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By j. T. HIGGJNBOTHRM,
AVEST POINT,
MjONMXT DOZIER,
Art'ORNE'Y AN GouftSfit/'OS AT I, AW,
VOXmXT/S' OA.
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HAMILTON IB JOURNAL.
Old Solllofayt.
It wusn't so when I was yming—
We used plain language then;
\\'<) didn't Speak of “ them^alloots,”
When moanin' ixtys er men.
When speakin' of a nice band-write,
'Or doe, or Tom, or Kill,
Wc did it plain—we didn’t say
*• He slings a nasty quill."
An’ when we seen a gal wo liked,
Who never failed to please,
’NVe'tuHefi ’her pretty, neat an’ good,
Hut not “about the cheese. 1
Well, wlten we met a good old friend
We hadn't lately Been,
We greeted him, but didn’t say
Hollow! you old sardine.”
The boynsditiefimes got mad and fit;
We spoke of licks and blows,
But now they “whack him on the snoot,”
Or “ paste him on the nose."
Or.co, when a'yotrfh was turned away
By her he held most dear,
We walked Upon his feet; but uow
He “ walks off on his ear.”
We used to dance, when I was young,
An’ used’to call it so-’:
But now they don’t —they only “ sling
The light fantastic toe.”
Of death we spoke In language plain,
That no one did perplex;
Hut in these days one doesn't die—
He ‘‘.passes in his chocks."
We prgfi-cd the man of common sense—
H His judgment’s good,” we said;
But uow they say, 11 Well, (hat oid.plum
Has got a level head! ”
It’s rather sad the children now
Are lci'.rnin’ all sirh talk
Ttoy’vc iearnt to “chin” instead of chat,
And “w*lta” instead of walk.
To little Henry, yesterday—
My grandchild, aged two —
7 siiiil: ” You love grandpa?” Bald lie,
“You bet your boots I do' ”
The children bowed to e'tratgers once—
•lt is no longer so—
'The little girls, as well as hoys,
Now gftet you with “Hello! '*
Oh! give tno'baok the good old days,
When both the old and young
Conversed in .plain, old-fushioncdpvords,
Arid siting was never 11 siring.”
ss2b*3ssT '
A TRUTHFUL STORY.
The following truthful and sad sto
ry appeared "in in'feriy papers at the
time of its occurrence. The inci
dents happened in a city in Ohio:
A Mr. J. M;, a c for kin a house, fell
in love with a young lady, whose
father was a well-to-do merchant,
and after a proper season of atten
tion five dotipie were married. Both
soon found out that they were ntft
happily mated, and after a marriage
df several years, ‘during wnrob lime
they had three children, two boys
and a gild, they mutually agreed to
tho husband applying for a bill of di
vorce, on the grOvrna of hvcompata
bility of temper. The divorce was
■granted, and the wife went home to
her ‘fath'dr who ’had through indors
ing, lost liis business and all his
property. The 'daughter’s and his
own misfortunes weighed so heavily
upon ‘the father’s mind, that during
a moment of mental aberration he
took his o wn life, leaving his daugh
ter penniless, to rough it with the
cold charity of the world as best she
could.
The wolnan, a brave little creature,
tried every way she lcnew how to
•gaiti HSh 'ho'neat livelihood'; in fac't,
Working so bard giving music lessons
and 'doing 'embroidery Tor her old
■school mates, her health gave way,
and having no money to pay her
hoard, TO ft st starve ‘Ot go to the poor
house. To torn the other side of
the ■picture, the husband, after a few
months’’ release .um die 'marital
bonds, again married, and at the time
had not only the three children by
the hist wife, but also an addition
thereto, a little two year-old girl by
the second wife.
The latter being ill, the htisbantl
advertised for a nurse and house
keeper, which notice reached the
eyes of the first wife, and she, in her
troubles, went to the former partner
■of her heart, told him of her sad con
dition, Tuid applied for the position
in his household-. The husband
knew not vvhat to say, but after giv
ing her ample fends for her immedi
ate wants, asked her to call again at
bti> •office on the following morning,
fUPtthfltfg to consult his wife about
the matter in the meantime.
