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J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PBOPBIBTOR.
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ON FURLOUGH.
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MY SUNDAY IN BOMB
It used to be said that all roads lead to
Rome, and a certain poet described the Oron
tes as empting into the Tiber. Modern high
ways tend to the old centre, and even the
far-off Hudson nows pours its treasures into
the “yellow” stream which flows into the Eter
nal City. No wonder, then, that we are in
Rome.
And, strange to say, I have found here the
object of a long and fruitless pursuit across
the entire European continent —a true Chris
tian Sunday, pleasant and profitable. * I did
not find it in St Peter’s or with Piu3'the JXth
in the Vatican. These gave me no specially
devout impressions and inspirations. The
largest church in the world rather disap
pointed me, after having just come from the
dazzling va3tness of the Milan Cathedral. Its
black image of St. Peter, with the toes kis
sed away by ardent devotees, awoke in me
no sentiment of piety. Even the Pontifex
Maximus, Pio Nono himself, failed to awe
me into a frame of holy reverence. I
seen this august personage face to and,
in p mild sense, have “interviewed” him.—
Arrayed in, the bravery of a swallow-tail
coat, hired for the-occasion from a slop-shop,
I was admitted to an audience of the Holy
Father. A small company, consisting mainly
of Americans, formed the party thus favored.
After a patient waiting in a* not very
ing chamber of the Vatican, the, doors were
thrown open, and the Pope, plainly attired,
made his appearance. He walked slowly in
front of our line, nodding pleasantly, and ex
pressing, in French, his cordial sympathy
with us in view of the appalling Chieago ca
lamity, news of which had just thrilled us
with horror. It so happened that he paused
directly before me while making his little
address. I suppose the strictly proper thing
for me to do under the circumstances, was to
kiss the Papal hand which was near me, but
in our free American fashion, I gave it a
gentle shake. If guilty of impropriety, the
Father was kind enough to take no notice of
my irreverent familiarity. After having
passed down our line, he crossed to the other
side of the chamber where a long row of
nuns awaited his approach with radiant
countenances. Their demonstrations of ador- *
ing fondness and delight contrasted curiously
with our Protestent coldness. All flung
themselves on their kness—many bowed their
faces to the floor—some kissed his feet as he
moved along. No doubt this hour will ever
be memorable in their narrow and monoto
nous circle of experience. After this cere
mony one of the nuns read an address to the
Father, to which he made a cheerful response
that elicited smilos and applause. On the
whole, this interview with the head of the
Roman Catholic Church was quite agreeable.
It was characterized by freedom aud ease,
and laid no Protestant under the necessity of
either compromising his manhood, or seeming
rude in maintaining it. The Pope, as all
the world knows, has an exceedingly please
ant face. He is what the ladies call “sweet”—
so weet that it does not go hard with them to
kiss his hand. His voluntary imprisonment in
the Vatican does not appear to have impaired
his health or soured his temper, and he bids
fair to keep his uneasy throne for some years.
This hob nobbing with the Pope was perhaps
well enough, but it does not explain my good
Sunday in Rome.
Nor do those majestic ruins iD which the
city and whose silence is more elo
quent than was ever the tongue of Cicero.—
These ruins are far more numerous and more
imposing than my fancy had painted them.
Surely, if anything could chasten human
pride, and inspire salutary reflections on the
vanity of human greatness, it would be
those crumbling remains of ancient Rome.
Perhaps the Collesseum fell a little be
low my exited preconceptions, but the
Baths of Titus, the Baths of Caracalla
and the Palace of the Ceesars far surpassed
them. No language can convey an adequate
idea of their vastness, and the evidences they
furnish of the wealth and luxury of ancient
Rome, as well as the perfection of ancient
Art. It is a great thing to stand on the Cap
itoline Hill, and look down on the Forum
Romanum, with its broken columns and frag
mentary relics of departed Temples and Ba
silicas. In the distance the eye catches a
glimpse of the Collosseum, while between
and on either side are the Arch of Titus, the
Arch of the Constantine, and many other
noble remains of perished grandeur. It would
be worse than vain, in a communication like
this, to attempt so much as an enumeration
of the imposing ruins that are clustered there.
To stand amongst them is almost a respecta
ble education. But not from the Forum Ro
manunu came my good Roman Sunday.
Nor yet from the Catacombs. At one
time I seriously entertained the thought of
spending a large portion of my Sunday in
their solemn halls and chambers. It seemed
to me that amidst the subterranean tombs of
martyrs and confessors, encompassed by the
touching epitaphs and symbols that tell of
early Christian sorrow, affection and faith,
one would almost of necessity catch the
martyr spirit. A brief, tenative tour, how
ever, in these abodes of darkness and death,
quite cured me of this fine conceit. Follow-
ing my guide by the light of a feeble taper,
through labarftithine streets, from which
nearly all the slabs and monuments have
been removed, I soon became satisfied with
thijL sort of pious discipline, and was glad
enough to revisjt the cheerfnl warmth of
day. 1 hope to see something 'more of the
Catacombs, and under more competent guid
ance. Thus far, of them
are of very slender value or interest.
I have also decended into that dismal hole
in the Capitoline rock, known as the Mamer
tine prisoh. It moved me deeply to think
that 1 wa| standing in the very place where
the Apostle Paul once languished in chains, and
where he wrote those great words that are still
' the strength and joy of innumerable hearts.
