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VOL 4.
NO. 39
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1876.
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E YA^COBSTH^S^ ^
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IS NOWRECEIVING DIRECT FROM Ni
I a choice and select stock of
MILLINER! AND FANCY GOODS.
Yonr attention is invited to her Gnnd Opening of
Pattern Hats on April
Also to her unusually
tow 5* *> * * * *
Call and be convinced, at her Store on Broad St., be
tween Dr’s. Longa <fc Billups and Smith'# Drug Stores,
Allien*, Ga. / ; T : f ipru4^wr^
A. K. CHILDS.
n. NICUMON.
Y H.WYmc.
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.
PEALERSIN
Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails,
FAIRBANKS’ SCALES,
KUBfiKB BELT!SiG, 4,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
I l.af von funny ieedle poy
Vot gome* sclmst to my knee;
Der queerest schsp; der<
As eter you dit see;
He runs, und sebumps, und schmashet dings
In .11 bait* off der house—
r creates! rogue
Min Findings,
AGENTS VOB
iusiness ani Professional Cards.
w7 P. LITTLE,
Attorney at La?r,
CAr.NESVU.LE, GA.
<pril.li.lB7t.tf.
J. 8. DORTCH.
Attorney al Law,
CAKSESVILLE, GA.
,pri).li.ii78.tf.
M. Jackson. L. W. Thomas.
JACKSON & THOMAS,
Attorneys at Law.
Athens, Oeon,'ia.
cTd. hill,
1 dlYO&YEY AT LAW,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
I l'r .:o;.t attention given to all tusinessand the same
tfeetrolly solictod. jsiill-ly.
Winship and Sawyers Cotton Gins,
&c., &c., &c.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
GINS DELIVERED IN ATHENS AT MANUFAC
TURERS PRICES.
Sept. 30—1-tf. v .
POPE BARROW,
|A22 O'AjYEY A2 LA W,
ATHENS, GA.
Office iii Mr. J. II. Newton's utw building.
IjM't.iy.
E. SCHAEFER,
COTTON B UYE It,
T. S’. TAX.W* AX>GS,
—DEALER IN—
Amtrian atl Imported Watches, Clods, Jewelry,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Musical Instruments, nns, Pistols, Etc.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JLWELRY REPAIRED IX A XEAT,
WORKMANLIKE XAXXEIt,
And warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Ornamental and Plain Letter Engraving a Specialty.
C3LIX3E mm. cal leer I::a Sect CUn Ccrnn, ATHtKS, QA.
feb.ljtf. ... . , 1 • 1 j f |
J*. VCtlfi!
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
COLLEGE AVENUE,
Next Door to Post
He get der measles und mumbs,
Una cferyding dot’s ondt;
He bbilli mine glass oSjkiger.Uer,^
Foots schnuffindo mine kraut;
He fills mine bipc mit Limburg cheese—
Dot vss der roughest chouse,
I’d d»fce dot vrom no oder poy
But Ieedle Yuwcob Strauss.
He dukes der milk ban for a dlirum,
Und cuts mine cane in dvro
To make der achticks to best it mit—
Mine cracious, dot vaa dime!
I dinks mine bed vas aekplit abart
He kicks oup sooch a tonsc-
Who vos it cuts dot semoodth bitoo ondt
: Vrom der hair nbon mine bed I
Und There der phn goes nom der lamp
,|^|fpaU^^dh^s^^bTain *"■’ T 1
1 somedimes dink I schall go vild
i ftTO&sm&fe liaf rest
Uud beaceful dimes cuslioy;
But van lie vas ashlecp in pud,
So. quiet a* a mouse,
I brays der Lord, “ dakc anyTing,
But leaf dot Yawcob jpraus.|.”
THE MUSTANG RACE.
PARK HE *BEATEX AGAIN—BLINDNESS THE
CAUSE OF niS DEFEAT—PEttALTO’S FORTY
MILES- ■ -. J 7
George, Otherwise “Bud,” Parker, at
tain ptedagaHi yesterday to ride 305 miles
on thirty mustangs at Fleetwood Park and
again foiled front the same cause that mili
tated against liint upon his first endeavor—
blindness Very many people who arc fa-
plucky Californian would be coqtphlled to
Succumb. Nor were they wrong,- for on -|:
completing the 206tli mile, the rider stag-
gored to the stand and remained there-20,
minutes. The loss of so much tijme at this
stage of the race fettled * the question of
a victory for time, bat the Judges .ordered
the b ind ntan out again, and once more he
mounted and started on what had now be
come a hopeless task. After ridiug a mile
ha dirtnonnted again and lost 11 minutes.
He kept on Allis wav until he had made 216
miles, when he got oft; and, putting both
hands-to his eyes, was led into the island a
defeated man,. As an evidenoe of his phys
ical ability to have continued and possibly
hare won the race had his eyes not have
foiled him* he, turned » hand spring in the
stand, danced a jig and did various other
things that a man badly fatigued or much
exhausted could aot accomplish.
