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THE STANDARD AMD EiFKIM By SMITH, WIKLE & CO.] [For the Standard & Express. the broken pitcher. TIUNSI.ATKI) FROM THE (>HUMAN. BY MIRS L. MOOR. COVTIHtJEti FRO* OCR LA3T. THE BEAKER. Ere he reached there, his master, Judge Hautmartin, met him, and said: “James, what are you carry-, ing ?” “ A lx)x for Mrs. Manon; but, sir, I must not say from whom.” “ Why not?” “ Beoaase Mr. Colin will never for give me.” ‘‘ It is well that you cun bo silent. Yet it is already late. Give me the box; lam going in the morning any how to Mrs. Manon’s. I will de liver the l»ox to her and not betray that it comes from Colin. It saves you a trip, and serves mo a good turn.” James gave the box to his master whom he was accustomed to obey in uli things without contradiction. The Judge bore it into his room and ex amined it by the light with great cu riosity. Upon the cover w'as neatly written with red chalk: “To the lovely and beloved Marietta.” But Mr. Jlautmartin knew well that this was only a trick of Colin, and that a wicked device lurked under it. He therefore prudently opened the box, for might not a mouse or rat be concealed in it ? But as he caught sight of the wonderful pitcher, which he himself laid seen at Vence, he was really frightened. For Mr. Ilaut martin wits as experienced a man in what is right as what is wrong, and knew that the thinking and striving of the human heart are wicked from youth up. He understood immedi ately that Colin wished to got Mari etta into trouble with the pitcher; when it should be in her hands to pass it off for a present for some fa vored lover from the city, so that all right-minded people would have been obliged to withdraw from Marietta. Therefore Mr. Hautmartin, the Judge, resolved in order to removo all wicked suspicions, to acknowledge himself as the giver of tho pitcher. Without doubt Marietta was dear to him and he would gladly havo seen her follow better towards him the ad vice of the gray-haired pastor Jerome: “ Little children love one another.” To be sure Mr. Hautmartin was a little child of fifty, and Marietta thought the advice no longer applied to him. Mother Manon, on tho con trary, found that the Judge was a sensible child, had gold, and influence in all Napoule, from one end of the place to the other. When tho Judge spoke of marriage and Marietta left from fear, Mother Manon remained, and was not at all afraid before the tall, grave gentleman. Indeed it must bo understood there was no fault in his whole body. Although Colin might be the handsomest man in the place, yet the Judge had the ad vantage of him in two things, name ly, tho number of his years, and a big, big nose. Y( s, this nose which al ways went in advance of tho J udge as a satellite to an no unee his approach, was a real elephant among the noses of men. With this elephant, his good in tention and the pitcher, the Judge went on tho following morning to the house between the olive trees and African acacias. “ For the beautiful Marietta,” said he, “ nothing is too costly for me. You admired the pitcher yesterday at Vence. Allow me, fair Marietta, to lay it and my loving heart at your feet.” Manon and Marietta were transported and astonished when they saw tho beau tiful pitcher. Manon’s eyes sparkled with delight; but Marietta turned away and said: “ I ought to accept neither your heart nor your pitcher.” Then Mother Manon grew angry and cried: “ But I tako both heart and pitcher. O, you simpleton, how long will you despise your good fortune ? For whom are you waiting? Shall a Count of Provence mako you a bride that you despise the Judge of La Napoule ? I know better how so care for you. Mr. Hautmartin, I deem it an honor to call you my sondn-law.” Then Marietta went out and wept bitterly, and hated the beautiful pitcher with her whole heart. But 1 the Judge stroked himself over the nose with his flat hand and spoke wisely: “ Mother Manon, don’t be in too great a hurry. The little dove will at last submit, when she learns to know me better. lam not impatient I understand the nature of the dear woman, and ere a fourth of a year elapses, I shall creep into Marietta’s heart.” ‘‘His nose is too big for that!” whispered Marietta, who, out before the door listened and laughed to her self. In fact, a fourth of a year pass ed and Mr. Hautmartin had not pen etrated onco into her heart with the point of his nose. THE FLOWERS. But during the fourth of a year Marietta had indeed other concerns. The pitcher caused her much vexation and trouble, and something besides. For a fortnight they spoke of noth ing but the pitcher in La Napoule. And every one said : “It is a present from the Judge and the marriage is already agreed upon. But when Ma rietta had declared solemnly to her companions that she would rather commit herself to the bottom of the sea than to the Judge, the maidens continued only so much the more to tease her, saying: “Ah! how de lightful it must be to rest in the shade of his nose!”—This was the first vexation. Then Mother Manon had the cruel rule that she compelled Marietta to rinso the pitcher in the morning by the brook a* the cliff, and to fill it with fresh flowers. She hoped by that means to accustom Marietta to the pitcher and to the heart of the giver. But she continued to hate both gift and giver and the perfor mance at tho brook became a real punishment to her. Vexation sec ond. Then, when she came in the mor ning to the brook there lay always twice in the week upon the cliff close beside, some of the most beautiful flowers, already arranged as if made lon purpose for the adornment of j the pitcher. Around the stems of the flowers \va j always twisted a strip of paper and thereon was inscribed : “ Dear Marietta.” But one must not presume to make the little Marietta believe that there are still enchant ments and fairies in the world. Con sequently the flowers and the sweet words themselves came from Mr. [ Hautmartin. Marietta would not even smell of them because the living breath from the Judge’s nose had blown around them. However, she took the flowers, because they were better than the wild flowers, and tore the bit of paper into a thousand pieces and strewed them upon the rock where the flowers were accus tomed to lie. But this did not at ail vex the Judge, whose love was in comparably great in its kind as his nose in its way. Third vexation. But finally it came out in conver sation with Mr. Hautmartin that he was not the giver of the flowers. Who now could it be? Marietta was much astonished over the unhoped for discovery. She took the flowers from the rock more willingly from that time, and even smelled of them, but—who laid them there ? Mariet- i ta was, as maidens are not generally j accustomed to be, very curious. She i guessed this and that young man of j La Napoule. But this could not be j guessed out. She watched and lurk- j ed late in the night; she arose early. { But she found oilt nothing by