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The Gainesville Eagle.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
JUDICIARY.
Hon. George D. Rice, Judge 8. 0. Western Circuit.
A. L. Mitchell, Solicitor, Athene, G.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. B. M. Wlnburn, Ordinary; John L. Gaines,
Sheriff; J. F. Duckett, Deputy Sheriff; 1. J. Mayue,
Clerk Superior Court; W 8. Pickrell, Deputy Cler.
Superior Court ; N. b. dark. Tax Collector ; -I R.
H. Luck, Tax Receiver; Gideon Uarrleon, Sur
veyor ; Edward Lowry, Coroner ; R. C. Young,
Treasurer.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Dr. H. S. Bradley, Mayor.
Aldermen—Dr. H. J. Long. W. B. Clements, T.
A. Panel, W. U. Henderson,W. U. Henderson,
T. M. Merck.
A. B.C. Dorsey, Clerk; J. R. Boone. Trreasurer; T.
e N.Manie, Marshal; Heury Perry, City At.orney.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Presbyterian Church—Rev. T. P. C'lovelaud,
Pastor. 'Proaching every Sabbath—morning and
night, except the second Sabbath. Su day School,
at 9 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 4
o'clock* •
Methodist Church— Rev. W. W. Wadsworth, Pas
tor, Preaching every Sunday morning and night.
Sunday School at 9a. m. Prayer meeting Wednes
day night, i
Baptist 'Church Rev. W. 0. Wilkes, Pastor.
Preaching Sunday morning and night. Sunday
School at!) a. m Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 4 o'clock.
GAINESVILLE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
J. U. Estes, President; Henry Perry, Librarian.
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
■l...Td- g- ’?'*!; YiCC
President; W. B. Clements, Secretary.
Regular services every Habbath evening at one
of the Churches. Cottage prayer meetings every
Tuesday night iu "Old Town," and Friday night
hear the depot
FRATERNAL RECORD.
Flowery Branch Lodge No. 79, I. O. O. TANARUS.,
meets every Monday night, Joel Lasetek, N. O.
B. F. Stsduau, Sec.
Allruhany Royal Arch Chaptsr meets on the
Secoud and Fourth Tuesday evenings iu each
month.
I. 8. Bradley, Sec’y. A. W. Caldwell, H. P.
Gainesville Lodge, No. 919. A.-. F.-. M.-.,
meets in the Firsts nd Third Tuesday eveuingin
the mouth
R. Palmour, Bec’y. R. E Green. W. M.
Air-Link Lodge, No. 04 ,1. O. O. |F., meets
every Friday evening.
0. A. Lilly, Sec. W. H. Harrison, N. G.
GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE.
Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlan
ta aud Charlotte Air Line Railroad, the following
will he the schedule from date:
| Mail train No. 1, going east, leaves 7:47 p. m.
Mall for this train closes at 7:00 “
Mail train No. a, going east, leaves 8:35 a. in.
It No mail by this traiu.
Mail traiu No. 1* going west, leaves 0:51 a. m.
Mall for th's train closos at 9:30 p. ni.
Mail traiu Ni. 3, going west, le.ves. ...9:05 p. m.
Mall fur this traiu closes at 7.30 •<
Office hours from 7 a. m. to 5:30 p in.
General delivery open on Sundays from S 1 ; to 9 V
Departure of mails from this office:
Dahlouega aud Gilmer county, daily 81, s. m
Dahlonega, via Wahoo and Ethel, Saturday....3 a. in
Jefferson A Jackson county, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday 7 a. m
Cleveland, White, Union, Towns aud llayes
vllle, N. C., Tuesdays and Fridays 7 a. m
Dawsonville and Dawsou county, Saturday Ba. in
Horner, Banks county, Saturday I p. ni
Pleasant Urove, Forsyth county, Saturday.. I p.m
M. It. ARCHER, P.M.
Atlanta and Charlotte
VIK-LIMI,
Passenger Trains will run as follows on anil
after
SUNDAY, JUNE ft, 1878,
GOING EAST.
Arrive at Gainesville 4:55 p. m.
Leave Gainesville 4:50 p. in.
GOING WEST.
Arrive at Gainesville 9:54 a. in.
Leave Gainesville 9:55 a. m.
Local Freight and Accommodation
Train.
GOING EAST.
Arrive at Gainesville 11:50 a. in.
Leave Gainesville 1*2:17 p. in.
GOING WEST.
Arrive at Gaiuesville 11:21 a. in.
Leave Gainesville 11:50 a. m.
Close connection at Atlanta for all poiuts
West, aud at Charlotte for all points East.
G. J. Foreacbk, General M tnager
W. J. Houston, Gen. P. A T. A'gt
Northeastern Railroad of Georgia.
TIJVTE
Taking effect Monday, June 10, 1878. All
trains run daily except Sunday.
TRAIiV TVQ. i.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE?
