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NUMBER 48,
VOLUME XLVIt]
MILLED 6E VILLE, GEORGIA, JUNE 20, 1876.
THE
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THE CANTER PAPERS.
No. 2.
BY VIVIAN SPRIGHTLY.
The (wo Courtships of Captain
Oliver Oldham.
CHAPTER HI.
CONSCIENCE YIELDS TO PASSION*.
Captain Oldham had really made
lovo to the widow Bloomer. At his
next visit he was to receive her an
swer. Thus he was in a serious di
lemma. He had been a member of
the church and was deemed to be a
good man. He stood fair with only
one exception, the too great atti ac
tion between his throat and old rye.
This had caused the good Pastor to
advise him to withdraw, temporarily,
from the church. Still he was not a
drunkard. Since his withdrawal, he
attended church as regularly aB ho
had done before, and always took his
seat with the members. They were
ready to rocoivo him back, indeed,
had affectionately invited him to ro-
enter tho fold in full memliership.
Conscience twinged him. He was
sorely puzzled. What would his
brothers and tho whole world think
of his treatment of tho widow ! Yet
the idea prevailed in his mind that
the young Miss Dasher was prefera
ble to the widow Bloomor with two
children. He finally concluded that
the safest and most honorablo plan
would be to call upon the widow and
back out of the scrapo in tho best
way possible.
CHAPTER IV.
A C^XSPIKirOB AT WORK.
Ned Canter lost no time in calling
upon tho widow Bloomer. Spruced
up in fino stylo, ho visited her tho
day alter tho conference with Captain
Oldham. Ho had, tho afternoon bo
fore, sent her his compliments,
stating that, if agreeable to her, ho
would do himself tho honor to call
on tho following foreuoon, and had
received an answer that sho would
bo at homo and pleased to soc him.
The widow was not a little surprised
at his formality, for Ned had ocea«
sionally called to see her and always
without any previous announcement.
No thought crossed her mind that ho
had any serious object in view. Still
as lie had been so ceremonious, sho
determined to be so too. Her par
lor was put in complete order, and
she remained at her toilet much
longer than usual. She donned her
glossy artificials and diademmed
| them with roses. A silver comb was
adjusted for the most striking effect.
i These, with a whito Swiss muslin
i dress and other appropriato appeu-
j dages, set her off to good advantage
; for one of her ago and figure. The
i latter was moro gracilo at an earlier
j period of life and undoubtedly the
i widow thought so too, as she tight-
i ened her belt to diminish the size of
i her waist.
“Egad! its no wonder the Cap
| tain was after tho widow,” said Ned
to himself as he obtained a glaneo at
! her as be neared tho house.
I Compliments being over, Ned, al-
. „r T»ra«*..i. a w -f,, ! most for the first timo in his life,
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TO THE EYE
Throne of «pr««k*’. Wbe.*e the PPirit'e .ay
Four forth so of t Urn light of montnl day •
Whore fancy's tiro, a flection a melting beam.
ThoHKhf, "ctiin!*, juiHrioti, ri tpn ... turn supreme.
And many a feolinc. words can no er Impart.
Finds its own lanymeo to pet vac- lh« liutti
Thy nowet, bright ort., what b.wom haa not fed,
TotkrlU.tn rouse, to fascinate, toraelt
And by i«mG apoll of undefined eoctiol,
With maguet ifltiience touched the KCi-ret ttottl.
Liuht of tho teftlHres ' in the mom of I 0111 "-
Thv iflatiee is nature, and thy language, tuit.i ;
And ore tli« world vvilli nil eorruptinc eway,
liatii taught o'oti tlieo to Halier and betray ,
Tv'ltigetoou* heart lorbidu the*, to rev«ri
Or speak oue th-ugl.t that ltd-rest would ,»n-
Whila y'ot tliou secm'ft tho doubtleee minor,
iriven,
lUt I«* reflect tho purity ot henyeo;
O 1 then how Vivelv, there unv**4i t*> true
Th’ unsullied brighttie.-*i of ouch mental grace .
i lit. mg lighl
et unite;
When genius lends thee all'hi
Where tli« tall beams of intelo
Whoa love illumes Utco with his varying ray,
Where trembling hope and tearlul rapture piay t
Or pity’s mailing cloud thy beam eutn.uec.
Tempering 1!- lustre with a veil ot dot
Still dees thy power,
spell
Can pierce tho mazes <
Bid some new feeling t
From its deep slumber!
whoee all-commanding
the soul so well,
existence start,
n the inmost heart.
And O! when thought in eoetai y tuhliine.
That soar*triumphant, o'er the liouie.aot time,
Fire, thy kern glaum with inspiration s bhizo,
Tite light of heaven, the hope of Uolner days,
(At glorious dreams, lor utterance tar too high.
Flash through the mist of dim mortality ■) .
