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Newspaper Page Text«EI)t dulljbm Appeal. T ~ —— - -. ■ ■■ - i. P. SAWTBLL,] [H. H. JUNES, Proprietor*. TEBM3 OK 8UU8CR|m05i Poor iroolh* 91 *0 On« jetr $8 0* 'ytu Invariably in ADTIXC*. AH paper* dW- tontinued on expiration or time paid lor. Death. ST RXV 1. J. »TAX, (SOtXx). Out of the shadow or radnt**, Into tlw sunshine of flsdne*, Into the light of tin* West— Out of the land very dreary, Out ol the world of the weary, Into the rapture of Ural. Out of today * »in and sorrow Inlo a bltariful to-morrow, Into a day without gloom— Out of a Isnd (Hl«l with sighing— Land of the dead and tb* dying— Into a land without tomb. vK lifts uf commotion, TeinjK'5* swept oft as tlie ocean, Ihult' fctth tha wreck driling o’er } Util a land and quiet; Nevet a atenntelh nigh it ; Ncrer a wreck on Ita shore. Out of the land. In whoa* bowers foNBi Mn| fade all the tlowers— Hut df Hie land of decay— into the Eden, where talrest t)f How'rets - and sWecteat and rate*!— Never shall wither away. Hut of the world of the waiting. Thronged with the anguiabnl and niltnft; tVttValtk' IriSVM of the %\\ ; J oin the World that rejoice*— i'»*hl ol bright visions and voices,— lut.) tha world of the glad. Ont of lift ever lornlVI: Tin int of a land very mournful. Where In bleak exile we roam ; i nto a Joy land above U«, ' hws thore'a a Father U> 1'ive us - Into‘our Hums- sweet Home.’ SwCC't Kliteru I. tlear Whr. when I look at one So lovely and ro loved as you. Front Shone young life bn* not yet jrone Tbo row's blush, the morning'* dew, ■ siith hi think of all Ibc yean " liime fading memories t ire lietwcen This and the liiue when, long ago, I lost my ImwH lo itwl b'lxtMu. ir. Train as they may of wiser (bought, Of cooler blond ntal tleadier brain, Hf earnest wisdom, dearly bouglit llv nnxioua care ami saddening pain ; In all the years Old Time cau bring, I all the longest life has seen. . There are no hopes, no joys, no loves, PHswoet as ibass uf sweet Sixteen. Vir. Ami IhduiMth* charm may weor away, As row4 rrnle, and dews i-ilml : Tie ugh glo»i«*t locks mar turn to gray. Ami fairest checks grow wan and pule, lit who can douot those dearly loved, la lands of wortal *»<* «U*v*h Jh'vond the st irs, shall all rigr.in The angel bites of Sweet Sixteen ? Tier. Pkxm and tih: M«rs.—Of nil ten •lettuies which lire the least linnorahle to humanity, the disposition to rebuke flit* limits nr mistakes of others, uhilu en tirely overlooking our own, is tlio moat common, 11 mv often tlo »v hour the It itotiuiiH devotee to line vle«*,tin reiles>|y criticize the vietim of another? Howl - . often dues the nabob whoso wealth Im* ' fl ! ,nt ^ «<» "iin«lo *'»!» the all been acquired be chicanery, without 11. .* *° ,,c * ,a< * assumed towards one honest stroke of l.tlwir, prove tin: 11''*' v , , , , , , hardest taskmaster of lira follow, ^ hr. I 1 "! ,nM0 l '. n ‘ k — ——- fool, nw y THE "Volk it* Jti'omc Fcnwlck-s Cure. 'Root gd ollt to-night, JcrmHe ! Uii lonely when you dt*a ttwny 1' Th# little kitebeb hotl bbfch swept and scoured un til every board glistened like polished ivorj*—tho red moreen curtains were drown over the tiny nnned wjndbtks, nnd the great chestnut lo^s in tlie fire- plitco were singing nnd simmering nnd bursting into n senrlet sheet of flnmo, with cnpriciunn nlterntions. Thoro wns no costly fresco on tho walls -ftherely a cheup paper where gigantic pink rtiScS burst into an unaccountable blooit among the green tendrils of a ati{‘ wood-vine ; but tho wooden clock wns framed in the coral berrioa of tho bitter sweet, nnd n little C'bristmns cross of hemlowk springs nnd black ivy yet hung between the two windows, while Rosn Fenwick’s moniTily roses nnd sceuted geraniums tossed their delicatn bios* Homs among tho red peppers nnd bun ches of pennyroyal nnd catnip, on tho smoko brown mantel above tho chim ney. - Fur Rosn, our heroine, wns nothing more dignified than a former's wife.— Ay, but a frtrinbF’s wife in the Nutmeg State* it*, it must bo remembered, qticfcn nonsttrt to tne popular sovereign ly—nnd Rosa was as fit to wear tho vnyid robaft nr: nhy pritict^s of (he Wood She tvnfl quite lull, \V|\ii Jitilb llt owii hair nnd eyes of the clear vivid blue that put you in mind n^snnshitio after a rain, while the deliento color of her chock fairly rivaled tho iWihlhly bwsft nbov Her dress ivn% Very plain and simple —n dark brown ciillVo, htiffled ut ihe wrists, and relieved bv a narrow linen collprwilh n tiny block apron tied trim ly around her grateful waist. Jerome Fenwick, a tall, sfalwnrl young fellow of some seven or tight amt twenty, bit his lip, ns Rosa stili kept urging : ‘Stay with mb this evening—only this oncu I' 'Nonsonco, Rosa ; how ridiculous you are. A man cant stay at homo forev- t?r.’ ‘But you were out Ittwt nigtit and tho nlpht ht'lbt-".’ 'Well, wiiat thon ? Now, my love, don't you see how absurd it is to ox- pcct me to b« ulwuys dangling ut your aprun strings; I tell you I’m going down to the Columbian to look at the papers pnd talk ovor the nows !’ 'To the Coin mill all 1' bciio II Aiiht Tryphosa Fenwick, suddenly n|ipeurlng out of tha Hiihlomineun deptes of a tnip dotir, very a hi ghost iijhmi tho stage,on ly she Isire a pun of glossy fed apples in one handi und bhstnibhed a foiniida bill kiillb ih tho other, 'Ah-h h ! you’re going to tho CblUhi binn, bd Ttf, J« n.mc Fenwick ?' ‘Yes, f am—anil whut then V* TTttirh- i^l the young ttinti, rt aplty of tmilcn do- APPEAL. Cuthbert, Georgia, THURSDAY, June 95, 1868. TSTo. 34. sa»r<«fci stumbles nndor the crashing weight of adverse ciiciimstmices? Rut this base ness ussumrs a darker hue when ho who I lumen lias himself been the fuvurcr or instigator of tho very fault or eiror that tre pretends to complain of to third per sons. We witness, d such a cose the other day. A sneaking fellow washiul- ing, in tho nrewncoof a principal, Hint A. It n fellow clerk, yrns a little too fond of something utionger, than water. Tfcc object wns, of oouruc, to obtain that stupider nor r you enmb Inst night—or pet hups you’re n. min' with Fetor Btryker nt y ur heels ns you came Inst week ; pretty doio’B ttlesc, for a fellor that liuin’t been married a year yvt!’ ‘Dear Jerome,’ pleaded lb*sn, looking up tlirougb sparkling leurs, ' pleuse do not go out to night.’ 'What d'ye s’jkiso you’rn cornin’ to,' went on Tryphosa, digging away nt the • ■■n. n Ppl‘® spitefully as if every one had Ww by mil'll aimparlimn,' vhidUic hn.l i Mnnyiw, m«he n _,poc neither the talent win in any other. woo, IVIOVII IIU IIUO I , , . .. o' I neither the talent nor tho industry to I ...F" 1 ’ P ,M P“ y ou have forgot win in any other. Ten mifiutcs eurlier l,ow 1 ,lk,n .? , ! am frOK ® lo < "‘ nth ' ft ?°* r wo bad henrd the critic invite the party criticized to visit n neighboring bar room, and, even while lie spoke, he Imd a dt-mijohu full of Old Hourbou surrep titiously and graituitously obtained from a customer of the house, concealed in an adjacent cloect Employers, look out for wolves in stiesp’a dothbig» Thnt man ia always dangerous whose sole dnim to favor is detraction of his fellow. •i* The London Post, io speaking of the Ruasinn famine, says • h About 20,000,000 or agricultural In* borers bavo bsen suddenly freed from ago come lVbruaty, down by tlm hem lock holler, with tho snow two feet deep on the ground He’d road the papers and talked over the nows 1 He’d been to tho Columbian too I And mcbhe you don't remember how Josiuh Hopkins went off in tlie ddiciout troneru hot June, all along o’ thut anmo Columbian. lie bud no prcUy young wife at home to cry her eyos ont nrter his good-for noth in'bones, tho’ Josiuh Hopkins hadn’t.— ! Oh I' ejaculated Aunt Tryjihnsa emphat ically, ‘1 wish tho Maine Law was en forced. Reiter si»y at home, Jerome Fenwick, afore bad comes to worse !’ Jerome FchWick’a brow Hushed and ^ ... . . , • ;— ccrome rcuwiczs umw ni t'Hl, .ml bv far Ibe gr ? t« bi , fllC0 |,„ cnmo „ r i m ,„ n . Man. L . °r W " rk ,l" 1 1 '' ' l '“ 11 du P>«Wr »• I Aum . . .migrated from Ibe rural frvpbma. \Vberv'» my bat I' districts to the cities, where wage*— 1 ■** • ----- J an.l „* .1 ‘Tain’t for myself f'm speakin’,' went v .«sjr unu unmer-1 on ,ho wrathful did lady, suspending <*«* They have become porters, night j ht . r kalfc in mi l-uir, ‘tho' you mny be watchmen, droschky drivers, and eager-1 tIiy bnjher’s son. it’s for Rosa ! Do { “ c .™P*“S n r ' wd vou ,V<™ aba baio't vat no Min, Ibarn from Ibeir old bard worlt babind ; „.| ien ynu homo night after niabl dre plonr. Somr, a verjr few, havo re- inUaieUwf on a fuol 7 (100.1 laud o’ T nTi, •’ ,nd T ?8*-' 0.*ben 1 if I wna Boaa, I'd on down to fatod on tneir acquired land.. 1 he (am- n, 0 CnlumbleB too, ntld drihl ’long mill, '*■ “ fi"fpp«™itly only pnrlml, i.; you . Ra , juHl g(Kld ngUt to be ■, UP ending fnr and wide. It l. 1 a fool as you havo I How do you like .aid that moia tbao two million, nler-. t b«t Jerome Fen wink 7’ ' rc ^ a .