A. M.
Athens 7 00
Center 721 722
Nicholson 736 739
Hariuouy Grove, 759 gO7
Maysville 827 832
Gillsviile 849 850
Lula 9 15
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
Lula 5 *25
Gillsviile | 542 545
Maysville 602 608
Harmony Grove 630 040
Nicholson 701 707
Ceuter 722 725
Athens j 7 45|
Dropsy Cured.
I will guarantee a cure in eveiy variety
and form of Dropsy, after examining na
tianta. A. i. SsAma, M. D., QainmOleT
The Gainesville Eagle
VOL. XIL
UNCOUNTED BLESSINGS.
BY E. E. B.
,1 sometimes tire of making vain endeavor
For things 1 never win, though sought so
long,
And wonder if my pains must fall forever,
And minor chords creep into life’s low
song,
Until my heart is heavy with its sorrow,
As things beyond me always far away,
Keep beckoning on and whispering “To
morrow !”
But never hold the music of “To-day.”
The things jast out of reach seem always
fairer
Than anything to-day can have and hold;
To-mor-ow’s sunshine will be brighter,
rarer,—
And so we miss the present hoar's gold,
To-day is lost in dreaming Of To morrow,
And when to-morrow comes the heart
will lay
Pians or the future, thinking o’er in sor
row,
The squandered blessings of the yester
day.
We lose the little jays ot life forever,
In thiuking of the far off-unattaraecl.
And by-and-by, when fainting hope says
“Never,”
For what we’v®:isditfe’o regret is
gained
If we could take life’s blessings as we find
them,
Making the most of bright nr cloudy days,
Departing, they would leave content behind
them,
And unrest be banished from our
ways.
Dahlonega.
Editor Eagle: Everybody in this
country has doubt ess heard of Dah
lonega, but for two reasons I presume
but few have ever been there. In
tho first place, it is difficult to reach,
and in the second there is very little
inducement to go, except in search
of gold, or to see how the precious
metal is obtained. No matter which
of these motives actuated us, or
whether either; suffice it to say, we
determined to go, and we went.
We left Gainesville, Thursday
morning, June 20. Oar mode of
traveling antedates railroads by sev
eral hundred years. A lumbering,
two-horse hack, owned and driven by
Mr. Stone, was the vehicle in wLieb
we were away for the trip.
Mr. Stone is a philanthropist, at least
he showed a more tender regard for
his horses on this trip, than ever a
celebrated lady of the same name did
for the poor African. Two miles an
Lour was the maximus speed obtain
able. He is, by the way, a kind,
good man, and worthy of patronage.
One tan travel longer with him, in
going over a given distance and for
a smaller compensation, than any
other man.
The distance from Gainesville to
Dahlonega is twenty-five miles. We
left Gainesville in the morning at 6
o’clock, and about the same hour in
the evening, we reached the last hill
topf overlooking the tewn. For a
time it was overlooked by us, while
we gazed upon the wonderful scene
that met our view. From the north
east to the southwest, our vision was
circumscribed by that magnificent
range of mountains known as the
Blue Ridge. Except in color this
would seem to be a misnomer. We
are accustomed to call slight eleva
tions ridges. The Georgia Alps
would seem more appropriate for
these grandly towering bights. They
seem like mighty fortifications thrown
up by gods who fought for the lovely
countries and rich treasures on either
side. The hills gradually increase in
height and dimensions from Gaines
ville to Dahlonega, From thence
they swell upward until they become
mountains, the whole constituting
majestic stairs or steppings from
eaitu to heaven. The mountains
proper commence about ten miles
from Dahlonega. They rise grad
uallg, each overlooking the last, un
til the most distant one visable,
forms only a dim outline that seems
tho mighty pillars with which earth
props heaven. Having feasted our
eyes for a time, we began to look
about us. The first object that at
tracted our attention was the college
building, a magnificent structure,
built before the war, I don’t know
how long, as a United States mint.
Here many millions of dollars, now
in circulation, or locked up in private
coffins, were issued. On changing
the mint, the building was appro,
priated to collegiate purposes.—
Through liberal donations by Col-
W. P. Price, and other philanthropic
gentlemen, it was soon in successful
running order. The President, Col.
W. P. Price, aud other philanthropic
gentlemen, it was soon in successful
running order. The President, Col
Lewis, is the “right man in the right
place.” Of his antecedents I know
nothing, but I saw, at a glance, that
no ordinary man was befoae me. He
has a large body, massive brain, gray
beard, mild blue eyes. With appro
priate dress he could sit for the pic
ture of an ancient patriarch, or of a
Roman Senator. He is supported in
his responsible position, by an able
corps of teachers, and we are glad to
state that the institution is in a very
flourishing condition. Between two
hundred and fifty and three hundred
students have been in attendance
during the present seseion. A few
of the pupils are from other States,
but a large majority are from Middle
and Southern Georgia, and I pan
truly say. that a more polite, intelli
gent and gentlemanly set of young
men I have never met in any institu
tion. Those who wish their sons to
grow np strong in body, minds, and
GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 5,1878.
