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Newspaper Page Text£!)c (Eutljbcvt Appeal, I. P. SAWTELL,! iH. H. JONES, Proprietor*. TERMS OF BUBSCRlttlO*: F.mr Donlh» $1 00 On# y##r. H00 InrurUbly In aryanat. AU papers »Hs- eunUnued on expiration of time psid tor. WbRl is Noble 1 Wbtl i# noble! To Inherit Wealth. estate and proud d"«fM f There moot be some other merit Higher yet than these for me ! Something greater tar must enter Into life's majentio rp*n ; Fittwl to create and centre Tru# nobility In man I What I# noble t Tie the flr.er 1‘ortion of our mind ami In-art, Linki-d to something atilt diviner Thau mere language can impart ; Ever prompting—ever coving Borne Improvement yet to plan ; To uplift our fellow Mng, And, like muu. to I eel lor man ! What la noble! 1* tin* aabrt* Nobler than the hnrabte apude 1 There# a dignity in labor Truer tban e'er pomp arrayed ! He who reeks lb«- mind’s Improvement, Alda the world, in aiding mind Every gre*t. commanding movement tferrea not one—but all mankind. O'er Uro forge'* bent and win-#, O’er the engine*# irou bowl, \V here th# rapid obutlle U.i-b--#. And the rpindle whirls its thread ; Th«* W labor lowly tending Each requirement of the boar, There is genius still extending Science - aud its world of |K)Wcr! 'Mid tlie dust, and rpord, and clamor, Of the loom-abed anil the mill; ’Midst the clank of wheel and li.miunr Groat result* atv growing still I Though, loo oil, liy Fashion's ervatarre, Work aud workers m-iy la* h|unn-d. Commerce need not hide it* features l Industry is not ashamed. What i# noble ! That which place* Truth in ita enfranchised will; Leaving steps, like angel • races.’ That mankind may follow atill I Even though sourne‘a malignant glance* l'rove him p'Mirui; of his elan, He's the oonie— who advances Freedom and the cause of man ! We Have Been Friend*. BV MR*. .NORTON. We have been friend. together, In sunshine aud in shad#. Since Una beneath the chestnut tre« In Infancy we played, But coldness dwells within my heart, A cloud is on thy brow — W« have been friends together, Shall a light word part us now f We have been friend* together, We have laughed at little >*1*. For the lount of hope wan gushing Warm and joyous in our breano, lint Uiiubler now ban fled thy lip, And sullen gloom* thy blow— We have lieen friends together, gliall a light word pail u# now ? We have been sad together. We have wept with hitler tears f >Vr the grata grow grave* where slumber'd Vol. H, Cuthliert, Georgia, THURSDAY, June <t, 1868. No. 31. Dod Ding to His Friend Harding. To my Friend Ed. Randolph Hardmg, Judge (at it to he) of the Put aider Sirlcit •—Grrstins : Dear Nkd: You raly must excuse me for callin you ns I useter when we wur boy*, before you had got to ho bc dlbtiuk-M lull'd. I’m awnr, that you lift" u considerbul parnlntlo. ty for being cull* ed Ed. Randolph. Hut then, as Shake- spec re snys, I'm parshal to “ Old Ant Sine;” nnd “Dear Ned” carry* me back sum 65 yurs tn when you an me wur Imys, an you useter say, ns how you ment, sum day, to bo a mity grnte man. By the by, Ned—now do excuse mo etc, und tuck Fort Pulanky and the Gus- ty Barracks, so that tho union fullers couldn't stave tiff tho fuss no longer.— You hoorawed for Joseph, and wished you'd been I liar to have shared in the evorluatin glory. Hut at Inst tho fight wur up, nn you wur so prompt an patii- otic to git into tlm sarvico nnd whip out them cursed yankcea, that X made ehure ef flic wur lasted long enuff you'd make a M»\jnr Ginerul. Well, you was made a Colonel to coinmenco with, an off yon put to Savnnner to take your persishun in front of tho enemy, on tbo blood stained hitesof glory, " nobly resolved to do or din.” My heart pulportntcd for you then. AU upper Qoorgy felt safe. Your kin sn filends was mitely elated ; you made tick a Jigger in reg- for Win off the Randolph for I think I gfrmtntim. But ulus, our expectation you can’t git no glory out of that name no how. In the fust plane, John Run- dolph, what useter live over at Eonoke wits disappointed. By some bad Influ ence, or misfortune, about that seaport town, you soon got, ns 1 lieorod, " horse before the ingtmadiurut it, an l.isbruthef g t » „nd resigned, or retired, or Edmond, has ubout got uli the good