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l lOMClIPTIU 14TN Sv It M Three month* 40 lUwspsptr 1mm DeelalaM, 1. Any person who Ukea a paper regut ur- ly from the-poatoffioe— whether dirtctvd to hi* name or another**, or whether h* ha* mb- •enbed or not— ia teaponaibla for th* amount. 2. If a peraon order* hi* paper diceqUtinaed he muat pay all arrearages, or the publisher msv continue to send it until payment i* made, and colleot the whole amount,whether the paper ia taken from the office or not. 3. The oonrta have decided that refusing to take n«wepapers or periodicals from the postoffioe, or removing and leaving them uncalled for la |>rima fade eridenc* of in* natiotnel fraud. W. N. BENNS, JAMES 0. RUSS. Editor* “LET I’ll).HE BE EIGHT.” Subscription, $1.50 in AdwaMfi. VOLUME V. BUTLER. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1881. NUMBER 19. * BNGM8H KISSES. TMthaoalali t« 1 Im BstnIkmi mt Aaillesa OaenlatiM. The women ol England (soya Polydora Virgil), in the Parisian, not only aalutfe i their relations with a kisa, bul all per sona promiscuously; and, this ceremony they repeat, gontly touching them with the lips, not only with grace, but without the least immodesty, Such, however, as are of tlio blood-rovnl do not, kiss their inferiors, but offer tho lwck of the hand, ns men do by way of aaluting each other. Erasmus wntos in ruptures to ono of hia frionds on this subjoot. 4 ‘Did you but know, my Faustus,” aaya ho, “the pleasures which England affords, you would fly here on wuiged feet, and, if your gout would not.allow you, yon would wish yourself a Disdains. To men tion to you one among mauy things, hero nro nymphs of the loveliest looks, good- humored, easy of acoeus, and whom you would prefer even to your favorite muses. Hero also prevails n custom never enough to l>o commended, that wherever you come everyone receives you with a kiss, and when yon tako your leave everyone gives you a kiss; when you return, kisses again meet you. If anyone leaves you they leavo you with a kiss; if you meet anyone the first salutation is a kiss; in short, wherever you go kisses everywhere about; which, my Faustus, did you onco tosto how very aweet and how very fragrant they are, you would not, like Solon..wish for ton years’ exile in Eng land. but would desire there to spend tho whole of your life." Antonio Perez, Secretary to tho Embassay from Philip IT. of Spain, writes thus to the Earl of Essex: “I have this day, according to tho custom of your couutrv, kissed, at au entertainment, soveu females; all of them accomplished in mind and beautiful in person.” Dr. Pierius 'Winscinius,. his toriographer to their Mightinesses tho States of Frie/.lund, in hiaChronijck van l-'rinnlandt, printed in 1G02, informs us tlmt the pleasaut custom was utterly uu- prnuticed and unknown in Eugland (just ns it is this day in Now Zcalund, where sweethearts only know how to touch Host's when they wish to bo kind! until tho fair Princess lioiijx, the daughter of King Heugist of Fridfclauil, “pressed the beulaar with her lipkiua". (little lips) and salubod the amorous Vortigem with a liusjen (little kiss.) ■ICiMft OF FOUL ]prEATHGH. Th* hollow wind* begin t* .. The cloud* look black, the gUa# U low; Th* aoot (alia down, tho apaafela atop, And KpUfera from their cobwvba p#ej\ Laat night tho atm want pala to tad; Tho moan In haloa hid her bead. The tailing ahopherd haaaa* a algh, For, aoa. a rainbow apaae th* iky. The walla era damp, thn ditch*• amoll; Oloacd ta tho pink-eyed pimpernel. Hark I how the chdra and table* crack.* Old Betty# Joint* are on tho rack- liar eorna with shooting P#ln# torment bar, And to her bed untimoly aeut hor. lioud quack tho ducka; tho erw-fowl cry; Tba dtatant hlUa are looking nigh. How roatleaa are tho raoritug ewine t Tba buay tic# dlaturb the kina. • w o'er the graaa the * wallow wlnga • oriekoL too, how shanl lie ataga 1 _ _a* on tho boarth, with relret paw#, Site wiping o’er bar whlakared Jawrn. blow; H dmnay* right ascend#, - wok to aartb it band#. Low o’ar the g Tba orichat, tc Puaa oo the hearts, with i Hit* wiping o’er bar wblak Tba amok* from chlnmayi. Than, arranging, baoh to aartb it bat The wind, unatauy, Vtwva aroond, Or settling In tba south la found. Through the clear stream tho flaSira rlea, And nimbly uatcb the Incautloua fliea Tho glowworm# uumerour, oloar and bright, Illumed tho dewy MU laat night. At dnak tins aqualld toad waa aaen, Like quadruped, stalk o’er the green. The whirling wind the duat otaya, And In the rapid eddy play*. The frog baa changed Ida yellow And in a roaaet coat la dmaed. The aky U green, tba air ia Mill, The mellow blackbird'* role* ia ai The dog, ao altered In bln taeta, Quite tuuttou-bouo* on gram to ti ltehold Uiu rooks—how odd tbolr The) imitate the gliding kite. And eeeui praclnitata to fall, Aa if they felt the plaroluc kail. The tender colts on bjick do lira, In fl#ry red thi ’Twill |«esbig by. through elands to mount lb# tkloa. %U . No working in the Holds to-worm Hie lino, (> Harkl how tba chum aud tables ih," I* Incorrect, aa the cracking—Uiat la, coutrao- tlon—ludlcatoa fair woathor, from tba diminution of moisture.