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BY BREWSTER & CO.
STATE z .
James M. Smith, Governor.
N. C. Barnet, Secretary of State.
J. W. Goldsmith, Comptroller General.
John Jones, Treasurer.
Joel Brunh»ra, Libmrwu.
Keeper of the
Penitentiary.
Gustavus J. Orr, State' School’ Commis
sioner.
J. N. Janes, Commissioner of Agricul
ture.
Thomas D. Kittle, State Geologist.
; JUDICIAL.
BLUE JUDGE CIRCUIT.
Noel B. Knight. Judge.
C. D. Phillips, Solicitor General.
lime rf&oWttf Ucurl..
Ckwrokkr —Fourth Monday in Febru
ary.jraff ffrerMondsyin August.
m March and
Dawson—Third Monday in April and
second M-ondayJn September.
Fannin—Third Monday in MAy and Oc-
First Monday in April and
fourth Monday in August.
Gilmer —Second Monday in May and
Second Monday in April and
first Monday ip September.
M iltON—Fourth Monday in March and
third Monday in August.
Pickens—Fourth Monday In April and
* •
Towns—Monday after fourth Monday in
Mav and October.
Union— Fourth Monday in Mav and Oc
,e«er.
OFFICERS.
McClure; Ordinary. Regular court
first Mondav in each month.
J. W. Hudson, Cltrk Superior Court
,V»;#“hn G. WAM. Treasurer.
Wm. iL. Wilson, Tax Receiver.
Jaaeph G Dupree, Tax Collector.
W Hawkins, Surveyor.
a Walnßamptry, Contner.
AL’M'ICK COURT—CANTON DIS.
* E. Flutson. J. P.
B. F. Daniel, N. P.
11. G. Daniel, L. C
’■ TOWN GOVERNMENT.
W. A. Teasly, Mayor.
J. W. Hudson, Recorder.
J M. McAfee, J. B. B*rtou. James O.
Dowds, N. J. Garrison, Jabez Galt, Aider
men. g— r-
COUNTY Tk)*RD~OF EDUCATION?
James o. D<»* da, President.
James W. Hudson, County School Com
missioner.
Prof James U. Vinc'-nt, Examiner.
Joseph M. McAfee. Allen Keith. Joseph
J. Maddox, John R. Moore.
Meetings quarterly, in the court-house.
WmA rtf'lWv, A»l
CHEROKEE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIA
TION.
Jam's O. Dowda, President.
M. B. Tu >gk, Vice-President.
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Prof, fames. P. •vtaertar, Amecmtion Cor
respondent
Regular meetings every second Saturday
ta each month, at 10 a. m. _ ‘ _
|j
Baptist Church, Canton Ga., time of
•■cvice fourth Humlav in each month.
Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor.
M. E. Church, lime of service, preachers
in charge
Rev. R. R. Johnson, first Sunday.
Rev. B. R. Ledbetter, second.
Rev. J. M. Hardin third.
MASONUX-j-r miq. n .
Canton Lodge. No. 77. meets first and
third Monday nights in each month.
Joseph M. McAfee, W. M/<; / / I’ /«)
B. E. Ledbetter, Secretary.
■ s***»y. ,tu -•- *J<
. CawTgßr No lli, rafci* every
c: T.
George I. Teasly, Secretary f ?
Canton Orange No. 225, Canton Ga.
Jabea Galt, Master.
Joseph M. Mr Afire, Secretary.
Citisens and Friends of the M. A
W. G. Railroad!
josepeTelsas,
w» wKtj£/ ,lnclpCJ XswCar ner, j
MARIETTA, GJKORGIA,
Bas a large stock ol— «*
HATS, CLOTHING.
CROCKERY WARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES—the best custom
made work,
Which die offers, cheap at Panic Prices.
Chll and are for yourself. No trouble to
demonstrate to going on hi sett
ing goods bow,' damg panic tirm*. when
goods must be sold for cash, and cash only.
