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our country and race generally.
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Democratic, to be honest, as we are both
Democrats in principle ; but it will not be
partisan, nor do injustice to any party, oi
individual, knowingly. And, as we hon
estly believe, that the first and chief care
of all Christians should be to defend our
holy religion against the wiles of Satan—
his hosts and their arms, we discharge
this sacred duty, as beet we , under
the guidance of Him who is able to direc
and keep us in the way of truta.
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oa account of difference of opinion, and
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. L. JACKSON,
DEALER IN
JPjtJtinr Gbqcwbs,
DRY GOODS, CROCKERY,
TIN WARE. CONFECTIONERIES
and other article* usualh (bund in a coun
ry store, E< arything sold at
, “SMALL PROFITS."
Everything as cheap as the cheapest.
Country prod .ice taken in exchange for
fttcttliß
or'anything in my line of business.
A libersd patronage solicited from those
who wl»h u buy lt> the bc*l advantage.
Ma tresses I M stresses I
I wGt keep constantly on hand, for sale.
I Matressvx made of the beet material, end
of aai’.’i' a forty-pound mntreas
tor nd other atree pnvad acA«ordiugly
O.M< ra aolieited.
L A. JACKSON.
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Ncrenea, u*.
July D. 18TB.
THE NORCROSS ADVANCE.
BY SIMMONS, VINCENT & CO.
HOW TO TEACH POETRY.
BY HON. D W. LEWIS.
North Georgia Agricultural College,
Dahlonega, September 29, 1873.
Editors Advance :
Your interest in the improve
ment of the modes of education
will induce you to allow me a
cornerin your paper now and then
for a gem of poetry or eloquence,
that I may cull from these vast
fields for the culture of the taste
and Jie memory of my pupils.
The Hon. A. 11. Stephens, in a
conversation during his late visit
to Dahlonega and the up-country
incidentally remarked that there
were four poems or pieces of poe
try which he urged upon all young
persons of both sexes that came
within the reach of his advice to
commit to memory. The poem,
“The Hermit," in the Vicar of
Wakefield, was one of them; the
others I may send you as time and
leisure may permit,with questions
like those sent with the Hermit.
They are: “The Elegy in the
Church-yard," and Burns’ two
pieces, “ Advice to a Young
Friend," and the “Unco Guid."
This one, “The Hermit," has
been assigned as a lesson for
memory to all the classes of suf
ficient advancement to appreciate
it. In addition to the rehearsal,
they will be examined on it by
questions like the following:
First. Mention one great moral
truth and lesson taught in this
poem, which may have led Mr.
Stephens to have recommended
it.
Second. The next mention an
other.
Third. Another. And thus con
tinuously until that theme or line
of thought is exhausted.
Fourth. Point out the stanza in
the poem which has the finest
comparison or figurative language
Fifth. The next —name another.
Sixth. Another. And thus con
tinuously until the topic of figure
of speech is exhausted.
Seventh. Point out the stanza
which contains the greatest power
in pathos or depth of emotion.
Eighth. The next —name an
other.
Ninth. Another. And thus con
tinuously until all the passages
exhibiting power in expression o!
emotion are touched.
Tenth. Has any pupil any ques
tion to ask ?
Eleventh. Any other? And thus
continuously until all the class
have had the privilege of submit
ting one or more questions.
I request all pupils into whose
hands a copy of the paper con
taining this piece may fall to pre
serve it, and place it in a scrap
book, as a memorial of the great
and good man by whom it was
called to their attention.
If you, Professor, will put a
class through an examination upon
it with questions framed by your
self, I will exchange results with
you, and let them be published.
I think such a step will impart
interest to the piece, and to all
the exercises on similar pieces.
Let me hear from you.
I congratulate you upon having
access to or rather control of a
good press as an aid to be used
in many ways advantageous to
teachers and pupils. The Signal
here is almost equal in the aid it
gives me to another assistant
teacher. Yours respectfully,
David W. Lewis.
THE HERMIT.
“Turn, Gentle hermit of the dale,
And guide my lonely way.
To where yon taper cheers the vale
With hospitable ray.
