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VOL. XLI —fiO. 35—NEW SERIES VOI, 5. NO!18 Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, General Misceltany. 0 An Acorn Becomes a Trw. When the Russian Grand Duke Alexis was in Boston, visiting the rooms of the Historical Society, and was about to depart, Admiral Possier, who was with him, took from his pock et, as the Boston “ Traveler” reports, a small envelope and handed it to Mr. Winthrop, observing that it might. Social Life in California Mining Towns f and Stock Counties. | \ VER100 PAGES—printed in two vy colon, on superb Tinted Paper. Four Ilun. dred Knmnluco or Flatter*. PlanU and Vegetable* —with dencriptiona, and Two Cou>red 1'lates. Directions and plans for making Walks, Lawns, Gardens, sc. The handsomest and best Floral Guide in the world—*11 for TEN CENTS, to tnaaa who think of buying seeds—Not a Manor the cost. 130,000 told for 1S71. Address dec l-5t J.iXES VICK. Rochester, N.Y. I - "'/ | Jamils journal—to Nmi IN advance' he ;mncr. WEKliJ-r, IIV S. A. ATKIJNSOIs at three dollars per ANNUM, xtricti.r/.v apvaxce. Office, Broad st., overJ. H. Hoggin*. R1TKS Hi' ADVERTISING. ,i..rti«ni,ntt will he Inserted at One Dollar and Fiftr cibrt per ofl2 **"•». for theI flnt, and asveetr-flre Cents for each anbaoquei.t Insertion, for tnr time under one month. For a longer period till,ml conlrarls will he made. Business Directory. I am tit mini. A. S. ERWIN. HOWELL CO:IB - COBB, EUWIX & COBB. A rTORNEYSAT LAW, ii. Albi us, Georgia. OSes In the Deuprsc huiMiuA. "^E OFFER r. r. LUMPKIN. 1IESRY JACKSON. Lumpkin & Jackson, A TTOltNKYS AT LAW, will practice in the jTx. Superior I'ourt of Clark county, the Supreme Court of the State, ami the United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia. fob. Dtf 1). <J. CAN’JLER, Attorney at A. L A W, Homer, llanWs County, (ia. Will practice la the eoumies of Banks, Jackson, Hall, Haber* •ham aud Franklin. X tSTIN W. RIDLN. T T O R N E Y A T L A W , .and Notary Public, Athens, Ga. Will prac tice in the Western circuit; will give particular attention to tho collection of claims, and will act as ageat for the purchase and sale ot real estate and nay taxes on wild lands. jan15tf i. M. • KKLTON,^ C. W. .SEIDELL, PITTMAN A HINTON, A TTO UN E Y S A T L A W , x-L Jefftrson, Jackson county, Ga. SAMUEL P. THURMOND. A T TORN E Y A T L A \V , Athean, (is. office on Broad street, over Marry «t S<m’» Store. Will giro special attention te eases ia Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection of all claims entrusted to his care. SHARP & FLOYD, Successors to George Sharp, Jr., AND A tlanta, Ga. a large variety of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, SPECTACLES, FANCY GOODS, FINE BRONZES, AND STATUARY. WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF $aicliiiLiik8t$, Jeweller^ |n graver? Manufacture many Fine Goods *“ " sh °P. »"<> ■« prepared to FILL AM 01llll.lt> for good, or work promptly. All goods engraved free of charge. a make a specialty or PREMIUMS FOR FAIRS! »nd»re prepared to give any information on ap- plication. \\ e guarantee the LAltGEST ASSOltTEMNT, THE FINEST GOODS, THE LOWEST PRICES, AND THE BEST WORK. C-allaud&cc us. J. J. k J. C. ALKXAMIKB, D ealers in hardware, Iron Steel, Nail*. Carriage Material, Mining tnplemenu.'Ac., Whitehall st., Atlanta. M.V.VX ESTES, ^TTOUNEY AT Homer, Banka County. Ga. A BY., J. II. XTI.KSKKT. T T O R N E Y A T L A W , CarnenriUo, l'ranklin countv, tla. Office n.rly occupird hyj. I'. Langnlon, Votq. 1x21 G HOVEltJfclLVKEK SEWING MACHINES! ! PHOSOl .Nt'Kl) TI1K BEST IN I SK. AT .la WHO HAVE TRIED th.m. These machines, with ull the IMPUOYEMENIS AND -—— ATTACHMENTS, may b. had, at manufacturer's prices, freight added, at the BANNER OFFICE. NOTICE OF C HA NOE OF SCHEDULE OEORGIA RAILROAI). Hup«riutriitleut*N Hfilff, 'l Georgia ami lUrnn X liurusta Railroad, - . AvguMta. G ., January 20,1871. I f\N AND AFTER SUNDAY, V J January 22d, 1ST!, the l\i*»wonger Trains will run as follows: i>ay Vnssnvjev Train, Daily, Sunday Excepted. I*av« Augusta at.. 8 00 a.m. Leave Atlanta