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Slitters not what busi 'ess you are engaged in, for, if
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b»ltiartsroi —floats Mcrobnnl.a’ Magaslne.
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teti'ii increased with amazing rapidity. For ten
years out I have spent £30.000 yearlv to keep my
seperior wares before the public, ilad 1 been timid in
irtrertiaing. I never should have possessed my fortune
#( fcM.OOO”. MeLeod Belton. Birmingham.
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f»M By it, your daring men draw millions to their
coffer*’’—Stuart Clay
'"’hat audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the
iklllfal use of printer’s i i*r, is to success in business.” —
Bucher.
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Without the aid of advertisements I rou'd have done
sc'.h ng in my -peculations. 1 have the most complete
Whin “printers'ink.” Advertising is the “royal road
to businessßarnum.
Professional Pards.
IV ' K KENDALL offers his profos
1/services tc the citizen* of Thoumston and
p Inn^ 1 ' 8 country. May be found dnrin'r the day at
, Har«l»way’ , B ♦tore, at night at the former resi
•»» of (Carles Wilson. jan 14 ly.
[ I REDDING, Attorney at Law,
M • Baramil’e, Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the
( "'** comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
’■('here by special ontract Al business promptly
Olhco in Elder s building, over Chamber’s
aug6- y
PIIOMAS BEALL, Attorney at Law,
\ Thn m.»ston, (la. Will practice in the Flint Cir
lnd elsewhere by special contract aug27-ly
U )• WEAVER. Attorney at Law,
f« *» "D>omaston, (la. Will practice in all the
... °f tBW Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special
Wltrilrt - iune2s-ly
T 1 HI N I. HALL, Attorney and Counsellor
I 1 practice in the counties composing
lnt Circuit, in the Supreme Court of Georgia,
■ o the District Court of the United States for the
orn and Southern Districts of Georgia.
_“i»na«ton. Ga., June ISth. IST<My.
JOSEPH 11. SMITH, Attorney and
», 1 ounsellor at Law. Office Corner Whitehall arid
Sheets Atlanta, Ga. Will practice >n ihe Sn
’•.* Courts of Coweta and Flint Circuits, the Bu
°urt of the State, and the United States’ Dis-
All com.nunications addressed to him at
■ a "ill receive prompt attention. april9-ly
Anderson & McCall a. Attorneys
{A Law, Covington, Georgia. Will attend regu
_T' snd Practice in the Superior Courts of the
Jr' I ' B of Newton, Nutts, Henry, Spalding. Tike,
Upson, Morgan, DeKalb, Gvrinnette and Jaa-
declO-ly
James M. MATHEWS. Attorney at
Uws, Talbutton, (la., will practice all the counties
I.’'"!*the Chattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
contract. declO-ly
HOLLIS & WILLIS, Attorneys at Law
, ; Talbotton, Ga Prompt attention given to
88 placed in our hands. declO-ly
J}°BERT P. TRIPPE, Attorney at Law
1 1.0 yth ’ Ga - Will practice in the State Courts
•„,:: h v e United States’ District Court at Atlanta and
Ga, dec O-ly
*l* \ HUNT, Attorney at Law, Barnes*
flint oi’ Ga Will practice in all the counties of
> ‘ Circuit and Supreme Court of the State.
MARION BETIIUNE, Attorney at
’icntu, w ; Talboton, Ga. Will practice in all the
ti? f l^e Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson and
counties. declS-ly
l) p ;, twins' will continue the practice
v Office at B. IX Hardaway’s Drug
declß-ly
W. T. Hannah, is pleased to
*U» pr J / the citizens of Upson that he will continue
W n e «* Medicine in ita various branches at
. Um 'Ua- declß-ly
fes • WALKER. Attorney at Law
* e ßt»te Ga ‘ w lli practice in Circuit Courts o
in United states District Courts.
"‘To® ? BLIC.— I have moved up ,t°
i!* * D< l am r!Ll n i'^ t?SBrB Cheney and Allen's new build-
DrH tl , engaged in the practice ©f medi-
ifV„“ to 8° at any time. Persons wishing"
ashmans r® * n ®y office, can call on Messrg.
