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The Gainesville Eagle. I'Wil,l K i,V i.ii* FRIDAY JlOi l N IN<.. J . E . RED WINE, Kdllor tiHtl Proprietor. JOIIX II I, ATS, Publisher. TKKMS : St‘3 A-Year, in Advance. OFFICE oj> tair in Candler Hall building, north-west cornsr Ptttrtlc Square. Agents for The Eagle. J. if. Rich. Llairsvillo, Ga.; J. D. Howard, Hiwaa ee, G.; W. if. Sakdkbson, HaysviU., N. C.; Da. N. C, Osaons, Buford, Oa. i! 4r Tbe .bore named gentlemen are authorized to make collodions, receive and receipt lor subscription (o Tut Eagle office. •%&. Rfltow of Advertiaing, One dollar per square tor first insertion, and fifty cents for each sfibseqnent Insertion. Marriage notices and obituaries exceeding six lines will bs charged for as sdvertisements. Personal or abusive communications will not be t nserted at any price. Communications of general or local interest, nnder a genuine Signature respectfully solicited from any source. Rules of Lentil Advertising. Sheriff’s sales for each levy often lines or less $2 50 Each subsequent ten lines or less - - 2 60 Mortgage sales (So days) per square - • 5 GO Etch subsequent ten lines or less - 500 Adm’r’s, Ex'r’s or Guard’u’s sales, (40 days) pr sq 5 00 Notice to debtors and creditors - - 5 00 tiitat’s for let’rs of adm’n or guard’ns’p (4 wks) 400 Leave So heM real estate - - - 5 00 Lefts of diem’ and of aanun o fliiftrd'tf (3 tiio.) R 00 Kstray notice* 3 00 Citations (uurepresentedestates) - - 400 Buie nisi in divorce caaes - - - 0 0k th/T Fraction* of a nqnarc (or inch) arc charged in all c ate* a*Jail nquurt’■* infill"*, NoMcch of • >. !:?nv rs .‘fining attention of adminis trators, exocat >r an i guardians to making tli*ir an nual returns; and of Sheriffs in regard to provisions sections .".049, of the Coda, published frrk for the Sheriffs and Ordinaries who patronize the Eagle:. Advertisers who desire a specified space for 3, 6 or Vi months will receive a liberal deduction from our regulatfaf.es. All hills due after first insertion, unless special contract td the contrary be made. (JEN ERA E 1)1 RECTORY. Hon. George D. Kico, Judge 8. 0. Western Circuit, Emory Speer, Solicitor, Athens, Ga. COUNTY OFFICERS. J. IS. M. Wlnburn, Ordinary. J. L. Waters, Sheriff. J. J. Mayne, Clerk Superior Court. N. B. Clark, Tax Collector, J. 8. Simmons, Tax Receiver. V. Whelchel, Surveyor. Edward Lowry, Coroner. Samuel Lesser, Treasurer. OHUEOH DIRECTORY. PttEsBTTEiitAW CitutiOtt—ltev. T. P. Cleveland. Pas tor. Preaching every Sabbath—morning and night, exoopt ths second Sabbath, bu da School at 9a.m. Prayer mectiug Wednesday evening at 4 o’clock. MttTHQpixf Uapncii Rev. I), it. Cox, Pastor Pre'afctrltig every Sunday morning and night. Sunday School at 9a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Baptui GinmofJ Rev. W. O. VV lkos, Pastor. Proaobtng Sunday morniug. Sunday School at 9 a. in. Prayer meeting.Thuraffay evening at 4 o’clock. There will be a regular meeting of tlie Young Men’s Ohriatian Association, every Sabbat'., evening, at 3 o’clock p. m. FRA'SERNAL RECORD. A [.[.rue eg v TV>y4i£ach mX'pter meets on the gee oinl grid Fourth Tuesday evenings in each month. J. T. Wilson, Bec'y. A. W. Caldwell, H. P. Gainkhvili.k. Lodge, No. 219- A.’. F.-. M.-., meutr on the First and Third Tuesday evening in the month R. Palmouk, Sec’y. .T. E Rkdwink, W. M. Air-Link Lodge, No. 04, I. O. O. F., meets every Friday eyenhag. O. A. Lilly; Sac. WH. Harrison, N. G. Jainesvirle Grasof. No. 340, meets on the Third Saturday gad First Tuesday in eaolt montli, at one clock, p. m. J. E. Rkdwire, Mastei. E. D. CHESniRE, fioc. Morvciu Star Lodge, No. 313, I. O. G.T., meets ev ery Thursday evening. Clacd Estes, W. S. J. P. Caldwell, W. C. T. North-Eastern Star Lodge, No. 385 I. O. G. TANARUS., meets every Ist and 3d Saturdav evenings, at Antioch Church. J. a. Smith, W. C, T. B. F. Gittbns, W. S, GAINESVILLE FOS)T OFFICE. Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Rnilrood, the following will be the schedule from date: Mail from Atlanta [fast] 8.11 p. m. Mall for Atlanta [last] - 11.20 a. in. Office hours: From 7 a. m. to 12 m., and from 1 >; p. in. to 7 p. m. No office horns on Sunday for general delivery window. All cross mails lcavo as heretofore. mails close: Duhlonega (Stage, Daily) - - 8:30 a.m. Jefferson, (Ntago, Wednesday and Saturday) 9:00 p. m. Cleveland, (Stage, Miffiday aud Friday) 8:00 a. ra. Horner, (Hors VTahoo - . 