For here forlorn and loet I tread,
W ith fainting steps and slow ;
Where wilds, immeasurably spread,
Seem lei'gthn'ningaa Igo."
“Forbear, my son,’’ the hermit cries,
“To tempt the dangerous gloom ;
For yonder faithless phantom flies.
To lure thee to thy doom.
“Here to the houseless child of want
My door is open still;
i Ami though my portion is but scant,
I give it with good wilt
Then turn to-night and free I v share,
What e'er my cell bestows;
My rushy couch and frugal fare,
My blessing and repose.
No flock that range the valley free.
To slaughter I condemn ;
Taught by that power that pities me,
I learn to pity them :
But from the mountain s grassy side
A guiltleas feast 1 bring;
A scrip with herbs and fruit supplied,
And water from the spring.
Then pilgrim turn, thy cares forego:
All earth bora cares are wrong: 4
Man wants hut little here below,
Nor wants that little long.”
Soft as the dew from heaven descends
His gentle accents fell;
The modest stranger lowly bends,
And follows to the ce 1.
Far in a wilderness o> scure,
The lonely man sio > lay,
A refuge to the neighboring poor,
And strangers led astray.
No stores beneath its bumble thatch
Required a master’s care ;
The wicket, opening with a latch
Received the harmless pair.
And now, when busy crowds retire
To take their evening rest,
'I be hermit trimm’d his little fire,
And cheer’d his pensive guest.
And spread his vegetable store,
And gaily press’d and smiled ;
And, skill’d in legendary lore,
The lingering hours beguile 1.
Around in sympathetic mirth
Its tricks the kitten tries,
The cricket chirrups in the hearth,
The crackling faggot flies.
But nothing could a charm impart
To soothe the stranger’s svoe ;
For grief was heavy at his heart,
And tears began to flow.
His rising cares the hermit spied,
With answering care oppress’d :
“And whence, unhappy youth,” he cried
“The sorrows of thy breast ?
“From better habitation spurn’d,
Reluctant dost thou rove ?
Or grieve for friendship unretum’d,
Or unregarded love ?
“Alas ! the joys that fortune brings,
Are trifling and decay ;
And those who prize the paltry things,
More trifling still than they.
“And what is friendship but a name,
A charm that lulls to sleep ;
A shade that follows wealth or fame,
But leaves the wretch to weep.?
“And lox e is still an emptier sound,
The modern fair one’s jest;
On earth unseen, or’only found
To warm the turtles nest.
“For shame, fond youth thy sorrows bush,
And spurn the sex, ” he said ;
But while he spoke, a rising blush
His love-lorn guest betray’d,
Surprised he sees how beauties rise,
Swift mantling to the view ;
Like colours o’er the morning skies,
As bright, as transient too.
The bashful look, the rising breast,
Alternate spreads alarms:
The lonely stranger stands confest
A laaid in all her charms.
“ And ah ! forgive a stranger rude,
A wretch foilorn,” she cried ;
“Whose feet unhallow’d thus intrude
Where heaven and you reside.
‘But let a maid thy pity share,
Whom love Las taught to stray
Who seeks for rest, but finds despair
Companion of her way.
“My father lived beside the Tyne,
A wealthy lord was he ;
Aud all bis wealth was marked as mine,
He had but only me.
“To win me from his tender arms,
Uimumber’d suitors came,
Who praised me for imputed charms,
Aud felt, or feign’d a flame.
“Each hour a mercenary crowd
With richest proffers strove:
Amongst the rest young Edwin bow’d
But never talked of love.
“In bumble, simplest habit clad,
No wealth nor power had he ;
Wisdom and worth were all he had,
But these were all to me.
“And when beside me in the dale,
He carol’d lays of love,
His breath lent fragrance to the gale,
And music to the grove.
“The blossom opening to the day,
The dews of heaven refined,
Could nought of purity display
To emulate his mind.
“The dew, the blossom on the tree,
With charms inconstant shine,
Their charms were his, but woe to me'
Their constancy was mine.
“For still I tried the fickle art,
Importunate and vain ;
And while his passion touch’d my heart,
I triumphed in his pain :
“Till quite dejected with my scorn,
He left me to my pride;
And sought a solitude forlorn,
In secret, where he died.
