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VOL. :h
Do Your Beat.
The pi'iirt and mind of man and man
Mbit differ, it is true i
Andko the deed our neighbor do a
o wo ne’er could do;
An 4 thus, in climbing foituiio’a height
PMBjvarh the fume in stole.
If ii'iile only do their best,
wwrld ' vill “ k no more.
Dothen the little humming bird
M tender song forsake,
Bee*.. the nightingale’s sweet voico
softer n.usic moke f
Or Aes the tiny twinkling star,
MBiich lends to earth its light,
XieMne because some kindred orb
Hk v f kance to burn more bright ?
And! thro’ life we find that some
I|Jk<> dlad in praise and fame,
Wane others meekly plod along,
iPSAth naught to gild their name ;
Bofjwhon each life is reckon’d up,
!|H| doings counted o’er,
can say, “I did my best,”
On, God will ask no more.
The If an who Cheats the Printer.
' man who cheats the printer
On ; of a single cent.
Will never reach the heavenly land
old Elijah went.
■■rill not get admission there,
zjam devils he’ll be driven,
|H made to loaf his time away
Outside the walls of Heaveii.
Witinmt a man to greet him,
Jwithout a pleasant grin,
that he will reap
‘•Will be almighty thin.
He’ll have to eat the thistle
"M sorrow and regret;
Hpl have to buck around right smart
, With cussedness, “you bet!”
ftfODERN JOSEPHS
rheXellows Who Bagged the
■Mckels—Tribute to Distin
■ g lushed Statesmen.
j tnry Morgan’s Leclttre.]
JoAli "its private secretary to the
M iwmich Jacob, like Babcock to
11 **‘' s di.’ercnce, Joseph
fri lo t® tße evil deeds of his brotliren.
(bbwflk didn't. When Joseph’s b-eth
iri Jple sheep Joseph exposed the
MjMto Jacob and won their dispte&s
trcv jVp.en Babcock’s brethren stole
pMaHI abeock didn’t repot t to tho o and
inti. went shares, divided the spoils
•i the |k hisky. Joseph represents the
omm -‘moral ideas” scld into Egypt—
#iie s> oil grabbers. Judah said:
"Litlf sell Joseph.” Now Judah was a
flil'ewj financier. He saw there wag
Couejin the slave trade, so he put his
tfilifi in the market, sold him ro Bis
ousifts. Reuben was the best of the
übinp, In 1 esigned to rescue Joseph—
tin at§ underground tail load. It is well
or Pet ip iar that lie d'd not purchase
ill.er Reuben or Judah for servants.
■Add not trust them in his family,
lire.l'otiphar might become too famil
ir. 1 hey represent the modern Joe.
MB) was stnprisoued because of bis
ritae. The modern .Joe is incarcerated
or wnt of i*. Joseph was sold by bis
iretl ( ii. The modern Joe often gets
old y the other sex* Grant says: ‘*l
lidn sell Joseph, I ouly took double
Glar and a lew presents.” Babcock says:
is 1! tte party, I omy took a
Bjionsnud from the whisky ring.”
pWT says: “I didn’t seil him, I only
5,000 out of the sutlers’posts just
®se my wife.” Delano says: “1 on-
a few thousand out ot the land
the Indians.” Boss Shepherd
H ‘‘l only took $30,000 out of the
ppßniai)s Bank.” Schenek says: ‘‘l
H Ol fhe Britishers to inve>t in Jim
mßhie.” Ben Butler says; “l didn't
Hie party, I only preached inflation
Repudiation." Yet all had ihtij part
Islieekeis, all made money ou of
le oi peer Joseph, or the Uepubli
m.v - Bu ler would have a leather
curency ; Butler thinks much of
l S i nitich of bunting—it it is made
factory. The election will turn on
huice question, and on the color
If Muses had married a while
nwe should take our Mosts to be
'‘iiioetaiic candidate but Moses
•'egular bishop—Gilbert— tla\ tn—
et the colored people! lie rode
hh tiie blacks, and martied ati
tptan—Moses 1 mean. In out itay
, k means the whisky ring ami the
lin,ou rings. And Saul said :“1
done as thou comtnandesl me.”
r's tid ; “ A |, t [] a! llasl llloU j
- mtauetli tins bleating of sheep ;
''Wing of oxen?" Saul said: “1
•ip l die best of the spoils to sacri-
Lord." So says the whisky
Wit the best of the spoils to
die party with." Samuel said:
lllt< ’ * s Better than sarrih'ce.
