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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS. By SMITH, WIKLE & CO.] [For the standard A Express. THE BROKEN PITCHER. TRANSLATED FROM THK GERMAN. BV MISS L. MOON. MAUI ETTA. It is tru«* La Na|>oule is only quite a small place- on tin* Bay of Cannes; but it is known, nevertheless, in all Provence. It lies amid evergreen shades, high |«tlms, and dark orange groves. This, it is true, does not make it famous. Yet here, it is said, grow the richest clusters of grapes, the sweetest roses, and fairest maidens. I know not; I am, however, most ready to believe it. It is a pity that La Napoule is so small, and can not possibly produce enough rich clusters, sweet rofS*s and beautiful maidens, or we, too, would indeed have some of them with us. If, since the founding of Nu poule, all its women have liven lx*au tiful, without doubt the little Mari etta must have been a wonder among wonders, because even the ehroniele makes mention of her. They called her, it is true, only the little Marietta; yet she was not smaller than a child of seventeen years or more is accus tomed to Im*, whose forehead reaches up to the lips of a full grown man. The chronicle of La Napoule had its good reasons for speaking of Ma rietta. I should have done the same in the place of the chronicle. For Marietta, who until now had dwelt with her mother Manon, at Avignon,, when she came again to her birth place, turned it almost topsy-turvy ; in fact, not the houses, but the people and their heads; nor exactly the heads of all the people, hut chiefly of those whose heart and head are always in great danger in the neigh borhood of two soul-full eyes. I know this. In such a case there is no joking. Mother Manon would, no doubt, have (lone better had she remained in Avignon; hut she inherited some property in La Napoule; she received there a small estate with a vineyard, and a pretty house in the shade of a cliff, between olive trees and acacias. No poor widow refuses such a thing. Now she was, in her own opinion, as rich and happy as the Countess of Provence or the like. It went so much worse with the good La N&poulese. Khe had not foreseen such mischief, and had not read in Homer that a pretty woman could bring into anger and discord all Greece and Asia Minor. HOW THE MISCHIEF HAPPPEXED. Scarcely had Marietta been a fort night in the house between the olive trees and African acacias than every young man of La Napoule knew that Marietta dwelt there, and that in all Provence lived no more charming maiden than in this very house. When she walked through the town, gliding lightly as a disguised angel, in floating robes, pale green bodice, on her breast an orange blos som beside rose-buds, and wearing flowers and ribbons around the grey hat which shaded her face, then the sour old men became eloquent, and the young men dumb. And every where in succession, on the right and on the left, there opened a window, a door, —“Good-morning,” they said, or “Good evening, Marietta,” and smiling sho nodded right and left. If Marietta stepped into the church, all hearts (i. e. of the young men) left Heaven, all eyes the sacred hymns, and the praying lingers went astray in the beads of the rosary. That must certainly have often given offence, particularly to the pious. At this time, without doubt the young maidens of La Napoule became peculiarly pious, for they were vexed in the highest degree. They were hardly to be blamed for it. For, since Marietta’s arrival, trioro than one affianced lover had become cool, and more than one admirer recreant to his lady-love. Then there was much quarreling and reproach every where, and many tears, good admo nitions, and refusals. They spoke no more of weddings, but of partings. They even returned pledges of fidel ity, rings and ribbons. The old took part in the quarrels of their children. Hatred and strife ran from house to house. The state of things was de plorable. “ Marietta is the cause of all this!” said the pious maidens; then their mothers said it; then the fathers said j it, and last of all, even the young! men. But Marietta, veiled in her modesty and innocence as the red of the open ing rose-bud in the dark green of the ealix, suspected nothing of the great calamity, and remained good to all. That touched first the young men, and they spoke: “ Why grieve the sweet, harmless child? She is not to blame.” Then the fathers said it; then the mothers said it, and, last of all, eve \ the pious maidens said it. For, whoever spoke with Marietta, could not help conceiving an affec tion for her, and ere half a year elapsed every one had spoken with her, and she was a universal favorite. But she did not believe she was so beloved, and had not believed before that they could hate her. Lit tle suspects the lowly violet, oft trod den In the grass, how dear it is ! Now, every man and woman wish ed to atone for the injustice towards Marietta. Compassion lent a delica cy to good will. Everywhere Mari etta found herself greeted as kindly as before; as kindly smiled upon ; as kindly invited to the rural sports and dances. OF THE WICKED COLIN. Yet not all men have the gift of sweet pity, but some are of a harden ed heart like Pharoah. This comes without doubt from the natural de pravity of man since the Fall, or be cause at the baptismal rite, the evil one had not been dispatched in prop er form. A notable example of such hardness of heart was furnished by the young Colin, the richest farmer and landed proprietor in La Napoule, who could scarcely in one day trav erse his vineyards, olive gardens, and lemon and orange groves. Even this proves the natural perversity of his disposition that he was nearly seven and twenty years old without having cared to ask for what a maiden was created. It is true everybody, especially the I women of a certain age in which they willingly forgive sins, considered ' Colin the host young man under the sun. His figure, his frank ingenuous j t manners, his look, his smile, had the good fortune to please the said jk*o ple, who, perhaps, if need be, would j have given him pardon for one of the ! sins which cry to heaven. It is not j safe to trust to the judgment of such judges. While old and young at Napoule’ had made reconciliation with the in nocent Marietta, and compassionately sought her company, Colin was tin* only one who remained without pity , for the dear child. When the con versation turned on Marietta, he was dumb as a fish. If he met her On the street, he became red and white with ; passion, and east truly withering looks upon her. If in the evening the young people i assembled on the seashore beside the old ruined castle for sportive games, 1 or for the rural dance, or to begin an alternative song, then Colin failed '■ not to f>e present. But as soon as Marietta came, the malicious Colin , became quiet, and would have sung no more for all the gold in the world. It was a pity, for his voice was sweet. Every one liked to hear him, and he was inexhaustible in songs. All the maidens liked the wicked i Colin, and he was friendly with all. He had, as before said, a roguish ; look, which the young ladies fear and i love; and if he laughed, he was ! worth being painted. But naturally the oft injured Marietta regarded him not at all. She was perfectly right.! Whether he smiled or not, that was j the same to her. She did not like) even to hear his roguish look spoken | of; and there again she was right. If he narrated a story, and he always knew many, and then all listened, she nodded to the girls and pelted now Peter and now Paul with sea weed sho had gathered, and laughed and cl tatted and did not listen to j Colin. Then that grieved his proud j heart: he broke off frequently in the I midst of the story and went gloomily ! away. Revenge is sweet. The daughter I of Mrs. Manon might indeed have triumphed. But yet Marietta was entirely too good a child and her heart too tender. If he grew silent, she was sorry for it. If he became j sad, she ceased to laugh. If he went ' away, she did not like to remain j long; and when she was at home she i wept bitterer tears of repentance than Magdalene, and yet she had not ! sinned half so much. THE PITCHER. The pastor of La Napoule, namely Father Jerome, a gray-haired old man of seventy, had all the virtues of a saint and the one fault, that he was, on account of great old age, very hard of hearing. But on that ac count, he preached the more edify ingly to the children whom he had baptized and whose father-confessor he was, and every one listened to him ■ willingly. It is true he preached j constantly only upon two texts, as if his whole religion dwelt in them : either “ Little children, love one an other;” or, “Little children, the ways of Heaven are wonderful;” yet, truly, therein lay so much faith, love, and hope, that a person, if needs be, might get his salvation by it. The little children loved each other very dutifully, and hoped upon the dis pensations of Heaven. Only Colin, with his heart of flint, would pay no attention. Even if he seemed to be friendly, he had wicked designs. The Napoulese Jove to attend the Fair of the city of Vence. There is great gayety, and although little money, yet many wares. Now, Ma rietta, with her Mother Manon, was at the Fair, and Colin was there also. He bought many delicacies for his young lady friends, but for Marietta not a sou’s worth. And yet he was everywhere near her. But neither did ho speak to her nor she to him. One easily perceived that lie brooded over some wickedness. There stood Mother Manon quietly before a booth, and said: “O, Mari etta, see the beautiful pitcher! a queen need not be ashamed to touch it with her lips. See now, the edge is of shining gold, and the flowers thereon bloom as beautifully as those of the garden, and yet they are only painted. And in the midst, Para dise ! I)o see, Marietta, how invit- j ing the apples are on the tree; one almost longs to have one. And Ad am cannot resist as the beautiful Eve presents him one to taste. And see how the charming little lamb skips sporting around the old tiger, and the snow-white dove with the golden green neck stands before the hawk as if she wished to kiss her.” Marietta could not weary of look ing. “If I had such a pitcher, moth er,” she said, “ it is much too beauti ful to drink out of; I should place my flowers in it, and constantly look into Paradise. We are at the Fair of Vence, but when I see the picture, it seems to me as if we were in Para dise.” So spoke Marietta, and called hith er all her lady friends to admire the picture; and immediately there stood beside the ladies the men also, and finally almost half the inhabitants of La Napoule, before the wonderful pitcher. Indeed it was wonderful, of the very costliest transparent porce lain, with gilt handles and bright colors. Timidly they asked the mer chant: “Sir, what is the price?” And he answered: “It is worth a hundred livres at the lowest price.” Then they were silent and went away. When no more from La Napoule stood before the booth, Colin eame stealing on, threw down a hundred livres on the table to the merchant, ordered the pitcher to be placed in a box tilled with cotton, and bore it away. No one knew his wicked plan. Near Napoule, on his way home, almost at dark, he met old James, the Judge’s servant, who came from the fields. James was quite a good man, but very stupid. “ I will give you a fee 1 , James,” said Colin, “if you will cariy this box to Manon’s house and leave it there. If any one should notice you and ask from whom came the box, speak thus; ‘ A stranger gave it to me.’ But nev er betray my name, or I shall never forgive you.’’ ’ James promised, took the fee and the box, and went toward the little house amid the olive trees and Afri can acacias. (TO BE CONTINUED.) CATtTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8,1872. THE GERMAN. It* Lwsrajg# and Literature—Ah Address b) Ko. Mr. Bokom. The Rev. Hermann Bokurn, by the invitation of the Rev. Dr. Wills, addressed students of Oglethorpe University recently, on the subject of the German language and literature. The important events which occurred in Germany during the last few years invest this subject, as almnst every other connected with Germany, with morse than usual interest. We give below the remarks of Mr. Bokum, sutwtantiallv, though not altogether literally: THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | enter into the sphere of history under very peculiar circumstances. I need not* tell you what an impulse the spirit of a people receives when it has successfully struck for independence. I Os this your own history furnishesa most beautiful illustration. A similar impulse was given to the German tribes by the victory of Arminiusover I Varus iii the Teutoburg forest, since it virtually secured the independence l of the Germans. This victory, and others which succeeded it, inspire! the Germans with the first German ! songs known in history. Almost coincident with this victory an event i of world-wide importance took place. Christ was born in Bethlehem. When the Christian religion reached the j Teutonic tribes, it found a large portion of them ready to embrace it in the spirit of entire self-consecration, and to lay the foundation for the - testimony which it has since borne to the truth of God. At the very gate | of the history and literature of Ger many stands the translation of the Holy Scriptures by Ulfilas, a bishop of Visigoths. The union between Christianity and the spirit of the German people was the principal cause to which the first classical period of its literature is indebted for its rise. To it belong the Nibelungen Sagas, and the poetry of the Min nesingers. It is a period which bears the character of piety, gentle ness, and valor, the most distin guished representative of which is the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, of the house of Hohenstauffen, On the Roncalic field of Italy he erected his standard, and on it was inscribed, “Ho, every one that stands in need of it, let* him come and receive justice.” On his crusade in the Holy land, he received the news of the death of his son. While the tears are rolling thick and fast into his w hite beard, he exclaims: “My son is dead, but