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I grofcssianal garte.
iH' —uTnT vv. CLARK & J. M. PACE,
t iiartocrshlPi tuul will transact ul
f " r,n ‘' , ‘ ,V U . ito tl.<m in tli. counties oi
W n, A nVnrv, Gwinnett, Walton,
Kn. Court of the United
X Special intention given to ea-c-s
’ xv. w ct.ARK,
f „ 3. M. PACE
■ret. 3
■ Y. o. MORRIS,
m* ttorn cy at
I 5l . A . JOSit- S,
TCI X3‘ “2? X £3 ■3?*
J 3 C ONYERS. GEORGIA.
, „ , a vol to put up work in his
■ft Y- i°he feels confident, from his knowledge
■t. which heftC u ,. will vive satisfaction
JVthr late impl' ov ™^. _ 31113
JOHN s. CARROLL,
■d S N T IST
* COVINGTON', QKOKGIA.
■ Teeth filled, or New Teeth Inserted,!.)
■£& lUel>M t Style, and or, Reasonable Terms
Iceßear of R. King’s Store.-l Its
* JAMES M • LEY Y,
’li otchmaker £t Jeweler,
East side of l!ic S( l uare >
OEORGTA,
■ and Jewelry in the best style. I’arlienla. atten
n i, i Hnail ing Watches injured by in
fcrtMien. work warranted.
m d rs. DEARINC & PRINGLE
■ »IVING associated themselves in the I’rsC-
of MEDICINE and SURGERY, oiler
■ ,; r professional services to the cri/.ens ol
K> vton county. Ti-ey have opened m. oft eon
KeEast side of the Square, (next door to S
-1), waib’s Store, 1 an 1 are prepared to attend to
■ l calls promptly. They have also a caiefully
■Kleeted assortment of the
K e r y Eest Medicines,
Mtid will give their personal attention to Coin-
Prescriptions, for Physicians and
St hers.
Special attention given to Chronic Diseases
■ At night Dr. Draping wil he found at his
■csid -r.ce, and Dr. Psinulk at his r- om« immc
■ i.telv over the Store of O. 11 Sanoers & Duo.
|Bmiy 15, 25tf
J 0S E V II Y. TINS LE Y ,
■Watchmaker & Jeweler
I u fully prepared to Repair W atches, (do ks
■nd Jewelry, in the best Style, a! short notice,
■ll Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
2d door below the Court House.—6tf
■SADDLE AND HARNESS SHOP.
A 1 would respectfully inform the
citizens of Newton, and adjoining
counties, tlint 1 have opened a
■lptjJpsEC SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP
Honnorth side public square in COVINGTON,
■ where I ,un prepared to in ,ke io ord o\ Harness
■sa -Idles, Ac , or Repair the same a - , short notice
in the best s.y’e.
■l7 ts JAM ES 15. J 5 ROVV N
| 11. T. II ENIt Y,
«D ES Sir X ,
COVINGTON’, GEORGIA.
UAS REDUCED HIS PRICES, SO
that nil who have been so unfurl u
nate ns to lose their n dural leeth
an liavetlieir p’acos supplied by Alt. at very
mall cost. Teeth Filled at reasonable prices,
and work fai hfully executed, Office north side
of Square.—l 22tf
FIRE IXSIRAXCE AGKACY.
YTTE represent, two FIRST CLASS Eire In
\V surance Companies,
The Southern Mutual
Os Athens, Gmrgia, an 1
The Georgia Home,
of Columbus, Georgia.
Companies which have no Superiors, and very
few equals, in the essentials of gold manage
merit, and good faith. We aiv prepared to take,
and invite the usual risks at fair r ites.
J. M. Pace, ANDERSON & PACE,
W. p. Anderson. 3ui2
ANDERSON & HUNTER
Are now ready for the
FALL AND WINTER TRADE!
TUST OPENED, a laige and well selected
stock of
r y G- o o cl 9 ,
of every Description,
Ready ft? ad c Clothing,
IIATS & CAPS. BOOTS A SHOES,
tvsry description of Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
1 GROCERIES,
(ltd ware, Agricnltnrnl Implements,
*And any and everything else that is ever kept
i** ® First Class Store, Give us a call.—46t
CEO. J. HOWARD,
GROCER AND COMMISSION MERChANT
Marietta street,
Atlanta, Georgia.
i Orders for all descriptions of Grocciies fil cd
at lowest Market Prices.
