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liferary.


1t had dreams to give away,
And rosy visions ave We're mine,
I'd choose the brightest of trem all.
And, little one, they should be thine.
I'd give thee blossoms sweet and fair
As ever bloomed IN sunny hours,
And treasures bright and peasures ligh
Should lie half hid in all tie flowers.
I'd give no dreams of sorrows signs
The biting wind, the driving vain
For cen to dream of others woe,
fancy, dear, would give thee pain.
If cloudy skies | ever sent,
'Twould only be with flakes of snow
So pure, that thou couldst scarcely guess
If heaven would give them up or no.
They saw that babies when they smile,
Dream of TIE ngels lowering nigh;
Then keep thas sweetiv serious look,
Nor smile, ,!estS Shou shouldst dream for aye
For if thy visions be OF heaven
SO bright a ahuesthy Thoughts would take
So sombre seem the light Of earth,
That thou might. wish to never wake
Then, dear one, dream of earthly things,
Of all things fair and bright below;
Thou hast no sorrow in thy life,
Then let thy dreams no shadow know,
And dream offlove that closes round
Thy little self. by night and day;
Such are the visions would send
II | had dreams to give away.
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RROOaKHAVEN MISS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER *, 1873.

teeth in impotent rage because OF this
unexpected revelation. Neither OF
them wanted to prefer charge, and 80
they were allowed to depart.
Fred Webster returned to Baltimore,
where his Philadelphia adventure soon
became bruited about. Everybody
laughed at him, as we'll as as Jack
Longley.
Mrs. Webster refused to live with
her husband, and went with cousin
to Paris, where she wrote to Fred that
the climate was pecur4arly salubrious
for consumptives.
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Wisreuanu.
Afraid She'd be Kissed.

A man was once walking along one
road and woman another. The roads
finally united. apd man and woman
reached the junction at the same time
walking on from here together. THE
man was carrying an iron kettle ON his
back; in one band he held by the legs
live chicken, in the other cane, and
he was leading a goat. Just as they
were coming to deep, dark ravine the
woman said to the man:
II am afraid to go through that ra-
vine with you. 1t is lonely place, and
you might overpower me and kiss me
by force"
"If you were afraid OF that" said
the man, "you shouldn't have walked
with me at all How can / possibly
overpower you by force when I have
this great iron kettle on my back. a
cane in one hand and live chicken in
the other, and am leading this goat:
might as we'll be tied hand and foot. u
YES" replied the woman, "but il
you should stick your ctne into the
ground and tie the goat to it, and turn
the kettle bottom side mp and the
chicken under it, then you might wick
cdy kiss me in spite Of my resistance. u
Success to thy ingenuity, oh, wo-
mani" said the rejoicing man to him
self; II should never have thought oi
such an expedient."
When they came to the ravine he
stuck his cane in the ground and tied
the goat to it, gave the chicken to the
woman, saying: Hold it while cut
some grass for the goat" and then
lowering the kettle from his shoulders.
imprisoned the chicken under it, and
wickedly kissed the woman. as she was
afraid he would do.
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without aud within.

Without, a scene all desolate-
A landscape bleak, and cold, and gray;
A n,i-t low hanging DER the hills
THIS drear November day.
A bare vine clinging 10 the wall
Dark clouds storm-driven DER the sky
While on the we, and sodden ground
Dead leaves all scattered lie.
Within, humble room lit up
By bright wood fires cheerful blaze;
And on the window-sill the bloom
OF flowers as in summer days.
A few choice pictures on the wall
Some books upon the table nigh
And ferns aud moses dropping down
From brackets hung on high.
Sitting beside nv window here,
| look out on the drears scene;
Then turn my gaze within, where l
Do reign a very queenl
Without, all olral and desolate-
Sunless, mournful, cold and gray;
Within, bright. warm and beautiful
As any su miners day.
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LONG sermons are not always an in
dlcation of learning. And the same
may be said OF short ones. A preacher
who has power to interest and sdify
his congregation will not become wesri-
some. or his sermons seem long.
thonRh he shonld take reasonable
length OF time in delivering them. The
fact is, some sermons are long ct fifteen
minutes. while Others are short at IN
hour.
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VEGETiNE
Has Entirely Cured Ne.
Boston. Oct. 1870.