I morals cannot do better than to send
them to Dahlonega.
After a good night’s rest the
Burnsbtsffgnse and partaking if a
substantial breakfast, we started for
the gold diggings. We were accom
panied on this pedestrian tour by Mr.
Winn, an accomplished civil engi
neer from Atlanta, who has some pro
fessional axe to grind, we presume-
A half hoar’s walk down a deep ra
vine, brought us to the first mill. On
oar way we caught ourselves peering
into gullies and picking Up fragments
of rock, hoping to stagger upon some
stray nugget that had escaped the
scrutiny of less lucky individuals
than ourself. Our efforts in this di
rection were suspended when Mr,
Winn informed ns that every stone
had been turned and every foot of
ground carefully examined for miles
around Dahlonega. For many years
surface mining was conducted here
on quite an extensive scale, and
every valley and r&vine, though now
grown over with l rush and weeds
show unmistakable signs of the pick
and spade.
When the surface ore was exhausted
mining was comparatively suspended,
nntd the quarlz mills were introduced.
These did not pay while they were
compelled to hanl their ore from tbe
mines to the mill; and it is very prob
able that, bat for Col. Hand’s intro
duction of the sluice, or water pro
cess, mining would have been a com
parative failnre. By an immense
outlay of money, and great display of
skill and energy, that is truly won
derful, this gentleman has put new
life into the dry boues of tbe Dah
lonega mines. By pipes water is
brought a distance of twenty miles,
and distributed among the localities
where most needed, where it is kept
in reservoirs for gold washing pur
poses. When a sufficient amount of
ore is dag on the sides of the hills
to fill the tanks at the mills, the wa
ter is let loose and runs in torrents
down the cuts, carrying everything
before it The large tanks at the
mills are soon filled with a heteroge
neous mass of dirt, sticks, gravel and
fragments of quartz. A large propor
tion of this mass contains no parti
cle of gold, but the torrent of water
necessary to cat ry the quartz rock,
necessarily carries the other mass
| with it. It is all crashed in the
f mills together, aud the 4 gold a touted.
I am too ignorant of mechanics, or
of the nomenclature of machinists, to
describe one of those mills. The two
we visited were propelled by water,
though steam is often used for the
purpose. The full force of these
mills which seems very great, is ex
pended in lifting the great hammers,
the immense weight of which do the
work in their fall. The first mill we
visited had ten hammers that raised
simultaneously and fell with crushing
force on the mass beneath. Ten
iron wheels, fastened to heavy, shafts
of the same metal revolve between
the hammers. Arms of these wheels
come up at every revolution and
press against the heavy shoulders at
tached to the handles of the ham
mer, and their own powerful weight
does the work. Two men are con
stantly employed in throwing the con
tents of a tank into a trough through
which it slides down through an in
clined plane and falls under the ham
mers, where everything is crushed
into powder. Water is continually
running tluough this crushed mass,
and so arranged as to pass iu their
sheets over coppor-plates. These
plates are coated with mercury. The
particles of gold in the water are
precipitated upon these mercurial
ized plates. About twice a week
these plates are cleaned. The amount
of gold obtained is sometimes more
and sometimes less, determined by
the richness of the ore passed through
the mills.
The mining business of Dahlone
ga is established on a solid basis.
The proprietors are satisfied and
doubtless receive a good per centage
on the capital invested. Having ex
amined two of the mills which I pre
sume ore samples of the remainder,
we returned to the town.
Dahlonega is at this time re
markable for nothing but the col
lege, of which we have already
spoken, and the mineral wealth by
which it is surrounded. It has a pop
ulation of about three hundred. The
usual number of churches to be found
in villages of this size; two livery
stables, two hotels, several boarding
houses, one drug store, four or five
dry-goods stores, and to its credit be
it spoken “nary” bar room.
Dahlonega has been a place of
importance in the flash times of the
mines. Several distinguished charac
ters, men who did much to direct the
course of events into proper chan
nels in other regions once lived here.
Gen. Thomas Busk, who took an ac
tive part in the revolution of Tex'is,
and was afterwards President of the
Bepublic, once kept a livery stable
in Dahlonega. John C. Galhoun (
once owned an interest in the mines,
and made frequent visits to the place.
Judge Pascal* another of the digest
of Texas, whotdied practiced
lav* in Dahlonega. Judge William.
E. Jones, of Texas, a man distin
guished as an editor, and as a states
man in the counsels of his adopted
State, a mas to whom I waa more
strongly attached, perhaps, than any
other in life, once edited a paper in
Dahlonega.
