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CALHOUN TIMES
D. I>. FREEMAN, Proprietor.
CIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN
Gordon and Adjoining Counties.
Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court House-
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staU*oM Sftkt&nU.
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Western & Atlantic Railroad
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
‘ ‘ KENNESA TV ROUTE”
The following takes effect may 23d, 1875
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
Leave Atlanta 4,10 P M
Arrive Cartersville 0.14 ‘‘
Kingston 6.42 “
“ Dalton 8.24 “
“ Chattanooga 10.25 “
No. 3
Leave Atlanta 7.06 A<M
Arrive Cartersviile 0.22
“ Kingston .7.7. 9AO ”
“ Dalton r, 4 <<
Chattanooga 1.56 r.M
No. 11.
Leave Atlanta 3 30 p M
Arrive Cartersville 7.19 <
“ Kingston y. 21 “
“ Dalton 11.18 “
SOUTHWARD. No. 2.
Leave Chattanooga 4.00 pm
Arrive Dalton 5 41
“ Kingston 7*28 “
“ Cartersville B*l2 “
“ Atlanta 10.15 “
No. 4.
Leave Chattanooga 5.00 a.m
Arrive Dalton 7.01 <<
“ Kingston 9. 07 “
“ Cartersville..... 9.42 “
“ Atlanta 12 06 p.m
No. 12.’
Leave Dalton 1 00 a.m
Arrive Kingston 4.19 <.
“ Cartersville 5.18 “
“ Atlanta 9.20 “
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. I and 2
between New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4
between Atlanta and Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3
bitweec Louisville and Atlanta.
No cliange of cars between New Or
leans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and
Baltimore, and only one change to New
York.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4 10 r. m.,
arrive in New York the second afternoon
thereafter at 4.00.
Excursion tickets to the Virginia springs
and various summer resoifs will be on sale
in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co
lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and At
lanta, at greatly reduced rates, first of
June.
Parties desiring a whole car through to
the Virginia Springs or Baltimore, should
address the undersigned.
Parties conte; plating travel should send
f<r a copy of the Kennesaw Route Gazette,
containing schedules, etc.
ffriSu Ask for Tickets via “ Kennesaw
Route.”
P>. W. WRENN,
G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga.
Change of Schedule.
ON THE GEORGIA AND MACON AND
AUGUSTA RA i LROADS.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 28th,
1874, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia
and Macon and Augusta Railroads will run
as follows :
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Train Will
Leave Augusta at 8:45 a m
Leave Atlanta at 7:00 a m
Arrive in Augusta at 3:30 p m
Arrive in Atlanta at 5:45 p in
Niggt Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at 8:15 p m
Leave Atlanta at 10:30 p ni
Arrive in Augusta at 8:15 a m
Arrive in Atlanta at 6:22 a ni
MACON ANI) AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Macon Passenger 'Train.
Leave Augusta at 0n...10:45 a ni
Leave Caiuak at ~.2:15 p ni
Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p m
Leave Macon at 6:30 a rn
Arrive at Canmk at 10:45 a rn
Arrive at Augusta at 2:00 p m
BERZELIA PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 4:15 pm
Leave Berielia at 8:30 a m
Arrive *n Augusta at... 9;55 a in
Arrive in Berzelia at 5:50 p m
Passengers from Athens, Washington, At
lanta, or any point on the Georgia Rail
road and Branches, by taking the Day Pas
senger Train, will make close connection
at Camak with trains for Macon and all
points beyond.
Pullman's (First-Class) Talace slecpin
Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on li
Georgia Railroad.
S. K. JOHNSONSuperintendent,
/Superintendent’s Office Georgia and Macon
and Augusta Railroads, Augusta, June
29, 1874,
f rofMSfonat & gnsincss Cards.
T>UFE WALDO IHOKNTON,
_TL D. D. s’.
DENTIST.
Office over Geo. W. Wells & Co.’s Agricul
tural Warehouse.
J J K. MAIN, M, I>.
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
Having permanently located in Calhoun,
offers his professional services to the pub
lic. Will attend all calls when not profes
sionally engaged. Office at the Calhoun
Hotel.
Special ISTotice.
MIS 8 IIUDGINS can now befound at
MRS. MILLS’
FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT,
51 Broad Street, Rome, Ga., where she is
prepared to do Mantua making and Cutting
in all its branches. Call and see.