Consignments ~f Country Produce solicited
make returns promptly. —ismßO
Ccorgia Railroad
Breakfast and Dinner House,
PAt Berzelia. Ga.,
ERSONS leaving Augusta by the 7 o’clock
Passenger (Morning) Train, Breakfast at
Berzelia. All persons leaving Atlanta by the 0
° clock (Morning) Train, Dine at Berzelia. Per
son,, leaving by the Freight Trains can always
get geod meals. Tables aU nys provided with
the best the market affords.
E. NEBIIUT, Proj.T
OR, O, 8, PROPHITT,
Covington Georgia.
Will still continue his business, where he intend
keeping on hand a g'-od supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs.
Together with a Lot of
Dotanic Medicines,
i v'entratc'l rreparntion*, flnitl Extracts »tc.
He !s also uniting vp ‘*l s
X-eltt-ojl’ MedLioincs,
FEMALE TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KIEL IT
VorDtiritij’C, Anll-EHioitN Pills,
and irany other preparations,
Will give prompt attention to id! orders
PtRTICUMn NOTICE,
Her.after NO MEDICINF. WILL BE DELIV
E’lE '. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
IWO -£L £3 XX !-®a
Yon nee not cal’ unless you are prepared to
PAY CaSII, for I will not Keep Rooks.
Oct. 11 1867. O. S. PROPHITT.
Pi nil IvOiul Schedules.
Graridts RstlSfOtul.
F,. W. COLF,, General Superintendent.
Day Passf-Nuku Thai s (Sundays excepted,llenvcs
Augusta at 7 a m leave Atlanta at 5 a m ; at
riveat Augusta at 3.45 p m ; arriveut Atlanta at 0.30
* NinttT PASsr.NOF.u Tn <in leaves Augnstn at 10
p.m : leaves Atlanta at 5.40 p in ; arrives at Augusta
at 0 00 a m ; arrives at Atlanta at 7.45 a in.
Passengers for Milledgcvillc, Washington anti
Athens, Ga., must take the day passenger train from
\mnista and Atlanta, or intermediate points.
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Selma,
and intermediate points, can take e.tliet train, l-oi
Mobile, and New Orleans, must leave Augusta on
Xio-bt Passenger Train, at 10 p. m.
Passengers for Nashville, Corintli, Grand Junc
tion. Memphis, Louisville, and St. I.oui«, can take
either train and make close connections.
TuKOi Oli TK'Kt-srs and baggage cheeked through
to the above places. Sleeping ears on all night, pas
senger trains.
MACON Sc AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
E. W. COI.E, Gen'l Sup’t,
Leave Cnmak daily at 13.40 r. M.; arrive at Mill edge
villi; at 4.30 k m.: leave Milledgcvillc at 0.45 a.m.;
arrive at Carnal, at 10.15 A. M.
Passengers leaving anv point on the Georgia K.
R |,v Day Passenger train, w ill make close coniiee
ti«,n : it Cnmak for Mille.dgeville, Eatonton, and all
intermediate points on the Macon Augusta road,
i and for M.i-on. P; >“engcrs leaving Milledgeville
j at 6.45 A. xr , reach Atlanta and Augusta the same
day.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
IT T. Peake. General Sup’t.
Special mail train, going North, leaves Augusta at
ft.ss’ am, arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 am; leaves
Kina-sville at. 13.05 p in. arrives at Augusta at 7do
p. in. This train ts designed especially for through
travel.
The train for Charleston leaves Augusta at 0 am,
and arrives at Charleston atS.O ]i m ; leaves Charles
ton at S am, and arrives at Augusta at 5 p m.
Night special freight and express train leaves Au
gusta (Sundays ,-xcegted) at 8.50 P lit. and arrives at
Charleston at 4.30 a m ; leaves Charleston at 7.:50 p
m, and arrives (it Augusta at 6.45 a m.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R.
Cut,. E. Hr i.KETrr. General Superintendent.
Daily passenger train, except Sunday, leaves At
lanta at 3.15 a in, and arrives at Chattanooga at -1.1.'
p m ; leaves Chattanooga at 4.-10 a in, and arrives at
Atlanta at 2 p m. . _
Night express passenger train leaves Atlanta at 6.45
p ul, and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 a m ; leaves
Chattanooga at. 5.50 p m, an 1 arrives at Atlanta at
3.35 a m.
