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' BY BREWSTER & SHARP. ff w **T aM * aiß,<a _'" The Cherokee Georgian .JS-’PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY BRfcWSTER & SHARP. ; ua MS OF SUBSUB IP TION: (positively in advance.) Single copy, 12 months $1 JO Single copy, 8 months 100 Single copy 6 months AI) VERTISIN G RA TES. Space | 1 in. | 2jn. |.,3 m. | om. | 12 in. HncbW I !?. i $l5O |S7BQ I SIOOO i(»ci»7 350r5 00 I 650 j 10J0J_Jl5 00 i ns?rr $ oor 7 501 wool uoo 1 2000 4 inc’s |~6 50 I 9 OOTiTM | 18 00 | 25 00 U col |IOOO [ 12 50 I 16 00 I 25 00 i 40 00 col. Tl 250 I 16 (H) | 25 00 |3750 I 50 00 J£m|. fl 5 00 I 25 00 I 35 00 | 45 00 ( 6500 ’.'*coi. — T2O 00 1350015000 j 6500 | 100 00 DIRECTORY- STATE GOVERNMENT. - I James M. Smith, Governor. N. C. Barnet. Secretary of State. J. W. Goldsmith. Comptroller General. John Jones, Treasurer. Joel lirnnhaip, Librarian. John T. Brown, Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary. , „ Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commis sioner. , . . , J N, Janes, Commissioner of Agricul ture. . Thomas D. Little, State Geologist. JUDICIAL. blue ridge circuit. Noel B. Kmglit. Judge. C. D. Phillips, Solicitor General. June of Holding Court. CnRRoKEK —Foiiifli Monday in I’ebru ary, and first Monday in August. Cobb—Second Monday in March and Jfovvmber. , Dawson—Third Monday m April and Mecopd 7 <mi’av in Scpuinbt r Fannin- Thiid Monday in May and Oc t«*ber. , .. . Forsyth—First M<»n<biy in April and f-urth Moral y in Alienist. Gii.’i'er-—Second .Monday in May and October. ...... > Lumpkin—Second Monday in April and flr«t .Mondav in S ph-mb- r. Milton—l'onrth Monday in March and third Monday in August. pKSKKNS—Fourth Monday in April ami Henteiuln-r. , , Towns-Monday alter tour’ll Monday in M<v ami Och.b. r. . U.xto.N—Fourth Monday m Mav and Oc ««ber. COUNTY OFFICERS. C. M. McClure, Ordinary. Regular court ftr»t Monday in each month. J. W. Hudson, Oh rk Superior Court. M. P. Morris, Sheriff. K. G. Gramling, Deputy Slu rilT. J»hn <4. Evans. Ti easurer. Win. N. Wilson, Tax Receiver. . w Joseph G Dupree, 'Tax Coln-elor. Wn». W. II iwkins, Surveyor. ; Win. Rampley, Coroner. JUSTICE COURT-CANTON DIS. Jiiitvph E. Hutson, J. P. X. F. Daniel, N. P. M. G. Danii l, L. U , TOWN GOVERNMENT. W. A. Trnsrley, Mayor. J. W Hu Ison, Recorder. J*mHlflf KHl»v, J»<*z G»F. J. M. Hnr 4i*. J M. McAtee, klieodorc Turk, Alder- ■U. county. Hoard of education. James O. Dowda, President. James W; Hudson, County School Com s»d«aiouer. prof James U. Vine* nt. Examiner Joseph M. McAfee. Allen Keith, Joseph J. Maddox, John R Moore. Meetings quarterly, in the court house. ORKKOKEB A’. TI(»N. Jam** o. fMiwdn, l»nsidenl. M. B Th. gb*. Vice-President. C. M Met lure, Secretary. J. W. Treasurer. John D AH-war, Censor Morum. Prof .him# V. Vinecut. Association (. or *e«|*ondrnt , lirgubu* meeting* every second Saturday ia •nch month, ul 10 a. in. *’ U> ' RELIGIOVS. THpHst Canton Ga, time of fourth SUndr.v in inch month. ' ' BeV. M. B. T'-.ggh’, Pastor. M. E. C'hmih. time of service, preachers la charge Hrv. W G Hanson, first Sunday. Rrv. B. K. L ilbetlcr, second. Rev. J. M. Hanim, third. MASONIC. CiNTirN I«oD'iK, N<». 77. met is first aud thirvi MoiiHwv nieh’s in each numib. James A Sna’ls rs. W. M. Joseph M. HvA:ix\Sen tnry. FlXfc* p'puE, No. 282, meets first and third Sdnril»«'. 2 n m. C: M. MoUhuv, W. M O/W P.Hm.Vc. S cretary. GOOD templars. Canton l.iwr.. No. U'J. meets every Ma’urdsv. 8 p in. II F Ldt> r<r. \V C. T. Jam s M I’Eh" GRANGE Canton Guy22s, C.mlou Ga. J.ibtti Onit, Master. J.iiph M. M.Aax Sevutarv. Ije Cljcwncc icwrgtatt POPPING THE QUESTION. If you love me, tell me so ; I have read in your eyes, I have heard it in your sighs, But my woman’s heart replies, II you love me, tell me so ! Should I give you Yes, or No? Nay, a girl may not confess That her answer would be “Yes” To such a question, unless He who loves her tells her so. It you love me, tell me go! [wait; Love gives strength to watch and Trust gives heart for any fate; Rich or poor, unknown or great — If you love me. tell me so ! Stonewall Jackson. SOME TNTKIIESTTNG REMINISCENCES OF THE PRAYING AND FIGHTING SOLDIER. Sixteen years ago, when I was commenc ing to preach (writes the Rev. Florence McCarthy of Chicago), I was the pastor of the Baptist church in the village of Lex ington, in the Valley of Virginia, the seat of the Virginia Military institute, and of what is now called Washington and Lee university. A more beautiful and romantic spot Uian Lexington can not be found. The village, and indeed the whole country, is a succession of beautiful bills, which gradu ally swell into lofty mountains, encircled at ‘heir bases with glens and grottoes and rivers of crystal, broken by waterfalls and cascades without