at 7 10 a.m. Ariivea* Atlanta at ti 80p.m. Arrive at Augusta at 5 10 p. ».i. Sight Passenger Train. Leave Augustaat 8 80p. m. l eave Atlautaat 10 15 p. m. Arrive at Atlania at 6 40a. m. Arrive r* Augusta at 7 80 a. m. Berzirti* Passenger Train. Leave A«;asts. at 1 l’»p. m. Lear* It* reliant 7 80 :». m. Arrive at August* 0 25a. m. Arrive at Beracdia <» 0«x>. in. Rath Day and Night l*assenger Trains will make Kose connections at Augusta and At Inn in with l*a%«*uger Trains of connecting roads. rassengers from Atlanta, Athens, Washington, and station* on Georgia Railroad, by taking the Dawn Dav Passenger Train will make close connec tion at < air.ak with the M eon Passenger Train, aad reach Mac ii the same day at 7 40 p. iu. Palace.'sleeping Carson all Night Trains. Schedule un Macon & Augusta Hull road. To tale Effect Jan. 23, 187). DdiCfen .1 ngusta and Macon—Day Pas senger Train Daily, Sunday Excepted. I*»ve Augusta at 12 00noon. Leave Macon at 0 O0a. in. Arrive at Macon at " JO p. in. Arrive at Augusta at 1 45 p.m. The day Passenger Train arriving nt Macn at 7 40 p. m., makes close connect Ions with Tr.*I.;s of connecting Roads at Macon. Passengers leaving Macon at «» n. m., will make close connections at Uamak with Up Day Passenger Train for Atlanta, Athens, Washin gton, and all Joints on Geor da Rai'road. and *v> i • .*«t rt At lanta with •> S. K. JOHNSON, Supt. Send your Old Furniture to WOOD’S REPAIR SHOP, .Vert to the. Epistmxd Church,and have it may 193m MADE GOOD AS SEW. NORTH EAT GEORGIA May 23-1 y SHARP & FLOYD, Whitehall Street, Atlanta. JAY 0. GAILEY, yNVITES ATTENTION TO HIS FALL STOCK GRAND EXHIBITION!! FOR THE Farmers, Mechanics and Housewives of Xorth-Eust Georgia. Open Every Day! FWWE SEASON for Fain is at hand and being uu- JL willing that Athens should be behiud other places of less importance,I have determined to have A C inmercial Exposition, .If My Old Stand, So. 7, Broad St. To make the display attractive, I have vis; the Northern markets, and brought out many NOVSt-TIEST Embracing a verv handsome displav in seasonable DRY GOODS! An unusual assortment of B ■ t5±3 isias 9 For Men, Women and Children ; aud an unequalled variety of useful articles for For Home and Harm! In fact, the Establishment, heretofore known a* the* “Planter’* Store,” Is to become the favorite headquarters for farm sup plies, if complete stock and fair dealing can make ■„ Th^ Om Road to Success. The following article, published in the Journal of Commerce a few uiuntlis ago, is one of the kind that never grow old. This" is especially so in these days, when employees use funds en trusted to their care for fast living, and when some of our city papers are discussing the question, “ How can a family of six or seven get along respec tably in Key York on less than $5,000 perhaps, be thought of sufficient inter- per year.. Some will say that the Bing ed to entitle it to appear in the Socie- ‘hlar thing in the ease of the Joumafs ty’3 cabinet. The envelope was opened and disclosed three oak leaves and a little twig. An inscription in Russian explained that these were from an oak tree in St. Petersburg, which grew from an acorn planted by the Emperor of Russia, who received it from George Summer, who took it from an oak overshadowing the tomb of Washing ton, at Mount Vernon. This circum stance may recall to the memory of a few of our readers the anecdote .which the late George Dallas, our minister C1UMXF.YS AX/I PURE KEROSENE OIL! Call and examine his stock helore purchasing, sept 15-tf. 15 wm. wood; DEALER IX ALL KINDS OF F XJ RittlTUREc l^URNITURE REPAIRED, UP- -L bolstered and varnished, also a large variety of wood coditis and Fi>k’s I’utent Metaiic Burial Cases always on hand. Warcrooms on Clayton St., next to Episcopal Church. ScpOrim WILLIAM WOOD. CjiSS'JZZX ADAMS, designer, sgraver and fruiter, Carriage, Buggy & Wagon ]fE,rn:Kiib. A LARGE LOT direct from the manufactory, ami will bo aold a* low as can b* boucht anywhere in tlio Slate, freight adil.nl. SUMMEY& NEWTON. E S. ENGLAND & CO., /^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR NEW FALL STOCK! •VWted with tare bv one of the firm, in New lork, to which they invite the attention of their vubiomrr* aud the public. They have a good assort- «U*Ul v.f SJM’lE&FAtiUtDJYGOGDS ** tto \ 1 ,in\N. OIUIKKUV, IIAT*. IAPN, BOOTH, And in ,h.rt, „„ Jv b log llle """f' Family and PlanlaWon Supplies, PRltF - FOB Will «i*rr •'olinn >.