Promptly 3ft per 'agreement wife
4 wan 'On titwe, as was the sms-
•'and front there they went to the
reeidpS o6 ' two wires had
HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA„ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1876.
'their first conversation, omling in
their agreement for tho first wife to
como ami accept llio vacant place,
which she del seeming delighted at
having n peiicivftl home ovor her head
notwithstanding tho straugo circfim
atoncca under which such a shelter
was given. Nboessity demanded that
100 entire past should bo obliterated,
and the new housekeeper treated as
any other help, that she must care
for the children—her own offspring
—and the other children, the samo
as any hired nurse would do; ’that
she must eat at tho second table to
care for Tier charges.
AH these things and even moYe
humility did the poor woman show,
no word or look exhibiting tho least
• evidence of discontent. What, how
ever must have been the true feel
ings of her heart when seeing nnother
filling the place that she had once
tried, as she thotight so hard to fill.
The above is from tho files of an old
Cincinnati paper ; but the sequel as
told by one conversant with the
whole facts, is stranger than what
has been already narrated. When
the oholera was raging in that city in
1860, tho sacond wife was taken very
ill with it; and being informed by the
physician that she could live but r
few hours at the most, ns she was
then in a collapsed condition, she
asked that all go out of the room ex
cepting her husband and the house
keeper, when she told how much
she dreaded leaving her children
amonv s; r.'i' 0 * :s, and as dying Wife
entr ated them both to marry again.
The proposition was a strange ono,
but tboy both promised, and a Tew
mouths afterward, when the second
wife had been dead a sufficient length
of time not to cause remarks, the
two were again married, brought
together after a cruel separation of
so many years, and we believe are
now living happily together in a cosy
West End house.
The Catholic orphan asylum is to
be removed from Savannah to Wash
iugtonf Ga.
Aiaiuiur Harm has iutroducod
bills wr the improvement ol the Cnat
tahoochee and Flint rivers.
There is an old negro named
Charles Du Bignon in Upson county,
one hundred and twenty-five years
old. He was ‘captured in Africa, by
the Spaniards, and sold as a slave.
Mr. ©shorn Mannd, of Talbot
county, died suddenly of heart dis
ease last Monday night.
There has been a man in every
town, village and city, (except Ham
ilton) who was hard up and trying to
sell a pos'tago stamp which was taken
from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians.
Pomeroy is quarreling because hie
“ Brick-dust is stolen.”
A Misunderstanding. — At the
breakfast table tho other morning a
Detroit landlady gave Mr. Jones a
severe look and said':
■“ Mr. Jones, I understand you have
been circulating injurious reports
about hay house.’’’
“How, madam?'’
‘“I tmdolstand that you said you
had used better butter than I have
here to grease wagons with.”
■“ I did say so madam, but hot to
injure your house. I have Used bet
ter butler, madam, to grease wagons,
but I wouldn’t do it again. I’d sell
it to you! ”
She accepted tho apology,— De- I
trait Free dress.
“ Boss, don’t you want some
One to hnsk corn ?
I’ve been looking all the
mo; ning Ibr sortie ofte.”
“ Whai\-: dc pay ?”
•• i’ll give i i a day.*
“And board?”
“Yes."
‘“Chickens ah’ pudding for din
ner? *
“ Y-yes.”
‘‘And Havanna cigars to smoke?’
‘I—I guess so.’
‘Ah’ a coal stove right aron’dar
wbar do corn is ? ’
‘\o; I never heard of a StoVe in a
corn field. 5
‘ Well if dar is no stove out dar
you can’t coax dis chile along! I*e
got to take care of my health, eVen if,
there isn’t a bushel of corn raised in
dis Free Press.
*gr*ln Japan a sufi-shoWCr is'called
‘ the -Foxes’ 1 Wedding. s In -New En
gland the natives mysteriously re
mark, “The devil is whipping Iris
wife with a 'codfish tail,’’
Diat Suoflkiug, Skulking Mi\
. Ju.sk ins.
“ Can I he protected hero, Mister ?”
asked a woinau yesterday ns she on
terod the ofiieo of tho Chief of 1’o
licl).