Who does not own that through thy 'ghlaing
tieams ... ,
A flame unqueuehuble, unenrlh.y, streams'
That pure, though captive effluence ot the sky,
The vestal ray, thospntU that cannot die.
to a man of wisdom, is strength and
courage; a bad one in confusion,
weakness and despair. No condition
is hopeless to a man where tho wife
possesses firmness, decision and
economy. There is no outward pro
priety which can counteract indo
lence, extravagance and folly at
home. No spirit can endure bad in
fluence. Man is strong. Ho needs
a tranquil mind, especially if be is
aa jptelligent man, with a whole
bead, he needs its moral force in the
conflict of life. To rocover his com
posure home must he a place of
peace and comfort. Thero his soul
renews its strength and goes forth
with renewed vigor to encounter the
labor and new troubles of life. But
if at home bo finds no reel, and there
is met with bad temper, jealousy
and gloom, or assailed with com
plaints, and censure, hope vanishes,
and ho sinks into despair.
Many a man thinks it is virtue
that keeps him from turning a rascal,
when it is only a full stomach. One
should be careful not to mistako po>
tatoes for principles.
Tbe owner of a pair of bright oyos
pays that tho prettiest compliment
she ever received came from a child
of four years. Tho littlo follow, after
looking intently at her cyoe for a
moment, inquired naively, “Are your
eyes now ones?”
Follow tho laws of naturo, and
you will nevor be poor—your wants
will be but few. Follow tho law of
tbe world, and you will never be rich
—your wants will novor.be satis
fied.
It was not intended that we should
have the evidence of touch, taste,
sight, hearing, smelling, as to spirit
ual things, but wo have an amount of
evidence which has been enough to
satisfy millions of immortal spirits
and which is all that is necessary
either for holiness or happiness.
It has never been accounted for,
and probably never will t>c why a ltoy
who will eat four meals, play bail
three hours, and gouge himself with
Huripc fruit, and go in swimming six
times daily during all vacation, and
be healthier than a tombstone, will
be siezed with all sorts of maladies
tho moment the school bell rings.
There aro some honest judges left.
Recently, one out iu Arkansas deci
ded that a washing bill cannot be
collected by law.
felt a relenting
he thought of the mischievous
prank ho was about to play. The
truth is ho had never seen the widow
look so handsome before and he was
taken aback by her mingled dignity
and good naturo. His heart melted
a littlo and he reeolved to make the
ruse as light 'M possible. * Before he
could open negotiations, some deli
cious coke and wine were handed
him upon a silver waiter. This was
soon followed fry a cool and sweet
watermelon of- which ho partook
freely.
“Your mother goes out but little
now, I believe,” said the widow. “It
has been several months since she
called to see me. I love your moth
er and always have loved her since
our first acquaintance. Sho has al
ways been very kind to me.”
“Lounds!” thought Nod to him
self, “the widow is getting tho whip-
hand of mo.”
- Nod seldom blushed, but be felt a
slight tinge in his chock as sho conn-
od these words. He replied:
“You aro correct madam. My
mother goes out but seldom. Sho
is getting old, and suffers much from
tho effects of a fall some months
since."
“I was aware of that, Mr. Cantor,
and called to see her Boon after it
occurrod. Old people do not rocover
from such injuries as rapidly as
young ones.”
“Of course not Mrs. Bloomer. If
tho accident had happened to you
yon would not havo suffered a third
of the time. ”
“I don’t know, Mr. Canter, I am
not as young as I havo been ”
“Ah! but madam, it is not for
you to talk of ago ; ono whoso oyos
are so bright, whoso cheeks a^ so
rosy, and whose whole appearance is
so youthful and lovely.’
Nod assumed a gravo look as ho
said this and passod his hand over
his forehead and eyes as if ho had
felt what ho uttcrod. Ho continued;
“Some think me younger than I
am. On that subject I havo no con
cealments. In a few months from
this time, I shall be rapidly aps
proaching thirty-four. Hence you
will see there is but little if any dif
ference between your age and mine.”
The widow colored a little as ho
said this and remarked :
“I know, Mr. Canter, that some
people think I am older than I am.
A lady of your acquaintance, Miss
Dasher, made free use of my age not
long since in a conversation with an
other lady, and I thought when I
heard of it, sho might have been more
kind and cautious.”
“Ah!” said Ned, “sho certainly
did not put you over thirty-five !"
“Yes, she added a fow years to
admired some pictures which adorns
od the walls, turned over tho pages
of a book which was on the centre-
table, and tock a lively interest in
the illustrations which the widow, in
a gay manner, pointed out to him.
“You have a lovely place,” observ
ed Ned es they ceased to look at the
prints, “I have been thinking that
you would be happier if you had
some ono to superintend it and to
love and protect you and your two
interesting children."
Mrs. Bloomer slightly blushed as
he said this, and Ned immediately
added:
“Excuse me madam; good friends
will sometime talk freely, especially
when they take a deep interest in
each others welfaro.”
“Oh! certainly," observed Mrs.
Bloomer, “and they ought to feel
grateful for each others sympathies
and good wishes.”
Ned then expressed the great
pleasure his visit had afforded him
and promising to call soon, again,
gave the widow’s hand a lingering
and unusual pressure as he bid her
adieu.
This visit made an impression on
the widow’s mind. Ned had made
himself very agreeable. She called
to mind some of his words. Ho had
praised her eyes, her features and
oven her form! Ho had serious
thoughts of getting married! It
made no difference with him if a
lady were a fow years older than him-
solf! Would sho not bo happier
with a protoctor for herself and her
children ! These declarations in ad
dition to the formal announcement
of his visit, his unusual seriousness
and his warm and prolonged pres
sure of her hand at parting, seemed
to convoy a significant meaning.