" '' V*
“ God and my Mother
- sf HOWTO GO TO SLEEP.
<•- ♦* t’l.i r.t ; i* HI ■ ti: v • •
Mr. Butter wick’s Experiment.
■ Mr. Butterwick, of RoxbonMigh, had a
tit of sleeplemiiess one night-lately, and afo
ter vainly trying to loose himself in slumber,
he happened to remember that ho once read
in an almanac that a man could put him
self to sleep by imagining that he saw a
flock of sheep jumping over a fence, and by
counting then) as they- jumped. He deter
mined to try the experiment, and closing
his eyes he fancied the sheep jumping,' and
began to count. He had reached Ins’fine
hundred and fortieth sheep; and was begin
ning to doze off, when Mrs. Butterwick sud
denly said:
. , “Joseph!” '
"O; Whati^-"' ‘ *” *■ '
“ I believe that yellow hen of oofis wants
tbset^...
TOCCOJL CrtY, »A.
IlliirbrMt ('»wh Price paid for Co :ton.
w* (Lin and Pres*.
Agent for Win
octSOwti.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
PRACTICAL
[ATCUMAKER AND JEWELLER,
I I)r. Kinj'a Drug Star., Brosil Street, Athens, G*.
■ «. tk <laut! in s superior uiu ner and warranted to
I, otbfsciion. Jan. S—tf.
as is necessary to accomplish 30 > miles in
fifteefi hours, questioned tiJOEpropriety of
the mauagers of the race in acleiting
Parker to attempt the lent after his previous
failure. They would Hindi rather have
seen Peralto, the Mexican, undertake the
task,,for |ie is wiuch lighter tluui Parker
and can endure more latigue than' the young
Californian. Tig; mnnagere, however, in
sisted on allowing Parker to ride.
THE START.
Promptly at four o’clock yesterday morn
ing, tong before tiib stm had ihihvit himself
above the eastern hills bordering the track,
and while 'ycMj£ dew glisicfied uppn *h«
BY RUTH POO!
More than 1 wo thousand
villiage of Greece, that peninsula which dips
from the south of Europe into the Mediter
ranean Sea, was born a man whose name is,
down to this year 1873, spoken with rever*
enee on both sides of the world.
That name is Socrates, All who have
read history and biography are familiar with
the story of his life and death; but boys and
girls who are not old enough to have read
much may like to hear something about this
great man. lie was a wise and good philos
opher, and spent much of his time in publicly
teaching wisdom and virtue to his country
men. He also featlessly reproved the folly,
corruption, and oppression which abounded
in the city of Athens where he lived. Soc
rates had many disciples who had for him
veneration and love. He had also enemies,
because his pure life and words of reproof
awoke hatred to the bad Some of these en
emies attempted to silence him by ridicule.
They caused a comedy to be written and
acted in the theatres in which the noble phi
losopher was exposed to laughter and scorn.
Socrates exhibited no anger at this insult.
He even went to see the play, ami when the
actor who represented himself appeared on
the stage, Socrates arose to show to the aud
ience the real person whom they were desired
to ridicule.
and commenced to count. He got tip to
one hundred and twenty, and was feeling as
if be would drop off at any- moment, when,
just as his oue hundred and twenty-first
sheep was about to take that fence, one of
the twius began to cry.
“ Hang that child,” he shouted at Mrs.
Bi ttcrwick; “ why don’t you attend to it
and put it to sleep. Hush up, you lettle
imp, or I’llkpankyou!”
When Mrs. Butterwick had quieted it,
Butterwick, although a little nervous and
excited, concluded to try it again. Turn
ing on the imaginary mutton, he began.
Only sixty-four sheep had slid over the fence,
when Butterwick’s mother-in-law knocked
nt the door, and asked if he was awake.
When she learned that he was, she said she
believed he lmd forgotten to close the back
shutters, and she thought she heard buglars
in the yard.
Then Butterwick arose in wrath and went
down to see about it. He ascertaiued that
the shutters were closed as usual, aud as he
returned to bed he resolved that Mrs. But-
terwick’s mother would leave the house for
good in morning, or he would. However,
he thought he might as well give the ulma-
nac plan another trial, and setting the sheep
in motion he began to count. This time he
reached two huudred and forty, and would
probably have got to sleep before the three
hundredth sheep jumped, had not-Mix’s new
host at a public festival where I provide a
lame company with entertainment.’
Finding that contempt availed nothing
__ _ _ his enemies used stronger means. They
«reen"fieids amfverdaiit-°8h:idtftrees roiitid j sought to destroy hint by accusing him of
When asked by a spectator if he was not dog in the next yard suddenly become home
annoyed by this public derision of himself, ' sick, and liegun to express his feelings in a
he answered. * By no means. I am only a I series of prolonged and exasperating howls.
B. E THRASHER,
{.mO'RJYEY A2 LAW,
1VATKINSV1LLE, QA.
|0S« iu former Ordinary’* Ofllcs. jang5-ly
A. O. MeCURRY,
l.irro RATE ** .AT L A H*,
HARTWELL, GEORGIA.