Christ still lives; let us move on, my men !” So deep was the impres sion which this Emperor made on the German mind, that for centuries the tradition lias been handed down,that lie still lives, and will run in due time to re-establish the unity and the power which the empire of Ger many enjoyed in his day. The Nibe lungen Sagas is the gathering up of several poetic narratives belonging to different periods, and to different regions of Germany. Though em bodied in antiquated language, it has the interest which a well-told tale of heroic deeds and human joys and sorrows must ever have to the im agination and to the heart. In the 16th and 17th centuries this poem .was forgotten, as was also the fact that there had once existed a united and powerful Germany. The great events of the last few years have called these Sagas from the grave, and in them Germany now possesses a na tional epic worthy to be placed by the side of the Iliad. With the times which succeeded this period you are familiar. The Church became absorbed in the world, until the conscience of the German people revolted at the fearful decline, and sent forth its mighty protest. According to a prophetic dream of the elector of Saxony, a pen went forth, moving on, on, till it reached the tiara of the Pope, and made it tremble. It was not a bishop at this time, but an humble monk, who was the leading spirit of this movement, and who by his translation of the HOLY SCRIPTURES made the language of that translation the medium of intercourse between all parts of Germany. You are also! aware that this religious movement! was the cause of the superiority in j life, in theology, and in literature of j the Protestant over the Roman Ca-! tholic parts of Germany, and that | two hundred years after the Reforma- j tion the German conscience awoke I once more and protested against the subjection of its literature to that of Greece and of Rome, and against the literary and social abuses which the age of Louis XIV had introduced into Germany. The way was thus prepared for anew classical period of German literature. Great indeed were the difficulties which had to be overcome before this period could be ushered in. In the language of Schiller: “ By no kind Augustus raared, To noMedtci endeared, German song arose.” Frederick, in many respects so great, had no heart or taste for Ger man productions. The Nibelungen Saga he pronounced not worth a charge of powder, and a GREAT DRAMA OP GOETHE he declared to be a detestable imita tion of some of the worst English pieces. But if these discouragements tested severely the patience and endurance of the German people, the etforts by which they were overcome developed in them moral and intel lectual powers of the possession oft which they had hardly been con scious. You are familiar with the character and the names of many of the literary men and poets who arose in the last century, and who have endeared themselves to the fire sides of many outside of Germany. The humiliation suffered in conse- j quenee of the war of the first Napoleon i and the great war for national j independence which succeeded it, j gave anew impulse to German I literature. What the events of the j last few years are likely to do for the j cause of German literature, may be j judged from the re-awakening of the j popular songs, many of which extol the union of the German nation, and sing of the joys and sorrows in which their authors have had a share. As in times of old they meet with an enthusiastic echo in every part of Germany. In connection with what lias been said, I beg to present very briefly three trains of thought: 1. German literature, unlike all other literature, has had two classical periods. The life of the Greeks as reflected in their literature, was that of a joyous youth, blooming with wonderful splendor. But when its had passed its productive power seems to have been altogether exhausted. Very different we have seen is the case of Germany. Twice has it been her privilege to reflect in poetic works of the highest order her inner and her outward life. 2. As on the relation in which a nation stands toward God depends its permanent success in literature, as well as in every other effort, it is worthy of note that the present union of Germany is brought about under the influence of men who fear God, and who may, therefore, prove fit instruments by which Germany will be placed more and more securely on ; the foundation of the Christian faith. That that faith will bear off the ; victory in the end, there can be no j doubt; that Germany, as a nation, will continue to be eulisted under its banner is not so certain, in view of the unbelief and the lifeless orthodoxy which greatly prevail there. But assuredly, for a long time to come, will Germany prove the great store house from which the arms will be drawn by which to overcome unbelief. 3. Whether your attention be j directed to the richness of German 1 literature; whether you turn to its ! wealth in the different departments lof philosophy, theology, law, and ! medicine; whether you reflect on the vast strides it is making in the various departments of science, or whether you regard the popularity • which the German language enjoys on account of the many facilities it ; offer.- f.,r liie carrying oil of business, ! in each and in all these cases motives arc presented to you which may well induce you to devote yourselves to the study of the language aud the literature of Germany. LOYEI.Y WORKERS. Many Christians have to endure the solitude of imnoticeable tabor. These are serving God In a way which is exceedingly useful, hut not at ail noticeable. How very sweet to many workers are those little corners of the newswapers and magazines which dt-serilie their labors aud successes; yet some who are doing what God will think a great deal more of at the last, never saw their names in print. Yonder beloved brother is plodding away in a little country village; nobody knows anything about him but he is bringing souls to God. Un known to fame, the angels are ac ; quainted with him, and a few precious I ones whom he has brought to Jesus know him well. Perhaps yonder sister lias a little class in the Sabbath-school; there is nothing striking in her or her class; now and then a little child ascends to heaven to report her success, aud occasionally another comes into the church; but no one thinks of her as a very remarkable worker; she is a flower that blooms almost unseen, but she is none the less fragrant. There is a Bible woman, she is ; mentioned in the report as making so many visits a week, but nobody discovers all that she is doing for the j poor and needy, and how many are i saved in the Lord through her in ; strumentality. Hundreds of God’s | dear servants are serving Him with out the encouragement of man’s , approving eye, yet they are not alone I the Father is with them. Never mind where you work; care . more about how you work. Never mind who sees, if God approves, if He smiles, be content. We cannot be always sure when we are most useful. A certain minister with very great difficulty reached a place where he had promised to