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THE CARROEE COUNTY TIMES. \ r OL. I* Carroll County Times. published by SHARPE & MEIGS, fVKU y FRIDAY MORNING. TERMS: o»* lc,r ( . IS6 ** IktabiaßLT ik Adtisci. A« fi-SS be stopped at the expiration of *y P* p r unless subscription is previously K ti»e P* lG ’ of th<? fUbacriber ia to be ch*n*- «the t hv r»i arblreea «a well us the ~ o»*> 4 *? 4 Crto , lß tow n aeitbont'dttrßcharce. jf»ea»T'-T m( j ,« ationymor.s comma niem- Ve «“!?. .UnaMinible For everything en oti, ** "f.w-,**. Thia rule ia imperative. A name, indicates that s n.ofaub»criptioiiia out. *“Tuvkktising hates. »if#tion *o Bvsinces men to make nae i«' D ,to farther their interests, the fol -1 ° ar 'liberal aci»cd«*e lor advertising has been ' M , . hr .e tertM be-adhered to in ail coo ; f»r sd*vrti»i"K' or advertieetaeata at® j Jin without inatructiona: r le> , $i for the flrat and 50 cent* f>r 2*jbUn.ut insertion mThv iw « , . $1 $3 SSI $ 7 $lO 1 Inch a 3 7 10 15 1 lachea 7 9 12 IS I l»ch« 48 10 15 23 4 lnchea 10 is 17 S5 5 latW* « 1* 15 30 *0 10 15 20 30 50 f£in 15 *> 80 60 10J , advertiaeinenta will be charged ac tfto the apace the-occupy. #rd “j.-rtiernii nta should be marked for a apeci -1 £ Sherwiae tliey will be continued, and ' until ordered out. Mridiementa inserted at interval! to be J«td for t»ch new inaert.on. U /Cti*ruient. for a longer period than three w ** tr „ dur and will be collected at the begin- Jd «»cli quarter. ’’rjnrient advertisements must be paid for in Ktiwnu-ntadiscontinued before expiration l ÜB.tpr .fled, w ill be charged only lor time a'dtrt of a peraonal or private character, in dtd to promote any private cnterpriae or 1,8 . w j|| |,e ch> rged as other advertisements. AO’trliac: * are requested to hand in their favora Milr in the week an possible, lb# above terms will be strictly adhered to. S»t uidr a liberal per centage for advertising .(Dfouraelf unceasingly before the public ; and tmaitera not what business you are engaged in, , inulligently and industriously pursued, a fiioi will ba the result— Hunts' Merchants' Mag- K 1 titer 1 began to advertise my Iron ware free r buaiueii increased with amazingiapidity. For l.mri past I have spent £3O,uU) yearly to keep limerior wares before the public, llnd I been midiu advertising, I never should have possess, dnj fortune of £3so,ooo,”— McLeod Belton Bir. ni fi<j!on. idmiitinjr like Midas' touch, turns everything ,ru!d by it youi daring men draw millions to Jirroller*."— smart Ctay. "Whataudacity ia to 10 v«, and boldness to war, t b, ain fni use of printer’s ink, ia to success in luiiucii "—littchtr. "Without tliw aid of advertisements I should U*i 4ua« nothing in my speculations. I have Hwowii complete faith in printer’s ink.” Adver tam thi "royal road to business.” — Barnum. PROFESSIONAL <fc IMJISINESN CARDS Cards under this head will be inserted at one doJJsrjier line, per aniium. No cards will be taken for this department, a lh» abort rales, lor a leaa period than one year. GKO. W. HARPER, Attorney at Law, Carrollton, Ga. GIO.W. AUSTIN Attorney at Law, Carrollton, Georgia. J. BLALOCK, Attorney at Law, Carrollton, Ga. Sprat! attention paid to all law matters. lift. W. W. FITTS, Pityaiciaa and Surgeon, Carrollton. Ga. B. D. TiIOMASSON, Attorney at Law, Carrollton, Ga. IC. BARNES, Gun Smith and Repairer, Carrollton, Ga. J O. MULLENNIX, Boot and Shoe maker, Carrollton, Ga. *liG. W. MERRELL, Attorneys at Law, Carrollton, Ga. SpKiil attention given to claims for prop *'Hirti by iht Federal Army , Pensions, and o:i| wOoTenuueni claims, Hoinsteads, Collec tiotui, 4 Ci Chandler, Joseph L. Cobb. Handler & cord. Attorneys at Law, Carrollton, Ga. Practice in the Superior Courts of-the *l» ( 'sa and Rome Circuits. S|*ecial at , « IT m to all business connected with “ f Administration of Estates, and the col -1 """of claims. Office in the Court House Deese s school, « L'irrollton, Ga., 1872, 5 [! D / or Forty Weeks, from sl4 to $42. , > rom sl2 to sls }>er month. Wis Monday in January next. a ' one half in advance, f?* r A. M., Principal. UiTr ° r Buard a PPJy to Dr. I. N. Cue.nky, **■ Scogin, Esq. MED ICAL card. &R I. N. CHENEY, U "' * ,^ oin)S the citizen* of Carroll lo^ttdfp 1 cou,it * es > that he is permnnently "Carrollton, for the purpose of Prac lojlf ,*hcine. He gives social attention lh . r "!‘ ic diseases of Females. He re r, i lo his frieu <lsfor past patronage, % u close attention to the proses- tl ie same, F aroberson, Ur l*enter and Joiner, All kina Carrollton, Ga. Carpenters work done at Patronage solicited. M REYNOLDS’ HOTEL, ” t jj R Newnan, Georgia. Stlw/ ynoldß ’. own « r a,, d Proprietor, ■lords' * n Up I >,ied wi,tl Cie best the mar tt‘Gtyfai ' ~ rd as cheap as any whera B '' “ oar( i Two Dollars per Day. *' J ' patuan & co., Carpenters, Won],} Newnan, Ga., inform the citizens of to do all l ■ V ! Cinil Y they are prepar- k ™* of C»rp.