Newspaper Page Text
12 oo PEtiANNUM
W£oT% . PS° PH I TT,
| * Covinot° n Georgia.
I m manufacturing all celebrated
L aM ii,y asßß*«ntss,
P (Consisting of his—
■r\rirU MEDICINE,
I'lwl INE PAIN KILL IT,
I anti-bii-ioos pills,
ague fills,
I DYSENTERY CORDIAL,
FEMALE TONIC, and
PURIFYING PILLS,
«ml will attend to all business in
I heretofc r • meg y g
K, line, that p *tieuts when consulted,
I Will pr** dial come to his office at ary
excepted.)
I t attention given to all Orders.
■ ,w Remedies of DR, PROFHITT.
■ itie excel j —their well known power
he Senses peculiar to our South-
I re ?! 0 t " having already established for them
1" C :m „hle r«potation in Georgia and the ad
s!* n I States. As the majority ol persons hv
pininß ‘ 0,,,,.h are predisposed to disease of
|«aS RV.«.. I d byi* i»telligent pl.y.i-
P .lot most of the pain* and aches of our
E‘nle are due to organic or functional derange-
EJ O f that important organ.
f PROPHITT’S
L ive r Modioino
r x 7. „*iv oi the root of the evil. It cures
E?Uv d er r Ml.»cl, in nine eases out of ten is at
K hntto'ni of the Cough*, Dyspepria, Oohe,
t 6 i, H Idache Rheumatism, Constipation, Men
trual Obstruct ions, etc,, so common among our
[ Li »er Medicine.
Lthe advantage of almost any other Prepara
|‘ of Medicine that acts upon the Liver. It is
btn ot ue Extract—ready for use at
oi can beamed to
I Tll’itv m America, winter or summer, as it
h. * s our nor freeze at any temperature
r ll hlim .. n being can occupy with safety.
P 1 f . . , sti-oug for children, or too weak
[ V s " tvU robust. There is no trouble about
Elkins it! only t 0 unßto P ,he Blld lt
II .r vi u iiiaV want it- It h ftß gained a
hryhigdi reputation in every locality
I f»T and honorable chance to prove itself at
f f nointin America, and it has been used in
/U St.de south of Maine, and is alike appll-
Kto borders of the Liver and Digestive
f TrtveUii'Vartiel, JottSi" and south, carry it,
and fiad the happy effe ts of it in all elunates-
PARTICULAR notice.
U«r«aft«r NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV
RUED, or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
IW'G
l*ou need not call uuless you are prepared to
>AY CASH, for I will not Keep Books.
June 11,1869. O. S. PRO PH ITT.
TA,( * Ho t
*c*
We are Now Receiving <
AND (CPJ/’NIXa, A LARGE STOCK OF
O O O X> O
—Consisting of—
®tE¥ © © © ffl S*
Gentlemen’s and Ladies'
DRESS GOODS
GLOVES & HOSIERY,
Almost every Variety of
Notions
deluding BASE BALLS, and other Play Balls
Ready Made Clothing,
■ Gentlemen's and Ladies’ ——
hats, boots, & shoes,
H a r dl 'vsr are,
guns and pistols,
biioe findings, jew B Lit y,
VIOLINS, AND VIOLIN STRINGS,
Cutlery, Crockery, &c.
Also a Fine Assortment of
Family groceries.
Racon, Lard, Flour, Meal, Molasses, e
finest Syrups, Cove Oysters Sardines, the
FACTORY AND E. D. CIIEESE,
And a great many other articles too tedious
(aention.
Came and seo us. We are determined
All at short profits, hoping thereby to sell
more.
CARR & CODY.
Covington, On., Oct.23d, 1868,—48.tf.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
Newton County Script Wanted.
ANY person having any of the above named
- Script to dispose of, will consult their own
interest by calling on
24tf BOWKER «fc HARRIS.
DRS. DEARINC & PRINGLE
HAVING associated themselves in the Prac
tice of MEDICINE and SURGERY, offer
their professional services to the citizens of
' NeVton county. Ti.ev have opened an offi.-eon
tho East side of the Square, (next door to S-
Dkwald'b Store,) and are prepared to attend to
all calls promptly. They have also a carefully
selected assortment of the
Very Best Medicines,
and will give their personal attention to Com
pounding Prescriptions, for Physicians and
others.
