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2 00 PER ANNUM
S . PRO PH ITT,
**' CoviNO’ roN Oboroia.
inst his celebrated
A«tfcir *»*«**■.
® ronsisting of his
rPU medicine,
Lopv^ B PAIN KILL IT ’
PILLS,
AfIUK fills,
DtSENTEKY CORDIAL.
FEMALE 'I’ONIC, and
PURIFYING PILLS,
will attend to all business in
heretofore a his office.
, line, that o tientß w j le n consulted,
Will that come to his office at any
“SKr exce i >ted - )
pmpt to all Orders.
llent Kem?dies of DR, rROPITITT,
r'tie Jioellc® “ j on —their well known power
>J no c 0 1”" 1 . di9CnS es peculiar to our South
re raovingt n , . established for them
\*&zs£ in (jeorsia ftnd u,e d *
‘“mites. As the majority ot persons liv
nug State-, e disposet j to disease of
R in . , " 1 vis irranted by all intelligent physi
b Liver, 1 ,' 0 f the pains and aches of our
i nS t!iat T e t 0 or „nnic or functional derange
“faMhat important organ.
Bt f PROPIIITT’S
Itro r Medicine
• 1 Y the root of the evil. It cures
ik r Ir whfch in nine eases out of ten is at
i Liver, Couch*, Dyspcpria, Cohc,
'v Heldache Rheumatism, Constipation, Men
otfohatructions, etc,, eo common among our
° P I | Ver Medicine.
a. advantage of almost any other Prepara
' Medicine that acts upon the Liver. It is
form of a Fluid Extract-ready for use at
1 / lav or night, and can be carried to
‘f Mitvm America, winter or summer, as it
J. °-Hmr sour nor freeze at any temperature
1 "Un being can occupy with safety.
Moo strong for children, or too weak
11 , 18 robust There is no trouble about
it
g rar voumav want it. It has gained a
8 high reputation in every locality Jt h «s had
honorable chance to prove itself at
a,f ■ , •„ \moriea and it has been used in
TV State south' of Maine, and is alike appli
to disorders of the Liver and Digestive
?r\«tgVarties, north "and south, carry it,
dfinJ the happy effete of it ... all climates.
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
softer NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV*
lED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
ur o a 13: !
« need not call unless you are prepared to
T CASH, for I will not Keep Books,
ne 11, 1869. O. S. PROPIIITT.
T. MARKiW ALTER,
[ARBLE WORKS
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
[ARBLFi 1 MONUMENTS,
Tomb St o rfe s ,
rbleSMantles, and Furniture Marble
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
am the Plainest to the most Elaborate, design
,1 furnished t,o order at short, notice.
All work fortlie country carefully boxed
decl4-3-5-ly.
'TAN YARD FIXTURES FOR SALEI
NCLUDING a Bark Mill, 119 Vats, and all the
Tools, Benches, Ac., belonging to a Tan
rtl. All comparatively new and in good order,
and will be sold at a bargain as the present
aprietors have no use for it. Apply t 0
W. W. CLARK, Covington, Ga ,
JESSE M. WELLBORN, at Dixie Nursery,
miles N. E. of Covington.—Bßtf
ewton County Script Wanted.
NY person having any of the above named
L Script to dispose of, will consult their own
terest by calling on
ts ‘ BOWKER ,fe HARRIS-
Hotels.
PLANTERS HOTEL,
Augusta, Georgia,
This well known first class Iletcl is now ve
cned for the accommodation of (lie traveling
blic, with the assurance that those who may
ve occasion to visit Augusta, will bo made
mfortablc. As this Hotel is now complete in
ery Department, the Proprietor hopes, that by
ict and personal attention, to merit a share of
blic patronage.
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, Pro’p,
United States Hotel.
LANTA GEORGIA
WHITAKER Ac SASSEEN, Proprietors,
ithln One Hundred Yards of the General Passon
r Depot, comer Alabama and Prior streets,
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
tANTA, GEOKCfIA,
Nearest house to the Passenger Depot,
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pro -ictors.
Having re-leased and renovated le above
®tel, we are prepared to entertain nests in a
ost satisfactory manner. Charp 8 fair and
oderate. Our efforts will bo to .ease,
ggage carried to and from Depot ,ree of charge
A CARD.
MIE undersigned, having purchased the cn
- tire interest of S. M. Jones in the AUGUS-
A HOTEL, respectfully solicit a share of pat
nage from the traveling public generally.—
e propose to keep a First Grass House, and
® every effort to satisfy and please all that
ve us a call. Both of us liavebecn connected
th the Hotel for thirteen years.
