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VOL. II.
The Hancock
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Professionals:
F. L. L I T T L E ,
Sparta, Oa.
BQL- Office in Law Building, west of the C. II.
GEORGE F. PIERCE, Jr.
Sparta, Ga.
Office in Law Building, west of tho C.H
PROFESSIONAL OA:
m patroringe, A. V. DURHAM, lakes pleasure thankful in nnrmu^iug for^t
that ho still cootirmes^ tho practice of M* diem#
and Surgery in the town of Sparta, y
Having associated with himself lhA brother
Dr G. W* Durham in practice. ouy jr the ot^er
of of ilium the day* may be found at their ofli^ nt all times
. .
fitaj" Special nttenfj le given to the treat¬
uent of Chrouic /* Di ises and diseases peculiar
to Females. Fob 12—ly
“CiEi GG II, JONES,”
WITH
M ^ CO
V Br °»td Street.
lender (mcntral Hotel, Aumla,*Georgia
i Dealers In
F lJK E hUOdGRlRk,
HW m W inea, Liquors and Cigars ;
lAjN'RL ALSO,
Kptfiao von mis? n MAIt chants
1BC9. ly.
t'lini'ftct* A* Sledge,
Trimmer & Upholsterer,
Harness Maker and Repairer,
Sparta, Ga.
ia M AY bo found in the upper story of J A,
Bcudday’s Carriage Shop, where he is
prepared to servo the public in his line of
work, ou terms to suit the times. may7-ly
JEWEL’S MILLS.
(FORMERLY ROCK FACTORY.)
Post Office at Culverton, Ga.
E WILL MANUFACTURE WOOL FOR
CUSTOMERS this season, on the following
terms :
Wool Manufactured in JEANS (ool’d warp) at
80 cents per yard ; 20ots yard;
Manufactured into Kerseys at per
or Carded into ROLLS at 12£ cents and per lb. Yarns
Sheetings, Shirtings, Osnaburgs
constantly on hand.
Wool Wauled,
In Exchange fur Goods, at market value, or
for CASH.
CoDaiirnaicnts by Raifroad should be direct¬
ed to Culverton, Ga. D. A. JEWEL,
insy 14 Obi Proprietor.
New Cabinet Shop.
JOHN FRIESE,
manufacturer and dealer in
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE,
T)JB8PBCTFULLY informs tho citizens of
Xb eqparta and vicinity that he has re
Jp*. pontly opened in this place an establishment
? Muuufautiirc ami K« )mii ing
JOf fURNITtHE OK EVERY PEKUKIPTION.
|nnd —ill bep ®n hand a full assortment of
Bedflteadz, rubles, Chairs, &c.
or make to order any article in the cabinet
line at the lowest prioes and at short notice.
Call and sco him.
Will also Supply Coffins at
abort notice.
jaa. 15.
Roberts,Morris&Shivers
Successors to James T. Gardiner & Co.
1 m WAREHOUSE ANll
COMMISSION MEECIaANTS,
WILL their Augusta, Ga.,
Bjorage give personal attention to tho
aud sale of COTTON, aud such other
produce as may be sent to them.
’nets on Prodwoo tit Stare.
house Having withdrawn from the General Ware¬
and Commission business, in favor
ROBERTS, MORRIS <£• SHIVERS,
I lake pleasure in recommending them to the
confidence and Patronage of my old friends.
They are ail men of Largo Burinew Experience
and only. ample means to conduct business satisfhe
to jau U J. T GARDINER,
ITSTDEFEISTDEHSTT IlST AjLli, gs -NEUTRAL IN NOTHING.
SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA., SEPTEMBER 17, 1869.
Furniture*
• & J. 0 A RAKER ar© now receiving a
lot of NICE FURNITURE, consisting of Bed
Ropm scfs, Tables, Chairs, Wash stands, Ward¬
robes, They Ac., Ac.
Blinds ^ are prepared to fill all orders for Sash
and Panel Doors. Also,
ROSEWOOD AND METALIC
COFFINS
MASONIC HALL, MILLEDGKVILLE
Quick sales and small profits is the motto of
trade with us.
