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W. A. SINGLETON, Editor and Proprietor.
YOL, 11.
I WOULDN’T-WOULD YOU.
V’hen a lady is seen at a party or Util
Her eyas vainly lurod in her fits Of conceit.
Is she peers at the gentlemen, fancying nil
Avo enchain'd by her charms, and would
kneel at her feet,
With each partner coquetting—to nobody
truo —
I wouldn't give much for her chances—
Would you?
When an upstart is seen on the flags strntt
ing out,
With his hat cock’d aslant, and a glass in
his eye;
And thick clouds ot foul smoko he stand,,
pulling about,
As he inwardly says, “What a noble am I,”
While he twists his moustache for the ladies
to view—
j wouldn't give much for his senses: —would
you?
When ft wife runs about at her neighbors to
pry.
Leaving children ot home, unprotected to
play; , , „
Til) she starts back in haste at the sound or
their cry,
And they’ve been fighting whilo mother’s
away,
Sugar eaten - panes broken—the wind blow
ing through;
I wouldn't give much tc<T her comfort /—would
you?
When a husband is idle, neglecting his work,
In the public-house snarling with quarrel*
borne knaves;
When he gambles with simpletons, drinks
like a Turk.
While the good wife at home for the poor
children slaves,
And that home is quite destitute, painful to
View;
I wouldn’t give much for his'nterafswould
you ?
When 'i boy at. his school, lounging over his
seat,
Sits rubbing his head, and neglecting his
l>ook,
While he fumbles his pocket for something
to eat,
Tot pretendeth to read when l.i i master
nay look,
Though he boasts to bis parents how much
he can do;
I wouldn’t give much for his progress: would
you ?
When a master who lives by bis laborers’ skill'
Hoards his gold up in thousands, still crav
ing for move,
Though poor are his toilers he grindeth them
still,
Or unfeelingly turns them away from his
door ;
Though ho banketli his millions which claim 8
not a few ;
I wouldn't give much for his conscience:—
would you ?
When a tradesman his neighbor’s fair terms
will decry,
And keeps puffing his goods at a wonder
fu i rate;
E’en at prices at which no fair trader can
buy;
Though customers flock to him early and
la e;
When a few months havo fled, and large bills
become due,
I wouldn’t give much for his credit .'—would
you f
When in murderous deeds a man’s hands are
embrued,
Tiro’ revenge is his plea, and the crime is
conceal’d.
The sovei o stings of conscience will qu ick!y
intrude.
And the mind, seU-aeeusing, can never be
healed;
When the strong arm of justice sets outs to
pursue,
I wouldn’t give much l'or his freedom-,— would
you ?
When a husband and wife keep their secrets
apart,
Not a word to my spouse about tins, or on
that;
When a trifle may banish the pledge of their
heart,
And Lie naggles—she snaggles—both cc"
iradiot flat;
Tho’ unequaled their love when its first blos
som blew;
I wouldn’t give much for their quiet:— would
you?
When a man who has lived here for none hut
himself,
Feels laid on his strong frame |tho cold
hand of death,
JFuen all fade away—wife, homo, pleasures
and pelf,
And ho .-yields back to God both his soul
and his breath;
up to the-judgemout that naked sou' tl'eW -
l wouldn’t give wuek for uis Heaven!— would
you?
BUENA YISTA, GA., jtfTSJE 37 1877.
CIRCULAR OF AMERICUS FAIR
ASSOCIATION.
It has been determined by this As
sociation to hold its first Fair next
Full. If our people slia’l exhibit, a
spirit of liberali'y and enterprise
commensurate with the importance
of the Btiff.j ct,Bucc> ssiß certiin. Wo
ask and urge the citizens of each
neighborhood to subscribe liberally
lo the sto k of this Association unti
it is fully taken.
vVe assure the peop'e that the hen
fits which th y will derive from tho
uccessful ope alien of this A soeio
tion, wi 1 largely surpass their most
sanguine expectations. The spirit of
enterprise and rivalry which lias been
engender and in Thomas and adjoining
counties by their District Fair, is per
fectly surprising. With their expe
nonce and that of o hers to guide
and encourage ns, success is ours it
we will have it. Let us not remain
laggards.
Those receiving thD circular will
please discu-s its merit, with tlmir
neighbors, and one urago the Fair
in every way possible.
Wc invite the boys and girls to
prepare such things r.s the. can to
exhibit, ami would suggest to them
that premiums will be offered to them
for tlie following things, viz: Pigs,
chickens, turkeys, vegetables, flow
ers, needle-Work, knitting, drawing,
penmanship, painting and many oth
er articles.
