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sara, harden & giusilt.
J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
Talks with our Little Girls.
CHAPTER Till.
It was the Holy Sabbath day. How many
little boys and girls were seated in the house of
God, beside their parents; among them were
Grace Howard, and the little learners in Mrs.
Howard’s Bible school. Most of them re
membered she had told them the next lesson
was on “ Behavior at Church,” and they won
dered if she would look about to see how
they behaved. But they found she did noth
ing of the kind. Perhaps they did not re
member that “ the eyes of the Lord are in
every place, beholding the evil and the good.”
Now if the readers of the Index had been
at church in one place, they would have seen
a little girl turn square around during the
sermon and look at each one in the pew be
hind her. She stared at their bonnets, then
at their dresses, then in their faces. She
swung her bag or reticule, over the seat, and
wriggled about like an uneasy snake. Do
you suppose the ladies in that pew felt com
fortable, or they eould enjoy the preaching?
They could think of nothing but the ill-man
nered girl before them, who was too large to be
have so meanly. But I fear there are many
just like her. Surely these children are not
obeying the Bible precept: “Keep thy foot
when thou goest to the house of God, and be
more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice
of fools.” If Mrs. Howard did not look
around, she could see what was before her,
and by her side, and she had often felt pained
by the conduct of children while in the house
of worship.
Class day came. “ What is the lesson for
to-day ?” the teacher inquired. “ Behavior
at church.” “ Have you thought of it ?”
“ Yes, ma’am, a great deal.” “ Then tell
me what you have thought.”
One voice replied—“ we must sit still and
listen to the preacher.” “ Bight my dear,”
said Mrs. Howard. “And what should you
do in prayer?” No one replied and Mrs. How
ard said, “Grace can you answer ?” “We must
think we are praying to God, as well as the
preacher, and we must shut our eyes and bow
our heads, and think of God.” “Helen, what
should you do in singing?” “ Think I am
praising our Heavenly Father who is so good
to us, and if I know the tune, I must sing
with the rest, and I must hold my book still,
and not turn the leaves and let the paper rus
tle, and I must not look about, but must think
what I am singing, or else I would be mock
ing the great God.” “ Very well, Helen, I
am glad you remember so much that is right.
Do all the class understand what has been
said ?” Every hand was raised.
Now dear children these three kinds of
behavior arc very important, and a little boy
or girl who is right in these, will not be like
ly to behave ill in other ways. Still there
are some things you might not think of, and
without intending wrong, you might act im
properly. I will tell you a few of these, hop
ing you will remember them always.
1 have seen little girls and boys walk up
the aisle of a church as if they were going in
to a play-room. In your Bible, you will
find, —“ The Lord is in His holy temple, let
all the earth keep silence before Him.” This
means that all our conduct, even our very
steps, should be reverent, as feeling that we
are in a house consecrated to the worship of
the great God, and that His presence fills it
everywhere. Walk moderately and gently
to your seat, do not slam the pew door, nor
rudely push by others to gain your place.—
When in your seat never turn around to gaze
at one or at those who are coming in, it is very
ill-bred indeed. Never whisper to another
unless it is absolutely necessary for some im
portant purpose; never open your Sabbath
school book in church and read. This also is very
disrespectful. When the minister proceeds
to read the chapter, it is very proper to take
your Bible and fallow his reading, it will fi:
your attention, and help you to understand
the chapter. This is the regular custom in
Scotland where many of the people are good
and love their Bibles, and when the hymn is
read, if you open your hymn book and look
at the hymn as the pastor reads it, it will be
a great advantage to you in many ways.
Now, dear children, if you do not quite un
derstand all the preacher says in his sermon,
by listening attentively, you can remember
these portions, and when you go home you
can ask your parents and they can explain it
to you, and they can also add much to what
you already know, and so you will find the
house of God a school, in which to learn to
prepare for heaven.
When the time comes lor the benediction,
how sad it is to see children or any other
persons, pay no attention, but bustle around,
put up books, set back stools or cushions,
and behave as if they were in a hurry to get
out. Now in a parlor you would think such
conduct very rude, would you not ? Yes
ma’am,” said several.
“ Then if it is wrong to behave so in a
house, is it not worse in the house of God ?”
“It is.” “Standstill and be solemn,
while your minister is asking God to bless
you.”
When you leave your pew do it quietly,
do not talk to any one as you go out, if you
see a friend a kind look and a smile or giv
ing the hand is enough. Move reverently
and slowly out, and think of what you have
heard—nor even in the vestibule indulge
in laughing or conversing. Remember it is
God’s house and God’s day, and He has giv
en you six in which to please yourself.
Let me say one thing more dear children.
Do not wear finery to church. It is very
wrong. If you will wear finery and frizzles,
and furbelows, do not put them on to go to
church, you think about your dress when
you ought to be thinking about jour souls,
and you make others look at you when they
should be looking at the minister. Besides
it is not genteel, really wealthy and good
people dress neat, but plainly when they go
to worship God. Now do you think you can
ask God to forgive your sins und make you
holy, when you go to him with all the flowers
and beads and ruffles you can put on, and
when you have spent the morning at your
glass trying to see how pretty you would
look?
Some of the little girls hung their heads, oth
ers answered—“ we never thought of this be
fore.” “You will remember this then will
you not ?” Says one little girl; “Won’t they
laugh at us if we don’t dress ?” “Do you
go to church to please God or the folks?”
Grace replied, “ we ought to go t to please
God, so we must not mind any but Him.”
“ I'll not take my shiny bag next Sabbath
then, for all the little girls wanted it,” said
a little girl who had been listening quite still.
“ Who else can leave out something wrong ?”
said Mrs. Howard. Anna Lee answered—
“ I will leave my spangled fan and bracelets
for parties, and I’ll take my palm-leaf next
Sabbath.” That is right—all try to do some
thing, and may God bless the dear children
who try to please Him.
CHAPTER IX.
The next day of the class came. Mrs.
