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The Gainesville Eagle. Published Every Friday Morning OFFTOE — ‘ Upstairs in Candler Hall Building, Northwest Corner of Public Square. tar The Official Organ ot Hall, Banks, White. Towns. Uuion and Dawson counties, and the city Of Gstuesville. Has a large general circulation iu twelve other counties in Northeast Georgia, and two counties in Western North Carotins. SUBSCRIPTION. One Year s2,fco. Six Months SLCO. Three Months...,. Sdo. IN ADVANCE, DELIVERED BY CARRIER OK qEEBAID BY HAIL. All papers are stopped at the expiration of the time paid for without iurther notice. Mail sub scribers will please observe the dates on tbeir Wrapper!. persons wishing the paper will have tbeir orders dromptly attended to by remmitiing the amount for the time deelred. ADVERTISING. SEVEN WORDS HAKE A LINE. Ordinary advertisements, per Nonpareil line, 10 Eta. Legal Official Auction and Amusement ertise menu and Special Notices, per. Ncnpa i line, 15 cents. Reading notices per line. Nonpareil type 15 cent! Local notices, per line, Brevier type, 15 cenu. A discount made on advertisements continued* for longer than one week. REMITTANCES for subscriptions or sdvertisiug can be made by Post Office order. Registered Letter or Express, Et our risk. All Utters should be addressd, J. E. REDWINE, Gainesville, Ga. REVISED KATES For Legal Advertising in the Kagle. From, and including tbia date, the .rates Of legal aJvertising in the Eagle will be as follows : Bberlff’s sales for each levy of 1 inch $2 50. Each additional inch or less i 60. Mortgage aales (Do days) one luch 6 00. Each additional inch or less! 3 00. Adm’r's, Ex'r's Uuard'n's ssies, 4 weeks, 1 inch 4 00 Each additional inch 2 60 Notice to debtors aud creditors „... 4 00. (Jitat’s for let'rs of adm’n or guard'urp (4 wks;4 00. Leave to sell real estate 4 oo Let'rs of dtsrn’n oi'adm'u or guard'u (3 m0.)....6 00. Estray notices. 4 00. Cltatious (unrepresented estates) 4 00. Rule ulsl iu divorce cases 6 00. Homestead Exemption, 2 weeks, 2 00. Rule Nisi to foreclose, monthly 4 inos,, per in... 4 00 Notices of Ordinaries calliug attention of admin. Isirators, executors and guardians to making their •nuual returns; and of Sheriffs in regard to provla ons sections 3049, of the Code, published frisk for the Sheriffs pus Ordinaries who patronize the Eagle. 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 „ / Subscribe for t*-' 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. NO. 26