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POETICAL. THE ORGAN-GRINDER'S SISTEE. BY MAKY E. ERWIN. Sweet child ot sunny Italy, How dreary seems thy wretched fate, How bleak thy little life must be, Thy little heart how desolate. . Our dull, pale skies are all too cold, Our breezes thy young bosom chill, As through thy mantle’s meagre fold, They play and parley at their will And hearts are colder than the blast. And harder than the scanty coin, Which pity’s gentle fingers cast Thy little outstretched palm upon. And warmer are our April skies— So full of shadow, storm and cloud— Than are the cold, forbidding eyes That chill thee in the careless crowd. I heard thy brother’s oigan play, fire I thy little form had seen, And caught upon tha air away The ringing of thy tambourine. And nimbler fingers never tried The giving of our own gay atrs, Nor little face put on such pride, Such heroism, unawares. I marked thy brother’s weary arm, The liiting of his languid eye, The drooping of the burdened form jjfhat bore its load so manfully. And as I saw him move away I marvelled at so sweet a face, And questioned if there ever lay In peasant form so princely grace, As strolling on I caught again The mellow cadence softly clear, When suddenly a cry of pain Rung sharply on my startled car ; I saw thy litt'e brother flung From off a marble door-stone high, His organ to bis shoulder hung, And both fell prone and heavily. I spiung, yet ere I reached the door, The same rough hand was on thee laid; The cry was shriller than before— Ah, what impatient speed I made! Thy aims for mercy were upthrown, Thy shoulder quailed beneath his grasp, A breath and he had hurled thee do#n! A step—and thou wertin my clasp ! '‘For shame I” I cried, “fierce man, for shame ! Art thou a savage of the wood ? Look on this creature’s quivering frame, Her brother’s brow all bathed in blood !’’ One withering glance was all he gave, One menace of the little hand, As, bending o’er the bloody pave, I helped the little hro stand. And then to thee, sweet child, I turned And learned thy hapless history, And from thy broken words I learned Thy love for sunny Italy. The memory of a mother’s grave, Perhaps it was that dimmed thine eyes, Thy homo by Arno’s restless wave, 'Neath kindlier ami calmer skies. And when thy quivering accents told, Of a poor father’s ocean-bed, And down thy cheek the tear-drop rolled That thou coulds’t not have died irstead— What wonder my impulsive arm So eage.ly around thee thrown? And that my tears, all fresh and warm, Were freely mingled with thy own? Alas! thou sighestall in vain, Thy Tuscan home thou’lt never see, Thy feet will never press again The shores of thy dear Italy. But in our cold, unloving land ‘ Thou’lt tramp thy little life away, And few will feel and understand All I have seen and felt to-day. I fain would point thee to a home, A land of love, a realm of song, Wherein thy rested feet may roam The sweet, eternal summer long. Where tears shall never dim thine eyes, Nor sorrow make thee desolate, Nor scorn, nor pride, nor power rise To trust thee from its golden gate. [Wood's Household Magazine. LAUGHOGRA MS. zo i Which is the oldest woman’s club ? The broomstick. Women are the second to the press in disseminating news. Doctor’s motto—“ Patience and long suffering.” What word involves a paradox ? Can did-ly [lie.] “By your leaves, gentlemen,” as the wind said to the trees. Can a little girl weeping be called a crisis? Avery uncomfortable suit—A law suit. Though cattle are dumb beasts, by gathering together they make themselves herd. ’Ti.- sweet to court. But oil! how hi; ter To court n gal And then not git her. Have you a sister ? Then love and cherish her. If you have not a sister of your own, then love somebody else’s sis ter. What is the difference botnet n a fol dier and a bombshell? One goes to war; and the other goes to pieces [peace is. Ham, why is the snow under de street lamp like de Gazette? Don’t know; but I guess ’tis 'cause it is read with de light. A lady wished a seat. A portly hand some gentleman brought one and seated her: “Oh, you are a jewel ?” said the young lady. “No, no,” replied the gentleman, “I’m merely a jeweller ; I have just set the jewel.” AGRICULTURAL. THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS POE THE MONTH. Some who are intending to sow clover and grass, will doubtless desire to sow them with their small grain. This is the practice at the north, and we have been inclined to favor it, but later experiments force us to the conclusion that it is best, in our climate at least, to sow them by themselves. If sowed, as they should be—unloss a severe drought should pre vail—during the present month, they will, on suitable soil, attain such a growth before the hot weather of next season sets in, as will insure them against inju ry, without the shade of the grain, which will be injured by the clover and grass while injuring them in return. In any case, the land for clover and the grasses should be rich and thoroughly prepared by