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VolWme 2.
The J)hl Canoe.
wi'er&tb* locks ore gray and the shore is
stee>,
'And tjie’f'atiri below look dark and deep;
■Where the nigged pine in its lonely pride,
Loans gloomily over the murky tide ;
Whore the reeds and rushes are rank.
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day
' through,
There lies at its moorings the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped*
Like the sea-bird's wings that tho st'jrii’ has
lopped,
And crossed on the railing, one o’er
Like the folded hands when the work is done,
While busily back and forth between
The spider traces his silvery screen,
And the solemn ond, with his dull “ to-who,”
Settles down on the side of the old canoe'.
The stern, half sunk in the slimy wave,
Lota slowly away in its living grave:
And the green moss creeps over its dull decay,
Hiding its mouldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants o’er the tattib a
flower.
Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower ;
While many a blossom of loveliest hue
Springs up o’er the stern of the old canoe.
The currentless waters we dead and still,
But the light wind plays with the boat ait will.
And lazily in and out again
It floats the length of the rusty chain.
1 ike the weary march of the hand of time,
That meet ignl part at the noontide chime.
And the shoiu is kissed at each turning anew
By tire dripping bow of the oIT cancel
Oh-, many a time, with a careless hand,
I have pushed it away front the pebbly strand
Aud paddled it down where the stream runs
quick.
Where the whirls are wild and the eddies are
■ thick,
And laughed as 1 leaned o’er the rocking side
Anti looked below in the broken tide
To see that the Luces and hosts were two
That were mirrored back from tho old e.moe,
But now as I lean o’er the crumbling side!
AVI look below in- the sluggiili tide, , ■
The face that is shown there is graver ..grc\\n,
And the laugh that .1 hear has a soberer tene*
And the hands that lenttothe light skiff wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things.
But 1 love to think of hours that sped
As I rocked where the whirls their white spray
shed.
Ere the blossom waved or the green grass
grew
O’er the mouldering stern of tho old canoe.
The Georgia Railroad.
A LETTER FROM JUDGE JOHN P. KING.
Augi sta, Ga., April 10, 187 G.
J)r. E. U. Jones:
> ■-a ' i; . ' u'
My —1 your
open letter addressed to tho Madison
Home Journal of the 29th lilt., and re
published by our city .papers of the 9lh
ir slant. Your lettei' ’(Wives many sad
reminisce whilst tt paibfully re
minds ns of dhe , peris liable condition cif
our race. Vfe aie, .1 the onjy
survivors dl cur associates ju the IJL
rcelion, early rtefiptl referred to by
you. Yoqr c,S.ei‘,.ye.<ii' lias passed away
—time has done its usual work, and
each rnntjrtj election has found some
vacant seat.(jq be filled. We Only re
main with fair bqdily and con
st iiutions only impaired by the natural
effects of age. Not satisfied with the
present, and with an uncertain and
doubtful ltttpre, we .live mostly in the
past, and this paly brings up the visions
ot buried t , friends and disappointed
hopes, t m d not dwell upon the subs
left, of , tjoqr ..appeal. Similar appeals
pave been made by some otlieis, but
none, .for Reasons named, have claims
upon me so strong as your own. Some
give reasons why there should be no
change,at (his time, and urge me to
head ocganizatiou another year. I
am candid in dating.that whilst I duly
appreciate the,friendship and confidence
ot yotu'self,, others, I think you
pveresliinate the importance of tny
continued connection with the company
ps Us executive head,.. It Is true that the
Georgia, flailroaq company lias done
more for its stockholders than, perhaps,
(my. other, in tjie country, .with .trifling
exceptions, but this success has been, at
least iu part, from the unity ot its stock
holders,. their freedom from all fancy
scremes or speculative manias, and their
single regard lor the,.interests, of the
institution. Every touching
tliG interest of the company was a Geor
gia llailroad interest, and united the
vote of the stockholders accordingly.
