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£l)c Cutljbctt Appeal.
J. P. SAWTELL,] IH. U. JUME8,
Propriotor*.
TERMS tf 8UU8CIIIPTIOS:
Four nonlbs ' fl °0
Dm jnr W 00
>**„ InvurUbljr in ARVAxat. All pspen Ul*-
foutinui-ti on rxptrslioo of time paid lor.
8 A VANS A U CARDS.
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.,
COTTON FACtOHS
1 ’ * 1 a*d
General Commission Merchants
boy BtfMt, BAYAN2UU, GA.
Bagging. Ties, Rope m l other Supplies
Furnished.
Alan. Liberal C*»h Adraucea made no Consign
went* ior atle or abipraent to Liverpool or Norlb-
•in Porta. C. E GROOVER, Savannah,
C. F. STD UBS,
oaglMm A. T. MACINTYRE, Tliomaarille
R. H. AvuaMOX,
Joy W. Asdirmv,
JOHN W. ANDERSON’S SONS & Co
COTTON, FACTORS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Anderson* Murk, Praytuii Si., near the Ray,
SAVANNAH, GA
I IBERAL CASH ADVANCES made on CON
j NJONMKNTfi for tala in Savannah, or on
Uiipmont to ratiabl# correapoodetiU in l.irci-iiool,
Hew York, Philadelphia, Button or Haiti more.
To old patron* no return thaatka ; lo new ones.
Topld p
proaiiaa ou
-AL80-
Agent* Empire Line of Side Wb el H aimer*
te New York. MRlff-lJ*
Tl. DICKISON & 00^
COTTON FACTORS and
General Commission Merchants.
SiNAXSA", a A.
nr Liberal advance* mad* on CunaignmeaU.
aoglf.tim
Wh* behisl
COTTON and RICK FACTOR
A*D
Geicral ('ominission Merchant,
Weal of ibe Kxclwng.-,
BAT STREW, : : SAVAHMAH, QA.
iiflMa*
ft. BRADLEY&SON,
SHIPPING. I OR IF A RDINO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
12 8tOddard'a Lower Rang*.
HA VANN A1I, ::::::: GEORGIA
RICHARD RRADLKY, tale of W. II. f. ilea A Co.
JiJCJiAHJt ailkULKY, Jr n of Ravanoab, IJa.
a»p8 If* _
■ ' onoouncd
aau
Ship Chandlers,
Corner Ray and Dnyton Street*,
Jo*. 8. Clauhorn, ) SAVANNAH, OA.
J*0. Common**. > aepS ly
Vf.l)o\ct* J. II.JoMxtrox
DUNCAN & JOHNSTON,
COTTON FACTORS
AMD
General Comm is ion Merchants
76 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH. GA.
taps lr
B. H. FERKILL,
A. D. WKSLUW
FERRILL & WESLOW,
BS1SBAL C01M1SSI8IMEBCBAMS.
K ACTOR J and BROKERS,
Bay Street, : : t : Savannah, Ga.
p®" Will aell and purehaae on Cnmnitoatoo, Cot
ten. Timber, Produce and Merobandi**.
Order* and aonaignmanta aolietted.
UaraaBveuRcbL IUberalmm A Soon, Oeo.
W ADderaon. Urigbara, Holst A Co., Hunter A
(lammed, Bavannah ; A Poullaln, U. II. Warren,
Aug tula. *ep8-ly #
DAVANT & WAPLES,
Taotora, ForwarcliuR
A KB
(ieseral Commission Merchants,
Corner Bay and Lincoln Street*.
SAVANNA!!, 0.4
|W m Special atleolion given te the tale of Cotton
Timber, Lumber, and all Country Produce.
R. J. HAVANT, Jr. of tha late Arm of Darant
A Lawton.
W P. WAPI.KH. aepS-ly*
Screven House,
SAVANNA IT, OA.
flTtlK above Hotel, of modern ccaatrnction, wit
A nil the eooveeienoea of the beet Northern Ho
tel*, fa bow oondaetad by
T. 8. NICKERSON,
Or lb# Planters’ Hotel, Anguata; Nationnl Hotel,
Atlanta, and Nickaraoa House, Columbia, 8. C.
The furnituia throughout Uot the moat elegant
description, (be room* eerapaiousfy clean aod well
vanilla ted, and the attendance ii equalled by none
la the South.
