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MiSCCilailCOUS. Miennlloimmic
ATHENS, GA. MAJ 10, 1872.
VOL. XLI.—NO. 46—NEW SERIES VOl^NO. 29 "
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KITES or AllVF.IETlSIVti.
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Business Directory.
A
v\r. rottn \ s. rmviN. tmwF.u, cobb
fftRR. ERWIN & COBB,
r r < > U N K Y S A T L A W,
\* 11.■. tieorgla. Office in the Douprer
W¥. WOOD/
DEALER IX ALL KINDS OF
P V RNITURE,
T^URNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
-1- hoistered and varnished, also a large variety
of tvo vi coffins and Fisk’s Patent Metalic Burial
Cases always on hand.
w^irerooms on Clayton St., next to Fpiscopal
Church. SepOf.m. WILLiAM WOOD.
Lumpkin
A
IlfcNRY JACKSON.
& Jackson,
11 practice in th
roUNKYS AT LAW.
Super!..r * ourt **f ( lark
, ut tlie xate. ami the Unite*! .Slat
•5 Northern District of Georgia.
fch. mf
SAMUEL I*. TIIURMONH,
\ T T OIIN E Y A T L A W
, Y. Athens, Ga. Olhco on Broad sire
II inkruptc
entruMeJ t
AN
reet, over
tention
>1 lection of
I)
4. 4. X J. 1. ALKXAMIKR,
E A LERS IX IT ARDW A RE,
l:..n ^teel. NaiN, Carriage Material, Milting
an:s. a . Wltilohitils!., All.tuLi.
M.VAN ESTES,
T T O R X E Y
AT
ountv, Ga.
L A NY
\ 1 1 ’’
J_\- lloiner,
JAY 0. GAILEY,
JN\TI'i:s ATTENTION TO IIIS
EEW FALL STOCK
OK
jjy
CtR$SiWBBSt
Wagon Yards In Athens.
r U II E SU BSCIilBER HAS
-1- a safe, comfortable and commodious Wagon
Yard on River street, near the Upper Bridge:
also
ONE AT FOOT OF BROAD ST.,
on Foundry st., nearly rear of Dorsey & Smith,
where Corn, Fodder, and all other necessory ap
pliances, can be purchased on reasonable terms.—
Charges moderate. The highest market price paip
for county produce, and bank bills received in ex
change for goods. WILEY HOOD.
Jan. 1. 1872.
Sixty.Fire First Prlie Medals Awarded I
THE GREAT
Southern Piano
manufactory.
m KNABE & CO.,
MAN! FACTlItF.RS OF
GRAND,tsqCABE I'l) ITHRIGIIT
Piano Fortes.
Baltimore, .llnryland.
r FHESE INSTRUMENTS have
J_ li ’pn before the public for nearly thirty years
and upon their excellence alone attained an unpur-
rhnsrd pre-eminence, which pronounces them un-
t*i|nallAl. in
TONE,
TCMICH,
WQR&XANSHIP
ARTO DURAmWXY,
All our Srcare Pianos have our new im
proved Overstrung .Scale and the AcraflV Treble.
»S- We would call upccial attention to our late
Patented inprovenients in GKtN|» I’lAXO*. and
AIIK (rtiM). found in no other Piano, which
bring the Piano nearer perfection than has yet
been attained.
EVKKY PI % VO FI’LLV IVARIUVTf.D FOR.* YF IRS
HA, We :.re by special arrangement enabled to
furnish PARLOR OPOAXS and M ULODEoNS of
the initst celebrated makers, wholesale and retail,
at Lorre st For tory Prices.
Illnstr ted (’atalognes and Price Lists furnished
on application t« H >1. K\ ARK A TO., Balt. Md.
Or any regular established agencies. novlOCm
Picture Frames,
A/TADETO ORDER, of any size,
-1X1. and in various stvles of moulding, at
BlUKE’S BOOKaTORE.
J. C. IIAIIDIE,
Dealer in Groceries & Provisions,
College Avenue, Athens, Go.
r PHE BEST SUGAR, COFFEE,
-I- Lard, Soda, Flour, M- nS, Pickles, Oysters, j
Nuts, Oranges, Apples, Crackers, Cheese, al
ways on hand. Also fresh country Butter, I ggs,
Potatoes. Ac. jan 1 lm
OGLETHORPE
FISmifEIL.JISIEB,
PREPARED BY TIIE
OGLETHORPE FERTILIZER CO.,
MAXei’ll, GA.
Guaranteed Fice from Adulteration.
Pria cash per ton 2,000 lbs. at Works, $52 GO.
“ Time lien or acceptance CO 00.