>1LL *i*e iitriet personal attention to all business en-
iiv.l toliis ear*. Ang. 4—40—ly.
REMOVAL!
I/. A. SALE, DEJV2IS1,
Its REMOVED to the offico lately ooenpied by Dr. J.
[Murrell.
PitUfacfion guaranteed in bulb Work and Priee*.
|»uj.vtf
O N bund, Upper* for making Low Quartei», Con
gress, Alexis-Ties, and Prince Albert*. Repair
ing promptly executed.
Send ten doliura, per mail or express and you shall re
ceivu a first class pair of boots.
June SO, 1873. S3-tf.
Great Reduction in Prices
F or the next thirty davs. Brackets, Wall
PttckeUi, and mil kindii of drnmmentml Wood Work,
will be sold mt
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Now la the time to mmke your bouses beautiful mt low
figures.
Gremt bnrgains given in everythin^ - *
26-tf
JRKE’ri Book Storm.
P. (i. THOMPSON,
A.tto r n e y at JL a w,
k'.»\ sUrntion paid to crimiml practico. For refer-
t spp.yio Ex.Gov. T. II. Watt* and Hon. David
pptuu, Montgomery Ain. OOm over Burry’s Store,
ml Feb. 8—tf.
FRANK HARRALSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEVELAND, GA.
J pnclic. in the oonntie* of White, Union, Lum-
\ Tevns, and Fanning, and the Supreme Court at
Q! u Will give special attention to oil claims en-
H Mu* Oare. Ang. 11 1873-41—tf.
CniSH FOR WOOL,
—OE—
CLOTH FOR WOOL.
The Athens Manufacturing Company are now making a
much larger variety of Woolen Good* than ever before,
and propose to
Exchange them for Wool,
believing it to be more to the interest of the Plmntcr to
Exchange the Wool for Cloth, rather than have it Card
ed and Spun at home. Call for Sample* and Term* ot
Exchange. B. L. BIX)03tFIELD f Agent.
May 19, 1875—2$-tf.
Miss C. Potts,
Fashionable Dressmaker
(Over University Bank.)
Broad Street, - - Athens.
Would reapoetfnUy inform the Ladle* and her Iriend*
generally, of Athena and vicinity, that *ue is now pre
pared to do Dreas making in the Neatest and most
fashionable styi.es.
With her experience in the basinets, she feel* sure of
giving satisfaction. May 14,1875—SS-tf.
JOHN IT. 0 WEN,
Attorney at flaw*
TOCOOA CITT, GA.
f* I practice in all the oouutis* of the Western Cir-
fi lurtuid Madifton of the Northern Circuit. Will
k *(t?c»l aUenion to all claim* entrusted to him care.
k*>wly.
|±m.\r Cobb. Howell Cobb.
L* & ils COBSy
Attorneys at Law,
Athens, Ga.
Office in Deuprco Building,
fcatty. ]_ “
ALEX. S. ERWIN,
Attorney at Law,
Athens, Ga.
ice on llroad Street, beiwce i Center As
ib«i VCS !U1< * ^ l ^ 0, > U P stairs.
LIVERY AND iALE STABLE.
lrr >agu, Jhtgg fa ana! Hone* for Hire.
terms reasonable
i_°rtilAr niTEIlEA ' D , Washington, Wilks. Co., Ga.
CENERAL TICKET HOC!,
RAILROAD TICKETS
For sale, by all routes, and to all principal points in
the
UNITED STATES.
Bay yonr Ticket, before leaving Athens, and get all
information from
Caft. WM. WILLIAMS,
Agent Southern Express Co., Alliens, G*.
May IS, ’75
s&tr.
R
R. SAUEtTER,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
WINES, WHISKIES and LAGER BEER,
ALE, GIN, CIGARS,
CALL AT SAULTERS EXCHANGE,
Jackson Street, Athtxs, Georoia.
Oct. S—d-M.
Lively. Feed and Sale Stable,
ufvrtiEisrs caa. , ,
GANN & REAVES! PROPRIETORS
will be found at their old stand, rear Franklin House
building, Thomas street. Keep always on hand good
Turnouts apd careful drivers. Stock well eared for
when entrusted to oar oare. Stock on band for sale at
all time*. . J 1 declUtf,
A. M. COCHRAN,
GAlNEavUiLE, OEO.
(!,n *ral Land Agent for the purchase
Vmi!*. of ^“"Msnd Farming Lands in Hall, and
“"Sties of Nortbeait Georgi*. . Mineral ores
bile*, to property investigated,
kr rtlcn bon given to tha purchlao and sale of
li \ ro I^ n >. ^
Attorney. may2—6n
I 11 *- JOHN G^RDINE,
Late op Mississippi, j 11
DECIDED TO HAKE ATHENS HIS
Ilk, •!* hom *. no* tendeixhisprofeaaiooalMwrioea
r Athena ani Ito vicinity. OfBeaoo
Dittos 8r..t3r nr ariLDixe of Jon n. Nxwrox's,
Lv,, .? ot jjofeaslopaily em-aged.
