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ATLANTA, GA., JANUARY 2, 1873.
Rejoicing.—Decatur waxeth merry
being restored to ber ante-bellum “baby-woker”
United States District Court.—-A. B.
Vaughn ni d'schorged yesterday u bankrupt.
The court adjourned until Taesday next.
Caned.—Last week the operatives of L.
B. Langford'* establ’shracnt prerented him with
magnificent gold headed cane. It wa* a choice gift
worthily bestowed.
Jailed.—Justice Butt yesterJay commit
ted Andrew Br -ok*. (col.,) to the hotel de Harris, in
de'ault of $1,000 bond, for an asMult with intent
rape a Mm. Jones, on Christmas day.
Useful.—The steam laundry i* proving
gratifying raccera. It is a useful ar.d raiaable ad
junct, and will gr -W tn popul-.rity as Its merit
developed by its use. To be appreciated, try it. It
speaks for Itself.
Cutting Sours.—On Friday night J. J.
Brldwell cut Pat Srat.b, Jr., with a knife in tlie
of the seek in several phot, inflicting dangerous if
not fatal wounds. The cutting took place nti
Rolling Mill. Bridwcl was arrested and lodged in the
Calaboose, ami will have a preliminary lnvcstigati n
before Justice Johnson at ten o’cock to-morrow.
You'-g Smith, we learn. Is la a precarious condi
tion. j|f
Rural Southerner.—’The first number
(January) forTKTS, of this popular scridalural monthly
Is oa oar I ibis. Mr. A. C. Van Epps. In a graceful
and well-written rilatatcry, is announced as assort
ata editor. He is a ripe scholar, and a mau of thorough
practical experience in farm life. lie is perhaps the
ablest agricultural writer in the Stato The present
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From M LHommo out Writ,” by Hector Fuego.
An Aggravated Caac of Hugo.
* • * * This man had a
black hangup. Bangup, grave affair. Bang-
up. Tbe'baaing of a sheep, the report of
the cotton pod when it opens, the sweat of the
Birmingham mechanic, the inexpressible
comc-and-go of needles, the sarcastic gnash
ing of the scissors and tho burning kisses of
the sad iron, all were in that hangup. All
and nothing. Mathematic promiscously of
ice at the Pole. There was grease
sleeve. The hangup had been young. It was
now a prey to all panic* of decrepitude.
The elbow yawned. This yawn was a tear.
And this tear was a witness. More than a
witness, a traitor. It gave State’s evidence
of the absence of a shirt.
A fly settled upon the hangup. Black also.
Addition of somber to somber. The group
was horrible. The hangup between the man
: =^BdJ]y. - The dead between two living. The
one' carried the other. The other carried
both.
A sinister knock ro-cchocd through the
depths of the solitude.
A man entered. The bangup bowed. Pre
sentment of the dorsal column. This man
was a tailor. Tailor in English, schneider in
German. In French, Taylor Is a Baron, and
Schneider a Gran Duchess. The tailor had
in his bad a rag. This rag had become un
der the implacable wheel, a paper. Man is
more implacable that the wheel; he makes
of the paper a note. Bill, protest The roan
has worn out the coat The coat has con
sumed the man. * * * *
A DRUNKARD’S FATE.
BT LEONA.
It was in the year 1863, while I was a refu
gee, that I met Dr. Hildreth. He was a sur
geon on post duty, and as it was winter, and
our army was in quarters, his hospital only
contained a few chronic cases; and he had
much time ‘‘to waste on the girls.”
I was a girl then, very young in the world.
The sight of a uniform made my heart go
pit-a-pat, and nearly turne 1 my brain 1 did
not then doubt but every uniform c. vend a
being as brave and dauntless as Richard
Cccur dc Lion.
It is a very difficult matter to define the
thoughts and feelings of a young girl just
stepping forth into tlic world. She is inno
cent, for parents lake cate that their daugh
ters are guarded from all knowledge of vice.
To a yo.’ng girl, men arc emblems of nobili
ty, courage and strength; they are superior
being’, who possess ail of woman’s tender-
ness and none of her weakness. I have tried
to define the girl ideal of man; at least some
such s'lly ideas once filled my he id when 1
first met Dr. Hildrolh.
A ineiry parly were chatting at the town
ball, w Here we met. to dance. I was almost
a stranger, and my escort had gone to bring
me a glass of water, when my schoolmate,
Lottie Day. slipped r.cross the room, in ad
vance of a handsome tuigcon, and kissed
“Oli, Maggie, how glad I am to sec you! I
heard that you were here, but I could not be
lieve it. Do come lo see me”—in a whisper-—
4 T’vc something sweet to tell you.”
The young surgeon sUxxl by her side. I
knew that he heard her whisper, or a merry
beam danced in his eyes, and lie bit his lips
to ,ii Jc a smile as Lottie exclaimed, *‘Oh!”
and hid her face, child-fashion, in her lace
handkerchief.
“Miss Lottie, I must remind you that 1
have not been introduced to jour dear
friend Alisa Gentry,” he said, gazing straight
into my eyes. Thru fo’iowcd the formal in
troduction which made me acquainted with
Dr. Hildreth.
Was he hnndsou.c? Then I should have
said yes; for I looked through lag magic
eyes of sweet seventeen. NowgHafr I recall
him, he was straight and well proportioned
in form, yc'low hair, soft, earnest, blue eyes
—too soft for a man; a fnl’, sensual mouth,
with red lips pursed as if ready for a kiss.
44 Ilis face is a trifle too red; but you know,
my dear, we cannot expect perfection on
earth,” was Lottie’s sage icmark, after she
had whispered that “sweetest secret”—her
igagement to Dr. Hildreth.
I loved Lottie—girls do love each other in
spite of all that old bachelors say to the con
trary—and I rejoiced that she had been so
fortunate.
Yes, Dr. Hildreth had a red face, and we
girls soon found out »iie cause.
“ lie is such a noble fellow, so generous
ami frank; if he wanted a drink lie would
take it before a thousand ladies, but he would
not sneak off to a bar-room, then cat sph-c or
perfume his breath,” said Lottie to me one
i'could not deny this, for I often met Dr.
Hildreth, and heard him laugh at the
“sprees” he had been on. _ I felt that wc were
all doing wrong in allowing him such liber
ties, for he often entered the parlor half in
toxicated, and once he escorted Lottie home
when lie was thoroughly inebriated,
I was indignant! For there is nothing on
jartla so loathsome to a woman as a drunken
man—provided she docs not love him. No
woman can see her father, brother, or lover,
reeling and staggering with drink, without a
feeling of shame, llcr confidence in man is
shaken, and some of her failli gone, go I
felt when I saw Dr. Hildreth intoxicated
I made a resolution never to place myself
under his protection. I was soon put to the
test.
One evening I received a call from Dr.
Hildreth, and he asked me to accompany him
party. In those trying limes carriages
out of fashion, for all of the horses
had been tent to the front, so wc girls had to
wa’.k to parties. Wc were not vexed then by
satin or lace—our street dresses were thought
quite good enough for evening, and right
merrily did we dance.
Dr. Hildreth looked so handsome and en
tertained me so agreeably, that I found some
difficulty in refusing his company. He was
disappointed and said:
“Miss Maggie, what fortunate fellow lias
preceded me?”
“No one; I have made no engagement”
“What! Are you no: going to the party ?
Do go; wc shall have a splendid time.”
“I intend to go,” replied I, painfully em
barrassed, “If I can procure a suitable
escort”
‘A suitable escort. Miss Gentry, will you
explain?” \
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1
A New leans Gift.
