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VOL. XLL—JSO. 29—MEW SKR1ES VOL. 5. NO. 1
Miscellaneous.
Miscellaneous.
Preside Miscellany. I
Two Ways of Bearing: Troutlp.
It was a cold dismal evening in No
vember, that two laborers might have
been seen wending their way along the
streets of a large manufacturing town.
Slowly they proceeded, with dejected
countenances, not exchanging a word
until the one whom we shall call Smith,
halted before a neat little house and
unlatched the gate. Then there was
such a look of utter misery and despair
gleaming from his eyes, that his com
panion murmured, “We must trust
in God, Smith.”
“ Yea,” be articulated gloomily. nail
going to the cradle took up the six
weeks’ old baby, and sorrowfully press-
know that during all that night long,
while he and his baby were soundly
sleeping, his wife lay awako planning
out the future.
Three months have passed without
a day's work all that time, and now
another quarter’s rent is due. In vain
the laborer thrusts his hands into his
empty, pockets, and in vain racks his
brain? for some solution of the prob
lem how the rent is to he paid. The
lodger had paid his money monthly,
but then that was not enough to meet
the sum, if he had it, and of course his
wife ha l spent that as fast as she had
received it, and it was an everyday
wcu'ic to James how Mary managed
Extract of Nest.
greater rate of speed than they are
traveling. “ Wa’al, wa’al,” says the
old lady, “ you don’t ketch me a ridin’
on them, for this is as fast I want to
NOW AUDITING!
"I DOZEN Laudanum.
A-CJ\J 150 “ Paregoric.
150 “ Pill,.
Pill,.
15Q • Worm Candy.
2,000 pounds Bar Soap.
500 _ “ Extract Logwood.
Perfumery.
100 dozen
15 “ Castor Oil.
300 pounds Indigo.
5,000 “ White Lead.
100 Boxes Glass, etc., for sale at
NEW YORK PRICES, at the
NEW DRUG STORE.
A tlanta, Ga.
■^^E OFFER a large variety of
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
^ANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES, •
AND STATUARY.
WE HAVE A FULL COUPS OF
atetyato, Jewelled
» . Kiivot iiowell conn
ERWIN A COBB,
VER100 PAGES—printed in two
colors, on superb Tinted Paper. Fonr Hun
dred Kngrarings of Flowers. Plsnts and Year tables
—with descriptions, and Two Colored Plates.
Directions and plans for making Walks, Lawns,
Gardens, ee. The handsomest and Best Floral
JWanu/iaclttretnany Fine Goods
NORTH EAST GEORGIA
FiKIR.
G RAND EXHIBITION!!
THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
l|hc j|imlhp.|i
aimer.
niumui worm.
BY S. A. ATKINSON,
AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
STRICTL Y IX AD VASCS.
Office, Broad st., over J.H. Huggins.
RITES OF ADTEBTlSIYfi.
»a*«rtisemonU will beinsertedatOna D J 1 j» r
Fifty debts per Squara of IS Hnra, fortheflrat.MO
Saramy-Hre Cents for aach subsequent I"*™?";
' Hinder one month. For a longer period
for an v tlnio underone luomn.
liberal coniracU will bt made.
Business Directory.
A '
A
TTOlWJ-EXS AT LAWV
Athens, Georgia. Office in tho Dcuprec
hulldiDg.
D. O. CANDLER,
'\_ T TORN E Y AT t LAW ,
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors to George Sharp, Jr..
j+w+tte*#
„ llonwr, Banks County. Ga. Will practice
in iU« ununifo* of Rank*, .larkson, llail, limber*
Aham and Franklin.
MAST IN W. RIDES,
A TTORN EY AT
xli
L A W,
■ and Notary Public, Athens, Ga. Will prac
tice in tho Western circuit; will give particular
attention to tho collection of claims, and will act ns
agent for the purchase and sale of real estate and
pay taxes on wild lands. janl5tl
J. N. HK r.LToN, c. W. SEIDELL,
» h °p. and sec prepared to FILL AST
011111.Its for goods or work promptly.
«*•>- AH. goods . ngraveil free of charge.
Do make a specialty or
SKELTON & SKIDEI.L.
A T T OII N EYS A T L A W,
J.1l Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia.