The war and.its incidents bare changed
all this, and l am sorry to say that there
hre now various conflicting, interests, and
outside influences' to destroy, that unity,
16 which much ol the past prosperity ot
the company may be fairly attributed.
I do not complain of tfri, and only
mention' it to explain my weakened con
licence in th'o future. By the .zeal of
inends, and 3n overestimate value of thy
continued connection with the company
as its executive heart for another yeaf, I
have been placed in ratheil a false posi
tion before the public through the pub
lic prints.
I should be more or less than man if
I did not fully appreciate the friendship
of those who have been obtaining
proxies, it is said, in connection with
tny name. It is due, however, to truth,
mid to my own consistency, to say that
I had nothing to do in obtaining these
proxies, and knew nothing of this al
leged “ struggle” until very recently. I
have never, since my connection with
the company, solicited a vote, either fur
myself or others. I have said that I did
not complain of others for consulting
their-own views in the management of
their own stock. They doubtless think
they promote their own interest, as they
have a perfect right to do so. Some ot
those who it is said are seeking a change
are large stockholders, aud, viewing
their interest from their own
think their interests would be promoted
by a change of policy. For this opinion
and tho wish naturally connected with I
it, I have no rebuke to make. I will 1
not fun her enlarge upon this subject. 11
cannot wholly refuse to respond to yonr |
appeal; I cannot, in the face of so many
previous professions, say that I will con
sent to be a candidate before the com
ing convention, tor this would imply
that I wish the office, which is not the
case. I will say, however, that if in the
face of my oft repeated declaration thaf
I do not wish the office, tho stockhold
ers cannot or will not unite on any
other, I will, v as heretofor, continue to
serve the c nnpaiiy to the best of my
poor ability ; but honestly believe that
the company could be'better served by
some other. It is only just to those
supposed to feel most anxious for a
change to stab- that they have repeated
ly stated that if I would be a candidate
no organized opposition wonld bo made
to my election. Yours, very respocfnK
iy, John P. Ki.u.
. -f-- ; J ——
Truthfulness to Childreu.
A parent', unlike a poet, is not born—
be is made.. .There are certain things
which he lias at qr.ee to learn, or he will
have no more, influence over his child
than if he were a common stranger.
To gain obedience; you must first set
yourselt to deserve it. Whatever you
promise your little oucj however small
tile tiling may seem to you, and what
ever trouble it cost?, you perform it.
Never let the doubt once enter that inno
cent mind that you say what you do not
mean, or will not aci up to what you
say. Make as few prohibitory laws as
you possibly can, but, once made, keep
them. In what is granted, as in what
is denied, compel j ourself, however
weary, or woried or impatient, to ad
minister always evenhanded justice.
Fiat justice, ruat ccelum,” is a system
nuich more likely to secure your child's
affection than all the petting and hu
moring so generally indulged in, to give
pleasure* cr save trouble, not to your
little ones, but to yourself.
Shawl vs. Man.
It is said phrenologists not only read
men by cranial developments, but also
by their wearing apparel; coat, pants,
vest, etc. This they do by the color,
cut, fit, etc. Solid black denoting grav
ity, taste, and sense. Changeable colors,
fickleness, vanity, pride, etc. There is
one thing, however, phrenologis's have
failed to discover, ntj.d .that is, the
loading chracteristics of him who wears
a shawl. One reason perhaps, is, lie has
none, another, perhaps, is, the appear
ance of him "'rapped in his shawl, is so
lidisuously absurd, and unmanly, and
the image is so fixed in the retina of the
eye, that the beholder becomes so irri
tated at such wanton folly, that he will
not investigate the subject, at least, >n
the diieetion indicated. There is one
thing about ir, however, that is the
wearing otVsluiwls, that very forcibly
reminas onWwt the necessity of Paul’s
“Let us lay aside every weibt,” and
David in the .armor of Saul. ;
Who ever caw a shawl that would ft a
man? Who ever saw a man with one
on who could labor to any advantage ?,
This active, bustling, busy world of ours
requires shawls off, gentlemen !