The inadams and young ladies are
invited to prepare for exhibition any
of the articles already named, and
they are nlso requested to exhibit
preserved and dried fruits, preserved
and dried vegetables, any article for
table use, any kind of needle woik,
embroidery or tapestry, any home
made texture, any article of person
al apparel, any article from the Dairy,
garden, flower yard or orchard, any
article for use in Dairy, garden, flow
er yard or orchard, dwelling, doling
room or kitchen. We would r<mind
tho ladles and young folks that we]
depeud largely oil them to make our ;
Fair a success.
Wo can conceive of nothing better
Calculated to elevate and ennoble
woman, and at th* same time attract
a proper appreciation for her virtues,
than the frequent exhibition of articles
the product of her care and skill.
Planters arc invited to pre >are for
exhibition all kinds of stock, and ev
erything g own and raised on farms
any article pertaining to faun, hus
bandly or horticulture. Mechanics,
inventors, merchants, anist and pro
fessional men, are invited to p; ej are
articles for exhibition. Lei each
household and every member tlioie*’
of prepare some aiticle fur exhibition.
The people of Stewart. Webster,
Mariotj, Schley, Mnem , Dooly, Lee,
Turr.-il, and Sumter, in yarticuhir,
at - " i xpeeled to pajli-hntc n id con
sider Lb- io .. ■■ . ; ’t tin
people, far r i • a . v t
conic and compete v. .• h n
in ums.
All articles presented will he > .
libbed w thoutc lunge. At an ear \ ;
day premiums lists will be pre : arc i.
By order <>f Exec tive Committee.
S. 11 HAWKINS,
A. C. BELL, President,
Secretary.
A Second Joan of Arc,
•
In Rn-sia, the war spirit lias taken
great hold ot the women, om of whom
at. least, seek lory in the ‘‘tented
field ” A short time ago, tho Prin
cess Dcnfldoff, wearing the full uni
form of a hussar, and mounted on a
magnificent charger, rode at the
head of a spl> ndid regiment ofcaval
ry through the outskirts of Isu ba
rest. This voting lady is the daugh
ter of the honorably colonel and pro
prietor of the regiment, who is im
parted as spending $50,00 a year
upon it. In our own civil war, wo
had fema’c spies, who did good ser
vice for boili the Federal and Con
federate armies, but none who sought
to inspire the troops by this sort of
example. Notching, however, what
tho “vivandiere” feature of rnoden
military drill may hereafter bring
about.—[Call.
In Monroe county, Florida, they
raise boots weighing front eighteen
to twenty pounds, and measuring two
and a half feet round.
Tho net profit from one acre of
laud planted in strawberries, near
Jackson, Miss., was $550,00.
.A. DEMOOKATIC NEWSPAK R.
AN EVENTFUL LIFE.
the career or gen. c. r. hennincsex.
AVn*!ihi(?fon Tlopofolionri.
Oen. Charles Frederick Tlcmvnsr
sen died nt, his residence on C pitol
Hill yesterday, at ;hc age of GS rears
The deceased was a native of Eng
land, but of Swedish descent; a man
of good birth and high soetal stand
ing, and who has had an acquaint
ace with men of high rank in Eng
land and on die continent. His mil
itary liie commenced in 1834 in the
I Brit sh Legion in the service of Don
| Carlos in Spain, in which L'-gion lie
was captain of lancers, and served
under the celebrated Zuirialacuire
gui until h s death in June. 1830. Of
this campaign he published an ac
count. In 1830, under the title of
“The Most Strik ng Events ot a
Twelve Months Campaign with Zn
tnaiacarregui in Navarre and the
Basque Provinces.” At some tune
between 1830 and 1815 he served in
the Caucasus with Shamyl, the Cir
cassian Proph t, against Russia, and
n 1848 and 1849 in Hungary wi li
Bern, and in imu-pendent command
of an army against the Austrians and
Russians. At some time during this
service ho went to Petersburg and
remained therefor a time on a secret
mission. At the close of the war he
took l-etuge in Turkey, and traveled
over much of Turkey and Tan ary.