out | relieved or cashsoed, or come out of that name. An besides, Nod, cf I tomva y ir ;,\ ^er lets immortality wur as big a man ns you, I'd w«nts|^ m , /ou ^ m I don't understand name propurshund to my fume, ^h*' | military leek nicks, but anyhow, I wur name of Rmidolpli is kiuder dido out of j ruthcr discurnged at your performance The h'»|'« of the early year#, The#** vdWih which an- wsit Wool I hid (beet- clear thy brow, We !w»vr hi-i-Q red Uyethi r, Ob ! wlut«hull part II* imw ? Drunk — Young man did you ever stop to think how terrible that word Hounds? Did you ever think what min in' and woe you brought upon your friends, when you degraded your man hood by getting drunk ? Oh, it is a fen - fill thing to trumple under f*M»t the high claims that God and matt hsve upon you. Drunk ! How it rings in the ear of a loving wife 1 How it makes tho heart of a loud mother bleed ! How it oi indies out the ho|»es of ii doting father, wmt bring* reproach and shame upon loving sisters. Drunk ! See him us lie leans sguinst some friendly house. He stands ready to fall into the jaws of hell, | unconscious os to hjs approaching fate. The wile, with tearful eyes and ai-hing heart, site at tho window to hear her husband’s footsteps, but alus, they come not! He ia drunk ! The husbund, tht parent, is dtutik, spendiug his time and mom », when h« should be at home en joying the ph'iieures and comfort* of the family circle. Drunk ! He is spend ing the means of sup|sirt for liquor, while his family i» starving fur bread, his chit ten suffering for clothing — Drunk ! Hia imputation m going, gone ! His friends, one by one, are reluctantly leaving him to hie miserable late... lie goes down to hia grave " unhonored and unsung.” Drunk 1 Tacr..—Dr. Franklin remarked Hint s man often gets two dollars for the one lie spends informing his mind, ss a dollar laid out in another way. A man eats a pound of sugar and it is gone, and tlm pleasure he has enjoyed is otidod, and the information begets fiom a n*w*p*|K-r is treasured up to be enjoyed snow, ami to lie used wherever ocuusmu or inclination <-.alls for it. A newspaper is not the wis dom of a man, or two men—it is the wisdom ofage, and of the past ages, too. A family without a newspaper is a I wax n behind the time in general information ; besides they can never think much or find muchta t«fk about. And then there are the little ones growing up without any taste for reading. Who, then, would be without a newspaper, snd who would roud one regularly without paying for it? Boots.—Give us a house furnished with books rather tbun a gorgeous ar ray of furniture beyond the wants cf the inmates. Both, if you oan, but books at any rote. Think of the meutal torture you must undergo to spend severul duys in a friend’s house, nnd hunger for some thing to read, while you ore treading on costly carpets, sitting down on luxuri ous chairs, and sleeping upon down, us if one were bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind. Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A house without books is likes room without windows A b<*ok is good company ; it is full of conversa tion without loquacity. It talks to you, not through the cur, but iu another, and oftentimes, more desire le way. lute yurs 1 uin’t hecred nothin of its being anything grate sence the ingun war. I’d ohuse ino a name from sum of the big nion of modern times, which is still fresh and green with glory.— How would it soot you, to bo called the 44 Hon rbfll Edward Joseph E. Mead Jlullucks Harding, Judge of the Put awler Sirkit, etc ?" I think sioh u napiR'Ilashun would cover you with ow ner an imuiorlulity, by sociatin you with them that is doing so much fur thar cuntry, nn shorn your gratitood to them fur what they bus dun fur you, or is tn do. By tho by, Ned, strange is the wnys of Providuuce 1 Sence you told mo yon w nr goin to git to he a big man, ineimy a long yor has Inpaed into the dirti vis- tys of ftitnraty, an I raly begun to think your ardlnt ate pi rash tins was goin to fuil at last. It is true, yon got them fellers to huve you piuted to ho u Judgu ' in Net bra sky, and that sounded big to I them as didn't understand the joke. I wur shghtually took in myself fur a dowli thar. But Polly obsnrvod