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Volume LIII. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1872. Number 2 THE jjoutbnn jKemier. BY E. A. HAREISON, OSME & CO. Terms, $2.00 Per Annum in Advance rtf Fife Kindler. Something Entirely New & Novel. Will t;;ke the place of LigLtwoo din Kindling Fires. Will Kindle any Wood or Coal Fire Instanta* neously. Tha Kindle itself is not consumed, and v ill lart for years. TEN CENTS worth of Material will last a Family one Month. It i* less than one-tenth the expense of Light* wood. HOTELS HOARDING HOUSES, and other public places will find the kindler indis pensable. The COST of this useful invention will be saved by its use in one week by any Family. 1’ltICE, 75c. For sale by L. W. HUNT & CO. S»p. 25, 38 tf r VINECAR BITTERS Farmers, Please Notice. W E are in receipt of 300 bushels Red Clover SEED. J 00 “ TIMOTHY. oO'O “ Kentucky Blue GRASS. 200 “ Orchard GRASS 200 •* Red Top or Herds GRASS. 25 “ Alsike aud Sapling CLOVER, these SEED have been selected aud pur chased by us in the West, directly from the growers, and are fresh and pure. Wo keep a complete stock of every class of IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY and SEED, which we would be pleased to have you call and examine. ECHOLS h WILSON, Jackson Street, Augusta, Ga.. and Broad Streat, Atlanta, Ga. September 5, 35 tf r fjAIIE undersigned respectfully informs the A- citizens that they are prepared to furnish Timber, any amount and size, at their Lum ber Yard in Milledgeville, at low rates. Call on our Agent, Mr. C. B. Mundy, for terms and prices. N. & A. CARMANNEY. dec!9-tf HIGH SCHOOL of the MILLEDGEVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, At Midway, in sight of Milledgeville. This ■ on J School will be better than ever next ye,i, and opens on the Second Monday of Jan uary, 187*2. 'p e ims reduced to suit the times $3, $4, and $5 per month, to suit classes. President of the School, R. H. Ramsey, Esq, with entire control. Assistants, in the highest branches, Rev. Robert C. Smith, and Rev. Charles W. Lane, Boarding at reasonable rates for pupils or funifies in the village of Midway. Apply to R. H. RAMSEY, Esq- william McKinley, dec-19 1m r President of Trustees. NATURE’S J. tTiLnin Proprietor. B H. McDoxai.d ft Co., Prrgglste end A X't«, San Fr.nciieo C,L, and St and 3 4 Commerce St, X.X. MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their Wonderful Curative Effects. Thoy «e not a vile Fancy Drink, made ot Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse 1,1- 4u ors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste, called “Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Restorers,” Ac., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true Medicine,made from the Native Roots and Herbs'of Cali fornia, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. Thoy are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE GIYING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reso- vator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a henlthy con dition. No person can take these Bitters according .to directions and remain long unwell,provided their bones are! not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. They are a Gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in young "or old, mnrriod or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at the turn of life, those Tonic Bitters haTe no cqnal. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheuma tism and Gont, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil ious, Rcmittout and Intermittent [Fevers, Diseases of the Biocd, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful. Such Diseases arc caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Di gestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache, Pain la the Shoulders.Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Bructatlons of the Stomach, Bad Taste In ths Mouth, Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain In tho regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the eflsprings cf Dyspepsia. They inrigorate the Stomaeh and etimnlate the torpid Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi cacy in deeming the blood of all impurities, and Impart ing new life and rigor to the whole system. ■>. FOR SKIN DISEASES, .Eruptions. Tetter, Sal-. Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Bros, Erysipelas, Iteh. Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Die. eases of ths Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time liy the use of theee Bitters. One bottle in snch cases will eonyince; the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its im purities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Erup tions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it whea It Is font, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, larking in the system cf so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there la scarcely an individual upon tRe face of the earth whose body Is exempt from tk„ presence of worms. It Is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist,but upon the diseased humors.and slimy j i f orm , ( .f A;...,*. ir. deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No beseioims or aisea.be its potent power to eure them. Not only does the Sarsaparillian Resolvent RAHWAY'S READY RELIEF CUKZ2S THS WORST PAX3JJS in from ono to twentx minutes. Not One hour. after reading this advertisement need any on* SUFFER WITH PAIN. ay's Ready Relief is a fare for trery rm. It was the first, and is THE ONLY PAIN REMEDY ihat insiautiy slops the most excruciating pains, allays Inllamation, and cures Conges tions, whether of ths Lungs, Stomach, Bow els, or other glands or organs by ono appli cation. In from one to twenty miuutes, no matter how violent or excruciating ths pain the Rheumatic, Bcd-'idJeu, L.Jisni. Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with dis ease may suffer. The application of the Ready Relief to the part or parts where the pain or difficulty exists will afford ease and comfort. Twenty drops in half a tumbler of water will ir. a few moments cure Cramps, Spasms Sour Stomach Heartburn, Sick Headache Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind in the Bowels, and a Infernal Pains. Travelers should always carry a bottle of Rad way’s Ready Relief with them. A few drops in water will prevent sickness or pains from change of water Ir is betater than breach Brandy or Bitters as a stimulent* FEVER Aftl> AGUE, Fever and Ague cured for fifty cents; There is not a remedial agent in this world that was cure Fctci and Ague, and all ether Malar ice', it lious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow, and other I avers (aided by Rad way's Pills) so quick as Rad way’s Ready Rcliei. Fifty cents a battle HEALTH ! BEAUTY !! Strong and pure rich bioud—increase of fi^sh and weight—cb-ar skin and beautiful comp’e.vion secured to all. DR. RAD WAY’S SABSAPARILLIAJ' BESOLYEAT Has made the most astonishing cures so quick so rapid are the changes tire body un dergoes, under the influence of Ibis truly wonderful Medicine, that Every day an Increase in Flesh and Weight is Seen and Felt. YWMS CiKIi.aTT ISI.OOD f*I'JItt-IKIi Every drop of the fsarsaparilian Resolvent communicates through the Blood, .Sweat, Urine, aud other fluids and juices of the sys tem the vigor of lite, for it repairs the wastes of the body with new and soud maieriai. Scrof ula, Syphilis, Consumpiion, Glandular dis ease, Ulceis in the throat, Mouth, Tumors, Nodes in the Glands and other parts of the system, Sore Eyes, Struraorous discharges from the Earv, and the worst forms of Nkin diseases, Eruptions, Fever Sores, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. Acne’ Black Spots, Dorms in the Flesh, Tumors, Cancers in the Womb, and all weakening and painful discharges, Night Sweats, Loss ot Sperm and all wastes of the life principle are within the curative range of this wonder of Modem Chemistry, and a few days use will prove to any person using it for either of a d*po»it* that breed these living System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics, will free the system from worms like these Bitters. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD A CO., Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, California, ^and SS and J4 Commerse Street, New York. B3UBOLD BY ALL DRLUGISTS AND DEALERS. For Sale by JOHN M. CLARK, Drugist. Milledgeville Ga Free from the Poisonous and Health-destroying Drugs us ed in other. Hair Prepara tions. No SUGAR OF LEAD—No LITHARGE—No NITRATE OF SILVER, and is entirely Transparent and clear as crystal, it will not soil ths finest fabric—perfectly SAFE, CLEAN and E F F I C I E N T—desideratums LONG SOUGHT FOR AND FOUND AT LAST ! It restores aud prevents the Hair from be coming Gray, imparls a soft, glossy appear ance, removes Dandruff, is cool and refreshing to the head, cheeks the Hair from falling