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THE SEM[-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN” ESTABLISHED IN 1854, i By CHAS. W. HANCOCK- ( VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Semi-Weeki.y, One Year - - -?4 00 Weely, One Year - - - - - 2.00 HFPaYABI.E IS ADVANCE_fIZt All advertisements eminating from public offices will be charged tor in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly o£ Georgia—7s cents per hundred words for each of the first four insertions, and 35 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, with date and signature, is counted as a word. The cash must accompany the copy of each advertisement, unless different arrange ments have been made. Advertising Kates. One Square first insertion, - - - -SI.OO Each subsequent insertion, - - - - .5 EsUTe.n Lines of Minion, type solid con stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will be charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the length of time for which they are to be inserted will be continued until ordered out anti charged for accordingly. Advertisements tooccupy fixed places wil be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates Notices in local column inserted for ten cent per line each insertion. TAYLOR’S SMILING ROOM IS HEADQUARTERS FOR SOMETHIN# GOOD TO INK T he Best Cock in the city. Meals S ved at Short otice ! om One ome a 11. novlcf .A. CARD. Buena Vist High School will open its spring term, January Bth 1883. This announcement is made in the hope that the patrons will take knowledge of the fact that is highly important to each pupil to be gin at the opening of the exercises. A bill is now before the Legislature to fur nish guns, and it is hoped this fact will still add to tlie attractive features of the institu tion. Oalesthenies taught by a competant teacher will afford a proper and graceful exercise for the girls, while the military drill will substantially furnish exercise for the boys. TERMS. Preparatory Department ?2 00 Intermediate, 2 50 Academic, 3 00 Music 3 00 Painting 4 00 These departments furnish an attiaction. Drawing, 2 50 Incidental fee 10 cts. per month 1 00 Payments required monthly. decßtf J. E. MATHIS, Principal. THE CELEBRATED SEXTUPLE SPRING BED. To breathe, eat and sleep well is the first requirement of physical organization. S. FLEISGHMAN’S SEXTUPLE BED SPRING. [Patented Aug. 22, 1882.[ Is the first and foremost to accomplish this end, as it facilitates the first, accelerates the second, and perfects the last of these grand purposes. It is a “tiling of beauty and a [oy forever.” Last with life, perfect in its adaptation forcomtort, being disconnect ed in the center prevents sagging. Made by S. M- LESTER, who will put them on, and is from long experience able to guarantee satisfaction. AGENTS WANTED to sell these Springs. Territory and Spring outfit turnished and large commissions paid. S. FLEISCHMAN, Patentee and Manufacturer, octll-6m Cotton Ave., Americus. Ga. For Sale. The Berrien County Nfw and Office outfit, including two presses; an eight column Washington Hand Press, and Gordon jobber, in good condition, is offered for sale during the next thirty days. The {laper is in its eighth volume, and its circu ationgood. Address, “NEWS,” dec2tf Alapalia, Ga. FA PM *** All who are indebted to me for Guano, are earnestly requested to settle by Decem ber 20th, after which time, I am ordered to place all the notes in the hands of an Attor ney for suit and collection, and the full face of the note will lie required. My orders are imperative and I must obey. decStd J. B. SCOTT. BRICK. BRICK. B RICK 1 have'jTHREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND good new brick, which I will sell cheap. Apply at once. dec6lm R. R. COBB. FOR SALE. AN EXTENSION TOP, FOUR PASS ENGER CARRIAGE, for sale at a bargain Apply to T- S. GREENE, septSOtf Opposite Prince Bro.’s Stables. MEAT MARKET AND Provision Store ! W. H. & T. M. COBB Having purchased from HAKE & COBB, the Meat Market and Provision Store, on COTTON AVENUE, Keep on hand the VERY BEST CUTS of BEEF. PORE, KID AND SAUSAGE AND ALSO A EULL LINE OF GREEN GROCERIES! Provisions, Kto , embracing aii kinds of Vegetables and Fruits in their season, Canned Goods, etc. I It is their aim to keep a first-class estabiish- I ment, and give their customers good goods ; at tile lowest prices.- Highest price paid for CATTLE, IIOGS, and all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE. Ameiuccs, Ga., Dec. 10,1882. tf DISSOLUTION, The public is hereby notified that wo have this day dissolved co-partnership. The notes and accounts due us are in the hards of G. W, GLOVER with full power and authority to collect and receipt for the same. The in terest of R. .1. PERRY having been assigned to the said G. W. GLOVER for a valuable consideration. This, November 27th, 1882. G. vV. GLOVER, K. J. PERRY. To the many friends and patrons that in past have favored the late firm of GLOVER & PERRY witli their patronage, 1, in re tiring from said co-partnership, tender my thanks, and take great pleasure in saying foi Mr. GLOVER, my former partner, that he is a gentleman of strict integrity, and in every way worthy of your confidence. 