—SlilmntU. The Shopping Bills of Wires. American shopkeepers and American shopped alike should lie'interested in tho caso of tlio large silk-goods firm of Dclronkom .(• Feeirody in England against Mr. Mol Ion for tho recovery of tho cost of lirasbbs furnished to his wife w ho pi he had forbidden toJijciur bills. Tho case wont from court to court up to tho Homo of Lords, wliero it was finally decided' by that august tribunal hi favor of Mr. Mellon. Tho Lords expressly rulod that “ Where a husband makes his wife an allowance, and expressly for- . l>i<ls'fcet]foiuilJfp of equipts iujije uauo t | for hor photograph a month ago, not ho cannot bo held liable for any goods having seen her since she was a child, sho may obtain by drawing njwu his | Two days ago had come on invitation to The Ribht Man After All. Viola had found a lover ; or at least, John Ellsworth aspired to that dis- tinotion. •. >. Two years ago, the paternal Ellsworth had given John on his twonty-third birthday » deed of a small, good farm near his own. John set about muking a home for himself, wit); one of his half- dozen sisters to manage it, and went at his farming in earnest. Aba tho younger female portion thought him rathor a de sirable object to monenvor for. Perhaps that was ono reason why Viola had l>een so gracious to him. It was something to securo, without an ef fort, attentions that all the other girls schemed for. But John Ellsworth did not realize her ideal. Under her calm exterior, sho dreaded romanoes of tho most vivid rose-pink. One Juno night, driving over to see his lady, John found hor with au unu sual 'flush on her fair^yorfng face. She rodp with him— acoeptiug his invitation iu4map*g^M-c.ourse way thut was dread fully discouraging. It cuino out, after a little while, that Mi*. Momington, a groat-uunt, hod sent creditand, indeed, that, unless the seller can show that special authority has boon conferred by tho husband on tho wife, tho sollor cannot recover judg ment” In this caso it was admitted that the goods charged for were of a kind suitable to Mrs. Mollou’s rank and condition of life, but the presumption usually created by such on admission in favor of the seller was held to bo over ruled by an absolute conjugal prohibi tion even where the seller was not ap prised of tho prohibition. It was inti* muted during tho argument that shop keepers, before giving a wife credit, might readily protect themselves by making inquiries of tho hnsband, and the Court hold tlmt duo care aud caution could not bo considered to have been exercised where this was not clone. Altered Times. In the year 1671, on tho socoud read ing of n bill in the House of Commons for building a bridge over tho Thames, nt Putney, uftor a number of members had delivered speeches iu ridicule of the idea, Sir Henry Herbert, just before tho House divided, rose and said : “I hon estly confess myself an enemy to mo nopolies. I am equally opposed to mad, visionary projects; and I may be per mitted to say that in tho late King’s reign several of these thoughtless inven tions were thrust Upon the House, but wore most properly rejected. If a man, sir, were to come to the bar of the House and toll us that he proposed to convoy us regularly to Edinburgh, in coaches, in seven days, and bring us haok in seven more, should wo fiat vote him to Btcllam ? Surely we should, if we did him justice; or, if another, that he would sail to tho East Indies in six months, should vro not punish him for practicing upon onr credulity? Assur edly, if we served him rightly.” The journey from London to Edinburgh is now accomplished in something like eleven hours. What would Sir Henry think now, could he arise from his crave? No New Jokes, There is absolutely nothing new in jokes. They nover die. The jokes that aro familar to us are those which our ancestors enjoyed. They ore found in tho most ancient literature that remains, and in hieroglyphics of the mined monu ments of dead empires, Their unchanged existence through these ages does not al low that those, liko tho earth and man, may h>ivo been created by a process of development; they must have been created Absolutely. At some stage of the work of creation the jokes were launched into being, and they hare con- tiuued to revolve by their own gravity, the same ns tho planets. None of them be annihilated any-more than matter, ipeiul a couple of montlis with her (the great-aunt) in Now York, and she was going to-morrow. use denying,” the young fellow said, his voice growing lmoky, 41 thut I’m sorry for this. I don’t know wlint will come to you from this. You are not contented hero ; you never will be until you havo had an experience beyond it—perhaps not then. I am not wise enough to tell you now, X sup- r e; but I love you, Viola. Mind, I not ask you now for any return. I shall wait for wlint the fnture may put your heart tc say." “Indeed, I do care for yon, John; and you can’t blame mo far wanting to go. Aunt noods me, you