Traveler* • topping at tbe above Hotel will
the comfort* and conveniences of their own home*.
Tbo Proprietor p'edgea bimaelf that every deli-
eeey * forded either by Northern or Sontbere mar
ket* will be eonatautly aupplied lo hie table.
■arSStf
S. M. Lederer k Co.,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
113 Broughton Street,
1 Xavanonfc, Gu.
Gcstati Kcana’in, f
No. 209 Grecutrich Street. New York.
aartkly
THE CUTHBERT APPEAL
Vol. HI,
Cuthbert, Georgia, THURSDAY, _A_ugust 26, 1869.
2STo. 42,
BJVAN.YAS CARDS.
Spring and Summer
DRY GOODS!
DeWITT K MORGAN,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC
J!
137 CONGRESS STREET,
SJ YASX All, GEORGIA.
HAVE NOW IN STORE THEIR
SPRING and StTHStEU STOCK
NEW GOODS by Every Steamer.
Novelties in Dress Goods-
J APANESE and Fancr Drew BILKS,
HiIk and VV-rsleri GRENADINE.
Printed MUSLINS and OKU AN 1)1 KH,
A full line of Mourning and Utack GOODS,
WHITE GOODS io eeery variety.
Lace, Ca*hm»re *nd Thibet HH \ WL8,
Uce. HHk and Cloth MANTILLAS,
BUKWINGS, SHIRTINGS, LINENS,
llnaierv, Calieoea and Notion*,
Good* lor Oeutlemeu'a and lioy’a wear.
All onr atock ia new and bought nt tba
LOWEST CASH PRICES,
And offered al the
LOWEST MARKET PltlOKS.
marts fim 1)*W1TT A MORGAN.
S JI. STARK & CO.,
WHOLESALE
GROOBRS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Cotton Factors.
Agmte for the aale of GulMl'a Steel Dntali
COTTON GINS'
ALSO,
E. F. COE’S SUPERPHOSPHATE of LIME.
Ctjr* Cureful utiontion given to Baleaor
8h’|>menU of Cotton, and all
kinds of Produce.
Liberal advances made on Consignment*.
BAGGING, ROPE and ARROW TIES
Conataotly on hand. m*rto-«m
THOMAN M. ALLEN,
COLQUITT & BAGGS,
COTTON FACTORS
AM)
ConunissionMerchunls
SuYoiinnl), tin.
tit- Liberal Adrancat on Conaignment* wbeo
doired. may 13 6m
WM. HENRY WOODS,
COTTOJt FACTOR
AND
HEMAL COMMISSIOI ME1CI&IT.
BAY STREET,
Savannah, Gku,
Vju Ir prepared at all times to advaucc liber
ally on cou^igumenta for Kile in Savannah, or
fir shipment lo bis corri-«pundratB io New York
and Liverpool.
ang-Vfim*
W n i
PT. B. KNAPP,
nol.I'SAIiE and Retail Dealer in Saddles,
. Ui idles, Uarneas. Rubber and Leather Bell
ing and Packing. French nnd American Calf Skin*,
iUroesa, Hridle, Itand and Patent Leather, Valises-
Trunk*, Carpet Bagi Whip* and Saddlery Ware.
At the *ign of the Unldea Saddle, west end Gib-
bone' Building, Market Square,
SAVANNAH, GA.
A large aaaortmanl on band and for M le at
tbe loireatpncaa. aiarH but
40 Years Before the Public.
TUB SOUTHERN
HEPATIC PILLS,
Tint oUl, long knoim and tocll tried remedy
for all Bilious disease*, caused by a
laXVlin.
par Read Ibe following Ctrl:Beales hom persona
of the bigboel respectability .Mi
LIVER COMPLAINT.
Rev Dr. C. F. Deems, (Aug. S8d, 1868.) any*:
•* 1 have derived great benefit from the*# I'illa, and
bare known many families and individuals who
bnve found them very beneficial, and 1 have also
known idiyalciana in excellent atanding to raoom-
mend them lu their patienla. For ell dlessee* aria
mg from di»ordero of Ibe lirer, I believe they arc
the best medieine offered to the uublie.”