5:00 a.m. pawsonvlllc’Y)avi. - 7 30 “ Dahlenega. - - - rrivk: t | Jefffimonl Wcdnesdiy aud Sat May) 8;0U j.. m. Cleveland, (Monday,end Thursday) - 6:00 “ Homer, (Friday) • - 12:00 m. Wahoo 6:00 a.m. Dawsouville, (Friday) - - 6:00 p.m. M. R. ARCHER, P.M. Professional and Business Cards. MABLEH At PERKY. Attorneys at law, gaixesville , aa , Office In the Court iiouee. One or the other of the firm always present. Will practice ill Hall and adjoining counties. aup2s-ly ~A. .J. SIIAFFEB, 3t*:ocYisioi.A.:Kr AND SUKG E O N , Gtiinosville, Gu. OlAco and Roowts at Gainer’ Hotel, Gainesville, Ga. Jan2l-ly INFIUUfARY, FOR TUE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF WOMEN, AND OPERATIVE SURGERY, At the Gainey'-Hotel, Gainesville, Ga, by ,lan2B tf A. J. SHAFFER, M. D. V. I). LOgKUAiIT, M. D., Polkville, Ga., WILL PRACTICE MEDICINE in all its branches. Special attention given to Chronic Diseases of women and children. feblß-6m Dlt. K. B. AD AI R, DENTIST, Gainesville, Ga. janlt ly MARSHAL Is. SMITH, ATTORNRY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Dawsonville, Dawson county , Ga. janH-tf JOHN 11. ESTES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Gainesville. Hall county, Georgia. cTjT we ll born," A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Blairsvillo, Union county, A. Georgia. SAMUEL C. DUNLAP, Attorney at law, oainenuu, o. Office in the Candler building, in the room occupied by the Eagle in 1875. aprStf. W. K. WILLIAMS, 4 TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR Ar LAW, Cleveland . White Cos., Ga., will practice in the Courts of the Western Circuit, aud give prompt atten tion to all business entrusted to his care. June 12,1874-tf WiEA ROYD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Dahlonega , Ga. 1 will Practice in the counties of Lumpkin, ! Dawson, Gilmer. Fannin, Union and Townsoounties * n the Blue Ridge Circuit; and Hall, White and Rabun in the Western Circuit. May 1, 1874-tf. B. F. WOFFORD, Attorney at law, how, Ga. Will execute promptly, all busiuess entrusted to his care. March 21,1874-ly. BKV. A. MARTIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Dahlonega , Ga. July 21,1871-tf s7 k. Christopher, Attorney at law. mwassee, Ga. Will execute promptly all busiuess entrusted to his care. novltitf THOMAS F. GREEK, Attorney ’at law, and solicitor in Equity and Bankruptcy, EUijay, Ga. Will prac tice in the State Courts, anil in the' District ana Cir o uit Courts of the U. S., in Atlanta, Ga. June 20,1873-tf M. W. RIDEN, ATTORNEY AT law, Gainesville, Georaia. Jan. 1,187 My JAMES M. TOVVERY, ATTORWY at law, Gaineiville, G„. J. J. TURNS ILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Homer , Ga — Will practice tn all the counties composing the Western Cir ouit. Prompt attention given to all claims entrusted to his care. Jan .I.WMy. JAMES A. BUTT, Attorney at law * land agent, Biairwuu Ga. Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to his oare. )une 2,1871-ti The Gainesville Eagle. ~ * Ifevoted to Politic, Newx of the Dav. The Farm Uttered, Home Mat tee,, aad Choice Miscellany. VOlu XI. THE MOON. Oh, fair round Moon ! what dost thou see, As, like a ghost, you roam the sky ? \\ hat dost thou see on this gray earth, Where sorrows live and pleasures die? What dost thou say to those bright stars That shine and sparkle in ihy train ? Say'st thou “this bitter world is full Of days of dole and nights of pain ?” Ah, brilliant Moon ! %o cold and pale, As thou shalt fade upon the moirow, Forget not what thou saw’st to night Of human love and human sorrow ! From day to day you change and change; So change the fates of wretched men; You wane and wax, and wax and wane— They wane and never wax again. Down the vague vastness of the sky You roll in solemn loneliness, Championed by stars that gloriously Ilettect thy peerless loveliness. You pass—and so dots man—but you Rise on the morrow, greater still; Shall mao, too, rise to higher life, And greater destinies fulfill ? Oh, ghostly Moon ! emblem of change; Inconstant Moon, to nothing true; Old in your youth, and young in age, Forever old—forever new ! Are all that are, and all to be, Thus all at sea and insecure ? Is nothing certain in this life, Shall nothing after it endure? Must we, as mooms, from change to ehango Grope biindly onward to the tomb? And never know what is to come Till Death shall break the seal of Doom ? Bayard. FOR THE BOYS. ‘Sir,’ said a boy, stopping before a man on his cart, ‘do you want a boy to work for you.’ ‘No,’ answered the man. ‘I have no such want.’ The boy looked disap pointed, at loast the man thought so, and he asked: ‘Don’t you succeed in getting a place ?' ‘I have asked at a good many pla ces,’ said the boy. ‘A woman told me you bad been after a boy; but it is not so, I find.’ ‘Don’t be discouraged,’ said the man in a friendly tone. ‘Oh, no sir' said the boy, cheerfully, becauso this is a very big world, and I feel certain God has something fr me to do in it, lam only trying find it.’ ‘Just so, just so,’ said a gentleman who overheard the talk. ‘Come with me, my boy, I am in want of some body just like you.’ It was the doctor, Vie tUtnOT* 1 ' **'>')■ SEMtdWioißf-t.trnfßl work, would be likely to do it faithful ly when he found it. If everybody had the spirit of this little lad there would be ho idlers in tho world standing at the corners, sit ting in the shops, waiting for work to come to them. Work does often come so. Almost everything worth having, like the ore in the mine, must be sought for.