see; and no one does here, particularly. And I’ve never seen anything of so ciety.” “ I know, dear—” “Aud I shall not forget you,” inter rupting him. “I shall always think of you "—giving him her hand. “For two whole montlis,” a little sadly. “ Good-by, then," kissing the hand ho held. And then Viola found herself alone, and then went to finish her packing. Viola’s next two mouths were delight ful. Sho was ulways prettily dressed, and Frank Thorpe passed his valuable time besido her. John Ellsworth called ou her tho night after hor return. “You look well and knppy,” ho said, scanning her face. 41 1 am,” she said ; and she told him all about her delightful visit. “ And avo you going to settle with us now ?” “ Oh, no! I slay here only a few days. My aunt i* coming for me os she rotnrns from a visit she is paying,” “Poor fellow!* Viola said, as Ha. went clown the moonlit road. And then Frank Thorpe’s dreamily sad gray eyes had been out for a walk. On the way she met Frank Thorpe, as she was very apt to do. He accompanied her homo and entered the house with her. Then Viola, feeling bright herself, began lect uring him on his purposeless life. “ If I were a man—'’’emphatically.-* “Thank heaven you are not 1 How ever, go on.” “ Yon put me out, Mr. Thorpe ; why don’t you do something? ” my waking life.” “Yes, and get yourself and me talked about by everybody. Not that 1 core, certainly,” hurriedly to recover her blunder. “I shall ohooso my friends where I please,” making matters worse, of course. “ You see,** he said, loaning forward and laying his hand confidentially on her arm, “ I cannot bear to see a clear- hearted, honest girl lowering herself to the ways of these artificial, brainless girls, who have been bred up all their lives in the business of catching a hus band. You don’t need any paltry ambi tion. Wait until you find a man worth falling in love with, and then many lum. Wait forever, if you don’t find him.” Viola sat motionless with astonish ment. if any dnmb thing had found voice sho would not havo been more amazed. And she felt so fully oalled to administer advice. While she sat, his hand still on her arm, aud Iris eyes still on her faco, tho door opened, and John Ellsworth wus ushered in. Viola swept toward him with eager, outstretched hands. Frank Thorpe, bcingdisturbed by this new-comer, who was called John, aud re ceived with such an outbreak of enthusi asm, gathered himself up and loungod away. John Ellsworth was in town for a fort night. Viola always accepted his invi tations, and when the time caxuo for their fulfillment there was some unavoid able obstnolo in the way. Thou Lent carte and there was a sud den cessation of gayety. John was called Away by his father’s illness, snd Viola felt the inevitable loaction. It was alike everywhere. In the nar row circle out of which sho had ccdho thore wero jealousies and heart-burninga, and petty scheming—no t»otter and no worse than sho hod oome to know in tho past weeks, though possibly less dis guised by smooth, conventional polish of manuor. Wait till she met a man ahe loved! She might wait until she was gray and blind. Thera had nover ap peared one to whom she could give a second thought, unless it was—well, per- luips, John Ellsworth, if tho lifo that would follow with him wore not too nar row to breathe in ; or Frank Thorpe, if hoArere not too lazy to spook. And then, by contrast, there came a vision of Mr. Nicolson and all his wealth. If sho had shown the first symptoms of her moods to Mr. Nicolson ho would havo desisted from his attentions nt onco. Hero was youth and beanty in a statu esque state of perfection. That wus what ho wanted—tho statuesqueuess, and everybody considered it a settled affair. * 1 „ I think Viola began to oousider it her self. Sho had just one letter front Jqhu Ellsworth after his return, aivd he said : “ I lovo you, Viola, and am waiting for you.” • She did not even answer the letter. But she was cross, even with Mrs- Morn- ingtoh, for two days after it Then sho wus seized with a fit of homesickness, -end, had her lriend not boon taken Tory suddenly ill, nothing would have kept her there. Mr. Nic olson came more frequently than over; in lus way, very kiun and considerate. . One night in early spring Frank Thorpe cuino und took Viola out for a drive. “ Yon avo lookiug tired. Wo may not have another such night for u month," Frank said. In the half hour they did not speak hull' a dozen sentences, und yet when lie set her down nt her own door, and hold her lmnd for a iniuuto us ho said “ Fare well," Viola felt thut' they were nearer each other than ever before. Viola was ono morning summoned to the drawing-room to meet Mr. Nicolson. In the occupation of tho past woeks sho hnd had very little opportunity to think about him or his purposes. No girl ever went to meet the final question with loss determination ns to her answer. Sho know liis errand tho moment sho entered tho room. Not that ho was con fused or hesitating, or in any way dis concerted. about something else. You needn’t be entertaining any more.” Miss