®-tW 1, "Cyjsand Sawyer’s and obtain informa-
JNiptlv -r ,?? leav 8 any message there, which will
t ,»
DR. J. O. HUNT.
*; The ■ystoms of liver
BIMMO NS
I 1 1,1 1,1 U J 0 I »£■?*«• the p „ n „ •
MMi and is mis-
The «t<*rjmch lossnr«L° r / heum *tism.
Itess, bowels in general costive “om.*V pet,t * &nd *ick
with lax. The head ls troubf;d^i e tfc ftltern! ‘Dng
heayy sensation considerable loss^fmll 11 and flull
panied with painful sensationTr L* ffemorr, «ccom
furmething which ought to h tvehien a H V nB left undf >ne
pLinm, nf Often corn-
I_ . titm*s Bomp of th « ttbove
LIVE
Cure the ° lgaD most involved.
DR - SIMMONS’
Liver Regulator,
be Btrict *
35 years wVn7 of
harmless preparations ever offered to thITStoSS “5
i, is sure ufeure*’ 1
■ Dyspepsia, headache,
REIMS ES®
bladder, camp dysentery,
ofcTe ?rr n T- C , hllls ’ d'seases the°skiin. impurity
hnrn 6 i°| 0< ’ melftncbol - v ’ or depression of spirits. hearU
burn, colie, or pains in the bowels, pain In the head
ir l!l ' e ,, ,lr( ?’ b 1 0ils ’ P"*n In back and limbs'
usthma erysipelas, female afFections, and bilious dis
eases generally. Prepared onlv by UUI
J. H. ZEIL.IIV & CO.,
Th^fHi 1: a 7 To'l f l,B5 ’ Druggists, Macon, Ga.
T he following highly respectable persons can fully at
test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to
whom we most respectfully refer* “ 10
n ” en T * JT-S- H nlt, President B.'w. R. R. Company
d r r ’r Perr J’ ? a ,’ Col E * K Bn»rks, Albany;
nsford, Kaq., Conductor WR R •
C Manterson, Esq, Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Butts
Rainbndge, Ga ; Dykes A Sparhawk, Editors Floridian'
Tallahassee; Lev. J W. Burke. Macon, Ga * Virgil
I owers Esq. Superintendent S. W. R. R. ; Daniel Bui
lard Bullard s Station, Macon and Brunswick R R
'• w ' K ’" !r ’ K "'*‘ ioa ' Go - ; “ itor
For sale by John F Henry, New York, Jno D. Park
Cincinnati, Jno. Hemming, New Orleans, and all Drug-
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"THE MONROE ADVERTISER.”
VOLUME FIFTEEN.
A First-Class Democratic Newspaper!
TIIE Campaign which will soon be inau
gurated, and which will culminate in the election
of Congiessional and Legislative Representatives in
November, promises to be one of the most important
and interesting epochs in the history of the State. In
view of this fact, it is the duty of every person te sub
scribe for sortie available newspaper. To the people of
this section, Tine Monroe Advertiser presents superior
claims. . . _
No pains will be spared to render the Tiie Advertiser
a reliable and efficient newspaper, and each issue will
embrace a fair epitome ol the week’s news, both foreign
and domestic. .. ... .
As heretofore, the local news of this ana the adjoining
connties will be made a specialty.
The Advertiser is published in a very populous and
wealthy section, and is one of the most available
ADVERTISING MEDIUMS
in Middle Georgia. To the merchants of Macon and
Atlanta, it offers superior in(luc ® men^ n f “ r n , r ® aC T i r r g m t
large, intelligent and prosperous class of people, lerins
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THOMAS TON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARIES, 1871.
pOETI^Y.
CHANGE.
BT MAQGIX B.
The law of change ia whispered
In every pacing breeze,—
In all the forms of nature,
Bright beauteous flowers and trees.
The morning sun that rises.
Bathing wiih roseate light
Fair earth and sea and heaven,
Brings changes ’ere ’tis night.
The moon serene and beautiful,
Inconstant though she be,
Changing so oft her orh. Is but
Frail man, a type of thee.
One moment thon art soaring on
• Ambition’s lofty win**
Next— wealth and pleasure o’er thee
Their potent witchery fling
One moment thou art joyous, and
Life holds for thee no care.