fur my uuinfort, thut menny men what's " fuss'd in peace ” is not “fuel in war.” 1 wont repent all 1 licered about tho way you went on down thar, beuuusc tnalet it on- sartain, an this letter mite fall inter the hwiis ul tome one w hir'd injur you. Be sides I never bcleevud half of whut 1 Leered. But surfiee it ter say, ns Dea con Smith says, I cum to the conoln- shun that you wus not a Napoleon, nor u Alexander, an I was considerbul dis- ou raged ubout you, Nod Agin, when you got away down inter South-west Gooigy, thinks I, " Ned struck it; he'e changed hi* baee. The folks dout know him dowu thar, an aint much enlightened no how ; an Nod'll be culled 4 Judge ’ down tliar ; an lie has u kinder Jew-dish-all-nose an ginnerat asspcct, und lie'll soon float inter for tune.” Duron the din of war, the con- fushun wus so grate an my triibbles an considerbul, I kinder lost sight of dis taut fiends. But, now an thou, a little good news cum, like a streak of light . while. But Pull*, .h.-’. «l,»r(> In "b- ! .iirvv, mul hud -he lu-.n u h K .„,.l. iu-! ^r-r - whi.w, l h.orud, Ih.t J„,l wu. ' Hi I I.r . .hi-nuil., would huvo ,„„d» » j d ‘ dlMri » S'<»U«y huh,..,I >|i««.heu I rieiin.ti-nidi.rrv nr n Diplomacy. Him through nil tb.m b.rn, K htud r. K un«, on ! to m., •• Dod, thorn lion,nun krnln In | tllu *" l, J"*:‘ Il W‘ ■" r.H.lin Nnd , Umt'n nn old tiiuk ol polly J ^"huninra W..II tl,»t punlcd mo n li.hi.nmw, sit rid uf „ ni.n «ln« «•- lcuU '.' **>*} ,u 1 " d " V<» nirasbuiis is gittin trubhlesum I’outruu | b . ' ;,|„ fur ufll-rwr. iin -lull, by uondio him I U * Juil, “ n “ ? ll0 dl “l'“ red I off to onrln unkimwii, wlinr tlmr il „„ « r Ul. Hint., nnd gwiin, to try hi. luck jwreWy. nnd whnr tlm nitun.hu,. of " ■' " r » Cnrrt„».l ? But wh.t ' thhin don't n-quiru no qunlilhin.hum. * h " '* h * *" to fill tlm hill." H„yn I, “ Uhl llurlin, | 10 thu pufpiU for ? In hu in fnvor vou'r. .trunk it; I'd ruthcr mm . mnn i «< u,llu " u[ “» W'" 10 . j 1 "'" ll '“ lim, whnr them ..in. him cm. .cu i Wllh lll “ l «“"°rury pow.r f I how h. d, « in yuntinhuu. but thou," | «<• »*« »“ «" •' » «' V I, “ thn-'n one good pint in thut [ iund »y upbore.’ Now you ■ o|i.j for el . Tellur ww.y out thnr «.« | k "<’» k ’''" boutdimiuv . ,i . k;- unn moil ns. Hays she, 44 well, ef Ned tofUtin snywfiseonregular in fils huUlts, i a t , „. l,y ..king too much uorn j'.oe »„ thu fit born . grntu Sundy Mmol mnn like, tlm hike, nt home wool,Put l.o.r I b-fore, • Mwm Urm S KM Ihpi IU m do,m\ abfuit if, and the poop o out thar 1 thar deni hmo that. Ned’s a smart I fuller. lie’s only gilt in him a ordiunce, I before whom to loominute them eliquint would’nt kecr much; an, you know, j Red was ulwsys sVitually liable (i. e. f| ,. «'««**'• speeches what he useter make eumtmri, on te.dnm occathiuaj to git a ' . .* . , .... .. • u . ii 11 I Mp here, nn git Ins patriotic principals eelle of whnt the Bpauiah calls 4 horee »* u- n u l !, , „ 1 | before Ins Bnptiss brethurn, an then I he'll run fur Kongriss, or Judge, or sum- i But when you servivsd all the riggers d ) i ri( nn ua || on t|, cra f or support.” (>f thst clin.it, snd tho dangers of i»#» » L, f( yes," seal; “was it Byrum ' an women out in that savage legun, un , w j ;n t WT ^ tho elegy called 4 He stoopa igut back to Georgy, I dmgrotulatod j Ul Konker?’ Well, sure enuff, that's you on your rnlurn, nn thought your hnnd—hu'n ouly ifayih lo hmlccr ' .lock would ri«w. Pur I wur coiitinuiy ... . , . . ,, • ■ I But ulun ! how vnm i> earthly hope.! , fu ' r»;» m «!■ I That nr Sundy Bchool tide Unwed nlny, Tlmt nr youthful profir y o your,, rut > ” impnmnod mn, fur I did thmk you ruuld bur ^ ^ sec sum distance a bed. An then l ( k(low'd that fur anretlUat amWnm Well, bimoby, Giurnl Lus nurrindnd, you wun cqmil to that nr mcmlwr of the nn then Jnnaing, thou limy cnughl Jr IT grand Budicnl parly, who said ill his ( Duvis ; the Cunfodoroy bu.U-d «ky O'livurmliun speech, “ I'd rulhor rule in high, So««whuniini went up, on Reowi Hull, than .nrvo in Ilcnven " . otruck.huni.m cum down upon un " like Ili'nmby the grcoteece.li difflkilty - thnunofid brlek." “Whet on nirtli,” sprung up, und nil tlm speaker, wn.gil- «=• I- “ «'!' N "<1 d ” ' IMl? Tll « R ” d » “ tin eliquint on tho wrong, of thu down-1 