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Volume LIU.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1872.
Number. 8
THE
£oatlurn x.
BY
2. A. HARRISON, ORME & CO.
Terms, $2.00 Per Annum in Advance
€\t\) HKcectory.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Mayor—Samuel Walker.
Hoard ol AlJerinen—F B JMapi*, E Trice,
X A Caraker, Jamb Caraker, J H UcComb,
Henry Temple.
Clerk and Treasurer—Peter Fair.
Marshal—J B Fair. Policeman—T Tuttle.
Deputy Marshal and Street Overseer—Peter
r'errell. *r -- -
Sexton—l Beeland.
City Surveyor—C T Bayne.
City Auctioneer—S J Kidd.
Finance Committee—T A Caraker, Temples.
Mapp.
Street Committee—J Caraker, Trice, Me-
Comb.
Land Committee—MeComb, J Caraker,
Trice.
Cemetery Committee—Temples, Mapp, T A
Caraker,
Hoard meets 1st and 3d Wednesday nights
in each month.-
COUNTY OFFICERS,
judge M R Bell, Ordinary, office in Masonic
Hall.
pL Fair,Clerk Sup’r Court, office in Ma
sonic Hail.
Obudiah Arnold, Sheriff, office in the Mason
ic Hall.
0 P Bonner, Deputy Sheriff, lives in the
country.
Josias Marshall, Rec’r Tax Returns—at
Post Office.
L N Callaway, Tax Collector, office at‘his
store.
11 Temples, County Treasury,office at his
store.
Isaac Cushing, Coroner, res on Wilksonst,
John Gentry, Constable, res on Wayne st,
near the Factory.
MASONIC
Benevolent Lodge. No. 3, F A M, meets
first and second Saturday nights of each month
at Masonic Hall- J C SHEA, W, M #
G D Cask,secretary.
Tenipie Chapter meets the second and
fourth Saturday nights in each month.
S G WHITE, H # P*
G D Cask, secretary.
Milledgeville Lodge of Perfection, A A S R
meets every Monday night.
SAMUEL G WHITE, S, P # G # M*
Gbo D Cask,Exc Grand Sec'y.
/. O. G. T.
Milledgeville Lodge, No 115, meets in the
Senate Chamber at the State House on every
Friday evening at 7 o’clock.
C P Crawford, W C T
E P Lane, secretary.
Cold Water Templars meet at the State
House every Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
CHCRCH DIRECTORY.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Service 1st and 3d Sundays in each month,
at 11 o'clock a m and 7 p m.
Sabbath school at 94 o’clock am. S N
Boughten,supt. Rev D E Butler, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH
Hours of service on Sunday: 11 o’ clock, a
in, and 7 pm.
Sunday school 3 o’cffick p m—W E Frank-
land, superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7
p m. Rev A J Jarrell, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Services every Sabbath (except the second
in each mouth) at 11 am and 7 pm,
Sabbath school at 9 1-2 am T T Windsor
superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock
p m.
Rev C W Lane, Pastor.
The Episcopal Church has no Pastor at
present.
THE GREAT’ BLOOD PURIFIER.
PftOPEftTIES&A PLEASANT DRINK.
ALLSKIN D!SEASES&ERUPTIONS.
DYSPEPSIA GENERAL DEBILITY.
NERVOUS DISEASES.LIVER COMPLAINT
SESOFTHE KiDNEY&BLADDER
ARE COOD FORTH! MENTAL ORGANIZATION.
THEY WILL RESTOREYOUTHFUL VICOR
IRREGULARITY OFTHE BOWELS.
(CURES NEVER WELL PEOPLE
The g-rand Panacea for all the ills of life.
The standard physicians theee.
PRACTICE.
X F .°?X PBESCRIBE IT IN
BITTER£^> Biirrrp
BIRIANIIn Young or Old, Married^
'or Single, these Bitters are un-^
'equalled and have often been the - '
means of saving life.
T R Y_0 NE BOTTLE.
MILLER, BISSELL &. BURRUM, Whole
sale Agents, and Wholesale Grocers and Com
mission Merchants, 177 Broad Street, AV-
CCSTJ, GA.