Rev. John W. Poller, 8oow llill, N. C., (Jan. 6,
1868.) any*: “ For tenlvt year* I waa a great auf-
leret. My liver waa diaeaaad. I loat mr fleah and
alrength, nnd my akin aecmed changed in iia colar
by the bile with which my ay item an* overcharged
I became ai bjecl Ui Ireqiieoi and violent attacks of
Ini ion* rboltc every atteek leevlng me weaker than
it* predecessor. Tbe pbyaietana had been nble to
patch me up n little, but my health was la a deplor
able alate I bed takau patent medicines until I
was tired of them. Without energy or comfort, I
waa barely able to go about a little At length I
yielded to tbe aarnasl persuasion ole Mend aad
commenced taking the HEPATIC PILLS, with ao
confidence in them. They aeted like a charm on
ma. From that boor I bare Improred. I hare
persevered in their use, until bow, by God’a bleee-
ug, I am wall and hearty. I bad a negro man,
who. as I believe, wee aarad from death by a dose
„f these Pills. Mr Doctor's bill waa annually from
*100 to IWO, but I bars bad do uaa for a pbyaictan
•iare. I eaa eonfideutly recommend them as a su
perior family medicine.
DYSPEPSIA.
8. D. Wallace. Esq.. Praaldeut of tb# Wllmloa
ton A Weldoo Railroad. (Aug. lb«9)aayot ••It
baa been aeid that Djspepala la our national di <■
rate. However thia mar be. it earned me long and
sever* suffering. Proridrnlially a Iriond luraiahrd
m* with a few boxes of the Hepatic Pills, and the
use of (hem has perfected a cure, in my family
they have been uavd frequently with eminent sue
ceaa. Among my ocnnalntanoe* many case* origi
nating from dtaenfed liver, have been relieved and
curea by them. 1 regard theui an invaluable med
icine, and Inks pleasure ia forwardi-qi Ibia volunta
ry tribute."
A W. D. Tayfar. Esq.. Petersburg, Va., (Jut. 12
1859,) aayr: * la tbe Spring of 18.V), I waa attack
ed with Dyapepvia to auch an extent that all my
food of every description disagreed with me. I
was swollen ao l had to looaaq my clothe-, and
night after night I ooold get do sloop. I tried ooo
or two phyviciana, and took a good deal of medi
cine, but found no re ief. I purchased one box of
the Southern Hepatic PHI*, nnd tba fir.t dose I
took 1 felt raUaved, and continued until I took tba
whole box. 1 »to now entirely well, nnd cat hear
lily, and oarer have bean altaeked since. I can
aafitly recommend these Pills to tb* Dyspeptic and
the community “ Ur «f ’ ^ „
If you are threatened with Pneumonia, read the
following from Capl. W. P. Daria, of Peieroburg,
Va^ " Sympathy tor tbe Buffering prompts me to
certify that my aarraat mao waa auffaring in the
last stage ol Pneumonia, throwing up matter and
blood in great quantities. hia com waa considered
entirely hopeless, ao much ao. that there was an
medical proacriptioua need for hia recovery { I re
garded him as good as daad. Hearing of the great
curse made by Um Southern Hepatic PilU, I thought
that I would try ao experiment oa him ; without
any hope of success, however, I gave the Pills In
large doao*; ia a abort time, (o my great surt.r iae,
there waa a change for the better; I continued glr-
ing them to him. until be became a peifeotly sound
man. He is now attending to his work with an
much strength and rigor aa be ever did. Wilh Va
case, and what I hare aean and heard of tbe good
effects of these Pills, I do m at earneally recom
mend tbeur aa tbe best family medicine I bare arer
seen or uied."
Thar ran be sent to any point Id tba United
States by Mail or Express.
Urdera should bo addreared to
G. W. DEEMS,
No. 28, South Calhoun Street,
Baltimore, M<L,
where they will be promptly attended lo.
For eale in Culhbert by
Jan24 ly T. H. TOWELI., Trustee.
W. J. WALSH,
Wholesale sod Retail Dealer iu
Drags. Medicines & Chemicals,
PA TENT MEDICINES,
PGRFimiUlY. FANCY GOODS
•VKlih',1. INtT-L-TOT,, TBUWtf,
Paints, Oils and Varnishes,
DYE STUFFS, GARDEN SEEDS, etc..
FINE WINES and LIQUORS,
S. E-Cor. BrMfliUn A Btrnard St..,
Rhkvannab, i i Geor*la.
Tlie Force or Example.
BT J. a. uu.