What a Colored Man has Done.
Yesterday we noticed four fine, sleek
looking mules drawing a load of cotton
through Broad street. They were . the
best kept mules that we have - seen.
Upon inquiry we found that the team
belonged to Jim Baker, colored, who
rents land from Mr. Kyle. Jim made
800 bushels of corn aud 36 bales of cot
ton last year with four head ot stock—
two hundred bushels and nine bales to
the mule. The cholera destroyed sever
al of his hogs, otherwise, he would not
have bought one pound of meat. He
now has the cash to buy everything that
be needs; and we heard a merchant say
that lie would credit him for SI,OOO at
any time. Jim makes at least one
quarter more of produce upon the same
ajnonnt and quality of land than his
'neighbors., lie was raised by Mr. John
Wolfolk, ir., and is deemed by everyone
who knows him as a high toned, honest
and hard working man. Jim lives with
in his income, attends to his business,
;and thus succeeds. He doesn't have to
give. .611 that he possesses of collateral
for money borrowed to run his farm.
It i3 his,, energy, management and
reasonable cavings that prosper him.
There is scarcely a day that passes, that
we .do not see- between a dozen, and
twenty men in the city tot the purpose
of borrowing money to run their farms
upon, . This can be explained by merely
remarking that there is “ more in the
man than in the land.”—[Columbus En
quirer. y, v
. They, were sitting together, he and
she, and. he was arduously thinking
what to say. Finally he burst out with,
“In tin's land cf noble achievements
and undying glory, why is it that wo
men do not come more to the front;
why is it that they do not climb the
ladder of fame ?” “ 1 suppose,’ said she,
putting her finger-in her mouth, “if is
on account of their pullbaoks.’ And
then she sighed and he sighed, side by
side.
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Hog Choi.eka. —The State Line Press
says: Mr. M. A. Dickson has furnished
11s with the following recipe, and v/h.eh,
he says, is an unfailing remedy for hog
and chicken cholera: Take May apple
root, boil until it is very strong, and
■then thicken with meal. It should be
given three times a .day.
Ought to be allowed to sit down—a
merchant of forty years’ standing.
CONYERS, GfiOBGIA: THURSDAY, APRIL 30* 187 G.
Origin of • ruts and Vegetables.
Melons were tonnd originally in Asia’
The bean is said to boa native oi
Egypt.
Tho turnip came originally from
Koine.
The horseradish is a native of JSn
gland.
Sags, is a native of tho south of
Europe.
Quinces originally came from Cor
inth. i....
The pea is a native of trie south of
Europe.
The cuftumher was originally a trop
ical vegetable.
Apricots aro indigenous to Great
Brittain,
l’ears were originally brought from
the East by the Romans.
The walnut is a native ol Persia, the
‘Caucasus and China.
Cherries were known in Asia, so far
back as the seventeenth century.
The clove is a native .of Malacca Isl- J
and, as also is the nutmeg.
A paragus was,originally a wild sea
coast plant, and is a native of Gteat
Brittain.. ; ,
The loVuato is a native of Hoiffh Am
erica and takes its name from a Portu
gese word.
Apples were originally brought from
the h>t by the Romans, where it was
first cultivated in Europe.
The onion was almost ah object of
worship by tho Egyptians pro thousand
years before the Christian era. It came
tirst from India,
Lemons wore used by tbe Romans to
koef*. mollis tmm their garments,. jtwd in
the time of l’liny they were considered
excellent polsen. They are natives ol
Asia.
The strawberry take's its name from
an ancient custom of putting straw be
neath tbe fruit when it begun to ripen.
Its delicacy was praised by both Vir
gil and Ovid.
Love.
Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind words aro the roots,
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds are the fruits.