deep, close plowing, fol lowed by liarrowing, previous to which a good dressing of superphosphate may be applied with advantage. Brush light ly to cover, and by all means roll the field with a tolerably heavy roller. This last is an important, and too generally neglected process. If you are to sow r both clover and the grasses on the same field, it is best to sow clover by itself, as the seed doas not mix well with the grass seed. The various kinds of grass seed may be mixed before sowing. A dressing of lime on land to be sown with wheat oats or clover and the grass es, is, in a majority of cases, one of the most remunerative applications that can be made, provided lime can be procured cheap rates. It is not merely as plant food that lime is so use- ful. It is still more important as a pre parer of plant food. Its reaction with the acids of the soil, its strong action upon decaying vegetable matter, and its faculty of converting clay into mud, and rendering it mechanically fit for agricul tural purposes, are some of its more ob vious uses, and, as a general rule, it may be assumed that the-land which is rich est in vegetable substances will be bene fited most by the free use of lime, and gravelly sand the least. If a stand of turnips has not been ob tained from August sowing, sow again now. Thick sowing pays, as the extra cost of seed is little compared with the better chances of a stand. The fly will, very likely, take a part, and you must make allowances; besides, a thick stand protects itself better against the hot sun. It cannot be too often repeated, that we attach too little iimportance KSVe to the turnip crop. If planted on thor oughly prepared and heavily manured soil, no crop pays better. [Rural Carolinian. THE JACQUES STUMP EXTELCTOR. For many years, indeed as long as the clearing of forest land for agricultural purposes has been necessary—and this period elates anterior to the days of Co lumbus—the great difficulty in clearing has been to gut rid of the stump or root of the tree which remained in the ground after the tree was felled and converted into the thousand and one uses for which the timber was necessary. In such land, interlaid with roots and stumps, the mod eiu improvements in agricultural imple ments could not be made use of, and in these days, when all such labor-saving machines are most essential to the thriv ing farmer or planter, he must first look to the radical dealing of his land. Our enterprising fellow citizen and master mechanic, Air. James M. Eason, has given this subject much attention of late, and has been so successful as to in vent a very simple machine which has been illustrated and described in a recent number of the Rural Carolinian, but which was not put to the test until a few days ago. This new invention of Air. Eason is appropriatelycalledthe “Jacques 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 & CO,, 265 Broadway, N. Y., 721 Chestnut St., Phila. JOHN T. OSBORN, ATTORNEY A? LAW liIJIFKTOV. CA. Will give undivided attention to law cases. stump extractorand on trial, with a leverage of only 36 inches it raised 16,000 tons of non; while the young mn.n felt no more inconvenience than if working a common cistern pump. With a ten-foot leverage, a man, it is supposed could Taise one hundred tons, and the stump which would resist this force should be left to its Mr. Eason has applied for a patent for the extractor, and in the course of a few r days will take it up to some of the neighboring farms and extract some of the hind teeth of old mother earth. [Charleston News. A German Temperance Lecturer. — This laconic but sensible German ought to be sent out to lecture among people on temperance: “I shall tell you how it vos. I drink mine lager; den I put my hand on mine head, and dere vosh von one pain. Den I put mine hand on. mine body, and dere vosh anoder pain. Den I put mine hand on mine picket and dere vosh noding. So I jine mit der temperance. Now dere is no pain more in mine head, and the pain in mine body vos all gone avay. I put hand in mine pocket, and dere vosh dwendy tol lar. So I shtay mit der temperance. Never expect a selfishly ambitious man to be a true friend. The man who makes ambition his god, tramples upon every thing else. He will climb upward though he tread all the hearts of tlios® who love him best, and in his eyes your only value lies in the use you may to him. Person ally one is nothing to him. af£d, if you are not rich or famous, or powerful enough to advance his interests, after he has got above you he cares no more for you. ■*•**>► The simple fact of the matter is, says the Saturday Review’, that iiU at least nine cases out of ten your early riser is merely a fidgety, restless animal, who is incapable of reposing after the fashion or at the season ordained by civilized mankind; and as to his inhaling the pure morning air, that is all moonshine; it is pure self-conceit that he inflates himself with. A writer in the Savannah News says of Hon. B. H. Hill: “If losing fifty thous and dollars in a few