TMBuiung all nw fidaiwta for rhrir liberal
and asking a continuance of the
same, 1 aiu, very respectfully.
1« JOSEPH ELSAS.
@|)*§B<£hcrlliee □Etatutmi.
7 J 4 H =.i V
-fi.T 1
BLUE AND GRAY.
“Oh, mother, what do they mean by blue ’
And what de tMy nHsuf by grey T
Was beard.from the lips <ff a little child,
As she bounded in from play.
* The mother's eye? filled up with tears;
She turned to her darling fair
* “Why, mother** eyeanre blue, my sweet,
And grandpa's hair is gray,
* And the love we bear ear darling child
Grows stronger every day ’’
“But what did tbey meafm
child:
®* i *M* a ** ***“
The Other Mid be fought for the gray.
“Naw, he the blue bad lort a leg,
The other had bat one awa.? v
And both teemed worn and weary and sad,
Yet their greeting wm kiad and warm.
They told of batiks in daysgmse Mr,
I Till it made my young Mart thrill;
The Irg wee lect in the Wil*vjmw «ght»
And the asm oa JWwsNIU- w 81
1 “They tat on the stone by the Issm-yanl
I And talked for an hour or mare.
Til 1 their eyee grew bright, end♦ their hearts
I seemed warm, .
With fighting their battles o’er.
I And parting al last with a friendly grasp,
In a kindly, brotherly way,
! Each called on God to speed the time ; ,-*bJ.
Uniting the blue and the gray?’
i
Then mother thought of other days—
Two stalwart boys from her riven; o
How they knelt at her side, and, Wing,
prayed
“Our Father which art ln Heaven
I How one wore the gray and one wore the
blue.
How they had passed »wiy from sight,
And had gone to a J*nd where blue and
g>*y
Are merged in color* of light.
■
And she answered her darling with golden
JiaiG
While her herrt was sadly wrung
With the thoughts awakantd ia that sad
hour ~ .- - .
By her innocent, prattling tongue:
• The blue and the gray »r« color* of
God;
They are asm in the sky at even,
And many a noble, gallant soul
Has found them passports to Heaven.’’
The Bark Hear.
*1 can’t itfM it My longer,
” out, and perhaps something will lam up
lor us?
‘lt's a cold night, Robert.’
‘Cold, yrs; but it’s n<»t much colder out
i than in. It would have been better lor you
if you had married John Tranain,’ he said
bitterly. , . f i
•Don’t say that, Robert; I’ve never re
gretted my choice.’
‘Not even when there is not alosf of
bread in the house fur you and the chil-
iwiwrt. .»«,•<
eourbgrd. God has not forsaken trt. Per
haps, this Christmas eve, the tkle will turn.
Better days may dawn upon u» to-morrow.’
Robert Bfice sho<4 desnoml
hn»4- indbMf mo ** hopeful
than I am, Jane. Day after day I have
been in search of employment. 1 called at
fifty places, only to receive the same an
swer everywhere?
Just then little Jimmie, who had been
asleep, wokeup. >unT 00C
‘Mother,’ he pleaded, ‘won’t you give me
a piece of bread ? I’m so hungry.’ r£ ,
I There Mbo bread, Jtmmk, thy
Mid his mother, with an aching heart.
« 'When will theta bo some F asked the
chill, piteously.
! , Teat* came ■. into tbe mothortt eys. She
Juww m-t what to do. , s h i,.
Jimmie. I’U bring you seep* bMfid; said
the father, Hoarsely, j . , , lt j
t Aadha sailed hi* hat and wanl so the
dour. His wife, alarmed, laid her hand on
hfe sleeve. She ny. the Mi in hi* ey«;•
she feared so what step deaperation might
lead him.
'Remember, Robert,’ she said, solemnly,
'lt is hard to starve, but there are things
that are worse?
He shook her hand off, but not roughly,
and passed out without a word.