MACON * WESTERN RAILROAD.
F,. P>. AVai.ker, Gen’l Sup’t.
Day passenger train leaves Macon at 7.45 a in, and
arrives at Atlanta at 2 p m ; leave* Atlanta at 6.15
a.it. mid arrives at, Macon at 1.30 pm.
Night passenger train leaves Atlanta at 6.10 p m,
and arrives at Macon at 4.25 a til; leaves Macon at
8.30 p m, and arrives at Atlanta at 4.30 a m.
Hotels.
RLANTER3 HOTEL.
JOt-STA. GEORGIA.
mTEWLY furnished and refitted, unsurpassed hy
lA anv Hotel South, is now open to the Public.
T. 8. NICKERSON, Prop’r.
hate of Mills House, Charleston, and Proprietor of
Nickerson’s Hotel, Columbia, S. 0.
United States Hotel.
ATI. A ST A GEORGIA
WIIITAKER ,fc BASSEF.N, Proprietors.
Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passon
ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
A M E n I C AN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Nearest house to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE * WHITLOCK, Pit /etors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
Having re-leased and renovated ie above
Hotel, we are prepared to entertain nests in a
most satisfactory manner. Chare j fair and
moderate. Our efforts will be to .case.
Baggage carried to and from Depot ree of charge
lilE BE DV C E D
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL is situated at
Broad Street, Central to the business por
tion of the City, asd convenient to the Tele
graph and Express Offices. The HoUi-o is large
and commodious, and has been r. novated and
newly painted from garret to Cellar, and the
bedding nearly nil ne-.v since the war. The
rooms are large and airy ; clean beds, and the
hire a* good as tho country affords, and atten
tive and polite servants.
Charges. —Two Dollars per day.
Single Meals 75 Cents.
I I ope to moiit a liberal share of pt ronago
fiom the traveling public.
(sive me a trial and judge for yourselves
S. 11. JONES, l’rop'r.
wwi. N. GOODRICH ,
| SASH, BLINDS, ASJD DOORS,
On hand, and made to Order.
I AugusU*, dtjbui oria.s
COVINGTON, GA., JAN. 15, ISG9.
Over nttd Over Again.
I Over ami over again,
No matter which way I turn,
I always find in the Dank us Life
N mie lessons I have to leurti.
I must lake my hum at tlio mill,
I must grind out the- golden grain,
1 l must work at my task with n resolute will,
Over and over again.
We cannot measure ti c need
Os oven the tiniest flower,
Nor check the flow (if the golden sands,
That runs t: r ugh the single hour.
But the morning dews must fail
And the sun and the summer min
Must do their part and perform it nil
Over and over again.
Over an 1 over again,
’1 lie brook through the tueilov flows.
And over at;d over again
Tho ponderous mill wheel goes.
One doing will not suffice,
Though doing be not in vain,
And a blessing, failing u» onco or twive,
May come if we try again.
The path that has once been trod
I- never so rough to the feet;
And the lessons we once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat.
I hough sorrow ful tears may fall,
And the heart to its depth be driven
With storm and tempest; we need them all
To render us meet for Heaven.
I’oliteness in Business.
There is a good deal of sound philosophy in
the billowing which we extract from the col
umn of ‘‘Wall Nuts” iri the Christian Register :
“IVhut a pleasant thing it is to deal with
pleasant men 1 llow much a tone helps a trade,
reconciles you to a price, and sends you off
w ith n nearer feeling of an equivalent for your
outlay. A smile and a ‘thank you’ go a great
way, and when they are so cheap, cost so little,
and go so far, one wonders that they are so
dear, and that so little us minor courtesies en
ter into the intercourse utid interests of men.
it is a very pleasant thing to go out of a store
with the sonso of a favor conferred. Indeed
one stands a little pretty evident cheating with
a placid complacency, only the cheater adds
the suavity of manner and of tone to his art.
And what ail art that is which makes you buy
when you had determined r.ot to, and recon
ciles you to a [nice you know to Ire not only
ulsiininablc, but one you ought not to pay !