watch- i ing and hiding. Yet twice in the) week in the mornings the wonderful flowers lay always upon the rock and upon the strip of paper wound around, she read always the quiet sigh to her self : “ Hear Marietta.” Such a thing must indeed make the most indiffer- I cut curious. But curiosity causes at | last burning pain. Vexation fourth. [to be continued next week.] ADVICE TO WRITERS. The New York Observer gives ad vice to writers for the newspapers. See how old editors lecturo on the subject: Omit the beginning of your \ essay. Most of writers, not used to the press, imagine that an article like an or ation, should have an exordium, an argument and conclusion. Not at all. The argument is all that is wanted. That is, shite your case, say your say, and stop. Ho not take time and space to got into the subject, and more* to get out of it; but come to it instantly, and stop when you are done. Hr. Griffin used to say that he could put the five volumes of a Bible Commentary into one volume, and not lose an idea worth retaining. We believe he could have done it. and so could we. Be short. The time is short, tho world is very fast now, and readers of newspapers do not want long articles. Pack your thoughts into short words, sentences, and short essays. If you never do a great thing, never do a long thing. Come to the point. If you have no point, lay down the pen, and do something else, rather than write. It is not every one who can write for edification, and you may not be one who can. Write the article two or three times over carefully, making it shorter each time. Write on one side only of the paper. Write legibly. Keep a copy of what you send to the press. Edi tors do not return manuscripts. We can not underiake to, and we so state every week, but are every week ask ed to. It is impossible to make tho reasons plain to writers, but it is out of the question. Be very modest in your estimate of your own productions, and do not fret if others esteem them even less than you do. THE RELIGIOUS SCOFFER. The following is related of the eel brated Dr.Belknap: Upon a certain occasion, in the Cresence of a vast and brilliant assem lage, a person more noted for his self-esteem than for his learning, was speaking against the Christian reli gion in terms of the severest scorn and derision. Unfortunately for the orator, his remarks were overheard by the doc tor, who, stepping up to him, asked: “ Well, sir, have you found a religion that is better?” The scoffer, consid erably abashed by this unlooked-for question, was forced to acknowledge that thus far he had not. “ Well,” responded the doctor, “ when you have, let me know, and I will join you in adopting it.” The rebuke was as wise as it was just. Os all classes of sinners, certainly the religious scoffer is the least to be j envied. No followers of Satan re ceive poorer wages, no trangressor i against God shall be more severely punished. “ Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed.” THE GREAT MISSION OF WOMEY. Great indeed is the task assigned to women! Who can elevate its digni ty? Not to make laws, not to lead armies, not to govern empires; but to form those by whom laws are made, armies led, and empires gov erned ; to guard against the slightest taint of bodily infirmity, the frail, yet spotless creature, whoso moral no less than physical being must be de rived from her; to inspire those prin ciples, to inculcate those doctrines, to animate those sentiments which gen erations yet unborn, and nations yet uncivilized, will learn to bless: * to soften firmness into mercy, and chas ten honor into refinement; to exalt generosity into a virtue with a sooth ing care; to allay the anguish of the mind; by her tenderness to disarm passion; by her purity to triumph over sense; to cheer the scholar sink ing under his toil; to be compensa tion for friends that are perfidious— for happiness that has passed away. Such is her vocation. The couch of the tortured sufferer, the prison of the deserted friend, the cross of the rejected Saviour—these are theatres on which her greatest triumphs have been achieved. Such is her destiny; to visit thejforsaken, to tend to the neglected; when monarehs abandon, when counsellors entrap, when justice prosecutes, when brethren and disci ples flee, to remain unshaken and un changed, and to exhibit to this lower world a type of that love, constant pure and inefable, which in another we are taught to believe the test of virtue. The North American Indians ob serve an admirable rule in their so cial intercourse ; and that is, of speak ing only one at a time. We earnest ly recommend the unqualified adop tion of this simple rule in ail families for the better preservation of domes tic quietness. At _St. Petersburg, Russia, a com mercial steamship company has been organized, under the patronage of the Emperor, with a capital of 8,000,000 roubles, to build steamers, and extend Russian commerce generally. The company will, by preference, build small steamers, of which there will he twenty of from 500 to 1000 tons, and ten of from 1000 to 2000 tons burden. : It is anticipated that, before long, we ; shall have Russian-built ocean steam i ships plying to our American ports | with nothing English about them. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15,1872. TO SAVE SOULS. Matthew Henry was accustomed !to say: “To win a single soul from , Satan to Christ would afford me ■ greater joy than to possess a raoun | taid of silver and gold.” Os the god ;ly A Heine it was said: “He was in f finitely, insatiably greedy of the con version of souls.” ! When Christians all have this mind 1 to work for their Lord, how will the i sheaves be multiplied. A great many ; things we take pleasure in now, we ; shall find no joy in when the last I hour comes. But if we can remem i i)er even one }>oor child, God permit ; ted as to lead into his kingdom, it will afford us more comfort than eof | fers of gold. When Dr. Lyman Beecher lay on his dying bed, a brother minister i said to him: “ Dr. Beecher, you i know a great deal; tell us what is ! the best of all things?” Let all em bassadors of Christ mark his answer: “It is not theology ; it is not con troversy ; it is to save souls.” We roast labor and pray for souls as those who must account to God for every one we might influence, if we would lie successful. We need the spirit of John Welsh, who, on the coldest winter nights, would rise to pray and wrestle with God for a blessing on his flock. In reply to his wife’s remonstrance, he answered: “ I have three thousand souls to give account to God for, and I know not how it is with many of them.” Like the blessed Brainard, he needs to be willing to deny himself, if by it he can better win souls. “ I cared not how or where I liv ed,” he said, “or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls to Christ. While I was asleep I dreamed of these things, and when I awaked the first I thought of was this great work. All my desire was for the con version of the heathen, and all my hope was in God.” ITEMS OF INTEREST. Great Britain last year consumed 42,000.000 pounds of tobacco, or a j pound and a half for each one of the population. There are 53,000 miles of railroads in operation in the United States. The cost is put down at $2,400,000,000, or just about the amount of the na i tional debt. Near Marseilles they manufacture, j in a factory, paper from hop vines. 