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Loland. “Sometimes I tbiok I do; and
then again I don’t care if the devil gets the
whole of them."
Upon this the Persbvtery retired again,
and reported as before, much to the surprise
of Leland, who was now constrained to sub
mit to ordination. After they bad ordaioed
him in dqe form, he said:
“Well, brethren, when Peter put his hands
on people, and took them off, they bad more
sense than they had before; but you have all
had your bands on my head, and, before God,
I am as big a fool now as f was before you put
them on.”
MEMORIES.
Once wand’ring ’rnong the antumn woods,
While brown leaves fell and fell,
New hopes kept building in my breast,
Sweeter than lips could tell.
Beside me walked the one I loved,
His strong hand grasping mine.
His soft words falling on my ear,
In accents half divine.
Oh, antumn woods' Oh, antumn leaves!
Blush red beneath the sun.
For him who made a hundrod vows,
And broke them ev’ry oue.
What anguish for the bosom, when
The heart cannot condemn!
When the old affection lingers
Like leaves about the stem!
Would that the little budding hopes
With which my life was crowned,
LikB leaves and flowers, could spring again
Whene’er the spring comes round.
Oh. faded woods! Oh,.faded flowers!
Your youth will come mice more;
But I must pine amid the blasts,
All withered to the core.
Oh! love of mine, como back to roe,
And underneath those boughs,
Speak one kid# word, and I’ll forgive
Tby hundred broken vows!
WAYSIDE GATHERINGS.
piTBr-IS 11315 WEEKLY,
|j3v .1. II. CHRISTY,
Kilitor and Proprietor.
pEVOTED TO J^EWS, pOLITICS AND pENEI^AL jPROGF^ESS. JNDEPENDENT IN ^LL ^HINGS
VOLUME XX.
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of hrvad and Wall Street*, (up-trfalrs.)
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vlmiu-sirntion er Guardianship 4.00
,„ Debtors and Crnditnra 5.00
j„ SMi. per eqaare, each inaortioo 1.50
,ell Real Estate.. 4.00
., i fir disailision of Administrator 5.00
1 ", .. “ Guardian 5.25
x , ..rartain the nnmher of tquarea in an advertise.'
,ibitmrv. eeunt the worda—one hundred being
nil ton linen. AUfraclion* are eonnted as full
PR0FESS10ML AMD BUSINESS CARDS.
. r.rtwiw. | noweLP coil,Jit.
h KltWI.V .t COBB,
I ) ATTORNEY:? at law.
r Arnn.vs, cEonniA.
iMfire in the Dnupree Building. Den21
B " v X K BUPTC Y.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attorocy«*t<L*w, Athens. Da.
[, r „„ ft road ntreet.over the utore of Barry A Son,
If ill giv* *p*cinl attention to rase* ; n Bankruptcy. Al-
T tn (hr collection of all claim* entrusted to his eare.
r. LUMi’KiSi a
Attorney at Law,
ATHENS, OA.
•fr Office orcr Crane A Barry** store, formerly oc-
hv ft. Itelony.Esq. Septlh
FJ-
If AMES It. LYLE,
■ I ATTORNEY AT LAW.
n.,,22 WATKtNSVILLE. GA.
|rnl!S )[. MATTHEWS.
|) Attorney at Law.
Dauielsviile, ft a.
Prompt ittention will be given to any busines* en-
to hi* rn e Marchl4.
ITJ'XCiLAXD ti 0RR,
IJ_j Wholesale nnd Hetnil Dealer*.
au«! COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall. Broad St, Athen*, Ga.
» are now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cent* per
■ale, ami will advance cash when desired. Oct2S.
IT H. HOGGINS,
I) , hole,ele and Retail Dealer in
TjiKY HOODS, Gl^CEIUBS, HARDWARE. Ac.
|y,M* Bread Street. Athena, Ga.
frOHX H. CHRISTY,
Ij i'lain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athen*, Ga.
Office corner Broad and Wall atreets, over the *tore
»m»”> D. Pittnrd. tf
DA VI LION HOTEL,
Cff ARLEST9X, S. C.
rhi« Mil. t-CLASS Hotel is situated in the very
itre <«f the h:i*ino*s part «»f the city, and all who
>p iherc will find every convenience nnd luxury that
i he procured. Board, per day, $3.00.
\\. H \ mtltox, Su/d. Mr*. L. H. BuTTr.nrir.LP,)
Dc’tJ tf Proprietrem*. |
|Jl MMEY & NEWTON,
I>oaler* in
Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE,
|Jmci» No. 0,Broad street, Athens, Ga.
U C. DOBBS,
D. Wholesale n.id Retnil Dealer in
and Fancy DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Ac.
| F*h9 No. 12 Broad Street, Athena, Ga.
DOOT'I,
& CH AFFIN.
