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RICKED BT HIGHWAYMEN.—On
' ) ir morning, bewecn three and four
‘X i< Robert Morton was on his way
*11 >n, near the corner of Newark
, and Grove street, Jersey City, he
.‘"followed by a gang of ruffians, one of
suddenly struck him from behind,
; , hjm to the sidewalk. He was then
i in the head till he became uneoh-
' Before the scoundrels could rob
a they were frightened away hy the
•o:Hi of two citizens. Morton was
u into a drug store, where he received
jjciil treatment
^-following anecdote of Doctor Lord,
tjo it now delivering his popular lectures
this country, will interest those who
,re not seen it, if, indeed, has before
-jprinted: Thirty years ago the Rev.
; tofd, while sauntering in the neigh-
,-jood of Eton, in England, in an attire
s oting contentment of mind, rather
ct the burden of riches, was espied by
of rolicking boys, who “came
*a upon him,” hand in hand, captured
(U and decided that before he could
he must, as a forfeit, either sing
-tie. toll a story, or make a speech. He
-ted as his topic “The Antiquities of
and from the head of a barrel,
t« for forty-five minutes, to the aston-
icnt and delight of his youthful liear-
On closing ha was conducted to the
fool in state, where,discovering liimsi-lf,
induced to deliver a coarse of
jtturen.
Number 30
BEN. E. RUSSELL, - Proprietor.
Ben E. Russell, - - R. M. Johnston,
EDITORS.
Bainbridge, Ga., Mat 4, 1876.
Dim i’.toao. —L tell yo.i Pedro is
iMi li l fellow— nore of a Republican
eirt than in my Americans, and much
of a snob, as will be found out if any
,1 display is attempted in liis special
or. He has a contempt for empty
iw and processions, and would rather
Mil an hour in studying out a new ma
in,•, or in company with a literary or
jaijfio fritsti 1, than in acting as princi-
il s rare in any ceremony. If he could
m. his people the right to choose their
»;i r.iler he would do so at once, and if
It lives ong enough, it is not unlikely
tint >ome provision will be made, at his
Stance, tor the founding of a great Ue-
phlic of Brazil. His country is every
tar growing richer and greater, and its
jjtenuarse with the United States is in-
(M-iag. Tite visit here may he of incal
icilable advantage, in a commercial point j
i; Oivaaing up wider channels of I
i -> i-
nl,: which have begun to tiow between !
ited ,elates and Brazil.—By One of\
i/a Ufars.
Hanging in New York is not entirely
fhyed nut. and until murder, wliicb so
■itly illustrates its criminal history,
tplayed out, it is hoped it will not be.
Eight mouths have passed since James
Joe received mortal wounds at the hands
>fJohn Dolan, a thief, whom ho detected
n his warehouse. Although the crime
rasciimmittcd under circumstances which
•miist completely shielded the ujnrderer
fern the possibility of detection, a clue
»as obtained in the shape of a cane be
gging to Dolan found on adjoining
!s, then his victim’s watch was
und at a pawnbroker’s shop, anil so on
■wictcnation of circumstances was found
touch finally pinned the deed upon him.
then had the full benefit of a fair trial,
1 of every legal device that could be
lade use of in his favor after conviction.
Be obtained two reprieves, one stay of
icedings, and a third reprieve granted
filer to prevent the- execution falling
! rood Friday. He was banged yester-
-K Y. Bun.
It is sad to see that the iudomitab e and
•If sacrificing Sam Bard of Georgia and
Jlabama has at last given up his crusade
IbttUe third term. He held until recent-
iythat all these revelations from Wash
ington and elsewhere furnished new rea
sons for the reelection of Grant. Who but
Grant cotdd purify the Government, ele-
vttte the public morals, and make crooked
tilings straight? Who else could handle
Mill men as Belknap, Babcock, Schenck,
Orvil, McDonold, Cramer, and the rest of
fern? Look at the way he has worked
So machine for seven years, cried Sam
Sard, and then say he ought not to have
mother term, in which to complete the
Business. But Sam Bard has at last haul
'd down his flag, and the fact is signifi-
eant, for that able editor and statesman is
iprofound observer of passing events.