| Ji ) , ELF.CTROTYPTNG, W. Corner I'olrtii and W.u.nct Streets Cincinnati, Ohio. Lock Box 22;*, Klxty-Flve First l’rl/e HnUh Awarded ! TIIE GREAT Southern Piano MANUFACTORY. Vm'IMaBE & CC„ MANUFACTURERS OF GKAIKD.NQEARF^D IPaiGIIT Piano Fortes. KSnllimorr. Yinnlnnd. rnH ESE J NST R U MENTS An attractive tVatur will he its display of of tl.i< Grand Exhibition, GLASSWARE, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures, Far ahead of anything heretofore offered, and con stituting a leading -C? \2T well worth the attention of Housekeepers. There will always be a complete assortment of MMILY GROCERIES! of tl»e best grades, and *|>ecial attention paid to the regular supplv of GOOD FLOUK, MEAL, and PROVISIONS GENERALLY. Per thu accommodation of builder* a large supply o may always be found. As all these attractive and sold at ful goods arc to be w* :v.w. my old customers and the public are invited to call anti examine them, lfthcy have anything to sell, the ittahot Market Price will always be paid for it. J. H. HUGGINS, sept 15 jjicu of “ Planter's Store,” Athens. have I be«n lit fore Hie pnblie for nenrly thirty years and upon their excellence alone attained an unpur- chatrapre-eminence, which pronounces them un equalled. iu TQHS, TOUCH, WJRSM/IIISIIt? AS* QQIUSIUIT. un. All our SRl'aRE Pianos have our new Im proved Overstrung Scale and the luraff,. I retde. We would call upeclal attention to our late Patented improvements in IJIItMi PIA'IIS. and SQVAKK tilt \ Ml. found in no other Plano, which bring the Piano nearer perfection than has yet Inwii attained. __ KrKKVPU>OFFI.LV WARR4\TKDFORSTKUIK n« We arc by special arrangement enabled to furnish PAlll.Olt ORGANS and MEl.OPEOKS of the most celebrated makers, wholesale and retail, at 1/uee.it Factory Prices. Illustr ted Catalogues and Price List* furnished on application tw ltd. KVAHK ACO., Balt. Md Or any regular established agencies. novlOGm THE SOU H,T A WEEKLY EIGHT PAGE PAPER, Published in the City of New York, FOR tail A YKAR. 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Dealer in Groceries & Provisions, College irtuuf, Athens, Ga. r PHE BEST SUGAR, COFFEE JL Lard, Soda, Flour, Meal, Pickles, Oysters, Nuts, Oranges, Apples, Crackers, Cheese, Ac., ah wavs on hand. Also fresh country Butter, hgp An iantliiJ BLACKSMITHING. Attention, the Whole! riTHE UNDERSIGNED still con* X tinu.s the above busino nt hi, oldsund. the BRICK SHOP, on Prince Avenue, where all cla*ses of work in hi, line will b, fiilthfully execu- ,e i‘anicuUr attention given lo liorae-Mioeiug. Those in want of tbe genuine HiMNILL PLOW, will aUo be kept on hand. * • Thankful for put patrotugc. he reapectfUlly so- „c,u a contInuauc^th s e«mj. M pHi LL dec 29 tf Public Laws, 1871. TDUBLIC LAWS passed bv the F ofn^ral Price, ?1 burKE’S BOOKSTORE. or thirty years since, used to tell of the acorn and its bearer. Mr. Dallas was culled upon, as he related, by a young American, who saitl that he desired much to see the Emperor of Russia, as he had brought an acorn, the fruit of a tree growing by the tomb of Washington, which he wished to present him. Mr. Dallas said that he could not possibly under take to obtain a private audience from the Emperor with so little occasion for it. “ Well,” said the young man, “I am determined to sec him at any rate.” “ Have a care,” repled Mr. Dallas, “ or you may get yourself into an un pleasant scrape. If you do, I will not undertake to help you out of it.” “ I shall see him at all events,” was the young man’s answer, and he took his leave. Shortly afterwards Mr. Dallas inet him in company with a man wearing a military uniform. “ Well,” said the young man, “ I have seen the Emperor.” “ Yes, and have got into a difficulty; ou are under