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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS. By SMITH, WIKLE & CO.] [For th* Standard A Exp.-es*. THE BROKEN PITCHER. TKAXBLATEI) FKOM THE tiKKM-AN. • r BIS! I~ MOOS cowtisikd rao'> ora lakt. WICKEDNF9H UPON WICKEDNESS. Now, Father Jerome on Sunday had preached ikg*>n upon the text: “The di-pensat',GiH of Heaven are wonderful.” And the little Marietta thought: it will bring it also about that I shall discover the invisible Bender of the fl vweia. Father Je rome w as never w long. One summer night when it was very warm, Marietta had awaked early and could not sleep again. Therefore she sprang joyfully from her bed, as the first dawn flashed over the wavea ofthe sea and over the Lerinian islands towards the window of the little chamber. Hhe dressed herself and went out to bathe in the cool waters ; she took her hat with her to ramble a brief he ur ireside the sea. Hhe knew' there a retired pliee for bathing. r Hut in order to reach the retired place, one must go over the rooks behind the house, and from there again downward beside the pome granite bushes and palms. This time Marietta could not pass, for under the youngest and slenderest of the palms lay, in sweet sleep, a young and Blender man—beside him a bunch of the most beautiful flowers. Moreover, a white strip of paper was distinctly seen round it, upon which probably again a sigh was breathed. How could Marietta pass by ? She remained standing and trem bled from terror in all her limbs. She wanted to go back to the cottage. Scarcely had she gone back two steps than she again looked toward the Bleeper, and remained standing. Yet from the distance she did not allow herself to trust her sight. Now or never was a mystery to bo solved. Hhe tripped lightly nearer the palm tree. But he appeared to stir. Now she ran again toward the cottage. Yet his movement was nothing but the fearful imagination of Marietta. Hhe now set out a t,v m upon her way to the palm tree. Perhaps he only feigned sleep. Hwiftly she ran for safety toward the cottage. But who will fly on account of a perhaps? Hhe set out boldly on her way to the palm tree. By this wavering of her timid and i lodging son I between fear and curi osity, by this tripping backward and forward between cottage and palm tree, nevertheless, after ad, she had come always a few steps nearer the sleeper, w'hile also, at the same time, euiiosity was more victorious than fear. “ What does he concern me? The way leads me past him. Whether he sleeps or wakes, I only go by.” So thought Manon’s daughter. Yet she went not by, but remained standing; for you know one must look close in to the face of the sender of the flow, ers, in order to be certain of the ease. Besides, he slept indeed ns if lie liad had no sound slumber for four weeks. I And who was it?—Now who should it be but the arrant villian Colin? It ha.l then been he who first out of oid enmity bad caused the good maiden so many deadly \e7ctions with the pitcher, and had brought her Into the disagreeable affair with Mr. Hautinartin ; it had been he who went there and teased her with the flowers in order to torture her curios ity. Why? He hated Marietta. He conducted himself always in all com pany towards the poor child in tiu pardonable ways. Ho shunned her where he could; and where he could not, he grieved the pious little one. Towards all other maidens of La Napoule, he was more affable, more friendly, more pleasant, than towards Marietta. Only think! he had never yet invited her to dance, and yet she danced charmingly. Now lay he there betrayed, caught. In Marietta’s breast resentment awoke. What harm could she do him?—She took the bunch of flowers, untied it, and contemptuously strew ed, with righteous anger, his present over the sleeper. Oniy the paper upon which was again the sigh, “ Dear Marietta,” she kept and stuck it quick ly into her bosom. She wished for future contingences, to preserve this proof of his hand writing. Ma rietta was cunning. Now she wished to go. But her revenge appeared not yet satisfied. She could not go away from the place without punishing Colin’s wickedness with something like it. She tore from her hat the violet colored silk ribbon and wound it lightly around the sleeper’s arm and arouud the tree, and tied Col’n fast with three knots to the palm tree. If now he awoae, hew must he be astonished! how must curiosi ty torture him, as to who could pos sibly have played him this trick! That he could not possibly discover. So much the better. It terwd him right. Marietta was only too merciful to wards him. She appeared to repent her w r ork, w’hen she had con - um mated it. Her breast heaved con vulsively. I believe tears nme into the eyes with which she looked all too pitifully upon the criminal. Slowly she went tack to the pome gianite bushes beside the rick look ing down to the palm i,*ee. Then she hastened to Mother Mu non who was calling. tKE HAT BAND. But yet, the same day, Colin prac ticed new tiicks. V hot did he? Openly he wished to shame the poor Marietta. Ah ! she had not thought that they would know her violet rib bon in all Napoule! Colin knew it only too well. He wound it proudly arouud his hat and w ore it publicly before all the wof'd as a trophy. And every man and woman cried out: “Hehas it from Marietta.” And all the maidens cried out angrily: “ The rascal!” and all the young men who were in love with Marietta cried out: “ The rascal!” “How? Mother Manon?” cried Judge Hautmartin as he came to Manon, and he cried so loud that it resounded wonderfully in his whole nose. “ How? Do you suffer this ? my affianced presents the young far mer, Colin, with her liat band ? It is iiigh time that we solemnize our marriage. When that Is past, I have also a right to speak.’ 