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“A Map of Busy Life--Its Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns.”
ELLIJAY, G. 4., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1882.
The Killing of John Wilkes Booth.
[His body is supp.ised to have been de
posited in the waters of the Potomac.
Written by Judge Arrington, of Spring
field, 111. J
Oh! give him a grave as broad as the sweep
Of the tidal wave’s measurles.s motion ;
Lay him to sleep iu the arms of the deep
Since his heart was as free as the ocean.
It was liberty slain that maddened his
brain
To avenge the dead idol he cherished,
So ’tis meet that the main never curbed by
a chain
Sould entomb the last freeman that per
ished.
The dust ot the brave could not rest in the
grave
Of a land where blind-force hath do
minion.
But the step of a slave never soiled the
proud wave
That spurnetli the hamper and pinion.
He who dares break the rod ot the black
a-moor’s God,
All the host the despot defying,
; May not sleep iu the sod by a Nation’s
feet trod
That he shamed with his glory in dying.
Yes, hide him away from the sad eyes of
day ,
Iu the coral of sea-green abysses,
Where the mermaidens gay, as the fly
thro’ the spray,
Shall purple his pale cheek with kisses.
As the ocean streams roll from the gulf to
the pole
Let them mourn him with musical
dirges.
Let the tempest-bell toll the repass of a
soul
More sublime than the sound of its
surges.
He hath written his name in letters of
flame
O’ei the pathway of Liberty’s portal,
And the surfs that now blame, will crim
son with shame,
When they learn they have cursed an im
mortal.
He hath died for the weal of a world
’neatli the heel
Of too many a merciless Nero,
But while there is steel every tyrant shall
feel
That God’s vengeance but waits for its
hero.
Then give him a grave as broad as the
sweep
Of the tidal wave’s measureless motion;
Lay our Brutus to sleep iu the arms of the
deep,
Since his heart was as wild as the oceau.
Our Waning Forests.
In al! the numerous articles
that have fallen under our notice
about the destruction of our lor
ests, we have never seen any
doubts expressed about the facts
in the case, or anything hopeful
upon the other side of the ques
tion. The impression left upon
the mind of the reader is, that
every acre of woodland cut off is
never renewed without artificial
means, and that the country is
doomed to barrenness in a few
generations at the longest, by
reason of the disappearance of
our forests. It takes so many
millions of acres for fuel, still
more for lumber, millions for
railroad lies, agricultural tools
and machines, lasts, shoe pegs,
matches, boxes for packing, etc.,
every year, and at this rate the
country is soon to be denuded of
its forests, the streams dried up,
and our agriculture and manu
factures depending upon water
power are coming to ruin in a
very short,time. This is the pict
ure as it is presented to us by
the city editor, as he looks at
things from his sauctum. It is
about time this nonsense was ex
ploded, and the iacts in the case
stated as they appear to us wood
choppers and clod-hoppers in the
country. It is undoubtedly tru
that there lias been a great de
crease of forests in the old sea
board States, since the first, set
tlement of the country, lor that
has been a necessity, without
which there could be no agricult
ure, and not much increase of
population. It look at least a
hundred years in these States to
remove so much of (he torest as
was an obstruction to agriculture.
Not more than one-fifth of the
area of a country need be left in
wood, to secure its highest pro
ductiveness in farm crops. This
point has not yet been reached
iu some parts of the seaboard
States, yet in other parts it has
been somewhat passed, and there
is a deficiency of wood for fuel
and timber. The alarmists over
look the most important fact that
very much of the timber land
that is cleared in the oider States
is very soon renewed by natural
agencies. There is a regular sys
tem of growth and clearing, and
timber and fuel are as much re
liable money crops as corn and
potatoes. On iair, average soil, a
forest will renew itself once in
twenly-five years. It would
probably pay better to stand
thirty or forty years, but it is
available, ami can be turned into
ready money every twenty fifth
year. A farmer with twenty-five
acres ot forest can clear an acre
every year with no diminution
of woodland.