Love is the sunshine
T et warms into life ;
For only in darkness
Grow hatred and strife.
Effects of a C.u.ifoiixia Snow
Storm.— ' lie Indians living at the head
of Mo flit creek came upon a baud of
deer snowed up in the mountains, a few
days ago, and killed the entire band,
numbering thirtyrtwo head. They also
found others lying, around dead, having
starve I, doubtless. The deer had evi
dently taken re-luge up there trout the
storms, and the snow became so deep
they were unable to get out, as the In
dians saw the snow where the deer wore
found trampled down .by them. The
Indians also reported finding a band of
horses snowed in aud starved to death
near the same place. This is, doubtless,
the band of wild horses that have been
running in that locality for some years.
This baud. wjs composed ot horses
which have front time to time strayed
front lUieif. owners iu Bhas*a and Scott,
valleys, getting together and keeping jjn
the mountains. They had become 'o
wild that it had become impossible to
catch any of therrj. ~ They have been a
source of great g.ctfbyaoce ,to farmers,
for if any of their horses got away and
entered this band it was impossible to
recover theaw The snow is about 12
feet deep wnere they. werp found.—
[Yreka (Cal.) Union, March' if.
Don’t.
Don't insult the poor man. His mus
cles may be well developed.
, Don't fret. The world will move on
as usual aiter you have gone.
Don't say, “ I told you so.”. Two to
one you never said a word about it.
Don't throw djrt in your teacher's
eyes. It would injure the pupil.
” Don't worry about the Ice crop. Keep
cool and you will have enough.
Don't turn up your nose at light
things. • Think.of bread and taxation.
Don't buy a coach to suit your wife.
Better make her a little sulky.
Don't, write long obituaries. Save
some of the kind words for those living.
Don't imagine . that everybody is
weakening. Butter is strong in litis
market.
Don't publish y.qur acts of charity.
The Lotto will keep the account straight.
Don't mourn over financial grievances.
Bidu your time and real sorrow will
come.
L>6n't put on airs in your new clothes.
Remember youc tailor is suffering.
Don't be two sentimental. A dead
heart, if properly cooked, will make. a
savory meal. -.
Don't ask your pastor to pray with
out notes. llow else can he'pay his
provision bill.
Don't depend on Spaulding's prepar
ed glue. It won't mend broken prom
ts eft,, ~ .
Don't ask the Loud to •' keep your
garments unspotted.” lie isn't renova
ting old ciothes.
Don't linger where “ your love lies
dreaming.” Wake her up aud tell her
to get the breakfast.
Don't stand and point the way to
Heaven. Spiritual gtndeboards save
but few sinners.
Don't worry about another man's
business. A little selfishness is some
times commendable.
Don't attempt to'punish all youy en
emies at once. You can't do a large
business with a small capital.
Don't imagine that you can correct all
the evils in the world. -A grain of sand j
is not prominent in a desert. -
• site Cold
Rev. Kinehon Kambo, of Rofne, Ims
kept a diary for many years. Among
other facts the Rome Commercial
gives the following fact about tho lnt,e
cold snaps:
Ernst, May 17th, 1815.
Snow, April.l2, l;B4f>
A large white frost ;Urd plenty of ice,
April 18, 18-lih
March Ilf, 1857, snow fell m arly all
day, and iieYt morning tho ground near
ly covered.
April 7, IS5\ sleet, snow.aud i<w,
. April 7, 1857,.1arg0 frost and plenty
of ice.
April 10, 1557, heavy frost.
April I*2, snow.
April 111, 1807, lmavyTrost.
April 15, IStQ, heavy frost.
April 16, 1857, snow.
April 20, 1857, heavy frost,
April 23j 1857, heavy frost.
On the subject of locusts, the follow
tug entry :
“The locusts come every thirteen
years. The tirst I noticed was in 1829,
again in 1842, 1855 and 1808, conse
quently, the next will,gome in 1881.”
