Is on my brow;
Come closer--let Inc gaze on you,
For you are sober now.
Your eyes beam kindly on me
Your voice Is soft and low
Your presence bringr to light again,
The blessed long ago.
I'm thinking of the happy time
Ere you and were wed,
When daily blessings seemed to fall
Like incense on my head;
When great joy filed my bosom,
And my step was light and free,
And you, a bright-eyed, fearless boy,
Were all the world to me.
oh, how loved you, Willie!
And love you, darling, yet
Your kindness In that golden time
| never can forget.
And do not mean 10 chida you,
When backward view cast,
And shttddor at the gulf between
The present and the past.
Forgive me, Willie, darling,
II my words have caused you pain
will Lot call up memories.
or the long ago again.
But l must speak Of the present,
For l have that to say
Which would have you think Of
When l ann snatched away.
Our little boy, oh, Willie,
He is pure and sinless now
There is no shade of crime or vice
Upon his baby brow
Ills heart is free from bitterness,
His soul as pure as snow
Oh, Willie, in the years 10 come
See that you keep him so.
You have sworn upon the bible
That you ne'er again will taste
The poison that has ruined us
And made our lives a waste.
you keep that solemn covenant
AS long as life shall last,
Our boy is safe, and God will grant
Forgiveness for the past.
Come closer to me, darling,
Let me fold you to my breast,
Ere the shadows close around me
And sink to dreamless rest.
Oh, the weary, weary hours,
And the bitter, bitter pain,
Are lifted from my bosom,
And all is peace again.
am dying, Willie, dying,
But for me all pain is DER;
And Iii look for you, my darling,
When reach the golden shore.
God WILD that should perish
To save you and our boy
And go TO seek His presence
With an eager, eager joy.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

baby lately had the misfortune to swallow
the contents of an ink bottle. Its mother. with
wonderful presence of mind, Immediately ad-
minis tered a box of steel pens and two sheets
OF tcoscap paper and the child has felt irrife
inside ever since.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

DoiNG GODS sERRANDs.-Hester loved to do
errands for her mother, and have her call her
faithful servant when she did them well. One
day she had been talking with her mother
ABOUT God, when she quickly raised her head
with bright look in her eyes, and said, ''Why,
mother, then God is sending It's on errands all
the time. am his little errand-giil, too"
''Ies, dear, hs has given us errands to do,
and plenty. of time 10 do them, and a book
written full 10 show us low. Every day we
can tell him how We try 10 do them, and ask
him to help us, so when he callsus we will run
to meet him, and give him our account"
II like that" the child said. nesting back 10
her comfortable seat, 81 like to be Gods little
errand-girl."
"One of my errands is to take care of YOU, ~
said her mother.
''And one Of mine, 10 honor and obey you, y
said Hester quickly. 81 think he gives MS very
pleasant errands to do."-ChHd's World
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

What q difference have we often seen be-
twixt our afllictions at our first meeting with,
and at our parting from them We have en-
tertained them with sighs and tears, but parted
from them with joy, blessing God for them as
the happy instruments of our own good.-Fla-
..nI
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

a young lady having read about man hay
ing invented stove which consumes its own
smoke, hopes he will devise a method whereby
topacco-sinokers-can he ran OH the same eco
nomical principle.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
HVM0R0Us.
THE LOVERS.

IN DIFFERENT MOODS AND TESsEs.
Sally Salter, she was a young teacher who
taught,
And her friend, Charlie Church, was preach
er who praught
Although his enemie. call him screecher who
scraught.
His heart, when he saw her kept sinking, and
sunk,
And his eye, meeting hers, kept winking and
wunk,
While she, in her turn, fell to thinking, and
thunk.
lie hastened to WOO her, and sweetly. he WOO
ed,
For his love grew until 10 a mountain IT
grewed,
And what he was longing to do he doed.
In secret he wanted to speak, and he spoke;
To seek with his lips what his heart long had
So he managed to lei the truth leak, and it
loke.
He asked her to ride to the church, and they
rode:
They 80 50 sweely s. did glde' that they both said
Aud they came TO the place to be tied and
were tode.
Then, homeward, lie said, let us drive aud
anu as soon as lie wished to arrive, they
arrove;
For whatever he couldn't contrive. she con-
troye.
The kiss he was dying to stea then lie stole,
Al the feet where he wanted to kneel he
then knole;
And he said, 81 feel better than ever fole."
So they 10 each other kept clnging and chung.
While Time his witt current was winging and
wuDg:
And this was the thing he was bringing and
brung.
The man Sally wanted 10 catch, AMI had
caught
That she wanted from others to snatch and
had snaught-
Was the one that she now liked to scratch and
she scraught
And Chariey's warm love began freezing, and
froze,
While he took TO teasing and cruelty loze
The girl he had wished To be squeezing and
squoze.
"Wretchn' he cried, when size threatened TO
leave him, and left,
allow conld you deceive me, as you have de.
ceft'
And she answered, 81 promised 10 clecve, and
I've Cleft
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