PITTMAN A HINTON,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Jacks< n county, Ga.
specialty or
PREMIUMS FOR FAIRS!
p| , |catlon , . rC ^V^;uarantee fhe iotonna,lon on «*-
LARGEST ASSORTEMNT,
TIIE FINEST GOODS,
TH K LOWEST PRICES,
AN D TIIE BEST WORK.
<^11 and sec us.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND.
A t t okney a t l a w ,
Athens, Ga. Office on Broad street, over
Barry A Son’s Store. Will rIvo special attention
to eases in Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection of
all claims entrusted to his care,
J. A J. t . ALKXASDKIl,
TAEALERS IN HARDWARE,
IV Iron Steel, Nalls, Carriage Material, Mining
mpltuionts,*%lc., Whitehall st., Atlanta.
M.VAN ESTES,
A TTORNEY AT
Jl. Jl. Homer, Banks County, Ga.
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
Selected with rare by one of the firm, In New
% ’ork, to which they invite the attention of their
ttoinersaud the public. They have ugouri assort -
4. II. MTI.KSKEY,
A T T O R N E Y A T L A W ,
u. A Carnesville, Franklin countv, Ga. Office
merly oe. upied byj. F. Ungston, Va<|. , ia.’l
UROVERA1IAKKK
SEWING MACHINES!!
PUONOIXIKD THK BINT IX USE,
B y all who have tried
them. These machines, with all the
IMPROVEMENTS
AND
ATTACHMENTS,
may he had, at manufacturer’s prices, freight
added,at the
DANNER OFFICE.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF~SCHEDULE
G EORGI a“kAI LROAD.
GIIOrEKIKM,
l’KOVIMIO.VS,
HARDWARE.
CROCKERY,
HATH. ClAPffi,
BOOTS,
MIIOEa,
And in sliert, everything in the way of
They will pay the HIGHEST I'KICE FOB
COTTON orother Produce, and
Will Store Cotton nt 115 Cento n Bale
per month.
YVe are rf-trrmined to deal fairly, sell low, and by
d"« attention to liuilno. b»|>e to plr.n old mo-
men and make many new ones. aepttstf
0*a
Superintendent'* tlfflc**,
Georgia and Baron A Augusta Bail road. -
Augusta, G January -■>, 1871. )
k N AND AFTER SUNDAY,
January 22il, 1871, the i*:issenger Trains will
run as follows:
Day Passenger Train, Daily, Sunday
Excepted.
Itcare Augusta at 8 00a.m.
local e Atlanta at —7 10a. m.
Anive at AtlanUat - 6 30 p.m.
Arrive at Augusta at ~5 40p.m.
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at -8 30 p. m.
Uavf Atlanta at 10 15 p. ni.
Arrive at Atlania at 6 40a. iu.
Arrive at Augusta at 7 30a. in.
Berzelia Passenger Train.
I^ne Augustan! 4 15p. m.
■ .ease Kcr/rliamt 1 30 u. in.
Arriseat Augusta -9 25a.m.
Arrive at Iteravtta G OOp. in.
Both Day and Night Paaaenger Trains will make
close connectlun* at Augusta and Atlanta with
l*a*>enRer Trains of connecting roads.
Fassenfnra from Atlanta, Athena, Washington
end stations on Georgia Railroad, by taking the
Down Da. Passenger Train will make close connec
tion atiVraak with the Macon Passenger Train
and reach Macon the same day at 7 40 p. m
1’al.v r Sleeping Carson all Night Trains.
Schrdnle on Macon & Augusta Railroad.
To take Kffect Jan. 23, 187).
Detteeeu Augusta and Macon—Day Pas
senger Train Daily, Sunday Excepted,
laeavu Augusta at 12 00noon.
Leave Man hi at »6 00 a. iu.
Arrive at Macon at 7 40 p. m.
Arrive at Augusta at 1 45 p.m.
The day Passenger Train arriving at Macon at
7 l»)p makes close connections with Trains of
connecting ID tails at Macon.
Passengers leaving Macon at 6 a. in., will make
rinse connections at Canink with Up Day Passenger
Train for Atlanta, Athens, Washington, and all
points on Gcordn Railroad, and wife »• ..«•« t a At
lanta with
S. K. JOHNSON, SupL
Send your Oid Furniture to
WOOD’S
REPAIR SITOI J ,
Seri to the Episcopal Church, and have
may I taut .V.l OK GOOD AS SEW.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
IVI \ T E III Aid.