1 'l’he paper is very white, strong, soft j and flexible, and said to be much lik ed in Southern France. A St. Louis Iron Company contem plate erecting a blast furnace 25 feet interior diameter and 100 feet high. It is to rest on 12 columns, 13 feet high. It will be tho largest in the United States. lii New York city, during the year 1870, nearly 13,000,000 pounds of to bacco were sold, and more than 6,- 000.000 pounds besides were shipped to foreign ports—making a total of nearly 20,000,000 pounds as the trans actions oi one year alone. The English “ Royal Commission” on tho coal supply question is nearly ready to report. Enough coal is esti mated, within economical reach, in Great Britain and Ireland, to last eight hundred years, at the present rate of consumption. The recent census returns for Ire land, contrasted with those of the past thirty years, show a steady de crease in population. In 1841, the population was 8,196.507 ; in 1851 it was 6,574,278, while this year it is but 5,402,759 —nearly 400,000 less than ten years ago. Out of 307,000,000 people carried on English railroads in 1860, only 17 were killed by causes beyond their own control, while in the streets of London 140 persons were killed, and it is esti mated that tho orange-peel on Lon don pavements kills more people than all the English railroads. A Philadelphia young lady, who appeared at a naval ball, given at Cape May some time since, enjoys the distinction of having a dress made entirely of white lace, which was purchased in Brussels at a cost of about S7OOO. It is kept in an air tight case, and the sunlight is never allowed to fall upon it. The newest wonder, it is said, at the West, is a soda lake, near Raw lings, on the Union Pacific Railroad, several miles in circumference, and capable of supplying 65,000 tons of so da a year. This genial body of water is fed from countless springs bubbling from a species of granite rock which includes in its composition a soda feldspar. American lakes have heretofore been free from the phenomena which have disturbed large bodies of water in regions subject to earthquakes; but Lake Superior has had a tidal wave, which greatly frightened the new “emporium” of Duluth, the other day. The flowing in and out of the lake was so sudden and violent as to cause much damage. Natives of tho Sandwich Islands are much pleased with the pretty pos tage stamps of one, six and eighteen cents denominations, which have re cently been introduced into the islands. These stamps arc violet, green and pi nk in hue, and are stamp ed with the heads of Hawaiian dig nitaries. There is an immense trade in them, as the natives buy them for talismans. In Pekin, a newspaper of extraor dinary size is published weekly on silk. It is said to have been publish ed more than a thousand years ago. In 1827, a public officer caused some false intelligence to be inserted in this paper, for which he was put to death. Several numbers of the paper are pre served in the Royal Library of Paris. They are ten and a quarter yards long. Anew style of shoe has lately come in vogue in Massachusetts. The shoe is made of elm wood, the sole, divided at the ball, is reunited by a leather hinge, so as to give free play to the toes. A small portion of the upper is made of leather. In the fastenings, copper rivets are made use of, and all the parts where the wood and leather unite are packed with india rubber. It is a remarkable fact that nearly all European nations are governed by families of ulie» blood. In London the dynasty is Hanoverian, in Berlin it is Swabian, in Vienna it is Holstein, in Stockholm it is French, in Brussels it is Coburg', at the Hague it is Rhe nish, in Lisbon it is Kohany, in Ath ens it is Danish, and in St. Peters burg it is German. A blind girl had been in the habit of muling her Bible by means of rais ed letters, such as are prepared for the use of the blind; but aftera while, by working in a factory, the tips of her finders became so calloused that she could no more by her hands read the precious promises. She cut off the tips of her fingers that her touch might be more sensitive; but still she failed with her hands to read the raised letters. In her sorrow, she took the Bible and said: “ Farewell, my dear Bible. You have been the joy of my heart!” Then she pressed the open page to her lips and kissed it, and as she did so she felt with her mouth the letters: “ The Gospel ac cording to St. Mark.” “ Thank God!” she said; “if I cannot read the Bible with my fingers, I can read it with my lips.” On ! in that last hour when the world goes away from our grasp, press this precious gospel to our lips, that, in that dying kiss, we may taste the sweetness of the promise: “ When thou palest through the waters I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee.”—Tal mage. The following, which is known as “ Mother Shipton’s Prophecy,” was first published in 1488, and republish ed in 1641. It will be noticed that all the events predicted in it, except the two last lines—which is still in the fu ture—have already come to pass. Carriage* without horses shall go. And accidents fill the world with woe. Around the. world thought shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. Water shall yet more wonders do; Now strange, yet shall be true. The world upside down shall be, A in! gold be found at root of tree. Through bills man shall ride. And no horse or ass be at his side. Under water men shall walk. Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. In the air men shall be seen. In white, in black, in green. Iron in the water shallfloat. As easy as a wooden boat. Hold shail be found, and found In aiand that's now unknown. Fire and water shall wonders do, England shall at last admit a Jew. The world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one. CUEIST HAS COME OVER JORDAN. “ The Master has come over Jordan,” Said Hannah, the mother, one day" “Is healing the people who throng’Him With a touch of His finger, they say. “And now I shall carry the children, Little Rachel, and Samuel, and John; I shall carry the baby, Esther, For the Lord to look upon.” The father looked at her kindly. Hut he shook his head and smiled; “Now, who but a doting mother Would think of a thing so wild? “ If the children were tortured by demons, Or dying of fever, ’t were w ell; Or hau they the taint oi the leper, Like many in Israel.” “Nay, do not hinder me, Nathan, I feel such a burden oi care, If I carry it to the Master, Perhaps I shall leave it there. “ If He