Or Cotton at 15 cents ver pound.
r |MlE COMPANY could furnish numerous cer-
1 tificatcs as to the value of their Fertilizer, hut
prefer to refer planters to those who have used it
in this couutv for the last two rears.
DR. M. 5. DURHAM,
11. S. ANDERSON,
Agents in Clark County.
MAY.
I.
Garden Seed.
YA7E have just received a large as-
v V sortincnl
Buist's Celebrated Carden Seed,
which we offer to Merchants and the retail trade
VERY LOW for cash.
LONGS & BILLUPS.
Jan- 12-tf
CIIIUSE VS AXD
PURE KEROSENE
OIL.
.,11 ami
, |.| l-11
xam.ne no
PIANOS
AXD ORGANS!
OX MONTHLY
INSTALMENTS
OF TEN TO
TWENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors to George Sharp, .Ir.,
Jewellers
AM)
Silver smiths,
A C-in.
’HI OFFER a large variety
FIXE WATCHES,
CLOCKS.
JEWELRY,
SILVER \\ A11E,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AND STATUARY.
WE HAVE A FULL COUPS OF
aiclimakers, JeweHers& jjngcavers
.V|<iHi(rrrrfiirfiiifi»it/ I'inr Got
.if -irotn *.h**p, and an* prepare I 1-* Fil l. ANY
• OltllKU> for g.M.P ..r work promptly,
rtn. All goo,Nengraved fieo of charge.
I FFlIf FOR FIRS I
j:n<l are prepir**d t-> give anr inf >r.nation on ap-
pliration. We guarantee the
LARGEST ASSORT FAINT.
THE FINEST GOODS.
TIIE LOWEST PRICES,
ANDT11E BEST WORK.
SHARP A FLOYD.
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 4V1 y
Sendyour Old Furniture to
WOOD’S
REPAIR SHOP.
Scxt to the Kf/iACtpjinl Church % ntul have it
may l-.Om MA UK (IOOI) AS SKIF.
Hallet. Davis Alio.and
Si cin wav
TWO LEADING PIANOS of the
J- world, the oldest Factories and taken more
premiums than any other make, ran now, for the
first time in Augusta, he bought on the instalment
plan. Also, the
Emmerson and Southern Cem
tOOK OVTT
C ''IGAR SMOKERS and Tobacco
V_^ ; users generally! I offer you a SUPERIOR
< IGAR, made of the be.-t tobacco in market.
Conic* One ! Conic All ! and give I brut
a Trial
at the National Cigar Store, College Avenue, under
the Newton House, Athens, (la.
jan 19C-m 6. KALYA KINSKI-
PITTMAN k HINTON,
A TTORNEYS at law,
-J -L- Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
SOMETHING NEW
P UT-PLANT, Garden and Veran-
dah Trellises. The cultivation of Plants,
Shrubs, Vines, etc., has become so general, that u
largo demand has been created tor light, tasteful
ikimrnu U C., lu , iraines or trellises, upon which to train them. A
U'H IllWliV IV' k tlllS* large assortment «»f those ma v be foun-.l at
mar 22 BURKE'S BOOK STORE.
h undr
mark
SUMMEY & N EWTON,
BROAD XT , ATIIESW, GA."
IKON. PLOW STEEL,
STEEL. IIOES.
NAILS PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
, .. i , r\ f . And General Harilware and Cutl“rv, at
1; OrganCo, , wholesale and Retail.
I Sl'MVJCY A XEWTOy
thens, Ga., April 14th. tf Xo. G Broad St.
style and rone, t
r the prices—from
• Mars. The
>1 | Shoning> r, ha
I Healthful awl Elegant Organs
I For Parlors, Churches, and Sabbath Schools—rang-
j ing in prices from I'ift v to One Thousand Dollar?.
II. 0. BARROW, Ag’t,
I on 13-sm ArtiUSTA. <iA.
Improved Stock for Sale,
Acdiaialeil ;inil Ailapttd lo (hi 1 Southern fliraatc.
Cattle.—Brahmins and their Grades.
r PHEY ARE MURRAIN-PROOF,
I r.ijiid grtmer*. Many of til 11 vows exrcl a,
milkers, and the oxen are superior to those of
any other breed for a hot climate.
E<<ce.
This breed <*f Hogs has within a few years been
greatly improved. They are free from mange, can
be fattened at any age. and arc admirably adapted
P>r crossing on, and improving the white breeds,
and the common stock of the country.
1‘rinee Albert and Black Berkshirce.
GUANO.
TDUIIE PERUVIAN, of direct im-
-1- portation, at Government prices.
2,240 pounds to the ton It. G. LAY,
Ageut for Consignee* in I*. S.
Jan. l-3m. Savannah, Ga.