Mrs. Mills is receiving a full stock of
millinery and fancy notions, latest stylos
felt, straw and velvet hats, cloaks sacks
and wraps in endless variety. Everything
necessary kept for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-<m.
GEORGIA, Gordon County,:
HUGH MASSEY has applied to me for
exemption of personalty and setting
apart and valuation of homestead, and 1
will pass upon the same on th 3 14th of this
instant, at 10 o’clock a. m., at my office in
Calhoun. This January 4, 1875.
1). W. NEEI , Ordinary.
jans-£w.
Two Dollars a Year.
VOL. VI.
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BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Equal to the best imported Portland Cement.
Send for Circular. Try this before
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Refers by permission to Mr. A. J. West,
1 resident of Cherokee Iron Company, Polk
county, Georgia, who has built a splendid
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and pronouncing it the best he ever used.
Also refer to Messrs. Smith , Son & Bro., J.
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Tom Berry, Rome, Georgia, Major H. Bry
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New \ ork, Gen. Wm. Mcßae, Superintend
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rpilE undersigned most, respectfully begs
X leave to inform the citizens of Calhoun
and surrounding country that, having pro
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number one rock-mason, is prepared to do
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CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 187 G.
TIME TO ME.
BY CHARLES BWAIX.
Time is to me this truth hath taught,
’Tis a truth that’s worth revealing;
More offend from want of thought,
Than from want of feeling.
If advice we could could convey,
There’s a time wc should convey it;
If we’ve but a word to say.
There’s a time in which to say if.
Many a beauteous flower decays,
Though we tend it e’er so ranch,
Something secret on V plays.
Which no human aid can touch.
So, in many a loving breast,
Lies some canker-grief concealed,
That, if touched, is more oppressed,
Left unto itself—is healed !
Oft, unknowingly, the tongue
Touches on a chord so aching,
That a word, or accent wrong,
Pains the heart almost to breaking.
Many a tear of wounded pride,
Many a fault of human blindness,
Has been sootned, fir turned aside,
By a quiet voice of kindness.
Time to me this truth lia.h taught,
’Tis a truth that’s worth revealing;
More offend from want of thought,
Than from any want of feeling.
A Santa Rossi Teamslei- ami His
Four Mustangs.
A lUrge crowd gathered in front of
the Court House at Santa Rosa, attract
ed by the moving through the streets of
one of the old buildings from John
Taylor’s lot. The building was about
fifty feet long,had been mounted on four
wooden truck wheels, with a pair of
wagon wheels in front, to which a team
of six stout mules had been hitched.—
After many tugs the old house started,
the driver yelling and the mud flying
all over the sidewalk, scattering the
crowd and beasptteriog the Goddess of
Liberty on the dome ol the Court
House. After about an hour’s time
they succeeded iu dragging the build
ing about 150 feet. Within a few feet of
the crossing from the Recorder’s office
to Evans’ store, they stuck fast, owing
to a slight rise in the street made by
the crossing The diiver shouted him
self hoarse, the six big mules flounder
ed about in the mud, but not an inch
could they budge the old building.—
The crowd increased, and bets were
made that they would never start it
again. A teamster from the redwoods,
with four mustangs, had stopped to
watch the performance, a smooth-face 1,
athletic young fellow. He said nothing
until, roused, perhaps, by a splash of
mud, he walked to the front, wiping his
face on his hands, and said : “ I ain’t
got but. three dollars, but I’ll bet every
darned cent of it that my four mus
tangs will start that rookery out of
there.” There v/as a derisive laui'h
from the crowd and a1 fa dozen takers.
“ Rut up the money,” said the teamster.
“ If I had more or knew where to bor
row any, I’d ‘see’ the last one of you
The bet. was taken, Jetry Farmer held
stakes, the six mules were taken off and
the four mustangs hitched on. Mean
while the intere-t of the crowd increas
cd. and bets were freely made with big.