In the rural districts of Con
necticut, witli which we iiave
been familiar tor the lasi fifty
years, there has been no waning
of foresls. Ship-limber, near
seaports, has grown scarce and
high, but the price of wood (or
fuel is no higher, and in some
markets is even cheaper than ii
was filly years ago. The census
shows that, in the exclusively
agricultural towns, there has
been no increase of population,
and in some ot them a decrease
during the last forty or fifty years,
so that there is no more demand
for fuel and limber to-day than
there was in the days of our
grandfathers. Wood for fuel, ex
cept iu the shape of kindlings
and charcoal, has gone out of use
in our cilies and villages on the
seaboard and along the line of
our railroads. Farmers, not a
few, within lour or five miles ot
these villages, are beginning tu
use coal, and the base-burner,
once in the parlor or silling room,
soon drives out the wood fires
and stoves from the rest of the
house. Coal is found lo be far
cheaper and a cleaner and more
convenient fuel than wood, even
for those who own wood lots.
Kerosene is also becoming avail
able for heating, and we see no
prospect in the luture that wood
ior fuel will ever be any more in
demand than it is to-day. It is
doubtful if it ever wiil be dearer
for lumber. Iron is taking its
place in ships, bridges,
houses and public building, and
tiie demand for iron, stone, brick,
as the most desirable materials
for buildings is likely to increase
as the country increases in
wealth. In some of these rural
districts there is more danger of
a relapse into wilderness and
babarism than of exterminating
our forests for the advance of
high farming and civilization. In
seventy-five of our farming towns
there was a decrease of 12,000 in
population during the last de
cade, which means an increase of
woodland. In a ride of an hour,
yesterday, in one of tlie towns
bordersing on the Connecticut
River, we passed six old chimney
stacks and cellars, the sites ol
deserted homes, the road for
much of the way bordered by
foresls. Even in the Nutmeg
Stale, where we use some super
fluous wood, it is difficult to feel
the alarm about waning forests.
— Cor. American Agriculturist
When you see a prominent cit
izen, a origin and shining light
in society and an energetic man
ot" business, and all that sort of
thing, pause in the middle of the
sidewalk and gaze about him
with a glassy look in Ins eye, you
needn’t think of apoplexy and
paralysis. He is snnplv trying to
remember an errand his wife
told him to do.
— ■■ ■ ■■■ ■
“Are you leeliug very ill?”
asked the physician. "Let me
see your tongue, please.” “It's
of lio use, doctor,” replied the
patient ; “no longe can tell how
bad I fell.”
Teach Your Boys.
Teach them that a true lady
may be fouud in calico quite as
frequently as in velvet.
Teach them that a common
school education, with common
sense, is belter than a college ed
ucation without it.
Teach them that one good hon
est trade is wortli a dozen pro
fessions.
Teach them that ‘"honesty is
the best policy”—that it is bet
ter to be poor, than rich on crook
ed whisky.
Teach them to respect their
elders and themselves*.
Teach them that, as they ex
pect to be men some day, they
cannot too soon learn to protect
the weak and helpless.
Teach them that lo wear patch
ed clothed is no disgrace, but to
w’ear a black eye is.
Teach ihem that God is no re
specter ol sex, auj that when He
gave Ihe seventh commandment
iie meant it for them as well as
for their sisters.
Teach them that by indulging
their depraved appetites in the
worst forms of dissipation, they
are not fit to become the hus
bands of pure girls.
Stepping Stones to Success.
Learn your business thorough
ly.
Keep at one thing—in no wise
change.
Observe system and order in
all you do and undertake.
Be sell reliant; do not take too
much advice but rather depend
upon yourself.
Never fail to keep your ap
pointments or to be punctual to
the minute.
Never be idle; but keep your
hands or minds usefully engaged
except when sleeping.
Use charily with all, be gener
ous in thought and deed—help
other along life pathway.
Make no haste to be rich ; re
membering that small and steady
gains give competency with trail
quility of mind.
Never put off till to-morrow
what you can do to day, and nev
er trouble others to do what you
can do yourself.
Accustom yourself to think
and act vigorously, and be
prompt and decided lor the rigid
against the wrong.
Earn money before you spend
it; never buy what you do not
want—adopt the “pay as you go”
principle and never deviate from
it.
Make few promises. Always
speak the truih and nothing bul
the truth; anu in all your busi
ness relations be guided by strict
integrity ami unflinching hones
tv.