^ LARGE LOT direct from the
, manufactory, and will he aold as low as can
t* bought anywhere In tho State, freight added.
SUMMEY & NEWTON
Good Blacking Brushes
AT *1 ,-•<> PER DOZEN
AT THE
NEW DRUG STORE.
100
School Books.
1)0Z- Elementary .Spelling
M lto*. Wrh.t.r’. Dictionary.
•• ‘i? 1 ’/"*®'* Arithmetic*.
Header*.
.. U'1 B, *'4’* Header*.
BURKE'S.
NEW PALL GOODS.
have now
<50 Bag.
MOO Barrel, ftagnr,
Jfin'w a. _ .
400'Markft •‘nil.
«o r** • i «••»*» ’i*j,
3,000 t .rAm 4i»gg« nK ,
Al~. a I irge aa4:wcll-*eleeird of
STAPLE fiOODS
utitimi corro.v GiivT'
May 25-? y
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
STAPLE&FANCf DRYGOODS
; amily am) Plantation Supplies,
JAY 0. GAILEY,
VITES ATTENTION TO HIS
mW FALi_ST©0K
couk^oaT
FOK THE
Farmers, Mechanics and Honsocivcs of
North-East Georgia.
Open Every Day l
F|^HK SEASON for Fairs is at hand and being un
willing that Athens should be behind other
places of less Importance,I have determined to have
A Commercial Exposition,
At My Old Stand, No. 7, Broad St.
attractive, I have visited
istilmy s
rkets, and brought out many
Embracing a very handsome display in seasonable
DRY GOODS!
An unusual assortment of
9
For Men, Women and Children ; and an unequalled
variety of useful articles for
For Home and Farm!
Iu bet, the Establishment, heretofore known as the
“ Planter’s Store,”
Is to 1»ecome the favorite headquarters for farm sui
idu nartcrs for farm sup
plies, if complete stock and fair dealing can make
it so.
An attractive feature of this Grand Exhibition,
will be its display of
GLASSWARE,
Lamps andLampFixtures,
Far ahead of anything heretofore offered, and con
stituting a leading
CHIMNEYS AND
PURE KEROSENE OIL!
Call and examine lii. stock before purchasing,
sept ir>-tf.
I worth the attention of Uonaekecpen.
There will always bo a complete assortment of
F&MttY GROCERIES!
of the best grades, and special attention raid to the
regular supply of GOOD FLOUR, MEAL, and
PROVISIONS GENERALLY.
■ a large supply o
may always be found.
As aU these attractlTe and useful goods are to he
sold at
mx Ntwuxut,
WM. WOOD,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
F U UNIT URL.
T71URNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
JJ holstercd and rarnlshed, alto a largo variety
nr old customers and the public are Invited to call
and examlnetbem. _If the^have anvthii^^to sell,
the Highest Market Price will alwa,
J. H. HUGGINS,
Sign of “ Planter’s Store,” Athens.
_ i a large variety
of wood coffins and Fisk’s Patent Metalic Burial
Cases always on hand.
Wart rooms on Clayton St., next to Episcopal
Church. Scp9 6m. WILLIAM WOOD.
XT ILL & BRYDYE, at the old cs-
_LJ_ tahlishcd
BARBER-SHOP,
on Broad street, over tho store of Messrs. J. R. A
L. C. Matthews, havo the best and most attentive
workmen and nil the modern appliances for SHAY-
IM1, SHAM BOOING, HA1B-DKESS1MJ, etc. La
dies and children waited on at their residence*,
when desired. Post mortem cases will receive
prompt and careful attention. July 28.
Summey & Newton,
ISItOAU NT.,ATUENN,tiA.
IRON, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, HOES,
NAILS, PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
And General Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale and Retail.
SUMMEY Sc NEWTOX
Athens, Ga., April 14th. tf Xo. 6 Broad St.
CASSJJxIjI ADAMS,
DESIGNE
jjngjave? and friater,
ELECTROTYPING,
S. W. Conn Fooktu an Walhct St beets
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lock Box 226,
Slxty-Flve Pint Prise
Awarded I
TBB GREAT
MANUFACTORY.
.. ABE & GO.,
HaxUVacTunxxa or
OBAlffP.WQPABB AWP UPRIGHT
Piano Fortes.
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ter* ot inteiest to every housekeeper.
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Special inducements in Club rates and premiums
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"“""•"““'TARDiffiw&CG.,
nov 29 2* T«* &®w, N. Y.