years at planting can qualify a man for giving advice to agriculturists, then is it appropriate that Farmer Hill should lecture at county fairs and give the hardy 'ytw&anry of Georgia the benefit of liis dqM&gnd ex pcaieuev:. ' V Profanity never did any man'die least good. No man is thelricher, cal. happier or wiser for it. It commends no one to any society. It is disgusting to_ the re fined; abominable to the good; insult ing to those with whom we associate; degrading to the mind; unprofitable, and injurious to good society. SXHB6O-X IS PURELY A VEGETABLE PREPARATION, com posed simply of well-known ROOTS, HERBS and FRUITS, combined with other properties, which in their nature are Cathartic, Aperient, Nu tritious, Diuretic, Alterative and Anti-Billious. The whole is preserved in a sufficient quantity of spirit from the Sl'OAll CANE to keep them in any climate, which makes the PLANTATION Bitters one of the most desirable Tonica Riul CatJiftr tica in the world. They aro intended strictly as a Temperance Bitters only to be used as a medicine, and always according to directions. They are the sheet-anchor of'llie feeble and debili tated. They act upon a diseased liver, and stimulate to such a degree that a healthy action is at once brought about. Asa lemady to which Women arc especially subject it is superseding'every other stimulant. Asa Spring and Summer Tonic they have no equal. They are a mild and gentle Purgative as well as Tonic. They Purify the Blood. They are a splendid Appetiser. They make the weak strong. They puriiy and invigorate. They cure Dyspepsia, Constipation an"' Headache. They actas a specific inall species of dioorders which undermine the bodily strength and break down the animal spirits. Depot, 53 Park Place, New York. New Goods! New Goods ! J. H. JONES €O. Ilarc just opened a beautiful assortment of PRINTS, SHOES AND CLOTHING New Designs, Latest Styles, Very Attractive. We cordially invite all to call and see our Stock before purolia sing. FRIGES TO SUIT THE TIMES. a Full Stock of Groceries and Provisions Always on Hand, TO WIUCU WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF IM.ANTEIiB. T E M P TING- PRICES Southern Dry Goods Store 183 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, O-A.- OLD PRICES GIVING WAY TO NEW ONES. BARGAINS ALL 0\ ER 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. BARGAINS IIV DRESS GOODS. Including Silks, Poplins, Grenadines, Japanese Cloths, Batiste Cloths, Muslins, Cambrics, v lute and colored Lawns, &c. BARGAINS In Hamburg Trimmings, Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Fancy Goods, Notions, &c. EXTRA BARG lIXS Tn Lace Points—a beautiful assortment, from $2.50 to $75, and 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 ove, MULLER’S, 189 Broad. st. The People’s Clothing Store THIS LARGEST HOUSES IN THIS STATE, 268 Broad st., Augusta, W. A. RAMSEY, Agent. t x r e offer this season the largest line of Fine, Medium and Common Ready-made Spring and YV Summer CLOTHING for Men and Boys in tbe.State. We have some of the most elegant n-oods that can be found, and every article of our own make, and equal to euston work, together with the finest line of FURNISHING GOODS in the city. HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, kc. New Goods constantly arriving. Large men or small will find no trouble in getting fitted. Boy* rom 2i to 20 years old can be suited. No one should purchase Clothing before examining this mmense stock. ap 23 .A. ii 4MSLY, Ag'itllf. tilw spring - goods ! COME ONE! COME ALL! TO THE STORE OF S.©* BLA CKWELLISOX WHO ARE FAST RECEIVING A LARGE AND JUDICIOUSLY SELECTED STOCK OF TIIE MOST ATTRACTIVE GOODS. SOMETHING WORTH REMEMBERING icn> OUR BUYER (MR. KEAN) IS NOW IN NEW YORK, CULLING GEMS FROM ALL THE LARGE mFOSTING HOUSES, in the United States, and feels confident that for Style, Quality & Cheapness HIS SELECTIONS WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS. © SMM6 SSOOR r s coming in rapidly, and we cordially invite all to visit us daily, as there will be something NEW, ATTRACTIVE AM) NOVEL Every day, and it affords us pleasure to display them, whether you buy or not. We will sell to Ol \ l itV MERCHANTS at IVew York quo a tions for CASH- For apnroved City Acceptance we will sell on .a credit to Ist October next, adding 1] per cent interest per month. Apply with perfect confidence in our willingness and ability to serve yon as well as any house South, and you will not be disap pointed. Very Respectfully, KEAN & CASSEX.S. DOZIER & WALTON * ‘441 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. E. G. ROGERS, 147 and 149 liroad 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- I ganized,and I am prepared to furnish Coffins, | Cases, and Caskets in all tli£ varieties, ! from the best manufactory and of iny own make. JHETAS-jIC CASES from the most ap ! proved makers always on hand Experienced attendants. Calls attended at all hours. Apply at night, or on Sundays, in yard at* rear of store at 102 GREENE ST., second house b.low City Hall [Myl4-3tn In Store and to Arrive. 