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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,