The dose of the year is well spent in re-
election and resolution The husband and
father looks back upon the joys and sorrows
of the past, and around upon his family now
rejoicing in the good things of this life, and
forward to their future. If he has made no
adequate provision for their support in case
of Lis death, or failure in business, he may
well tremble to think the wife of his affections
might, by the breaking of the strong staff on
wh&h she has hitherto leaned, be cast on
the mercy of strangers, or he compelled by
severe exertion, with overtaxed strength,
and perhaps failing health, amid sorrow and
penury, to gain a scanty subsistence for her
fatherless children. These children, too, to
whom want, discomfort, and inconvenience
have been known only by report—for whose
comfort and maintenance he would, if possi
ble, “coin his heart, and drop his blood for
drachmas,” may in the future be in want of
the common necessaries of life, or eating the
bitter and, it may Ic, grudgingly bestowed
bread of dependence. _ m
This is no picture of the fancy. It is the
experience of every man who feels his re
sponsibility to God and his doty to those
whom God has given him, and whose cir
cumstances do not permit him to accumulate
during his life a sum sufficient to support
them after his death. The obligation resting
upon every man to provide lor hi* family is
not confined 10 aprovnn*n daring his life-
and the question will obtrude itself on tin
‘ -mind of every and .father. w&ose
conscience anu of a
sound rind Jhr«r ViHisr fit
is justifiable in accr.-;oiTj; n ^ p£j-_who has 1
been the partner ,of Ixis sorrows and
his j-ws, and those who derive their being
from him, to all the comforts and enjoyments
arising from the sense of home and the luxu
ry of independence, and then allow them at
his death to drop suddenly into the most de
plorable of all conditions, that of sadden and
unmerited poverty. This question, we say,
will obtrude itself on the mind of every such
man,and, like Banqutfs ghost, will not down
“at bis bidding,” but will continue to liaunt
him until it is effectually laid by his securing
a provision for those who arc dependent on
him. It fa here that life assurance inter
poses with the proffer of its benign instru
mentality, and tenders its good offices to pro
vide for those who would be otherwise desti-
tnte, and to remove from the breast of the
husband and father the harrowing feeling of
hopeless anxiety, which,"if unrelieved, will
plant a. thorn in his -dying pillow and add
more poignant angufah-to the agony of death.
There must bo many to whom life assurance
wodld thus commend itself with emphasis,
should they but consent to become familiar
with Us benign provisions.
Reader, a policy upon yonr life would be a
noble New Year’s gift to your loved
£25” A little boy was recently presented
with a toy trumpet, to which he became
creaily .attached. One night, when be was
about to be put in bis “ little bed,” and was
. ready to say bis prayers, ho. handed the
trumpet to lifa grandmother, saying, “Here,
gran’ma, you blow while I pray!”
r^‘Gcorgc” asked the teacher of a Sun
day 8chool class, “who, above all others,
shall you wish first to see yon when jda get
to heaven V With a bright face brightening
np with anticipation, the little fellow slwrateu,
"GeriiahT
j kni l .
man was the idol of our little s
the girls liked him, and be vn
iv bosom friend.
He stood awaiting my explanation, his
eyes blazed onmcwrathfuUy,and I trembled
and said:
‘Oh, Dr. Hildreth, if you would not
drink T’
“Ab, that’s it; turned preacher, have you ?
Give us a temperance lecture! Miss Gentry,
you would be a brilliant star in the ranks of
strong-minded women.”
Now, a girl of seventeen cannot bear sar
casm—few women of any age can—or men
cither, for that matter. My pride was
touched; I became angry, and boldly ex
claimed:
Yon wrong me, sir; I do not wish to de
liver a temperance lecture to any man. But
I do wish that all men who forget themselves
so far as to get drunk when ladies arc under
their care were exclnded from good society.
I, for one, will never accept tho protection of
such a man.”
Indeed! "What infinite sufferings the
charming Miss Gentry inflicts on society by
making each a resolution. I feel that the
star of my life has gone out, while hopeless
and anchorless I am drifting on to eternity.”
With angry eyes and his lips mockingly
cnrlcd into a sneer, he uttered the last
prophetic sentence, and I hastily left the
parlor to hide the tears of wounded pride.
From this time Dr. Hildreth ignored my
existence.
Soon after this, broken in health and bro
ken in spirit, I accepted an invitation to
visit a relative who lived in the town of
W , in Ohio; here I remained until two
years after the surrender. W was quite
a large place, and as I did not care for the
society of strangers, I devoted nil of my
time to visiting the poor and sick.
One evening, as I was returning from a
visit in the outskirts of the town, 1 was
startled by a groan, just as I was crossing
a ditch. It was nearly dark, aid as I gazed
beneath me from the little plonk bridge, on
which I was standing, I could just perceive
the body of a man with his head down
ward, in the bottom of the ditcK Some
dirty children were playing near l>y, and
OUR FASHION LETTER.
Fashion* For January.
* They Were and Arev-
New Features of Social I if* in the
3fctropoli*>
Cloth Cloak* and Coitamcs.
A Happy New Year.
calling on them to assist* me, we dragged
the man upon the banks. I gazed upon the
threadbare clothes, the dirty, bloated face,
and started back with horror as I recognized
Dr. Hildreth!
I had him removed to a hospital, and it was
some days before lie* race.cied; *vhen he
heard of my kindness, he wrote v> me and
begged permission to see me. Olc morning
he called; his hand shook cs he to k ? mine;
t-rwnis man be Dr.
)T so me time of dki h$a£j
then he said: .
“Miss Maggie, if the w. -fid in fHTu.I
with brave women like ftni, pitrc would not
be so many wrecks of tfiSw.y
“Ah! Dr.Hildreth; youhclievc, then,that
women are at the root of aflkevils?”
“Far be It from me to sayio, botyoa wo
men do not know your jvjwcr. You remem
ber how you once rebuked mv folly. O!
Miss Maggie, if every woman had frowned
on me then, I might have-been saved. Bat
they petted me and flattered me until I be
came the - slave of the wine cup; then they
cast me off. Mi’s Lottie fa now the wife of
another. I do not blame her for forsaking
me, for I am not fit to be the husband of any
woman; but 1 do blame her for letting me
drink In W'prescnce. It has been two yeais
since I have spoken to a respectable woman.
I scarcely dared to hope that you would let me
pay you this visit I am a doomed man; I
can no more fly from the wine enp than the
needle can fly from the magnet”
“Dr. Hildreth, do not say so; men on the
brink of destruction have been saved.”
“Ab. they were not weak men like me. I
_ave cast the accQraed^ * u ■*
made good resolutions,.
to fle broken and make __
No; I am a doomed man. ITSHe to you
sober to-day to thank you. Look at my
shattered frame! You braved the world and
rebuked me when no one else dared to do it
You braved public opinion, and dragged a
poor, polluted wretch out of fit ditch, whom
few would have toothed wiA their feet I
know what you wish lo say,Miss Maggie;
hut it is no use. Good-by. I-^baak vr
in the name of humanity, I thank you."
With a warm pressure ortho band. Dr.
New York, January 1,1873.
Ail the world, fashionable and otherwise,
has been preparing for the first of January
receptions and for those festivities which
from remote periods have ushered in the new
year.
Thu Halils have g<»n<: out from the Christ
as trees, but the Christmas greens still hold
their place and crown the honors which
heiped upon the young heads of the year to
come. What it 4 fa to bring lo us wc know
not, but with ever fresh faith wc garland our
and hope the best until the worst
arrives.
NEW YEAR’S CALLS.