It was while be was editing a Democratic
newspaper that Sam Bard became impress-
id with a sense of Grant’s great worthi-
less, so lie changed his politics, got ap
pointed Postmaster of Atlanta, and or-
finiz.ed the first tliird-term club in Ameri-
*■ Bis indignation may be imagined,
But not described, when Postmaster-Gen-
( ral Jewell removed him from that office
for being too miscellaneous and slosh
es round too much.” Sam Bard deter
mined on revenge, and, as is supposed,
yitli the hope of eventually snpplanting
twell as the head of the Post Oflice De
partment, sang Grant’s praises and advo-
;att 'd a third term more earnestly than
” er - Such devotion in the face of the
a ° st discouraging circumstances could
tar diy have failed to have met with its
■ ; Wfird in the end, if a third term had
the cards, and it is evident, there-
; re > that Sam Bard’s last hope of seeing
’tant reelected must have entirely vaaish-
^ w hen he finally threw up the sponge
hd deserted the standard be had so long
1 <t orondiy home aloft
THE GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIA
TION.
The annual nUtting of the Georgia
Press CoflvpoHon -vill be held in Savan
nah on WEDNESDAY, May 10th, at 12
o’clock M.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
H. H. Cabaniss, Rec. Sec’ty.
BEK HILL-
Yicksburg Herald.
This gentleman has been, and is yet, a
much abused mar. We have no doubt,
though, he deserves all the vituperation
he has received. It is charged that he
had a big interest with Babcock and
McKee in th%whisky frauds, and that
alone is enough to gain for him the con
demnation of all honest citizens. But
that is not all. It is asserted that he has
been secretly interested with Boss Shep
herd in all the compound cussedness
which has been going on in Washington
for years. It is thought he concocted the
scheme to have the Washington safe
blown open, to get at the papers to blast
the reputation of an innocent citizen,
whose only' crime was an earnest desire to
secure reform. There seems to be no
question that he induced Belknap to en
gage in the lucrative post tradersbip busi
ness. lie told Belknap bow the market
could be made lively, and instilled into
Belknap’s innocent breast the gentle hints
to burst all the traders who wouldn’t
come down with the dust. One of Gen.
Grant’s intimate friends declares on his
sacred word and honor that the wicked
Ben is to blame for the general looking so
confoundedly close after the interests of
his relatives. He pursuaded U S that the
most admirable principle of human nature
is selfishness, and akin to that, is to eter
nally take care of one’s kin. He bad the
opportunity, its Grant’s most trusted ad
viser, to have advised him well; instead
of this he advised him ill. He could have
made Grant’s administration the praise of
every honest man, but ite has made it the
head centra for thieves. He corrupted
Belknap; be co-operated with Boss Shep
herd; he engineered the whole of the cred
it mobiiit-r swindle; be deceived Schenck
in regard to the Emma mine, and this
brought, the bad name of America to
worse; be advised tite financial agents of
the government of discount the paper the
government made, and yet after saying
all those tilings of this black hearted vii-
iian this whisky thief—this safe burglar—
this president corrupter—this one man
who has done more to injure America
than could the plague, we find ourselves
still unable to present him in a proper
light to our readers. In view of these
facts it is bard to believe that we could
find apologists for such a concentrated
confederate, yet such is the case. Some
few slimy politicians, some truckling
journalists, two or three thieving cabinet
ministers, and their friends are actually
appealing to the citizens of this vast em
pire to give Ben a chance. Qiwsque tan
dem', as Cicero said when Cataline -was
about to steal Rome; must we give Benja
min another show, that he may steal the
very marble tlmt covers the bones of the
union’% heroes? We say never, never,
NEVER.
A Wife's Retort.
The following is printed as an adver
tisement in tiie Des Moines (Iowa) Regis
ter: I hereby certify that J. E. Bishop
lied, and lie knew it, when lie said I left
his house with my three little children
without any provocation. As I consider,
(and think others would if they knew the
truth,) I had a great many provocations.