,™«d«oio^^^jIre. G
Can be fcond at
Mrs. Goldings.
A. A. WINN,
— Wlt'i—
*Roover, stubbs to co.,
i Cotton Kaotors,
i« —And—
|»e»#r9/ Commission Merchants,
Savanna*i. Qa.
other anpplie* furnished.
L uuTBucea made on .eoorfgnments for
‘-.ptneut to Liverpool or NortUm
Planters’ Hotel, Augusta, Ga.
Sommer of 1875, is now opened, with increased facili
ties for the accommodation of tb. travelling public,
febt-ly » P. CHATFIELD, Proprietor.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
At the solicitation of many of my former patrons, I
resume the
about, Parker iiionhted bis borse—a trim,
closely-built sorrel—and dashed away
around the track, riding to the westward.
At this time there were not more than fifty
people present, nearly all of‘whom were
representatives ot the metrupolitah press or
were iu one way or amnhqg person.illy in
terested in the race. I’arkay who had
been forlhe last two fecks miller the care
of a physician, rode with more ease and
freedom than before, and, to quote his own
wo ds, felt every confidence in his ability
to accomplish the herculean t:tsk be.ore
him. Just 2m. 2GJs. elapsed from the
starting of the rider until lie passed under
the wire at tljo eud of his first mile. He
rode the same horse twice around and ac
complished the second mile In 4fc2ti, . This
pace was kept up, or at least nearly so, for
the first ten miles, which were made in
24m. 54s, without anything worthy of note
transpiring. Indeed, tite inonoiouy of the
race was wholly unbroken until the seven
teenth mile was being ridden, and then an
accident, which was near terminating the
race, occu red. Parker had mounted a
sleek-looking mustang, which, previous to
being started on the course, showed no
“vice.” When about 300 feet from the
stand and yvjiile nearly opposite the sheds
where the horses are kept, the • mustang
bolted, and, despite the rider’s vigorous
application of the cowhide and his endeav
ors to keep i he brute on the track, jumped
clear over the fence, thro ing Parker as
he made the leap. This was very serious
for Pai kcr, who was now on one side of
the fence while his horse was on tiic other,
pulling and tugging at the lariat which the
prostrate horseman ..luckily held on to, de
spite the fact I that he. was .dragged some
ten or fifteen feet, it last the stable at
tendants secured the unruly animal and
Parker arose to his feet, hut immediately
fell again. He got up once more after the
lapse of a few seconds, and, having been
advised by his nhyrician tjljat jiqfoones were
broken mid ; i/o ’st+idits dam' go done,
mounted the mustang which had so re
cently unseated him and dashed down the j
track at a rattling pace, accomplishing the 1
mile, including time lost by being thrown,
in 4in. 27}s. . . . .
THE FIRST FIFTY MII.ES.
The second ten miles were gone over in
27m. 414s.; the third, iu 25m. 274s.; the
fourth, in Mfon. 41fs., and the fifth, in 26m.
304s.; a total of 2h. lTjan. for the first fifty-
mires. To accomplish this distance, Parker
changed horses thirty times. He partook
of no refreshment whatever, sate a glass of
water, and this fact occasioned considerable
unfavoralde comment, as many standing by
cmarked that “Too much water spoiled
him the first time.” He rode well, however,
and gave no signs of being fatigued in the
least. His manuer of mounting and dis
mounting was a great improvement on his
efforts in this direction two weeks ago. He
did not appear to exert himself so much as
formerly. This may he accounted for hy
the fact that the,horses, were, astride,
more docile thanjtm ( eitheY pf tiie prevents
occasions.
ONE HUNDRED MILES.
The one lmndretli tdile was completed at
the 'expiration of 4h. 88}s. The interest
was now on the increase. Bet very few
people Were present. At about 1 o’clock,
Practice of Medicine
social ittention to the <,
and the Clironlo Disease*
WM. KING, M. D
ot Females.
Jam 1«, 1875-M-ly.
J OB WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTION
neatly done at this office.
PRICES WAY DOWN
MISS €. JAMES,
■8 SEpiNGMILLINraY'AN^FJtNCY <X>OD8
whtffebtwna aodflowemat tLOO; Cbi^HMs at
C. JAMES.
the*selling of pools on the contest tiegaii,
time being the favorite at qdifoqf 2 to I.
At the th#T8WrtU Which wa-
finished at 1 • Om. 55s., Parker was just
55s behind time. He was still riding so
well, however that it was though; that he
would soon make up the time and even
;et ahead again. Before starting on iiis
01st mile, he was taken to thq Judges’
stand and nibbed down and given some re
freshments by the doctor. This pc ration
cousumed .8 minutes.
