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BY BBEtSTF.iI. & CO. . cd DIRECTORY. STATE GOVERNMENT. James M. Smith,. Qovoruor. N. C. Barnet, SeCrtftarf of State. J. \V. Goldsmith, Comptroller General. John Jones, Treasurer. Joel Branham, Librarian. *> John T, Brown, Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary. f f Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commis sioner. . A . J. N. Janes, Commissioner of Agricul ture. Thomas D. Little, State Geologist. • JUDICIAL. wctr fiogk cmcurT. Noel B. Knight, Judge. C. D. Phillips, Solicitor General. lime of Holding Court. Ghrßoker—Fourth Monday in Febru ary and first Monday in August. CBrtfi—Sebond Monday in March and Noy* fi l her. •x^wsok—Third Monday in April and Second Monday in, September. Fannix—Third. Monday in May and Oc tober. First Monday in April and WurAl'Mondsy in Au’ust. Gilmer-Second .Monday in May and October. Lumi’kin—Second Monday in April and in September. Mq.Td^f—Fourth Monday in March and third"'ftMitay In August. Pickens— Fourth Monday in April and September., Td^s— Monday after fourth Monday in May and October. Union —Fourth Monday in Mav and Oc tober. • *-* ■ -■ * _ „ COUNTY OFFICERS. Q, M. iUQlni V, Ordinary. Regular court first Monday in each month. J. W. Hudson, Ckrk Superior Court. M. P. Morris, Sheriff. fc J,)eputy Sheriff’. • Win. Tax Receiver. J<mih T ax Collector. »• x * Hqrvqypc. 1» W-Jfr 'Wty- C<>nHM;r. . JUSTICE COURT—CANTON DIS. UC&wpti E. Hutson, J. I’. •R. F. Daniel, N. P. o U. G. Daniel,-LuC utf. TOiyN GOMFiRNMENT. W. A. Teascley, Mayor. J. W IV> l*wm, Recorder. James IT Kilby; .Taboz GnU. J. M IT Ar J. M. McAtee, Theodore Turk, Aldcr- COUitTf EDUCATION. * JnrnreO. faTwdnfPresident. James W. Hudson, County School Com missioner. Prof. James U. Vincent Examiner. Joseph M. MeAf-y, AllHi I’Wlh, Joseph J M addov, John R. Moore. Meetings quarterly, in the com ' house. ©ME IV >K <£* T K At 111ERS’ A SSOCIA- ’ TION. James O. Dowdil, President. M. B. Ttugle, Vice-President. C. M. McClure, Secretary. J. W<At|awny f Treasurer. Johif T) ffhior Mbnim. j '. ** ’ t r * Regular meetings every second Saturday la each month, at 10 a. in. Baptist service fourth Sunday in each month. Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor. M. E. Church, time of service, preachers ~ in charge. Rev. It It Johnson, first Snnjfljtjv - Itev. It E. Ledbetter, second. Rev. J. M. Hardin, third. r , „ MASONIC. Canton Lodge, meete find ami third Monday nighHTlh ciieii month. Joseph M. McAfee, W. M. IL E. Ledbetter, Secretary. Sixes Lodge, No. 282, meets first and ♦MO#WvPutinan, Secretary. TEMPLARS. 'FJijipli, No. HV, meets everv Mik«v kv edtaM’eiML>v a.T. ' W. IL Secretary. GRANGE. JU 2i*\ Canton Ga. JnbeZ Galt, Master. Joseph M— Me A lee. Secretary. ''|f'i in r iiMwyT--jt- ■ >- -■ - jf—- ■ ■ ■ Citizens and Friends of the M. & N. G. Railroad! JOSEPH ELSAS, • Pinckney Young Corner, bfe* n*d it ■»/»>?• DRY GOODS, ?r^^cWi?rs .. , £ CROCKERY WARi; BOOTS AMW SROt*U.*«e best aiatorn madv work, mil w gw dem wisfrak? to you u bat fe» g»»ing on in sell ing no*. AitWg wib.n | gxw»Js must I»cmhu for cash, and cash Ahty *U nil tHcMds tor their liberal x ciy rcspwtfullv. 17 JOSEPH ELSAS. ©lie Chcrohec Swrgimt 110 W TO LIVE. He liveth long who liveth well! All other life is short and vain ; He liveth longest who can tell Os living most fur heavenly gain. He liveth long who liveth well! All else is being flung away; ; He liveth longest who can tell Os true things truly done each day. Waste not thy being; back to Him Who freely gave it, freely give ; Else is that being but a dream— ’Tis but to be, aud not to live. Be wise and use thy wisdom well; Who wise’y speaks must live it too— lie is the wisest who can tell How iiist he lived, then spoke the true. Be what thou scemest; live thy creed ; Hold up to earth the torch divine; Be what thou pmyest to be made ; Let the great Master’s steps be thine. Fill up each hour with what will last; Buy up the moments as they go ; The life above, when this is past, Is the ripe fruit of life below. Sow tru'li,-if thou the truth wouldst reap; Who sows the false shall reap in vain ; Er< ct and sound thy conscience keep; From hollow words and deeds refrain. Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure; Sow p<ace, and reap its harvest bright; Sow sunbeams on the rook and moor, And find the harvest home of light. EDITORIAL ARTICLES. Advice Io Children. Do not talk in the presence ofgrown per sons, unless you are addressed. Do not talk at the tabic, nor eat fast, nor take the largest and best pieces of food. Do not hold s’onr fork while eating as you would a pen while writing. Keep yonr arms off the table, aud sit up straight while eathig. Do not take cake or custard,or cheese, or bread with your fork. Do not wash your feet in company. TV ear your coat at the table. Do not stalk into a neighbor’s house without first rapping at the door. Tt is ex ceedingly vulgar and impolite to walk into a private room without being invited. UILIIUL “1 l >av >‘ wrw,” insjxaid of “I have seen,” nor ‘‘l taken,” instead of “I took” Pull ofTyour hat when you enter a church, and not take it tip until after the benedic tion. Huts are made to wear nut of do'ors Hold up your head during divine service, and look at the preacher. Tfeat'everybody politely, nnd despise no one on account of his looks, as no one is r< sponsible for his features. Do not laugh at your own wit. Be kind and attentive to. all people, to cripples, and to all who arc unfortunate. Avoid the company of profane and ill bred persons. (flieyyqur puVnU alul teaqhers, and not Stop t| ■ntstion tl>si| authority, nor doubt Un* propriety of their c<&rhiandS. Learn something useful every day, if it is only the meaning of a word, and you will its wise w heq aj< ol<|. " * ’G<wTHiV<Wif tcaiper,* and do not be too quick to resent an insult. Always speak and act so as to deserve re sjiect, and all good and sensible people will Do not be ashamed to follow any useful Any sort of. work is more honofatile than idleness. Po pot of any one’s religiqus opinions, dress, or condition. Read your bible every day; remember that yon are dependent upon an Almighty Being for every blessing ; that you must meet him nt hist in judgment; and lie'htinr hie, prayerful and holy iu heart ami life, that your “way may be as the path of the just, that alimcth more and more, unto the perfect day.” P. IL B. bWlde-Bonrds. JL»w necessary are Euiile-bo&rdu and how various the kinds! Sometimes guide boards exist of necessity, sometimes legal ly. It is wrong to deface a guide-board. TfHtTic guideJwiiird lie a orte, tlvfe law will, through the courts, inflict its penalty. JlrA'rvNhly Auwwf all al>out .this kiodof how ft (Wights Wie wg«i|y traveler, as he jogs along the dusty burdened, it may be, with care, or debt, or taxes, liccause it tells him that one mile more of his journey is passtxl and he is that much nearer home. There is one very striking peculiarity about all gnide-boanda. when ;«roperly read: they point out Hue way you are going. A l very important lesson may lie learned here. I and that is. others can read the guide-board as * 011, perhaps, as tUc traveler. Here the multiply so, it is ven- difficult tell which one ought to Im? discussed most thoroughly. Perhaps a passing rc r<^’}reucc tn a them will be Huggest ive enough to the reader, to supply : whnt may be left out. When you see a poor old mother gettiag 1 breakfast and Tier Lbunclng. blooming 1 dmighler Wore tiai n»u;ror— young man, this is a guhlc-t»ban:L * ( Wuejj yuu see a poor old Jatbe/ out early in the morning culling woodland Um* Goli j ath of the family sitting before the fire or CANTOX, CHEROKEE COUXTY, GA, WEDXESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1873. Virtue 9,nd Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty. lying in bed —young lady, this is a guide board. When you see houses out of repair, stock exposed to the weather, fences down, fence corners grown up in bushes and briars, ditches civ,d in and fflled up, Iftnd un turned and Christmas here—farmers, this is a guide-board. When you see students on the streets with dirty clothes and dirtier faces, and, with an impudent stare, prying into every body’s bUrincss —patrons of schools, this is a guide-board. When yon see a man idling away bis time, and buying what he could do with out —creditors, tins is a guide-board. When yon see a minister of the gospel chewing and snioking tobacco,.and engag ing freely and loudly in jokes, you may know he has not read the guide-board that leads to self-dental. When you see a lovfin or a community without good school-houses and churches — immigrants, this is a guide-board. When you see denominational strife and sectional hate —Christians aud philanthro pists, this is a guide-board. TVhen you see legislators crying retrench ment, and spending their time and talent on local bills, or loitering around houses of ill fame and swilling at saloous —tax payer, this is a guide-board. When you put a man in office, and he swells And struts about, trying to look wise, arrogan ly assuming to himself a superiority that furbids his