Rawdon,” tbe servant an nounced, and that put an end to it all. Viola reasoned herself into the con viction that sho was in lovo with Frank Thorpe, and, if not actually in that con dition, she might easily find herself there. The crisis was not far off Coming in irom an errand, that night, she fonnd all the dimly-lighted house empty, and wont on from room to room till, in the library, who opened the door ou Frank Thorpe. “Since you wero not at home, I came to find for mysolf a volume Mrs. Morn- iugton had promised me,” he oxplained. But ho closed the door as ho gave her a oliair, us if tho tete-a-tete were a part of hia plan. “We might ns well begin with a dean record,” he said, with u greut deal of hard earnestness in his voice. “ You are not my first lovo, Viola. Not quito two years ago sho jilted mo. I was in on aw ful spoonv condition—there’s no denying it—and for a few weeks thought it would bo tho death of me. One morn ing my letters and trinkets camo bock to me. There was not a word of ex planation, aud I did not ohooso to ask any.” “ And the young lady’s name?” “Emily Prescott” “Emily Prescott? Why. that is the young Indy I met this afternoon. Just homo from abroad—in Paris mourning. Her fathor and mother both died some where in Frauce in tho spring, and she eumo home with tho Mortons. “Viola,” staring at her with eiq*er eyes, “ I can’t believe it” dropping into a chair. 44 My poor durling— ,r “It seems to me, Frank, that tho lit tle arrangement wo entorod into ten minutes ago might us well bo quietly annulled. Your ’poor darling’ is nt present with tho Mertons, Hadn’t you ‘bettor go up there at onco and rear range tho programme ? ” “ I don’t know. Violu. yon will think me ii Bcouudrol, but I believe I lovo nor yet.” “ Of course you do. Who doubts it ? There, don’t say a woman can’t bo gen erous.” After that nothing could keep hor in Now York, andthreo difvs after reaching home, driving her old-fashioned pony- chaise over tho green country road, she came upon John Ellsworth walking, and ho accepted her invitation to ride. “ It is good to l»o here again. I waa thoroughly homesick.” “ When nro you to bo married ? " “Never! " with a burst of vehemence: unless you—oh, John I” with a hys terical sou. At homo a tologram Moruington was dead. Mrs. Moruington died poor. Bfko hud spout all her money. So Viola tfas uok an heiress after alL < ’ come up before her, and she forgot John Ellsworth’s shady brown one*. Mis. Momington came and took tho young larly away, ond Frauk Tkorpo was once again hanging around her—a most desirable matrimonial prize. Tho Christmas holidays come and went. Frank Thorpe loungod in on Christmas day, and was paler and more listless than ever. Mrs. Momington gavo her first bit of advice to hor young oharge that night. “ Frank Thorpe is not u man to trifle with, my dear. I think he is in lovo with you. You could hardly do better." , “ hotter ?” raising her broad lids for a full, steady look. “I hadn’t thought there was to be nny calculation. No, Frank does not care for me, aunt/’ “ If he ib in love wilh the bettor. But come; ball must l>e attendod.” Violu went to that bull, and fr—- : -how vi Frank Thorpe, who. unconscious of of- I ( ] U y < your waited her. Mrs. SOUTHERN NEWS. Brief and Comprehensive. Years ago, when the subject was broached of digging the canal that con nects Portland, Mo., with Lake Sohago, there was, of-course,Much opposition on the part of that considerable class found ready ou all occasions to bitterly oppose internal improvements of every kind that can appeal to tho pockets of tax-payers. In ouo of the. towns interested in that, cimal a meutiug of tho legal voters was called to see if tlio town would plcdgo its oredit if necessary; or would recognize bv vote the necessity of tho work. The meeting was opened, and tho op ponents were out in full force; aud they nod engaged a penurious old deacon, who nover paid a tax that ho could avoid paying, tourgue their ease. They thought ho could do it. Ho could worry tho other side down, and wool- them out, any At Brownville, Texas, the itcent snow storm was the first in fourteen years. Farm hunds are said to be mere scarce in Thomas county, Gs., than tliey have been since tho war. Three hundred German carp have been placed at various points up the St. John river in Florida. A Louisfhna planter says that he con siders twenty geese in a cotton Xeld equal to one hoe-hand. Negroes are said to be leaving Gadsden county, Fla., in such numbers that it amounts to an exqdus. Toccoa, Ga., having an existence of eight years, has acquired n thrifty popu lation approximating a thousand soul*. Thousands of robins most in a cano- hrakc about fifteeu miles from Homer, I^a. They are taken to Horner by the MCkfull. A clipper ship, brought into Fort Royal, S. C., loaded with guano, came up to the dock at hulf-tido, drawing twenty-ono feet. In I/mhdana the census exhibits 47.1 Chinese, 819 In irons and halfbrecds, eight half-Chinese, one We»t Indian and or.e East Indian. N. Gurbini has been elected President of tho Jfow Orleans Fruit and Produce Association, a new and ponnanont organi zation of whajesalo fruit dealers. In the lost four month* of 1880 col poi tuers of tho American Biblo Society supplied 1,918 destitute families and 955 destitute individuals with the Biblo. Harry Stephens, the veil-known col ored body-servant of Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, who died last week, nt Craw- fordvillc, was the ownctof perhaps $20,- 000 worth of property. 