The next—and thou art quaffing deep
'I he bitter cup. despair.
No need hare we to search for change
The records of the pa*t;
The age in which we live is fraught
M ith marvelous ones and vast.
Warnervide, Meriweather Co,Ga.
yViISCELLANEOUS.
ETIQUETTE—Courtship.
Never trifle with the affections of a man
who loves you ; nor admit of marked atten
tions from one whose affections you cannot
return. Some young ladies pride them
se'ves upon the conquests which they make,
and would not scruple to sacrifice the hap«
pirtess of an estimable person to their rep
rehensible vanity. Let this be far from
you. If you see clearly that you have be
come an object of especial regard to a gen
tleman, and do not wish to encourage his
addresses, treat him honorably and human
lv, as vou hope to be used with generosity
by the person who may engage your own
heart. Do not let him linger in suspense,
but take the earliest opportunity of careful
ly making known your feelings on the sub
ject. This may be done in a variety of
ways. A refined ease of manner will satis
fy him, if he has any discernment, that hi#
addresses will not be acceptable. Should
your natural disposition render this difficult,
show that you wish to avoid his company,
and he will presently withdraw; but if
even this is difficult—-and who can lay
down rules for another?—allow an oppor*
tunity for explanation to occur. You can
then give him a polite and decisive answer ;
ani be assured that, in whatever manner
you convey your sentiments to him, if he be
a man of delicacy and right feeling, he will
trouble you no further. Let it never be
said of you, that you permit the attentions
of an honorable man when you havo
heart to give him or that you have trifled
with* the affections of one whom you per
haps esteem, although you resolve never to
marry him. It may be that his preference
gratifies, and his .conversation interests you;
that you are flattered by the attentions of a
man whom some of your companions ad
mire; aud that, in truth, you hardly know
yur own mind on the subject. This will
not excuse you.
Every young woman ought to know the
state of her own heart; and yet the happi
ness and future prospects of many an excel
Fnt man, have been sacrificed by such un
principled conduct.
Remember that if a gentleman makes you
an offer, you have no right to speak of it.
If you possess either generosity or gratitude
for offered affection, you will not betray a
secret which does not belong to you. It is
sufficiently painful to be refuse!, without
incurring the additional mortification of be
ing pointed out as a rejected lover.
If. on the contrary, .you encourage the
addresses of a deserving man, behave hon
ablv and sensibly. Do not lead him about
as if in triumph, nor take advantage of the
ascendency which you have gained bv play
ing with his feelings. Do not eeek for oc
casions to tease him that you may try his
temper; neither affect indifference nor
provoke lovers’ quarrels, for the foolish
pleasure of reconciliation. On your con
duct during courtship will very much
depend the estimation in which you will be
held by your husband in life.
Menial Overwork.
In an article on “Phvsical Diseases from
Mental Strain,” in the American Journal of
Insanity, Dr. Richardson gives the follow
ing interesting example of the overtaxing
of the faculty of memory ;
I knew an instance in whicn a child was
“blessed” with a marvelous gift of verbal
memory. This being his “forte,” his teach
er, who wished every scholar to be remark
able for something beyond other scholars,
played on this “forte” powerfully, and with
wonderful effect. By constant cultivation
of the one faculty, this marvelous boy
could learn off fifty lines of “Paradise Lost,”
or any other English book, at a single read
ing, arid could repeat his lesson on the spot,
witbotit missing a word or omitting a com
ma. But the .result was this, that when
this remarkable boy was sent to a universi
ty to learn a profession, he was beaten in
the learning of detailed and detached facts
by every fellow-student. Seeing slowly
but severely where his weakness lay, this
student ceased at last to call into play his
remarkable talent. It was a terrible task ;
he accomplished it at last, to a considerable
degree, but never effectually. For a long
time he made mistakes that were most an
noying ; he was unable, for instance, to cast
up accurately any column of .figures, he
forgot dates, ran over or under important
appointments, misnamed authors in speak
ing of works of art or letters, and in reason
ing he would mix up two or three subiects.
