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POETICAL. SWEEPING THE SKIES. Blue are the beautiful skies 1 Bright each particular star! Children, who see with such innocent eyes, Ask what the pretty things are One little Darling is told, If she can give them a tap, Plates of sky-china, embossed with star-gold, Softly will slide to her lap. All in a flutter at this, Eager such treasures to win, Light little laughters, inviting a kiss, Dimple her delicate chin. Dai ling has gathered a rose (Scarce can her hand get so high). Stands on the tips of her little fat toes, Thinks she can reach to the sky; Seizes on grandpapa’s stick (Oft she bestrode it in play), Jumps on a garden chair, holds it up quick, Lest they should snatch her away. Darling is dumb with despair; What can a little child do? With the bad stick she can beat the bad chair Break the bad rose-bud in two. Up to the attic she crept, Mounted the laddery stair, Out on the roof in rapture she slept, Brandished a broom in the air! ****** ** Searching through house and through wood, Callirg, and calling again, “Darling! 0 naughty! 0 Darling! be good!” Searching and calling in vain. One, from the other aloof Standing, bewildered in gloom, Sees little Darling creep out on the roof, fSweep the skies with Ann’s broom ; Dares not to speak or to move, Fears lest a breath should betray; Wonderful silence of wonderful love, Keeping his anguish at bay. Sweet little figure in white Perched on the roof all alone, Sweeping the skies with a stream of delight, Begging star for her own. Softly he enters the house, Softly ascendeth the stair, Steals up the ladder as still as a mouse : Oh, is it hope or despair? Through the trap-window he peeps, Peeps at the dear little maid ; Through the trap window a sturdy arm creeps, Creeps like a creature afraid. Darling is sweeping the skies. Eager for platters of blue; Gazing aloft with her heart in her eyes, Swaying and tottering too. On, under steady command, On creeps that desperate arm, Clutches a fat little leg in its hand, Snatches its darling from harm. What though a dusty old broom Brushes his face and his eyes ? What though his darling, in resolute gloom, Sweeps him instead of the skies ? Gratitude— rapture—delight— Prayer from a satisfied heart ; Tears he would hide from her wondering sight, But which she sees as they start. Out came her lips for a kiss, Thinking he cries from the pain ; Sweet eager promises bind her to this, — Never to sweep him again. Kissing his face in distress, Feeling the merits reproof; Utterly hopeless to make her confess Girls should not climb on ilie roof; What can they do in this strait? How keep her down from the skies? Lock the trap windows, and patiently wait Till the wee Darling grows wise. [Good Words for the Young. LAUGHOGRAMS. UK Stern duty—The rudder’s. The Indian question—“ White man got any rum?” Which is the hangman’s favorite vege table? Art-o’-choke. The best watering place—" Where the milkmen go. When does a man feel giiiish ? When he makes his maiden speech. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. Why is a stick of candy like a horse I Becaure the more you lick it the faster it goes. How can every dog be said to have liia day when there are only 42 dog days in a year ? Why is it profitable to keep fowls ? Because for every grain they give a peck. Unrequitted love is said to be the toothache of the soul, but a little gold usually fills it, Shoddy ladies affect the society of Europeans in hope of turning their pa pa’s fortune to a-Count. A gushing poet in Arkansas, being rudely asked by an editor to “dry up,” replied: “I can’t; I’m an involuntary warbler in the hands of destiny.” “Who dares spit tobacco juice on this car floor'?” asked a savage passenger on a Mobile train. “I dare,” quietly replied a youth, and he did it. “You are the very chap lam look ing for,” said the ruffian; “give me a chaw.” “Put down your umbrellas! You’ll seare this engine off the track !” scream ed an engineer to a crowd. They were all lowered, immediately. Why are the Queen’s pastry cooks like the Canadas? Because they are the Queen’s dough-minions. AGRICULTURAL. r/fr ABOUT THE TIME. This is about the right time. That is, if you care to be neat. If not, no matter. It is easier to be poor than to be rich, to be a sloven than to be neat. That is for some folks. It is time to clean the house. And to clean up about the yard. And the garden. And the farm. And about the shop or places