DoSToN, Oct., lSiU,
Mr. Fl. r. STsvESS.-
DEAR SIR.-Mg daughter, after having a sew.
ere attack of Whooping Cough, was left in a
feeble state of health. Being advised by friend
she tried the vEGE me, and after using few
bottles was fully restored TO health.
have been a great sufferer from Rheumatism
I have taken several bottles Of the VEGErINE
for this complaint, and am happy to say 1t has
entirely cured ire. | have recommended the
VEGETINE to others with the same results. II
s 4 great cleanser and purifier OF the hloot; 1t s
pleasant to take and l can cheerfully recon-
mend It.
JAMES MORSE, 96i Athens Street.
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4 .v, oonto;n ;nst retnrned f,or

A SEA captain, just returned from a
whaling voyage to New Bedford, Mass,
went ashore at q nearer port SO as to
get home day earlier to give his wife
surprise. She, hearing of this ships
arrival, had meanwhile rushed to New
Bedford to give him greeting . day
earlier then he exp. cted. The result
was thst she found the ship but no cap-
tain, and he found his house bnt 10
wife. Surprises have been abolished
hereafter in that family.
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The blood 10 this disease, is found to contain
an excess fbrin. VEGEFlNE acts by con
verting the blood from its diseased condition td
a healthy circulation. VEGETINE regulates thf
bowels which is very important IN tins com
paint One bottle of Negetine will give relef
but, to effect permanent cure, it must be Ia
ken regularly and may take several bottles, eS
peciallg in cases of long standing. VEGETlNt
is sold by all Druggists, Tfy 1t, and your YER
dict will be the same as that of thousands before
you who say. ~ never found 50 much reuef as
from the use OF VEGErINE." which is compos
ed exclusively of Barks, Roots and HeTos.
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BEWARE ,f the boy or girl. man OF
woman. who "don't care" Do no,
choose them for associates. If the,
care not for their own character the,
will not care about yon or yours. Il
self respect is wanting there is desire.
Seek the society Of those who value
THEN own character.
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Ar the last Baptist anniversaries In
England. one OF the speakers said:
"The Baptists can claim 10 be tbs hrst
to have sent eut missionaries to foreign
lands. and il had been accorded 70 tasts
chat amongst them arose sse Ana erest
abdss4s ~ s+ilsisais
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VEGETTN E
Nothing Equal To It.

SOUTH SALEM, MAss., Nov. IA, 1875.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS
DEAR SIR.-I have been troubled with Scro-
fua, Canker, and Liver Complaint for three e
years. Nothing ever did me any good until I
commenced using the YEGETINE. l consid r
there is nothing eqpal to it for stch complains.
Can heartily ra commend it 10 everybody.
Yours truly MRs. LIZZIE NJ. PACKARD,
No IL Lagrange Street, South Salem Mass.
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AND now . meddlesome person has
discovered that the old Colossus at
Rhodes wfr "a bigger man than old
Grant" hen the General gets there
hs Win pl&l . ssrAddia.
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VEGETTNH

SAYS Boston physician, "las no equal ms a
blood purifier Hearing of its many wonderful
cures after all other remedies had failed vist-
ted the Laboratory, and convinced myself of its
genuine merit. 1t is prepared froGl barks, roots
and herbs. each of which IL aighly effective, and
they are compounded in such manner as 10
nrnlnce astonishing results -
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Population and Religion.

The best and latest authorities at our
command give the whole population Of
the world as 1893. 3.9l7, 200, and, as to
the religious distinctions, divide this
number as follows:
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TAAr laughter costs too mush which
is purchased a. the Dmif3ce of de
sSIsy.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12

AN odd looking ink.stand IL 10 tho
form u rstg'd Hdad
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and apOtheCary, OF Nprihgvae Me-, always ad-
vlses every one to Try VEGETINE.
Read His Statement;
SPRINGvALLE, me-, Oct. IL, 1875.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS
DEAR SIR.-Fifteen years ago last fall ! was
taken sick with rheumatism, was unable to move
until the ne Xt April. From that time until three
years ago this fall | suffered everything with
rheumatism. Sometimes there would be weeks
at a time that could not step one step these
attacks were quite often. / suffered everything
that man could. over three years ago last
spring commenced taking VEGETINE and fol-
lowed it up until had taken seven bottles; have
had no rheuulatsm since that time. | always
advise everv one that is troubled with rheuma-
tsm TO try VEGETINE, and NOT suffer for years
rs have done. This statemen is gratutous as far
as Mr.. stevens. Is concerned. Yours, ETC.,
ALBERT CRO0KER
Firm OF A. Crooker 4 Co., Druggists Il Apothe-
raria
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number as follows:


Roman catholics .2,o, 100000
1TCck .sV,VVu,OVV
Pr0testants OF all sects. .1Ol ,o00, ,0C0
Jews Observation-Disclosures. 4, ,000, ,0lC
All otHcTs..., f.--.....-......-. .sooryi s,VVV
1t will be seen that the Christian
church. if it expects to convert the
whole world, has still great deal of
work before it. 1t may be added, how
ever. that il the statements of such
authorities as George Fraucis Train
and Of the Secretary of the Chinese
Legation at Washington are to be ac-
cepted, the non- Christian population
of the world IS much smaller than is
shown by the above figures. which are
those of the eminent German statisti-
clans. Drs. Benin and Wagner.
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Advertising Rates.

Marriage notices and deaths, pot *,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
WILL CURE RHEUMATISM.
Read His Statement;

Mr. Albert Crooker, the wel-know druggist
and apothecary, of SpriHgvale Me-, always ad-
vlses every one to iry VEGErINE.
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Il. G. .N.Ns9EK,
ATTOR NEY AT LAW

BROOK kHANEN, MISS,
Will practice in the Circuit and Chan
cery CourSs of Lincoln. Copiah, Pike
pt!.awrance counties. Prompt atten :
tion. ~
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Rheumatism is Disease Of the Blood

JAMES MORSE, sei Athens Street.
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A little while ago. it is said, farmer
in Pennsylvania set a trap with a
tempting bait to catch fox which was
making unwelcome aud expensive visits
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
Fra nkness In Love.

One of the most essential things in
all love affairs is entire apd perfect
frankness. Both parties should be
frank-true to themselves and truthful
to each other. How many uneasy,
troubled, and anxious minds, how
many breaking ard how many broken
hearts there are to-day in which con
tent and happiness might have reigned
supreme but for want of frankness !!
Repentanco inevitably comes for all
these things, but it often comes too
late, and only when the evil produced
is iucurable.
In love, as in everything else, truth
is the strongest of all things, and frank
ness IS but another name for truth.
Then always be frank. Avoid mis-
understandings give no reason or oc-
cssion for them. They are more easily
stunned than cured; they leave scars
upon the heart. You are less likely to
he deceived yourself when you never
deceive others. FraDkuess il like the
light of clear DAY in which every
thing may be plainly perceived.
GIL, a ,be.n x;-.ue
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AntOInetse EOlL's Coming Mar
rlaEe.
[Ollve Logan's Paris letter.

tOlive Logan's Paris Letter.
l am sorry to hear that Miss Polk
of Tennessee, is going to marry French
General much her senior. These mar
riages between May and December are
never happy ones, even between com
patriots, but when the high contract
ing parties are Of different nationalities
they are invariably unsuccessful. Jeal
ousy and diverse notions of propriety
always bring about troubles
An American girl may do thing
which, from her point of view, is en-
tirely harmless, but which may have
some frightiul meaning to a foreigner.
A schoolmate of mine took all the
money her father had lett her. and
which he had extracted painfully from
many generations of swine, and used it
to buy herself prize animal OF the
sort-who was a granaee Of Spain-a
grandee Castilian hogee. My friend
was young aud pretty, and as good a
yirl as ever lived. Her manners, how
ever, had, it anything, rather more
than the traditional repose Of the We're
de Veres-in fact, may say she was
decidedly free and easy. In company
or alone her favorte habit was not to
sit on her foot-tho usual lounge OF
school gills--tut to cross one & eneu-
Aezing member oyer t'other, and swing
her number one slipper. Now, old
Hololernes couldn't endure this; he
demonstrated with her a number OF
times even italicised his remarks by
tweaking her nose and pulling her ears:
She strove earnestly to break herself
of the habit, but occasionally she would
relapse into it. One nightat ball she
did so. When he brought her home he
nearly murdered her. and then, for the
FIRST time she discovered from his bro.
ken English explanations that among
the Spanish this simple intraction OF
dignity on the part of lady had
meaning worthy the imagination of an
'Iago. Shs Dever smiled again.
These remarks about marriages have
led me from the subject, namely, Miss
Polk.
She is girl of surprising beauty, of
fortune, and has lived long in Italy.
She i, the heroine of Joaquin Miller's
icealizatiop. called One Fair Woman ;
and also hi model of a lady fair in a
drama which he wrote some years ago
and sent over to America from Europe
for production. The MS was lost on
the way, and. as he had no duplicate,
the fishes hold the copyright, and are
now giving amateur performances OF it
at the Court of Neptune.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
Growing Old.