LAWTON. HART & CO-
FACTORS AND
Commission Merchants,
Farmers, Please Notice.
W E are in receipt of
300 bushels Red Clover SEED.
100 “ TIMOTHY.
300 “ Kentucky Blue GRASS.
200 “ Orchard GRASS
200 - Red Top or Herds GRASS.
23 “ Alsike and Sapling CLOVER.
These SEED have been selected and pur
chased by us in the West, directly from the
growers, and are fresh and pu;
We keep a complete stock of every class of
IMPLEMENTS. MACHINERY and SEED,
which we would he pleased to have you cali
and examine.
ECHOLS ft WILSON,
Jackson Street. Augusta, Ga. and Broad
Street, Atlanta, Ga.
^September 3. 35 tf r
Notice.
1 HIE undersigned respectfully informs the
■ citizens that they are prepared to furnish
Timber, any ainonnt 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.
decl9-tf
VINEGAR BITTERS
NATURE’S
IKTOMM
Usual advances made on Cit’on in Store
*t, y r *n 4m
Free from the Poisonous and
Health-destroying Drugs us
ed in other Hair Prepara
tions.
No SUGAR OF LEAD—No
LITHARGE-No NITRATE ’
OP SILVER, and is entirely
Transparent and clear as crystal, it will not!
soil the finest fabric—perfectly’ SAFE, CLEAN
and EFFICIEN T—desideratum* LONG
SOUGHT FOR AND FOUND AT LAST!
It restores and prevents the Hair from be
coming Gray, imparts a soft, glossy appear
ance, removes Pa. druff, is cool and refreshing
to'.lie head, checks the Hair from falling off,
and restores it to a grout extent when prema
turely lost, prevents Headaches, cutes all hu
mors, cutaneous emotions, and unnatural Heat.
ASA DRESSING FOR THE HAIR IT IS
THE BEST ARTICLE IA T THE MARKET
DR. G. SMITH, Patentte, Groton Junction,
Mass., Prepared only by PROCTOR BROTH
ERS, Gloucester, Mass. The Genuine is put
up in a pannel bottle, made expressiy for it
with the name of the article blown in the glass
Ask your Druggist for Nature's Hair restoia
live, and take no other.
For sale in Milledgeville by L. W. HUNT
&CO.
In Sparta, by A. II. BIRDSONG & CO.
p July 2 ly. U Feb28 ’71 ly.
A LUXURY OF THE PERIOD.
The Great Southern Tonic,
Universally Popular SlJTachic and
Appetizer.
BETTER TONIC THAN QUININE.
Popularity is a pretty good guarantee of
merit iu this scrutinizing an intelligent age,
and tried by this criteriond SUMTER BIT-
TEfiS stands first among the invigorating and
regulating medicines of the pres'ir day.
OLD PREJUDICES ARE DYING OUT.
Everybody says SUMTER BITTERS
Cures Dyspepsia,
Prevents Chills and Fever.
Creates Appetite,
Restores the Nerves,
Cures Debility,
Purifies the Blood,
Restores Tone to the Stomach,
Pleasant to the Taste,
Exhilarating to the Body,
And is the most
POPULAR BITTERS ,
For sate by L. W. HUNT & CO.,
Milledgeville, Ga.
For sale by A.
CO , Sparta, Ga.
jan29—r p
sores, wouuils, stings; for Erysipelas,
rheumatism, and all skin diseases; for
catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria;
for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to
soften and beautify the skin; to remove
nk spots, mildew, iruit sianis, taken in
ternally as well as applied externally; so
highly recommended by all who have used
it—is for sale by ail Diuggists and (Joun-
ry Merchants, and may be ordered di-
rectly of the
DARBY PROPHYLACTIC 00.
161 William Street, N. F.
p Dec24’70 ly. rMay2 nJune3 ly
H. BIRDSONG &
MILLEDGEVILLE HOTEL
BAR AND
Lager Beer Saloon.
o
have got 1t. What? The best of
\V Whiskies, Brandies. Gin, Rum, Wines,
Lager Beer, Cigars, and everything found in
a first-class bar My terms are cash, buf fer
15 cents you can get a good drink I am a
mixer Give me a trial.
ja U Hi-3m G. W. HOLDER.