off, and restores it to a great extent when prema turely lost, prevents Headaches, cuies all hu mors, cutaneous eruptions, and unnatural Heat. AS A DRESSING FOR THE H4IR IT IN THE BEST ARTICLE IN THE MARKET. DR. G. SMITH, Patentee, Groton Junction, Mass., Prepared only by PROCTOR BROTH ERS, Gloucester, Mass. The Genuine is put np in a paunel bottle, made expressiy for it with the name of the article blown in the glass. Ask your Druggist for Nature’s Hair restora tive, and take no other. For sale in Milledgeville by L. W. HUNT A CO. In Sparta, by A. II. BIRDSONG &. CO. p July 2 ly- r Feb2S’Tlly. PORTER FLEMING, COTTOY FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Office, Jackson Street, opposite C. H. PHINIZY & CO. AUGUSTA GEORGIA. H AVING made arrangements with the Planters Loan and Savings Bank, to advance on cotton in Store, at the lowest rate of interest, many years experience, and the low rate of commissions, I trust will insure me a full share of business. Oct! 31,43 3m DARBY'S T FLUID invaluable Family Medicine, loi -*• purifying, cleansing, removing baa odors in all kinds of sickness; for burns sores, wounds, stings; for Erysipelas, rheumatism, and all skin diseases; lor catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria; for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to soften and beautify the skin; to remove nk spots, mildew, fruit stains, taken in ternally as well as applied externally; so highly recommended by ali who have used excels *11 known remedial agents in the cure of Chronic, Scrofulous, Constitutional, and Skin diseases; but it is the only positive cure for Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Urinary Bad Womb diseases, Gravel. Diabetes, Dropsy Stoppage of Water, Incontinence of Urine tright’s Disease, Albuminuria, aud in all ca ses where there are brick dm-t deposits, or the water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an egg, or threads like white silk, or there is a morbid, dark billions ap pearance. and white bone-dust deposits, and when there is a pricking, burning sensation when passing water, and pain in the Small of the Back aud along the Loins. DR. RAD WAY’S PERFECT PURGATIVE PILLS, perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse, and strengthen. Iiadway’s Pills, for the cure o. all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowcls- Kidneys, Bladder, A’ervous Diseases, Head, ache, Constipation, Costiveness, ludigestionf Dyspepsia, Biiiiousness, Bilious Fever, In flammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all De rangeinents of the Internal Viscera. War ranted to effect a positive cure. Purely Veg etable, containing no mercury, minerals, or deleterious drugs. Observes the following symptoms resulting from Disorders of the Digestive Organs: A few doses of Radway’s Pills will free the system from all the above named disorders Price, 25 cents per Box. Sold by Druggists. Read “False and True.” Send one letter- stamp to Rqd way & Co., No 87 Maiden Bane New York. Information worth thousands wil be sent you. r July 4 1871. 9« lv it—is for Bale by all Druggists and (Joun- ry Merchants, and may be ordered di rectly of the PROPHYLACTIC CO. 161 William Street, N. F, pDec24’701y. rMnyS nJune3 ly T MARKWAL.TERS' MA.EBI.ff «OJ*S e Broad St., Augusta, Ga. marble monuments, tomb STONES &C., &C. Marble Mantels and Furniture-Marble of all kinds Furnished to Order. A!1 work for the Country carefully boxed for shipment. M ah 12 p’70 ly. neb I, 71 1 y BROWN’S HOTEL, Opposite Depot, MACON GA. w. F. BROWN & CO., Prop’rs (Successors to E. E. Brown & Son,) W F. B^OWN. Gso. C. Bbown Wm. H. Tisoh. Wm. W. Gordin TIS0N & GORDON, (established, 1654 ) COTTON FACTORS AND Commission Merchants, 112 BAT STSEET SAVANNAH, GA. B agging and iron ties advan CED on Crops. Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign ment of Cotton. Careful attention to all busL ness, and prompt returns Guaranteed, oet. 2 r a n 4m. FACTORS AND Commission Merchants, &*r*j¥W*M* U-sual advances made on Cotton in Store oct. y r ta 4» PULASKI HOUSE Savannah, Ga. W. II- WILTBEllGEB, Proprietor THE GREAT’ BLOOD .PURIFIER. PROPERTIES#. A PLEASAKPBRINK. ALLSKIN Dl SEASES£ ERUPTIONS DYSPEPSIA A GENERAL DEBILITY; NERVOUS .0! SFASESltlVER COMPLAINT SES0FTHE KIDNEY&.BLADDER ARE COOP FORTHE MENTAL ORGANIZATION, THEY WILL RESTOREY0UTHFULVIC0R IRREGU LARITYDF THE B.OWEL S CURES NEVER WELL PEOPLE The grand Panacea for all the ills of life. TRY ONE--BOTTLE PHYSICIANS THERE, PRESCRIBE IT H me Standard B rT T E R yv&li A 07 Sc C&? ^ !p CERIillT jr In. Young or Old, Marrie^^LACTHIE. -or Single, those Bitters are unN ^equalled and have often been the' means of saving life. TRY_0 NE BOTTLE. CHARLESTON HOTEL. E. II. JACKSON, Proprietor. CHARLESTON, S. G, From the Univert'ty Monthly. higher fesile‘Education. The time was when the highest aim of woman was to b« a good house-keeper. Now this branch of knowledge is not to be despised, and there is a counter danger of its be ing neglected, against which \ve would warn our. female readers.