arrest, I see ; you re member what I said about helping you out of any scrape you might get your self into.” “ Oh, you meau that man ; why he is my officer!” “ Your officer!” “Yes, he is the officer whom the Emperor directed to go with me, and show me anything that I might like to see in St. Petersburg.” On comparing notes, it was found that the young adventurer had already seen a great deal more of that city than Mr. Dallas .had, although for some time a resident there. The in troduction to the Emperor took plifce this manner. The young man wrote a note to the Emperor acquaint ing him with the strong desire he had for a private interview, and mentioned his particular purpose. Soon after this he was waited on by a person w ho asked him if he was the American gen tleman who desired to sea the Emperor. “ I am,” was the answer. “ Come, then, with me, and your wish shall be gratified.” The American was conducted into a small room in the palace, the Emper or’s cabinet, probably, where sat a middle-aged geutleraan who asked the question, and being answered in the affirmative, said, “ I am the Em peror.” The conversation proceeded, but the Emperor not finding himself over-fluent in English, said to the young man: “ Come with me and I will present you to the Empress, who speaks English much better than I;” and taking him into another room in traduced him to the family circle.— The American nnd the Empress were soon engaged in an animated conver sation. • “ You have no servants in Amer ica,” said the Empress. “ Pat don me, we havo many,” was the reply. “ Yes, but you do not call them by that name; you call them help.’ “Ah!” said the Yankee, shaking his finger at her Imperial Majesty, “ you have been reading Mrs. Trol lope.” “ So she has,” interrupted the Em peror, and they all laughed in chorus. Meantime the acorn was not forgot ten, but duly delivered; the young man was afterward allowed tree access to the Imperial family circle, was pro vided with an intelligent guide in mil itary uniform, who was to show him everyting worth seeiug in St Peters burg, and was afterward sent at the Imperial expense to travel post through the Empire wherever has curiosity might lead him. The acorn, it seems, was duly plan ted and germinated and became tree. In token ofthe truth of this, if we may receive the words of the Bos ton “ Traveler” as authentic, some leaves and little twigs from it are de posited in the Boston Historical So ciety. lucky” friend was that his wife vxu willing to livW* in the third story, on s""cn dollarj^week ftnPtKo two, while her husband was earning a thousand dollars a year: “ A young man writes to us that he has had * ten years’ office experience,’ we suppose as a clerk or bookkeeper, during which time he has saved ‘ the sum total of $75, which is his all. He wishes to settle in some growing young town an J grow up witli it.’ He is evi dently sincere, and his letter shows that he is not deficient in ability, and has some good sense. We therefore say to him plainly, that si cces- in life does not coine to him in that way. No oue finds a fortune by chance, nor can lie * grow’ into a state of prosperity merely by planting himself in a fresh virgin soil. Everything in life worth having is wrestled for and acquired through severe labor aud self-denial. It is a great mistake to suppose that the failures ot aspirants in this line tome from adverse surroundings. Cir cumstances have much less to do with material prosperity than is generally supposed. Favoring conditions may accelerate the acquisition of an cstnte, but the same application and self-denial will guarantee the final result under any conditions. There are exceptions, of course; but this is the rule. A ■nan without a family, who has been toiling in New Yt rk for ten years, nnd has laid up but 875, would not ‘ grow up’ iuto anything better, even amid the stimulus of that wonderful activity which marks the youth of a thriving town. The accretion that conies upon a man who waits to grow’ up by out ward helps, is only the overlaying of rust aud caukar. that gnaw out the vi tals. The true