1 most respectfully solicit for him a continu ance of your patronage. Respectfully, R. J. PERRY. nov29tf Change of Firm. TIIE FORMER FIRM OF CROCKER & IULLIS, ON COTTON AVENUE, has been dissolved by the purchase of Mr. C. E. CROCKER’S interest by Mr. 13.11. JOSSEY, and the new firm of TULLIS & JOSSEY, will assume the responsibilities of the for mer firm, and will be pleased to have their friends call and examine their new and low priced stock of goods. TULLIS & JOSSEY, declatf Americus, Ga. muxs wood MILITARY ACADEMY THE SPRING SESSION WILL BEGIN January Bth, 1883. Those who wish to secure places should make application at once. No reduction of charges for late entrance. Charges, Spring session, twenty-four weeks, 9156 lIS A DVANCJO. • For particulars, apply to CHARLES M. NEIL, declG.lm Box 493, Atlanta, Ga. A VALUABLE FLOTATION FOB SALE. I desire to sell my valuable plantation near the corner of Dougherty, Lee and Terrell counties, on Kioakee creek,contain ing one thousand acres, three hundred acres in cultivation. The improvements are good, among them anew store house, Terms, §3,500—§1,500 in cash, and the rest in two payments. Labor on the place abundant. For further particulars apply to the under signed in person or by ietter at Chicltasaw hatcliee, Terrell county, Ga. declGtf W. J. CON. NOTICE?” All persons indebted to Dr. J. N. Clieney for Bed Springs, are hereby notified tocome forward and settle their account with H. O. JOHNSON, who is authorized to collect for me. These accounts must he collected by January Ist, 1883. J. N. CHENEY, declStf Eilavillo, Ga, NEW VARIETY ! Extra Early Pearl Onion Sets! Grows larger, comes earlier, is mild er and better than any other variety. Plant once and you will always plant them in the future. They can be had at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. On hand, a dozen different kinds and sizes of Baking Powders. Sea Foam, Yeast, Gems, Flavoring Ex tracts, Gelatine, Dessecated Cocoanut, Chocolate, etc., etc., at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. If you want Combs, Brushes, Co logne, Handkerchief Extracts, Soaps, Hand-Mirrors, and all toilet articles, call at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. You can still find the best CIGAR for the money in the city; also, Pipes, Etc., Etc., at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. Don’t forget that the place to get Baking Powders, etc., etc., is at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. Your account is due and I need the money, so call and settle, at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. This is meant for you, call and settle your account, at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS AMERICUS, GEORGIA; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1882. Yangemeut of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys. SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER. Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax; the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy, with considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of leaving undone something which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, oftep mistaken for consumption; the patient complains of weariness and debility; nervous, easily startled; feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation of the skin exists; spirits are low apd despondent, and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred when but few of them existed, yet examination after death has shown the Liver to have been extensively deranged. It slinuld be used by ail persons, eld and young, whenever any of the above symptoms appear. Persons Traveling or Living in Un healthy Localities, by taking a dose occasion ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid all Malaria, Uilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in toxicating beverage. If You have eaten anything hard of digestion, or feci heavy after meals, or sleep loss at night, take a dose and you will be relieved. Time and Doctors* Bills will bo saved by always keeping the Regulator > in the House! For, whatever the ailment may be*, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonic can never be out of place. The remedy is harmless and docs not interfere with business or pleasure. IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE, And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injuriouspfter effects. A Governor's Testimony. Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Ga., says; Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. “The only Tiling that never fails to Relieve.**—l have used many remedies for Dys pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never nave found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmons Liver Regulator has. 1 sent from Min nesota to Georgia foi- it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly affected to give it a trial ns it seems the only thing that never fails to relieve. I*. M. Janney, Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. T. XY. Mason says: From actual ex perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in my practice I have been and am satisfied to use and prescribe it as a purgative medicine. flfSSP'Takc only the Genuine, which always has on the Wrapper the red 7. Trade-Mark and Signature of J. H. ZKILIN & CO. FOR SALE BY ATT, DRUGGISTS. Tom ■'•iiteh'SrSSHSElSS&Kßfl EXPEOTaBMT Is composed of Herbal nml Mucilaginous prod ucts, which permeat e the substance of the Lungs, expectorates the acrid matter that collects in the Broucbial Tubes, and forms a soothing coating, winch relieves She ir ritation that causes the cough. It cleanses the lungs of all impurities, strengthens them iviieii enfeebled hy disease, invigor ates the circulation of the blood, and braces the nervous system. Slight colds often end in consumption. It is dangerous to neglect -hem. Apply lire remedy promptly. A test of twenty years warrants the asser tier-that no remedy has ever been fonml that is ns prompt in its effects ns TUTT’S EXPECTORANT. A single dose raises the phlegm, subdues inflammation, and its use Speedily cures the most obstinate cough. A pleasant cordial, chil dren take it readily. For Croup it is invaluable find should be in every family. un | 1 In 25c. and BottljeK* TUTT’S ' ACT DJRj£?Ti,Y_QN THE LIVES?, Curea Gliilis and Fever, Dyspepsia, Kick Headache, liiilona Colic,Constipa tion, likeumatism, i?i!cs, Palpitation of the Heart, Dizziness, Torpid Liver, and Female Irregularities. If you do not “feel very well,” a sinvlo pill stimulates tlie stomach, restores the appetite,lramrts vigor to the system. it NOTED DIVIE SAYS; Da. Tutt:— Dear Sirt lor ton years I have been a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. Last springy our pills were recommended tome; I used them (but with little faith). lam now a well man, have good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools, piles gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh. They arc worth their weight in gold. REV. It. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. /Office* !?•"• Murray St., ?.’e\v York, t I* It. TUTT’S MANUAL, of I*seful\ ' Receipts FREE on application. ) i|OSTETTE|V CELEBRATED STOMACH Bitteß s Remember that stamina, vital energy, tlie life principal or whatever you may choose to call the resistant power which battles against the causes of disease and death, is the grand safeguard of health. It is the garrison of the human fortress, and when it waxes weak, the true policy is to throw in reinforcements. In other words, when such an emergency occurs, commence a course of Ilostetter’s Bitters. For sale by Druggists and Dealers, to whom apply for Hosttetter’s Almanacs for 1883. Or. 0. r. HOLLOWAY, DcntisT, Americus, - - Georgia Treatssucccssfully all diseases of the Den tal organs. Fills teetli by the improved method, and inserts artificial teetli on tlie best material known to tlie profession. tgfOFFIOE over Davenport and Son’s Drug Store. marllt . TO RENT. TWO FINE PLANTATIONS, ALSO MULES, COHN, FODDEK, COTTON SEED and TOOLS on the farms. Apply at once io Mrs. E. BAKLOW, octestf or JNO. WINDSOR. TOY/YSLT. Xlie Last Mcetlnjy of Pocahontas anil the Great Captain. (A. D. 1616.) 11l a stately ball at Brentford, when the Eng lish June was green, Sat the Indian Princess, summoned that her graces might be seen, For the rumor of lier beauty filled tlie ear of court and Queen. There for audience as she waited, with Half scornful, silent air, All undazzled by the splendor gleaming round her everywhere, Diglit in broidered hose and doublet, came a courtier down the stair. As with striding step lie hasted, burdened with tlie Queen’s command, Loud he cried, in tones that tingled, “Wel come, welcome to my land!” But a tremor seized the Princess, and she drooped upon her hand. “What! no word, my Pocahontas? Must I come on bended knee? I were slain within the forest I Were dead beyond the sea. On the banks of wild Pamunkey I had per ished, but for thee. “Ah, I keep a heart right loyal, that can never more forget, I can hear the rush, the breathing; I can see the eyelids wet- I can feel tlie sudden tightening of thine arms about me yet. “Nay, lookup. Thy father’s daughter never feared the face of man, Shrank not from the forest darkness when her doe-like footsteps ran To