“ Yos’ra.”
“Can my family—my innocent
children—also bo protected?” she
demanded, striking tho floor with
her umbrella,
“ Yes’ro*
“If there is any law I want it,”
she went, on, dropping into a big
arm chair; “If tlfcro isn’t I propose
to take a club to him!”
“My dear woman, this world is
full of sorrow,'* .rid the captain as
he looked up from his writing; “ each
ouo of us has his own separate and
distinct grief to grieve over. Tell
ine yotus? ”
“Do you know Jaskins?” sko
asked.
“Jaskins? Jaskins? Seems as if I
had heard the name sometime.”
“Man with a limp—one cyo gone
—red neck— sandy hair—got a skulk
ing, sneaking way with him,” she
said.
“And he has stolen your poultry,
eh? ”
“ Poultry! Naw! It’s worse than
poulty—it’s next to arson or mur
der ! ”
Go on, madam—go iuto the par
ticulars ! ’’
“ Well, he boards next,to me. I’m
n widow. Been alone these fourteen
’years, and if 1 do say it myself I’ve
always had tho respectables! kind of
a name. I’ve ft daughter Jauo. Sl.os
seventeen. She's a good girl.”
“ Yes, madam.”
“ And that sneaking skulking Jas
kins is after her! ” she exclaimed.
“ Possible! ”
“He just is 1 NY as after me first.
For weeks and weeks he’d hang
around o'Ur gate, and smile at me
and inquire if I wasn't lonesome, and
.send up strawberries, and look Ids
lovingdst out of that one cos 1 ”
“ And then ? ”
“And then, when ho found 1
wouldn’t marry him to aavo his neejfo
and lie couiSfircget my property tc
run through with, what fi’j'e s’pose
he done?”
“Ctithls threat?”
“Naw! He turned right around
and went to loving Jane! He has
sent notes to her in those long, pink
‘envelopes; he has bent her hoquets
and cocoanuts, and perfume and cher
ries, and he’s skulking around yet!
I’ve talked and talked, but it don’t
do no good. If sunrhin’ ain’t done
I believe Jane’ll marry him! ”
“ How does sho act? ”
“ She’s a grinning around and look
ing soft fetid loving like, and she
won’t mind half I say, and is getting
notes and writing answers, and—
and—! *>
And she broke down. She wiped
hor eyes, softly rubbed her nose, and
after a uiomeut jumped up and de
manded’:
“Is there any law! *
“Lots of law —dead loads, madam."
“ And you’ll put the law to him ? ”
will, madam —I’ll make tnis
town a volcouo for him before he’s a
week older ! ”
“ And you’ll break up the match ? ”
“Either that or break his back!”
“Good! The police are worth
sunthin’ after all 1 If you say you’ll
waiit on him and tell him lie’s got to
back right down or go to jail, I’ll
chain Jane to the table-leg and sit by
her for four weeks but what I’ll
make her forget, him I ”
“I’ll do it, madam! ”
“ Think of my Jane marrying a man
with ‘one eye! And a red neck!
And aMp l O-h-h ! when I think
of that skulking Jaskins sneaking
around my innocent Jane to make
her his wife, I could t-c-ft-r this h'OuSe
down!”
She sat down and they fixed tip a
plan, and Mr, Jaskins had better
leave for the West this very day.—
Free Pretk,
—■.->■—
t?J" A Memphis prisoner, who
hated to see two lawyers disgrace
the court room by fighting, walked
out, and was unfortunate enough to
get lost. Ho lias not been heard o!
since.
A Sandusky man drowned
himself the other day because his
wife would trot lend hint thirty cents
He did right. When a wife’s Conti
den'ce gets shaken to that 'degree the
husband might as Well peg out.
■ ■■
3®” Why is an a nth ova queer ani
mal S' Because his ‘tide comes bat el
his head.
WIT anil HUMOR.
“And have you no other soitw ? ”
asked a curious Indy of a bronzed old
sou captain. “Oh, yes, muriate. I
had one that lived in the South Sen
Islands for nearly a dozen years.’'