Furniture Repaired
Patronagesolicit OStaThey also carry on the Wagon businsks
ed • may 7—3m.
I T. HEARD &
AVAREIIOUSE
AND
Commission Merwrc JtSVS
COB. REYNOLDS & M’lK
Warehouse formerly occupiedBUS
TIN 4 waj Jr
ISAAC T. HEARD, O. M. STONE,
AUGUSrA, GA.
Will devote their allot personal attention to
the STORAGE and ALE of COTTON aud all
othtr FRODUCBf
Orders foriiagging:, Rope, Etc.,
p romp tly attended to.
advances made at all times
on Pnts store.
for OULLETT’S PATENT 1M
ED STETL BRUSH COTTON GINS.
5o, HALLS PATENT COTTON GIN FEED
R.
July 23d, 18G9, Cm.
H. SASNETT,
110 Broughton Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Will keep constantly on hand a select stock of
BOOTS & SHOES,
ROTH AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
rpHE X is oarnestly patronajro solicited. of my friends and the public
JjJkgr I will fill all orders'promptly for CASH,
'«duly 1G—ly II. II. Sasnclt
M. FNmri AliL,
wAREinmgE
AND
Commision Morcliant,
JACKSON STREET,
'AUGUSTA, GA.
VyONTINUES the to give liis pe sonal attention
to storage aud aud sale of COTTON and
other produce.
Orders for Plantation and Family supplies
promptly andoarefully filled
fiiayMle is prepared to make libeial CASH
ADVANCES on all consignments.
July 23d, 3m.
ENCOURAGE
Home Productions.
A Mont Delightful Tonic!
A Most Delightful Tonic!
A MON* Delightful Tonic!
OLD CAROLINA BITTERS!
A SOUTHERN PREPARATION.
VALIJA RLE & DELIA RLE
Tj^QUAL 1‘j market, if not and superior at much to less any price. Bitters Cures in the
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Chill aud Fever,
aud is without doubt the best Tonic in use.
GOODRICH, WINEMAN & Co ,
Manufacturers and Proprietors, and Direct Im¬
porters of Choice CHARLESTON, Drugs and Ceemicals. |
S\ C.
For sale in Sparta by
A. W. BERR Y, and
Jyl6 6m POWELL & BIRDSONG,
POLLARD, COX & CO.
COTTON FACTORS
WAKEHOl'SF. AND
Con’mission Merchants.
Corner Reynolds and Campbell Streets,
/"CONTINUE Augusta, Ga,
TUElIt BUSINESS at their
old stand and will give their strict per¬
sonal attention to the Storage and Sale of
Cottou and all other produce. Orders for
Bagging aud Rope promptly attended to—
Consignments respectfully selieited
Cotton consigned to us is delivered from the
cars—a considerable saving to planters.
Agents for Reed’s Phosphate and Georgia
Factory.
The interesta o( the firm will be represented
by Judge Henry H. Fitzpatrick, of Warren
county. may2—6m
Town Property For Sale.
fllUE subscriber offers for sale the DWELL
I ING HOUSE and lot containing thirty
acres more or less with all necessary outbuild¬
ings aud a convenient office attached, at pres¬
ent occupied the COTTAGE by Dr. Win. L. Alfriend.
Also, HOUSE and lot oppo¬
site Mr. John T- Martin’s residence, now oc¬
cupied by Mrs. V. M. Lawson*
, , . G. W. WATKINS,
may 28—tf Sparta, Ga.
Poetry,
-
Sum thing lsefl. nAone ‘
*Y HENRY W. LyT* FELLOW.
Labor with what w ‘
Something etill ms undone;
Something uucom still
Waite the rising the suu.
By the be j ft the stair,
At the thr V Id, near the gates,
With its Of its prayer,
Like idicaul il waits—
Wi r nd will not go away ;
HRs. and will nut b<* gainsaid;
We cares of yesterday
fach -o day is ht avier made.