Special attention given to Chronic Diseases
At night Dr. Dbaiuxo will be found at his
residence, and Dr. Pringle at his rooms itnmo
idately over the Store of C. li. Sanders & Br<>
may 15, 25tf
HOT oTrTp II S !
| HAVE JUST RECEIVED a Fresh Supply
I of Chemicals, and am now prepared to exe
cute work in my line in a supeiior manner.
Call soon if you would have a superior Pic
ture, at my old stand, rear of Post Office build
iog 20tf J. W. CRAWFORD, Artist.
y- (h I would respectfully inform the
ifejy oitizens of Newton, and adjoining
MKaSaPai ftonnt.i<»*. that I have opened a
and HARNESS SHOP
On north side public square in COVINGTON
where lam prepared to make to order, Harness
Saddles, die., or Repair the same at short notice,
and in the best style.
17 ts JAMES B. BROWN
H. T. II E N It Y,
D B X T I S TANARUS,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
HAS REDUCED IIIS PRICES, so
thatall who have been so unf. r u-
T IJF naLe as to lose their natural Teetli
can have their places supplied by Art, at very
small cost. Teeth Filled ut reasonable prices,
and work faithfully executed, Office north side
of Square.—l 22tf
JOHN S. CARROLL,
dentist
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
f—f Teeth Filled, or New ones Inserted,ln
the best Style, and on Reasonable Terms
Office Rear of R. King’s Store.—l ltf .
J. c. MORRIS,
Attorney at Law,
CONYERS, GA.
JAMES M . LEVY,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
East side of the Square,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Where he is prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry inthebestslyle. Particular atten
tion given to repairing Watches injured by in
competent workmen. All work warranted.
~ JOSEPH Y. T I N~S LEY,
Watch mra ke r & Jeweler,
Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Clock
and Jewelry, in the bc<t Style, at. short notice
AH Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
2d door below the Court House.—stf
MCE, WOOD & ROGERS,
HAVE JUST OPENED
A Very Large and Handsome Stock of
S V &1K «
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
We invite ours en s to give us n etftl, as our
Stockevcry Department is now complete.
PACE, AVOOD A ROGERS,
South side of Square, Covington, Ga-
COVINGTON GA., JULY 1860
“ 91 y Life is Like the Summer Rose.”
My life is like the summer rose
That opens to the morning sky,
But ere tho shades of evening close
Is scattered on the ground to die.
Vet on that rose's humble bed
The sweetest dews of night are shed,
As if she wept such waste to see;
But none shall weep a tear for mo.
My life is like tho summer leaf
That trembles in tho moon’s pale ray—
Its hold is frail, its date is brief,
Restless and soon to pass away.
Yet, ere that leaf shall fall and fade
Tho parent tree shall mourn its shade,
Tho winds bewail the leafless tree;
But none shall breathe a sigh for mo.
My life is like the prints whieh feet
Have left on Tampa’s desert strand—
Soon as the rising tide shall beat,
All trace will vanish from tho sand.
Yet, as if grieving to efface
All vestige of the human race,
On that lone shore loud moans the sea ;
But none, alas! shall mourn for me.
The Lying, Humbugging New York Tri
bune.
There is not a week passes, says the New
York Day Book, that we do not nail to the
counter some bold, unblushing lie emanating
from the Tribune. Last week it published
quite a list of “poor men of New York who
pay no income.” The next day nearly half
tho gentlemen whose names appeared under
that caption, reported to that journal and sev
eral others that they had paid incomes. The
Tribune, then, as an excuse for its willful lie,
stated that it had paid liberally for its infor
mation, and supposed it was true. But if the
Tribune has howled for anything, or pretend
ed to favor anything in this world, it is “pro
tection to domestic industry.” Old White Coat
has bawled himself hoarse, and writton him
self into spasms, upon the necessity of “pro
tecting home labor.” Now let us nail this lie
to the counter —let us show the great world
tho insincerity of that veteran political hum
hug, Horace Greeley. We have noticed, on
several occasions, foreign printing paper pass
ing into the press-room of the Tribune, and
on July 16th we saw another large lot of for
eign paper going into that establishment for
the protection-supporters of the New York
Tribune to read “protection” articles upon!
