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THE WIPES APPEAL.

The wise people-those who manage
their neighbors' sffairs in theory much
better than they do their own in pracs
tice-shook their heads in solemn con
clave when Mr.. Hepworth married the
second time, but an added shake of
venom was in their councils when the
village paper noticed, in fowery par
agraph, the birth of son and heir at
the great house.
Poor Clarice," they said, ''has no
chance now. It was bad enough when
Hepworth married chit of girl who,
of course, cared for nothing but his
money; but now there is :Jn, there is
no hope fol Clarice."
A young fair woman, herself in the
spring time of life, yet having already
taken the holy ties of wife and mother
into her pure heart, knelt in one of the
rooms of the great house-knelt to
bring her beautiful face nearer to the
cradle pillow upon which rested the
soft cheek of her baby boy.
The child of wealthy parents, she
had married the man she loved and who
loved her, and had gone from her home
of luxury to preside over another.
She was very beautiful, and many
had thought it great sacrifice when
she married a man 80 old as her own
father, yet IN her sweet humility she
only prayed to be worthy of the love
bestowed upon her.
A low knock at the door reused her,
and rising to her feet she answered the
summons.
Upon the threshold stood woman, a
few years older than herself, who led
by the hand handsome boy who had
seen two summers only.
The woman was poorly dressed, in
shabby mourning. but the child wore
dainty white garments.
Ibid you wish to see me?" Mrs.
Hepworth asked, smiling upon the
child.
"May 1 come in?'' was the woman g
question, in return.
Certainly. You look tired"
The stranger accepted chair. and
looked sadly around the room.
Everything is altered" she said in
q mournful voice. perhaps I had
better have stayed away. Mrs. Hep
worth, you have heard Of Clance Man.
dersons"
Il have not" was tho reply. II am
almost stranger here. We have been
trlveIlng eyer since I was married, un-
til few months ago."
'And you never heard of me?" said
the stranger, The tears rising in her
So ssE ttSi
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Influenza of Little Things.

Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage, in recent
sermon on the influence OF little things.
said: "It is so in the formation of bad
habits. Take the habit of lying. A
man begins with what is called white
lie. aud after awhile there is no limit to
his falsehood. So in the habit of usiDg
tobacco. There is no danger OF my be-
ing personal in nay remarks, for you all
use it, ! quit that habit because it
made nv hand tremble, and too easi7
Iy lost my patience; and I thought
had no right to do anything that would
make my hand trembIe. or make me
lose my patience. But we oil Know
how hard it was to get the habit-how
sick it made us at the start. You be-
gin perhaps with cigar, which your
father or some minister has thrown
away; and you have gone on until yon-
are slave to habit which is ruino1s
to any man of nervous temperament.
How gradually you came on toward h'
There are hundreds of men in
this house to-day who would cons
fess that the habit is injurious to them;
but somehow they cannot stop. How,
my brother, did you get this bondage
on you? In one day? In one hour?
No. by little aud little" So with
the habit of intemperance. The first
day a man don't go and wallow in the
ditch. If he is well off he begins with
sparkling champagne. or lively clicquot
or three KS. Now, in the midnight,
while trying to Kill the snakes on his
delirlous pillow, he cries out to the doc
tor to give him rum.
0, young man, stand off from the
beginning of evil! Though you will
charge me with Hibernicism, l will
risk it and say, stop before you start.
You say, "I mingle with evil associates,
and I am not contaminated. But If
you stand anywhere near them, you will
get spIashed with mire and pollution
and moral dirt.
i This panther of evil habits has
velvet coat and sleek skin, and comes
softly through the night to mans
temptation and squats before the soul.
But if you have felt the clutch of his
claw and sharp cut of his teeth. God
pity youlRemember, we:may not only go
Edown..gredually:ourselves,b but take Others
with us little by little. A minister OF
the gospel stood in reform meeting,
and he was showing how that man
might take strong drinks moderately
and yet do right, and how the head of
a family might have strong drinks on
his lining table and yet do right in all
this matter; and after he had made
powerful and eloquent argument, he
sat down in the pulpit. Then an aged
mar arose in the audience and said: 81
} have broken heart. have buried my
only son. He started iu life with beau
tiful prospects. He is to day in
lrunkard's grave; and when he was dy
ing he told me that he started that aw-
full habit at the table of Christian
clergyman. And that Christian clergy
man is the man who Just sat down in
the pulpitr' Oh, may God keep us
from taking others to ruinl
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Courage in Ever-day Life.
Have the courage to discharge debt
while you have the money in your