preach. There was ! a deep snow upon the ground, there fore only one hearer came. However ' lie preached as zealously as if there : had been a thousand. Years after, when he was travelling in that same part of the country, he met a man who had been the foundation of a church in the village, and from it scores of others had been established. The man came to see him, and said, “I have good reason to remember you, sir, for I was once your only hearer; and what has been* done here has been brought about-instrumental ly through my conversion under that sermon.” We cannot estimate our success. One child in the Sabbath school converted may turn out to be worth five hundred, because he may be t he means of bringing ten thousand to Christ. It is not the acreage you sow; it is the seed you sow; it is the multiplication which God gives to the seed which will make up the harvest. You have less to do with being successful than being faithful. Your main comfort is, that in your labor you are not alone, for God,* the Eternal One 2 who guides the marches of the stars, is with you.— Spurgeon. THE WORLD TO STOP IX 1873. The Second Adventists are at it again. At a convention held in Roch ester they have definitely settled the time for the total destruction of the world. It is to take place in 1873. Dr. Barbour, who has prepared sev eral charts from which he has lectur ed extensively of late, from Boston to Rochester, on the coming of Christ in 1873, made a speech on the signs of the times, and cited articles in the London Quarterly, the Edenburgh Review, Blackwood’s, and several American magazines, quarterlies and newspapers, to show the enormous proportions of the Commune, its rap id growth in the past year and its present threatening aspect. There were, he said, 500,000 members in this country and millions In Europe. Wendell Phillips was a member, and said in his recent lecture in Music Hall, Boston, that “ Europe was rest ing on a volcano that threatened the destruction of all her thrones. And if the church would not discern the signs of the times, the world did, and men’s hearts were failing them for fear and for looking after the things that are coming on the earth.” SUDDENLY DELIYEUED. A man who was a confirmed and hopeless drunkard, being about to go out to the Mailing Banks with a fisherman, proposed before they started, “to take a drink.” “No,” said the fisherman, “I don’t drink.” “You don’t drink anything?” “No I don’t drink anything.” “Why not?” “Because I am a Christian.” “ What,” said the man, “ does Christ keep you from drinking?” The fisherman, at first confused by the novelty of the question, hesitated a moment, and then answered, “Yes! Christ keeps me from drinking.” The poor inebriate was struck by the reply. He thought, “there is help that I didn’t think of.” He went home and into his room, and said, “ O, lord Jesus Christ, keep me from drinking.” Ilis appetite for liquor suddenly left him. He was delivered. SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF. Supposing your age to be fifteen or thereabouts, 1 can figure you up to a dot. You have 160 bones and 500 muscles; your blood weighs 25 pounds: your heart is five inches in length and three inches in diameter; it beats seventy times per minute, 4,200 times per hour, 100,800 per day, and 36,722,- 200 per year. At each beat, a little over two ounces of blood is thrown out of it; and each day it receives and discharges about seven tons of that wonderful fluid. Your lungs will contain a gallon of air, and you inhale 24,000 gallons per day. The aggregate surface of the air-veils of your lungs, supposing them to be spread out, exceeds 20,000 square inches. The weight of your brain is three pounds; when you are a man it will weigh about eight ounces more. Your nerves exceed 10,000,000. Your skin is composed of three layers, and varies from one-fourth to one-eighth of an inch in thickness. The area of your skin is about 1,700 square inches, and you are subjected to an atmospheric pressure of 15 pounds to the square inch. Each square inch of your skin contains 3,500 sweating tubes or perspiratory pores, each of which may be likened to a little draintiie one-fourth of an inch long, making an aggregate length of the entire surface of your body of 201,166 feet or a tile ditch for draining the body almost forty miles long. A BAD COMPANION. A good story is told of two travel ers who were assigned the same bed room in a crowded hotel. Before re tiring one of them knelt down to pray, and confessed a long catalogue of sins. On rising from his knees* he saw his fellow-traveller, valiee in hand, going out at the door, and ex claimed : “ What’s the matter? What’s up?” “ Oh, nothing,” was the reply, “ only I’m not going to risk myself with such a scamp as you confess yourself to be. THE JOSH BILUVUS PAPERS. j SHORT ANSWERS TO LONG LETTERS. I James —A kat is seel to have nine j lives but 1 beleaf that tUhy don’t have I but one square death, j It is almost impossible to tell when j a kat is dead without the aid of a | kornner jury. i I have only one way myself to I judge ova ded kat. If a kat iz killed in the fail ov the j year and thrown over a stub wall into ; yurc nabor’s yard, and lays them all j the winter under a bank, and don’t thaw out in the spring, and j keeps quiet during summer months, and ain’t missin when winter sets in again, 1 hav alwus sell “ that kat” was ded, or was playin’ the thing dredful fine. Albert—'The length of time that a goose kan stand on one leg depends entirely on the natiff endurance ov that goose. A good tuff goose, I should think, , mite do it for three weeks hi swop ping legs occasionally. Frederick —Injuns can Ik* civilized once in while, but it knocks at least twenty per cent, oph from the value ov the Injun, Insides hurting the general reputation of the civiliza shun, HOT TOil AMI JERRY. “ Das Gonoin Hill eoome by dees cars?” inquired a jolly Dutchman on Saturday night, as he staggered into | a Union Hill car at Hoboken. “ Yaw, Fritz,” answered a fellow countryman. “ Vent cakes all the vile, Yacob,” j said Fritz, nearly crushing his friend’s toes in his attempts to steady him ; self. “ Fritz, you pehim heavy to-night.” “ Yass, J bees full of bot Dont and ! Sherrys, Yacob ; I vas a fool to dry I Yankee drinks; Dom and Sherry too ! much for Fritz. I must dry und get ! some fresh air on the blatform, Ya i cob.” ! Fritz succeeded in getting the door open about six inches; a biting wind blew through the aperture, when an indignant passenger sprung to his feet and closed the door with a sud denness that turned Fritz half round. “ Bees dis ear on de outside or in side?” inquired Fritz. “ You are all right, Fritz ; sit down in this corner,” said Yacob. “ Dank you, Yacob; if I sleeps when mine house cooraes along, dell me who I am. ROYAL EXAMPLE. At least three of the sovereigns of Europe are reported to be abstainers from the use of spirituous liquors. King Amadeus, of Spain, is said to be a teetotaller, and since his acces sion to the throne has enforced some excellent temperance measures. Ac cording to very recent report, the Emperor of Russia has signed the