FOB YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
A CLASS FOR PAINTING IN
r\_ WATER COLORS has bom organised. It
la designed to aflhrd foil Instruction in this beantl-
fol art and will be cooductad by a thorough
master; Young tadles not In d*Uy attendance at
tbs Home School, are lavltad to fota and to make
aonlication to the Principal. The noura of practice
SSFe ph^onthJT^fSrnoonof Monday. ai;rfTha«-
days, from close of the Home School at* p. as.
untU half-past 5; so that fivaftdl hours per waak
are given to Instruction.
F^ft-rthcrDsfora-^g^
Principal Home School for Young ledlaa.
Baltimore, Maryland.
rilESE INSTRUMENTS
have
been before the public for awriy thirty yean
and upon thelraxcaUanee alone attained ao toyrar-
and upon their excellence mono aiiamcu
chadjpco•omimemee, which pronounce*
miualled. in
TOMB,
TOUCH,
<n , iJ53®a5’ , Sa™”*-
-ry «Jd t„ the hUrTOKg c “ cd -
nett. A11 our Skua ax
proved Ovnaamuxo Scans and the
at. We would rail npcclal attentl
Patented Improvement* In ti&AXD
KQUABE GK.tXD, fimnd In no other rial .
bring the Plano nearer perfection than has yet
been attained.
KTKBT PIANO PHUT WARK ANTED FOB 5 YEAB8
M. We ara by special arrangement enabled to
furaEh PARLOR ORGANS and MELODEONS of
the most celebrated makers, wholesale and retail,
at Tamott Eactoro JTioo.
Illustrated Catalogue* and Prioe Lists fhrnishcd
on application te WM. KNARE*CO„ Balt. Md.
Or any regular established agencies. novlOfim
Wagon Yard in Athens.
rpHESU BSC RISER HAS
1 ‘ and eommodlona Wapn
near the Upper Bridge,
1 all other necessary ap-
change forcooda.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
SyifXY onBSBatliX ?3a»
A LARGE and well selected assort-
*"" m ckD.Da, b ^ICKER80N & CO.
“Golden Oil”
the scalp and hair. It is very superior «» -
dnsain£. Preparadatlho^^ d EX j OSXO re-
A LARGE LOT of Superior Chit*
mos-Germat. and Ameriran-^^clTef
ed it to his heart.
“ I do wish you would put that child
down and get ready for supper,” ex
claimed his wife, after enduring his
gloominess for some time.
He slowly obeyed, and then seated
himself at the table with a sigh.
“ What in the world is the matter
with you to-night ?” she asked, as she
sat down opposite him.
His voice trembled as he replied, “ I
suppose you might as well know first
as last I have been discharged.”
“ There!” exclaimed his wife quick
ly, pushing back her chair; “ just what
I might have expected! I’d like to
know what we are going to do now.—
Winter coming on and all. I declare,
Smith, you will torture me to death.”
“ Sorry! No, you are not sorry at
all. You would just as lief see your
wife and children starve ns not It’s
nothing in the world but your poor
managing.”
“ Lydia, you are cruel. Instead of
helping me to endure my great trouble,
which is bearing me down to the very
earth, you make it ten times harder
for me to bear. I was not the only
one discharged. There was Jim Haw
ley and ever so many others. Busi
ness is dull.”
“ Business is dull!” she mimicked
after him. “ Always an excuse for a
worthless man. To think that you
should be discharged now, just as our
rent is due; and then we are out of
wood; and look at my slioes, won't you •
my feet almost on the ground. I wish
I had never married you,” and a dark
look accompanied the last words. The
poor husband now covered his face
with his hands and groaned aloud.—
This seemed to encourage his wife to
go on ; for she uttered words more and
more bitter, until at last, driven al
most to a state of freenzy, the wretch
ed man rushed from the house to the
tavern, and there sought to bury the
thoughts of the past and future in the
rum cup.
In the meantime James Hawley, his
companion in labor, entered his home
with a very sad countenance. But be
fore he liad stepped over the threshold
a loving pair of arms were thrown
around hb neck and a pair of sweet lips
were pressed to his. He returned the
salutation sadly, and then enquired for
the baby.
She is sleeping sweetly in her cra
dle. She has been a perfect little darl
ing all day. Supper is waiting, so
make haste. Here is warm water and
a towel. Are you not later than usual
to-night?”