of bus- iness. If you arc a farmer, working for mon ey to pay taxes for the support of bond holders, it is time you were at work. Fix up the barn, nail all tbe loose boards on tight, straighten up your fence posts, drive a stone or a stake in the ground to keep them straight, nail in loose boards or pickets, put whole rails in place of broken ones, and use the broken ones for wood; don’t leave them on the ground to rot; strengthen the weak spots in the fences all about the farm. Cut the weeds and sprouts away from the corners of fences. Clean out the bam—the bay—the stables tbe cellais. Drive nails or books to bang shovels, flails, harness, &c., on. Patch little holes before they become big ones. Disturb the rat nests. Fix up the hog pen. Put your plows, drags, forks, shovels, rakes, &c., in order. Give your horses or oxen more feed and less whip. Keep good natured; save what you earn till you spend it for needed improvements, and you will soon be rich. Then clean up the door yard. Sell the scraps of old iron to the foundry men. Sell the old vials and bottles to a drug gist. There are enough old vials in houses to fill all the drug stores iu the country. Pick up the pieces of old tin, brass, copper, sheet iron, &c., and put them in a box in the woodhouse, shed, or barn. They will come handy or can be sold. Keep little boxes for big nails and lit tle ones —for screws, tacks, &c. Have a place for the hammer, the saw, the fib, the chisels, the little tools so often needed. When done using them don’t drop them in tlie grass or dirt and run off and leave them, but put them where they belong. Then you can find them when wanted. Fix up your wagon. Prune your trees and vines. Rake the bones and such stuff about the premises into a heap and burn tliem. Try to be neat, if it is bard work, and see how much better your farm or house will look, and how much better you will feel. Transplant a few trees. Set out a few flowers. Plant some flower seed. Train vines up the door and windows. Be good natured. Speak kind words to the wife and chil dren. Don’t use them like hogs. Don’t spend your money for whiskey —better buy school books for your chil dren or a dress for your wife. Try and be somebody, and others will 1 elp you. Bea good, earnest, kind-hearted man, and see how much happier you will b'. And when Sunday comes, rest, that you may be ready to work on Monday. When your work is done go home and romp with the children —read to your wife—open your heart, and have a little fun. Don’t be a slovenly farmer—or a slov enly housekeeper. See liow much you can do to-day or this week to beautify your home, and see how much prouder of it you will be next week. Then clean out your shop —your office. Wash tlie windows. Clean the dirt from doors. Put things in order. Be somebody. ARRESTING DECAY IN POTATOES. Various plans for arresting decay in potatoes after digging have from time to time been made public, such as dusting with quick-lime, gypsum, charcoal dust, etc. Prof. Church, of Cirencester, En gland, the eminent agricultural chemist, announces that sulphite of lime appears to exercise a very remarkable influence in ai resting the spread of decay in pota toes affected by the potato disease. In one experiment the salt Avas dusted over some tubers, partially decayed from this cause, as they Avere being stoAved away. Some months afterward the po tatoes Avere found to have suffered no further injury. A similar trial Avitli pow dered lime proved to be much less ef fective. A neAV name for whisky—Emotional insanifier. Has been before the American public OVER THIRTY years. It has never yet failed to give perfect satisfaction, and has justly been styled the panacea,for all ex ternal Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Swellings, Sprains, Bruises, &c., &c., for Man and Beast. No family should be a single day THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY AND ENGLAND. A Virginia gentleman writes from En gland to the Richmond Dispatch, and affords some insight into the sympathies of prominent Englishmen during the late war. He says: “I have seen several gentlemen who were in high positions during our war times—some members of Parliament and some members of the government—and they all unite in saying that Lord Pal merston was our warm and ardent friend, and that his refusal to recognise our in dependence arose from the highest ideas of statesmanship and friendship. He believed that we never could occupy that