^ J 0 .”” He went out giving the unoonscious h« ^n^nlLri^' lit 0 J t. ' ,Mr * b0 "« ,"•* «'• «»t «turt III he. been autaenbed alihongh a com- |„, r cmy corKr „f ,| ie re j Uri „ k |, oarth millee, prealdod over by Ibo heir oppn. „„j brought a frcli torrant of tear, lo rent, ba, been formed to receive tub. (.bjo eyce eeripuene to roecuo tlie remaining «if . .Ob, Aunt Tn-pbosn,’ Hbenol.bcd.b’d- hirers. This is a end proof of the nai-; j n g her fiusherf nice among the upples yenml poverty now dieting throughout in B tho good .pinotcr’s lap, ' what Vbnll ixussia. | we do ? He’s being ruined—and I--I * “ ‘ "*■*' ‘ , have no power to hold him back.’ ActvtaTtijKa —-Who ever wrote the | 'Bhrve him right 1 an obstinate fool 1' fallowing unquestionably nftered a truth ( muttered the irate old lady. Yet even which many have loaroed to their cost : 1 w hile the words were on her lips, the ‘ Discontinuing to sdvertiso is like ( bony fingers caressed Kosa’s huir with hiking down one’s sign. It is a sort of strangely living (uach. intimation of retirement from business,! 'For your wake Rosa { I mn vexed, nnd the public treat it as an evidence, for your ink..*, my pretty one I’ that aoinethi.ig bas gone wrong which j 'If I had but kuown—yet he was so rrouirss privacy from investigation.— different in the days when we used tn Whatever construction is put upon it, i take those twilight walks, tho days be- the result is drawtioov,’ fore we wete married. My husbied u drunkard I Oh, Aunt Tryphosa! would sooner wo wore botn in our grnvo l’ 'Don’t talk so, pot,' murmured Aunt Tryphosa, taking ofl her dim spectacles. “Tho Lord knows whut's all, blit—’ 'Hush 1' ejaculated Rosa, imringihg to lifer fefit; ‘1 bear tho goto Nick 1 Aunt Tryphosa, ho has thought ulittbr of it, and ra coming back l' No ; the slightly, fair, olmoat girliSh looking young fellow in the litiiituDint'a uniform was no Jerome Fenwick—and thbrb wns a touch of bittorpeW l|HH In tho welcofiilhg tenrl that RoSa pourod out on the breast of the soldier brother sho had not seen for three long years, ‘Hallo 1’ exo’.nilboil Charley Warm., ‘Why I thotijnit joii wbhb rb tinjjpy. Ro sn. Ahtl, Ullbru’s my now brotber-in- low ?’ *ne—he isn’t homo,' sobbed ont Rosa Oh, Charley, I at" Tory miseruble 1’ •Well, this is n olicbr wblcphib I' Hlinth the liuutonnnt, sitting down in Irbll^ br tho blazing chesnut logs, nnd draw mg Rosn upon his knoo, 'now pass, toll mo all about it—and somebody hold my hands tight, for I feel very much liku giving mv unknown brother-in-law a thrashing beforo 1 know anything uf tho merits of the cuso. ’ ".Well, I reckon its uboat time for me to be moving,' said Jcrumo. Now Jerome Feuwlos wns nono the wrihso for tlio frequent libations which lio indulged ; nt least not in his own opinio". For ho had firmly resolved, on t'liicring the green baize door of tlie “Columbian Hotel,” not to drink too trut h, nnd tie fancied hu had kept the tcsolulion. Only—to lie sure, tho Ban. dud floor did suf-go to and fro a little -—ahrf the great logs in the chimney cliangbd flibWrt With tho door in a most unicennntnlile manner, and tho voices around him now sounded oloec to his euf, hoW.far away, ns if the speakers were receding in tlie dim aiftafieo Vet Juruino Fenwick, with very wide open eyes and stupid amiability upon his fea tures, reiterated to himself that ho was nil right—us a tj-iVot I’ ‘because you see |* soliloquised Jo- rorae ftloml,‘I’m a married man—mid —and duties 1 owo to society. I can’t be drunk bcoauso—’ Ho caught nt the form of his chair as i’ seemed to givu a sudden lurch, Must what you havo doHo yourself a dozen times,’ remarked Tiffany, chang ing tho arm that supported tho leaden shoulders. ‘Jupiter I who Vi Bliji|jo8b n woman to bo to heavy t’ ‘Myself 1 Of cotirso I hove, more innms tb IHp I 1 MHrtblj FbhWlcR; blit u womzb, and wife I’ •I donf know Uint it’s any worso for a woman than a man,’ said. Tiffany ; bhly Il’A tint bustomnry.’ •Ono thing ia ckrfnin,’ resumed Fen wick, after n moment's ailonco, and hia tono wna full of pnssionate earnestness, ‘after this night’s work, I will cut off my right hand before I will re-snter that accursed bar-room. I’ve drank my last 'I gin.*!) I'll gb buck to Hnsn T In the Bniiiii iliitlilllt il 8llHil|iH blhBtHb tin ill seemed to send Ihe hot blond back to his hoart. Rosa ! yes it was her vuiqu, spQuUing nt the bar-room beytmd. Her vblco olid in whut words I 'A glass of gin-sling—and be quick about it too ! iVhaw 1 none of your dish water compounds I make it hot and strong, man I’ 'Mrs.