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Altar this dat*. all legal advertiaeueot*
lor Mm aaoaty of Meriwether wilt b<- pub
ia the Mehiwktbkh Couhtt Vibdi
cxTua. J AS. W. BAN NINO,
Ordinary.
JOMKB W. Sheriff.
A.J. BUTTON,
Jaa. iUt, 1871 Clerk Bup'i Court.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN L. ROBKIirSON,
A TTOii.NEY AT LAW.
A Omut.MVJI.U6. 0k
WUI Dracuo* iu lbs District Court* am)
oxdiuaci 4 Court t Meriwether County,
OrtuKrior Courn of the counties
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JOHN W. PARK
ArrOHHKV AT LAW.
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WIU practios I* Meriwether and Ae *4
Jotoieg omwUm-
Oallery
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made or fill. Photo
|||gpMto't<ls Ol .1) sl*e r.<l kinds
ol ►•'TV ily option.
ifg§lK:(ures copied, < rusty.') aid
My M'-riwltiei l/i* i. ! *i<- n--*w*
invited to call ap!4 <f_
drug ST Oil e
worn. o*o.
1 WOULD resprctluily *k of Ae tradiuy
tidr psoage, h*v
in* oo band • full aseortmooi of I)r>i ud
"tHisink Paints, Oik, Glam, Putty.
La tops, Keruube, Cooking Extracts and
Bpicea; Perfumery and Toilet Goods. and
crew thing usually kept In a first-das*
fifcXfiiJK, 1 propose to sell •'
Ul Jaj-DK KD R ANTHONY k with me
mA Will Uke It as a (portal lavor to baf.
nw mends and acquaintances call on bim.
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Clothing at Wholesale
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GREENVILLE, MERIWETHER CQUNTY, AUGUST 29, 1873.
Itatare*! Mmaho.
TUwe's aweetaea* ia the opening fioww,
There’s beauty in the rose ,
A |n evening* toeac -
Thai through the fcfcnee Wove*;
There a music in the warbler’s song,
At matin’s ple**t>t hour,
When pouring forth itt notes of joy
From some aecluded Uowtr.
What beauty ’tia when Phteboa gilds
The hill* with colors bright;
What m. jeaty, whan jewU dock
The firmament of night,— A
Then at/uau* amUaha U>' shading treat,
W!fh fSfevy Itgtrt do gleam,
Aa rip’ling waves reflect the glance
Ol Luna's beauteous beast.
. There's matte mi the haaviag M tm,
If tana angry *** d® **■•<
When o’er Um created billow* ftmm
The sea gulLew tWy Lee;
Or, rising high on pinions light,
flacraun arid the roar,
As breakers dash, in madden’d glee
In thunder* ou the shore.
Thei* is beauty la all natuir,
S.d.amlly and might—
I When daikneta dwells u[H>n the earth,
Wueu day is beaming bright,
When tempests rock the forest plae,
W hen echoing thunders roll,
When vivid lightning's blinding ilatk _
Brings terror to the soul
Oh! let us read ia nature’s book,
Of heaven's bounteous love,
! t)f ail the gift* Ood showers ou ua,
In wisdom from above ;
And la our hefl euMluii L t'Ueti,
Ol gratitude shall riao,
And Aaak* be restored unto Ulm
Who made S earth nn f kli‘* . ,
J itori (.pendent efTfeTlStoy tiyapbic.}
Tin rut* i*f Thrni 1
Our f lit* IttdiKM Tragcdirt
kit iiifiofy*
la your edit ion of Twaaday, you have an
article coueemieg the daughter o 4 Aaron
Burr Hh* wai. indeed, tba go. id anno! of
teat misguided man, ami to Jam.. Hailon
w* 0 -*! our knowledge of Her i*t
loeeiy dow***,., There U a mystery con
nected witbTu. .ikappsarfes, awAae you
•ay, "A. .mart navr rmebmi ita dmtlna
bon i tea* netar board tmm after baring
Cb.rtwtoa barluMr" WHb your porart*
aton, i will toll you whirl 1 know of ibr
m.iier What lam about to relate may
b.iradlitunary in a ilegioa. b* ***/
t y-| 7tn- - .Ail.. It
*ii antkratoodf at A. Uni*, that tbo came
or Tbaodooiak oorning . rA to htir lather
waa ut tba dMoraace. Inrtween b< r
mil anti h unhand regarding Barr. Tbco
dMte daAMted Am* Murt aouona, whii.