Dealera In WHISKIES, BRANDIES,
hnc". Ale, Lngor Beer, 111 kind* of Fancy Drink*,
pr#, Tobacco, Aq., Ac., Market street, near court
.Athen#, Ga. Feh26—ly
LT'MORY SPEER,
Hi LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
A" Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
|« Court# of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Bank*,
irk#on, Hnh,-r*haro, Franklin, Bnbun and White,
M give »:tfnt»on to collecting and other claim* in
r»#« auntie#. March 19, 1873.
ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
IV. FRANKLIN, N. O.
1’r.i-ticc# in nil the Courts of Western North Caro-
U, and in the Federal Courts. Claim* collected in
| part# of lh* State. ap!6—ly
i A■ A. ESDCrXSy
Boot, Shoe and Harness
MAKKR,
firmi-iy WATKIXSVILLE, GA.
[ '■ LVUrKtil. nESRV JACKSON.
LUMPKIN & JACKSON,
.4I'TORNEYS A T LA IF,
nLL practice in the Superior Court Clarke ooua-
tv. the Sniueme Court of the State, and the U.
r the Northern Distrietof Georgia. feb7
To* undernigned i*now prepared to famish
MGNOAiENTS,
i’ADSTONES
Or anything in the Marble or
IRON-RAILING
miYiv " fl I hav. quite a number of NEW
» « or Pattern*, which can bo sees by apply-
NovSO-tf J.R. CRANE.
AU.V, J. C. 11AM.MAS. T. J. HtOBT.lWM.
[UNNALLY, HALLMAN & CO.,
wholesale Grocers,
And d.alen in
PKOVISIOXS. GRAIN, Ac.
Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Geo.
P* ABENTS FOR THE ARROW TIE. f.b2.
r.. r. nowr.LL.
?EEPLES & HOWELL,
ATTOhNCTS AT LAW,
-0 and 22, Kimball Hotutt,
ATLANTA, GA.
>» the Statennd Federal Courte, nnd
I,.'"' 1 "sn'erly nil the Court* in AdantaMnelod-
I ," -ni>r«me Court of the Slate, and will argue
^ “Pin brief, for nbient pnrtlee, on reaninnble
|“.v also praetiee in the Court* of thetnuntleaeoo.
“t aaee,,jh), Atlnntwby Rnilroitd. sepll
P. ROBERTS, M. D.,
I at Monroa, offer* his profusion*
Ull piuiwriUUH
| , *ouutry , 10 town and sarroand-
BSrv M.ltn «reet, North of Court Houm. jnnll
k R. B. ADAIR, D.D.S.
► GAINESVILLE, GA.
|“v«.Siiuthen,teorner Publia Square. mnr27
HCK-UYIRG,
t^nd Ornamental Work
I t«S n0,i ^ 0 ’, Satlaf.cUot. gn.run-
■ coTn..** ln , t*nce. Order* from Itsuiround.
L. 'JJ *«Helt,dI »nd attended to with de*p«teb.
eMoanblc, Order* left a t the Mora of J b Pit-
». )Y* <ch ®»n «Oee, will be Ailed at
L, A*'8ettln e Gr»te, • .pw:|»|ty.
~ "t'V'.IWI It.
WILLIAMS * GARRISON.
M. W. HIDEN,
ATTORNEY at law,
S. Claim Agent and notary Public,
0SOHOfA.
el. below King A Bro'*.
WAGON YARD IN ATHENS.
r J'llE lubeeriber he* fitted up nnd opened naafe, com
fortable end coramodion* Wagon Yard, on River
•treet.ln the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where
CORN, FODDER, end ell other neeeeaary enpplle*< nn
be purchneed on ree*onebleterm*. Cher(e*moderete.
The higheat merkot price paid for Country Produce,
end Bank bills received in exchange for Good*.
JnlyT—tf WILEY F. HOOD.
COTTON STATES
Lit© Insurance Co.
OF MACON, GEORGIA,
OFFICERS:
w 11 B JOHNSTON .„.Pre*ldent,
WM S HOLT Vice President,
GEO S O'BEAR. 4 Secretary.
C F McCAY Actuary.
JOHN W BUBKE.,..™ ...General Agent.
J MERCER GREEN ..Medical Examiner.
W J MAGILL......... Superintendent of Agencies.
EVERY SOUTHERN MAN
I* interested in keeping.the large accumulation* of
Life Companies ut bom*. In Fire Imarance the pre
mium* are moitly returned to maetloiee*; but in Life
Insurance they
ARE ACCUMULATED,
to meet the death* at old age, and only
Returned after Many Years-
The money retained here will bring better interest,
and thus swell the profits of. a tnutnal company, and
BENEFIT THE INSURED
in many other ways.
Every Southern man will be sure to assent to this,
and favor a Southern company, il it is »afo. Wo offer
him precisely the same security a* the Northern mn
tnal companies—the accumulated premiums of the in
sured, paid by the young, tn meet the amnuntainsnrrd
when they grow old nnd die, and in nddilion thereto,
a capital commencing with
$500,000!
Surely, this make* it •«/«/ sod if so, lot ovory man
insure at home.
Terms of Insurance.
Onr premium# are a* low as most of the Northern
companies, and lower than many of them.