Is there a harder tiling to face than that very
insidious store-phrase, ‘ls there anything else
to day ?' Only let a man get the right tone
ami mnnnet, and You have more moral courage
than most people if you don’t begin to be
rather, ashamed of the smallness of your order
or yi nr purchase, hi..!: about and remember
that there is something else, and so run up
your Li 11 or deplete your p-xi-et Isa h from
want of cou-uge to meet a stereotyped business
pbrase—the moral hi try of which your
t >rmentor perfectly understand*. llow mean
a man feels when, walking home, he realizes
the little trick of trade to which he has suc
cumbed !”
DuntocD.Uc CowarJice.
Now that Grant is elected President, (says
the N. Y. Democrat.) it is humiliating to know
that here and there in all parts of the country
are men who have professed to be Democrats,
plotting umJt planning for place or position
under him in any capacity. They wish to be
pa,s!masters, clerks, agents, c.-usuls, collectors,
anything to hold some office. Ami they say
they were original Grant men, or they did
nothing to make Democratic votes, or they in
fluenced Democrats to stay from the polls, or to
voie for Grant.
•‘The Democrat who would apply for office
under Grant, or during his administration,
deserves twenty months in pillory, and a hun
dred lashes a month. We are disgusted with
such political dend-bcats. Grant is to be Pres
ident. lie has a little job on band. Let him
succeed if be can—let him try; and when be
gives up, as ha will, cut loose from the des'ruc
tionists, openly proclaim himself a Democrat
and fall back to constitutional Democratic prin.
ciples- theu will bo time enough fur Democrat#
to offer their services. If Grant appoints
Democrats to office, ho deserves hanging in
effigy by tho Republicans who elected him.”
Knocking away Drops.
“See father,” said a lad, who was walking
with his father, “they are knocking away the
props from under the bridge. What are they
doing that for ? iVon’t the bridge fall?”
“They aro knocking them away,” said the
father, “that the timbers may rest more firmly
upon the stone piers, which are now finished.”
God often takes away our earthly props, that
we may rest more firmly upon him. God some'
times takes away a man’s health, that he may
rest upon him for his daily bread. Bcforo his
health failed, though, he perhaps, repeated
daily the words, “Give us this day our daily
bread :” he looked to his industry for that
which he asked of God. That prop being
taken away, he rests wholly upon God’s bounty.
When ho receives hig bread, he receives it as a
gift of God.
God takes away our friends, that we may
look to him for sympathy. Wheu our affec
tions were exercised upon objects around us,
when we rejoiced in their abundant sympathy,
we did not feel the need of Divine sympathy.
Rut when they were taken away, we felt our
need of God’s sympathy and svpport. We are
brought to reulize that he alone could give
support, and prove an adequate protection for
the soul. Thus are our earthly prop# removed
that wo may rest firmly and wholly upon God.
Why is a weathercock liken loafer? Be
cause he is always going round, doing nothing.
Small vs. Large Fftrius.
Yy e have seen tho annexed anecdote of Iiako
«el! more than onco, and possibly it may not
be new to many of our readers, but it is so
applicable to many of our Southern friends,
that yve republish it at the risk of it# being
thought somewhat stale. Robert Bakewoll, the
celebrated EngLth used to tell the fol
lowing nncodoto of a farmer in Leicestershire:
“This farmer, who owned and occupied 1,000
acres of land, hud three daughters. When his
eldest daughter married lie gave her one quar
ter of hi* land for her portion, but no money :
and bo found by a little in ire speed, and a lit
tle Letter management, the product of his farm
did not decrease. lie then act to work, and
liegati to grub? up his fu>za and fern, and
ploughed up what he called Ids poor dry lurze,
cm> ng in some placer nearly half the land.
After giving half bis land away to two of his
dittigb ers, to lib great su p;i-e be found that
the ptvduet inerca-cd : be nmde m >ro money,
because his new, broken up furze land brought
excessive ciups, uc.d at the same time lie farm
ed the whole of Ids land better, for he employ
ed more laborers upon it; be roso two hours
sooner in tho morning, had no more dead fal
lows once in three year# ; instead of which he
got two green crops in one year, and ate them
upon the land. When the third and last
daughter married, be gave her 250 acres, or
half of what remained, for her portion, and no
money. lie then found that ho had the same
money to farm one quarter us the land that be
had at first to farm the whole.”