while you have the money IN your
pooi~t. r.
Have the courage to do without that
YOU do not need, however much your
eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak yonr mind
when it is necessary you should do so,
and to hold your tongue when it is pru-
dent YOU should do so.
Have the courage to speak to friend
in "seedy coat" even though you are
in company with rich one, and richly
attired.
Have the courage to make will, and
just one.
Have the courage to tell man why
you will not lend him your money.
Have the courage to 'cut" the most
agreeable acquaintance yon have when
Won are convinced that he lacks princi-
pie. ga friend should bear with a
riend's infrmities." but not with his
vices.
Have the courage to show your re-
spect for honesty, in whatever gnise 1t
appears; and your contempt for dls>
honest duplicity, by whomsoever ex>
hibited.
Have the courage to wear your Old
cloths until you pay for your new ones.
Have the courage to obey your
Maker at the risk of being ridiculed by
man.
Have the courage to prefer comfort
and prosperity to fashion in all things.
Have the courge to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek credit
for knowledge under false pretenses.
Have the courage to provide enter
tainment for your friends within your
means-not beyond.
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japanese Sermons.

The Japanese are great sermon hear
ers, even when heathens; and the SER
mons of some of their own priests are
Justly celebrated. The sermon is irre-
rular in form-a frank and inartistic,
but not unstudied, talk over the topic
that has been IN the preachers mind.
He takes passage for text, and then
probably passes on to some cognate
passages as he proceeds. Beginning
with the soft, low voice of his people,
he soon warns, and often uses. much
gesture and eager rhetoric; but one OF
his strong points. as it is of the old
Buddhist sermons, is his power of illus
tratlon. To take an example or two on
ly from the sermons I heard. Speak
ing of the impatience of the Christian
under trial: "Summer and Winter are
each hand to bear, but they are soon
over, and we take them as they come.
Let us also take trial as one of Gods
seasons, and believe that 1t is only for
season." Of faith and works: A
hawk and crow (the two common
birds here, and the former the model
of the Japanese kite), you know, can
fly when they have two wings; and if
one wing be MANNED or shot off, the
bird flutters to the ground, and cannot
fly. We, also, have two wings on which
we fly to heaven. The one is faith and
the other works But we cannot fly
thither without two; and if we try with
one. we fall to the ground, and futter
and crawl there like MANNED bird"
| OF the hopes of heaven: "When you
fly kite "a universal amusement in
Japan, "if you tie the string to one
place, the kite will fall; if to another,
IL will whirl and tumble unsteadily in
the air. but never mount; if to another.
il will raise little way, and then fiut-
ter. and begin to descend; but if 30 the
right spot. it will soar into the sky.
SO, if we tie our hopes TO anything
earthly, they come to nothing, though
they sometimes seem, by our affections
and aspirations, to mount unsteadily
for little space; bnt when We tie them
to heaven. they soar into the sky. and
dazzle us with the snnshine Of God"
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NEW SERIES.
1itsrary.