—Arthur’s Magazine, We are touching our fellow-beings on all sides. They are affected for good or for evil by what we are, by what we say and do, even by what we think and feel. May-floweis in the parlor breathe their fragrance through the atmosphere. We are each of us silently saturating the atmosphere about us with tho subtle aroma of our character. In the family circle, be sides and beyond all the teaching, the daily life of each parent aud child mysteriously modifies tho life of every person of the household. The same process, on a wider scale, is going on through the community. No man liveth to himself, and no man dieth to to himself. Others are built up and strengthened by our unconscious deeds; and others may be wrenched out of their places and thrown down by our unconscious influence. How easy it is to bo neat—to be clean. How easy to arrange the rooms with the most graceful propriety. How easy it is to invest our houses with the truest elegance. Elegance resides not with the upholsterer, or the draper; it is not in the mosaics, the carpetings, the rosewood, the mahogany, 'he can delabra, or the marble ornaments; it exists in the spirit presiding over the chambers of the dwelling. Content ment must always be most graceful; it sheds serenity over the scene of its abode; it transforms a waste into a garden. The home lighted by these imitations of a nobler and brighter life, may be wanting in much which the discontented desire; but, to its in habitants, it will be a palace far out vieing the oriental in brilliancy and g lor J- Forbearance is the keynote of mar ried life. There can be aov great dis cord, there can be no large divergences from tunefulness, so long as the hus band ferbears and the wife forbears. Now this cannot be attained without some labor. Results are approae’ued gradually in character, as they are in making a sand hill. It is grain upon grain, shovelful upon shovelful, and load upon load that makes the mound to rise. So results of character come gradually. An act at this time, a deed yesterday, a word this morning, a word to-morrow, a cross answer to-day re peated a month hence, and so on,until at last you find there is a ridge be- 1 tween you and your wife’s or husband’s affectiou. GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1877. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. [From Our Regular Correspondent. ] Washington, D. C., Jan. 5, 1877. The first day of 1877 was remarkable for such a snow as has been rarely seen in this latitude, and during the week sleighs have almost universally taken the place of wheeled vehicles. On the 4th, there was an impromptu sleighing carnival on Pennsylvania avenue. The district commissioners had given their consent to the sport, and a division of the police had been detailed to keep order. Those taking part in the pro cession were expected to be in masque rade costume, but this part of the pro gramme was not strictly adhered to. [udeed it was Apt to be supposed that our Washington belles would forego such an opportunity to display their artistic faces aud bleached hair. Many of them were out, panoplied in all their dazzling beauty. About 3 o’clock the masqueraders began to make their appearance, and as sleigh after sleigh dashed past, each with its freight of grotesque and rainbow-hned humanity, the avenue presented an appearance of great gaiety, and fun and merriment prevailed everywhere. The sides of the streets were thronged with pedestrians who seemed to derive almost as much pleasure, in (he role of spectators, as the maequere themselves. From the Treasury to the Capitol the avenue was crowded with sleighs o? every descrip tion, from the graceful swan-like cutter to the barrel or dry goods box mounted on clumsy runners Conspicuous among the devices resorted to by the masque raders to create laughter, was a tableau vivant caricaturing the Louisiana re turning board. This consisted of a primitive sled, in which were seated four men, their faces blackened with cork, busily engaged with the returns. But the most laughable rig was a tandem team consisting of a super anuated mule and a venerable horse, drawing a log of wood mounted on four slanting hickory stieks fixed in a pair of wooden runners. Astride the mule was a ragamuffin who wore a plug hat, a pair of spectacles and hoop skirt,—nothing else in his grotesque make trp was deseribable. Under the sad eyed mule was hung a large dinner bell. The philosophic beast trudged sfiong “with no pride of ancestry or i-UXTO Si -Tlct- i; happy specimeng.f his nobler relation, upon whose back was seated another curious nondescript. Two ridiculous specimens-of humanity bestrode the log, with their feet scraping the snow. The one in the rear represented a fat \7oman < hugging her companion in front, in order to keep an equilibrium, or perhaps from affection. Shouts of laughter greeted this most absurd of turnouts, as it moved slowly along the avenue. The many handsome equip ages were objects of surprise to those who saw them, for it was not known that Washington could