\nd as oar policie\have no restriction* on Southern
tiavel or residence, they are really cheaper than those
of New York.
Active aM Enerptic pits Wanted
In every Connty and Town in the State.
An active, energetic man can make
From $25 to $50 a Day
canrasaing for this Company, and never leave Ms own
county.
A GOOD AGENT
wanted in each of the following named eonntiea:
Clarke, Jackson, Oglethorpe,
Walton, Elbert, Madison, Franklin,
Hart, Banks, HaJl, Habersham,
White, Lumpkin, Union,
Towns and Rabun.
EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY GIVEN,
and a liberal per centage allowed. For particular*,
address T. A. BURKE,
mar27 District Agent, Athen*, Gn.
HEW FIRM! NEW GOODS!
AND NEW STAND!
T HE subscribers having entered into copartnership
in raeroantila business, will open on the first day
of Jannary, in the building on tho corner of Tbomae
and Clayton atreets, (a short distance North of Deu-
pree’* Hall) a large and general aaaortmant of
Family G-roceries,
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
PROVISIONS, HARDWARE,
CROCKERY, SADDLERY,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c.
And, in fact, all articles usually kept in an aaiorted
stock, to which they invitethe attention of their friends
and the public generally.
Their Good* will ha eold cheap for cash, or ex
changed for Cotton and otherCountry Prodnceat high
est market price*.
dec!8 PITNER,O’FARRELL k JACKSON.
ANTI-PYROTIC,
OR,
Great Fire-Killer.
NO HUMBUG!
CERTAIN,SURE, RELIABLE.
B V a rocent discovery, we are enabled to offer the
public u cafe, certain and aura enre for
Burns, Scalds, Scald-Head, Stings bj Insects,
Teller, King Worm, Plies, Sore Byes
nnd Old Sores ot long standing.
This preparation haa boon thoroughly texted—in
burn* olway* insures almost instant relief—has naver
faiiad in a single iaatanoe.
We have in our possession numbers of eertifioato*
showing the WONDERFUL CURFS effected by this
preparation, which never fails
Every Family should have a Bottle of it
READY FOR ORB!
No one knows how eooo a member of the family may
need it.
It ia a Georgia production and perfectly free from
mineral poison.
^^.Forsalein Athens at the Drug Stores of Dr. R'
V. Smith A C». and Dr. Wm. King, Jr.
Orders should be addressed to
JARRETT A MULKBY,
AagS • Walton’s Ford. Ga.
THE ECLIPSE
I o meeliug with miBrecedented success,
fully esfabltahingit* claim* ns tbe STANDARD
WATER WHEEL. They are in u#e all over the
Union, and every wheel heard from is giving unquali
fied satisfaction. All sixes, from 8 to 72 inches in
diameter, manufactured by the
STILLWELL* BIERCE MANUFACTG CO.
'Jw^For descriptive circular# nnd price li*ts,apply
tocraddruB* R. NICKERSON..
Feb 19 Athens, Ga.
Boltingr Olotltsi.
LL owner# can g*t the h*#t ANUIIOR BRAND
A at tn a y29 F. W. LUCAS A CO.’S, Athen*.
w.
ATHENS, GA—WEDNESDAY,'AUG. 6,1873.
jMert fpsttllang.
THE STORY OF LIFE.
Say, what is life f ’Tis to be born.
A hopeless babe to greet tbe light
With a sharp wail, as if tho morn
Foretold a cloudy noon and night; •
To weep, to sleep, and weep again.
With sunny smiles between, and then t
And then apace tbe infant grows
Tn be a laughing, sprightly boy, ,
Happy, despite his little woes.
Were be but conscious of bis joy!
To be, in short, from two to ten.
A merry, moody child ; and then ?
And then the coat and trowsers clad
To learn to say the Decalogue.
And break it, at) unthinking bid.
With mirth and mischief all agog.
A truant oft by field and fen.
And capture butterflies, siud then t
Aud then increased in strength and size,
To be. anon, a youth full grown ;
A hero in bis mother’s eyes,
A young Apollo in his own';
To imitato tbo ways of men
In fashionable sin, and then T
And then at least to be a man.
To fall in love, to woo and wed !
With seething brain to scheme and plan,
To gather gold or toil for bread T
To sue for fame with tongue or pen.
And gain or lose tbe prize; and then 7
And then in gray and wrinkled Eld
To mourn the speed of lifo’s decline;
To praise the scenes of life beheld.
And dwell in memory of Lang Syne,
To dream a while with darkened ken,
Tbeu drop into his grave, and tlienT
Extemporaneous Orators.