Howard addressed them as soon as they were
seated, saying, “ to-day my dears, we shall
not take any subject especially, but mention
various ways in which little people can show
whether they are well-bred or ill-mannered,
and whether they have studied the best Be
havior book- in the world.
One day* in the cars I saw a child who
might have been eight or ten years of age.
He was dressed very nicely t his mamma and
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOOTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12,1871.
a young aunt was with him, and they had two
seats. This child eould not sit still anywhere;
cried, scolded loudly, threw himself about and
spoke Very badly to his mother, all because
she would not let him sit away from her
among some strange boys. Every body look
ed at him and pitied the mother who humored
and petted so bad a child. No one could get a
seat beside him though the car was crowded.
Can you tell me how one ought to behave in
such a place ?”
They were all silent ; but Grace having
had more teaching than any of the class, re
plied, “ One should sit so still as not to dis
turb others, should let no boxes nor bags keep
any one out of a seat; should be quiet
and talk in a low tone, and be pleasant all the
time.”
“ Should you whistle or sing in public con
veyances or laugh loudly, or talk loud, or run
in and out of different seats ?”
“No ma’am,” all replied.
“Should you be quick to get acquainted
with strangers?” Helen Lee replied, “No
ma’am, yet we may speak and be pleasant to
any nice little girl who sits next us, may not
we?” “Yes, my dears, only do not run into
a great intimacy, and always ask your parents
about such things. Be watchful for the com
fort of any who seem out of health, or the
aged, or those who have little babes; a smile
and a pleasant word and some little kind at
tentions, will be doing good and make others
happy.”
What I have said about travelling in cars,
applies to all public places and gatherings.
Be careful everywhere to “do as you would
be done by.”
“ Let each one who can, repeat a verse from
the New Testament on these subjects,” said
Mrs. Howard.
Grace repeated—“ Be courteous.” Helen
Lee —“ In honor preferring one another.”
Louisa Peck—“ Rejoice with them that do
rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”
Anna Lee—“ Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thy self.” Fanny Peek—“ Children, obey
your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Honor thy father and mother.” James Lee—
“ In lowliness of mind, let each esteem others
better than themselves.”
The remainder of the class were silent—
they were younger —so Mrs. Howard said, 1
will repeat one. “See that none render evil
for evil, but ever follow that which is good.”
“Abstain from all appearance of evil.” —
“Whatsoever things are lovely,” these do.
Now, dear children, I have given you these
few lessons on good manners, and as I have
other duties, I can teach you no more at pres
ent ; you can study your Bibles and talk with
your parents, and remember all, and then you
will be doing things which the Bible says are
of “good report.” Perhaps sometime you
may learn more fully of these matters, and
so 1 will bid you this afternoon farewell.”
Mrs. Howard gave her hand to each of the
class in turn with a kind kiss, and each turned
at the door with a parting curtsey and a bow,
sorry to leave their kind teacher.
Aunt Ethel.
Aunt Ethel’s compliments to the boy
readers of the Index, and hopes they will not
suppose she meant to slight them by writing
only to the “ Little Girls.” She always in
tended to writesome talks for them, when she
got through with the girls, but no w “ Aunt
Edith” has come in, no doubt she will do a
great deal better. Aunt Ethel wished often
she had made her talks to both, but now she
is glad they have got another aunt while, they
were waiting. Aunt Ethel loves good boys
quite as well as girls, ar.d has seen a great
many such boys. She hopes they will read
very attentively what Aunt Edith writes, and
become good and great men, and serve God
here, and live with Him forever.
The Art of Drawing.
lie who can learn to write, can learn to
draw-,” and drawing is next in importance to
writing, and (should be cultivated at an ear
age, while the hands are flexible. But to
draw well, requires a beginning at the first
ladiments and practicing each lesson until
perfect, before commencing another. With
some, this requires months to draw correctly
the simplest forms, and years of practice are
requisite to become proficient, unless the
learner is giflefl with a peculiar talent. Boys,
especially, should learn to draw; it keeps
them from idleness; is a pure and pleasant
pastime, and fits them for usefulness in many
departments of business. Etiiel.
Walker County Texas.
This county suituated in the interior of the
south eastern part of the State, has not of
late received much attention from emigrants,
as it has hitherto had no railroad facilities;
but now these are vouchsafed'to us. This will
be one of the most attractive counties in the
timbered part of the State, if not of the whole
State.
This county is well timbered and
well watered. The timber consists of
pine, long and short leaf, and the different
kinds of oak, including white, red and black,
besides various other kinds of timber in small
quantities.
The surface is undulating, but not hilly.
The soil is, much of it, very rich, consisiDg of
black stiff prairie land, rich bottom lands,
much of which is sandy, besides sandy up
lands which are very productive.
The climate is mild—the latitude about
thirty-one degrees, and the thermometer sel
dom falling below twenty. About once in
eight or ten years we have an injurious
drought, one of which occurred the present
season and cut our crops shorter than they
have been sinee 1860.
All kinds of grain grows and produces well,
though small grain is very little raised. Cot
ton flourishes and produces well, though the
cotton worm is often destructive. This how
ever will prove more a benefit than a calam
ity by compelling the people to diversify
their crops. Almost all kinds of garden veg
etables flourish and grow to great perfection.
Also almost all kinds of fruits, including the
peach, apple, pear, plum and grapes, though
comparatively speaking, little attention has
yet been paid to fruit raising, only about,
enough to show what the country will do.
Our county contains about nine hundred
square miles. Our voting population is about
twenty-five hundred. Tr.irteen hundred whites
and twelve hundred blacks. The people are
orderly and law abiding. As to churches, all
the leading denominations have a respectable
membership in this county. As to schools,
there are twocolleges at the county site Hunts
ville, and various other schools through the
county, though the county is yet too sparse-
ly settled for many schools.
As tq health, I was at a democratic barbe
cue at Huntsville on yesterday, the Ist of
September, the season when people are sick
and chilling, if at all. About two thousand
persons were present, and I am certain that I
never saw an assemblage of healthier looking
people at this season of the year, not even, in
Kentucky, my native State. 1 * * f
This is not ft stock-raising county as Tex
ans understand that term, but all kinds of
stock thrive and do well here, with much less
attention than it requires in the older
States.
