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J Y? VOL. II. The Hancock IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, VS, (Office, Old Mastnic Hall—Court House;) . William ift. l2oy.il, EdiipB & Proprietor. Rates of Subscription: One copy 12 months $3 00—8 months $2 00 One oopy 0 months, 1 64—4 months, 1 00 "“‘'Two copies to one addrsss, 1 year, 6 00 No name will bo taken uufess the cash ac company the order. —-- Rates for Advertising: Transient Advertisements will be Charged at tho rate of one dollar per squwe for the first ami seventy five cents for each subsequent Insertion, for ofce month or less. A liberal discount will bo made to persons advertising extensively, both as to time and »r*co. Cards, three lckger, Business for months or will be charged six dollars per quarter for tich equate. Twelve lines of this type fill onesquare. 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. - * - 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. •--—-— 1 --- 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.