high position among nations that we ought to occupy unless we won our own independence with our own swords, and he was certain that we would do that. “Had he known how near to exhaus tion we were he would have recognised us at once, despite slavery, which was the great bar in his way. Consideration for our future position among nations until we had shown our ability to win and maintain our independence by arms, was one reason, and the radical English objection to slavery another. A gentle man of ability and well known—not Mr. Beresford Hope—told me that in the fall j of 18G4 he prepared a memorial to the government showing that the Confeder ates must be utterly exhausted; that all the signs of their struggle, were the signs of the spasmodic effort, and urg ing the government to send a messenger to President Davis with the proposition that if we would provide for emancipa tion, however gradual and however re mote, so that it was definite and final, then Great Britain would at once i-ecog n se the independence of the Confederate States. He showed this paper to Lord Palmerston, informally. It was intended to be signed by Confederate supporters, nobles, and gentlemen, and Palmerston said: ‘ You take the desponding view of matters. The South will certainly pre vail, and by making that paper official and public you may do them great inju ry.’ Accordingly the paper was not pre sented. I put the categorical question, as to whether the British policy was not actuated by a desire on the part of the government to see both sides exhaust themselves and thus break the prestige of American institutions, and especially give Great Britain control of tlie cotton product. The answer Avas emphatic, ‘No; our people took sides fairly and honestly. The large majority sympa thised with you because you were right legally, politically, and historically, and Avere contending for principles of civil lib jrty dear to every Englisman ; because you Avere doing so Avith a gallantry and chivalry that did honor to your blood, and because you were especially English. Your difficulty was slavery, and added to it the desire of the goA r ernment that \ou should Avin your oavii nationality by your OAvn swords.’ I am satisfied on this point as I never was before.” The recent test of Fire-Proof Safes by the English Government proved the superiority of Alum Filling. No other Safes filled with Alum and Plaster-of-Paris. MARVIN & GO., ' 265 Broadway, N. Y., 721 Chestnut St., Phila. without this Liniment. The money re funded uidess the Liniment is as repre sented. Be sure and get the genuine MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. Sold by all Druggists and Country Stores, at 25c., 60c. and SI.OO per Bottle. Notice style, size of bottle, &c. r New Goods! New Goods! J. H. JONES & CO. Have just opened a beautiful assoitment of PRINTS, SHOES AND CLOTHING New Designs, Latest Styles, Very Attractive. "VVe cordially invite all t° call and see our Stock before pnpcliasing. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. a Full Stock of Groceries and Provisions Always on Hand, TO WHICH WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF PLANTERS. TEMPTING PRICES AT THE Southern Dry Goods Store 180 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. OLD PRICES GIVING WAY TO NEW ONES. BARGAINS ALL OVER THE STORE. We are determined not to carry over any Spring or Summer Goods at all, therefore all persons in need of anything usually kept in a first class Dry Goods Store should not delay calling on us at once or send for samples. IIAKGAIIVS INI DRESS GOODS. Including Silks, Poplins, Grenadines, Japanese Cloths, Batiste Cloths, Muslins, Cambrics, v, lute and colored Lawns, &c. It tKG A1 VS In Hamburg Trimmings, Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Fancy Goods, Notions, &c. EXTRA BARGAIN'S In Lace Points—a beautiful assortment, from $2.00 to 575, nnd many other articles too numerous to mention. In all orders from samples sent we pay the express charges when retail bills amount to $lO or over. Before low ltuy, Go To POWELL & MULLER’S, 189 Broad st. —•— i ~hi ——— m, ——— aNMBOHBMaMCMaMaK m i-jmBBXMap The People’s Clothing Store THE LARGEST HOUSE IN THE STATE, 268 Broad st., Augusta, W. A. RAMSEY, Agent. T XT e offer this season the largest line of Fine, Medium and Common Ready-made Spring and VV Summer CLOTHING for Men and Boys in tlie State. We have some Of the most elegant goods that can be found, and every article of our