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Hou r where he will at nil times
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erally. Tin houselms been renovated,and the
table will bo ltberaTTy »opp?lcd,
Mr W T Poster will be in rendlness with good
hw-n* and vehicle* to convey passengers tc any
desired point.
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rpilEsvihfcrfbers are conslnntly receiving fiesh
1 recessions to their present desirable stock of
GENERA L MERCHANDISE ,
and the puhlU. ns well ns tle ir friends, arc res
|icctlnlly iniled to favor them with a call,
Their assortment of
DRESS GOODS,
Hats, Shoes, School Books, &c.;
ore ample, and are oil' reel at prices that will not
fail to give satisfaction.
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Tiams leave Mcnniphis as folio s
Through Fzpress 7:00 airs
Through Mail G-40 pm
.Somerville Accomodation 3:10 p m
Through Express —Connetcs at Grand Junction
with afternoon tiainon Mississippi Ceirral
Railroad for 110 l y springs Water Valley,
Grenada, Jackson, Vicksburg, New Or
leans. etc.
At Corinth for Okolona, Columbus, Miss Mobile,
A a., etc.
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Cinciuimttl, etc.
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Georgia, North and South Carolira, Virginia,
Washington. Baltimore, New York, etc.
Through Me.il Connects at Grand Junction with
trains fW Bolivar and Jackson Tenn.
At Decatur, for Athens, Pulaski, Alabama,
Columbus, Nashville, etc.
At Chatanooga, trains connect for fame points
ar. Express TV: 'ns.
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EAST TENNESEB & GEORGIA,
EAST TENNESSEE A VIRGINIA,
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NEW YORK, BOSTON. PHILADELPIirA,
BAJ.TIMOR E. WASHINGTON. RICHMOND,
LYNCHED LiG, PETERSBURG, Va.,Ac
T tvoDail y T!i rough Trains
Leave Memphis :
EXPRESS ? 7.00 a. m 1
.MAIL t 1.40 p. m |
THIS ROFTE between Memphis and NEW’
YOPK, passes through or near more points of
interest’connected with the late war, than any
other line from the Mississippi to the Atlantic,
and the unrivalled mountain and rirer scenery
is surpassed by uo /.’outc ou the Continent.
Elegant and Luxurious
RLE E PING COAC II E S
of the Htp Van-Winkle Line, oil all Night Trains.
Baggage Checked Through.
For tickets and all information, apply at Office.
8 8 V.oiarl St., Iflemphis, Tciin.
S, 11. due. k Passenger Agent.
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SAM. C. WEAVER Ticket Agent
Augusta Held
AUGUSTA, : : : : GEORGIA,
8. 31. JONES, Proprietor.
fpHIS Leading, Fashionable Hotel, has been
I newly and elegantly furnished, and i? now
iwvpaied to extend a “Georgia Welcome.”
Col. GEO. 11. JONES, Chief Clerk,
may 18—ts.
Wheat &c,
IHAVE a first n te, Wood Rim Horse Power,
with Cast In n Teeth,
Thrasher and Fan Mill,
I will hell for $250, payable in Toll Wheat, at
Hie market price; or I will let it out for 1-1 of
the toll it will make this season. Last season
(asbad as the whcatcrop was"! it made 250 bus
hels • this season 1 1 can’t make less than 300 bush
els ’if well managed, and four osix mules to
drive it.
1 have still some of m , sub-divided,
Small and large Lots of Land
"For tSstl©.
With the nearest EIRE WOOD to town, and
some good tilaUe land *j No CUNNINGHAM.
-, v absence ift pure of HOWELL
if. b. —ln >*•. • also, ot mine, a good
* NE ARY, who N- ’^ ER SYRUP MILL,
I ROM DYLAN Is- * J. C.
Trice $7.5.
Greensboro, May 24th—4t
JDJcI-NNT.
attend to the
■* practice of Dentistry
in Greenesboro’ on Mon
■*T-7:',dnv. Wednesday and Fri
•£ day of each week. He can
l "' ■’ und at Ins "lltee over
Elsas A Adlcr'sstore, from
• am till 5 o,clock p m
Pcnfivld, Ga.. aug 2—ly
THE GREENSBORO HERALD.
A FAMILY PAPE?,
The Weekly Constitulianalist.
Published every Wednesday Morning,
\N Eight-page Paper, containing the Latest
News by Mail, and Telegraph. Editorials
of the Daily, full Market Reports, Miscellaneous
Reeding, and a Selected or Original Story, and
a lictes anprtlaiuing to the Farm mul Dairy
each week. Wcalmll endeavor to make it a
fi .-class News and Family Joural.