1 Tho St. Augustine (Fla.) Press says that the majority of the farmers there abouts, instead of rahing their own com, buy it nt tho city store*. A cotton planter could scarcely do worse’thun that. An amendment of tho constitution of Arkansas has been proposed in the Leg islature, providing that the general elec tions shall occpr every fourth year, State Representatives Iro elected for four years and tho Legislature n*vt every fourth years. The Perry, On., rianie Journal rays that the old plautatsu*. system, almost universal in Houston county before the war, has gone to its death, and small farm* now constitute the order of agri cultural work. Them are very few ten- mule farms in Houston. There is u proposition to form a new North Carol in* county ou of parts of Stuuiisou, John atoll, Wayne, Cumberland and Har nett counties. Trtwo are several propo sitions to cut off portions of Wake county lor the formation of new counties, hut Raleigh ia averse. I At Scarboro, da., John F. 'look* is President, Warriii 11. Wood, Treasurer, id James A. Fiji Tho moderator read tlio warrant, a stated the objeck-of tho mooting; and, .u i V ii » l V a few very choiqp, clear, aud pleasantly j ‘First iMiuomq ^ spoken words, ho staled the facts in tho | Sen caso, and made known what it was hoped, by tlio liberal and progressive element, tho town would do. And (hen the peppery old deacon sprang to his feet, and opened hia magazine of genera] abuse nml scurrility. He talked an hour and a half—ft tempest ;ly, fabio and insinuating stuff, which j otary, of th The obj. ’ ’ continue the ju No. 1. of the orgunizntpu is to d practice of profane swcarii By a clerical trror, iu making up the list of cities 'or census bllllctiu No. 4< the population j>f one enumeration dii triul of Atlan11 was omitted. The true My dear younp lady,” ho said, “ I want your permission to ask you a per sonal question.” “You have it, sir," sho said. Aud thon, in a speech which was moro like a sot oration than anything elso Viola hnd over heard, ho offered her his hand and fortune. Sho went up-stairs to Mrs. Morning- ton.^sayin^: surprised 1 ” “At what?” “ I refused Mr. Nicolson.’ 1 done it 1 And I am so “ Perhaps you will be sorry that you have said no. , „ 4 4 Perhaps. I shall never lro nur- prised at anything again." A servant announced Frank Thorne. “ Aunt, shall I—” and pansed. Even iu her reckless, over-excited mood she could not complete her sentence. “S^all you bo kinder to him than you La\'e been to Mr. Nicolson? ” “Don’t ask me.” So Viola wont down to see her visitor, who wo* at tho full tido of his languid, tired indifference. How very ontertaiuiug you nro to- ersationnl powers are i something to bo wondered at,” Viola norcan .nothor bo added. NojJeisouwho ; « iSSmffily0£hmed bis uaual sta- attompta uritfiuahty cau got recognized j J nB a wit, but uuy mau can, who has „ m,n.t« that nltrht »uid at laat, impatiently, talent for memorizing tho old stock ■ *^od?ioSSnif man who "Entertaining?" opening ml funny atones, and for working , ™ , arith mild wonSer. -II pun.* ' Fikes and theni over 6n oil occasions. vsoikiug j certa |^]y Tyaa uoTougor young. Having ‘ lost one wife, ho was now looking for an- .[other. When he was presented to Viola thrill vibrating along tL endless chain of [|i£ m ™to Uke'jt. ^ KK ° 1?!jU / had ceased being Viola rr shade n uid nis supposed tlmt vour sliare of the interview. Howover, if vou like, I’ll begin. You ure not looking as well as usual this morning.” “Thank you. What a very promis ing* population, Ofn. Walker, Superintend ent of tho Census, says, is 37,421. not 34,898, as previously announced, Ileal estate in the business part of Or angeburg, ?. C., isos high ns in Chnrlei A cotton factory with four Clem- Goorgin, says that in 1876 the improved lands in Georgia amounted to 28,737,689 acres. In 1880 the aggregate had grown to 29,815,581 neres, the increase of four years being sufficient to provide farms of 100 acres each for nearly 11,000 families. He says the colored people arc buying farms of from twenty to fifty acres, and getting excellent returns from them. Evidently ho does uot believe in th decadanco of Georgiu. Charleston (S. 0.) News und Courier To-day the leading men of Mi.