—
Rye unit Sandy Soil*
Rye seem# to bo the only grain which im
pvores in quality by being grown on sandy
soil. If grow non strong soil the product, per
acre, will be much greater than on a thin sandy
one, but the quality for bread-making purposes,
will be much inferior to tho other, AVe have
seen bread made of flour from rye, grown on
sandy soils in New England, which would
compare favorably, in appearance, with that
made from the flour of good wheat. Such
bread is not bad to take, while it is reputed to
be more healthful than the wheeten articlo.—
There are many acres of sandy land in all the
States given over to mullens and sorrel, which,
if sown to rye, would return from seven to ten
bushels to the acre with very little cost. Rye
will grow where nothing edible but the run
ning blackberry will, and though the yield be
small, the quality is good, and the cost of pro
duction comparatively light.——[Rural New-
Yorker.
Wouldn’t .Marry A Mechanic.
A young man commenced visiting a young
woman, and appeared to be well pleased. One
evening be called when it was quite late,
which led the young lady to inquire where be
had been.
“I had to work tonight.”
‘What! do yon work f>r a living?’ she in
quired, with astonishment.
Certainly, replied (he young man, I am a
mechanic.
I dislike the name of a mechanic, and she
turned up her nose.
That was the 1.-st time be visited that young
lady. He is now a wealthy man and ha# one
of the best women in the country for his wife.
The lady who disliked the name of a me
chanic is now the wife of a miserable fool—a
regular vagrant about grog shops, and the soft
verdant silly, miserable girl is obliged to take
in washing iu order to support herself and
her children.
You dislike the name |of a mechanic, eh!
Yon whose brothers are but well dressed loaf
ers. We pity the girl wito has so little brains,
who is so verdant, so soft as to think loss of a
young man for being a mechanic—one of
God's noblemen—tho most honorable and dig
nified personage of heaven's creatures.
Beware, young ladies how you treat young
men who work for a living, for you may ono
day be menial to one of them yourself.
Far better to discharge the well-fed pauper
with all his rings, jewelry, brazouncss and
pomposity, and take to your affection# the
callous handed, intelligent and industrious
mechanic.
Thousands have bitterly regretted their folly
who have turned their backs to honesty. A
few years have taught a severe lesson.
John C. Slreckearidge.
John C. Breckenridgo is nut rich. lie i«
poor ; but is not a seeker of office. It is quite
possible that he might have returned-home
any time during the last eighteen months
without much risk. He was urged to do so
by many ; and on one occasion, at Paris, in
the autumn of 1865, th# Governorship of Ken
tucky happened to be suggested, when he said,
“I would not accept any office within tho gift
of the people, if I could get one. I could not
hold ono outside of Kentucky; but if I could
be returned to my old place ia the Senate,
and should bo permitted by Congress to take
my #eat, I would not consent to go back to
Wosbiugton, I am growing ill years, and have
been losing in fortune. My family is increas
ing—l need money, and look to my profession,
not, only as the surest, but as the most suita
ble and available and agreeable means of pro
viding it.” Iti speaking thus we doubt not ho
wassineem. His enemies will give him credit
for a keen, discriminating judgment, lor the
strictest personal integrity, and for remarkable
prudence.—[Lou. Cotir Jour.
Baron Bramwell, in a trial at Leeds, Eng.,
instructed the jury to give moderate damage,
for a ease of breach of promise of marriage.—
He said it was a mo«t mischievous thing “to
frighten a man into marrying a woman he did
not like by heavy damages. It was much bet
ter for the girl that he should find out his dis
like before than after.” SetniLble Judge that.
Disagreeable Women. t
A disagreeable woman is iike a vacuum ; |
there is no place for her in nature, Sbo is a j
parody upon herself. If there is n touch of
bounty ebo'ut her, she gives tlio so she meets
the sort of shock ono would feel on ta
king whnt one would call wine, and it is really
vinsgnr. Fortunately r.he Very seldom is beau
tiful, in the true sense of the word. Nature
does not lend itself to shams. It is pitilessly
exacting. iJwecUK's of face must result from i
eweetness of disposition. The face is not tv
nm-k, but a mirror. It reveals everything
with terribh) ingenuousness. Amiability is j
not to be simulated to the observant eye. You !
cannot stamp the marks, the lines, the flowing
curves of the agreeable on your face, unless
you have the quality iu your breast. For this
reason the disagreeable woman is never really
beautiful. Her features at their best, remind
you of etchings ; the effect* have been 'bit in'
by acids. The form# of the disagreeable in
woman tire infinite, tmt the effect of all is tho
same. In place of atlractiou there is repul
sion ; in place of happiness, sour discontent.