Now, wo ask the readers of that sheet how
much longer they are to allow Horace Greeley
to fool them with his political and domestic pro
tection twaddle? He does not mean what he
writes, and neither Carrie* out his mongrel
nor his protection doctrines. He will, to-day,
buy his printing paper where he can buy
cheapest, and pay his money to foreign paper
makers, while, at the same time, ho is writing
up “protection to native industry” to humbug
his supporters. Rub it in, Horace; c»am the
brains of your .-tupid readers with anything
that will sell your journal, whether true or
false. They like to bo cheated, and you are
just the boy that can do it.
Rhyming.
Ones when his teacher was praying, a pupil
who was an inveterate rhyiucstor, saw a rat
upon'thc’stairs, and laughed aloud. After the
teacher had concluded her prayer, she called
the hoy forward and asked him what ho
laughed for ? The urchin said :
“I saw a rat upon the stairs,
Coming up to hear your prayers.”
She threatened to flog him if he did not im
mediately make another rhyme, upon which ho
quickly replied :
“Here I stand before Miss Blodgett,
She’s going to strike, and I shall dodge it
and immediately took his seat amid the laugh*
ter of the school.
This reminds ns of an anecdote of Dr. Watts,
to whom, when a boy, it was so natural to
speak in rhyme that he could not avoid it
even when he wished to. Ilia fathor, in order
to break up the habit, threatened to whip him
if he did not leave off making rhymes. One
day when he was about to fulfill his promise,
the future rhyme writer hurst into tears, and
on his knees exclaimed;
“Pray father, do some pity take,
And I will no more verses make.”
llow he violated this promiso the world
knows.
A Senator from one of the mountain dis
tricts of Tennessee, on his arrival at Nashville
to take his scat, put up at a first class hotel,
when the following occurred on taking his seat
at the table:
Senator to servant —‘What is the victuals ?‘
Servant—“ What will you have, sir, tea or
coffco?” Senator—‘Tea.’ Servant—“ What
kind of tea?” Senator—“ Store tea, by g—d,
do you suppose I como hero to drink sas
safras ?”
AVo have seen one oration of the “glorious
Fourth,” which closes with the following quo
tation :
“Lives there a man with soul so dead,
AVlio never to himself has said,
This is my own, my native land?”
If there is any one among us, who is not
ashamed of bis native land just now, he must
he a nigger, or a white man who is no better
than a nigger.—Day Book.
“ Tommy, my son, fetch in a stick of wood.’
“ Ah ! my dear mother,” responded the youth,
“ the grammatical portion of your education
has been sadly neglected. You should have
said ‘ Thomas, my son, transport from that
recumbeut collection of combustible material
upon the threshold 6f this edifice one of the
curtailed excrescences of a defunct log.' ”
Southern Character.
Southern character has so often been the
theme of praise and admiration, even among
the enemies of tho South that were it not un
becoming in us, under any circumstances, to
chant tho praises of our people, wo should
hesitate to say aught about it hero ; but the
following, from Southern Opinion, is so
hopeful, so correct, and withal, so modost and
brief, that wc oiler no apology for inserting
it in our columns :
“In the Southern character aro qualities
which tho sword cannot destroy, and which
will yet achieve a powerful and bloodless vic
tory, more durable and glorious than any
which our arms could have attained, had Leo
and Johnson borne the Southern cross in tri
umph over tho armies of Gen'ls, Sherman and
G ran t.
“The blood of our bravo tnen was not shed
in- vain, and tlie tears of our widows and or
phans have not watered graves destined never
to bear flowers worthy of suclij a priceless
sacrifice. The glories and tho rewards of our
struggle ami defeat are yet to coino ; not in
new wars and bloodshed, when storms of grief
and suffering, fury and vengeance shall burst
upon the bravest which we want to reap. It
is in the hearts of our people, chastened and
refined by suffering, purified and exalted by
adversity, that we look for that spirit and
those works whieh will write resurgam over
the grave of every Confederate soldier. It
matters not that “reconstruction” has been
tied like a millstone around our necks, that
our slaves are made our civil and political
equats. The barbarians conquered Greeco and
Rome, but the genius, the laws and religion of
the latter ultimately subjugated the savages.
The Normans conquered England—they took
away the very lands. But where are the Nor
mans or Norman raees now, either on the
country, the language or the laws ? All bu
ried, swallowed-in the sublime Saxon clement.
You cannot keep down this spirit. Hack it
with swords, pierce it with bayonets, crush it
by legislation, attempt todegrado it by “negro
equality,” but it is amoral and intellectual
power in the land, and in the world which by
its native inherent vigor, will ever rise, des
pite all attempts to bury it. Despair not!”
