Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-21


sertion. -
Rev. L. Dewitt Talmage, in bis paper The
Christian at Work, comes to the defence OF
that much. abused class of humanity, the boys
He suspects that those who say such rough
things about the boys havn't got any themsel-
ycs, and says they have probably been praying
for one a good while, aud are exercising
prudge because their prayer has not oeen an
swered. Que of the worst troubles OF a ooy'
he says, is suppressed hilarty. 10 use his o"n
words
"ro want to laugh, aud still maintain gravity,
to see the minister's wig twisted, ana yet !ooA
devotional; TO discover a mouse 10 prayer tune;
and vet rot litter; TO see the young orlde anu
groom 10 church try to look like old married
neopIe; to have the deacon drop the contribu-
ton plate and spill the pepoies. and yet lock
sorry for the misfortune; In word, TO be b,y
with fun from the top hair on the CROWD OF the
head to the tip end Of the great toe, aud yet
make no demonstration, is trial with which
we are deeply sympathetic. To set on long
bench at the school with eight or ten other
BOYS all able to keep quiet only by utmost
force of resolution, and ssmehing happen to
make all the rest sncker, while you abstalnre,
oures an amount of heroic endurance we uever
reached We remember we'll how a rattau feels
when it arrives In the open palm at the rate oil
sixty miles 40 hour. ln our first ten years we
suppressed enough giggles, smiles, cbuckles
and yells TO have ruined US tor all time.
We still feel the boy in our nature when ludl-
crous things happen, as when city exquisite
came into our prayer meeting, Whlsk cane 10
hand and fanciful eye glasses on, looked su-
say, i suppose you all see that | am here,
and then sat down where chair had just be-
tore stood, but from which place the usher
had inadvertently removed it. Had it not been
for an extemporizsd cough and sneeze, and ac-
tive use of pocket handkerchief on our part, We
should have been hopelessy ruined
The reverped gentleman is right, boys have
vast amount Of extra vitality which hods
natural vent in noisy demonstration. Mirth
and jollity are inseparable from their exist
epce, and boy who is kept in continual re-
straint and fear, lest he make too much noise,
is being deprived of the very joy of cblIdhood,s
existence. A little more patience, then, with
the boys, even if they are slightly rampageous.
A SINGULAR HALLUCINATlo N.-There dwells
10 New York city lady who in all respects
seems sane aud sensible woman. She lost,
five years ago, an only daughter of great prom
ise, seventeen years DID, and the idol of the
mother. Since her child's death she has had
the room she used to occupy cleaned daily and
the untouched bed pulled to pieces and made
. over She sits before vacant chair at the
table aDd carefully fills the unused plate and
spring and tall buys the newest and prettlest
things for ''Addie, giving away the last years
garments, "Addie" having done with them.
There is no appearance OF mental gloom or
disorder about her, yet she carries this vagary
into every act of her life Riding out, no one
ever sits beside her. as that seat is filled by the
imaginary air-drawn daughter When seats
are taken at theatre, her husband always gets
three You see the vacant chair. between them,
where she supposes the dead "Addie" sits
and views the performance. She is cheerful
and happy, and asked friend Of mine the
other day for the pattern Of a wrapper, saying
'Addie" kept her room so much it would be
serviceabe, and several days later | saw the
poor mother busily bralding a Cashmere sack
for "Addie" She will speak with all ration
ality for hours on all subjects, but suddenly ex-
euse herself, saying she must 60 to ''Addio'
bed Ito which her daughter was confined for
two years before her dea,h) she clasps an un-
seen hand and talks hours together with her
phantom child. 1t ls strange case, but by
no means sad one, since her tender miuistra-
ton to this viewless "Addie'' makes the moth
er's heart rejoice. To all inteuts and purposes
the daughter seems to her to be with her con.
stantly. Her husband contemplates taking her
abroad, and the lady is already packing up
Adde'S" things York Letter.
A SAMPLE SOUTHERN STATE How the
great resources of the Southern States might
be developed, and their wealth, and conse-
quentIy that Of the nation at largo, increased
by leaving them to the government of their
own people, is shown by the financial condi-
ton in Georgia. The annual report of the
State Treasurer of Georgia, Just published,
shows balance of sl,0O3 l2S so 10 the treas.
ury January /. 1875 The receipts for the
year were 81 1876, l66 sc, aud the expenditures
were $l,Sl4,524 %. The public debt Of the
State not yet due amounts to $S,l05, 500, the
final instalment of which will be due in 1890,
and the principal and interest of the debe will
foot up $l4,377 ,04O. OF the bonds, deuomi-
mated bogus, issued during the administration
OF Bullock, there are $S,755,O principally
railroad bonds The railroad bonds are simply
lndorsed bonds. of which $2,SSl, 900 are ad.
mltted to be valid aud binding on the State.
The report OF the comptroller general shows
the total amount of taxable property 10 Georgia
to have been on the lst of April, 1874, s273.-
092 e99, 40 increase of $50, SOS, GIT over the
previous year, the increase yielding tax of
$l53, O2SOS 1t is remarkable circumstance,
as it appears from the exhibit 10 the comptrol
lers renort thar in nearly eyery county whoso