-Felt It lek I'ijnculutcd mine host, in dismay. . , ‘Yes, Sirs. Fi nw'nk, whnt nro you staling at 1* My huiband is Imre, isn't hb * nnd I’vocomo to keep him compa ny. I'm tired of staying nt home by myself. If ho iB goihg lb mslce a regu bir prnctieo of getting dnlnk hers, w hy hb uiily ns well do it in hie w ife's com pany, so I'll get uiunk too I’ ‘J osu.' •Yes, my dear, flood bvenlng Uiynu gentlemen/ shn *nHl, hbdltln^ lo Ihb staling hBkohiblugc, nnd taking u draught. Upon my word, this feels warming after rtio night oir. You afe right, it is better than croUoliing ovtr the fire nt home. You're right, my dear, yon're always light, and ncreaftuf I'm going to follow you're example.' 'Rosn, arc you mad ? Como homo, child, whispered Jer.-mo, iu agony of mortification. “Anotlior glass, landlord I' ejsculutotJ the amnxoo, giving Jerome a push with her elbow. *1 didn't know it was so good. Try a tnnto of it Jcrorno I' Rosa, I command you to come away.' What for ? Haven't I as mnch right hero ns any one ? You said yon didn't enro who.tier I came or not and here 1 am/ Jerome wiped the drops of perspira tion from his hrow nnd upper lip. ‘Do not mortify mo thus, Rosa,’ ho tresses were swept uvrny into tha post, whispered. Remember these specta-j She-wua crying because sho was hup- tors.' py. Well yon have mortified me euougli { limes ; and it’s a poor rule thut won't work both ways. Landlord—I tliiuk— j Lims Womks —The little woman is 111 tnke—' I irrepressible. Too frngilo to come into ‘That—that's not fair I' sleepily mur mured the burden. 'Just when I*vs be gun to enjoy myself I It- ft—I say its not fair I’ A smothered groan esenpod from Fen wlo.k’i lljik. . 'i)cmi*e hcavon I register the vow I' he exclaimed ‘From this hour, 1 will never touch intoxicating draughty iHUre; so help mo God 1’ A8 hb tfjioko, tho rod, flickering Btreatil of light from tho moreen curtain window glanced .alhftntl thbir path, ‘Homo nt last I' ho diolaimed, with nn accent of relist, as Aunt Tryphosa flung op<*n the door. Tho fire Wna biasing brightly, tlio cat tvns purring coillbhtcdly off Hlo. blirnlflh* cd bricks of tho old-fashiolibll llbhiln; nnd, wonder of wonders I Rosn eat by tlio table, iu dark bl own calico nnd oo- qnetish silk apron, stitching at u narrow strip of linen. ‘Rosa I' gasped Jerome, in open- mouthed astonishment, ‘you hero f ‘Where else should I bo, Juromo ?' demanded Mrs- Fomvick with exempla ry culm nous. ‘Dtinro live in the age of witchcraft ? Am 1 dreaming, wide awake and in full possession of my ordinary senses ?’ ex- ulnimod Fenwick, turning to tho limp ngure on the kitchen settee. No longer limp, however. It Imd suddenly rinon, up, straight and vigo* rtjtjfc n« a young pine, and throwing aside tho gingham draperies nnd pink worsted hood, stood Lcioro them in the uniform tH' u federal lieutenant. “Al ytl'lh iorvico, Mr. Fcnwiok,' snid Charloy "Warner, with dancing eyes and delimit brow, 'Rosa,' said dklHlho, still bewildered, trim is this ?’ 'll Is Miy brothor, Jerome—my broth- L*r Charley,’ faltered Rosn. 'Don’t be angry, please ; iudovd I could not stop him, he. would go, and. Aunt Tryphosa encouraged him/ ‘Well, I’m Imurtily glad it’s not wife I’ said Jerome, extending bin hand. ‘Wel come frtlni thtf Wni*s, orotheLIh idw ; but I question whether uny viotory in which you Itnvo been concunicd during tlio three years uf your absouco can equal tho victory vou havo this night trained/ 'Jerome r exclaiinod Itoso, ‘surely you .havo no®* '■Hilt ho ims tiiough I' iiilcrposod lieu- tonant ClmtIcy, loisiiroly lighting a ci gar among tho smouldering chestnut.— *1 bear witness tlmt ho has this night solemnly pledged himself to abstain for ever more from tlio Cultifnldarl HHd all thnt iippcrtuitls thereto. Isn't it so, my fl'ilmd, thut so kindly hold up rily hem! V 'Well, 1 tlionght you iV-ofu riflbci heavy/ ankhowiedged Clark Tiffany.— 'Rut no offence, I really don't hoc Iiow your head "lauds those ghiSatss of gin.’ ‘Ah, that's been use I linro boon io tlio army, responded lieutenant Warner,with charming frankness. 'What, little Ru- sn, crying again ?' 'JJuirt n.tliil IH6, ; it', tilily tie- cause I'm so happy.’’ 