growth is that which conies from within, and employs every faculty in tho earnest effort. Nearly all of our young men make the same mistake which our correspondent con fesses—they spend too large a propor tion of their earnings for adornments and unhealthy indulgences of the baser appetites. Fine clothes, jewelry, ci gars, pleasure-hunting, and other cost ly or vicious habits, waste no inconsid erable portion of their annual income. We heard a man spoken of the other day as one who had been remarkably ‘ lucky’ iu establishing himself in a comfortable l one, and that was the only word used to d’siinguish between him and an associate who had more brilliant talents, but failed of success. There was no luck in the matter, for we knew them both. They both were married, and both were without child ren, and each entering upon a salary of 81,000 per annum, went about the same time to look for board in Brook lyn. The * unfortunate’ man took board for himself and wife at 820 a week, whieh he said was the cheapest at which ho could get a comfortable room in a first-class house. The lucky’ man looked for some time, un til he found clean healthy quarters iu a third story at seven dollars a week for the pair, his wife to do her own sweeping and make her own bed. He lived within his iucome, and laid up money from the start; the other ran in debt and became embarrassed from the hour. There is no secret in such his tories ; he who runs may read them If any cue assumes that the nobler part is to * enjoy life’ as we go, and that the acquisition of an estate, the foundation of which is laid in early self-denial and tho structure built in patient toil with the same prevalent spirit ever present, is an ignoble am bition, we shall not argue the case.— But we do say that those who desiro this result cau pursue it safely and surely in no other way, and if a man after knowing what it will cost, will not pay the prico for it, he should not grumble at the fates, nor murmur against a discriminating Providence. Would Wait Awhile.—A Mass achusetts paper tells of a colored woman who had been lately oonverted, but was so unfortunate as to fly into a passion over the misdoings of one of a neighbor’s youngsters. Her mistress remarked upon the impropriety of such conduct in the case of one about to join the church and reoeived this frank re sponse : “ I have ’sperinoed religion an Tse gwine to join the church; but, yjsg B I’ll scald dat nigger first.’ A Sedalia editor says that a girl who Is now called “ a beautiful blond few years ago have been termed “ tow-head.” The world learns its lessons slowly. Much of the world does not learn its lessons at all. The young are every where growing up amid the rains of other lives apparently without inquir ing or caring for the reasons of the dis asters to life, fortune and reputation that are happening, or have happened, everywhere around them. One man with great trusts of money in his hands, betrays the confidence of the public, becomes a defaulter, and blows his brains ont. Another led on by p*wer ami place, is degraded at last to a poor demagogue without character and in fluence. Another, through a surrender of himself to sensuality, becomes a disgusting beast, with heart and brain more foul than the nest of unclean birds. Another, by tasting the wiuc- cup, becomes a drunkaid at last, and dies in horrible delirium, or lives to he a curse to a wife, children and friends. There is an army of these |>oor wretch es in every large city in tho land, dy ing daily, and daily reinforced. A young girl, “ loving not wisely, but too well,” yields herself to a seducer, who rui s aud forsakes her to a life of shame and a death of despair. Not one girl, but thousands of girls yearly, so that, though a great company of those whose robes are soiled beyond cleansing, hide themselves iu the grave during a twelve-month; another great company of the pure drop to their pla ces and keep filled to repletion the ranks of prositution. Again and again, iu iustauces beyond countiug, are these tragedies repeated in the full presence of the rising generation, and yet it seems to grow no wiser. Nothing has been more fully demonstrated than that the first steps of sin and folly are fraught with peril. Nothing has been better proven than that temperate drinking is always dangerous, and that excessive drinking is always ruinous. It is very well known that a man cannot consort with a lewd woman for an hour, with out receiving a stain that a whole life of repentance cannot wholly eradicate. Since time began women have been led astray by the same promises, the same pledges, the same empty rewards.