lay His hand on the children, My heart will be lighter, I know, For a blessing forever and ever Will follow them as they go.” - 6o over the hills Os Judah, Along by tho vine-rows green. With Esther asleep on her nosom, And Rachel her brothers between; ’Mong the people who hung on His teaching, Or waited His touch and His word, Thro’ the rows of proud Pharisees list’ning, She pressed to the feet of the Lord. “Now why shouldstthou hinder the Master,” Said Peter, “with children like these? Seest not how from morning till evening He teacheth, and healeth disease Then Christ said, “ Forbid not tho children; Permit them to come unto Me,” And He took in His arms little Esthor, And Rachel He set on His kneo. And the heavy heart of the mother W’as lifted all earth-care above. As He laid His hands on the brothers, And blessed them with tenderest love. And He said of tho babe in Ills bosom, “Os such is the Kingdom of Heaven—” * And strength for all duty and trial, That hour to her spirit"was given. The following pretty poem is copied from the Christian " weeklyr, accom panying an illustration, which tells a story of contentment under the most humble circumstances. It is a picture of lowly life, in which human love and gratitude to the Almighty for the smallest blessing are beauti fully blended. A poor old couple are seated alone, and are about to com mence their frugal meal, when the old man says: FORTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY. “ Ay ; bui wait, good wifa a minute ', I have first a word to say : Do you know what day to-day Is ? Mother, ’tls our wedding day ! “ Just as now, we sat at supper When the guests had gone away ; Yon sat that side, I sat this side, Forty years ago to-day ! “ Then what plans wo laid together; What brave things I meant to do ! Could we dream to-day would find us At this table—me and you? “ Better so, no doubt—and yot I Sometimes think—l cannot tell— Had our boys—ah, yes ! I know" doar ; Yes, lie doeth all things well. “ Well, we’ve had our joys and sorrows ; Shared our smiles as well as tears ; And—the best of all—l’ve had your Faithful love for forty years 1 “ Poor we’ve been but not forsaken ; (irief we’ve known, but never shame, “ Father, for thy endless mercies Still we bless thy holy name S’” CHEWING GUM. A gentleman in the streets of C., lowa, lately counted, in fifteen min utes, seventeen ladies chewing gum. This habit prevails extensively—es pecially in the West. Almost every school girl you meet is chewing, chew ing. Os course it will not be pretended that this habit is either as injurious or as nasty as that of chewing tobacco, yet it is not altogether innocent. When food is taken saliva is secret ed to aid in masticating it. When other substances are chewed, saliva is, at first, secreted as for food ; but the vital instincts soon recognizing the nature of the substance, excrete a fluid similar to saliva for the defense of the issues. This fluid f thrown out against tobacco, gum, etc.,) is really an excre tion. The bile occasioned by taking poi sonous medicines, has by careful ex periment and analysis, been found to be quite a different substance from that secreted by the liver in its healthy action. So the fluid which the salivary glands produce during protracted chewing of that which is not food, is quite different from healthy saliva. The waste, however, is probably just as great as if it were healthy saliva. Those who habitually chew gum, un duly exercise either ultimate debility, or undue development in size. There is also danger of permanent deprecia tion and poisoning of the salivary glands. This constant chewing also injures the teeth. The teeth are no small item in a lady’s beauty ; and as they go to such rapid decay in America, demanding so early the dentist’s care, it is surprising that ambitious young ladies should so wantonly destroy them. Boys often ruin their teeth by cracking nuts; they do it to get at the kernel—they have a motive—but what possible motive can boys, girls, or women have for chewing, chewing, hour after hour, an insipid lump of gum. The habit also diverts attention from duty or study, and is one of the familiar modern modes of killing time. In short, it is a useless, inde cent, unhealthy practice. Bovs and girls, let it alone.— Medical Journal. A machine has now been perfected which may be applied to cooling the air of theatres, halls, and all public or private dwellings. One of these ma chines will either produce 200 pounds of ice per hour, or will furnish, in the same space of time, 30,000 cubic feet of air, cooled to a temperature of 30 degrees Fahrenheit. It is probable that, in a few years, we will turn on, from the same registers, the cool air in summer and hot air in winter. The application of such an apparatus to the pipes of a heater would be ex tremely simple, and furnish just what we want when the heater is off duty. Fux Ahead ! —We learn that the State Road Investigating Committee have ordered one hundred blank war rants for immediate use. Supreme Court.—Gov. Smith, yesterday, made an excellent ap pointment—that of Hon. W. W. Montgomery, of Augusta, as Judge of the Supreme Court, to fill the va cancy occasioned by the recent pro motion of Judge Warner to the Chief Justiceship. Gen. P. M. B. Young sits on the right of Mr. Mclntyre. He is too well known in Atlanta to need com mendation or personal description.— There is no discount of his Democra cy, of course. It is whispered about that he is just now on matrimonial thought intent, and that the lady in question is a daughter of Hon. Robt. Ould, of Richmond, Virginia. If re port speaks truly, your dashing Rep resentative is to change Q(u)ld to Young. KFCGftE SELLS HER JEWELS. The jewels of the Empress Eugenie ' were purchased last month by Messrs. ; Emanuel, of Bond street, London, ’ for $30,000. Here is a list of some of : the jewels, many of them, it Ls under ! stood, having been the gifts of crown i od heads to the unfortunate lady who | has now parted with them: Bracelet—Large fine rubyy and diamonds. Watch and chatlaine, the back jeweled in diamonds and precious stones—a marvelous piece of sitting. Pair of large single-stone diamond ear-tops. Bracelet —The centre a very large sapphire of splendid quality and color, set round with large brilliants | on an elastic band of largeMiamonds. Diamond brooch, representing the ! flowers of an orchid, with long pend ant leaves and drops. A pair of large diamond anchors. | A sapphire and diamond necklace, | of rare large sapphires, with large brilliants intervening. An aigrette of diamonds, emeralds, i and pearls, arranged in Oriental fashion. Head ornament—diamond rose ; leaves, with full size rose and buds ' in centre. Purchased in the London Exhibition of 1862. Head ornament—diamond wheat j ears, with corn-flowers and grass. Head ornament —diamond olive ; wreaths, with black beads interspers-! ed. Emerald cross, with pearl necklace. ! The emeralds are of the rarest tint j