Jn 1860 and 1857 he served with
Walker, m Nicarague, and during
the early part of our civil war he
commanded an artillery force in the
Confederate service in Virginia: hav
ing before then married and resided
in Georgia. At one time li > wasabou
to enter the Cuban service, and went
in a small boat with one person only
from Florida to Cub •. During the
last ch-v-i ii years ot' nib life ho reau+e-k
in Washington. Gen. llenningsorf
was tail of statute, erect anil spare, 4
of prominent features, a keen eye
and striking soldiery appearance, i
He was a man of varied and vast in- 1
formation, a scholar well-read, writ- J
ing French as readily as English, an- j
tlior of several works, among which
were “The White Slave' and "Revo i
lotions of Russia,” and an accom
plished man of the world, intimate
with and favorite of the Duke-ol Wel
lington, and wiih the right of entree
at Aiiiiacks, when tint privilege was
coveted in vain by Marquises. Com
ing to want in tho late years of bis
life, he bore hardship with equanim
ity, asking aid of no one, bore a long
illness with surpassing patience, and
met death with the quiet toititudo of
a soldier, without tear and without
repioaeh. —Amid the ills of life he
w. ariert no one with complaining,
uttered no invectives against fortune,
and nev. r b Came misanthropic or
despondent.
TURKISH TRADE.
I 1870 the Turkish imports from
,n 'ii’.t -fl :c- -82,055
. • , tee .•111 I.x !•> ti*
w val e- $154 248
the art >: ■ m ; v ' '" : j
iiflea $1,515,888/ ammnnili: n ; ;'922.* ]
020; ca l> ues, $26,230; p-no . un,
$187,571 ; all other an cles, $3,811 —
total, $2.655 420. This was an in
crease of $940,637, as compared vviiii
the pieceding year.
Tne principal hems of the exports
to the U i eii Sih:cs were; opuini
about $52,000; otiar ot ruses, $43 0,10;
rags, $2 1,000; mgs. $0 000; ’ bazar ai
licles” $1,700. During me year onlv
7 American ves-els cleared fio u die port
of Oonsiantiu..plo, as agiust no less than
2,134 Brinish vessels, 1,732 of which
were ste .meis.
invisible i>it roii po:sT
ALC kKD*.
A Gorman jounal proposes the gener
al use of what may be called ihe “post
al card ink” for messages which are sent
through the mail unsealed. A solution
of nurate or chloride of cobalt, or chh -
ride of copper, mixed with a little gum
or sugar, produces a “magic ink”
which is made visible by wanning.
Potassium Fr;©cyanide in solution may
be used also ; but this requires a devel
oper, for which either iron or copper
sulphate may be employe !. With the
former the writing will appear in biown
and with the latter in a blue color. —
[New York Observer.
Key West, Fla., employs 1,560 ci
gar manufacturer./.
Hew F.abiil Doga Hny V-Tflld—Fro*
vention of the distaie? $
There i a pamphlet tip or. hydro
jfttobi-o the liita-'S of avoiding its
perils and preventing iis spread,
rnnslated fom t lie French of H. M.
Bonify, bv Prof, A. LiauUud, which
ii might be well for housekeepers to
have,
lo Preserve Fence Post.
Tile American Chemist says that
a Western farmer discovered, many
years ago, that wood could bo made
to las' longer than iron in the ground
Tiirf<; and weather, he says, seem to
have no effect on it. The posts can
be prepared for less than two cents
a pitce. This is tho recioe:
Tike boiled linseed oil mid stir it in
ptilv rized charcoal to the consisten
cy of paint. Put a coat of this over
the timber, and, lie adds, there is
not a man who will live to see it rot.
SHALL FARMS.
Tim advantages of;,mall farms are brief
ly shoffn in the following lines: They
make nar neighbors, they make good
roads; they make plenty of good
schools arid churches ; tlit-re is more
monev male in proportion to the la
bor ; less labor is wanted ; everything
is kept neat; less wages have to be paid
tor help, lags time is wasted ; more is
Fill c 6‘ !to tlie acre ; besid s, it is tilled
bitter; iheio is no watching of hired
bands; the mind is not in a worry, a
>tcvv, a fret all the lime.
Fa nn'in Wallace, the A mark an
giantess, who has traveled with many
circuses, died at her home in Vermont
*<>!-.,ty Minn., on Friday loth hist.
Her i -a! i-. inie was M.s. -Audi Bt-iU'
flf.y-fomr years old, seven teet
'ouf im-lies in height and weighed 585
pounds. Her coffin was s veil toe'
eight inches in long'h, three foot six
inches in depth, and four feet wide at
the middle. It, repair and eight men
with a block and lackle lo lower the
. oflln into the grave.
An impertinent editor asked this
question relative io ihe editor of the
Atlanta Christian Advocate : ‘lt thal
editor should, by some mistake or
through the omnipotent mercy of provi
der! e, get to heaven and find S oriewall
Jncksoti there, won’t he he in a fix?
Every able-bodied congressman will
be expected to go to Washington nexi
winter loaded to the gunwale with con
sti'utional amendments for the im
provement of presidential elections.
Cortina., tho Meric n cattle
stealer, made a vow eight years
ago that lie would steal 1,000,000
head of cattle from the United
States and then stop.