Is this Trcasen 7
Wo clip the following paragraph from an
address delivered by Prof. M. F. Maury, at
the Virginia Military Institute, to the gradua
ting class of 1860 :
“Are you not heirs of the lost cause, with
its noble examples and memories? Its tradi
tions make us vory proud. Are you not sons
of tii© sunny South 1 Do you not now,
in the days of your youth, tread the soil of
Virginia, breathe her atmosphere, and drink
at fountains from which tho bravest of men
and noblest of women have drawn inspiration?
In them you have examples of the most heroic
fortitude and of the graces that ever arrayed
themselves on the side of right. They are
trumpet-tongued. Their silont teachings are
far more effective with their mute eloquence
than my poor powers of speech can make
them. Treasure them. They are a precious
legacy—heirloom of inestimable value in the
eye of every true man among us.”
Grant is terribly economical in his own be
half, but Grant’s personal economy is costing
the Government a terrible price. Grant want
ed to take a little cruise with all his relatives
down to Long Branch. It cost a good deal to
go, and Grant could not afford to pay his pes
sage like a decent man, so Grant constitutes
himself a guest of the very generous Govern
ment of the United States, and the United
States Government orders up a fine vessel, ha3
it handsomely decorated, stowod with the most
delicate provisions, and as the distinguished
guest of the United States, Grant sails away in
triumph, on board the Tallapoosa, and all at
the expense of the United. Bon voyage, Mr.
Grant.—[New York Democrat.
Our colored friends have at last found out
Swayze, of tho Macon American Union, and
lie oan no longer deceive them by his low, cun
ning artifico. Like Arnold, ho has thrown off
the mask, which discovers to the colored pop
ulation the most glaring and barefacod ras
cality. We are not surprised at his fate who
proposed to soil hNs principles for gold. Gov
ernor Bullock, with all his patronage, cannot
save him from the rocks and mountains of
Truth, whieh arc bound to fall upon and crush
him.—[New Era.
A day or two since, says the Charleston
News, a negro woman living at Myrtle Grove,
on the Combahee river, took her child into the
woods, whipped her severely, and went off.
Shortly after, she called the child, and receiv
ing no answer, went to the spot where sho was
left, and found her dead. Magistrate Colcock
held an inquest, and a verdiot was given in
accordance with the above statement.
A waggish Chicago editor was waited upon
by a delinquent subscriber, who complained of
being dunned. Pointing to a bit of flour paste
beside him, with which he was making np a
oolumn of paragraphs, he exclaimed tragically,
“ That's my dinner for to-day ! Do you won
der at being dunned ?” The subscriber didn't
wonder—but paid up and mizzled.
A Huge Debt. —The New Orleans Picayune
says : “ The public debt of the United States
amounts to more than $2 50 a minute for
every minute that has elapsed, day and night,
Sunday included, since the beginning of the
Christian era ; or, about sis dollars an hour
since the creation of the world, according to
the Mosaic chronology.”
Why arc your eyes like friends separated by
distant climes? They correspond, but never
meet.
Mr. Stephens on the Future.
In a recent letter, of tho 19th of June, in
discussing the present condition of affairs, he
says : “Thoro can bo no euro of tho disoase
until its real cause is not only understood, but
removed. The cause of all these late troubles
in our land, and of all those gross usurpations,
so to speak, is the departure of tho Govern
ment from the primary laws of its existence.
The only practical living issuo beforo tho
peoplo of this country now, is ono between
Federal Republicanism and Imperialism—Con.
stitutional liberty and Monarchy. There is no
middle ground ; no half-way house between
them. The peoplo must choose between them,
and take ono or the other side of the question.
The one carries with it State sovereignty, and
Constitutional liberty; the other carries with
it eonßolidation and despotism. There is no
hope for this country but in a thorough repu
diation of the whole principle upon which the
late war was inaugurated and waged against
the Southern States. Tho very idea of main
taining a Union of Staton by force, is perfectly
paradoxical ana absurd.