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SrOCKSTOM ts CO.
Fobrry 2 1807 Augusta Ga.
1867 SPRING IMPORTATION 1867
S T IR, .A. W"' o O O ID S
Armstrong, Cater ACo
IMPORTOUB AND JOBBERS OF
RIBBONS,
BONNET SILKS,
SATIN BLONDS
NETS,
CRAPES'
VELVETS,
RUCHES,
FLOWERS,
FEATHERS,
STRAY' BONNETS'
and LADIES HATS
Trimmed and Unlrimmcd.
Shaker Hoods, &c, &c. &c,
7 and 239 Baltimore street.
BALIIMORE. Md.
OFFERS the Digest Slock to be found in
this Count', y, and unequalled in choice,
vaiie'.v and chn'paers. Older* solicited aud
prompt abolition giveu.
mm 2 -finis
planterOotelT
AUGUSTA, :::::::: GEORGIA
Newly Furnished and Refitted
UNSURPASSED BY ANY
ZOZOTIESIL* SOUTH
IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
T. S. NICKERSON, Prop’r.
Lale of Mills lßiitse. < ’.invlo-ton, aud I'roprii -
tor of Nickerson’s Hole'. Ooiuti'bip, -. F.—ea 46
AM Kill (’AN HOTEL.
ALABAMA STREET
ATLANTA. JlfeyiS GEORGIA.
nnrsoN 4 wii.ev, 1 WIIITE & W lIIILOC'K
Clerks, j PaoPßUtTons
Sept. 7, iso;,—lOtf.
Georgia Hailroad.
Until further notice Trains will run as fol
lows on the Georgia H it. I read-:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(Sunday excepted.)
Leave Augusta at 5.00 A. M.
Leave Atlanta at 5.00 A. M.
Arrive at Augusta at 5.45 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta at G.OO P. M.
NiGIIT PASSENGER TRAIN. .
Leave A a gust;: a„ 0.00 P. M.
Leave Atlaitla a, 7.15 P. M.
Arrive at Ange- .i at 0.00 A. M.
Arrive ft! Attn mo at 4.15A.51.
Passengers fur May field. Washington and
Athens, Ga., must take Day Passenger Train
Passengers for Mobile and New Orleans must
Jeive Augusta on Night Pas-engev train at 6.00
r>, in. to make close connections.
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery
Nashville, Corinth, Grand Junction, Memphis,
Louisville and St. Louis, can take either train
and make close connections.
THROUGH TICKET'S and Baggage checked
through to the above 'daces.
bleeping Carson all Night Passenger Trains
H W. COLE, Gen’l Sup’t.
SOUTH CABMLIKA RAILROAD
The South Carolina Railroad will run the
following Schedule until iurthei notice:
- CIIALEwpoN TRA^N.
Leave Augusta at 6.55 A M
Arrive n. Charleston 4.G0 P M
Arrive:', Columbia 5.20 PM
Leave Charleston at 8.00 A M
Arrive at Augusta 5.00 I‘ M
'LL T. PEAKE, Gen’! Sup’t.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC li. R.
Doy Passcnr/vr Train—( Ercept Sunday .)
L ve Atlanta 8 50 A. M.
I, ve Dalton 2 55 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga 5 25 T. M.
Leave Chattanooga 450A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 1 15 P.M.
Night Passenger Train — Daily.
Leave Atlanta 7 00 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga 4 00 A. M
Leave Chattanooga 4 30 P. M
Arrive at Dalton 7 18 A. M
Arrive at Atlanta 1 35 A. M
Dalton Accommodation Train —Daily Ex
ccpt Sunday.
Leave Atlanta 3 15 P, M
Arrive at Dalton 11 40 P. M
Leave Dalton 1 30 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta 10 30 A. M
ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Train—Going Out.
Leave Atlanta 12 15 P. M
Arrive ai West Point 5 30 P. NI
Day Passenger Train—Coining In,
Leave West Point 340 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 8 37 A. M
MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Train.
Leave Macon 7 45 A. NI
Arrive at Atlanta 2 00 P. M
Leave Atlanta 7 15 A. M
Arrive at Macon 1 30 P. M
Leave Atlanta 8 10 P. M
Arrive at Macon _ 4 __ 2 lAu??