Dahlonega has bad a past, and we
predict for her a bright future. When
the iron horse shall stop to drink at
her aqueducts, aud the whistle of the
engine shall wake the eehoe§ of the
Blue Ridge, people r t®®'
dreds iu the heat of mm to iu
hale vigor from her pure air, aud im
bibe health from her mineral springs.
Cosmopolite.
♦ -,(| V
“Divided U|>.!’
Five ragged, unkempt and weep
ing children were left orphans the
other day by the death of their
mo.her, a widow who lived-on Pn*s
pect street. The father-’was killed at
one of the depots about two years
ago, am, since then the mother had
kept the family together by hard
day’s work. Lack of food, exposure
and worry brought on an illness
which terminated fatally, and the
children huddled together in a cor
ner of the room feeling awed and
frightened bnt yet unabied to real
ize that death had made them
waifs. When the remains had been
sent away to potters’ field, a dozen
women gathered and held a whis
pered consultation.
“I’ll take one of the poor things,
though I’ve four children of my own,”
said one of the women.
“And I’ll take another. •’
“And I’ll take one.”
“And so will I.”
Then there was the baby—a tod
dling boy, who had been rocked to
sltep every night of his life, and
whose big blue eyes were full of tears
as he shrank behind his sister to es
cape observation.
“I could take him,” said one of the
women, “but I’m qnick tempered,
and the Lord will never forgive the
woman who strikes a dead mother’s
child 1”
“I could take him, but lam old
and will soon die,” said another.
“When he had learned to love me,
and I had come to look upon him as
a son, death would separate ns.”
A girl not over ten years old,
dressed a little better than other
children there, crept into the group
and heard what waa said. While
the women were looking into each
other’s faces in silence the child
reacned out for the babo, patted
his white head, kissed him, and
said:
“I will take this one! I have no
brother, and ma and pa will let me
dle-bed, play my doll, and they may
put all the Christmas presents into
his stocking!’’
The women protested, even as
they wept, and the girl ran around
the corner and returned with her
mother, who sanctioned all she ha 1
said.
“Come, bubby—you’re mine now !”
called the girl, and he laughed as she
put her arms around him and tried
to lift him up.
By and by a woman said:
“Children, you have neither fath
er, mother nor home. You must be
divided up or go to the poor-house.
Kiss each other, poor orphans, and
all kiss the baby !’’
They put their arms around him,
and hugged aud kissed, and they
went out from the old house to
go iu different directions and per
haps never again to meet all togeth
er.
“Good-bye, Johnnie !** each one
gasped, as they turned for a last look
at baby, and the little girl called to
each one in turn:
“Don’t feel bad! I’ll give him
lots to eat, learn him his prayers,
and when he’s a big man he’ll buy
you all back!
How Man Has Improved.
The relation of man to nature
primordially and of savage races in
the present day is, as we know, very
different from what it has been rep
resented to be by poets and philoso
phers. In the delightful picture
their fancy painted there was noth
ing true; the idylic conditions amid
which they fancied the still youthful
race as living never had existed any
where. The history of man the
world over has its beginning not in
a golden age, but in age of stone.
Instead of noble shepherds and love
ly shepherdesses who, under benig
nant skies and picturesque scenes,
live in innocence on the prodnoe of
their flocks, decorously enjoying all
the purest gifts of fortune,[tbe reality
presents to our view rude, uncouth
hordes struggling against hunger,
wild beasts, against the inclemency
of the seasons; buried in filth, in
groveling ignorance and brutal sel
fishness; their woman made slaves,
their old people cast out; practicing
cannibalism first out of necessity,
and then because superstitious usage
had hallowed the custom.
Into the mental state of such be
ings we can enter as little as into
that of children. We cannot strip
ourselves of the acquisitions made
by the generations whose successors
we are, and whose priceless hoard
ings of the fruits of their labor now
inure to our benefit. If, as Paul
Broca teaches, the mean cerebral
mass of Parisians in the present day.
exceeds that of Parisians in the
twelfth century, may we not assume
our brain to have, by a process of
gradual improvement, become more
highly developed than the brain of
the men of the stone age, 100,000
years ago ? And this brain, more
perfect as it is by nature, has been,
at an early period of its life, subjec
ted, to innumerable unconscious in
fluences, and, later, to the conscious
influences of education, which render
it in some sense incommensurable
with the brain of those as yet half
brnte creatures. —Popular Science
Monthly for July „ /
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Deitii by Hanging Painless.
All the evidence goes to show that
death I*® hanging is painless, and
there io positively no fact or well
founded opinion to the contrary.
If this be the case, then, what is the
explanation of it? Simply this:
That form of strangulation
the blood-vessels of tbe neck are com
pressed, as well as the air-pass ages.
A large part of the blood is returned
faom tfcj head by the external jugu
lar 'ff£§% which at e very near the
Sorfa4|. and in which the current
oaif by slight pressure.