Tin
lar:
v arc i
thrifty, growing-to
Sheep—Spanish Merinos.
They are free from r*<t and snu
copers, and when crossed make
tarked improvement on the ual
ug the quantity and quality of (he wool.
Cashm-rc Angora Goals.
In many loca’ities they have proved to he very
otitable. Wuen cr«*s«ed with lh« native goats,
u<l stamina. The
i hey giv
PANOS UND ORGANS.
r\XF SPLENDID HALLETT.
* J DAVIS A CO*S Square Grand Piano—an ele
gant instrument—warrants iu crerxj particular—
may be bought on exsv terms— piyahle monthly.
It was used at Mrs. Oates’ entertainment*.
Pianos and Organs nt various prices, sold, pay-
abb* monthlr, and terms made easy. Every in
strument trarranted. Call at »
BURKE’S BOOKSTORE.
Just Received,
A LARGE SUPPLY of Lech-
JT\. ford’s. Farina, Lnhin’s and other
*•NEW DRUG STORE.
i*alr.
th bt
etc.
»ir. de*i
atalogue f
pu
mid at fro
rniahed <
K. S. EXGLAXI) & CO.,
RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
.'selected with care by one of th* 1 firm, in New
^'^»rk, to which they invite the.att>'ntion of th* ir
« u'louier? and the public. They have a goo.) assort-
STAPLE&FANCf DRYGOODS
flKOl’KItlRM,
moTifiiow,
IIA K II1URK.
« KfM KKIIV,
lltl, CAP,
KOOTM,
NHOb,
■ x 11 i m «iiurt, cvorythlnR in fhn way of
hm'i') and Plantation Supplies,
i
it>- IIIOHI7ST I'UICE FOIl
I’r—in,.,,iin,i
'•on III -4A Onl. n Bnlc
We are determined
close attention to hu<
mer* an*! make nnn
(♦‘ dfurlv. selllow, and hv
; s h.",^ to pleaae *dd ftlM^
septl-Mf
1 a A N 1 j 1 lETJFIbS
J '/LSiST'”’ * *• •'■rn.ly
application by lettei
RICHARD PETERS,
Non l.vr.t Atlanta * ; a.^_
spoiTswraoB hdtsl,
( OPPOSITE THE PASSENGER DEPOT),
Moron, Georgia.
T. H. HARRIS Proprietor.
TV local ion, facilities nf access, and moderate
cliarfces, conimcnd this liou-e to commerelal aijcnts
and llie travelling ptiblic gcncra’ly. Board, S8 (.er
Jay. apr'JCtf
tih. xionr.i. iiiiimE of amkrha.
The Largest in Form, the largest in
CircnUition, ami the only original
FASHION MAGAZIXF*.
I \ ILMOREST’S ILLUSTRATED
1 s MONTHLY contains original stories new
music, household matters, general and artistic lit -
eratur**, and the only reliable Fashions, with Full
Size Patterns. Yearlv, only f, 00, with the Splen
did Uhronio, ** Isn't She Pretty," si/.** 13x17, worth
no, sent post fr**e to each* subscriber, or, the
large and elegant chrorno, after Jennings Thomp
son, Hiawatha’s Wooing, size, 15x 25, price $15 00,
for £1 0 » extra, or both chronics with the Magaziue,
for $5 00 p.Tst free. Address
W. JENNINGS DEMORF.ST.
doe 1 838 Broailwav, New York.
j, p. eurSmbe,
DEALER IX
HU HL7 IS mm 9
Hats, Caps, Straw Goods,
Silk, Guanaeo, Zenella, Aquepella, and
Scotch Gingham
TJmbrellas,
DRIVING CLOVES, ETC.,
,Yi». 222 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
oct 6-3m
DOBBS,
PEXBLETOX’S
Guano Compound.
J^OR SALE BY
BEALL, SPEARS & CO.,
Augusta, Ga.
SAULSBURY, RESPESS & CO.,
Macon, Ga.
ANDERSON & WELLS,
Atlanta, Get.
P. II. BEEN & CD.,
Savannah, Ga.
Da E. M. PENDLETON,
Sparta, Ga.
Pamphlet* containing many testimonials, with
practical hint* on cotton culture, and the appHca-
i ion of fertilizer*% may he obtained from any of
the above agent*. jan.l
WILBER FORCE DANIEL.
. WELLBORN 1IILL.
DANIEL & HILL,
/ '•OTTON FACTORS, Agents Cot-
* ton l oud Guano, No. 3 Warren Block, oppo
site Globe Hotel, Augusta, Ga.