„t/r, work at . corutni,, i. U P° 11 tke °f terms. f *n*n, Mij I,cal| °us addressed to them at e Punctually responded to. A Hou s f £ ,a ßtin, ' 8i S«, Carriage ‘ ,ld 2 r, »mental Painter., J K P] * i oaudd NeW,ian * Ga - Psjl aew iieg 8 ' a | , Jt aln l e l* a f >er hanging done jßfr* tended to A » orders .elicit (roraClrrolltoi) Written for the Carroll County Times Wit vs. Debts. Xr'SibtCATKD TO ‘ SZLAH” A SO. A certain oed “limb of the law” In this city Undertook to $.-t ofl something racy and witty; Since “Rail Road came out in the paper before To trv to get “Selah” to settle his score. It made him quite angry to nhtlce the “dun” Not having paid np as he ought to have done; And so to got even, he starts his “masheen," Nine verses were ground, air, “ Wearing the Green’’ Deploring the fact that the “limb ofthe law, Concluded to bring, said delinquent to taw; Or perhaps he was thinking, how nice it would be, But. to be the attorney and Anger the fee. Bnt as this “young limb" was preferred by the road Bad rhyming and—(T)so forth, the‘old limb’ ahowed Oh! how be takes on, and bolls over to »ee, Sharpe & Jfeigs swindled out of their regular fee; Seems to pity the editor! which is not so, Else the Times would have been spared bis verses I know. Dear reader, I’ll show how the verses were burled To the wondering gaze of a wondering world; How tne author ashamed to acknowledge his child Entrusted the same to another “limb" styled Jo—cosely a !awyer, or “twig" of the law, Os quire poetic taste, and quite proslac mate. Being young and ambitions hia sensitive spirit. Conceived that the verses were fraught with great merit; Laying business aside to the printer he goes, Emissary for somebody else, I suppose. Vicegerent to act, and traneact for his “Selah," Engaged by this rhyming and measureless “fellah.” Reciting his mission, he leaves like a vapor, Feeling a.ikious to see it come out in the paper; Expecting to Bee in the next County Times, Long articles praising bis excellent rhymes; Large fees to the printer, were certainly paid, Or a promise to do so, most solemnly made, Has given, or else it is clear in ray mind Such stuff would’ve been to the scrap pile consigned If the printer in fixing his fee should decide To charge by the merit anu thereby abide, A jury would rentier their verdict and call Out “ He And him entitled to nothing at all." So we hope Mr. “Selah" will bring us the "change,’’ And this will afford him a more ample range To “ let " a few verses get up some fun. And “Rail Road" will bother no more with his “dun,” Kind reader I hope I’ve done nothing amiss Dont try to make out an Acrosctic of this And iF it is one I will just simply mention, That it just happened so—without any intention on the part of “Rail Road." For the Carroll County Times. Mr. Editor:— You will please al low ine a short space in your Times to re ply to my worthy friend, whose name has appeared in your paper several times under articles headed “ Education and the Public School System.” While I am an advocate for Public Education so far as it can be given upon Consti tutional and equitable principles, I abhor any system which was only in tended to enrich a few office seekers from the private treasury ofthe people by taxation. That this is the case un der the present system, is plain from the high salaries, which it pays to the State and county commissioners, while not one dollar has ever been ap plied in any other way. The salary of the State commissioners is $ 2,500, and each county commissioner is allowed $ 3 per day. Now allowing the coun ty commissioners pay for 300 days in the year it would make $ 900 each, there are 134 counties which will make that expense alone amount to $l2O, 600, almost equal to half the net earn ings of the State Road, the principal source from which this system draws revenue, for it is generally conceded that it takes the greater part ofthe tax es on liquors, shows etc, to collect it. But the poll tax, is .set apart for this purpose says ray friend. That is true, but the very Legislature that framed this system and which clamored so loudly lor public schools, when it be came necessary to serve party pur poses, after they had unconstitutionally used the money for other purposes, declared that the collection of the poll tax was unconstitutional, and pro hibited the further collection of the same. But says my friend, “ this sys tem has never been tried.” The