Our railroad facilities in a few more months
will be as good as the best, and then we will
only need a population to get ahead of the
foremost. Society is already good, the people
enterprising and industrious. r
I have no object in view or designs in writ
ing this, except to give information to those
who wish to try their fortunes in Texas. I have
no lands for sale, nor am lin the interest of
any who have. Neither do I advise any one
to break up and move to Texas, though I know
there are thousands who could do better here
than where they are, but if they move they
must do so upon their own responsibility.
W. D. Ferguson.
HunstvilU, Texas, Sept. Hist, 1871.
P.'S. What I have said of this county, in a
general way will apply to almost all the ad
jacent counties. W. D. F.
Cotton Ginning.
There has been enough bad weather on the
cotton in this section of Georgia and adjoin
ing South Carolina, to bring many a bale to
market stained and blue, that ought to have
been white. In the condition which the staple
gathered is now, the ginning will be more than
usually laborious and expensive. 'Wet cotton
ginsbadiy. The best gins will nap it and cut it,
and make bad samples, and will leave a good
deal of lint on the seed.
Under the present prospects, first quality
cotton will be scarce in the market, and the
price for the best grades will be full. It will pay
the firmer, therefore, to devote all necessary
care and labor to the ginning of his crop, and
put up each bale in the best condition he can
under the circumstances.
One of the readiest means of improving
the look and quality of what is gathered now,
is to sun all that is damp, until it is thor
oughly dry, and in ginning or storing away
in the gin houses, assort it carefully, and
make up bales of uniform quality. A good
sunning will add to the whiteness of such
as may be stained, and will improve the sta
ple of all of it. When well dried the gin will
take out dirt better, will not nap or cut so
badly, and in addition will gin much faster
and with much less labor. The saving in time
and in wear and tear of the mules, and the
better cleaning of the seed, will pay well for
the labor of sunning it, and the better price
obtained of £ to £c. per lb. will be the profit
on the operation.
The assorting of cotton in the gin house is
an important business. No bale should come
to market with two qualities or grades of lint
in it. In such a case the whole bale sells for
the price of the worst sample drawn.
Each picking should be to itselfand the red
or stained separated from the blue, and the
clean should be separated from either. Only
by care in putting up packages can the full
value be obtained for the product.
While the weather is so much against us,
we may counteract the injury it does, to some
extent at least, by careful attention to these
details of preparation. The accounts from
all sources are bad and the indications now
are for a very short crop. Its money value,
however, may be as much as the largo crop
of last year of the South.
How to Make a City Garden.
Take barrels and bore holes around the
middle, and one hole large enough to admit
the nose of your watering pot. Fill the barrels
with stones as high as the rows of holes, fill
it with good, rich, fine earth to the top, in
which plant cucumbers, melons, tomatoes,
squashes, etc. One barrel will be enough of
each kind.
Be sure to have one flat stone lean over the
large hole, where you will pour in water un
til it runs out of the holes you have made, and
which will prevent the earth from filling this
large hole up. Range the barrels round your
yard and plant your seeds. Keep the barrels
filled with water up to the holes and you have
all the requisites for rapid, healthy growth—
air, heat and moisture. You can raise all the
vegetables you will need in the greatest perfec
tion, and which will last until late in the au
tumn, as they can easily be covered on frosty
nights. Cucumbers and tomatoes may hang
over the barrel, cutting them off when they
reach the bottom. Melons may be tied to the
wall fence. The stones have an important ser
vice. in holding up the earth and absorbing the
heat during the day which they give out at
night, keeping the water at an even tempera
ture. You will be astonished at the result if
you have never tried it.— Ex.
A New Bleaching Process.
Sometime since anew ink was spoken of as
having been introduced in this country by
Leopold Mendelson, of 76 Nassau street,
New York. This gentleman has just patented
besides, anew bleaching process for discharg
ing the ink alluded to lrom paper stock, bat
which has also in extensive application to the
bleaching of other fabrics.
The process is also claimed to restore the
fiber of paper, so that when remade after
bleaching, it is even firmer and stronger than
the original stock. If these claims are sub
stantiated upon the introduction of the process
it will prove of great importance to paper
manufacturers, and w-ill greatly add to the
value of the Kircher’s printing ink as well.—
The invention consists principally in the ap
plication of chlorine to the fabric or paper
stock to be bleached, the chlorine being pro
duced during the bleaching process by an
apparatus connected with the agitator, through
which arrangement the process is so simplified
that, the inventor claims, the cost of bleaching
is very greatly reduced.
Manganese and muriatic acid in equal pro
portions are use<) to generate the chlorine gas;
this is conducted to a second vessel, where it
is washed with water. The purified gas is
then passed into the third vessel—the agitator
—and applied to the substance it is desired to
bleach.
The amount of chlorine evolved is
regulated according to the quantity needed
on any particular occasion, while the rapidity
of admission of the purified gas from the
washing vessel to the agitator is nicely grad
uated by a suitable cock. —Scientific Ameri
can.
Primitive Medical Practice. —A gentle
man in Alabama, in exerting himself one day
felt a sudden ‘pain, and fearing his internal
machinery had been thrown out of gear, sent
for a negro on his plantation, who made some
pretentions to medical skill, to prescribe for
him. The negro having investigated the C3se,
prepared and administered a dose to his pa
tient with the utmost confidence of a speedy
cure. No relief being experienced, however,
the gentleman sent for a physician, who on ar
riving inquired of the negro what medicine he
had given his master? Bob promptly re
sponded :
“ Rosin and alum, sir.”
“ What did you give them for ?’’ continued
the doctor.
“ Why,” replied Cob, “ae allum to draw
the parts togedder, and the rosin to sodaer
urn.”
The patient eventually recovered.