All business entrusted to them will have strict
personal attention. Orders for Bagging, Ties and
Family Supplies promptly tilled. Commission \y+
per ceil!. „ _ ,,
References.—Judge John P. King, President
Georgia Rail Road, President National Bank of Au
gusta and Augusta Factory. J. T. Gardiner,
Ksq., President Dickson Fertilizer Company, Pres
ident Merchants A Planters National Bank, Augus
ta. Col. L. M. Hill, Director Ga. It. R., Wilk s
couni v. Savings Bank of Augusta. National Bank
of Xewnan, Ga. W. W. Simpson, Esq., Sparta Ga.
oct 7-fa3m
FREE! FREE!! FREE!!!
SINGLE COPIES OF
HOLMAN’S RUiiAL WORLD,
A WEEKLY Agricultural Journal
that has been published tweaty-threeyears
in St. Louis, having Hie Largest Circulation and
the best Corn* of rontribuinn of any agricultural
paper published in the valley of the Mississippi!
wiil he sent free to all applicant*. Send for a cop v.
erms—$2 per annum. Address Norman J. LOI-
an, Publisher, sl.cuiFt., Mo dee 291t
X K \\ J)Jt l ( i ,s i'< )|{ K.
Five (dross
andist*. The hignest market pile
••uutrv prcwluec.
( )1' FULTZ HORSE AND CAT- ’
al t"he l ' , ’ WI,K,W f “ r **<•’ »< IVuprielor’. j vr
XEW DRUG STOKE.
To Housekeepers.
! UST RECEIVED, a large assort-
* > Ri«nl „f
X’O-WJBSfll
hifh »e arc offi-ring at very low prices.
's* Bellows, Anvils,
V'SSAW 8 ’ s '“ k “” d
oian'b 3. CI1II.1W, NIGKERSOS A CO.
II A ,Y F - YOUR.printingj™
«-a_ Bt the "miihern Banner Job OfRre.
, m'*»es soiu l>v us
WARRANTED IN
EVERY PARTICULAR.
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
A LARGE and well selected assort
ment, for aale by
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.
J. W. BAl-X-AW*,
TEACHIOH OF MUSIC.
( iFFICE corner of Lumpkin and
* / Clavton streets, near tbe Epixpocal Church.
Puplla living out of town can take their lessons
ami practice at the odice.
Pianos, Organs & Sheet Music
f„r aale, on tbc most reasonable terms. All instru
ments of the best makers and fully warranted.—
Persons dcsirine to purchase can hare an instru-
ment placed*1.1'heir hou «, which if not satisffic-
torv alter fair trial, can be returned or exchanged.
^Pianos and Organs sold on Monthly Pay-
menu, and old Instruments Ukcn in partjpayraenl,
if in good condition. |oit u-u
Croquet.
TD RADLEY’S Patent Croquet, made
I > of the choicest hard w00 ?*'
ets, indexical balls, galvanised bridges, and dl the
latest improvements. qOK STORE.
We sat down in the passage way,
Just twenty years ago to night.
My husband and our daughter May,
Who gambol'd with a step so light
Altout her father’s chair, she seemed
As flitting as a little bird ;
One moment on the sight she gleamed \
The next, she was not seen but heard.
The silver laughter ringing clear
About the echo-haunted wold,
Comes back to-night upon my car,
With kindred memories manifold:
The field where many an autumn day,
We rambled by the upper hedge;
Around the margin of the bay.
And even to the forest’s edge.
III.
And at the blessed fountain there,
Beyond the lower range of hills,
We’ve pic-nic’d in the summer air,
Melodious with the flow of rills;
Until the languors of the noon,
Enwound us is a subtle spell;
And brought the rosy troops of June,
To guard us bv the charmed well.
IV.
Those years swift rolling like a stream
Suddenly swollen with heavy showers,
Have faded, leaving but a gleam
Connected with the present hours.
And May, no more a little maid,
Though still her curls are rich with
gold.
Wears first to-night an orange hi aid,
The votive symbol from of old..
V.
But she will go away, and then,—
I pity all that loved her so ;
Even to the thrushes in the glen,
And flowers her young hands set to
grow.
And me, alas '. who loved her well,
Through all those silver years of bliss.—
Give me, O, God ! the power to dwell,
Back there in life’s parenthesis.
P. J. MALONE.
DECIDEDBARGAINS.
BY" MRS. E. WEI.LMONT.
“Just before the first of May,” says
Mrs. Newcontbe, “ is decidedly the
best time to obtain good bargains.—
Dress fabrics were never so cheap be
fore. It is really gratifying, when the
prices of provisions are high, that
wearing apparel may be obtained at
such reasonable rates.”