recognition of you—people, this is a guide-board. When you see ? man all self—fully drawn in—hotirding up his money, buying np pa pers at a heavy discount, and lending his money at usury—debtors, this is a guide board. j j TV hen you see a man hunting the Ordi nal ;> , and asking him questions about ex tinjilion laws and homesteads —creditors, this is a guide-board. But time and space forbid us to speak of wounds and bruises, red noses, staggering, lying, talc bearing, hypocrisy, flattery, cheating and swindling, and a host of oth ers. Guide-boards are stubborn things; they are facts. They will not always down at, your bidding. They flaunt out before yon, ana the world reads your history be* fore it is written. J. O. D. «IMB> Let!er From Atlanta. NEWS OF TUVRIIR SOUTH —TOWN TAT.K —VP COUNTRY ENTERPIMBR —GEN. TOOMBS — IMMIGRATION, <SO., AC. Special Correspondence of The (leorpinn. Atlanta Get. 26th Jan. 1870. Dear Georgian—Every day since our arrival in the hir famed Gate City we have purposed a preparation of sundry dots for your columns, but the delay on the whole is no doubt for the licst inasmuch as our state capital has become considerable of a town and it requires some days pro]»erly to reflect upon and digest the numerous items of news and <>l busy bustling sentiments that agitate our state capital and its spirited visit ors. First and foremost we must br’efiy no tice the Legislature and only bri< fly since we presume that your associate in the house has communicated all special matters per taining thereto being daily and energetical ly engaged in its duties with every access to reliable data. Our time has been more de voted to outside mattcis. It is patent to the most casual observer however that the ses sion has thus far demonstrated an active lively working spirit in both branches, and that membep are generally impressed with the fact that they here are as exponents of the peoples general good and are desirons of accomplishing something tangible for their material advancement. But few measures of pressing importance have been i disposed of as vet, the time being mainly devoletl to preparatory work, & thorough organization of the committees the assign ment of sundry bills to their appropriate places et ct et ct. Tomorrow Thursday 27th wiU doubtless prove the moat lively day thus far of the session as the convention bill has been made the special order for the day, and there are many pros and cons to the argument. It will not pass without en countering much opposition. Many prefer to at least defer the question awhile. An i anxiety is apparent .to economise in all mat ters of shite and county expenditures Ml affecting the administration of laws, collec* lion of taxes &c all of which your corres pondent thinks is a most favorable sign. The Senate and house were tendered a free excursion on the State Road but declined i the same, which seems to many an unfor tunate matter as that road is certainly of vast value and importance to the State Treasury. Col. Thos. Hardeman, Alfred i Colquitt and the “great unterrified" Topnriw , are all on hand and the latter has ddirervd one or two addresses at the capital on cur-. rer.l topics neither of which your cones-’ j pendents engagements would admit of his j I hearing. Tonight Gen. Phillips of the Ms-1 rietta and North Ga, road having arrived a ! caucus of it* friends was Lehi and a definite • line ot policy agreed upon. By the way ( Atlanta contains many warm friends., of | that enterprise who are in favor of Lrgisla- ; live measures lo ensure a speedy c mple- ■ tion ot the line. Many disinterested f**r-, tics look to the development of the section of Goo, traversed by this road as a matter of cardinal importance to the State. .A pro ; prts of this our immediate Representative in j the House at Washington City hassiihjeeted himself to severe criticism in takii g very - strong grounds ugainst the appropria’ion j for the Centennial Exhibition. It is be lieved that he hai thereby weakened his in- 5 fluence in the cause of Navigation. Atlanta contin ips to spread out and . grow taller nowilhstan li ig the gloomy 5 forebodings of cerlaiu w’se nc-fcs to the ef fect that sliewill s >uie day suffer a frightful i col’apse and vanish away after the fashion -of an overgrown airbubble. II ;r streets, trading houses, banks et ct continue to mul- | ply and get larger, her hotels are mirenu- - merqtts and her churches and printing - houses are larger and seem better filled and y more full of life than ever before. Brethcr en of the quill are numerous and plentiful • in