: v .' ll^' r A ag, k-ng (.f the Amele
* . Anf i Samuel Hewed Agag to
’ ,p tbre the Lord.”
■ • • •
Orator and Newspapers.
Compare the orator, one of the tin.
ble-t vehicles for the diffusion of thought,
with the newspaper, and you may gain
a taint glimpse of the, ulrquitous powers
of the latter; orator speaks to but to a
few liundnds, the newspapers address
millions ; tße words of the orator may
die in the atr, the language of the news*
paper is stamped on tablets imperishable
as tttarable; the arguments of the orator
may follow each other bo rapidly that
the majority of the audience may Strug
glfc in A fict oif ratiocination, the reas
oning of the newspaper tnay be scanned
at leisure without a fear of perplexity ;
the passion of the orator influences an
assembly, the feeling of a newspaper for
the world—the one shines for an hour,
the other glows for ail tuue ; the orator
may be compared to lightning which
dashes over a vally for a moment but it
leaves it again in darkness, the newspa*
per to a sun blazing steadily over the
whole “arth, and fixed on the basis of its
own eternity.
Painting has been happily defined the
art which preserves arts.
Printing makes the orator more than
an orator. It catches up his dy iug
words, and breathes into them the breath
of life. It is the galiery through which
the orator thunders in the ears of pges.
He leans liom the tomb over the cradle
of rising generations.
She Venerates “It.”
A woman venerates her bustle. It is
not a miss of wire works to her. It is
not an inanimate object to bo controlled
at will. No. It is to her a creature
having a beiflg—a ('feature of life with*a
soul. Especially is ibis fact illustrated
in the dressing room. ‘Bessie,’ says the
woman to her maid atier the toilet is
completed, ‘how does it look ?’ By ‘it’
she does not mean a flounce, or a buckle,
or a bow, but her bustle, and she speaks
of the articles as ‘it’ in a half doubting
way, as though it was one ot those kind
of ‘its’ that have a sex—like babies, bees,
bugs and such tilings. ‘Bessie,’ she says
again, ‘does it hang Well*and iiow does
it move when l Walk this way—imitates
the new stvle ot ‘chicken step’—dries it
bob real Well and pretty f And being
assured that it is ‘jess beau’ful, mum,'
she surveys btrself in the mirror for a
last glance, and asks Bessie to note espe
cially what it does when she does so
(grabbing her form in the vicinity ot the
bin, as it about to lilt herself over a
teiice by main force) —‘does it show its
self, or run out at one side, or stick out
behind, or what?’ Assured again, the
owner of the of latest torture
of f-shion leaves her room, steps from
tin threshold into the street murmuring,
‘1 do hope it will act good to day,’ hails
a street car, enters and—tries to sit
down.
Law for the People.
Money paid undjr a misapj renension
oi facts, may be recovered back.
Money voluntarily paid with a full
know .edge of the tacts and circumstan
ces of the case, though in ignorance of
legal rights, cannot be recovered back.
The assignment of a note, the pay
ment of which is secured by mottgage,
carries the mortgage with it.
Payment to one partner is a payment
to both unless strictly forbidden.
A debtor has the right, at the time of
making a payment, to direct as to what
debt it shall be applied.
If a debtor lai.s to make such applica
tion, the creditor may apply the money
paid upon any demand against the debtor
which he may choose.
W here there is no piace of payment
agreed upon, the debtor must seek the
creditor at his domicil or place of busi
ness.
Upon the sale of any article, payment
is to be made on delivery, unless some
other time be specified.
A1 owing tune for payment will not,
however, vitiate the contract.
In ease of two sales ot personal prop
erly, both equally valid, his is the better
riglit who first ..gets possession of the
propel ty.