afford so fine a display of sleighs. One or two four horse cutters were noticeable, though the smaller ones more beautiful in de sign and more graceful iu structure, attracted fully as much attention and comment. Later in the day, when the departments poured forth their living streams of tired government clerks, the avenue was crowded as it has not been since the last Presidential inaug uration. There is but little news of a political character that will not have reached you by telegraph before you receive this. Just now the talk is about anew Presidential election, but that it will result in more than talk, it is impossi ble to predict. It is said that ex-Gov. Tilden will soon make his permanent residence in this city, occupying a suit of rooms in one of the large hotels. It is also reported that Gov. Hayes will, before the 4th of March, become the guest of President Grant at the White House, and that after the 4th of March ho will have the vantage of possession, and be maintained there, if need be, by force. There are other solutions sug gested. Indeed every man that can obtain space in the papers seems to have a panacea for the national ills. Meanwhile we wait, and watch, and pray, until the 14th of February and the 4th of March, whilh, like time and tide, wait for neither men nor na tions. n The manufacture of linen began in England in 1255, the manufacture of paper from cotton rags one hundred years earlier; the insurance of ships and merchandise commenced about 40 years after the birth of Christ; Venice commenced the banking business in 1156, the bank of Genoa being estab lished in 1407, the bank of Amsterdam in 1600, the bank of England in 1794. Spectacles were invented iu 1280; the art of weaving was introduced into England in 1330; muskets iu 1370, and pistols about two hundred years later. Printing is a German inven tion, introduced by Guttenberg, at Mentz, in 1450; there are now pub lished in the United States 8,129 news papers, in England and Ireland 2,500; in France 1,000, and in Germany only eight hundred. TRUE HEROISM AN!) MAGSANIMII Y. As I have said before, so I say again, we should not lose sight of those his toric passages in human affairs which rest like gleams of bright light up on pages that would otherwise be on ly dark and cheerless. Here is one of them : During the war between Spain and England, in 1745, an English man-of war, The Elizabeth, was caught in a terrific storm off the coast of Florida, and driven to the southward. Her commander, Sir John Edwards, deem ing the lives of his crew worth consider ing, and knowing that Havana was the or.ly port into which he could run for safety, resolved to sacrifice his ship to save his men, even though the sav ing could only consign them to the condition of prisoners of war. Ac cordingly he ran into the enemy’s stronghold, the commander of the fort at the entrance not deeming it worth while to fire upon a shattered and disabled ship. Captain Edwards, by request, was conducted before the cap tain-general of the island, to whom he said: ‘I have come, sir, to deliver up my self, my ship, and the men under me, into your hands. This I have done to save the lives placed under my charge from the fury of the tempest, and I trust, sir, that those lives may be held sacred by you.’ ‘No,’ said the Spaniard, ‘I will not be guilty of an act that could only dis honor me. Had you been captured in battle, or had you been brought iu by one of our own ships, I should have held you prisoners; but since you are driven hither by stress of weather, and have trusted in my honor, I can af ford to forget that my nation is at war with yours, and only remember that v<e arc men, children of the same Al mighty Parent, and dependent upon one another in our seasons of distress. Remain, sir, in our safe harbor until your vessel is refitted; and you are also at -liberty to purchase such pro visions as you may require for the sustenance of your crew while here..— Then you may go hence with a safe pass beyond the' Bermudas. After that, sir, you become to me an En glishman, and I will capture you if I Can a Hum ue a hero without nanimity?— S. C., Jr., in New York Ledger. Our American methods of celebrat ing Christmas would seem rather to lose than gain by comparison with old English customs, and to contemplate this sporting season in all its hearty realities, we must look for it some years agohe, among the straigbts backed chairs and tapestried wall of Merry England. The yulo log, the in evitable holly, the blind man’s buff,the tumbling in the snow, the boar’s head and the llamiug flagons, the old Eng lish country dance, with its boisterous mirth and subsequent kiss beneath the ‘mistletoe, are customs which have largely passed away, but which are blended with all our traditions of this cherished kalend, and in those warm heart-colors that give to their de parture something like a feeling or re gret. Dr. Sch'iemann has discovered in a tomb at Argos a large golden mask and an enormous breastplate of