— If young men and women could pos sibly learn wisdom, it would seem a« if they might get it in a day, by simply using their eyes and thinking upon what they see. Yet in the great city and iu all great cities of the country, young women are all the time repeat ing the mistakes of those around them who are wrecked in character and for tune. The young man keeps his wine bottle, and seeks resorts where deceiv ed and ruined women lay in wait for prey, knowing perfectly well, if he knows anything, or has used fairly the reason with which Heaven has endow ed him, that he is in the broad road to perdition—that there is before him a life of disgust and a death of horror. When the results of certain courses of conduct and certain indulgences are sow well-known ns these to which we allude, it seems strange that any one can enter upon them. Every young man knows that if he never tiste* a glass of alcoholic drink he will not be come, or stand in danger of becoming a drunkard. Every young man knows that if he preserves a chaste youth, and shuns the society of the lewd, he can carry to the woman whom he loves a self-respect which is invaluable, a past freely open to her questioning gaze, and the pure physical vitality which shall be the wealth of another genera tion. Ho knows that the rewards of chastity are ten thousand times better than those of criminal indulgence; he knows that nothing is lost aud every thing is gained by a life of manly so briety and self-denial. He knows all this, if he has his eyes open aud has exercised his reason in even a small de gree ; and yet he joins the infatuated multitude and goes straight to destruc tion. We know that we do not ex aggerate when we say that every large city ha3 thousands of young men, with good mothers and pure sisters, who, if their lives should be uncovered, could never look their mothers and sisters in the face again. They are full of fears of exposure, and conscious of irrepara ble loss. Their lives are masked in a thousand ways. They live a daily lie. They arc the victims aud slaves of vices which are just as certain to crip ple or kill them, unless at ouce and for ever forsaken, as that they exist.— There are thousands of others who, now pure and good, will follow evil ex ample unwarned by what they soe, and within a year will be walking in the road that leads evermore down ward. One tires of talking to fools, and falls back in sorrow that hell and destruc tion are never full—in sorrow that men cannot or will not learn there is but oue path to an honorable, peaoeful, prosperous and successful life, and that all others lead more or less directly to ruin.—Exchange. A San Francisco writer says: It is a matter of some surprise, to a mascu line mind at least, that the women pining lonely in the cities, manifest so much unwillingness to migrate into the country, and accept a home in a mining town so readily. True, tbe stock counties of California are very lonesome just now; the neighbors are like angels’ visits; there are no schools or churches, no doctors or parsons, no gay boulevards or glittering bazaars, often not even* wagon road, these are'the necessary concomitantsof pioneer life, and must be faced for awhile. But one thing a woman is certuin of, and that is an abiding home, a house that will stay put, a place that is about as liable to removal and its consequent discomforts, as the stead fast hills them-elves. Of all men in California, the stockmen are the most Girls don't talk slang! If it is ne cessary tlrnt any one in the family should do that, let