— Household thrift is a necessary and valuable attribute of woman. Do mestic health and comfort, the phys ical well-being of children—with which their higher well-being is closely connected—the happiness ol husband, father and brother,and the pleasures of home, all in a great measure depend on it. But it is not the chiefend ol our wives and daugh ters to cook bread and darn stock- ings. Next came the idea that what are called accomplishments are the highest good of of womankind. Females j were excluded from severer studies under the notion that they were not fit for these studies, or that these studies were not fit for them. That we are still to some extent under the influence of this opinion is appa rent from the fact that the grade of education in their institutions is in* ferior fo that of our male colleges. We advocate Literature as against mere house-keeping and against mere ornament. A liberal educa tion is claimed as the rightful boon ot woman. It is uot necessary to stop to define accurately what is meant by a liberal education. The general sense of the term is well un derstood. It is such an education as is atlorded by the belter class of colleges in this country, and more completely by the Universities of Great Britain and Germany. Amongst us, however, and to some extent in Europe, an evil tenden«y is developing itself in accordance with the materialistic proclivities of the age. The wonderful discoveries in the physical sciences, and the countless applications of them to material purposes, have given a mighty impulse to this class of stud ies. However beneficial this may be in many respects, the effect on education is highly deiet<l.ious.— These things exalt out animal na* tures, and augment our physical comfort; but they do not, to a cor responding degree, improve the mind and adorn the heart. Our in stitutions of learning have not whol ly refused to spmpalhize with the age in its descent towards a gross and degrading materialism, alike detrimental to the intellect and sub versive of the best social affections. Let us resist this downward ten dency! Sad will be the day when philosophical and classical studies shall be neglected. That the female mind is capable of pursuing these studies, is evident from the eminence to which many of the sex have attained. The names of Madame de Stael, Mrs. Somer- ville, Harriet Martineau, Hannah Moore, and other illustrious women, will occur to the reader. Woman’s capacity is further shown by the pro ficiency of many of the pupils in our higher institutions. If she have the capacity, why should it be repress ed ? It nature has endowed her with the ability to tread the walks of lit erature, and to enjoy the nobletu thoughts of men, and the manifold works of God, why should she be kept forever drumming on the piano, or making awkward black marks on pasteboard ? Should she whose soul swells with the majestic rhythm of of Milton, or flows along the chaste and even levels of Addison, be con demned all her days to circumscribe her thoughts within the limits of a button-hole ? These exalted capacities beget aspirations. Many women whose energies are wasted in the trifles of fashionable life, are conscious of power to rise into the loftier regions of thought. A miserable distortion, and a painful sense of want, must and do follow from this repression of their better natures. We do not ut terly condemn accomplishments.