MoStfuCOibe blood from the jUain it
self coti.es back through the internal
jugulaik which lie near, but a little
ontsidcvof, the carotid arteries. The
walla veins are lax and yielding, so
as to jibe easily compressed, while
those r |4he arteries are firm and
elaatk'Jand it requires considerable
force f) approximate them. Pres
sure, fr'lvjwhfch is sufficient to close
the iijp'j' veins only crowds the
oafrjWfa little farther inward, and
th 4 '*>i)d is still poured though
them to the brain, whence it still
When this pumping
proq,.J~ v geiag on at the rate of
sevent a minute, it is easy
to how the engorgement
of the • csels of the brain in a very
briefff’Ue reaches a degree which
causestinsensibility. To explain why
thie congestion causes unconscious
ness wpuid involve a technical discus
sion would here bo out of
place. Lit’ mebt suffice to say that it
does ; 4-> that as the cerebral conges
tion in?* hanged person brinws on m
sensiM’ty within a minute, while the
of suffering does not
begin later, it foflows that the
viotiaM&ln not feel any of the pangs
of asptfm. He first becomes in
sensibfj, with accompanying Piena
ar from cerebral conges
tion, Seal tou-n is choked to death
while /Tfieonscious.— [Dr. R. S. Tracy,
in Popular Science Monthly for July.
j he Turn of Life.
Bat Veen the ages of forty-five and
sixty man who has properly regu
lated himself, may be considered in
the prime of life. His matured
of constitution render him
imperious to an attack of disease,
and experience has given soundness
to bis judgment. His mind is reso
lute, firm and equal; all his functions
are iL the highest he assumes
m&Stcryover his business; builds up
a competence on the foundation he
has hid up in early manhood, and
passe* through a period of life at
tended by many gratifications. Hav
ing pone over a year or two past
sixty; he arrives at a standstill. But
athwart this is the viaduct called the
turn (of li le. which, if crossed in safe
ty, leads t$ the valley of “old age,”
er winds ami then I
beytind, without, boat or causeway to
effect his passage. The bridge is,
however, constructed of fragile ma
terial, and it depends how it is trod
den, whether it bend or break. Gout
and apoplexy are also in the vicinity
to waylay the traveler, and thrust
him from the pass; but let him gird
np bis loins and provide himself with
a fitter staff, and he may trudge on
in safety and with perfect composure.
To quit metaphor, “the turn of life”
is a turn either into a prolonged walk
or into the grave. The system aud
powers have reached the utmost ex
pansion, now begin to close like a
flower at sunset, or break down at
once. Oae injudicious stimulant, a
single fatal excitement, may force it
beyond its strength, whilst a careful
supply of props and the withdrawal
of all that tends to force a plant will
sustain it in beauty and vigor until
night has entirely set in.
Kindness.
If we could but look down into the
hearts of many people in our city,
what a sight would be presented be
fore our eyes ! bow many hearts dy
ing for one little kind word spoken,
one act of kiudness shown them; but
alas ! only a cold glance which pier
ces to the heart! Many a disciple
beariug that honored title “Chris
tian,’’ is not a true disciple, bearing
a cup of cold water “unto the one of
the least of them,” but instead giving
a cross answer, showing a selfish dis
position, doing an unchristian act,
not heeding the Master’s words.
“Bear ye one another’s burdens,”
Hut giving others many burdens. If
every one did well the part assigned
them, what a delightful world would
be made out of this dreary one.—
Let us scatter roses where we now
sow thorns, sunshine where we now
cast thick clouds of sorrow and woe,
then our lives will be joyous; and
standing at the threshold of a bright
er and purer world and looking back
over the brighter years of the past,
knowing we have done our duty to
our fellow men in this world, we will
be better prepared to welcome the
joys of the next.
Significant Advice.
There are signs of a vigorous Re
publican revival of the southern
trade. In Georgia a party paper
has been established at Atlanta,
which is doing quiet but effective
service. In Alabama the Republi
can state committee has been re-or
ganiznd, and an address has beeD
issued calling a state convention at
Montgomery on July 4th. There
are conditions in both these States
which are encouraging to the R -
publicans. The recent declaration
of the Alabama Democrats for a
white man’s government shows that
the bourbens have fall control of that
organization, and when the bourbon
obtains sway in the party there is
sure to split sooner or later. In
Georgia the Democratic majority is
so enormous it is full of dissensions,
and at the mercy of independent
movements. By using discretion,
and combining with independent
candidates against the old negro
hating elements of the democracy,
the southern Republicans may do
valuably service for their party in
o 1?? lands, V-418.
I ments are
-lv firm
Luck.
There are men who, supposing
Providence to have an implacable
spite against them, bemoan in the
poverty of a wretched old ags the mis
fortunes of their lives. Lock forever
ran against them, and for others.