A Snake on Irish Soil.
Pn'wrencc Kelly is a worthy soi) of
the Emerald Isle, as well ,rs an old Pa
cilio Cq&st pioneer, and plenty of , people
in Gold lli’l know, him and are Iris
friends. When Christopher .Tamos went
on his matrimonial trip to Europe last
Season, Kelly sent by him for a [laiid/til
or so of Irish soil, taken from . Cork.
Once more did Kelly behold the Hud of
his nativity, the soil of tho “mild Sod,”
and when he piffled off his boots and
stood barefooted upon it, or sprinkled
some of it in his bed and slept on it, the
scenes and remembrances of his boyhood
days came floating o'er ;him, as it were,
and lie taneied that he could almost
smell the sweet breezes wafted across
the Jakes of Killarnoy and the green
bogs of Kildare, and hear the warbling
ol* the little birds among the groves of
Ijrineriek and Tipperary. lie treasured
.that soil like so much gold dust, and felt
rich in the possession of it.
One day art idea struck . him. Re
membering the well known popular say
ing that since the days of good St,. Pal
wick a snake cannot live on Irish ; tl, he
11 solved to demonstrate that point in a
very practical manner, lie subsidized a
Piute bey to procure him a snake, giving
him $5. The little “ InjuiU had a both
ersoine job, for this ts not a good coun
try for snakes; but lie succeeded, and
in a day or two brought in a large “ ball’
snake, as big around as a pick handle,,
with a head like a potatoto. Then he
went and bought a big necked demijohn
for $2 50, and put his soil into it. Then
lie dumped in I lie snake and watched to
see him die. But that snake didn’t do
so. On the contrary, he seemed rather
to enjoy it, and rolled about loosely in
it,.like a kitten in a bed of catnip, lie
had the covering stripped off the detn
ijohn so that he could watch the pro
gress of that snake's dissolution, and
wlienevef he found Inin asleep, lie said:
“ There he goes ; the soil is getting the
best of the rascal.’ But with a shake of
the. jug up would spring the snake live
lier than over. ft
Six weeks passed on, and there ivas
that aggravating snake looking serenely
happy aiid content. In fact, Kelly be
gan U> imagine that the bright eyed
scoundrel was getting fat. What if he
should baye been eating tho Boil all this
time ! “The devil! Shall a dirty snake
be allowed to. luxuriously goto himself
on such ptecious tood as that?’ says
Kelly. So he dumped the demijohn
over on its side, and out crawled the
snake. “Ah ha! me boy,” shouted Kel
ly, dancing around like a Modoc Indian,
“ it’s there you are,” and he spatted the
snake aefots the jaws with p long han
ded (shovel, laying him out neatly. “If
Irish soil can't kill you an Irishman
can.” , ~.
And notv Kelly don't believe, that
Irish soil will kill strikes any more limit
he thinks that Irish whisky would kill an
Englishman. lie has his much prized
soil spread out in shal'ow dishes, and
carefully sprinkles it daily, in order to
see wliat may possibly start up and
grow spontaneously from it. Some- j
thing is just now sprouting up, green
and pretty. Kelly feels sure itls the
shamrock.
The.follow ingj front the Independent,
illustrates the value of much off-hand
advice given to the. people at largo j
“Two distressing cases of the sad re
sults of not thinking, twice-‘before speak
ing once, has just come to out notice.
Dr. Cttyler recently recommended, every
body to lie in bed until a cup of coffee
bad been prepared ; and now, we learn,
there is no end to the domestic discoid
he has produced by his advice, because
of the heated discussions which have
sprung up in order to establish who in
the family should make that t oflee. Dr.