POLLARD, COX & CO. ~
general grocer y
AND
COr&MISSIOjN' MERCHANTS
No. 207, P. road Street,
A few doors below Planter* Hotel.
ocll2 3m 15 AUGUSTA, GA
GREENSBORO, GA., JULI G, 1867.
Seng of the Dead.
Comrades of the silent land,
Wakeless sleepers of the tomb,
Swell the pale and ghostly bund
Gathered in the midnight gloom ;
Darkness rules the middle world.
Sleep is on the sons of light;
Life hath not a sail unfurled
’Mid the shadows of the night t
Only we, the wept and lost;
Only we, the sons of death ;
Only we, the sleeping host;
Only we, who draw no breath ;
We the slimy and the cold ;
We the ghastly and the dread;
We, whom enTth nor air can hold;
Only we the night winds tread.
Como from every wearied clime,
Sprung from every wearied rnco,
Living un through endless time,
Knowing naught of ill to face ;
Wlmt care we f,»r war and storm,
Suffering, agony and woe?
What hoed wo the cares that swarm
Round the haughty or the low?
Honored ’mid the waking hours,
Moaned with tear and groan nnd sigh ;
Housed in mansions wreathed with flowers;
Crowned with virtues till a lie;
However black the life before,
Sacred now revered by all ;
Who would by the shadowy shore ?
Who would answer life’s recall ?
Glory to the ghostly land !
Giory to the pulseless state
Gloty to the midnight band
Aimed against the blade of fate I
Earth, and air, and fire, and light,
All are slaves, while we are free;
Lift your voices on the night,
They shall cross the widest seal
To Destroy Ants. —Get a large
sponge, wash it clean, and sprinkle it
over with powdered sugar, and lay it where
most of the ants congregate—they will
soon fill every cell, and it will to litem be
a sell, too, for you have only to dip your
sponge in hot water, to slay them by the'
L undreds.
There were twelve assassins in the
plot to assassinate the Czar of Russia —
Each placed himself in a sclented spot for
the attempt.
A yellow girl in Lynchburg, Va., has
three times tried to kill herself. She is
madly, hopelessly in love.
Judge Abell, of New Orleans, holds
that nearly all of Gen. Sheridan’s acts
nre unconstitutional. Quite likely ; Sher
idan ca;cs about as much for the Consti
tution as a mule does for Wulilbask’s last
novel.
P.ow complained of a bad smell about
the post office, and asked Browning what
it could be. Browning didn’t know but
suggested that it might be caused by the
“dead letters.’’
In Illinois the osngc hedge is planted,
cultivated and warranted for one year at
thirty cents a rod. In two years it will
keep out all stocks, and it is said to last
500 years.
The Nashville Union says: “Ten car
loads of slate, for roofing, from Carters*.
ville, Georgia, have passed Northward
through this city within the past few days.
A young Indy at a temperance meets
irgsnid: “Brethren and sisters—Ci
der is ft necessity to me and I must have
it. If it is decided that wc are not to
drink cider, I shall eat apples and get
some fine young man to squeeze me : for
I tell you that 1 can’t live without that
delightful nectar, the juice of the apple !”
Some deaf and dumb children in Jack
sonville, Illinois, we’ e asked the meani
ing of eternity. One wrote on his slate,
“It is the lifestime of the Almighty,” and
another only made a circle. These are
beautiful thoughts. God's life-time is
eternity, because it is without beginning
or end.
Bedbugs, ncording to a lady corres
pondent, have a great aversion to salt.—
She states that if tbe articles and places
infested with bedbugs are washed with
salt water, and the crevicOs in which the
vermin hide arc filled with it they will
give no more trouble.
An unwashed stioct boy being asked
what made him so dirty, his reply wa* :
“I was made, as they tell me, of the
dust ol the ground, and I reckon it is
just now working out.”
Poisoned.—A youth, James, son of
Dr. William Anderson, who lives near
Villula, while fishing last Saturday, was
bitten by a moccasin. From the effect of
the wound inflicted, he died Monday
Morning. Ills age was about fifteen
years. Dr. Anderson was formerly of
Cass county, in this State. Boys cannot
be too careful in looking out for snakes,
whose poison at this time is so fatal.—
They are no respecter of persons.—
Columbus Sun.
A Poisonous Monster Kilted.—Sun
day afternoon a citizen of this place, M.