The disagreeable woman is irksomo to every
created thing, including herself. There is
positively only oneway to deal witlj her—
turn her into a joke. In that wny she may be
made tolerable, like tho Frenchman’s slippers,
—useless as slippers, but just available as the
basis of a ragout.
Au Houest Man’s Opinions.
A gentleman who knows his business, says
the N. Y. Democrat, and who writes impar
tially, writes from Washington on business,
and sdd#:
Grant is here, as you know. There is one
queer thing about this over-estimated man
that indicates one of two things—his total in
dependence or his complete subjection to bis
party, 110 i# pursuing a course now in these
visitations that seems l o express his total dis
regard of show and party exhibition and dril
ling, n desire to keep aloof from entangling
pledg •# and expressions, or he is following cut
a project of Lis leaders, v.-ho would not have
him exposed to the expression of an an
nouncement of their future purposes, and by
that means alarm the country of its prospec
tive danger. Though as far as the country is
ocnctrncd it is dead, without bravery, without
the possibility of a political restoration ; and
have you not been surprised at the fact that
while the opposition to the Radicals is larger
in numbers, still they submit to the rule of the
minority, knowing that so many States are un
represented in the electoral college, and yet
debased enough to yield the rights of those
States into the hands of a weaker party, and
that weaker party held to be the direct plot
ters of ruin and military despotism ? One
line in Grant's report, published two days ago,
expresses ' his theory of administration.—
“Troops are still needed in the Southern
States.” That’s the text of his administra
tion, and in one phrase announces the degra
dation of that section and perpetual subjuga
tion. War alone will save the people—not
foreign, but a civil war—in which such men
ns Grant, Colfax, Butler, Greeley, Stun ton.
Seward, and devils of that stamp will be de
livered over to the last quiver of a distended
rope.
rounder In ilofscs.
A certain cure for founder in a horse, some
think, is to stand him in water up to his belly.
I have known it practiced for fifty years; and
swathing the legs in hot water, vinegar and
sugar of lead, are all good to som* extent; but
a founder must bo relieved suddenly, or the
horse will show stiffness in his action and
liuve deformed and callous, tender hoofs.
Water applied to the legs I do not consider
a positive cure ; the disease must be attacked
at the root, by bleeding and purging ; a few
drops of blood taken from below the fetlocks
will hasten his recovery. But the most cer
tain and quick remedy that I have ever known
is a green gourd. Take a large green gourd,
cut it up ; put it into a gallon of water, and
boil it <Lwn to a quart. Strain tho liquid and
drench—in twenty-four hours tho horse will
be perfectly himself. In 1822, I traded for
two fine young mares iu Augusta, Ga. I rode
one of them to Kentucky, and my servant the
other. Early one morning, at the crossing of
Clinch river, we found one cf the mares so
badly foundered that she could not be led out
of the stable. I procured a green gourd and
drenched her as directed above, and directed
the servant to remain until she was able to
travel, expecting that he would roach home ,
three or four days after me ; lie came nextday
with the mare in as good plight as if nothing
had happened.—Cor. Rural IVorld.
For many years tho French Government haTB
held out a large reward to any one who would
discover and communicate a satisfactory test,
other than thut of actual decomposition, by
which death may be infallibly indicafed. The
following method, recently given to the French
Government will probably take the prize:
Hold a lighted candle to any portion of the
body ; a blister will soon rise. If on pr.neturo
it gives out a fluid substanco, death has not
taken place, if it emits air oaly it is perfectly
certain that life has become entirely extinct
—— «>> ■
DEtTtTUTioN ik New Y'ork. —It is estimated
that no less than two hundred thousand poisons
aro now residing in New York city who have
no work, no real homes, and no means which
insure them a livelihood. Some of them beg
or steal outright; but a large number eke out
a miserable existence by running into debt for
lodging and board, or hy borrowing from week
to week of whomsoever will lend them, or by
quartering themselves on reluctant relatives or
friends. The result is reported to he an aggre
gate of want, squalor, misery and degradation
fearful to contemplate
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Hints*
Tho way to live happy, is to mind your own
business anu let others mind theirs. Will tho
old scandal mongators profit by this? or do
they want moic ; if they do we will give theirt
some more.