All I ask of him is to pay his just debts
and not wrong people out of their just
dues, and leave me and my children alone,
and pay me my government pension that
he has used ten years (being poO) and in
terest on it for half tlie time he has used
it, and my furniture that I took there. I
will risk getting my sugar without calling
on my friends to help hunt what has been
put away for the sick babe. I will further
say that I can make as good a living for
myself and three little ones as we had'
with P. E. Bishop, although he would
have people believe that I was a great ex
pense to him. I confess he got me two
ten-cent calico dresses within three jears.
1 think it wUl keep him busy to gather
enough of his neighbors’ bogs to keep
himself and bis two children. However,
it don’t take much of such pork to do me.
I will say that through his scowling,
pouting, and complaining, I quit drink
ing coffee six years ago; but he continued
chewing, smoking, and using his coffee
as usual. Then, last fall, he openly for
bade my using tea. I suppose tobacco
and coffee had raised in price. The whole
trouble arose from his wanting my share
of my first husband’s estate without giv
ing anything to show that he had ever re
ceived anything from said estate. He did
not get it, nor won’t.
April 3,1876. Mbs. G. Y. Bishop.
LANIER S CANTATA
w York Tribune. 12th ]
ment of the Centennial
CoinmtasiGtt that the liym for the opening
ceremonies of the Exhibition of May 10,
has beltt furnished by John G. Whittier,
and the text of Mr. Dudley Buck’s can
tata by Biffaey Lanier of Georgia, has
been received by the press and people of
the United States with entire satisfaction.
No voice more earnest than that of the
Psalmist of Amesbury could by found to
breathe the solemn invocation; and Mr.
Lanier, also, if le3s widely known as a
poeLpptseg’g; tbfl qualities which fit him
for tlie more difficult task. Tie is a native
of Georgia, who, after fighting in the
Southern ranks as a youth, studied law
at Macon, but has at last found his true
field of activity, and devotes himself
wholly to Music and literature. His two
remarkable poems, entitled “Corn” and
“The Symphony,” published in Lippin-
cott’s Magazine, brought him suddenly
into prominence. They are characterized
by a freshness and affluence of thought, a
tropical luxuriance of fancy, and a singu
lar grace and variety of rythmical effect,
which justify the anticipations of his
friends in regard to future achievements.
Moreover, he has the additional advant
age, exceptionally rare among poets, of
pronounced musical talent. For three
winters past, he has been a performer in
the Peabody Orchestra, at "Baltimore,
under Mr. Asger Hamerik.
The Cantata is a form of musical com
position which was primarily applied to
subjects of a meditative, didactic or de
votional character. It has thus come to
be one of the accepted forms of musical
expression for anniversaries, historical
commemorations, and other occasions of
a large and stately character. The text
bears the same relation to the music as
that of an oratorio, and must be written
with direct reference to the changes, con
trasts, and combinations of voices and in
struments. It presents a most ungrateful
task to tlie poet who is not able to call up
an attendant musical inspiration, and per
suade his conceptions to acknowledge the
double sway. Mr. Lanier’s verses, there
fore, must be read with constant reference
to the inevitable restrictions of his task.
Limited to sixty lines, in which not only
the solos and choruses, but also tlie vio
lins and bassoons, must have their share -
coin pel led to tell his story, not in poetic
recital, but through the medium of reflec
tion and contrasted emotions governed,
finally, in tite vyy sounds of his words by
that, of the notes to which they are set. his
wolk is amenable to a separate law, ami
may fairly assert its right to a separate
law, and may fairly assert its right to a
separate judgment.