Fever and Ague. —We find the following
in the Cleveland Herald : “We wish to give
a very simple remedy for fever and ague, and
wish to emphasize it by saying that it has, to
our proved very efficacious. It
is simply common salt. A teaspoonful taken
in water and a teaspoonful deposited inside the
stocking, next the foot as the chill is coming
on. That’s all there is of it; but knowing
that it has been efficacious in “ breaking” the
chill and perfecting a cure, we put it in our
editorial columns, where no humbug remedy
shall ever find a place if we know it.
The Printing Office. —All who are inter
ested in newspapers (and who are not?) should
occasionally visit a printing office. Those
who c£y» Jive year after year, enjoying their
daily and weekly papers without ever seeing
for themselves the manner of their production,
are insensible to the last degree. An hour
in the printing establishment, devoted to in
vestigating the miracle of the press, can nev
er be called misspent. It cannot but result
in astonishment at the extent and perfection of
the manifold appliances used in the manufac
ture of the newspaper. —Newspaper Reporter.
Variety, Utility, Brevity.
Improve Hie Soil, —The owners of land, who
and whose children, expect to live up«n it,
for a long term of years, should use every
practicable means to improve its cultivata
ble soil.. Ploughing under green crops are
of great value to any soil, especially, such as
is poorly supplied with organic matter. Now
is a good time to sow rye for such a purpose.
Put dtawa a few acres in rye (three pecks to
the acre, jto be ploughed under in March. It
will then yield double as much as it would
have done without this supply of green ma
nure. e
To Keep Butter Sweet. —Use good, firm but
ter, from which the buttermilk has
been thoroughly removed. Do not over
work it. Stop when the globules of water
are clear. Then pack in clean jars and cover
it viih a strong brine. Nothing more is need
ed. This will keep it fresh and sweet for a
whole year.
Apple Tree Borer. —S. A. Ladd, in the
Journal of Horticulture, suggests the follow
ing plan to destroy the apple borer when he
is in the tree too far to be reached with the
point of a knife or wire: “Take a piece of
French lead pipe, say three feet long, bend
one end to nearly right angles, and fit to the
borer’s hole, the main length of the pipe
standing perpendicular; place a funnel in the
top end and fill the pipe with boiling water;
the borer will soon be dead, while the ten
derest tree will not be injured by the pro
cess.
“ Mauge” ancl“Scab.” —The disease termed
“mauge” in horses, cattle and dogs, and “scab”
in sheep, is-produced by a variety of mite,
Acarus Scabei which burrows in the skin of
the animal, causes considerable itching and
pain, the development of small vesicles and
pustules with dryness,scurfiness and baldness
of the skin. Scabies, in sheep, is a very
common ewjeurrenee. The best preventive of
scabies, a visitation of the disease is ap
prehended is cleanliness. The occasional
washing of the animals with soap and water,
and the friction necessarily employed in the
detergent process, will do mueh toward pre
venting their skin from becoming a suitable
place for the acari. — Exp. Farm Journal.
Chickeri*Bfcth. —Boil half of a medium sized
chicken, in a quart of water, season with a lit
tle salt. Use no pepper or other condiment.
As the scum arises skim it off. A crust of
bread and a little parsely may be added,
Three quarters of an hour will be long enough
for it to boil. Take out the parsely when
the boiling rs over. This is very useful for
the sick.
Blackberry or Dewberry. —These are es
sentially the same. The fruit of each is pleas
ant and wholesome. The roots, especially of
the dewberry are excellent astringents.
Two liandsful of the roots boiled in three
pints of milk, or water, to a quart, make a
good medicine for diarrhoea and dysentery.
Dose a teacupful every two or three
hours.
Definition of Some Ymns.-Sulphate of soda
is Glauber’s salt; sulphate of Magnesia is Ep
som salt; sulphate of allumini is alum; sul
phate of lime is plaster of Paris ; sulphu
ret of potash is liver of sulphur ; saltpetre is
nitrate of potash; super-acelate of lead is
sugar of leaj of iron is green copper
as; sulphate of copper is blue copperas.
Soil. —Variety, in the constituents of soil
is essential to fertility. It ?s barren when
nineteen-twentieths are of one substance.
Hence the value of lime marl, stable, or any
other manure which adds to the variety of its
constituents.
Salt for Animals. —All animals thrive best
if supplied with salt. Horses will consume
six ounces daily, cows four, sluep half an
ounce. They should have it regularly ; hogs
as well as ths above.
Weak EyeStufr- Horses.— Mix alum in hot
water, and blow some of it
into the horesfeyes through tr quill.
In three or’four days after using the above
blow into the eyes in the same way, a small
quantity of pulverized burnt alum. This
will generally effect a cure if the disease is
curable.
Preventive of Scarlet Fever. —Tie a tarred
string around the neck of the person who has
been exposed, or is liable to exposure, where
the scarlet fever* exists. It is said to be an
effectual preventive.
Camomile. —A tea made of the flowers of a
camomile warms and strengthens the stomach
indigestion, loss of appetite and debility.
It is also excellent as a (preventive to ague
and fever, and billious fever, in sickly local
ities.—Banner of the South.
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New Mode of Recording Speech.
If the following paragraph clipped from an
exchange, gives ail accurate statement of facts
we may soon expect to see the last of the
übiquitous reporter. He will be transform
ed into an amanuensis, to write out machine,
made hieroglyphics;
“A mechanic living on the shores of Lake
Zurich, M, Theodor Zuppinger, has just inven
ed a mechanism as marvellous as the deguer
rotype was at first considered to be, the ap
plications of whieh have become so popular
and universal. The machine of M. Zuppinger
is no larger than the human hand, and per
forms the work accomplished steno
grapher. Placed in contact with the vocal
organ, it reproduces the slightest sound
enunciated by the Tcfngue, throat or lips.—
While one is in the act of speaking a ribbon of
paper is detached from the machine, similar
to that thrown off by the telegraphic appara
tus, oil which the words pronounced are trac
ed in black and white. The mechanism is in
all respects most ingeniously constructed,
and worthy of beine—e&mpared with the in
ventions of Niepie, Daguerre and Morse.”