reas on why it has never been tried is be cause the Act itself is so intricate that not even half of the framers of it un derstand it themselves. The Act pro vides that there shall be commissioners in each Mliitia District, whose duty it shall be to take the names of all the children of a certain age in their re. spective district; apportion and locate the schools “ and many things besides,” but does not they shall have any piy or salary whatever, while they attend to all neceseary bu siness. Knowing this they did not feel disposed to lose their time in studying and trying to carry into effect a system which promised no re mnueration to them, nor any benefit to their children. My friend alludes often to the num ber of persons in our county who are unable to read and write, in order to influence the people to change their minds on the “PublicSchool System,” and instanced the State of Vermont, which he declared did not far exceed Carroll county in the number who are unable to read and write. That is a State which has had a system of pub lic instruction from “ time almost im. memorial,” and the statistics of that State show that there are 9000 adults who can not read. The State of Georgia will not far exceed that amount in whites. I can not hope to touch upon all the points made by my friend in his elaborate article, on this subject. Indeed I dont think it nec essary, for experience which is better than precept, has shown that Act to be impracictable, partial and unjust, espe cially the last point made “ that the CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1872. taxable property ofthe State’should be taxable to make up the deficiency <fcc.” This I believe is contrary to the spirit of our constitutions for they declare that ■“ Protection to person and prop erty shall be impartial and complete,’’ and when the Government legislates money from one class of people, and appropriate it to another, it can not be impartial. The white people own the property they have, by industry and economy acquieed it, while the colored people have no taxable property, and not one halt ol them has ever paid poll tax. The whites are therefore to pay all the taxes tor educational pur poses, and the negro to have an equal share. I ask iu all candor 4 if this is im partial f Is it just? Is it equtable? let reason and common sense answer Nay, it is taxing industry, to encour age vagrancy. It is argued that we should be compelled by taxation to keep our promises to provide for the families of our decersed heroes! to which I respond a hearty amen, but there w'as nd pledge ever made that the people would give their property to educate any class of people who are able to work and provide for them selves. Then if we are to have schools equally free for all, let all who are able to work, contribute equally, let the tax es be equal, reduce the officers and salaries; let the Ordinaries of each county distribute the money out to the teachers, then the law will be “ impar tial and complete.” But I have con tinued this subject further than “ex pected,” will say no more, but like ray opponent, leave the subject to the sound discretion of the people, and re tire from the contest. Respectfully, J. L. Cobb. For the Carroll County Times. Sum Reflections. A La Josh Billings. Eye wish too sa a fu wurds inn this konnecksliun—Bhoys shud bee kere ful inn thee seeleckshun uv a partner fur life—Marrig iz a day vine instei tu shun and shud knot bee abused— Marrig iz a hoam instertushun and a man ort tu patronize hoam instertu shuns—Marrig is thee fust and last thing a gal thinks uv when shee Dtoinks uv marrig—Eye luv gals—Sum bhoys ain’t like uthers— Thee rite seson uv thee yere for marrig iz inn the Sum mertime orr thee Spring when every thing luks purty — Luv wus fust in vented in the g irdin uv Edin— Whar the ga?din uv Edin is Eye doant no- Thar iz moor kinds uv love than wou- Two strangers ort knot tu faul inn luv with each uther accept inn Kases where tha hav ben furmillyer with each uther tur yers— Luv is keteking ai.d shuld knot bee phooled with— When a young man fawls inn luv thee fust tigin with a gal hee hasn’t got nothing agiust noboddie inn thee wurld. When a bhoy iz doubtfull inn his own mine whether hee iz in luv with a gal hee shud give the gal the benny fltt uv the doubt. — The Power oe a Motxitrs Lsflu fn’ce. —How touching is this tribute of Hon. T. H. Benton, to his mother's influence. My mother asked me nev er to use tobacco. I have never touched it from that time to the pres ent day. She told me not to gainble ? and I have not gambied, I can’t tell who is losing in games that are played. She admonished me, too, against