Marshall, of Kentucky, one of the most bril-
liaut orators of his time, and a man of large
scholarly attainments, who had as much of
that mystical quality called geniue as any one
of bis cotemporarios iu Congress, was full of
affectation in this regard. He spoke readily
without preparation, bis ideas following each
other consecutively and with uncommon force;
but he never trusted to the inspiration of the
moment when there was opportunity for stu
dy ing up the subject and arrauging his thoughts
in advance. He had a habit of absenting him
self from the capitol for days at a time, every
hour of which ho devoted to reading and study,
his acquaintances generally supposing him to
be engaged in a debauch. After getting tho
roughly crammed and armed at every point,
he would como into the Houso, looking ex
hausted and haggard, giving color to.the no
tion that be had been on a frolic, and, watch
ing his opportunity, would pour forth the fruits
of his study in a strain of off-hand, strikiug
eloquence that hardly over failed to astonish
his bearers. And the remark was often heard,
* What a brilliant man! What could be not
accomplish if be was industrious and regular
in bis habits t’ ‘
Mr. Preston, for somotime Mr. Calhoun’s
colleague in the Senate, was an accomplished
The Pride of the Family.
. The -Rome Commercial under this head, tells
the following story:
‘ A young married friend tells a good joke
on himself, perpetrated by a little three year
old ’ pride of the family.’ She is tho only
pledge of love that has twined itself around
the hearts and affections of himself and wife.
A few evenings since a minister visited the
family and remained until after tea. At the
table tbe reverend visitor asked the iJIbssing,
and tbe little one opened her eyes to their full
est capacity in startled wonderment. She
could not understand what bad been done, and
it was with great persuasion that her mother
cculd keep her quiet during the time they
were at the table. Wbeu they left ttys, tablo
she walked op to the minister,ibr?. whom she
had formed a great friendship, and caught
hold of bis hand, and said: • What did you
say at the table before we commenced eating t
‘ My little darling, I thanked God for his good
ness iu giving us to eat, so that we might grow
and be strong.’ ‘ Papa don’t say that.’—
* Wbat does your papa say V * Papa says,
‘ goddlemigbty wbat a supper.” Papa just
bad time to get bis hat and slip out to see
about the cow, or do some other chore for his
wife. He assures us, however, that the * pride
of the family ’ was put to bed that night with
an extra kiss, and that bo has promised him
self never to be caught again.
A Woman’s Curiosity.
A lodge of tho Independent Order of Odd
Follows, at Woodston, determined to have
their lodge-room done up clean and nice. It
was resolved unanimously that Mrs. K. should
be employed to do the job.
After the meeting adjourned the Guardian,
who knew the iuquisitive character of Mrs. K.,
procured a billy-goat and placed him in tbe
closet that was kept as a reservoir for the se
cret tbiugs. He then informed the lady of the
wishes of tbe lodge, aud requested her to come
early next morning, as he would then shaw her
what was and wbat was not to be done.
Morning came, and with it Madame K. with
her broom, brushes, pails, tubs, etc., and fouud
the Guardian waiting for her.
‘ Now, Madame, said ho, * I tell you what
wo want done, and how we came to employ you.
Tho brothers said it was difficult to get any-
body to do the job, and not be meddling with
the secret in the closet; we have lost the key,
and cannot find it to lock the door. I assured
them that you could be depended ou.'
* Depend oe! I guess I can. My poor and
dead and gone husband, be belonged to the
Free masons or anti-Masons, I don’t know
which. Ho used to tell me ail tbe secrets of
the concern and when he showed me all tbe
marks of tbe-grid iron made when be was ini
tiated, and told mo how they fixed poor Mor
gan, I never told a living ^>ul to this day ; if
nobody troubles your closet to find out yeur
gentleman and a very popular orator. He secrets till I do, they will lay there till they rot
never spoke without commanding the atten
tion'of bis hearers, and few men in Congress
had a higher reputation for brilliant extempo
raneous eloquence. But he never spoke with
out the most ample and careful preparation.
Soon after- he retired from Congress, he was
chosen President of a college iu South Caro
lina. In his address to tho students he said
he knew of no such thing as genius or natural
inspiration. Whatever of reputation he had
acquired was by dint of constant, untiring la
bor. He bad trusted to study and hard work
solely. He never spoke in Congress or to a
popular assemblage without arranging what
ho had to say, and oven premeditating his sen
tences and tho precise collocation of his words.
And he .assured his bearers that tho only road
to public distinction lay through tbe field of
stufly and research.
Mr. Webster was so thoroughly instructed
upon all subjects wbiclt came under disenssion
in Congress that he was equal to almost any
occasion, and rarely needed any special pre
paration. And yet be was not above the weak
ness of concealing his’studies, aud the sources
whence be drew bis inspiration. No man bet
ter understood the weight and value of lan
guage than Mr. Webster, and what he said
was always marked by decision and perspicu
ity ; but when coping with a formidable anta
gonist, he omitted no means that promised to
aid him in tbe contest. He was accustomed
to speak of the master production of bis life,
his celebrated reply to Hayne. as a sort of cas
ual effort, made on the spur of the moment,
without much previous consideration.