-aissippi- Arkunba* and Texa/* aro Georgians, and in every county aud neighborhood, al- mo«t, in those Slates the controlling spirit is a Georgian, Governor of Texas is a Georgian, so are both the Sen atom from Mississippi. She has given three Governors to Texas, two to Mis sissippi, a Governor and Senator to Ala bunm, and her ablest und best men to Arkansas. The manufacture of brick is one of the most imjMirtnnt indu?triesof Macon, G:l The material furnished by tho laud be low Macon, in the Ocmulgce swamp, and a tract extending across the Brunswick railroad is said to be unexcelled in tho USEFUL HINTS. A wry warm bed-quilt may be im provised by pinning newBpapere between two shoots. Tbosb who onght to know say that mitry thrives upon oooked food, and ke their oorn boiled. Do not keep rubber shoes or sandals l the feet longer than necessary,* They * should never be worn in the house. For soft corns dip a piece of linen cloth in turpentine and wrap it around the toe on which the corn is situated night and morning. The relief will be immediate, and, after % few days, tho corn will disappear. Lip Salves.—One gill sweet oil, ono ounoe white wax, three-quarters of an ounce spermaceti. Dissolve Ihem over the firo and stir till cool. Another— Oil of sweet almonds, eight ounces; white wax, three ounces; spermaceti, throe ounocs; rhodium, fifty drops, and white sngar candy form on excellent lip salvo. Ants.—Red ants may be banished from a pantry or store-room by strewing the shelves with a small quantity of cloves, cither whole or ground. We use the former, as not being so likely to get into the food placed upon tbe shelves. Tho cloves should bo renewed occasion ally, as alter a time they lose their strength and efficacy. Mosquitoes, says somebody, love lroef blood trotter than they do any that flows in tho veins of human kind. Just put a couple of generous pieces on plates near your bed at night, and you will sleep untroubled by these pests. In tho morning you will find them full und stupid with tho beef blood, and tho meat sacked aa d-y ob a cork. Stains.—Remove ink-stains from car pets with milk, und afterward wuah with fine soap, a clean brush, nud warm water. For grease spots use powdered lunguesia, fuller’* earth, or buckwheat. Sprinkle on tno spot, and let lie until all the grease is absorbed; renew tho earth, mngueuia^tf buckwheat until all the greuso is removed. Time and pa tience will in this way removo tho worst, of grease spots. To Detect Genuine Coffee.—Thoso foolish person* who buy ground coffee may find out * whether what they buy is genuine cof- ' not by tho following method: world for purity aud firmness. The Ma- Tclegraph and MoJapuger thinks there is no ret^on why (^number of j Tako a wine - glM8 or 8 ton&ler full oi manufactories should not be -increased, wa ter, and gently drop a pinch of tho and the production of pottery, pipes, I ground coffeo on tho snrfaco of tho drains, etc., for the whole titnto cutercd j wa * e ^» without stirring or agitating; genuine cofleo will float for somo time, “P 0 ‘ whilst chicory, or and other sweet root. An old negro near Stockton, Clinch will soon sink; and chicory or oammol county, Ga., has invented for himself n will causo a yellowish or brown color ..imiinn nro.,,-.. triina nn .i to diffuse rapidly through tho water, l ® - ‘ *,■ __ ’ j while pure coffeo will give no visible has planted several hundred. lie plants UU( j or Mich circumstances, for a them among the green pines, und leaves considerable length of time, the piues standing to protect the orange Starch Polish.—Tho old receipt of . Ho clears upa6pacc twelve feet j stirring, the^ starch with square and plants an orange tree. Two gentlemen l i\ Clinch county propose to plant n gtive on an island iu the Su wanoocho, near Dupont. A gentleman an udjolniug county c ntompla^ps set ting out several thousand trees. A Charlottesville, Vn., correspondent of tho Richmond Dispatch says that Georgo Rogers Clarko “lived within light of Charlottesville, though two miles and n half away. I havo been to tho old house-place. There is uot u ves tige of tho buildiugs left, but tho situa- atlon commands a most bountiful view of •* large extent of country, looking westward and northward, and southward down thoTUvanna valley, and is on the Southwest mountains, on the farm now owned by Mr. ^.todfield. The Clarke family owned thousands id acne of land in that section, embracing oven Edge Hill, the residence of the Into Thomas J. Randolph, five miles away." disgusted oven soiueof lus own support Ho closed -With a grand peroration cm tlio power and majesty of God, and tlio wickedness of interfering with the plans of the Almighty Architect of tlio Universe. 