7 “ You are right!” answered Mother Manon. “If the affair stands this, the marriage must be quickly. When that is past, all i9 past.” “ But Mother Manon, your daugh ter si ill always reftu-es me her con sent.” “Only prepare the wedding break fast.” “ But she will not once look ou me kindly; and if I sit down by her, the little wild thing springs up and runs aw'ay.” “Sir Judge, only prepare the wed ding breakfast.” “ But if Marietta resists?” “We will take her by surprise. We go to Father Jerome. On Mon day morning early and quietly he shall perform the marriage ceremony. We shall make him understand that, never fear. lam the Mother. You are the first magisterial person in La Napoule. He must obey. Yet Ma rietta ought to know nothing of it. On Monday, early, I send her to Father Jerome, all alone with an errand from which she suspects noth ing. Then shall the pastor exhort her. A half hour after, we both come. Then quickly to the altar. And even if Marietta still cries ‘ no,’ what matters it? The old gentleman can not hoar, you know’. But be silent unti 1 then towards Marietta and all La Napoule.” This was the agreement between the two. Marietta did not dream of the good fortune in store for her. Hhe thought only of the wickedness of Colin who had made her the sub ject of conversation in the whole place. O, how she repented the indis cretion with the ribbon! and yet in her heart she forgave the wicked one his guilt. Marietta was much too good. She said to her mother, she said to all her companions: “Colin has found my hat band. I did not give it to him. Now he will vex me with it. You know Colin has always been unfriendly to me, and has always sought where he could annoy me.” Ah ! the poor child ! she knew not upon what new atrocity the malicious man was again thinkipg. (TO nK CONTINUED.) Will RAILROAD ACCIDENTS DON’T HAP PEN IN GERMANY. That most railway accidents, and especially those which are the result of collision, can be avoided l>v proper care and foresight is undeniable. This is shown by the comparative ex emption from accident which some railroads in this country, conducted on proper principles, enjoy. Even in regard to the breaking of a rail, as in the Lehigh accident, w hich the coro ner’s jury in that case treats as an “ unforeseen and unavoidable” thing, it is said that in Germany an acci dent lias never occurred from the breaking of rails. The New York Evening Post says that not a person in that country has last his life nor a person been mutilated from this cause in all the thirty and more years that steam carriages have been run ning on iron ways. The reason is plain. It is determined by scientific experiment how long iron will resist, on the average, the beating of wheels, and then the law requires the railroad companies to put down new rails pe riodically, whether those in use ex hibit signs of weakness or not. While this involves expense, it is so man aged as to be gradually distributed over a period of years, a small part of the road being renewed each year until Hie whole is completed w ithin the given time. Here, on the con trary, upon many railways lines, little attention is given to the selec tion of rails, and less to their renew'al at certain peiiods. Few’ companies incur the expense of substituting steel for iron rails, though the former bre far more durable. In like man ner the same false economy in all that would give increased security to the public is one of the chief causes of the frightful perils of railway traveling. THE CROW. Henry Ward Beecher says of crows: “Aside from the special questions of profit and loss, we have a warm side toward the crow, he is so much like one of ourselves. lie is lazy, and that is human; he takes advantage of those weaker than him self, and that is manlike; he is sly, and hides for to-morrow what he can’t eat to-day, showing a real hu man providence; he learns tricks much faster than he does useful things, showing a true boy-nature; he likes his ow n color best, and loves to hear his voice, which are eminent traits of humanity; he will never work when he can get another to work for him, a genuine human trait; he eats whatever he can get his elaw’s upon, and is less mischievous with a beUy full than when hungry, and that is like man; he is at war with all living things except his own kind, and with them lie lias nothing to do. No wonder, then, that men despise crows, they are too much like men. Take off his wings, and put him in breeches, crow’s would make fair average men. Give men wings and reduce their smartness a little, and many of them would be good enough to be crows.” 1 MODEST lOIKG MAN. A young lady recently stepped in to a fancy dry goods store aim called for a pair of stockings, addressing herself to a nice little specimen of imperial spot and moustached lip, that stood behind the counter. “ Haven’t any article of that name, Miss, but we have some beautiful hose of silk and Lama’s hair—which do you prefer, and what color do you admire? “ Young gentleman,” she replied, “ I called for a pair of stock ings ! I )nean what I sag , and if this shocks your modesty, you will ex cuse me. I know a tow’-headed fel low over the way who will sell me a pair of stockings,” and with this re mark she left the young embodiment of starch, hair ami ramrods, to re cover at his leisure from the shock given to his modesty by this exces sively vulgar young lady. The California Farmer sums up a few’ reasons why some people are always poor, as follows: “ Cream is allowed to mould and spoil. Silver spoons are used to scrape kettles. The serubbing-bru«h is left in the water. Nice-handled knives are thrown in hot water. Brooms are never hung up, and soon are spoiled. Dish-clothes are thrown w r here mice can destroy them. Tubs and barrels are left in the sun to dry and fall apart. Clothes are left on the line to 1 • * pieces in the wind, Piecrust ! is left to sour instead of making a few tarts for tea. Dried fruit is not taken care of in season, and becomes wormy. A egetables are throw’n away that would warm for breakfast. Tnecork is left out of the molasses jug, and the flies take possession. Bits of meat are thrown out that would make hashed meat or hash. Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left to stand open and loose their strength. Pork spoils for the want of salt, from float ing on the top of the brine, and because the brine wants scalding.” Beer fills many a bottle, and the bottle many a bier. CARTERS VILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22,1872. WASHINGTON GETTER. How and Wilier* oor Law-Makr a Krcrcatc Lubricating the Wheels—W hitney’a anti Sanderson’*—Where the Members Go. Cos, impendence of Cincinnati Commercial.] WHERE LUBRICATION IS PERFORM ED. Washington, January 27, 1872.