V. Raymond, while in the vicinity of
Pilot Knob, came across a rattlesnake of
the massasogcr species, which he killed
with a club. It measured two feet in
length, and the enormous size of fourteen
inches in circumference. He run on to
it unawares, and it came very near end
ing his days, then and there. It is one
of the mos: poisonous snakes known —
the bite of which is sure death, a* no an
tidote for its venom has ever been discov
ered. It is the first reptile of the kind
we have ever heard of in this State.—
Leavenworth ( Kansas) Conservative.
~ mtumtivr.yx•yy.+’W+a aywu*“7; rta
The Chicago Times is responsible for
the following;
AYe gite the following instance pr©mi»
nence, as'indicating the state of society
in the moral town, St. Louis. A crowd
had gathered on a corner, and an excited
individual, panting with heat, rushed up
to the scene, exclaiming:
“YVlat’s the matter ? 1
“Only a man killed,” was the reply.
“Oh,! is that all? I’ve been running
like h—i-l. I thought it was a dog fight.”
While this will hardly be comprehen
sible to most of the good citizens of
Chicago, all those who have visited St.
Louis will readily believe it, and recog
nize in it a characteristic of a large class
of people that inhabit the town.
Tight Lacing. —The Dayton (Ohio)
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
tells a story which would be a warning to
young Tadics who may believe it. A
young lady had been in the habit of
lacing very tightly for a long while, and
had caused a hook to be placed in the
wall of tho room, and she would fsss
ten her corset strings to it, to enable
her to draw her corsets tighter. She had
done it so long with impunity that site
grew careless, and the ot her day, in
peating tho torture, she throw herself too
heavily on the strings, and broke a Mood
vessel, from which she died in a few hours.
Ben Butler, who is a famous radical,
having stolen all the spoons, plate and
jewelry in the South that be could lay
his dirty paws on, now proposes to steal
lands. See his late letter on confiscation.
A Massachusetts man has “patented a
new vice.” YVc did not suppose one
was unknown to that old fanatical, witch
burning locality ! It is about time they
patentee some “new virtue.’’
The gun which General Beth Pomeroy,
of Northampton, used at the battle of
Bunker Ilill, is on exhibition in that
town.
The Richmond, Indiana, Telegram
tells of a Wayne county man, who took
his family to the circus, not long since,
and sold his cooking stove to get mono}’
to buy tickets! The “ fool and Lis
money," &c.
The people of Central City, Colorado,
have subscribed five thousand dollars to
bo paid for Indian scalps, “with the ears
on,” at the rate of twenty dollars apiece.
For the Girls—How to Get a Husband.
From an excellent commendation pub
lished in the Columbus (Miss.) Index , of June
8, wc copy the following "expressly for the
girls:’’
Iking old, aud therefore allowed license
for teasing the girls on matrimonial sub
jects, I consult them about tl eir future pros',
pccts often, and find that the opinion obtains
with them that the young nun were nevor bo
slow in proposing a3 iu thes* days ; which,
we must admit, gives them a good, not to
say all powerful reason f.,r not taking a hus
band, Now, voung ladies, the whole secret
with nine-tenths of you, of not being able
to get off your parents’ hands, is simply
this: you don’t know how to work. You
can’t keep house. You can’t make a pair
ot breeches. You can’t tell, for the life of
you, the difference between bran or shorts or
which cow gives the buttermilk. The young
men generally came rut of the war "with tha
skiu of their teeth,” with no fortune 1 might
say, but their wardrobes of gray and their
canteens, and to marry with them now, rest
assured, relates more to making a living
with the assistance jof a loving, industrials
help-mate, that indulging in opera music,
moonshine and poverty. Do you know what
they s»y of one of your butterfly young la
dies who has behl them in the parlor enga
ged by the hour listening to ‘‘elegant noth
ings !’’ Nineteen time* out of twenty is
this—"AVt!!, she is all right for an evening’s
entertainment, but she will not m-.ke a good
wife I’*
There is no possible objection to the ac
complishments of music, painting, and the
like, ns such, but the idea is to set these par
lor amusements aside for the period when
the stern duties of married life call for your
practical knowledge. Show the voung men
that you can do your part of double-business;
that you can cook a meal’* victuals on a
pinch ; that you can sweep up, anti dust, and
darn old stockings, nnd save a penny toward
an accumulated pound ; that you will not bo
a dead expense to him through life. l?*!ieve
me, you g friends, as many true, heroic, wo
manly hearts beat over household duties, as
flutter beneath the soft light of a parlor
chandelier. Your kiss is just as sweet, your
smiles just as bright, your heart a* happy
and tender, after a day’s exertion in a sphere
worthy of true womanhood, as in places of
dissipation, frippery and.silly amusement. —
Have an ambition to do your part in life
cultivate industrial habits, and let the parlor
accomplishments go with the higher accom
plishments I have roughly enumerated. It
is astonishing how soon a domestic young
lady is fount! out and appreciated. It is be-
I cause she is such a raic ‘exception to (,’ni
I general rule.