Talmage has also committed a similar
indiscretion by advocating taking a
morning bap. Ami now. parents arc
writing to him from all quarters, saying
that every boy in the households where
the paper has been taken, has read this
article, arid is rigidly conforming to it,
whatever else of Dr. Talmage’s recom -
mendations may be neglected,”
Paris ladies, in walking, take the ex
treme end ot the train iu the right hand,
aiid, bringing it found to the side, hold
it there during the promenade. This is
a decided improvement on the usual
fashion of catching the skirt higher up,
as it dees away with the possibility of it
escaping and sweeping thc’strcct.
TRAVELER.
The ulstoVv of <i'iioral Lee’s "War-
Horse.
[From tire Huntington Advertiser.]
“It may not be generally known that
'Traveler'is rt West Virginia I’Wso. Ilo*
whs rinsed by C.rpt! ,1. W. Johnson, of
Green Hr Hr county, and was sold to Gert.
I/do when'he was im command in this j
part df'tlie Stale, about tlui limo ot the |
1 battle of Scary. ‘Tiaveler’ was ridden j
in one of the battles of West Virginia |
bv the Colonel ot tbe sixlli regiment in i
Vibe's legion,' who was killed, 1 brf’t retain
~od by kdat; and hi* faithful horse turned
and Can ted his rider's lifeless body back
to damp. 'General Lee bought him di
rectly alter (hat,battle.’ ■ 1 .
TV the Kanawha (W, Ya.) Chronicle :
The foregoing account of General R. E-
Lee's (amours war hovso ‘Traveler’ is not
entirely, oorhjgt. Tho.hoVsc \VaS bred by
Mr. Johnson, hear the Bluff Sulphur
Springs, Greenbrier count j',' West Vir
ginia. It was in die ‘Grey Eagle' stock,
and, ,ns a colt, took the- first premium,
under the name of ‘Jeff Davis/ rft the
I LeWisliurg fairs for each ot dtp yeiitfi
1860 and iB6O. It was four yeaisold in
| the Spring or summer of 1861.
Captain .Tallies W. Johnson, son of
Mr. Johnson above mentioned, sold me
the horse for $175, Confederate States
notes, in the fall of 1861, when theAVise
Legion) with other troops under Gen
eral Tice, were encamped on Sa well
mountain, opposed by General llosps
c.raits. 1 ‘
While onSoiPel! General Leo frequent
ly admired the horse, and more than
dice jesritigly remarked (o mo to take
good care ol’ his’ colt, as lie Expected to
need it before the trouble was over. I,
ns quartermaster 'of the regiment (Third
Wise or Sixtieth Virginia,) had lull
privilege of tlie rear, and 'kept ‘Jvfi.’
well stabled and groomed at least five
miles 'from the enemy. In Decerhbcr,
i 1861, the regiment to which I was at.
i Inched, then known as the Sixtieth Vir
' ginia, Colonel Stark, wa?.ordered to the
■ South Carolina coast; whither Gen. Lee
bad already preceded us. Of -cdvn'se
) ‘Jeff was taken along , Upon* fe.eeting
1 with Gen. Lee at Hoc: it align, S. C., be
! again inquired about bis colt in his ÜBtt-
I al winning way. i
I lien offered him the horse as a g’ft,
which lie promptly declined, in the
friendliest .manner, however; at the same
time rein:', king that if J would willingly
sell him the IVtsO lie would gladly use it
tor a week or two tp learn its qualities,
fee. I then left ‘Jefl at Gen. Lee's sta
i bles. In about a month after one of liia
j staff officers returned the horse to me,
! with a note froth General Lee to tho el 4
i feet that the animal suited him, hut that
i ho could no longer.. use so valuable a
horse in such troublous times unless it
j were his own; that if I would not sell
| pleaso to keep the horse, with many
j thanks ; th.it if I would sell, ’the officer
| would pay me my price and take my re
j ceipl for the amount, &e. I took and
receipted for S2OO, Confederate Stales
notes, and ‘Jeff’ bcorune’ tho property of
General Lee. This was in February,
1862. In the spring of 1868 General
Lee wrote me a note stating that his
horse had survived the war, that it was
known as ‘Traveller,’ (I recollect how lie
spelled the word'With two l's,) and, ask
ing for the pedigree. I obtained the
pedigree from Captain J. A. Johnson,
and forwarded it to General Lee. These
details are mentioned to recall tho dimii.
ty and hones y ot the man even in ho
trivial a matter as a horse trade.