Prill Gieater at length thau it ia. or strength seems, bear
r.ur can ;
As the burden of our dreams,
Pressing ou us evei ywhere.
Aud we s'and fr« m day to day,
Like lhe dwarfs of tunes goue by
Who, the north* legenos ’
rn say,
On their trhoulders hold the sky.
Miscellany,
Elegance —. does not make a Home
I never saw a garment too fine for man
or maid; there was never a chair too good
for a cobler or cooper or king to sit iu,
never a house too fine to shelter the hu
man head. These elements about us, the
gorgeous sky, the imperial sun, are not too
good lor the human race. Elegance fits
man. But do we not valfic these tools of
housekeeping a little more than they are
worth, and sometimes mortgage a homo
for the sake of the mahogany we would
bring into it? 1 had rather eat my din
ner off the head of a barrel, or dress after
the fashion of John the Baptist in the
wilderness, or sit on a rock all mv life,
than consume all myself before I got to a
hornc, and take so much pains with the
outside that the inside was as fiollow as an
empty beauty nut. of Beauty is a great thing, but
garments, house and furniture,
is domestic a very tawdry ornament compared with
love. All the elegance in the
world will not make a home, and I would
give more for a spoonful of real hearty
love than for whole shiploads of furniture
and all ihe gorgeousness that all the up
bolsterers of the world could gather to
gether.— Theodore Parker. *
Mis— spent Eveninus —The boy who
spends an hour of each evening lounging
idly on a street corner, wastes, in the
course of a year, three hundred and
five precious hours, which, if applied to
study, would familiarize him with the
rudiments ot‘ almost any of the familiar
sciences. 11 in addition to wasting an
hour each evening, he spends ten cents for
a cigar, which is usually the case the a
mount thus worse than wasted, would pay
for ten of the leading periodicals of the
•ouu'.ry. Boys, think of these tliitgs.—
Think how much precious time and |ood
money you are wasting, and for what?—
The gratification afforded by the louage
on the corner, or by the cigar, is not only
temporary, but positively hurtful 1 Yo»
cannot indulge iu these practices without
seriou-ly injuring yourselves. You ac¬
quire idle and wasteful habits, which will
cling to you through life, and grow upon
you with each succeeding year. You may
in after life shake them off, but the voba
bilitics aro that hnbita iLutt formed iu
early life will remain with you till your
dying day Be warned then in time, and
resolve that as the hour spent in idleness
is gone forever, you will improve each
passing one, and thereby fit yourselves for
usefulnessTlnd happiness.
A Valuable Invention —A new
sell-canceling postage stamp has recently
been invented. The paper on which the
stamp head is printed is first wet in a cheap
cbotuioal solution. The stamp is then
gummed and pcrlbrated us formerly.—
When purchased, the stamp is moistened
as usual and attached to the letter. But
when the postofficc clerk takes up the
letter to sort it from others for diffi erent
States, on his right thumb is a small cot
ou which is a sponge with a feeder, which
is soaked in auother chemical solution,
kept a secret for governmental reasons —
As the c’.erk takes hold of the letter to
throw it aside, his thumb comes in contact
with the stamp; an instantaneous com.
bination takes place, and a defacement
comes out much superior to the present
ink This cancellation can only affect the
stamp which is prepared ; for if the thumb
sponge wet the envelope, it dries off with
out auy mark. By a similar process reve
nue stamps the are prepared* The stamp pte
sente same appearance as the present
one, pared having been only soaked iu the pre-'
when water previous to printing ; then,
diy, a ccating of gum is applied over
a stencil plate leaving the word “paid,”
“ cancelled,” « U. S.,” or any of their
equivalents. When the stamp is run
tko through the perforator, it also passes thro’
buffers, »berc a powdered,.reparation
ls rolled in. \\ ben wanted for use, by
wetting the stamp, as formerly, the saliva
acts as an agent, combines the two cheni
cal preparations, and immediately a black
bar, or the words “paid,” “U. S ," romes
out, doing permanently cancelling the stiunp and
away with the tedious and annoying
practice now enforced, of putting one’s
initials on the stamp*
An Indiana railroad, *hich ran on a
trestle work for a lo*g distance, became
so noted for its that the alli¬
gators lunch. came ur regularly for their daily
Summer Pleasures.