It took him full ten years to unlearn his
wonderful technical art. We cannot be too
carefurof the mental and physical training
of the young. Upon it depends a Lardy
and vigorous maturity.
Mutilated Currency.
The United States Treasury has issued a
letter setting forth tM-half notes, the other
halves of which have been lost in the mails,
will be redeemed' on presentation at the
Treasurer’s office for half their face value.
Parts of notes are not redeemed in full ex
cept evidence is furnished of the tota* de
struction of the missing portions.
Miscellaneous.
“A Ooffio,” said an Irishmao, “is the
house a man lives in when he is dead.”
The Roman Catholio* contemplate es'ab-
Pishing a cheap daily newspaper in Boston.
Thev fine merchants in the city of Charl
eston for not having signs in front of their
p'acea of busineos.
Four hundred of the late Confederate
officers ara now holdin? commissions in the
armies of South America.
A Chippewa Indian is preaching Sunday
sermons in Trov N. Y.
American* are in higher favor then ever
in Ros-ia. The Czar seems to have a par
ticular prejudice in their favor.
Ro nd dances are said to be going out of
favor in England, th*» more dignified square
dances resuming their sway.
A youth named Hagerman has shot him
self dead at Hamilton, Ohio, rather than
fulfill a marriage engagement.
It is stated that §4S\OGG are to he expen
ded to place the Georgia State Road in fine
working order.
A Russian Count has turned up in Massa
ehusetts. He is playing the wild among
the girls.
Girls that have beaux every night be
come sickly, - sentimental, dyspeptic and
nervous.
An Indianapolis girl doesn’t allow the
loss of one leg to prevent her daPcing the
Virginia reel on cratches.
Lecturing is not always profitable in the
West. Tn Toledo. Ohio, recentlv a femin
ine ora’or took but sls at the door, and the
feveri-and-ague in the hall.
Over 100,000 men, colliers, railwav hands,
and others, are said to have been deprived
of employment by the Pennsylvania coal
strike.
The moss business in Florida is becoming
profitable. The article is procured in the
forests, cured, packed, and forwarded to the
North.
A Norwich (Conn.) woman, who ran a
needle into her left- foot a year ago by acci
dentally stepping upon it, recentlv had it
pulled cut from between her shoulders.
The floor of one of the Litchfield (Conn.)
churches is so uneven that in passing up
one of the aisles, a person g ies out of sight
thirteen times. So says a local paper.
Illinois must bear off the palm for virtue.
A saloon keeper in that State keeps a tem
perance pledge behind the bar, and does
his best to induce pay customers to sign it.
An exchange savs monograms have bro
ken out fiercely in two new places—the
corners of gentlemen’s collars and the
A lady in London got the idea into her
head that the devil was in her, and bung
herself If women go to hanging themselves
for a little thing like, that they are going to
be mighty scarce, that’s all.
Movable or adjustable horse shoes have
become a “fixed fact.” This shoe can be
taken off at night, or when the horse is not
at work, put on again when wanted, as easy
as a pair of boots.
In a recent divorce suit in Chicago, the
plaintiff, who was the wife, laid special
stress on the fact that during seven years
of married life her husband had not once
kissed her.
Manv Eastern people have been poisoned
by wearing crimson wrappers, drawers and
stockings from the aniline used in the dve,
and have only saved their lives by adopting
white under- garments.
A cat licked the face of a lady in New
York, and died in a few minutes thereafter
from the paint which it had gathered from
the rosy cheek. Let all young men take
warning of this sad catastrophe.
One dollar per annum, paid to the post
master at Adeline, Marshall county. West
Virginia, is the lowest salarv received in
the postal department, and 000 per an
num, paid to the post* master at New York
is the highest.
Steel ear rings are how the fashion.
They are fastened to the ear by a spring,
and have the appearance o! a small gold
dot inserted into the flesh. They are popu
lar among young ladies ; inasmuch as it is
not necessary to pierce the ears.
According to the statement of a writer in
the New Jerusalem Messenger, there are
seventy Swedenborgiau churches in this
country, half of which are without ministers,
and the diviflity school of that denomina
tion has but four students.