ItespeeJully,
Jqseuh M. Buoun,
Jlasiun, \\ r . Va.,‘March 31, 1876.
P. S,~-As to the Colonel who was
killed on Sowell, and whose horse
brought back to camp his almost lifeless
body suspended by liis belt by the h'Orn
or pommel of his saddle, probably rel
<ire-nee is badito the sad fate of Colonel
.Spaulding, then commanding the third
Vise. Upon Ins.order I equipped' him
for his mail ride with a 8. horse.
‘Jeff or ‘Traveler’ is not entitled to the
honor of the e.xp'oit mentioned. .
J. M. B.
About, ’<tingei 1 .
While among the species, the clove is
a flower bud and cinnamon a bark, gin
ger is a root. It is something like the
ckeckei berry, only a great deal larger,
creeping along just, under ground. This
root sends: up sterna three, or four feet
high, which die down every year. The
flower, of a pule yellow color, grows on
a stalk by itself, which is about twelve
inches high. . i
'Ac root lasts two •ears. After the
Steins fie dona the first year, the digging
commences. The outside coating of the
root is .scraped ofl) and it is then scalded
and lastly dried in the sun, when it js
ready for the market.
There is the black -ginger and the
white ginger. The white ginger is the'
lighter colored, and this is caused by
their picking out the best roots and
scraping them clean, while the darker
colored is of inferior quality, and dried
without being so thoroughly cleansed.
The so called white ginger when
ground up is the yellowish powder which
we buy at the stoics.
Ginger was first known in Asia, but
now it is cultivated iu the West Indies,
and .Sierra Leone.
liens’ eggs hatch in from 19 to 21.
days ; turkeys’ in from 26 to 29 days *
ducks’ in 28 days ; Guinea fowls in from
25 to 27 days; pea fowls’ in from 28 to
30 days ; geese’s in from 30 to 32 days.
Fresh eggs will hatch one or two days j
sooner than those two or thiee Meeks j
old.
Number 39*.
How to l*iuTly Rancid Rutter.
The following methods of purifying
rancid butter appear in Professor X. A.
Willard's “Practical Rutter Rook," re
cently published :
For this purpose* ik should be molted
in t wice its weight of boiling water and
well shaken with ft. lly this menus the
acids ai'e dissolved aud partly volatiaed,
tho rancidity being thus removed. At
all tiincs butter may be puritied by re
peated melting with fresh portions of
water, the pure, oil risjug to the surface, r
leaving the iinpui itier, in tbe water. Tho
Inffter losw its consistence by this oper
ation, but that may be restored to, it, at
least,to a great, exlept, by pouring it
whipi melted, into a. largo quantity "of
bo-wold- water. A process for purifying
rancid butter was iuvented a few years
ago, which consisted in cutting tho but
lei| iiito small lumps and spreading them
out. in y great vat. Then hot water is
thrown dowp in a shower, fldtn.consider
able distance spoil the lilsSn. TH& Ifielt/*
ed huUer rises to the surface and tho
nqMiritics are drawn oft’ with the water.