‘But mine the sorrow, mine the fault,
And well my life shall pay;
I'll seek the solitude he sought;
And stretch me where he lay.
“And there forlorn, despairing hid,
I’ll lay me down and die;
Twas so for me that Edwin did.
And so for him will I.”
“Forbsd it, Heaven the Hermit cried,
And clasp'd hci to his breast;
The wondering fair one turned to chide,
Twas Edwin's self that press’d.
‘Turn. Angelina, ever dear,
My charmer turn to see,
‘Tby ow n, thy long-lost Edwin here.
Restored to love and thee.
‘ I'hus let me hold thee to my heart.
And every care resign ;
And shall we never, never part,
My life—my all, t ha’ts mine I
“No. never from this hour to jiart,
(We’ll lire and love so true ;
The sigh that rends thy constant heart
* Shall break thy Edwin’s too.”
NORCROSS, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1873.
CHARMS.
BITS OF ANCIENT SUPERSTITION.
Old charms dealt with eveiy
possible relation of life. Thus:
“Eat here if you want to look
handsome for nine days after."
“Put a hen’s heart on your wife’s
left side while she is asleep, anu
she’ll tell all her secrets." “Swal
low a mole’s fresh and pal
pitating, and you’ll at once be ex
pert in divination." ' “Quartan
agues yield not to ordinary medi
cine; so take of the dust in
which a hawk has been rolling,
tie it up in a bit of white cloth
with a red thread, a”d wear it;
or else knock out the eye of a live
lizard, and wear it in a bit of goat
skin.” These are from Pliny,who
also teaches that all medicinal
herbs should be gathered, pick
pocket fashion, with/-the right
hand poked through the left arm
hole of the tunic; you ought to
be clad in a white robe, with
naked, clean-washed feet, and to
have just offered an oblation of
bread and wine. Worms out of
a goat’s brain are good for elipe
sy; so is a rivet taken from a
wrecked ship, inserted in the
bone cut of a living stag’s heart,
and then make it into a brooch.
If you are a shooting-star, count
very qnickly, for you’ll be free
from inflammation as many years
as you can count numbers while
the star remains in view* To cure
cataract in the eye, catch a fox,
cut out his tongue, let him go,
dry his tongue, and tie it up in a
red rag,and hang round the man’s
neck. When something has got
into your eye, rub it with five fin
gers of the same side as the eye
affected, saying thrice : “Tetune
rcsonco bregam gre<so," and spit
thrice. If you would escape stom
ach-ache, take care that you al
ways put on your left shoe first,
and wear on gold-leaf the letters
L* MORI A,written three times.
For toothache, say, “Argidam,
margidam,sturgidam’‘ thrice over
and spit in a frog’s month,solemn
ly desiring him to take the tooth
ache. If any one has swallowed
a bone, gently touch the mouth
with ring-finger and “thumb, and
say nine times: “I kiss the Gor
gon's mouth." This is a sover
eign ; the great Galen himself
testifies to the value in such a
case. These are from Marcellus
Empiricus (the quack, as he well
deserves to be called.) who flour
ished about 380 A. D. But from
Albertus magnus,is the most won
derful of all: Gather in August
the herb heliotropian, wrap it in
a bay-leaf with a wolf's tooth,
and it will, if placed under the
pillow, show a man who has
been robbed, where are his goods,
and who has taken them ; also,
if placed in a church, it will keep
fixed in their places all the wo
men present who have broken
their marriage vow. “This last
is most tried and most true.” Lay
a wolfs head under the pillow,
and the unhealthy shall sleep
sweetly. His flesh well-dressed
and sodden, given to eat, enreth
devil’s sickness, and all ill-sight.
For disease of joints, take a live
fox, and seethe him til! the bones
alone be left, adding oil during
the seething, and use tins as a
bath right often Let those who
suffer from apparitions eat lion's
flesh ; they will not after that suff
er any apparition. But the king
of beasts is condescending: “For
sore ears take lion's suet, melt in
a dish, and drop into the ear;”
which makes us think either that
lions were much more plentiful,
or sore ears much tn oft distress
ing, than now a-days. Fancy in
“the Chepe" the announcement:
“A fat lion killed last week; of
his suet a little left. To prevent
disappointment, apply early.”