‘ STRICKEN BUND. '
At lit. 51m ' 158^ Parker accomplished
his 200 h ihile-*ti44»e^.fi|:o show sign-of
blindness. He was still quite fresh and
even vigorous, but on dismounting, expe
rienced no little difficulty in finding'his
way to tho next horse. • He ha-1 bei n wear
ing 'eyeglasses -since'the-130th mile, and
crimes of which they well knew he was not
guilty, lie was summoned to a trial.
Plato, one of his followers, who afterward
became one of the most eminent philosophers
and writers in the world, arose to address
the court in behalf of tho aecus-d, but was
quickly silenced.—Socrates then made his
own defense, in which he set forth powerful
ly and clearly the base character and mo
tives of his enemies ; but the corrupt court
did not desire to know the truth, but only to
destroy Socrates. He was condemned to
die by drinking a cup of poison hemlock.
He received his sentence with composure,
but his friends heard it wilh anger and
grief.
When one said to hitn, ‘ You do not de
serve such a fate,’ he answered,’ ‘ would you
prefer that I deserve it ?’
As the time approached when Socrates
must die. his followers gathered around him
in the prison to rtceive the sorrowful satis
faction of their Inst conversation with their
teacher ami friend.
When his friend Crito asked how he
wished to lie buried, he said with a smile,
addressing himself to all the friends gather
ed around him:
‘ Is it not stnuige, after all I have said to
convince you that I am going to the society
of the happy, that Crito still thinks this
body, which will soon he a lifeless corpse, to
be Socrates f Let him dispose of my body
as he pleases; but let him not at its inter
ment mourn over it as if it were Socrates.’
When the time appointed fur him to take
the poisonous draught had come, he bade
farewell to his friends, prayed for his safe
passage into the unknowu world, and then
drank the fatal cup. His friends burst into
tears, but he was calm and entreated them
‘to show a courage worthy of the friends of
virtue.’
lie continued walking as long as he was
able, then lay down upon his bed, and soon
his soul, which had so honestly and earnestly
sought to know truth, passed to a life where
he has learned of God, and of immortality
which in tbia world he-bad noway to-leam.
This great and good man lived • more than
four hundred years before Jesus Christ came
to bring spiritual light and knowledge into
the world. He knew little of the true God,
but kept his soul from the darkening power
of evil, and eagerly sought all the ' light
which was then given to men, and hoped for
L& jamteiNrti m ear.
Only the good ani truely great.
IIow wise was that response of Socrates to
the lament, ‘You do'-not deserve such a
fate: • Would you tprefer that I deserve it?’
When condemnation folti upon the good,
let us nqj mournfully complain that it is un-
deservediTNo, let us rejoice that it is so!
When shame and acorn are heaped upon an
innocent mau ; when even thick prison walls
shut oat from him the light of the day and
the eye of love ; when even forced by
his fellows to death, let him be bravo and
calm ns Socrates, and triumph in the truth
tbit he is i.moeent of the crime of which he
Smit-SHuman hatred cannot destroy
jEor even death, if only he can declare
a clear conscience, ‘ God fiild my moth
iow that I am ionocentl’
las fop the .shape which cannot be en-
tne' sorrow which cannot be comfort-
use condemnation is just l
ilany a father mid mother have suffered
a son or daughter this pain which has no
cure.
Boys and girls who may read this little
sk'-teh.-iC.evec blame fall*, upon you, you
mav be calm and happy as was Socrates, if,
li e l»ii
beatf
Butterwick was indignant. Neglecting
the sheep, lie leaped from bed aud began to
bombard Mix’s new dog with boots, soap
cups aud every loose object he could lay his
hands ou. He hit the animal at last with a
plaster bust of Daniel Webster, and induced
the dog to retreat to the stable aud thiuk
about home iu sileucc.
It seemed almost ridiculous to resume
those sheep again, but lie determined to give
the almanac man one more chance, and as
they began to jump the fence lie began to
count, and, alter seeing the eighty-second
sheep safely over, he was gliding geutly in
the lauds of dreams when Mrs. Butterwick
rolled out of bed and fell on the floor with
such violence that she waked the twins and
started them crying, while Butterwick’s
mother-in-law came down stairs, fout ‘ steps
at a time, to ask if they felt that earthquake.
The situation was too awful for words.
Butterwick regarded it for a miuute with
speec-iless indignation, and then seizing a
pillow he went over to the sofa in the back
sitting-room aud lay down on the lounge
lie fell asleep in ten minutes without the
assistance of the almanac, but he dreamed
nil night that he was being butted around
the equator by a Coltswold ram. and he
awoke in the morning with a terrible head
ache and a conviction that sheep are good
enough for wool. —Max. Adder.
SHEAVES,
ax edcar riwoxrr. ; • .
Ait <fcij tli* reaps* on the Mil
Ham plied their task with stordr will,
Bnrnowlhe field is void and still. ■
And wanderingtlieitber I have found
Th<(beardedapenrs in sheaves well bound,
And stacked in mail; a golden tnonnd.