The Rooms of the Hotel aro large and airy
'1 furnished equal to any in the city.
''e call the particular attention of the old
alrons of the House to th« change. We desire
> see and welcome them.
. 1 he BAR furnished with the best Liquors and
DAN’I, G. MURPHY,
PATRICK MAY.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
J. W. MURRELL,
X> E TNT T I S T ,
Office—Up Stairs in Murrell’s Brick Stork,
Covington, Ceorgia,
/ft Being prepared with the latest im-
A in Denial Material,
Guarantees Satisfaction in each
branch of Operative and Mechanical Dentistry.
rr-if desired will visit Pa'ients at their
homes in this and adjoining Counties,
All orders left at the Covington Hotel, or at
the residence of Mr. G. W. H. Murrell, Oxford,
Ga., will receive immediate attention.—lyi?7.
COVINGTON MALE ACADEMY.
MR. J. N. lIOOKKR would respectfully
notify the public, that the Second Term of
the above named Academy will opon the 2d of
August. Those seeking thorough and practical
instruction, will find it to their interest to pat
ronize this Academy—especially those prepar
ing for College,—July 30-4t37
F iT o T 0 0 R A P ll 8 !
(HAVE JUST RECEIVED a Fresh Supply
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 I’ost Office build
ing—2otf J. W, CRAWFORD, Artist.
gk I would respectfully inform the
l citizens of Newton, and adjoining
counties, that I have opened a
and HARNESS SHOP
On north side public square in COVINGTON
where lam prepared to make to order, Harness
Saddles, Ac., or Repair the same at short notice,
and in the best style.
17 ts JAMES B. BROWN
H. T. HENRY,
DENTIST,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
HAS REDUCED IIIS PRICES, so
thatall who have been so unfortu
nate as to lose their natural Teeth
can have their places supplied by Art, at very
small cost. Teeth Filled at reasonable prices,
and work faithfully executed, Office north side
of Square.—l 22tf
JOIIN S. CARROLL,
dentist
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
j,■—y.-E, Teeth Filled, or New ones Inserted,ln
the heat 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 fit Jeweler,
East side of the Square,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Where ho is prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry in the best style. Particular atten
tion given to repairing Watches injured by in
competent, workmen. All work warranted.
JOSE PII Y. TIN S L ETT
Watchmaker fit Jeweler
Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Clock}
and Jewelry, in the best Style, at short notice,
AH Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
2d door below the Court House.—stf
PACE, WOOD & ROGERS,
HAVE JUST OPENED
A Very Large and Handsome Stock of
*
s 3? a s at« goods
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
We invite ours cn s to give us a call, as our
Stockcvery Department is now complete.
PACE, WOOD <t ROGERS,
South side if Square, Covington, Ga-
COTOGTOX GA., AUGUST 27 18G9
The living to his Betrothed.
“Most blessed things come silently,
And silently depart:’’
So came God’s angel yesternight,
And breathed upon my heart.
All through the torturing hours of dity
1 raved in dark despair ;
Our trysting hill was far away,
And thou alone wort there I
The dewy flowers in beauty lay,
And gave their odors rare, —
The broezes dallied with the leaves,
And tossod thy floating hair ;
I knew it all as here I lav,
Unmanned by fever’s blight,
For torturing thoughts, within my brain,
Were fiercer than its might.
But God be blessed, the rage is past,
The clouds are rolling by,
And heaven’s sweet love, in sunniest light,
Now beams upon mine eye;
My brow, which darkoned like a pall,
Now glows in Spring’s soft light—
I 800 the golden hills of morn
Beyond tho dusky night!
Bo bravo, my own—between us now
Is laid our Father’s hand ;
His heart, so mighty in its love,
Our holiest joy hath planned.
Oh, not beneath earth’s fading sky
Our trysting next shall be,
But in that clime which knows no blight,
There shall I wait for thee I
Our love is blessed love, which soars
To native skies away;
Drear storms thoro are in airs of earth,
And lightning's lurid play,
And heavy cares to clog its wings,
And doubts, and strifes, and fears ;
Its snowy plumes might droop and trail,
Weighed down by falling tears.
To realms where I shall go, mv love,
I’ll bear thee in my heart;
Os all the joys and duties there,
Thou’lt be the dearest part.
The flowers which thou on earth dost love,
In heaven shall be my choice;
And, ’mid tho singing souls aboTe,
I’ll list, to catch thy voice.