hard drinking; and whatever capacity for endurance I have at present, in what ever usefulness I have attained through life, I have attributed to having com plied with her pious and correct wish es. When I was seven years of age she asked me not to drink, and then I made a resolution of total abstinence: and that I have adhered to it through all time, I owe to my mother.” Os Interst to Publishers. —Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minis ter in Washinton, has been applied to from home to obtain copies of every newspaper, periodical and magazine publisher in the United States, to be placed on exhibition at the Interna tional Exposition to take place in En gland this year. Minister Thornton on Thurseay called upon Mr. Joseph Shillington, the well-known-book-sell er and news agent of Washington,and requested him to take the matterin hand which Mr. Shillington has consented to do. The publications will be arran ged by States and sent to England. It will be remembered that a collection of American newspapers and period icals excited much interest at the English exhibition in 1851, but it was far from complete, and it is desirable that thia collection shall be as perfect as possible. —Savannah News. — «♦» Sunday Out—Betsey: “ Shall you be a-goin’ out this a’ter noon, mem? " Mistress : “ I think not, Bet sey. ’ Betsey ; “ Cos you can if yer like, I don’t want to go out.”— Fun. The Pocket. There is not much metaphor in r*v the brains of some men are in the pockets of their unmentionables. The pocket is the great sensorium—the head center of all sensation. As all radii of a circle terminate in center, so all feelings and aspirations tend to the pocket. When one of this class meets with blightened prospects, un like him who laboring under head ache says, “O, my head,” he ex claims, “O my pocket.” This regard for the pocket travel with him all day and visits his dreams by night; it nestles among the wrinkles of his brow', sparkles in his eyes, suffuses his cheek, auimates his steps, and throb bing and vibrating rushes to its home. It dwells in the humble log cabiu and in the palaces of kings. So great and controling is its influence that it causes men to violate the first com mand of the decalogue, and this leads to the violation of the tenth, and the violation of the eighth follows as a matter of course. The pocket is not always flexible, and though sometimes plethoric, has its necktie tightly drawn, and is deaf to the tones of misery. It has no eye to see, no ear to hear and no heart to feel. There is in it no public spirit, but selfishness is supreme. It heeds not the calls of human enlightenment and civilization. It is a sullen, putrid, deadly lake, the abode of reptiles and vampires, but a foe to the life of hu manity. In its legislation it foster?, cliques rather than the public good, and a government established by the wise and patriotic, must be torn into frag, ments, or erected into an empire, in order to cheerish selfish ends. No ray of genuine philanthropy ever pen etrates the blackened mass of corrup tion that threatens to pervade, engross and possess the whole political fabric. No maledictions are intended for those who are patiently industrious in acquiring wealth, and where the rights of the neighbor are respected. They are useful members of society who do good while obtaining it The lives of such men are a blessing to the race and not a curse. The w'orld is not all bad, but ever makes longer or shorter vibrations between good and ill. One thing, however, is certain, the millen ium is not come, nor do we see the dawning of the brighter day.— Grijfin Middle Georgian. Tariff’ on Type. The American Newspaper Reporter remarks that if the tariff on type used by the American printers were removed type coult be bought for about three fifths of the present price. If it be claimed that type founding is an American industry, hundreds of times more important—employing hundreds, perhaps thousands of times as many mechanics and as much of capital as type-founding. Printers are manufac turers of no small importance, Any bounty of tax upon their tools and implements is a tax, not only upon one of our great industries, but a tax upon knowledge and educat ion. Tax on type makes the primer and spelling book cost more to all the children of the land, to say nothing of its being a clog upon all public and private libra ries. If it be true, as we state above, that the printers of the United States pay two-fifths of alLtheir type purchases, as a tax to a monopoly, is it not about time they represented the fact to their members of Congress? This tax does not go to the Government, because scarcely any type is imported. No fine-spun theory of protection will help retain a tax so unjust to so large an industry, so useless for revenue purposes, and so detrimental to the ed ucational advantages of the nation.