The Aansns Ensi@rHnts Lament
Pm sittin' on de w'arf, Dinah, de w'arf at
Wyandotte.
De place whar Kansas darkies sit, dats all
the place dey's got;
Pm mighty tired oh dis place, but what's
de use to pine,
Dev fotch us here-our Norther frien's,
what had an ak to grind. 7
Frien's | said? no, no, not frien's Tor
frien ship am played out;
De darkie's frien's dats here, ! think, is
dem you read abont.
D,r's bout nine hundred da,kies here,
some sick an some a'dyin,
1t grieves my heart to hear my wall ol
haf starv'd chirns cryin'.
Nv moneys all gone up de spout, my heart
grows faint and sad;
Unless darkey's belly's full you knaw he's
neber glad.
| miss de ole smoke house at home. i miss
de meat an bread,
[ sometimes feel so hungry, dat l ever
wish Use dead.
| thought to-day OBJ old Marse John, an
ob Miss Jennie too.
| thought ob all de folks at home, an Off
thought oh you;
| thought about de good ole times, aroun
de cabin doc.
/ thought about de merry songs Pll nebe
sing no mo-.
think see de corn upon de ole planta
ton CROWN,
| think | see de cotton field, wild niger
in it hoein',
I think l see de little folks roll on de c.b
in foo,
| think hear my ole'st boy playin' de oil
banjo,
II think / zee dear young Marse Frank
a'ridin> 'roun' and lookin',
think l see Aunt Milly Jane up in d.
kitchen cookin',
think | smells the sweet ham mea a
irwin on de griddle,
think | hear our young Marse Joe
playin' on his fiddle.
Oars young Miss Maude, de yonnge'
chile, what missus calls her baby,
She air't no baby now, you bet, she's des
grown young lady,
think see her skippin' roun', her dreS
all Aounc'd an flutter'ed,
You bet she makes the gem'mens kno'
which side der bread il buttered.
I think hear her playin' now upon d
big peannsr
Dat makes mo- noise dan all the bands i
de State of Luzyanner,
I think hear ole marser say "cone up al
draw yon' rations,'
But den know sich soun's as dem Is IN q
'maginations.
think smell the sweet perfumes ob d
Whit magnolia blossoms,
| think hear my good old dog a treelr
of de possnms.
Der amt no possums in dis lam for Jes d
simple reas'n,
! Der ain't no trees, dey's burnt um all
keep de folks from freez'n.
I wish | could go back again upon de o'
plantation,
I'd stay dar till de angel blowd his horn {
| resurrection,
I wouldn't listen to no tales from Mr.. VIII
dom's party,
I'd stay dar long wild ole Marse Jonn,
, moor, but wiser darkev.
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Italian Girls.

The girls of Italy do many things our
young ladies' would not think of doing.
and they leave uhlearned certain accom-
plishments which are only the very
poorest American fair ones pass by.
The Italian BRIDE makes her own outfit.
anl as the trousseau consists Of six
dozen Of everything. being intended to
last twenty-five years. and all must be
embroidered and friIled. the task is not
an easy one. But they take their time
TO it. occupying two years in getting it
in shape, and all the while the work
goes on the lovers are courting. The
hrfsband gives the dresses. shawls,
everything. in fact. but the undercloth-
ING. Italian girls do not learn to sing.
draw and play the piano. These are
left to people who earn their living hv
them. But they are taught how to
sew, cook and iron.
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CHE gireside.
On Horsebak to New York


From the s. W. Presbyterian.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The beauty;of the motin.
tain scenery of North Carolina is by no
means confined to Buncombe and Tran
sylvania, nor Henderson counties. IL
one has passed through these he will
have seen some of the finest natural
landscape: to be found anywhere, and
has been abe to climb the highest
point in the United States east of the
Rocky Mountains; but he has by no
means exhausted all that this truly
mountain State can offer in the way
of natural beauty and grandeur.
I was agreeably surprised in coming
from Marion northward to find moun-
tains almost as high, and passes quite
as wild and romantic, with valleys as
rich and picturesque as any had
seen.
The road was up through Turkey
Cove across the Catawba River to
North Cove, which latter is much the
finer and more beautiful of the two
After crossing the north fork of the
Catawba repeatedly, 1 struck the Lin>
vile river and followed it to It's source
away up in the mountains by the rough
est road man ever traveled-sometimes
it was only mountain path, sometimes
it followed the bead of the stieam for a
quarter Of mile at time.
Af.er reaching the head of this pass,
which in many places equals the famons
Hickory Nut Gap in wild grandeur, and
climbing a steep ridge by wnat is
known as the Winding Stairs, a few
miles brought me to Linville Falls
the finest decidedly of any in this whole
region-the main fall must be quite
fifty feet hight. but the back ground Of
rocks that forms an amphithea.re abou
the pool which receives the water in it!
fallmust be at least Que hundred feet;tht
water rushing through and over thest
rocks makes magnificent effect, and i!
certainly we'll worth going miles to see
It is not so much visited, however be.
cause so much out Of the way, ant
therefore not so we'll known as it de-
serves to be.
spent Sabbath at the Falls will
Uncle Dave Franklin, who entertain.
the few travellers who do come in al
antiquated farm house of most primi
tive style. He is good Methods
brother, and, learning was a preacher
asked me to preach at his house Sab
bath evening, which was glad to do
Notice was given at Baptist meeting
several miles away, but at the hour ap
pointed tremendous thunderstorm
came up. Yet notwithstanding the rair
quite company gathered-enough t.
fill one Of the rooms-and we had yer,
interesting meeting. There are N,
Presbyterians, believe in all thai
neighborhood, which is occupied exclu
sively by Methodists and Baptists. o.
these latter, there are great many oi
the hard shell sort, ard not few OF
those known as seven-day Biptists. o.
as one man termed them-the "No- Hell
Baptists."
From the Falls l came to Boone, by
LinvilIe Cove and through Wautaugs
Gap, over as rough road as that of tht
North Cove.
From Boone to Jefferson, the capital
of Ashe county, which borders on Vir-
ginia, and thence into Virginia by way
of Sparta, hope to reach Fincastle by
next Sabbath, but will have to ride
to do it.
Yours, truly, A. N. W.
HILLsvILLE, VA. July 16, 1879.
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BROOKHAVEN, MISS, HURsDAY. AUGUST. z 1879. VOL
hand that still rested upon her child's

