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Silent Men.— Washington never
made a speech. In the zenith of his
fame, he once attempted it, failed, and
gave it up, confused and abashed. In
framing the Constitution of the United
States, the labor was almost whoily
performed in Committee of the Whole,
of which George Washington was day
after day chairman, and he made but
two speeches during the Convention,
of a very few words each. The Con¬
vention, however, acknowledged the
master spirit, and historians affirm
that had it not been for his personal
popularity, and the thirty words of his
first speech, pronouncing it the best
that could be united upon, tho Consti¬
tution would have been rejected by
the people. Thomas Jefferson never
made a speech. lie could not do it.
Napoleon, whoso executive abilily is
almost without a parallel, said that his
greatest difficulty wat in finding men
of deeds rather than words. When
asked how he maintained his influ¬
ence over his superiors in age and ex¬
perience, when commander-in-chicf of
the army in Italy, he said by reserve.
The greatness of a man is not meas¬
ured by -the length of his speeches
and their number.
Every young man, after he has
chosen his vocation, should stick to it.
Don’t leave it because bard blows are
to be struck, or disagreeable work per¬
formed. Those who have worked
their way up to wealth and usefulness,
do not belong to the shiftless and
unstable class, but may be reckoned
among such as took off their coals,
rolled up their sleeves, conquered
their prejudices against labor, and
7 nanfully bore the heat and burden of
the day. Whether upon the old farm,
in the machine shop or factory, or the
thousand other business places that
invite honest toil and skill, let the
motto over bo : Perscvcranco and
Industry.
--
Jinks is a clerk in a storo for the
sale of laces and things. One day a
young and pretty customer tendered
to him in exchange for some lacos a
much worn and patched fifty cent,
stamp. Jinks looked at it dubiously.
It was against tho rules to take such,
llis face was so grave and his manner
so hesitating that the pretty face said,
in tho sweetest of tones :
“Would you like a better half ?”
“Well,” stammered Jinks, his heart
in his mouth, his face crim'son, “I
would’nt object, provided, Miss, the
—the—right person would accept
me.”
A pebble in the streamlet scant,
lias dew changed the course of many a river,
A drop on the baby plant
Has warped tho giant oak forever.
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There is no mean work savo that
which is sordidly selfish ; while in
every sphero of life the post of honor
is the post of duty.
It is mqph better to decide a differ¬
ence between enemies than friends;
for one of our friends will certainly
become an enemy, and one of our ene¬
mies a friend'.
FOR WHEAT!
PHOENIX GlIANO.
We are offering the above Celebrated Fertilizers
for the WHEAT CROP on the following liberal
terms:
Manipulated, • - $70 per Ton
Guano, Salt; and Plaster Comp’d, $65 per Ton
Phoenix Guano, - - $57.50 per Ton
Payable 1st ef August, 1873,
Willi a LIIII.ltAI, IIIM OI AT for CASH.
Wo would especially recommend as an exceed¬
ingly valuable and' at same time cheap Fertilizer
for Wheat, a mixture of the Phoenix Guano and
Cotton Seed; this combination lias proved highly
cfiicacious on Wheat in previous years, and has been
*
extensively used under Cotton this year with such
unvaried success as to establish beyond question its
vast superiority over the manufactured fertilizers,
with the further advantage of being easily and cheap¬
ly composted, making A first class fertilizer, at a very
low cost.
Our Agents will till orders on same terms.
WILCOX, GIBBS * CO.,
Importers and dealers in Guano
CHARLESTON, S. C., and SAVANNAH, OA.
SEPTEMBER lsi, 1S73.
AGENTS WANTED
&VERT CITIZEN WANTS IT
AJm> for CAMPAIGN GOODS. AddroM
GOODSPEP.D'S EMPIRE PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Now Orleans, or New York,
aug—2
$30 Comity PF.lt HUDSON We want WEEK in a ItlVEJt the reliable ar,d II. S. expenses WIRE agent Address CO, in every pai Id' l.
ti... 1 ■ ___ AT \7
.TO Tons Kock Sail.
The very best article for stock of all kinds.
Kv.n-y farmer should have a lump of it in bis
horse trough, hog pen, cow let and sheep pasture
[t is in lumps offtViS*. lbs. or more. Packed in
hands ofdOO lbs. Y per Ik Smaller quantities
Ic per U». Liberal discount to merchants by th >
ton. For sale by NVILCOX, GIBUS & GO.
14S Bay st„ Savannah, Ga.
DISSOLVED BONES.
Agricultural Salt.
Wo have a Rood supply of E. Clark’s Dissolved
Bones, also Turks Island and Liverpool Salt,
which will be sold low for Agricultural purposes tilled
for cash. Orders solicited and promptly
by WILCOX, GIBBS & CO. ,
Its Bay street.
Savannah, Ga
NOTICE.
Having -discontinued our Branch House at
Augusta Ga.. we have appointed Messrs BAKER
.V ANSLKY, No. 207 Broad street, as our Agents
at that point. They will k cp constantly on hand
a full supply of our Guanos, and uu oidcia sent
them will have prompt attention.
WILCO*, GIBBS A CO.,
Importers and dealers In Guanos,
Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. 0.
r PULES, BULBS, HEDGE PLANTS, SEEDS,
* Fruit and liower Plat’H. -tC.talogues J 1 o.
F. Jv. PIKE NIX, Bloomington Nursery, III.
July—i in.
FOR SALE.
A new SAW MILL, '2 inch Circular Saw, Ru frwg
Carriage, everything complete. Will be sold very
low for cash. Apply to
WILCOX, GIBBS h CO.,
No. 00 Bay Street,
my—U Savannah, GA.
XJL VOID QUACKS.- A victim of early imlisore
tlon, causing iq-rvous debility, premature
decay, etc., having tried in vain every advertised
roim <ly, which has discovered a simple means of self¬
cure, lie will send free to his follow-suffer¬
ers. Address J. U. REEVES, 7H Nas.iau street
New York. sept—12m
Foolscap Paper.— rTht* term fools¬
cap, to designate a certain kind of pa¬
per, no doubt, has puzzled many an
enquirer. The origin is not only
amusing but historical. Charles 1. of
England granted numerous monopo¬
lies for the support of the govern¬
ment. Among others wus the manu¬
facture of pap? r. The watermark of
the finest soil was the royal arms of
England. The consumption of this
article was great, and large fortunes
were made by those who had purchas¬
ed the exclusive right to vend it. This
among other monopolies, was set aside
by the Purlianu nt that brought
Charles 1. to the scaffold ; and by way
of showing their contempt fur the
King, they ordered the royal arms to
be taken Iroin the paper, and a fool
with his cap and bells to be substitu¬
ted. It is now over two hundred
years since the foolscap yvas taken
from Uic paper, but still the paper of
the siic which the Rump Parliament
ordered for their journals bears the
name of the watermark plaocd there as
.ndignity to Charles.