the city and your correspondent ac . knowledges- the kindness and *pechil cur tesies ot the Editors of the Daily Herald. | It is also xhjrthy of note that Mr. George . McGAnly the very affable and thoroughly enterprising manager of the IT. I. Kiinbdl . House and also of the “Grand National i Hotel” at Jacksonville Fla. having learned [ of the good work bring done by tlje “Geor gia n’J at once advanced a years subserip-, tion to your paper and or ler. d il maih d t« * his guests at the “Grand Nation d” at Jack sonville. We believe in such men we con- * fess. Another Atlanta gentleman bought , the Georgian ordering il milled to a friend in the far fame 1 Mining districts of i Ockland New Z •aland, an island of the . Southern Pacific Ocean some eight tbou j sand or more miles dis'ant from Canton ! - Wc scarcely know what to say of the Atlanta ladies; they are so beautiful and . winning so sly and bewitching that there is . some little danger of our forgetting to re port at the Georgian Office on schedule time. The fact is vie are tolerably well f satisfied here and had as soon overstay our time as any other way. Those Geological Rooms, mineral cabinets, Agricultural . Halls, Libraries, nickel clubs, Concer; Halls ; et id omne, cetera are most enjoyable places ] particularly when the compaiiionsLip is » P’-eryJbing that he n t could wish. Prof, r TJTriW’frtr. R a- vet v etmi mendable one considering the short time he has had for getting it together and his re port will be read with interest. , A party ofAtlmta gentlemen have ar ranged for a largo excursion of sight S'K-ers from the North West to visit Geo’uia early in the spring and it is to be hoped steps wll be taken to make the party in . question with that superb b< It , of country traversed by the Marietta ind . North Georgia Rnilroid. Wishing the , Georgian a high tide of prosperity, I remain . sincerely &c Virgil. ' The Kuntry Skool Mom. —The kun . try skool mom is allwuss 23 years, and six , months old, and remains rite thare for a term ov years. She wears her hair either cut short or hanging around in ringlets, , and iz az precise in everything az a pair of , Fairbanks’ improved platform skalcs. She never laffsout loud, and seldom even smiles, but when she duz, she dtiz it ackeriiing to > the rules laid down by Murrey, for speak ing and pronouncing, the English langwicb , propperly. She is the oil ov propi. ly, and would rather be four years lie Lind the lush- , uns in bonnetts, than to spell a word w rung, I or parse a sentence inkorrcktly. The ktui try skool mom wldum divs an old maid;she p getsmtrrid to sum mnu who Imz less larn , ing than she baz, and he thinks (az he ought . to) that thare aint another sutch alarnt wo . man az biz wife iz, in all krenshim. With ( all her precise foolishness i hiv, and re«p-kt, , the kuntry skool mo n; she t tut me mi let ( lers, and larni. me bow to ?pol, and she waz pasbunt while i w*z stupid, she sooth ed me when I was frackshus, and she often ’ (good soul) giv a titbit from her luncheon at noon lime. May Heaven bless and com- ( I fort her, for she iz poorly paid, and iz «bp . mother to every bojdys yung ones.—[J>>su t Billings. No Timr to Reid.—We have often en ( couraged many who profrss to believe they have no time to read. Now we think of it, there have always iiern men of such charuc -1 t£*rs, the points of which are easily summed up. Nine times out of ten they are men who . have not found time lo confer any sub-tan tial advantage either upon their families or . upon themselves. • They frequently spend whole days in . gossiping, tippling and swapping horses, I : but they have “no time to read.” ( i They sometimes Iwe a day asking ad i • vice of their neighbors; som* times a day in picking up the news, the prices current J and the exchange, but these men never !! “Lave time to read.” I They have time to fish, to hunt, to fid l die, to drink, to—do nothing, but “not lime I to read." ’ Such men generally have uneducated ’children,unimproved farms and uaha;»py . firesides. They have no energy, no spirit of i nrovemeut, no love of knowledge ; they ,li> e unknowing and unknown, and often i die unwept and unreg cue L ; VVhal is Civne Made of? This is a question of frequent interroga tion —owing, no doubt, to the general dis cussion epnseqnent upon the.recent frnudii- Lnt importations—but as often is in indefi nitely answered, so thoroughlj 7 is the origi nal material metamorphosed by the treat nient it undergoes before this curious fabric Is ready for market, the transformation at times b< ing so grea l that