Probably the two men in public life who
could most safely trust to their own resources
and acquirements, under all circumstances,
were Mr. Adams and Mr. Calboun. The en
dowments of Mr. Calhoun were ot a higher
order, and bis creative power was superior to
that of Mr. Adams ; but the * old man elo
quent,' as lie was called,' had a memory so te
nacious, and liis knowledge was so extensive
and exact, that he never seemed to need any
special preparation. He was the most labo
rious and methodical man in Congress, and
probably in the country. He kept a volumin
ous diary, iu which every event, incident, or
circumstance of the day was carefully noted
down; aud this, with his habits of iodustry,
made him a very doctor in all matters of con
troversy or argument. It was a knowledge of
his complete equipment and his power as an
antagonist that prompted tbo reply of Mr.'
Clay, when asked when be proposed to renew
the discussion with Mr. Adams on the vexed
question of the fisheries of tbe Mississippi, ns
connected witb the treaty of Ghent. Finding
himself getting the worst of tbo argument, Mr.
Clay closed tbe consideration of the matter, so
far as be wns concerned, witb the remurk that
ho should drop the subject, hoping to renew it
at sume future period more favorable for calm
discussion, when be expected to show that Mr.
Adams was altogether in the wrong. Some
time afterward a friend asked him when ho
proposed to re-open the controversy. ’Nev
er !’ was his emphatic reply. • A man must
be a bom fool who voluntarily engages in a
controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of
fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken
iu bis lifo. And then, if be happens to bo in
doubt about anything,die - has his inevitable
diary, in which lie basrecorded every tiling that
baa occurred since the adoption of the Federal
Constitution.’—Harper's Magazine.
they will.
‘ I thought so,’ said tbe guardian, * and now
I want you to commence iu that corner, and
give the whole room a descent cleaning, aud
1 pledge my word and honor for the fidelity to
your promise, now don’t go into that closet,’
and then left the lady to herself.
No sooner had she heard the sound of iiis
feet on tbo last step of tho stairs than sbo ex
claimed, * Don’t get into that closet!’
‘ I’ll warrant there’s a grid-irion, or some
nonsense, just like the anti-Masons for all the
world, I’ll be bound. I will take one peep, and
nobody will be any tbe wiser, as I can keep it
to myself.’
Suiting the action to the word she stepped
lightly to tbo forbidden closet, turned the but
ton, which wits no sooner done than * bah-1'
went tbe billy-goat, with a spring to regain
bis liberty, which came near upsetting her
ladyship. Both started for tbe door, but it
was filled witb implements for bouse cleaning,
and all were swept clear from their position
down to tbe bottom of tbe stairs.
Tbe noise and confusion occasioned by sacb
unceremonious coming down the stairs drew
half tbe town to witness Mrs. K.’s effortto get
from under the pile of pails, tubs, brooms aad
brushes in the street.
Whoshould be first to tbe spot but tbe
rascally door-keeper after releasing the goat,
which was a cripple for life, and uplifting the
rubbish that bouud the good woman to tho
earth, anxiously inquired if she bad been tak
ing tbe degrees.
‘ Taking tbe degree!’ exclaimed the lady,
* if you call tumbling from tbe top to tbe bot
tom of tbe stairs witb the devil after ye, tak
ing things by degrees, I have them, and if ye
frightened folks as ye frightened me, and hurt
to boot, I'ii warrent they will make as much
noise as I did.’
4 1 hope you did not open the closet, madam,’
said tbe door-keeper.
4 Open the closet 7 Eve ate tbe apple she
was forbidden 1 If yon want a woman to do
anything, tell her not to do it and she’ll do it
certain. 1 could not stand the temptation.—
The secret wns there. I wanted to know it.
I opened the door and nut popped tbe tarnal
critter right into my face. I thought the devil
had me; and I broke for tbe stairs witb tbe
devil butting ine at every jump. I fell over
the tub, and got down stairs as you found us,
all in a heap.’
‘But,madam,’said the door-keeper, ’you
are in possession of tbe great secret of our or
der, and you must go up to be initiated and
sworn, and then go in tbe regular way.’
• Regular way!’ exclaimed the lady, ‘and
do you suppose I am going near tbe tarnal
place, and ride that ar tarnal critter without
a bridle or a Indy’s saddle 7 No, never! 1
don’t want nothing to do with the man that
rides it. I’d look nice perched upon a billy-
goat, wouldn’t 17 No, never 1 I’ll never go
nigh it agaiu, nor your ball nuther—if I can
prevent it, no lady shall ever join the Odd
Fellows. Why, I’d sooner be a Free Mason,
and bo broiled on a grid-iron as long as the
iiro could be kept under it, and pulled from
garret to cellar with a halter, in a pair of old
breeches and slippers just .os my poor dead
husband. Aud he lived over it, but I never
could live over such another ride as I took to-
dav.'
lie over did.’ was tho reply the Belfast Journal
got to a dunning letter.
.. Hero is a matrimonial advertisement; “ A
.‘He is dead; but he pays just ns well as yeung lady of exterior and pleasant appear-
ance wishes to marry a gentleman of jn»t the
same wpy of thinking.’
A Scene from Life.