and of perfect quality, the pearls all ' matching each other in size, form and whiteness. Black pearl necklace. Avery rare collection of large black pearls, with black pearl and diamond snap. Three pearls and diamond fringe pendants, composed of largo stones. DELUSIONS OF GIRLHOOD. The following is a bit of Fanny Fern’s experience: I used to believe in school friend ship. That delusion ended when Arabella Triplet told the mutal that I was years and years her senior, knowing what a terrible lib she told. I used to suffer pangs of anger be cause of woes of beggars. Since that I have seen one unstray his leg in an area, and run off' gaily on two legs of his own. Another threw a lot of bread in the gutter, and I saw a third who had all the day been yelling, “ Please assist the blind,” carefully examining his collection of ten cent stamps by the light of a friendly ap plewoman’s candle. I used to put the greatest faith in lover’s vows. Now, Ido not believe a man means anything he says to a woman unless it is something disa greeable. I used to believe in faithful ser vants. Since then I have hired girls from intelligence offices, and lost all my handkerchiefs. I used to believe in beauty. Since then I have seen a bewitching belle take off half her hair, all her teeth, the best of her complexion, two pounds cotton batting and a corset. THE LADIES OF BAGDAD. The wives of the higher classes in Bagdad are usually selected from the most beautiful girls that can be ob tained from Georgia and Circassia; and to their natural charms, in like manner with their captive sisters all over the East, they add the fancied embellishments of painted complex ions, hands and feet dyed with henna and their hair and eyebrows stained with the rang, or prepared indigo leaf. Chaines of gold, and collars of pearls, with various ornaments of precious stones, decorate the upper part of their prsons, while solid brace lets of gold, in shapes resembling ser pents, clasp their wrists and ankles. Silver and golden tissued muslins not only form their turbans, but frequently their under-garments. In summer, the ample pelisse is made of the most costly shawl; and in cold weather, lined and borderd with the choicest furs. The dress is altogether very becoming; by its easy folds and glittering transparancy, showing a fine shape to advantage, without tho immodest exposure of tne open vest of the Persian ladies. The humbler females generally move abroad with faces Tin veiled, having a handkerchief rolled round their heads, from beneath which their hair hangs down over their shoulders, while another piece of linen passes under their chin, in the fashion of the Georgians. But to return to the ladies of the higher circles, in some gay saloon of Bagdad. When all are assembled, the evening meal, or dinner, is soon served. The party, seated in rows, then prepare themselves for the entrance of the show; which, consisting of music and dancing, continues in noisy exhibtion through the*whole night. ~At twelve o’clock, supper is produced; when pilaus, kabobs, preserves, fruits, dried sweemeats, and sherbets of every sabric and flavor, engaged the fair convives for some time. Between this second banquet and the preceding, the perfumed narquilly is never absent from their rosy lips; except when they sip coffee, or indulge in a general shout of approbation, or a hearty peal of laughter, at the freaks of the dancers, or the subject of the singers, madrigals. But no respite is given to the entertainers; and. during so long a stretch of merriment should any of the happy guests feel a sudden desire for temporary repose, without the least apology, she lies down to sleep on the luxurious carpet that is her seat; and thus she remains sunk in as deep an oblivion as if the nummud were spread in her own chamber. Mrs. Partington entered the office of the honorable Probate Judge, —(usually called “ Civilian”)—ana inquired in her blandest tone: “ Are you the civil villian ?” “ Do you wish to insult me madam ?” said the Judge. “ Yes,” replied the old lady, “my brother died detested, and left three infidel children, and I’m to be their executioner; so I want to insult the civil villian about it.” A saloon keeper having started business in a building w’here trunks had been made, asked a friend what he had better do with the old sign, “ Trunk Factory.” “ Oh,” said the friend, “ just change the T to D, and it will suit you exactly.” Os all the disagreeable habits the W’orld was ever tormented with, scolding is the most annoying. To hear a saw filed, to hear a peacock scream, or an Indian yell, Ls music compared with it. Throw hot ashes in our face, tread on our corns, but don’t scold near us. A lady tells us that when she was a poor little girl living in the country, she used to “ plant corn in her bare feet.” This imparts anew idea of the origin of those troublesome things growing on our toes. A single hair of Napoleon I. sold, for SIOO at a London Fair last month. \Ve would be willing to sell every hair in our head at half the money. A clergyman forbade any further contributions under five cents, saying that “the widow's mite business is played out here.” A man should no more make his honesty a boast than a woman should her virtue. To speak too much of ei ther renders them questionable. Little can be done well to which the whole mind is not applied. The fickleness of fortune is felt all over the world. Agricultural Department. GUAYOES. Sulphate of ammonia has risen much in price this year, the present price being £2l to £22 j>er ton. and it is very necessary to have the percent age of ammonia guaranteed, which in the first quality should be 25 per cent., and in the second not less than j 23 per cent. The quality of the guano from the Guanape Islands has not improved; three-fourths of the samples of guano analysed by I)r. Voelcker were from the Guanape Islands, and the majority were too wet and lumpy for direct I application to tho land. Many sam ' pies contained from 23 to 24 per cent, jof water, and but few more than 10 per cent, of ammonia. In former j years such guano would have teen sold as sea-damaged, varying aceor- I ding to the intrinsic value of the car go. During the last season. Guanape Islands guano has all been sold at one uniform price, and importers would j not allow samples to be taken of the | 1 quality of the various cargoes, so that ; f analyses might be made before pur- i : chase. The sales of guano have, eon , sequently, fallen off Very much. There is reason to believe that the j Peruvian guano which will be offered in future, when the Government sales : in this country are undertaken by the I new contractor, will be of superior ; character. The supply of good guano,! ! Dr. Voelcker adds, is of the greater I ; importance, because, whilst phospha- { ; tic fertilizers aro being constantly dis-1 covered, and the supply from phos-! phatic rocks and minerals is practi- | cally inexhaustsble, the sources from i which ammonia can be obtained are ! limited. The supply, therefore, of! guano from the Ballestas Islands, which may be looked for next year, and samples of which Professor Yo elcke has already analysed, will be most welcome. The aecompanying-Table shows the analysis of 17 different cargoes of Bal lestas Islands guano, an abundant supply of which may be looked for ward to for a good many years. We substitute a condensed table giving the averages:— Eds. So. Cult. Moisture 17.65 * Organic matter and ammonia salts....! 