“ Yes, Mary; I bring bad news to
you.”
“ Bad news!” she exclaimed, turn
ing pale as, for the first time, she no
ticed that something was wrong.
“ Yes, I was discharged to-night,
and I do not know as I can get any
thing to do before spring. Business b
so dull.
Is that all ?” asked his wife, with
a sigh of relief. “ I thought it was
something terrible, the wayyou looked.”
And b it not terrible enough ?—
What will become of us this winter, if
‘I am out of employment ?”
The same God who feeds the spar
row and clothes the lilies in the field,
will not let us suffer, dear James.”
“ God bless you, dear Maiy. There
b sweet comfort in your words.”
And now let us have supper,” ex
claimed hb wife, cheerfully. “ See, I
have your favorite dish—shortcake
and toast. Do not let your troubles
impair your appetite, and then, after
tea, we mil talk it over. God doeth
everything for the best. Aud as our
day, so shall our strength be.”
In the evening it was determined
that the quarter's rent should be paid
immediately, a new supply of coal ob
tained, aud the remaining portion of
the money placed in the wife’s hands to
be dealt out as sparingly as possible.
Then Mary suggested that all her
pretty parlor furniture should be put
away in the garret, and the front room
let out Further than thb they could
lay no plans, and as tho husband went
out to pay the rent, the future looked
so dark to the young wife that she
could not altogether restrain her tears;
but seeking strength from on high, her
face wore the same cheerful smile when
her husband returned, and little did ho
With feelings of deep despair he en
tered the house. The table was spread
with the same favorite dish. There
was the shortcake aud toast, flanked
with a golden lump of butter, a plate
of honey, and a deep dbh of roasted
apples to be served with sugar and
cream, while at hb wife’s plate sat the
steaming tea [Kit. As James took it
in, all at one glance, he greatly won
dered at the frugal yet comfortable way
of living. How hb wife had been able
to make the small amount of money
last so long was a mystery to him and
yet he could not help wishing inwardly
that she had been more economicrl;
then perhaps, the rent might have been
paid, and he felt that it would be bet
ter to have subsbted on one crust of
bread rather than be turned out of
doors homeless.
He refused to sit at the table, plead
ing that he had no appetite. And a
great large tear arose in the strong
man’s eyes as he informed his wife that
on the morrow they would bo tarned
from their home, to go ho knew not
where, as he had not a dollar in his
pocket to secure them a room elsewhere.
Is that it ?” exclaimed his wife, in
a soft tone, and tripped up stairs, and
soon returned and placed two ten-dol-
lar bills in hb hand.
Where did you get them ?” he ask
ed eagerly, turning them over on his
hands ns though to ascertain whether
they were really genuine or not.
I earned them,” replied his wife
golly “ I knit afghons, shawls,
children’s hoods, sucques and socks; at
first only for those whom I providen
tially heard wbhetl articles of the kind
and afterwards was employed to fur-
nbh a trimming establbhment with ray
work.”
“ And kept it a secret from me ?”
“ Yes, because, I thought you would
be worried for fear I was doing too
much. I love to knit dearly, and con
sider it more of pleasant pastime than
labor.’
“ God he praised for giving me such
a wife!” exclaimed her husband, earn
estly ; and pressing hb wife and child
closely to hb bosom, said: “ Her
children arise up and call her blessed
her husband also; for many daughters
have done virtuously, but thou excell-
est them all.”
Twenty years have passed, and
James Hawley b a rich man. But
Joseph Smith is a confirmed drunkard,
while his wife has long since passed
from earth, a victim of misery and
want.
Why will not wives assbt their hus
bands to bear their triab, with helping
hands and hearts ? If they would but
do so, how many families would be
saved from ruin, and how sweet would
be their reward, not only upon earth
but in heaven.
anyhow.” She has seen so many
wonderful things that she makes up
her mind at hut not to be astonished at
anything; and when the train dashes
into the one which had proceeded it,
owing to a mbplaced switch, and the
poor old lady b thrown to the end of
the car among a heap of broken seats,
she supposes it to be the ordinary man
ner of stopping, and quickly remarks,
You fetch up rather suddin’, don’t
ye?” Being provided with a seat in
the forward car, which was .uninjured,
she arrives without farther accident at
her journey’s end and b surrounded
by an eager crowd of hackmcn, and
listens in wonder to their oft repeated
calls of “Hack! Hack!” Grasping
her umbrella in one hand and her band-
box in the other, she looks down in the
face of the loudest driver with the com
passionate inquiry, “ Air you in pain ?”
rom the consequences of hb wrath
she is rescued and carried safely home
by her nephew, who has come to the
depot to lojk for her.—Hargter’s for
January.