A young man entered the bar-rnom of a vil
lage tavern, and called for a drink. ‘No,’
said tho landlord; * you have had too much
already. You have had delirium tremens once,
and I can not gell yon any more.’ He stepped
aside to make room for a couple of young men
who had just entered, and tho landlord waited
npon them very politely. The other had stood
by silent and sullen, and when they had finish
ed he walked up to the.landlord, and tbits ad
dressed him : * Six years ago, at their age, I
stood where those young men now are. I was
a man with fair prospects. Now, at the age
of twenty-eight, I am a wreck, body and mind.
You led me to drink. In this room I formed
the habit that has been my ruin. Now sell me
"a fow glasses’more, and yon’r work -will be
done! I will soon be out of the way; there is
no hope for me. But they can be saved; they
may lie men again. Do not sell it to them.—
Sell it me, and let me die, and tbe world will
lie rid of me; but for heaven's sake sell no
more to them !’ The landlord listened, pale
and trembling. Setting down his decanter,
he exclaimed, * God helping me, that is the
lust drop I will ever sell to any one!’ And he
kept his word.—National Temperance Advocate.
Ordination Extraordinary.
J obn Leland, one of the most popular preach
ers of his day, in Virgiuia, and one of the most
eccentrio and singularly pious of men, was at
first ordained a minister by the choice of the
church, without the imposition of tbe bands
of the Presbytery. Ho continued for some
years afterward to preach and baptise on the
authority of his simple appointment,.much to
tbe disturbance ot tbe peace of the association
to which ho belonged. In fact, on account of
his departure from the usages of the churches
in Virginia, he was not for a while in good
fellowship with aoy. Right or wrong he open
ly professed to believe that tho imposition of
hands by the Apostles, in ancient times, was
only to confer miraculous gifts; and that con
sequently, such a ceremony in the church now,
was in itself, worthless because wholly unau
thorized. His brethren urged him most ear
nestly for the sako of peace, to submit to ordi
nation by the hands' of the ministry; and fin
ally, to gratify them, he consented that they
might call a Presbytery for the purpose. Know
ing all the questions which they would ask on
his examination, and resolved in bis own mind
on the answers which be would give, ho felt
confident that they would not ordain him.
The Presbytery, consisting of three staunch
Calvinists, was called. The day appointed
for tbe ordination arrived and with it came
a multitude of people to witness the ceremony.
The work was divided amongst the several
Presbyters. Ono was to ask tbe usual ques
tions concerning bis faith and call; another
was to offer up an ordination prajer; and an
other was tn deliver the charge to the pastor
and the church. Leland took bis seat long
before they appeared, and resting his arras bn
his knees, and burying bis face in his bands,
awaited the ir movements. The Presby tor ap
pointed to conduct the examination at length
began: J
“Brother Leland, it becomes my fluty, ac
cording tn previous arraugetnent, to ask you
a few questions upon tlje subject of your faith
and in reference to your call to tbe ministry.’’
“Well brother,” said Leland, slowly raising
bis bead. “I will tell you all I know.” and
down went his head into his hands again.
Presbyter. “Brother Leland. do you not
believe that God chose his people in Christ be
fore tbe foundation of the world 7"
Leland (looking up.) “I know not, brother,
wbat God was doing before ho began to make
this world.”
Presbyter. “Brother Leland, but do you
not believe tbat God bad a peoplejfrura before
the foundation of the world 7"
Leland. “If he had, brother, they were not
our kind of folks. Our people were made out
of dust, you know, and before the foundation
of the world there was no dust to make them
out of."
Presbyter. “You believe, brother Leland,
that all.men are totelly depraved 7”
Leland. “No, WBther; if they were', they
could not wax worse and worse, as some of
them do. The devil was no worse than totally
dopfaved."
t resbyter. “Well, there are otherquestious
that will embrace all these in substance,
will ask whether you do not believe tbat sin-
iiora are justified by tbe righteousness of Christ
imputed to them?”
Leland. “Yes, brother, provided they will
do right themsel ves; but I know ot no righteous
ness that will justify a man that won’t do right
himself,.”
Presbyter. “Brother Leland, I will ask
you one more question : Do you not believe
that all tbe saints will persevere through gftico
to glory, and get home to heaven at last 7”
Leland. , “I can tell you more about that,
my brother, when 1 get there myoolf. Some
men seem to make a very had start of it here
Tbe Presbyter, seeing that the audionce
was greatly amused, proposed to his collea
gues tbat they should retire for a few moments
and consult together. After returning, they
remarked to the congregation, tbat brother
Leland bad not answered tbe questions as
satislactorily as they could wish, but they all
knew that be bad many eccentricities, for
which they should make every allowance;
tbat they bad concluded accordingly to ask
bim a few questio^tonching bis call to the
ministry.
Presbyter. “Brother Leland, yon believe
that God has called you to preach tbe Gospelf
Leland. “I never beard bim, brother.”
Presbyter. “We do not suppose, brother
Leland, that you ever heard an audible voice;
but you know what we mean.”
Leland. “But wouldn’t it bo a queer call
brother, if there were no voice and nothing said?