Cotton Food.
A FERTILIZER specially for COTTON.
Send for circular before purchasing.
Buy it. Try it, and you will ue\er regret
it.
A. F. SKINNER.
Agent Milledgeville.
F. W. Sims, General Agents,
jan!6-3m r
Savannah, Ga.
PLAHTERS* HOTEL.
Augusta, liia.
The only Hotel in theCity where Gas is used
throughout
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN
XViLsra Proprietor. R H. McDonald a Co., Pruggi.taocd
U.n. A2'ts, Sid Francisco CxL, and 3.' aul 3 4 Commerce St,>’.Y.
MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their
Wonderful Curative Effects.
They are not a vile Fancy Drink, inadcot Poor
Bum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse LI*
q u or s doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste,
called “Tonics,” “Appetizers.” "Restorers,” Sic., that
lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true
Medicine.madc from the Native Roots and Herbs'ol Cali
fornia, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are the GREAT BLOOD PUKIFIEK and
A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno
vator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con
dition. No person can take these Bitters according to
directions and remain long unwell,provided their bonea
are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
They are a Gentle Purgative ns well as a
Tonic, possessing, also, the ,>eculiar merit of acting as
a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver, and all tlieVisceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in young or
old. married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at
the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheuma
tism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil
ious, Remittent and Intermittent iFcvers,
Diseases of the Blocd, Liver, Kidneys and
lilnddcr, these Bitters have been most successful.
Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood,
which is generally produced by derangement of the Di
gestive Organs,
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache,
l’ain in the Shoulders.Coughs, Tightness of the Chest
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth. Bilious Attacks. 1’alpitalion of the Heart.
Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the
oflsprings of Dyspepsia.
They Invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi
cacy in cleansing the blood of all impin-ities, and impart
ing new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, Sal-
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, King-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch.Scurfy Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Dis.
eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literal.,
dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by
the use ot these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will
convince the most incredulous of their curative eflec.s.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its im
purities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Krup-*
tions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and
your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure,
and the health of the system will follow.
Piu, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the
system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there
is scarcely an individual upon the face of the earth
whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It
is not upon the healthy elements of the body that
worms exist, bnt upon the diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No
System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics,
will free the system from worms like these Bitters.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD & CO.,
D'-egista and Ucn. Agents, San Irancisco. California,
"“and 32 and 34 Commerce Street. New York.
BS-SOLD BY ALL DRLUOI3TS AND DEALERS.
For Sale by JOHN M. CLARK, Drugirt.
Milledgeville Ga
Terrible Scene in a Menagerie-
A terrible affair occurred in this
city yesterday morning, which, Gn
us exciting surroundings, rarely ever
finds a parallel in this country.—
Many of our citizens are awnre that
the s'.]u;ire, bounded by Twei.ty-
sre >nd, Nassau and Bultun streets,
is occupied by the building of our
townsman, Adam Forepaugh, Esq ,
as llie winter quarters of nis great
traveling menagerie. During the
present winter Mr. Forepaugh lias
secured the set vices of Herr Dari-
ous, the celebrated anim l-trauier,
from the Zoological Society’* Gul
dens at Hamburg, Germany, and
placed in his charge two magnifi
dent royal Bengal tig- rs and two
fine lio is. They were to be taught
several feats of an interesting char
acter, more for the purpose of show
ing man’s power over the brute crea-
fMirepaugh li*d foreseen
turn ; then h- shouted l<> D r oi-, .rid
as the tiger loosened his hold, the
trainer spiang up, opened the door,
and escaped, luckily, with a f>*w
scratches. The scene was one nev
er to lie forgotten by'those who wit
nessed it, and, hut fbr the coolness
and heroic hraxerv of" Mr. Fore
paugh, would have resulted in Herr
Darious’ certain death. With the
exception of the dead zebra, valued
at S3,000, the damage done is slight.
44^*-
What is Music.—It is an art
founded within the nature and be
ing of man. It is the language of
the heart, which reveals in euphoni
ous sounds the beauties of the soul.