uuromor Ataton denmtnoed the—, fliii
*at tbo rauaa of a topatavion. Tb.odoa<
• nntwrkmg nr a TPiifel Tor New York hi
! .u tho ear. ol a Jdr. Weay; a *•***+9 Month
! ( arottaian Mee took •of tier ebßdreu
ahh ti.-r. *)•> a large quaintly of lauiily
, i-late 'i idiugs of her departure reached
' Ke# York god her • • • -uaiodily
!i. <•<! for by the lonely old man. liui
ala* 1 (fie acrer am*. Tbd beroa.ad !•
thergaTe her up *• dead whether the ree
1 set foundered at tea. or wbat hapfiened
theymrer knew Ai ttb time, my great
giandfaiher, Philip Freo.au, (kited Borr
As be entered lira office, Buir met liiiu, end
greeping kie baoda. .aid, "Mr. Fiene.ii,
I bare know what you came fog; X bare
reoeirerl u u tidings ; I aoi desolate I"
Ae be epoke the tear* guAed from bis
eyee, and be cried Ilk. • child. Freneau
tried to reeasurs bim, but to no effect; toe
conviction that sb was lost to bim maid
not \t sbaken, Touched by Ae grief
the wretched father, Frees afrerwarda sent
him a poem entitled “Theodosia in the
Amwiag Star,’* which was pubMafaad in on<
of the early editions of his fi'ieuis. Depriv
e I of the only < & * * b > lov. U him ftiendks*
and a'one, the old man grariually sank, an
til death mdd bis grief Mow oeeee tl,<
mysterious part of Ae sad Story, i cannot
vouch for Ae truA of it* as I have been
unable to procure aeything of a docomeo
tary nature hearing upon AesulgecL Many
years aga, a notorhois pirate, named Oiton
was captured, brought to this pßt and
(cinieuioed to be hung and gibbeted.
4>o big fr ng—aailrri lu> • wsnies
*|/)u, And atpong Other crimes confessed to
having captured Ike vessel which contained
Theodosia Alsto Be Mid that he reoetr
ed tefcnwMdoa that a eMail intended ieav
iog Charleston, having on board plate of
Create va-tie. He reeotfed to lay In wait
tor her ; be did so, and capt jred the eaa
—l, with ail oo board. In the rtrugg le for
the pu—l fif <h A# XM*y ot the
crew and ofloera wera killed Gibbs re
solved to pot (he survivors to death as the
aalett war of disposing uf them. Mae
*,iwa begged for the 11 tm of benelf and
children; rt>e offered him all the wealth she
poaaaaaad, aai pewaaiaad towcan Mae trm
kma, —e kaaalad t Ha and xilrmwi
kinfltf tie stoat beSeselilng (ooea, but the
pirate araa tasxonflfa. Ws tmi ihat if be
M*ad them, ha most Mrs the rest, and that
rftTgagwptfffir-to
“walk lha pash.” The hum at the -two
ift—ta—rai— —d t Oay kaffiinl
to ms sea, tha aarther firnffy —d proudly
stepped oC (he hoard to Mow them
Whether this to tha to—towy of the Ato
of Thoodotoeldo—ttaMr. If there to a
tktomdd-t wouldLt gkely humsottoo
ed. U tow, ft was wad that Mar wa
apaied the addWooal pain of learning tha
mode ot hto daughter's dca a* I giro it for
what it to worth.
Wiae Wank HAMO a Brap.
The city of Bremen pnaaptea twelve
ltofpabawd* of what, ancardHt lo certain
calculations undertaken by the Neue Freie
Pleases, must be the moat expensive bev
erage in the world, The town purahaaed
in 16*4 twelve hogshead* of Hudeaheiawr
at #OO gold lhalera each. Thee* were pieced
in the municipal cellars, where they pow
remain? At the end of next year three
hogsheads will be *6O yearn old, and will,
reckoning the interest on the original price
at five per ceut., have coal 700,060,000 Pi a*
sian thalers. The watte of wlue from evap
oration ia always estimated at five per cent
per annum ; there remaiua, consequently,
only 405 bottle* of the original wppljk--
This anuual lose he* beeu wed* )l by
meaae of old wine fuand in the cellar.
