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THE BUM JOURNAL HAMILTON, GEORGIA. __ ■■■■■ ■— "'T 05TK DAV. ST LYDIA V. nIN MAN. 00-nl-liy, dwr dy. givxt-liy I And let ina wreiuw with Immortelle* Tlie moment* eweet, tti.t fly On wlurm iif love, end murk with white Tim bourn wherein no cloud* of pain lime dimmed the dear uull|(lit. F*pwoll, nweet dey, farewell I E'en now the evening curfew i>oiil From memory’* tolling bell; 1 ett and count them " they fall, And grieve, and digit, yet nolle that they Are ever |>a*t recall. floinl-by, dear day, good-by! I .Ike thowe fond one* I’ve loved end loet, That In ihwlli'a cluap doth lie With flowera abloom upon oaeli brow—- Kaeh tender bloom a pnvimiH hour, Thou aeeniat unto me now. Farewell, aweet day, farewell 1 And go where aleep they that arc gone, For, after all, ’tin well; I would not call back one dead fare; 1 would not live thine lioura again, Nor e'en thv lova retrace. ■ T ' An Anecdote of (Hailstone. The nmii is more interesting than any of the parts lie lias been called to play; but we. come to understand the man bet ter by seeing bow be shapes and molds these parts. As an orator, liis conspiciouß merits, beside his striking countenance, dignified action, and a voice full, rich, and admirably modulated, are fertility And readiness. He seems to have always at command an inexhaustible store of ideas, reasons, illustrations, whatever bo the subject which he iH required to deal with. Of nil great English speakers, orobably no one, not even William Pitt, tas been so independent of preparation. Even Fox, swift and rushing ns bo was, was great only in reply, when his feelings were heated by the atmosphere of battle, whereas Mr. Gladstone is just as ani mated and forcible in an opening, or ina ourely ornamental and uncontentious ..arangue, as in themidstof parliamentary itrife. Of the many anecdotes that are current illustrating bis wonderful power of rising to an occasion, ono may be given which lias the merit of being true. On the afternoon when be was to make an important motion in the House of Com mons, a friend, happening to call on him between two and three o’clock, found him just sitting down to make some notes of the coming speech. Ho laid aside bis pen and talked for a while, then jotted down a few heads on paper, went down to the House before four o’clock, found himself drawn into a preliminary contro versy of a very trying nature, in which be bail to repel so many questions aud attacks that it was past six before ho rose to make the great speech. He then dis covered that, as he hod left his eye glasses at homo, his notes were practi cally useless, put them quietly buck into bis coat pocket, and delivered with no aid to his memory, and upon that one hour’s preparation, a powerful argument inter spersed with pussmies of wonderful pas sion ami pathos, which lasted for three hours, and will always rank amongst his finest efforts.— Scribner's Manazine. Saturn's Rings. Wo had a view of Saturn a few evenings since through tho lino telescope in Mr. Sengrnvo’s private observatory, that will long l>e remembered for its exceeding beauty. Tho night is rarely favorable for star-gazing, tho definition perfect and the atmosphere serene. The pietiu'o is one of surpassing loveliness, the most suberb telescopic scene in the heavens. Tl,o orb is resplendent in coloring, bluish at the poles, pale yellow elsewhere, crossed by two creamy central belts, and flocked with spots "that suggest light scudding clouds. There is no appear nneo of a flattened disc, but the rounded outlines of a sphere, seeming about the size of the full moon, stand out in bold relief against the azure blackness of the skv. Around this softly glowing center extend the wondrous rings, opening wide their encircling arms and cradling tho planet in their protecting embrace. Every detail of tho complex ring system is sharply defined and vividly painted on the celestial canvas. Tho outer and tho inner rings, the dusky ring, the space between the outer and inner rings and even the division in the outer ring are plainly visible, while six of the eight moons dot the dark sky with ixiints of golden glow. Tho six moons we see— one of them is larger than Mercury— circle around tlieir primary within an extreme span of four million miles. The beautiful rings lie within tho path of the nearest moon and span a space of about one hundred and seventy-six thousand piiles. Tho narrow dark space between tho inner and outer rings, is seventeen hun dred miles broad, and the dusky or third ring extends nine thousand miles within tho inner or second ring.