And while coot evening suavely grows,
And o'er the smuet’s dying row
The; first great white star throbs and glow*.
. And Horn the dear east red of glare,
The ascended harvest moon floats Stir
Through dreamy deeps in purple air.
And In among the slanted sheave*
A tender light its glamour weaves,
A lovely light that lure* deceive'—;
Then swayed by Fanqy’a dear command.
Amid the past I seem to stand,
M| ’ IaibailowodBethlehem’sliarventlandl I
And through the dim field, vague descried,
A homeward hoat of shadows glide L.
i;u- 'And sickles gleam on every side. '
i ■ Shadows of men and maid I trahe, ;
With shapes of strength and shapes of grace.
Yet gaze but on a Ringle face—
A candid brow still smooth with youth ;
A tranquil; an lie; a main of troth—
Tho'patient, star-eyed gleomer, Bath!
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The Ex-Sultan’s Extravagance.
Ahilul Aziz had not been on the
throne many years before he yielded to the
pernicious inff uence of the enemies of reform,
the old Turkish party, aud fell into the lux
urious habits of his predecessors. He soon
lmd a harem peopled by innumerable con
cubines, which cost the State immense sums,
lie dabbled in agriculture, with the sole re
sult of adding heavy burdens to the already
overburdened treasury. He also went into
the menagerie bnsiness, and expended enor
mous sums in collecting wild beast and
birds. Men-of-war were sent to all parts.of
the world to increase his collection, and the
Governor of every province endeavored to
afford him agreeable surprise by costly pres
ents—Arabian horses, carpets, fruits, etc.
So, too, wealthy Mahommedans, as soon
as they purchased a handsome slave, sent
her to the Sultan, who never refused her;
pictures and vases from China and Japan
accompanied these gifts, the Sultan having
taken a passion for these, and having spent
lust year 8300, f, 00 on pictures. Even that
trip to the west ot Europe which resulted
in his inaugurating numerous administra
tive teforms, resulted in the squandering of
an enormous sum, while the hunting excur
sions and other amusements of his court
cost fabulous sums.
The palace expenditure lias been 810,000.-
000 a year ever since his accession. His
servants lumbered 5,500—the kitchens em
ploying 500, the stable 400, the menagerie
100, while there were 400 caikdjis, 400
musicians, 300 doorkeepers of the twenty-
one palaces and kiosques, and 100 porters.
The harem had 1,200 inmates. The
Sultan had 25 aids-de-camp, 7 chamber
maids, 6 secretaries, and at least 150 em
ployes with various functicus. There were
50 medical men, 150 black eunochs, and 100
harem messengers.
Many of these servants were married, and
fed their families with the broken meat,
while thev had their under-servants so that
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wallis’ Surrender.
7,000 persons were daily fed in the palace at |
an average cost of five francs each a day, or
82,500,000 a year. The horses, 600 in
number, were mostly presented by the Khe
dive, who also annually sent costly jewels,
pictures and birds. The stables cost $2000,
000, and the harem $800,000, while the pen
sions to the members of the imperial family
amounted to 83,108,000, not to speak of the
Sultan’s passion of building, which has
swallowed up at least 82,800,000. His
nominal civil list being only S700.000. the
remainder of the 810,000,000 necessarily
figured in the annual budget under other
and deceptive heads. This prodigality
added to the expense of reorganizing the
army and navy, ruined the finances of the
country, and was the fruitful cause of dis
turbances at home and grave apprehensions
abroad
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cently patented J8.^iEe*__Ttii8 hive has
been iu course of construction - for ..BCveial
years, consequently fome of the timbers are
rotten, others are worm eaten, 1 sfh'd iifll ti
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A truism: An expensive wife makes j a
pensive husband.
Tlic good Samaritan stopAd fit the Sbund
of woe} so does a good -boree.- nf iinb srf 1 ‘
Marriage is described.:by a 'French: dynie
The entire assets of-a recent'bankrupt
were nine children. The creditors
magnanimously, and 'let; him keep fheW.
Mrs. Ira Mead, of Greenwich, who is one
hundred and six years years old, says : Fqw
people die after they get to he a hundred.”
Crusty says that tho list of marriages in
the newspa|iers ought to be put tinder the
head of “ Ring Frauds.”
The young lady who vowed; slic’d never
marry a man under five feet ten in .statue,
has not as yet been led to the altar of
Ily-men.
Another conscientious man is opposed to
opening the Centennial Exhibitions on Sun
day. He says Sunday is the only day lie
gets time to go fishing.
A gentleman in Danbury. Conn., has had
perseverance enough to take the temperance
pledge eighty-three times and break it eighty-
two.
What is the difference between one who
walks and one who looks up a flight of stairs ?
— One steps up stairs, and the oilier stares
up steps.
Irate wife ( whose husband has retured
home late")—“Now, I’ll give.you a piece of
my mind.” Husband —“ Don’t, my dear,
you can’t spare it!’’