—A funny scene occurred in the F street ears here, a day or two ago. This line of ears communicates with the best anti most fashionable part of the city, and is patronized by a better class of passengers than the other lines. The track runs close beside the Senate wing of the Capitol. I must say, to start with, what everybody who has been to Washing ton probably knows, already, that the Senate has its restaurant* and the House has its restaurant. These are necessary, for Congressmen are awful eaten*, and one restaurant would not l>e large enough to accommodate them Besides, it would not be exactly prop er for a member of the House to sit at the same table with the grave and dignified Senator. Think of our friend Snapp, of Joliet, Illinois, presuming to sit down with Itoseoe Conkiing. There would be spontaneous combus tion on the part of Conkiing at the instant. Conkiing cannot endure ple beians. Not a great while ago, he had the man w’ho takes care of his com mittee-room at the Capital discharged because he washed his hands in the ruining water of the w’ashstand, and the man Is spoken of as having been very clean and tidy in his appearance. SENATORIAL DRINKS. If the Senators and members have their separate eating places, of course you will see that they must have their separate drinking places, for Congress men are great drinkers as w’ell as eat ers; and they have their separate place. Just across the street from the northeast comer of the Senate wing is Whitney's, which has been a noted drinking house for more years than I can remember. Here the Senators go for inspiration and patience during the long set speeches of Garrett Davis and Thujman. I don’t pretend to know which one goes there for drinks, but I know a good many do, for the house is well patronized. For aught I know, Cameron, and Chandler, and Edmunds, and Stockton, and Carpen ter, and Xye, and Spencer, and Ram sey, and indeed all the rest of them, go there, except Morton and Brown low, who are fame, and Henry Wil son and the Vice President, who are teetotalers. Across the street from the southeast corner of the House wing of the Capitol is Sanderson’s, another noted drinking place. REPRESENTATIVE DRINKS. This is where the members of the House get rid of the foul atmosphere which perv’sides their hall. The House being composed of 243 mem bers and the Senate only 73, (North Carolina having but one Senator at this time,) it will be readily seen that the House requires greater accommo dations. Not that the House can beat the Senate in the more matter of guzzling intoxicating beverages, counting man for man, (a thing hard to do, I can tell you,) but the House overtops them in numbers by sheer physical superiority. In the mere matter of walking off with a large quantity of whisky, I think there are men in the Senate who cannot he sur passed outside of Cincinnati; but that is neither here nor there. Owing to the superior numbers, the House drinkers require additional room. There are, therefore, two drinking places for the House—Sanderson’s and the Casparis. Which place is the better place I cannot tell. Each one can present a long list of very respec table references. The newspaper men are much like Senators; they don’t like to accociate with members, so they go to Whit ney’s. Ido not volunteer to tell who the quill drivers are who go to Whit ney’s, for their occupation often takes them into strange company, but among them who are sharp for get ting news are White, Boynton, Crounce, Paniter, Kauffmann, Shaw and Knowlton, but I do not say they frequent Whitney’s—by no means. ALLITERATIVE PIZZLES. Repeat the following several times, quickly without stopping : Gip-wip. She sells sea-shells. Andrew’ Airpump asked his aunt her ailment. Did Andrew Airpump asked his aunt her ailment, w’hat’s the ailment Andrew Airpump asked his aunt ? Billy Button ate a buttered biscuit. Did Billy Button eat a buttered bis cuit? If Billy Button ate a buttered biscuit, where’s the buttered biscuit Billy Button ate? Captain Cracksull cracked a cox comb’s cranium. Did Captain Crack skull crack a coxcomb’s cranium ! If Captain Crackskull cracked a cox comb’s cranium, where’s the cox comb’s cranium Captain Crackskull cracked ? David Dawldrum dreampt he drove a dragon. Did David Dawldrum dream he drove a dragon ? If David Dawldrum dreamt he drove a drag on, where’s the dragon David Dawl drum dreamt he drove? Francis Fribble figuml on a French man’s fiddle. Did Francis Fribble figure on a Frenchman’s fiddle? If Francis Fribble figured on a French man’s fiddle, where’s the French man’s fiddle, Francis Fribble figured on? Indigo Impie itched for an Indian image ? If Indigo Impie itched for an Indian image, where’s the Indian image Indigo Impie itched for? Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers off a pew’ter platter. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers off a pew’ter platter ? If Peter Piper picked a peek of pick led peppers off a pewter platter, where’s the the peek of pickled pep per Piper picked ? Robert Roly rolled a round roll round ? If Robert Roly rolled a round roll round, where’s "the round roll Robert Roly rolled round ? Waterman, of the Perry Home Journal, is a consistent member of a debating society. At a late meeting of the organization, the question w as as to whether Georgia or Texas offer the greater advantages. After suffer ing the discussion to go on for some time, Waterman rose in his place, frowned at the chairman and said: “ Mr. President—The gentlemen tell us of the advantages Texas offers, but in my opinion she has more disadvan tages than advantages. Any man will be ruined who goes to Texas. I will give you some facts, sir, to prove it. 1 knew’ a man once who lived in Georgia—a young man, sir, full of promise, who had hair on his teeth. This was a source of revenue to him. It grew’ spontaneously and he made mattresses of it. But, sir, he w’ent to Texas, and after he had been there a few months the only way he could get hair on his teeth was te comb his eye-brow’s into his mouth, or bite a dog. That is the way Texas reduced him.” The chairman repressed a sigh as he snuffed the candle with his hat, and the meeting stood adjourned. We are authorized to announce that Texas will never receive any more fever-and-ague material from" Hous ton county.— Scmmnah News. It has recently been discovered that a graduate and bachelor of arts of the Eastern colleges is a woman, who, unsuspected, went through the entire collegiate course under the style and habiliments of one of the sterner sex. She was graduated in the class of 1869, and took a high part on the commencement pro gramme. DEESB-11D6. The Rev. Lord Syndey Godolphin Osborne is responsible for the coinage of this word—“dress ards.” In a pamphlet entitled, “Stray Thoughts on Subjects connected with the Work of the Established Church, which may be worthy of some consideration at a Synodical Conference,” dedi cated to the Bishop of Salisbury, his Lordship says: “ There are those who think—l am not sure that I am not one of them— that extravagance in dress is doing religion more harm than even intem perance. The drunkards don’t come to church drunk; the dress-ards do come there, and the intoxication of attire is never more obtrusive than on God’s day, in God’s hoase. One drunkard makes many; but his stage the scene of his vice, is the beer-shop, the public hoase. The dress-ards have a far wider example field—alas, far more exam ple-£arce. The church walls inclose tne area of their great j display. Drunkards blaspheme in the Scottish bravery of their inebri ation ; the devotee of fashion prays in the costume the