Let omverminous am! parents make it
. honorable io engage hi agricultural
oni f-u' is a-to l ecnine a lawyer, d"Ctor,
re teller, ineichant, clerk or drummer.
Th- grt-d Hi ng which is troubling us
now is the alarming fact that the non
producing class has gr vvn too great
and ov. rw heltning for tho producing
' ‘ri ‘ S.—
-O' ** —* O’
New Yoik tribune says : The West
p iot class of’77 invested S4OO in an
elegant cup. to be given to tho fits
boy baby born to the cl iss
Peaches from Georgia are sold
in the fruit stores at twenty-five
cants each, or one dollar o one
dollar and a quarter per dozen. -
[N. Y. Tribune.
.John Lord not yet thirty years of
age is the editor of the New \oi k
I uues. He is a Scotchman from Glass
govv.
Let the young be taught Ihe ren |
meiil of an intelligent agriculturist,
and tho great disproportion belwen ihe
produoi g and the nan-producing class
es will beg'n, to diminish.
Agriculture shou and be en
couraged by every possible mean?,
both by the national and State
governments.
Gov. Colquit says he will issue his
proclamation convening the con. con.
on the 2nd Wednesday in July—just as
soon as the official count is made up.
haMgftrn pp ti-ie Russian
Pall Mailt Ufizctlo-]
A' tin- I'egt'Aning of the reign c{ IV
itm Ilf., I lie first aurocra'ic rrtl. r of
; Russia, in the year 1462, the territory
ihe governed comprised about 12,000
square miles. At his death in 1500,
the wholcexlont of his dominions may
may he est mated to have included
! about 43,000 square miles. Under the
('/.■• r Ivan IV. (“The terrible’') a con
sidei able quantity of territory was an
ti xcd, including the dis'rict inhabited
by the Cossacks of the Don ,so 'hat rt
the time of his death in 1584, die Rus
sian empire may he computed lo have
contained seventy-five thousand square
miles. Tbeodoie 1., who succeeded
Ivan, acquired territory from the
Swedes, and nlso pushed his conquest
beyond the Ural Mountains; and at Ins
dealh in 1598, the Russian sway ex
tended over 130,000 square miles. Dur
ing the troubled times which followed
his death some ot the conquered prov
inces were again lost ; bn', on the other
hand, a great part of Siberia was added
to the dominions of ihe Czar, and on
the accession o! Michael 1., in 1611,
the extent of the Russian empire may
be taken at 156,000 sq. roijes. Peter 1.,
jby his numerous conquest, materially
increased iis extent, and at his death in
1725, it comprised 282,454 square
miles. During the reign of the Em
presses Anna Ivanovna, Elizibeth and
Catherine IF, large annexations were
made, so that on the death of the lalter
in 1796, tli.- Russian dominions extend
ed over 352,472 square miles. The
Emperor Paul 1., added Georgia to his
dominions. Alexander 1., conquered
Finland, an) annexed other territories
increasing the extent of the Russian
j Empire, before he died in 1825, to 366,-
j 582 square miles ; while Nii-liofas 1.
I y tl e campaigns of 1858 and 1829,
; secured to clievan the district of Ordu
j bah, and pasha'io of Achahic, rising
] the total ex.ent of the Russian Empire
I 367,112 squaie miles. Thus, since the
j reorganization of the Rusian sovereign
I oily under Ban 111., some 400 years
j ago, tho territorial dominions of Russia
I fiave increased to thirty-five turns their
| original size.
WHAT IS GREAT BRITAIN ?
A correspondent of the Times ask
ing for precise information as to the
legal definition ol Great Britian, re
ceived this replv, “I beg to refer him
to 5 Anne, cap. 8, the Act for an un
iou of the two kingdoms of England
anti Scotland. There he will find the
Articles of Union agreed on the 22nd
ot Ju y in the fifth year of t hat Queen,
The first Articles declares that the
two kingdoms ot England and Scot
land shall, on and af.er tho first, of
May, 1707 be united into one k lig
num by the name of Great, Britain.
Therefore Great Britain embraces
mo kingdom of England and die
kingdom of Scotland. Now, the Chan
nel Islands are not and never were
j art of iho l<i> gdotfi of Sco !and.
That point 1 need not labor. To show
tuiit they are not part of the king
dom of England I would refer Mr.
Bibby to Lord Coke's *4 it Institute,
286. There Lord v/oke explains,that
ifn King’s writ runneth not into these
isms, and that, tin inhabitants there
of are not, bound by our Acts Parlia
ment, unless they he spec ally named.