Calculating the price of a botte of b
wine at one thaler only. the 810,000 bottle*
which 111 have been thus added by the
end at -JfilA -Will be worlb- -Ma7BSo,flot
tmuwe, Thswn# rare orTuier**"
five per m. At aLeed of iwirt yeeeib#
twelve hogsheads thus repleutahed wilt
U. onet 4AMUK.OI thalers, giving aa
average of 844JMM) thaler* per bottle. The
hogaheads are not, however, all of the nsse
vallie. They are filled up on a system by
which the win* added mutt, in the courts
ol time, pass through a l the eleven h 5C*-
hartthfdleTe*tMaj{ Ihf lasT,“which cou
latus the oldest and moat precious liquid,
each drop of which, reukouing a bottle at
1,000 drops, la now worth flfl.OtM) thalers'
[From the Missouri Hepuhlicatt-1
,v| ii'isr* wtous l*r<muUoa of it hu
by.
A Mrs K ing had a Mi prise *l fthawne*-
tawc. 11L. the Hthcr day. an. *cd=.
[dent that Mis. King happened to lie el
IbUawneetownr Bhe dtd not intrtnl to go
there, hut the steeinboal Jennie Howell,
on which the was traveling, struck a snag
and sank la the OkUb river. BeremJ of the
iwssengera were drowned, among them
1 some children Mr*. King bad a child on
board whom she mourned as lost, and Wei
taken to Hh awncctown without her bane.
The Jennie Howell sank deep In the W“**'
end lb uu*t morning men went out o A#
vettel to iscore. U • bodiee of •* l°*'. ! ioon
alter day light a OMrtlr— *** Beorered
Ac cgwu, which was fitted with
Water nearly to the celling. Upon exam
ination a child, a llttlo boy, was dlsooenred
on the iiialtreas sleeping u peaceiully aa H
nothing unusual bad bappeued. Ilk bad
wa urn very dry,for it had sunk a good
dual from eat|., hut stilt susiaiiied ite
living frrdgbt. Tn UUt' HIM* t|stf ftorsA I
tout to Hhawmwtown. • ' re ™
•uugurs bad heyn **
Uiri: | tn mad* aa uxciU'omot
•HHiif 'be * recked travulcra, lor more
than one mother had tout eblldtefi by the
dleaeter. It was a touching scene when
Mia King recogulxed the chi and aa her la.)
• sue moaniea ex root i<u uvefTy
twenty lour hours. The preservation ot
Mesa* in the tMilroabea was not so mlracu
lous as gaiety ol Mrs. Ring's boy.
Ha had been tossing about on the waste ol
waters in the cet>lb all night, and was
brought to bis mother alive In the hour of
her deepest aftiic.lion
■ew to isiake Concrete ■•114-
Avery tabelantiai end cheap hullditiy
may be put ti|> with concrete, which is a
mixture ol bydrsalic lime, sand, and a
coarse gravel or brokeu stone. Comiuon
lime may he used lor common farm build
lugs, or even for dwellings, but as it is not
neatly so durable when exposed to the
weather, hydraulic lime should be used for
a good building. It haa also been found
that broken limestone k better tban any
other stone to use In concretes, e more pee*
feet adhesion being formed between Ae
particles. The- proper proport toe* u> be
mixed ere twenty jrsrts of todraullc lime
mixed to a paste with water, thirty part*
of washed sand, and fifty parts of broken
•V/tie or gravel. The clit|is from limestone
quarries make the vety best material lor
> nomin Mo ***•/• snould be mised at |
once than can ha used la a day, aa it liar
derta eery rapidly. To proceed to build,
the foundation mart be wade, and the
cooraea laid on It la a box or mold. ThW
boa la laid in piaoe; the cement, already
mixed, to shoveled In and bwteo down
with a rammer even with tbe top of the
mold, Wbicb to then moved into place lor
laying tbe uerft block. Tbe mold being
open at one end, laps a few inches over the
end of the Krai block, which holds it lo
place, and permits a close joint lo be made.