ISI c> man can, hy his sale, transfer to
another the lighi of ownership in a thing
wherein be iiimseU has not the right
oi property.
The authet oi that beautiful hymn, *‘l
Would Not Live At way,” was presented
with a purse oi the other day.
A man may not care to live always, but
it is pleasant to be around when the SiO,-
000 purses are being distribu.ed.
“1 w ish you would pay a little atten
tion io what 1 am saying, sir,' rnard a
awyer at an exasperating witness. “I
|am paying as little as 1 can, was the
icrdm reply.
CONYERS, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1870.
An Amusing Speech.
The following is tin e* raet irom a
speech delltered recently In New Orleans
by Grand Master J. G. Fleming, of
Louisiana :
GfcNtt.KsiF.N--- 1 propose to te l yon a
fable ot legend of Noahs ark. Wbefi
the ark had been anchored on the sum*
mit of Mount Ararat, and a sufficient
portion of the mountain had become dry
to tnruish them resting places, the ani
mals were all released from their confine
ment allowed to roam at liberty over
whatever space the water permitted them
to occupy.
When they beheld the terrific scenes
of destruction around them, and the dead
carcases of their respective species float
ing past on ihe receding waters ; when
they saw the surrounding eminences
gradually rising in view, giving them
promise ol the world being once more
given them lor an abiding place, they
began to realize the magnitude of the
dangers they had escaped, and their
hearts were fi led with gratitude towards
Noah for their preservation aud his kind
treatm o nt.
After some consultation it was deter
mined that before they parted company
forever—as they were likely sttou to do—
they would meet in solemn convention,
in which each species should be repre
sented, and determined upon some me
morial or memento to be presented to
Ncah. expressive of their appreciation
of the services lie had rendered them.
So soon as this measure was agreed
upon the fox at once went to carry the
interesting news to Noah, hop'mg of
course to get an extra chicken or two,
and also lntonnaiion and instruction as
would enable him to appear to advantage
in the assembly.
When the convention met an nnex
pccien difficulty or contest arose, and
that was a contention about the Presi
dency.
The friends of the horse urged Bis
claims because he was the most useful to
man, and his constant companion and
friend as well.
The friends of the litth Came forward
with their candidate on account of bis
sup, riov courage and strength. There
Wv.i'o some tiiMt eot u c/nmvr t*j r Iflf*
giraffe, because, r.s they said, be was the
most graceful and genteel of all tiic ani
mals, and carried his head the higlies*.
Borne even gave their voice foi the
monkey, because he was the ouly one
whose tail was longer than his body.
It was finally concluded, however, by
the eleciioc of the elephant, not only on
account of his tremendous size and stipe
rior wisdom, but because lie had a trunk
—there were no carpet-baggers then—iu
which to keep the record <>l the proceed
ings sale from the Returning Board.
The fax, by being provided with the
data aud other information obtained fiooi
Nuali, secured to himself the ouly pay mg
office they proposed to make—that ad
Secretary.
The convention being duly organized
at last, there was found to be one animal
there that was perfectly unmanageable,
and t‘iat was the jackass, lie protested
and kicked against every measure with
such vehemence aud ferocity that lie
frightened all the smaller ones into ac
quiescence, or submission rather, and in
order to compose malleis, it was agreed
to make him chairman of tiie committee
on resolutions.
The fox and him, being associated in
tUis duty, came to the conclusion to pro
long ttie labors of the convention, and
seoui e themselves tees and notoriety.
To do this they raised the question
whether the resoiuticiio shoind be ad
dressed.io the Almighty, who had direct
ed Noalioi build the ark, or to Noah
bimseii. During the consideration of
the qutsliou m the convention the fox
proposed that one should he sent out to
canvass the district aud lake the vote of
the entile annual kingdom upon it, and
lvcouiblended the ass lor the p sition,
on account ol the strength of his voice
aud ins zeal in the cause. The ats in
turn —so soon as lie was chosen—reques
ted that the fox should be seut to keep a
correct account ol the votes cast.
The agreement between tneni was tlial
the ass shuuitl make ah the * teems and
enjoy all the honor, and the fox receive
all the pay.