my cabin, bringing tidings of the craft of Powhatan.” With extended arms, entreating, stood the stalwart Captain there, While the courtiers press around her, and the passing pages stare, But no sign gave Pocahontas underneath her veii of hair. All her lithe and willowy figure quivered like an aspen leaf, And she crouched as if she shrivelled, frost touched by some sudden grief, Turning only oil her husband, Eoll'e, one glance, sharp, searching, brief. At tlie Captain’s haughty gesture back the curious courtiers fell, And with soothest word and accent he be sought that she would tell Why she turned away, nor greeted him whom she had served so well. But for two long hours the Princess dumbly sat and bowed her head, Moveless as the statue near her. When at last she spake she said: “White man’s tongue is false. It told me— told me—that my brave was dead. “And I lay upon my deer-skins allone moon of falling leaves (Who Hath care for song or corn dance when tlie voice within her grieves?) Looking westward where the souls go, up tlie path the sunset weaves. “Call "me‘child’ now. It is over. On my husband’s arm I lean. Never shadow, Nenemoosa, our twain hearts shall come between, Take my hand, and let us follow the great Captain to his Queen.” Margaret Preston, in Harper’s Magazine for January. WY ft t Y S. liuliau Marriage Customs. Among tlie Northwestern tribes of Indians innocence is as marked among the girls as their color. The impression that the red maiden does not entertain a high standard of morality is an error, for she is taught as other girls are, and grows up with well-developed ideas of life and a firm resolution to discharge its duties. Educated in the faith that she was ordained to work, she trains herseli to hard labor, and at sixteen years of age is sturdy and strong, biave against fatigue and a perfect housewife. She may not possess New England notions of cleanliness, but she takes not a little pride in her personal appearance, and in the arrangement of her lodge she dis plays some crude ideas of taste and a certain amount of neatness. If she mar ries a white man she makes him a good wife as long as she lives with him. His home is her whole comfort and his com fort her sole ambition. She thinks of him and for him, and makes it her study to please him, and makes him respect and love her. She recognizes in him one of a superior race, and by her dig nity and devotion endears herself to him and struggles to make him happy. At the agencies of the upper frontier thou sands of men are employed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the majority of them have Indian wives and live hap pily. They are not sought after by the maidens, for the Indian girl’s custom is to remain quiet until after the marriage contract is made and the marriage por tion paid over. The husband must have the dowry, with which he must invest his prospective mother-in-law before the ceremony takes place. The aspiring bridegroom must he well known in the tribe before he can hope to win a wife; her people want to thoroughly understand him, and know if ho can support, not only her, but all her relatives in theevent of a pinch. He must be a kind-hearted man, with a temper warranted to keep in any do mestic climax; and he must have a good lo Ige, and at least a half dozen horses. If lie be and have all these, lie can a wooing go. Then, selecting a lady, he makes application to the mother, and at a council the price is fixed upon. If the girl is especially pretty her mother will demand a gun. two horses, and a lot of provisions, blankets and cloths. A gun is valued at SSO, and he must furnish the material to bring the amount up from SIOO to $l5O. Then he tries to beat the dame down, and if he succeeds he knows there is some reason for let ting tlie girl go; if not he understands : that he is making a good choice. The courtship is left entirely to the mother. —Montreal Star. “Woman and her Diseases” is the title of an interesting treatise l (96 pages) sent, post-paid, for three stamps. Address World’s Dispensary 1 Medieal Association, Buffalo, N. Y. For lvyspepsia, Costiveness, tSick Headache, Chronic Diar rhoea, Jaundice, Impurity of the ISlood, Fever and f Ague, Malaria, and all Diseases caused by Dc- BACKWOODS JOLLITY. X < lirfotaia* Day in One of the Hack Comities of Missouri, It used to Do the saying in the army, “When a soldier is riding a hoss, and the hoss plays, the soldier is played.” When my mule played out alter an all-day’s ride through a Missouri snow storm, I dropped oil' into snow a foot deep and more coming, and lelt a bit discouraged. It was in a back county, if there are any back counties in that State, and the settlers had located their ca fins just six miles apart to a rod. When I set out to walk and pull the mule to boot, he looked up at the sky, around at the woods, and kneeled over