ntimb'-r. A few miles to the east, the Blue lidge, like a wall of cloud, extends from not th to south as far as the eye can reach ; and, on the West, numerous mountain p aks rise above the general out line of the horizon. A few miles to the south is the famous natural ’midge. The foliage and forests of the whole region are beautiful, the air is always crisp and salu brious, and the surroundings just such as would stir the heart of a poet to the very d< pths. Sixteen years ago the village of Lexing ton was a place of twenty five, bundre 1 in habitants, and to all appearances had been finish'd some twenty years earlier. The building of a new house was almost an unheard-of enterprise. There was no rail r> ad nor telegraph nearer th in Staunton, about twenty five miles awaj ; and stage < oai hcs were the best the people ever hoped for. On walking the streets the appearance of the place was by no means attractive, but when we looked down upon it from some neighboring hill, its snow-white houses and church-Stceples embowered in gr en looked like a scene in some fairy land. One of these points of view was the site of the two institutions of lean ing to which Inferred, and which, with spa cious grounds around each, stand side by side, the pride of the place. The village has b< en called the Athens of Virginia, and certainly contained some of the most learn ed and some < f the most aristocratic fami lies in the State. When I became a pastor in Lexington, Major Thom is Jonathan Jackson was, and for several years had been, a professor in the mili’ary institute. M hat his depart ment was I neyir knew, but was not the principal of the institution, and by no means the most prominent teacher. I was not personally iicqtuimled with him, but he was some imes in my congregation. I saw him constancy, and I remember distinctly hi# reputation in the town about the time the war broke out and his marvelous carter commenced. Most people at the North would lie some what surprised to know what the personal iqq c.truncc of this gn at man was. Jack son was about six feet high, very lank and long-limbed, largc-b med, loose-jointed, and flat-footed. When he walked, it was with a long, methodic il stride, accompanied with a leisurely, pendulum-like swaying of the arms. He wore a military cap, the visor of which neatly touched his nose, and his eyes secmetl always fixed on the ground When I knew him he always wore short whiskers and mustache, which concealed the lower part of his face. But I retni'in l»cr d stinctly meeting him one day on the I first Bull Rim balthfield, the day after the ‘ battle, and ge ling a view of his mouth. The mouth is usually a great index of char acter ; but any one would search Jackson s mouth in vain for any sign of greatness. His lips were thin and nd, his upper lip shoit, and the corners of his mouth slight- i lv upturned; the whole mouth expnssing in a most unmistakable way a vast amount of sweenies and gentleness, but giving uo j hint of courage, endurance, perseverance, or any s >rt ot genius. Jackson’s voice was like his mouth, very soft, kindly, and inar ticulate sometimes like a taint j ibber. His forehead, nose, an I chin were prominent, and coires|»ndud more with his character. It is pretty sa c to say that, while his ap pearance and carriage were somewhat eccentric, bis looks were entirely destitute ! of anything <i diugut, and that he passed I for an ordinary-looking maw. | The most prominent trait in Jackson's character was his piety. He was a mem i bet of the I’as’ ytt iian church in the vil lage, .m i w.,s will known as an bund !e, i conscientious, devoted, *nd consistent ■Christian man. He was not only a con , slant attendant on preaching, but a conse- CANTOX, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1875. Virtue and Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty. in the 8 mday school, an exlmrler in the prayer meeting, and a systematic and mu nificent giver to every benevolent object In illustration of this point it is related that a day or two after the first battle of Bull Run the whole village collected at the stairc stand in a storm of excitement, await ing the news. When the stage arrived and the mail was opened, it was announced that Dr. White, the venerable pastor of the Presbyterian church, who was present, had received a letter from General Jackson. The Doctor mounted the stand, arranged his spectacles, broke the envoi >pe, and pro ceeded to read to the anxious crowd the momentous document. It ran somewhat as follows: “Dear PastorWe had a battle yester day. Inclosed please find check for SIOO, being my subscription f>r foreign missions now due.” And the fervent piety seemed to deepen, during his life in the army. His hours of prayer while in the tented field were ob served with singular