Prtkbytor..(Evidently confused.) ’Well. well,
brother Leland, you believe, at least, that it is
your duty to preach the Gospel to every crea
ture 7”
Leland. “Ah 7 no, my brother, I do not bo-
lievo it to he my duty to preach to the Dutch,
for instango, for I can’t do it. When the Lord
sent the Apostles to preach to every nation, he
taught them to talk to all sorts of people ; but
ho ha? never loarnerl me to talk Dutch yet.
Presbytor. “But, brother Leland, you feel a I
great dcsiro for tho salvation of sinners, do
yon not?" ' I
A Jealous Husband (lured by Liquorice Water.
There is a man in this city who is so affec-
tionately-fond ofbis w t lfo tb^t 1)0 is jealous if
a man looks within forty-five degrees of the
direction in* which she may happen to be.—
Tbe other day a geutleman spoke to her, and
ho immediately threatened suicide. His wifo
dispatched for a bottle of poison, which she
had put up at the druggist’s, consisting of a
little water, colored with liquorice, with a glar
ing poison label outside tbe bottle. When be
threatened to take some of it and actually
poured it into a wine glass, she screamed for
help aud ran into another room, where she
could watch him-through the key-bole, and
saw him. coolly open the window and throw it
out. She then rushed back, apparently fran
tic with grief, and implored bim not to do the
rash deed. He merely pointed at the glass,
and lying down on the floor, began to kick
like a jumping-jack. She told bim she was
determined to share bis fate, and swallowed
tbe. rest of tbe liquorice water, whereupon be
became really frightened, called tbe neighbors,
confessed that he only shamtuod, and said that
if she only survived be never would trouble
her again. Then she explained tbe ruse, and
be was so mortified he tried to buy up tbe si
lence of tbe neighbors, but the story was too
good to keep. He is thoroughly cured Ti
tusville (Pa.) Herald.
A City of the Dead.
Near Nashville, some four miles to the west,
on a gentle soutbern^siope in an old field of
forty or fifty acres, that has been in cultivation
for the last half century, there may be seen in
numerable contiguous graves, completely box
ed in slabs of stone, tbe capping of which be
ing about a foot below the surface. Is often
times exposed by the furrows of the plow in
preparing the soil.
On digging and removing the cap-stone, the
remains of much decayed human skeletons are
invariably found in a heap, with the skull on
top, as though tbo dead had been thus entomb
ed in a sitting postare; but tbe dimensions of
only a foot and a half in depth, between the
foundation stone and the cap, would s;em
to infiicatj that the dead mast liaYe been kept
aboveground until the softer parts mouldered
away, and then the bones alone interred in
this singular manner, or tbat the body bad
undergone some kind of cremation. The box
like structure of these endurable receptacles is
neat, and put together with much skill.
Our oldest citizeas say tbat the Indians who
inhabited the country immediately preceding
the white man had no knowledge or traditions
of the people buried here ; and the very great
number of graves to be found thus contiguous,
probably exceeding a hundred thousand, evi
dently indicates a very densely populated coun
try at the time.
Works of art, such as vessels for holding
water curiously made of ortbis shell baked by
fires, and ornamented with many. strikiug de
signs that are bold and show acnltivated taste
are frequently fouDd in these box-like tombs.
Some of these may now be seen on exhibition,
araoDg other curiosities, in our great State
Exposition.
In natural history, as taught by geological
investigations, there appears to have been a
comparatively enlightened period of man
kind longanterior to any account obtained from
written bistory, and many signs of this age are
visible in this State. May not this great ne
cropolis, or ancient city of tbe dead, be. one of
them 7—Commercial Reporter.
Poor People.
There are various kinds of poverty. People
perishing with famine, are poor. People that
cannot procure fuel in winter, nor sufficient
clotliingfor warmth orcomfort.are poor. Peo
ple that are com pelted by their circumstances
to live in squalid apartments in iii ventilated
alleys, are poor.' People that are in feeble
health, and need a warmer climate and have
no means to go away with, are poor. These
are poor in their own view, and in the view of
all mankind. Peoplo may be said to be abso
lutely poor, too. whose intellectual natures
have begun their development, and yet who
cannot procure books, or access to libraries, or
entrance into schools and colleges. .But! after
all, it is “ style” that makes many people poor;
the show in which other people live: The
house that was well enough furnished before,
becomes mean when the next neighbor fur-
nisues her rooms with more expense and ele
gance. Bricks or wood were good enough be
fore another’s browii stone front went up.
And the side-walks and horse cars would an
swer every purpose, till a neighbor’s horses
pranced along the street, with glittering har
ness and glancing wheels and a black cnach-
inan witb silver buttons drove np to tho door.
And the same is true tn circumstances of much
humbler degree. Content is known to livo in
tho cottage, but take3 its leave after it has
onco visited ‘ mansion.' • Stylo’ is die world
in many people’s thoughts. Is not this arrant
folly, good people 7 Is our owu house less com
fortable because that of our neighbor is larger 7
Are our own blessings the less desirable be
cause his apparently outnumber them 7 Out
upou such folly ! Tho strong minded and tho
wise never find themselves poor, however Small
their means and however cultivated their tastes
may be. The world of God’s creation is so
much larger, so much fuller, so niueb iuoro to
them, than any work which man cun create,
that they never have a want beyond tlioir
means. Cannot you bo ns wise as they 7
The Yalue of a Newspaper.