EFFECT OF A SCARCITY OF SINGLE
WOMEN.
Hiss Prudence’s Experience.
Mbs Prudence Pettiugill, at the ma
ture age of sixty-one, made up her
mind to visit New York for the first
time in her life. She hod never seen
railroad, as such things had been un
known in Aroostook county until thb
summer, and the ancient farm house
which she lived was seven miles from
the station. So she sits calmly upon
a seat placed ou the great wooden plat
form which surrounds the country de
pot, and gazes with amazement upon
the train which arrives, pauses a few
moments to take on passengers upon
its journey. The station master inter
rogates the old lady, who sits placidly
watching the departing train.
“Why did you not get on, if you
wished to go to New York V
“ Git on V says the old lady,
on! I thought thb whole concern
went!”
Having explained to her that the
platform was stationary, the man kind
ly advises her to wait for the express
train, into which he escorts the maiden
and finds for her a seat by the side
a benevolent old gentleman. Clutch
ing fast hold of the scat in front of her,
she is at first very much alarmed at the
speed at which they arc going, but
gradually becomes calm, and much in
terested iu the novelty of her surround
ings. The old gentleman answers her
many inquiries very civilly, aud, among
other things, tries to explain the use
the telegraph wires, and tells her that
messages are sent over them at a much
Courting in Nebraska.
‘ Them’s the widowers! Stick!”
And we “ stuck” and smoked on.—
For the next half hour the girl must
have been kept busy. The widower
had certainly a third of her time. It
was 9 o’clock. We wbhed to go to
bed, and the only bed we had discover
ed was in the parlor. The old gen
tleman divined our wishes, and said :
Pm sorry, gentlemen, but thb is
one of the regular courtin nights!
Them two fellen in the parlor never
leave afore midr.ight, and the widow
ers alius stay all night* And that
ain’t the worst of it. Dan’ll be here
at 10 o’clock 1 I and the boys alius
sleep in the haystack Friday nights.
Yer welcome to that I” ,
The parlor, sitting-room and kitchen
full, we retreated to the haystack.
In response to a question on the point,
the old gentleman said that—
“ Friday night it’s putty bad, but
Sunday it’s wuss. Last Sunday night
there was ten on ’em, and the girl is
getting more and more purtikiler.—
The more she gets the more she wants'”
On the haystack, with a stiff breeze
driving away the mosquitos, we heard
Dan drive up. One of the last re
marks of the old man before we fell
asleep was, “ Yes, gentlemen, courtin’s
hot in Nebrasky!” And we believed
him.
Kent merit’ll states iu the Deotrh*
Klinik, that after adminbtcriug the
extract in the form of soup to animals,
he found the mucous membrane of the
stomach in a state of active hypene-
mta, aud especially at those places
where the glands secreting the gastric
juice are situated. It is to be assum
ed, therefore, that the use of thd’ meat J
extract favors secretion of the gastric
juice. He found that, under the mod
erate use of the extract, the pulse is
quickened and becomes stronger, and
tbire is at least a temporary increase
in the temperature. Too large quaii-
tites are injurious, especially to voting
and weakly persons, and for adults tiu-
average amounts slionld be only about
five grammes iu the day, aud should
never exceed fifteen. When given
along with suitable food to persons re
covering from exhausting diseases, tho
increase of weight b more rapid, and
the period of convalescence materially
shortened. As a stimulant it resem
bles alcohol and coffee, but has the ad
vantage over them bv aiding in build
ing up the structure of the body.
Are Moles a i’est f
A Nebraska correspondent of the
Syracuse Standard writes as follows:
“There is lack ot woman’s nursing;
There is dearth ot woman’s tears,”
Certainly not because they are un
necessary in thb Western region, but
the fact b the women are scarce and
men are plenty. In market phrase,
the woman “ demand far exceeds the
supply.” Those inexorable laws of sup
ply and demand, about which politi
cal and other economists delight to
talk, have not yet corrected this
acid question. A heavy dose ot girls
—none of your homoeopathic prescrip
tions—b what Nebraska needs, and
the stomachs of her young men will
always remain sour until the supply
comes. You have no idea East how
anxious young men in thb region are
to marry. In the words of a prairie
mnrtin*s Lot.”