48.58 Phosphates 22.22 Alkaline Salts 9,77 Silica i.78 100.00 ‘Containing Nitrogen 12.68 Equal to Ammonia 15 39 Five or six cases have been brought under his notice, in which decorticat ed cotton cake was alleged to have caused the death of sheep and lambs; as, however, some of these cakes were of a superior quality, and none of them contained any poisonous ingre dients, it is Dr. Yoeleker’s opinion the animals nrobably partook too freely of the cake, and could not di gest the large proportion of nitrogen ous compound contained in good cot ton cake, and he suggests the admix ture of Indian Com or some similar starchy food.— Gardeners Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. PLOUGHING AND PREPARATION. Whilst our remarks are specially intended for the oat crop, yet let us here, once for all. give it as our firm conviction, that the proper prepara tion of the ground is more than half the battle in raising good crops. It has been proved that land ploughed 5 or 6 inches will not yield, all things else being equal, more than one-half as much as when the ploughing is twice as deep. After the surface ploughing is done to the usual depth, then run another plow in the furrow, and stir the under stratum to the depth of oto 6 inches more. Many farmers prefer that the subsoil be not mixed with that of the surface, but by loosing it, the roots penetrate deeper, where they will find more moisture in the earth, and have also the advan tage of the manure natural to the soil, and usually untouched by the plow. Let it be understood, that we must make an improvement in this branch of our operations, as much of our success depends upon our mode of cultivation. In our first No. we called attention, incidentally, to, this matter, but we must beg again to al lude to it, as we believe that if the ground is well and deeply ploughed, harrowed and cross-harrowed, ana the roller then applied, success will almost be certainly insured, and much will have been done to make good any deficiency in your manur ing—the latter, however, still further increasing the product, to an extent commensurate with the amount and quality of the manure used. Let a demonstration here prove what we have said above about plow ing. On an experimental farm, two plots of ground were selected, each containing about 14J acres—one plot (A.) was plowed 9 inches; the other ( B.) the same depth, then in the same furrow, 5 inches deeper, and then subsoiled without turning over, to a further depth of 7 inches, making in all a depth of 21 inches; the same ma mures were applied, and in all res pects the plots were treated alike.— The result was, that A. produced 82 measures of roots (sugar beet,) and B. 190 measures; the saccharine matter in the roots of the first was 11.15 per ct., whilst in the latter it was 15.22 per ct., consequently the crop of B. contained more than three times the amount of sugar that was found in A. Another test will further illustrate this all important subject, and per haps aid, in some small degree at least, to elucidate the question pro pounded by Mr. Newton, of “ What shall we dot ” A cotton planter in Georgia, in an experiment to test the effect of subsoiling, with and without manuring, found the following as the result:—A row of cotton, umnanured and not subsoiled, produced at the rate of 385 lbs. of cotton per acre. Anoth er row unmanurcd but subsoiled , pro duced at the rate of G3O lbs. per acre, whilst a third row, both subsoiled and manured , gave at the rate of 1200 lbs. per acre, being nearly twice the quan tity raised on the second, and more than thrice that on the first row des ignated ; the manure was the aver age quantity used upon other plots that were ploughed and worked in the usual manner. We know some will contend that one swallow does not make a summer; but proofs of similar results can be multiplied without number, and al though like treatment of all soils and subsoils may not produce equally fa vorable effects as the above, yet we believe that such an improvement can be made upon our crops, by the prop er ploughing and pulverizing of the soil, that a largely increased product will be secured—the main advantage attained being, the ease with which the roots of most plants can penetrate the earth after the stirring and light ening of the subsoil, which gives ac cess more freely to the air and the rains, which will keep the ground moist below the surface, where it is not so likely to be dried up by the heat of the summer’s sun, so that whilst other crops are suffering from drought, those on the land deeply ploughed have access to a store-house of moisture, to maintain themselves. But let it be understood, that the great benefit to be derived from the process recommended is jpredicated upon the plants having a dry bed up on which to rest—and when this is not the case, drainage must be resort ed to or the effects of the working cannot be expected to be realized to the fullest effect—if, indeed, at all.— American Farmer. To Cut Glass.—Any hard steel tool will cut glass with facility, when kept freely wet with camphor dis solved in turpentine. The ragged edge of glass may also be thus smooth ed with a flat file. lEGETAIILE GARDEN. If the ground was spaded in the fail and manure scattered over the surface, as we have advised, it will be found mellow and in line condition for the spring planting. It is too late now to apply unrottea or long mauure—that which is well-rotted may be applied at any time. The best plan is to make a liberal application of long manure in the fall, and then add a little com mercial fertilizer when the seed are sown. Irish potatoes for an early crop should now be planted—open good furrows 24 feet apart, scatter a mix ture of wood-yard scrapings, rotted j wheat straw or something similar and ; ashes, and plant the potatoes a foot to ! a foot and a half apart. If chip ma nure, Ac., is abundant, cover with this, filling the trenches—if not, cover i with dirt. Do not cover the surface | with straw until danger of frost is over. Apply it then by all means if ; you have it. S Different varieties seem to be udup ■ ted to different localities. The Early ! Rose we like best of all we have tried ' —the Early Goodrich next. The lat ! ter produces abundantly, but many of i the tubers are small. English Peas may be planted also this month. Select ground which was well manured a year ago. Apply ' no manure now, unless it be a little 1 super-phosphate in the drill. If