CHAPTER V.
LOVE DIS3EVEKED.—AS ATTEMPTED CALL.
Captain Oldham’s call npon tho
widow Bloomer, the day after Ned
Canter’s, can bo disposed of brielly.
She received him with dignified ro-*
serve, which if Miss Dasher had not
been in his thoughts, would have
been ominous of a bitter defeat. Tho
meeting was cold on both sides and
attended with an awkward silence for
a timo and a meager flow of ideas.
At last tho Captain roused himself
by blowing his nose and clearing
his throat. This being over he re
marked :
“The matter between us, Mrs.
Bloomer, lias progressed rather
slowly, and perhaps, it would bo
well for us to come to somo more
definite conclusion.”
He paused slightly, as ho termina
ted this remark*, merely to select the
choicest and mildest words in which
to propose that each should bo freo
from all existing obligations. Tho
widow taking advantage of tho pause
said to the Captain :
“Perhaps, sir, it would bo best to
postpone any further consideration
of the subject if not altogether, at
least for tho present. If I were to
entertain your proposal further at
all, I should desire to consult at least
two near and dear friends.”
The Captain was delighted to hear
this, but looking serious and con
cealing his real feelings, ho replied;
“I havo no right madam, to object
to any conclusion of yours in refer-
ance to this affair. I should, how
ever, prefer to drop it altogether and
let each of ns bo freo from all obli
gation.”
“Certainly Mr. Oldham,” said she,
“I freely agree to that.”
The truth is Mrs. Bloomer had
encouraged the Captain s suit and
had been revolving in her mind, as
well as he had in his, how sho should
decently retroat from tho hopes she
had excited in his breast.
The Captain soon took leave, and
both were secretly pleased. Cap
tain Oldham went home in high spir
its and with brilliant hopes- That
evening a part of his new suit, which
he could not take with him, was re
ceived, and he locked the door of
his room lest some one might in**
trade upon his inspection of them on
his person. The pants made a close
fit and so did the swallow-tailed
coat, but as he supposed they would
stretch and allow a littlo moro room
for his full and rather ponderous cor-
porosity, he was contented, especial
ly, as Ned Cantor had told him it
was tho latest style. It would not
do for him, ho thought to visit the
gay, young and accomplished Miss
Dasher in tho largo baggy suit,
crowned at top with the broad brirn-
ed beaver, with which ho arrayed
himsolf while courting tho widow
Bloomer, who, in Miss Dasher’s opin
ion, was at feast forty-five. Com-
E letely arrayed with the new suit,
at and all, ho inspected himBelf in
ovary possible way which was afford-
od him by his short and narrow
looking-glass. The projection in
front was greatly exposed to view,
much more than ho liked. Miss
Dasher, he thought to himself, must
know, already, that I am corpulent
and can’t help it. His large armB,
ot least at their upper parts, soemed
to be lifted up by the broad cloth
which enclosed them. The small
circumference of his now hat pro
seated a startling disproportion to
his old boaver and made his red faco
resemble a full moon, seen through
a hazy atmosphere. The Captain
hues deepened almost to lividity in
his dull red face. If he had had a
minute's warning he could Lave turn
ed into the woods and escaped, for
his Pastor did not recognize him at
first and perhaps would not have
done so at all if ho had rode hastily
on; but at the first sight of the Pas
tor he halted in speechless perplexi
ty. His face was clean shaved. The
beard which had covered it like a
frosty thicket had disappeared and
the long hair, which had fallen in
profusion upon his shoulders, was
trimmed to youthful proportions.
His eye brows were unusually black
and the skin, above and below them,
was stained with the Argentine fea
ture which Canter had recommended
to give youthful effect to his looks.
The day was a little windy and the
breeze was toying with the mass of
frills in his bosom and the ends of
the blue neck tie, with which his col
lar was fastened. The Pastor spoke
first:
“Brother Oldham I believe! Such
is the change in your dress and ap
pearance that I did not recognize you
at first. There is character in drees,
but brother, you aro so out of char
acter to-day, that it astounds me.
Some freak of yours I suppose!
But that is your business and not
mine.”
At this moment Ned Canter came
up:
“Good morning Parson, good
morning Captain,” said ho.
Up to this timo the Captain had
not uttored a word. Tho Pastor af*>
ter exchanging salutations rode off.
He had boon talking with somo of
the brothers and his object was to
visit Captain Oldham and invite him,
for himself and the mombers of the
Church, to renew his connection with
them. But evidently tho time was
not propitious. Something was on
hand, he knew not what, but he had
little doubt his old brother was be
ing made the victim of ono of Cans
tor’s treacherous pranks.
•‘Now Captain." observed Ned, “the
Parson is gone and tho kingdom of
love is open to you. You are close
by and a warm heart and winning
smiles arc waiting for you. What’s
tho matter, my old friend, that you
keep so still and silent. You look
as firm and fresh as a London AN
derman. Lord Palmerston, the
Prime minister of England, for
dress and good looks, with his nobil
ity and mobility, would fall short
in comparison with you.”
“I can’t go now,” the Captain said
at last. The shock was too great.
“Tho Pastor was upon me before I
knew it. His face was as long as
my arm, and his oyes were as big as
horse apples.”