He also says that albeit King John
| Dab the, posses-ion of Normandy and
j King Henry HI. took money from it
I yet the inhabitants of these isles re
maanid true to tne Crown of England
•and ihe possession ol theseislses be
ing purcell ofthe Duchy of Norman
dy. are a good seisin for die King of
England of th" whole Duchy.’ At
Common L tw tho kingdom of Eng
land aid not extend beyond the ter
! ritoi-y of England. Wales was uni
ted to the kingdom ol England by 27
Henry VIII., cap. 26. Berwick-on
Tweed was united to the realm by
the cession ot Edward Baliiol, and
! its pos tion as such declared by sub-
I sequent, stat' Us.”
Try Messenger tell us Mr. Campbell
obvia ed results iu his wheat by sow
ing about two bushels of salt to the
acre.
Cutting, off the shoots of half
grown tomato plants is said to
hasten their maturity.
Blue Jeati9 Williams wants to be
President.
Annual Subscription $2,00
ISTO* 37,
rath o'in StAndariLl
A MURDEROUS oEA-FLOWER.
Dne of the iXq'iisit wonders of the
sea Is cabdd 'Jfo on,Hut, n .U4~ U V. art-iTT
large as tne Germnii aster, wi'li a great
many long petals of a light-green color,
glossy as satin, and each ©no tipped
with a lose color, These lovely petals
do not lie quidly in their places, but
wave about lu the water ,while the opc
let. clings to a rock, How innocent
an 1 lovely it looks on its rocky bed I
Mho would suspect (hat it would eat
anything gross r than dew or sunlight?
But‘hose beautiful waving arms, as
you call them, have use besides looking
pretty. They have to piovide for a
large open mouth, which is hidden
down deep among them—so hidden
that one can scarcely' find it. We'l do
they perform their duty, for the in
stance that a loolish little fish touches
one of the rosy tips lie is struck with
poison as fata! to him as lightning.
He immediately becomes numb, and in
a moment stops struggling, and then
the other arms wmp themselves around
h>rn, and he is drawn >nlo the huge
greedy mouth, and is seen no more.
Then the lovelv arms uoeloso and
wave again in the water.
HOW TO EXPLODE A LAMP.
The Scientific American gives soma
of the circumstances which lead3 to
the explosion of kerosene lamps, the
philosophy of allot them being that tho
flames may pass down through the wick
and ignite the v >por which accumu
lates in the upper portion ofthe lamp.
This vapor is not an explosive as the
term is ordinarily understood, but
when it is confined so that the gasses
resulting from Us combustion cannot
escape freely into the open air, the
vessel confining it will bo shattered.
This ignition of the vapor may be
brought about as follows :
1. A lamp maybe standing on a
a tab e or mantle, and a slight puff
of air from the open window or door
may cause an explosion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from a fable, or mantle, and instant
ly explode.
3. A lamp is taken out into the en
try where there is a draught, or out
of doors, and an explosion ensnes.
4. A lighted lamp is taken up a
flight of stairs, or is raised quickly to
place it on the mantle, resenting m
an explosion. In these cases tho
mischief is done by the air movement
—either by suddenly checking tho
draught or forcing air down the chim
ney against the flame.
5. Blowing down the chimney to
extinguish the light is a frequent
cause of explosion.
6. Lamp explosions have been
caused by using a chimney broken
oil at the top, or one that lias a picco
broken out, whereby the draught is
variable and the 'mines unsteady.
7. Sometimes a thoughtless person
puts a small wick into a large burn
er, 1 luts leaving considerable space
along the edge ol tbo wick. An old
burner, with its air draught clogged
up, wnich rightfully should bo thrown
away, is sometimes continued in use,
and the final result is an explosion.
A CHAPTER ON MANNERS.
It is vulgar to talk about yourself.
It is bad manners to use your own
knife on the buttei dish.
It is bad miuiners to stare at stran
gers in company or on the street.
It is a sign of low breeding to make
display of your finery.
It is bad manners to go info any
person’s house without taking off your
hat.
It is bad manners to go info any
person’s house with mud or dirt on
your shoes.
It is bad manners to cotnb jonr
hair or brush your clothes in the
eating room.
It is bad manners lo pick your
teeth at the table or to clean your
nails in company.
It is bad inanners to talk in com
pany, when others are talking, or to
talk or whisper in church.
It is a sign of bad manners to look
over the shoulders of a person who
is wridng, to see what is written.
It is bad manners to talk in com
pany to one cr two persons about a
subject which the others do not un
derstand.
It is bad manners to beast of your
wealth, of your prosperity, or your
good fortune, in the presence of the
poor, or in the presence of thore less
fortunate than yourself.