When (he first round to laid, two small
•ticks are laid across the blocks, and tha
mold rests apon them until flllad. These
•ticks, whew tha building to completed, are
mwb off close to the waif, and IT it to da
aired lo nail anything to tbe wall they will
furatob a hold for the nails. Aa tbe wall*
are carried up, tbe door and window frame*
are laid In their places. This prooaas js as
simple that soy intelligent mason is com
petent to carry it out'. The Important point
la to gat tike materials of the right sort sad
mix them proparly. The alas of tbe block*
may ha aa desired, and as tha material to
eight or twetra inches to rat
dwelling bst—t Whan common (tons to
used instead of hydraulic Uma, mors time
moat be given for the concrete to act.—
[American Agriculturist
trrom the Louisville Conner-Journal.
Old “Rough and Heedy.”
Between five and tlx miles from tlie'cily,
oe an obscure neighborhood road, a quarter
of a mile Irom the Brownsbom load, real
—•• ■—■ —s • —”'
the remains of the twelfth President of the
United Stales—Ztchary Taydr—whose
0* W* once upon all lips, and whoso
praiteasounded tmm one end of the coun
try to the other. The grave is situate! in
th*horihea*iooruer of the Taylor term,
and It is mortifying to rulate that u ia in a
aadly oatloetsd condition- underbrush,
weeds and ailantua tree* rendering *lt very
dUQcull of aOQggs. No tnomimmu lma ever
li**a oracled to lien. Taylor’* memory Tho
mmataalie them in a plain vault built iu
the side of a hill, with a marble slab over
tfip doorbearing tk Inscription:
.o z. tavloh ■ :
: Bonn Nov M 1784; :
'"T~ r Diku Jtu.xJ, 1861. :
The servtoe rendeiea by ihla brave,
gnadmatured old soldier, deserve tnonu
mental recognition. A gentleman who re
c|tly visited the grave said to a reporter
ofthla paper As I stood there with head
Ugnovered, my mind reverted to boyhood
dags, and i remembered a solemn funeral
cortege at Philadelphia, the tityln jJVi'tiru
<> iblic. buildings and private residence*
draped In black, a hush all over the city,
safe eta depicted in every fhee, for great,
brare, old (ion. Taylor was dead. The
while nation, in fact, imjurnod lilt loss
Ttfeuty-three ycat*after lUL 1 UnJ tuyscll
at U* (rave noar Louisville, sud am im
pruaed with the fact that the nation's dead
artjKwh fbrgottou,"
The place does indeed appear loigoUen
A Mono wall enclu.es the little grav* yard,
anfi a niely and iiiuiscl ii'i'ii gntii rrnwrnr
upoo tie visitor. It evidently has not been
gpanedTor yeais. Gid Bioiisrd Taylor is
buried the right of (fen Taylor. An
oMM*fc,*ighte<>n feet high, la erected over
his gnt va, bearing the Inscription: “Col |
RleharuTaylor, a soldier of the Mevolu
tlonary vsr, and n native of Orange couuty
Vlrgiuh; horn April 3, 1744; died Jan. 10,
\m? —
Oof. Ty>ur came lo thin Slate while his
ot!> Zacluuy, was an iulaui, and settled ou
iba piauUWon where he la now Imrlu<l.
A Kina In tli- Dark.
A young Mew Fork gentleman stopping
at eue of tbo lower houda rtiqucsbitl the
pupskttmn Chsngu tik rises, at Utu no x t
apart inent to his waa oucuplud hy that tor
ntf to bachelors, a crying baby, Wham
flSlWvs, andfott Ills return to the hotel
b waeaholvu to his new spar mi n , with
the TTormalton that ilm l)uggjju of tli
former occupant had not Uucu removed,
hut that it would be taken away .luring that
course ol tbo evening, li wil grow I tut
dark, no oaV hero sat down by tho window
to Indulge in a llUh* twilight Hind lint ion,
and potarlbly a cigar. Suddenly the door
opooed, tho form of a woman's dress was
beard, amiakott rmi-e exclaimed: "Why.
Jack, dnir, wtleu did you (Viilift tinwtvf i
amaogtiel'" and elwaltwnervqsly wtlb the
exclamation bettrond blinsalf—
“Tenderly clasped in a loving etubrsce,
With a pair ot long lsh< just iweuplng
his face.”