The verses represent, as largely as the
space allows, the past and present of the
country, the powers which opposed them
selves to settlement, growth and indepen
dence, and the blended elements which
gave success, closing with rejoicing, an
angelic voice of promise, and a welcome
to the world. It is both simple and ongi
nal in character. Contrasted with the
Cantata. written by Tennyson fur tlie
opening of the International Exhibition in
London, its greater freedom and freshness
are very evident, while in earnestness and
absence of self congratulation it will
doubtless harmonize with the spirit of
Whittier’s hymn. Mr. Dudley Buck’s
music lias already been noticed in the
Tribune, and there seems to he no impro
priety in also giving the complete text of
Mr. Lanier’s share in the work, especially
as the printed copies are now in the hands
of 800 singers. Mr. Lanier entitles his
Cantata
THE CENTENNIAL MEDIATION OF COLUM
BIA.
m
From this hundred-terraeed higlit
Sight more large with nobler light
Ranges down yon towering years:
Humbler smiles and lordlier tears
Shine and tall, shine and fafl,
While old voices rise ai*d eton
Yonder where the to-and-fro
Weltering of my Long-Ago
Moves about the moveless base
Far below my resting-place.
II.
Yea, like an arrow shot true to his
mark.
Darts through the tyrannous heart of
Denial,
Patience and Labor and solemn-souled
Trial,
Foiled, still beginning,
Soiled, but not sinning,
Toil through the steriorous death of the
Night,
Toil, when wild brothei-wars new-dark
the Light,
Toil, and forgive, and kiss o’er, and re
plight.
VI.
to God’s
oft-granted
Now Praise
grace,
Now Praise to Man’s undaunted face,
Despite the land, despite the sea,
I was: I am: and I shall be—
How long, Good Angel, O how long ?
Sing me irom Heaven a man’s own
song !
VII.
; as thine Art
shall love true
Science truth shall
“Lon
Jove,
Long as thy
know.
Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove,
Long as thy Law by law shall grow,
Long as thy God is God above,
Thy brother every man below,
So long, dear Land of all my love,
Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall
grow !”
VIII.
Music, from this bight of time my Word
un fold:
In thy large signals all men’s hearts Man’s
Heart behold!
Mid-lieaven unroll thy chords as friendly
flags unfurled.
And wave the world’s best lover’s wel
come to the world,
Sidner Lanier.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS ’ DOMESTIC MATTERS.
LEARNING SENSE. ! Agriculture—The Prairie Farm-
The Democrats in South Carolina er gives the following reipe as an infal-
seem at last to appreciate the faculty lible cure for chills and fever, obtained
of those leaders of theirs who undertook from a Frenchman who had practiced
to form a coalition with Chamberlain, j medicine with the Indians, viz: Get ' _
tne most cunning of the public plun- j an ounce of camphor, all in me piece, if j States now represented by these Repub-
derers in that unfortunate Common- j possible, sewing it up in a small bag, licans, that party is reasonably sure to
wealth. Democratic clubs are forming hanein? it around the nook- with « nieoe hnve t.hp np\r Sonfltnrs in Iiuvn K*«n_
THE NEXT SENATE-
[From the New York Sun]
The terms of twenty-six Senators ex
pire with Grant’s administration. Of
hese seventeen are Republicans, and
nine are Democrats Of the seventeen
SOME GOOD ANECDOTES.
I have, as a fellow-traveler, Gen. Jack
Wharton, of Texas, who is the raciest ra
conteur that I have met in many a day.
He deluged us this morning with a per
fect flood of anecdotes, some of which I
reproduce; of course minus the subtle
flavor of accent and gesture that he told
them with. He is an Irishman, and liis
stories are all on Irishmen,
A Paddy, says he, who had been a con
firmed drunkard, came home one night
and found his wife in tears.
“Och, my husband,” says slie, “and
haven’t I the worst of news to tell ye!
Jimmy Brian wint to bed dhruuk tlie fill
er night,’ with a lighted candle in his hand,
and hilt it there in liis sleep till it had
burned him up. Och, my dariiut, and ye
should take the pledge sure.”
The dreadful news seemed to sober him;
he look his hat off, walked up to his
wife, and putting his arms around her
said soberly:
“Mary, I shwear to you, by j our own
swate seif, by the chfld in the cradle;
yis,” said he, while her face grew bright
er, “I shwear bj- all that is holy and good,
that when ever I go to bed drunk, I will
not hold a lighted caudle m my hand.”