One with a good profession lost his
luck in the river, where he idled off
his time fishing, when he should have
been in his office. Another, with a
good trade, perpetually burnt up his
by hot temper, which provoked his
employers to discharge him. Another
with a lucrative business, lost his
luck by amazing diligence at every
thing but his business Another,
who very steadilv followed his busi
ness, as steadily followed his bottle.
Another, who was honest and con
stant at his work, erred by perpetual
misjudgment—he lacked discretion.
Hundreds lose their lack by endors
ing and by saDguine speculations;
by trusting fruduleut. men, and by
dishonest gains. A man never had
good luck who had a bad wife. I
never knew an early rising, hard
working, prudent man, carefnl of his
earnings, and strictly honest, who
complained of bad lack. A good
character, good habits, and iron in
dustry, are impregnable to the as
saults of all the bad luck that fools
ever dreamed of. Bnt when I see
a tatterdemalion creeping oat of
a grocery late in the afternoon,
with his hands in his pockets, the rim
of his hat turned up, and the crown
knocked in, I know he has back luck;
for the worst of all luck is to be a
sluggard, a knave or a tippler.
Are You Gaining!
If you are gaining a little every
day be content. Are your expenses
less than your income, so that,
tuough it be a little, yon are yet con
stantly accumulating and growing
richer every day. Be content, for as
concerns money you are doing well.
Are you gaining knowledge every
day? Though it be little by little,
the aggregate of the accumulation,
where no day is permitted to pass
without adding something to the
stock, will be surprising to yourself.
Solomon did not become the wisest
man in the'world in a minute. Lit
tle by little—never omitting to learn
something, even for a single day—
always reading, alwuys studying a
little between the time of rising up
in the morning and lying down at
night; this is the way to accumulate
a fall storehouse of knowledge. Fi
nally, are you daily gaining in char
acter ? Bs not discouraged, because
it be little. The best men fall short
of what they wonld wish to be. It
is something, it is much, is you keep
good resolutions better to-day than
you did yesterday, better this year
than you did last year. Strive to be
iperfect. hqt do not become down
hearted so long as you are approach
ing nearer aud nearer to the high
standard at which you aim- Little
by little fortunes are accumulated;
little by little knowledge is gained;
little by little character and reputa
tion are achieved.
Pass it Around.
Gossip goes the round of the city
as lemonade stands do in the sum
mer.
If you wish to be asked out every
night learn to manufacture it; it is
very easy; take equal parts of the
flour of malice and essence of impu
dence, with several pepper corns of
improbability to spice; some candied
lemon peel of moral reflections to
make it light of digestion.
If you can also chop up any real
Paschal lamb of innocence in very
flue pieces, so that it is minced and
hashed and unrecognizable forever,
serve it with the vinegar of maligni
ty, and the fresh milk of novelty,
and you will henceforward be the
very eareme of gossip. Run in
out the best houses with your con
coctions, and there will be no end to
your popularity. You will be as re
freshing to the thirst of dwellers
therein as the lemonade sellers to
the throats of the populace.
A Real Truth.
Whatever taste your dressmaker,
mau or woman, have, there are lit
tle touches which should come from
oneself, and which give originality.
Women should be educated to a
higher sense of color and form.
Even an ugly woman should be
taught that it is her duty to make
her ugliness as little disagreeable as
possible. A lady of rank once said:
“If I were ever so poor, and had to
sew my own gowns, and make them
of serge or dimity, I would cut them
so that Giorgione or Gainsborough,
were they living, might look at me
with complacency, or at all events
without a shudder: It is not half so
much question of material as it is of
taste.”
Women are reproached with think
ing too much about dress, but the
real truth is, they do not think
enough about it in the rght way. It
is the duty of every woman to make
herself as full of grace as she can;
all cannot be lovely, but none need
be entirely unlovely.
I
Marrying lor Money.
A late author very truthfully says:
“Gold cannot buy happiness, and the
parents who compel their daughters
to marry for station or money com
mit a grievious sin against humanity
and God. And a woman who mar
ries a churl for his wealth will find
that she has made a terrible bar
gain—that all the glitterings of a
heartless grandeur are phosphores
cent glitterings of heart wrechedness;
that her life will be one gilded mis
ery, and her old age will be like a
crag on the bleak side of a desert
mountain, here cold moonbeams
sometimes glitter, but no birds sing
but wild storms howl and hoarse
thunders roar, and though the weep
ing storms shall be heard the stern
voice of the great God saying:
“Your riches are corrupted, your gar
ments are moth-eaten, your gold and
silver are cankered, and the rust of
them shall be a witness against you,
and yovr fiesh as if it were tire.'
A Voice of Long Ago.
“Just give me a chance to pour my
voice into that machine, will you?''
said a red-nosed man, stepping to
the front at a phonograph matinee,
the other dayi
“Certainly,” said Mr. Gilliland
“Put your mouth down close, without
pressing, speak distintcly, aud the
instrument will repeat every word
exactly as you say it.”