__ the fashion among that class of dis
mal people, who are always heralding cholera
and yellow fever, who make an epidemic out
case of chioKcn pox, and revel in
newspaper accounts of sanilaiy crimes and
misdemeanor*—to say that the observance of
New Year’s Day is dying out, and that its
gaieties arc characterized by a laxity and in
dulgence which fa disgusting in the eves of
all decent people. Never was slander
greater or more unmerited. Tl.e custom of
New Year’s calls seem to become more gen“
era! year by year, and fa now extending from
the 'Metropolis all over the country. The
abundant, but somewhat rude hospitality
which formerly distinguished it, has given
place to a delicacy and refinement very much
more in keeping with its object and purpose,
and which effectually excludcj the infringe
ments upon strict courtesy which were not
unfrequent when every family presented a
table loaded with everything eatable, and
particularly everything drinkable that could
be found.
The universality of the custom fa in no
way more clearly exhibited than in the
preparations which are made for it. Weeks
beforehand shops and shop windows presen
the appearance of a huge bakers’, confection
ers’ and fruit dealers show. Christmas and
Christmas trees are important incidents; but
the great expectations of getting rid of all
the jellies, and frosted and fruited cakes, the
mottoes, the pyramids, the lady apples, the
crystal bon ton ’boxes, and the white grapes
based upon “New Years,” and that these
expectations arc well founded fa evident in
ihe sudden look of vacuity which follows
this plethora of pockets and luxuries.
Wnat a pity it is that a festival could not
lw invented to break in upon the dull days of
Febroajy, and the ides of March which come
after!
There is one peculiarly about New Year’s
calls, and that fa. that they bring to the social
surface quite a different class of people from
the usual fashionable callers. Active busi-
who hove no other day in llic year
devote this one to looking up old friends, and
busy community, it often forms the
link which holds together life-long tics of
intimacy and friendship, or clasps a wide
space between an old life and the new.
good old times.
not in the nature of tinners to return
to the “ good old days” of spinning-wheels,
andirons and sanded floors, nor does any in
telligent man or woman really wish we could,
but cveiy one is glad that a mere healthy
tone prevails in the community over the
fierce passion for dress and display which
has been stimulated to the unhealthy height
reached during the past few yoars.
There is a lull this season, caused partly
by the want of Parisian excitement, partly
by the decreasing preponderance of the Ger
man clement in our midst, and the influence
of their simple, sober manners and customs,
and completed l»y our own commercial dis
asters and the disgrace into which mere
money getters and money spenders have
fallen.
A great display of gold and diamonds fa
rated “bad style”*
ing to tl
putting _ .
uineness of material, none into jewelry or
the trimming of their toilettes. Others,
with less refinement of intelligence, are
using laces and stones of a less cherished
description, and employing them partly in
furbishing up old dresses, partly in trimming
T never knew,” said a wealthy lady
ceLtly, “how much pleasure I missed in
giving my clothes away after a few times of
wearing.”
Singularly, too, foreign travel is doing
much to bring about more sensible ideas in
regard to dress and living than have hereto
fore prevailed amongst us. Nothing docs an
American woman so much good as going
abroad and finding out how people live
whom she has been accustomed to base all
her ideas of style upon. If families who go
abioad to “educate” their children, and what
not, were willing to live at home as they do
when they are in France or Germany, they
would not only relieve themselves of a vast
burden, set a good example to entire
munitics, but impart to thoir children sound,
honorable aud honest ideas, worth all the
teaching of schools.
entertainments.
As yet, few large parties have been had
jpoken of. Probably, a few will be given
clear off society scores and eat up the New
Year’s cake, after the holidays, but, to a great
extent, they seem to have gone out of fash
ion. Musicales, readings, charades, lunches,
teas and the like, all of which come under
the name of “receptions,” and receptions
proper seem to have taken their place, and
till a much larger space in our social life.
The change fa beneficial in more than
respect. It takes society out of the hands of
very young people, to a certain extent, and
while affording them abundant opportunities,
gives a chance to the married, who, in the
multiplicity of individual and domestic cares,
are in constant danger of not only being put
but putting themselves upon the shelf in a
way that is detrimental to their own and the
general interests.
For these mingled gatherings of the young,
with the middle-aged, hacked by a purpose,
such a3 the celebration of a birthday, or a
wedding-day, the exhibition of musical tal
ent, or the display of the talking genius
which sccm3 inseparable from any native
horn American man or woman,* do great
effort in the way of toilettes is requir
ed. The usual dinner dress of rich silk, set
off by handsome laces, is often sufficient ;^or
a tinted silk Polonaise, trimmed full with
black lace, and worn over a trained skirt.
Veiy few overskirts arc seen, compared with
WhilM
mi tarleton
of street costume, properly accompanied by
a velvet bat. black, or matching in color, 1 md j
set of sealskin or sable furs.
Of course a suit of cloth, trimmed n ith
fur, is desirable and perhaps even more iis-
tingue, but it is not as popular, because the
fur, biside* beinsr less durable, has to be re
moved in so short a time to make way for
taore seasonable trimmings. Those who qan-
uot afford broad cloth arc fain to convent
themselves with English water-proof, whfch,
when it fa fine, genuine and all wool, fa hand
some enough for some princesses, though
there are republican dames who would turn
up their noses at it. Abroad the braided
suits of best water-proof cloth are quite tlje
success of the season, and they are at least a
blessed relief from the eternal puffy and fos6y
styles which are still exhibited in lighter
fabrics.
It has been stated before that cloaks, as in
dependent garments, hare been worn this
winter lor the first time in several years, and
though there has been uo one style, which
could be recommended, as likely to obtain
permanent suffrage over others, still tlic pop
ular advice seems to have fallen upon the
cloth mantle, which consists of a sacque,
villa deep cape, as the one best adapted to
ise and comfort.
At firs: these mantles, or double capes as
they were sometimes called, appeared only
in cashmere, braided and embroidered, and
were so restricted in style and cut, as to pre
sent a most ungraceful appearance.
The pattern has been improved upon, how
ever, until it has become a very handsome
tnd comfortable garment, deeper and more
amply cut, and allowing sufficient room for
the extension of the tournure beneath. • The
latest design fa in dark bronze green cloth,
with a wa.tcan plait in the back, and a cape
divided up the back, and trimmed upon each
side, to match the border. This style consti
tutes a vciy handsome finish to a suit, and is
indeed much better ad pled for this purpose
than that of a separate cloak, to be won with
all sorts of dresses.
As an independent garment, wc have noth-
g, as yet, to equal in grace and beauty
the polonaise,
and speaking of the polonaise, it may he as
well to remark ti nt it will be certain to be ,
carried through the next season. Ladjps-'ic 4*- m „
more Southern climates, anxious to prepare
MUSIC’S SWEET STRAINS.
Sot a Christmas Story.
# Christmas. 1871, will be thirteen months
since the incidents herein narrated befell the
undersigned.
Time does fly, doesn’t it
the wing, Time is. You have doubtless ob
served him winging it. In books, dressed in
scythe and Black Crook ballet costume.
Thirteen months ! When I give my mem
ory permission to turn backward, it seems
only a few weeks ago.
But, before I proceed further, let me pro
test against the enormous ridiculosity—as
our mutual summer might say—which the
song writers are guilty of in giving their bal
lads, and so forth, such absurb titles.
A young lady would have to be extremely
bold to enter a music store and ask the young
man in attendance, who is all smiles and
capillary adornment, for “only a lock of
hair;” or answer his interrogatory with,
“come hither, my baby, darl ing.” She would,
indeed.