faithfulness. The old negro who was his body servant in the field declared that he could tell when there was going to be any heavy fighting by the con stancy with which bis master gave himself to his devotions. And Jackson’s humble faith in God shone forth the brightest in his dying moment; for, after receiving his death-wound, when all about him were overwhelmed with grief, he played the part of comforter, and constantly exclaimed: “It is all right; it is all right.” It was said and believed in Jackson’s corps that the General was always engaged in prayer whenever he was fighting, and that, as lie rode along the lines in the lead en hail, his right hand was always raised beseechingly to heaven. This had a won derfully inspiring effect on bis Virginians, who were all intensely religious men; but, unfortunately for poetry and romance, the impression was afterward discovered to be unfounded. Jackson, early in the war, had received a wound in the right hand, which, I must not omit to say, parenthetic ally, he refused, Sydney-like, to let the sur geon dress until some piivate soldiers had be<-n wailed on. This wound always inter fered with the circulation of the blood in that hand, so that he felt more comfortable when it was held upright, as if he was un de r the influence of strong emotion; and, as he was always a sleepy looking man, and appeared al all times as if he bad the smoke of the camp-fire blowing in his ( yes, it is easy to sec how natural it was for the men to get the idea that lie was praying all the time he was chasing Banks. But the point in which the public is the farthest astray concerning Jackson is his intellect. Almost every one at the North, who remembers his brilliant achievements, takes it for granted that he was a brilliant scholar. But the tiuth is, General Jackson was remarkable for his lack of what is called the intellectual acumen. lie gradu ated about third in his class from West Point, but it is universally conceded that it was the result of his extraordinary deter mination and persevi ramc. and no biight ncss ot mind. He never cut any figure as ’ a professor, and was generally regarded as a very dull, obtuse sort of a person 1 have : heard a graduate of the Military institute ridiculing Jackson's weakness as a teacher of mathematics. He said he had known 5 Jackson to pass as satisfactory a problem r which one of the class had wotked out on the blacklioard, and afterward, as the boys learned by peeping through the key-hole, 1 spend the whole afternoon trying to under stand what was on the board himself. I And yet. on other accounts, Jackson was ( very much licloved by the cadets. He was j extraordinarily kind and gentle. Ibe graduate above refen cd to told me that he once became angry with Jackson in the class-room, and made some demonstration of hatred, and that Jackson’s only reply was in his faint, jabbering, but benevolent tone of voice: “Now, now, Mr. Patton, do you just put all that hatred against your lesson instead ot against me, and jou w ill have no difficulty. ’ The cadets were fond of him for his sin gular courage also. It was said that on ; one occasion a numlxr of them mounted the barracks at the hour when Jackson had to walk under the caves of the house. i and dropped brickbats in front of him as 1 he walked along, en leavoring to see how J j nc&r they could come to his head without i hitting it. As this trick was played at the ; immediate risk of killing the innocent pro- ■ fessor, it would hardly be believed that the | cadets would practice it, unless 'he reader was first informed that these cadets were ■ generally reckless, riotous, irresponsible and ; unscrupulous desperadoes. It is said that they succeeded admirably in making al: * the bricks uraze Professor Jackson's nesc. ! ' But, to their utter surprise, the Major did t i not Iw.k up, nor around, nor quicken his , Space at all. He possessed such extraordi ' narv nerve and determination that Le | treated the whole performance with icy contempt. From that time be was greatly ,; admired aud beloved for his physical c-our . | age. He was also remarkable for his punc- ■ tuaiity. Though a very solemn, taciturn, ■ islugsish aud rather dignified man. he was . vi..a »c ----x- —-—>«-x- ‘ he was- a minute behind tim(Tin going to meet his class. One comical peculiarity of Jackson, was his talent for going to sleep. When I lived in Lexington it was a well-known fact there that the Major, notwithstanding his punctilious attendance at church, h id never heard Dr. White preach. About the time that the second hymn was sung lie invari ably went to the land of nod, whence he returned only when aroused by the last hymn. It was said that this habit was the efft ct of disease, and could not be helped. It foKowed him all through life, and I saw’ him yield to it once in the army. On one Sunday, somewhere in Eastern Virginia, I remember attending a ptcaching service in front of General Jackson’s headquarters. The General sat at the preacher’s right hand on a backless camp stool. As the sun was very hot and tin re was no shade, he held his enp in his right hand between his head and the sun, his reverence not per mitting him to place it on his head, as many others did theirs. With his band elevated in that way, he peacefully glided off into dreamland and slept without mov ing his arm or nodding once, until the noise of the closing exercisis startled him into consciousness again. The truth is, General Jackson always looked as if be were asleep ; and even when walking he had the appearance of a somnambulist. Jackson, while he was a gentle and be nevolent man, and an extremely urbane and polite man, was also a very grave man. And it was said in Lexington that the only time any one saw him laugh was when the war broke out. But this story was proba bly apochryphal, for I was informed on good authority that he viewed the com mencement of hostilities with grief and horror. lie had sc<n service in Mexico and lie assured the people of the village, who wcie boiling over with the war spirit, that they did not know what war was, or their rejoicing would be turned to wailing. It is a singular thing in the retrospect that ‘.lie Southern people w< rc so well aware that Jackson was a stupid dunce of a fellow, that even his brilliant successes did not entirely convince them that he coiU4 be trusted, lie was made a colonel, and acquitted himself so handsomely that they made him a brigadier; but the opinion of his friends was that he was advanced too quickly, and that he would prove a failure; and the very same opinions were reiterated when lie was macle a major gen eral. And, notwithstanding all of the adoring admiration with which the South ern people cherish his memory’ to-.lay, they still think he never could have taken Lee’s place. D is rny opinion, however —and I think his whole career bears me out in it — that he would have been far more success ful as commander-in-chits than be was as lieutenant general, and more so by far than Lee was. His ability never had a field wide enough to exert itself in. Jackson’s military character was a very strong one, totally unlike that of any of the great generals ot modern times. Its pecu liarities lay in its simplicity. Jackson was never known to devise a complicated cam paign. General Lee’s plans consisted cf a hundred parts, and although they were con cocted with consummate ability, some ot them always broke down on the field of battle. But Jackson’s strategy consisted simply in reaching some point before his opponent had the slightest idea he could 1 do it, and then fighting him with a good ’ deal of dash. All his wonderful feats were ‘ accomplished by rapid marching, so that the rest of the army used to call his troops ’ “Jackson’s foot cavalry.” And it is a very 5 singular fact that, although the Federal 3 generals knew that Jackson was as fleet as ' the wind, and were always making allow- ances in their plans for his extraordinary rapidity of movement, he continued, to the day of his death, to surprise them in the same wav. When Lee was making ready to attack McClellan in front of Richmond, I was in ’.bat devoted city, and I remember distinctly that Jackson was in the lower valley, two or three hundred miles away; but when operations began, he was within sixteen miles of the city, and the next day fill on McClellan’s right, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. Jackson’s peculiar mode of warfare by surprises was illustrated the very first time that he was intrusted with an independent command. Soon after the first battle of Bull Run, when Jackson was a brigadier, General Joe Johnston put him in command of one or two brigades and sent him from Manassas Junction over the Blue ridge, into the Valier of Virginia, to hang around Manchester, chiefly a-s an army of observa tion. Jackson no sooner reached Winches ter than he learned that Milroy with a j large force was strongly intrenched at Ber ryville, fifty miles off. Considering tba‘, in j addition to his earthworks, the weather was bitter cold, the roads deep, the ground 'covered with snow, anil Jacksons men verv pooriv clad, Milroy devoted himself entirely to playing euchcr. But one morn ' ing he looked out of his tent and saw Stonewall Jackson’s men coining up the road. The result was that Milroy’s army was chased into Maryland, Jackson pursu it tliem v ~ *j■ th lixt'-l dt’eriniL: .on oj going to Washington. But Jeff. Davis, who regarded himself as the only great general in the South, learning of Jackson’s exploit, and inferring most assuredly that he was erazy, sent a hasty