in despair, i was trudging along in the snow over my boot tops, and thinking how much easier it was to drown than to freeze to death, when the sound of 7i fiddle reach ed me between the snow-flakes, and I discovered- I had reached a six mile cabin. “Come in, old hos!” sang out a voice, as I fell against the door. When 1 opened it 1 was iti a room about sixteen feet square—the only one in the house. The big fire-place gave light, and the furniture was home made. A gaunt, long-haired pioneer sat on a shake-down bed playing the fiddle; a gaunt, slim woman was dancing in the center of the floor, and several children were scattered around as spectators. “Keep it up, old woman’deevning stranger—be through in a minit; find a cheer, Go in for all yer worth, Mary!” called the fiddler, as I shut the door be hind me. As I walked to the fire one of the children wheeled up a block of wood, and the father remarked: “Powerful storm outside, stranger— keep them feet gwine, old lady—you children wipe oft' yer mouths and sing with me: “I W’as forty miles from Pike, Aid the road was full of snow, And tlie wind was getting ready Fur to hump itself and blow.” “Faster now—change off higher—up with them hoofs—round with ye —hoe ’er down—ladies change—that’s all— stranger, howdy!” I was made at home. “Wall, now, but this seems to he the hand of Providence,” said theold man, as I drew up to the table. Here ye are, snowed in, and here we are chuck full of pervishuns and happiness, and to morrer is Christmas. Stranger, I’ll show ye more high steps, more hoots and yells, more music, and feasting and dancin’ and girtin’ up sta’rs to-morrev than ye ever saw in all yer born days! Ole woman, if this hain’t the Lord’s doin’s, then I’m a petrified reptile and never got religion.” “Ben, yer right,” added the wife, as she poured out another cup of burnt corn coffee. “We is a lios-pit-able fam ily. When we can’t whoop’er up fur a stranger on Thanksgiving or Christ mas or New Year’s, nobody else need try.” After supper one of the boys took the fiddle, and the rest of the family lim bered up for Christmas. When this process was ended it was time to go to bed, and the old man said: “Now r , then, ye kin see that we liaint bilin’ rich. Here’s two beds and nine of us. Me and the old woman take one, vou take t’other, and if the chil dren can’t keep warm afore the fire, I’ll liven their blood with a gad. Git right into bed, stranger, and if the children git to fightin’ in the night, heave yer boots at ’em!” If the children got into a row, I did not hear them. It didn’t seem as if I had slept an hour, when the pioneer shook me by tho shoulder and called out: “Say, stranger, daylight has arrove, and Christmas am here. Git up and prepar to jine in the festivities.” The snow was four feet deep and still coining, but the prospect delighted my host, who cracked his heels together and exclaimed: “If this hain’t Divine Providence biled down, then I don’t like coon and corn.' You children, stop that (quarrel ing! Thomas Jefferson, did yon forget to say yer prayers? If yon did, I’ll wollop ye like blazes!” We had coon meat, corn-dodgers, apple sauce and coffee for breakfast. Seats were found for the pioneer and myself, and the mother aud children stood up. There was a long and em barrassing pause after we were all ready, and finally the man said: “Stranger, I was givin’ ye a chance to throw yerself on a blessin’, but ye didn’t tumble. Old woman, reel off sumthin’ putty!” She closed her eyes and uttered the following as if she had repeated it a thousand times: “Now I lay me down to sleep, and bless this meat and bread and sass. We are thankful for what we’ve got, and not jealous of our bet tors. Keep us in good health, make coons plenty, and cause uSto escape the itch and measles. Amen!” When the table had been cleared away, the pioneer and wife held a con sultation in a corner, and when it ended tho man approached and asked: “Stran ger, aro ye willin’ to help us make this a whoopin’ old day?” “Y’es.” “Good! Asa family, wo are ninety nine per cent, on a rough-and-tumble. I’m about twice yor sizo and heft, and it wouldn’t he a f’ar show, but the old woman is a pretty even match, and she’s just achin’ to lay ye on yer back! “But I never wrestled with a woman in my life.” “Well, it’s a good time to begin. She’s wiry and quick, and she’ll lay ye if sho can. Stand right up, stranger, and do yer level best, to oblige me.” I obliged. The situation was new and novel, and in twenty seconds I was thrown over one of the shake-downs with a crash that jarred the house. Tho woman cracked her heels together, and crowed lustiiy, the children laughed, and the pioneer helped me up with tlie exclamation: “Stranger, she’s practiced this fur ten years, and she’ll down any man in this county ’eept me. I knowed how it would be, but am much obleeged for your