The poor man is passing through a
bitter experience. A party of us
were duck-hunting the other day on
the Missouri bottoms. Night overtook
us before we were aware of it, and we
were obliged to seek lodgings at the
first dwelling we could find. It was a
small one-story structure of three
rooms, and occupied by a family of
six—father, mother, daughter. and
three sons. The sons were all unmar
ried, and from thecalb that were mode
afterward we judge the daughter was
unmarried also. We hadn’t been in
the house five minutes when some
kind of a vehicle drove up and two
young men were ushered into the par
lor. Straightway the mother and
daughter held awhbpered consultation,
Golden Rules for Xercbnlf,
THE SECRET OF MR. 8TWART’S MER
CANTILE SUCCESS.
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which closed with an invitation to the
sitting room for supper. It was evi
dent that the young men callers had
been to tea, as they stayed in the par
lor with “ sweet sixteen.”
Scarcely had we taken our seats at
the table when a howl from the dogs
outdoors announced another comer.
He seemed to avoid the front door,
and knocked at that where our party
was just sitting to supper. The moth
er rose to answer the summons, when
we were surprised by the daughter
opening the parlor door and rushing
forward with “ Don’t get up, mother!
It’s one of my fellows! Come in, Jim;
how do you do T”
And Jim entered in response to the
cheery salutation. Ho made himself
as comfortable as possible till we had
finbhed supper, when another whisp
ered consultation proved that the “par
lor b full as it ort to be,” whbpered by
Mbs in response to some motherly sug
gestion. The old gentleman solved the
question by inviting us into the kitchen
to smoke. It was evident that Jim
didn’t smoke, for he remained in the
sitting-room. We should have doubt
less enjoyed a quiet cigar had not the
old lady opened the back door, and
shouted at the top of her voice: “Come
'round here to the back dooi\”
It was another young man; and we
fancied he looked as if he had tome in
rather late. Two young men within
the parlor, one in the sitting room,
and one in the kitehen. What should
be done ? The courting business was
getting hot! There was another talk
between mother and daughter. It was
evident their derices had been exhaus
ted. The old gentleman was called
into the corner. He settled the ques
tion with a whisper: “ I’ll be damned
if I move again till the settin’ room’s full!
Into the sitting room went number
four, and we smoked. It was full ten
minutes before the next dbturbers
fume, and they entered the kitchen
with the air of old acquaintances. We
looked anxiously at the host. Taking
hb pipe from his mouth, a single sen
tence relieved us:
Probably the mast striking instance
of adherence to a few rigid rules b af
forded by the man who is conceded to
lead the mercantile world of thb con
tinent. Men envy hb success who
might have stood even with him in the
race, had they but inflexibly held to
similnr rules:
First and foremost the stand which
Mr. Stwart took was the rule to per
mit no misrepresentation of goods.—
Purchasers were not slow to find out
that in hb establishment there need be
no fear of imposition. Whether they
were perfectly acquainted with the na
ture of the goods which they wbhtd to
purchase, or were entirely ignorant on
the point, they were sure of having
the truth told. Mr. Stewart had it
thoroughly understood by all hb
clerks that they must tell the truth;
and he had the injuunction so conspic
uously placed that hb employees were
perpetually reminded of the great rule
of the establishment. If a clerk was
dbcovered in an ovestatement or a
falsehood, he was instantly dismbsed.
The natural consequence of thb course,
was tke rigid self advertising power of
hb business. When men and women
say, “ Go, or send there for you are
sure of just what the article b repre
sented to be,” then friends and neigh
bors are not slow in availing them
selves of such advantage.
The rigid observance of the “ one
price system” was a rule necessarily
co-operative with the first. Dealers
confess that it is exceedingly difficult
to maintain thb rule, and where a
large proportion of business b trans
acted on credit, it is well uigh impos
sible ; but when the lule b “ pay on
deliveiy,” it cau be maintained.
Comfort b brought to the household
of every customer when he feeb confi
dent that he can send a child or a ser
vant to make a purchase, and he will
be sure of not only getting the article
he wants, but obtaining it on exactly
the same terms as if he were to go
himself. It b a great thing for a mer
chant to discover that the money of
of the poor man is as good as tho
money of the rich—the as of the
stranger as good os the cash of the ac
quaintance. In Mr. Stewart’s vast
establishment the clerk shavo no option
whatever in the regulation of prices;
thb, they know, can never be taken
out of the hands of the employer.