A raotlier-lobafor wKh her daug'itor
Convening near their native water,
Aim] cloMriy watching as she titkrd,
The stylo In which the latter walked,
Rebuked her fur her awkward way
Of locomotion. ‘Tell mo pray."
The matron scolded,"why instead
Of backir<ird, yoo don’t go a-kttd I
Such aukwnfdncn I—of course you know
*Tis not the proper way to go :
Sure, folk* of sense you thus will ahock,
And make ycnrself a laughing utock t"
“What V' said tbo child, “do you suppolo
I don’t know how tny mother goes ?
Shall I adopt the plan you any.
While all the reel go t’other way !
I really harn’t got tbe face
To change the custom of my race ;
It need uot put you in n passion,
It merely means' to be iu ftuhion ?
And. having learned the way from you,
I II walk as other lobsten do.
MORAL.
To (lx a good or evil course
Example is of potent force ;
And they who wish the young to tench,
Must even practic whnt thny preach I
The Wants of Wonynnklna
When young in yearn their wants arc great—
Dolls and sugar, cakes and toys.
But at that time Uictr chiefest wnnt
Is just to make n deafening noise.
Their next want la a frock that's long,
When flrol they glance cross eyed at boy* ;
They Iben IbeJr doll* In tbe corner throw,
And pmasb to flinders all their toyi I
With dresses now looped up before.
They wish that they were only tall,
That they might look o'er little boys.
And wearing a smaahin’ waterfall I
When all Ituae things have been obtained,
They loco themselves aa tight’s they can,
And then look out for their greatest want—
A dashing, jovial, "nice young man,’’
A kuMhnnd won, fine clothes come next,
And then ahe'Il be a Indy,
Aa months roll round, site then desires
A “dul lin' ylttfs bnby l”
And if this little tiabeV a boy,
They wish hi* “ylttie hair wonld ettri j”
And just lo keep him company,
They wish they had a -‘jiUle glri.”
This “ylttie girl" at last appears--
The moth -r with its curie doth toy.
And still her heart is not content- -
She wants another “yittie boy I”
IS- Hy one gate Rome looks toward
the rood Ly which wan brought that
Epistle to tho Romnna, which Paul
himself followed after in two or three
years as a prisoner, handcuffed to n
soldier ; tho same road by which, ton
years lator, Titus brought in thousands
of captive Jews, along wilh the spoils
of Jerusalem and the Temple; the road
by which arrived triumphant armies and
king* of the East in chains; Numidian
lions for the Amphitheatre; Strabo from
his travels; Dionysius on hia tour ; Puu
satiiae, with note* for fifj book on
Greece; Josephus, after the loss of hit
country ; Belisarius, tho mighty goner
nl; slaves for U.o market, monks from
Eastern desert, bishops, nrchbishops,
Syrian, Abyssinian, and pilgrims from
the onds of tbo world.
A Cannon or Fouhtkkn Milks Kanoe,
— A man in Iowa has invented n
cannon which he believes will send n
ball fourteen miles. The ball is in sev
en sections, with six fuses. The pow
der of I ho cannon sends the bull hum
ming two mills from the mnzzle, light
ning fuse No. 1, which burns to the
powder in tho ball in the time tho ball
travels two miles, when on explosion
takes place which sends the bnll two
miles further, when fuse No. 2, does its
duty and propels the ball two miles fur
ther, and so on to the end of the fuses
and (its fourteen mites. This fur-roach-
ing piece of artillery is doubtless de
signed for the special use and protec
tion of valorous "borne guards.”
tar The New York World says,
"the curative and relieving powers of
ice are found mors valuable year ufter
year. Small lumps of ice swullowed
whole will often checb acuto stomach
inllammations, and will prevent nausea il
heat is applied outside at the same
time. Pounded ice, applied to the
spine, is said lo cure sea-sickness, A
bit of ice will help dintberia and all
throat complaints To become delight
fully cool in summer, apply ice, wrap
ped in paper, to the back of tbe hoad for
one moment.”
N. /?.—Country orders promptly at
tended to. mar‘25-8m
White Lead,
Putty, Varnishes, 8picee, Bods, Cattle
Powders, Blue Stone, Lampblack,
Byestufls, Snuff, Toilet Soaps,
Brushes, Combs, Perfume
ry, Heir Oils, Cologne,
ILiir Restorers,
Lilly White,
und n
Thousand and One Other Articles I
Can be found at tbe Drug Store of
marll-ly J.7. McDOXALD.