even the most skillful are deceived as to the competent material; as wc learn that one of, if not the oldest merchants, testified in court that lie always supposed that crape was made of worsted —>a pard >uable mistake when we consider how wiry and unsiiky it not only appears but feels. The fa< t i-, However, that the article of chief value in the production of crape is the finest Itfdian silk, spun and woven In R pe cu’i.ir rimnner, and’ treated to vari< us me ch.injeal Operations -some of which are held in the most profound secrecy—that its manufacture not only calls into play the most exquisite skill and patience, but re quires the investment ot enormous cnp'tal. At (he head ot the manufactures ofcrape stands the English house of Courtauhls, whose name in inseparably connected with crape'of perfect finishand beauty. Many * yCirs ago when their goods were introduced in America by Messrs. Brear & Co,, the Cvurtmilds were comparatively small pro ducers, but now Alessrs. Hitchcock & Pot ter, and successors ot the above firm, dis . tribute very large quantities annually be sides the vast transactions in London and other European cities. Crape is sometimes made of cotton, and passes under the name of “Albert” nnd “Victoria,” for such uses that do not require the more expensive article. The use of this emblem of woe is soon the increase that the diminutive band or rosette that formerly sufficed for mourning purposes has been overcome by fashion, until stricken ones indicate their grief by ! dense folds of crape, that seemingly envelop i them in < lands of (inconsolable sorrow. I Crape, the civi’iz< d world over, is the in signia of mourni' g, and no other article can I fill its place, it being the outgrowth of a I refined c: ■ ;!) ’. that, demanding a suit able fabric, has found in it a marvelous adaptability. Happy Husbands—lt is a man’s own fault ifhc is unhaopy ’with his wife, in nine cases out of ten. It is a very exceptional woman who will not be nil she cun to un attentive husband, and a more exceptional one who will not be very disagreeable it she finds herself wilfully neglected. It w< uld ! be very easy to hate a man who, having bo’iml a woman to him, made no effort to make h< r happy ; hard not to love one who was constant and tender; and when a wo man loves she always strives to please. The great men of this world have often ’ been wrct< hed in their domestic relations, while mean nml common men have been exo-edingly happy. The reason is very plain. Absorbed in themselves, these who (b-sire the world's applause were can Uss of Ibe IRtie world at home; while those who i had none of this egotism strove to keep the , hearts that were their own, and were happy ■ in their tenderness. i No woman will love a man thelielter for | being renowned or prominent. Though he be first, among men she will only lie prouder, not fonder, and if she loses him lltrough this* renown, as is often the case, she will not even be proud. But give her love, appreciation, kindness, and there is ' no sac rifice she would not make tor his content aud comfort. The mini who loves her we|i is her hero and hir king. No less a hero to her, though he is not one to any other; no less a king, though his only king dom is her heart and lioinv. 1.. Among the many vegetable pmlucts of j Brazil the pottery tree of Para i» not the least worthy of note. This tree, the Afo . of lK>tauistß, attains & height of , 100 feet, up to the lowest bran* hM. The j s’t-m isi very slender, seldom exceeding a fisnt in diameter at the base. The wood is very hard and contains a large amount of silica —not so much, however, as the bark whit h is largely employed as a source of si-! lieu in the manttfaclace of poUery. lu pre ] paring the bark lor the potter’s use it is ; first burned, and the residue is then pulver ized and mixed withchy hi varying pro portions. With aa equal quantity of the two mgrediewU a superior quality of ware .is produced. Il is very durable and will bear a’most any amount of heat. The na tives employ it for all manner of culinary puqxisiea When fresh Ute bark cuts like I soft sandstone, and the presence of the silex i may be readily found by grinding a piece j lof the bark between the teeth. When dry j it is generally brittle, though sometimes . , bard to break. After being burned, it is ot : g*4>d quality, il cannot be broken up be-' tween the fingers, a pestle aad mortar be ing requited to critth it.