hand that still rested upon her child's
head, Meta led the way back to her
own pretty citing groom, where Clarices
waited the result of her errand.
She waited, with fast throbbing
heart and trembling limbs, for the
words that were to give her sorrowing,
lonely heart peace and rest, or the stern
mandate that would close the doors OF
home upon her and her boy forever.
Hel gratitude could never fail, she
felt sure, for the beautiful woman who
had so lovingly undertaken the office Of
mediator on her behalf, and the tears
rolled down her cheeks as she thought
of the uuselfish tenderness of her step
mother.
As she heard the steps coming across
the vide hall towards the room where
she was seated, her agitation became
too great for pa lent waiting, and she
stood up, holding her child Ly the
hand, her breath coming in quick, pant
ing sobs, her eyes dilated with suspense.
and her whole figure quivering with in
tense emotion.
It was this eager. flushed face that
met the fathers eye as he opened the
door-the face of the child to whom he
had given the entire strength OF his
love for years.
He forgot her waywarduess, her dis"
obedience and the six years OF absence.
He remembered only that she was
his only daughter, the child OF his dead
CIarice. he opened his arms. with a
smile that carried love and forgiveness
to the sore heart.
There was glad cry Of
"Father! dear, dear father!'
And they we're folded fast in each
others arms, while Meta drew wonder
ing Stephen into an inner room, and
closed the door.
Not even for her ears, she felt, wert
those first sacred words OF reconcilia
ton.
l. was not for long that Stephen was
withheld from his grandfather's kiss
for father and daughter alike turned
again to the gentle influence that hat
united them once more.
The gossips ara divided in their opin
lou as to the exact amount of hatred
and jealousy existing between the
young widowed daughter and the young
wife at che great house, but 1t would b'
qnite beyond the power OF their mar
row minds to understand such true sis
terly love as exists between Claric'
Manderson and Mr.. Hepworth's secont
wife.
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DE. u. II. WATTS,
Den t al - urge con .
Brookhaven, Miss.

Having practiced Dentisty in this town
and vicinity for the last thirteen years,l feel
safe in referring TO all those that l ever
worked for. III have any work not CIV
ing satisfaction, will cheerfully render
it satisfactory free of cha ge, by calling al
my Office. | guarantee my work: | Use
nvihing but first class material. ! don use
cheap teeth anc inferior gold. ] don't put
off any "boyus" work on any body, and my
charges are as reasonable az any first>cla $.
Dentist can afford to work for. ! will
visit the country promptly and attend all
calls. VIII take stock in payment for
work. Office at F. NJ. Martiu 4 Co.'S
Drug Store.
NAV l-tf. Y, b. WATTS.
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CHERoKEE STREET,
ENsss LighffOOt,
FASHIONABLE HAIR DRESSER

Has opened q chop near the Cour
house, where he is prepared to- do all
wnrE In Mis- line. His prices for Shaving
fsutting Hair and Shampooing are re-
mnrkaisly low. He solicits the patron
a-e or tie public. and guarantees satiss
action 10 all patrons. SEPT. 2-lr.
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Boys do great many thoughtless
and foolish things "for fun," that NOR
tify them very much in the remem-
brance. To have been caught in some
body's melon patch, or stealing a neigh
bor's choice fruit, or taking a gate of
its hinges, or crawling nnder a show>
mans tent, or playing any kind of a
trick to the injury of another, that has
to be accomplished in sneaking way,
won't seem very smart if you ever grow
to be man Of sense. You will hate it,
and wonder that you could ever have
thought it sharp.
Don't f,tter yourself that the worst
thing about mean act is in being
caught at it or found ont. You can't be
low or vicious or tricky without some
one knowing it. and it does not take
long for good many to find it out. 1t
takes extraordinary talent and decep-
tion to have good reputation conceal
ing bad character. and it is never
worth trying for. The way to seem
to be worthy is to be trustworthy
There was never yet boy who was
manly. honest and worthy of confidence,
that people did not find him out and
give him his due.
You can't afford to trife with you,
reputation. II you descend to indecent
and immoral conduct, it will soil your
character and hunt your prospects, nc
matter what your friends may do fol
yop, or how you may try to conceal
from good people that they do these
things. Just so long as you allow your.
self to practice the habits that are con
demned by pure, upright, straightfor-
ward people of integrity whether you
do il openly or on the sly-you will
make no progress in the formation of a
fine character, or in building up repn>
tation. SO. when you are tempted to
any low, tricky, dishonest, mean,or un-
worthy act stop long enough 10 think
what the effect is going to be upon
your souls, your own mind Your repu-
tation. and If thatis your strongest mo-
tive, don't do it.
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Official Statement.