Plant tansy around the roots of peach trees.
The peach worm will not tronble them after
ward.
To kcop negroes from stealing lock them
up.
In all your associations, keep constantly in
view the adage, “too much freedom breeds
contempt.” Will the fellow that borrowed our
umbrella make a note of this ?
The essential ;>nrt of good breeding is the
practical derive to afford pleasure, and to avoid
giving pain. Ar,y man possessing this desire
requires only opportunity and observation to
make him a gentleman. Peanut mnnehers at
a theatre of course arc excepted, under the
general rule of classifications.
Never introduce vr.ut- own affairs for tho
amusement of a company, it shows a sad want
of mental cultivation, or excessive weakness of
intellect; rooollect also, that such a discus
sion cannot be interesting to others, and that
the probability is that tha most patient listen
er i# a complete gossip, laying tho foundation
for some tale to make you appear ridiculous.
This hint is particularly applicable to office
loafers.
To Make Cows Give Jf ilk.
A writer, who says his cow giveti all the
milk that is wanted in his family of eight
persons, and from which was made two hun
dred and sixty pounds of butter this last year,
give# tho following as hi# treatment:
“If you desire to get a yield of rich milk
give your cow, three times a day, water slight
ly warm, slightly salted, in which bran lu.s
been stirred, at the rate of one quart to two
gallons of water. You will find, if you have
not tried this daily practice, that your cow
will give twenty-five per cent, more milk im
mediately under the effect of it, and she will
become so attached to the diet as to refuse to
drink clear water unless very thirsty; but this
mess she will drink almost any time, and ask
for more. The amount of this drink necessa
ry is an ordinary water pail full each morn
ing, noon and night. Four hundred pounds
of butter aro often obtained from good stock,
and instances aro mentioned where tho yield
was even at a higher figure.
Cak Such Tnixos Be? —Strange reports
reach us from Tallapoosa county, to the effect
that a man named Lightfoot, who ha* been in
a trance for thirty days, has awakened with
the power to cure every manner of disease by
simply touching the nffliotsd person with his
hands. He has already worked several mirac
ulous cures, and his house is thronged daily
with applicants for relief from the ills that flesh
is heir to. Report says that hundreds, perhap*
thousands, are camped round his house waiting
their time to come, and the crowd has been so
largo that numbers have been eompolled to
return to their homes without seoing the great
physician. Hitherto he has positively refused
to receive any compensation for his services,
but we understand that his family are now re
ceiving donations from those whom ho has
cured.—[Chambers (Ala.,) Tribune.
The Boston Journal has found the following
about its ancestors in an old book printed in
the year 1099:
“The inhabitants seem very religious, show
ing many outward and visible signs of an in
ward and spiritual grace. But, though they
wear in their faces the innocence of doves,
you will find them in their dealings as subtle
ns serpents. Interest is their faith, money
their god, and largo possessions the only heav
en they covet.”
Scarcity of Coin. —Utah likes filthy lucre,
but is fond of amusements. A magician late
ly received domestic goods enough, as admis
sion fees to hie entertainment, to set up a re
spectable variety store. He refused a wheel
barrow full of bricks for a ticket, not inten
ding to build an opera house there.
A polite young lady recently asserted that
she had lived near a barn-yard, and that it
was impossible for her to sleep in the mor
ning on account of the outcry made by s
gentleman hen.
Do not think of knocking out nnother per
son’s brains because he differs in opinion from
you. It would be as rational to knock your
self on the head because you differ from your
self ten years ago.
An ardent youth in Chicago was poisoned
the other day by the cosmetic bloom which
his lips absorbed from the cheek of his sweet
heart.
A method ot sewing boots and shoes with
oopper wire instead of the common thread
has been patented, the advantage being that
at a very small increase in expense the
strength and durability of the work are
much improved.
Young surgeons should not grumble be
cause they find it difficult to get into prac
tice. They will be certain to succeed if they
only have patients.
Vermont, it is claimed, will first grant wo
men suffrago.— -Ex.
Vermont is the first State that burnt a wo
man fur witchcraft. She leads in all great
questions, —[N. Y. Dem.
A man turned his son out of doors, lately,
because he wouldn't pay him house rent —a
striking proof of pay-rental affection.
Can a watch be said to be perfeotly dry
when it has a running spring insido?