world’s fashion is j held to make imperative—combines I the act of devotion with the most 1 flagrant exhibition of vanity—com bines the profession of a miserable sinner with the clear exposure of a : very gross appetite for that outward adorning of the body so altogether inconsistent with the humiliation of the soul. “No Jeuner has yet arisen to find any vaccination process by which mankind can be protected from dress-contagion, can even be secured a mild infliction of it. It would seem to those who occupy pulpits in all places, amongst all peoples, ali sects and denominations, that the very gospel is powerless against fashion. Let but the great man-milliner, Worthiley, clothe a few' of the hand somest of foul-trading women in Paris in some new costume, how’ever out rageous as an insult to modesty, or as destructive of all grace, the Paris W’orld adopts it—the English w’orld follow’s it, and w'ithin a few' weeks the congregational pasture is in its fullest blossom. “ May it not be well fora Synodical Conference to consider also liow far the teaching of girls, little and big, to avoid the pomps and vanities of the world, can have much effect, when the ladies who teach are to them beautiful spectacles for open-mouth wonder, in the extreme eccentricity of their fashionedrul uniform ? There was a time when the parson could just keep out artificial flowers from the Sunday-school; it is many years since he had any pow'er over long hair and curls; in the present day he has to witness and patiently endure that cerebral fungus, the chignon, in every possible measure of vulgar disfigure ment. He may as well shut up school altogether as attempt to forbid it. What Bishop is there, w'ho, after a long confirmation tour, can truly say he has laid his hands on as many female heads as he can count on his fingers?” SPRINGING OIT OF BED. Dr. Hall does not approve of the oldfashion doctrine which w'as form erly instilled into the minds of child ren—that they should spring out of bed the instant they awake in the morning. He says that “up to eighteen years every child should be allowed ten hours, sleep, but time should be allowed to rest in bed, after the sleep is over, until they feel as if they had rather get up than not. It is a very great and mischievous mistake for persons, old or young— especaliy children and feeble, or sedentary persons—to bounce out of bed tite moment they wake up; all our instincts shrink from it, and fiercely kick against it, Fifteen or twenty minutes spent in gradually waking up, after the eyes are opened and in tumning over and stretching the limbs, do as much good as sound sleep, because these operations set the blood in motion by degrees, tending to equalize the circulation; for during sleep, the blood tends to stagnation, the heart beats feebly and slowly; and to shock the system by bouncing up in an instant and sending the blood in overwhelming quantities to the heart, causing it to assume a gallop, when the instant before it was in a creep, is the greatest absurdity. This instantaneous bouncing out of the bed as soon as the eyes are open will be follow’ed by weariness long before noon.” A Boy’s Com position’.— Tobacco grows something like cabbages, but I never saw none of it boiled, although I have heard men say that cigars that w r as given them on election day for nothing, was cabbage leaves." To bacco stores are mostly kept by offer ing them a bunch of cigars, which is glued into the Injun’s hands, and is made of w’ood also. Hogs do not like tobacco, neither do I. I tried to smoke a cigar once, and it made me fell like Epsom salts. Tobacco was invented by a man named Walter Raleigh. When the people first saw’ him smoking, they thought he was a steamboat, and as they had never seen a steamboat they were frightened Sister Nancy is a girl: Don’t know’ whether she likes tobacco or not. There is a young man by the name of Leroy who comes to see her. He was standing on the steps one night, and had a cigar in his mouth, and he said he did not know as she would like it, and she said, “ Leroy, the perfume is agreeable.” But when my big brother Tom lighted his pipe, Nancy said, “Get out of the house, you hor rid creature; the smell of tobacco makes me sick.” Leroy he went and drew a prize in the Louisiana State Lottery, and if you’ll give me five dollars, I’ll do the same thing, you bet. The death of Rev. Dr. Robert J. Breekenridge reminds us of an amus ing incident in his life, which we believe has never been printed. Some member of the presbytery—a count ry brother—complained that the city clergymen dressed too well, and thus made undue distinction between themselves and their country breth ren. Dr. Breekenridge, always ready for debate, straightened his tall, lithe form up, and indignantly denied the charge.” In a burst of eloquent an ger he declared that he was ready to change clothes with any brother on that floor. In an instant a short, fat brother—as broad as long—waddled into the aisle, and called out wheezily “Mr. Moderator, I’m his man The vision of Dr. Breckon ridge’s arms and legs protruding from the baggy clothes of the other, upset the dignity of the presbytery, and spoiled the eloquence of the speaker. Sidney Smith said; “Never give way to melanchoily; resist it steadily for the habit will increase. I ouce gave a lady two and twenty receipts against melanchoily. One was a bright fire ; another was to remem ber all the pleasant things said to her; another to keep a box of sugar- Elums on the ehinmey-plac° and a etile simmering on the hob. I thought this mere trifling at the moment, but discovered in after life how’ true it is that these little pleas ures often banL«h melancnolly oetter than higher and more exalted objects; and no means ought to be 1 hough t too trifling which can oppose it in ourselves or in others.” At one of our churches Sunday w hile the organ was playing vocifer ously, a good lady whispering to her neighbor in the pew had to raise her voice quite in order to be heard. Suddenly the organ changed from loud to soft, when the lady, not tak ing note of the organ, was heard to say to her friend, “ We fry ours in butter.” Perhaps the congregation didn’t snicker Lewiston (J/e > Jour nal. GF.IS OF WISDOM 1 Goodness always enriches its pos sessor. Guilt is ever suspicious, and always in fear. Good manners are sure to procure respect. A few vices will often obscure many virtues. Fine gold fears not the fire, nor solid stone the water. There is no faint in poverty, but the minds that think so are faulty. Praise is valuable .only when it comes from lips not afraid to con demn. It is right to be contented with what we have, but never w r ith what we are. Nurture vour mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. Do