—[Engincor. I The younz man who raises a bale of cot ton or a hundred bushels of corn is doing more for bis State than a thousand inen who whitii ie sticks and wonder when ! money & vt easier. VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 27. ALL FOR FUN. When is a lover like a tailor? When h« presses his suit. Drinking glass af.er glass must produeu pains in the inside. No young lady is so honest that she win refuse to hook a dress. When does a man have to keep his word? When no one will take it. Maiden ladies rejoice. Helen of Troy > was forty when she eloped. » What horn produces the most discordant r music ? The drinking horn. Why dors a chicken die before It lives? Became its existence is ova before it come* to life.' J Why Is an accepted suitor like a perrow ' guilty of crime? Because he ought to be transported. . A Michigan stump-speaker recently aa ’ nounced that “the country is fast drftinf . into arnica.” Young women are advised to set goof examples, because young mea are always ■ so lowing them. , Willie was disputing with his sister. “It is true.” he said, firmly, “for mother said so, and ifi-uhe says so it is so, if it ain't 1 There is a man tn Indiana who takes thirty-two newspapers, and you might bs ’ well try to ride a whirlwind on a side saddle as to attempt *.o impose upon that man. Two sharpers on 'change were discusslag 1 the merits of a third. •'Yes," said on< of them, winding up the conversation, ”bs’A rather lie oh sixty days time than tell truth for cash.” Why is it that the moment of popping , the quest ion is so terrible to x young fellow r that he fr qucntly can not utter a word I , Because just then fie loves the fair one t»- yond expression. * Am 'n reporte Ito have been an Invster- > at smoker for twenty years, has suddenly and permanently given up the practice He knocked the ashes out of his pipe inio i a keg of blasting powder. 1 “Will yon please insert this obituary no tice?” asked an old g ntleman of acoun* 5 try cd itor. “T make bold to ask it, because I know the deceased had a great many friends about here who’d be glad to hear of 1 his death.” The reason why a woman requires a large wallet for the transportation of a twenty i flve-ccnt shlnplaeter is as deeply wrapped iu mystery as the reason why a dog always I turns around three times when he gets up after a nap. > Teacher to colored pnpll: “Now, tny , bright lad, what is a fact?” Pupil: “A fact, . missus, is a mule.” “A mule 1 what do you mean by saying that?” “I reckon, miMU*. i that you said facts was stublmrn things, and they was the same as a mule !” i A wee bit of a boy, having been slightly r chastised by his mother, sat quietly in hi* > chair for some time afterward, no doubt ’ thinking profoundly. At last he spoke out: • “Mnzzer, I wish pa’d get annuzzer bouro s keeper; I’ve got tired seein’ you round." ’ Tw<* citizens were comparing notes upon the merit of their spouses. “Mine,” said ' one, “would be a very good wife, if *h« 1 were not so talkative.” “Talk at eve I" re plied the other, “why, you are a happy fel- 1 low; my wife ta’.ks morning, noon, and . night!” A Milwaukee chap kissed his girl about ’ forty times right straight along; and when 1 be stopped the tears came into her eyee, and she said, in a sad tone of voice: “Ab, John, I fear you have ceased to love me." “No, I haven’t,” replied John, “but I must breathe.” A wideawake minister, who fount hl* . congregation going to sleep before he had fairly commenced, suddenly stopped and exclaimed: “Brethren,this isn’t fair. Wait . till I get along, and then if I ain’t worth listening to, go to sleep, but don’t before I commence. Give a man a chance!” A knowing traveler out West, who had ' chartered half a bed at a crowded hotel, I and wh» determined to have the best half, bu< kb d a spnr on bis heel before turning in. His unfortunate sleeping partner Lore the infliction as long as he could, and at last roared out: “Say, stranger, if you’re a gentleman, you ought to cut your toe nails." A man who was known a* • free-thinkro met a friend one day, and, taking him toy the hand, said, “I have become a ChriMiew.” “I am glad to hear It," his friend replied; “suppose wfe have a settlement of that little account; ‘pay me that thou owesl.’ ’ “No, said the new-born child, turning oft hi* I iieel, “religion is religion, and bustnm* i* j business.” Answer to a fair correspondent, on the mode! set by lit< r ry weeklies : “Yourcoft iduct was perfectly proper in kissing th* young man when he so requested, in order to ‘assist him in <!iscovering whether ft would make tbe can 'le fl cker or not* Slight deviatio •« from strict deportment may always be made while investigating , scientific questions."