And how could a bashful youth respond
to the inquiring glance of a young lady clerk
with “call me thine own,” or “I am thy
ling ?” lie couldn’t do it.
Well, something nearly akin to this fa what
Christmas, 1871, will be thirteen months
shcc the night I stopped at Dashvillc, with
old Puffblow. It was a wild night. The
rain rained; the winds winded; the snow
anew, and I expected every minute an earth
quake would quake and a tornado tear.
• Puffblow is tlic proprietor of the Blue
Lion Hotel. He fa also the proprietor of a
daughter—an interesting, ethereal being,
' [Uing about two hundred pounds, as near
could judge with the naked eye. The
old gentleman was justly proud of his off
spring, for she was highly accomplished—
luicw as little about housekeeping, perchance,
as it is compulsory for an accomplished
young lady to know.
And her name it was Angelina.
The “bar” of the “Blue Lion” was a rather
dull sort of place to me. There
usual number of blear-eyed, seedy bar room
“fixtures” lounging about the stove, waiting
for the appearance of the “good fellow” who
in the habit of remarking, “Come up.
" Puffblow, evidently noticing my not
spring and summer wardrobes in adyance at bomc^tiveness led the way into the par-
of the almanac, may confidently rest -their lnlroduccd me to hid daughter. _
faith upon the polonaise, as upon an anchor, v Pll V tho P‘ au0 { ? T , f° gentleman, Angie,”
sure, and for a time, steadfast. I“ e commanded, and left.
The polonaise fa, as yet, a novelty in P;iris
and London. It fa only just beginning to
take the place of the overskirt and jacket It
will be more of a rage in both cities during
the coming year, than it has been in the past.
Is graceful and so convenient that it wiil
obtain the high
Do yoa love music, Mr. D.?” she asked.
I gave her to understand that several bars
of it agreed with my constitution.
“0,1 adore it,” she murmured. Music’i
sweet strains—how I love it I”
>rn no ,«i»<u.i« . Slic looked as ifrtio loved pork and rali-
Ihcr;, that it lias here, ba-c equally as well. I told her that it would
Vive la Polonaise. Choose your pattern, andj afford me happiness untold if aim would
construct your costumes. They will Ims ail ’ strain me a few of music s sweet strains.
right in white pique, muslin,silk, challi, linen
lawn or cambric.
A IIAPrr NEW YEAR.
Shall I occupy space by writing of bonnets,
about which there is nothing Hew to say, or
describing new combinations of old silks and
velvets, and laces which no one can possibly
understand, and which everybody, therefore!,
takes for very high fashion indeed, or sliaE
I cut my letter sliort this month, and go ariff
build my own Christmas tree?
Fashions are very fine, but just now thej
sink into utter insignificance besides stock
ings to be filled anu Christmas greens to Ik
hung, for though this will not resell you tifl
after Christmas, it fa written before Christ
mas, and there as a hundred invisible voices,
whispering in my car, and a hundred invuibki
hands tugging away at my heartsUiug.'Sttd.
bidding me leave you, dear reader, and attend
to them. So with a thousand good wishes I
bid you a Happy New Year.
Jennie Junr
Education of Farmers.—A crochciy fra
mer in the Mark Lane Express, says:
" I have never yet seen a method proposed
by which the technical education of a farmer
is to be imparted to the rising generation cf
the rural districts.”
And he contends that such learning cahbe
no practical benefit to-the farmer, as Jie
would soon forget the general principles of
science. I would ask why the farmer, whose
great calling fa to aid Nature to bring forth
from the earth those vegetable production**)
indispensable to all animal life, should be ex
empt from the necessity of studying Natute’s
laws; so far, at least, as to acquire a theoret
ical knowledge of so much chemistry and ge
ology as relates to agriculture; for without
this knowledge the farmer is a mere “ hewer
of wood and drawer of water ” in Natari’s
great laboratory, the farm; with nothing in
tellectual to lighten his daily toil, or tow“
into a pastime of scientific experiment, tl
sreejss of which is certain if made in all’
accordance with Nature’* laws.
_ Lhad * letter from a farmer the other
of deciUiiod^lrces are any^BExterthan
for manure, and that he had rather have —
pound of horse-dung than throe pounds
leaves for manure. Here fa a case in point,
to show how much a fanner may lose fori-ic
want of a very little knowledge of tho cha
fatry of manures and their action in pronj
ing vegetable growth. Straw fa nearly^
carbon, with a little soluble silex and still l
of other fertilizers; while deciduous lea*
contain fourteen per cent of choice min& _
matter, besides being very rich in nitrojen.
Horse dung contains the same elcmcnUb&s
the leaves, but in no greater force; yet, giv
ing to its more immediate solubility, its a&on
on vegetable growth is quicker; and thy fa
And she strained. She played choice se
lections from the operas of “ Martha,” “Tom
my Dodd,” “ Fra Diavolo ” “ Captain Jinks,”
why ihe farmer gives it the preference.* If
the leaves were composted with the “
their decomposition into soluble plant
would lie hastened, and a large additflSOof
clay or common soil would increase the*Jlc,
converting thc*whole into one homogcndus
mass of fertilizing material—the cqnivaint
of the best farm-yard manure. Many ar-
mers have not yet learned that crude, ui»er-
mented manure, cannot be assimilated by
plants until it is dissolved by rain water ato
soluble plant-food. Hence, we often tar
them condemn the richest and most pena-
nent manures. _
Care and Feedino of Cattle—It too
fancy of sentimental philanthropists, Off*
well attested fact, that stall-fed cattle *fll
keep in good condition on one-third l«s of
food than fa required by cattle that arean-
housed in cold weather. Sheep propriy
protected from tlic cold and worms proctcc
betti" and finer fleeces; cows yield ^om.
milk, and all kinds of animals retain andakCj
on flesh more r* adily and rapidly, oa much
less food than when exposed to the extnnci
of the temperature to which this couny il
so subject. There arc certain conditio assays
the Stock Journal, always required in cow
ing, feeding, or using stock for laboror leas-
ure, and unless you cun make up your nind
to comply with these conditions, yot had
better not engage in the business.
It must b»ve enough to cat of ffiefight
kind of food, just enough and iolc to wite;
must have this at regular intctvals, not less
than three times a day; must lave wale: ns
often; must be kept clean; mist be lept
comfortable—not too much expesed t?hcat
in summer, nor cold and storms in waiter;
must have access to salt, or be salted n# less
than once a weak; must not be drivenibout
by other more powerful or ill-natures; ani
mals ; am! must be locked after every «y to
see tliHt it is in good health.
and all the other members of that family.
Wheeling suddenly on the music stool—
that fa, ns suddenly as 500 hundred pounds
can wheel—she asked:
“ What do you play, Mr. D. ? ”
I had fallen into a delicious reverie, and
starting from a dream, as it were, replied:
"I—I sometimes play euchre, backgam—I
mean to say, I sometimes play on a horn.”
(In a horn.)
“Do you sing?”
Now, I have no doubt there fa ft power of
music in me. There must be—because I
don’t remember any ever coming out But I
don’t sing. I do love music, however.
“Occasionally,” I replied. “Some times
warble a barcarole, or a duett, or a quartette.
But this fa always when I am enjoying sweet
solitude.”
She begged me to sing a quartette. “O, it
would be too funny, Mr. D., to hear you sing
a quartette.”
Yes, it would—too much too funny. I
declined—although I can sing a quartette as
easv as anything else.
“Well, if you won’t sing, Mr. D., I will.
I’ll sing you all Hie songs I know.”