uurryin all Uutore um j they ere tramp- trodden -South , an you got a. eliquiut j I’D, hot haste, on the South, an Ned yourself, that I wus shure you’d rise on that breese. You know Aleck Pope useter soy, 41 thar is a tide in cur affurca which takin at the ft»od fluata inter for tune.” Well, thinks I, “ Ned’s struck it” When I heered you bewuilin the wrongs of the Sunny South, denouncift the North, on swearin eternal vengunce on all as should try to take away our rights; ns you swelled your jaws and sprung your knees apart, and offered to shed your last drop of blood in defence of tbo receded South, aoys I, "NeJe etoek i# stiff and upward." Well, arter a while, the war opened. Our Joseph had alreddy pitched in a bed of the mu- is too muoheummitted to Suthern Rights to ride on thu tide tbut'a rising now." Fur ef thar is enny thing that you tillers consistently boasted of, (though you oilers wur a leetle xersatde) Ned, it wus that you loudly hated the whole Yankee na shun, an went it strong fur Sulhnn Bights. But my wife, ses she to me, “ Dod, do you bloeve in the l'ockur- lips ?" Ses I, “Wby, 01® DarHn V* 8cs she, “ I heered em quote a proverb from that book on this wise, an ita true as steel : 4 No tellin the luck of a lousy calf —live all Winter, an die in Springan I think it must be oquully true, thut a man mout bo sort, r puny in his ripper tution durin all \h® days of prosperity, and 8iidduntly rise in times of adversity. Ned’s legs is long, nn bis back kinder roachcd over.couvenunt fur summersottii; an I think he'll turn one now, an full right kerslap into tho lap of fortune.— You see,” sea the old ludy growin con* fldent, “ our Joseph, lie's did it—an that long bearded man Furry, whnt sister 8al said was like a big billy goat, bo’s did it; and I dont see nuthin to keep Nod from foilurin soot. It would only be souther case of ' stoopin to /conker ' as whatsuamo sea.” Now, lo an behold! Nod, you've struck it, jest as hope’s last lumps wur expirin in thar aoccets. You’ve gone over, ns I learn, horeo, foot an drag- goons, haggngc-wagons, nrtillory, poon- tune bridges nn all, to Bullook un Mead, thu Radicals an niggers, Joe Brown un tho Scallywng#, jest in time to git upon the tide nn be Hooded inter offis. Bully for you, Noil 1 You must huvo been n born proffit, else you could’ut have mad* that reverlation to me when you wur a boy. Accept my dyin emigrate- Inuhuns, ns tho “ llonnerbul Ed. Joseph E. Mead Bulluck Harding, Judge of (lie I'ut-uw lor Sirkit,” etc. But *' Souls nn bodies! Whats the mat ter Old Duiiin? ' “ Dod,” says she, 44 Ned haint got it yit 1 He's been er Ulergraffin an er telergraffin to nur Joseph an to Bulluck an to Meml, an he’s got a Radicle feller named Jnrdiug an one named Boll down thar to help him, nn thoy’ve done an said all they enu—nn Ned, he’s bin to Atlanty an bowed oqscfuped nroun hod quar ters like a ole gobbler roun a lien eoor, an all thut—an they nmt made him Judge yit.” 44 What is tho matter?” ses I. “ That ar trun clad oath." Well,” aes 1, “ ef that* ail, Ned mite ns well open wide, ahet his eyes un go it. Tlmr’s Blodgett, he’s did it—an Hoppins, lie's did it, fur ther cuntry'sgood. After wlmt Ned’s done, the Rehe wont think nuthin df Aim, nohow; an ha mout ns well swur through.” “ But,” snys Polly, with a lemoncliolly look, “ I no doubt Ned would bo fully up to that ur joak, ol it wurnt for fear of boin persecuted in the Circus Court for pudgerry.” “Well," ses I, “ thut is diseurngin.” Presently in comes neighbor Jones, what'* bin doun to Atlanty, nn ho sea your pintment is, nvtor all, considerbul on- sartin. Hu sen a man r.amed llarrill, un one named Tyler, nn aiuithcr feller is arter it hnrd. He pea, he dont bloeve our Joseph is true to you author. He’s bin a sniri lie did’nt like your wuys Kumd at Huvunner, nnd that you got mad with him about your loavin that si'uushun ; and that he thinks you is ruthcr broke down with ngo nnd miss Inks, to bo put up iu sick a criteiklu placo. I ennt close, my deur Ned, without spressin my fours, that you haint man idged this mutter ahurp. I know your uutur. Y'ou wanted thu fokes to think that you did’nt have no ant piiathwu— that your practiss wur wurth too much to leave—tlmt your he in Judge in Xtebraoky wus otmer enuff for you an your poster at y —an finally that Mead an Bulluck nn Brown forced this Judgeship on you, an you tuk it fur your cuntry’s good.