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192 J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PBOPBIBTOR. -— ■■ - —rag ON FURLOUGH. ir j. b. & 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 LISHINO ■ifC'SiWANr, 153 - & 157 Crosby St., j New Y?jg|i|iAer 5-4 Lexington St., Baltimore | f ; —or to at Atlanta, Ga., and illustrated Catalogues- and other information will be sent to you at mee, without charge , - J. B. Gordon. 6 tmmm* —*— — » 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. GOLD IVLrKIIDJYXa, AND Three Silver Medals, 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 ings. 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 fn*T ■ per and Tin, fully war ps BK/p.' '• A -Sti ranted, and mounted with Ik vvf| our Latest Improved Rotary Hangings, the m t .Illustrated Catalogue sent free* VANDUZEN & TIFT, - 102 & 104 E. Sewml St* CLacinaaii, 2540—90—50 t PHILLIPS & CREW, BOOKSELLERS; AND M XT 91 C DEALE RS, ATLANTA, CEURUII. Agents for Kuabe and other Pianos. Special discounts given ou Robinson’s Maw Casekt. 2557-69-1 St 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. IN HEAVEN. 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 Oakley, Mason & Cos,, 142 and 144 Grand St., N. Y.; 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. 2544-ts BUSINESS CARDS. Rifles, shot-guns, revolvers, GUN MATERIAL. Write for Price List, to GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. Army Guns, Revolvers, eto., bought or traded for. Agents wanted. ¥550-76-87 A. €O AST AN T 1 NfPS [Persian Healing Soap. Patkntkd March 12, 1867. FOR THE 70ILET, HATH AM) NURSE It V it,'This Soap has no equal. It preserves the complex ion fair, the skin soft, flexib.e and healthy. It removes all dandruff, preserves the hair soft and silky, and pre vents it from falling off. It cures Pimples, till Diseases of the Scalp and Skin, and is a GOOD SHAVING SOAP. Agents wanted. Oflice, 48 Ann St., New York. Ask any dealer for A. A onstantinb's Soap. 2532 t THE STEWART COOK STOVE. WITH DUMPING GRATE. LATEST IMPROVEMENT! BEST IN THE WORLD; manufactured by 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 heating Ohurohes, Public Buildings, and Private Resi dences, are also manufactured and for sale by FULLER, WARItEN & CO. 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. HAMILTON, EASTER & SONS, 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 UFACTURE, guaranteeing at all times to sell as low, 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 ago Department. Addiess HAMILTON, EASTER & SONS, 107, 100, 201 and 208 West Baltimore Si reel, 2525—2575 Baltimore, Md. mWousoKi. (Established in 18'sO.) BELLS for Churches, Academies, fiP AK ‘A Factories, etc., of which more lmvo cf'xjjjjjjgsigifeA been made at this establishment thau at, all the other foundries in the *B jfea country combined. All hells war ranted. An illustrated Cotulogue sent free upon application to E. A. A G. It. MENEEI.Y, M 8546—y* West Troy, N. Y. 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.