“Really! Wits he bred thore, and
what was his taste —tho sea or land?’
“No, nindniu; ho wasn’t bread—lie
was meat. Leastways, tho niggers
ate him; and as for his taste, the
chief said he tasted of terbaccor.”
The lady walked to another part of
the ship, and tho captain smiled and
took a fresh quid.
An absent-minded youth went threo
snilos into the woods to look for par
tridges, with a view of capturing a
few of them. At last he’espied one
of these shy birds of the forest, and
wlten ho got ready to take aim, ho
discovered for the first time that, al
though his shot and powder were
with him, ho had left his gun at
homo.
A western editor apologizes to his
readers somewhat after this fashion:
“ Wo expected to have a death and a
marriage to publish this week, but a
violent stonn prevented the wedding,
and the doctor being sick himself, the
patient recovered, and we are ac
cordingly cheated out of both.”
Some friends were discussing tho
subject of railroad and other bridges,
when one ventured to say that most
of them were failures; whereupon A
asked quickly: “Istho Niagara bridge
a failure ? ” “ No,” answered B, “it
is merely a ‘ suspension That set
tled it.
A young mau in Chicago was re
cently found dead in hie room, and
the supposition was that ho had com
mitted suicide by poisoning; but on
analyzing the contents of his stom
ach, nothing but the following were
found iu it: piickles, pound c rite, lem
onade, cold turkey, beer, fried oys
ters, cold punch, ham sandwich,'
sponge cake, beef tea, mince pies,
champagne, lobster, game pde, fruit
cake, tea, chicken salad, whisky, cof
ieo, bologna sausage, port, cheese,
turned a verdict of “Died through
the visitation of friends,”
He had made a hearty meal at a
restaurant, and rising up, be said to
live cashier: “I declare, if I haven’t
fdrgoltch my wallet.” The cashier
fired up, and hurled big words at him
for full three minutes before pausing
fur breath. When a cliarrce came,
the stranger continued : “ Hut I have
fifty dollars here in my vest pocket.”
The cashier couldn’t smile to save,
him.”
, She, a girl of seventeen, walked
undor the maples, and gathered the
golden leaves, and said: “O ! leaves,
you remind nfo of crushed hopes and
scattered plans.” He, her father,
found them in a nail keg, and shook
them down in the corner of the wood
shed, and said : “There, that dog has
got just as good a bed as any canine
in this town 1 ”
A lady remarked to a popular di
vine that his sermons were a little
too long. “Don’t you think so?)
said she—“just a little?” “Ah!
dear madam,” replied ihC divine, “I
am afraid yoft don’t like the sincere
milk of the word.” “Yes, I do,”
said she; but, you know, the fashion,
nowadays, is condensed milk.”
“ Charles,” said a young vvifo to
her husband, as they sat at tho win
dow watching tho fashionables on
their way to church, “when you die,
and 1 get hold of the insurance mon
ey, I intend to have a fur cape and
muff just like that lady has on over
there.”
A Detroit woman conld think of
but twenty-nine different Ingredients
to pCt into a mince pie, and she wept
at the idea of losing her powers ol
memory.
The Brooklyn Argus says that the
mart who wants to escape from tlur
Brooklyn jail, and doesn’t do it, is'
either a tool, or too fat to wa'k
through tbe door.
“It is a settled principle, your
honor,” said an erhinent lawyer,
that causes always produce effects.* :
“They always do for the lawyers,”
responded the judge; “ but I’ve some
times known a cause to deprive a cli
ent of all his effects.”
A simple looking boon try lad, to
whose lot fell the leading question in
the catechism, “What is your name?”;
replied, “Carrots!” “ Who gave
you that 'name? “All tbo boys in
the parish 1 , tdr,” T*muingiy replied, the
red-haired urchin.
Drumming up Trade.
Tho stagnation of trndo has linen
severely felt by nil business men, and
even that enterprising class of fellow
oheattrVe* known as “drummers,” or
traveling salesmen, despito their al -
most inexhaustible invention mid ro
sources, liavo been dbligod occasion
ally to yield to tho pressure of the
times.