But not from the Mamcrtine prison, nor from
Rome—Pagan or Papal—not from the mira
cles of Art left by the genius of Michael An
gelo or Raffaelle, came the impressions and
influences that gave me a delightful Sunday in
Rome. I have seen here a greater wonder
than the Collosseum or St Peter’s, 1 have
seen a live Baptist church. To day it was
my singular privilege to meet with a little
body bf baptized believers, in their owg
“hired house,” and commemorate with them
the death of our common Lord. The small
chamber was moderately full of native Ital
ians—chiefly young men—with handsome, in
telligent faces, who listened with eager atten
tion to the word spoken. The service was
touching in its primitive simplicity. Rev.
Mr. Cote, who under appointment of the
Richmond Board, has charge of this mission,
conducted the exercises and delivered a brief
discourse. Rev. Mr. Wall, an English Bap
tist minister, who has been a pioneer in Ital
ian mission work, followed with another short
sermon. Several private members also par
ticipated in the services. The singing was
harmonious and full of spirit. was my
pleasant lot to preside at the Supper, and
utter in conclusion a few words of congratu
lation and encourgemnt, which brother Cote
interpreted. As I sat in that little upper
chamber, 1 could hardly believe my eyes and
ears. I said to myself, Can this be Rome 1
Are these veritable Italians 1 Is it possible
that this ringing song of praise oan float out
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST:' ATLANTA, W, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1871.
through the open windows without bringing
to the doors some infuriated Inquisitor ? Is
it true that, after such long aud weary wait
ing, there is liberty in Rome, and Paul’s faith
is preached again in the scene of his martyr
dom? Yes, thank God, it is no dream—all
this is solid reality.
The Rev. Mr. Cote informs me that his
Ghurch numbers fifty-four members with four
mission stations. - He has ycfung men
studying with him, qualifying themselves to
act as preachers or colporteurs. There is,
also, a Baptist church of seventy-five mem
bers at Bari, on the Adriatic Coast, another at
Bologna of sixty members, and yet another
in the Waldensian Valleys. On the whole,
from what I saw and from what I heard, this
mission is full of promise. It is encompassed
by fearful difficulties, and extravagant ex
pectations mast not be indulged, but still the
beginnings are encouraging.
Italy is evidently feeling the pulsations' of
anew life, andi its people rejoice in the antic
ipation of a great future. The rule of the
priest is over. Liberty of conscience is per
fect. The Colloseum has not utterly fallen;
were it worth while, it might be restored.—
So, let us hope, Rome and Italy shall be re
constructed on new and better foundations.—
J. R. K., in Examiner and Chronicler , of
Nov. 23rd. ■„
C j > . S.—Since the foregoing was written, I
have accomplished the hope there expressed,
of visiting the Catacombs under better di-
rection. Through the kindness of Rev. Mr.
Cote, and accompanied by him and other
friends, I have penetrated for some distance
the Catacombs of St. Pontiano, on the Ostian
Way and near The Tiber. The. most inter
esting object which we saw was a veritable
baptismal Font, filled with pure water-from a
living spring. It is 4 feet long, 3 feet wide,
and 3£ feet deep, with a fresco above it, re
presenting Jesus as standing waist deep in
the Jordan, and about to be plunged by John
in its waters. Roman Catholic authorities
assign the Font to the second century, and
the fresco to the sixth. Probably the candi
date was accustomed to kneel in the water,
and to bend forward in the baptismal act. —
This venerable relic delivers importaut testi
mony in our peculiar views, and is of special
interest to Baptists. Mr. Cote has given a
print oft it in a manuscript which he has sent
to America for publication.— J. R. K.
Rome, 21 it Oct
Guide Me, 0 my Saviour.
Guide my footsteps, 0 my Saviour,
, Along tins toilsome way;
With Thy Wing counsel cheer me,
And ,with Thy presence near me,
Attend me day by day.
I see before me toils and dangers,-
Devils before me stand;
0, tlie way looks so dark and dimly,
And the cold world frowns go grimly,—
0 lead, Thou Guiding Hand.
Here, take me by the hand, dear Saviour;
(Thou callest lost ones to Thee,)
Lead me till T reach the river;
Cheer, O Thou comfort-Giver,
Till I cross life's mystic sea.
And when I reach the other shore.
From every danger free,
I'll at Thy footstool humbly bend,—
A full heart’s grateful iuoeuso lend
In praising only Thee.
S. W. Jonis.
The Jews iu Jerusalem.
In Jerusalem,, as iu Rome and elsewhere,
the Jews are shot up In a separate quarter,
and thut the meanest, darkest, filthiest. One
twilight I came unexpectedly into their settle
ment. ft wAs a mud lane, lined with hovels,
through which a funeral procession was slowly
moving, the body borne on men’s shoulders
in the dress of life, a perfect tatterdemalion
crew wailing as. they followed. Coming to
the Land of Promise to die, many of them
are robbed on the way, and all are preyed
upon ai£<?f they arrive ; so that, I iipprchend,
noth')n&Sfe more real about them than their
wretche<#»if*ss, They have no consul to inter
sere when taxes are exacted the second time
in the same year. If injured, they must suf
fer in silence : if plundered by Arabs, they
can have no hope of recovery. Only conver
sion would make them onlwardly comfortable,
and that they hate as perdition. Generous
help is constantly sent them from abroad,
but none too much, though the amusing story
is told of Sir Moses Montefioie having spent
all his money in alms at Jerusalem, and be
ing obliged to borrow at usurious interest
from one cf the beggars he had relieved, that
he might get back to London.— From an arti
cle on Jerusalem, by E. IF. * Holland , in the
Monthly Oossip of the December number of
Lippincolt's Magazine.
Knights of Jericho.