The Confederate cotton loan, redeemaole
in gold by Mr. Davis’s Government in
1863, is still bought and sold on the London
Stock Exchange. There are £2,435,700 of
it in the London market, which cost toe
subscribers about ninety per cent, of its
nominal value.
The mocking* bird in Florida has a special
fondness for the berry of the Pride-of-China
tree, upon the juice of which he gats ex
ceedingly tipsy. The spectacle of a flock
of intoxicated mocking-birds is said to be
equivalent to half a dtzan temperance lec
tures.
Buckles, bows, and rosettes for ornament
ing ladies’ slippers, boots, shoes, etc., form
quite a manufacturing business in Boston, in
which many thousand of dollars are repre
sented. The custom of wearing buckles
and rosettes on slippers and shoes, and “tas
sels on the boots,” has steadily grown.
A few days ago one of the largest single
importations of pepper ever made was enter
ed at the New York custom hmise. The
duties amounted to about $233,000 in gold
and the weight of the invoice was in the
neighborhood of 1,600,010 pounds. The
clerks must Lave had a sneeziDg time of it.
The other day the front door of the New
Y r ork Tribune office had to be closed for
some purpose. So Mr. Greeley wrote on a
pieeje ofpaper, “Entrance on Spruce street,”
aoq sent, it down to . the man who does die
painting ot the bulletins, to be copied. The
man studied over Greeley’s tracks all the
forenoon, and finally, in despair, wrote,
“Eiitors on a spree!” and posted it up.
Regala-tlng tlu Satie of Liquor.
The Committee of the Massachusetts
days past been hearing the
opponents of free liquor.
have been made, but no
new Tacts of any importance in regard to
the suoject have been developed. The fact
is that the enforcement of absolute prohibi
tion* is impossible, except in very small
* truly said that in Maine.
\pren the- prohibitionists were carrying
to such extremes that in Bangor
they, searched the trunks of passengers at
the railroad station for liquor, that State
was the hardest one in the Union to keep
sober in. On arriving in a country town,
the landlord of the hotel would take tl>e
traveller into soma out-of-the-way bed
room, and exhibit an array of bottles, with
the explanation that h* was not allowed to
sell any liquor, but that he always kept a
supply on hand for his friends. Entering
a store, ths stranger would be taken into a
cellar and informed that as he could not
get anything to drink at the hotel, he would
always find something in t» certain demijohn
which would be furtively produced from
some dark corner. Meeting a in the
street, the first thing in order would be an
invitation to the friend’s house, where de
canters would be brought out with an
allusion to tbe supposed fact that there was
no liquor on sale in tbe place. And so on
indefinitely. At Portland, the City Marshal
with a posse was seen to go into a public
house situated a few rods from the street,
for the purpose of making a seizure. The
Marshal made a thorough search of tho
premises without finding any of the pro
hibited fluid, and departed ; before the
officials had reached the street three bar
keepers were dealing out liquor over the,
counter.
In Massachusetts they had a prohibitory
law for many years. Oeeasioi ally spas
modic efforts were made in Boston to close
all tbe bars in the city; but on such occa
sions it was noticeable that there were more
drunken men in the streets than at any
other time. In 1867 the prohibitory law
was enforced in Massachusetts with more
stringency than in any other year, and the
consequence was that at the next session of
the Legislature the law died the death.
The moral of all this appears to be that a
judicious license law, strictly enforced, is
better than a prohibitory law which cannot
be enforced.at all.— N. Y. Sun.
Wliat tiie Knights of Pyttiias Arc.
The order of “The Knights of Pythias”
is becoming so widely spread and prosper
ous that the public have a reasonable curi
osity to know something of its character
and purposes. The ritual was first written
and the Order worked during the war as a
bond of union between army officers. After
the war’s close it was re-written, modified
and thrown open to the people, and has
spread rapidly, particularly within the past
two ycam, end in tho LftStern Sil a too. Tto
work and intent are very similar to those of
the Masonic Order. Founded on friendship,
with the famous tale of Damon and Pythias
as their example, the members aim to re
lieve the suffering, succor the unfortunate,
care for the sick, bury the dead, and give
their sympathy and material aid to the
widows and orphans of each other. The
complete regalia consists of a military hat,
with plumes ; a scarlet velveteen sash, with
silver fringe: an apron of black velvet,
handsomely trimmed in silver with emblem
of the order, a knight’s helmet with the
visor down, the letters K. P. and the ini
tials of the officer, if the wearer be an offi
cer ; and a sword made to their order by
the Ames Company of Chicopee, with
elegantly wrought hilt and scarlet scabbard,
the hilt and .trimmings being gold for the
officers and silver for the knights, and each
blade bearing the name of the wearer.