ouds against the teamster. W-hen ready
to start the excitement was at a high
pitch. The little mustangs bent to
their work, hut the house did not move;
he started them again ;no go. Noth
ing daunted, the teamster, in answer to
the crowd, who were chaffing him from
all quarters, said : “If Jim Shaw -vas
here I’d get the money and bet you fif
ty dollars that I could start it. I ain’t
got them warmed up yet.” “ I’ll bet
you filly dollars against one of your
horses,” said a well-known livery man,
“ that you can’t pull it five feet.” “ It’s
a whack,” said the teamster, “put up
the coin.” ’.! he money was handed to
Jerry Farmer, the stukeho der. Anoth
er tug ; the little mustangs seemed to
hump themselves, but it was no go. —
“ I’ll bet you another fifty agin that
mare’s mate; you can’t do it,” said the
livery man, eagerly. “ Hone,” said the
teamster. “I’ll bet the last hoof of
’em on it,,” By this time the excite
merit was running high among the look
ers-on. and siue bets were numerous
One offered to bet a hundred dollars
he could not do it. ad the teamster got
a friend to take the bet for him. Those
who had watched the teauffeter now no
ticed a change in his manner, a curious
smile on his countenance. He walked
up to each horse successively,tappedhiim
on the rump with the hut end of his
hlacksnake, and said to each, “ stand up
there now, iu your harness.” For the
first time he mounted the near wheeler,
seized a single rein, turned his team off
“ haw,” swung them back “gee,” crack
ed his whip, give a yell, and, as they
straightened,* the unwieldy load rose
over the obstruction like an old huik
over a swell at sea, greeted by a burst
of applause from the bystanders. The
mustangs pulled for about twenty-five
feet when he stopped them. “You see,
boys,” said the teamster, as he got down,
“ I’m with ’em all the time ant: know
jest what they can do, and”—with a
childlike smile —“jest when to make
'em do it.” As he dropped the stakes
in his overall’s pocket, ne said “ I’d
give fifty dollars out of that ar stake it
Jim Shaw had been here to see that
team pull. Jerry, I’m dry; let’s go
over to Buck Williamson’s and take a
drink. When he returned to his mus
tangs, to start out of towu, he'thrdVv up
his hat and said : “* Whoop-la ! I’ve
learned in Walla Walla, Nevada, and
Arkinsaw, and with my slab-sided
plugs kin out pull any six mules in Ba
noma county.” As he mounted his
whee'er he sung out to the crowd : “ I
snaked that old t Auible-down out of the
mud and have got the coin to show it.
Hooray lor Arkinsaw I War’s them
•‘Truth Conquers All Things.”
mules? Git up Fete,” cracked his tfhip,
turned the corner, and passed out of
sight.—A 7 . Y. Sunday Times.
Sunlight at Last.
Why did this woman live? Had
life one charm for her ? Ferbaps she
asked herself these questions as she sat
with her face in ner hands and looked
out upon the cold, cheerless day. There
was no tears in her great black eyes —
only such a look of woe and despair that
the world should have never have been
there to see it and to have it painted on
their hearts.
“ Mother ! ”
A little wasted form on the wretched
bed—a bony hand on the qui't—a voice
which told of hunger and pain and wea
ry waiting.
She bent over him, and for a moment
a mother’s love shone in her eyes, and
her wrinkled hand rested on his pale
face with such tenderness as only a
mother has.
“ Lift me up and let mo see the sun
shine,” he whispered, trying to put his
aims around her nock.
“ There is no sunshine,” she whis
pered in reply, a sob in her throat.
“ Kiss me, mother and call me when
the sunlight comes again,” he said.
She knew that he had been dying for
a week—sinking slowly and surely into
eternity; but she had no friends to call
in—she could only weep over him and
pray God that she might soon follew.
V\ it h a gasp and a sob she pressed her
lips to his forehead ; then turned away
.to struggle with her despair and her
great sorrow.
The cloudy day faded into dusk.—
She roused herself for a moment and
peered through the gloom to see if her
boy still slept, and then she whispered
with her thoughts again. And such
thoughts ! Vi hen the darkness covered
the hare floor as with a mantle, and
when she could no longer see her 0.-n
poverty, the boy suddenly cried out :
“Mother! mother The sunlight has
come!”
“ Not yet, dear Ned—not yet ! It is
night now.”
“ But I see the sun—it lights all the
room—it blazes iuto my face !” be call
ed.
“ There is no sun—it is cold and
dark !” she sobbed.
“And it grows brighter and brighter !
and 1 hear such sveet music ! and I see
little Tommy !” he whispers, while
through the darkness she saw his white
face grow radiant.
“ You are dreaming,” she sobbed.
“It is such a bright sun ! The mu
sic is so sweet !” he whispered, clasping
her hand.
“It is dark—it is night!” she gasp
ed, but he did not, hear.
