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THE JEFFERSON gOfe NEWS & FARMER. Vol. 1. THE Jefferson News & Farmer B Y HARRISON & ROBERTS: A LIVE FIRST CLASS ■Weekly IST ewspaper FOR THE Farm, Garden, and Fireside- IPublislied Every Friday Morning A T LOUISVILLE, GA TERMS $2 50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE bates of advertising. 1 year. 6 months. 3 months. 4 weeks. 1 week. SQUARES , ”7*1.00 $3.25 $7.50 $1:1.00 $20.00 I 1.75 6.00 12.00 18.00 80.00 a 2.00 7.00 16.00 2800 40.00 4 3.60 9.00 25.00 36.00 60.00 5 ! 4.00 12.00 28.00 40.00 60.00 4coll 6.00 16.00 34.00 60.00 75.00 Icoli 10.00 25.00 60.00 80.00 120.00 1 col| 20.00 60.00 80.00 120,00 160.00 leual advertising. Ordinary’s.— Citations lor letters ot ad ninistration,guardianship, &c. $ 3 00 H imestead notice 2 00, Applicationtor dism’n from adm’n.. 500 Application for dism’n of guard’n.... 350 Application for leave to sell Land—. 5 00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors.... 300 Sales of Land, per square of ten lines 500 Sale of personal por sq., ten days.... 150 Sheriff’s— Each levy often lines, 2 50 Mortgage sales of ten lines or less.. 500 Tax Collector’s sales, (2 months 5 00 Cleric's —Foreclosure of mortgage and other monthly’s, per square 1 00 Estray notices,thirty days 3 00 Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu tors or Guardians, are required, by law to be hold on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the aftjrnoon, at the Court house iu the county in which the property s situated. Notice ot these sales must be published 40 days previous to the day of sale: Notice for the sale of personal property must Do published 10 days previous to sale day. Notice to debtors and creditors, 40 day Notice that application will be made of the Court of Ordinary for loave to sell land, 4 weeks. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship, &c., must be published 30 Jays—for dismission from Administration, nonthly six months, for dismission trom guar iiinship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months —for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three months —tor compelling titles from Ex ecutors or Administrators, where bond has seen given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Application for Homestead to be published LOUISVILLE CARDS. R. W. Cars well, W. F. Denny. Carswell & Denny, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA, WILL practice in all Courts in the Middle Circuit. All business entrusted to their care will meet with prompt attention. Nov, 3. 27 ly ST W. J. HAI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA, OFFICE in Court House, second floor.— Will practice in Middle and Augusta Circuit. Refers, by permission; to prominent mem, bers of the Jefferson Bar. Nov. 3, 27 ts j. h. polhill. CAIN % POLHILL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW LOUISVILLE, GA. May 5,1871. 1 ly- T. F.'HARLO W Watcli El a. Is. ©r —AND— IHBPAIIREH., Lonisv ill o, da. Special attention given to reno va'.ing and repairing V7ATCHLS, CLOCKS, JE WELRY, SEWING MACHINES &c„ &c. Also Agent for the best Sewing Machine tli at is made- May 5,1871. I !yr: DR. I. R. POWELL, LOUISVILLE, GA. Thankful for the patronage enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of con. tinning the offer of his professional services to patrons and fiieuds. Way 6. 1871. L—IZIi M EJDIO A L. DR J. R. SMITH late of SandersvilleGa., offers his Professional services to the citizens of Louisville, and Jefferson county. An experience of nearly forty years in the profession, should entitle him to Public Con fidenre. Special attention paid to Obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. flow at Mrs. Doctor Millars. Louisville June 20,1871. Btf. Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Friday, November 3, 1871. New Advertisements. Dissolution —OF— €®&&EWNM®miPu The Copartnership heretofore ex. isting between the undersigned, un der the firm name of SAMUEL M. LEDERER & CO. is this day dissolved by mutual con sent. Messrs ISAAC M. FRANK and FUSTAVE ECKSTEIN are alone authorized to settle the affairs of the late firm, collect all moneys due, and sign in liquidation. SAM’L M. LEDERER, I. M. FRANK, GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN Savannah, July lSth, 1871. Copartnership Notice. The undersigned have this day associated themselves together as Partners for the transaction of a General DRY GOODS business in the City o( Savannah, under the firm name of FRANK & ECKSTEIN. AT 131 BROUGHTON ST., where they will continue to carry an extensive stock ot S TP IP lb IB AND 1 fc % %, BBT BOOBS AND HOTI 0 I S . Possessing facilities to purchase Goods in the Northern Markets