For tear of mad hound, take the
worms which be under a mad
hound's tongue, snip them away,
lead them around about a fig-tree
gi.e them to him who hath been
rent; he will soon be healed; or
this: a hound’s head burnt to
i ashes, and applied on the wound.
casteth out all the venom and
I the foulness and healeth the man.
| And so goat's grease cures drop
sy ; dog's milk helps children
i through their teething; gall of a
’ wild buck mingled with field
bee's honey makes the eyes
bright; a hare's heel carried in
the pocket keeps away stomach
ache; a hare's brain in wine
cures drowsiness; burnt harts
horn in hot water kills worms;
and so on.— All the Year Round-
THE VILLAGE.
A country village affords no re
treat. There every body knows
every body's business. You can
not raise a half a dozen gozlings
without having them stoned for
picking of your neighbors goose
berries. Gossip wants no better
heaven than a small village. Miss
Glib stands at her gate three
times a day talking with old Mrs.
Chatterbox; and on rainy days,
at the blacksmith’s shop, the
whole business of the town swims
in a tank of tobacco juice of the
worst plug. Every body knows
whether this morning, out of the
butcher cart, you bought mutton
or calf’s liver, and the mason’s
wife, at the risk of breaking her
neck, rushes down stairs to ex
claim, “Just think of it! Just think
of it! Mrs. Stuckup has bought a
sirloin steak, and she is no better
than other people ! Your preserv
ing kettle is also borrowed. A
bonnet box was sent going from
the millinery shop to the house of
a villager on Saturday afternoon,
and on Sunday morning a score
of people are early at church with
heads half turned towards the
door, to watch the coming of the
new purchase, hankerchief up to
mouth, ready to burst out at what
they call a perfect fright of a bon
net. They always ask what yo'i
gave for a thing, and say you
were cheated ; had something of
a better quality they could have
let you had for half the money.
We have at different times lived
in a small village, and many of
our best friends dwell there, but
there ai e other places more favo
rite for a man’s getting to heaven.
Tulmage's Gems.
PICTURES.
A room with pictures in it, and
a room without pictures, differ by
nearly as much as a room with
windows, and a room without
windows. Nothing, we think, is
more melancholy, particularly to
a person who has to pass much
time in his room, than blank walls
and nothing on them ; for pictures
are loop holes of escape to the
; soul, leading it to other scenes
i and other spheres. It is such an
inexpressible relief to a person
engaged in writing or even read
ing. or looking up to find his soul
escaping, as it were, through the
frame of an exquisite picture, to
other beautiful and perhaps idyl
lic scenes, where the fancy for a
moment may revel, refreshed and
delighted. Is it winter in your
world ? Perhaps it is summer in
the picture. What a charming
momentary change and contrast.
And thus pictures are consolers
of loneliness. They are a relief to
the jaded mind ; they are windows
to the imprisoned thought; they
are books ; they are histories and
sermons, which we can read with
out the trouble of turning over
the leaves.
The Fatal Blow. —Two broth
ers quarreled. Both were in a
passion. One struck the other in
his rage and killed him! Think
of it!
The boy did not mean to do it.
He did not think he had struck
hard. Alas tor both!
In a moment he relented. All
the auger went out ol his soul in
one blow of his fist as the stroke
of lightning exhausts the electric
ity in the cloud. But that one
blow killed the object of his
, wrath—his own brother.
Then he fell upon the dead body,
caressing, crying, calling, kissing;
i but in vain. IE had killed his
brother!
I At the coroner's inquest the fa
ther ot the two boys was called to
' the witness-stand, As he took
his plac all noticed on hi face
; a silly, senseless grin— He had
\ suddenly become a maniac.
O human anger, how* terrible a
| demon thou art! Boys, have you
! cast it out of you, or are you yet
, fostering it?
A western man who had been
silting on a wasp and the wa-p
had just noticed it, arose partly
: to his leet, and with pathetic ten
derness remarked: ••Ouch!” just
at the time that the lecturer in
tended to have the people laugh.
According to the experience of a Western
fanner, fruit trees in blossom transplanted
at night perfect their crop and show no
injury from haring been removed, while
others moved by day shed their blossoms
and produce little or no fruit. Tuis item
should be kept for use next year.