— Providence Journal. A Boy’s Composition. The following composition, written by a young hopeful in Onondaga comity, wiut read before a Teachers Institute by a grave and reverend LL.D., whose sense of the ludicrous is so keen that he fairly shook and gasped in his efforts to suppress unseemly mirth until he fin ished : MEAT MARKET. Meat Market is a place where there is things to sell. There is most trade in the morning and evening, as they butcher their things in the afternoon. There is two Meat Market in this place ; we trade to both. Meat Markets are very useful; if it was not for Meat Market we should have to butcher our own tilings. I think all these things tihow the providence of God. Anna Dickinson uses thin English pajH'r, with her monogram artistically *ngruved in the corner. The Feet of Chinese Women. An American missionary, Miss Nor wood, of Hwatow, lias lately described how the mao of the foot is reduced in Chinese women. The binding of the feet is not begun till the child Ims learned to walk anil do various things. The bandages are specially manufactured, and are about two inches wide and two yards long for the first year, five yards long for subsequent years. The end of the strip is laid on the inside of the foot at the instep, then carried over the toes, under the foot and round the heel, the toes being thus drawn toward and over the sole, while a bulge is pro duced on the instep and a deep indenta tion in the sole. The indentation, it is considered, should measure about an inch and a half from the part of the foot that rests on the ground up tothe instep. Successive layers of bandages aroused till the strip is all used, and the end is then sewn tightly down. The foot is so squeezed upward that, in walking, only the ball of the great toe touches the ground. Large quantities of powdered alum aro used to prevent ulceration and lessen the offensive odor. After a month the foot is put in hot water to soak some time; then the bandage is carefully un wound, much dead cuticle coming off with it. Ulcers and other sores aro often found on the foot; frequently, too, a large pieco of flesh sloughs off the sole, and one or two toes may even drop off, in which case the woman feels afterward repaid by having smaller and more deli cate feet. Each time the bandage is taken off the foot is kneaded, to make the joints more flexible, and is then bound up again as quickly as possible with a fresh bandage, which is drawn more tightly. During the first year the pain is so intense that the sufferer can do nothing, and for about two years the foot aches continually, and is the seat of a pain which is like the pricking of sharp needles. With continued rigorous bind ing the foot in two years becomes dead and ceases to ache, and the whole log, from tlio knee downward, becomes shrunk, so as to be little more than skin and bone. When once formed, the “golden lily.” as tlio Chinese lady calls her delicate little foot, can never recover ts orginial shape.— London Times. The “Ticker” fn Wall Street. Then T went to a broker whom I had met at tlio Union Club, and told him what I wanted to learn He kindly took hold of the tape which continually streams out from tlio “ticker,” as the little wheel of fortune is called, which constantly records iho rise and deelino of stocks, and tried to explain all about it. I found it impossible to get interested. There wero about 200 different names of stocks on the list. These were represented l>y one, two, or three let ters, or figures, or some sort of abrevi nted word that I could not understand or distinguish, and 1 was constantly get ting confused. Around this “ticker’ gathered and grouped a knot of eager, nervous, and anxious men. Ten, fifteen, or twenty at a time would clutch at the tape, as it streamed out with its endless lines of quotations, and mutter to themselves, jabber nt each other, swear like pirates, drop the tape, and dash nway. Others would dart in, clutch the tape, swear or chuckle, as their fortunes went, wheel about, give orders to their broker to buy or sell, us they prophesied the future of tho market; and so it went on all day, from 10 till 3 o’clock, when the battle was ended by the fall of the hammer in tho Block Exchange. When I tell you that, there are more than f>,ooo of these “tickers,” or indi cators, you can form some idea of the magnitude of tho business. If we give ten men to each “ticker,” you have tho spectacle of 50,000 stalwart men stand ing there holding up n little dotted string, waiting, hollow-eyed, and anxious, on the smiles of fickle fortune. To this 50,000 you may add 2,000 brokers. You must give each broker at least live clerks, office boys, and messengers, which swell tho list to 10,000. To this 02,000 you can safely add 200,000 speculators on the outside. So you have n total engaged in this gambling of more than 250,000. —Joaquin Miller, in the Californian. Indians Shopping. In her book on Manitoba, Miss Fitz gibbon says: “ I watched some Indiana shopping, and was astonished to see how invariably they waived aside inferior goods and chose such materials as mer inos at $1.50 to $2 (17s (id to 10s) a yard. One of the merchants told me it was useless to offer them anything but the best. An Indian, who could not speak English or French, and wanted five things, divided his money according to his idea of their relative cost in little piles on the counter, and, going through a pantomime descriptive of his wants, was handed first some silk handker chiefs. Taking one up he felt it, held it up to the light, and, throwing it aside, shook his head vigorously, uttering an “ Ugh !” of disgust. When shown a better one, he was doubtful; but, upon a much superior article being produced, he took it, and willingly handed over one pile for it. This, however, was too much, and when given the change he put it on one of tho other piles, and pro ceeded in the same wav to make the rest of his purchases. * How easily they could l>e cheated,’ I said to the clerk, after the Indian had left. ‘ No,’ he re plied, ‘ not so easily as would appear.’ They generally come in from their camps in great numbers once a year, to sell furs and make purchases. They go to different shops, and on their return compare uKtes as to the cost and quality of their goods. Then, if one has paid more than another, or has been cheated in quality, he will never enter the shop again ; and the firm that gives the great est bargains is most patronized on their return,” BREVITIES. Minister Lowell is working up the copyright question abroad. Miss Bernhardt is accompanied by one of her sons, a very nice young man. The sharp-ended bayonet scabbard is to be discarded in the British army. When a Boston man invites yon to dinner, and heads a postscript N. 8., he means “no beans,” Fivb men were met at different places near Waco, Tex., by a body of highway men and all of them were robbed. The conscience money stmt to the Chancellor of the English Exchequer lust year amounted to qver $30,000. The colporteurs of tho American Bible Society distributed 10,253 Bibles in Texas during the last four months. The construction of the Tennessee railroads increased the value of the tax able property of that State $200,000,000. Thus far this year 4,135 miles of rail road have been constructed in the United States, against 3,507 reported in 1679. The canned goods exporting trade has acquired such large proportions that it has become ono of the national inter ests. Lewis Irwin displeased his parents, at Gallipolis, Ohio, and while liis mother pounded him with a club his father shot him with a pistol. A Fall River girl, earning a salary of $3 a week, lias fallen heiress to $150,- 000. We never noticed it before, birf she is very pretty.— Boston Post. In Schely county, Ga., a freedman, with one mule, this year made twenty three bales of cotton, weighing over 500 pounds each, and 200 bushels of corn. One Irish parish priest has called upon his whole congregation, kneeling to gether in the chapel, to swear that they will have nothing to do with tlie murder of landlords. A drayman created an alarming sensa tion in Ottumwa, lowa. He drove his dray through the town loaded with kegs of powder, and sat upon them indiffer ently smoking his pipe. A boy stole away from a Cincinnati school and spent the day playing ball, for which he wns mildly reprimanded by tho teacher. He immediately retired to an ante-room and shot himself. Italy exports cattle, wine and silk to France. The wine is new and is after ward mixed with a better quality of French wine, and tho silk is entirely raw, for manufacture at Lyons. In a recent charge tlie Recorder of Dublin said that of 9,700 dwellings let in tenements in that city 2,300 houses, occupied by about 30,000 people, are re ported unfit for human habitation. A company of burlesque performers, called the Merrymakers, is going through the country with great financial success. The members are all under 12 years of age, and the star, Corinne Kim ball, is only 7. The enterprise is of Boston origin. A rAa\GBAPn headed “A Lion at Large,” inserted in the papers by the managers of a menagerie, though a hoax, kept the population of a vast area in Southern London for three days in a state of terror and alarm, many of them being afraid to walk tho roads. A girl in Kentucky struck her cro quet partner on the head with a mallet; brain fever set in, and the young man nearly died. The girl was kept under arrest until his recovery, and when he got well she married him, and now lie’s sorry lie didn’t die. The number of Americans established in business in London ‘is greater than that of the American colony in Paris. The Parisian Americans are, for the most part, free from business cares, only a few artists and literary men being pro fessionally occupied on tho banks of the Seine. Frmxa emblems are not always ap preciated, The neighbors of a poor fel low who died erected a tombstone to his memory and had placed above it the conventional white dove. Tho widow looked at it through her tears, and said : “ It was very thoughtful to put it there. John was very fond of gunning, and it was an especially-suitable emblem.” During the last session of the court at , Wis., Lawyer Blank lmd been trying for two long hours to impress upon the minds of tho jury the facts of the case. Hearing the dinner-bell, lie turned to the Judge, and said, “ Had we better adjourn for dinner, or shall 1 keep right on ? ” Weary and disgusted, his Honor replied, “ Oh, you keep right on, keep right on, and we will go to din ner. ” — Harper's Monthly. Sometimes, not often, when the days are short, And pea eful sits the bull-dog by the gate, Her papa thus a sudden, gloomy snort. Remarking that the hour is rather late. I hear the old nun: coming up the hall, The drowsy murmur of his awful boot; Grabbing my yellow ulster like a pall I get a ranting start and off I scoot— Sometimes. Sometimes, n*t often, does the faithful dog Forget to ko>p the seat of my striped pants; He seems to know when I would be incog. And