— Griffin Middle Georgian. H. I. Kimball House S jld. Yesterday the Kimball House was sold by the Sheriff at public outcry be fore the Court House door, under a builders lien for purchase,money, and for State, county and city taxes. Dr. Joseph Thompson was the purchaser, paying $15,010. The State, county and city taxes amount to $9,090, and builder’s lien $6,090. Dr. Thompson is liable for about $54,000 of purchase money also, making his outlay aggre gate abouts69,ooo. Considering that the building cost about $600,000 this may be considered, at first thought, a handsome speculation. The building is mortgaged for $200,000, and of course it will require much litigation to release it of thia incumbrance, and possibly some time and embarrassment to secure perfect titles. The builder’s lien was in favor of J. C. Peek <fc Cos., Olive, Hall <fc Cos., and Healy, Berry &, Cos., Mr. B. H. Hill, counsel for Dr. Thompson, paid the $15,010 to the Sheriff, and secured the titles to the property. —Atlanta Sun. Tax on Words. What a pity there is not a tai on words! what, an income the Queen would get from it! but, alas! talking pays no toll. And if lies paid double the government might pay off the Natioual Debt; but who could collect the money ? Common fame is a com mon liar. Hearsay is half lies. A tale never loses in telling. Asa snow ball grows by rolling, so does a story. They who talk much, lie much. If meu said what was true, what a peace ful world we should see! Silence sel dom makes mischief, but 4 talking is a plague to the parish. Silence is wis dom, and by this rule wise men and women are scarce. Still waters are the deepest; but the shallowest brooks brawl the most; this shows how plen tiful fools must be. Auopen mouth shows an empty head. If the chest had gold or silver in it, it would not always Talking comes by nature, but it needs a good deal of training to learn to be quiet ; yet re gavd for truth should put a bit iu every honest man’s mouth, and a bridle upon every good woman’s tongue. If we must talk, at least let us be free from slander, let us not blister our tongues with backbiting. Slander may be sport to talebearers, but it is death to those whom they abuse. We cau commit murder with the ton gue as well as with the hand. The worst evil you can do a man is to in jure his character; as a Quaker said to his dog, “ I’ll not beat thee nor abuse thee, but I’ll give thee an ill name.” All are not thieves that dogs bark at, but they are generally treated as if they were, for the most [part believe that where there is smoke there is fire, and what everybody says must be true. Let us then be careful that we do not hurt our neighbor in so tender a point as his character, for its hard to get dirt off if it is once thrown on; and when a man is once in people’s bad books, he is hardly ever quite out of them. If we would be sure not to speak amiss, it might be as well to speak as little as possible; for if all men’s sins were di vided into two bundles, half of them would be sins of the tongue. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” Gossips of both genders, give up the shameful trade of tale-bearing;don’t be the devil’s bellows any longer, to blov up the fire of strife. Leave off setting people by the cars. If you do not cut a bit off your tongues, at least season them with the salt of grace Praise God more and blame neighbors less Any goose can cackle, any fly can find out a sore place, any empty barrel can give forth a sound, any brier can test a man’s flesh. No flies go down your throat if you ke«p your mouth shut, and no evil speaking will come up. Think much, but say little; be quick at work and slow at talk; and, above all, ask the great Lord to set a watch over your lips.—John Plough man. Front th« Louisville Courier-Journal. A Lucky Negro. Mr. William Harden, a well known gentleman of this city, returned a short time ago from a tour through Arkansas, and relates, among other things, that he saw at Duvall’s Bluff, a full bloded negro, who ten years ago was very black, and now is very white- The darkey belonged, during slave times, to Esquire Mann of that place, and was thought to be the blackest negro in the neighborhood. A locust bit him on the shoulder some time during the first year of the war, and a small white circle formed at <>nce around the bite. The circle gradually extended itself, and finally covered the whole body with the ex ception of a small black spot on