“Confound the Parson,” said Can
ter, “what if they were’ He en
vied your splendid dress and your
handsome looks—cheer up my old
soldier friend. He camo doubtless
to talk of the church, the brethren
and sisters, and tho harp of Zion, but
just now, you are warmed with the
fires of love and the harp of your
enchantress, for the time being, is
sweeter than the harp of Zion.
Worldly things must be attended to
as well as heavenly, and what world-
For the Union St Recorder.
TfjE EARTH JJKD THE HEAYENS.
COHTIXVED.
The space allotted to this article,
will not allow one to dwell upon the
wonders of the planet on which we
live. There are but few who live to
half the period of three score years
and ten, who do not witness the ap
pearance of ono or the other of the
numerous comets which belong to
our solar system. All havo seen tho
great Northern lights which stream
up to the heavens like a crimson
robe from tho ice bound regions of
the north pole; many, the zodiacal
light which sometimes rises up in a
conical form from the sun a little
after sunrise, and before sunset.
Thousands are now alive who wit
nessed the sublime pageantry of tbe
“falling stars" as they were called,
which occurred in November
1833, an exhibition of the unveil
ed wonders of meteoric splendor
which they may never hope to see
again, in this sublunary state. MiN
lions have witnessed total eclips
es of the moon and the solemnities
of the sun’s total obscurations, cov*
oring those parts of the earth where
they were visible with a dark and
sickly gloom. We, in this field of
the mystories of God and nature,
have not been without our “won
ders," and others are doubtless in
store for many who now live and
for myriads who will follow us in
tho inaudiblo tracks of the future
time.
Wo pass over the planet Mars
next to the Earth, (moving out
ward from the sun,) conspicuous for
its rod and fiery aspect, and travel on
through the many little asteroids
between Mars and Jupiter, to place,
our tolescopo upon tho latter, wan
dering in an orbit scarcely within
reach of tho computation of numbers.
We gaze with astonishment upon
the mysterious lielts, or bands, of
this monster planet. They aro gen
erally dark but others of a lighter
color are sometimes visiblo. Four
moons, or sattlelitee, attend it, one
of which appears to its inhabitants
four times as large as our moon to
us. This is the largest of all tho
planets, being 1281 times the size, of
the Earth. It iB 4'.K) millions of
miles from the sun, and requires
oleven of our years, and three liun
dred and fourteen days, to complete
its revolution around the sun. A
line, passing through its centro,
would be 82 thousand miles in length
and around its bulk, about 250
thousand
The distance of the Earth’s orbit
is estimated at 5(57,010,740 miles
and as she travels it in 3*55 days and
6 hoars, her velocity is 17 miles a
second, “a rapidity eo far exoeeding
our conceptions, that it gave very
just occasion to the pleasant remark
of Litchenberg, that while one man
salutes another in the street he goes
many miles bareheaded without
catching cold.
The mind can form no conception
of space as it oxists in the universe,
or even in our solar system. How
it grasp the orbit of Jupiter
THE SOFTlSi
Wljo and Wbat tljey are—The Revolution
ists of Turkey.
the
ly thing can equal the kissee of young j B between (5 and 7 billions of
The young ladies feel tho hard
times down east. Wo have it from a
New Hampshire beauty, who claims j that ”
that tho gentlomon are so poor that j “Indeed, sho ought to havo been
they cannot even pay their address- j more prudent- A little difference in
ago never was an objection with mo.
Gentlemen sometimes marry ladies
who are thirty and even forty years
younger than themselves, and I see
no reason why the rule should not
bo reversed. I know a gentleman
who was married some years sinee.
to a lady who was fifteen years his
senior. I have thought seriously of
late of getting married mysolf.”
One mean man will sour ten miles
of good neighborhood.
The grand safeguard for doing
right is to hate all that is wrong.
A teacher who is attempting to
teach without inspiring the pupil with
a desire to learn, is hammering on
cold iron.
red lips and a pair of plump white
aims encircling your neck. Rouse up
and throw off this stagnation that
perplexes yon amidst the flattering
pledges of speech which fell sweeter
than music from Miss Dasher’s cher
ry soft lips in your praise a few days
since.”
Thus Canter went on striking fire
from the old Captain’s soul liko steel
draws it from flint, He was nearly
all right again. Only one thing dis
turbed him, the Tastor might ex-
poso him to the brethren !
“Expose you ! ” exclaimed Canter,
There is not one of them but would
like such exposure when they see you
walk into church with tho gay^ and
beautiful Serena prancing at your
side. Get her first and then join the
church again, and you will be the
most popular member of the fold.”
“Yes, Mr. Canter, I believe you.
I shall ask no odds of the whole
crowd. Go with me, Mr. Canter,
and let us take a drink of bourbon
on that. Go little ahead Mr. Can
ter, and give me timely notice if
there is danger of intrusion.”
Cantor engineered him safely home
without observation. The bourbon
was freely drank ind Canter bid the
Captain adieu, having prom ised to
call the next day and perform the
same services until he should bo safo-
ly landed in Mfs. Dasher’s parlor.
(Concluded next meek)
staggered a little but soon rallied
under tbo consoling idea that this
was tho stylo of the day. Ned Can
ter had told him that fashion’s shrine
was tho focus of female vanity and
admiration. Under his teaching it
was certainly, for tho timo being, tbe
cause in part of his caricature and
foil}*. His quixotic passion render
ed him insensiblo to any controlling
idea but that of pleasing Miss Dash
er, and to do that Ned had told
him that he must worship at tho
same shrine that she did.