— Within proper bounds, they are useful and elegant. Where there exists a special talent for any of them, it should be highly cultivated. But we pretest against requiring the whole generation of females to run one giddy and undeviating round of of light and fantastic education. Most of them have no taste for these things. The majority of the people, both men and women, that we meet with in this every-day world, are made for more solid and homely pur poses. Few can hope to shine in these aerial spheres. Think of the immense outlay of time, labor, and money expended in learning music, and with what result ? You meet a boarding-school Miss, with the ink not dry on her diploma, and ask her to give you some music: she is very diffident—cannot play without her notes; the note* are produced; with straining mind and cramped fingers, she heats a humdrum on the tortur ed instrument. \ct ten years, thou sands of dollars, and infinite toil have been expended in learning this single art. What stores of knowl edge would the same time and labor have acquired ! What a noble hbia- ry would (his money have bought! We do not preccive the peculiar felicity of having a cosily piano which the young lady cannot play on, and no books except a dozen yel low-backed novels and trashy maga zines. Half the money and half the labor would have furnished her with plenty of books to read and plenty of sense lo understand them. It is insult to the charming genius of music, that so many of her votaries perpetually bring l*me, blind, and halt offerings to her altars. As already remarked, \vh«re one exhibits capacity for music, it should be cultivated lo the highest pitch of excellence. It is a rare and illus trious gift, aid demands oar hom age. The human voice being a nat ural instrument, being ia some meas ure adapted to music in ail, and be ing required lo pour forth its melo dies in public worship, does not lie within the scope of the previous re marks. Another reason why “accomplish ments” should no longer enjoy pre cedence is, that that they ara in most instances a temporary acquisition. They do not last. In a very few years after leaving school they are neglected. We may complain of this, and rale the ladies roundly for it; but still the fact remains, they almost all quit their practice. If from the promptings of vanity in themselves or their parents, they have been led for many years to walk in a vain show, and to pretend to love and understand that which they bate and of which they know nothing, the miserable mask cau no longer be worn. If the chief end of banging on a piano be to win a hus- band—as the Orientals hang costly pearls around their daughters in or der to attract suitors—that end is at tained, or they despair of attaining it; in either case the curtain falls and the doughfece drops. It is im possible that it should be otherwise. What mother, with children and ser vants around her, with the cares of dinner, and the sweet thoughts of her husband’s comfort, feels dis posed to forsake this earthly para dise for the purpose of creating a wretched discord among stringed instruments! The Occidental nations all require the presence of woman in society ; amongst us,she constitutes its bright est ornament; her influence pre serves it from rudeness and excess. It is of great consequence, therefore, that her education should fit her to shine in society. Now the charm of social life is conversation—conver sation, as distinguished on the one hand from a prosy monologue, and on the oiher from a flippant gossip— a genial discourse, in which two or more personshaving many points of sympathy, freely interchange their thoughts for mutual profit and pleas ure. Far inferior to thisare all the gau dy but deceitful trapping of the card table and the dance. If she would diffuse the greatest pleasure most widely, let her talk well; but in or der to talk well, she must talk intel ligently, and she cannot talk intelli gently unless she be intelligent. In order that the superiority of an educated person in conversation may appear, it is not necessary that that the particular topics should be introduced on which he is specially informed ; but it will be seen, what ever may be the subject. “Education gives fecundity of thought, copiousness of illustration, quickness, vigor, fancy, words, im ages ; it decorates every thing, and gives the power of trifling, without being undignified or absurd.” Now, can the whole round of the ornamental branches give these ?