1t is the solemn thought connected
with middle life, that life's last busi-
ness is begun in earnest and it then
midway between the cradle and the
grave, that man begins to marvel that
he let the days Of youth 60 by SO half
enjoyed. 1t is the pensive autumn feel
ing 1T is the sensation of half sad
ness that we experience when the long,
est day OF the year is past and every
day that follows is shorter. and the
light fainter, and the feebler shadows
tell that nature is Fastening with gi-
gantic footsteps to her winter grave.
So does man look back upon bis youth
When the first gray hairs become visi.
bic, when the unwelcOme fact fastens
itself upon the mind that a man is no
longer gong up hill but down, and
that the sun is always westeripR, he
looks back on things behind. When
we were childlen we thought as child
rem. But now there lies before US
manhood, with it's earnest work and
then old age. and the grave, and then
home. There is a second youth for
man, better and holieI than his first, if
he will look on and not look back.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02

One of the exhibitors at the recent
Texas State Fair at Houston, gives an
amusing account of his experience at
the hotel. which illustrates the crowd
ed condition of the public house at
that time:
When l got there, just said. Cap
tain, | wrote you about six weeks ago
to save me room; | hope you have
done So
Certainly have; waiter, show the
gentleman to number ninety. one.
I'm blessed if there wasn't forty
Others beside myself in the same apart.
ment, and when they we2t to undress
at night the room looked like an arse
nal, for every man had a knife aid u
six shooter or two. My partner had
an immense pistol, which he coolly
took off and placed in bed between us
Say, stranger, says |, IF had to
carry thing like that, blamed if
wouldn't put it on wheels.
Guess if l choose to wearit, it's no
bodys business, he replied.
Well, says |. lis all this artillery
company in this roomY
The next night. after we had all
turned in, there came a rap at the
door; the beds were all full but one'
and in this there was tall Texan, who
after the rarping had been several
times repeated, got up, and in cos
tune little better than the Georgia full
dress, but with revolver in his hand,
opened the door and deminded:
What do you mean by kicking up
such an Internal row here?
'They.told me there was a vacant bed
here said a dapper-looking fellow.
with .satchel in his hand, and |
came to occupy it,
Come iu, replied Texas, fourishing
his pistol, there amt no vacant bed.
but you kin bunk in with me-
Thank you, said the new conner, at
the same time evidently wishing him
self out again.
| can tell you that young fellow
wasn't long 'shucking' himself and
sliding easily into bed but he had no
more than stretched himself, when his
bedfellow said
You got any whisky?
Yes, sir: L Was-afraid Of the
water, and
Water if your got any whisky, be,
have like a gentleman and produce it
The young man got out Of bed and
SON banded over a small wicker flask.
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It's your whisky--driuk first said

It's your whisky--drink first. said
Texas.
His companion poured out about
three drops and took it, when the 9th
er put the flask to his head and drain.
ed it, and then coolly turned it bottom
up. to show that it was dry, and hand.
cd it back
About half the occupants were
changed every day, and | could tell
every new arrival and the number Of
his room, as soon as set eyes on HIM.
Halo, Colonel, just got in? | would
say.
Yes. just in. and lucky enough to
get room.
What's your number? l would ask.
'Ninety-one, was sure to be the re-
ply.
l staid there until they began to put
the new arrivels in through the tran
som, and then left town.
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what i. Costs Negroe. to Live.