Type Composing Machine. —A Type Com
posing Machine, of which types of
any size may be composed at the rate of 12,-
000 an hour, has recently been described by
the London Bookseller. This machine, like
all previous inventiqnspis constructed on the
plan of a piano. The operator touches a key
and liberates a single type, which falls into a
channel, and, with othSr’tetters, forms words
and sentences in a loqg'lffctinuous line, which
is subsequently “spaced out” and “ justified”
into lines, paragraphs, and pages, by the
compositor, in the usual way. In the new ma
chine, however, the principles of distributing
the types is quite distimTtTrom all other ma
chines. Instead of the operator himself di
recting the outward flow of the types by strik
ing keys and pedals, of the ma
chine is purely automatical, and is goverened
by a strip of paper perforated like the cards
used in the Jacquard looßTto govern and ad
just the threads, according to a desired pat
tern. This method, although apparently com
plex, it is stated, is admirably simple in its
operation, and has beer, in use for sometime
in setting up the WarringfotT Guardian , Eng
land, and portions of the Graphic newspaper
are composed by its means.
The following remarkable paragraph ap
peared in the N. Y. Sun, the morning after
the recent Workingmen’s parade in that
city :
“ Another small banner bore the device::
“Journeymen Stonecutters’ Societyon the
back, “ Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours
for Sleep, Eight Hours for Recreation, and
Eight Hours for Rest.”
Still another banner had a similar inscription
in German.”
Eight hours for work does not seem a pure
impossibility, but to make aljhirty-two-hour
day will prove difficult.— Newspaper Rcpor «
ter.
Romance of Real Life.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial writes from Newcastle, Ky.:
I write this letter in the house of an old
lady who is the niece of Rebecca Bryan who
became the wife of Daniel Booue, and con
cering whose eyes (the young {hunter is said
to have mistakened them for those of a deer)
the pretty backwoods iomance is told. The
lady is herself also the widow of one of Dan
iel Boon’s own nephews, her second husband,
who assisted in bringing the great hunter
back to Kentucky. She was born in one of
the dheif old pioneer stations (her grandfa
ther’s) near Lexington, and, although she is
in her eighty-first year, she is active in body,
busying herself with her Hewers and garden,
clear-sighted and alert in spirit. Recently,
she heard that one of her middle-aged sons,
absent over twenty years ir California, and
presumed dead for more than half of that
time, was yet alive, and her joy was great.—
He, too, had supposed his mother to be long
dead.
The old lady has a romance connected with
her second marriage. It is as follows : When
her mother was a young lady, Colonel Wil
liam Boone, the nephew of Daniel, mentioned
above, was very much in love with her, and
asked her on one occasion to marry him.—
She told him she was engaged to Mor
gan Byran, and that they were to be married
iu a few days. Col. Boone went away and
married another young woman. After
ward he, with his wife, visited the young mar
ried couple when their first child (now in her
fifth score years) was but a very few days
old, and, seeing the baby, he laughed and
said to her mother: “ Now, Milly, as you
won’t have me yourself, you’ll give me the
girl for my second wife, won’t you? Whether
any jesting promise was made I am not
informed ; but the baby grew up, and at 27
she was married, had seven children, became
a widow after nine years, and remained one
fora long time, when Col. Boone’s first wife
having died some years previously, she real
ly became, in her own middle life, the wife
of her mother’s early lover, who had claimed
her in her cradle. The good old woman is
accustomed, in relating this to her sons and
nieces, to speak of it as “one of the most
remarkable things that over happened.” 1
think so, too, and it is a true story.
Dying on the Train.
A few days ago, a sick women with her
little son got on the Louisville and Memphis
train in Kentucky, to go to a little station
near Memphis. She was very feeble and ev
idently dangerously ill when she eameaboar
and soon after the train started, became
speechless. Nothing could be learned of her
history. Even her name was unknown, and
her little son was too young to answer ques
tions intelligently. Every attention possible
was given her by the passengers and officers
of the train, but it was soon evident that she
was dying. The only question was, would
she live to reach her destination, and it was
decided to keep her on the train and get her
her friends, if possible. We saw her last
at Humboldt, and she was sinking rapidly,
ft was a sad sight—this dying on the train.
No soft couch, or peaceful room, or fa
miliar faces, or loved voice whispering
low and tearfully ; no song of heaven, no
man of God to inspire hope, no prayer;
but dying among strangers, amid the thunder
of a rushing train, the shrill whistle of
the smoking engine and the careless, mock
ing laughter of thoughtless ones as they
got off or on the cars—dying thus—and a
woman, too ! Never, neither in the darkest
hour of war, or amid the most fearful scenes
of battle,did we experience a feeling so tear
fully sad as when when we looked upon this
poor, unknown woman, dying on the train.
Our Teeth.
They decay ; hence unseemly mouths, bad
breath, imperfect mastication. Everybody
regrets it. What is the cause? I reply,
Want of cleanliness. A clean tooth never de
cays. The mouth is a warm place—9B de
grees. Particles of meat between the teeth
soon decompose. Gums and teeth must suf
fer. Perfect cleanliness will preserve the
teeth to old age. How shall it be secured ?
Use a quill pick and rinse the mouth after
eating. Brush and Castile soap every morn
ing ; the brush with simple water on going to
bed. Bestow this trifling care upon your pres
cious teeth and you will keep them and ruin
the dentists. Neglect it, and you will be
sorry all your lives. Children forget. Watch
them. The first teeth determine the charao
ter of the second set. Give them equal care.
Sugar, acids, saleratus and hot things are
nothing when compared with food decom
posing between the teeth. Mereurialization
may ioosen the teeth, long use may wear
them out, but keep them clean and they will
never decay. This advice is worth more than
thousands of dollars to every boy and girl.
Books have been written on the subject. This
brief article cqqtaiqs all that is essential.—
Bio Lewis.
Engraving by Electricity. —MM. De
louche and Felliman’s process of engraving
by electricity may be briefly described as
follows.