The pearly gates arc gleaming now,
Sweat yoices call me on ;
I bid thee, to a trysting, love,
When life’s few years nro gone ;
Then each, within the other’seyes,
In God's white light shall see
The work which time for thee hath done,
Eternity for me.
The Icelanders havo a curious custom, and
a most effectual one, of preventing horses from
straying. Two gentlemen, for instance, arc
riding together without attendants, and, wish
ing to alight for the purpose of visiting some
objects at a distance from the road, they tic the
tail of one horse to the head of the other, and
the head of this to the tail of the former. In
this state it is utterly impossible that they can
move either backward or forward, one pulling
one way, and the other the reverse, and, there
fore, if disposed to move at all, it will be only
in a circle, and even thou there must be an
agreement to have their heads in the same
direction.
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Can uny one Tell ?
Can any one tell how men that cannot abso
lutely pay small bills, can always find plenty
of monev to buy liquor and treat when hap
pening among friends?
Can any one tell how many young men who
dodge their washerwoman, and who are always
behind with their landlord, can play billiards
night and day, and are always ready for a
game of poker or sevon up?
Can any one tell how it is with some men
who owe their butchers, owe for rent, owe for
tailoring, for shoes, etc., can yet have every
thing that’s nice —eat oysters at night, wear
fine clothes and have all the delicacies of the
season ?
Can any one tell how men live and support
their families who have no income and don’t
work, while others who are industrious and
always employed, almost starve ?
Can any one toll how a man who is too poor
to pay four or five cents a week for a newspa
per. can spend five or six time* as much for
sogars and tobacco, to say nothing of drinks ?
A certain fashionahlo book publisher of
New York, while enjoying an airing behind a
span of high steppers in Central Park one
afternoon last week, overtook an author of his,
who was quietly jogging along in a modest
buggy, and remarked, jocosely, as he passed
tho latter, “You’ll excuse mo getting ahead of
you?” “Don’t mention it. Publishersgener«
ally do get ahead of their authors, ” was the
quick retort.
A Fact.
“Brick" Pomeroy, who mako a business of
dealing in facts, hits the nail square on the
head, when he says: “The African newspapors
of tho North appear to experience a great deal
of difficulty in discriminating between a car
pet-bagger and a person who goes South to
settle and become a decent citizen, and the
result is a great deal of injury to the South.
When a carpet bagger instigates a riot or per
petrates a murder or robbery, and ho is pun
ished. as he should be, for it, tho Jacobin
papers, with remarkable unanimity, call it a
“rebel outrago,” and toll how unsafo it is for
a Northern man to go South, when they simply
know they are lying, and mako tho whole
country suffer, only because ono rascal lias
received a little merited punishment.”
If you cannot do as well as you wish, do as
well as you can.
From the Chronicle A Sentinel.
The Solar Eclipse ns Seen by the Univer
sity Party.
On Saturday, August 7, about 2 p. m., the
little town (• Bristol, Tennessee, presented
quite a lively appearance. At almost every
door along tho streets groups of mon and beys
might bo seen, each person armed with a piece
of smoked glass and embellished with a smut
ted nose, gating intently at tho sun. This
state ot things indicated that the public curi
osity was intent upon the solar eclipse which
had beon predicted for that day.
Upon a hill in the town was collected the
party from the University of Georgia, arranged
in groups for the purpose of taking notes upon
the eclipse.
The ground bad been selected in the morn
ing ; the instruments carefully levelled and
prepared; the altitude of the sun taken, and a
rough drawing of the sun’s disk had beon
taken by l’rof. Brown, showing the position of
such solar spots as wore visible.
At the largo telescope Prof. Brown stationed
himself, with Mr. Ilammond as his assistant,
while Prof. Charbonicr, with Mr. Van Epps
as assistant, took charge of the theodolite. A
little in front, Mr. White and J took up our
position to act as general observers.
A numbor of men and boys were oolloctcd
on every side of us, and seemed much inter
ested in the movements of our party.
At 4 o’clock and 16 minutes the atinosphoro
was hazy, and a frosh hroezo blew from tho
North. The horizon was overhung in evory
direction by.fleecy clouds, while there were
only a few in the zenith. The Alleghany
Mountains, which lay S. S. E. from us, appear
ed dim nnd indistinct, and there was a softness
in tho sky resembling tho atmosphere of In
dian Summer.