Bro. Harman, Proprietor of the Dispatch. —
Sir Knight; Properly studied, our Order, i.e.
tc Knights of Jericho,” can be made interest
ing as any extant. We trace Masonary back
to the time “ whereof the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary,” and Ly allow
ing the same latitude to us, our Order can be
traced farther back. The Bible, the Old
Testament, discloses the existence of an Or
der of Temperance, similar to ours, which
was in existence a century or more prior to
the Christian era. The good Samaritan was
a Knight of Jerioho. We trace our Order
through the dark ages and recognize brothers
in persons of “Knights Errant ” whose sole
mission was Humanity and Charity, and
whose most prominent virtue was Temper s
ance. They went about, properly armed,
to redress the wrongs of the oppresed, the
widow and the orphan ; their purses were al
ways at the service of the miserable. As,
however, the light of the reformation and
of the present age dispelled the gloom of
centuries, and law and order began to obtain
a foothold and to prevail: throughout the
Christian world, this austere but nohle race
of men became nearly (if not entirely) ex
tinct, and on the hot house of Royalty, various
Orders of Knighthood sprang up-possessing
or claiming none of the virtues of Knights
Errantry, except perhaps “Courage." The
gay cavaliers of Charles the second present
a striking contrast to the Knights of old. As
the world became more enljghtened it became
more dissipated, as luxury follows in the
wake of light, Intemperance being the great
est evil of the day, we have revived the no
ble old Order of Knighthood, and with the
same spirit of self-denial and moral courage,
we may accomplish that which the “ law has
not and cannot reach.”
The designs or objects of our Order may
be comprehended in the words of our motto :
Humanity, Temperance and Charitt. We
do not battle for power or principalities; in
our onward march we leave no blood sprink
led track, no homes and cities in the ruins of
conflagration. We aspire not for aggrandize
ments or munificent positions ; but to save
mankind from the withering curse of the in
ebriate, to bring sunlight and joy to the abode
of darkness and desolation, and dispel the
clouds of infamy that overshadow the moral
world, are the great objects we wish to ac
complish, and which call forth the loftiest en
ergies of every true Knight of Jericho. Liv
eried heralds trumpet not the approach of
our footsteps; no jeweled crown or marshal
led hosts of chivalry and magnificent display
await our coming; but the hearts of those
we have saved and will yet redeem will sing
an Io Pmn as they catch a glimpse of our
meteor flag, and the blessings of happy wives
and children will follow on our way, audbid
us God-speed. Our efforts are such as must
fill with delight every human breast that
throbs with the desire to benefit the moral
condition of their fellow men, while the An
gelic hosts look on with approving smiles, and
God himself sustains the noble cause.
In the flight of past generations, era after
era has dawned upon the world, each present
ing some great excellence never dreamed of
by those of other day*. The capacities of
the human mind have been enlarged, the
moral empire elevated, social happiness in
creased, and all the arts and sciences have
attained an almost incredible eminence. Buty
much more remains to be done. We must
not be content with the present, but exert
ourselves to advance still further in the scale
of moral and social improvement. And we
call upon the young men of America—ye oL
mature years, and gray-haired sires, to aid.jsf
the work. Oh ! why stand ye idle whqn thV
fields are bending beneath the
ungathered harvest and so few laborers sP
their post ?
Look around you and behold the
ting mass of corruption and misery- that ris§|
like the deadly Upas tree, throwing a unjrm
asma upon all the air around. Will you npt
strike a blow to level it with the d3|t?. —r
Shall we give our beloved land, the home of
liberty, to the ruthless destroyer, while
feriug thousands of other lands cry to foY iTeljffe
and relief? Wc must save our countryirbni|
Intemperance and ruin. Yes,
“ Tis to thy rules, oh 1 Temperance! that we owi^J
All pleasures that from health and strength can floniM
Finally, Brother, may our fair city of Jer
icho, the Star of Bethlehem, and the mistfe
light of Bethany never be obscured by tho
gloom of strife and Fraternal discord. Let
u? press oh. and battle firmly till the mijien
ium of moral reform shall dawn aud illumi
nate the waiting world.
Yours, in 11. T. and C.
W. G.F.
To Southern Teachers and Parents.
▲ CARD FROM OEN. GORDON.
My excuse for addressing you must be the
great importance of the subject to which 1
would call your attention—that of the Proper
education of our children, and the proper de
velopment of their self-respect and character.
I need not repeat any commonplaces in re
gard to the lasting effect of early impressions,
the almost impossibility of diverting the mind
from the bent given it in early years—all this
you know as well as I. Nor need I say any
thing about the powerful silent influence in
this educational work, of the school books
from which our children derive their views of
right and wrong, and their knowledge of the
facts, or misrepresentations, of history—for
this, too, you know full well.
And when I say that having been, for long
years, almost entirely dependent upon the
North for our school books, we have been
compelled to use many which were very dis
tasteful to us, because we had no alternative,
I only state that which every reader can sub
stantiate.
Long before the war we all felt the neces
sity for a change in this respect —the neces
sity for unobuoxious school books—for unsec
tional, unpolitical books—school books pres
pared by our own scholars, if that might be;
and since the war this necessity has increased
tenfold. Individual efforts, of the most praise
worthy character have, from time tc time,
been made in this direction by Southern men,
but not of a sufficient comphreheusive nature
to accomplish the purpose in view.
To fully meet the want thus universally
felt, several of our ripest scholars, and most
successful teachers, united in preparing a Se
ries of School Books unsurpassed by any others
in excellence, beauty and cheapness.