“ A well polished plate ot zinc is covered
with a layer of white, similar to, though not
identical with, that used by engravers on
wood. On this white layer is drawn a por
trait with a special ink, and the plate is then
suspended to the negative pole of a voltaic
battery in a bath of sulphate of copper, where
by the inked portion of the arawing is cov
ered with a coating of copper. When this is
sufficiently thick the plate is removed and sus
pended to the positive pole, in accidulated
water. The acid consumes and hollows out
the parts not covered with copper, or the
white parts of the design. The operation is
complete in a few hours.”
Remedy for Nervous Headache. —A well
known Kentucky minister, subject to severe
spells of nervous headache, was in our office
the other day, says an exchange, during one
of those attacks. Major Brown, of Mexico,
was present, and proposed to relieve him in
five minutes, which he did most effectually.
The following is the prescription :
“ Take a dessert spoonful of common soda,
such as is used for making bread, and dissolve
it thoroughly in a quart of cold water. With
this thoroughly shampoo the head for about
five mintes, scratching the skin of the head and
the back of the neck well with the finger nails.
Then rinse the head with clear cold water.”
Major Brown says that he has used this rem
edy in perhaps a thousand cases since 1852,
and never once failed to give relief in five or
ten minutes. This remedy is for nervous
headache, and is not for those afflictions of the
head arising from deranged stomachs.
Mr. Beecher’s publishers give the following
interesting statements as to his habits of com
position. He writes f with inconceivable
rapidity, in a large, sprawling hand, lines
wide apart, and words so thinly scattered
about that some of his pages remind one of
the famous description of a page of Napoleon’s
manuscript—a scratch, a blot and a splutter.
Writing so hastily, he writes with some inac
curacy, and as he finds correction very irksome
he hands his manuscript over to some one
who is familiar with his handwriting, to be
prepared for the press. It is then set up, the
rough proof corrected, and a fair revise handed
to the author. This he reads with extreme
care, and makes so many corrections, erasures
that it is sometimes cheaper and less laborious
to reset the whole than to “ correct” from his
proofs. A second proof is then prepared for
him, and sometimes a third,'and a fourth be
fore his critical judgement is satisfied and
the stereotyper is allowed to cast the plates*
It will be noticed that in the preparation ot'
copy, Mr. Beercher’s habits are directly op
posite to those of Mr. Greeley, who prepares
his copy with great eare, punctuating every
sentence, marking every capital letter and
paragraph, and in short completing his work
before its leaves his hands. The compositor
and proof-reader have only to follow copy to
be sure of coming out right. Mr. Beecher’s
impetuous temperament rebels against such
laborious finish. — Newspaper Reporter.
Boiling Eggs. —The fresher eggs are, the
more time will be required for boiling. To
have them soft and tender, drop them in wa
ter at a boiling point and let them stand from
five to seven minutes without boiling. They
should be eaten from the shell with a spoon.
If desired for salad, boil them for ten minutes;
then throw them into cold water; roll gently
on a table or board and the shell is easily re
moved.
“I’ve been a member of this church nigh
unto forty years,” said a pinched up libel on
Christianity, •* and it hasn’t cost me six and
a quarter cents.” “God bless your poor eco
nomical withered up old soul!” said a fervent
brother in the corner.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Insertions—l to 4w., per lire uiinion, each time, 20cts.
Insertions—s to 9w., pei li-e minion, each time, Iscts.
Insertions—lo to 14w., per live min., each time, 12 cts.
Insertions—ls to 25w., per line min., each time, 10 cts.
Insertions-26 to 50w., per line min., each time, 8 cts.
Reading matter notices, per line 85 cts.
Specjal Notices, per line, each insertion, 30 cts.
Obituaries, per each line of space, over ten lines, 20 cts.
Marriage notices and obituaries must be accompanied
by responsible names, anu be sent directly to this office.
No such matter copied from other papers without the
written authority of authors or interested parties.
Bills for advertisements are considered due on the
first insertion.
Bills will be promptly rendered at the above rates,
and payments expected upon all business matters men
tioned in the scale of rates.
Remittances at the risk of the party sending the
money.
Express, and all postal charges, must be paid by the
party remitting.
Address all communications for the paper to
J J. TOON,
Publisher and Proprietor, Atlauta, Ga.
Laws Relating to Newspapers.
The Scientific American of August sth furnishes
the following in response to certain requests. It
says: ‘We have been asked to give the law, as
it stands, relating to newspapers and subscribers:”
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing to con
tinue their subscriptions.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their periodicals, the publishers may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
periodicals from the oltice to which they are di
rected, they are held responsible until they have
settled their bills, and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publishers, and the papers are sent
to the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that relusing to
take periodicals from the ollioe, or removing and
leaving them uncalled for, is priiua facie evidence
of intentional fraud.
0. Any person who receives a newspaper and
makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not,
is held, in law, to be a subscriber. 2551-ts
SHARP & FLOYD,
(SUCCESSORS TO GEO. SHARP, Jr.,)
WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.,
Manufacturing and Merchant Jewelers, Watch-
Makers, Silversmiths, and Engravers.
We Do First Class Work.
We sell only First Class Goods.
We sell the Diamond Spectacle.
We believe it to be the best in use.
We Keep the very llest of Workmen.
We have a large stock of Fine Jewelry.
We have the Latest Styles.
We have a large stock of Diamonds.
We are legitimate Diamond Dealers,
We have a large stock of Watches.
We sell at Small Profits.
We buy our goods for Cash.
We buy them very low.
We'sell them low as the lowest.
We have more Solid Silver Ware manufac
tured than any Jeweller in Georgia.
We Engrave all our Ware free of charge.
We have a motto -Quick Sales,Small Profits.
We guarantee every article sold.
We guarantee all our work.
We make Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals.
We want to furnish every Fair in the State.
We can make Premiums for Fairs.
We know that we can m ike them at a less price than
aDy house in Georgia.
We can make Premiums, then, as low as any House
in the United States.
We cannot, shall not be excelled in Fiuish, Price or
Quality.