— That was r nice schedule, Ned. But your biters is busted, so you cant run it. The fact is, Nod, " out of the boun- dins of the heart the mouth spooketh,” an in your gratifercashun, you had poured your couferdunce inter leaky vessels, un it has spilled out an wet things genorully. “ Bewur of wolves in sheeps skins,” as Paul so*. Now when you see you had no ass pirashuns— thut you haint sought tho pprsishun, an all that—the people Ben, 4 well, that would bc strong testimony, ef the witniss wur disinterested. But he’s testorfyin in his own case. Let him fetch out copies of the lettergrams sent between him an his Cuih- bert friends, an Brown, Mead, Bulluck an Co., on the subject; an let the tellergraff man turlifg that them u ail the diepatchss what past on the subject; an that'll settle the case. We dont require him to perduce the private letters wbioh Brown writ him and he writ Brown last summer—jest let him show them dispaohes.” I tell you Ned, them Soutli-wost fokes is hard to sutisfy. They is hauler onbeleevin. Ef the Bible wur as much agio thar judg ment, as your cluim of not seekin this pintment, they'd bc down-right infkluls. They’d quit goin to meetin and burn tbar Bibles an Bam books. My closin udvice, Ned, is, dont let them fellers in tho Cuthbkrt Apfeci. fool you inter “ a viudercosbun.” Fur ef you tries that, them mfurnal dispatches will bother you. Polly says, “ lio low, keep dark, say nuthin aa watch close.” Fare well, from your’n in upperhenshun au disnppintmont. Don Di.vo. Frum the Mountings near Dalton, Georgy Terratory, May 15lA 1808. Nott-Bumy : Polly ses I ortunt to re- luded to your age so pinteJIy, seein you ts a icidder. Wimmen ia thoughtful ubout ftiuh. One of my eSCaontrio neighbors snys, they wunts to put u powerful big*ssul on your comiiiishun, to fusten you firmly in persition, to per side agin summersetls ; onu inuy be tlm is wnitin fur Ginrnl Grunt to send um n supply of thut dub- biu concentrated beeswax, which lias hilt Stuntun au lung in the Warrior's Offisu. D. D. Tiie Nkw Bohnkt.— Alter Governor Gilmer, of Georgia, returned from of- fi u, be went to Ins old home in Lexing ton. He had n penchant for old irons, such us plough-snuros, old enrriuge irons, grindstone cranks, old shovels, mid tho odds nnd ends of plnntution tools. At tending tbu sales t.f estates, lie accumu lated «e ox cart-load or two of such stuff, which ho dumped down iu a cor ner of his yard near his dwelling, very much to tho nnnoynuco of his wife.— Tho pile kept increasing. Hlie detop mined to mako way with it, and one day (nhoriirH snle day) sent it to thu court yard (with the knowledge of the sheriff, who loved a joke) to be Hold to the highest bidder. Governor Gilmer thut morning rode out of town a mile or two, and wus returing as tbo sheriff was proceeding with his sales. Catching the eye of the Governor, who wus looking on, ho pointed out to him the lot of old iron, und requested nim to make a bid for them. "Good,” said Governor Gilmer,“I will; I Imvc Homo pieces at home that will match exactly. I bid ten dollurs for them.” ' “Tell dollurs I (on dollars!” repeat ed the sheriff— (nobody bids more)— "They are yours, Governor.” Delighted with the purblmso, he paid ten dollars, und left them in tho yard for futuro movement. Tho sheriff paid tho ten dollars to Mrs. Gilmer. In u few days she bought a handsome bonnet, and the Govornor, admiring it very much, said: “My dear, whero did you got tlmt protty bonnet ? It is beautiful und be comes you.” “Don't it husbund, don’t it! I bought it with the ten dollars you paid for your own old Iron trash!" Tho Governor wilted—lio wus sold by bis own wife. But time cured tho chagrin, aud the good Governor hud frequently to join in trio laugh ut Id's expense over this little incident. Josu Hii.linosisms.