And so Mrs. Newcombc and her
daughters resolved that they could af
ford to dress much better than usual
the approaching season on account of
the “decided bargains,” which could
be so reasonably obtained. We have
no evidence that either of this trio were
sagacious reasoners, or we might in
fer that where there was a heavy ex
penditure for one article there should
be corresponding retrenchment in other
articles to balance the account. No,
we are rather inclined to believe the
idea of some “ decided bargains” dilat
ed their vision, and the propriety of
seizing the present moment outweigh
ed all other considerations.
Never was the old adage more fully
carried out than with the Newcombes,
“ that one want begets many others,”
for madam had no sooner fitted out her
wardrobe with silks, velvets and em
broideries, and her daughters had se
cured the last style of brocade and
antique silks and French hats, that
were perfectly unique and “ fascinat
ing,” than the anxiety of their neigh
bors and intimate friends to ascertain
the prices paid for that “ love ofa hat”
and that “ splendid a-la-mode brocade,”
began to mauifest, and the rare bar
gains which had been secured so bore
upon their inferior outfits that neither
father nor mother had any more peace
until they, having listened to the re
cital, furnished them with ample means
to make the same outlay in precisely
the same articles.
All this might have been well
enough, had not the love of imitation
pervaded so large a circle, that finally
it was deemed essential in all public
and private parties that the style of
dress should he essentially changed
for a much more extravagant outlay ;
and perhaps bankruptcy might have
been distanced, had only a change iu
the apparel Income necessary ; hut as
woolen fabrics were cheaper than usu
al, Mrs. Newcombe availed herself
of the present opportunity to secure
new carpets for her drawing-rooms,
having found a lot “ slightly imper
fect in the finish, which would not be
discernible but to those who knew the
fact when purchasing.” Now these
carjicts made way for Anna Maria to
lay claim for a new piano—there be
ing a bankrupt stock which would be
sold at decided bargains. No sooner,
however, was the old house refurnished
than its antique appearance became
more manifest—the doors, panes of
glass and low celings really made Mr.
Newcombc feel that a change was
desirable.
About this time a large and elegant
dwelling-house was vacated by its
owner and thrown into the market,
and Mr. Newcombe felt that if it could
be obtained at a bargain he woued be-
well*arranged interior, with such a
portion of the furniture as modern ex*
travagauee had supplied and left unin
jured, Yet as Mr. Newcombe was
reported to be wealthy, the style of
living he exchanged for one more in
keeping with tho times was thus ex
plained by himself in a letter to a
friend in the country, who lamented
that he should lay aside his primitive
habits:
remember that all “ decided bargains”
should be in keeping with our pecuni
ary means, we should seldom make a
mistake in our purchases.
The Same Old Speech.
®bar Brother": TTrave
pec“J* \r"* reason for all the changes I
have recently made.. No man can
get along comfortably in our community
who has not good credit in his mercan
tile pursuits, and no family can be
possessed of all the advantages which
fashionable society demands unless
they maintain a certain amount of
style in living. I have four daugh
ters all eligible for the marriage state;
young gentlemen are on the look out
for decided bargains, and are alluied
by outward show. This may he a
strange acknowledgment for a father
to make, but really, Susan and Sophia
have become recently engaged to gen
tlemen of captivating appearance,
which I attribute to our style of living.
Two others seem on the point of pro
posing to my other daughters, and in
this manner I shall soon have provid
ed them with those whose duty it shall
he to relieve me from further expense
in their behalf.
“Thus there is something really
gained where at first it appeared os a
losing game. Appearances well sus
tained always count in cities. I re
member to have maintained a show of
wealth some years ago, when I could
have taken the poor debtor’s oath with
out any qualms of conscience. Grad
ually I accumulated what little I now
possess. My house is heavily mort
gaged ; and between us, in confidence, I
tell you I shall dispose of it as soon as
my daughters are married and off my
hands. If I have acted unwisoly, he
assured I have many who will hoar mo
company.
“ Yours, H. Newcombe.”
And did Mr. Newcombe succeed as
lie expected® Were his daughters
“decided bargains?” and were the
young men whom they married de
serving of such appellation ?
Susan married a broker in fancy
stocks; he speculated largely, and
“ swamped” six months after he stood
at the hymeneal altar. Sophie mar
ried a foreigner, “ a divine young crea
ture,” who was reclaimed by his par
ents and returned to parts unknown,
leaving his wife, with her unpaid board
hill at a fashionable hotel. Jane re
sides in a swelled front house under
the immediate eye of the “ old folks,”
and has little surplus chauge to expend
in “ decided bargains.” Fidelia’s hus
band is bankrupt, and now seeking a
clerkship. Thus were they all taken
off Mr. Newcombe’s hands. He has
since sold his house at a few thousands
advance for what he paid for it, and
boards in the suburbs, where he daily
patronizes an omnibus to the city.