100 Hbds. Bacon .SHOULDERS, ho Duds. Bacon SIDES. lOu Hhds. Reboiled MOLASSES 20 Hhds. Cuba MOLASSES 20 luncheons Demarara MOLASSES 200 Barrels Reboiled MOLASSES dO Barr. Is New Orleans MOLASSES 40 Hhds. Nexv Orleans SUGARS 35 Hhds. Demarara SUGARS 150 Barrels Refined SUGARg 50 Tierces RICE 150 Tierces Choice Lesf 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 C. 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., Mcb2o A tit/usta, Georgia. PIANOCOMPANY It costs less than S3OO to make any SOOO Piano so and through agents, all of whom make 100 ptr eenl. profit. >Ye have no agents, but ship direct to families at factory price. We make only onestylean i have but one price. Two Hundred and Ninety Dollar*, net cash, with no discount to dealers or commissions to teach ers. Our lumber is thoroughly seasoned; our oases are Double Veneered with Rosewood, have front rou t’d corners, serpentine bottom and caw ed legs. We use the full iron plate with over strung bass, French Grand action with top dam pers, and our k?ys are of the best ivory, with ivory fronts. Our /'iano has seven‘octaves, is <> feet 9 inches long. 3 feet 4 inches wile and weighs, boxed, 955 pounds. Every Piano is fully warranted for five years. Send for illustrated circular, in which we re fer to over 700 Bankers, Merchants, etc., some of whom you may know, using our Pianos in 44 States and Territories. U. S. fi’EAAO extra I>ANY, 810 Broadwt.y, N. Y. Please state, where you saw this notif e. SICILIAN 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 applications, and gives the hair a splendid, glossy appearance. A. A. Ilaycs, M.D., State Assayer 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. Prioo 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 ; wincli 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 admitted to bo the Handsomest Periodical in the Worid. A Representative and Ohatn pion of American Taste.- MoffoirSal la llookor RU w S3 r'N THE ALDINE, wliili issued with all the reg ularity, has none ol the temporary or timely in terest of ordinary periodicals. It is an elegant miscellany of pure, light and gracetul literature; and a collection of pictures, the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black and white. The real value and beanly of Tut: Amii.nk will be most appreciated after being hound at the close of the year. The Aldine is a. unique and original conception, alone and unnppronclied, absolutely without competition in price or character. The possessor of a complete volume cannot dupli cate tile quantity of line paper and engravings in any other shape or number of volumes foi ten times its cost; and then there are the chromes, besides. ti ! Depart mi*nt. The publishers, anxious to justify the confi dence bestowed during the past year, have ex erted themselves to I lie utmost to develop and improve the work; and the plans for the coming year, ns unfolded by iho monthly issues, will astonish and delight even the most sanguine friends of Tub Amove. The publishers are authorized to announce de signs from many of the ">ost eminent artists of America. A copiously illustrated Christmas number. Premium fiiiromos for 1573. Every subscriber to Tub Aldine, wiio pays in advance for the year 1873, will receive, without additional charge, a pair of beautiful oil cliro luos, after J. J. Hill, the eminent English paint er. The pictures, entitled “The Village Belle” and. “Crossing the Moor,” are 14 x 20 inches— are printed from 25 different plates, requiring 25 different impressions and tints to perfect eaeli 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 t he subscriber to ass periodical will mark an epoch in the history of art. In addition, Tiik Aldine will reproduce exam ples of the best foreign masters, selected with a view to the highest artistic success and greatest general interest, avoiding such as have become familiar, through photographs, or copies of and kind. The quarterly tinted plates for 1873 will re produce four of John S. Davis’ inimitable chily sketches, appropriate to the four seasons l They will appear in the January, April, July and Oc tober numbers, and they alone are worth ayear’s subscription The lilterary Derarfincut will continue under the care of Mr. RICHARD HENRY STODDARD, assisteJ by the best wri ters and poets of the day, who willstrive to have the literature of The Aldine always in keeping .with its artistic attractions. T JilDlSlS per year, In advance, with Oil Chromos free. . The Ai.dine will hereafter only bo obtainable by subscription. There will be no reduced or club rate; cash for subscriptions mast be sent to the publishers direct, or handed to the local agent, without responihility to the publishers, except in eases where the certificate is given, bearing the facsimile signature of James Sutton & Cos. AGENTS WANTED.— Any person wishing to a<-t permanently as a local agent, will receive full and prompt information by applying to JAS. SUTTON & CO., Publishers 58 Maiden Lane, New York