CHAPTER YL
AN UNFKOPI'l'IOCS BEGINNING.
On the following day accoutred in
addition to the vesture described,
with a buff vest, white kids, new
boots rather tight for rheumatic ex
tremities, and a profusion of frills in
his shirt bosom, he mounted his iron
grey, (who was also decked with a
full new suit) and started for Mrs.
Dasher's residence. He was anxious
to get there unobserved, and he took
a small path through the woods
which enterod the public road within
two hundred yards of her house.
Turning a littlo curve in this path to
and confu-
4 Primitive Method of Traveling to tlje
Centennial.
[From the Janesville (Wia.) Gazette.]
Mr. Solomon Soule, of Stough
ton, a farmer and an old resident of
that section of Dane county, started
for the Centennial Exposition yes
terday. Tho manner in which ho and
his wholo family—in all eight per
sons—aro traveling, is akin to the
days before railways wore built. He
proposes to travel to Philadelphia
in light wagons, and to mako tho
journey as pleasant as possible, bo
ordered two light spring vehicles,
each drawn by a span of sprightly
mustang ponies. He 'also takes a-
long. an extra horse, to be used in
case of emergency.; One of the wag
ons conveys the family, and tho other
provisions and bedding. Easy camp
chairs, instead of common seats, are
provided for tho family in tho wagon.
Mr. Soule has a driver for one of his
teams and takes charge of the other
himsolf. Ho has also a good tent,
which he will put up for lodging in
each night Hri outfit is complete,
and tho entire family anticipate tak
ing a good deal of comfort on their
journey eastward. After seeing the
Centennial ho proposes to drive to
Maine, his former home, and spend
several weeks, and return to Wis
consin late in tho fall. The party
camped in this city last night, pitch
ing their tent on South Main street,
opposite the residence of Hon. Wm.
A. Lawrence.
One of Stewart’s Rules.—“He
never spoke to me but twice,” said
an ex-clerk. “Once I tore a piece of
wrapping paper roughly across, and
he came around and told me I should
have folded it and made even edges.
People, he said, didn’t like to get
shiftless looking bundles. “Again, I
wound a bundle around with an ex
tra turn of string, and before I could
tie it he had the bundle out of my
hand, and unwound the unnecessary
turn- ‘Never waste even apiece of
miles in circuit. As he passes over
it in nearly ten of our years, his ve
locity is much greater than the
earth; but the most remarkable fea
ture in the movements of this great
planet, is the rapidity of his revolu
tion on his own axis. The earth
revolves upon her’s in a little over
24 hours; while Jupiter, who is near
ly 1300 times as large, revolves np
on his in a little less than 10 hours,
(9.94). A revolution of 250,000 miles
in that time is wonderful. Miracu
lous speed ! The mind is lost
in the mazes of incomprehensibili
ty.
If it were possible for us to travel
through hundreds ofmillions of space
to get a "sight of this grand aerial
car, it would be a trip almost in vain.
By going ahead of its pathway, we
might obtain one unutterable
glimpse. In tho range of human
thought, nothing can be found with
which to compare it. The descent,
of Satan to his throne iu Pandemoni
um, would not fill tho measure of
our wants; for ho could bo seen com
ing “through chaos and its dark
streajp,” spreading his bright angelic
win|6 and filling tho aii at his ap-
pMgB?h with crimson light.
*7Jut Jupiter like a wandering
npvmiul_ monster of the eky—some
mysterious messenger from tho great
mysteriarch sweeps by, at the rate
of hundffcds of miles a socond, to
confound tho eye, and overpower the
sense. Fearful, miraculous spectre,
seen, if seen at all, in the infinitesi
mal of a terrific moment S.
(To he Continued.)
A New Englis!) School Lav/.
Lord Sandon has brought forward
tho long promised Government meas
ure for the improvement of tho Eng
lish school law. It seems that, while
there is accomodation provided in
school for 3,250,000 children, the
daily attendance dooe not exceed
1,800,000. Universal compulsion
has often been talked of but never
adopted. A certain modified amount
of such compulsion, however, is ro-
commendod by this bill. Town coun
cils and boards of guardians aro to
have the same power as school boards
to order certain classes of children
to school, whiio iu rural districts all
are forbidden to hire children under
ten years of age, unless these can
stand a satisfactory examination in
the fourth standard, or can show
that they have attended school 250
times annually during five years.
Tho law, if passed, is not to come
fully into opeiation till 1881.
Baltimore Snn.
So much has been said of
softas in connection with the revo
lutionary movement which ended a
few days ago in foicing Abdul Aziz
to abdicate the sultanate, anil so lit
tle is generally known outside of
Turkey in respect to tho class to
whose inlluonce this remarkable coup
(Tetat is attributed, that some infer-*
mation in regard to it will serve to
correct erroneous impressions and
may prove at this time interesting.