Maury wrote Geographies and Astronomy ;
Venable wrote Arithmetic, Algebras,&c.;
Holmes wrote History, Grammars, and
Readers :
Scheie de Vere wrote French Books :
Gildersleeve wrote Latin Books ;
Le Conte wrote Scientific Books :
Writing Books, dec, 3ic.;
And the Combined series is called the Univkr
sity Series of School Books : a series not
only not objectionable to our people, but posi
tively attractive to a degree heretofore entire
ly unknown. Our history, institutions, and
modes of thought here receive impartial treat
ment ; and instead of being ignored, the inter
ests of the South here receive equal represen
tation.
Then, as to intrinsic merit, who knows
more about Geography than Maury, or of
History and Grammar than Holmes, or of
Mathematics than Venable, and so on through
all the list? Each author is a master in his
special department.
It is for this series of books, so excellent,
so acceptable, so cheap (they are the cheap
est books published) that your favor is so
licited.
The books of the UNivußiiTY Series are
presented distinctly upon their merits: you
are not asked to use inferior books.
If these two questions can be answered af
firmatively :
Are these books equal to any in merit ?
Are they as cheap as any ?
Should not they receive your preference?
What is more reasonable than that South
ern Schools should be supplied with books
written by Southern scholars, provided they
are equally good with those written by North
ern men ? Is it not better, both for us, and
for our children, that such* books should be
used ?
Already the response whieh was inevitable,
to this question, has come. More than 5,000
of our best Southern Schools are using these
books; several Southern States have already
adopted them for exclusive use in their pub
lic schools; County Boards every South
ern Slate' are adopting them; and the best
private schools are replacing books hitherto
used, with them. The success of the “ Uni
versity Series” is unprecedented in the history
of school book publishing, and is destined to
be yet greater.
Do the people of the South desire to rid
themselves of obnoxious books and perni
cious teachings ? Can it be better done than
by unanimously sustaining this first compre
hensive educational enterprise of our own
scholars, and by making the University Se
ries” the
UNIFORM SERIES IN EVERY SOUTHERN STATE.
(Including, of course, any other books hav
ing equal claim for consideration.) Our
schools will then be supplied with books which
they can long continue to use ; pupils com
pelled to change their schools will no longer
be retarded in their studies by *a change of
books, for all will use the same; and parents
will be saved the expense of present constant
changes, while they are relieved of all anx
iety in regard to the character of the teachings
under which their children are brought.
This subject, in all its bearings, is of the
highest importance to us as a people, my
countrymen. It is not a sectional movement,
but a national and patriotic one. It is not a
mere rivalry between different publishers, or
I would not presume to ask your attention
to it. It goes down deep into our dearest in
terests ; it is the forming of the minds of
your children and mine, which is ait stake;
the developing of their self-respect and
character, which is to be the result.
It is an enterprise so important to us that
our best citizens—our representative men in
every State, to the number of 300 or more,
the men we all honor and esteem—shave
put their money into the work, not to make
profit out of it, although that is certain, but
that abundant means should not be lacking
to prosecute the enterprise on the largest
scale.
Will the teachers and parents of the South
nnitedly sustain these authors, and these gen
tlemen in the work thus described, by adopt
ing and using these books to the exclusion of
all not so acceptable 1 I do not doubt your
answer.
If yoq desire further information in regard
tu the write to the University Pub- I
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The Seem of Mr. Stuart’s Mercantile Sue
ees«.
ProbaVy the most striking instance of ad
ft? a few rigid rules is afforded by the
man who ; s conceded to lead the mercantile
world of us continent. Men envy his suc
cess who sight have stood even with him in
the race ia J they but inexflexible held to
sjmiiar n
Firsts - & foremost in the stand which Mr.
Stewart. t< ok was the rule to permit no mis
represemLn of goods.- Purchasers were not
slow to ii j out tha(jn hjs establishment there
need be jaio fear Whether
.they ,werf perfectly acquainted with the na
ture of the they wish lo pur
[phase, or ?ere ignorant on the point,
[they were sure of having the'Truth told. Mr.
it thorouhly understood by all
his clerks that tell the truth; and
he had id jnjuqctioft so conspieiously placed
that his employees were perpetually reminded
g£|. fc h e s r >at rule establishment. If a
flsfek wa: discovered in an overstatement or
« falseho. ts, he was instafitly dismissed. The
natural ej of this course, was the
rigid sell.advertising power oT his business.
women say, “ Go, or send
tnfere fonfyou to just what the
article jsf raflagehtedi to Ye,” then friends
and ip availing them
selves cflFguch a n advantage. 7 "
The observance of the “one price sys
tem” necessarily co-operative with
•the confess that it is exceeding
ly difficult to Maintain thtb rule, and where a
iaTge proportion of*business is transacted on
jtjs well nigh impossible.; but when
-the rflle >'j s “ Pay on 'geliv&y,£ it can be
6 is brought to the household of
otaer when he feels confident that
! ite>an s« n d a child or a servant ti> make a
'purchase, and he will be sure of not only get
ting he wants, but obtaining it oti
exactly tfie same terms as if he were to go
himself, 'it is a great thing for a merchant
to discover that the money of the poor man
is as gopc) as the money of the rich—the cash
of the stronger as good as the cash of the ac
quaintance. In Mr. S|pwarl's vast establish
ment thq, clerks haVe no option whatever in
the regulation of prices ; this, they know,
can never be taken out of the hands of the em
ployer. V
the terrors of shopping take
their fligl& in view of these rules, and hus
bands caij pluck up courage to go with their
wives when they understand there is to be .no
jwing.
still another rule with Mr. Stew
a:t, whi.A-.has immediate relation to the com
fort and vantage of the customer, and that
his prohibition of any importunity
to Who is there, having had
any of shopping in a city, that
does not ~a kind of terror of a certain class
of storesH e retains a vivid impression
of his helpless bewilderment amidst a babel
,of recom-m en c| a t,i ons and solicitations, until,
at last, sheer confusion, or from the de
sire to es.ijipo, he purchased an article he did
not want*o, and went out of the shop with an
inward revolution never to enter it again. But
here you oay gaze upon millions of dollar’s
worth and no man will interrupt
either ys>ur meditations or admiration. —
Among th e highest productions of the cunning
skill of liian you may make your choice with
out fear jfte least intermeddling importu
nity.—Ffout Our Monthly Gossip in the De
cember nJknoer of Lippincotl's Magazine.