The calculated time for the beginning of the
eclipso was 4h. 43m. 365., Bristol mean time ;
and a few minutes before this period all eyes
wero turned intently to the sun, and the crowd
becamo silont in oxpootation of the coming
speotoclo. At 4h. 43m. 455. the time of tho
first contact was called by tho two Professors
simultaneously, and we saw the first dark line
on tho western part of the sun’s disk.
The olouds were all below tho sun, and it
was perfectly unobsourod by them during the
whole eclipse.
Tho black disk of the moon crept on, grad
ually blotting out tho sun ; and at five o'clock
the diminution of light became apparent from
the dimness of the shadows. The breoze con
tinued blowing from the North, but the clouds
were now continually dispersing. At 5:8 the
sun was apparently half obscured, and the
light was pale and sickly.
Tho more distant mountains showed the de
crease of light by an increasing faintness of
outline nnd haziness of appearaneo. At 5:15
the light was dull and dead, as of a misty day,
resembling the light given by a “ red sun.”
At 5:25 the oloads began to lose their white
and pearly appearance, and to assume the dark
dun color of clouds seen after the tints of sun
set havo faded away. The mountains wore so
pale nnd dim that they seemed like the far-off
promontories of somo mystic land of dreams ;
while the light grew ghastly and pale. Now
a solemn feeling seemed to creep over observ
ers, the children clustered together and spoke
in hushed voices, while every ono gazed in awo
upon the fast vanishing sun.
It was indeed a strange and awful sight to
watch the black shadow creeping like fate over
the bright orb, and all nature seemed to be
gazing breathlessly npon its dying King. Tho
talk in the groups died away, as the darkness
canio on faster; the clouds blackened ominous
ly ; the mountains almost disappeared; and
the broeze rose and fell in fitful gusts. At 5:37
it was growing dark very rapidly—but such
darkness! The faces around us looked pale
and deathly, sky had lost its soft blue hue and
was a colorless void ; the clouds were sombre,
and the narrowest crosccnt of light marked the
existence of the sun. The swallows flow ahout
twittering, the breeze felt chilly, and at 5:40
Venus flashed out in wondrous brilliancy about
15° from tho sun.
Another broathless, silent minute, and a
simultaneous cry burst from all lips, for Io!
the sun was gone, and where we had been
watching now appeared a dark globe encircled
by the wondrously beautiful corona seen only
on such occasions. Tho effect was indescriba
ble —the sudden flashing out of those magnifi
cent streamers of light in evory direction pre
sented the appearance of a glorious coronet
suspended in mid air. And about 7° from the
sun appeared the planet Mercury, never seen
by any of us before, and in all likelihood never
to bo seen by us again, so near is it to tho sun
as to be visible only on such an occasion. This
incident, of itself, was impressive—-tho brief
glimpse at that sister world, the first in our
solar system, was liko a revelation granted us
an instant, and then withdrawn from earthly
eyes forever ! It was as though we had looked
into Infinity itself.
High up over head Arcturus was flaming
gloriously, but I could observe no other stars,
nor did any of our party see any but the three
mentioned above.
The darknes that prevailed during the total
obscuration was of thesamo strango, unearthly
appearance that I have attempted to describo,
while tho clouds were black as night itself, and
the breeze blow cold from the North. Tho
fowls went to roost, the cattle wore seen com
ing homo across the fields, night hawks flew
round and round in various directions, and
apparently the animal creation concluded that
night had come. While the total obscuration
lasted there was a singular, orange colored
light tinging the sky along the horizon, in the
N. TV. particularly, which seemed to be a re
flection from the suu, aud resembled the flrst
j flushings of the dawn. Just before the emerg-
ence of the sun, the sunlight streaming through
the valleys on tho moon's disk, presented the
appearance of a string of brilliant beads along
the Western edge of tho dark circle, affording
us a fine view of the appearance known to
astronomers as “ Bailey’s Beads.” Suddenly
a bright point was seen near tho bottom of the
moon, as if a brilliant star woro pendant from
it—caused, doubtless, by a ray shooting thro’
somo unusually large lunar valley. Almost
immediately a light seemed to stream from tho
western edge of the moon. It was the dawn
preceding the return of day, for instantane
ously the bluek disk broke away and the thin
ci’escont of the sun appeared. At tho same
time the Southern shadow which had hung
over us swept away liko a tide wavo of dark
ness, retreating rapidly toward tho mountains
and in 16 seconds after leaving us it had dis
appeared beyond them.
Venus continued visibloeleven minutes after
the mergonoc of the sun, but the other stars
disappeared almost immediately.
Now occurved a reversal of what had taken
place before ihe total obzeuration.