We shall not be undersold.
Give us a fair trial. SHARP & FLOYD.
2543-66—25 t
Important notice
-L TO
CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS.
AU Retail Orders amounting to S2O anil Over Delivered
In any Part of the Country,
Free of Express Charges.
HAMILTON, EASTER &. SONS,
OF BALTIMORE, MD.,
In order the better to meet the wants ot their Retail
Customers at a distance, have established a
SJAIMUPLIE
and will, upon application, promptly send by mail fqll
lines of Samples of the Newest and most Fashionable
Qoods, of FRENCH, ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MAN
UFACTURJ!, guaranteeing at all times to sell as low,
il not at lees prices, than any house in the country.
Buying our Goods from the largest and most celebra
ted manufacturers in different parts of Europe, and
importing the same by Steamers direct to Baltimore,
our stock is at all times promptly supplied with the
novelties of the London and Paris markets.
As we buy and sell only for cash, and make no bud
debts, we are able and willing to sell our goods at from
Ten to Fiftrsn Psh Cent. Less Pnom than if we gave
credit.
In sending for Samples, specify the kind of goods de
sired. We keep the best gradesof every class of goods,
from the lowest to the moat costly.
Orders unaccompanied by the cash, will be sent C. 0. D.
PROM FT-Paying WHOLESALE BUYERS are
invited to inspect the Stock in our Jobbing and Pack
age Department. Addicss
HAMILTON, EASTER & SONS,
197, 199, 201 and 203 West Baltimore Street,
2525—2575 Baltimore, Md.
BELL FOUNDRY,
Established in 1837.
Superior Bells for Churches,
Schools, etc.-of Pure Cop
per and Tin, folly war
ranted, and mounted with
our Latest Improved
Rotary Hangings, the
Illustrated Catalogue tent free.
VANDUZEN & TIFT,
M 2 k 104 B, Second St„ Cntiiutw
2540—90—50 t _
THE STEWART 000 K STOVE.
WITH DUMPING GRATE.
J4TEST IMPROVEMENT7TEST IN THE WORLD.
MANUFACTURED BY
FULLER, WARREN 4* CQ.,
TROY. N- Y.
The Stewart Stove, which has been in use for more
than a quarter of a century, and by its economy and
complete adaptation to the wants of the kitchen,(has
maintained an acknowledged superiority over all other
stores, is now introduced to the public with all the
modern conveniences of Front Draft, Ash Drawer
and Dumping Grate. The Flats bare also been
enlarged and improved, so us to ensure an excellent
Draft at qll tiraps, aud still to retain in the Stoye its
unrivalled economical features. No stove has eyer yet
been made to do as much igorjc tyith as Util* fuel as the
Stewart. The following brief summary is the result
of One Day’s Work, recently accomplished at Glo
versville, N- Y., with one Stewart Stove:
Baked 415 pounds of bread, half a bushel of po
tatoes, 5 apple pies. Roasted 73 pounds of beet.
Boiled 1 barrel of water; also, 17 gallons heated to
150 degrees. AH this with one coal fire, not a partick
of coal being put into the store after the lire was start
ed in the morning. Those in wantof Cook Stoves will
secure the moat economy by procuring the best. The
Stewart Stoves are for sale in nearly every town and
city throughout the United States.
FULLER, WARREN 6c CO., -
Exclusive Manufacturers,
Troy, N. Y.
* 153 State St., Chicago, HI,
Branchlllouses. [ BO Biver Bt>> Cleve f ttnd> 0 .
The Warren Double Oven Cooking linage
the most perfect operating Range in the market, and
the Jhuwson Hot Air Fnrnaees, the very best for
heating Churches, Public Buildings, and Private Resi
dences, are also manufactured and for sale by
FULLER, WARREN A CO.
tST* Descriptive Pamphlets furnished on application.
For sa.e in Atlanta by J. WARLICK,
2486 Peachtree Street,
BUSINESS CARDS.
A. CONSTANTINE’S
Persian Healing Soap.
Path nth* March 12, 1867.
FOR THE 10IL FT, RATH AM) NURSERY.
TbU Soap feus no equal. It preserves the complex
km toir, the akin soft, texibte and healthy. It removes
all <iaudruff, preserve* tbe bail* *oft and silky, and pre
vents it from falling off. It cures Pimples, all Diseases
of the Scalp and Skin, and is a GOOD SHAVING
SOAP. Agents wanted. Office, 43 Ann St., New York.
Ask any dealer for A. A. Cumstawtiks's Soap.
2582-t
JTIRST PREMIUM
Awarded at Cotton States Fair, Augusta,
THOMASVILLE FAIR, AND ALL SOUTHERN
FAIRS WHERE EX 111 BIT EL),
1870.
THE SHSTGKEH
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
AT TIIE WORLD'S FAIR
Constituted by the homes of tbe people, received tho
Great Award of the Highest Sales, and have left all
rivals far behind them, for they sold in 18T0, One Hun
dred and Twenty-seven Thousand Eight Hundred uud
Thirty-three Machines.
The Singer Manufacturing Company
sold over the Florence Sewiug
Machine Company 110,178 Machines.
Sold over the Wilcox & Gibbs Sew
ing Machine Company 98,948 “
Sold over the Weed Sewing Machine
Company 92,831 “
Sold over the Grover & Baker Sew
ing Machine Compauy 70,431 “
Sold over the Howe Machiue Compa
ny 52,077 “
Sold over the Wheeler & Wilson
Manufacturing Company 44,005 “
It is toe most simple and easily regulated Machine
now in use.
The shuttle gives an even tension from the full to the
empty bobbin.
Makes the most durable, elastic and smooth stitch.
Stitching the softest muslin without drawing it into
the feed, and from that to heavy cloth or leather with
out changing the tension, making it capable of a greater
range ol work than uny other Machine inude.
We use the straight needle, and it will do more and
finer work than the curved needles.
The work moves from you instead of sideways, which
is much easier to manage.
For speed and ease of operation it is unequalled.