The softas are called in most of the
newspapers the students of the mos
ques, which conveys tho idea that
they are young men in training for
the religions profession. Such how
ever is not the case. They are law
students, as we shall presently ex-*
plain. There connection with the
mosques arises simply from tho fact
that all Turkish law is founded upon
the Koran, with the exception of
some recent additions to it, drawn,
Btrange to say, from “the code Napo
leon.” A common mistake of Euros
pean writers is to class the Imaums,
Katcobs, Sheyks, Mollahs, Kadis,
Muftees and Softs with the Mahom
etan clergy. But the persons repre
sented by these several names are
really divisible into two classes and
have distinct and separate functions.
Tho Imaum [or clerk] whp recites in
presence of the congregation the
public prayers; the Ivateob [or
preacher] who roads or extemporizes
a short sermon, and the Sheyk,
whose functions correspond in part
to those of the Imanrn, but with tho
additional duties of a general super
intendence of everything connected
with the mosquo. These, with their
subordinates, represent the religious
element of Mahometanism. Tho
kadi, (judge,) the muftee, (counsel
lor,) the mollah, (master of law,) a
generic term applied to all who have
gone through a regular course of
legal study and received a diploma,
and finally the softs, whoso appella
tion has become through recent
events familliar to us, represent the
legal element of Islamism.
The softu is a Turkish youth on
the lowest round of the legal ladder,
but who hopes, alter many years of
severe study, to attain to cue dignity
of wolla, and subsequently to such
higher legal honors as the govern
ment may feel inclined to bestow.
The softa, or student, is generally
taken at an age varying from eleven
to fifteen years, from the primary
school and transferred to the college,
whore he enters upon a course of
legal studies, which is continued nev
er less than fifteen years aiul often
extends to eighteen. During this
protracted period his progress to
ward proficiency is tested on five dif
ferent occasions, an l finally he has
to undergo a sixth ami general exam
ination before receiving the diploma
which entitles him to tho degree of
Mollah, or Master of Law. Numer
ous as these students are, many of
them succumb altogether to the
hardships, physical and mental, of
their complicated and perplexing stu
dies. Only a few come out of the or
deal triumphantly. Such are the
softas, or students of law, to whose
influence over the populace of Con
stantinople is ascribed the success of
a coup d'etat which has resulted in a
change of ministers, the abdication
of the sultan, and the elevation of
his nephow Murad to the Turkish
throne. Tho reason why the promo
ters of the revolution aro styled "re
formers” is thus explained. The
members of tho liberal professions
and especially those whose profession
is that of the law, have almost aN
ways been foremost in resistance to
absolute authority, ami in breaking
down the barriers by which custom
and tradition had hedged about the
aspirations of the people for liberty.
GEORGIA N E \y y #
Wo trust the people will not tail
to attend the primary meetings. It
is in theso assemblies that the real
issues of tho campaign aro to be
mado. Remember tho Constitution
al Convention, the bogus bonds and
the removal of the capital.
San. News.
Drunkards who are sober onough
to shoot a man arc, in the opinion
of the Supreme Court of Georgia,
sober onough to bo considered mnr»
1 derers and suffer the penalty which
the law provides for that class. The
same authority lias decided that if
drunkards are too crazy to bo hung
they aro likewise too crazy to be at
liberty.
Now in a short time the people
who are able to do so, will begin to
hide out to the watering places and
the sea side, and the stay-at-homes
will read the names of the absentees
in the nowspapers, and turn np their
nose and wonder why they don’t pay
their debts.
It is thought that Turnbull, of
Banks, will be returned to the Geor
gia Legislature without opposition.
We trnst that such will be the case.
He has opinions, and he isn’t afraid
to express them. Moreover, he is in
favor of a Constitutional Convention,
and wouldn’t weep if the capital was
returned to Milledgeville. We want
just such men in the Legislature.
Savannah News.
Grady’s Sunday Teleyt am: A
good story is told on Col. Jack
Jones. While he was arranging his
bond the other day ho was, of course,
under the surveillance of a bailiff.
So perfect was the confidence in the
Colonel's honor that the officer did
not foel it necessary to remain with
him. One morning the Colonel
camo in and asked, “Have you seen
my bailifl’ around here? I do have
hard luck. When any other man is
arrested he has his bailifl’ with him
all the time, and here I have to run
all over town to look him up.”
Genova Lamp: When a Legisla
tive candidate offers his hand, ask
! him if lie favors Milledgeville and
j opposes Bullock ’ If he favors a
| convention and disfavors IvimbalN
ville ’ If he does not give affirma
tive answers, my friend, be very care
fill how you meet his friendly ad
vances. Beware! oh. beware!
If tho Hon. Potiphar Peagreen is
returned to the Legislature this year,
we trust his many constituents will
instruct him in regard to the bogus
bonds, a constitutional convention
and the removal of the capital. If
this is done, we shall move that he
be furnished peanuts at the expense
of the taxpayers.—Savannah News.
Forsyth Advertiser. Dr. J. S.
Lawton and Dir. II. L. Callaway,
who farm together, sowed ten acres
in wheat, which was threshed last
week, yielding two hundred and
three bushels and three pecks. The
only manure used on the land was
cotton seed, except one acre which
was enriched with several wagon
loads of stable manure. This one
acre thus manured, yielded thirty-
five bushels and two quarts. This
is a fine yield, and would have been
larger still but for the mould and
rust, which attacked the wheat when
it commenced to head. We have
heard of no other crop in the country
that equals this. It would be more
than an average crop at any timo.