I Out on tho cold MwsU there &
their only borne nest For a brhf time
longer fen had the shelter of a cheeriees
room in a cold lodging-bouse; but tbs rent
would become due at the end of the month,
and he had nothing to meet it
Robert Brice waa a mechanic, competent
and skittful. Three ywn swwe J*e hvod in
a country village, where bw expense* were
moderate, and bo found ao dimeuky m
meeting them; but. in an evil hour, he
grew tired of Im vjlfefil ho«w and removed
to the city. Here tee vainly hoped to do
better. For awhile be met with succes*;
but he found the lodging-house in which
be bad to live a poor substitute tor lb« neat
cottage he had occupied in the country
He mw his mistake, but was too proud to
go back, although it WM his wife’s desire
that they should do so. ‘ ‘
But the time of great depreewon came,
■ad with ft a suspension of business enter
prise. Work ceased for Robert Brice and
many others. If be had been in bi* old
home, be could have turned his hand to
something else, ami, at the worst, could
Virtue and Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty.
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CANTON. CHEROKEE COUNTY, Gl., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 1876.
have borrowed of his neighbors till better
times.
go, day by day, he went‘o seek work,
Only to return disappointed If he had
been alone he could have g**t on hi some
way, but it was a sore trial to come to Che
cheerless room and h pale wife and hungry
children with no rdVf to offer them.
When, on that Christmas eve, Robert
Brice went into the streets, he hardly knew
how ife was going toTedcem thc prdntike lie
bad made little Jimmie. He was absultUo
ly penniless, aiiji had been so tar three
days. There was nothing that he was
likely to find to do that night
‘I wifi pawn my coat,’ he said. ‘I can
not see my wife and children starve.’
It was a wefi-worn coat, and that winter
night he needed something more to keep
him warm. Weakened by enforced fasting,
he was more sensitive to cold, and shivered
as he walked along the pavement.
*Y>s,’he said,‘niy coat must go. I-know
not how I shall get along without it; but I
can not see my children starve before my
eyes? _ I
He was not in general an envious man,
but wlun he B.»w the sleek, well fed citi
zens, buttoned up to the throat irf whim
overcoats, come out of brilliantly lighted
shops, provided with pretty present* for
.happy children at home, while bis were
starving, he aufferctl some bitter tlwnights
upbn the hirqnality of gifts to come to his
mind. Why should they be so happy while
he was so miserabl:.- ?
There was a time —he remembered it
well—when he, too, suffered not the Christ
mas eve to p-»ss without buying some little
giftstor Jimmie and Agnes. Ifow little he
drebmVd that they should ever want bread 1
There was one tran, shorter than him
self, warmly’ctad, who nassed'htm with bis
hands thrust deep in his pocket. There
wirtfc ffirmflutt rmilc upon his face. He
was doublkss thinking ol a happy circle at
hnme.
Robert knew him to be a rich cabinet
maker and hpholsfrivr, whose ample ware
house he often passed. Ho had applied to
this man for employment two days before,
and been refused. It was, perhaps, the
thought of the wide ditlerenrc betw.cc«
them, so far as outward circumstances
wore concerned, that led Robert to follow
him.
ta After awhile the tradesman, Mr. Grimes
drew his handkerchict from his pocket.
As he did. so, his pocket-book fell on the
pavemciV- He did not perceive it, but
Robert (Aid. His heart into his
mouth, and ft sudden thought entered his
mind. He bent quietly down apd picked
up the pocket-book. He raised his ryes to
see it the movement was noticed. It was
not. Mr. Grimes went on, unconscious of
his loss.
‘’l'hifl will buy bread for my wife and
children,’ thought Robert, instantly.
A vision of the comfort which tlie money
would bring that cheerless home lighted up
h?R heart for a moment ‘But he was not
dishonest, and there came another thought.
The money was not bis, mucli ns he ncede<!
iu ■
IBut I can not -see my wife and children
stiiryr,’ he thought again. ‘lf it is wrong
to keep the money, God will pardon th
offense. .He will understand my motive?