“Ho am I," wav bk ry natural and in
volonlary rejoinder; whereupon there wa*
a .brick, a tush, *cd a slamming ol dmtra,
and my It lend was left alone to meditate
at lelsurs U|ki the charms of the twillulu
iimirs.—tlssng Branch Cor. I'hllsilelph l
Lodger
fienna AwtuU*,
The i let aid's V leans correspondent Uilc
graphs dial the prims will bu awstded by
<ne Commissioners on Tuowlay next.—
Nine grand diplomas of honor, the highest
prises, have l*uti awarded lo Americans,
usuiely
Fiist To the United States Government
for the distil>c -f , )Uoo amt produrtu
Heo<od To National Bureau of KJuca
lion /
Third. To the State of Maamw buiclta.
f.Fjurth. Totbedty of Buetoh
Filth To the Htnlthaonian Institute
(These tour for excellence in methods and
progress of education and sci-ools.)
BUtb. To Walter Abbott Wood, of lloo
mk Kail*, New York, for agrlcultur*! ins
cbinery.
Seventh To William Reliant A Cos.,
Philadelphia, lor progress in Iron manu
factures. ■*
K*gfc*> To Bamuel ft White, tor den tie
‘Or
Minth. To George ft.- Corbiae, of Mew
York, for machinery.
Mo dlptoaiaa have be— awarded to sew
log machines, aa there is too much comps
tkfon, but all will bsva medals ot merit
sod progress awarded them.
“Mary, did you kits your band to the
gectlsmaa opptaße this morning t" laid a
careful mother to her btooating daughter.
-Why. the gratae an had tha Impudence
to threw a ktoa cleer acrorn the street to ma,
and of course, I threw it back indigiuntly.
f mi would not ha— me encourage him by
keeping ft--w— ld yon f*
Internal Keren aa Cwitortot Kafckt, of
Issued* p—riamstlnsi against A—to g*o
pertea” us us ly ertabliabed at county cross
roads during “cotton picking” time, wkkh
pay no license.
A Ornered Legislator.
A gentleman w ho now occupies a seat in
the upi>er branch ol the New York Legis
lature, at the time ot our story was a mem
ber of tbeAsuimbly, ielate* the following:
Perkiaa was as honest a man as ever act
foot lu Alhnuy. Money wouldn’t buy him,
and I knew il, hut l thought 1 would have
a littlefdun with him, so 1 wcupdowu to
hi. room one evruiug, aud said, “Prrkina,
w hat do you think of that underground
railroad hill? Are you gulag to vote foi
tr
“Wel),” said Perkin*, I haven’t made up
my mind yet exactly. lam inclined lo
think it Is a good bi l; but why do you
ask f*
“I thought you ware In faver of Ik" Mid
1, “aud aa loug a* you have coucluded to
vote for tt, I Just wanted to say to you that
ihe men interested iu it are paying |SOO loi
votes, and as it is coming up on it* final
passage to-iuonow, you cau Just aa well
have tKo moiiiy a* not; you'li vote tor the
bill, anyway." ,
“Vote fbr ihe bill I Pll be hanged first,’
cried the irate Perkins No, air. If im
proper means are being taken to pea* this
thing, as you say, I, for oue, will vole
against It every time. You can put me
down tm,” -———
"O, 1 don’t care anything about the bill,”
said I. “I was only trying to do you a fa
vor, and I think 1 can yet, for, to tell the
truth, the riv.d companies are here in frill
force ami are moving heaven and earth to
ilcfeal It They are paying trio same amount
for Sioe*,’ aid es K>ug aa you *nr bound to 1 '
vote that way, I'll get you the five hundred
dollars all the same.’*
“Can auch things he 7" exclaimed Per
kins. rising lrom his seat, aud tearing ur
urui down tint mom fiT“ * ~whifl wm J of
righteous wralh aud vjrtuoua Indignation
“What a stale of things this is! A plague
on both of your homes; I won't voto at
all r
"All rl*hl," said I. aa t laid my hand on
ih* door ; "I’ll get you five hundred dol
lars (hr being abaent."
Ah iho jolly Senator* brought to mind
ihe horror of perplexity In *lll6ll Hi* leal
proposition Involved old Perkins, he roared
with laughter.—[Albans, N. Y., Times.
rite < CM>|Mtigu la Otilo and Vlr
lala.