gold. He also found the body of a man,won derfully preserved, especially the face. The head was round, the eyes large, and the mouth contained thirty-two fine teeth. There is, however, a diffi culty about preserving the remains. There were also found fifteen bronze swords with great golden hilts—a mass of immense golden buttons splendidly engraved ornamented the sheaths of the swords; also two great golden gob lets, and a great quantity of other ob jects in gold, articles in earthenware,a carved wooden box, several articles in chased crystal, ten large cooking utensils of bronze, but no traces of iron or glass. A novel experiment, according to the Lockporfc, New York, papers, is soon to be attempted in that city. This experiment is to heat the houses of the whole city with steam, after the same manner as it is lighted with gas. It is not thought feasible to have one boiler do ihe job, but the city is to be divided into districts, and each 'district is to have a separate boiler. Mains from each boiler are to run to the dif ferent houses, and all the occupant has to do is to turn on a faucet and obtain all the heat he wants. A San Francisco young lady re ceived an invitation to attend the theatre the over evening just as the Chinamaman came for her wash. She hurriedly made out a list of the wash ing, and answered the invitation.— Then she sent the list to the yaucg man, aud kept the answer to his note. There was soon a very confused youDg man, a very much mortified young wo man, but no theatre going for either of them that night. POPULARITY. \V e seem to be more or less insane on the subject of popularity. From the smart, bright girl in the grammar school—who would rule and lead ‘the girls in her class—to the men who look weth steadfast gaze at the Presi dential chair, calculating with well hidden diplomacy their chances of ob taining its doubtful honors, we are all seemingly gone mad on this all-impor tant suoject. There is no setting about our task for the.pleasure of doing our duty, fiir the satisfaction of accom plishirg something sweet, serviceable, or beautiful. There is no separating our act from the one all-pervading question of ‘What will people say ?’ We setiour table for ‘looks,’ we spend our money for ‘opinion,’ we dress for ‘fashion./ we read nothing but what is the ‘latest,' w T e condemn with the gen eral veidict, we admire if the critic tells us to, we dare not differ with the boot-block in the street, if he has made a song popular’ by whistling it while he ‘shines’ our boots. Whatever we do, say— think, is influenced by the fact that we are uttterly dependent upon others. When, shall we acknowledge the possibility of enjoyment without the applause of the crowd? When shall we begin to see the wisdem of a life spent unostentatiously ? When shall we be content to refine our whole manners up to the level of simplicity ? When Fiall we, with steady persis tence, spend our incomes upon moder ate and rational enjoyment, uninflu enced by a love of display and show ? Indeed, tvhen shall we return to the blessed _ blessed ‘old fogyism’ which will not :dlow anything to trouble us, but lead, us to forego ‘style’ in expen diture, ‘custom’ in conversational usa ges, ‘fasliion’ in music, ‘the rage’ in art, the ‘sensation’ in the drama, ‘place’ i\ politics, aud ‘theory’ in reli gion ? JV hen shall our use of language, whfesh ij-re thr anything indicates the of an age, drop the su perlaht*? beconfb once again plain ea tiy T When this movement is once -jjirted, the-indeed may we all hope approbation; when we tiave abife'aoned our ambitions and m'tfb vp -bi , y honors, yvo uiavalu |ncceeui|ofeßibis#. A ' s„ in•• Do nqFt express '‘your opinion too freely amp decidedly when it differs from around you, merely for the sake ci saying what T think,’’ when no good will be done. Try to give up your will and way to to others in trifles as well as iu more important matters, except where prin ciple is involved. Do not complain of little comforts, but bear them cheerfully. Try to avoid making disagreeable of any description, and make no unpleasant comparisons. Do not perform disagreeable duties with a martyr like air, but alwavs cheerfully. Do not indulge the idea that in a different position from the one in which God has placed you, you would lead a better or a happier life. Senator Bayard has discovered and brought before the Senate committee of seven on the Presidential complica tion, a bill which passed the Senate in 1800, just after.the Jefferson-Burr elec toral deadlock. It provides for a com mittee of six to be selected by ballot from each house. This joint commit tee of twelve has power to make a final decision on all disputes and lull power to examine into all questions connect ed, with the Constitution, and appoint ment of the Electoral College, except as. to the number of votes by which Electors have been chosed The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside at their deliberations. Tho bill i3 quite long and its splendid