One of theso gentlemen, who has
recently returned from a trip for
Thistle Bros. Jb Cos., did nothow a
very large exhibition of orders to
balance tho liberal expense account
allowed him by the firm, and Mr.
Thistle, after looking over liis return,
-said;
‘Mr. Tat apian, T am afraid you do
not approach the dealer in tho right
way. I used to he very successful in
this line. Now, just suppose mo to
be Mr, Bigher, of Sellout, and show
me tho way you introduce tho house.’
Accordingly, Rataplan stepped out
cf tho counting-room, and returned,
hat in hand, inquiring:
4 Is Mr. Bigher in ? ’
4 That’s my name,’ said Mr. This
tle, urbanoly.
4 My name is Rataplan, sir. I rep
rosont tho house of Tldstlo Bros. &
Cos., of Boston.’ (Thistle, in his
character of a western merchant, here
arose and offered the salesman a chair,
and expressed a pleasure at seeing
him.') 4 1 am stopping with Over
charged, at the Slickem House, and
have a fine unspoken lot of samples,
which I would like to show you. I
think I can offer you some special
advantages,’ etc.
And Mr. Rataplan delivered bim
self of a neat speech in professional
style.
4 Very well, very well!’ said
Thistle. 4 1 don’t see but that you
understand tho way to get custom
ora.’
‘Excuse me, Mr. Thistle,’ said
Rataplan. 4 1 am afraid you do not
understand the stylo of the western
merchants just now. Sunposo you
change places with me, and repeat
this rehearsal.’
*
‘Certainlysaid Thistle,
.And picking ftp nib stepped
out. Returning, ho found Rataplan
with his chair tipped back, hat cock
ed ’fiercely over his right eye, beds
planted oil Thistle’s polished desk,
and a lighted cigar between his teeth.
Thistle looked a little staggered,
bat nevertheless he commenced-:
‘ls Mr. Higher in?’
‘Yes, ho is,’ responded Rataplan,
blowing a cloud of pure Connecticut
into Thistle’s eyes. ‘Who in blazes
are you?’
‘I represent the house of Thistle
Hros. A Co.,’ said the astonished em
ployer, coughing out about a quart
of smoko from his throat.
‘The biases you do! Are yofi odo
of that‘concern?’
‘No, sir, I am not,’ said Thistle.
‘Well, it’s lucky you are not, for
I’ve had two drummers to one custo
mer in tn'y store for the last two
months, and if I could get hold of
one of the blasted fools that sent ’em
oat at this time, I’m darned if I
wouldn’t boot him cleau out of tho
town of Sellofat.'’
‘That’ll do, Air. flataplan,’ said
Thistle. ‘I have no doubt you did
the best you could for the interest of
the house. Trade is a lifctlu d-ull.’
AimFfoiA*. Wants. —Bulwcr says
that poverty is only an idea, in uino
cases out of ton. Some men, with
ten thousand a year, suffer rrfOte front
want of means than others with three
hundred. The reason is, tho richer
man lias artificial wants. His in
come is ten thousand, and he suffers
enough from being dunned for un
paid debts, to kill i. sensitive man.
The man who earns a dollar a day
and does not run in debt is the 'hap
pier of the two.
Very few people who have never
been rich will not believe this; hut
it is as true as God’s Word, There
arc thousands upon thousands, with
princely homes, who never know a
inotntMil’s peace, because tltoy live
beyond their means. There really is
more happiness in the wodhl among
working people than 'among those
who -*re Called rich.
ToTJhe Cox.it Boij,ex> Ham. —When
a ham has been a long time boiled
and is becoming dry, cut bmiu -thin
slices, dip in egg ami bread-crumbs
aud try quickly and serve irmwedi—,
atcly.
To prevent moths from injuring
carpels, buy half a pound <of gum
camphor, aud that will save .-alt the
carpets in your house for a year, by
placing a few little crumbs wader
the edges -flitbpot 9Vir\S tftgVli .
$2.00 A YEAR.
•A New Yehr’s Diary.