We find, no doubt, the keenest of our
summer iog, boating, pleasures upoo the water. Bath
and sailing, through all the
wide reaches of our water courses, along
. our superb rivers upon our silvery lakes,
in the bays and indentations of our shores,
makeup a ceaseless and picturesque ac
tivity. And in these pleasures youth and
beauty play asupieme part. Everywhere,
in the “py golden weather,'young lovers
are king “sa.lmg the way rivers run,’ and ma
tender songs together. In little,
narrow, shaded streams we see them float
ing in the sun .gkt and n, the shadow;
under wh.te sails, on broad lakes, they
skmi the laughing waves) and, either in
the gentle ripple of the brook, in the flow
and swell of the current, or restless beat
and throb ofthe waters lull or delight with
their tireless music—waters, indeed, that
seem like pleasures itself; that glance, that
flash that leap, that play; that follow that
recede; that seem full of joy, and glitter,*
and beauty; that mirror sun, and sky.and
stars; that hold and express an ineffable
charm, which fascinates the fancy of men
and the hearts of women. The-e are the
watersm the.r charm; these the fasetna
tions poets have sung of and personified in
heir sea-nymphs. But, side by side with
Hus p.cture of beauty, is one of horror.
Death ceaselessly conspires beneath these
outward attractions ; these charms are
sirens which every year are the means of
unng huudreds to destruction. i he cease
jesa succession of ca.annties that befall
pleasure-seekers on our bays and rivers are
lndeed startling. They often fill whole
t*™ 8 w, [ h lamentation and grief; they
» gloom upon our vocations they
render what otherwise is the most delight
;. ul and wholesome of our summer recrea
tious, a shuddering terror. Daily some
where do th « bright waters prove treacher
ous, and engull in their shining bosom the
y° un S> beautiful, the hopeful, the
?, a PPy* Every morning the journals have
their records of these calamities. Often
the v ict ,ms are shining marks, and a throb
ot horror and o sympathy pulsates through
of Only a few weeks ago we read
the death, by drowning, of a daughter
lhe Henry biles Last summer,
three drowned children of a New
England village, was the daughter of the
R«v. Cnarles Beacfaer. These calamities,
°* course, are uot greater than others; but
we feel those more keenly that are associa
tcd with familiar names. Can nothing be
done to avert these yearly calamities ? If
boating and sailing are to continuo popular
summer instructed pastimes, then let our youth be
iu the management of these
tiny cr “ft, and let pleasure-boats be built
upon safer models. We believe it is not
difficult so to construct small boats that
they shall be almost secure against over
turning. There is something frightful in
thought of young men and women crowd
cd in a frail vessel which a puff of wind
careless , with
or inattention may swamp,
little or no knowledge of its management
—reckless and careless in that supremo
confidence which youth, in its ignorauee
and its presumption, always possesses—
the lives of all at the mercy of chance, or
preserved solely by the fortunate conditions
of wind and w'eathcr. The immense cx
tent aud range of our American waters
ought to render the art of navigation a
necessary part of general education. How
to manage a horse and sail a boat should
U understood almost universally, not only
bj our young u»eu, but' our young women
too. If this were the case, we should not
CVer J summer find the columns of news
papers y iQm j D g acc0 untsof accidents,
most or ar j se f roQJ e i t b e r ignorance
or hecdles8De* v — Appleton e Journal.
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The largest farm V* Kngfand con5iste of
three thousand acres, a..* beloo to a mau
with the yankee name m Sam &
in its cultivation he follow*, uol Jones ,
Course” system, the whole extn. nt ot * t ^ e
farm being divided into four great anu?,^ t , 0DS _
750 acres of wheat, 750 to barley
750 to seeds, beaus, peas, &c., and 750 v,
roots. His live stock is valued as follows:
Sheep 612,000, 635,000, horses 615,000, bullocks
pigs 62,500. The oil cake and
corn 000, purchased annually amount to 620,
and artificial fertilizers about 68000.