pledge, and the Emperor of Austria, although an inveterate smoker, is credited with a dislike for strong drink. Happy would it be for sub jects, if such examples among rulers were common instead of rare! BE SHORT. All contributors to newspapers would do well to commit to memory and practice upon the following rules: “ If you want to interest your read ers, be short; if you want to produce a practical effect, he short; if you want your article accepted by the ed itor, be short; if you want to be a benefit and not a bore, be short!” When a Connecticut deacon nudg ed a somnolent worshipper with the subscription box, the sleepy individ ual awoke partially, smiled, murmur ed “ I don’t smoke,” and dropped off again. A preacher whose custom it was to indulge in very long sermons ex changed with one who preached short ones. At about the usual time for dismissing the audience began to go out, until nearly all had left, when the sexton, who had stood it as long as he could, walked up to the pulpit stairs, and said to the preacher in a whisper: “When you get through, lock up, will you, and leave the key at my house next to the church.” At a church where there was a minister, two candidates appeared whose names were Adam and Low. The latter preached an eloquent dis course in the forenoon from the text, “Adam, where art thou?” In the afternoon, Adam preached from the text, “ Lo, here am I.” UiaTThe sales of the Eagle and Fhoe nix cotton manufactory at Columbus (Ga.,) have averaged $90,000 per month since October last, all of which money is spent in Columbus. The net profits equal 18 per cent, of the capital represented in production. A second mill of 200 looms, it is under stood, is to be built by this factory, which finds its present capacity unequalled. A Virginia woman was recently cut off in the midst of her uselessness at the age of 118 years. Tobacco did it, for she had smoked and chewed for a hundred years. About the same time a colored woman, living near Dumfries, died at the age of 39, and it is said that “her pipe was her constant companion.” Take heed, consumers of the weed. He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with the other; but he that gives good admo nition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. The first qualities wanted in all who deal with the education of children— patience, self-control, and a youthful heart that remembers its own early days. Washing Flannel.—Do all housekeepers know that flannel should never be rubbed on a board, but as loosely as possible in the hands ? The harder it is rubbed the more the dirt works in instead of out. Flannel should be washed and rinsed in warm water and dried where the wind will not strike it much. Any one follow ing the above directions need have no trouble about flannel washing. —Rural jYew Yorker. We should give as we receive— cheerfully, quickly, and without hes itation, for there is no grace in a ben efit that sticks to the fingers. He who thinks better of his neigh bors than they deserve, cannot be a bad man, for the standard by which his judgment is formed, is the good ness of his own heart. The manners which are neglected as small things, are often those which decide men for or against you. It is always in our power to make a friend by smiles; what a folly, then, to make an enemy by frowns. When a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass. Oh ! the blessings of a home where old and young mix kindly—the young unawed, the old unehilled —in un reserved communion. Few things are more necessary in life than judgment, firmness, and courage. With them, a man can rarely fail; without them, he can rarely succeed. Men are frequently like tea—the real strength and goodness is not properly drawn out of them till they have been for a short time in hot water. Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mixed with them. Agricultural Department. {Hi'WER OF THE SOIL TO RETAIN M - NIUES. i From the Rural Carolinian. | Few cultivators of the soil seem to : bo fully aware of the wonderful jtow i er of oven a loose and lijrht soil to re tain plant food that has been artifi i ciitily applied. 1 found a striking- in stance of it a few veurs since. The place on which I settled some thirty' years ago was new fresh land. , save some ten or twenty acres which had been partially cleared and culti vated. This by' injudicious culture ; had been nearly exhausted, but as the | labor of clearing new land was great to me then, I planted the old held. The soil was a light sand, and hardly i repaid for the planting and culture. I notice them was about half an acre ; on a steep hill side which produced well. I cultivated this land for sever al years, and that hill side always pro duced well. A stranger passing one day stopped and inquired who lived here, and remarked that he settled this place twenty* years ago, hut that losing his wife he became discouraged and sold out. As he was about leav ing, 1 asked him what he had done to that hill side to make it produce so j much hotter than the other land when ! it looked poorer and more barren. He replied that there he had his cow pen. It had been fifteen years since his eat j tie trod the land, and yet as poor as it j looked it produced well. It is not thirty-two years since that piece of land was cow pened, and it shows a marked difference in its pro ducts from the soil around it. I am often asked is guano any ben efit the second year ? I answer unhes itatingly that it is. Two years ago I planteda piece of land in sugar cane and manured heavily with guano in ! drill. I made a fine crop of cane, and in the fall planted the same piece of land in wheat without manure. As the wheat grew, the rows where 1 the cane was planted showed a marked difference over the other portions of the field, and the yield was double. Two y'ears ago I planted a- field in Norway oats; used Pacific guano and bone-dust. Last year I planted the same field in cotton, using two hun dred pounds of Pacific guano to the acre. From some cause, which I can not comprehend, the crop was a com parative failure. This season I plan ted the same field in my prolific corn, without manure of any kind, and the yield has been such as' to satisfy' me that the soil had retained a good por tion of the plant food contained in the guano, and that the corn got the ben efit of it. This field produced on an average thirty bushels to the acre. There are fields joining mine the same light land, with the same culture, that have not produced five bushels to the acre. There may' be something in the variety of corn, but not all; on the other fields that had not been previ ously guanoed, the yield was not more than half. Thus, it is very r plain to see, that manures judiciously applied are not exhausted by the first crop, nor do the rains wash them away, or leech them through. If the rain washed the fer tilizing properties of the soil away, the earth would long ago have been a barren waste. It is bad culture that wastes the soil, not plants. This lam satisfied of my many years of prac tical experiment. J have been thirty two years cultivating the piney woods land I live on. and it