own make, and equal to custon work, together with the finest line of FURNISHING GOODS in the city. HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, &c. New Goods constantly arriving. Large men or small will find no trouble in getting fitted. Boy> rom 2£ to 20 years old can he suited. No one should purchase Clothing before examining this mmense stock. ap 23 W. A. RAJMSEY, Agetll. NEW SPRING GOODS! ZjOn come ! e&ms mm i TO THE STORE OF §. D. BLACKWELL i SOW WHO ARE FAST RECEIVING A LARGE AND JUDICIOUSLY SELECTED STOCK OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE GOODS. SOMETHING WORTH REMEMBERING OUR BUYER (ifft. KEAN) IS NOW IN NEW YORK, CULLING GEMS FROM ALL THE LAEdE IMPORTING HOUSES, in the United States, and feels confident that for Style, Quality & Cheapness HiS SELECTIONS WILL BE HARO TO SURPASS. ri coming in rapidly, and we cordially invite all to visit us daily, as there will be something NEW, ATTRACTIVE A VI) NOVEL Every day, and it affords us pleasure to display them, whether you buy or not. We will sell to COUNTRY MERCiMYTS at Yew York quo a -1 ions for CASH. For aporoved City Acceptance we will sell on a credit to Ist October next, adding 1J per cent interest per month. Apply with perfect confidence in our willingness and ability to serve you as well as any house South, and you will not be disap pointed. Very Respectfully, inchi9~4 KEAN & CASSELS. DOZIER & WALTON 241 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GUv. E. G. ROGERS, 147 and 149 Broad Street. AUGUSTA, GA. 'I am now offering a very superior stock of FURNITURE Of all grades, comprising Parlor, Chamber, Din ing-room, Hall and office Furniture, in great va riety of style. My stock of Chamber Suites is especially varied, being the best in the city. UNDERTAKING. My Undertaking department is now fully or ganized, and I am prepared to furnish Collins, Cases, and Caskets in all the varieties, lrom the best manufactory and of my own make. METAEIC CASES from the most ap proved makers always on hand Experienced attendants. Colls attended at all hours. Apply at night, or on Sundays, in yard at rear of store at 102 GREENE ST., second honse below City Hall. [Myl4-3m !R SALE. In Store and to Arrive. 100 Ilbds. Bacon SHOULDERS, to Buds. Bacon SIDES. 100 lllids. Reboiled MOLASSES 20 lllids. Cuba MOLASSES 20 p uncheons Demarara MOLASSES 200 Barrels Reboiled MOLASSES t>o Barr.ls New Orleans MOLASSES 40 lllids. New Orleans SUGARS 35 Hhds. Demarara SUGARS 150 Barrels Refined SUGARg 50 Tierces RICE 150 Tierces Choice Leaf LARD 150 Kegs Choice Leaf LARD 150 Boxes Pale SOAP 150 Boxes and half boxes Adamantine CAN DLES 100 Bags Rio, Java and Laguyra COFFEE. 325 Boxes Well-cured Bulk 0. R SIDES 50 Boxes Well-cured Bulk SHOULDERS. Brooms, Woodware, Spices, Starch, Matches, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Twines, Wrap ping paper, at lowest wholesale prices. WALTON, CLARK & CO., Mch26 Augusta, Georgia. PIANO^COMPANY It costs less than S3OO to make any SGOO Piano so’d through agents, all of whom make 100 ptr cent, profit.. We have no agents, but ship direct to families at factory price. We make only one styleand have but one price. Two Hundred and Ninety Dollars , net cash, with no discount to dealers or commissions to teach ers. Our lumber is thoroughly seasoned; our cases are Double Veneered with Rosewood, have tront rou.nl corners, serpentine bottom and carv ed legs. We use the full iron plate with over strung bass, French Grand action with top dam pers, and our keys are of the best ivory, with ivory fronts. Our Piano has seven octavts, is 6 feet 9 inches long, 3 feet 4 inches wide, and weighs, boxed, 955 pounds. Every Piano is fully warranted for five years. Send for illustrated circular, in which wo re fer to over 700 Bankers, Merchants, etc., some of whom you may know, using our Pianos in 44 States and Territories. U. S. PIANO f OMPANV, 810 Broadway, N. Y. Please, state where you saw this notice. • SICILIAN ijyil hair —xJ^RENEWER. Every year increases the populari ty of this valuable Hair Preparation; which is due to merit alone. We can assure our old patrons that it is kept fully up to its high standard; and it is the only reliable and perfect ed preparation for restoring Gray or Faded Hair to its youthful color, making it soft, lustrous, and silken. The scalp, by its use, becomes white and clean. It removes all eruptions and dandruff, and, by its tonic prop erties, prevents the hair from falling out, as it