Our machinery Is nil protected from dust.
Our corder, tucker, gatherer, quilter, trimmer, fring
er, binder, hemmtr, braider, feller and embroidery at
tachment, are simple and easily used.
We have tbe best of silks of our own manufacture at
wholesale and retail, of all co'ors and numbers.
We will place the Singer in your family for a trial
with any machine you muy wish to try with it.
The sales of our New Family Sewing Machine is
steadily increasing, showing ils popularity.
The new No. 1 Machine, for Tailors and Boot-makers,
is the best in the market.
Examine before purchasing.
Are now sold on easy terms at the Atlanta Agency.
It. T. SMILLIE, Local Agent.
Corner of S. Broad and W. Alabama streets.
Agents wanted everywhere.
Silk Thread, Needles, Oil, etc., always on hand.
Stitching neatly done. H. D. HAWLEY,
General Agent for Georgia, South Carolina uud Florida.
Pincipal Distributing Offices.
132 Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga.; 197 King
Street, Charleston, aud the Atlanta Office.
Local Officks :
J. H. Bramhall, Columbus, Ga.
A L. Clinkscales, Macon. Ga.
E, H. Sumner, Augusta, Ga.
E. C. Hough, Rome, Ga.
Satterfield, Byron A Cos., Cartersville, Ga.
E. H. Bloodwor4h, Barnesville, Ga.
S. F. Wilder & Son, Forsyth, Gn.
Mallard Brothers, Tbomnsville, Ga.
Mrs. B. E. Johnson, Bainbridge, Ga.
Mcntgcmery A Shaw, Amorims, Ga.
Geo. A. Peek, Jacksonville, Fla.
And in almost every connty, our Machine is now
ully represented.
Anyone ordering a Machine from reading this ad
vertisement, please state it when ordering.
2541-2591—60 t
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TRAVELERS’ GUIDE.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD CO
E. W. Cole, Superintendent, Atlanta.
Night Passenger Train — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 10.30 P M
Arrive at Chattanooga 6.ICA.M
Day Passenger 'Pain — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 6.00 A.M
Arrive at Chattanooga 1.21 P.M
Fast Lene to New York — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 2.45 P.M
Arrive at Dalton 7.58 P.M
Night Passenger Train — lnward.
Leave Chattanooga 5.20 P.M
Arrive at Allanto 1.42 A.M
Day Passenger Train — lnward.
Leave Chattanooga 5 30 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 2.20 P.M
Accommodation Train—lnward.
Leave Dalton 2.25 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 9.10 A.M
GJSQftqfA fIAJLfIPAp.
8. K. Johnson, Superintendent, Augusta,.
Day Passnger 'Train.
Leave Augusts. 6.00 A.M
Leave Atlanta ~,, >7.10 A.M
Arrive at Augusta 5.40 P.M
Arrive at Atlanta, ~.0.20 P.M
Night Passenger and Mail Train .
Leave Augusta 8.15 I’-M
Leave Atlanta 5.30 P.M
Arrive at Augusta 3,45 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta,,.., 6.40 A M
Athens Branch Train leaves Union Point daily,
Sunday excepted, at 1.15 P.M., arriving at Alliens at
4.35 P.M. Leave Athens at 9.15 A.M., arriving- at
Union Point 12.50 P.M. On Monday and Tuesday
nights, a train leaves Uniou Point at 2.20 A.M , arrives
at Athens 5.15 All; leaves Athens, 8 P M., arriving
at Union Point, 11 P.M.
Washington Branch.— Train leaves Washington
at 10 A.M.. arrives at Barnett, 11.30 A.M.; leaves
Barnett 2.15 P.M., arriving at Washinglon at 4.10
P.M. On Monday and Tuesday nights, leaves Wash
ington at 10.20 P.M., arriving at Barnett, 12 at night.
Leaves Barnett, 1.50 A.M., arrives at Washington,
3 30 A.M.
Macon and Augusta Railroad. — Train leaves
Camnk, 12.40 P.M., arriving at Milledgeville Junction
4.20 P.M.; leaves Junction at 6.15 A.M, arriving at
Carnak, 9.25 A.M. Connects Augusta with South
Carolina, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and
Augusta with Savannah Railroad.
ATLANTA AND WEST POINT RAILROAD.
L. P. Grant, Superintendent, Atlanta..
Day Passenger Train— Outward.
Leave Atlanta 7.10 A.M
Arrive at West Point 11.40 A.M
Day Passenger Train—lt ward.
Leave West Foint 12 45 P.M
Arrive at At1anta.,,..,,.,...,,,,....,... 5.00Jp.M
Night Freight and Passenger — Outward-
Leave Atlanta 7.00 P.M
Arrive at West Point 10.45 P.M
Night Freight and Passenger—lnward.
Leave West Point 3.00 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 10.07 A.jj
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD
J. W. Thomas, Superintendent, Nashville.
Day Passenger
Leave Nashville. 0.30 A.M
Arrive a| Chattanooga 4.20 P.M
Leave Chattanooga,...3.4s A.M
Arrive at Nashville,.,., 1.30 P.M
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Nashville 6.15 P.M
Arrive at
Leave Chattanooga..... 8.00 P.M
Arrive at Nashville ..5 00 A M
flight trains run daily; day trains run daily, Sun
days excepted.
Beth trains connect at Chattanooga for Rome, At
lanta, and all principal Southern cities.
Selma, Berne and Dalton Railroad.
DAY PASStaSU TRAIN—NORTH.
Leave Selma.
Arrive at Borne ;® :8 £ P- m
Arrlye ot Dalton U: 26 P' m
NK3HT PASSINOCR TRAIN—SOUTH.
Leave Dal t0n...., •• • P m
Arrive at Borne 11:2 ® P m
Arrive at Selma W ;B °
... ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leave H0me...... -—l:46p.m.
Arrive at Borne! 1:45 p.m.
The accommodation train mas from fiomo to Jacksonville
daily, Sundays excepted. The through passenger train only
will be run on Sunday,