w ith trials as men with new’hats —put them on and wear them until they become easy. The cultivation of the moral nature in man is the gram! means for im provement in society. The world is like a treadmill w'hich turns incessantly and leaves no choice but to sink or climb. Mast of the shadows that cross our path through life a,re caused by stand ing in our own light. * 0 M It is not advisat# of doon( without anything on your head, or into society without anything in it. Silence is the softest response for all the contradictions' that arise from impertenence, vulgarity and envy. May people in perfect health, who have never abused their constitution, be said to be no better than they should be. In holy duties of minisftsring to the sick, souls grow w hite as well as cheeks, one that goes in a nurse comes out an angel. • Courage does not txmsist fti feelipg no fear, but in conquering fear. He is the hero, who, seeing the lions, goes straight on. Edmund Burke says that the per fection of conversation is not to play a regular sonata, but, like the -Eoiian harp, to await the inspiration of the passing breath. “A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men.” Foolish Song.—Stupid-ditty. Not a Mias—A pretty widow. Coming to grief.--Meeting trouble haif-way. A prickly pair.—A porcupine and a hedge-hog. A Bad style of Arithmetic.—Divi sion among families. The universal prayer—“ Touch us gently, Time.” Who w’as Richard 111. before *he was “ himself again ?” A sign in a Western city announc es, “ Boots blacked inside.” Glove powder for assisting the gloves on, is a luxury of the period. Can anything that is baleful be a blessing? Yes, a bale full of cotton. Croakers.— ln our pereginations through town we have met many of the above mentioned class, and a most disagreeable class it is, too. The term “croakers” is a very apt one, and expresses its meaning most intel ligibly upon Jthe very face. On a calm summer’s evening, just at twi light, one may alwajjpi hear, in t!se vicinity of a still, stagnant pool, the invariable croaking of numberless hoarse, long winded frogs. There they sit, on their haupches, great, pursy, big-bellied fellow's, swelling out their huge throats, and croaking by the hour. So it is with that class of individuals yclept croakers. They are always predicting disaster, and yet never doing anything to avert it except to sit inactively and croak, croak, moaning over the tightness of the money market, the dullness qf the times, and all those other hun dred ills that flesh is heir to. There Is many a croaker in Augusta. One would judge from the frequency and dolefulness of their croaks that in this region it w'as always twilight, our beautiful city the hugest kind of a frog-pond and its citizens generally a community of big-voiced frogs. Now this ought not to be. Augusta is known everywhere except at home, as one of the most charming, healthful, promising inland cities in the South, w ith its fine canal afford ing excellent facilities) for manufac turing purposes, its river for naviga tion and its railroad for land trans portation, with its beautiful climate, its intelligent, cultivated people, it has every advantage on its side and ought to come out in the very van of the race for prosperity and advance ment, and it will too, if its citizens w'ould not be so apprehensive of fail ure, so doubtful of success. “Think well of yourself or no one will think well of you,” is a good old adage. Let us all heed it.— Constitutionalist. Avery good widow, who was look ed up to by the congregation to which she belonged, as an example of piety, contrived to bring her con science to terms for one little indul gence. She loved porter, and one day, just as she had received half a dozen bottles from the man who usu ally brought her the comfortable bev erage she saw two of the grave eldcujs of the church approaching her <loot. She ran the man out of the back door and put the bottle under the bed. The weather w r as hot, and while con versing w’ith her sage friends, pop w’ent a cork. “Dear Me!” exclaimed the good lady, “there goes the cord; snapped yesterday the same. way. I must have another rope provided.” In a few’ minutes pop went another, followed by the peculiar hiss of es caping liquor. The rope w 'Mild not do again : but the good lady w r as not at a loss. “Dear me!” said she, “that black cat of mine must be at some mischief under there. Scat!” An other bottle popped off, and the por ter came stealing out from under the bed curtain. “O, dear me!” she said’ “ I had forgotten; it is my yeast!’; Here, Prudence, come and take these bottles of yeast aw’ay!” The Boston Bulletin has the fol lowing valuable mortuary list i Me thusaleh died of liver complaint. Lot’s w’ife of salt rheum. Absalom fell a wig-time to hairy-sipelas. Go liah died of the stone. Haman of the drop-sy, Nebuchadnezzar of too much "vegetable diet, leaving Mrs. N. a grass widow. John Bunyan, troubled by corns, took liis pill grim ly, and progressed. Desdemona also took a pill-ow 7. Samson was killed by a pillar, too. Montgolfier was (s)pil eu out of a balloon. Julius Ca-zar was (s)killed in war. John Rogers died of an overdone steak. Romeo died of heart disease. Gov. Hoffman dyed his mustache. Artemus Ward was joked to death. Napoleon the Great w r as crushed by a rock. Napo leon the less fell from a Sedan. Montezuma died of taking arrow root. Louis XVI died under an am putation (of the head). Old Parr died of paralysis. Joe Miller of a tight tumor. Red Jacket and ied of whoop ing cough. Teeumseh of scalp dis ease. Bad luck is simply a man w’ith his hands in his pockets and his pipe in his mouth, looking to see how it will come out. Good luck is a man of pluck, with his sleeves rolled up, and working to make it Come outright. Agricultural Department. MAXIMS FOR FARMER*! The following good maxims are wall worth preserving for constant reference: 1. Only good farming pays. He who sows without a reasonable assur ance of good crops, annually, might better earn wages of some capable neighbor than work for so poor a pay master as he is certain to prove him self. 2. The good farmer is proved sucli by the steady appreciation of his crops. Any one may reap an ample harvest from a fertile virgin soil; the good fanner alone grows good crops at first, and better and better afterward. 3. It is far easier to maintain the productive capacity of a farm than to restore it. To exhaust its fecundity, and then attempt its restoration In buying costly commercial fertilizers, is wasteful and irrational. 