And the Newcombes, we know, are
not solitary examples who are on the
lookout for “ decided bargains.” Nei
ther are women alone duped by the
search to secure the best articles at the
cheapest rates. Many a disastrous
speculation has been entered upon be
cause it purported to be a “ good bar
gain.” Much mouey in thus expended
which never repays the outlay ; but
this is a mere trifle compared with
engaging upon a matrimonial alliance
solely because there is a show of wealth
and undoubted credit. The bank
rupt here must pocket his loss and
make the best of a poor trade.
We are always suspicious about find
ing “ decided bargains.” Generally
somebody is made wretched by the sale
which benefits another. A stock of
rich goods thrown into the market is
visited upon the importer, or him
from whom they were originally pur
chased.
Besides, it is not always expedient
to purchase certain fabrics because
they are cheap. Bridget, it is true,
may find herself a silk at seventy-five
cents per yard; but the merino, at
thirty-seven cents is a much more ap
propriate article, as well as a better
bargain. So her mistress may pur
chase a brocade at two dollars per
yard, which may be accounted decide
dly cheap; but if her husband is every
day in the street inquiring if his neigh
bors have “ anything over,” the most
judicious people would approve of her
being attired in a cheaper article.
Velvet and brocades were intended
for the opulent, and there is propriety
iu corresponding to one’s circumstan
ces which makes any apparel becom
ing to the wearer. Above all things,
holding out false appearances to obtain
credit and impose upon the unwary,
is always impolitic, and savors ofa
weak mind. If everybody was arres
ted who lives and acts under “false
pretenses,” what court-room would
hold the criminals? Tf we would but
Fashion In the Sew and In the Old j one. <• The modern style of buying pat-
^ r * ri ** ent medicines warranted to purify the
The young king of Siam, cherishing 1 blo ^ rin,t Worthless caricature of
Elisha Williams, of Columbia coun
ty, New York, was n most graceful
speaker, and his voice, particularly in
its pathetic tones, was melody itself.
All who remember Ogden Hoffman’s
voice (he was called “ the flute” by his
fellow members of the Bar of New
York,) can appreciate the mellifluous
oratory of Mr. Williams.
His power over a jury was aston
ishing
He swayed them as with the wand
of an enchantress; aud it was very
seldom he failed to secure a verdict
for his client; but on one occasion he
did it in such a ridiculous manner that
a crowded court and grave judges on
the bench were convulsed with laugh
ter at the burlesque of the result.
He was completely discomfited by
an ignorant, impudent, unlettered pet
tifogger, who knew no law, but some
how or rather had the credit of shrewd
ness, and the reputation among his
neighbors of being hard t > heat.
The case, if we remember rightly,
was an act of murder.
Mr. Williams, of course, on the
ground of his power over a jury, was
for the defence.
His peroration was exceedingly
touching and beautiful.
“Gentlemen of the jury,” said he,
“ if you can find the unhappy prisoner
at the bar guflty of the crime with
which he is charged, after the adverse
and irrefragible arguments which I
have laid out before you, pronounce
your verdict. Send him to lie in
chains on a dungeon floor, waiting the
death which he is to receive at your
hands ; then go to the bosom of your
families—go lay your heads on your
pillows, and sleep if you can.”
The effect of these closing words of
the great legal orator was at first thril
ling, ami hy-and-hy the pettifogger,
who had volunteered to follow the
prosecuting attorney, arose and said :
“ Gentlemen of the jury, I should,
despair after the weeping speech that
has been made tj you by Mr. Wil
liams, of saying anything to you to do
away with his eloquence. I never
heard Mr. Williams speak that piece
of his’n better than ho spoke it just
now. Oticc I heard him speak it in a
case of stealing down in Schagtieoke;
then he spoke it ag’in in the case of
rape up to Esopus, and the last time
I heard it before jest now, was when
them niggers was tried—and convicted,
too, they was—for robbing Van Pelt’s
hen house, over bevoud Kingston, but
I never knowcd him to speak it so ele
gant and affectin’ as what he spoke it
jest now.”
This was a poser.
The jury looked at one another,
whisjiered together, and our pettifogger
saw at once that he had got them.
He stopped at once, closing with the
brief remark:—
“ If you can’t see, gentlemen of the
jury, that this one speech don’t answer
all cases, there’s no use my savin’ any
more.”
And there wasn’t; he mnde his case,
and thev awarded his verdict.
a friendly regard for an American
lady who had, during the reign of his
late father, resided in the royal city,
requested her to send him her likeness.