Buy, subscribe to and read all
that is necessary to fully inform
yourself of the coinage, diseov
ies ami reforms of the age in
which you live.
Develop a wealth of character
by personal courage. Possess
the courage to speak your mind
when it is necessary you should
do so, and to hold your tongue
when it is prudent you should do
so to acknowledge your ignorance
rather than seek credit under
lalse pretenses.
Fin ally, in all you do and say,
think and act, so live that your
daily growth of soul and body
may be ever upward iu the di
rection of perfection.
A Difficult Problem Solved.
Ihe desire for stimulents is be
coming a monstrous evil and how
to overcome it is a serious ques
tion with reformers. Parker's
(linger Tonic fairly solves the
difficult problem. It invigorates
body and mind without tntnxicat
ing,'and has brought health and
happiness to many desolate
homes— Enquirer. See other
column.
VOL. VII. .NO. 43.
THE HOME DOCTOR.
Sick Hkadachjl—T bi s com
plaint is the result of eating too
much and exerting too little. In
nine cases out of ten the cruse is
that (he stomach was Dot able to
digest the food last introduced
into it, either from its having
been unsuitable or excessive in
quantity. A diet of bread and
butler, willi ripe fruits or berries,
with moderate, continuous exer
cse in the opeu air, sufficient to
keep up a gentle perspiration,
would cure almost every case in
a short time. Two tablespoon"
luls of powdered charcoal in half
a glass of water, and drink, gen
erally give instant relief. The
above remedies may do in some
but not in all cases. A sover
eign remedy for this complaint is
not easily found. Sick headache
is periodical, and is the signal of
distress which the stomach pats
up to inform us that there is an
over-alkaline condition of its
fluids; that it needs a natural
acid to restore the battery to its
normal working condition. When
the first symptoms of a headache
appear, take a teaspoonfui of
lemon, just clear, fifteen minutes
before each meal, and the same
dose at bedtime ; follow this np
until all symptoms are passed,
taking no other remedies, and
you will soon be able to go free
from your nuisance.
Soda for Burns. —Cut a piece
of lint or old soft rags, or even
thick blotting paper, of a size suf
ficient to cover the burned or
scalded parts and to keep it con
stantly well wetted with the so
daic lotion so as lo prevent its
drying. By this means it usually
happens that all pain ceases in
irom a quarter to half an hour,
or, even in much less time. When
the main part of a limb, such as
the hand and forearm or the foot
and leg, has been burned, it is
best, when practicable, to plunge
ihe part at once mto a jug, or
I pail, or other convenient vessel
, tilled witli the soda lotion, and
) . *
keep it there uutii the pain sub
sides ; or the limb may be swath
ed or encircled with a surgeon’s
cotton bandage previously soak
ed in the saturated solution, and
kept caustantly welted with it,
■he relief being usually immedi
ate, provided the solution be sat
urated and cold. What is now
usually sold as bicarbonate of so
da is what 1 have commonly used
and recommended ; although this
is well known to vary’ much in
quality, according to where it is
niai.ui aciured, bul it will be
inuml to answer the purpose, al
though probably Howard's is
most to be depended on. the
common carbonate being too
caustic. It it believed that a
large promotion of medical prac
titioners are still unaware of the
remarkable qualities of this easi
ly applied remedies, which rec
ommends itself tor obvious rea
sons.
Bill Arp’s Baby Talh.
Children bom of healthy par
ents can stand a power of medi
cine and get over it, for after the
cry comes the sleep, and sleep is
a wonderful restorer. Rock ’em
while iu the cradle, then take
’em up and jolt’em a little on
the knee and then turn’em over
and jolt ’em a little on the other
side, and then give ’em some su
gar in a rag, and after awhile
they will go to rest. There is no
patent on this business—no way
of raising them all the same war,
but it is trouble—trouble from
the start, aud nobody but a moth
er knows how much trouble it is.
A man ought to be a mighty
good man just for his mother’s
sake if nothing else, for there is
no toil or trial like nursing and
caring for a little child, end
there is no grief so great as a
mother’s, if all her care and anx'
cty are wasted on an ungrateful
child.