4. The good farmer sells mainly such products as are at least exhaus tive. Necessity may constrain him, for the first year or two, to sell grain, or even hay, but he will soon send off his surplus mainly in cotton, or wool, or meat, or butter and cheese, or something else that return to the soil nearly ail that is taken from it. A bank account daily drawn upon, while nothing is deposited to its cred it, must soon respond “ no funds.” So with a farm similarly treated. ht 5. Rotation is at least negative fer tilization. It may not positively en rich a farm ; it will at least retard and postpone its impoverishment. He who grows wheat after wheat, corn after corn, for twenty years, will new! to emigrate before the term is fuelled. The same farm cannot sup port—or endure—him longer than that. All our wheat growing sec tions of fifty years ago are wheat grow ing no longer; while England grows larger crops thereof on the very fields that fed the armies of Saxion Harold and William the Conqueror. Rota tion has preserved these as the lack of it has ruined those. 6. Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine. 1 have known farmers who toiled constantly from daybreak to dark yet died poor, be cause through * ignorance, they wrought to disadvantage. If every farmer would devote two hours op each day to reading and reflection', there would be fewer failures in farm ing than there are at present. 7. The best investments a farmer can make for his children is that which surrounds their youths with the rational delights of a beauteous, attractive home. The dwelling may be small and rude, yet a few flowers will enrich and gladden it; while grass and shade are within reach of the humblest. Hardly any labor done on a farm is so profitable as that which makes the wife and children fond and proud of their home. 8. A good practical education, in cluding a good trade, is a better outfit for a youth than a grand estate with the drawback" of an empty mind. Many parents have slaved and pinch ed to leave their children rich, when half the suuiythus lavished would have profited them far more had it been devoted to the education of their minds, the enlargement of their ca pacity to think,* observe and work. The one structure that no neighbor hood can afford to do without is the school house. 9. A small library of well selected books in his home has saved many a youth from wandering into the bane ful ways of the prodigal son. Where the parental strictness and severely would have bred nothing but dislike and a fixed resolution to abscond at the first opportunity, good book and pleasant surroundings have weaned many a youth from his first wild im pulse to go to sea or cross the conti nent, and made him a docile, conten ted, obedient, happy lingerer by the parental fireside. In a family, how ever rich or poor, no other food is so cheap or so precious as thoughtful, watchful love. 10. Most men are born poor, but no man, who has average capacities and tolerable luck, need remain so. And the farmer’s calling, though proffer ing no sudden leaps, no ready short cuts to opulence, is the surest of all ways from poverty and want to com fort and independence. Other men must climb; the temperate, frugal, diligent, provident farmer may grow into competency and every accessory to eternal happiness. Each year of his devotion to his homestead may find it more valuable, more attractive than the last, and leaves it better still. GRASS SEED—UOW MICH TO SOW PER ACRE. As the number of pounds in a bush el of seed varies in different States (says the Working Farmer), I shall designate the amount to be sowed by quarts, instead of pounds, there being thirty-two quarts in a bushel in every State. Grass seeds of some kinds may be sown too thickly, although this is seldom done. Bed clover may be sown too thick for producing a good yield of seed, as there will only be about so many spears of grass flour ish, even when the seed is sowed in great abundance. When the seed is applied so abundantly that there is not room for a spear to grow from every kernel, a portion of the young grass dies, the strongest spears' over powering the feebler ones, and main taining the pre-eminence over them. Seed should always be sown thicker for pasture than is necessary for mead ow, whether it is to be cut‘for seed or bay. If the soil is very lumpy, and not very fertile, twice as much seed is necessary per acre, as will be need ful when the surface is mellow, free from lumps, and covered with a fine vegetable mould. I will state the proper quantity for general seeding, which may be varied to suit the qual ity of the soil, or for meadows and pastures. Three quarts of timothy, sixteen of orchard grass, and twelve of Ketueky blue grass will seed any acre of ground well. When early red clover and orchard grass are sowed together, four quarts of the former and sixteen quarts of the latter w ill be sufficient, if the soil is not too poor to produce one and a half tons per acre. When it is desired to sow nothing but red clover, either early or late six to eight quarts per acre will seed the ground well, if sowed evenly. When orchard grass only is sowed not less than two bushels will be found sufficient for one acre, as the seeds are large. Better sow three bushels per acre, than less than two. Kentucky blue grass seed being bulky, and the plants inclined to spread rapidly, one and a half bushels per acre will be found sufficient, if the soil is mellow and in a good state of fertility'. Mock Mince Pie.—Four cups bread crumbs or apples, three eggs one-half pound raisins, one-half pound currants, one cup of vinegar, one cup sugar, one cup molasses, one tea spoon soda, four cups w ater ; spice to taste. Try it. Tainted Meat.— Last summer some chickens, during the very warm weather became slightly tainted. I staffed them with freshly heated charcoal, and in twelve hours they were as sweet and fresh as could be desired, not leaving the least disa greeable odor or flavor. Shortly after on examining fresh pieces of pork’ and fearing that they could not be preserved until it was convenient to cook them, I packed them in a pan of powdered charcoal, and thus kept them with complete success. Gainesville Eagle. | Pkei'arp for Planting Irish i Potatoes During the present i month of February potatoes should be I planted for an early crop. The proper time for preparing the ground is in this month. Break up the ground at least a foot in depth with the plow or spade. This exposure of soil to the frosts of this month will destroy the grub worms that are often destructive to this crop in the spring. In Febru ary open furrows with the plow or spade at least ten inches deep, into which put three of manure, which may he fresh from the stable or cou pon, if no other boon hand. Put two or three inches of soil on top of the manure, when the trenches will be ready for tubers. Fill up the trenches and make a low ridge on the top of the potatoes, which will give seven or eight inches of soil to protect them from freezing. If the Early Rose bo the variety planted, they will ripen from the fast of May to the middle of Juno, when they may be immediately planted for a second orop.