The sunlight had truly eouie, but it
was the sunlight—the golden rays re
flected from the gates of Heaven, and
n>t the sunlight of earth. The mysteri
ous curtain hidi g the valley of death
had lifted for his spirit to pass under,
and woe had been left behind.
And of her ? Ask the shadows of
night—Ask the river. When they
found his little dead body she was not
there. They caunot find her. If she
is dead God will not judge her harshly.
—Detroit Free 1 / ess.
How Country Magistrate Got
the Belter ei'a Ming,
In 1858 the German Emperor, then
only king of Frussia, made an incognito
journey into Hungary. One day, “walk
ing promiscuos ” in the neighborhood
of Ireplitz, he met a gentleman slowly
pacing the road, tranquilly smoking his
porcelain pipe the while. II is majesty,
always curious for information, saluted
the stranger: “What are you, my
good man ?” he asked. “A magistrate,”
answered the strainger, somewhat taken
aback by the abruptness of the question.
“ And are you contented with your
lot ?” “Certainly.” “Then,” said the
king, “ allow me to congratulate
you !” He was just moving away when
it occurred to the magistrate that it
was now his turn to become the ques
tioner. “And you, my good man—who
are you ?” he asked ot the Frussian
monarch. “I--I am the king of Frussia,”
answered the latter, thinking to cm
lound the Hungarian, who did not how
ever, seem the least surpris'd. “Are
you contented with your lot ?” he de
mandl and, as he blew a whiff of smoke into
the air. “Of course !” replied the king
annoyed. “Glad to hear it, allow me to
congratulate you,” said the magistrate,
as taking another pull at his porcelain
pipe, and courteously saluting the king,
he quietly continued h s walk, and his
Frussian magesty,tho ightfully going on
his way, did not feel exactly satisfied
with the impression he had made ou the
Hungarian judge.
A V* ife’s Power.—A good wife is
to a man, wisdom, strength and cour
age ; a bad one is confusion, weakness
and despair. No condition is hopeless
to a man where the wife possesses firm
ness, decision and economy. There is
no outward propriety which can coun
teract indolence, extravagance and folly
at home. No spirit can long endure
bad influence. Man is strong but his
heart is uoi adamant. lie needs a tran
quil mind ; and e-pecially if he is an
intelligent man,with a whole head, home
must be a place of }tace and comfort
There his soul renews its strength, and
goes forth with renewed vigor to en*
counter the laboy and troubles of life.
But if at home he finds no rest, and
there is met with bad temper, jcalcusy
and gloom, or assailed with complaints
and censure, hope vanishes, and be
sinks into despair.
The Lessou of the Astor*.
William B. Astor the man of almost
fabulous wealth, who lately died in New
York city, was the son of John Jacob
Astor,- who was born in Wottendorf,
Germany, in 17G3, and emigrated to
America 1784:, where he embarked in
the fur trade, especially with the Mo
hawk Indians. Having gradually ac
quired considerable resources, he con -
ceived the idea of forming a fur com
pany in opposition to the Hudson’s Bay
Company. His project received the
sanction of Congress in 1809, and the
“ American Fur Company” commenced
operations with a capital of $1,000,000.
The expeditions one by land and one by
sea, wnich were sent to the shores of
the Facific have been described by
Washington Irving in his “Astoria”
and “ Adventures of Capt. Bonneville.”
The project, however, proved in the
end abortive. Meanwhi) 1 Mr. Astor
acquired immense wealth in the trade
to China. At his death he bequeathed
funds for the establishing and maintain
ing at New York a public library of one
hundred volumes. Ills son, Wm. B.
Astor, who has just died, added vastly
to his father’s wealth. The New York
Times justly remarks that there are
many things in the life of the late Mr.
Wm. B. Astor which are worthy the
notice of the young men of the
present day, who are apt to fancy
that success in life can be made
or kept without the necessity of very
much trouble or hard work. They will
read in the biographical sketches of Mr.
Asto", just published, that there was no
period in the life of that gent’in an
when he deemed himself entitled to
neglect his business. From an early
hour of the morning till four or five
every afternoon he was constantly to he
fout and at his desk, and this assiduity
was net relaxed even in extreme old
age. He never attempted to tranifer
his cares or responsibilities to the shoul
ders of others. He employed many
persons, but none of them wore so fa
n iltar with the details of his affairs,
down to the most intricate and minute,
as himself. Estates as great as Dir.