The Durw*r*is of ijhio. taking to baarl
the disastrous experiences Of lua ldlmrat
campaign of 1873, have rewired to make ■
square issue in their Btate campaign. Hon.
wtm.,„ a lieu, the Democratic nominee
for Governor, has a oteau ruoord to atari
with, ami the result of the oampalgn will
tie look ad for J lit much totornst, as bar
mg lornething more than a utarely focal
aigu ID oaneg.
lu Virginia, the campaign wifi be a rn, y
cseitltig one. The record o/fleneiaJ Korn
mtr, botli civil gnd ffil]bry, will Insure
him ao imtliii'.issi c suri'orl hy tho Con
wTvallvus, uml tpst* sccins to be bul little
doatit of hla susCfsa (Jen. Kemper is a
osttro amt sttii aiesldenl of Madison court
ty, Virginia. He studied law, hut scarcely
entered wpwtt thf piactice or bis 'profession
liefors he wss '-<inialotied captain by
President Polk and Joined the army ol
Mexico, where he saw act it* service. lUs
ftirtilng Irotn Mesmo lie rtMOirsd the prac
iloeofhls pro'esslon In Madlaon county,
and In IHIJH was elected to the House of
Delegates from thatoounty, In wbtcii
(raclty he served by repealed re election
until IHfll, Incoming speaker on the death
of Mr. Crutchfield, which lator position he
retained only onesevaioo, that of IHOO 61
When the war commenced lie entered A‘
army or Virginia and waa commissioned
Colonel of the seientk regiment was con
nested wltb the brigade commanded
successively by Longs!rest, Kwet end A P
liil!. Alt r tkv title • l Williamsburg be
was promoted to Brigadier General. At
tJetttysbnrg General K< .*-*• •'*>" wa*
ntlari—a s'lCkcU's divtaton, and he waa
desperately wounded and captured la the
celebrated charge made by that division
Upon a certificate of a Federal surgeon As'
be would die, be was sac banged for Gen.
Graham, of the United B'atos army. Geu.
Kemper did not sufficiently recover to
aeeume command of bk brig ad*, and on
account of his condition was assigned- to
the command of the reserve foroet of Vir
ginia. Hince the war General Kemper haa
t een pursuing bts profession In Madison
couuly.
Aa laifßMAX'a Wilu—"l will and be
queath to my beloved wife Bridget all my
property, Without reserve, and to my eldest
non Patrick one half ol tba remainder, and
to Dennis, tny youngest ton, tbe rest If
anything Is left, it rasy go to Terence Mc-
Carty.”
▲ special says that tba proceedings of the
court martial In thecsM of Captain Jack
and the other Modort were rae*l**4 *1 the
War DeoadipraU—the 18th. IttomHsv
ed the coart fotiad them nil guVtV and
sentenced them to be banged.
A Dvtnfit boy knocked at the dorr and
carelessly Inquired of the man of the hot—.
•VArc you going to-move to-day P “Mo;”
responded the fthy. “Why yoi fmpodsnt
flog V “Coe, your roof’s s biasing," screams
the adolescent rascal, as he runs for life
and it wat true-
Pttttlir Opieiea.
•
Bishop Pierce in a speech delivered a
the Uoiverslty of Georgia oa the 4th inet.
upon the subject of "Public optnioa,” said
The tendency of fhe world I* to be
governed by opkrto# rather than law. That
g 'Wrnraeal governa beat which govern*
least. PnWt# epinkm Awev not eeeae from
the sermon, the lecture, the preee, etc, but
from them ell. Ti* en exocedfagly oom
pltested afhsir, end take* aseny a shape.
The fir* aide seeUm*ot dtoee eaeefe towards
forming it. The fhoriiy I* the eeahrye ot
society. The (lather* of water* has hi.
source ha a mnowtein spring. Homes givu
shape *o ebareetee and daattay to a coun
try. Bilent Influence* ere the fhe most
powerful. The terrific itfhnrtng works lie
deatmetfon la a moment, tort ft* effect* are
local. The sooedlee* mmheam ktaem every
part of the globe.——
Publ lo opirioe taels® meolded -by pro
young peopto, aed all classes, modify eat
shape it. A stogie matt may oflea make s
new orealloa of a populace whose Idee* *'••
chaotic. Heme mea are gifted with a hap
py infirmity of reason which ptopen .
them to conduct bold exploit*. If aooceaafo
they are demigod*; if they fall they ar -
tbola. Thorn who are adcceatful are the pi
oneera lo the region* where Ih* poop -
wanted toga Tb*rating la but the ex
poncnl ol the bent of the people.