great kindness. The hull family will now swarm for their paternal dad.” I retreated to a corner, and the old woman and her six children made a rush lor the lather. They were seven to one. they attacked him on all sides with great vigor, and were picked up and Hung ten feet without being a bit dis couraged? They finally got him foul and brought him down, and as he lay on his back he observed: “Children, ye may well feel proud over this. It shows that ye are healthy and full o’ pluck, and that the itch has no business in a family like this.” \\ e had hickory nuts, pop-corn, cider and apples lor lunch, and at dinner we had bear meat, pumpkin pie, roast woodchuck, apple butter and ginger bread. Afterthe meal a half tame bear, about a year old, was brought in, the floor cleared, and a grand hugging match took place. The old woman led off. Standing face to face with the cub, he hugged and squeezed. It was nip and tuck. She sighed and coughed, and he growled and strained, hut at last he whined, in token that his ribs could stand no more. Then the two big boy's tackled him; but Bruin laid them both out. After the bear we had a jumping match, in which the old woman heat the crowd. Then followed a target shoot, in which every one beat me Then the bear and the dog had a bout, and the dog was used up. In tliecven ing we had. a dance, played old sledge and drank hot cider; and as we got ready for bed the old woman read seven or eight lines from a battered Bible, and the man knelt down in all seriousness and prayed: “This’ere day hasdrawed to a close, and we are one peg Higher to the grave. A stranger cum along and we took him in. We’ve fed on the fat of the land, had a bustin’ old time, and expect to sleep like a load of brick. Keep) us from growin’ pizen mean, continue our whoopin’ good health, and resarve plenty of room in heaven for us all. That’s about all, unless ye want to put it into the mind of the stranger to offer me his watch even tip for my old mule. Amen!” M. Quad. Gossip About Salt. Nothing that we eat is more valuable than salt, nor could anything except bread be more missed. Animals, in fact, will travel distances and brave great dangers to obtain it. On the coast of'Sierra Leoue broth ers will sell their sisters, husbands their wives, and parents their children for salt. In the district of Acra, or the gold coast of Africa, a handful of salt, is the most valublo thing upon earth, after gold, and will purchase a slave or two. Salt with the Bambers is such a luxury that to say of a man “he flavors lus food with salt,” is to imply that he is rich, No stronger mark of affection can be shown in Muscovy than the sending ol salt from tho tables of the rich to their poor friends. Spilling salt was held to be an un lucky omen by the Romans, and the su perstition has deseuded to ourselves. Leonardo de Vinci availed himself of this tradition in his famous picture of the “Lord’s Supper,” to indicate Judas Iscariot by the salt-cellar knocked over accidentally by his arm. When we say of a lazy fellow that “he does not earn his salt,” we uncon sciously allude to an ancient custom a mong them a man was said to be pos sessor of a “salary” who had his “saiarium,” his allowance of salt wherewith to save the food by which he lived. Thus salary comes from salt —and in this view of the word how many there are who do not “earn their salt.” The Only “Feller” On Hi.s Side. Judge Davis used to tell some ad mirable stories of an old Illinois judge uiie of which we chance particularly to remember. One of the judges was lather remarkable for conveying to jurors in bis charges to them his own opinions with regard to the merits of the case. In one case he had so with great plainness, but to his amazement, the jury hung out for hours without coming to an agreement. The judge inquired of tho baliff what was the matter, and learned from him that one juror was hanging out against the other eleven, lie sent for the jury at once, and stating to the jurors that he had plainly, intimated how the case ought to he decided, and he understood one juror was standing out against the other eleven, he proceeded to rebuke the juror sharply. The obstinate juror was a nervous little man, and as soon as the judge was done he rose and said: “Judge, may I say a word!” “Yes, sir,” said the indignant judge, “What have yon to say?” “Well, what I have to say is, I am the only feller that’s on your side.”