Nine-tenths of the terrors of shop-
ing take their flight in view of these
rules, and husbands can pluck up cour
age to go with their wives when they
understand there b to be no badger
ing and jewing.
There b still another rule with Mr.
Stewart, which has immediate relation
to the comfort and advantage of the
customer, and that b hb emphatic pro
hibition of any importunity to purchas
ers. Who is there, having had an ex
perience of shopping in a city that
does not feel a kind of terror of a cer
tain class of stores ? He retains a vivid
impression of hb helpless bewilder
ment amidst a babel of recommenda
tions and solicitations, until, at last, in
sheer confusion, or from the desire to
escape, he purchased an article he did
not want and went out of the shop
with an inward resolution never to en
ter it again. But here you may gaze
upon millions of dollars’ worth of
goods, and no man will interrupt eith
er your meditations or admiration.—
Among the highest productions of the
cunning skill of man you may make
your choice without fear of the least
intermeddling importunity.-
There is a great difference of opinion
os to thb question. Our own is that
the mole is harmless as a rule—some
times it damages lawns and gardens iu
pursuit of its food, which usually b the
earthworm. If it should go through
a hill o.f corn and injure it by loosening
the roquets, it is still in pursuit of the
earthworm, which b, in dry times,
found about the roots of corn and other
vegetables, grass, etc., more abundant
ly than elsewhere. So far as our ob
servations extend, we have never known
the mole to eat vegetable matter. It
would seem to be, strictly, a carnivorous-
animal. And on thb head here ns
something to the point: Mr.'Welter*,
one of the savans of Zurich,- Switzer
land, recently examined the stomachs
of a number of moles caught in differ
ent localities, but failed to discover
therein the slightest vestige of plant or
roots; whereas they were filled by the
remains of earthworms. He shut up
several of these animals in a box con
taining earth and sod with growing
grass, and a small caie of grub or earth
worms. In nine days two moles de
voured 841 white worms, 193 earth
worms, 25 caterpillars, and a dead
moose. Fed with a mixed diet of raw
meat and vegetables, the moles ate the
meat and left the plants; and when
vegetables exclusively were dealt out to
them, in twenty-four hours both died
of starvation.-
To Mach Seed.
A man pays one dollar for one pound
of some new variety of potatoes; cuts
it, plants one eye in a hill, gives extra
care and cultivation, and reports a
great yield of an extra quality of pota
to. Now, suppose we take the same
course with some old yariety, and re
port the result.
One of the most successful potato
growers I ever knew in Ohio, says he
finds one eye in a hill always enough.
Hon. T. C. Jones, of Delaware, Ohio,
iu an agricultural essay on Delaware
County says one of the most successful
corn growers instructs his dropper
when he comes to the intersection of
the furrow or the hill: “There do
you stop and stand there till the day
of judgment if necessary, until you
there deposit three grains. Mark you,
not three to six, but three; uo more,
no less.”
In a field of wheat one half sown
short one and a half bushels per acre,
yielded twenty busheb per acre; the
other half, one and five-eighths bushels
of seed per acre, yielded sixteen bush
eb per acre. .
One field of corn, four to mx grains
of seed per hfll, yielded forty busheb
(by measure) of small ears and nub
bins. Another field, three to four
groins per hill, yielded forty-five bush
els, huge ears, per acre.—W. in Prair
ie Farmer.
Lightning Conductors.—It is
fancied by many that it b quite suffi
cient to put up an iron rod, with one
end in the ground and the other a few
feet higher than the roof, to protect
the building from lightning. It should
be impressed on the public, that con
ductors, unless perfectly insulated, are
calculated to produce the disasters
they are intended to prevent. The
best mode of insulating them b for
them to pass through glass rings, and
in no part to be in contact with any
thing but glass.
An Iowa gentleman was recently
foiled in hb laudable purpose of com
mitting suicide by the reprehensible
conduct of an apotheta y, who g’avo
him prepared chalk for arsenic, Mid
the might-have-been widow threatens
to sue the apothecary for obtaining
money under false pretences.
Dainty precision and freshness i
dress is- as essential to a woman a; to
flower.
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