Physician's Prescriptions,
Carefully Compounded st the Drug Store of
aarli-ly J.7 McDOSALD.
pKonrs or Two Cows.—Mr. Jurnes
Ginn of Orlnnd, furnishes the Ellsworth
American with a statement showing
the cost of keeping and profits of two
cows, for the year 1808, commencing
with December 31st. The cows are
half blood Durhnms, one being seven
and the other four years old. One of
tho cows “went dry” forty-five days be
fore dropping her calf Their produot
amounted lo 9245,77, and tbe expenses
of keeping was $138,85, leaving s net
profit of $106,92. The weight of butter
and milk sold was kept with great ao
curacy, and also every itom in the ex-
pence of keeping.—Maine Farmer.
Har A jolly Jack tar, having strayed
into a show at ft fair, to bavo a look at
the wild beasts, was much struck with
tho sight of a lion and a tiger io the
same den. "Why, Jack,” aaid he to a
meaematc, who was chewing a quid in
silence, "1 shouldn’t wonder if next year
they wore to carry about a soilor and o
mariner, living peucablv together !"
“Ayo,” said his married companion,
,.or ,v tnan and his wife!”
kkicT Miss Asphyxia gives as a rea
son for declining to marry a widower
the fact that she is down on Mcond
band children.
Soene in Court—A Husband in
Distress-
It has been frequently staled that the
recorders' courts of a city aflord to tho
investigating mind a truer insight into
human nature than oan be acquired
anywhere else. This ia certainly truo
of that mixed and diverse element which
forms tho middle aud lower strata of
society. And it is equally true that
these temploa of tho oity's justice are
not destitute of soenes laughable, ludi
crous and full of a quaint satire and wit
found nowhere elso. The First District
Recorder’s Court exhibited a enso in
point Friday morning. A woe-bogonc
looking wretch, with failed face and fa
ded dress, sallow and hollow eyed, had
her husband urrcHtod on a charge of
desettion. The fascinating creature
who had beguiled him from his rightful
allegiunco wan, if anything, an exaot
counterpart of her rival. Only her nose
hud bloomed iuto tho color of carmine,
aud in shapo resembling a cauliflower.
A deep blotch was oil hor loft check,
and one or two snuggled toeth made her
rosemble the witch of Endor, or Meg
Mori ilea in her momorable interviow
with Dominie Sampson.
•Did you desert your wife ?’ inquired
the mngistrute of the accused.
‘Sirl” ejaculated the prisoner, look
ing helpless at tho austero dignitary.—
F.vidently he didn’t oomprehend the
phrase. ‘Desertion’ was % word whose
meaning was scaled to the tattered aud
forlorn Lothrrio,
'What made yoo quit your wife?’
was usked again.
‘I didn’t like her.’
‘Why ?’
'She eat ingerns!’
•What?’
•Sho oat ingerns, I tell you. I never
could stand that smell, no how I'
Glut the other woman gets drunk
nnd smuls of liquor,' replied tbe magis
trate.
‘Yes, I know that; but who caios if
she dors. I don't mind to smell liquor ?'
'Onions are fur more harmless 1
'Sir 1’
'Onions don't do anybody any harm.’
'Neither does liquor.’
‘It don't you say ? Why, look at
yourself and thin woman You nro both
living examples of tho unhappy effects of
intoxicating liquors.’
Tho whites of tho prisoner's eyes
grew enlarged at the terrible catalogue
of these big words, and a dirty parlor
orept into his face as he listened.
‘You don’t say so?’ he whispered.
‘Yes 1 do ’
‘By the Lord, your honor, I only
thought ii was tho tremens. 1
'Will you go buck to your wife if I
let you off, and eschew liquor ?’ inquired
the judge, pursuing his udvuntnge, nnd
playing upon the alarm evidently exci
ted in the prisoner's mind.
Tho mno hung his bond for a moment,
and then, ai if he had arrived at a con
elusion, replied:
'Well, judge, I reckon ^'ou’ro right.
I'll agree, it she eats tho mgens, blame
mo if I don't chew the liquor; but I
Vpnsn I'll have lo bile it down into a
jelly first.’—[AT. 0. Picayune,
RxrifKK Good.— Wo have often heard
of remark able cases of'absence of mind.’