Society ahapea public opinion. “I mu- 1
do aa the world does,” la a baas, mallcion
ruiauua maxim. The more tUUnulodt
decree# of aoci ety are, th# more popul *
they ofteuiime* are. A boy bow wane*
beaver before hi* daddy wore ahoea Tin
sleeve ol a Mlaa la larger than her grand
mother’s aklrt. He closed wHh a g>" !
outburst on Houiharn clvlllaatloa.lf w* le-n
everything elie, let u* hold tut to our
Southern Identity.
Why Me Planted Boms,
A blacksmith bad to bk posasseioa, but
vnder mortgaga, a bouaa and pleca of lan. .
Its was alone time food ol tba aortal fl
but waa happily iuduoad by * frtoftd to
Join lha tenperance society. About three
months alter be obaarrod bk wih *#• mom•
ing busily employed plaatlng rogs boakes
and fruit trees. __
“Mary,” said be, “I bar* owaad tkk cot
tor five years, and yet I have nwr toow
you before to oata to Improve aadornamet,.
"Inaco," •vnUtd tba fmlWni Wffi, t
bad no heart to doTt tfillM )#6 ffkVi up
drink. I bad Often thought Of H Mfctc.
but I waa persuaded GtaX, fttoUld X4* .
some strangers would pliidb tba rfcHg a.
eat tfio fruit, but now, with Doff* mgAu *
blrsslog, this 00l wlll ba dun, iM #f *•■
our ukfldrcn my expert to enjoy the pi *
dttcc. Wo sball pluck the rote* and u
the IrulL"
fi|g#tHri.—*Tlia Gsrtuaos are seldiWl f
dieted with consumption; nor base 1 know .
but oue Instance of sptettaf blood iMBoo
Tliflffl. ThU, I beHeen,k In poet noon*"
rdhy the atrength UiMr lunge acquire >•/
uxurolse In vocal mule which ooaetltates t
essentia) part of tiiek adneaiTma Tu
music master ol our academy baa tank If
ed me with an observatton stlU Morn In
favor of this opinion. Mo informed mu
thethefhad known several Instances •>.
persons who were etcongly disposed to otm
sumption, being restored te health by tt> i
exercise of their lunge to u.
“You call ** i "’ you,’* I grow is
a dejected porter. *- rendialkbui
lug rod to make it look uStV •JIJL ‘
honse." *
An old msn’e advke to a young au I*,
don’t love two glrk at onca. Lovaßar-''
thing, but it k like butter to warm weatto r
—it won’t do to have too much on band st
one lifoe. _ '• '
In one of tbs Buodgy
kMfltar was asking bar class ol boy* Bib
cal (fictions, an d at langtb abs Inquire"
“Who *s4 the children ot Ur** 001 0
Bgrutr' '’acre was a boy P"- l wl "
was sporting Un first wait*. —<i “hto*
a cbanns to shot, it, and he replied : * ‘
don't know anythln^,i K)o tthat, but I CS i
give you City Hall Us**oa dot."
Punch has a pathdtlc plctm. of a ms •
rio<l coup's oo a calling trip.
at the door wham UW *** ""
August- to UM ***•&> . A . B V 1
love, let ma beg of you, do not
•ay insane demonrtrattoos oj
fore the fervent, if she says taajnn
1, HMg to **
Tbe cltizeoa of Vntontown Va., toel “
lltttocold tow 4
tell downs well,sod he rods *** •£“
to borrow a rope to pull her —*
Se was s twenty tool ladder la—tog
against the hon— •_ _
Al ths depot Monday ¥ttnjmg -i
looking man jumped from
clasped a waiting woman to
-Uravera my wifeT mid be.
rSLr mid sba. Wbkh ehowed Wftnt
both were thloklngeC
ikdslu— water neither mskfil ft AM
•left, nor hto wile s widow.
Mo mss is good unlees other* fe made
better by him.
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