1 “Mr. Moderator,” ho said, with a grand spread of his arms, “if there had been ,•”••• --- ----- '., , , intended a water communication between t ont attnchmejiti is established, fhe crop Harrison amTPortland—cutting through of upland rice raised in tho county will Cumberland County liko a river- the probably reach about 40,000 bushel*. to cottonemp b bevcon 30,000 ami flow He’ll muko it flow; and He won’t 40,000 bales. see puny, insignificant;man interfere> with | Tho HU , wer of t i, 0 citizens of Memphis 1,12011 “'"•'i to tha politic of bondholders or oredi- Old-Time Epizootics. Thanks to tho general use of steam in traveling, it is comforting to refleet that in spite of the very great annoyance aud inoouvouieuce cuused by the Iiorso dis eases iu recent years, particularly by tho epizootic which prevailed in the year 1872, tlih inconveniences to which peo ple aro subjected nowadays in the lack of horses aro really much less grave thuu thoso which our ancestors had to con tend with, iu similar cirumstunces. For our forefathers, the prevalence of #• se vere epizootic meant the cessation of all traveling aud transportation, whether /or long or for short distances; except ing, of oourse, such service as may bo don© by oxen and by men on foot. Somo idea of tho gravity of tlio situation is BUggcstoil by th* following extracts from an old Birmingham newspaper: On February 4, 1760, notice was published that “thehorees belonging to tbe Bir mingham stago conch aro so much af fected by the present 1" is temper that pre vails among them, that its journies nro obliged to be discontinued until their recovery.” And in the week following another notice appears under that of February 11, 1760, “tlio horses belong ing to tho Birmingham stago coach nro still so hnd that it would ho dangerous to attempt their going with tho coach this week; but on Monday next, tho 18th, Mr. Peyton proposes that the conch shall set out to go from hence m usual ; after which ha hopes it will meet with other interruption.” And Dondon Skinflint sat down. And, • tips of tho old corporation of Memphis on the instant, up roso ’Squire Snm Lit- alleges that tho compromise proposed by tlefield, with his pleasant, jolly faco all j the taxing district, twenty-five cents on ^"Mv^Moibrahir, 1 ire reflrl in the flood t «><> 111 »*««"»■ ' hc Book that in n certain place there was duo the old city, say $1,248,982, is fair, lack of water; and Abraham digged a just and honorable. 9 ll there, and called the plaeo Boer- Shcba. Sir, I move the previous ques tion. ” The thing took wonderfully. That simple sentence—“and Abraham digged a well there!”—spoken in Littlefield's quiet, qunint, ond yet significant way, brought down tho house. Tho motion for the “previous question” was carried: then tho main question was put: Should tho credit of the town bo given to the great improvement?—and it was carried by an overwhelming majority. And yet it was said, by those who ought to know, tlmt, had some friend of the measure followed old Skinflint in an exhaustive speech, tho chances would havo beeu decidedly tho other way.— New York Ledger. . Corn-Mkal Fritters.—Two cups oj white meal, three cups of sweet milk, one-half cup of flour, four eggs, bouton separately, a tablespoonful of melted butter, a tesspoonful of salt, two tea- spoonfula of baking powder. Beat the yelk, to them add tlio milk, butter, salt and meal, beat hard, add next the whip- . . .f vw r«TZk v .— ; . . | pea wnites, uuu lusi. iuo nour ami najc- the advances. There was a shade more j ’ jSSSjMViS-w ! in £? bowder. Drop at once into boiling °* V* *« 5U - e r er ^5' i o* languor in hi» manner, ononis sad now. He Memea laboring under tho , j. a ( \ £ a t with u lard liqviid sauoe. The pciunted and^prolonged, forever ^y^infer-* orj ft y eyes bad an added shadow ; but he lmpresaion that there had been an earth- ! batfer should bo just thick enough to miMble reaults, affecting soma being to 1 Km ,gh( no explanation from her. Tift®* . . (rl . .. drop readily frow tho spoon. Make tho •very igt to One frosty, sparkling morning Viola 1 Andao thejo lifts iKion, Ihoro; talk | fritfoi* of small siaos. Macaulay s Memory. Ben Jodboii won from his adrairiug contemporaries the epitliet (d “rare”— chiefly, if I remember aright, from his powers of memory. But Ben’s powers wero small compared with thoso of Ma caulay, who recited tho greater part of tho Lay of the Lost Minstrel after read ing it for the first time. Ho used to soy, snd ho was l»y no means a boastful man, that if by any chance, all the olisting copios of Milton were to bo destroyed, he thought he could replaco tho first six books oi Paradise Lost Irom momory. 44 He seemed,” said his friend Mil man, “to have rend everything; aud to remem ber all that he had read.” I have soon a letter of tho Into Sir William Stirling Maxwell to a friend, entreating him to a*k “Mr. Macaulay, who knows every thing” for some piece of information. “Macaulay," said Sydney Smith, 44 can you recite the list of Popes?” 44 No,” confessed Mncanlov, “I get confused with tlio Johns and Gregorios." 