never giv es me more than half a chance. From far-off lays an echo wanders by That makes a discord in the Christmas chimes— I take the first street ear I see and try To think that other fellows have to climb— Sometimes. He gracefully accepted: “I assure you, gentlemen,” said the convict upon entering the prison, “ that the place has sought me, and not I the place. My own affairs really demanded all my time and attention, and I may truly say that niv selection to fill this place was an en tire surprise. Had I consulted my own interest I should have peremptorily de clined to serve, but, as I am in the hands of my friends, I see no other course but to submit.” Mr. Pearson, of Pall Mall, London, lias discovered in a weekly newspaper of 1812 a political ode by Lord Byron not hitherto known to be his. It will soon be printed with the poet’s letter referring to it. Where the {Smash Was. Reporter—“l wish to ascertain some of the the particulars about the recent accident on your road.” Superintendent—“ What road?” Rep.—“ Why, your road?” Supt.—“l own no road.” Rep.—“ Are you not the Superinten dent of the Go-to-Blazes-Smash-and- Crash Railroad?” Supt.—“l am. Why didn’t you ask that before?” Rep.—" Well, now, about this acci dent. ’ Supt.—“ What accident?” Rep.—“ Why, tlio recent accident. Supt.—“ There has been no recent ac cident.” Rep.—“ Why, didn’t a train run off the track yesterday, smash half a dozen cars to kindling wood and kill five or six people ?” Supt.—“ Where ?” Rep.—“At Gimlet Falls Station.” Supt.—“ Where is Gimlet Falls?” Rep.—“ Where? Don’t you know?” Supt.—“l am not called upon to know. Prove to me where Gimlet Falls is.” Rep.—“ Well, this is cheek.” Supt.—“No, it ain’t; it’s business.”— New York Granitic. [St. Louis Evening Chr nicle.J People in Blass Houses, etc. While it may he proper that those "living in glass houses should never throw stones,” we think it eminently proper that those working in glass houses should say a "good word” for anything of benefit to themselves. In this connection Mr. Isaac Correy, Manager Salem, N. J., Glass Works, remarks: lam pleased to say that I have used the Great Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, for Rheumatism, with excellent results; other members of my family have also been greatly benefitted. Lofty Towers. The crown of William Penn’s hat, which is to adorn his thirty-six foot statue surmounting tho lofty tower of tho new' Philadelphia public buildings, will be just 535 feet from the pavement. This is higher than any other tower yet con structed. Trinity steeple, in New York City, which seems so imposing with its height of 284 feet, shrinks into insignifi cance in comparison with the lofty spire which is intended to lie the crowning glory of Penn Square. The highest tow ers which have yet been constructed are those of the Cologne Cathedral, which have at present a height of 524 feet 11 inches, or 10 feet 1 inch below Mr. Penn’s proposed hat. As, however, the Cologne towers are still unfinished, and aim at an ultimate altitude of 57G feet 9 inches, tlie Penn Square Tower may never enjoy tlie distinction of being tlie highest in the world. The following are the heights of some of the chief lofty buildings: Tower of St. Nicholas, at Hamburg, 473 feet 1 inch; cupola of St. Peter’s, Rome, 409 feet 2 inches; Ca thedral spire at Strasburg, 465 feet 11 inches; pyramid of Cheops, 449 feet 5 inches; tower of St. Stephen’s, Vienna, 443 feet 10 inches; tower of St. Martin’s, Landshnt, 4134 feet 8 inches; Cathedral spire at Frieburg, 410 feet 1 _ inch; Cathedral at Antwerp, 404 feet 10 inches; Cathedral at Florence, 890 feet 5 inches; St. Paul’s, London, 365 feet 1 inch; ridge tiles of Cologne Cathedral, 360 feet 3 inches; Cathedral tower at Madgeburg, 339 feet 11 inches; tower of the new Votive Church at Vienna, 314 feet 11 inches; tower of tlie Ratlihaus at Berlin, 288 feet 8 inches; and the towers of Notre Dame at Paris, 232 feet 11 inches. —Philadelphia Press. [Grand Rapid Times.] A Builder’s Testimony. Clias. S. Strickland, Esq., of 0 Boyl ston Place, Boston, Mass., after relating his surprising recovery from rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil. I cannot find words to convey my praise and gratitude to the discoverer of this liniment. GrandLlther’s Kitchen. “My grandfather’s kitchen was a somber room, ceiled and painted brown; with lmge beams, high dressers, and yawning fire-place. It had only two small windows, and was entered by nine doors. It was in reality the great hall of the house. What it lacked by day was light and sunshine. At night, bright ened by a roaring back-log, it was full of cheer. Then its beams and ceilings and simple furnishings were enriched by shadows, and the pewter dishes upon its brown dressers shone in the dancing fire light like silver. The two shelves full of leather-covered books; the weatlier-wise almanac hanging from a peg; the cross legged crane with its hissing tea-kettle; the brush ; the bellows; the settle in the corner, and whatever else was there, all became fire-cliauged, and were mellowed into the bright scene. This room was by night the best part of the house. It was always the true heart of it; the vital cen ter from which diverged its indwelling life. It was the place where people lounged and lingered. Because its small windows let in a few sunbeams, those which did come in were all the more precious. Because it was full of homely things, and was, as the woman said, 'mast convenient,’ it had inwrought into it, as a picture, a quaint beauty of adapt ation. Mellow, brown old kitelien—bow many costly rooms similate, in tlieir fur nishing, your inexpensive colors?" From New England Bygones .” The Friend of I>e)irate Indies. Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure i6 the remedy that will cure the many diseases pecu liar to women. Headache, neuralgia, disordered n rves, weakness, mental shocks, and kiudred ailments are effectually removed by its use.— The Mother's Magazine, The Freshmen at Wesleyan University hired a band of music for §5 to serenade Presiden Beach. After one tune had been played the Sophomores paid the musicians $lO to stop. Such a fight en sued as had never been known before in the memory of the college. Dower and No Bower. .After the Franeo-Prussian war, a law was passed, in France forbidding any officer in the army to marry a woman unless she had a dot , or dower, which was to be settled upon her and her chil dren, and which would yield an income of at least $250 per annum. The law also rules that she must be comme it faut, that is, of respectal te birth and virtuous conduct. This law was sug gested by the large number of officers’ wives, widowed in the war, and left without either money or education to provide for their children. Americans condemn, justly, the mer cenary marriages common in France, and a universal rule tlxat a girl is un marriageable without a dot. The poor est peasant’s daughter knows that she must have her little sum laid by, before she can wed, and her plenishing of bed ding, linen, etc., with which to begin her humble housekeeping. Marriage, says the American, should be wholly a matter of feeling. He holds a man unworthy of a good woman’s love who is not willing to take her for herself alone, without a penny of dower. This is very generous and magnan imous for the husband, but is it the best way for the girl, or tlie girl’s father to look at the matter ? The French father, knowing that his daughter’s dower must lie furnished, as well as money for his son’s start in life, is forced to practice and teach liis children thrift. There is no nation as habitually econ omical as the French. The French girl’s dot is largely the result of her own saving, and the habits and prudence thus taught her are a solid capital, bet ter than money, with which to begin married life. Very much the same custom was ob served by our forefathers. Seventy years ago, no girl was considered ready for marriage who had not an “outfit”— chests of table and bed linen, and under clothing, sewed and often spun and woven, by her own hand. How is it with us now? Our girls, as rule, grow up like flowers. No hint is given to them that money, or anything more gross than love, is necessary for married life. Their doting parents ac custom them to luxurious or idle habits, to elegant dress, to dainty fare ; furnish them with an expensive trousseau, and, as they live to the full extent of their incomes, have not a penny of dower to give them, to insure them or their chil dren against misfortune. There is certainly much to be said on the French side of this question.— Youth's Companion. The "Winter Palace at St. Petersburg. About 3,000 persons live in tlie "Winter Palace at St. Petersburg; some of them have been born, baptized, confirmed, and married within its walls. There are families which have even had the honor of dying out in it; and in St. Petersburg, a contemporary states, the story finds common acceptance that there is a meadow somewhere on its roof where coivs are put out to grass. Cer tain it is that there are lingo cisterns on the roof which in winter have to be kept from freezing by heating furnaces in the lofts below. It is said that before the Russian architectural mind thought of these furnaces tlie water in the cisterns was kept in a liquid state during winter by red-hot cannon-balls, which after being heated on the roof were dropped into the water. When one of these forced its way through tlie lead into a lady’s apartment, nearly setting fire to tlie palace, the sytem of heating was chanced. Bad habits are easily contracted; so are Colds, and both are very hard to get rid of. The Colds are quickly and surely cured by Dr. Bull s Cough Syrup. Yege ink is nourishing and strengthening; purifies he blood; regulates the bowels; quiets tio non i us system; acts directly upon the se eretioi s, and arouses the whole system to action. Grandfather, confined to the chimney cor ner bv that old-fashioned ailment, rheumatism, fights' his battles o’er again, but Bob, a, wide awake, progressive fellow, interrupts him thus. “Grandpa, Coussen’s Lightning Liniment heats the Indians for dislodging an enemy, it will cure vour rheumatism, and can be bought l sample bottles for 25c . or one of regular size for 50c.” For sale by all Druggists. The Voltaic Belt to., Harnhali, Mich.. 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