Ozone.
This principal, which enters into the form
ation of water, was discovered by C. F. Scho
enbein, of Germany, who proclaimed it to
be a material substance; that one atom of
oxygen, r.io atom of hydrogen and one atom
of ozone, when chemically combined, pro
duced water; that when the electric spark
was transfnitted through oxygen and hydro
gen gas, t ; iey disappeared and water was the
result.
This experiment, and the assumption of
Schoenbe?n, Huxley, Saigey, Shepard, and
others, conveys false impression, altogether
at variants# with the law’s of God. It is the
withdrawal of the Ozone from the molecule
that permits the union of the Oxygen and
Hy drogen. Ozone is a modification of elec
tricity, or the “ cause of motion in matter ,”
and animals and plants; or, in other
words, “the spirit of God which moved npon
the recorded in the first chapter of
Genesis ; not matter but an immaterial and
intangibles principle, which, instead of being
a constituent of water, is simply the agent
which prevents the union of these substances
only mide^certain temperatures; as in Egypt
the atmospheric currents always tending to
the Equator from the Mediterranean, and
their ternfferature, being increased, it never
rains. The electric principle, called Ozone,
prevents tiie union of the atoms of Oxygen and
Hydrogei/ and it consequently cannot rain.
This modified form of electricity, does not
enter intti the composition of the molecules
which form water.: — M. S., in Sun sth.
The L&ndmark of Jerusalem. The
“ DomeT'/ Trie Rock,” which marks Jerusa
lem as tbit of the Capitol marks Washing
ton, has n<! rival for beauty, hardly for sanc
tity. BC -cVers in three great religions re
vere -wh«»re Solomon’s Temple once
stood: th Mohammedan, who only exalts
Mecca a if Mg higher ;. the Jew, A'.'ho has had
no other jß' tual sanctuary, and who expects to
meet a m Veiled Jehovah at that accepted
shrifK#«& 1 th£ Christian, who held it awhile
throughiS valor, and is quietly
coining it to possession of it again. The
blue-and-v. bite Temple seems as a cloud rest
ing for a- loment over the altar of so many
thousand j ears’ sacrifice, by and by to meet
away in the sereno heavens. No structure
that ever i u»od there could have been more
graceful, » sue more sublime. It is strange
that so charming a model has never been fol
lowed. Fir inferior patterns have been ser
vilely copi and, but none has been attempted of
this, w hos< perfection is said to have cost the
artist his 1 ?ad, the Sultan being determined
theexperin ient should not be repeated. The
recent exp orations of English engineers, be
sides mapi ing out the whole area belonging
U> the anc< nt Court of the Gentiles—ran area
of one tho isand by fifteen hundred feet—
have prove! all that was conjectured about
the antique y of the bevelled stones forming
the outer \ all. They certainly go back to
Solomon, a id are remarkable stone work for
that early day, though far inferior to the
Egyptian masterpieces, where thousands of
artisans their lives in deoorating a sin
gle tomb.— From an article on Jerusalem,
by F.\W. Holland, in the Monthly Gossip
of the December number of Lippincott's Mag
azine.
I— .
• A Fiendish Old Woman. —The Edgefield
Advertiser Jays that on the 15th inst., ltachel
Stallsworth! an aged negro woman living on
the plantation of Major Lemuel Corley, mur
dered her great grand-child, ouly four days
old, by takibg it from the bed of the mother,
and deliberately breaking its neck. An in
quest was 1 eld upon the body of the child,
and a verdiit t rendered accordingly. The old
murderess i ias been arrested and lodged in
jail. The vie and unnatural atrocity of this
murder is enough to make the blood run told.
Fun, Fact, and Fancy.
“I fell you, wife, I’ve got the plan all in
my head.” “ Ah; then it’s all in a nutshell.”
A man whom you can hire tew work on a
farm for nothing and board himself, will just
earn his wages.—Josh.
Teacher—“ Gerty, you are' a very good
girl to day.” Gerty—“ Yes, ma’am; I couldn’t
help being good ; I had a stiff neck.”
A Dutchman says, “ I doesn!t like the
milk I get in Milwaukee. I like de udder
kind.”
There iz two kind ov men that I don’t kare
to meet with when I am in a grate hurry:
men that I owe, and men that want to owe
me.”
And now an exchange wants to know since
work is pronounced wirk, why pork is
not pronounced pirk ? These questions are
very irksome. lt j <
Over the door of a cobbler’s shop in Savan
nah, Ga., appears this legend: “ Boots and
shoes are mad hear —ladies and shentlemens
repaired. Kum in hear.”
Proof Positive.— Good young lady—
“ Little boy, have you ever been baptized ?”
Small heathen—“ Oh yes, mum j I’ve the
marks here on my arm.”— Judy.
The editor of an Eastern paper having re
ceived a bank note detector, returns thanks,
and modestly asks for some bank notes upou
which to test its accuracy.
Schoolmistress—“ Jonr.ny, I’m ashamed of
you 1 When I was yodir age I could read as
well as Ido now !’’ Johnny—Aw! but you’d
a different tayeher to wot we’rii got!”