44 Well,” said Holism, who was pres ent, “cuu you manage tho Archbishops of Canterbury?” ‘•The Archbishops of Canterbury!” wus the disdainful reply, “any fool can . . . . ., . <■ . . ; recito liis Archbishops of Canterbury Legislature providing for four examining j backwftvdH » medical Iroards-at Pensacola,Tallahassee, j And ho1)0gaiJ {rom Howley back to Jacksonville and Key West—which shall Pole, when his hearers declared them' examine applicants and grant certificates | selves satisfied. to those only who arq qualified to dls-i _ . T , , . . , t ' .. , , The love of truth and real desire of charge the functions of ft medical expert. | i mpr ovoment, ought to bo only motives of Kr.exvillc, Tcnn., was laid out in 1791, and named in honor of General Knox, of Revolutionary fame. The fir«t Ter ritorial Legislature assembled there in 1794, the constitution *1 convention in 1795, and the first State legislature iu 1796, The *eat of government was re moved to NuhliviJlc in 1810. Richmond Dispatch : If Mr. Jefferson Davis docs not nroke numerous changes in his proof-sheets, be is not the man he was in 1850. Then ho hud a habit of changing the reporh Fs notes to such an extent that Iuh speeches seemed ulniost to be new one*, or rather not the same which lie hud delivered in the Senate. A bill is pending before the Florida „ ( wax candle is not nearly so good,in tho opin ion of an experienced laundress, os a much cheaper plan. She uses mutton suet instead of wax ; it makos tho starch firmer. Before roasting or boiling your joint of mutton, cut off whatever suot you want from it. “Bonder ” it in a tin cup and set it aside in a jar; it will keep six month's or longer. Tho fat about the kidney in a hind quarter is the firmest and best, W'hen you waut thick starch for collars aud shirt bosoms, tako four tuble-spooufuls of starch to ono quart of water, and u piece of tho clear suet about the size of a walnut. This makes a good quart of starch. || Tlio Rothschild Family* * .The Pari* bruueh of this famous family is quite largo. The dowager Baroness Rothschild, "bo lives in the family man sion in the Rue Lafltto, hud five children. Barou Alphonse, who is at this time tho head,of tin; family; Baron Solomon, who died a long time ago; Baron Gustavo, Baron Edmond, and the Baroness Nath aniel Rothschild. Tlio venerable down- veritable fountain of charity. Sho gives uway hundreds of thousands of francs every year. In summer sho live# in a splendid county houso at Boulogne, where apartments for each ono of her us and daughters are kept constantly order. Baron and Baroness Alphonse Rothschild live iu the old mansion in the Run Saint Florontiu, wliero Talleyrand once resided. They aro gay and ex tremely fornl of society, aud are seen everywhere in the mouae; tho Barones* is one of the most accomplished equest riennes who frequent tho Bois do Bonl* ogne. Her husband is an enthusiastic patron of the turf, ne has stables at Meautrif und at Chantilly, and lavishes millions on them. Solomon Rothschild was a delicate-minded man, fond of con versation, books, pictures and society. His widow has a daughter who will, it is said, bo tho richest heiress in tho Paris family. Baron Gustave is tho only ono who has married outside tho family. Ouo of tho sons of the lute Nathaniel Roths child has just purohnsed the splendid mansion of Count Tolstoi, in tho Aveuuo do Friedland; and another, namod Ar thur, spends his lifo in collecting books. It is said that no ouo else in Franco ex cept tho Duke d’Aumalo possesses such estimable treasures of rare editions and luxurious binding as this young Roths child. Ouo of tho latest additions to tho delegates in Paris of tlio phenomenally rich family is Baron Adolphe Rothsohila, of Naples, who has closed ont his busi ness, aud retired with tho sorenitv of conscience promoted by the knowledge of the possession of a fortune of one hun dred and eighty millions of francs. He may bo seen now aud thon in the Bois, lolling negligently in the blno carriage winch is ono of tlio peculiarities of the hous# IIo is a great collector, and will spend hnndrods of thousands of frauoa upon any trifle which ho happens to con sider that lie must have. Them is but Catholic in tho family, and that is the young Dpohcss of Grammout, who, it will bo remombored, was the daughter of Baron Rothschild, of Fraukfort-on-the Main, one of tho richest members of tho foroup.—Par in Letter. Tho bill is not retroactive, ond will not! augmentation; and, where these disqualify physicians now practicing. i cere, no difficulty ! bracing the trutn cuived Rreiidom Ifaygood, of Emory Colh be made of em- | Tate occurring soon ns it is per- Poets Laureate. OonoArning the institution of Poet Laureate, Disraelji remarks (“Ouriof.l- tie* of Literature”) that “ the custom of crowning poets is ns ancient as poetry itself. Frederick tho Second orownea the King of Verses at Ancona in 1220. Petrarch received tho laurel crown at Koine on Easter duy, in 1841. Maxi milian I. founded a poetical college nt Vicnno, in 1504. In England tho King’s vorsifior existed os early as 1251. Gulielmus Poregrinus and Robert Buc- ton acted as royal poets to Rioliard tho First and Edward tho Second respective ly. Chuucer assumed the titlo of Poet Laureate about 1369. Tho title of King’s Poet Luurcato first occura in tho reign of Edward tho Fourth, whon John Key held the office. The first patont was granted in 1680. The ode per formed ut tho court on New Year’s day was discontinued in 1790. Since the appointment of S. Daniol, in 1599, the office has. except in the oaao of Dryden, beeu hola for lifo. It is passing strange to find the nan;©* of Dryqeu ana Nahum Tate occurring in the 6amo list. Mr. TeunvHon was appointed Foot Laureate 1850 mi the death of War-l* worth.