—iJnred Southerner. Economy of the Farm.—Farmers grew rich by saving, and others grow rich by spending. Others have first to make the money, and then spend it for food. The wants of a farmer are few that cannot be supplied from his farm. Why, thou, should the farmer repine because he has not money to buy a board, or measures his wealth ■ by comparing that of other who must | give all for tilings which he lias with i out buying. Herein lays the secret of a farmer’s j success: In raising everything as far j as possible, on the farm, and buying j as little as he possibly eau. Nor is this mistake the only one made by farmers. They all want too I much land, and too much stock for : their land. Remember that fifty acres actually worth one hundred dollars : per acre, is worth more than one hun dred acres at fifty dollars per acre; i because one half the work expended i on the first will raise as much as the whole amount expended on one hun dred 1 acres. It is the same way with ; stoyk. It is better to fatten five head of steers well than ten only half done, 1 because they will sell for * more, and ybu will also save the-interest on one half the investment. I* T , , M The Partridge the Agricultu rist’s Friend. —At a meeting of hor ticulturists in Illinois strong ground was taken against the destruction of the birds. To show how useful the bird is it was stated that a flock of partridges were seen running along the rows of corn just spouting, and seeing them engaged m something w’hich w’as believed to be pulling up the young plants, one of them was killed and its “ crop” examined, w hich was found to contain one cut worm, 21 striped bugs, and over 100 chinch bugs. Another member relat ed that he had adopted measures to protect the bird, and that they had become so numerous and tame that hundreds of them, after snow’ falls could be seen In his barnyard w’ith the fowls, w’here they w’ere fed. Asa result of their presence upon his prem ises his wheat crop was unusually abundant, w'hile in many other places not far off the chinch bug and other insects had destroyed half the crop. ISEFI L RECIPES. It is worth while to know how to stop bleeding from the nose when it becomes excessive. If the finger is pressed firmly upon the little artery which supplies blood to the side of the face effected, the result is accomplish ed. Two small arteries, branching up from the main arteries on each side of the neck, and passing over the out side of the jaw bone, supply the face with blood. If the nose bleeds from the right nostril, for example, pass the finger along the edge of the right jaw till the beating of the artery is felt. Press hard upon it, and the bleeding will cease. Continue the pressure five minutes, until the rup tured vessel in the nose has time to contract. —Knoxville Chronicle. Cornmeal Pudding.— Although simple, it is yet very peiatable. Stir into a quart of boiling milk, the yolks of two eggs, three heaping spoonfuls of meal and a half a cup of sugar, w'ell beaten together. Cook five minutes, stirring constantly ; remove from the fire, and add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth. Pour into a pudding dish, and bake one hour in a moderate oven. Serve with cream and sugar. A Good Breakfast Disit.— Four eggs, three-quarters pint new milk, and a piece of butter the size of a wal nut ; salt and pepper to suit the taste. Beat the eggs, add the milk and but ter, and pour all together into a hot frying-pan containing half a spoonful of fryings. Stir constantly for three or four minutes, when it will be ready for the table. Quite a nice flavor is obtained by making it after frying ham or fresh sausages. Cheap Pumpkin Pie. —Stew your pumpkin and mash through the' col ander; and for three pies, take one pint of milk, one-half pound sugar, three teaspoonfuls flour, spice to taste. As eggs-are so high in winter, I call this an economical recipe, and hope our lady readers will be pleased with it. A Good Pudding. —Take a piece of beef and chip it fine, take some on ions and chip them fine, season with pepper and salt, grate some hard bread, mix them together with the white of an egg, make balls, then dip them into the yolk of the eggs and fry them in butter; lard will do, but butter is better. Quick Muffins. —Two teacups of buttermilk, one of thick cream, or if none, three even teaspoonfuls of melt ed butter, four eggs, half a teaspoon ful of soda; thicken with prepared flour as thick as waffles. This recipe w ill make enough for six or eight persons, and in these times when eggs are so scarce and are sold at such exorbitant prices, it is quite an economical dish, as it will often answer in their stead. Soda Biscuit.—One pint of rich buttermilk, one spoonful lard, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon soda, and as much flour as you can stir in well with a spoon. Bake in little patty pans. Soft Gingerbread. —Onecup mo lasses, one cup sour cream, one egg, one teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful i ginger, flour to make a pretty stiff batter BRIGHT ASO DILKE. An English correspondent of the New A ork Mail thus describes John Bright and Sir Charles Dilke, the tw'o most noted men of the British Parlia ment: “John Bright, who is a man of some fifty-seven or eight, of bulky figure, bare-head, broad, massive forehead anil firm mouth, with some what thick lips, around w hich is odd ly blended of humor, decision and sweetness; a quick, restless eye, glanc ing hither and thither, a round chin and white hair, dressed very plainly in a rather shabby over-coat, a neck tie of careless antiquity, and perhaps a pair of cotton gloves'. 