the neck and also a narrow ring which gird around the eyes. The negro is still a negro in all other respects. The hair for instance, is kinky, the nose flat and broad, and the lips thick. His complexion, Mr. Hardin says, is exceedingly fair, and shows a wonderful change wrought? as is suposed, by the bite of the locust. The medical profession tells us that there ai*e recorded in the books one or two similar cases, with the excep tion that the locust bite had nothing to do with them. White men, they say, have also been known to turn black, and look, as regards their skin, just like negroes. The cause of the change is not exactly known, and is a question for scientific investigation. The locusts, if found to be so useful, will be imported and cultivated by our colored population till the whole country is undated with them. The negroes then will become white peo ple, and peahaps the white people will become—not negroes, but colored peo ple. - There is a heroic innocence, as well as a heroic courage. Wisdom and Truths. A poor spirit it poorer than a pcor purse. It is fruition, and not possession, that renders us happy. Whatever makes men happier makes them better. Gravity is the inseparable compan ion of pride. It costs more to avenge wrongs than to beat them. Never let your honest convictions be laughed down. We should not retain the remem brauce of faults we have once forgiven. The grand essentials to happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Truth is immortal ; the sword can not pierce it, fire cannot consume it, prisons cannot incarcerate it, famine cannot starve it. Grief knits too hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can ; and common suffering is a far stronger link than common joy. The worthiest people are most in jured by slanderers ; as we usually find that to be the best fruit which the birds have been picking. He that was taught to live on little, owes more to his father’s wisdom than he that has a great deal left him does to his father’s care. The greatest of all injustice is that which goes under the name of law; and of all sorts of tyranny, the forcing the letter of the law against the equity, is the most insupportable. Youth beholds happiness gleaming in the prospect. Age looks back on the happiness of youth, and, instead of hopes, seeks its enjoyment in lhe re collection of hopes, Thus happiness ever resides in the imagination. Courage, when genuine is nevea cruel. It is not fierce. It foresees evil. Its trepidations come either be fore or after danger. In the midst of peril it is calm and cool. It is goner ous, especially to the fallen. It is sel dom attained. It is a noble and great thing to cov er the blemishes and to excuse the failings of a friend ; to draw a curtain before his stains, and to display per fections ; bury his weakness in silence, but to proclaim his viriure3 upon the house-top. One should not be downcast at fail ures. They are often far better for the student than success. He who goes to school to his mistakes will al ways have a good school master, and will not be likely to become citheridlo or conceited. There is no greater every day virtue than cheerfulness. This quality in man among men is like sunshine to the day, or gentle, renewing moisture to parched herbs. The light of a cheerful face diffuses itself, and com municates the happy spirit that inspires it. The sourest temper must sweeten in the atmosphere of continuous good humor. A Good Word for local Papers. —The New York Times eavs you might nearly as well forget your pur chases, your academies and school houses, as to forget your local paper. It speaks to ten times the audience that your local miui§ter does, and if it has any ability at all, it is read eagerly each day from beginning to end. It reaches you all and if it has a lower spirit and loss wisdom than a sermon, it has a thousand times better chance at you. Laying, as it does, on every table, in almost every house, you owe it to yourself to rally liberally to its sup port, and exact from it as able, high toned a character as you do from anv educator in your midst. It is in no sense beneath notice and care—unless yourself are beneath notice and care— for it is your representative. Indeed in its character it is the summation of the importance, interest and welfare of you all It is the aggregate of your own consequence, and you cannot ig nore it without miserably depreciating yourselves. The Secret ok Health.