Aster’s have been dissipated ere now by
the heedlessness or neglect of the owners,
but the Astor larnily have always been
pre-eminently hard working men, ac
knowledging that great wealth carries
with it great responsibilities, and
that the price of success, whether
to the purr or rich, is perseverance and
incessant labor. It seems to us that
this is a lesson which many of our young
men would do well to lay to heart. —
Baltimore Sun.
A Blod!ess Coiubat.
A fairer face than that possessed by
Eudocia Yon Amberg is seldom seen.—
Besides being beautiful, she was very
wealthy, having inherited the vast pos
session of her deceased parents. She
had been, since her orphanage, the ward
of Joseph 11., Emperor ol’ Germany
Of course'therc were many suitors to
her hand ; but among them all were on
ly two upon whom Eudocia looked with
any degree of favor These two were
barons, comparatively young, v.ho had
served with her father iu the war
agairst the Turks. They were the Bar
on Yon Frobar-h and the Baron Von
Oherndorf. The En peror, entertain
ing equal respect for both of these suit
ors, know not how to choose between
them, and the maid could not give them
the benefit of her decision. In this
dilemma, Joseph told rhe two barons
that they stood upon equal terms in his
confidence and esteem ; he could give
neither the preference over the other
and they must decide the matter by
their own prowess ; hut as he did not
wish this matter to be the cause of
bloodshed, and perhaps rf death, as
might be the case if offensive weapons
were used, he had ordered a large sack
to be provided, and he who should be
successful enough to put his rival into
it, should have his fair ward for a wife.
The suitors agreed to it, and this lu
dicrous combat took place in the pres
ence of the Imperial court It lasted
aluiostan hour. At length Frobach was
compelled to yield, and the triumphant
Obeiudorf, having forced him in the
sack, took him upon his back, and laid
him at the feet of the Emperor. With
in a week the fair Eudocia became
Bareness Yen Oherndorf.
A Geography Class.
“ John, where is Africa ?"
“ On the map, sir."
“ I mean what continent—the Eas
tern or Western continent ?"
‘‘Well,the land of Africa is on the Eas
tern continent, but the people sir, are
most of ’em down South."
“ llow do the African people live?"
“By drawing."
“ Drawing whater ?"
“No, sir, by drawing their breath.”
“ Sit down, John.”
“ Thomas, what is the equator?"
“ Why, sir, it is a horizontal pole
running perpendicularly through the
imagination of astronomers and old ge
ographers."
“ Go to your seat; Thomas."
“William Stiggs, what do you mean
by an eclipse ?"
“ And old race horse, sir."
“ Silence 1"
“ Jack you are a scholar —what is
an eclipse ?"
“ An eclipse is a thing as appears
when the moon gets on a bust, and runs
against the sun j consequently the sun
blacks the moon’s face."
Schoolma'ter looks like thunder.—
The class is dismissed.
11l Advance.
A Japanese Funeral iu Sau Fran
cises.
One of the mariners of the Japan*
ese steamer Tsukuba having died on
Monday uighi, a Japanese funeral took
place yesterday morning. Ac half past
six o’clock the body was conveyed to
\ ailejo street wharf in a cutter, which
w r as towed by a steam launch belonging
to the Tsukuba.
Iu accordance wth the national cus
tom, the body rested in a box-shaped
coffin, about two and a half feet high,
covered with the national flag, uud sur
rounded by sixteen mariners, and all
in tull-dress and armed Four officers
in full-dress uniform were in the steam
launch. On reaching the boat stairs
the coffin was placed in the undertaker’s
wasron and covered with the flag. The
officers were placed in a carriage, while
the mariners occupied one of the Cen
tral llailroad cars. On arriving at the
Cemetery avenue, the mariners as a
guard he corpse, and on i cach
ing the grave formed in double line,
thtough which the coffin was borne.
The coffin, which was covered with
Japanese writing, ,vas deposited in the
grave so that the corpse, which was in a
sittiug position, faced toward the east.
Three volleys of musketry were then
fired and the grave then filled up by the
usual attendants.
After this an officer made an address
to those present, and the mariners, ta
king the shovels, smoothed the grave
over and made the sand into a square
shaped pile, resembliug the coffin. On
this pile each mariner, with h s sword,
made sundry marks in the sand, which
coneludcd a the ceremonies. After a few
minutes’ stay in the cemetery,the mari
ners in matching order, and,
preceded by a band, composed of a
drummer, filer, and bugler, marched to
the cars and proceeded to their ship.—
The ceremonies were conducted with
great solemnity and every appearance of
sincere respect to the dead.