Hero is one equal to anything w* have
seen lately. The man was no doubt a
very interesting hoad of the family :
‘I eav, cap’n,’ said n liltlooycd man,
ns ho funded from the steamboat Poy-
tona at Natchez, ‘I say, cap'o, this hero
ain’t all.’
That's all the baggage you brought
on board sir,’ replied tho captain.
'Well, soe now, I grant it's oil OK
according to list,—lour boxes, three
chests, two ban-boxes, a portmanty,
two hams ont part cut,—three ropes
inyons, and a tea-kettle; hut you seo
cap’n, I ini duborsom. I feci there's
something short. Though I’vo counted
'cm nine times, and never took my eyes
offem while on board, there’s aomething
not right, somehow.’
‘Well stranger, the time is up: there
is'ail I know of: so l-ring your wife and
five children out of the cabin, and we
aro off.”
‘Them’s ’em, darn it I them’s 'em 1 I
know’d I’d forgot something/
Across tub Niagara on a Vjcloci-
rsna.—Professor Andrew Jenkins,
sometimes culled the Canadian Blondiu,
a tight ropo performer of celebrity,
about the 20th of August intends to es
say a most perilous feat, nothing less
thnn crossing the fearful ebasra of Ni
agara below the falls by means of a ve
locipede ridden over a tight rope, The
place of crossing will be a short dis
tance below the old suspension bridge,
where the length of tbe spanning cable
will bo ubout one thousand feet. The
vehicle used by the daring velocipedo-
funambulist is of peouliar construction.
Tho whccla aro grooved, and it is pro
pelled by the hands, n balance-pole be
ing earned on the feet. By this means
Professor Jenkins soya lie can surmount
a considerable grade. Nothing ol tbe
sort has ever been attempted m public,
and tbe novelty and danger of the feat
will doubtless attract a great crowd to
witness the trial.
Rsadino—Tbe amusement of rending
m among tho greatest consolations of
life ; it is tho nurse of virtue ; the up
holder of adversity; tho prop of inde
pendence ; the supporter of just pride ;
tbe strengthener of elevated opinions ;
ii ie tbe shield against tho tyranny of all
petty passions : it is the repeller of the
foul’s scoff, and the knave's rcaaou..
How a Sugar Eater was Soared-
Our friend T. likes sweet thing*,
From a kiaa on tbe lip of a pretty maid-
en to a lump of sugar, nothing comes
nmias to him in tbe sacchnrino lino.—
Especially ia he fond of sngar. Sugar
in the cane, sugar in his drinks, or su-
E ar per se finds an ardent lover in T .
iving in a picturesque hamlet, not
twcuty miles from Knoxville, ho often
came to town on business or pleasuro.—
On such occasions he plays havoc with
confectioners’ sweetmeats, and is a mor
tal foe to tho samples of sugar in tho
wholesulo merchants’ sample rooms.—
On Saturday friend T .lining in town,
called at the store of one of our largest
wholesale firms. While engaged in the
E urchtiBe of a lino of teas and coffees,
o noticed a sample of whito sugar on
a sheet of letter paper, und thoughtless
ly by force of habit, tasted it. Before
long the sugar was all gone.
A clerk in the employ of the firm,
coming into tho room » few minutoa «f
terwurda, noticed the disappearance 'of
the eugar. Aware of tho penchant of
T——.for sweets, the clerk at onoe oamc
to the oonoluaiou that the disnppearan
cos of the sugar was to be laid at the
door, or rather the mouth, of tho gen
tleman from tbe country. Being well
acquainted with T .tho clerk con
ceived the idea of a joke at his expense.
Calling to the merchant, who was en
gaged conversing with T -, the clerk,
excitedly askod him if he had "noticed
that rat poison lying around ?”
"Rat poison, where waa it ?” said
the merchant.
"Lying about hero, on a piece of white
paper.”
“Ob—what did it look like ?” said the
now startled T .
"Well, It looked like white sugar.-
The fact is, it was white sugar, impreg
nated with arsooic acid,” quietly
swered the clerk.
"Oh ! Ah I Hold me I am dying I I
thought it wob sugar, nnd 1 ont it,
shouted the now thoroughly excited su
gnr-entor.
"My gracious, it will kill you I No it
wont either if you don't drink any wa
ter. Ruts cat it and then drink water
and bust,” maliciously cried tho cleric.