All tMs was sophistry, and he know it.
Yn a moment he felt it to be so. 'There
was something worse than starvation.’ It
was his wife who saal this, ju*l before be
eame out. Could he meet her gsZe when
he returned with food so obtained ♦ Tve
lived Konest so far,’ he thought; T won’t
turn thief now?
It was with an effort he came to this de
cision, for all the while that vision of a
cheerless home was before bis eyes, and he
could hear Jimmie vainly asking for food.
It was with au effort tlust tee stepped for
warl and placed his hand on the trades
man *• shoulder, and extended the hand that
held the pocket-book.
‘Thank you,’ said Mr. Grime*, turning
around ; ‘I hadn’t perceived my toss. lam
much obliged to you?
‘You haw reason to be,’ said Robert, in
j-w low voice. ‘I came very near keeping it?
□•‘Thai would have been dishonest? Mid
Mr. Grimes, his tone altering slightly.
‘Yes, it would; but ft is hard to be hon
est wlien one is ponuriless, and his w*ife and
children arc without a crust?
‘Surely, you and your children are not in
that ooadilfou T said the tradesman, eam
cslly.
;/A’es? said Robert, ‘it is only too true.
For two months I have vainly sought for
work. I applied to you two daya ago?
‘I remember you pow. I thought I had
seen you before. You still want work F
T should feel gratefbl for it.'
•My foreman left me yesterday. Witt
you take hi# plaw fw <2d a week F
‘Thankfhlly," sir ; T would for half that?
‘Then come to-morrow, or, rather the
day after, a* tomorrow is a holiday. Mean
while, take this for present neecssitfca.’
He drew from his pocket-bvpk several
notes and gave them to Robert
• Why. you have given me thirty dolbu*f
said Robert, in amazement.
‘I know it The pocket-book contains
I fire thousand dollar*. But lor yti I would
’ - s. 3 EM -sT-
have Icat the whole. I wish you a merry
Christmas? \
•It will, indeed, be a merry Christmas?
said Robert, with emotion. 'Heaven bless
you, siijj Goodnight?
‘Gooff night? ” *; ■
Jane yraited for her husband in the cold
and cheerless room, which for sfrw days
longer she m ght call her home. An hour
pas nd; there was a step on the stows—h« r
!’ usband’s. It could not be, for this was a
cheerful, clastic step coming up two stairs
at a time. She looked eagerly to the door.
Yes, it was hye The door opened. Rob
ert, radiant with joy, entered with a basket
ful of provision*.
‘Have vou gotaome bread, fattier F asked
Jimmie.- hopeftillji J L K J X
‘Yes, Jimmie, seine bread and meat from
a cook's shop ; and here's a little tea and
sugar. Ttatos naaafew coals left. Let’s
have a bright fire and a comfortable meal;
for, please God, this shall be a meriy
Christmas?
‘How ditl it happen f Tell me, Robert?
So Robert told his wife; and soon a
bright fire lit up. the before cheerless room,
and there were four happy hearts that
waited in Joyful hope for the dawn of a
merry Christmas day.
The next week they moved to better
rooms. They have never since known
what it i* to want Robert found a firm
friend in Mr, Grimes, and has an account
in the savings bank, and has reason to xe
member, with a grateful heart, God’s good
ness on that Christmas eve.
*»' *■■— » —» y
A (Jueen’s Speech.
Many of our readers may never have read
a speech of Queen Victoria, at the opening
of the British Parliament. For their grati
fication. we publish the following, delivered
on the Bth of February last:
Her Majesty, the Queen, opened the nevt
session of Parliament soon after 12 o’clock
at noon, on the Bth, although she did not
read th* speech in person.
The weather was dull and cold, though
thousands of peopfe lined the streets through
which the Queen, and her attendants passed.
She did not go in state. . /
The Q»een partieulariy requested that
the rinsing of the Westminster Abbey and
the St. Margaret’s church bell* on her ap
proach be omitted in consequence of the ill
ness of Lady Augusta Stanley.