The bright crescent grew larger and larger,
tho light beoame less sickly, tho shadows rnoro
distinct, tho dull, leaden color of the clouds
faded away and Naturo once more began to
assume its wonted appearance. The clouds
were now nearly all gono except a few in the
Northern and Eastern horizon, and everything
indicated a lovely sunset.
The total obstruction commenced, accor
ding to our observation, at sh. 14m. 13s. or Is.
later than calculated ; and lasted 2m. 295, or
4s. less than the calculated time. The end of
the eclipso oocurred at 6h. 35m. 535. Our in
struments wero not designed for accurate ob
servations on tho times, as we had no chrono
meters and no transit. Tho United States
party, who came especially to record tho times
and who brought instruments for that pur
pose, made their observations and calculations
much more accordant.
Such wero somo of tho striking features of
this remarkable phenomenon.
The statements made above aro not drawn
merely from memory, nor from the observa
tion of any one individual, but from careful
comparison of notes taken on tho spot by sev
eral observers; and while tho description may
be correct in outline no language can convey
an idea of the solemn and overpowering gran
deur of the spoctaole. W. S. Bean.
'A Subtle Poison.
By telegraphic dispatches it appears that
Gonerat Lcsca has been poisoned. It is un
certain whether the deed was perpetrated by
someone of tho insurgents, or by some Span
iard who feared that Lcsca was using too much
clemency toward the Cuban forces. Certain
it is, that Lcsca has been poisoned, and that
his’mind has become sadly injured. The prob
ability* is that he will live, but become insane.
The decoction by which he has boon put in
this sad plight, it is certain was the same by
which the interesting widow of tho unfortu
nate Maximilian was thrown from the domain
of reason into tho depths of lunacy.
To us this unfortunate widow has always
appeared like Shakspeare’s “Ophelia,” who,
with darkoned mind, strewed flowers on the
stream.
This poison which maddens us without
bringing death to its victim, is derived from an
herb which grows in Cuba, South America and
a few places in Mexico. Tho plant is ono of
the most wonderful of Nature’s productions.
It resembles the century plant in many of its
features. Like tho century plant, it is a mem
ber of tho cactus family; still further, it
blooms onco in many years, and at regular
intervals. The bud is large and resembles
that of the horse chestnut in the peculiar glut
surrounding it. From this the natives derive
the poison.
The flower is of a gigantic size, and contains
u purple centre, surrounded by blue and white
circles. Tho perfume is delicious but deadly,
and tho natives shun approach as tho sailors
of old the songs of tho sirens. To inhalo is
sweet, but to remain is death. The sorce
rers, or medicine mon, take the buds of this
singular plant, and first roasting, place them
in a pot with swoot oil over a fire, and dance
around with strange ceremonies till the oil
and juice of the herb mingle, when they eeaso
their strango incantations, and pour the decoc
tion, resembling honey, into shallow plates,
from which, after the lapse of a few dnys, it
is again takon out and kept in miniature
jars.
The poison when taken in sufficient quanti
ty, first places the brain in a delightful deliri
um, resembling that produced by fusel oil ;
this is succeeded, in a few days, by an uncon
trollable apathy, in which the patient is at
times extremely rational, then wildly insane,
and again rational, but greatly exhilarnted.
This poison is not destroyed by being mingled
in victuals before being subjected to heat, but
its immediate effects arc somewhat doadened.
They aro sure to appear, however in the lapse
of time. This is the manner in which the
poison is generally administered.
When the victim is of no groat influence,
and it is improbable that he can turn upon his
poisoner, the decoction is administered in a
glass of wine or cup of cocoa. The poison
manifests itself shortly, and in tho course of
a week all the various phases of the delirium
appear. Tho sad fate of the Empress Carlotta
is known to all, but this description of the
poison, from what it is derived, and how it
acts, may aid in forming a more correct ap
preciation of the horrible troubles to whioh
she is subject. General Lcsca lias been poi
soned by the same herb, and is now subject
to the same freaks of insanity as the Empress
Carlotta.
VOL. 4 NO, 41
Decency in Fcuuile Dross.
Young girls and riper matrons need not go
about robed like religious fanatics; but let
those to whom a high-neckod and long-sleeved
party dress would boa grievious aflliciion, con
tent themselves witli allowing a modest rim of
shoulder übovc their bodies. And let them’
not forget that well turned white arms can bo
seen and appreciated w ithout of necessity be
ing exposed clear up to tho arm-pit*. No fair
young girl ever lost anything in tho estimation
of men, whoso opinion is worth having, by
afltearing with neck, shoulders and arms
chastely veiled in delicate laco or muslin, in
stead of exposing them to the promiscuous
gaze of a public assembly.