A California man tied one end Of a Iaiiat
around his waist and lassoed COW with th.
other. He thought he had the COW, bnt at the
emu oi the first half mile lie began to think the
cow ha d him.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

The Marshall (Ky.) Times proclaims itself
an .'honest newspaper" In another paragraph
it says: "When a young man processes homes.
ty nowadays, keep your eye peeled for
thief"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

A judge at Waterloo, New York, has been
swearing witnesses on Patent Office Report
surprising TT to be Bible. He said he noticed
that they swore powerful hard.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
W ERN RI GxK ~ SZx-X&g
TIME TABLE,

On and after MONDAY November is, 1872, Trains
will leave as follows:
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14

BABDIT, the soap.man, is constructing u
preposterous tsoap kettle, twenty-five feet
q very venturesome pot that would venture to
call that kettle black.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-14
RAILROAD ADVERTISEMENTS
!. .c.a,a,,vvzzx1 DELAWARE
\ RAILROAD LINE.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

ON and after MONDAY, July 29th, 1872, tSundays
epceptcd,) Passenger Trains will leave as follows;
EoRTHWAKD. SOUTHWARK.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-19
LECTURES AND MEETINGS.

81. Seaver Page will read at Association Hall
this evening.
HThe New-Y York Society of Practical Engineer
ING will meet this evening the Geographical socieys
rooms in the Cooper Institute James c. Bays will read
a paper upon The Mechanical Adaptation OF steam 10
the Necessities Of Canal TOwage"
The German Benevolent Society in ald OF
widows and orphans have capital OF s39O, and since
tho formation OF the society have expended S6oc24
last wear Iis widows and eight orphans supported
The following are the officers for the ensuing year
President, W. A. Faber Vice-PTesdents, ii. ROchOil
and Theo. Dreyer; Treasurer ". A. Schmltthennerj ;
Secretaries, t. Steger and c. f. Bauer
The Socete de In Commune celebrated last
evening in the Germana Assembly Rooms, No. 29l
Bowery the second anniversary Of the paris social
revolution of 1871 by banquet and ball at which 500
persons were present. After supper speeches cOlnne
nratiye of the occasion made by j. W. Maddox, NJ
Cncere and Others and dancing was kept mp until an
hour this morning The proceeds OF the entertain
ment were devoted TO the widows and orphaus of the
slain exiled and imprisoned Communists.
Bret Harte lectured, last evening, in aid of
the South Harlem NJ T. Church, TO a large and appre-
catiye audience at Stenway Hail. on the "Argonauts
of 40" The quaint admxure OF generosity and greed,
of physical bravery mental activity and moral apathy,
which went make UP the character OF the California
pioneer, told in manner which elected alternate
laughter and applause BY the proceeds OF the lecture
after the expenses have been deducted about 500 VIII be
added TO the building fund Of the church.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-19
NIyIsAECEs IN BRooKLYS.

The Brooklyn Board of Health at their
meeting last evening received from Health Officer OF
ferson report regarding the alleged grain nuisance at
the foot Of Amitys He reported that he visited the
ruins Of Woodruff RObinsons storehouse, and found
Ine boats loaded with grain in various stages OF fer
mentaton aud decomposition, much being in such an
advanced stage develope animal life These boats
are chartered and under control Of w. b.
Barber. The health officer recommended that the
fbe Board OF Health shall order the vessels 70 be re-
moved 20 a distance OF less than 800 yards from the
chores. Tie Health Officer had next examined the mi u
of Mr. Barber situated in COlumDiast,, between Amlty
and sts upon the top floor Of which were found
two heaps OF damaged grain III the process OF fermena
ron and decomposition. The gases arising escape
through the open windows and are dfused over the
civ DIR OtteTeOn recommended that this grain be
moved Immediately beyond the jurisdiction OF the
Board The Board passed a resolution directing the
Health OifceT 70 abate this nuisance at once.