There was another fellow whose friends
tried to cure hirn of drinking by taking
him one niglit when he was in a stupor
and putting him in a coffin and lying him
away in the graveyard. One of his com
panions lay beside the coffin to frighten
him when lie should awake. At last he
raised himself, and looking cautiously
around, lie muttered:
“I wonder where I atn?”
“You are in hell,” came from a gruff
voice behind him.
“How long have I been here?”
“Ten days,”
“How long have you been here?”
“Twenty years.”
“Well, then, you’ve been here long
enough to get the run of the place. Can
you tell me where lean get a good drink?”
—Carr Augusta Const.
Democratic clubs are forming
all over the State, and an earnest effort
will be made to take advantage ofvthe
existing dissensions among the carpet
baggers to elect a ticket next fall com
posed of honest men having the cod6
deuce of the people without distinction
of race. In the Kingstree Star we no
tice a long review of Chamberlain’s pre
tended reform ujeasures in which it is
showu that, under pretence of relieving
the people of taxation, greater burdens
than ever before have been heaped upon
them. In u speech delivered in Beaver
Dam, Laurens county, recently, Mr.
Speights, editor of the Greenville News,
described the absurd plan of the coali
tionists in very terse language. It is
simply to run Chamberlain for Gover
nor and some Democrat for Lieutenant
Governor, then elect Chamberlain to
the United States Senate, and leave the
Governor’s chair in the possession of
the Democrat elected as Lieutenant
Governor—all this witnout the slight
est reason to suppose that the Republic
can voters would enter into any such
arrangement. Yet, says the New York
Sun, it is undoubtedly true that there
are prominent Democrats in South Car
olina who are foolish enou’gh to believe
that this preposterous scheme can be
carried out, which accounts for the per
sistent puffery of Chamberlain by jour
nals that should kuow better.
THE
IN
EMPRESS OF BRAZIL
NEW YORK.
The Brazilian Empress does not in
tend to remaiu entirely a rc-ciuse now
that her Imperial lord has left her for a
season. She rides, receives callers be
tween stated hours and visits objects
of interest. Tuesday evening she at
tended with her suite the opera of
"Der Freischutz.” in aid of John’s
Guild,, at the Academy of Music. The
party occupied the middle tier of pro
scenium boxes, which were tastefully
draped with flags. Above that of the
Empress were two Brazilian flags fes
tooned, and on the railing of her box
the stars and stripes were drawn up iu
graceful folds The box of the Brazil
ian Minister was draped with the stars
and stripes above and the Brazilian flag
below. A crimson silk banner embla
zoned with the Brazilian Imperial arms
on a green shield, was suspended above
the corvette officers, whose box was dec- Harlem, Mo. nearly dry, that are equal
hanging it around the neck with apiece
of tape, so it would come at the bottom
of the sternum, or breast-bone, and se
curing it there with another taoe
around the body, to keep it in the same
wav. Two ounces thus used, costing
twenty cents, would cure, he declared,
the worst case ot ague so that it would
never come back.
A Butter Maker’s Experience.
—J. F. Elsworth. of Barre, Ark., who
knows good butte 1 : and makes it, thus
writes to a brother butterer . I have
tiied scalding milk at different tempera
tures for butter, and have settled on 130
degrees as the best mercurial point.
Less than 130 degrees will not destroy
the germs of putrefaction. Have been
told that 150 degrees makes the butter
as s r on as the milk is drawn. After
scalding, the milk is allowed to stand
in lar.e pans without cooling, only as
the temperature of the room, which
should be about 60 degrees, acts upon
it. Deodorizing the mild by pouring
in hot water, and cooling it with cold,
is objectionable, the former tending to
softm and melt the butter globules,
and the other to harden them.— Week
ly Advance.
To Freserye Tomatoes.—The
Covington Star says : We saw a large,
plump tomato, one day last week, which
had just been plucked from the vine,
and looked as fresh and swaet as if ta
ken from the vine in July or August.