— It strains n man’s nbiloso} lice the wust kind tew luff when lie gits bent Awl ov us knmpluln ov the shortness ov life, yet we awl waste more time than wo ote. Don't mistake arrogunso for wisdnm j menny people thought tliu wus wise when thu wus ouU windy. Tho man who knnt git abed without piillin others back, is n limited cuss. The prmoipul difference betweuu a luxury und a noocssmy is tho price. Whenever the soul is injjrief, it is tak ing root; and whou it is iu smiles, it is tutting wing. “Givo tho devil his duo,” but be care ful there ain't rnueh due him. After a man lias rod® fust, ho never wants to go alow agin. FuilK that is founded on an nrnest and a truthful conviokshun is beautiful lo behold; but faith that is founded aim- ply on courage ain't unytbing more tliun good grit Evru sorrow has its twin joy j the fun of serntebin almost pays for having the each. Those family* who are really fust alas* never ar ufraid that ilia sliull git (shout ed out of their rospuctability, while the codfish familys ar® always nervous lest tha mite. It won't do to stir up a mnn when he is thinking, enny more than it will a pan of milk when the cream is rising. It is easy enough lo raise the devil, but he’s a nurd crop to reap. The otila sure resipcu lew govern muukind with, is the rod; you may fos i toon it with flowers, and case it with velvet, if you pleze, but it is tho rod af ter awl thut dux the business. •- I We are told that a contented mnn is I happy, and we might have boon told at the same tirftu that a mud turtle cuuld fly if it oulu had winga. tar a newspaper in Boston pro poses to start an asylum for tho useless young women of that city. It snys tho plan should be placed in tho hands of n “ committee of useless old mon whose experience will qualify them for the work. Upon this the Now York Commercial comments, and says that “ tho iden would perhaps be quite as witty, and the bit us fair, if it wero roversed niter this fushion : Let the institution be for the benefit of usyless old wompn—of both sexes—and let it be under tho care of ths useless young rufln.” Eggs may be kept perfectly good by packing them when Iresh, in suit, with the small end downward. By this process they may be kept for eight or nine mouths. Give it u triuL A»lvleu to Young Mechanics. There is a growing inclination on tho f mrt of young men, ultur they have served ong and hard apprenticeships to acquire a good trade to abandon that mode of making a living to enter tho legal or modioul profession, whore it ia aupuciaed f {renter emoluments can be secured und nrger honors won. In ninotcen cases of twenty such vontui'os are failures, Yor two reasons. First, the professions re quire peculiar ta’uiit and the most thor ough education. As a rulo, apprentices to the trndea have noither the timo nor tho moans to acquire this education.— lienee, when a mechanic at tho end of his apprenticeship aspires to and enters any one of tho professions, bo duos so at a great disadvantage. Ho may be a fluent spanker, know how to nrgtio n (:oint in a debuting society or hurnnguo a crowd at u ward meeting, but such talents do not fit him for thu legal pro- fescion. lie nuty know how to oxtract a splinter from his own hand, how to inaxe a solve, lo mix a powder or ad minister a pill, but all this, while it might quulifv him us a good nurse docs not fit him for the inudicu! profession. The fact ia, the young men who abandon their trades ure tempted*to do so by a feeling of false pride erroneously imagining tbero is honor to be secured in u pur suit of tho medical Hi ts. History proves tho fullacy of such suppositions. Tho brightest names which now adorn tho annals of all countries nro of the best mochuiiics who have blessed man kind w ith tho productions of their geni us. All tlmt is beautiful und gruud is the result of improvement in mn- chines. Tho pendulum, tho mainspring, the barometer, thermometer, printing press, steam engine, sewing machine, telescope, all are the results of mechanic arts, making those famous who produced them nnd tho people great who adopted thorn. A good mechunio who becomes a pet tifogger or u quack merely bocuso bo is too proud to work at his trade, is indoed a pitiful objoct. A man of tho right mental balance, who han a right mental force with the nocessuiy independence, will win as much honor as fair a living in tho trades ns in tho professions; in deed, an indifferent lawyer or doctor lacking briefs or patents, is alwnyi n miserable being, a bad example in the community. Let our young mechanics, then, become ambitious in their own pe culiar vocations. If they dignify their trudos by becoming proficient therein, the trndes will dignify them with tbo higliost honors. If mechunica pursue tl eir buBinesB with n purpose to self im provement thorein, and not merely to finmmcr and file nnd saw, but to im prove tho art, to develop something new therein, tho mind will bo stronthoned as tho arm becomes muscular, and the liuurt of the mechanic will bo mudo to swell with as truo a pride ns over glow ed beneath the boiihlct of a prince.