VOL. 1-NO- 16.
THE INDEPENDENT SOUTH
AND WEST.
From the New York Day Book.]
Agriculture and mining sre the
agents for the creation of real
properly, and but one thing is
needed to make the localities of
agriculture and mining the mosv
independent, financially, of all the
sections of the country—that one
thing is manufactures. The grand
trouble in the past with the South
was, while her cotton enriched
largely the Northern manufactur
ers and the capitalists, whose
wealth was in ships, there was
comparatively little profit left in
the pockets of the Southern plan
ter; hisshare was small indeed.
He paid out too much for food
and clothing, while growing cot
ton, sugar, rice, tobacco, tar and
turpentine. The foed products he
needed, instead of raising them
on his own soil, he imported from
other States, and, of course, at
high cost comparatively. His coat,
instead of being made of voo'
manufactured in Texas,where the
wool was giown, was fabricated in
the North. Bread, meat, clothes,
tools, and luxuries, all saddled
with a dozen big profits, that the
Southern planter paid for, *n raw
products on which he made but
one profit, and that a small one.
Now, the South are beginning to
learn that the way to grow rich
themselves is to keep working up
their raw products to that point of
completion where consumption
will step in and claim them, and
then that same South will increase
in financial strength faster than
ever. To be sure, the fiist steps
are costly an I difficult; but the
beginning made,the manufactures
started, each decade will find new
resources opening up and capital
easier to obtain. The South have
already learned that they can
grow their wheat and pork, and
beef and mutton, to an extent
that will save them millions ol
dollars a year, and as they have
iron and coal with their other
minerals, the great staple, nails,
they ceria nly ought riot to send
North for tne amount of a pound,
but we are av ar a that furnaces,
rolling mills, Ac, are now to s< m ■
j extent at work th we. Cotton
mills aie also found in sight ol
cotton plantations. This is well.
And we hope that the huge ex
penses and lack of profit which
ever attends new projects,will not
discourage the bold and honest
men who have taken hold of the
enterprise. What we have said
touching Southern ap
plies equally to the West. That
section, strange as it may appear
to-day, raises beef, whose hides
are sent east to be tanned into
leather, to be made into shots,
which are sent back for Welter.i
consumption. This is a most ter
rible blunder in the political
economy of that section. So it is
in wool and other staples, which
are transported to remote points,
handled and stored, and insured,
only to rjturn to the same West
again, to be consumed,when some
manufacturers would not only
render independent of the East,
but would save her ten of mil
lions per year in solid wealth.—
Natu a ly, the South and West,
abounding, as they do, in all the
resouices of a progressive people,
ought not to be at all independent
upon the North and East. These
sections can raise all the food
I they need, while at the same time
they can produce all the staples
which cover the necessities of life,
and therefore the manufacturing
iof those staples, iron, wool, flax,
silk, cotton, leather etc., should
naturally be there, and not at tl.e
East and North. It takes capital,
i we know; but capital will always
; go where the law of trade sends
* it. Refuse to transport Southern
!a id Western proeu ts to the
! North and East, and as is the case
with the Western nations in the.r
■ spice, coffee and tea trade, consu
mers will go for the aitic es they
'need to he points where those
I articles are produced. So, regard
ing manufactures, the world must
j have them. If cotton were kept
at home, in the South, and native
i hides in the West, sheeting would
i in time be a Southern product,
and shoes a Western, for the tide
;of purchase could be forced in i
; those directions by manufacturing j
interests centering there. As'
with these staples named, so will i
others. The South and West are
. too rich in resources to hold the
relations they now sustain to the
i North and East.
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
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At Reasonable Prices.
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MAXIMS FOR WORKING >iEN.
A good advertisement for a working man
is a seat in church.
The savings bank is a safe debtor.
Fifty cents for a good lecture is better
than half that sum for a circus.
Dress neatly ; a well clothed man com
mands favor and respect, while one in
slovenly attire can hardly borrow his
neighbor’s saw-horse.
If you wish to personally comprehend
the completes! meaning of the old adage, a
fool and his money are soon parted, buy a
lottery ticket.