And tins, my friends, is how the jack
ass became the prototype auti god la.tier
of stump speakers and political orators.
1 his is exemplified even to Ibis day.
Let a business ina->. step from Ins store,
shop or counting-room, to take any part
in politics, or at least to go so tar as to
make speeches, and nine tenths of the
business conmtuuity wili at once say lie
is an ass ; he had better abend to ni
own business.
t And attain, wbeD worthy men are
urged by their friends to take office upon
themselves for the public good, and dis
charge the duties of their office with fi
delity, without legat'd to parties, friends
or foes, it is often that such men think
themselves asses bv the lime their term
is expired; tor it they have not some
political fox in their employ or counsel,
the chances, that like Aristides of old,
they will be banished or ostracised lor
their integrity.
If a man, prompted by his own ambi
tion, and the flattery of frieuds and ad
herents. and ass irauces of success, keeps
constantly putting himself forward is u
candidate tor a series of years, spending
bis time and money to obtain what be
never gets, the conclusion is that it he
don’t think himsslt an ass at tho last, he
ought to.
The South.
What pen can write itsliistery? W’lmt
tongue oan speak its fate? The wisdom,
the good sense, aud the courage of our
Southern sires, have made the names of
Washington and the founders of this re
public household words in evry clime
and oounlry. Southern eloquence has
forever associated the names of Clay and
Calhoun with the nation's history. The
heroic valor of Southern soldiers, who
like the dying Gladiator, even in death,
“couqUi-l'ed agony,” has placed a wreath
upon their brows, which may not be
twined with laurel, but which will not
decay as long as the memory of gullant
deeds and love tor noble souls animate
the mind or thrill the heart of man.
With his life blood oozing drop by drop,
the dying Gladiator, “reek’d not of the
life he lost." IBs thought* were about
that spot
“Where his rude hut beside the Danube lay.
There were his young barbarians all at play.
There was their Dacian mother—”
For such did the Southern soldier die.
Ami the world snv lliat he knew how to
die. Dill lie died iu vain. 11 is life blood
freely ottered as a living sacrifice for bis
country'* good, served no* to save. The
ruin and desolation which hnweVtfr
around so many Southern homes are
silent -witnesses t ,i defeat and disaster.
Our people have had
To wrestle with tfielr lot;
HllVfi tlu-y not had their brain soared, their
hetnts liven ?
Hopes sapp'd, name blighted, Life’s life lied
away ?
From such a fate wc iiave to be de
livered. Our own hands would work
some “surcease of sorrow.” Our sons
must bring dcliveiance, but not with
dcspciale deeds and violent convulsions.
A mightier, nob.cr, gr at.or feat must be
accomplished by our true-born sons.
Wlieu the him hearted King ol England
Wished t" show to the mighty Saladin
his greatest teat of anus, his good broad
sword descending as with the power of
some ten tfio engine, be seve' ed asunder
the bar ot iron, Dul the mighty Saladtn
performed a greater feat. VVi*h skill
and dexterity lie cut in two a silken veil
floating in the air, and eacli part Sorted
oil undisturbed by tile blow, fins is the
lesson lor Southern statesmen to learn.
More can be accomplished by skill and
dexteriiy than by ztubboru alreuglt.
Our sons should study the science of
polities ami become accomplished states
men. Then may they accomplish for
our country w hat by torce ot arms they
coiod never do. Then wiU life return to
the old land. Then will prosperity beam
upon us and bless us and our work.
Tuen will the South be rebabilaled.
And our helds, which are desolate, will
be made to blossom as the rose.—
Birmingham Iron Age.
Size of Countries.
Greece is about tue size of Vermont.
i J ahsliue is about one lourth the size
ot Mew York.
lliudosioti ,is more than a hundred
times as large as Palestine.
The Great Desert of Alrica has neany
thepiestnt dimensions ol the United
States.
The fled Sea would reach from Wash
ington to Colorado, and it is three times
as wale as lake Outario.
The. English Channel is nearly as large
as Lake supettor.