— Will the young mechanics think of these truths?—State Guard, Harrisburg, Pa. Wxddivos a HuKDUin Years Aoo.— It may bo of interest to know how they arranged marriages a hundred years ngo. An old paper has the following description Louring upon the subject: “ Married in June, 1700, Mr. William Donkin, a considerable farmer, of Qront Lisson (near Untlihury), in tho county of Cumberland, to Miss Eleanor Bdot- ten, an agreeablo young gentlewoman, of the same placo. Tho entertainment on this occasion was very grand, thor® being no loss than 120 quarters of lamb, 44 qunrtcrs of veal, 20 quarters of mut ton, and a great quantity of beef, 12 hums, with u "uituble number of chick- one, etc., which was o Deluded with oight half ankers of brandy mads into punoh, 12 dor.cn of cider, a great many gullons of wine, and 00 bushels of malt made into beer. The oornpany consist ed of hbQwludies and gentlemen, who concluded with the music of 25 fiddlers und pipers, nnd tho whole was conduct ed with tbu utmost order and unanimi ty.” FbrkmasonKy in tub Wobi.iv—It is estimated by those who ought to know, that at present, in round numbers, there are about 1,250,000 Free and Acconted Musona soaltcrcd upon the fnco of the globo. Of this number somo 250,000 are in England. 100,000 in Scotland, nnd 50,000 in Ireland. There ar® about 00,000 on theGonlinetof Europe; 000,- 000 in the United Stutos; and 50,000 in other part* of the world, la England there nro 2,000 or 8,000 persons initiated ov ury year; and Pupal allocutions and feminine donuneiutious notwithstanding, the Masonic body iH said to. be uvory whero increasing. Aunt Susan, ubout seventy years df age, is unanimous on man; she says, 11 if all inon were tuken off, she’d make arrangement* for her funeral forthwith." Bho ulso says, “ suppose all the men wero in ono country, und all the women in another, with a big rivor between them, what lots of poor women would bo drowned.” 19* Tho local editor of a Georgiu paper, in announcing his retirement from his post, says that he proposes to sock labor in a different field, whiob be describes as “one where the genial rays of th® sun spreads its go d n light and fills the earth with flowers, and smiles on loving nature with bright ancf hal lowed countenance.” Reduced to En glish, this may perhaps mean thut he is going t, bee coxu.—Ex'hange. trig <£ujj)bcrt Appeal. RATES OF ADVERTISING s On# dollar p«r square of ten line# for lb# Oral in •ertion, and Serenty-IlT# C#nt* par tqoar# for ##ch <nb#equ#nt Insertion, not exceeding three. tidtequarttftft# tttfMUs • 00 On#aqnareon#y#*r...(.<!../■!.nniiii. *0 00 Fourth of « column #lx mon it a, 60 SO Halt column tlx months ?Q 00 One column aix mouth*. ......100 0* A Schoolboy's Composition. Corns are of two kinds, vegetable and animal. Vegitnble corn grows io rows, and animal oorn grows on toes. There are several kinds of com ; there is uni* oorn, capricorn, coru-i)ogers, field corn, and toe corn, which is the corn you feel tnont. It is said, 1 believe, that gopher* like oorn, blit persons having corns do not like to “go fur” if they can help it. Corns hnve kernels, nnd some Colonels have corns. Vogel able corns grow on enrs, but animal corn grows on the feet, at tho other end of the body. Another kind of corn is acorn, these grow on oaks, but there is no hoax about the corn.— The anorn is a corn with an indefinite article, but tho too corn is a very definite article Indeed. Try it and see. Many a man, when he has a corn, wishes it was an acorn, Folks that have eon* sometimes send for a doctor, and if the doetor himself is corned, he won't pro bably do so well as if h® isn't. The doc tors say that corns are produced by tight boots or shoes,which is pr» b b!y tbo re** sou why when a man is tight they saV he is corned. If n farmer manages well ho can get a good doal i f corn on onu acre, but 1 know* of a farmer that hna ono corn that mukes the biggest achor on his farm. The bigger crop of vego- tuUlo oorn a man raises the better ne likes it, but tho bigger crop of animal corn ho raises Che cotter he dont like it Another kind of coin is corndodger.