Their Roval Higlineioe* Alexandra,
Princess of Wale*, Marie, the Duchess of
Edinl urgh, Princess Louise, the Marchio
ness of fk>rne, and Princess Beatrice, ac
companied the Queen. The Queen having
taken the throne, and the usual formalitte*
having be*n gone through with, the Lord
Chancellor (Lord Cairn*) read the speech a*
follows : 1
My Lonl* and gentlemen; It is with
much satisfectfon fiiat I again resort to the
advice and assistance of my Parliament.
My relations with foreign power* con
tinue of a cordial character.
The insurrectionary movement which
during the last six month* has been main
tained in the Turkish nrovtace of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and which the troop# of
the Sultan have, up to the present time,
been uu*Me to reprem, Em excited the at
tention and Interrot of the great European
powers. I have considered It my duly not
to stand aloof from the efforts now being
made by the allied and friendly govern
ment* to bring about the pacification of the
isturbed districts, and I h*vc; accordingly,
while respecting the independence of the
Porte, jotiefi in firgfff on tfe* Bulian (he
expediency of adopting such measures of
administrative reform ns may remove all
reasonable cause ot discontent on the part
of his Christian subjects.
I have agreed to purchase, BUbj-ct to your
sanction, the share* which belonged to the
Khedive o| Egypt in the Sues Canal, and I
rely with confidence upon your enabling me
tn complete the transaction, in which the
public interests are deeply involved.
The representations which I addressed to
the Chinese Government as to th* attack
made in the con two of last year on an expe
dition sent from Btinmdi to the Western
Province of China have been received m a
friendly spirit. The cijrcumstance* nf that
lamentable outrage are now the subject of
an inquiry in which I have thought it right
tb that a member of my diplomatic
service should take part I await the result
of ihis inquiry In the firm conviction that it
will be so conducted a* to lead to the dto
envery and punishment of the offenders.
Papers on all the above subject* will be
laid l>efore you. •*’’
I am deeply thankful for the uninterrupt (
ed health which my dear son, the Prinde of
Wales, has enjoyed daring bi* Jburney
through India, and the hearty affection with
which he has been received by mt Indian
sobjec's of all classes and race*, assure* me
that they are happy under my rple and toy
al to my throne. At the time that the di
rect government of my Indian Empire was
transferred to the Crowa, no formal addi
tion was made tb the style and titles cl the
•overeign. I have deemed the present a
fitting opportunity tor supplying the Omis
sion, and a bill upon Ihe subject will be pre
sented to you.
The humane and enlightened pelicr con-
■ sist.cntly pursued by thia country in putting
an end to slavery within her own depen-
' dencies and in suppressing the slave-trade
i throughout the world, makes it important
that the action of British national shi[i* in
the territoria l waters of foreign states should
be in harmony with the great principles. I
i have, therefore, given directions for the. is-
■ sue of a royal commission to inquire into
• all. tresty engagements and other interna
> tional obligations bearing upon this subj ct,
i and all instructions from time to time issued
to my uaval officers with a view to ascer
tain whether any step* ought to be taken to
secure for my *bips and their command' rs
abroad greater power for the maintenance
. of the right of personal liberty.
A bill will bejakl before you for pu”ish
ing slave-traders who are the subjects of
native Indian princes.
i The affairs of my colonial empire, the
general prosperity of which has continued !
to advance, have received a large share of
my attention.
Paper* of importance and interest will
, soon be hi your hands, showing the prof ced
ing* with respect to the conference of the
South Africa colonies and states.
The murder of a high officer of the Straits
settlements whilst acting in a neighboring
Malay state and the disorders ensuing on
that outrage have demanded the interfer
ence of my troops. I trust that the opera
tion* which were energetically conducted,
though not without the loss of some valu
able lives, have restored order and re-estab
lished the just influence and authority of
thia country.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons : I
have directed the estimates for the year to
1 be prepared and presented to you without
delay.