sig nificance is, it. is said, that the Senate Committee will probably report a set tlement of the present complication. Norwich Bulletin: The boys were coasting on the hills last evening, and their happy young voices made the night merry. Many a weary man,worn with this weary life struggle, stopped and listened, and perhaps a tear gath ered as he wished he, too, were a lad again. Then a boy threw a snow-ball at him, and he chased him four blocks and licked him till he couldn’t stand up without leaning against a wall. According to an English authority, redness of the nose in both sexes is produced by inattention to the com mon rules for preserving health. With meD, the bottle is the predisposing cause; with women, and especially the young, tight lacing. An unnatural pressure on the waist and chest ob structs the circulation, and causes stagnation of the blood in that prom inent aud important feature, the nose. ■ According to the proverb, a white Christmas makes a lean church yard, and from these portents we are des tined to have a healthy summer. A GIFT TO THE HOUSE. If he is good, as the children say, there is nobody iu the household who has so many chances to make the rest happy as the big brother. He is the pride and delight of his father and mother, and younger children fairly worship him. His sisters are ready to do whatever he wishes, and unless he is very unkind and disobliging they are quite right in this disposition; for the big brother is always supposed to be a manly, generous fellow, willing to help weaker people, and ready to lend a hand to those who need it. Al ways ‘supposed’ to be, I say; for un fortunately it sometimes happens that he is not so. Many youths seems to think it very fine to affect bluntness and rudeness of manner at home. They take off their hats very gallantly to the young ladies who reside in the oppo site house, but it is too much trouble to be courteous to their own sisters. They scorn the idea of encumbering themselves with a little brother or cousin who wants to go and see a procession or to accompany them on an excursion. It does involve some self-sacrifice to give up one’s careless independence on a journey and be res ponsible for the safety of a child; but then, if all the world were looking out simply for self, where would the hap piness go to? After all, boys, there are no people whom you love so well as you love the home folks. Then try to keep their love and respect, and never be cross and petulant at home. Is it not worth while to be amiable and lovely to those whose love makes earth’s sunshine, and whose absence would make earth dark indeed ? I often think if we were all more careful to be kind in little things we would be repaid by the comfort we should have in our own consciences. SOME VERY REMARKABLE WINTERS. Now is the time to trot out para graps about remarbable winters—win ters that have either distinguished themselves by being either colder ox warmer than the law allows. No well regulated newspaper will neglect this duty. Referring back to our files we find that in 1172 the temperature was so high that leaves came out on the in January and .birds ■ hatched vvta.l! ILTT*: weather was equally mild, and toe maidens of Cologne wore wreaths of violets and corn-flowers at Christmas and Twelfth Day. In 1421 the trees flowered in the month of April. Cher ries X’ipened in the same month of April. Peaches appeared in May, and little boys commenced to fall out of apple trees a little later. In 1572 the trees were covered with leaves in Jan uary, and the birds hatched their young in February as in 1172; in 1586 the same thing was repeated, and it is added that the corn was in ear at Eas ter. To the best of our memory there was in France neither snow nor frost throughout the winters of 1538, 1(507, 1609, 1617, 1659; finally, in 1662, even in the North of Germany, the stoves were not lighted, trees flowered in Februai-y, and outdoor boquets wei-e showered on the newspaper offices without number. It seems but as yes terday. Coming to later dates, the winter of 1846-1847, when it thunder ed in Paris on the 28th of January,and that of 1866, the year of the inundation of the Seine, may be mentioned as very mild. SENDING PORTRAITS BY TELEGRAPH. The Pai’is correspondent of the London Standard writes: It has of ten been said that the science of tele graph is as yet in its infancy. What it will do when it reaches the age of maturity it would be difficult to say certainly, but some idea may be form ed from an extraordinary telegraphic discovery just made in Paris. It ap pears that some inventor has found out the means of sending portraits by telegraph. The modus operandi has not yet been disclosed, but experi ments have been made, and—if we aie to believe the papers—with complete success. Ti.;e trial was made by the police authorities of Paris and Lyons. The portrait of a Lyons official was forwarded from Paris by the new tele graphic apparatus, and at once recog nized. In return the Lyons police tel