“Ain’t you joking now ! Will it
really say the same thing I say,
without mixing up and changing
around to turn the joke ?”
“You will get back your own
words—nothing more nor less,” said
the proprietor.
“Hold my hat then, and pull open
all the valves,” said the man, as he
nervously brought his mouth to the
proper position. “Steady now, I’m
about to warble.”
“Come—up—boys—every—body
—and— drink—with—the—land
lord !”
Was what the man said, with an
emphasis on every word, and the
same was what the marvellous little
wonder shrieked back.
“That’s the sweetest musle I’ve
heard for about ten years,” said the
man,” with a moist palate and a
glowing eye, “and I reckon it’s about
that long since I’ve heard that ggpd
old tune ground out. I don’ t s’pose
I’ll ever get another chance to hear
it again, and if it ain’t too much trou
ble, please run her back and shoot it
out once or twice more. It’s good
for the rheumatiz, that is. My!
what a head that man has !. If *he
could only get up a jug now that
could never be emptied!’’ and the
man walked out with a sad look and
an unsteady step.
How Hold,Bricks are Cast.
At four o’clock the furnace lid was
raised and the circular tonga lowered
by Stephen Militor to grasp the cru
cible. It waa the critical moment,
and all eyes eagerly watch the work
man. The tongs slip a little; Mili
tor gripe more lirmly, crushes them
down among the living coals, and
the iron band closes iiko a vise
around the iron pot. Tkeiron hook
is lowered, grasped the hooka below,
and steadily rose the fiery treasure.
“Steady!” cried Militor, and the cru
cible, with it 4 precious bubbling
fluid, was raised up and landed on
the iron platform. The mold was
ready, and the seething vessel was
gradually worked to it, tipped over,
and the molten mass poured in.—
When half full the mold cracked like
a rifle-shot, but the pouring contin
ued until the last drop was drained
from the crucible. In. a few minutes
the brick was tossed on the floor,
grasped by the tongs, tumbled into
a tank of water, which boiled, hissed
and foamed over and around the
mammoth brick. Bucket after buck
et was poured in, and soon the mon
ster was cooled. Thus was cast the
largest gold brick that we are aware
of in the world, all from a mine as
yet unsurpassed in richness. The
brick weighed 3398.9 G ounces, valued
at $54,2G2 It is 19xG inches on the
top, and 3i inches deep, represent
ing 385.9375 cubic inches of solid
metal.
“Under Fire.”
The first time that a soldier goes
into action he fancies the shot that
he hears whizzing though thn air is
aimed at him. But if he is not hit
at first he soon acquires u sort of
fatalistic feeling tbit he never will
be. The eve of a battle might be
supposed to be a solemn moment
I have been at several eves (says Mi
ll. Labouchero in paper, Truth), and
I never perceived the vestige of
solemnity, nor—so far as I could per
ceive—-did it strike any one thatlhe
next day he might be killed. The
thoughts of every one were concen
trated first on supper, and then on
finding a comparatively comfortable
place in which to Bleep. During a
battle all not immediately engaged
are simply bored. If ever a hand-to
hand fight take place it is due to
some bungler being in command on
one side or the other. Most of the
regiments engaged do not even see
the enemy. Attacking in column
and bayonet charges are things of the
past. Shells and bullets are fired in
to a position or upon troops advanc
ing, The victory is decided by artil
lery and breech-loaders firing.
Those who can cnncentrate the heav
iest fire upon mechanical strategical
points win. So mechanical is the
whole affair that it is an admitted
axiom that if one-third of the best
regiment in the world can be put
hors de combat, the remainder will ex
ecute a strategical maueuver to the
rear.
It is a popular error to think that
the more a man eats the fatter and
stronger he will become. To believe
that the more hours children study
the faster they learn. To conclude
that if exercise is good, the more vio
lent the more good is done. To im
agine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained. To act on
the presumption that the smallest
room in the house is largo enough to
sleep in. To imagine that whatever
remedy causes one to feel immediate
ly better is good for tho system, with
out regard to more ulterior effects.
To eat without an appetite; or to
continue after it has been satisfied,
merely to gratify the taste. To eat
a hearty supper for the pleasure expe
rienced during the brief time it is
passing down the throat, at the ex
pense of a whole night of disturbed
sleep and weary waking in the morn
ing-
A woman says very few men have
the slightest idea how to hold a ba
by. And we don’t suppose one man
in a hundred has a slightest desire
to hold oue. If it is a female baby
he is willing to hold it after it
reaches the age of seventeen years,
we’ve been told. Tho best way to
hold one under six months is to hold
yourself aloof from it.
Fame is like an eel—rather hard
to catch and a great deal harder to
hold.
Floating Feathers.
Queen Mercedts of Spain is dead
from gastric fever.
Horse races in Lexington, Ky., in
the region that produces race horses,
do not pay expenses.
Competition is said to be so strong
in cotton factories down East. that
ten mills don’t make a cent.