telegram to him to “come back,” in answer to which it is said the indignant Stonewall sent him word to send him “more men and fewer orders.” This singular faculty of outmarching everybody was the key to Jim k-on’s suc cess, but he possessed several great traits of character, without which this would have been eßLer impossible or of no use. Jack son was a man of iron constitution and superhuman powers of endurance. lie was a remarkably punctual man. He was a rigid disciplinarian. He possessed a strong religious faith, and in all his labors enjoyed the powerful support of his con science. And then he was a person of conspicuous moral and physical courage Though an extremely modest man, be is credited with having said of himself, that he really did not know’ what the feeling of fear was. And to this wonderful fearless ness he at last fell a victim, in the Wilder ness, by riiling on horseback away in front of his lines on a dark night, in an unknow’n country, with a view’ of ascertaining, by getting himself shot at, where the enemy was. But these qualities, combined with his humility in mixing with the private soldiers in their religious meetings, and his unostentatious appearance, his dingy, sun burned, yellow-gray clothes, and bis pot bellied sorrel riding mare, and especially his succcssis, gave him at last such a hold on the confidence and affection of his corps that be was utterly invincible. That Jackson should have acquired the sobriquet of “Stonewall” is one of the sole cisms of the war. It is said that it was given him at the first battle of Bull Run, on account of the stubborn resistance he made just before the Federal stampede; and it is true that at the second battle of Buli Run, while waiting for Longstreet, he made a still more heroic stand in the face of overwhelming numbers; but nothing could be a greater slander on Jackson than to call him Stonewall. Longstreet was the real Stonewall. For reforming his lines after lin y had been crushed, and keeping his men up to the scratch after they had been licked ail to pieces, Longstreet was the man. But Jackson scorned defensive warfare, and was so famous for being the attacking party and for making unexpected assaults, that, if he had been called “Eagle” or “Avalanche,” it would have been infin itely more appropriate. There arc two anecdotes of Jackson that were current in the Southern army during his lifetime, which are very illustrative cf his character, and which, as I have never seen them in print, I will narrate. The first shows how his punctual habits —with- out which it is safe to say he never could have been a great man—followed him from the Military institute to the field. It used to be said among the officers that on one occasion Jackson sent a messenger to one of his captains to meet him at headquarters at ten minutes to twelve o’clock. At the appointed moment the General was seated in front of his tent, ready for business. But twelve o’clock came, and tiic Captain had ' not appeared. The hour ot noon was, with Jackson, the hour of prayer, and he immediately withdrew into bis inner tent, where he remained in seclusion for half an hour. When he emerged again, he found . the delinquent captain sitting meekly in front of headquarters awaiting his return. 11 But Jackson was so disgusted with his un ■ I soldierly dilatoriness that be refused to tell I i him the oljectof the summons or have ; anything to say to him, but with a gentle . wave of the hand dismissed him, crestfallen and disgraced, to bis regiment. The other anecdote brings up a very dif ferent scene. General Burnside baxing very foolishly crossed the Rappahannock river at Fredericksburg, where Lee was en sconced in impregnable natural fortifica tions, and having been dreadfully cut to pieces during the afternoon and evening, Lee called a council of war late in the night to determine w hat should be done to follow up his advantage. Among the ma- , jor generals present was Jackson, who, as , soon as he got a scat, was fast asleep, and remained so throughout the conference. When every one else had given his opin ion. Jackson was, with some difficulty, 1 waked up, and r< quested to say what be I thought had belter be done with the ene ' my, and the only words that could be ex tracted from him were: “Drive ’em in river; drive ’em in river;’’ after mumbling which he instantly relapsed into a state ot ' unconsciousness. Nothing could be more characteristic of the great captain than this incident. The other generals were full of inarching and counter-marching, of combinations aud tricks, and heroic adventures ; Jackson had only one weapon— surprise. He knew that Burnside’s men were lying along the bank of the river in multitudes, in a terribly de moralized condition, and that a night a'tack would strike terror, and