on the very best terms, will conlin ue to offer such INDUCEMENTS as will make it the interest of BUYERS to deal with us. Thanking you for the kind favors bestowed on the late firm, we re spectfully solicit your patronage in future. Also an early examination of our stock and prices. Yours respectfully, FRANK A ECKSTEIN, 131 Broughton St- Parlies desiring to send orders for Goods or Samples of Dry Goods will find them promptly attended to by addressing P. O. BOX 38, Savannah, Ga. August 18, ly. n R. J. Daraut, Jr. W. D. Waples J. Myers Davant, Waples & CO., FACTORS —AND— commission merchants, BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, OA. August 15,4 m. m PROSPECTUS OF THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION' DAILY AND WEEKLY. A DEMOCRIATC JOURNAL. Published at the Capital of Georgia, and the Official Paper of the County and City. A NEWSPAPER For all classes, Merchants, Lawyers, Farmers, Mechanics and others. The Constitutio pos sesses superior advantages for giving full in formation of the doings of the State Govern ment. It contains full reports of Legislative Proceedings, and of tho Supreme Court, the Reporter of the Court being exclusively en gaged by The Constitution. Full reports giv en'of the meetings of the State Agricultural Society. The Legisla ure will soon meet. TS CORRESPONDENCE DEPARTMENT Is a speciality, Its corps of Special Corres pondents in the United States and Enrope is large, having been engaged at great expense. The actings of the General Government, es pecially of the United States Cougress, are furnished by a Special Washington Corres pondent. For the benefit of Lady Readers, the celebrated “Jknnik June” lias been em ployed, and sends monthly-Fashion Letters from New York. The Proprietors also announce with great satisfaction, that they have made arrangements for EDITORIALS ANDOIUCINiIL CONTRIBUTIONS Upon Politics, Literature and other topics, from leading minds-ofthe country. The Constitution is known pie eminently for its unceasing exposure of the cor uptions of the Radical Party in Georgia, ands ir waging sleepless war upon the enemies of the people and the State, refusing ttiirmtcrly repudiating official patronage, and throwing itself for sup port solely upou the people. W. A. HEMPHILL and ?. Y. CLARKE, Proprietors. I. W. AVERY, and E. Y. CLARK®, Politica Editors. W. A. HEMPHILL, Business Manager. We alio have News and Local Editors. THE CONSTITUTION Is the Largest Daily now published in Georgia. Its circulation is large, and, increasing Jevcry day. It is a SPLENDID MEDIUM FOR ADVER TISERS. DAILY, (Per Annum,)........, $lO 00 “ (Six Months,).- 500 “ (Three Months,)....-i. 250 “ (One Month,) 100 WEEKLY, (Per Annum,) 2 CO THE JOB DEPARTMENT Os The Constitution is prepared to fill orders for Circulars, Cards. Bill-Heads, Books, Pam phlets, etc., in the best style. Address W. A. HEMPHILL & CO.. Sep. 9, 87 ts p n t r It Atlanta, Ga. SUBSCRIPTIONS Ate re pectfully solicited for the erection of a MONUMENT TO THE Confederate Dead of Georgia, And those Soldiers from other Confederate States Who were killed or died in this State. THE MONUMENT TO COST $60,090. The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be laid on the 4th ot July, or so soon thereafter as the receipt# will permit. For every Five Dollars subscribed, there wit be given a certificate of Life. Membership t the Monumental Association. This certificate will entitle the owner thereof to an equal inter est in the following property, to be distributed as soon as- requisite irnmbex o@har<|bare sold, First* NineHhndVM Inllnl W Acres of Land in Lincoln county, Georgia, on which are the well-known Magnifier Gold and Copper Mines, val ued at.......... --- $150,000 And to Seventeen Hundred and Forty-Four Shares in One Hundred Thousand Dollars of United States. Currency; to-wil: i share of SIO,OOO SIO,OOO 1 » 5,000 5,000 2 “ 2,500 5,000 |0 “ 2,000 20.000 X 0 <« 1,000 10,000 20 “ 500 10,000 100 “ 100 10,000 200 “ 50 10,000 400 “ 25 10,000 1000 10 lOJJO * SIOO,OOO The ralae of the separate interest to which the holder of each Certificate will be entitled, will be determined by the Gommiseioners, who will announce to the public the manner, the time and place of distribution^. Tho following gentlemenHMwe consented to act as Commissioners, and will either hy a Committee from their own body, or by Specia Trustees, appointed by themselves, receive and take proper charge of the money for the Mon ument, as well as tho Real Estate and the U. S. Currency offered as inducements for sub scription, and will determine upon the plan for the Monument, the iuserptioii thereon, the site therefor, select an orator for the occasion, and regulate the ceremonies