The sugar, together with tho desiro
for a drink of water, aided by the heat
ed imagination of poor T—-, made
him think ho was dying from the thirst
produoed by the poison, and hastily
striding toward the door, ho shouted
hoarsely :
“A doctor—for God’s sake load me
to a doctor; I’m poisoned.”
The clerk hastily ran after him, and
oatching him, before he rcnchod tho
street, between bunts of laughter, man
aged to relievo the scared T .from
tho terror whioh waa fast depriving him
of reason. T .laughed heartily, too,
after a while, but he dont think enough
of that olerk to spend a great deal of
money on ft present for him next Christ-
mas.—[JCnoxvills Frets and Herald.
A duel with most comioal ro-
suits took placo a few days ago at Co-
hoea. New York. Two men met at a
hotel und drank and luughed and talked
themaelvas into a quarrel. One waa ao
much larger than the other that tho lat
ter did not wish to come to blows, but
C roposed a duel to settle the differences
etween them. Thia wns agreed to,
and the partiee met with seconds and
K itols. They were to stand back to
uk, advance five paces, turn and fire
Tho progrommo was faithfully carried
out. and the shots were fired simultane
ously. But as tbe lead had been drawn
from both pistole by the owner, no one
waa injured. Just at tho moment of
firing one of tho aeoonds threw a small
pebble at the opponent of hie principal.
It struck the dqeilist in the breast, and
he, supposing that ho was mortally
wouded, faiutoil and fell. Tho other,
supposing that he bad killed his man
nnd would be amonable to tho laws,
dropped his pistol and tied. Soon af
ter, the man who thought he was killed
recovered, and seeing nothing of his
late antagonist, inquired where ho was.
On being told that he had killed Ilia ri
val, and that hia body had been buried,
he too started up and fled in ao oppo
site direction, and neither has since
been heard from. Both tho men were
ucw comers in the locality, and had al
ready established such reputations that
the community is not sorry to lose
them.
The Cuban Fibmmm,—Very fine
specimens of the Cuban fireflies have re
cently been brought from Cuba to the
naturulista of Salem, Maas. They were
brought alive, having been fed on su
gar and water. Tbo» insects aro from
an inch and a quarter to two inches
long, of a dark brown color, and the
lumtnouff emanations issue from two,
spots, apparently upon tbe head, back
of tbo eyes, but really situated upon the
sides of the thorax or middle section of
the body, upon the abdomen. The
light L sufficient to allow a person t) read
whea the insect is held near tho printed
Q e. It is stated that the light ia ao
iant aa to affect tbo sight, and when
a person has looked at the insect for
some time other and artical lights ap
pear a deep red.
The old fellow down in the Third
District (soys tho New York Times,)
who is opposed to Republican govern
ment, is just ubout half, right after all.—
‘Majorities/ he says, 'arut always right.
They weren’t in Noah’s day, nnd may
hap once or twice siotw.’ Tbfcre’s wis
dom for you.
$t)t t£ull)btvt ^Vyycftl.
RATES OP A1)TBRTI8IR« I
One duller per eqnnr* of ten line* for tbe first In-
•ertlen, nnd Seventy-five Cente per iqnere for sech
itibeequeotinaertioB,imt exceeding three.
Onenqunrtthree months * <)0
Oneaqanrtonnyenr 90 Off
Fourth of n column *ix months 80 00
H»lfcolumn nix raoutht 70 00
One column ms months ........100 00
The Chinese Giant.
All tho men of big Mature did not
perish in tbe flood, although that lorty
day’s rain swept off the most of them.
A vcritablo Brobdignng is in our midst
to-day. Chang, tho huge Chinaman, is
hero, and is suffering tho inconvenience*
of his bulky greatness. The core af
ford no room for him to deposit bis
ample lumbar regions in. Chairs or*
shaky props, beus thero are none to
support him, nnd altogether he finds
New York oity as bare of convenience#
for his comfort ns T imbue loo. Yester
day orders were given for n ehair of
stout strength ana immense sizo, and n
bed fit for the reception of his mon
strous limbs will be ready for tho giant
tonight.
Chang ia a monster of flesh and a gi
ant in height, and hus exhibited himself
in England and Paris. When in Eng'-
lnnd, at the request of tho Prince and
Princeas of Wales, ho visited the Marl
borough House, nnd Inst year he was ft
guest at the Tnilerie#.