It is the whisper of the emotion**,
whose breath is the revelations of
tfie sentimental in the life of man,
freed from casultly anti objectivity
through the medium of sounds.—
Music, therefore, is the analogous
expression of.the soul itself.
The laws lor the development of
lie would ( were too much for him. He tell in
" to a drunken sleep, and did not wa
ken till noon the next dav, at which
he was so mortified that he had not
the face to go back to hell at all. So
Gambrinus lived on tranquilly for a
century or two, and drank so much
beer that he turned into a beer bar
rel.
Cardinal Cuiloa, of Ireland, is a
very deieraiiutd opponent of intem
perance. In a letter to one of his
priests, exhorting Irm to renewed
«ffbrt» against the vice, he says:
‘•Half the actual evils of Ireland
have their origin in intemperate hab
its, and, if you examine the history
"f families reduced In misery and
starvation, von will generally trace
the cause of their ruin to the same
disgraceful somee. But what art"
these temperate < vils when com
pared to the harvest of iniquity to
u hicli drinking gives rise! Almost
all the crimes—tin* dissensions, the
fighting,
^ , the swearing, the conspir.a
tion than tor mere gratification of a [the soui’s emotions are also the laws cie-s, the robberies, the murders, the
Thi
moron
whose
placed, is
rope for hi
i ppet lie.
charge
Herr Darious, in
le animals were
ittnous throughout Eu-
great success in training
wild animals, and his ablliiy in this
line is well known among naturalists.
ol musical composition. I he mate
rial for sound is furnished bv the
mechanism, w hich is regulated by
physical laws. But this material
only is not music, although it is in
the garment in winch she is dressed.
For this reason Mr.
cured his services.
Arriving here front Europe on
Christmas day, he immediately had
a large den erected in the souih
building of solid white oak, three
inches thick, with an open front, in-
se- In the recesses of the human
i the t motions, sentiments and
sions form themselves into the
ideals, which the artist has simply
to copy. The peculiarity of the
feeling in the heart of different men
gives individuality to a composition,
soul
pa
te: laced w ith iron bars crossing eticli ' marks it as the fruit of this or that
other at regular inlet vals. At oriel man, but always traces it back to
end there is a door through which j the life of the soul,
the den is entered, and in the centre j
is a swinging partition, which di-j The Man Who Thought He
vides the den into two apartments, 1 Nevku Prayed.—The Rev. Mr.
and which may be opened or closed Kilpin passed a very profane man.
at the trainer’s will. In this strong j and having omitted to rebuke him
S den the lions and tigers were placed, be awaited him in the morning in tfie
separated by the partition, except
secret and illegal combinations, the
gross itnu oraliiies — oceasi mallv
committed in Ireland can be traced
back to this vice. Were it not for
this unfoitnnale habit our countiy
would lie almost tree from guilt, and
again merit the iitU> of the l-l
Saints.”
asteries dates from a later time than
the twelfth cei tury. A few soldieis
guard the borders of this anti-female
land, and no woman is allowed to
cross the frontier. Nor is this all;
the rule is extended to every female
creature, and from time immemorial
no cow, mare, hen, duck, or goose
has been permitted to make ac
quaintance with hill or valley of Mt.
Athos Territory. A traveler was
stirtDd by the abrupt question,
“What sort of human creatures are
women ?” The very idea of woman,
whether as moilier, wife or sister, is
almost lost. To ad woman haters,
to bachelors of forty years’ standing,
to all men who seek refuge from the
wiles and ways of the opposite sex,
this region can be safely recommend
ed as a haven of refuge.
Advice—Gratis.—Give the chil
dren something to do, these pleas
ant spring days, that will interest
them in home and its surroundings.
11 you would teach them to love work
and to depend upon that for their
happiness, give them a peisonal in
terest in something. One child may
have a piece of ground and allowed
to cultivate it, appropriating the pro
ceeds a* he pleases. Another may
have a lew fowls and lie laught to
and „t jkeep «n account of their eggs and
J the cost of their keeping. Even in
when being trained, when they weie
permitted to be together. Every
day during the winter, Herr Dari
ous has entered this den, opened the
partition, and “interviewed’’ the
monarchs of the glade and forest.—
Yesterday morning, while the trainer
was among “his” pets,” the t gers,
for some unknown reason, began to
same place. When lie approached
Mr. Kilpin said :
‘Good morning, my friend ; you
ase the person 1 have been wailing
for.’