They have also some complete suits of light
armor, very curious to look upon in these
days. ,
South ami North.
The Washington Patriot, speaking of the
recent Railroad disaster at New Hamburg
N. Y. thus pointedly illustrates the differ
ence between South and North :
“If we had read of a railroad accident in
the South, marked by circumstances of ex
traordinary horror, and demanding atten
tion of the utmost promptitude and assiduity
from all who could approach the scene, and
then had found that while women and chil
dren were burning in oil-drenched cars,
mangled bodies were sinking through the
ice ot the stream, and numbers of wounded
were screaming for help, the by standers
were engaged in rifliog trunks, and the
railroad officials and hands in coolly repair
ing the broken bridges and saving the pie
ces of the cars, &.G , we would have grieved
to confess a proof of barbarism going far
towards excusing the calumnious reproach
es with which people in the North ar6 in
duced to indulge the oppressions on the
South of their politicians in Congreve. Y r et
such is the scarcely exaggerated picture giv
en by the New York papers of the abomin
able brutality exhibited by the inhabitants
and railroad people of the populous and
cultivated valley of the Hudson. No event
has ever happened in the South for which
tbe “Christian people of this Christian Da
tion” could b , n«h a d^n* I ** r°d
A Rieh Grammatical Decision.
The New YT>rk Tribune decides that the
plural of “titmouse” is “titmouses,” not
“titmice.” “On the same principle,” says
another paner, the ’plural of a tai J or’s ‘gTose’
is ‘gooses,”’ as indeed wc hold that it is.
This reminds us of an anecdote in regard
to a country merchant who wanted two of
these tailor’s irons several years ago, and
! ordered them from Messrs. Dunn & Spen
cer, hardware merchants, then doing busi
ness in this city. He first wrote this order :
“Please send mo two tailor’s gooses.”
Thinking that this was bad grammer, he
destroyed it and wrote this one : “Please
send me two tailor’s geese.”
Upon reflection, he destroyed this ore
also for fear be would receive live geese.
He thought over the matter until, he was
very much worried, and at last, in a moment
of desperation, he seized upon his pen and
wrote the following, which whs duly mail
ed : “Messrs Dunn & Spencer : Please send
me one tailm’a goose, and, and n it, send
me another.”’. This was the only wr.y he
knew of to order two of them ; but of course
he had not read the above wise decision
then.— Petersburg Courier.
A Pi udfut Lldi tor.
Kmotional insanity having been an often
pleaded successfully by ifuebtyffis in Cali
fornia in defense of shooting or knifing
su<*pe<“ei gallants, the San Fraffcuoo News
Letter, says :
“AH men’s wivos jvho havo hitherto en
joyed the advantage of our hcqua utanco
are hereby notified thiflPthis ceases to-day.'
never to be renewed. It is with deep grief
that we disrupt the sneiaj relfttiors which
promised so much, birr we feel impelled
thereto by the first law of nature. Our
lady friends who are married to other and
inferior men will please stick like a leech
to their legal protectors, and not recognise
us on the street. >\fe have taken consid
erable pleasure in their society—a pleasure
which we slitter ourselves has been mutual
—but this thing can no logger be permitted
to go on. We trust that cmr motive—which
i« purs eownr lies—will not be misconstrued.
Somebody perishes ingloriously every day
for being upon speaking terms with married
women, and we do not cure to have our turn
come around. Deeply grateful for the past
forbearance of aggrieved husbands, we make
our how and retire. Hereafter our nods
and smiles will be upon girls and widows
exclusively ;no others need apply. Who
soever shall attempt to introduce us to his
own wife, or that of another man, will be
regarded as a conspirator against our prec
ious live, and subjected to abuse in the
columns of this journal. Nature is strong
in us; and we do not wish to die. When
ever we shall feel a desire that wav, we
shall treat somebody’s wife with common
courtesy, get shot, and so go quietly to our
reward."