Neu r sj>a pers.
In a very interesting composition
on “Newspapers,” read by miss Allie
Keid at the closing exercises of the
Orawfoi dvi'le Academy, November
30th, and published in (he Madison
Home Journal, We find the following
flue tribute newspapers in general:
What an institution a newspaper is!
How full of philosophy, fun, frolic,
wit and humor, to say nothing of in
struction. What a bonanza of intel
lectual riches it brings to the old, young
and midle ageo. A newspaper is a mir
ror of the world and its every day
scenes. Without it there can be no more
such thing as real enjoyment of life.—
WLo would be without one for the lit
tie pittaence paid for its subscription
price 't I would not, lam sure. It is
emphatically the institution of the day,
which no well posted man, woman or
family can afford to *jo without. In
this age of steam, telegraph and balloons,
a newspaper becomes one of the prime
necessities of lifejit teaches us what is go
ing on in the outside world-who preaches
grand sermons, who makes the best,
speeches where good schools can be
found, what fashionable watering places
will be most visited, where the best fruit
is grown and sold, what styles of dress
will be most fashionable, what hats,
what bonnets, what shoes, and, indeed,
all articles* of each and every variety
making up the apparel of a well dressed
lady or gentleman. Questions of finance
discussed, business out-looks presented.
And all this information put in such
simplified forms and shapes as to make
one wonder why everybody is not a good
writer, preacher, teacher dress-maker or
milliner.
ScilNlihlC.
From am acorn weighing a few grains
a tree will grow for u hundred years or
more, not only throwing off many
pounds of leaves every year, but weigh
ing several tons.
If an orange twig is put in a large
box of earth arid that earth is weighed
when the twig becomes a tree, bearing
luciscous fruit, there will be very near
the same amount of earth.
From careful experiments made by
diiierent scientific uku, it- is an ascer
rained tael that a very large part of the
growth of a tree is derived lrom the sun
from the air and from the water, and,
very little from the earth ; nd notably,
ail vegetation becomes sickly, unless
freely exposed to sun-bine. Wood and
coal are bu condensed sunshine, which
contains three important f elements,
equally esseutial to both vegetable and
animal life—magnesia, lime and iron.—-
It is the iron in the blood which gives
the durability necessarry to bodily vig
or, while the magnesia is important to
many of the tissues. Thus it is the
mor; a person is out of doors, the more
healthy, the more vigorous they are.and
the longer they will live. Every hu
man being ought to have an hour or
two of sunshine at noon in winter, and
in the early noon in summer.
Vv IIY 1 HEY AHE NOT MARRIED YET.
Lnele Dick a \ icksburg negro fifty
years old, with three manageable
daughters kicking their heels under the
dinner table, leaned over his gate last
night and remarked :
“ j ou see, Mister Cosgrove, doze ar’
guns htz had fwfy chances to marry,
but do ole man hain’t no fool ! Lots,o’
young niggers eums spoonin’ aroand
heals, wid latd on dere wool an’ new
paper collars on, but dey haiu’t get no
stamps. It would only be anodder
bo dar. Here’s heaps ob poor trash
fl)iiu around, Mister Cosgrove, and doze
gals hez got to hab a pile of watehin’,
dey hez."
ltates of Advertising;
For each square of ten lines or lees
for the first insertion, sl, and for each sub
sequent insertion, fifty cents.
No.Sg’rs J I Mo. | 3~Mos. j 0 Moe | TyeiTr.
Two $4.00 s7loo I HURT lidldo
Four “ G.OO 10.00 j 18.00 35.00
I column 9.00 15.00 25.00 40.0 G
j “ 15.00 25.00 40.00 Gs.o<r
1 “ i^' O< L c5 -°° 115.00
Sheriff’s Sales, each levy 5.4 00
Application for Homestead 2 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors 4 00
Laud Sales, one square 4 0Q
Each additional square 3 00
How llcnry Clay Was Sold.'