to be observed when he corner-stone i« laid to-wit: Generals L. McLftws, A. R. Wright, M. A. Stovall, W. M. Gardner, Goode Bryan, Colo onels C. Stead, Wm. P. Crawford, Majors Jos. B. Camming, George TANARUS, Jackson, Joseph Ganahl, I. P. Girardey, Hon. R. H. May, Adam Johnston, Jonathan M. Miller, W, H. Good rich, J, D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W. E. Dear ng. The Agents in the respective counties will retain Hie money received., for the sale of Tickets until the subscription Books are clos ed. In order that the' several amounts may be returned to the Shareholders, in case the number of subscriptions will not warrant any further procedure tho Agents will report to this office weekiy, the result of their sales. When a sufficient number of the r .shareware sold, the Agents will receive notice. They will then forward to this office the amounts received. L. & A, H. MoEAWS, Gen. Ag’ts. No. 3 Old P. O. Range, Mclntosh sts. Augusta, Ga W. C D, ROBERTS Agent at Sparta, Ga. L. W. HUNT & CO., Agents Milledgeville Georgia] r p an May, 2,1871. Cm. J. walkir, Proprietor. R. H. McDonald * Cos., Druggist* k Gen. Agent*. San Francisco, Cal., aud 34 Commerce street, N, Y. MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their V. Wonderful Curative Effects. Thß7are not a vile Fnnry Drink, Mode of Poor Bum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquors* doctored, spiced and sweetened to please tho taste, catted •'Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Restorers,” 4c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, butaro n troo Medicine, made from the native roots and herbs of California, free from nil Alcoholic Stlmu. hint*. Thoy are the GREAT BLOOD PURI FIER and A IsIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a health}' condition. No person can take these Bit ters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones arc not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and tho vital organs wasted beyond tho point of repair. They nreaGentlo Pnrgatlvo as well as a Tonic, possessing also, tho peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflam mation of tho Liver, and all tho Visceral Organs. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of woman hood or at tho turn of life, these Tonic Bitter* have no equal. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheuma tism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fe vers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kid neys and Bladder, these Bitters have bscn most successful. Buch Diseases arc caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head nohe, Tain In tho Shonldcrs, Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour [Eructations of tho Stomach, Bad Taste In tho Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of tlio Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain In tho regions of tho Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms arc tho offsprings of Dyspepsia. They invigorate tho Stomach and stimulate tho tarpld Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled efficacy in demising tho blood of all impurities, and im parting new life and vigor to the whole system. FOR SKIN DISEASED, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Hoad. Soro Eyes, Erysipel as, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Huinorsand Diseases of tho Skin, of whatever name or nature nro morally dug up and carried out of thosystem in a short time by the use of these Bitters. Ono bottle In such eases will convince the most Incredulous of their cura tive effects. Cleanse, the Vitiated Blood whenever von find Its im bursting through tho skin In Pimples, Erup s,°, re! *i cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in tho veins; cleanse it when it is foul 5527™. «S! J'°" when. Keep tho Hood pure, and the health of tho system will follow, lln. Tape and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, arc effectually destroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, ilri‘h l^w? r fl . Co^? n , lndlv,(Uml u P° n the tace of the S*l y ls exempt from tho presence of not u pon tho healthy elements of tho 1 J* ut HP nn diseased humors dlsoiLsi U y N*Sfli ha ! u ec i , « hoso llvin " monsters of disease. No system of Medicine, no vermifuges no these Bittera 8 ’ WUI lrec tho s >' stem from worms like SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. 