This was accordingly done by the
hands of a mutual friend, and the gift,
as we iearn from a recent letter, was
received with marked pleasure by the
monarch. But afetr a long aud care-
’ ful scrutiny, he asked with a puzzled
air, “ Has my friend changed her na
tion or her religion ? It must be one
or the other. The features are the
same, but the dress ? This is not the
costume she wore when I saw her last.”
And thus it ever is in the East.—•
Orientals cannot possibly comprehend
why the style of dress should be chang
ed, unless of necessity. Antony them
each nation and tribe has its peculiar
costume, os well as its insignia of reli
gious creed; and these fashions are
porpetuai, the lapse of thousands of
years ordinarily being unmarked by
any special change. The loose Orient
al sleeve, adopted of late years by our
ladies, has Itecii worn in Chinn for |
thousands of years ; the various has-1
ques, sacks, aud jackets, so generally
prevalent among us at the present
time, have all been portions of the na
tional costume of Burmalt, Siam, and
Malaya from time immemorial; and
so of many of the styles introduced as
new in our Western World. Some of
their ff shions, it is true, seem very ab
surd to our unaccustomed eyes ; but
ours doubtless appear equally strange
to an Oriental, who regards red ns the
appropriate color for a bride, white for
mourning, and yellow as the distin
guishing costume of the clergy.—Lip-
pincott’s Magazine.
A Profitable Business.
Beauty of Old People.
Men and women make their own
beauty or their own ugliness. Lord
Lytton speaks in one of his novels, of
a man “ who was uglier than he had
any business to beand if he could
but read it, every human being carries
his life in his face, and is good-looking
or the reverse as that life has been
good or evil. On our features the fine
chisel of thought and emotion arc
eternally at work. Beauty is not
the monopoly of blooming young men
and of white and pink maidens. There
is a slow-growing beauty which only
eoincs to perfection in old age. Grace
belongs to no period of life, and good
ness improves the longer it exists. I
have seen sweeter smiles from a lip of
seventy than upon a lip of seventeen.
There is the beauty of youth and the
beauty of holiness—a beauty much
more seldom met, aud more frequently
found in the arm-chair by the fire,
with graudchildern around its knee,
than in the ball-room or promenade.—
Husband and wife, who have fought
the world side by side, who have made
common stock of joy or sorrow, aud
age together, are not unfrequently
found curiously alike in personal ap
pearance, and in pitch and tone of
voice—just as twin pebbles on the
beach, exposed to the same tidal influ
ences, are each other’s second self.—
He has gained a feminine something,
which brings his manhood into full re
lief. She has gained a masculine
something which acts as a foil to her
womanhood.
Beets.—Not much can be done
except to keep clear of weeds as they
arc nearly full grown. Take care that
they are not two thick, and if two have
been left together pull one out.
Orange growing in California— like
the intelligent culture of this fruit else
where—is very remunerative. The
average yield of orange trees in that
State is set down at about oue thou
sand five hundred for each tree. As
suming seventy trees to an acre and
one thousand oranges to a tree, the
product of seventy thousand oranges
would result. As these would sell at
S20 per thousand, an orangery of ten
acres would give a gross revenue of
614,000, which, reduced by one-half
to include all contingencies of poor
crops, &c., would leave 67,000 as the
almost certain value of a season’s
growth. At Los Angelos recently a
single crop was sold for 620,000, while
the entire outlay due to pruning, tak
ing care of the ground, and attendance
of the growing fruit was not more than
8500. As an investment there is prob
ably no better one than that of a few
thousand dollars in planting an orange
ry—say in Florida. The original cost
would be slight; and after a few years,
when the trees begin to hear, the re
turns of a good season—barring any
possible loss from frost, which is the
great enemy of the orange grower—
will quite cover the expenses entailed.
After that a comfortable income may
confidently lie anticipated from the
proceeds of the yearly crops.
Beards and Behavior.—What
would men do without their beards and
mustaches on Sundays, when they are
compelled to sit still for the space of
an hour, and cannot go out in the pate-
ses for either a smoke or a drink ?—
That’s the time they take to bite off
the ends of mustaches, twist them into
fantastic shapes, and comb out their
beards with their fidgety fingers. Talk
of the “ nervousness of women !”—
Thank goodness, they know how to sit
still! I can think of nothing but a
hyena in a small cage, when I see a
man “ in mcetin.’ ” Tt is idefying to
see his abortive attempts to behave.—
Fanny Fern. ,
the good old way. Buy the best
“ yarbs” the botanical stores afford, or
beg among your neighbors, if they are
better off than yourself, and make
your own Spring Bitters—it is a better
Way than to buy secret remedies which
may, or may not, be of some value.
Above all things do not fret,
“Let this mad world wag as it will”
—do you be calm, cheerful, aud meet
all tbe disasters, which can attend the
“ breaking up of a hard winter” with,
equanimity.