drive them like sheep into the Rappahannock. He af.er waids explained that it was a part oi his '; ’ n that the attack should be made ia the VOLUME L—NUMBER 15. darkest part of the night, with fixed bayo nets, and that the Confederates, in order to r avoid slaughtering each other, should strip themselves stark naked. Truly this was an original and startling project; but I have never yet seen any one who doubted that, it it had been carried out, not a baker'# dozen of Burnside’s troops would have es caped. The admiration and love of the Southern army for Jackson was something wonder ful. Tin re never was a clearer case of hero-worship. He was regarded as a fault less man, and an invincible man ; and I suppose he could at any time have got his men to march out by platoons and be shot, if it would have gratified him in the slight est degree. At his death the whole South whs in bars, and not more for their irrep arable loss than on account of their tender love for the man. As regards Jackson’s relation with Lee and the other great Southern generals, it was obvious to me that they felt toward each other like brothers, and never knew what the feeling of jealousy was. Lee was always thrusting Jackson forward when ever anything glorious was to be done, and Jackson always showed the most sincere admiration and respect for Lee’s plans and orders. When victory perched on their banners, Lee hugged Jackson, and told him the credit was all due to him ; then Jack son would declare that Lee was the man that deserved all the praise ; and then both' of them would agree that to God belonged all the glory. And the strangest of all was, that the Southern people could love both of these men so extravagantly, and never know which they loved the best. An Obstinate Mother. —Day before yesterday Mrs. Bliss, of Mullet street, found a eucher deck in her boy’s pocket, and when she took him by the hair of the head he calmly said : ‘Hold on, mother—it isn’t your play? ‘l’ll play you 1’ she hissed, tightening her 1 grip. ‘How came you by these here cat dh?” ! ” ‘Mother, you shouldn’t trump me this way l’ he exclaimed. ‘Trump! trumps! What do you know about trumps ?’ ‘Why, mother, any fool knows that the right and left bower wiil take an ace every time.’ 'lt will, eh ?’ she hissed as she walked him around. ‘Of course it will; if diamonds are. trumps, for instance, and I hold the right and left bower —’ ‘Bowers! bowers! I’ll bower you to death young man !’she saidas she walked him the other way. Or, suppose that spades were trumps, you held the nine spot and king and turned up the ace, and what would you do?’ he earnestly inquired. ‘Oh I’ll show you what I’d do!’ she grow’led as she got a left-hander in his (‘ar. ‘l’ll teach you a lesson you’ll never forget !’ ‘That wouldn’t be Hoyle, mother, you could pick up the ace and make anoint every ’ But she threw him over her knee and played a lone hand. Life. —The mere lapse of years Is not life. To eat, ([rink and sleep; to be ex posed to the darkness and the light; to pace around the mill of habit and turn the wheel of wealth ; to make reason our book-keeper, and turn thought into an implement of trade —that is not life. In all this but a poor fraction of the consciousness of hu manity is a waked; aud the sanctities still slumber which make it most worth while to be. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, good ness, faith, alone give vitality to the me chanism of existence. The length of mirth, which vibrates through the heart; the tears which freshen the dry wastes within ; the music which brings childhood back; tho prayer which call future near; the doubt that makes us hesitate; the death which startles us with its mystery ; the hardships which force us to struggle; the anxiety that ends in trust—these arc the true nourish ments of the natural being. Howto Choose a Wife. —That young lady will make you a good wife who docs : not apo'iogize when you find her at work in 1 the kitchen, but continues her task until it is finished. When you hear a lady say, “I shall attend chureh and wear ray old bonnet aud water proof cloak, for fear we shall have a rain storm,” depend upon it she will make a good wife. When a daughter remarks, ‘-Mother, I would not hire help, for I can assist you to do all the work in the kitchen,” set it down that she will make somebody a good wife. Whin you hear a young lady saying to her father, “Don’t purchase a very expen sive or showy dress for me, but one that will wear best,” you may be certain she will make a good wife. We have heard many women complain of their husbands’ neglect of home. A ! spoonful of honey will keep more bees in the hive than will ten of vinegar. Nothing is more easy than to do nas clxief; nothing is more difficult than to suf fer without complaining.