Then the butter is subjected to a slmwor
ol cold water, aud in this way, by re
peated washings, according to the ran
cidity ot .tire butter* it is treed from the
objunionab)o taste raid color, dnd Huffily
it is again worked am! j’.alUrd.l *p. ’ 1 (
As the formation ot the liffAy smelling
volatile acids depends upon tbe presence
of casein, this mode, of purification re*-'
moves tlio injurious ingredient. It must
be remarked, however, that tbe butter
becomes p'eusant to the taste, the
water having taken up the Small quanti
ty oi foreign substances which give to
fresh butler its fragrance and iffgnjcable
taste. Some of the compounds of W
prylic acid have a flagrant color like that
ot pine apple, hut the smell of capryline.
itself, is litl’e known,
The Ellijay Courier thtis neatly and
lelieiliously .announces a recant birth in
that village : Lqst Wodncsday. , eVenir'd r ;
about dark,- just when the gate was
thrown open trp above aud the stars wore
coming out, a little cherub, that was
playing inside, got in the.crowd and rodo
down to Ellijay on a falling star. The;
littlest bit of a noun, too—a kind of a
pocket edition— just largo enough to
hold a soul comfortably—unstained by
the world, pure as a benediction, and as
beautiful a* priwer-rsand it went into tho
bouse of Doctor Ed. - Wattins without
knocking and made Itself at home. It's
a boy, and a rouscr—'en pounds, remem
ber ! Where's that other little bad you
were talking about f Throw it to tis ?
Let us weigh it. Notice tho Doctor
noVa-days. He walks very erect, as
though he had swallowed a rifle barrel,
arid, with the air and action of an army
officer ho speaks of tho infantry branch
of the ‘‘Crvioe. Success to the heir.
May it add to the joy, subtract from tho
sorrow, multiply the happiness and di
vide the misery of his parents’ lives.
Atlanta Constitution: When Con
gressman Candler was at homo ho rela
ted the following capital anecdote ot gal
lant Phil Cook, who represents the Third
Georgia District : “On a recent day a
small appropriation for the Washington
monument wfts up before the House, and
when his name was called, Cook voted
lustily for the bill. Congressman Buf
fington, .a etaid old puritan member from
Massachusetts, crossed over to Cook, and
shook his hand, remarking : General
Cook, I thank yon for your vote. When
one from the .South who occupied so dis
tingnished a place tlieie as yourself, joins
in tins patriotic cpifit, it is peculiarly re
freshing.’ Pb.il bowed blandly, but a
merry twinkle in his eye caused the
crowd surrounding him to listen for his
reply, which came out entbusiasticallyj
'Not at all, sir, not at all, for, Mr, Buf
fington, by ——, sir. I never go back on
a rebel and a slave bolder A peal of
1 'tighter followed the sally, and .Speaker
Keif hail to .threaten tho group with tho
sergeant-nt-amis.’-
When a widow presses your hand and
tells you how she has made four dozen
ciotltcsrpins last her twelve years, aud
she drops her eyes and says a paper ot
pins lltsts three years, aud she looks up
and smiles a rosy smile, how op earth is
a follow to break away and leave that
bouse and convince himself the she loves
him only, for his wealth.?
-r .' . i i s
At a Friends meeting one of tho
mothers said there were three things
which always seemed strange to her..
One was that men should go to war aud
kill each other ..when all would dio jf
they.we!o left'to tho course of niHqre.
The-second thing was that boys should
club the apple ttees-in an.orchard, when
the apples would fall off themselves, if
left; and last, she thought it stiange
that life young men should run after thq
girls when, if they left them alone, tho
girls would follow them.
“Gan you see me dearest?’ said a
Chicago nian to his dying wife. ‘Toll
me, can you see >ne? ‘No,’ she faintly
whispered, ‘but I can smell your breath.’”
—[N. Y. Herald.
An old -Dutchman froze his nose.
While thawing the frost out, he said, ‘I
hof cany dot nose forty year, tuid he
never freeze bisstlf before. Ino under
stand dis ling.’ •
After a p : ay a young I renchnian said
to Ids lady friend, ‘I could play lover
better than that myself.’ She replied.
‘Then why in heaven's name don't you ?’
A man who tell from the end of. 'his
poroh, remarked that lie bad a stoop-eu--
dotts fall.