egraphed to Paris the portrait, accom pained with the usual description, of a clerk who had just absconded with his master’s money, and that the Paris police, thanks to telegraphic potrait, were enabled to arrest -the thief on his alighting from the train at the Lyons railway station. These facts are pub lished on the best authority, and in credible as they may seem, are no doubt authentic. So far, the ingeni ous discovery is only being employed for the detection of criminals, but it is evident that the police authorities will not be able to monopolize it, and that it will be turned to account by society at large under the various trying cir cumstances of life, and more especially ill the cases of deserted wives and husbands, missing heirs, disconsolate lovers, and similar interesting beings. INDIANS OUTWITTED. Many years ago, when the white men who had seen the Rocky Moun tains might still have been counted, and only a few of the prairie Indiana knew the use of fire-arms, a hunter named Fitzpatrick had one day got separated from his companions, and was pursuing his game along in the wilderness, when, as ill-luck would have it, he was seen by a war party of Indians, who immediately prepared to give chase. There was not the small est chance of escape for him; but the young hunter made a feint of running away, in order, if possible, to gain time. He happened to know that these Indians, who as yet were little acquanted with the use of fire-arms, had several times, when they had ta ken white huntei-s prisoners, put the muzzles of their rifles close to then breast and fired them, by way of expe riment, to see what become of it.— He therefore thought it prudent to extract the bullet from bis gur, and continued bis flight. The Indians fol lowed and very soon overtook him, and disarmed him and tied him to a tree. One of the warriors, who, it appeared, understood how to pull a trigger, seized the rifle, placed himself a few paces in front of the owner of it, took aim at his breast and fired. But when the Indians looked eagerly through the smoke toward where Fitzpatrick stood, they saw he was safe and sound in his place; and he quietly took out of his pocket the bul let he had previously placed there and tossed it to his enemies, who were all amazement. They declared that he had stopped the bullet on its flighty that he was an invulnerable and v cliajip derful conjuror, and what was m(. TOII that some great misfortune won. most likely befall the tribe if they did not set him free immediately. They therefore cut his bond and made oft’as fast as possible, leaving Fitzpatrick to go where he pleased. * AN INDIAN TRADITION. Among the Seminole Indians there is a singular tradition regarding the white man’s origin and superiority.— They say that -vyhen the Great Snyisr made the earth, he alsom^^fc-u..,,, ■stef, all of whoi£vy-er J. ” F-v. 7*m<* \ * I• flt,r complex led them to o f -& i„k._ and bade them leap therein. One im mediately obeyed, and came out of the water purer than before ho bathed; the second did not leap until the wa ter becamo slightly muddy, and when he bathed, he came up copper-colored; the thii-d did not leap in until the wa ter became black with mud, and came out with its own color. Then the Great Spirit laid before them three packages of bark, and bade them chose, and out of pity for his misfor tune of color, ho gave the black man his first choice. He took hold of each of the packages, and having felt them chose the heaviest; the copper-colored one then chose the second heaviest, leaving the white man the lightest.— When the packages were opened, the first was found to contain spades, hoes, and all the impliments of labor; the second enwrapped hunting, fishing and warlike apparatus; the third gave the white man pens, ink and paper— the engines of the mink—the mutual, mental improvement—the social link of humanity—the foundation of the white man’s superiority. A RAT STORY. The Pittsburg Telegraph tells the following story: ‘A banker of this city had a valuable cow, which gave a large quantity of milk, and was held in high esteem for general good qualities. All at ouce the supply of lacteal fluid grew smaller by degrees and beautifully less until the yield was scarcely worth hav ing. The family were greatly surprised at this, as tho animal was in perfect health and in the height of her season. It was hinted that some person whose love for milk overcame his scruples for stealing was at the bottom of the mis chief, and that, like a thief at night, he entered the stable where Bossy was kept and relieved her of the milk.— The hired man was accordingly in structed to watch for the thief, and his vigilance was rewarded by a most singular discovery. Just after daylight in the morning he saw a very large rat come forth from its hiding place, and, going to where tho cow was lying, it stood on its hind feet, with its fore paws on the cows’ udder, and applying its mouth to one of her dugs, sucked its fill of milk. When it was satisfied another ra„ took its place, and so on until the supply was exhausted and the family swindled by the cunning rats out of their morning’s supply of the much coveted fluid. The storV is well vouched for.’ Multiply 987,G54,321 by 47 and see what a curious result of figures it gives, is a puzzle going all over the country. You will find it merely a game of all fours. Divide 10 by 9 and see what a jolly lot of one’s you will get. You may keep at it forever, and never get a different figure. F E A TIIEHS. Preferred creditors Those who don’t dun. Next to a diary, the most difficult thiug to keep is a cedar pencil. The honeymoon is not pleasant when you reach the last quarter—of a dollar. When a clergyman breaks the thread of his discourse it is time for him to wind up. It is wi-ong to keep closets stuffed with old clothes while the poor are shivering around you. The girl who said she would not marry the best man living compromis ed by marrying one of the worst, t Young America is on the rampage in San Francisco. A son has sued his father for damages for whipping him. Managers are introducing incom bustible scenery for theaters. Wan ted, now, audiences that are panic proof. ‘An honegt payment of our debts, and a sacred preservation of the pub lic faith,’ was the old Democratic molto. Tlxere are forty-five cotton factories in this State, ail in active operation and paying dividends, either in money or stock. When the tongue of slander stings thee, let this be thy comfort—they are not the worst fruits on which the wa3ps light. It is asserted that a Republican Congressman from Floridtf is prepar ing a speech denouncing the Florida Returning Board. The New York Chamber of Com merce urges that silver coin be made the standard legal tender throughout the United States. NO. 2 Governor Conner, of Maine, in his inauguaral, thinks that ail partisan clamor will be hushed in the majestic presence of the law. If you have' built castles in the air your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now 3 pffim<7,’in- a dations under them. . ly to tbs tri- Apu v. uo- Dau.^cratio parvy. the future, as in the past, no pains will 1 be spared to make the Morning New in eveiy 1 i espect still more deserving of the ooulidenee i and watronage which has been so liberally ex -1 tended to it bs the people of Georgia and, The ample means of the establish w “rill be devoted to the Improvement of Not til w j u ft |j j ta and to took- whole instructive and re!u the continent the ourrent news. Ita etaiiut 600 000. londonts —at Washing^ T . , ville, Tallahassee r. An Irish m H _ bas b6en re e ‘ -Sandt son, who jeting was a!wav arls'ifX “mayb< its ‘Sale p 1 mestie, - m . . “ Tom I 4-s we t we desij ywartlß \ 4rates of aubsMt let! a of Christ , , .. oo.se. had no idea o. —uuu, wneu ihe latest style < , n ii, rr kea is called the ‘Kiss me if When worn by a cross-eyed with a wart on her nose the if*’ a 11 is terrible and unanswerable. •''tting A sea serpent five hundred feet and carrying its royal head fifty feet above the water, is worth reporting to the marines. These dimensions are given by an English steamship captain. We are rapidly approaching that season when a man throws away his tobacco box, and finally resolves to quit chewing, but creeps around in the darkness three days afterwards to find it. Every man is said to have at least one opportunity to acquire wealth In the case of the newsp2per man, this opportunity comes on the 29th of February every year except leap year. ‘Henry,’said she, sharply, as they passed a lonesome corner, ‘do you want me to come out of this sleigh ride with my hat looking as though it had been run over by an omnibus ?’ And yet she didn’t seem to care. ‘What is the trouble among our young men ?’ Around here it seems to be that there are six working days between every two Sundays, and they feel that there ought to be more Sun days. The Maine Standard asks: ‘How many Republicans are now wrestling with their consciences on the question of approving the infamous conduct of the Grant-Chandler crowd in trying to steal the Presidency ?’ A country clergyman, seeing a young man standing in the doorway of a church and looking hesitatingly about, paused in tlie middle of his sermon, and exclaimed: ‘Get out, young man; she is not here !’ ‘lt is strange,’ muttered a young man, as he staggered home from a supper party, ‘how evil communica tions corrupt good manners. I have been surrounded by tumblers all the evening, and now I am a tumbler my self.’ Tho ministers are the most import ant class of people in our government, and they are the poorest paid of any. Oar dogs cost us much more than we pay our preachers, and our whisky cost four hundred times more than tho preachers. Sire used to meet him at tho gate with a kiss and a smile, like morning light; but now she comes to the door, in a dingy old calico wrapper, and shoes clown at the heels, shades her eyes with her hand, and in a voice that S3ems to need oiling, inquires: ‘Did you bring that butter'?’