VISITING—JOINTS TO
IjOSTS.
GUESTS AND
4 Magnificent Jewel—Preseijutioi) to Gen,
Albert Pike.
Washington Republican-
A pleasant episode occurred at the
sanctuary of the Ancient and Accep
ted Scottish Rite of Freo and Accep
ted Masons on Wednesday night.
This was the presentation of a mag
nificent jewel to Gen. Albert Pike,
the sovereign commander. Tbe pre
sentation was made by Robert
Toombs, of Georgia, in an eloquent
and touching addresB, to which Gen.
Pike feelingly responded. The jewel
is composed of a gold doubloheaded
eagle, studded with two hundred and
sixty diamonds. In the center of
tho eagle’s heart is a largo amethyst
in the form of a triangle, in which is
inserted the figures “33,” in gold.
Over tho head of the eagle is a crown
rubies and
ui tuning luniiiuu uijnvii. i his utter astonishment ...... w«™ , ( *i* ,
Ned then gave a turn to the con- j sion he came right*up, suddenly, face [ string,’ he saul; waste is always
vorsation, walked across the floor, to face with lus old pastor. The wrong,’ "
St. Louis Excursion*.—The fare
for the round trip from Atlanta has
been put at $25. The special train
of magnificent sleeping and palace
coaches will leave Atlanta I* riday,
June 23d at 1:10 p. m., and run
through without change in 28 hours
and a half. Wc learn from Mr.
Wrcnu that the entire Georgia dele
gation have engaged berths with him.
The South Carolina and Florida del
egations will be upon the same train,
a separate coach being allotted to
each State. There will also be. a
large number of ladies, which will
make the excursion one of real
pleasure.
Mr. Wrenn will in person have
charge of the excursion, and his ex
pcrience in such matters is a guaran
tee that it will be a succe3ss in every
respect.
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION,
Cincinnati, June 14.—Tlios M.
Pomeroy is temporary chairman. He
gave an elaborate history of the
achievements of the Republican par
ty. Ho urged adherence to honest
money.
The roll of the States was called,
omitting the contested States.
A motion that when the Convene
tion adjourn it be to 11 o clock to-mor
row, when nominations will begin,
with two speeches of ten or one of
twenty minutes for each nomination,
was referred.
The address of the Republican Re
form Club was read by Mr. Curtis.
The allusion in the address to specie
payment was cheered.
A motion was adopted that all ad
dresses, resolutions and memorials
be referred without debate.
General Logan addressed the con 5 *
vention. He said the attitude of the
opponents of the Republican party
showed that the time had come a-
gain when every patriot should
buckle on his armor.
The speeches made were of the
usual character, with some strong
points in favor of tho hard money
and civil service reform, which were
applauded. The greatest demons
straticn was over Curtis and his lies
form Club resolutions. Allusions
composed entirely of
diamonds. In its talons the eagle
holds a flaming sword of gold, from to the late war freeing four millions,
which is susponded a scroll bearing j an j points of that kind, were tamely
tho inscription, “Dens meurn <p'e ! received. The orators made no spe-
fus. The cost of the jewel was
$900, and in design and workman
ship is beautiful and artistic. The
An exchange says: There are three
essentials which must be understood
and acted on before visits and visit •
mg will over fulfil] the ideal of tho
pleasure they ought to be and to
give First, nothing must be
done for parade 0 r show.
No matter how nch a man mav be
if he sets on his dinner-table* one
thing, either to be eaten or to
be looked at, simply for show, it U
a challenge and an offense. Of
course nobody is so absurd as to
maintain that tho rich most make
dinners of herbs, because the poor
cannot afford stalled oxen. A very
feast of good things, both for the
eyes, and the palate, can be set out
without any attempt at or any sug
gestion of mere parade, mere dis
play.
There are plenty of ways in which
a man may advertise his wealth, if he
likes, without doing it in his hospi
tality. To do it there, or even seem
to do it there, is the very essence
of vulgarity and real inhospitality.
To avoid by every possible device
and by the utmost tact the bare sug
gestion that the guests is the recipi
ent and not tbe conferer of favors, is
the first principle of entertainment.
To ask a man to your house and
treat him as if he were inspector of
wines or tax gatherer on silver is a
piece of very coarse stupidity ; and
to make a very great difference be%
tween tho way you live when yon are
alone, and the way you live when
you have friends under your roof, is
surely a very direct way of injuring
one’s own selfrespect, or casting an
unpleasant reflection on one’s own
personal standard of taste.
The second essential of the ideal
visit and visiting is, that the host,
not the guest, set the limit of the
visit. There is so very false a no
tion in this country on this point
that it almost seems as if it must
spring out of a national lack of di
rectness and sincerity. Everybody
knows, when he asks a friend to his
house, how long he wants him to
stay. There may be fifty reasons
combining to make him very glad of
a visit of three days’ long and much
inconvenienced by one longer.
Honest people ought to find no diffi
culty in saying this; and honest peo
ple take no ofl’onse at hearing it.
This does away with all possibility
of misconstruction on either side,
with all uncertainties as to welcome,
with all fears of intrusion.
A third essential of ideal visits
and visiting is, that there be on the
part of tho host no strained effort to
entertain or amuse the guests; on tbe
part of the guests, no expectations
of being amused or entertained.