the | seed are covered deep, they are liable | to rot, if the weather is cold and wet. j Sow the seed thickly in the drill—the I plants produce best when pretty sharp | ly crowdqd in the drill. Towards the latter part of the i month, sow beets, carrots, parsnips, j Ac. For beets, we have found no ma nure equal to pure Peruvian guano. It delights in ammoniacal matter. Spinach should also be planted, to furnish early “ greens.” It is more healthful aud much more delicate than “ turnip greens.” Have the soil rich and so in drills 18 inches apart, and thin out w hen the plants are well set to a foot in the drill. If lettuce was not sown in the fall, scat ter the seed on the surface, and press them in with back of hoe or spade. The ground should be rich to bring them forward early. Put out onion “ sets” as soou as pos sible. Make the ground as rich as possible, and press tho “ sets” in the loose soil—do not cover them. The bulbs are larger when they grow above ground. If the ground is very rich, onion seeds sown now, will make very fair bulbs the present season. If the Asparagus bed lias not been attended to, clean off the trash and give it a thick dressing of well-rotted but good manure. A moderate dress ing of salt also will be found benefi cial. If the Strawberry bed was not mulched in the fall, clean it off, rake over the surface, apply some good su perphosphate and then mulch well with straw. Raspberries—Shorten in the canes, and tie them securely to stakes or oth er supports. Raspberries grow very well at the South, in shady and damp situations, as on the northern side of high fences or walls. It is not too early to start hardy vegetables like cabbages, in hot beds or cold frames. The latter answers every purpose, in most parts of the South. —/Southern Cultivator. “ WHAT SHALL WE DO J” This ever-securing question, “What shall we do ?” has yet received no satisfactory answer. Many of our zealous farmers have suggested vari ous expedients to mitigate, if not to cure, our ills. Some of them tell you “ Corn does not pay,” “ Wheat does not pay,” and each will suggest some substitute that may be more profita ble. “ liaise sheep” says one, “Plant ground peas” says a second, or “ Po tatoes” says a third. “ Set out an or chard,” “ Plant strawberries and the smaller fruits for the market,” “Go to trucking generally.” “ Cultivate small farms and make them rich.” All this may be very good advice in its way, but it is obvious it falls far short of the needs of a great agricult ural community, with boundless ex tent of territory and without capital or labor to cultivate it. Where so many wise heads have failed I have great diffidence in offer ing my crude suggestions, but in time of great difficulty, no man should withhold his counsel. I would say, then, be not rash in abandoning the old paths. Consult the dictates of good sense and experience, and above all, do not lose faith in superintending Providence. If you have had unpro pitious seasons, remember that they nave been confined to no age or coun try. Let us plant those crops that are best suited to our soil anol locality. If your location should render special ties profitable, devote your attention to them, but all the farmers in a great State cannot be truckers. The true course for those who cultivate their own farms is to pursue the British system of convertible husbandry. Raise grain, grass, stock of all kinds, sheep, cattle, horses, suitable to the soil ana pastures, not forgetting hogs and poul try. In a word, raise everything nec essary for home consumption, and have a surplus of all for sale. De pend for improvement of your land mainly on lime, clover and home made manure. Let us be content; “ pay as we go,” and avoid the great sin of making liaste to be rich, and though poor, we may be happy.— American Farmer. “ Will you or some of your readers please inform me how to construct the “ Barrel Roller” for rolling Cotton Seed for planting ? I see the above implement spoken of by “L.” of Sumter County, S. C., in a recent No. of the Cultivator. Pleas answer as early as practicable.—W. J. M., Carnpbelton, Ga., Dec. 22nd , 1871.” First, obtain a common whiskey barrel, cut a square hole in one side, the width of two staves, (cut with a key hole saw,) the two pieces (fastened with a batten) serving as a door, and srcured by common thumb buttons. Next, run a plain wooden axle through the centre of the heads, with a handle at one end, for turnning the barrel like a grind-stone. It is then mounted on two posts or forks driven in the ground, so as to suport the machine, about two feet above the earth. Now to operate. Put in two bushels of cotton seed and a bucket of water—roll the machine slowly a few minutes, or until the seed 'are thoroughly wet. Next, introduce twelve lbs. (or even more, if desired) of sifted Peruvian Guano, Land Plaster, or Dry Ashes, and after a few more revolutions, the machine may be emptied, by turning the barrel untill the hole is underneathed. The seed will be found perfectly separated and as thoroughly rolled as could be done in the usual way in one hour. The whole operatiou need not con sume ten minutes.—R. J. R., South ern ChUtivatotor. Eye and Indian Bread.—Was there ever any bread so good as rye and Indian beead? Pity there are so few who know how to make it. Once in a great while we find some old lady who can do it to a charm. We knew several a few years ago, and one of them told us just how to make it. She said: “ For a good, thick loaf I take one pint rye nour to three pints corn meal, one-half tea-cup of molasses, or brown sugar, scald with boiling wa ter—be sure to stir in water enough to thoroughly scald it—cover it up and let it stand till cool, then reduce with cold sw r eet milk until thin enough to pour into your pan, bake all day, let it stand in the oven all night, and in the morning you will have the best loaf of bread you ever tasted. If your crust is too hard to eat, remove it, soak it in water and add to your next loaf. It will be richer than the first.” —Southern Cultivator. Jb-juiiTrr.Ty.Eris ■ Dickson’s Compound, SOLUBLE PACIFIC, Vando linmc and lanfutirlii Cos.. CAROLINA ATLANTIC PHOSPHITE CO., MAGNUM BONUM, ALSO PERUVIAN GUANO, GROUND AND DISSOLVED BONES, LAND PLASTER, SALT, .A.cicl Ph osphates FOK COMPOSTIN' a-, TTIOR CASH, or on timo on manufacturer's JD terras—some guarantee 15 els. for Cotton delivered. Please call aud obtain circulars. Gilbert & Baxter, fob!s—lm. Ag!xTß. STERLING SILVER-WARE. SHARP & FLOYD No. 33 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA. Specialty, Sterling Silver-Ware. Special attention is requested to tho man new and elegant pieces manufactured express ly to our order tho past year, and quite recently completed. An unusually attractive assortment of novel et in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and Holiday presents, of a medium and expensiv character. Tlio llouso we represent manufacture on an unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil. ver-Ware alone over One Hundred skilled hands, the most accomplished talent in Design ing, and tho best Labor-saving Machinery, en abling them to produce works of the highest character, at prices UNAI’PROACIIED by any competition. Our stock at present is tho lar gest and most varied this side of Philadelphia An examination of our stock and prices will guarantee our sales. OUR HOUSE USE ONLY 995 BRITISH STERLING, 1000 jan 4—ts CARTERS VILLE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. Wn, tlie subscribers, will commence our ex orcises in the above Institute, on tlie SECOND MONDAY INJANUARY, 1872. There will bo three departments in this In stitution, viz: Scholastic, Academic, and Col legiate, thereby enabling the citizens of Car tersville, and the adjacent country, to enjoy the privilege of giving their children a complete and thorough education, which, heretofore, they have been compelled to seek in distant institu tions. Whilst, at present, we are compelled to teach the elementary branches, fn 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 mar be entrusted to our charge, for all the walks, cither of private or of nublic life ; and whilst we are imparting that knowledge, and those scientific principles which will enable them to take a high and distinguished stand among their fel low-men, we will also instruct them in that higher knowledge and moral culture, which alone can elevate man for that sphere which God intended him to Jill. This Institution will consist of Mule and Fe male scholars, giving girls hero a chance to prepare themselves either for teachers or for business stations in life, thus enabling them to make an independent living. The tuition will he from S2OO to |SOO per month, according to grade, pavablo 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, bo govoraed, that are entrusted to our care. Large boys and girls will be put npon their parole of honor, and if they do, at any time, violate tho rules of the institution, they must immediately reform, or else retire from the Institution. As no corrupting nordemorallzing influence will lie tolerated in this Institution, our rules aro simply obedience and hard study; and if parents or guardians will give us their co-op eration, they will be sure to get the worth of their money. We intend to have our Institution incorporated, so as to confer degrees. J. B. SCUDDER, RONALD JOHNSTON. (Jarlersvilte,KJa., I)ec. 21.1871. inu co„ 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 Bft&LAR STORES AND FIFTY CESTS STORES, Decorated Dinner AND T 33 A SEI T T Si, KNIVES AND FORKS, CASTERS, GOBLETS, VASES FROM AUCTION, CITE APE It THAN 1 HEY CAN BE BOUGTH FROM MANUFACTURERS. nov3o—tf. Office Selma Rome k Dalton R. R. Cc. V. JOHNSON, Local Agent. !U. I THE H. L KIMBALL UOCSK, Atlanta, Qa„ Dee. 2 d 1871. {J ARTIES wishing to go West will find it to their nterest to call on E. V. Johnson. No. imb&ll House, and procure ohoapKmisraae ctete. decTSm VOL. 12-NO. 32 McCutcheon’s Column. The Western Antidote ! McCUTCHEON’B CHEROKEE DfDIAH BITTERS. This highly valuable Indian Remedy U too well known, whenever it haa 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 th« Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs. It is very useful in Rheumatism, hirer Com plaint, Ague-Cake Dysentery and atber complaints. It warms the stomach and bowels ; oures Colio and Obstructions of tha Breast; sustains excessive labor of both bo dy and mind; cures the Piles, promotes the Appetite, assists Digestion; prevents un pleasant dreams and frights; strengthens the judgment; cures Nervous, Asthmetical and Hysterical Affections; removes all the dis orders of weaknes and debility ; purifies the Blood; cures Neuralgia and Dispepsio, to gether with most Diseases peculiar to Fe males. Old and young, male and fomale, have beoa greatly benefited by its use, as hundreds of letters from all parts of the United States will certify. Let those who are quainted with McCutchion's “Cherokee I*, dlan Bitters,” before saying this is too much, try a bottle, and all who do ao will unite in testifying that the half has not beea told. Cherokee Indian Bittere possesses an ener gy which seems to communicate naw life to the system, and renovate the feeble, fainting powers of nature. Its operation upon the tissues of the body does not consist in affect ing the irritability of the living fibre, bat is imparting a sound and healthy stimulus to the Vital Organ*. 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 lifo. There is no disease of any name or na ture, whether of young or old, male or fa 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 ststbm j with a degree of animation and desire for food, which is perfectly astonishing to all who porcoive it. This Medicine purifies the blood, restores the tonic power of the fibres, and of the stomach and digestive organs; rouses the animal spirits, and substantially fortifios and reanimates the broken down constitutions of mankind. Indians are the most healthy of the human race. They take an abundaee of physical exercise, breathe pure air, and lire on eim* pic diet. When sick, they use no mineral poisons, but select roots, herbs, and plant* “from the great drug store of their Cress* tor.” MoCuTCHEoji’s "Cbiioxu lisui Birrsas ” is a combination of these vegeta* 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 poe scss in curing diseases, evinces to the world that it is without a parallel in the hietory 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 kardy sons of Nature, whose original, untutored minds, unshackled by the ferme of science, are left free to pursue the dic tates of reason, truth and oemmon sense. Since the introduction of this remedy in o the United States, thousauds have been raised from beds of affliction whose liven were despaired of by their physieians and pronounced beyond the reach of medicine McCutcheon’s “ Cherokee Bitters" ken driven the most popular medicines of every name, like chaff before the whirlwind, frost every city, town and village where it ha* been introduced, and is destined ere long te 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 i* nothing better. Old and young, male and female, have all been greatly beneftted 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 are not only from persons who have been cured by it, but also from some of the most eminent physicians and druggist who have sneoess* fully tested it in their practice, and velnn tarily offer their testimonials in its favor For sale by all Dealers. Spscial Notice.— Merchantsjand drug* gists doing business at a distance from the railroad, when ordering my “ Cherokee In dian Bitters,” will please state the depot te which they have their goods shipped, by so doing, I can sometimes supply their wants much earlier. Address all orders to R. H. MoCUTCHBOK, Marietta, G*. Who alone is authorised to msnuiheiwe the original and genuine. set 26—ly