stimulates and nourishes the hair-glands. By its use, the hair grows thicker and stronger. In baldness, it restores the capillary glands to their normal vigor, and will create anew growth, except in extreme old age. It is the most eco nomical Hair Dressing ever used, as it requires fewer application!?, and gives the hair a splendid, glossy appearance. A. A. Hayes, M.D., State Assay er of Massachusetts, says, “The constituents are pure, and care fully selected for excellent quality; and I consider it the Best Prepa ration for its intended purposes.” Sold by all Druggists, and Dealers in Medicines, Prioe One Dollar. Buckingham’s Dye. FOR THE WHISKERS. As our Renewer in many cases requires too long a time, and too much care, to restore gray or faded Whiskers, we have prepared this dye, in one preparation j which will quickly and effectually accomplish this result. It is easily applied, and produces a color which will neither rub nor wash off. Sold by all Druggists. Price Fifty Cents. Manufactured by R. P. HALL, &. CO* NASHUA, N.H. Prospectus for 1873—Sixth Year. The Aldine, An Illustrated Monthly Journal, universally admittod to he the Handsomest Periodical in the World. A Representative and Oham pion of American Taste. Y T o< for ,al j in Book or IV w St res THE ALDINE , while; issued with all the reg ularity, has none ot the temporary or timely in terest of ordinary periodicals. It is an elegant miscellany of pure, light and graceful literature; and a collection of pictures, the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black and white. The real value and beauty of The Aldine will be most appreciated after being bound at the close of the year. The Aldine is a unique and original conception, alone and unapproached, absolutely without competition in price or character. The possessor of a complete volume cannot dupli cate the quantity of fine paper and engravings in any other shape or number of volumes for ten times its cost; and then there arc the chromos, besides. Art Dcpaitinent. The publishers, anxious to justify the confi dence bestowed during the past year, have ex erted themselves to the utmost to develop and improve the work; and tlie plans for the coming year, as unfolded by the monthly issues, will astonish and delight even tlie most sanguine friends of The Aldine. The publishers are authorized to announce de signs from many of the .most eminent artists oi America. A copiously illustrated Christmas number. IM-eiiiiiiiii CJliiomos I'or 1873. Every subscriber to The Aldine, who pays in advance for the year 1873, will receive, without additional charge, a pair of beautiful oil chro mos, after J. J. Hill, the eminent English paint er. The pictures, entitled “The Village Bello” and “Crossing the Moor,” are 14 x 20 inches— are printed from 25 different plates, requiring 25 different impressions and tints to perfect each picture. The same Chromos are sold for S3O a pair in the art stores. These chromos wili be ound to surpass any that can be offered by other periodicals. The distribution of pictures of this grade free to the subscriber to a $5 periodical will mark an epoch in the history of art. In addition, The Aldine will reproduce exam ples ot the best foreign masters, selected with a view t© the highest artistic success and greatest general interest, avoiding such as have become familiar, through photographs, or copies of aud kind. The quarterly tinted plates for 1873 will re produce four of John S. Davis’ inimitable cjiily sketches, appropriate to the tour seasons- I hey will appear .in the January, April, July and Oc tober numbers, and they alone are worth ayear s subscription Tle Ellerary Oerartment wiil continue under the aare ot Mr. RICHARD HENRY STODDAHD, assisted by the best wri ters and poets of the day, who will strive to hat e the literature of Tub Aldine always in keeping with its artistic attractions. TERMS, per year, In advance, with Oil Chromos free. Tun At, dine will hereafter only be pbtainable by subscription. There will be no reduced or club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent to the publishers direct, or handed to the local agent, without responibility to the publishers, except in cases where the certificate is given, bearing the facsimile signature of James Sutton & Cos. AGENTS WANTED. — Any person wishing to act permanently as a local agent, will receive full and prompt information by applying to JAS. SUTTON & CO., Publishers 58 Maiden Lane, New York