We have received from the Treasury
Department an analysis of the public
debt of the Uuited States from Julylst,
1860, to July and August 1st, 1879.
The figures below are from this source
and may be accepted as authentic. A
close examination of them will settle
many conflicting ideas held by voters
belonging to the several parties.
Is it fact that the outstanding prin-
cipal of the public debt was larger on
the 1st day of July, 1879. than on the
came day of any yeal since 1871?
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An exchange inquiries: "Does hang
ing prevent murder?" It certainly does.
Who ever heard of . man committing
murder after he had been hanged.
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QUEEN VIcroRIA has donated $25, 600
during the past year for advaAoemsnt
Of tho temperance cause in England.
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Rats T

Sprinkle little calomcl on buttered
bread and place where the rats can get
it, putting dish of water close by.
This does not kill the rats, but it makes
them soon disappear. We at once
tried it at home, and from that time no
rats or mouse has been seen or heard in
the house. The first night the four
pieces of bread that had been put here
and there were all eaten. The next
night one Of the four hadlbeen eaten and
another nibbled. The third night not
q pice had been touched, and 80 again
the fourth night. The rats had evidently
gone, and and not one of them has since
been heard of aud none Of them could
have died on the premises.
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II. L. BOacen, ST.,
II. u. ECHALLER.

Manufacturer OF
Steam Pipes, Smoke Stacks and
Breeching, Iron doors and
Window Shades.
Also Well Augers, Pumps, Well Tools
aud all kieds of Sheet Iron Work.
matchmaking and any kind Of light ma
chinery made and repaired
AT LOWEST CASH PRICES.
BRooKHAvEN, Mrss., 4. 4. Avenue
dec.2-ly.
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THE Rev. J. D. Blevans. presiding
elder Of the Kansas city diatriotsS South
west Missouri conferences, reports in the
st. Louis Advocate three hundred and
eighty two additions to the chnroh du
ring the year. and says the cause is ad>
vancing spiritually. Finances rather
lame in some places. On the whole,
s.the present aud the future Of the Kan
sas city district Il evidently enoourag-
ing"
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Good Advice.

Never be idle.
Fear has many eyes.
II cost more to avenge than to for
give.
A grain Of prudence is worth pound
of craft,
He who knows himself best esteema
himself least.
The homage paid to beauty is one Of
the first fruits Of civilization.
Physics far the most part, is but a
substitute for ezsscise Of tanpsrapce.
Falsehool always endeavols to copy
he mien and attitude of truth.
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Ths 8rookharsn asdser.
Advertising Rates.

Marriage notices and deaths. pot eX.
ceeding six lines, published free. Al
over six lines charged for at regular adj
vertising rates.
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First. Glass Fare
SHAVING AND sHAMP0oNING,

SHAVING AND ShAMP00hING,
Hair, Moustaches, and Whiskers,
Dressed. Trimmed or Dyed in the
I.ATEST STYLE.
Bay Rum, fresh Linens choice Perfumes, fra
grant Powder and coored Cosmetics always or
hand at
r. FsitXner'5,
Between Perkins Bros. and the courthouse
Brookhayen, Miss. june 8. .ly.
II. L. BOaCen, ST.,
Justice OF the Peace, Notary Public and
u. y. Commissioner for the Southern Dis
trict of Mississippi
Office in the Court house Justice oi
the Peace court, the End and 4th Satur-
days in each month. Office hours from
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. unless officially absent
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Think a Moment.

Yours, truly, A. N. v
HILLsvILLE, VA, July Is, 1879.