Then she commenced to trill that sweet
air I had heard at least once before, which
she called “Shoo Fly.”
The rich cadence of her melodious voice
fell on my car like the ravishing notes of the
sweet throated Bulbul, or the enchanting
strains of an ancient hand-organ.
After executing Shoo Fly, her fingers
glided deftly up and down the scale, leaping
from octave to octave, and then turning an
arch glance on me, she sang out:
“Koine and Kiss Me.”
Now, this was a nice request for a young
lady to make of a gentleman to whom she
had, been introduced only half an hour previ-
, ouslv—wasn’t it? Experimencing a robust
; blush, I replied: ?0, como—I say, now—this
>^4s a little too Sudden, besides tho old man
come in^or your bis ^ brother, or—
•fc^onT go to sleep. 1 much'nrefer to
hear you sing. But if you insist. I’ll—
“I will not a§| to Press that cheek.”
“No,” and I, glowing a little bolder, “don’t
ask. You can press it just as often ns you
wish, without asking. Come- **
“Still I love thee. 1
“You will. Well that, fa sudden, I never
dreamed that you—”
“I really don’t think I shall marry.”
Now what did I care whether she married
or not She promised to “love me still”—and
I had been still all the evening; but as for
marrying, oh no, not any. She was just
acting like a free lover, that’s what she was;
and I began to feel that I ought to go away
from there. But, you know how it is your
self. She again cried out:
“Put Mnin Mv Tdttlft
Remedy von Boys in IIGrses.-—■'
'-trained skirts*
of white muslin, arc woi^t with Roman I tea-, made of ordinary garden sage
sashes, the latter, in some instances, a* cost- q j v0 t h a t horse a feed of rough rio
lv »3 a dress, forty dollars being the pr.ee of dead bots A ‘ “
dresses are made complete, with overskirt^ ti^al Farmer cos4ain»-tl»f^'fotin.wii
* - Or- ON —“* 1 tlOW: ■*- r
44 Fill an ordinary jhnk bottle
molasses; then fill with sweet
Jtenlq Jo’
J about an hour with a bottle of
of p’a’n bffkr
the widest and handsomest
There is a change observable in table ar
rangement this season, which is certainly an
improvement. Table ware is fine and fewer
flowers arc used in the decorations. It k
beginning to be understood that mere orna
ments arc obstacles and obstructions to table
enjoyment There ore certain leaves and
mosses which make a charming background,
and garnitures for lruita, but flowers, in pots,
or boquets are rather in the way, it fa difficult
to dispose of them to advantage and they
really occupy a more appropriate place in the
windows, upon the mantle piece or upon
stands in different parts of the rooms.
Fine table ware is in itself beautifully or
namental, it is a pleasure and,a joy to every
one that lias a sense of social beauty and to
the good housekeeper, it is a pride and joy
forever. A woman may be forgiven who
cannot bear with entire equanimity, the loss
of a tray of exquisite gloss or shell like
China, in fact, if ahe could, she would be no
woman at all.
cloth cloaks and costume.
All the later developments of interest in
fashion have been in cloth cloaks and cos-
tnmes. The solid color, the solid fabric and
the oincmentation, which, at a distance
seems to be interwoven with the material,
gives altogether an appearance of comfort,
appropriateness and adaptability, _ which
would constitute beauty, even i r tint and
texture wero less choice and flue. A costume
Hildreth left me. A few months later 1 read complete of olive green, Vandyck brown
of his death by delirium tremens in the city I sailor blue cloth, bindcd with black and bor-
uiortuary report. | tiered with silk cord fringe, fa the perfection
theoiy fa, that the milk and me
sweeter than blood, the hots turn loowr?®* 1
it. The sage tea will kill them, and i
only thing I ever heard of that will* 0
without injury to the horse. Tlio riU*“ l
dislodge the dead hots better than sapl JP
fact, if you will give horses a feed of
rice every two weeks, I do not think tkf® *■
the least clanger from bots; at least atp* is
my experience. As a proof of whal I*avc
written, get two sage leaves, dip theifk ii° ot
water, fay one down, and put a lively bt on
it; then cover him with the other,
will die instantly. Sago tea I have afaofp d
very beneficial in colic; it is perfi *
less, if it does no good.”
tST It fa a great mistake to set u^dut ej* 1a
standard of the right and wrong aid jus®
people accordingly. It fa a great roptakc* 0
measure the enjoyment of others;by c?r
own; to expect uniformity of opiirct m
Put Mein My Little Bed.”
This was altogether too much. Put her in
her little bed, indeed! Why she would fill
four little beds, aud it would take four like
me to put her there.
“Really.” I returned, “It would’nt be
proper. I’ll call your mother. It would
look better; and besides—”
“ It Ought not thus to Be.”
“ No, indeed, it ough’nt Its getting per
fectly scandalous. It’s going too far. Per
haps—”
“ I’m not Myself at All.”
I fear it fa too true. I had been thinking
for sometime that you mu3t be some one else;
but—”
“ Of what fa the Old Man Thinking?” she
asked.
“1 haven’t the wildest idea,” I responded.
Perhaps he’s thinking I had better retire and
leave you”—
“O, Take me to thy heart again.”
Tlic forward minx! She must have taken
e for another fellow. I had never taken
her to my heart—not once. A great weight
on the heart she would be. . Before I bad
time to reply to this request a colored female
servant entered the room and asked for
“Missus Spcktikils.” As she was leaving
Angelina again turned lo the piano and
called out:
“Call her back and kiss her.”
This was the last straw! I just bolted
out of that room quicker Ilian you could re
peat the multiplication table backwards, with
out so much as bidding Angelina good night,
and was followed by the sounds of healthy
laughter.
It is all as plain as the noonday sun, now;
Angelina was merely singing a medley which
consisted of the titles of the newest song>-
strung together in jingling rhymes. And I
made an egregious mule of myself in inter
rupting her at Interval*—sad she know R,
id enjoyed it hugely, too.
I can’t think of anything that would prove
more pleasant rending, just at this time, than
the obitU’.rie- • ' *’• —
The Newspaper Frets>
Rev. T. D. W. Talmagc, of Brooklyn, in a
recent sermon, presented the following
earnest, stirring thoughts respecting the
power and capabilities of the newspaper
press. An instrumentality of such vast in
fluence os is this in our day should he wielded
by those who appreciate their momentous
responsibility, and employ it for the im
provement and elevation of their fellow-
The eloquent discourse fa reported
phonogrephically in the Methodist:
‘The newspaper is the great educator of
lhc Nineteenth Century. There fa no force
compared with it. It is book, pulpit, plat
form, forum, all in one. And there is not
interest—religious, literary, commercial,
scientific, agricultural or mechanical—that fa
not within its grasp. All our churches, and
schools, and colleges, and asylums, and art
galleries feel the quaking of the printing
press.
In our pulpits wc preach to a few hun
dreds or thousands of people; the newspaper
addresses an audience of twenty thousand,
fifty thousand, or two hundred thousand. Wc
preach three or four times a week; they
every morning or evening of the year. If
they arc right, they are gloriously right- if
they arc wrong, they are awfully^vrong.
I find no difficulty in accounting for the
world’s advance. What has made the change?
Books,” you say. No, sir. The vast ma
jority of citizens do not read books. In the
United States the people would not average
one book a year for each individual. Whence
then this intelligence—this capacity to talk
about all themes, secular and religious, this
acquaintance with science and art, this power
to appreciate the beautiful and grand ? Next
to tho Bible, the nexespaper—swift-winged
and everywhere present—flying over the
fence, shoved under the door, tossed into
counting-liouse, laid on the work-licnch
hawked through the ^carsl All read it!