The wool crop of Darke county won’t
materially increase nutil there are more dogs
going around on three legs with >a broken
back. ' ni -.iljbsw
Recitation in Mineralogy,- Professor;
“Mr.H.i give some examples of cleavage.’,’
H.: Culcite, feldspar and man. A nmn
will leave his father and mother cleave unto
his wife.” - « : i*
In Philadelphia they have handkerchiefs
wilh the Declaration of Independence print
ed on them in French, German and English,
so that one can now blow his nose in three
languages in the Quaker City. •
A pair of pantaloons containing 8141
were blown away by the Fremont (la. ybur-
! Fredericksburg New*.]
Not long since, being at Yorktown, Ya.,
I fell into a discussion with a very old negro
man, who was quite communicative. A9
nearly as I can recall the words, his narra
tive was os follows:
“I see Gen. Washington? Yes, sah!
Why, I was here all de time. See de Brit
ish ? See Cornwallis? Tube sho’; wasn’t
I here—right here—all de time? Suttenly
—I see ’em all. Now, I tell you, massa !
I see Gen’l Washington, and he was a set 1 *
tin’ on his hoss, and a eatin’ of a peach ;
and Cornwallis he come out, n slippiu’
around to get away, and he start out down
de creek, and he start to run, but Gen’l
Washington, he see him d’rectlv, an’ he
started arter him; and Geu’l Washington
he didn’t want to take no advantage of him,
so lie run well—ah’ pretty soon he catch
Cornwallis, an’ lie catch him by de neck, and
say, “You damn scoundril, I got you!”
And Cornwallis he turned round, and hand
ed Mr. Gen’l Washington his sword, and
Gen’l Washington he jest took it and cut
his head off! See it? To be sho’ I- see it.
I was right here all de time, massa—how I
gwino help see it? Jess as I tell you. Gen’l
Washington was a setting on his hoss, an’
eatin’ of a peach—”
But it is not necessary for me to repeat
the old mail’s story as often as he did. Suf
fice it to say that he never varied it in any
particular, thus furnishing one of the best
indicia of voracity and accuracy.
the door of your heart, and
ask Divine help that evil enter not. No
matter what reproach may come upon you
in childhood, voutli or age, you need never
fear, hut raay'aiws.ys rejoice if only you c*"
any, That I am innocent, Goa and
mother know.’
Crops are in ■ fine condition in this county,
and are being rapidly worked, and bid fair,
from . all indications, to yield an abundant
harvest. For the past few days we have
been refie3hed with gentle rains, which have
put the ground .in fine condition, and which
California Cuerries.—Uncle Ned is a
charactei, a genius, a philosopher. With
all liis professional antipathy toe very thing
certain, lie is occasionally surprised into an
acknowledgement of. the merits of some
thing brought to his notice. It inav be
nothing more than the cut of a garment,
the speed of a horse, the architectural
beauty of building, or the quality or size of
specimen of vegetable production; but lie
immediately qualifies his remarks With,
“Oh, it does very well for these regions;
it wouldu’t be much in California though.”
We h; d some very large, fine cherries on
tho table one day last summer. After sur
veying them for a moment, uncle Ned re
marked that they beat anything he ever
saw, mid then there .was a short pause;
“that is to say around here.”
“ Uncle Ned,” raid I, “ you never saw a
cherry in California larger than those.”
“ Well, perhaps I didn’t’’
“Why,” said I, “hew large are they in
California, and ho.w do they sell them?” .:
“ Well,” he replied* with all the gravity
‘ ‘ “ ' ' ' ’ * — v iM
The President and t :e Widow.—In
the Patent Office tlu-ro is a very pretty
widow, recently appointed to a clerkship.
Fate has been good to lier in every way,
and now 1 , crowning all other misfortunes,
her health is failing; a terrible cough
hanuts her, sometimes producing hemor
rhage, which alarms everybody else more
than the plucky little woman herself. As
pretty widows will always have beaux fit
abundance, our little widow often drives
out wilh her admirers, and Saturday after
noon she started to ride to Arlington. (I’m
not sure that it was Saturday, hut we’ll
“ play” it was.) Reaching the Long Bridge
over the Potomac, that terrible cough be
gan ; there was no stopping it, so the poor
Little lady was very weal; when the bridge
« as passed. There is a little hostlcry there,
add stoppiug his horses, her friend gave
her the reins and rushed into the house for
lemons, whisky, anything to stop that
cough. Still she coughed, the reins were
slipping from her nerveless fingers, the
horses were restive, aud she was looking
with weak terror for her friend’s return,
when President Grant came driving to tl',e
scene. His quick eye “ comprehended the
situation,” he threw his reins to his groom,
leaped from his buggy, and, telling our lit- j
tie widow to give herself no uneasiness, the 1
President of tne United States stood there
and held the horses until relieved by the
widow’s astonished escort. Meantime, the
bright blood was dying the lady’s handker
chief-mute looks of gratitude was all she
conld give!. The President ejaculated, in
tenderer tones than one would think,
“ What if my Nelly should ever suffer so 1”
Then, giving her his card and bidding her
come to him for any service he might ren
der, onr silent President drove off over the
bridge.—Anna S. H, in Burlington
Haxck-Fye.
ricane. We suspect, the wearer clung to
a sapling ; but his suspender buttons couldn’t
have teen sewed on very strongly".