'Happy, eh ? Well, it Isn’t my way of expressing happiness," observed War ner, ‘And Aunt Tripbosn is crying too ? Well, I’ve rend ft good many puz zles in rny day, btlt a woman Ifl tlib most unaccountable of’em oil !' Lieulonnnt Warner did not know that upon thut bright fl tod of tears, alt Roan Fenwick's doubts, fears, inward djs Advice to a Young Man. The following lottor wns addressed to a ypllng man who hud fallen in love with a girl, and was about to start out on a campaign against her. Tho sub ject possesses universal iniertlHt, find if by mv comments upon it I shall succeed iu helping Hohio pbor strningor ovor the thorny way to hiatriinony, I shall bo amply repaid, although the. fitbt " Hllld not cniiHu mo to reject with inuignurit sborn any ten dollar bill sent to mo by my fellow cronturoe whose hearts over flow with gratitude. I am not mercenary, but lifo beanies being a troubled droam, la expensive, and buttet' IB feighty "cetUB a pound. My Dkak Fmiknd—Before Vbli bbglH your assault upon tho allboilons of Miss Smith, with whom, you loll mo, you nro in love, lot thb offer you a fow words of counsel: Never bo (iBhnttied to take udvico flbtn an older man than VoliHilIf: Gray hftha bring wisdom and discretion, nnd ho who with simplo reverence hoed* the words of warning that full from bRed lips, mid guides hU footsteps there by, will win enduring succoss. nntl be blessed in his generutlpH. It tVas a Vllti- ernblh tMiUc baivod old man who taught mo always to go it alouo in ouchro when I held both bowers and tho ace, nnd look ntmo now I Jam tho father five children, and owo my tailor ono hfau- tired ftbd seventy live dollars, thut 1 onn’l fln^. Boliovo mo age brings with It that experience which time alone enn ■1st. first piucc, iliy ixiy, when you go courting, never flUlrt out on the prin- ciplo that yufl hah uiako a good thing of it by crowding upon tlio young wo man’s parents. Confine yotiraelf strictly to the offspring. On tlio same hritlcb pie, IF nh^ UlUbl* Va^auoila hhii iooBhIi youth is prowling around trying to walk into that womans holiest emotions, hold yourself in, no matter- how mad you mny feel about it, nnd, inslend of saying hard things about him praUe hlltt uH aft U good fellow, w ho mbiilid ’.veil, nnd at thb Miunu time intimnto that you consider him of not much uccounk iu a general way. She will like you for your nrnghaHlraltV; and despise him because you patronise him. Women nre like the nightmare; they always go by contrnrios. Mako up your mind to block tho little game of your rival. Always liuVe bll- gngomunts a week or two ahood with your angel, nnd ft»k her to go to tho opera beforo the aulo of tickets begins. He, Jikc a genuine jackass as lie is, will vory likely wait until ho buya the paste boards. NeVbHet him sit $oU bill bilhfcK Wheb voir noth happen in togothei of nn ovon- uig, let him do most of tho tulking at first, nnd about the timo his limited stock of idea liogius to givo out, you will aomo up smiling, nnd ho lifts either got to sit there like a lot of dead wood, Ur Jjlso go homo. , If he sluys loo lute for decency^ got up and say to him in a pleasant voice, 'Come, William,it is gutting lute; wo had bolter go/ And ho will rise up und come along, gritting hid tbeth) find swearing inwardly at yoii. Rut you needn’t ouro, for you'll know ^tili Itavo (i soft thing on him. When yofi pop, don't go ftlraddling fitollhu on the floor on jrour knees. It i« not only ridiculous, hut H is cHstruct ive of trousers., If»ho,*ns'«‘yest’ you ddtt’t notJd Mty Ittstfliclidfi, lufi Whole business iu ad hbilum. If she happens to remark 'no,' but thinks sho can al ways regard you 'as ft friend/ don’t make any observations about suicide— No girl was ovor worth going to tho cold and ililont grave fort you Jco<>w; »tid you may have u oiiuncu lo sail in ugain, und win. 1 know a man who branched tlio mib joot eighteen times t« (hi) sumo girl, and he gotbof at lust. Novor dilf.— There is hd last ditch in love. Tho case bulk grows hopeless whfih IhtJ girl file#. Never talk to her of love in a ootUigo by the sea. Four-story brown stone houses with gas, water, with nil the modern conveniences and u buck gtnir- 0ftM>; IS Whut filth f rthtfi If when you iisk jiei : io Imvo you she says. ‘Not much, I won't,' don’t despair; Itliijufi she will a little. Rut don't i on eider yourself accepted because sho re ject» you twice. Two negatives make ‘•cull H fttUH.U i s.viki BToiiV. Tho following story from a bn*bfill young man. if not litornlly tHlo, has n vorsifnintiiab rfifelk aililinoblo in such fiction, which will fllimiftH i it may need for its intmaucuon jritb po lite , literatim). \Yo do not know its brittin As norcllists sny, ft was a beautiful day in August. Tho heavens were clear, serene and beautiful,, tho treos Ikbrli ItiUeH ttilth guldfen frlilU, find iHK beautiful birds twittered their songs of love in tho branches. Wo wero aboiit to sfiy tho ' eorth hnd yielded her bent) tiful hnrvoet of a year's griisfi nliu bib vor, und houovsuekles. which tho noble yeomanry of Chestervillo had gathored within thoir storo house,’ but upon a Rccdiid thought havo concluded to write Rills • ‘Tho farmers of OhMtbrvllle wore done harvesting.’ John Jackson’s sister hnd a quilting party that afternoon; bis father had [oUq to ^ot ( |pmo wheat ground, and wmiuiv. UHl II T^lIU U> VOIlia IIHU I " ‘ . i, .,1 I. felio paused abruptly, the tiro glasses j the fighting sectfon of humnnity, a puny i iu grumntv but nWt IU apparently beginning to tell on her fern- crcutnro whom ono blow from* a man's { C0 “*’t^I»i|». inino brain. Her head fell on her, hugo fist could annihilate, absolutely If shs has any little brothers nnd sis- breast, the blue eyre stared stonily into fearless, and insolent *itli the insolence I t< '' r8 ' l * ,e,n lnau * J ou * ,,ni ^ ^ nr °(( 0 b space, and the firms fell heavily at her which only thoso dnro show who know ' y" u * aod put Uielr grfiusv fingers on your sido. | that retribution cannot follow-whnt can! c 1 lo ^ c8 ; “'-'l P ul1 your hwr, and make ‘She’s gone !' exclaimed Joe Ilydy *>'>no with her? Sho is afraid of Uiomadvcs generuH\y diaiigrecftble who hud watched the crisis with inter-J *J°thing. and to be controlled by no one. lu ’’' n n r “' nn '““* “ " "" cst, Stioltcrod behind weakness as behind a ‘I will trouble you to mind your own of brass, the angriest man buslnojs, sir, if you please/ retai ned Je- 1 d . are n,,t hor - sho provokes room Fenwick haughtily. Ah, his pride i tD **>mbnt in which his hand* aro was touched to tbs quick now. ‘Clark I “ 0 . d * Hl ‘® B ut * M^own n ay in every- Tiffany, will you help me carry my— my wife homo ? Sho is quilo unable to walk. Good houvens thut I should havs lived to seo this day I’ Clark Tiffany advanced with a sub dued grin upon hia boon companion.— Rut it was no easy task they bud under taken. Never was so totally limp and helpless a burden before, from the lip of tlie pink worsted hood to the fur edged moccasin there was no spark of clnstici ty or animation, ae the two men drag ged thoir way over the hard frozen ground. ‘Abomination I Disgraceful I’ mut tered Fenwick, wiping his streaming forehead. tied. ■■■ thing and everywhere. At home and abroad aho i« equally dominant nnd ir* repressible, equally free from obedience and from faun tfijr The following are the ages of our l’reitidcnts at the time of their inaugu ration: GenVgo Washington, 6C| John Aduth», (it; Thomas Jefferson, 57; James Madison, 50; James Monroe, 68; John Q. Adtirtis, 67 j AndrU^V Jack- son, ill; Martin Van Buren, 5l; \V. II. Harrisoh, C^j John Tyler, 60; Jus. K. Folk, 60; Zachary Taylor,00; Mil lard Fllmore, dOf Fhmklin iWoe, 48; J»ine* Rufthannn, 05; Abraham Lin coln, 52, Andrew Johnson, 06. Never write n propoaul to a girl. A fried of mine did this otUU), a lid fftudo a mistake, and directed it to the sister of the one lie wanted, and this old sister, you observe, accepted hirn by return ol mail, and thon because he wouldn’t mar ry her, her father came down nnd flog ged him, nnd she sued him for breach of promiec, laying ber claims ut $20,000, and she got it. Lnceruti.il uffection is expensive my boy. When you aro ongagod don’t go down, and spot around after a house the very next day, nor begin to buv furniture, crudles, und one thing and another.— Woman’s minds are like tun-doilar bills, liabel to change, and she may think bet ter or hor bargain, and take another rrtsi). then you have got to get up an actiori of tba most redtculous character. A doubtful ZriVutf R worse than a cer tain enemy. olilt left Icphlr somo tools K to (ctUly on tho morrow fof clitllhg thb mondtitv grass; suddenly it occurred to John that If bo remained about tbo house in thb riftbrniM ho iVohlfi be coll et! ih nt tllb tlHio, and oo rcqliirecl tb lio (lie lienors at the table. To avoid this ho quiotly shouldered bis scytho and stolo away to the meadow, half a mile distant, fully resolved that he would not Icavb thoro until it wns so dark that ho could not fieo to mtivtr at HI!, and tHilfl avoid seoiug the girls. The meadow wns surrounded on all Bides by a thick forest, which eftectually shut ont what littlo ..brocze t|ibri) titigHt be stirring.