A reader of an article in an ,Evangelical
weekly on “converting United States twen
ties,” says he kf(fs*lo be a missionary in that
field, and thinks he should zleave unto his
flock. ( 'iM*.
Item from a Georgia newspaper: A negftT
went so far as to faint in a store at Bainbridge.
He was restored to consciousness by an un
sympathizing friend who sprinkled him with
the short end of a buggy trace.
One of the most touching inscriptions on
record is that on a tombstone of a dead wife
in the Duxbury (Mass.) graveyard. It reads :
<r Chisel can’t help her any, and tears is of
no use.” Could martial grief be more ten
derly and pathetically expressed ?
It is announced among the fall fashions that
long trains of admirers are considered desir
able.
How Good Farmers save their Money.
They take good papers and read them.
- They keep account of farm opperations.
They do not leave their farm implements
scattered over the farm, exposed to the rain,
heat and snow.
They repair tools aud buildings at the
proper time, and do not suffer subsequently
three fold expenditure of time and money.
They use their money judiciously, and they
do not attend auction sales to purchase all
kinds of trumpery, because it is cheap.—
They see that their fences are well repaired,
and their cattle are not grazing in the mead
ows, grain fields or orchards.
They do not refuse to make correct exper
iments in any way, of many new things.
They plant their fruit trees well,and care
for them, and, of course, get good crops,
They practice economy by giving their
stock good shelter during the winter, also
good food, taking all that is unsound, half
rotten or mouldy, off.
They do not keep a tribe of cats or snail
ing dogs around the premises, who eat more
in a month than they are worth in their whole
life. Lastly, they read the [advertisements
and know what is going on, and frequently
save money by it.
Successful farming is made by attending to
little things. The farmer who does his best
earns his money with best appreciation and
uses it with’hest results. Such inen are the
salt of the earth.
How to Cook a Beefsteak,
A beefsteak ought always to be broiled
and never fried; but the following method
of cooking is recommended:
The frying-pan being wiped very dry, place
it upon the stove and let it become very hot,
then lay it in the hot, dry pan, which instantly
cover as tight as possible. When the raw
flesh touches the heated pan, of course it
seeths and adheres to it, but, in a few sec
onds, it becomes loosened and juicy. Every
half minute turn the steak, but be careful to
keep it as much as possible under cover.—
When nearly done, lay a small piece of but
ter on it, and if you want much gravy, add a
teaspoonful of strong coffee. In t hree mins
utes from the time the first steak ‘goes into
the pan it is ready for the table. This method
of cooking makes the most delicately broiled
steak full of juice, yet retaining the healthful
beefy flavor. The same method may be ap
plied to mutton chops, only they need a lit
tle longer cooking. An excellent gravy may
made by adding a little cream, thickened
with a pinch of flour, into which, when off
the fire, and partly coo!, stir in a yolk of aa
egg well beaten.
After all, broiling i3 the only way to cook
a beefsteak, and the Epicure Broiler is the
machine to do it perfectly.
The Pm Trade,—There are eight pin fac
tories in the United States, whose annual pro
duction is 2,000,000 packs, each pack contain
ing 3,660 pins, a total of 0,720,000,000. One
manufacturer’s agent in Boston, says the
Bulletin , sells every six months, from 700 to
1,000 cases of pins per week, each case con
taining 072,000 pins. The factory which he
represents turns out eight tons of pins per
week. Hair pins are jobbed by the cask,
There is but one factory in this country that
produces them. They turn out fifty tons per
month. The machine that cuts and bends
the wire makes 860 hair pins per minute,
ready for japanning. Yankee pins are saleable
in nearly every city in the world, and the
production and consumption increases each
year about ten per cent. And, the question
naturally arises, what becomes of all the pins ?
Euoenie’s Jewhls.—A gentleman travel
ling in Europe writes of seeing $250,000
worth of Eugenie’s jewels in pawn at London.
There were tiaras, necklaces, two large an
chors, of diamonds, and about five inches
long; lots of brooches, one being a butterfly,
the body of which was a large opal, about two
inches long, and the wings act upon springs,
and made of diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
There was a wonderful necklace of black
pearls—the only one in existence—each being
about as large us a marrowfat pea ; also, an
emerald cro->s, quite unique, the emeralds be
ing oblong and set edge to edge, nothing be
tween, and about six inches the long part of
the cross, and one each side, of the centre, to
form the arms; this was about four and a
half inches long. Two ear rings of diamonds,
the very purest, but each cut like a drop of
water, and hung pendant and swinging from
the small end, several ear-rings, all large dia
monds, and six diamond rings, one a superb
one, worth 400 pounds sterling.
C9J. istian Humility. —Naturalists observe
that the Egyptian fig tree, being put into the
water, presently sinks to the bottom; but
being well soaked with moisture, contrary to
the nature of all other wood, buoys itself up
to the top of the water. So we may say of
humble-minded men: they keep the lowest
place and degree in every thing; but in such
places they are soaked with the waters of
grace and devotion, with the waters of tears
and compunction of heart, with the waters of
pity and compassion of other men’s miseries;
then do they (after death especially) swim up
to that incomparable height of glory which
God hath assured to the poor in spirit.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SINGER •
STILL TRIUMPHANT!
FIRST PREMIUM
AT ATLANTA FAIR,
OCTOBER I, 1871,
FOR BEST FAMILY MACHINE.
FIRST PREMIUM
• AT Tlf OSI ASVILLE,
NOVEMBER 2, 1871, .
( ,V *>* ' " • '• J ' V ' '’>
FOR BEST FAMILY MACHINE.
