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Entered according to Act of Congress, in June, 1867, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia.
Vol. I.
“ TIT FOR TAT.”
UUlc oft he
which means the same thing. In
r&P' plain English, they mean :
K ‘‘Give to your next-door neighbor but a pat,
A He’ll give you back as good, and tell you Tit
t p for Tut.”
\ In sport, this principle will do well
enough, and little
boys and girls should
never play on each
other any joke which
they are unwilling
to have returned to
them in kind ; but a
spirit of retaliation
for injuries is oppos
ed to the religion of
the Bible, and should
never be harbored
for a moment. —
Christ’s command is:
“Do good to them
that evil entreat
you,” and we are as
sured by His Holy
B ord that this is the
true way of revenging ourselves upon
our enemies. “But,” says someone.
“ what has all this to do with the pic
ture of the elephant?” Wait a moment,
and we will tell you. This elephant was
one of those belonging to the train of a
great Eastern monarch —for you must
know that in Eastern countries elephants
are nearly as plentiful, and are used very
much in the same way, as horses are in
our own.
9ne day his driver was taking him to
the river, where he went from time to
time to drink and cool himself in the wa
ter. The driver was seated on the ele
phant’s neck, and as he rode along he
passed a stand where cocoa-nuts were
MACON, GrA., NOVEMBER 9, 1867.
sold. Some acquaintance in the crowd;
thinking to do him a favor, treated him
to a cocoa-nut, which he had a mind to
eat as he proceeded on his way. But the
cocoa nut, though a very nice fruit, is, as
you all know, enclosed in a hard and
tough shell, which resisted all the driver s
efforts to get inside. At length, out of
patience, he cried out :
“ Who will hand me up a stone to break
this provokingiy tough shell?”
No one answered, because they were ail
too busy with their own affairs.
« What a stupid fellow I am !” at length
he exclaimed, “sitting up here and beg
ging for a stone, when I have, so near at
hand, a solid bone which will do just as
well.”
So, half in earnest and half in jest, he
banged the cocoa-nut upon the elephant s
head, and cracked it open.
So far so good ; but elephants ha\ e
feelings, as well as men, and this one
thought it very hard that his head should
be used for any such purpose.
“To make my head an anvil, good
master of mine, was never the will ol
Him who made us, and you may repent
your cruelty before you know it.” So
j thought the elephant, no doubt, but he
' only shook his broad ears and went quietly
to the river, his driver thinking no more
about the matter.
A week or two elapsed. One market
day driver and elephant again passed
through the row of shops and stalls which
were stored with cables and trinkets.
At length they reached a stall where
I cocoa-nuts lay piled upon the board.
“ Ha!” thought the elephant, “ ’tis now
i my time to show my skill at the newme-
for tat in mind, and
“ Xever give on elephant a cuff,
Unless your sure you’ve nerve enough
To take one back in kind.”
Thoughts from Joubert.
Wherever there is no order and har
mony, there is no longer the work ot God.
There is desolation, and there has been
degradation.
Think of the evils from which you are
exempt.
All are born to observe good order, but
few are born to establish it.
Truth is like the sky, and opinion like
clouds.
Time and truth are friends, although
there are many moments opposed to
truth.
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thodof cracking nuts
•—my friend above
will doubtless like to
learn, even at the
cost of an aching
head.”
So he seized one in
his curling trunk and
waved it over his
head with a sudden
sweep, that brought
it down upon the
hapless driver’s head
with such force that
he cracked both co
coa-nut and skull.
Now, little reader,
learn a lesson from
this story; bear tit