it be tour big broth er, though I would advise him not to adopt “ pigeon English” when there is an elegant systematized language that he can just as well use. But don’t you do it. Yon can have no idea how it sounds to cars unused or averse to it, to hear a young lady when she is asked if she will go with you to some place, answer, “ Not much l” or, if re quested to do something which she docs All not.wishr-fcfe say, “ Can’t see Itj*' Not long ago I heard a young rmss, who is educated and accomplished-, in speaking of a man, say that she in tended to “go for him!” and when- her sister proffered her assistance af some work, she unswcroJ, “ Not f<n r Joe!” Now young ladies of unexception able character and really good edtica- tranquil, contented nnd happy; as nj tion, fall into this habit, thinking it cla<s there are the best dipt sitioned j shows smartness to answer back i*i and most kindly, and they make the j slang phrases; and they soon slip flip- best husbands and kindest fathers.—! pnntly from their tongues with a saucy The soft and rich sunshine of their j pertness that is neither ladylike nor green hills has gotten into their tern- becoming. “ I bet” or. “ you bet” is pers. These are the men who are in- ] well enough among tho.se who are trn- soparable from the soil, and in whom j ding horses or land; but the contrast alone lias been breathed the rich and is startling and positively shoe-king to mellow breath of this sunny weather of California. On the other hand, of all places of residence—or rather, of all places to vegetate in—I cannot just now think of one less desirable than one of those little gimcrack mining towns, with its garish saloons, rod and yellow rosettes of paper on the ceiling; and its spav ined cabins, part of them swagged down at the head and feet, with their . , , , . •, n i-i , ten on every heart, stamped ou everv backs in the middle like a eat s, aud | 7 ....... . part of them ’tother way-the doors of Uiem ° ry ' U sh ° U,d ** the e o,den ru,e hear those words issue from the lips of a young lady. They seem at once to surround her with the rougher associ ates of men’s daily life: nnd bring her down from the pedestal of purity, whereon she is placed, to their own coarse level. Let ns Help one Another. This little senteucj should be writ-- one set staying persistently open, and those of the other set as persistently shut, all the while. I have talked with a number of women, now living in the interior, who once had their homes in some mining town, aud though they admit it was a very precarious life, al ways beaten about from pillar to post, they universally sighed for a return to the same. They argue that if a wo man loves her husband (the frequency with which they make that supposi tion) while living in a mining town, there are no people who will assist her more generously than miners. Proba bly that is not to be denied, but still I repeat that to the masculine mind the taste is not to be found that would pre fer a Micawbcr sort of life in one of these rickety, tawdry, garish towns to an enduring happiness and an almost impregnable health on a ranch. How two Silver-Haired Farm. Brothers Donkeys and facts are stubborn things. | other generation. One of the best forms in Franklin county, Massachusetts, is owned and managed l. two brothers, whose locks are now silvered by many years of honest labor. Their well-kept lands extend over hundreds of acres, includ ing some of the most fertile pastures, where graze ia the Summer seventy- five or eighty head of young cattle— one of the best henls of Durhams to he found in New England. Hundreds of acres of wood land are covered with a heavy growth of timber, and instead of being pillaged nnd robbed by the invading axe, are increasing in value every year. Extensive orchards are iu the best bearing condition, aud fre quently contribute over 81,000 to the annual income. They own a dairy of some twenty cows, and the golden butter produced is some of the best that finds its way to the Boston mar ket. Each of these brother! has a family, and they reside in two grand old farm