White and black, German, Irishman, Swiss,
Spaniard, American, old and young, good
and bad, sick and well, before breakfast
and after tea, Monday morning, Saturday
night, Sunday and week day.
I consider the newspaper to be the grand
agency by which lhc gospel is to le
preached, ignorance cast out, oppression de
throned, crime extirpated, the world raiscd l
heaven rejoiced, and God glorified. In the
clanking of the printing pre«s os the sheets
fly out I hear tlic voice of the Lord Almighty
proclaiming to all the dead nations of the
earth, “Lazarus, come forth P* and to the re
treating surges of darkness, “Let there be
light.’’
Nations are to be bom in a day.” Will
this great in-rush into the kingdom of God
come from the personal presence of mission
ary' or philanthropist ? No. When the time
comes for that grand demonstration of the
Spirit, I think the press in all the earth will
make the announcement, and give the call to
the nations. As at some telegraphic center,
an operator will send the messages North and
South, and East and West, San Francisco
and Heart’s Content catching the flash al the
same instant; so, standing at some center to
which shall reach all the electric wires that
cross the continent and undergird the sea,
some one shall, with lire forefinger of the
right hand click tlic instrument that shall
thrill through all lands, across all islands,
under all seas, through all palaces, into all
dungeons, and startle both hemispheres with
the news, that in a few moments shall rush
out from the ten thousand times ten thousand
printing presses of the earth: “Jesus hath
come! ‘ Fall into line, all ye nations! Glory
to God iu the highest, aud on earth, peace,
good-will toward men! Hallelujah!”
How the Big Bugs Spree It
It is a soothing reflection to the humble
slave of social peccadilloes to know that he
has companionship.in his little irregularities
in the big bugs of tlic Government The
value of this soother can not be estimated.
It fa very encouraging.
The following statements will _l>c a tender
salve to many a poor chap who ha* been on
a bender and landed in the calabpttseJf
fling indiscretions of spirituousdifdttlgunco.
ittHflOTtnuaatt Can uaw*ii<
stately sobriety and get booty, and do all
sorts of wabbly didoes, the nobid *ouIs of
common fellows, whose weak heads have
succumbed to the irresistible seductions of
a spree, will find exalted encouragement in
the inebriating example.
Grant and Fish deserve the gratitude of
every jolly old sot in the countiy.
A correspondent of the New York Sun,
writing from Washington, under date of De
cember 20th, says :
About five o’clock last evening the loung-
s in the main hall of the Arlington House,
crc astonished to sec the door of the eleva
tor open and President Grant and Don Ham
ilton Ffali step out of it anu in arm. The
President's face was as red as a boiled lob
ster. and the Secretaiy of State wore an ex
pression like that of an owl which is sud
denly brought into tlic full glare of the day
light. It immediately entered into the mindt
of those who were in the hall at the time that
the President and the Secretary had been en
joying themselves pretty freely in one of the
rooms up stairs.
The two paid no attention to anybody, but
marched solemnly, and with sLately tread,
through the hall to the street door, where
they stopped, aud Grant went through some
motions with his hands, which were undis-
tinguisUablc in the darkness. At the same
moment Mr. Fish tripped hurriedly back to
the clerk’s desk, and fumbled in the match
safe until he had secured half a dozen
matches. With these in his hands, and his
face beaming all over with maudlin smiles,
he skipped to the door again, scratching a
match against the jamb, anu held it obsequi
ously' until Grant had lighted a cigar, which
he had in hfa mouth. The two then locked
arms once more, and meandered into dark
ness. This little incident was obeeng
more than a dozen witnexioa, m5~creatcd
a great deal of talk this morning in certain
circles.
Stove* In a Clone Boom.
As cold weather approaches, an l fires again
become necessary in living rooms,a word of
advice upon the subject of beating is not out
of place. We can hardly say too much
against the common plan ' ~
room by a cast iron or sheet
trifles; to look for perfection in onrf>wn se
rious; to worry ourselves and othrs iiwi
what cannot be remedied; not ir
all that needs alleviation, as far as .. T .
power; not to make allowance fo^tLofti-
firmitiea of others; to consider evtrythH-ff
impossible which we cannot perforB*. to no
li eve only what our finite minds c*n gre* 4 '
to expect to be able to understand e . v<
thing. The greatest of all mistakes t*
live only for time, when any moment
launch us into eternity.
MKccIlanconv Items*
[condensed ron the constitution ]
^Tliere was ail unusually quiet Christina:
In Nebraska courtships arc said lo average
three houra and a half In length.
Two one-legged men ran a foot race in
Kansas City oh Christmas.
The New York Herald has subscribed
$31,600 00 to the Chicago sufferers.
The Boston street car companies Lave de
clared 10 per cent, dividends this year.
An appropriate gift in Chicago on Christ
ians day was a lancet and a chunk of vims.
Mass fed pork in the Cross Timbers of
Texas, sells at two cents and a half a pound.
There are one dozen railroads now build
ing in Texas, in various stages of comple
tion.
The Ohio river was frozen over last week
ile for its entire width, for
since 1850.
At the recent oanquet lo Susan Anthony,
1 San Francisco, tlic following toast was
given: “Tq Susan It. Anthony—May she be
tint in tlic hearts of her countrywomen, and
tint in the kingdom of heaven.”
To Wash Calico.—To prevent calico
from fading while washing, infuse three gills
of sa.ltin four quarts of water; put the cali-
•f warming a
stove, and
closing all avenues Iot the admission of air.
It is probable that in tlic majority of rooms
this system is, in practice, the most unwise
and deleterious in its results of any* that can
be adopted. Where coal is used, grates arc
infinitely preferable to stoves on the score pf
health, to say* nothing or the added air of
comfort and cheerfulness which is afforded.
here coal is used, arc liable to emit
dangerous gases; they are a constant source
net* from the dust produced, and it
becomes”almost an impossibility to maintain
anything liko an equable temperature. But
tiic greatest objection to the use of stoves in
close apartments, lies in the fact that, from
the extent of an exposed heated surface of
iron, moisture fa token from the atmosphere,
and it becomes in consequence dry and un
healthy*. And here, as a remedy*, nothing is
better than the device of a vessel of water
upon the stove, that, as steam is formed, aids
in giving the requisite moisture to the atmos
phere. People should not be afraid of ad
mitting the external *»ir. It may cost more
to maintain the requisite temperature, but it
is economy nevertheless. It always pays lo
take care of our health. There is a wide
lie’.d for inventors until some one devises
some cheap method of heating small rooms,
which device shall combine the good quali
ties of stoves, nnd not possess their many de
fects. Until then stoves will be a necessary
evil, nnd wc must adopt the best means to
render the evil as little as possible.—American
Builder.
North Carolina. New* Item*.
[selected ron the constitution.]
An effort fa being made to repeal the
usury laws.
Wilmington fa to have a new Democratic
newspaper.
Newbcm lias petitioned the Legislature for
new county* buildiugs.
There is great suffering among the poor
some portions of the State.
— , u , ,., v v.,,*- Four dollars per pair is the price for Christ-
«o in while hot, and ieave it till cold. In' mas turkeys in \\ ilmington.
Jtis way the colors arc rendered permanent,! Nearly* every sheriff in North Carolina has
and will not fade by subsequent waslfings. i settled with the State Treasurer.