— Tho way it is made is ve»y simple, aud is us follows (that is ii you want lo know): You go along a struct and meet a mnn that you know has corns, nml is a rough character : then you stop on the to® that has the corn on it, and sco if you won't have occasion to dudgo. In that way you will find out wl at a corn dodger is. rsr Ono of tho most original of ju venile inventions was that of little Fan ny, who, instead of saying her prayers at night, spread out her alphabet on the bed, and raising lur eyes to heaven, said— “O, Lord I hero are tho letters, or* range them to suit yourself.” Tttx Ruins or Humanity.—Of all the ruins on whioh tho oyo of man oan gaze, or on wbioh tho memory oan dwell, non® are moro painfully sublime than the ru ins of Immunity—and what aro they? Not the deep furrow which time ploughs on tho cheeks, or the whiteness with which yoars cover the houd— not tho ourvud spine which bows tho faoo toth* earth as if looking for a grave to rest In, for tho wrinkled cneek and the stooping framo aro the appropriate accompani ments of ago, and ns lionutifui in tho sys tem of life as with it« leafless trocs nnd frozon streams in tho system of season*; but the ruins of humanity are ia the ru ins which time has not made, in a frame tromhling with anxiety, shaken by sor row, humblod by sin, withered by dee- pair—when ell the beauty of youth U gone ami tho beauty of age has not sup plied its place; it ia a* melancholy as ■mow in harvest. Josh Biijjws on ths Fashions,—Who is Josh Billings ? Next to Mark Twain, ho is, by odds, tho funniest wag that figures in the columns of the daily press. His lost "ossa” on the fashions is fre*h, originul and closely observant. He says : Street dresos nro worn here almost unanimously, in fact it iz impossible tew seo eny kind of femail ia tho streets with out some kind ov a dress on—I moan street dre**s Tboy are made in the shape ov a dinner null and fit just about as tight. Watorfallsaro a peg higher than they waz, and soon will bo worn on the top ov the had like a raster's comb. Hoop skirts are close reefed, and tiltoris nro on their last legs. Kid gloves are on tho rage in lavender; ths more tho lavander tbo better, and the hair oddys in tho front like a neat ov young whirlpools just hutched out, and drops down behind from the waterfalls in one link a foot long about tho size ov • rope with a poker coming cut o( it. Freezing th* Brain.—Tho great dis covery that the brain of a living animal coaid bo frozen, and nfterwards could recover, was made by Dr. Jas. Arnott, who solidified the brain of o pigeon by expoeing it to a fro zing mixture. Here research stopped, because with an ordi nary freezing mixture it was not possi ble to act on individual pnrta of the or gan ; but the importance of the discov ery is not the loss ou thut account. It wusu murvutouerevealing. Thiuk what it wne ! Hnre was a living organ of mind, a eentre of powor, of all guiding power, of all volition, it took iu every motion of the univi n* to vhcli it was exposed, it took in light and form and oofor by tho eye; it took in sound by tho ear; soDsation und substance by tlm touch; odor by the nostril; and tast« by the mouth ; it gave out, in return or response, animal motion, expression— all else thut demonstrate* a living ani mal, With it the unitnal was turned into a mere vegetable. Aud this organ the very centre uud soul of the origan- inm, was, by mere pbyiscul experiment, for a time mado ddail—all its power* ice-bound. And thia organ, again set free, received ita functions bask agaio, and, as we know now by further obser vation, its fuootkins unimpaired. Sure ly this was the discovery of a new World. —Dr. Richardson, F. R 8. J&. A young man who was croon ed in love attempted suicide recently by taking a dose of yeast powder. He iu*-

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, June 04, 1868, Image 1