Praying for a Husband.
A correspondent of tho Uocliel'e (III.)
Pegisfer locates the following near that place.
Though the story is considerable older than
the correspondent, it is worth reading.
A young lady heard that if she would go
out and pray three successive nights the Lord
would tell her who she should marry. Now,
it happened that her father had a young man
in bis employ who had considerable w it ami
good humor about him. One evening he
was out in an apple tree after fruit, when he
heard someone praying something liko this:
“O, Lord, who will I marry f” Tho idea pop
ped into lUyl’s (that being tbs young man’s
name) mind that be would have a little sport
at her expense. So he spoke in a changed
voice, and said. “Doyle." l 'Nc, I. >rd, not
Dovle,” cried the astonished young Ldy.
••Yu*, Doyle, or no one," again sounded
fiom the tree-top in » sober hollow voice.—
She arose and entered the house, resolved to
try again the next evening. Os course Doyle
did not wish to spoil the fun, and so the next
evening found him seated in the lieo top.
He did’nt have long !o wait before the young
husband-seeker came, and commenced pray
ing in the same way that she did the proceed
ing evening, and received the tame answet.
Tile next evening also found her under tho
tree pleading to know her future husband’s
name, ami again she heard the nnswer,
-Doyle, or no one.” She arose, feeling satis
fied that »he must marry Doyle. The next
morning sho mot him and asked him why ho
Hid not dress up and put on better clothe*.
He said ho was not able. “Well,” said she,
•■father is rich ar.d will ht you have money.”
11* took that f>r a pretty good hint nnd
bought a suit of clothes. In a short time ho
„ff red his heart and hand, and was accepted.
After their marriage he told her how her
prayers were answered. If any of tho fair
reader* of this story should think of praying
for a husband, do not go under a tree, or if
vou do, be sure and examine it closely and
see if there is any one to answer it.
At the Paris Exhibition thero is a French
process for printing without ink. Amending
t . the IMiliter’s Register, tho specimen of ex
hibiling contains mio hundred and forty-five
letter* in seven different kinds types and two
colors—-ed nnd black—composed nnd one
hundred 6 pies printed all in three minutes.
The printing was done in thirty seconds, and
the machines appear to bo chiefly intended
for cards and bill, letter heado etc. The
time expended in the usual inking process is
i saved in working of the hand machines. The
! colors are good and well printed. A chem
! icn! paper or other fabric overlie 9 tbe card
| or paper to be printed on, and tbe types are
I ratvdly stamped upon tbe endless chemical
band, which impresses the color on th'e card.
Tho band Insts for several days in coustnnt
woik, and costs only about three cents.
A discovery wa* made at tho Poughkeep
sie City llxll recently, which caused consid
erable stir. Uuder the front stairs leading
to theYippor hall was found about two hun
dred pounds of powder! It h-ul been cons
cenLd or stored there in some way, nobody
could tell bow or by whom. It is supposed
it bad been there for two years or more, and
as it was right by tba front of the pasta slice,
it ia easier to roabsa to what danger tbs cit.
i* -ns were exposed to it.
Rom Breat>.—When brea 1 becomes sour
by standing too long before baking, instcal
effusing soda, I use lime water. Two or throe
tablespoonsfu! will entirely sweaten a batch
of rising suffl dent for four or flv? large loaves.
I slack a small piece of lime, take tho skim
off the top and bottle tkacDar water, and it
is ready for use. A bottle full will last all
summer.
Truths. — ice stings us even in our pleas
ure*. but virtue consoles ns even in our pains.’’
“True goodness is like the glow worm : it
shines most when the eyes, except tho3e of
Heaven are upon it.”
‘ S If interest is the rule, self-sacrifice the
exception,”
“Self-conceit is tbo attendant of igno
rance.”
“Sweet are the tho slumbers of the virtu
ous.”
‘Mean men admire wealth, great mon seek
true glory.”
A young and handsome married woman
left Springfield for Hartford the other day
with a young man, not her husband. An
elderly female, who saw them take the cars,
informed the woman’s husband immediately.