FATHER RYAN,
The Poet of the Chancel, contributes to the
last number of the Morning Star, a Christ
mas carol, in which poetic and religions fervor
are beautifully blended. The tone and style
of the poem mny be judged by the following
extracts:
m sitting atoie in xny riirat room
TM* long December nlrbt,
Etching the flrc-llame flit tho gloom
With mmy * picture bright.
Ah! bow the fire can point t
Ills magic eklll bow atrange!
How every tpuk
On the canvas dark
Draws figure* and foi .
And how the picture*change!
One moment bow they smile
find in tear than * little while
In the twinkling of a eye.
Like the gleam of —
The beaming an
gajrto siavo—from l „
The faces change ia the shadows gray
And jut as I wonder who are they.
Over them all,
Like * funeral poll.
The folds of the shadows drop and fall.
Of the pictures fade away.
Ah l the fire within my grate
Hath more than Raphael's power.
Is more than Raphael's peer—
More than he in* year;
And the pictures hanging’wond me here
This holy Christmas Ere,
No Artist’* pencil could create.
No Painter's art conceive.
I'm sitting alone In my fire lit room;
Bat, do! the fire is dying.
The winds hare a voice to pine—
rtaintlvc, and pensive, and low—
Rath it* heart, Ukemmeor thine?
Knoweth tt weal or woe?
now it wails, in a ghost like strain.
Just against that window pons t
As if it were tired of Its long, cold flight.
And wanted to rest with me to-night;
Cease, night-winds cease;
Why rhonld yoa be sad ?
T s?fisafa i zs , jK ( &.
Bat vill the wind's voice grieves!
Perchance o'er the fallen leaves,
Which in their Summer bloom,
nnced to the tnnslc of bird and breeze,
at. tom from the snna of their parent trees.
Lie low tn their wintry tomb.
Mate type* of man's own doom.
And thns with the night winds only,
And the fancies they unweave.
Atone, and yet not lonely,
I keep my Christmas Ere.
From the New York Clipper.
ITS FUNNY, BUTITISSO.
The lasses they wilt like the chape.
It's fanny, bat it ts si t
Love has Its triumphs and mishaps.
It's funny, batlt Is sot
Some on ahorse will thousands lay.
It's fanny, but it is so!
*0 does their cash away.
It's fanny, bnt it Is so I
And some will fight for love of gain
Till scarce a feature they retain.
Bruises snd scars stone remain;
It's fanny, bat Itis so;
Some etarve the stomach for the back.
It's funny, bnt ft is so I
Till huuMhelrgarmentslikeasack,
It's fanny, bat it Is sot
And some in tattered garb go forth
Exposed to blasts of east and north.
And think their knowledge something worth;
It's fanny, bat itis so!
One courts a girl, bnt bashful feds.
It's fanny, batit is so t
Another trips him np at beds.
It's fanny, bnt ft la so!
* ■ * io shy Miss p *** “ -
It’s fanny, bat it is so 1
'TIs * queer world In which we slay.
It's fanny, bat it Is so!
Wc find it queerer cvety day,
It'a funny, but it is sot
And ever are the queerest things
Performed by peasants, lords and king*.
on with outstretched wings;
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
BT U. J*. XEtCS.
There's a wondcrfnl tree, awondtrful tree.
The happy children rejoice to sec.
Spreading iu branches year by year.
It comes from the forest to flourish here;
Oh 1 this wonderful tree, with its branches wide,
is always blooming at Chrhtmas-tide.
'TIs not alone in the summer's sheen
Its boughs are broad, and its leave* are green;
It blooms for ns when the wOd winds blow.
And earth is white with feathery enow ;
And this wonderful tree, with He branches wide.
Bears many a gift for the Christmas-tide.
*Tis all alight with its tapers* glow.
~ _ Its boughs among.
The besntirn! story of long ago,
When a radiant star threw its beams so wide.
To herald the earliest Christmas-tide.
Then spread thy branches, wonderful tree.
And bring eoeae dainty gift to ate.
And fill my heart with a horning We
To Him who came from His home above
From Hie beentifnl home with the glorified.
To give as the joys of the Christmas-tide.
SOMEBODYLL COME 70 NIGHT.
I mast bind my hair with the mystic bough.
And gem it with buds of white.
And while his eyes shall discern a grace
In the braid and the folded flower,
t And in my tell-tale face
I must don the robe which he fondly «*«n«
A cloud of entrancing light.
And sit where the mello win" moonlight fslja,
For somebody'll come to-nightt
And while tho robes and the place shall seem
Bnt the veriest freak of chance,
*Tis sweet to know that his eye will beam
With s tender, happier glance.
*Twr.s thns I sang when the years wen few
That lay on my girlish head.
And all the flowers that in fancy grew
Were tied with golden thread;
And somebody came, and the whispers there—
I cannot repeat the quite;
But I know my soul went up in prayer.
And somebody's here to night.
I blush no more at the whispered vow.
Nor s4:h in the soft moonlight;
My robe has a tint of amber now.
As I sit by my anthradie:
And the locks that vied with the glossy wren,
Have passed to silver gray;
But the love that decked them with flowers then.
Is * holler love to-day.
BTOKENS' CHRIST
•rrmtAvexs.
Wilt son?, and joyancc and swift peals of laughter.
Speed the brief Christmas hours;
ringing surctsscof toil, and rest; and after.
Sweet memories as of flower*.
'acnslong alien to tlic patent roof
fehine bright around the board.
No thread of passion trembling through the woof
Of lore and sweet accord.
Mu*ic and mirth, and childhood's games rehearsed—
In sooth, a happy night:
Now, ere we part, one hour t
Made Christ
Here bet:.e book-, v
crein Is written ail
The Mast- r
Of Oliver, nnd Tiny Tim. and Paul,
Aud Smike, aud Li 1 tic Nt 11.
And, as wc listen, re begins the power
Of the magician’s wand.
With soften'd footfall steals tho fleeting hour
Of the magician's wand.
— ' footfall au
Beyond.
growing sadness every page attend*:
The chiding stars in air
pc-m whisper iugti- **■ ’
A brighter Christ
Seem whisper big to them«e1vc*. “He spends
WHAT CONSTITUTES A < tiUllVIlt
And pealing organ, and a choral throng.
Rolling grand music the groined roof along;
And well-clad audience, and preacher proud.
Charming, with eloquence of earth «hf
Bat a nutted band 01 men sincere.
Who in their hearts have felt Jehovah’s fear;
Who know their sins, by th- Redeemer’s blood.
Forever hidden from the sight of God:
Who to each other cleave for Jesus' sskc.
And mutually of joys and cares partake;
Show to the world how truly Christians loi
Where each endeavors, as hi* meats permit.
To rescue othets from the burning pit;
Whe re ordinances pure are rightly known.
And di?c!plinc im|iartially ia i-hown;
Where a fond pastor teed* the flock of God,
NOTES AND QUERIES
—Lord Bjmeo.
1 On eagles’ wings immortal scandals fly.
c this hand of mine
If you but had the dimea,
But purees short and slim oa tun*
Won’t do for these hard times.
I leave the in thy wretchedness
As one too poor to mate.
For love yon know, can only blest.
When based on real estate.
Mississippi New* Item**
[CONDENSED TOIt Till CONSTITUTION.]
Thfi Newton Ledger commends Governor
Powers for Issuing commissions to tlic Dem
ocratic officers of Newton, notwithstanding
the false ftnd fraudulent returns of the regis
trars of that county in favor of the Radical
cwkJM>te»,
The Brandon Rcpnbl’can charges the Rev.
James Lynch, carpct-bag colored Secretary
of State, with having been recently very
drunk, and In consequence of his violent
conduct, arrested and lodged in the calaboose.