The way it was preserved from the
frost of winter, was this way : The vine
containing the green tomatoes was
drawn from the ground and hung up
by the roots iu a close room, which pre
served it from the cold and allowed the
young tomatoes to grow to their full
size, and mature and ripen the same as
if the vine was still growing in the
ground, In this way, our informant
tells us, they may be kept all winter, or
until the young ones, no larger than a
pea, may grow to full size and ripen. If
tne weather should become so cold as
endanger them by freezing, a blanket
or cloth might be thrown over them to
keep them warm. This is a very easy
and cheap way to have fresh tomatoes
through the winter, and we advise our
readers to give it a trial next fall.
The Persimmon.—A few days ago
we received a small box of persimmons
from a subscriber, Mr. J. C. Evans, of
have the new Senators in Iowa, Kan
sas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wis
consin. The last elections in these-
States show that the Republicans are
pretty certain to retain their eleven
Senators. pther six States are
Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Misissip-
pi. Texas and New Jersey; and there
is scarcely a doubt that the Democrats
will wrest their six Senators from the
Republicans.
The nine States in which the terms
of Democratic Senators expire in March
next are Alabama Delaware, Georgia,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon,
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
There is no doubt the Democrats will
secure the new Senators in these States.
Assuming, then, that we are correct
in our calculations, how will the next
Senate staud ? If no new State is ad-
hiitted to the Union, the Senate will
consist of seventy-four members, of
which thirty-eight will constitute a ma
jority. Giving the Republicans the
four so-called Independents, and conce
ding to the Democrats the vac.int seat
iu Louisiana, the Republicans have in
the present Senate, as already stated,
forty-four members and the Democrats
thirty Now, if the Republicans lose
the Senators in the six States we have
named and the Democrats gain them,
then in the next Senate the Republi
cans would Lave thirty-eight and the
Democrats thirty-six.
Washington’s Remedy-
The Providence Journal says: “On the
occasion of General Washington’s first
visit to Newport, to confer with Count
de Rochatnbeau, Christopher Ellery was
Chairman of the Committee of Arrange
ments appointed by the town to receive
the distinguished guest. During the
Mayflower, Mayflower, slowly hither
flying,
Trembling Westward o’er yon balking
sea,
Hearts within Farewell dear England
sighing,
Winds without But dear in rain repiy-
ing,
Gray-lipp’d waves about thee shouted,
crying
A r o / It shall not be /
III
Jamestown, out of thee—
Plymouth, thee—thee, Albany—
Winter cries, Ye freeze: away '.
Fever cries, Ye burn: away !
Hunger cries, Ye starve: aicay\
Vengeance cries, Your graces shall
stay!
IV.
Then old shapes and Masks of Things,
Framed like Faiths or clothed like
Kings—
Ghosts of Goods once fleshed and fair,
Grown foul Bads in alien air—
War, and his most noisy lords,
Tongued with lithe and poisoned
swords—
Error, Terror, Rage, and Crime,
All in a windy night of time
Cried to me from land and sea,
AW Thou shalt not be!
V.
Hark 1
Huguenots whispering yea in the dark,
Puritans answering yea in the dark !
General’s stay at Newport he took dinner
at the house of Mr. Ellery. On this oc
casion many of the French ofiicers and
Newpprters were present. Mr. Ellery was
a widower, and his daughter, Miss Betsy
Ellery, then a young girl of sixteen or
seventeen, who subsequently married
Samuel Vernon, an eminent Newport
merchant, presided at the tea table in
question, and poured out tea to her pa
triotic guests. Miss Ellery was at the
time suffering from a severe sore throat,
and could not speak above a waisper.