The followiog is the experience of a mechan
ic concerning tbe benefit of a newspaper:
Ten years ago I lived in a town in thdiana.
On returning home one night, for I am a car
penter by trade, I saw a little girl leave my
door, and I asked my wife who she was. She
said Mrs. Harris had sent her after their paper
my wife had borrowed. As we sat down to
tea my wife said to me, by name:
• I wish you wonld subscribe for the news
paper; it is so much comfort to me when you
are away from home.’ ,
‘ I would like to do so,’ said I, ‘ but you know
I owe a payment on the house and lot. It will
be all I can do to meet it.’
She replied : * If yon *ill take this paper I
will sew for the tailor to pay for it.’
I subscribed for tbe paper; it came in due
time to the shop. While resting one noon
and looking over it. I saw an advertisement of
tbo County Commissioners to let a bridge*that
was to be built. I put in a bid and the job
was awarded to me, on which I cleared #300,
wbicb enabled mo to pay for my bouse and lot
easily, and for tbe newspaper. If t had not
subscribed for the newspaper I should not have
known anything about tbe contract r and could
not have met my payment on the house and
lot. A mechanic never loses anything by tak
ing a newspaper.
A. T. Stewart made his will before sailing
for Europe. It shows bim to be worth one
hundred million dollars.
—At tbe Paris deaf and dumb institutions
seven trades are taught, including lithography ■
aud book-binding.
.. From tlie 6th to the 13th century many
bishops could not read, aDd kings were scarce
ly able to sign their uames. . * ■
Why should we celebrate Washington’s
birth-day more than mine ?’ naked a teacher.
* Because be never told a lie!* shouted a little
boy.
..A Minnesota land speculator in describ
ing a lake in that State, says it is so clear and
so deep tbat looking into it you can see them
making tea in China.
—
..Ono.of the into boys while reading a chap
ter of Genesis, paused to ask his mother if
boys in olden time used to do their sums on
the ground. It was discovered that he had
been reading the passage, ’and the sons of
men multiplied on the face of the earth.’
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jlgricitUural leaflets.
Talking to Horses and Hales.
Mules seem to possess a superiority over
horses in learning a language. Nothing is
more common on tbe leven in Now Orleans
than to see harnessed in drays, stalwart males
that understand both French and English. If
the driver speaks Spauisb and German, or
French, and tbe animal has been iong enough
with him, it is quite nvident tbat he under
stands when told to do this or that in either
language, by instant obedience. Even don-
keys manifest a peculiar aptitude for accom
plishing themselves in the same way, if reared
with drivers speaking tbe same dialects. A
splendid opportunity offers to determine how
much a horse might he taught of a language
—no severity would be necessary. Their in
nate apurobativeness affords an uiterring key
note.to. their cerebral powers.
A gentleman of .New York, two years ago,
was in the habit of talking to his boautifhl
horse as be did with his friends, and promised
him a lump of sugar if ho traveled good when
he rodo out, which was invariably given on
returning to the stable. When the sagacious
quadruped had exerted himself in a particu
larly satisfactory manner, ho had a way of ex
pressing his consciousness of it to his owner,
who acknowledged tho.hint by giving him two
lumps.—Spirit of the Times.
Methods of Makiug Coffee.
The roasting of cofieo in the best manner
requires great nicety, since much of tho qual
ity of the beverage depends upon the opera
tion. It is usually roasted in a.hollow cyliuder
made of perforated sheot-iroD, which is kept
turniugqver a brisk fire. When tho coffee
has assumed a deep cinnamon color and an oily
appearance, and the peculiar fragrance is per
ceived to be sufficiently strong, it should be
taken from tho fire, well shakeu, and permit
ted to cool. Not moro than lmlf a pound at
onoe should be roasted for domestic use, and
the cylinder should never be above one-third
filled. This operation, and the subsequent
grinding of the beans, should he perforineU
just before the coffee is needed for use. The
French, who aro celebrated for their qoffee-
makiug, use various kinds of combination, such
as Java. Mocha, Rio, and .Maracaibo. Tlmse
coffees are so delicately .gild in such duo pro
portions mixed as to produco a bouquet of
aromatic flavors. With respect to quantity,
at least one ounce of cofliie should be used to’
make three ordinary sized cupfuls. The cof
fee-pot. should lie first warmed, and tho water
poured over the coffee. Wbatevor is use# for
clearing, white of eggs, isinglass, &c., should
bo dissolved before mixing. There are about
one hundred and seventy-five patents in oxist-
enco for coffee-pots. The best form known is
ope which distills the coffee, never allowing it
to boil. By this process tlie infusion docs not
become black, bitter, or stale, and can'lm
at. any time, with all tlie a
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