14 Sir Charles Dilke, the Republican baronet, a much younger man, prob ably the youngest man of the House of Commons. He is tall and some what stiff, with square forehead and well-set jaw, suggestive of strong and obstinate resolve. He is rather hand aome? bnt a good deal stolid—in pression I mean—and with a certain formal and heavy way about him which tells of dogmatism and dissent. He is well dressed, and is conscious of being an object of curiosity. FEHT3XiIZEXH3 r Dickson's Com pound, SOLUBLE PACIFIC, fanio Minim and Mannfactiirlm Cos., CABOLINA ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE CO., MACNUMBONUM, PARAGON, ALSO PERUVIAN GUANO, GROUND AND DISSOLVED BONES, plaster, SALT, Acid I»li osph utea FOR OOMPOSTIKo, IXOIJ CASH, o’on time on manufacturer’* JT teuu*—some guarantee 15 cts. for t ~tton delive.ed. Please call and obtain circulars. Cilbert & Baxter, l"cbls—lm. Agents. STERLING SILVER-WARE. SHARP A FLOYD No. 33 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA. Specialty, Sterling Silver-Ware. Special attention is requested to ttic man new and elegant pieces manufactured express ly to our order the past year, andquite recently completed. An unusually attractive assortment of novel ies in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and Holiday presents, of a medium and expensiv character. ihe House wc 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, ami the best Labor-saving Machinary, en abling them to produce works of the highest character, at prices UNAPPROACHED by any competition. Our stock at present is the lar gest and most varied this side of Philadelphia An examination of our stock and prices will guarantee our sales. O'UR HOUSE USE ONLY 923 BRITISH STERLING, 1000 Jan 4—ts CAR.TERSVILLE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. We, the subscribers, will commence our ex ercises in the above Institute, on the SECOND MONDAY INJANUARY, 1872. There will be three departments in this In stitution, viz: Scholastic. Academic, and Col legiate, thereby enabling the citizens of Car te rsville, and tne adjacent country, to enjoy the privilege of giving their children a complete and thorough education, which, heretofore, they have been compelled to s< ak 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 voutTi who may be entrusted to our charge, for all tlie walks, either of private or of public 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 lel 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 fill. This Institution will consist of Male and Fe male scholars, giving girls here a chance to prepare themselves either for teachers or for business stations in lifts thus enabling them to make an independent living. The tuition will be from S2OO to SSOO per month, according to grade, parable monthly. The government of this institution will be mild, but firm. As order is the first law of na ture, so children must, and will, be goveracd, that are entrusted to our care. 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 w ill be tolerated in this Institution, our rules are simply obedience and hard study ; and if parents or guardians will give us their co-op erat»on, they will be sure to get the worth of their money. W e intend to have our Institution incorporated, so as to confer degrees. .T. B. SCUDDER, RONALD JOHNSTON. CartersvilleJGa., Dec. 21.1871. Min to, ATLANTA, GA. TO MERCHANTS! FRESH INVOICES CUTLERY! assorted crates NOW ARRIVING FANCYGOODS An Immense Invoice especially for CHRISTMAS i HOLIDAYS! New and Elegant Goods FOR dollar stores and FIFTY t'ESTS STORK*, Decorated Dinner AND T Ab: *T» TANARUS» KNIVES AND FORKS, CASTERS, GOBLETS, ' ases from auction, CHEAPER TEAS „ IEICiNBEBOUOIH Office Selma Rome & Dalton R, R, Cos. E - v • J °HNSON, Local Agent. "** 4 TU,; I- KIMBALL HOrSE, TIAR Ga " Dtc - u 1871. JL to go West will find it to I Kimball lIoAe® 81 80 call on V. Johnson, No. I kete. 110Ube > procure cheap Emigrant I deoltm ( VOL. 12-NO. 38 McCntclieon’s Column. The Western Antidote ! McCUTCH EON’S CHEROKEE INDIAN BITTERS. This highly valuable Indian Remedy it too well known, whenever it has been used, to require special notice. Those who are unacquainted with its wou 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, Liver Com plaint, Ague-Cake Dyseutery ami other complaints. It warms the stomach and bowels; cures Colic an 1 Obstructions of the Breast; sustains excessive labor of b >ih bo dy and mind; cures the Piles, promotes the Appetite, assists Digestion: prevenis un pleasant dreams and frights: strengthens the judgment; cures Nervous, Asthmetical and Hysterical Affections; removes all the dis orders of weakues and debility ; purifies the Blood; cures Neuralgia and Disj'iq.sia, to gether with most Diseases peculiar to Fe males. Old and young, male aud female, have been greatly benefitted by its use, as hundreds of letters from all parts of the United States will certify. Let those who are unac quainted with McCutchkon’s “Cherokee In dian Bitters,'’ before saying this is too much, try a bottle, and all who uo so will unite in testifying that the half has not been told. Cherokee Indian Bitters possesses an ener gy which seems to communicate new life to the system, and renovate the feeble, fainting powers of nature. Its operation upon the tissues of the body does not consist in affeet ing the irritability of the living fibre, but in imparting a souud aud healthy stimulus to the Vital Organs. It strengthens substantially and durably the living powers of the animal machine; it entirely innocent and harmless; may head 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 : ater 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 u heal thy action is often in the worst case restor ed to the exhausted organs of the systbh ; with a degree of animation and desire for food, which is perfectly astonishing to all who perceive it. This Medicine purifies the blood, restores the tonic power of the fibres, and of the stomach aud digestive organs; rouses the animal spirits, and substantially fortifies and reanimates the broken down constitutions of mankiud. Indians are the most healthy of the human race. They take an abundace of physical exercise, breathe pure air, and live on sim ple diet. When sick, they use no mineral poisons, but select roots, herbs, and plants “from the great drug store of their Crea tor.” McCutcheon’s “ Cherokee Indian Bitters” is a combinaiion 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 pos sess in curing diseases, evinces to the world 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 sons of Nature, whose original, untutored minds, unshackled by the forma 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 Inited States, thousands have been raised from beds of affliction wbose lives were despaired of by their physicians and pronounced beyond the reach of medicine McCutcheon’s “ Cherokee Bittera ” has driven the most popular medicines of every 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, have all been greatly benefited 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 cared by it, but also from some of the most eminent physicians and druggist who have success fully 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 distanoe from the railroad, when ordering my “ Cherokee In dian Bitters,” will please state the depot to which they have their goods Bhipped, by so doing, I can sometimes supply their wants much earlier. Address all orders to R. H. McCTJTCHEON, Marietta, Ga. Who alone is authorited to manufacture the original and genuine, ect 26— ly