The entire cost of manure, in various forms
used, annually costs about 615,000.—
Sheep are claimed as the most profitable
stock he keeps, from which are realized
about 620,000 a year. His income from
the whole farm, though not stated, can be
little less than 650,000 per annum.
Market Gardeners who raise two or three
heavy crops from their laud, arc not large
purchaser of Guano and chemical fertili
*ers. of They depend upon compost made
various kinds of refuse, and worked
over by by slock. The liquid manure is saved
Kqoids adding large quantities of^ earth. The
«nd refuse uncared for by most
farmers, would turn to gold in the hands
of these men. Why will not the farmer
learn a lesson from them ?
_ —
Luca and Labor.-JI anv people coo¬
plain of tbeir bad luck whendbi
to blame tbeir own want of wisdom, or ex¬
ertion. Mr^Cobdeo has thus written of
l uc k and j„bor : K Luck is ever waiting for
som „tliing to turn up; labor, with keen
eyes and strong will, will turn up some
thing. Luck lies in bed, and wishes the
postman would bring him new3 of a legacy;
labor turns out at six o’clock, and, with
busy foundation pen, or ringing hammer, lays the
of a competence. Luck whines;
labor whistles. Luck relies on chances;
labor ou character. Luck slips down to
indigence; labor strides upward to inde¬
pendence.
Great literary Curiosity. !
Herod House, Jerusalem, Palestine,
Janury 5th‘1869
! sen a you from this ancient city a
great lie literary curiosity, in which the pub
cannot fail to take a deep interest —
My wife, who is a very estimable lady,
notwithstanding has some little eccentricities
a remarkable fine head of hair, ofi
which she is very proud, and which occu
pies nearly all her time and tlfat of her
u ,aid. Every piece of paper they can
find is straightway converted into curl pa
looking per . Yesterday substance, I observed some yellow¬
resenbling paper in my
wife’s hair, and on inspection it proved to
be the original, from which I translated
the enclosed ballad. It seems, among the
lumber in the attic of the hotel, her maid
Xound an old magazine from which she
tore some leaves. How great was my de
light wlich, to find it was the Scarlet Miscellany,
as every Biblical scholar is aware,
was established at Babylon a few years be
fore its conquest by Darius. I translate
Table the following extract from the “Kditor’s
We publish in this number a
graphy,’by very interesting article on ‘Ancient Chiro
opted citizen, our Daniel; distinguished young ad
also an able and
exhaustive paper on the “Radiation of
Heat,” by that experimental sou of scin
ence, Meshach. And we copy from the
Bethel Blade the much talked of poem
entitled the ‘Bald Man’s Ballad;’ said to
have been written by the celebrated late
sou 0 f Shaphat, during his well known
passage from Jericho to Bethel. It is in
the prophet’s best style Terms of sub-
8C iiption to the Miscellany ten sheckles po’
payabIe in advance.” Now, is this
e m authentic? It would seem to be so
That the inspired Hebrew was bald none
will deny. That he suffered the thou
sand , and one annoyances incident t0 tbat
unfortunate condition, is undoubtedly true,
That he posted sufficient poetical talent
to write this exquisit ballad, every unprejo
dined man I think, will admit ; and the
miod con)es to one conclusion I have,
therefore, no doubt, as to the authorship
0 f this remarkable poem. Its attack on a
large, reputable class ; still, the sarcastic
flin at reS i p ec table people who are favor,
ed with j ux riant h air must be set down
to the erjvious hritability of baldness,
while the moral tone pervading the whole
poexu, and particularly the last stanza,
proves the inherent goodness of’the writer.
But enough of comment. Let the poem
speak for itself. Yours &o.
Antiquary
THE BaLD MAN’S BALLAD
BY KUSH*.