— The Biin poiirod abwri its riiys ns though tho littlo meadow wns the focus point where the boat whs concentrated. John mowed and sweat-sweat and mowed, until ho Imd to sit down and cool off. Thbrtifc bbourreil tp John thut if ho tboic off lilft rnhtl lie might bo more comfortable. Thero would bo no Im propriety in it, for he was entirely eon- ebuiod from observation, and thoro wns lot the slightest reason to suppose thnt jo could bo seen by any person. So UojiH MHjJjJbd bff; und vvith no coVoHh^ save liis Unim —cbmlttouly culled a shirt —he resumod his work. He was just congratulating fillhSblfbn tho gHHd tllfio hb washnVihg, WheH he chanced todift- tdrb n Inigo black fitiuke, a gonuinc twister, with n white ring around" his neck. John wun no coward, hut be was mortally afraid of snakes. ‘ Sdf-preser* vution ’ wns tbo first * passage^ that flashed upon John’s mind—' Mgs, tako core of tho body/ wns the noxt. Drop ping liis scj’the, nnd, ipltltlliltt around like n top, he was roady to strike a 2:40 gnit, when at that moment his snakoship wns nonr enough to hook his crooked teeth io John’s shirt just above the horn. With n tremendous spring ho started oft with tho spoed of a locomotive. His fir,it jump took tho ennko clear from tho ground, and John slolo a linfitV glance over his shoulder ; ho wna horri fied to find tho reptile securely fastened tb tflti bxtromltji bi his garment, while tho spcod with which ho rushcu forlvnrd kept tho serpent nt an angle dt hihbit degress with tflft (jbdyi Hole wfisfi quandary. If hb Stopped, tho snaktt would coil about bis body and squeezo him to death; if hb continued the race, ho must soon fall irbmfibbbr bxhnustion. Un ho flew, search flni iiig to jiiKik hb'w bis dreadful ince was to end. Instinct ively ho hnd taken tho direction of homo, and ns ho had emerged from tho forest« fooling of security como over him. Buddenly a thought Unshod across liis mind of the true state of affairs; his father gone—and worst of a)l, Iht airlt. This new ,horror ecftl Ihe blood back curdling about his hourt, and he came to a dead halt. The next moment be felt the body of the cold clammy mon ster in contact with hi? bare legs ns thtitqjH hiS spakeMUp biily thWiUtpd a little fun by tho wuy of tickling' Johri upon the knees. This was too much for human endurance. With n yell such as inan never utters, save when in ttiofttfl (IKfor. poor John again set fop ward ut break-nock •psou.finff obeb’ mor6' hnd tho plensuro of seeing the snake in his old position, somowtiftt after tho fashion of the tails of comets On, on they How. John forgot tho quilting, for- kuttnb girls, forgot every thing hut the . itis flhit wiftl shrlbit lldd Sfaftefl ®IJf iittljbert CAppeai; RATIiH OF ADVERTI8INO i . Om dettM-'-tojst yf.»« Hot* Uii tfs jlm is wrtloti, itnd BiVeitly-Iln Oknls par asnarefor rach nubieqiient Inwrlloh, not itcMdlnf thre*. One iquare three rtionlha f • 00 Oas square on* jw*r. i * SO 00 Fourth of * column ail month*, jfy) Half column aiz months to 09 On*column alx month*..... .......100 0# brbd eJl bis ftrtngtb, bounded into the air, nnaUo ditto, gnd as ho alighted on tlio other sido his snakpship's tail craok- od across tlio upper bar. , The. .bouse now becamo tho centre of attraction, and nronnd it he revolved with tbo spoed of thought. Four times in onch revolution, ns ho turnp^ tho cor ner, his <in«,kes|)iQ enmo around with a whiz that vvns quite refte^hiqg. While describing the >hird .circle, fiajio uafjo near tho group of wondor-struok girls^ without removing his gaze Irom tho snake, he innnngull (6 cry out—'UftR ft /?(io hext mintilb iio had whisked ou^ at sight, and as quick is tlpugjit r pc a red upon thg othet side “'.Cull a than P H rUflfft'd, won dinb #ns not fihafeb. the qulltbrftj ntld forth tih db'ilng if totHe Wdd ] prowling about. By this timo John was within a few rods of tho horn, still running nt the top of his speed, his head turned so that ho might, koep one oye od thb’ fiHuKc, niici with tho other observed what course ho fritjtt take | the bars now concealed him from tlio light of tho girls, lio know they wero in the yard, having caught a glimpse of them us they rushed from the house. For a moment fliouesty tifrtfftffiiRfi fyffrj and ho once niora halted. Thfi dnake, evidently pleased with Ills rapid transportation, manifested his gratitude by attempting to enfold the legs of our hero witf/iu bis embrace. With an explosive ‘thick!' and Urged forward by ‘ oircumstfii/tb/f t/Ver which ho had no wintrUl/ pbtir Job it I'oli tided on. Tho neit moment he wus in view of the girls, and as ho turifed the corner of the bu#s tho snuko cante rUtftid with a wliii sotflswjmt after tlio fuchiofi hf a couch whip, lluving reached th« Ruro- yard, to his distfloy hti found the bars Up. Tito lirt/0 wifii foo precious to b* wuFtcd fh lotting down bars. He guth- •' ,Cul| r -PH[ Away ho flow nnco more, bnt hfs strength wns rapidly falling. Nanay Olarlt wag tj;e ^ tq rocpver Ijer pry- oncc ot ( ;niml, and ^oifling a , hoop she toqk her station nonr the cornor of tho house, and os Johjj reappeared, brought ft .d«wt) upon tho snake with a force Ibat broke his book and his hold upon John's garment. John rushod In^o the house^m^d fobrtl, Hlfd at tca-timq .pppcarea in I boat Sunday suit, looking hut little worso for the race, And to all appear ances entirely cur^d of bashfplnese.