He went in pursuit, and overtook them at
Waterbary, Ct., and found that the gvntles
man was his wife’s own brother, »who had
happened to call unexpectedly on her just as
she was about starting, with her husband’s
consent, to visit her friends in Watorbury,
and concluded to accompany her.
Two spunky Bangor, Me., girlj pretty
thoroughly used up an. impudent fellow
with brickbats and a sbillelnh the other
i dav, who insulted them in the street.
VOL., 2 NO 11
What is Happiness ?
What is happiness ? A-k the man of the
world, whose soul is bound up in the “al
mighty dollar,” aud you will learn that it is
a brisk budne-.s, with tbe dollars rolling into
his coffers faster than hi* wants can roll them
out.
What is happiness? Ask tbe poor stu
dent who is struggling with poverty to obtain
education. He will tell you that a few
dollars from the rich man’s purse, to enable
him to gratify bis thirst for knowledge,
would bring him all tbe happiness be would
a k of life.
What is happiness f Ask tho Rtitbor, and
you will learn—authors have weaknees in
common with other men-it is to win a crown
of literary fame.
What is happiness ? Ask the fop as he
passes you, flourishing his golden-beaded
cane, and lie wilt tell you it is to be garbed
in the richest and most fashionable court on
tbe promenade, and to attract tbe eye* of
the admiring crowd as you pass.
D hat i» happiness? Ask the thoughtle**
young lady in her dressing room, where she
is preparing For a ball, and you will soon
.learn it i* to be the belle of the ball room.
What is happiness ? Ask the poor widow,
as she sits at midnight plying her needle to
.earn the common neccesaries of life for her
little fatherless children. She will reply :
1 Give mo employment and strength, to en»*
ble me to feed, clothe and educate my chil
dren, and I will thank God for the blessing*
he has showered upon me.”
What i* happiness ? Ask the invalid, as
he tosses his aching limb* upon his bed, and
yon will find that wealth and fame are bul
hubbies ; without health, all other blessing*
become only blessings in name.
What is happiness ? Ask the Christian
and he will tell you that true, lasting happi
ness is not dependent on riches or fame. It
is a heart overflowing with benevolence to
ward his fellow beings, and whose own hap
piness is bought by adding happiness to
those around him. It is a calm trusting
faith in God, that enables him when dark
clouds of affliction and trial hover over him 1
to fool that the showers they bring with them
are needed to revive the drooping gracos of
his heart.
A wise man onco said :—“These are three
things which will surpriso us when we
got to Heaven : First, to find many there
whom we did not expect. Second, not to
find many whom we did expect. Third, the
greatest wonder will be to find onrse/lve*
there.”
An old clergyman who had been an army
chaplain, and was teaching a female seminary
in the course of conversation said : “I have
been under civil government, ecclesiastical
government, military government, and
coat government —and I like petticoat goT.«
eminent the best.”
The reasons why a ship L called she :
Because man knows not tho expense till
he gets them.
Because they are useless without employ*
ment.
Because they look best when well rigged.
Because their value depends on their age.
Because they are upright when in stays.
Ib-cause they bring news from abroad.
Because they wear caps and bonnets.
Because they are often painted.
A French inventor claims that he can
manufacture a fire, of which he says T
I can at a distance of one thousand me*
tree, envelope an army of 100,000 men in ft
sea of flame within less than five minutes.—
If a town has to be taken by assault, I have
no need of a Eotopshire, as 1 can set it on
fire in very nearly tbo same period In rv
naval battle I would run into tbe enemy, nnd
in fifteen sections cover all the deck of the
vessel with a torrent of a flame which would
burn the rigging, penetrate between the
decks, and instantaneously stifle all the crew.
In an attack on a seaport, I could burn the
town and arsenaD within range with the ra
pidity of lightning.
—a ♦- am
How it was Done. —The Washington
Constitutional Union of Wednesday sa^:
“Two thousand (2,000) negroes who voted
at the election in the city of Washington
yesterday left for their homes in Virginia
last night. By actual count, we understand
that quite this largo number of black men
passed over the Long Bridge during tba
night, and up to daylight this morning. It
is understood that the entire number voted,
and of course all fraudulent votes. Is it not
a burning shame that such a glaring wiong
is permitted.
■ 9**
A fellow was told at a tailor’s shop
that three yards of cloth, by being wet,
would shrink one quarter of a yard.—
“Well, then,’’ he inquired, “if you should
wet a quarter of a yard, would there be
any left ■’
Why is a dog’s tail like an o’d man ?
Because it is infirm . ;