We hoard away tho jewel that wo prize thei
most; wedraw a curtain beforo tho picture
that we doat upon ; wo hide our most sacred
feelings in our hoarts ; wo veil tho shrino of
the temple ; wo hedgo the lily about lest its
wliitcnoss should be soiled ; we want tocoyef
up from othor eyes tho things that aro tho
fairest, the dearest, and the most sacred to us.
Oh, woman! the most sacred thing, the
fairest and doarost that man has in this world
is yourself. And I hold that man’s instinct
ive protest is the best guide in this matter.
And the feeling of tho father, the brother,
tho lover and the husband when his nature io
unporvortod, is that the arms that caress and
enfold him, the bosom, which is the dearest
homo his hoad can have on earth, should bo
as Racred as was the holy of holies in the days
of old Jewish rites.
A woman’s body is tho tomple of her soul,
and her soul’s outward symbol. What WO
want to keep pure, holy and undefiled, we do
not expose to be a common bait for all tho
eyes of all the world, pure and impure, to
gloat upon.
The way in which men, as a body, act and
express themselves, when brought face to
faco with this dress reform question, is incon
sistent, unjust, and ungenerous to women, and
unworthy of themsolvcs as gentlemen; they
think because a woman is not their sister, or
wife, or sweetheart, that it is no concern of
thoirs how she demeans herself in this matter
of dress. On tho contrary, they seem eager
to push her into a false position by hypocriti
cal compliments, and phrasos of hollow admi
ration, which are as false and bitter as Dead
Sea fruit, if sho will but stop to analyzo the
feelings from which they spring, the motives
which prompt them. Too much familiarity
breeds contempt. No one knows this better
than the man who watches over the dress and
doportment of his wife or sister with tho stem
jealousy of an Oriental, while at the same
time he blandly encourages the wives, and
daughters, and sisters of other mon in every
species of license.
Women do not always know—the very
young ones especially—that a cortain dash
and freedom in the style of dress encourages
familiarity in tho manners of men toward
them. They too often follow blindly after
the reigning mode, without questioning its
meaning, or the effect it will have upon men’s
opinion of them. They feel strong because
they go in droves, and in droves* they duro to
indulge in a style of dross for which any one
woman would be ignominiously hooted out of
society, if she dared to appear in it alone, and
upon any occasion for which it is not sanction
ed by fashion.
If men would but give up thoir abominable
two-sided policy cn this question, and act to
wards every reputable woman, whom they
find masquerading in a disroputablo attire, just
as they would under like circumstances towards
their own wives, daughters or sisters, as far as
is consistent, with surroundings and circum
stances, this medo of dress would soon bo
driven to its rightful homo—the haunts of the
profligate and the lost women.
For my own dear contrywomen I havo one
wish, which has moved me to speak as I havo
spoken. Plain words and hard words to say,
but words which muse be spoken, nevertheless,
and whioh are better spoken sooner or later.
It is that they should bo known all over the
world as tho most modest of women in drese
and deportment, even as they nro now distin
guished for wit, elegance, patriotism and in*
natc purity of character. Let the women of
other countries belie themselves if they will,
by a modo of attire which is in direct opposi
tion to the dictates of their natural modesty,
but let ours sot a bright example in this re
spect to the world, and then, indeed, the na
tions shall rise up and proclaim tho American
women blessed I—Howard Glyndon, in Pack
ard's Monthly, for September.
——O O
Principles aro never new. They coexisted
with the creation of the world, and wore born
from the bosom of God when His almighty
hand cast into oxistence the groat system of
worlds in which wo move. Thoy aro the con
ditions of the very being and existenoo of this
grand machino, and are the laws, tho cement,
which bind each part to its place, and make
up the harmony of the whole. And as from
the nature of things there can be no new
principle, wo may assort that so far as mortal
prescience can foretell, they will never die.
When matter shall bo wrecked—when this
system of worlds shall be broken up and tho
final purposes of God shall be accomplished,
they will still livo with Him. Immortality is
stamped upon them.—From Masonic Oration
of lion. R. E. Lester.
Tho only way to be a gentleman, is to have
tho feeling of one; to be elevated above others
in sentiment rather than situation, and to let
the benevolence of the heart be manifested in
the genera] courtesy and affability of tho de
meanor.
A relic speculator offers the stump of a cigar
smoked by Grant for fifteen dollars.