PREMIUM
AT THE HIA;CON FAIR,
OCTOIIER, 1871,
FAMILY MACHINE,
X
With Best aud Most ft%eful Attachments.
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AND
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AWARDED THE SINGER
AT THE
AUGUSTA FAIR, NOVEMBER, 1871.
Examine On r M a chine.
11. D. IIA.WLEY,
Gsneral Agont for Georgia, South Carolina and Floi iitu.
R T. SMILLIE,
Local Agent, corner Broad and Alabama Streets, At
lanta, Georgia. 2541-50 t
gMITH, CHEATHAM & CO.,
(Successors to ELON G. SMITH & C 0.,)
PORK PAGEIERS,
PROVISION AND COMMISSION
MF RCH A NT,I,
Corner Third aud Spruce Streets,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Solicit orders trom the Trade for goods in our line,
2562-86-6 t
In life for our
Boys, Young Men, and Men of Middle Age,
That assures a
SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.
EASTMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
An Institution of Learning—devoted to the Practi
cal Education of Young Men, Bovs, and Men of mid
dle age. The A. R. Kastman System of Actual
Business Training, by the novel and original plan
of combining Theory with Practice, is especially de
signed for those who desire to engage iu active, suc
cessful business.
Its Character. —lt is a live, practical, common sense
school, suited to the wants of the times, It is conduct
ed by able and competent teachers. It is endorsed by
the press, by prominent business men, by educators,
and by those who have been the recipients of its touch
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Course op Studt. —The course of study is short,
practical, useful, and is just what every man needs, and
what every successful man uses, no matter what his
calling or profession may be. It comprises every va
riety of Business and Finance, from Retail to Banking
Operations,, by the great system of Actual Business
Instruction. Book-Keeping in alt its various methods
Business Forms, Terms and Usages, Business Writing,
Correspondence, Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial
Law, Partnership Settlements, Detecting Counterfeit
Money, and Business Biography.
Its Location. — It is located in Atlanta, the Capital
of the State—the Chicago of the South—famous for its
health and climate, its building enterprises, its rail
roads and its schools. It is centrally located, and is
easy of access from all the surrounding States.
Time op Entering.— There are no terms or divisions.
Students can enter any week day during the year with
equal advantaga. There are no examinations at time
of commencing. For further particulars, address
A. R. EASTMAN, Principal,
2550-6 m Atlanta, Georgia.
The rural accountant, a simple
and Piactical, yet Complete System of Plantation
and Farm Accounts.—Contents : A Plan of the Farm,
Inventory of Farm Investment, Time Rolls lor each
month, Gestation Account, Cush Account, General Ac
counts, Crop Accounts, Memoranda; prefaced by a full
and complete explanation of tbe book. Also, compris
ing a Selection of Practical Information needed every
day on the Farm. Price: Small size, $1.25; per mail,
$1.40. Large size, $2; per mail, s2.B'). The great
value of these books must be apparent to every farmer.
Orders for the size wanted, with the money addressed
to J. J. Toon, Atlanta, Ga., wilt meet with prompt at
tention. 2550
BELL FOUNDRY,
ajrfTt Established in 1837.
m Superior Bells for Churches,
a. Sv!@l Schools, etc., of Pure Cop
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AND
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Agents for Kuabe and other Pianos.
Special discounts given ou Robinson’s Maw Casekt.
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g -EM
That farmers will allow millions of dollars worth ol
fine, luscious peaches to rot under the trees, when they
■could, by a little effort, not only save them, but at the
same time make up for short corn und cotton crops.
Mcßride A Cos. offer an almost inexhaustible supply of
Victory Fruit .Jars.
These Jars, everything considered, are, beyond ull
question, tbe best and cheapest Jars in the murket.
2550- MoBRIDE A CO.
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A BOOK, under the above title, has just been pub
lished by James P. Simmons, of Lawrencuviile, Ga.
He bolds that the souls ot men are Fallen Aoels
“cast out” of heaven with flatun, by Christ—who
offers us pardon here- That the Bible so teaches—is
true, and, in this view, consistent with Science and
Jieueon.
314 pages Bvo., Tint. Price, $2.50. For sale by
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Clanton, R. k H., 819-821 Market St., Phila.; J. A.
Gresham, t>2 Camp St., New Orleans; J. W. Burke &
Cos., Maoon. and J. J. k S. P. Richards, Atlanta, Oa.
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GUN MATERIAL. Write for Price List, to
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Ask any dealer for A. A onstantinb's Soap.
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THE STEWART COOK STOVE.
WITH DUMPING GRATE.
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FULLER, WARREN & CO.,
TROY. N. Y.
The Stewart Stove, which has been in use for more
thau a quarter of a ceutury, and by its economy and
complete adaptation to the wants of the kitchen,“has
maintained an acknowledged superiority over all other
.stoves, is uow introduced to the public with all the
modern conveniences of Front Draft, Ash Drawer
ami Dumping Grate. The Flues have also been
enlarged and improved, so as to ensure an excellent
Draft at all times, and still to retain in the Stove ils
unrivalled economical features. No stove has ever yet
beeu made to do us much work with as little J'ad us the
Stewart. The following brief summary is the result
of One Day’s Work, recently accomplished at Gto
veraville, N‘ Y., with one Stowart Stove:
Baked 415 pounds of bread, half a bushel of po
tatoes, 5 apple pies. Roasted 73 pounds of beet.
Boiled 1 baixal of water; also, 17 gallons heated to
150 degrees, ’ all this with one coni fire, not a particle,
of coal being put into the stove alter the tire was start
ed in the morning. Those in wautoi Cook Stoves will
secure the most-economy by procuring the best. The
Stewart Stoves* are formate in nearly fevery town and
city throughout the-United States.