My Lords and Gentlemen : Bills for reg
ulalihgthe ultimate tribunal of appeal for
the Uniteel Kingdom and for the amend
ment of the Merchant Shipping laws will
be immediately submitted to you.
Legislation will be proposed relating to
the universities and primary education. ’
Your attention will be called also to a
1 measure for promoting economy and effi
ciency in the management of prisons and at
; the same time effect ing the relief of local
burdens.
Other important measures, as the time of
lhe*ession permits, will lie introduced to
your notice; and I pray that your dclil>ern
tion may, under the Divine blessing, result
’ in the happiness -and contentment of my
people.
How to Make Mabuiage Beautiful.
In the first place, let people defer to law* of
health, of sanity, of hereditary soundness,
let them obey restriction, consult whole
some seasons, respect the limits that have
been set up by the common sense of nature.
Mutual ignorance upon these points in fill-
• ing marriage with unnecessary evil, they
not only spoil the physical well-being of a
family, but spoil its disposition. Let the
work in every house be reduced by a reduc
tion of its ambitioii*, till all the parlors, all
the tables, all the clothes, exactly reprerent
the current condition of every family; not
’ a bracket nor a ribbon for exaggeration,
not a single room for parade, neither sew
mg, washing, eating, scouring, company
giving, beyond actual need, and all done by
the least elaborate methods. Then, in the
second place, reduce to the lowest possible
point tbedisturbances which arise from ig
norance and vanity, from artificial training ;
you simply lib rate marriage for more effec
tive dW-b-ihN* of it* ‘ritual purpose. The 3
men aqd women might still suspect that
’ thev were ill-mated, till life itself pronoun
ced the bans. Teach children that mar
riage only prolongs their school hours in
to the dignity of sterner discipline and less
perishable attainments. Warn them against
the affectation and extravagance which
undermine respect, against physical errors
which so sap the will that it is humble and
enslaved by annoyances which health and
freshness laugh at And teach them sim
plicity, make vulgar bablts and ambition*
appear odious to them, apply their imagi
nation* with austere and noble forms, tempt
them to fall in Jove, first, with spiritual
beauty, whose service makes them truly
free; then they will be better prepared to
‘ discover that marriage withholds felicity
until it has been learned.—[John Weis, in
Old and New.
An Evidence of Depravity.—Some
idle negroes were leaning against the sun
ny side of a store the other day, when a
dandy white man pasaetl by.
“ Whoo ee! Did you smell him T” asked
June of the mokes.
“Goliy, d*t man must run a mus’ fackry!”
Mid another.
“I wouldn’t work for dat man under no
kcrsidcrashUD 1 Dal's a mean white man, .
shore’s you’re horned
“Wharfor, Jake? What make yon tink
dat F’ asked one of the crowd.
“Kase,-1 no’s he is, for any white man '
dat ’fumes bfesef wid mua’ would go cahoots !
wid a nigger t> buy a see-gyar an 1 smoke i
it time about wid him ; don’tyer know it ?” i
“I bleevcs ye F* said one, and the others i
granted approval.
In r quarrel, it is always the well bred
who will first give way.
VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 30.
“ I L >fe an Honest Poy.**
There is a German who keep* a corner
grocery in Keokum, and he had a call from
a little boy, the other night, who had I *rn
sent to get as 2 Hill changed. The boy re
ceived the change and returned home with
it, when it was discovered that there wa» a
quarter which was rather ragged, though
good, in the chang«, and also th®* the quar
ter was just, twenty-five cents more change
than the parties were entitled to. The boy
was sent back to r< turn it, and of course
the ragged “fractional” was sent with him.
Ent< ring the store and holding out the ra|p
ged money, the boy ani l:
“Changed a *2 bill fur me. Here’* a
quarter*-” • ** ’
Our German friend, seeing the ragged
money, and fancying he would Irate to taka
it back, intCFiuoie l the boy by exclaiming:
“Slianged uolinks! I suanged no pill*
mit you."