Silver Iklii it<l in Lake Superior.
Silver Island in Lake Superior, regarding
which so much has been written, lies five
miles northeast of Thunder Capo at the
east entrance of Thunder Bay. in the Eng
lish possessions, and about 3,000 feet from
the - main land. It is of a rounded, irregu
lar shape, about seventy*five feet in diame
ter, rising not over four feet above the level
of the lake when still. It is destitute of
vegetation, and until it was protected by
breakwaters and cribs, the waves swept
freely over it when any considerable sea
was running. Reports that appear to bo
authentio indicate that this bleak rock,
standing by itself out in the lake, is the
most remarkable depository of silver ores
ever discovered in the world. Six speciy
mens of these ores, selected from various
parts of the shaft which has been opened,
are reported by the Assayer of the Mint in
Philadelphia io have yielded at the rate
respectively per ton of $l3,B*K), $4,000, sll,
000, $8,500, sll,lO \ and $17,200. These
figures seem incredible, but they are duly
vouched for. But the ore taken nut for
smelting has only yielded about SI V 7OO cur.
rency per ton, which, however, isof itself an
enormous, yield. Mexican mines that
would yield $350 per ton were considered
exceedingly rich.
Another fludicai Job.
The Pittsburgh Paper makes seme trench
ant comments upon the bill introduced in
Congress the other day by Mr. Edwards,
of Vermont, “for the better management
of elections." It s iys :
“This bill, if parsed, will he the greatest
stride yet made towards a consolidated
government and the blotting out of State
lines. It is long and evidently carefully
prepared, so as completely to take from the
States the machinery of all elections. It
provides for boards of registration to he ap
pointed by United States Marshals for
every city, county and township and pre
cincts in the United States, and these
boards so constituted are to determine final
ly every man’s right to register and vote.
It embraces all the States. Penalties are
denounced for violation of the law. The
very challengers of elections are to he ap
pointed by Federal courts, and all offenders
against the law are to be tried by United
States court. If this bill passes, General
Grant will have the power all over the land
to say who shall and who shall not vote iu
1872. Such frauds and outrages as were
perpetrated in Tennessee and Misoun may
be expected. The hill goes into effect im
mediately." *
The Largest City in the World.
Many assert that London is far superior
both in size and the number of its inhabi
tants. But such is not the case. Jeddo,
the capital of Japan, is without exception,
the largest and most populous city in the
world. It contains the vast number of
1,000,000 dwellings, and 5,000,000 human
souls. Many of the streets are nineteen
Japanese series in length—twenty-two
English miles. The commerce of Jeddo
far exceeds that of any other in the world,
and the sea along the coast is constantly
white with sails of the Souehern portion of
the empire, where they are laden with rice,
tea, sea-coal, tobacco, sHk, cotton and
tropical fruits, all of which can find ready
market in the North, and then, in return
freighted with corn, salt, isiwglass and va
rious other productions whbh havo a mar
ket in the South.
Hard Times.
Id an article on this subject, the Rock
ingham Register says:
Perhaps the suggestion is in vsin, and
may fall unheeded upon the publio mind.
Nevertheless, wa cannot refrain from giving
utterance to the truth. Our boys and girls
must go to work. The sons must be brought
ud as trademen, and our daughters must be
taught the duties and labors of the house
hold. It may take years to bring about
such a reform on this subject as is necessary
to accomplish the end. But as sure as
cause produces effect, uotil it is done, we
will never cease to hear the cry of “hard
times." * ~ '
Nickels.
The one, three and five cent nickel coins
which the United States has been making
since the commencement of the late war,
co.*t from sixteen to twenty cents to the
dollar, metal and manufacture included.
The five cent coin has been largely coun
terfeited. Heaps of the cheap coins are
dow piled up in post-offices and other
places, and a bill is before Congress pro
viding for their redemption. The owner of
a nickel mine in Pennsylvania made “a
good thing", out of furnishing the material
to government for these base coios. That
was why the is&ue of the stuff was author
ed.
NO. 12*