These are my viows, briefly and frankly ns
well us earnestly given. I know and foci per
fectly assured that in tlioir soundness and
eorroctness lies tho only hope of constitutional
liberty on, this continent. Whether the people
will bo able or disposed to understand the truth
and appreciate it in time to secure themselves
from impending ruin or not, I, do not know.—
I am exceedingly apprehensive that they will
not, but that they will go on in their delusion
about saying the Union and putting down the
rebellion until their doom is sealed I
“As Paul said to Agrippa, so I say to you,
‘Believest thou the Prophets; I know that
thou believest.’ I know that you believe in
tho teachings of the fathors of our republic I
Then be it known to you that our only hope is
their teachings! The Union is the foundation
of our safety. What sort of a Union ? Tiro
Union of sovereign States—which cannot bo
maintained by force, but by voluntary consent,
secured by justioe.”
Tub Sqcaliest Baby in Town. —A friend of
ours has a baby—one of the sweetest, jolliest,
fattiest, loveliest, prettiest, and withal, goodiest
babies in town, but it will cry sometimes.—
The other evening in the absence of its mater
nal parent, it commenced to squall. It had
boon left in charge of a leading newspaper
waiter, who, being unable to quiet it, a cler
gyman resident in the house tried his sooth
ing powers, but without effect. Next oarne a
doctor, also an inmate of the house, who was
equally a failure as rogards a quieter of in
fantile squabalosity. Finally appeared a
who did gallant service during the last war.—
lie too was a failure. Astor the squaler had
occupied the attention of one or two others
with no better success, the little ono’s mother
fortunately dropped in and savod it from go
ing into convulsions.—[Newark Register.
A New Party. —From the Philadelphia City-
Item we learn that anew party is proposed in
Pennsylvania upon a novel basis.
Its head and front is to bo Win. B. Thomas,
who pledges himself fully to the support of
“equitable” luxation. The City Item says:
“He think* that in this country of abounding
wealth ‘no poor man ought to be taxed, nor
any other citizen, till he owns and possesses a
surplus of property boyond what is necessary
to support and educate a citizon’s family, and
that only the superfluous wealth of the coun
try ought to he taxed."
A Hardshell Baptist preached in the city of
YYashington lately, and took for his text, “God
made man in his own image.” He then com
menced, “An honest man is tho noblest work
of God.” Then ho made a long pause, look
ing searchingly about the audience, and then
exclaimed, “But I opine God Almighty hasn’t
had a job iu this oity for nigh on to fifteen
years.”
Nice Discrimination, —On the Long Island
railroad, June 9th, a cow was run over and a
car thrown off the track. No lives were lost.
There wero ono hundred Baptist ministers on
board, who passed resolutions complimenting
the company for its discrimination in killing a
cow instead of a Baptist minister.
A sentimental editor says; “It is comfort
able to know that one eye watches for our com
ing, and looks brighter when vve oome.” A
contemporary is grieved to learn that his
“brother of the quill lias a wife with ono eye.”
According to the Mobile Tribune the nogroes
in that post office have hit upon an expedient
to simplify distribution. They havo chalked
all the boxes white and red in equal division,
and put all the yellow letters in the red boxes
and the white letters in the white ones.
A man in Adair county, lowa, has invented
a cannon which he claims will throw a projec
tile fourteen miles, and has gone to AVashing
ton to get a patent. He proposes to offer it to
the Government for $1,000,000! His next
achievement should be to invent a glass by
which objects can be seen at that dislanco.
Man’s happiness is said to hang upon a
thread. This must bo the thread that is never
at hand to sew on the shirt-button that is
always off.
AVhy are women extravagant in clothes ?
Because when they buy anew dress they wear
it out the first day.
Why is a selfish friend like the letter P?
Becauso though first in pity he is the last in
help ?
O’Leary gating with astonishment unon an
elephant in a menagerie, asked the keeper:
“What kind of a baste is that atin’ hay wid
h*s tail?”