produces better this year than the first year I planted it. Chas. A. Peabody. Columbus, Ga., Oct. (sth, 1871. INCREASE THE MANURE HEAP. A prize essay of the Illinois Agri cultural Society for 1871, by' It. Gid dings, details the cheapest and most, practical plan of increasing the farm manure pile and saving its elements from waste, and which should be adopted by every' farmer. Ilis plan is simply to save every particle of the animal excrements, liquid and solid, with all its fertilizing elements in fact, free from waste by washing, evapora tion, or fire-fang. To do this, lie fills a stall, or large bin, in his stable, du ring dry weather, with pulverized clay', road-scraping, or common soil. With this he covers the floor of each stall three inches deep, and then places the litter for the animals’ bedding on it; by this means, all J ae urine will he absorbed, and its wealth of nitro gen saved ; and such is the absorbing power of dried earth, that one three inch flooring will not be so thorough ly saturated in a long time as to re quired replacing. lle says his experi ment required but one large bin of pulverized earth to absorb the urine of ten or twelve cattle during the stab ling season ; and that two men with a team filled the bin in one day. Dried clay was applied also to the pig pen and hen roost, with the same am monia-saving results; and if applied to the privy or earth closet, which is now being adopted, a great manurial as well as sanitary result would fol low. Tne inducements for the use of dry earth are: Ist. That it requires no ap paratus or cash outlay'. 2d. That the liquid manure of cattle is worth more than the solid, and is usually lost, but under this practice, all is retained. .Id. The dry' earth retains within all its value, of which usually one-half or one-third is lost by' fermentation, leaching or evaporation. 4th. It gives much larger bulk of manure, each load of which is of double the value of ordinary'larm-yard manure. sth. That one ton of saturated earth is of even fresh saved dung. Oth. That the aggregate amount of plant-food thus saved from the stalls is fully double, and iu much better condition for use. GEN. VVASIIIMiTOYS FARM. The farm of Gen. Washington, at Mount Vernon, contained ten thous and acres of land in one body—equal to fifteen square miles, it was divi ded into farms of convenient size, at the distance of two, three and five miles from his mansion-house. Jle visited these farms every day', in pleasant weather, and was constantly engaged in making experiments for the improvement of agriculture. Some idea of the extent of his farm ing operations may be found from the following facts : In 1787, he had five hundred and eighty acres in grass ; sowed six hundred bushels of oats; seven hundred acres with wheat—and as much more in corn, barley, pota toes, beans, peas, &e., and 150 with turnips. His stock consisted of one hundred and forty' horses; two hun dred and thirty'-six working oxen, heifers, and steers, and five hundred sheep. He constantly' employed two hundred and fifty hands, and kept twenty-four ploughs going during the whole year, when the earth and the state of the weather would permit. In 1780, he slaughtered one hundred and fifty hogs, for the use of his own fam ily'* and provisions for Ills negroes, for whose comfort he had great re gard- _ _ Specific for Diphtheria. —The Italian journals publish a letter from Dr. Giovaudi Galligarq describing the remarkable success which has attend ed his treatment of diphtheria with phenie acid. He relates the lasses he formerly experienced among his pa tients when treating them with emol lients, solvents, and cauterization with hy'drochloric acid, and observes that this cauterization can no more eradi eate the morbid principle than tearing the leaves off a plant will destroy the root. He now simply uses a gargle of phenie acid and distilled water, with external applications of new flannel; the food and drink to be taken cold. After the adoption of the treatment Dr. Galilean lost but one patient out of fifty-eight. He requested Italian journals to publish the discovery. Phenie acid is the agent which is now being used in this country' as a reme dy'for cancer, andjseems likely' to effect aii immense saving of lives formerly' hopelessly sacrificed to that disease. * lIF.II TIFFING FARMS. Great progress has been made with- | in the last twenty-five years among j the farmers of the country, not only' I ; in making their farms more produc tive, hut making them more attrac- 1 | tive. This, in a largo measure is the ; result of prosperous farming. Those I who had debts to pay, did not feel able [ to expend much in ornamenting their places; hut sini'p they have freed l themselves from this burden, thov 1 have been more disposed to attend to ! the appearance of things. ; There has been, also, an advance in taste. There are not -o many' now, as formerly, who decry all attention to l the ornamental as a waste of time and money. This race of niggardly and boorish men is fast dying out. In-. ! creasing intelligence, the circulation of agricultural muling, the formation of agricultural societies, the infusion of a larger element of educated and cultivated men Into the profession, have had a powerful influence in se curing more attention to the esthetics of farming, instead of having every thing expended tor mere pecuniary re turns. And this is a great advance. It enobles the pursuit of the farmer. Man is a creature of taste, and not a mere grub; and he who neglects to ! cultivate and to gratify this* element in his nature, degrades himself. Any ; one may form a pretty correct esti mate of the intellectual, if not the ; moral state of his neighbors, hy r sim i ply' looking over their farms. The one who allows his buildings and lands to lie in a slovenly state, when , he has the means of improving them, | may' be a money-loving, but he will I also be a slovenly man with no elc ; vating instincts. It is a great mistake to suppose that money spent in reasonably' improving the appearance of a place is thrown away. It may he doubted whether there is any more direct method of in creasing its pecuniary value. Cer tainly its market value will depend very much upon its outward appear ance. Tasteful and well-painted buil dings, well-arranged yards and gar dens with neat fences, shade trees properly disposed, good farm fences and cleanly-kept fields, will set off a farm to great advantage and make an amazing difference when it comes to be sold. And even if it be not sold, these things will add amazingly to the enjoyment of it by' its possessor, if he be not blind to everything but the dollar. Every man, too, owes it to the com munity' in which he is living to con tribute to general reputation and to public enjoyment, by making all his surroundings as attractive as possible. There is such a thing as paying too much attention to the outside and to show ; butthere is reason in all things, and a measure of time and attention and expense should he devoted by' every one to making his farm and his home more and more attractive every year that he lives.