•Oh, sir,’ said the man, ‘you a
mistaken I think.’
*1 do not know you ; but I saw
you last night when you were going
home from work, and I have been
DARBY’S
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID
mtfiS in valuable Family Medicine, toi
T
purifying, cleansing, removing bau
odors in ail kinds of sickness; for burns
exhibit signs of sudden displeasure, j waiting some time to see you.’
such as scraping the floor with their i ‘Sir, you are mistaken ; it could
claws, and brushing their sides with ! not nave been me ; I never saw you
their tails. Dubious immediately no- j in my life before that I know of.'
tieed this, and grasping the partition ‘Well, my friend,’ said Mr. Kil-
door, suddenly closed it with a crash, i pin, “I heard you pray last nighl
leaving him alone with a single tiger j ‘Now I assure you that you are
The closing ol the partition, or the j mistaken ; 1 never prayed in all tny
separation from his mate, enraged t fife.”
this beast, and seeing the trainer’s ‘OF said Mr. Kilpin, ‘if God had
face turned away, he made one j answered your prayer last night* you
spring, uttered a single terrific groan, j had not been seen here tins morning.
Wm. II. Ttsos. Wm. W. Gobdah
TIS0N & GORDON,
(established, 1854.)
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants,
112 BAY STREET
SAVANNAH, GA.
B agging and iron ties advan
CED on Crops.
Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign
meat of Cotton. Careful attention to all busb
ness, and prompt returns Guaranteed,
oct. Dnn 4m.
M. Dye, J. T. Bothwell, J.M. Dy J
DYE, BOTHWELL & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
NO. 143 REYNOLDS 8T„
AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA.
L IBERAL advances made on cotton an t
other produce when required. Order-
for Bagging, Ties and family supplies prompt
ly filled. Ail business entrusted to us will have
our prompt personal attention.
Commission for selling Cotton . percent I5
Sep. 23 69 fim
W. Dvscan. J. II. Johnston. M. Mscleab
DUNCAN <fc JOHNSTON,
Cotton Factors
AND
General Commission
Merchants
92 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH GA,
We are prepared to make the Usual
advance on Cotton, oct. 9 r£cu 4m,
arid iu a second was on Herr D.iri
ous’ back, with his claws in his hair.
As the latter fell to the floor, he ut
tered a shout, which brought a num
ber of the employees of the establish
ment to the scene, hut their fear un
manned them, and prevented them
from rendering the trainer any as
sislance. Doling this lime Darious,
with rare presence of mind, lay per
fectly still knowing full well that a
single movement might result in his
instant death. The other animals,
seeing the attack and hearing the
noise, set up simultaneously a terri
ble howling, roaring and groaning,
snd the scene became a perfect pan
demonium, The valuable perform
ing horses in the adjoining stable
were removed lest their terror should
overcome them.
The tumult reached the elephants’
quarters, and it was a matter«.of
great difficulty to keep them quiet,
especially old “Romeo,” the mon
ster who kiils a keeper every one or
two years ; the smaller elephants
were less disturbed. In the upper
story, a cocoon gnoo, or horned
horse, one of Mr. Forepaugh’s re,-
cent importations, and one of the
most vicious of all animals, broke
through his cage and made an im
mediate and terrible attack on one
of the zebra cages, conlaininga beau
tiful and valuable animal. In less
than a moment the front was bat
tered down, and the poor zebra lay
dying, gored to death. Proceeding
to the den containing the great eland,
the gnoo began to battle at the wire-
work here, but his' horns becoming
entangled, he was captured anti
placed in safe quarters, without do
ing further damage.