— Can a smattering of Grammar, and a snatch of History, and a total igno rance of the Belles-Lettres afford them ; There must be thorough cul ture ; young ladies must study hard and long; their days and nights must be given to the whole field of polite literature. They cannot talk of that which they have learned by rote; it is not enough that they re tain half an idea here, and the fourth of one there ; there knowledge will break down too soon; they will never be quite sure about any thing, and hence will be afraid to venture a remark. That they may be at case in society, they must be on the gen eral level of the intelligence of those around them. Nothing can be more delightful than the conveisation of an educated and refined woman. Her bird-like voice charms the sense; her flowing thoughts charm the soul; her beam ing eyes and kindling cheek thrill and transfix the heart. Words take on fresh forms as they fall from her Tips; and common ideas ate trans muted into poetic fancies and pious aspirations as they pass through the alembic of her mind. No wonder that men gather around her, and with chivalrous devotion lay down at her feet their free-will off*rings ofhomage, respect, and love. She reigns a queen iu the hearts *'f the other sex; she is the glory of her own. T. A. Horx. Jkkfkrson’s Ten Rules—Jeffer son’s ten rules are good yet, especi all) so f»r those who have the train ing of the pupils in our public schools. They are so short and concise, and embody so much of value, that it would be well if they were clipped and put where we could see them often. They read as follows: 1. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap. 5. Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold. 6. We seldom repent of having eaten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. S. How much paiu the evils have cost us that have never happened. 9. Take things always by the smooth handle. 10. When angry, count ten before yon speak; if very angry, count a hundred. Make Home Attractive.—There is one thing I would be glad to see more parents understand, namely, that when they spend money judi ciously to improve and adorn the house, and the ground around it, they are in effect paying their chil dren a premium to stay at home, as much as possible, to enjoy it; but that when they spend money unne cessarily in fine clothing and jewel ry for their children, they are pay ing them a premium to spend their time away from home, that is, in those places where they can attract the most attention, and make the most display. A WIFE’S POWER. The power ot a wife for good or evil is irresistible. Home must be the seat of happiness, or it must be forever unknown. A good wife is to a man wisdom, courage and strength; a bad one is confusion, weakness and despair. No condi tion is hopeless to a man where his wife possesses firmness, decision, and economy. There is no outward prosperity which can counteract in dolence, extravagance and folly at home. No spirit can long endure bad domestic influence. Man is strong, but his heart is not adamant. He delights :a enterprise and action, bat lo sustain him he needs a tran quil mind; and especially if he is an intellectual man, with a whole heart, he needs his moral forces ia the conflicts of life. To recover his composure, home must be a place of cheerfulness and of comfort. There his soul renews its strength and goes forth with fresh vigor to encounter the labor and trouble of life. Bat if at home be finds no rest, and is there met with bad temper, sullenness, jealousy or gloom, or is assailed by complaints and censure, hope vanishes and he sinks into des pair. Such is the case with too many who, it might seem, have no conflicts or trials of life; for such is woman’s power. ui is.” If ever a hard student dies y«»»ng it is because he has not lived rightly.—Dr. IV. W. Hall. Leaving Home.—The generation that is now rising to industrial pur* suits in the rural districts of the United -Mates, ought to be impress ed with the idea that they cannot belter their condition by hastening away from their homes and trying their fortunes in a great town. In nine cases out of ten, as proved by actual statistics, they are better off as they are now. Indepenbence, knowledge, culture, character, the good opinion of others, are all as ea sily acquired in the country as in a great majority of instances, is wealth, that attainment which is prized a- bove ali oiliers. How many who have made the change have regret ted it all their lives, aud their chiU dren after them. There is uothing in our social condition more to be deplored than the haste to be rich that has taken such a hold of the American people, and now prompts this fondness for cities. It has been wonderfully stimulated by our in flated currency, aud it can now be controlled only by moral agencies of the most effectual kind. There are many tilings more desirable and more respectable than wealth. A very ungallaut journalist, who has recently visited all the courts of Europe, says, in a letter to the Etoile Beige, ihat^he did not see a single good-looning princess. As for the Grand-duchess hereditary of Russia, about whose beauty so much has been written, he says that she is a thin and sour-looking creature, who appears lo be over thirty years of age. Queen Olga of Greece he calls a pert-looking little woman, who ev idently lacks brains. The Empress Augusta of Germany he charges with dressing in too youthful a style.