Shall I Elijah s ehoaea heir,
Complain, becu.me my crown is bate 1
Doe* out that better part—the brain,
With all its teeming ihonglit, remain?
So this bet-t gift abide with me,
Hirsute or hanged let others be.
Yet time has been, ere sinfu 1 pride
Wiihiulhis slim;,ken breast had died,
Wheu 1 have wept, with anguish torn,
From w ary night to joyless morn,
To *ee each gkwsy ringlet fall,
Lost Leah’s hand had toyed wi hal.
Why why should Heaven permit the fop
Aud fool to wear so fine a top,
W h le rarely can be found tho S«ge
Retains his hair to middle age?
And m asocial p.iiut ot view,
Their lo is something bett :r, too
See yonder ape in silken curls,
No Smirking and caperiug wi'h the girls;
He paiufut fears hi j hopes prolong,
wins the fairest of the throng.
Alas! poor silly rnaid, she’s m d
Dull Esau’s liuir, not Jacob's head.
Ilow oft l‘ve seen old Coupon’s sou
Strut dowu the streets of Babylon,
Ogling Whose the ntatds ou either side,
fm lee to him are ne’er denied;.
For he has gold, and ah—a head
Well thatchi d, but all uuteu nted.
I knew his father years ago,
When he pegged shoes in Cobler’s Row.
A worthy man, aud had he taught
The son hiv trade, the good for naught
Had found less time to oil h<* head,
And might have earned his daily bread.
But let them buzz and h m their fill,
Poor gilded flies, a frost shall kill!
! 1 envy uot their little hour
Of suushtue round my lady’s bower;
And yet ’tis hard sometimes to see
world prefer such mites to me.
At bo, n , abroad—aye. every where,
i
I ha bald wan meets with much to bear;
With o| e agrel ribald urchins iu the street
E en a-1 P«vd my coming greet;
Go bald.ht.d'O this very day,
up, they bawled away.
Of course I enrsi d * ern lhen i pmy ^
Forgiveness lor the ,
w., t h di-played,
As quite beneath my inia ,. try .
feo Boys’ll let the be boys, where’er the,’ lh«M.* be ;
A day has young been I rogues did play game
the same
I found a core for others’ ill.
But miue has been beyond my skill.
I bade the while lipped Naamaa lave
His leprous lim's in.lordau’s wave;
Aud him it- balm made fresh aud fair,
But, oh! ’twould uot restore my hair.
Fve oft an hundred sheckels paid
For some new tonic’s vaunted aid
But eoou perceived, to my despair,
The thinner grew the moi»ien-d hair.
All this was when my youthful brow
Bowed not to fate—X caro uot now.
The rower that bade the raven wing
IDs ' «le;i flight where famishing,
Where FUjMt lay, will gunrdtbe head
Lot a single hair is spread,
As if ’twere graced with tresses fine.
Or bristled like the porcupine.
A correspondent says that he has been
studying Pay,” the book “ How to Make a Farm
and has got his farm so rich that
when he went to plant his cucumber seed
the plants came up before he oould get
away, followed him at full speed to the
fence aud growing faster than he could
run, he became entangled in the vines,
and a large cucumber ripened in his pocket
befor? he could cut himself loose
NO. 21
Tiie Cotton Interest.— The statistics
gathered by thp “ national association of
cotton manufacturers and planters,” for
the year ending July 1, 1869, show that
more than two thirds of the cotton s,pun
in the United States in a year is spun ih
New England, and that Massachusetts
alone works up in 163 mills, 139,000,000
pounds, or nearly a third part of the 450,
000,000. Next in order comes Rhode
Island, which has 126 mills, and works up
52,000,000 pounds; then New Hampshire
wrth 49 mills, and a yearly consumption
of almost 60,000,000 pounds, while Penn¬
sylvania uses lesi than 50,000,000, New
York not quite 28,000,000, and Ohio less
than 4,000,000. All the southern States,
except Georgia Florida, manufacture more or less
mrllions taking the lead with some fifteen
Ckrolinas pounds, while Virginia and the
two use more than four millions.