All this occurred in a very short
space of time, and Herr Darious still
by in the tiger’s den quiet as deaih.
when the proprietor, of the estab
lishment, Adam Forepaugh, sud
denly drove wp in his carriage, and
entering the building, took in the
situation at a glance. With the ra
pidity of thought, and with a daring
rarely equalled, he rushed directly
to the front of the den where Dubious
lay, put his hand in, grasped one of
the tiger’s hind legs,drew it through
the bars, and bracing his feet pulled
with a strength never exerted be
fore—pulled for a human life. The
tiger turned to see whence came
this attack in the rear, just as Mr.
that God would
your eyes and ruin your
I heard you pray
destroy
soul.’
The man turned pale, and tremb
ling,' said :
‘Do you call that prayer? I did,
I did.’
‘Well, then, my errand this morn
ing is to request you from this day
to pray as fervently for your salva
tion as you have done for damna
tion ; and may God in mercy hear
your prayer.’
The man from that ’time became
an attendant on Mr. Kilpin’s minis
try, and it ended in his early con
version to God.
The Legend of Gambrinus.
The popular legend of Gambrinus,
as related by John Fiske, is as fol
lows : “Gambrinus was a fiddler,
who, being jilted by his sweetheart,
went out in the woods to hang him
self. As he w r as sitting on a limb,
with the co^d around his necs, pre
paratory to taking the fatal plunge,
sudden!)’ a tall man in a green coat
appeared before him and offered
his services. He might become as
wealthy as he liked, and make his
sweetheart burst with vexation at
her own folly; but in thirty years
he must give up his soul to Beelze
bub. The bargain was struck, for
Gambrinus thought thirty years a
long time to enjoy one’6 self in, and
perhaps the devil might get him in
any event—as well be hung for a
sheep as for a lamb. Aided by Sa
tan, he invented chiming bells and
lager beer—for both of which a-
chievements he is held in grateful
remembrance by Teutons. No soon
er had the holy Roman Emperor
quaffed a gallon or two of the new
beverage than he made Gambrinus
Duke of Brabant and Count of Flan
ders ; and then it was the fiddler’s
turn to laugh at the discomfiture of
his old sweetheart. Gambrinus kept
clear of women, says the legend, and
so lived in peace. For thirty years
he sat beneath his belfry with the
chime, meditatively drinking beer,
with his nobles and burghers around
him. Then Beelzebub sent -Jocko,
one of his imps, with orders to bring
back Gambrinus before midnight.
But Jocko was, like Swiveller’s
marchioness, ignorant of the taste of
beer, never having drank of it even
a sip, and the Flemish schoppen
Inferos/ing Astronomical Fact.—
Two persons \'<ue born at the same
place, at the same moment of time.
Alter ail age of fifty years they both
died, also at the same place and at
the same instant, yet one had Lved
one hundred days more than the nth
er. How was ibis possible? Not to
keep our friends in suspense, u c
luiion turn- on a curious, but with a
little reflection, a very obvious point
in ciicumnaviyation. A person go
ing around the world toward the
^\est, loses a day, and toward the
east, he gains one. Supposing, then,
two persons born together at the
Cape ol Good Hope, whence a voy
age round the world may be per
formed in a year; if one performs
this constantly towards the west, in
fifty years he will be fifty days be
hind the stationary inhabitants ; and
it the other sail equally toward the
east, he will be fiLy days in advance
of thefn. One, therefore, will have
seen one hundred days more than
the other, though they were born
and died in the same place and at
the same moment, and even lived
continually in the same latitude, and
reckoned by the same calendar.
Girls Don’t Talk Slang.—
Girls don’t talk slang ! If it is neces
sary that any one in the family should
do that, let your big brother, though
I would not advise him not to talk
‘Pigeon Fiiiglish,’ when there is an
elegant systematized language that
he can just as well use ; but don’t you
do it. You have no idea how it
sounds to ears unused or averse to it,
to hear a young lady, when she is
asked to attend some place of amuse
ment answer—‘Not much ;’ or if re
quested to do something she does
not wish to—^‘Caq’l see it!’ Not long
ago 1 heard a Miss, who is educated
and accomplished, say, in speaking
of a young man, that she intended
to ‘go lor him !’ and when her sister
asked her assistance at some work,
she answered—‘Not for Joe!’ Now,
young ladies of unexceptional char
acter and really good education, fk
into this habit, thinking it shows
smartness to answer back in slang
phrase; and they soon slip flippant
ly from their tongues with a saucy
pertness that is not lady-like or be
coming. Young men who talk in
that way, do not care to hear it from
the lips they love or admire. It
sounds much coarser then. And,
really, slang does not save time in
use of language, as an abbreviation.