Gen. Washington observing this embar
rassment of his youthful hostess, said to
her: “Miss Ellery, you seem to be suffer
ing very much: what is the matter?” Miss
Ellery told him the cause of her trouble,
upon which the General said to her: “I
suffer myself, very frequently, from a
sore throat, and take a remedy, which I
find very useful, aud which I would re
commend to you were I not sure that you
orated with Brazilian flags above, and
the iron cross standard of the German
Empire below, in honor of the Arion
and Liederkranz Societies, which ren
dered “Der Frieschutz.” r ”he lower
tier of boxes was also decorated with
flags, and programmes printed on green
satin were placed on the posceniuin
railings The Empress found a beauti
ful basket of flowers marked "St. John's
Guild” and a large bouquet awaiting
her in her box. She was dressed in a
light green silk, trimmed with white
lace. There was no demonstation when
she first appeared, but after the over
ture had been pla ed Dr. Dainorsch led
the orchestra through the Brazilian
National Hymn. The Empress and
suite and the audience arose and re
mained standing while the hymn was
being played, the audience loudly ap
plauded and the Empress bowing her
acknowledgments at the close. Between
:he first and second acts the Empress
was visited by several of the corvette
officers, who kissed her hand, and at
the eud of the second act the Empress
sent Senhor Borges and Senhor Rod
rigues to thank the Reception Commit
tee for the courtesy shown herself and
suite.
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY
EARNER
The Cottage Hearth gives the foliow-
Jnjf'Trbme’y but gooff advice under the
neading, “Why some are Poor.”
Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left
to staud open and lose their strength.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, and the
sprouts are not removed until the pota
toes become worthless.
Brooms are never hung up and are
soon spoiled. .
Nice handle knives are thrown into | Doubtless, on the same grounds is due
hot water I toe c ® cae y 0l> ammonia, so frequently
The flour is sifted in a wasteful man-! recommended, but which, if applied
ner and the bread pan is left with the i carelessly, is liable to produce more
dough sticking to it. P aln b 7 burn,D g tbo gu® than already
to foreign dates. It is astonishing that
the thousands of bushels of this fruit
that annually go to waste, should not be
dried and sent to market. There are
groves of persimmons in the country
that would warrant the erection of a
small distillery to convert them into
brandy, thus turning them to account.
Not that we would encourage the con
sumption of ardent spirits ; but it will
be used—and when made out of perish
able fruits, instead of grain that will
make bread, we think it advisable. It
may not be known that this fruit has
medicinal qualities; the fresh fruit will
act as a purge, while the seeds will cure
diarrhoea.—Colman’s Rural* World.
Bicarbonate of. Soda a .Tooth
ache Remedy.—Dr. Duckworth, of
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London,
has recently successfully used bicarbo
nate of soda as a remedy for severe
toothache, when applications of chloro
form, either externally to the cheek or
to the ear, or placed on cotton in the
decayed tooth, failed ; and when carbol
ic acid, applied as last mentioned, also
proved inoperative. Pledgets of cotton,
soaked iu a solution of thirty grainsiff J3<
bicarbonate of soda in one fluid otflBI [at
of water gave almost instant relief. Dr.
Duc^wc^th considers that very fre-
•quently the pain is due to the cotaent
of acid saliva with the decayed tooth ;
and, therefore, it is important, in cases
of odontolgie, first to determine whether
the saliva has an acid reaction. If this
be the case, then a simple alkaline ap
plication, as above stated, is the most
efficacious means of cure.
Cases of toothache <ire such common
accompaniments to disordered stomach
that there seeuis every reasou for the
truth of the above author’s conjecture.
a Maidenly poem.
A maiden once said, “ITi not mate
with a man who has not fortune great.”
So she pouted and waited, and scorned
to be mated. She’s a maiden yet—•
aged 48.— [New York Commercial Ad
vertiser.
A maiden once thought, “I can not
be bought—I’ll marry a man who is
poor : but the man he drank beer, died
driving a “keer,” and twelve orphans
went out from her door. ’Tis better
to wait and he aged 48, than to marry
the average man ; for there’s trouble
ahead for the maiden who’ll wed the
very first person she can.—[Courier
Journal.