— “Her majesty,” he says, “is a home ly woman; and so is her daughter- in-law, the fat and ungraceful crown- princess. The Princess Frederick Charles, in whom I expected to find an angelic beauty, from what I had read about her, is a coarse-featured lady, with very imperious and awk ward manners. She appeared tome more like a housekeeper or a farmer’s wife than a princess.” Low SriRtTs.—Exercise for the body, occupation for the mind, these are the grand constituents ot health and.happiness, the cardinal points upon which everything turns. Mo tion seems to be a great preserving principle of nature, to which even inanimate things are subject; for the winds, waves, the earth itself, are restless, and the waving of trees, shrubs and flowers is known to be an essential part of their economy* A fixed rule of taking several hours 3 exercise every day, if possible, in the open air, if not under cover, will be almost certain to secure one ex emption from disease, as well ns from attacks of low spirits, or ennui—~ that monster who is ever waylaying the rich and indolent. Low spirits cannot exist in the stmosphere of bodily and mental activity. Study and Longevity.—Be cause brain work promotes the con sumption of nutrition quite as much as bodily labor, a hard student will get ravenously hungry. The thing which keeps a man in health is the constant renewal of the particles of bis body; labor uses up the new particles oi nutriment, and works off the old ones; eating supplies new ones in their stead, and in this way the body is always kept new and young, an J vigorous and thrifty. If a man does not work at all, sits still for a great part of his time, the old, worn out particles of the system remain in it and clog it up, and be fore long the body becomes torpid, and the mind dull, in time approach ing to idiocy. The brain, like the body, appropriates the nutriment of food to its uses, and works off the old, effete, matter. Kant, one of the most profound thinkers of his generation, living beyond three score and ten, gave it as ihe result of his observation that “Intellectual pursuits tend to prolong life;” and President Humphrey, of Amherst College, said at the age of eighty- two, “I have yet to see the man who died from the effects of hard study.” Newton, the greatest think er of his time, lived to the age of seventy-three; aad Herschtl, the Anecdote op D ague bee.—M. Dumas related the following anec dote of Daguerre. In 1825 be waa lecturing in the Theatre ofSorbonne, on chemistry. At the close of his lecture a lady came up to him and said, “M. Dumas, as a man of sci ence, I have a question of no small moment to me to ask you. I am the wife of Daguerre, the painter. For some lime he has let the idea seize upon him that he can fix the image of the camera. Do you think it possible? He is always at the thought; be can’t sleep at night for it. I am afraid he is out of his mind. Do you, as a man of science, think it can ever be done, or is he mad?” “In the present state of knowledge,” said Dumas, “It can not be done; but I cannot say it will always remain impossible, nor set the man down as mad, who seeks to do it.” This was twelve years before Daguerre worked his idea out, and fixed the image; but many a man so haunted by a possi bility has been tormented into a madhouse. Perhaps there never was a great er epicure in private life than one one Mr. Roistone, of London, who in ten years literally ate up a fortune of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling. He not only tra* versed all Europe himself lor the sole purpose of gratifying his appe* tite, but he had agents in China, Mexico, and Canada to suDply him with the rarest of delicacies. A sin gle dish .sometimes cost him fifty pounds sterling. Finally his fortune was reduced to a single guinea.— With this he bought a woodcock which he had served up in the bigh- greaiest astromer of his age, lived : esl style of culinary art. After resting beyond ninety, and so did Hum-1 two hours lie jumped into the Thame* boldly the immortal author of “Cos- Westminster Bridge,