—Georgia Culfira tor. LIVE AN!) LEARN. Among old farmers, as well as all other people, there is a feeling of be ing too old to learn. Some object to reading papers and hooks on improved modes of Agriculture; they refuse to try' experiments in now tilings or old, because forsooth they are too old to learn ; they give no thought to the best light of the age, to improvements in crops, stock, im plements, because the,v fancy they are too old to learn ; they seem*to think it is a task to learn after one has seeil the sun of life at its zenith. Now all this sea-saw about being too old to learn is mere twaddle. While the lamp holds out to burn one should al ways strive to learn. Learning should he the business of life, and nowhere more so than among farmers. Some old men have had right views of liv ing and learning. Socrates, when very old, learned to play on musical instruments; Cato, at eighty, learned the Greek language; Plutarch, when nearly eighty, commenced the study of Latin; Boccaccio, at thirty-five, commenced the study of polite litera ture ; Sir Henry' Spelman commenced the study of the sciences when nearly sixty; Ludovico, at 115, wrote the! memories of his own time; OgilbyJ the translator of Homer and Virgil,! was unacquainted with Latin and Greek till they were past fitt.v ; Frank lin did not commence his plulosophi-' cal pursuits until he was abhut fifty; Accorso, an eminent lawyer, being asked why he began the study of law so late, answered that indeed he began it late, hut therefore he should master it sooner ; Dry den, at nearly seventy commenced the translation of the Iliad, and liis most pleasing produc tions were written in his old age; Milton wrote his grandest work when quite old, and our own Benton acquir ed liis literary fame after spending thirty years in Congress, and just on the eve of his election to the great Congress above. History is full of such instances, and yet the impression everywhere pre vails that what is learned must be learned when we are young. This is a mistake; live and learn should be the motto of every one, and most es pecially so in this learning age. Fath ers and mothers should set examples of learning to their children. We write now especially for farmers; they i have need to live and learn, and in order to learn while they live, they should secure and read the best papers ! and books on their profession. Agri culture is becoming a science as well as an art; it is knowledge as well as labor; it requires mind as well as muscle, to prosecute it. The farmer j in times to come is to he the genius of \ intelligent labor, by which the fields arc to wave their golden harvest, and human life be adorned and honored, i — Enterprise. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial (Radical) says: The administration is playing doub- j le on the amnesty question. Grant, | at the White House, favors it, or pre tends to, but Morton, Chandler, Conk ling, Edmunds, and the other true blue Grant men, oppose it, so that the administration can make a record on either side. Many of the administra tion .Senators do not want to go on record as opposed to Senator Sumner’s civil rights amendment, and so they are trying to play the jockey with him. A Kentucky girl says when she dies, she desires to have tobacco plan ted over her grave, that the weed nourished by her dust may lie chewed by her bereaved lovers. A policeman asked a drunken .Ethiop whom he could scarcely see in the dim light of a cell, “ Are you colored?” “Colored, no; dis *yer child horn so.” This country is the only one that taxes matches and it is the only one that cannot he matched for taxes. The quality of pleasure—Let amuse ments fill up the chinks of your exis tence, not the great spaces thereof. Let your pleasures be taken as Daniel took the prayer, with his windows open—pleasures which need not cause a single blush on an ingenious cheek. To pardon those absurdities in our- j selves which we cannot suffer in oth- i ers, is neither better nor worse than i to be more willing to be fools our-1 selves than to have others so. A Kansas paper’s cow obituary \ says: “ There is not a farm wagon in I the county that she has not stole i something out of; not a gate in town she has not opened; and the stones j that have been thrown at her would i make five miles of turnpike.” McColeheon’a Column. • ■ ——i The Western Antidote ! McCUTCHEON'S CHEROKEE INDIAN BITTERS. This highly valuable Italian Remedy is ton well known, whenever it has been used, to require special notice. Those who are unacquainted with its won derful operation upon the system will find it a certain remedy in all Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs. It is very useful in Rheumatism, l.iver Com plaint, Ague-Cake Dysentery amt other complaints. It warms the stomach and bowels; cures Colic and Obstructions of the Breast: sustains exoessivc labor of both bo dy and mind; cures the Piles, promotes the Appetite, assists Digestion; prevents un pleasant dreams and frights; strengthens the I judgment; cures Nervous, Asthmetical aud ! Hysterical Affections; removes all the dis orders of weaknes and debility; purifies the Blood; cures Neuralgia and Dispepsia, to gether with most Diseases peculiar to Fe males. Old and young, male and female, have been greatly benefit ted by its use. as hundreds of letters from all parts of tlio United States will certify. Let those who arc unac quainted with McCutcheon’s “Cherokee In dian Bitters,” before saying this is too much, try a bottle, and all who do so will unite in testifying that the half has not been told. Cherokee Indian Bitten possesses an ener gy which seems to communicate new life to the system, and renovate thefeeble, fainting powers of nature. Its operation upon the tissues of the body does not consist in affect ing the irritability of the living fibre, but in imparting a sound and healthy stimulus to tiie Vital Organs. It strengthens substantially and durably the living powers of the animal machine; is entirely innocent and harmless; may bead ministered with impunity to both sexes, and all conditions of life. There is no disease of any name or na ture, whether of young or old, male or fe male, but that it is proper to admin’ster it and if it be done seasonably and persever ingly it will have a good effect. It is per fectly incredible to those unacquainted with the Bitters, the facility with which a heal* thy action is often in the worst case restor ed to the exhausted organs of the system; with a degree of animation and desire for food, which is perfectly astonishing to all ! who perceive it. This Medicine purifies the I blood, restores the tonic power of the fibres, I and of the stomach and digestive organs; ! rouses the animal spirits, and substantially fortifies and reanimates the broken down constitutions of mankind. Indians are the most healthy of the human | race. They take an abundace of physical I exercise, breathe pure air, and live on sim ! pic diet. When sick, they use no mineral ! poisons, but select roots, herbs, and plants j “from the great drug store of their Crea tor. ’’ McCctcheon’s “ Cherokee Indian j Bitters” is a combination of these vegeta- I