“Ye*, you did, and here’s a quarter—•”
“Alein gott, vnt a liars. Nefer in my life
did I see such a poys. I dells you, you
never shanged meunit «ny pills."
“Wliy, 1 was in here not half an hour
ago, and you gave me a quarter— ’’
“Gif you s »me quarters—gif you tome
quarters! Don mu Vetter, young feltei 1 do
you tink I pin gone grasy mit my prain* 1
I don’t gif you some quarter*. Now make
yourself seldom, right avny, pefore I but
shonltcra on your head," and he coai
inenced to move out from behind the
counter.
“O, you didn’t give me no quarters, bey ?
All right, all right, Squire ; I’m just a quar
ter ahead,” —and he started to go out.
“Now,” said the German, putting him
self in an attitude of admiration, “dot i«
vat 1 like to see p< ttcr as nodings else. I
lose an honest poy, und I shust pin drying
you, sonny. Yaw, it vas me vat make* •
shange mit ter pill, and I knows it all der
same, put I vas diying you. Du pee«h a
s-heuey poy, and I gif* you a nice, pig ap
ples for your honesty,” and, pocketing the
quarter, he led the boy back to the rent end
of the store, and selecting an spple about
the size of a marble, he presented it to the
by, and, patting him on the bead, said:
‘Now, run along home, Sonny, and dell
your volks vat a nice, p e-a-u-t-i-f-u-1 old
ehentleman it vas dot gif you dot nice
apple!”
_———
Oi.D Winston was a negro preacher In
Virginia, and his ideas of theology and hu
man nature were often very original.
A gentleman thus accosted the old gen
tleman on Sunday:
“Winston, I understand you believe every
woman has seven devds. How can you
prove it ?’’
“Well sab, did you never read in de Bi
ble how seven debbels wire cas out er Ma
ry Magdaliu?
“Oh yes! I’ve rend that."
“Did you ebber bear of ’em being cast
out of any odder woman sah ?
“No, I never did.”
“Well den the odder* got em yet.”
Think.—Do your own thinking. Ye®,
that is the idea. Think for yourself. It is
well to listen to the expressed thought* of
others, and it L-. an agreeable pastime to
give expression to your tl eights; but
when you arc alone, weigh wbat you liave
said. It is well to do this, for it will assist
in curing you of false notion* and in eradi
cating unprofitable ideas, and in time mak
ing you better men and women. Whilst
you thus gain from surroundings, you un
willingly transmit to lhe rising generation,
and the result will be that you will do your
share in the glorious work of elevating the
human family. Do your own thinking.
The following i* given as a rule by which
the Bible ean l*e read through easily 1® *
year: During January read Genesis and
Exodus; February, read to 19th Deuteron
omy ; March, to 15th of Ist Samuel; April,
to 15th of 2nd Kings; May, to sth N»hemi
ah ; June, to 100th Psalm ; July, to 50th of
Isaiah; August, to 20th of Ezekiel; Sep
tember, to end of Old Testament; October,
to end of 1 uke; November, to end of Ist
Corinthians; December, to end New Tes
tament. This gives aliout sixty five to »ev
euty five paces per mouth, or about two
pages for every week day and four pages
for every Bundav.
A FAKMEt: whose cribs were full of corn
was accustomed to pray that the wants of
the poor mJ ne dy might lie supplied ; but
when any one in needy circumstance* ask
ed for a little f his corn, he said be bad
none to spare. On»* day, after bearing hi*
lather pray for the poor and needy, h i lit
tle son sai I r<» him : ‘Father, I wish I bail
; your corn? 'Why, my son, what conkl
you do with it ‘f asked the father. The
child replied, ‘I would answer your pray
. era!’
■ A lette-i earing the direction of “My
i Son” arrived one day at the postoffice of a
seaport town. The d faculty of the postal
officials was great as to whom they shonld
deliver the lettei, until the perplexity wm
solved by a sailor arriving and asking, “Is
i there a letter here from my mother