Some time before the introduction of
railroads, Gov. Metcalfe represented in
Congress a district of which Nicholas
county was a part. Mr. Clay was Sec
retary of State under President Quincy
Adams. The two distinguishe 1 politi
ticians agreed to travel to Washington
in Gov. Metcalfe's carriage. While
passing through the Sate of Pennsylva
nia, Mr. Clay told Gov. Metcalf that
ho had received intimation that in a
certain town which they were approach
ing he w< uld be honored with an ora
tion by the citizens Just before com*,
ing to the town Gov. Metcalfe, who had
all along been driving, suggested to Mr.
Clay thr.t he take the liues and drive, as
he himself was tired. Mr. Clay readi*
ly consented, whereupon the Governor
took the back scat in the carriage. Mr.
Clay drove the team successfully into
the town, and they were met by a large
concourse ot citizens. Gov. Metcalfe
al ghted from the carriage, and being
asked whether he was Mr. Clay, an
swered yes, that fce was glad to meet
them, etc., and at this the ciowd fairlv
hoisted hm upon their shoulders and
triumphantly started with him for the
place of reception. Looking back at
Mr. Clay, who stil sat in the carriage
somewhat nonplussed, the Governor
cried : “ Driver take those horses to
the stable and feed them.” The mei
riraeot of the crowd, when the joke was
discovered, can better be imagined than
described—Mr. Clay, himself, as hear
tily entering into it as the rest.
NO. 21,
A Perfect Home.
The most perfect home I ever saw
was a little house into the sweet incense
of whose fires went no costly thing. A
thousand dol'ers served as a years living
ot father, mother and throi children.
But the mother was the creator of a
home; bei relations with her children
were the most beautiful I have ever
even the dull and commonplace was lifted
up and enabled to do good work j for
souls by the atmosphere which this wo
man created; every inmate of her house
involuntarily looked in her face for the
key note of the day, and it always rang
clear. From the rosebud or clover leaf,
which in spite of het hard housework,
she always found time to put by our
plates at breakfast,down to the story she
had on hand to read in the eveniu<%
there was no intermission of her influ
ence. Site had always been and al vays
will be my ideal of a mother, wife,and
home maker. If to her quick brain,
loving heart, exquisite face had been ad
dei the appliance of wealth and the en
largements of a wider culture, hers
would have been absolutely the ideal
home. As it was, it was the best I ov
er saw.
Wild Sporls in Kentucky,
llabbit hunting on horseback is quite
fashionable this season, and we hear of
large catches. A party often or twelve
mounted on gentle horses, go into afield
and form in line ten or twelve feet apart,
and with loud yells and laughter soon
start one or more of the biuners and
then the chase begins. The poor fright
ened creatures soon become bewildered
and squat down, when the riders jump
off and pick them up. Some of our
bachelor friends were so hoarse last Sat
urday from hallooing that they could
hardly speak above a whisper when they
came into our ofiico In this way thous
ands are destroyed in a season, and, be
sides furnishing a dish fit to set before
a king, their depredations upon fruit
trees and other annoyances are much,
mitigated. B. F. Farra and party, of
Jessamine, bagged 74 on Friday,* and
Allen Higgins and his party the same
day “picked up" 53. —Lexington 6ra
zette.
Addison says: “ 1 have always
preferred cheerfulness to mirth The
latter I consider as an act, the former
a? a habit of the mind. Mirth is short
and transient, cheerfulness fixed and
permanent. These are often raised into
the greatest transport of melancholy ;
on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it
does not give the mind such an exqui
site gladness, prevents us from falling ins
to any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like
a flash of lightning which breaks through
a gloom of clouds and glitters for a mo
ment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of
daylight in the mind, and fills it with a
steapy and perpetual serenity."
On a Kentucky rapid transit line, re
cently, a rassenger stopped the brakes
man as he was passing through and
asked: “How fast does this train
go ? A mile an hour V*
“It goes fast enough to suit us If you
don’t like the rate of speed, get out aud
walk,” was the rejoinder.
“I would,” replied the disgusted pas*
senger, settling back in the corner of his
seat, “but my frieds won't eome for me.
until the train gets in, afid I donfc want
to be waiting around the depot for two
or thee hours."
The brakesman passed on.
*
Tiie other day a would-be fashiona*
ble lady called at a neighbor’s at what
sbe thought would be supper time.
Lome in said the neighbor j “wo
are having a tableau.”
“I m so glad," said the visitor ; “I
thought I smelt ’em, and I like them
better than anytbihg for supper.”
Mr. Canghavanghutangher,~‘of Indi
ana has asked the Legislature to ohnngo
his name.