A maiden once cried, “Now whatever
betide I’ll marry a man who is wise j”
but his views asserted, she pouted and
flirted ; each sickened full soon of the
prize. Scan. mag. was the case;
“ ’twas an awful disgrace,” said the
judge in decreeing divorce, and the
woman’s a fool who a general rule adopt
in deciding her course.—[St Louis Re
publican,
But most of the girls (dash their
frizzles and curls) make their minds up
to quit early in life, to take any one
who will let himself be “done;” the
point is to be some one’s wife. And
the poor silly chaps who are caught in
thrir traps will find out when it is too
late, that a girl who wa3 charming can
be an alarmingly terrible ill-tempered
mate. Only this much is certain, once
back of a curtain, the young fellow who
marries will find that the fellow who
weds will deserve all he gets—and get
all he deserves of its kiud^—Inter-
Ocean.
A romantic young maiden, who lived
in Cheyenne, with bright fancies laden,
cried out, “Oh, when shall I marry a
man aud be happy as a clam?” So one
day she got mad and said, that “by «
dad, they could live without jbMMiiir
was bound to marry he^Teated
her roughly—yes, likethe old Harry.
~o she packed up her oox, pullbacks
and st rip! d socks, and went to the Black
Hills with a far better man.—[Chey
enne Sun.
Clothes are left on the line to whip
to pieces in the wind.
exists in the tooth.
Bicarbonate of ssoda is found in eve-
would not take it.” “But I am sure, _
replied Miss Ellery, “that 1 would take into the fare,
any remedy that Gen. Washington would I° rk -'P 0 ' 1 ® f,,r want 01 sa5t anci beei
propose.” “Well, then,” said the Gene- | because the brine wants scalding,
ral, “it is this, onions boiled in molasses; j ^ Cs ot ® eats > vegetables, bread ana
it has cured me often,” Miss Ellery took
T ubs and barre s are left in the sun r J kitchen, and hence no more handy
to day and fall apart. j remedy could be devised while it is des
Dried fruits are not taken care of
in season and become wormy..
Rags, strings and paper are thrown
the remedy and was cured.
The colored Republicans of Mississippi
declare Senator Morton to be their unani
mous choice for President. Very compli
mentary, but what will it be worth at
Cincinnati? *
cold puddings are thrown away when
they might be warmed, steamed and
served as good as new.
An exchange says “it takes thirty men
a mouth to make one camels’ hair shawl.’
Yes, and it often takes one man thirty
month’s to pay for it.
titute of any painful effects; and the
rationale of operation aDcl its simplicity
makes us woDtler why it has not been
thought of before.
A learned lawyer gave this shrewd
advice to a pupil . ‘ When the facts
are in your favor, but the law opposed
to you come out strong on the facts;
and when the law is in your favor and
the facts opposed to you, come out
strong on the law.” “But, inq rired
the student, “when the law aud the
facts are both against me, wbat shall I
do ?” “Why, then,” said the lawyer,
“talk around it.”
Boys Read This,
We oomtnenfl the Allowing sentence to
our boys and would rocomend them to cut
it out and plaoa it where it can be read eve
ry morning before they enter upon the du
ties of the day. Bead it carefully and prof
it by it. The picture is a true one :
A gentleman visited an unhappy man in
jail awaiting hi? trial. “Sir,” said the pris
oner, tears running down his cheeks, “I
had a good home education : it was my
street education that ruined me. Iused to
slip out of the house and go off with the
boys in the street. In the street I learned
to lounge ; in the street I learned to swear ;
in the street I learned to smoke; in the
street 1 learned to gamble ; in the street I
learned to pilfer. Oh, sir, it is in the street
the devil lurks to work the rain of the
young !”
A Portsmouth, N. H., young, man who
was inconsiderate enough to “come in”
after he had escorted a girl home from,
prayer meeting, the other Sunday even
ing, was obliged to stop to family prayers,
wliich came on very soon, but, when the
pious house holder prayed tha. “the young
man who, for the time being, is one of
our number, may be directed toward his
Father’s house,” he took his hat and left
without ceremony.
Somebody gave Paddy McGrath a pickl
ed egg yesterday. Paddy bit it in two
places, opened his mouth, made a face
and said: “Be me sow], I’ll go before
ouy Jedge or Jury in tlie wurreldan 7 take
me oath dhat tlie hin tl at led that egg
had the dyspipsy or the heart-burn.”