The Mediterranean, if placed across
North America, would make sea naviga
tion from San Diega to Baltimore.
The Caspian Seat would stretch Irom
New York to St. Augutiiue, and it is as
wide as from Mew York to lfocbester.
Great. Britain is about two thirds the
size ot Hindoston, one-twelfth ot China,
one twenty tilth oi tue Un ted States.
The Gulf of Mexico is about ten times
the size of Lake Superior, and as large
as the sea ot Kamscnatka, Bay of Ben
gal, China Sea, Oknotsk, Japan Sea,
Lake Ontario would go into* each of
them more thap fifty times.
Beautiful Proverbs.
Deed* are fruits, words are but leaves.
He that has lost his credit is dead to
the world.
No one is a fool always; every one
sometimes.
Forgive any sooner than thyself.
In a thousand pounds of law there's
not an ounce of love.
The pleasures of the rich are the tears
of the poor.
Bea friend of yourself, and others
will.
Where drums Ix-nt the laws are dumb.
Deep lies tho heart’s langmge.
Every bird loves to hear himself sing.
A contented mind is a continual feast.
A deformed boy may have a beautiful
soul.
A fool may mnkr money, but it re
quires a wise man to spend it.
A good horse cannot be cf a bad coK
or.
A man may talk like a wise man and
act like a fool.
A quick conscience sleeps in thunder.
A wicked book is the wickeder because
it cannot repent.
A wise man may look ridiculous in the
company of fools.
By other's faults wise men correct
their own.
Content is the philosopher's stone that
turns all it touches into gold.
Continual cheerfulness is n sign o
wisdom.
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
Good preachers give f-uit and not flow
lie is never alone ii he is in the coin -
any of noble thoughts.
Ignorance is a voluntaiy misfortune.
Lawyers’ houses are built on the heads
o! fools.
Never quit n certainty lor hope.
No estate can make a man rich who
has a poor heart.
Nothing is to be got without pains
but poverty.
The best triends are in the purse.
The chief end of man is not to get
money.
The most lasting monuments are made
ot paper.
**'.- |.ev ot should be dip
ped in the ink of tire limit.
They that value no praise will never
do anything worthy of it.
Though the heavens be glorious, yet
they are all stars.
Wo ought either to be silent or to
speak things that are better than silence.
lo every bird its nest is tair.
Old tunes are sweetest, and old friends
aro surest.
Put a snake in your bosom and when
it is warm it will sting you.
War is sweet lo them who never tried
it.
Every man thinks himself able to al
vise another.
Good repute is like the cypress—once
cut it never puts forth leaf again.
Dying Words of Orantism.
The Democrats must not be permitted
to carry the Presidential election.—Con
gressman Townsend.
It the Democrats carry the Preside!!
dential election, there will be civil war.
—Senator Boutwell.
We must make the country believe
that Detuociacy and Rebellion are synon
ymous and convertible terms. —Win. A.
VV heeler.
I would rather see every man, woman
end child in the South to the sword than
see the Democratic party restored to
power.—Zach (. handler
The South must he crushed aud pau
perized.—John A. Logan.
A bloody shirt campaign with money,
and Indiana is safe.—J. Kilpatrick.
Belknap is a better mail than Tilden.
—New York Tunes.
Dram s administration is the cheapest,
wisest and most economical since the or
ganization of the government. —Oliver
F. Morton.
A Doubtful Mattkh. —An old gen
tleman went out *o shoot partridges ac
compauied by bis son. The gun was
charged half way up the muzzle, and
when at last the old gentleman started
some birds, he took a rest aud blazed
away, expecting to see some fall, of
course ; but not so dhl it happen, for the
gun recoiled with so much force as to
“kick" him over. The old naan got up,
and while rubbing the sparks out of bis
eyes, inquired ot bis son, “Dick, did I
point the right end ot the gun to the
birds
“Oats w-anted, inquire within,” was
inscribed on a placard hung to ihe ribs
of a scrawny nag, that some wag bad
thrown adrift on the streets of Rochester
the other day. !
Don’t Work Until After You Eat.