Simply to meet for the interchange
of good will and cordiality, the usu
al current of life going on undis
turbed, tho habits of the family re
maining unchanged—that is tbo true
social visit. The man who knows
how to “drop in” of an evening,
draw his chair up to your hearth as
if it were his own, and fall into the
usual evening routine of the house
hold as if he were a member of it—
how welcome he always is! The man
who comes to stay under your roof
for a season, and who, without being
intrusive or familiar, makes you feel
that ho is “at home” with you and is
content in his usual fashion of occu
pation—how delightful a guest ho
is! And tho houses—ah! how few of
them !—into which one can go for a
day or a week and feel sure that the
family routine is in no wise altered,
the family comfort in no wise les
sened, but, on the contrary, increas
ed by his presence—what joy it is to
cross their thresholds! What good
harbors of refuge they are to weary
wanderers !
When the world mends its way in
these regards, when theso essentials
are fulfilled, the lost art of conversa
tion will revive; hospitality will be
worthy of its name; and household-
ing and housekeeping become, as
they ought to be, the greatest pleas
ures a man can have.
rial allusion to the individual can
didates. When Curtis read his ad
dress of June Gth, already published
sued.
The Life-Buoy of tyan.
presentation was made in the pres- [ n the papers, the allusion in the ad-
ence of over fifty members of tho j dress to a return to specie payment,
Scottish Rito from all parts of tho the broken promises of the President
United States. A grand banquet | an d Congress, the proposition to
followed, during which tho greatest I pu t the political power of the coun
jollify and good humor prevailed, try into the hands of the Democratic
and a most enjoyable evening en^ party, unless the convention by its
nominations express a determination
i to reform things generally, were re
ceived with applause.
Upon retiring from the platform,
Mr. Curtis was escorted to his seat
by a storm of cheers. [A new escort
entirely.]
A delegate from Missouri—I move
that the document just read by the
gentlemen be referred to the com
mittee on resolutions without de
bate.
A delegate from Montana—I de->
sire to amend that motion. I ipove
that the address be adopted as the
sense of this convention.
Cries of “No! no!”
The Chairman—It is referred to
the committee on resolutions with
out debate.
The convention, at 3:45 p. m., ad
journed until nine o’clock to-morrow
morning.
A strong mind always hopes, be.-
cause it knows tho mutability of hu
man affairs, and how slight a circum
stance may change the whole course
of events. Such a spirit, too, rests
upon itself, and holds fast the con
sciousness of its capacity and its
power, and if, at last, all is lost, it
has saved itself its own integrity and
worth. Hope awakens a courage
that will fix an eagle eye upon the
apparently unattainable, but de
spondency is tho world of all evils;
it is the abandonment of all good—
the giving up of the battle of life with
qan/I nothingness. He who can im
plant courage in the human soul is
its physician.
People who begin their Christian
or surname with B. must surely be
trembling with apprehension if they
have been guilty of any infractions of
the law. -7 ustice seems to have struck
an alliterative streak and is running
remorsely through the B’s. Beecher,
Babcock, Belknap and Blaine are not
the only examples. Uncle Billy may
perhaps find some explanation of his
misfortunes in tlieB. which hisfamil-
iars saddled on him, and now Broth
er Brigham, the saint of the Churcl*.
of Saints, finds his fate in the same*
letter. The United States grand
jury has been looking in the rings in.
the Mormon capital and has dug up
a good deal of damaging testimony
against t he boss polygamist. It seems
that there has been a tax ring out
there, with Brigham at their head,
which has conveniently omitted to
tax something liko a million dollars
worth of church property, and a
whisky ring of which Brigham was
also the head-devil and sharer in the
profits of swindling the United States
out of its revenue. The jury is not
through with its work yet, but infor
mation about these disclosures has
leaked out, and people are beginning
to wonder what will he done with
Brigham, lie has successfully defi
ed all sorts of investigations hereto
fore, but as fate is so harsh with tho
B’s this year, lie may get his dues
this time.—Chronicle te feoutineL
The New York Herald states that
there is a regularly organized cam
paign club in that city, composed of
prominent merchants, formed for the
purpose of urging Gen. Hancocks
claims for the Presidential nomina
tion at St- Louis.
The Eatouton Messenger reports a
short wheat crop for Putnam county.
CITY HOTEL,
Corner New Cuatle an<l Gloucester Streets,
BRUNSWICK, - - KE0RGI4.
O. O. FABM, Proprietor.
ryCharges to suit the times. Trauspvrta-
tion to the different Islands turnndied et low
“lUrch 13,1876, «
FOR THE CAMPAIGN!
8 Months tor $1.00.
Stirling times are near at hand.
The Campaigns of the coming Fall
will be the liveliest for many years ;
and everybody shonld have a good
newspaper. In order to enable eve
rybody to afford it, we will send
THE UNION & RECORDER from
this date till tbe 1st of January 1871
for ONE DOLLAR
Subscribe at ONCE, and get the
benefit of the Campaign Rates.
Rooms To Rent.
Several large and commodious
rooms in a houso on Hancock Street*
are offered for rent. The house is uy
good repair and tho rooms can bo
ronted on reasonable terms. Appljp
at this office or to Mr. E. T. Ailing.