VOL 4 NO. 37
A Well Administered Rebuke-
The New York World relates tho billowing
occurrence which took place in the Supreme
Court Room at YYaslrington, in which it ap
pears that Attorney General Hoar, for rude
ness to Justico Nelson, was properly and
soverely robuked by Chief Justice Chose;
“In the progress of a speech by him tbo
venerable Justioe Nelson inquired : “What is
the page of authority you are quoting Mr,
Attorney General ?’’ To whieh the man whom
cx-Genoral Grant gave a Cabinet place in ex%
, clmngo for a library, replied : “May it please
the court, I decline to bo interrupted in my
argument.” Whereupon tho Chief Justice
assuming upon his younger shoulders the
affront directed at his associate and incidentally
reflecting upon tho whole bench, brought the
Massachusetts Attorney to his knees at once
by saying: ‘‘Mr. Attorney General, you wifi
coasc in your argument for the present. Thfie
court, as you will learn when you havobeconwr
used to its amenities, reserves the right t<r
question at any time any of Us counsellors ou
any point whatever. Your rejoinder to the
question of my associate is inadmissable ; and
: when you have apologized to the court for
language which we must say was never heard
here before, you may proceed, but not untfl
that is dono.” Whereupon the legal bully
collapsed and meekly begged pardon, whieh it
pleased the court to allow. Looking at Mr,
Grant’s special pleader’s demeanor in th<r
Ycrger argument on Tuesday, it i» plain that
the Chief Justice must give him another
humiliation to bring him to his proper plane,”'
Attorney General Hoar, we trust, will profit
by tsbe rebuke which he h%| recoived, and
oonduet himself in future when before the-
Oourt whieh he insulted, like a gentleman.—
For Chief Justice Chase, we say, well done F
A Western drover, driving a large drove of
sheen to New York, was delayed on the road
by stormy woather. Saturday night found
him too far from the city to make tire much,
desired early entrance on Monday morning.—
He determined, therefore, to start on Sunday,
As he passed a large old fashioned meeting
house, the doors of which stood wide open, a
cosset sheep ran into tho door and up to th»
altar, where he stood and looked about as
coolly as only a cosset sheep could look. The
drover said to his assistant: “Jimmy, if you’l
fetch that fellow out I’ll give you half a dollar.”'
Jimmy was bright and knew his New Testa
ment. Entering the edifice, ho marched np>
and seized tho stray quadruped. The minister
stopped short in his discourse and said: Young
man, do you know what you aro doing?” “Yes
sir,” replied Jimmy; “I’m separating th®
sheep from the goats!” and suiting the action
to the word, he dragged him forth from tho
congregation.
Laser Beer, —The Turf, Field and Farm, a
first-class paper of New York, goes off in the
following enthusiastic strain on tho subject of
lager:
“Wo sincerely believe that the worthy Teu
ton who introduced lager beer into this ooonlry
did more to exorcise the demon of drunkenness
than all the teetotal fanatics that ever lived
from the days of worthy old Christian Keener,
of Baltimore, the founder of their sect, t©
thoie of the fanatical demngogues who forced
the Maine Liquor Law on a free peoplo, and
stole plate and pianos from the helpless, unpr*
tected women of the South. Wo hold the in
venter of lager beer to bo more deserving
of grateful remembrance than the # greatest
warrior that ever scourged the human race.”
The question—Does fanning in a hot day
cool a person?—was recently decided in tb®
negative by one of onr neighbors. Having
fanned himself vigorously for an hour and feel
ing no cooler, he tried the process upen his
thermometer, and was surprised to find the
mercury go np a degree in five minutes. A
second thermometer was tried with the same
result. Fans are now at a discount in that
family.
South Carolina will hold a state Agricultu
ral Fair at Columbia, next November—precis®
days not named in the telegram. The State
Agricultural Society has invited Hon. JohnC.
Breckenridge to deliver the address, and hae
appointed a committee on Chinese Labor.—
The premium lists are to amount to four thou
sand dollars.
General Kirby Smith seems to be popular as
an instructor of youth. In one State alone,
says the Louisville Courier-Journal, sixteen
hundred ladies hare promised him their sons
as pupils for his military academy.
The Daniel Webster farm and homestead in
Franklin, New Hampshire, were sold on Fri
day last for $16,000.
No person ever got stung by hornets who
kept away from where they were. It is just
so with bad habits.
The Cincinnati TWs says Secretary Fish
“will find it as difficult to piesorve a strict
neutrality in Cuban business as he would to
balance a live eel on the top of bis venerable
proboscis.”
One of the Roman emperors promoted his
horse to the consulship. The Virginia people
have beaten that by electing a Sogar to Con
gress.
In the grave of Casimir the Great, recently
opened in Poland after a lapse of four centu
ries, the crown and the sceptre were found in
a complete state of preservation.
Because a man who tends a flock of sheep is
a shepherd, makes no .reason toat a man who
keeps cows is a eow-avd.
Why is a specimen of hand writiug like a
dead pig. Because it is done with the pon