— First, keep warm. Second, cat regularly and slowly. Third maintain regular bodi ly habits. Fourth, take early and very light suppers, or better still, none at all Fifth, keep a clean skin. Sixth, get plenty of sleep at night. Seventh, keep cheerful and respectful company. Eighth, keep out of debt. Ninth, don t set your mind on things you don,t need. Tenth, mind your own business. Eleventh, don’t set up to be a sharp of any kind. Twelth, subdue curiosrity. - - «•» A gentleman traveling in Ireland said to a very importune beggar, “You have lost all your teeth.” The beggar quickly answered, “An i’ts time I parted with uro, when I’d noth ing frq- to da’' Humorous A A cynic remarks that the only time a woman forgets to bo vein is when site is sea sick. Josh Billings says: “ Knowing how to sit square on a bile, without hurt iug, is one of the lost arts." A cemetery sculptor lately published this card: “As the holidays are ap preaching, and the time for presents nearing, T beg to call attention to my stock of tombstones.” An experienced boy says he regards hunger and the chastening rod as about the same thing. They both make him holler. Brisko advertises as follows: “ W ill the fellow who stole my hat at a col lege sociable oblige me by wearing the same in broad daylight ’ It is said if you take two letters from money, there will be but one left. We have heard of a man who took money from two letters, and there wasn’t any left. When a mau and a woman are made one, the question is which one? Sometimes there is a long struggle be tween them before the matter is set tled. A lady on being asked by a gentle man, what do you hold on the ques tion of female sufrage,” replied, “ I hold my tongue.” » An Indiana cooper put his son in side a cask he was finishing, to hold the head up. At last account he was toy ing to find some way to get him out though the bung hole. “ How would you like to si ton a jury? asked a gentleman of a strongminded old maid.” I’d as soon sit on a hatch et,” said the spinster, with a shake of her bombazine skirt. “You cant do too much for your em ployers, man,” said somebody to a big fisted’ strong backed man-of-all-work, on the wharf the other day.—“Arrah,” replied Pat, with emphasis, “ neither will I.” A little girl not far from Schenecta dy, after noticing for some time the glittering gold-filling in her aunt’s front teeth, exclaimed “Aunt Mary 1 want copper-teeth like yours.” An exchange says; One of the prettiest sights the human eye ever nested upon is gold in its liquid “ state.” Whereupon another sug gests that “ the human eye in this vi cinity would be satisfied if it could see any of the metal in its solid state. ” A Kansas paper’s co-w obituary says: “ There is not a farm wagon in the country that she has not stolen some thing out of; not a gate’iiOown that sho has not opened: and the stones that have been thrown at her would make miles of turnpike.” At the late Plymouth church pic nic, Mr. Beecher was asked why he did not dance. “ There is but one reason,” he replied, I don’t know how. The only dancing’!! ever did, w'As when my father furnished the music, and used me as a fiddle, I took all the steps then.” - - VST “A Mr. Ilayno has written what is a “Piize Ode,” on “The Sufferings ,of the Southern Soldiery,” which jvo not seen, but which, we will take it for granted, is a fiue~ piece, because a Southern critic says of it: “It rings like the blast of a tempest toward the conclusion, however, sinking into a wailing minor which expresses the in most spirit of despairing anguish.” Why will not these Southern dyspep tics understand that what the South needs in a musical way, is not a wail ing minor, but a good muscular and masculine major? Whatever its qual ity, the milk i3 spilten, and all the tears in the world will not restore it. Do not seusible children stop crying when their intellects are convinced that even parental affection cannot give them the moon? If these Lost Cause men will but take offtheir coats and go to work, they will feel bettc r on the very first day.” It is, perhaps, needless to saj that the above paragraph is from the col umns of the New Ybrk 7'ribune. None but a Philosopher (?) —a “ Later Fiankl.’n”—cculi have written it, and none but a “ Philospher ” could have been profoundly mistaken in regard to the existence of a necessity for such advice. The Tribune man has not read CoL Haynes poem which he re fers, to. If he will obtain it ard read it, and read it thoughtfully, he will arise from the reading with the con viction impressed upon his mind that a climate that fosters a genius capable to originating such a poem, is not a cli mate that fosters a muscle enervated by idleness and a false pride. There are thousands of Southerc’young men, born to affluence, who have learned to wield an ax as lustily as the lusty old farmer of Chappaqua. —Atlanta n ~ stitut*** < NO. 7.