FULLER, WAIfREN & CO.,
Exclusive Manufacturers,
Troy, N. Y.
_ . . ) 53 State St., Chicago, 111.
Branch Houses • gQ Cleveland, O.
The Warren Double Oven Cooking Range
the most perfect operating Range in tho market, and
ihs Lawson Hot Air Furnaces, tho very best for
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Kjy* Descriptive Pamphlets furnished on application.
For sa.e in Atlanta l.y J. WARLICK,
2486 Poaehtrec Street.
rMPO RT A IST T NOTIOE
I. TO
CONSUM E R S O F I) R Y GOODS.
,1H Retail Orders amounting to S2O and Over Delivered
In any Part of tho Country,
Free of Express Charges.
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OF BALTIMORE, MR.,
n ordev the better to meet the wants ot their Retail
ustomers at a distance, have established a
S-A-IMUPLIE BU'REAU,
and will, upon application, prompPy sou! by mail full
lines of Samples of the Newe.-1 and most Fashionnblp
Goods,of FRENCH,ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MAN
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if not at less prices, than any house in tho country.
Buying our Goods from the largest and most celebra
ted manufacturers in different parts of Europe, and
importing the same by Steamers direct td 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 cu*h, and make no ba,F
debts, wo are able and willing to sell our goods at from
Tk.v to Fifteen Pna Cunt. Less Profit than it we gave
credit.
In soiling for Samples, specify the kind of goods de
sired. We keep the best grades of every class of goods,
from the lowest to the most costly.
Orders unaccompanied bathe oaeh, will be sent 0. 0. D.
PROMI’T-PA YING WIIOLESALEIIVI'EDS are
invited to inspect the Stock in our Jobbing and Pack
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107, 100, 201 and 208 West Baltimore Si reel,
2525—2575 Baltimore, Md.
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cf'xjjjjjjgsigifeA been made at this establishment thau
at, all the other foundries in the
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TRAVELERS’ GUIDE.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD CO
E. W. Cole, Superintendent, Atlanta.
Night Passenger Train — Outward.
Leaga Atlanta 1 (>.30 P.M
Ariivo at Chuttaiiooga 6.10 A.M
Day Passenger Train — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 6.00 A.M
Arrive at Chattanooga 1.21 P-M
Fast Letie to Ntw York—Outward.
Leave Atlanta 2.45 P.M
Arrive at l)nlton 7.53 P.M
Night Passenger Train — lnward.
Leave Chattanooga 5.20 P.M
Arrive at Atlanta ...1.42 A.M
Day Passenger Train — lnward.
Leave Chattanooga 5 30 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta ..2.20 P.M
Accommodation Tram lnward.
Leavo Dalton 2.25 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 9,10 A.M
GEORUIA RAILROAD.
S. K. Johnson, Superintendent, Augusta.
Day Pass tiger Train.
Lenve Augusta 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 P.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 1.13 P.M., arriving at Athens at
4.35 P.M. Leavo Athens at 9.13 A.M., arrivin,. at
Union Point 12.50 P.M. On Monday and Tuesday
nights, u train leaves Union Point at 2.90 A.M , arrives
at Athens 5.15 A.M.; leaves Athens, 6 P.M., arriving
at Union Point, 11 P.M.
Washington Branch.—Trnin leaves Washington
at 10 A.M., arrives at Barnett, 11.30 A.M.; leaves
Barnett 2.15 P.M., arriving at Washington *t Lid
P.M. Ou Monday and Tuesday nig! jisJ*,! l *!
Ingtou at 1-0.20 P.M., arriving at Burnett. 12 at night.
Leaves Barnett, 1.60 All., arrives at Washington,
3.30 A.M.
Macon 'and Augusta Railroad. — Train leav.a
Cuinuk. 12.40 P.M., arriving at Milledgeville Junction
4.20 P.M.; leaves Junction at 6.15 A.M, arrivin;'. m
Camak, 9.25 A M. Connects Augutin with Son'll
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 ut West Poiut 11.40 A.M
Day Passenger 'Train. — h ward.
Leave West Foint 12 45 P.M
Arrive at Atlanta.. 5.00 P.M
Night Freight and Passenger — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 7.00 P.M
Arrive at West Point 10.45 P.M
Night Freight and Passenger—lnwa/d.
Leave West Point 3.00 A M
Arrive at Atlanta ...10.07 A.M
NASHVILLE AN D CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD
J. W. Thomas, Superintendent, Nashville,
Day Passenger Train,.
Leave Nashville 9 30 A.M
Arrive at Chattanooga I .M
Leave Chattanooga 3.45 A.M
Arrive at Nashville 1 30 P.M
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Nashville. ®^ T*.M
Arrive at Chattanooga t ™ o' v
Leave Cliuttanooga °U r.M
Arrive at Nashville J 00 A M
Night trains run daily; day trnius run daily, Sun
days excepted.
Both trains connect at Chattanooga lor Rome, At ,
lanta, and all principal Southern nties. J
gel,nii, Rome amt Dutton Railroad.
DAT PASSKNOm TRAIN NOUUi.
Leave Selrra.
A n-1 VO at Rome. l : 7 hJ*-
Arrive at Dalton Jl:-hr
might rAsecHOKR train—moith. X
Leave Dalton 8:10^.
Arrive at Homo y 11-26 p.m>
Arrtvo at iivlioa. • 1U.30 a m
accommodation tuain.
Leave Rome I:46ji.ui.
Arrive at Rome 1:45 p.m J
The accommodation train runa from Romo to
dally, Sunday* excepted. The through passenger train oula
will he run on Sunday.