A large number of young men oi
Detroit, says tho Free Press, pur
chased diaries for 1876, and took up
their pencil* with a firm determina
tion to keep track o£ every day in the
year. Every yoUng man should keep
a diary. When he is old and gray
his granefiildren will fish it out of the
rag bag, and find it moro valuable
than gold or silver. Thore is no set
style of jotting down thoughts and
events, but perhaps It may he well U.
give tl>o record of 1875, as taken
from the pocket diary of an average
young man:
January I—Wont to see my girl.
Shall leave off swearing, drinking,
euchre, smoking, chewing, being oat
nights, betting, going to the opera,
and shall try to save SIO,OOO Vis
year.
Jan. 7—Went to sue m-y girl. Lost
a bo-x of cigars somewhere.
Feb. I—Won $26 betting on a dog
fight. That’s the way to scoop ’em.
Am trying to got along on fifteen
cigars per day. Wcut td see my
giil. She says I shouldn’t swear.
April 20—Went to see my girl.
Nothing new.
July 4—This is the glorious
Fourili.
Sept. I—Went1 —Went to soo rhy girl.
Nov. 11 —Glorioßa weather. Went
to soo my grfh
Dec. I—This1 —This is the first of Decem
ber.
Deo. 25—This is Christmas.
Dec. 31 —This is the last day of
the year. I must commence to-mor
row to save money and break off my
bad habits. Went to see my girl
last night, and made her happy by
telling her that I was going to save
SIO,OHO next yeßt\
Facts About tok Bible. — A pris
ouer oondomned to solitary confine
ment obtained a copy of the Bible,
and by three years careful study ob
tained the following facts:
Tho Yiiblo contains *8,586,489 let
ters, 773,692 words, 31,173 versos
1,189 chapters anc 60 books.
Tho word 4 and ’ occurs 40
tirftofc-. , •*
The word ‘Lord’ dequrs cl,Sot
times.
The ’Word 4 reverend ’ but on?fy,
which is in the oth verd*: of the lll|n
Psalm.
The middle verse is the Bth
oftho 118th Psalm, .J
The 21st verso of the 7<h chapter
of Ezra contains fell fihebetters iu the
alphabet except the ltftter J.
The finest chapter to read is the
261 h chapter of the Acts.
The 10th Chapter bf II Rings and
tho 37th chapter of Isaiah aro all,: .:.
The longest verse is tho ytL verst
of the Btli chapter of Esther.
Tho shortest Verse is the tsutii vePStf
of the 11th of fit. John.
The Bth, 15th, 21st and 31st verses
of the 107th Psalm are alike.
Each verse of the 130th Psalttt enu
alike.
There fire no worcis or m.mea ci
more'than six syllables.
Among the ‘cdmmnniUos that
have most distinguished themselves
in railroad construction during the
year 1876 fire the states of California
and Nevada and the Terrkory of
Utah*; also the fttates of Now Jersey,
New York, etc. In the first named
the narrow gauge'roac'i -have boot:
wonderfully developed, and appear
to have been very successful, espe
cially in the more ttjdftiitainou dis
tricts. The longest of these, ami llk
loiigcfe't, with one except, in the Uni
ted States, is in —the ‘ i'u
rcka and Palisade”—wh'D.
length of ninety miles. The “Den
ver and Rid Grahde ” alone exceed#
this in length, extending, a t it d-' c
from Denver to Peublo. I?<* niiicb,
with a branch to Carson Uity of aft
miles. With Wgft.rd fo the railroad
■prospects of the present year the
Anterioan Byroad Journal says it is
not Wise Yo predict. Having passed
through a two years 5 period yt stagj
nation in railroad building, much lias
beoa done towards recovery, frym
■the presstue of the financial spasm ft
Beptomber, and ■Seym pinks?':’
having recrogwized, abundance of
money and cheap labor ft probably
lead to results that otherwise cm.ld
not bO attained;
Women, so amiable u)*:tu
selves, are never so smk.ile as w lien
%
they are useful; and a* ior Uv .'uvy.
tliough men may fall iu lots .. itL
girls at play, there Is noth . v.h - v
them stand to their lota, h! * .
them JKork,
*