It is said of the Czirof Russia
that the terror of assassination has
made him a miserable man.
The preservation of the integrity
of the Democratic party is essential
to Democratic in the
South.
Don’t expect to bo called a good
fellow a moment longer than you
consent to do precisely what other
people wish yon to do.
Boss Tweed’s daughter, whose wed
ding presents were worth $75,000, is
living in New Orleans in very strait
ened circumstances.
Wm. Orton, late President of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
had, at the time of his death, $83,000
insurance on his life.
A steam velocipede, warranted to
run twenty-five miles an hour over
the roughest road, has been patented
by a Western inventor.
A Parisian elegante has as many
bonets as she has dresses; also, as
many boots, shoes, gloves, stockings,
and even parasols to correspond.
General Fitz John Porter’s defense
boiled down is that General Pope
was a military charlatan, and fought
the second battle of Bull Run in ig
norance of the enemy or his
strength.
A Washington dispatch says it ap
pears to be generally understood
tuat General Butler proposes to run
as the greenback and candi
date for Governor of Massachusetts
next fall.
St. Louis Times: The Potter in
vestigation may not send anybody to
the peuitentiary, but it will do good.
Its revelations are like a thunder
storm, which does not always kill
but purifies the air..
The editor of the Washington
Post, after a careful survey of the
whole field, estimates that the Demo
ctatic majority ifly the next House
can not fall belovt thirty, aud may
go as high as fifty.
Charles Reade is a tall, slender,
good-looking man, with gray hair
and mustache, a broad forehead and
peculiarly dilating blue eyes. He
claims to ' have even forgotten the
names of some of his early books.
The Cuban insunectiou cost the
Spaniards eighty thousand men, and
the island is a vast ceminery. Mar
tinez C mpos has begun the work of
reducing government expenditures
by giving up half his salary as Cap
tain General.
L. G. Denuis gave to the Potter
Committee yesterday some of the
true inwardness of the Florida elec
tion aud showed how the State was
carried for Hayes by the simple ex
pedient of stufliag the ballot boxes
with lrauduleut ballots.
Cherry rum refuse thrown into tho
yard by a Baugor woman was eaten
by turtteyk, that apparently died from
the effects. After being plucked they
were thrown into a heap on tho
grass. On the next morning they
were found walking around tho yard
in undress.
Two of the three negroes hanged
in Goldsboro, N. C.. expressed a firm
belief that they were going direct
from the scaffold to heaven; but the
third was equally sure that he was
going to hell. “I will breakfast with
the devil to-morrow,” he said.
The United States Commissioners
to the later National Monetary Con
ference have conferred with the Sec
retary of Siate on the subject of their
duties There was a general inter
change of views. The conference
will be held at Paris on the 10th of
August, instead of July 25th.
The Turkish Sultan is grievously
in want of money, and has great dif
ficulty in even feeding his extensive
household. Bakers, grocers and
other tradesmen to whom he is al
ready much in debt, refuse further
supplies without cash, and attempts
to borrow, except in very small sums,
have been without success.
The Kearney platform in Califor
nia embodies opposition to Chinese
immigration, support of the eight
hour law, maintenance of the poor
by State appropriations, prohibition
of convict labor, and demands for
the repeal of charters of corporations,
and an unlimited issue of Govern
ment currency.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston Journal of Commerce
thinks the Democratic Presidential
ticket in 1880 will be Thurman and
Gordon. It is almost a foregone
conclusion that the second place will
be given to the South, and no one
would fill the bill better than the sol
dier Senator from Georgia.
A newly imported Hungarian em
ployed on a farm a few miles north
of the city, tilted up a bee hive the
other day to see what the bees were
doing under there. He knows, now.
He says they were making chain
lightning aud had 2,000 tons of it on
hand, which exploded before he had
time to let the bow down. —Pittsburgh
Leader.
Mr. William Hvde, editor-in-chief
of the St. Louis llepubliban, positive
ly declines to be a candidate for Mr.
Hyde says to accept an office, under
the rules of the Republican establish
ment, is to quit its service, and that
no person but the proprietors have
the right to require him “to abandon
a place of more usefulness and higher
rank than a Senator’s.”
The first piano manufactured in the
United States is believed to have
been made by John Belmont, of Phil
adelphia, in 1775. Chickering was
established here in 1820, and Stein
way’s house dates from 1853. Up to
1820 most piano fortes iu New York
bore on their plates the name of J. J.
Astor, having been imported by the
original John Jacob Astor from
Broad wood or Clementi, of England.
Some of them are yet in old houses.
You must cultivate decision of
character and learn to say “No,”
said a father to his son. Soon after
ward, when the father said to his son
“chop wood,” tho boy said “No,”
with an emphasis that showed a re
membrance of the lesson.
In the country they blow a horn
before dinner; in a town they take
‘one.
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