The total consumption in this country ^ IS
nearly a million bales! the average ero CL,'
now being two and a half million bales.
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i \
Life. Life has for an observer such a
quick succession of amusing adventures,
that it is almost inconceivable that he
should ever feel dull or weary of it. No
one day resembles another. Every hour
every minute opens new stores to our ex¬
perience, and new excitements to our curi¬
osity. We are always ou the eve and
morrow of some surprising event. Like
the moth, we are forever flying towards
the star—but with this difference, that we
attain it; and if sometimes we find the
halo we frncied a glory is but some deceiv¬
ing mist, at least we have learned a lesson.
If we look upon life merely as humble
students, we shall not feel any great bit¬
terness at such disappointments. It is only
when we hug our ignorance to our hearts,
when we are and deserve to be, miserable
—when we embrace the cloud, that we
lose the goodness. But if we open the
eyes of the mind, and determine to be
neither wantonly stupid nor inattentive,
an enchanted world begins to rise from
chaos. The aspect of the room in which
V, e sit, grows lively with a thousand un.
suspected curiosities. We discern the
noticeable most ordinary person is invested with somd
characteristic. If we deign to
look out for five pleasant minutes at any
common its place thing, we become aware of
peculiar beauty; and there is not a bird
that wings through the air, nor a flower
that blossoms in the garden ; nor an inseofc
that crawls swiihs in the in depth of the earth j nor
a hah that the water, but has its
own delightful and singular story.
A celebrated author once wrote:
* A French woman will love her hus¬
band if be is either witty or chivalrous; a
German woman if constant and feithful;
a Dutch woman if he does not disturb her
ease and comfort too much; a Spanish
woman if he wreaks terrible vengenco on
those who fall under her displeasure; ah
Italian woman if he is dreamy and poeti¬
cal; a Danish woman, if he calls her native
country the fairest and happiest on earth;
a Russian woman if ho holds all westerners
to be miserable barbarians ; an English
woman il he is of the nobility; an Ameri¬
can woman if—he has plenty of money.
How beautiful and how interesting is
the progress ot science. Formerly the
earth was supposed to stand still and the
sun to pass around it each day. After¬
wards the sun was found to be fixed with
respect to the earth, and was found to be
the center around which tho earth, and
many other planets, and several comets
revolve. Modern science teaches us that
the sun, the vast center of this system of
planets, is also in motion. It is making Wig
its circuit with its rerinuc of worlds, ii and
comets, around __.
some other magnificent
cpnter. lhe sun also has a diurnal mo¬
tion, that is, it turns round on its axis
once in a little over twenty fivo days.—
passing Occasionally intensely bright spots are seen
These rapidly over the surface of the
sun. larity, and spots occur with great regu¬
hence we can calculate their
coming with certainty. Coincident with
the appearance of these spots, peculiar
phenomena is witnessed on the earth;
such as meteoric showers, magnetic storms
and electrical disturbances. Now these
and, spots strange recur regularly every eleven years—
to say, great social and poll
tical disturbances have, since the obser
vance ot these phenomena, taken place
about the pame time. In 1848, when
they were to be seen, there was great po¬
litical excitement in Europe. Again, in
1859, they were coincident with the ItaK
ian revolution; and now, says the London
Spectator, looking forward to their ap¬
pearance in 1870, may we not expect po¬
litical excitement, revolutions and wars
next year ? Let us see if tho coming
year supports the hyyoth esia.
We do vivacity not object to any amount of
gayety or that lies within bounds
ol reason or of health, but we do object
abhor, as worthy to be stigmatized as dis¬
honorable and unmanly, every such course
pnS;?f ‘ WaJ8lre ° Sth -
A steam shovel capable of doing the
work of one hundred m«n, is announced
as at work on the railroads in Illinois. It
don tget drunk on Saturday night.
the Adversity has ever been considered as
state in which a man becomes most ea¬
sily acquainted with himself, particularly
free from flatterers.
hates Every Christian loves holiness, and
all impurity. Sin is his abomina
tion.