ble substances which render it entirely in nocent to the constitution of the most deli cate male or female. The wonderful power which these “Bitters” are known to pos sess in curing diseases, evinces to the world l that it is without a parallel in the history | of medicine, and afford additional evidence | that the great benefactors of the country are not always found in the temples of wealth, ! nor the mazy walks of science, but among the hardy son3 of Nature, whose original, untutored minds, unshackled by the forms of science, are left free to pursue the dic tates of reason, truth and common sense. Since the introduction of this remedy in o the United States, thousauds have been raised from beds of affliction whose lives ; were despaired of by their physicians and 1 pronounced beyond the reach of medicine McCutcheon’s “Cherokee Bitters” has ! driven the most popular medicines of every 1 name, like chaff before the whirlwind, from | every city, town and village where it has been introduced, and is destined ere long to convince the world that the red man’s rem edies are the white man’s choice. For dis eases peculiar to the female sex there is nothing better. Old and young, male and female, Lave all been greatly benefitted by its use. Hundreds of certificates, from all parts of the United States, which are enti tled to the fullest confidence, speak of it in the most favorable manner. These arc no l only from persons who have been cured by it, but also from some of the most eminent physicians and druggist who have success lully tested it in their practice, and volun tarily offer their testimonials in its favor For sale by all Dealers. Special Notice. —Merchants and drug gists doing business at a distance from the railroad, when ordering my “Cherokee In dian Bitters,” will please state the depot to which they have their goods shipped, by no doing, I can sometimes supply their wants much earlier. Address all orders to R. H. McCIJTCHEON, Marietta, Ga. V* ho alone is authorized to manufacture the original and genuine. net 26—ly VOL. 13-30. 31 STERLING SILVER-WARE. SHARP& FLOYD No. 33 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA. Specialty, Sterling Silver-Ware. I -pocial attention i< requested to tUo man l new and elegant pieces manufactured express ly to our order the past year, and quite recently j completed. I An unusually attractive assortment of novel ties in Fancy Silver, eased for Wedding and Holiday presents, of a indium and expensive j character. j The House we represent manufacture on »n j unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil i ver-Ware alone over One Hundred stilted hands, the most accomplished talent in Desigu | iug, and the host Labor-saving Al.w-binary. en | aiding them to produce works of the highest | character, at prices UXAPPROACHED by auy competition. Our sum kat present is the lar ■ gest and most varied this side of FlHTadetphla An examination of our stock and orlc-s will guarantee our sales. OUR HOUSE Usi£ ONLY BRITISH STERLING, 1000 j jan 4ts CAR.TERSVILLE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. We, the subscribers, will commence our ex j ereises iu the above institute, on the SECOND MONDAY INJANUARY, 1872. j There will he three departments in this In stitution, viz: Scholastic. Academic, and Coi ] legiate, thereby enabling the citizens of Car tevsville. and the adjacent country, to enjoy the privilege of giving their children a complete j and thorough education, which, heretofore, thov have been compelled to seek in distant institu tions. Whilst, at present, we are compelled to teach the elementary branches, in order to sus tain ourselves, yet our ultimate aim will be to build up an Institution of the highest order. We intend to prepare the youth who may lie entrusted to our charge, for all the walks, cither of private or of public life ; and whilst we are imparting that knowledge, and those scientific principles which will enable them to take a nigh and distinguished stand among their fel low-men, wo will also instruct them in that higher knowledge and moral culture, which alone can elevate man for that sphere, which Cod intended him to fill. This Institution will consist of Male ami Fe male scholars, giving girls hero a chance to prepare themselves cither for teacher- or for business stations in life, thus enabling them to make an independent living. The tuition will be from S2OO to SSOO per mouth, according to grade, payable monthly. The government of this institution will bo mild, but firm. As order is the first law of na ture, so children must, and will, he governed, that arc entrusted to our rare. Large boys and girls will be put upon their parole of honor, and if they do, at any time, violate the rules of the institution, they must immediately reform, or else retire from the Institution. As no corrupting nor demoralizing influence will he tolerated in this Institution, our rules are simply obedience and hard study ; and if parents or guardians will give us their co-op eration, they will he sure to get the worth of their money. We intend to have our Institution incorporated, so as to confer degrees. J. B. SCUUDKR, BOX A Ll> .JOHNSTON*. Cartersville.’Ca., Dee. 31. 1871. PIE,III. ATLANTA, GA. TO MERCHANTS! FRESH INVOICES CUTLERY! ASSORTED CRATES NOW ARRIVING FANCY GOODS An Immense Invoice especially for CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAYS! New and Elegant Goods FOR DOLLAR ST@ftSS AND FIFTY CE3WPH STORES, Decorated Dinner AND tea setts, KNIVES AND FOIiKS, CASTERS, GOBLETS, VASES FROM AUCTION, CHEAP£R THAN 1 I IKY CAN RE BOUGTH FROM MANUFACTURERS. novlO—tf. I. o. O, F. milE regular meeting of Etowau Lodge, No. J. 4", I. O. O. F., is held on every Thursday night, in the Masonic Hall. „ JOHN M. DOBBS, Sec’v. Cartcrsville, Ga., Oct. tfth, 1871, TO KENT OK SELL, A large and elegant residence, ten rooms an«i a fire-place in each room, nine closets, just completed and finished up, in the town of Uar tcrsviile. For further particulars appply to , „ ARTHUR DAVIS, ede. 6, ws Cartersville, Ga- FA IK WARNING ! ALL persons indebted to the firm of R. W Satterfield & Bro., are again, and for th la»t tint*, notified to settle up at once, which, i I you fail to do upon the warning, *yott will be required to settle with an officer of court. We must bring up our business, as we are compell ed to have tlje money. Come up without delay friends and patrons, and settle up your ac counts, and let there be no strife between us. R. vr. S ATT K if FI ELD & BUG. dec 14 ts TIIF DALTON NI RSIERIES. OFFER for sale this season a large swn ot grafted fruit trees, consist! ngof APPLES, Southern varieties. PEACHES, PEARS and PLUM.-, CHERRIES. APKIUUTS, also grape vines, strawberries &r. B. Hamilton'. R. S. Bowie Traveling Agent, will canvass Bartow countv this fall, artersville, Ga., Aug- "th 1871 Just Received FUNTK TABLE CUTLERY! A New Supply of Castors AND OTHER PLATED WAIiPvE. CHEAP AS THEYCAN.BE BOUFHT in any Southern market. if. T. OW*EN. Office Selma Rote & Dalton S. R. Cos, E. V. JOHNSON, Local Agent. S*. 4 THE 11. I. 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