Photography Simplified.
A new photographic process ut pe
culiar simplicity is attracting much at
tention abroad on account of its dis
pensing with much of the parapher
nalia which, iu the present mode, in
volves so great an ainouut of trouble.
Instead of the usual nitrate of silver
bath the inventor employs what is
known as an emulsion ; that is, he mix
es with the ususul collodion a few
j grains of nitrate of silver and also of
1 nitrate of uranium. These substances-
give to the collodion a remarkable
sensitiveness to light. In taking pic
tures, the operator simply pours the
sensitized collodion upon the glass
plate, cud then rinses it in water.—
The plate is now ready for immediate
use, or it may be kept, in a dark place,
of course, and used at convenience.—
The picture is readily developed by-
means of pyrogallicacid, ammonia and
bromide of potassium, aud the finest
pictures are, it is asserted, produced,
with more certainty aud much less
trouble than by the ordinary process.
Indeecd, repeated trials upon all sorts
of pictures, outdoor views and gallery-
portraiture, have proved the new
process to be more sensitive thnfc the
wet process—finer pictures with lcs
labor being the result.
Spring Fever.
With the advent of spring, sickne.73
enters many a household. It lays its
heavy hand upon its victim just as
moving or housecleaning is iu pro
gress, when it is impossible for the fami
ly always to hastow all needed care
upon the invalid.
“ Prevention is better than cure.'
If you can guard against sudden chills
till settled summer weather comes, you
will ward off severe illness most effect
ually. Dress warmly; protect the
feet; keep on all flannels till the May
storm is past; eat less meat as spring
advances ; have as varied a diet as pos
sible ; do not attempt to accomplish too
much hard work in one day, and you
will have done all you can to turn a
cold shoulder to sickness, when he
pauses at your threshold.
A good cathartic, judiciously admin
istered, will often avert an illness, bat
it should be remembered that exposure
and fatigue must be avoided, when
such a remedy is used. The old fash
ion of taking Thoroughworth tea,
home-made sarsaparilla, etc., to puri
fy the blood in the spring, was a wise
A Fish Savings Ilank.
They must have some good heads in
the Russian Government—the proof
of which appears in a curious kind of
savings bank established in Siberia. —
The inhabitants of the northwestern
part of that region live substantially
upon salmon, which enter the streams
in summer spawn. Then the natives
take immense quantities cf the fish,
dry them and lay by a supply to last
till the next season. But about even-
third or fourth year on the average—
though with considerable irrcgularitv
—the salmon do not appear, and the
consequence is a famine, which, fulling
first upon the dog-teams of the people,
disables the latter from drawing sup
plies from other quarters. To prevent
the terrible sufferings which have aris
en from this cause, the Russian Gov
ernment . established at Kolyma, a
Russian post on the Arctic Ocean, a
sort of savings bank with a capital of
one hundred thousand dried fish pur
chased from the natives and stored
away. Then a law was enacted com
pelling every adult male inhabitant of
the settlement t<> pay into the hank
annually one-tenth of all the fish he
caught, and no excuse for a failure
was admitted—this continuing as Tong
as the fish season remained good. But
when there was a failure of the salmon
and starvation impended, every depos
itor was entitled to borrow from the
bank fish enough for his regular sup
plies, on condition of repayment next
year. This bank, at the last advices,
had carried the people, through two
consecutive years of famine, and accu
mulated a capital of 300,000 dried
fish, and was still accumulating at the
rate of 20.000 a year. It was thus on
the broard road to wealth, besides be-
ing a fountain of benificence to the
people. It is the principle of Joseph’s
management in Egypt, with all the
modern improvements required bv the
state of society in Siberia.
Immortality.—The following beau
tiful gem is from the pen of the late
Geo. D. Prentice : “ Why is it that
the rain and the cloud come over us
with a beauty that is not of earth, and
then pass away and leave us to moan
on their faded loveliness? Why is it
that the stars which hold their nightly
festival around the midnight throne,
are placed beyond the reach of our
limited faculties, forever mocking us
with their unapproachable glory?—
And why is it that bright forms of
human beauty are presented to our
view, and then taken from us, leaving
the thousand streams of affection to
flow back Alpine torrents upon our
hearts ? "We are born to a higher des
tiny than that of earth. T! ere is a
realm where the rain-bow never fades
—where the stars will be set out Im--
fore us like islands that slumbe • on the
ocean, and where the beautiful being
that passes before us like a meteor, will
stay in our presence forever."
Cabbage and Cauliflowers.—
Where caterpillars are troublesome de
stroy by band picking or by the use of
salt or other application.