Ladies’croquet sets are something new.
They consist of silver studs for both collar
and cuffs, each stud representing a mallet
with a ball midway ou the haqdle, aud de
signed to be worn^only for croquet parties.
After-dinner criticism : Guest ( who has
had a pleasant evening, will just' have a
look at his host’s pictures before he goes )
—“ Yesli—hie—’like tha’ pictsh’re! Fi’
lnndsch’pe! ’Like the treesh! ’Brauphes
wave ’bout s’ nnsh’rally ?”
An exchanange says:- New York ladies
wear uothing but the .gypsy hats.’’ And un
less the brim of the hat isfit least folic feet
deep, and turns down all around, we should
think n modest man would want to Jeave
that city.
Intelligent housemaid—“Oh, please miss,
there was a young gentleman called when
you was out. He did’nt leave no card,
miss, but lean show you who he'is,’cause
there’s three of his photygraphs in your
album.”
Art received rather an awkward criticism
from a free and-easy young man who recent
ly met a sculptor in a social circle, and ad
dressed him thus: “Er-er-so you are the
man-er—that makes-er—mud heads?” And
this was the artist’s reply: “ Ec-er—not all
of’em; I didn’t make yours.
One Ohio editor says of a contemporary .
who had assumed the part of a raumu.y in a
dramatic performance: “He was obliged
to put a little animation into himself to come
up with the character, and to wear more
recent linen; but that was about all. Nature
had admirably qualified him to act the part:”
Au ingenious Frenchman on Long Island
claims to have discovered a sure means of
destroying the potato bugs. Mix one gallon
of prussic acid with three ounces of rend
rock, stir well, and administer a tablespoon-
ful every hour and a halt till the bug shows
signs of weakening. Then stamp 011 him.
those who witpessod his first, tris^l* felt ihat call for renewed exertions from fanners.—
ere many more miles t^ere- ridden the I Gazette. ;.-g
vary in size as wen as .in pi
them by.tiic pound, and it you only want a
few pounds, they-.generally charge about
25 cents a pound;: hut if you want A whole
cherry,', they’ll let. you.have it for 15 cents
a.ponnd.” ...
A Thunderbolt Through a Wild
Goose.—During the thunder-storm yester
day, a flock of wild geese were seen flying
Northward. They whirled and changed
their course many times, but turned to the
North after each change. When over the
corner of Tenth and Felix streets, a streak
of lightning was seen to strike downward
from a large cloud, and one of the geese
dropped as if shot. An observer ran to the
spot where the goose was seen to fall, ex
pecting, no doubt, wild goose for dinner.
Upon arriving on the spot, he found what,
with tit a question, was one of the. most,
curious freaks that that most subtile of
fluids ever played. The goose had a scar
red and burned hole extending from the
b ck down through the body, there being
no question but that the electric bolt passed
through the flying bird. The feathers
were somewhat ringed; though not so touch
hs might have heen expected. The: bird
was shown to several persons as a curiosity,
our reporter among the number, all agree
ing as to th.* manner of its death.—St.
(Mo., Herald.
It's a Boy.
One evening recently the friends of a
married couple up iu Chillicothe determined
to give them a suprise part}'. To this end,
twelve couple of young ladies and gentle
men, with well filled baskets, made their
appearance before the house about 1 nine
o’clock. As they came up to the door,
they saw the gentleman standing iu the
alleyway with his overcoat on, smoking a
cigar, and the parlor was all lighted up.
Tins struck them as rather singular, 1 hut tho
leader grabbed the door-knob, and they
rushed hilariously in. The gas. was bunt
ing brightly, and six dignified old ladies
were sitting around the stove, looking a*
solemn as grand foqiiisitoi s.
“Oh, my! where’s Mattie ?” shouted one
exuberant young lady, Settiug her basket
on the piano.” ■
“She’s up stairs,” said an old lady, look
ing over her spectacles with'soleiiiD acri
mony.
“ Let’s have her down,” screamed half a
dozen girls in choruB, as they made, a break
for the nail. .
“Here, girls, girls, don’t go up there!”
and the old ladies made a hasty attempt to
check the proposed raid. '1o
“ Why, what qn' earth’s the matter here,
anyhow ?” inquired tile impatieut darlings.
“Well, I believe it’s a ,boy.”' ;,rp
“•pKlet’sgdl” . i
And trat company of nice young men
and women moved away like a soap bubble
iu n hurricane, and the girls nover stopped
for beaux or baskets, bqt stuffed their
handkerchiefs in their ino'uths to hold their
"breath down until they Were safe behind
their own doors, and not a girl in the
s ^Fourth Ward knows.Where MattiHives,-