Never sacrifice money for what people
will say. It is better io buy a fair piece
of beef at fifteen cents a pound, and leave
the sirloin for some other man who would
buy your kind except for the name.
The man is always most honored who is
most excellent in what he undertakes. It
is better to saw wood well, than to plead
law poorly.
Be honest t a stove cold is better than a
stove hot with stolen fuel.
The laboring man holds the same relation
to the merchant, manufacturer, attorney,
physician and minister, that the locomotive
does to a train of elegant and well-filled
cars: they would stand still forever if the
engine did not move them.
There is many an honest, hard working
poor man, who rises himself and calls his
family before sunrise, three hundred and
sixty-five days in the year. In nine cates
out of ten, when his children arrive at his
age, they will be called up by servants,.
A meerschaum pipe and bank look
always quarrel, and the upshot of the en
counter generally i a , that one puts the
other out of doors.
Work harder at drilling rocks, for instance,
if your employer never visits you than if
he frequently does. He will know of your
faithfulness when he pays for the drills.
Patronaoe That Pays. —That noble
institution, the Public Library of Kentucky,
has permanently estab’ished its prosperity
by the three gift concerts it has already
«iven under its charter. It now boasts of
a building that cost two hundred and ten
thousand dolh rs, with a Li rary of over
fifty thousand volumes, and a magnificent
cabinet. The fourth grand gift concert for
its fourth endowment will take place De*
cember 3d, and at this concert one million
five hundred thousand dollars cash is dis
tributed to the ticket holders, the highest
prize being two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and scaling down to prizes of fifty
dollars, which is the smallest sum given.
As there is a prize to every fifth ticket, it
is easy to see that the patronage of this
concert is a patronage that pays, there
being great chances of great gains, and
only small chances of small losse j . Hon.
Thos. E. Bramlette, late Governor of Ken
tucky, is the manager, and tickets may be
obtained by addressing him, at Public Li
brary Building, Louisville, Ky. oetll-tf
That which men call death cannot inter
rupt my activity : for my work must go
on to its completion, and it cannot be com
pleted in Time; hence my existence is
limited by no Time, and 1 am Eternal;
with the assumption of this great task, I
have also laid hold of Eternity!—Fichte.
There are fourteen thou and drug stores
in’the United States, and the number of
persons employed in the various branches •
of the drug business is estimated at one
hundred and thirty-flvi thousand.
T.ie public are warned against a new
counterfeit fifty cent currency note, which
is skilfully executed, and large numbers
of which are being put in circulation iu
different parts of the country.
When Baron Alderson was asked the
appropriate length of a good sermon, he
wittily replied: “ I'wenty ninutes, with a
Waning to the side of mercy.”
Happy is the country that has no history,
as the school boy said, on being flogged the
third time lor not knowing the maiden
name of George Washington’s wife.
The attorney for a prisoner charged with
stealing tea, interposed a plea that his
client could not be convi ted of crime, aa
he was only accused of leaf taking.
’I here is one thing which the most im
provident young men are always able to
keep, and that is late hours.
“Way down South,” when a pa
per was printed on a Ramage by
an old darkey pressman, named
Sam, the forms were always plac
ed on the press and male ready
for him ; and so, with a well train
ed negro roller boy, the working
of the paper progressed satisfac
torily. But it happened one day,
that >am, who could not read,
was thrown entirely on his own
lesourceß. lie put the forms to
press and pulled a sheet; looked
at it intently, turned it over;
something was the matter; he
jooked at it again, felt the tyin
pan, he’d the sheet up to the light
and looked over his spectacles at
the grinning roller boy, exclaim
ed : ’Look here, boy, why for yer
don't ‘stribbit yer rollah ?’ The
iorm was bottom up.
Sendin Your Cutton. -Although
there is no mon y in the market
with which t purchase cotton,
we urge the farmers to bring all
in they have, and leave it
with the merchants to whom they
are indebted, as collaterals for
their debts. If they will do this
the money market will be prompt
ly relieved, as upon this cotton
their creditors will be able to ob
tain sufficient advances to meet
their paper with, and thus pre
vent any further drain of money
tne South.—J. tLanta Cons.