This fa a grave charge against a 5tatc official,
and a minister of the Gospel.
Life Insurance as an Investment.—Few
people look upon a life policy as of the same
value as a deed of real estate for the same
amount, yet when land fa held for an invest
ment for the benefit of wife and chUdren, a
life policy is worth just as much.
If I should say to a young man just start
ing in business, I will give a certain piece of
property which he knows to be worth $10,-
000, on condition that he will pay the taxes
on it as long as ho lives, and never sell it,
bnt hold it for hfa wife and children, when
he is dead they can dispose *f it as they
choose, he would surely think it was a splen
did offer.
But it is really no better than a $10,000
life policy, and taxes on his land will cost
quite as much as the annual premium on a
life policy. Especially fa this true in the
improved plan of the business whereby a
man secures beyond loss a portion of hfa pol
icy for every premium he pays.
Nothing in the way of bonds or stocks or
notes are os safe to leave a family as a life
policy. _
CST'Tbo New York Season has the follow
ing seasonable and sensible advice to life in
surance agents:
“Insurance fa the only safety the masses
1 hope to provide for their families in case
of early death, or themselves by endowments
in old age. Persons will not otherwise pro
vide. Itis mockery to say they might. His
tory proves they will not, and the present fa
no better than the past generation. You
know these historic facta; therefore troth*' -
“ ” *. but with all your power press them, in
•u and out of season, upon the hearts
and consciences of the people. Not a day
passes but that relief fa given through insu
rance. where otherwise destitution and *in
would have filled the vacuum. Be patient,
bnt do a little every day. Canvass daily,
slowly, genteelly, but industriously.”
Cabbage Worms.—If stale soap-suds are
applied to the heads of cabbage it will drive
and keep off all worms. Soap-suds also ferti
lizes the soil and gives a more vigorous
growth to the plant. ‘Who will try It and
report to The Neighbor?
Remedy for Hog Cholera.—Madder, 1
pound; sulphur, 1 pound; saltpetre, 1 pound;
resin. 1 pound; black antimony, \ pound;
coperas, | pound; asafeeteda, j pound; ar
senic 2 ounces. Dose, one tablcspoonful to
five hog3, in slop or ashes, once a day if they
have got the'cholera; once a week to pre
vent it. This has been administered with
Hot Cakes.—A griddle for baking cakes
should never be grased, as this destroys the
delicate flavor of the cakes. Scour well with
a cloth and sand, wash with hot suds, wipe
dry. and just before baking rub with a coarse
cloth and salt. It fa not necessary to wash
and scour it every lime it is wanted—only
once to get all the grease out—but use the
cloth and salt evciy time you put fresh cakes
ou, just as grease would be used.
Atlanta Jttff-Cumnf.
Lookrsctxd daxx.t.1
Constitution Office, >
Atlanta. December 31, G o’clock, r.iLj
Business quiet at quotations.
Cotton.—Cotton closed quiet at 17J on
the streets and 18 nominal in warehouse;
receipts light
Corn.—New shelled 85a00; ear 80a85.
Wheat—Red $1 70al 75; white $1 80al 80
O .ts aro in demand at 68a70.
Rye in demand at $1 30.
Barley $1 15.
Bulk Meats—Clear sides, clear rib
•ides,?; shoulders7.
Financial.—’The buying price of gold is 107
and the selling price ICO. ^Silver—buy-
selling 105. Seven per cent bonds
of the city of Atlanta 72&75, eight per cent.
83a85. Six. per codt.. bonds of tbc^State of
icorgTa 78<V<2; seven per cent. Sta
of Tennessee bonds—old 65aG7; new 65*67.
State of Alabama bonds—flfe~per cent. 65
do. eight interest 90a03. Georgia Railroad
stock 98a$l. GcorgiiTRailroad bonds 97a
$1. Macon and Western Railroad stock
$108al 10. Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad
stock 93&05; da bonds 9Sa$l. Atlanta Na
tional Bank stock $110.
Country Produce—Eggs 35a37. Coun
try butter, well worked 25. Chickens 22*
a25. Turkeys $lal 50; dressed turkeys 10al8
cents per pound; dressed chickens lOalS*.
Sweet pots toes 75a$l per busheL
Bacon—Clear sides 9j; clear rib side
shoulders 8; sugar-cured hams 15alG
plain 12al4.
Lard— Buckets, 13; cans, lljal2; tierces,
10 jail.
Groceries.—Sugars arc Ann at 14 for A;
131 for Extra C; 13} for Yellow C; 12x12* for
Brown. New Orleans 8yrnp GSaTO. Mo
lasses, 37. Corn Meal. 95n$l. Rice 0a for
tierces. Soap.GlslOa Candles, adamantine
14*. Tallow 12. Salt $3 15; Virginia, $A
Pepper 25. Ginner, 15. Starch 7*aS*c.
Rio Coffoe 23*25; Java 35*38. Cheese, fac
tory, 17. Irish potatoes, eating $3 ?5a$4;
seed, Early Rose $7a$7 55 per barrel.
Onions $5.
Live Stock.—Mules and horses in better
demand. Medium mules $125 to $150; good
to extra $175 to $200; cattle 3* to 4a; hogs
5 to 5ja,(gross;) sheep $4 per head.
©Flour.—Mantel gdggLJidth —
i inhj|L> lii* * li H* 1 I 1 ,i I'TI il Wi quote Supcr-
i7; Extra 7 50; Family 0; Fancy $10.
TKIBUTK OF KISSPECr.
In the inscrutible wo.kin£s of Divin* Providence,
_ur Brother, Bcnj. L. Harper has been suddenly called
from this life. He was to thoroughly isabued with
the spirit of his Master, and his life wo* such an
•Lustration of the principles or his religion, we deea
ita fit encomira to say, that we know no man better
prepared to answer the samcooua without a moment'*
notice.
At a testimonial of the appreciation of Brother
Harper, by Fraternal Lodge No. 37, F. A. M., belt
Resolved, Faithful, just and true in all his public
and private relations, the community hoe lost one of
ita best citizens, his family a provident and fond L*r
band end father, and this Lodge one of its most
chcnshcd members.
Revived, Ardent in his attachment to theJpcWwt-
pics of oar ordm—conscientious in lhc discharge ot
duty—his work ever properly squared, few, if any,
have brought Je«* reproach upon Masonry. The craft
- well diploic the loss of such a member. While
ie* v i i Mihmtohm to the' will of the Great “I
■L.” wc humbly hope, when summoned to the Lodge
Room above, wc shall be out-v and tbvlt pre-par d,
s was oar dec<arcd brother.
Unsolved, That these resolutions be forwarded to
Tns Atlanta Constitution, with request for pabll-
cation, r.ud tlic Secretary famish the family of dc-
cf-.ei-d with a copy of the same.
G*o. M. Nolir, )
V* Tve, > Coa - njUa>
J. M. McDonald, )
McDonough, Ga., December SS, 1871.
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New lork. By mail on receipt of colors'
**yeXj*e*ve. o. d.. Correspondence asie
NOTICE.
S. G. DORSET, Elocator, etc, 1 B : ll tn
i will of j«;
'r dcc'd, of
S. D. DORSEY, ctaL j ^ce^enu
IT appearing to the Court that Isham I»o
JUjnj to said Bill and re hie* «othe S«3
Ordered by■ tb* Cou-t that rervlce be pe-
said ooo-reddent defendant by pabhcatloi
Atlan’i Constitution a public Ga* >tie„ once
for our months nroced'otr th.,
1— one
CourtT^ months I ,rcced - B S tiw neit te
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