No ! is shorter and much more Re
dded than ‘Not much,’ ‘I am sure,’
is quite as easily said as ‘I’ll bet!’
More than one promising wedding
has been indefinitely postponed by
such means; for however remiss
young men may be themselves, they
look for better things in the girls of
their choice; and it does not not help
them to mend a bad habit to adopt
it too.—Southern Farmer.
j towns, something of this kind may
be planned for each little one, which
will combine ptofits with pleasure,
and give them habits of industry.
We know one lad of ten y< ars
who cultivated an acre of ground
last year, planting it with Sanford
corn, and lending it himself, who
has now a goodly sum of money in
vest' d as its proceeds. He is “put
ting in” still more this year, with a
zeal pleasant to witness, and taking
time from play to do it well.
A gitl of twelve has already made
the care of tov* U a pleasure and
pp fit, and has several choice varie
ties—bought with her own earnings
n this line.
A w’ise father of our acquaintance
gave his little son a stand of bees,
with the assurance that its proceeds
should be invested for him until he
was of age, the child to study the
habits ot the bees and take all neres-
sary care of them. The first years’
proceeds were unusually large and
the little fellow feels himself a bee
keeper in reality. Ten years will
make him a rich man, for he will
have habits of thought and observa
tion worth more by far than money
value of the bee«. Other ways of
interesting children will present
themselves to parents and friend,
and we are sure no one will ever re
gret lhe attempt, when they find how
surely it will prevent “Jack” from
becoming either “a dull boy” or “a
mere toy.”
Wear and Repair of the Brain.
The notion that those who work on
ly with their brains needs less food
than those who labor with their
hands, has been cause of untold mis
chief. Students and literary men
have often been the victims of a slow
starvation, from their ignorance of
the fact that mental labor causes
greater waste of tissue than muscu
lar. According to careful estimates,-
three hours of hard study wear out
the body more than a whole day of
work at the anvil or on the farm.
“Without phosphorus,* no thought,”
is a German saying; and the con
sumption of that essential ingredient
of the brain increases in proportion
to the amount of labor which the or
gan is requited to perform. This
wear and tear of the brain are easi
ly measured by careful examination
of the salts in the liquid excretions.
The importance of the brain as a
working organ is shown by the
amount of blood it receives, which
is proportionally greater than that of
any other part of the body. One-
fifth of the blood goes to the brain,
though it# average weight is only
one-fortieth of the weight of the body.
This fact alone-would be sufficient
to prove that brain-workers need
more food and better than mechanics
and farm laborers.—Ru. Southland.
A Country Without Women.—
There is only one territory of any
size, and never has been but one,
occupied by any considerable popu
lation, from which woman is abso
lutely excluded. Yet, such a place
exists to-day, and has existed for
centuries. As far back as history
reaches, to all females it has been
forbidden ground. This bachelor’s
Arcadia is situated 011 a bold pla
teau between the old peninsular of
Aote, in the Grecian Archipelago,
and the main land. Here in the
midst of cultivated fields and exten
sive woodlands, dwells a monstic
confederation of Greek Christians,
with twenty-three convents, and
numbering more than seven thou
sand souls, and notone of the inon-land try the lime process
Keeping Irish Potatoes in South
Carolina.—A South Carolina* cor
responds of the Southern Cultivator
makes the following remarks con
cerning keeping of Irish potatoes:
“I have found no difficulty in sum
mer or winter iri keeping Irish po
tatoes, When I dug my crop this
summer, I put them on the ground
floor of my smoke-house—some in
a long box wherein I had salted
meat—sprinkled lime among them,
and they have kept remarkably well.
I have done this for several years,
’and have invariably been successful.
One year I tried them in a dry well
(fourteen feet deep,) they kept well.
The secret of the whole thing, I
think, is the lime.” Irish potatoes
can be produced in great abundance
with very little labor, in rich, loose
ground. All farmers should raise
plenty of this wholesome vegetable,