— Th fit. night he walliod. home v^ltb N% cy Clark. The next Ne•.« Year's they were married, nnd now whenever John is inclined to laugh at bis wife's fo|lisK sho has only to say, ‘ flail a man/ wBaft ho instantly sobers .fipwn. A "^oN^wivut, Dour. ZTiliifenliiof the cnpitol at Washington is tlie most ambitious structure in America. Itis a hundred and eight feot higher than tho Washington Monurqent. at BnltirfiqHj. Mxty-eight foot higher than that of Bu'tf- kor Hill, and twenty-three feot higher thnn tho Trinity Church spire of Now York. It is the only considorblo dome of iron in tho world. It is a vast,hollow RfHqhk. b'fw it-qg ^efgliln^ 8^0,000 pounds. Iiow much is that ? Murq tliori four thousand tons, or about tho weight of sevonty thousand full growa people J or about eqtlal to a thoildab'd Jjiuen com cars, whlcn, holding four tons apletsg, would fb'ach. Iwd fojlca and a half. Dt- j-bbllk oVeh. Volir Read Ib a figure id btobfie, ‘‘Atnbrioa," ^felgblag, ..jTWWfi pounds. The pfaisiA faf the irpn dome llttfo m biefs and pillnrs is 13,477 poiioda to the square foot. St. Jeter’s pressi s nearly 20,000 pounds m'o^e to tho square foot, nnd St. GeAttV^yi fit Paris, 60,000 more. It would Iftquire to crash the supports of oar dome a pressure of 776,280 pounds to the square foot. Tho cost was about ILIOO.OOO; Thb (tew U-Ingl cost about $6,566,600. Tho architect has a plan for rebuilding the old ceutrnl part of the capital and enlarging thd pork, whioh will cost about $3,200,000.— Wuhinglon Ckrrs- tpondeM Cincinnati ComumcUl. Tub Jiwisn .Sxnnsru.-^A Jewish Convention Is to meet in Nqw.York city on tho 21st to confer rt‘6but;tFfo pffthtf- cabtllty bf britlfllHg fi generaJ poservartoo of tho Sabbath by their co-religionists. Tho Jowi*h Mossenger sayit . , , Thorfi oitfitl Hb FchWH o7 wln'o'li ifro orb awflro for Israelites to decline com- plyitig with the natural and Biblical law. Theft* ban bo no misconstruction of the dlrebt flbrlptjlhjl command.' ^ vy*y, We should like to soo odr Snbbstli observed by Israelites as Sunday is by Christians, no Hobrow visiting, the thoa* tre off Fmnj evening, or Saturday, e riding in his carriage, or epuntananeify shopping or permitting his children! tnke musio or dancing lessons day. Wc should like to see every Jewish Club close its card, billiard, and bar* rooms, and Jewish societies abgtfiifi from holding anniversa rise xfrf tWe 9tfb- br.th. We should bti pfdffd and gtiWf- ful for the sight of Synagogues orowd- ed Fridny evening and Sftbbatb with earnest wurolljppers who do not be- grUdfJH ino Jiours spent in pifbiio - ser vice, and who passing the day as thoir fathers did, in the homo circle, enjoying tho bliss and serenity of family reunions, whioh, in times past, served so succesBf'fity to Mhjf i'vef ubtitli film kigi orous tbo bonutilal Jewish lift; the theme of poete, the grateful recollection of many a Hebrew, now a stranger td his people and .hid ^Itgfptf. - iOuThere is not uTburierolof/i friWtff* (km In RoStbn which docs that city more credit thftn tuo young Women's Honifi: Tu b adjoiatiig bouses in Beach street were bought for $28,000, and $20,000 more Wero expended |H,fitting theffl (fp fur this bbjhot, under (hfe direction of th% Young Women’s Christian Assdc(H ; tiori. There is rooM for about seveuty Itnanebl lodgers. They nro respeota- do persons, from fifteen to twenty-five years old, such ns aro employed in shops and fiUftcf of thetfl UMtlumt Uomefi of relatives in tbo city, nnd nero thoy find a Hufo nnd pleasant home, yfrIth agreeable companions, orderly habits ahd gpt>d 1ft- fluenuos. ThetO Ifl a fefllflltraflt fa tbh housoj with a Moderate bill of fare, oo that the whole weekly expense of lodg ing, meals and washing is about thrdo doWs attd ffft^ ce^A 118^ The RostPn Dost; says ihut fi opting blade; while lifting Ills list oo VTufllii/lgldp sttebt, (c- tlo' IhC graceful to a young lady acquaintance, dropped a night cap, a soiled collar, an extrfi irfds- Uche, Uiimblo, half a dozen needles, ft photograph of Toetec, and a aeries of tracts for the heniheh. The young lady smiled, ami sweetly said . . /l No rrtittter j replace your hud.”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, June 25, 1868, Image 1