— Milwaukee Sun. Bad temper often proceeds from those painful diorders to which wo men are subject. In female com plaints Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription is a certain cure. By all druggists. | H)UR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS. Tlie Origin of Ckristmad aw a Holi day—the .Manner of It. Celebra tion in Different countries. Tlie 25th of December is the day ou which the sun is nearer the most south ern point in its apparent annual jour ney, and for so long as we have histor ical record, it has been celebrated by ceremonies and rejoicings. The Hindoos on this day decorate their homes with garlands of flowers and papers of gold and tinsel, and the custom of making presents to relatives and friends is universally observed. The Egyptians recognized it by their festival in honor of the birth of their God Horus. In China it is a general holiday, the shops are shut and the courts closed. No journey would under any circum stances be commenced this day. The Persians kept it as the birth day of Mithras the Mediator, a spirit of the sun, with ceremonies of uncom mon splendor. The old Romans held high festival in honor of Bacchus, rejoicing with him that the sun was about to return and revivify the vineyards. They des ignated the day the birthday of the in vincible sun. There is no record that the birthday of Jesus Christ was observed till the second century. At the suggestion of Pope Telesphorc some of the Eastern churches recognized theGthof January as the day, while those of the West added it to other celebrations in the last week of December. In the fourth century Pope Julius made an order assembling the chief theologians of the time, for the purpose of examining all evidence bearing upon the date of the birth of Jesus, that they should, if possible, fix the day, in order that its observance might be uni versal. After due deliberation they decided that it was on December 25th. This decision was, at the time, believ ed by many of the fathers in the church to be erroneous, and they went so far as to assert that the examiners had been biased in their decision by the de sire to please the public, to whom this day had already become to be a noted one. Popular feeling, however, sus tained the council in their decision, which was finally universally accepted and commemorated,-although it is now generally believed to be wrong. On the publication of the decision the Roman church decreed and instituted special prayers to priests, to be said ou that day, which are known as Christmases. But we find another derivation for the name. The old Saxons had a word Mwssa, by which they designated all days free from labor, whether holiday or fast days. The holidays kept iu remembrance of the birth of Christ, were Christ mcessa. The spread of the Christian religiun carried with it the abservance of Christ mas as a religious festival with which became connected with other observ ances varying with the customs and habits of different nations. With the Germans, Christmas is esteemed the “Children’s Festival,” and with them originated the word-fa mous myth of “Saint Nicholas,” alias “Santa Claus,” “alias Kris Kringle,” the patron of the Yule-tide aud the friend of all proper boy's aud prettily behaved girls. Happily the reforms in the observance of the day, which be gan in Germany, reached and was copied in other portions of Europe. Christmas is also now “Children’s Day” in England and France. In toys and confections for the period the chil dren are distinctly remembered in Italy, and in America the Christmas tree, the “stockings hung by the chimney with care,” and the harmless merry games and innocent glee of childhood sup plant much of the boisterous carousal which once tendered tr. rend to the day rollicking aud riotous. It was former ly the custom, and is still the practice in some of the small villages in North Germany, to commission the personage of “Knecht Rupert,” corresponding with our “Santa Claus,” to distribute all the presents made hy parents to children. Disguised by a mask, wear ing an enormous fiaxen beard, clad in long white robe, and shod in tall buck skins, “Knecht Rupert,” went from house to house, was received by the parents with great ceremony, called for the children, and after the strictest in vestigations into their deserving, dis pensed gifts accordingly. “Santa Claus,” we all know reports himself differently. She Resented nil Insult to her Butter. Richmond Whig. “That butter came from the North,” said the landlady of a Yirginia boarding house. I don’t use the common butter of this part of the country on my ta ble. All of my butter comes from a dis tance.” “Does it walk?” asked the boarder. “What did you say, sir?” “I asked does your butter walk in making the journey?” “No, sir,” said the lady with a sweet, sad smile, “but I hope you can walk,” and sheopenod the door. “ Why, madam, I have paid you three weeks in advance.” “It makes no difference.” No man who insults my butter can remain un der my roof. You flirted with my daughter and abused my husband, and I took it all in good part, bnt, sir, as you havp passed the limit of my endur ance, leave this place.” Drugs and Patent Medicines can be bought cheap for cash, at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. NO. 27.