Dr. HaD is authority tor the following
sensible t* oughts upon breakfasting be
fore much exercise .n rhe open air par
ticularly in districts where fever aud ague
are abundant:
Breakfast slwuld 1 e eaten Iwfbe morn
ing before leaving the house for exercise,
or labor of any dt-siriptiou ; those who
do it w'll he able to perform more work
mid with greater alacrity than those who
work an hour or two before breakfast.
Besides this, the average duration of lile
ot those who take breakfast before ext-r
--eist or woik, will be a number of years
greater thm iliose who do otherwise.
Most persons begin to fed weak after
having been engaged live or s x hours in*
their ordinary avocations i a good meal
erinvigoiates, but from the last meal ot
the day until next morning there is an
interval of some twelve hours ; hence the
body, in a sense, is weak, and in propor
tion can not resist deleterious agencies,
whether of the fierce cold of winter or ot
the poisonous miasm which rests upon
the surface of the earth wherever the suu
shines on a blade ot Vegetation or a heap
ot offal.
This miasm is more solid, more con
centrated, and hence more uiagliguant,
about sunrise and sunset than atanyoth
or hour of the twenty four, because the
cold ot the night condenses it, it is
on the first tew inches above the soil in
its most solid form ; but as the sun rises
it warms and expands and ascends to a
point high enough to bo breathed, and
being taken into the lungs with the air
and swallowed with the saliva into thro
stomach, all weak and empty as it is, it
is greedily drank in, thrown immediate
ly into the cirewliriion of Hie blood and
carri and directly to every part of the body,
depositing its poisonous influences at the
very fountain head of life.
If early breakfast was laker* in regions
where chills and fever and fever and aguo
prevail, and if, in addition, a brisk firo
were kindled in the family room tor an
hour, including sunset and sunrise, tlsose
troublesome maladies would diminish ltr
any one year, not tenfold, but a thous
' and fold, because ihe beat ot the fire
j would raritv the miasmatic air iustan IVy
I mu] Hi ilUii above the breathing point.
But ii is “troublesome” to be building
fires night and morning all summer. It
being no “trouble,” icquiring no effort,
to shiver and shake by the hour daily
weeks and months together.
Had No Fun in Him.
One of the members of the Methofist
Conference recently held here was out
for a walk at an early hour ono morning,
and while on Howard street he encoun
tered a strapping big fellow', wJnr was
drawing [a wagon to the blacksmith
shep.
“Catch hold here and help me down
to the shop with this wagon, and I‘ll buy
the whisky,!’ called the big fellow.
“I never drink,’ solemnly repKedl the
good man,
“Well, you can take a cigar.’
“I never smoke.’
The man dropped the wagon lounge,
looks 1 hard at the menibet, and asked;
“Don't you chew Y
No, sir,' was the decided reply.
‘You must get mighty lonesome/
mused the teamster.
“I guess J‘m all right—l feel first
rate.'
“HI bet you even that I can lay you
on your back,' remarked the teamster.
“Come, now, let's warm up a little. 4
“1 never bet.'
“Well, lei's take each othpr down fo*
fun, then. Yon a/e at b : g a* l :wn, andii
1,11 jive 'ou under hold. 4
“I never haye fun,' solemnly answered l
the member.
“Well, I'm going to tackle you any
way. Here we go!'
The Hamster slid up and endeavored,
to get a neck hold, but he had only just
commenced to fool about when he waß
lilted clear off the grass and slammed
against a tree-box with such force that
lie gasped half a dozen times before lie
could get liis breath.
“Now you keep away from me !‘ex
i claimed the nun inter, picking up his cane.
“liust me if I don't!' replied the
teamster, as he edged off. “WI at's tho
use iu lying and saying that you didn't
j have any fun in you when you are chuck
; lull of it ’ Blame it! you wanted to
i break my back, didn't you !‘
Hope is said to be brightest when it
dawns from fears. This is a very beau
tiful thought, but it seldom oocurs to a
mau who has just got up off his wife a
new hat.
—♦ |
Awkward-ornament — A well moul
ded arm is prettier without bracelets;
beside*, they are liable to scratch a fel
low’s care.
NO. 13.