The giunt ia oight feet eight inches in
height, und is about twenty-five your# of
uge. Ho is good looking and quite in
telligent, speaks English fluently, nnd ia
quite gallant in hia way. Hi# p#t ex-
trnvagnoe is dross, lie devot## all hia
energy and tho moat of hi# business timo
to the careful investiture of hi# cum
brous body in store clothes. Mssaivo
chains make ares all about his body;
what wonld crush a pigmy to the oarth,
hung like silken threads about bis chest
and girdle. His feet are exaggerated
beetle-crushers, and the rest of ms body
is of proportion i.te immensity.
Chang hno a wife and two children,
nnd is said to be great iu bis affection
towards them, lie calls bis spouse
Lis ‘pretty Kin Foo/ and though he
flirts and philanders with all the Indies,
Kin Foo is in no wav jealous, believing
that a man of auoh inordinate size is ex-
ousiiblo if ho dues overrun with affec
tion for another.
Chang’s father is even taller than his
son, and there is a sister who. exceeds
him iu height n few inches. Tho sistor
1 Is married, and her husband will not
suffer hor to become the object of rude
gaze. Chang has boon well educated,
and belongs to n fine family. Ills fatti
er is a wealthy toa merchant in Fu-Chau.
Tho Russian giant Anak is the only
man who has over appeared that ap
proaches Chang in height. Both Anak
and Chang wore exhibited on the Con
tinent together, and though Anak wore
a helmet with feuthers, wliioh made him
seem of extraordinary height, Chang,
without any illusive accessory, appeared
tho taller man.—[IV. Y. World.
Jenny Lind ano tub Bibs—I rstnem-
ber hearing a stage driver's story ofl
Jenny Lind when sho wns riding in-
tho country. A bird of brilliant plu
mage perched on a tree noar as they
drovo slowly along, nnd trilled out such
a complication of sweet notes os perfect
ly astonished her. The coach stopped,
nnd reaching out, she gave one of her fi
le it roulades. Tho beautiful creature
aiehod hi nhoad on one side,and listened
deferentially ; then, os if determined to
excol his famous rival, raised his grace*
fnl throat and sang n song of rippling
melody that made Jenny rupturoiisly
clap her hands in ecstueyi and quickly,
m though she was before a scwcruly
critical audience in Castle Garden, do-
liverod some Tyrolean mountain strains
that sent tho oehoos flying, whereupon
Little Birdie took it up and trilled and
sang till Jenny, iu happy delight, ac
knowledged (hat tho pretty woodland
warbler decidedly out caroled the groat
Swedish Nightingale.
Two Irishmen, on a sultry night
took refuge undernoatb tbe bod-clothos
from a skirmishing party of mosquitoes.
At last, one of them, gasping from heat,
ventured to peop beyond tho bulwarks,
and, by cbauco espied a fire fly which
hud stroyed into tho room. Arousing
his companion with a punch, he said :
"Jamie, Jamie, it’s no use. Ye might us
wee', come out J Here's ons of the cray-
tore ear chin 1 for ue wid a lantern”
MET The Fronch are demanding ro*
lieffCrn matrimonial bonds. A now oa
rer iff to be started in Paris, to be called
o Divorco, to be devoted to the passage
of a law legalizing divorce. Thero are
fluid to be forty five thousand separated
men nnd women living in France.
Pagliari,an Italian-chemist,, has
invented a kind of paper with which
carbonic acid is so thoroughly incorpo-
rated that tho paper when-.used to nuck.
animal substances preservos them in a<
perfectly fresh state, without any salt or
curing whatever.
Au Irish lad was ooraploiuihg:
tho other day of the harsh treatment he
had received fVom bis father.. “Ho
treats me,” said ho mournfully, ”«s if I
were his son by another fatlior and-moth
er.”
The heart Is six inches in-Iongth,.
four inches in diametor, und bouts sev
enty times per minute, 4100 times per
hour, 100,800 times por day,, and- 87*»
770,000 times per your.
9m Tho following notice was plus-
tored on a largo box which passed over
the Pacific Railroad, ft.few dayssiitue:
°Baggage-smasliars are requested to-
handle this box with care, as it contains
nitro glycerine, Greek (ire,. gpn«coUon,,
and two live gorillas.”'