houses in dose proximity. But what sceems a little remarkable in this age of greed and selfishness, says the Green field paper which tells the story, is that the relations of the two families are always most friendly and in the most perfect harmony. They share everything in common. There is no division of the proceeds of their well paying farm. Either draws for the wonts of himself and family, as the oc casion requires, without any particular consultation with or permission of the other. There is a confidence in aud a reliance upon the integrity of each other that is as rare as it is beautiful. If a member of one household is sick, he or she is cared for as tenderly by those from the neighboring house as by thoso beneath the same roof. There is no finding of fault because some may thiuk they are doing more than their shareofthe common work. As the wife of one of the brothers is an inval id, the management of the dairy has fallen to the lot of the other, bat this extra duty is discharged as a matter of course, and is the source of no unpleas antness. Eaoh of the brothers has a son, and it is probable that the farm will be transmitted to them still on- divided, and the same pleasant family r|jationship will be continued for ait- practiced not only in every household, but all through the world. By help ing one another we not only remove thorns from the pathway, and anxiety from the mind, but we feel a sense of pleasure in our hearts, knowing we aie doing our duty to a fellow creature. A helping hand or encouraging word is little to us yet it is a benefit to others. Who has not felt the power of a little sentence? Who has not needed the encouragement and aid of a kind friend? How soothing when perplexed with some task that is mys terious and burdensome, to feel a gen tle hand on the shoulder and to hear a kind voice whispering: “ Do not be discouraged, I see your trouble—let me help you.” What strength is in spired, what hope created, what sweet gratitude is felt, and the great difficul ty dissolved as dew beneath the sun shine. Yes, let us help one another by endeavoring to strenghten anti en courage the weak, nnd lifting the bur den of care from the weary and op pressed, that life may glide smoothly on and the fount of bitterness yield sweet waters; aud He whose willing, hand Ls ready to aid us will rewar d our humble endeavors and every good! will be as “ bread cast upon the waters to return after many days,” if not to* those we love. Irrigation. It is stated by a Denver paper that engineers have recently entered upon the work of surveying the line of an extensive irrigating canal, to be more than one hundred miles in length, commencing in Platte Canon, berhre the river debouches upon the plains, and extending to the head of the Re publican River, in the Eastern pnrt of the Territory. This canal, it is said, will irrigate no less than three million acres of laud now useless except for stock purposes, anti will he, if con structed, the means of making a place where a milliou people may find homes. It is claimed tlrnt means sufficient to pay for the survey are raised, and the parties purehing it on can control enough more to build the canal. Why the Dutchman “Jinei* MIT UE Demi'EIiasck.”—“ I sail tell you how it van. I drink mine lager; den I put mine liantl on mine head, and doro vas von pain. Den I put my .hand on mine body, and dcre vas an- oder pain. Den I put my hand in mine pocket, and dere vas nottiug.-- So I jine mil de demperanee. Now dere is no pain more in mine head, and de pain in mine body vls all gone avay. I put mire hand in mine pock ets, and dere vas dwenty dollar. So I shtay mit de demperancc.” A man in Danbury discovered that powder feied with lard was good for boils. He tried it. The stove cover is in tbe second story now, though most all the rest of the stove has been col lected. He was deceived in his lard, he says. Truthfulness is a corner-stone in character; and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will always be a weak spot in the foundation. In prosperity we need moderation; in adversity, patience.