1t has been matter OF wonder to
many people how so many idle negroes
subsist about this city.
We have an old negro man who Wis
its our premises once week and per-
forms q small job, for which we pay
him quarter. We had the curiosity
to interview him tho other day as 10
his finances and subsistence.
How are you getting on Uucle
Aleck ? said we.
'Ah, thank God, I make out to get
huff to eat, said Aleck. Some days
l make quarter, some days more or
less, and some days muffin. But in
durin' the week l gets 'nuff to buy
visions for me and do ole o num-
We'll, Uncle Aleck. how much pro-
visions do you buy; tell me exactly, !
want to make calculation
Aleck then gave the following items
as his weekly purchases for himselfand
wife:
Cents.
One half peck meal. =. ................"l0
One and one-halt pounds of meat,...l5
One pint of molasses, s,.........".""..l29
One pound sugar,.................
One half pound butter, r,......."".."l5
Coffee, ..........."........... ......."""..."lo5
Total, ,....................".., ..."...8l5
asked him ifhe had plenty. %
Ia, yes, massa my wife is a good cook,
l tell you sab. she is a good cook. She
used to cook for ole missus in slavery
time, and we has good table / tel
You, sab, we lives as well as most COLI
ored people l knows Of; as good veil
as der hack drivers. We have greens
from our garden, and sometimes eats
de gravy and leave all de meat for dc
ole oman
And this is the way the darkies live
by doing little jobs. A small
amount of cheap bread and meat will
subsist them-many times some of them
have bread alone. Many idle men, who
do little jobs or follow politics, are sup
ported mainly by their wives at the
washtub. 1t would astonish any one
to count up the money paid out every
week for washing. Washing, cooking
and nursing babies, supports large
portion of the negro population Of Sell
ma. This cheap living makes the
cheapest labor in the United States
Selma (Ala.) Times.
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Parallel Of the Sexes.

There is an admirable partition Of
qualities between the sexes. which the
Author of our being has distributed to
each, with a wisdom. that challenges
our unbounded admiration. Man is
strong-woman is beautiful. Man is
daring and confdent-woman is diff
dent and unsssuming. Man is greatin
in suffering. Man
shines abrosd-uoman at home. Man
talks TO convince-woman 10 persuade
and please. Man aas 4 rugged heart
woman a soft and tender one. Nan
prevents misery-woman relieves. Man
has science-woman taste.
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TODAY AND rO.MOEROW,
NY GERALD MAssEf.

High hopes that burned like Stars sublime,
Go down In tho Heavens OF Freedom;
And true hearts perish in the time
We bitterliest need 'em
But never sit We down and say
There's nothing left but sorrow;
We walk the wilderness To-day,
The Promised Land Tomorrow.
Our birds Of song are silent now,
There are no flowers blocming;
Yet life is In the frozen bough,
And Freedoms Spring ia ooW'ingi
And Freedoms tide comes up Away,
Tho we may stand In sorrow;
And our good Bark, aground To-day,
Shall flo at again To. morrow.
Thro' all the long, dark night Of years.
The Peoples cry ascendeth,
And Earth is wet with blood and tears,
But our meek suferance endeth!
The Few shall not forever sway,
The Many moil in sorrow:
The Powers OF Hell are strong To-day,
But Christ shall rise Tomorrow.
Tho hearts brood ov'r the Past. our eyes
With smiling Futures glisten!
For 10 ! our day bursts tp the skies;
Lean ont your souls and listen!
The World rolls Freedoms radiant way.
And ripens with her sorrow:
Keep heart-wfo bear the Cross To-day
Shall wear the Crown Tomorrow.
o, Youth! fame. earnest, still aspire,
With energies immortal!
To many a heaven Of Desire,
Our yesrning opes portal
And tho Age wearies by the way.
Ard hearts break In the furrow;
we'll SOW the golden grain To-day,
The Harvest comes Tomorrow.
Build mp heroic lives, and all
Be like sheathen sabre,
Ready to flash out at Gods call.
O. Chivalry Of Labor
Triumph snd Toll are Twins, and aye
Joy suns the cloud Of Sorrow;
And tits the Martyrdom To-day,
Brings Victory To morrow.
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UHsCaa R;S.

THODIS'r.-Preaching at the Methodist
Church every Sabbath. Rev. j. S. Gillett, Pastor.
CHRISTI AN.-Preaching at the Christian
Church on the second and fourth Sabbaths in each
month by Elder J.J. Williamson.
Observation-Disclosures at the Presbyte-
rian Church on the second and fourth sab
bathin each month oy the Rev. W. l., Kennedy.
PROTESTANT EPlsCOPAL.-.se Services second
Sunday in each mouth at l0la O'Clock, A. M, and
Up. m, at st. Marks Church.)
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