11. McDONALD A CO., Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, California, and 32 and 34 Commerce Street, New York. & n May J3, Jb7l. 70 ]y DARBY'S PROPHYLACTIC FLUID r|UJi.B invaluable Family Medicine, toi purifying, cleansing, removing baa odors in all kinds of sickness; for burns sores, wounds, Lrysipclaa* rheunatisin, and all skin diseases; for diptheria; Soften and beautify the skin; to remove nY spots, mildew, lruit stains, ternally as well us applied externally; so highly recommended by all who have used try Merchants, and may bo ordered di rectly or the "™ DARKY UP. " 161 p De024’70 ly. r.Uity2 nTuno!T^777y Georgia COTTON PRESS IS NOT AN EXPERIMENT, but has been tested by some of our best planters, and has proved to bo an Excellent Press. Plan ters, send for our circular and price list, as the price is from S2O ,to $35 less than any other Press. We refer to Col. T. M. Turner, Sparta, Ga., who knows the merits of our Presses. ' . PENDLETON & BOARDMAN, Patentees and Manufacturers. Foundry and Machine Works Augusta, Ga. p r a jy 7th Cm. Afloata tit (Soaih to] Sell oar ttew^asn^, CROSS & CROWN engraved on steel- Splendid testimonials from Ilev. Drs.Jolin Hall, Tynff, Cuyler. Palmer, and others. One good Male onr Female Agent wated ui every town to subscriptions- Exclusive Territory given. A fine companion picture to take with it The whole put up in a neat, light, sample out fit. Extra inducements offered. Address, for circulars and full particulars, PERINE <& MOORE, Publishers, (56 & 68 READE .ST., Nevt York PERINE & MOORE, 68 & 68 READ ST.. NEW YORK, want agentsin every town throughout the South, to dispose of their elegant series of Bxlo OVAL STEEL ENGRAVINGS, 16x20 Arch. Top Pictures, with or without frames. Imported Chromos, and cheap Looking Glasses. Now is the time for Agents to make money. Send for circulars, terms &c Address PERINE & MORE, Engravers and Publishers, 66 & 68 KEADE ST., NEW YORK. August 12 6m. rptif, CauBSCRiBHRs to Peters’ Musical Month- U lt get. all the latest and best Music at one fl Hand two cents apiece. Every number con-1] tains fiom $4 to $5 worth of new Music; U Band it can be had for 30 cents. The July P and August numbers contain Thirty Pie- O Aces of Music, (72 pages, sheet-music size,) I and wilt bo mailed o • 50 cents. Address, 1 PJ. L. PETERS Broadway, New ft York. t August 26, 85 2m pm Uliscellaittmts. The Wife of Washingiou la her Workroom. BY JAMES PA It TON. There are fine ladies, it is said, at present, who disdain ihe homely, honorable duties < f house-keeping, thinking it beneath them to attend to the comfort, happiness and dig nity of their families. If any such there are, I should like to invite them to look into the workroom of Mrs. Washington, at Mount Ver non, ihe apartment in which the first lady of Virginia, in Virginia’s palmy days, used to spend her mornings at work, surrounded by busy servants. Every great house in Virginia had sucli a room in old times, and ladies plumed themselves upon excelling in the household arts practiced therein. This particular work room at Mount Vernon is described in old letters of the period, copied and given to the world some years ago, by the late Bishop Meade, of Virginia. lt was a plain, good sized apart ment, arranged and furnished with a view to facilitating work. At one end, there was a large table for cut ting out clothes upon. At that time, every garment worn hy the slaves had to be cut out and sewed, either hy the ladies of the mansion-house, or under their superintendence.— The greater part of General Wash ington’s slaves worked on planta tions several miles distant from his home, and were provided for b\ their several overseers ; hut there were a great numb' r of household servants at Mount Vernon, besides grooms, gardeners fishermen and others, fiir whom the lady of I lie house had to think and contrive.— At that broad table, sat a skillful, nice-looking negro woman, some what advanced in years, with a pair ot shears in her hand, cutting, cut ting, cutting, almost all day and ev ery day, the countless trcAvsers, dresses, jackets and shirts, needed by a family of, perhaps a hundred persons. Everything worn by tin General or hy herself, except ilieir best outside garments, which weic imported from London, were made in that room, under the eye of the lady ol the house. All the commoner fabrics, too, were home-made. On one side ol the room, sal a young colored wo man spinning yarn ; on another, her mother knitting ; elsewhere, a wo man doing some of the finer ironing; here a woman winding ; there a lit tle colored girl learning to sew. In the midst of all this industry, sal Mrs. Washington, ready lo solve dif ficulties as they arose, aud prompt to set right any operation that mighr be going wrong. She was always knitting. From morning till dinner —which was two o’clock—her knit ting was seldom out of her hands. In this workroom, she usually re ceived the ladies of her familiar ac quintauce, when ihey called in the morning, but she never laid aside her knitting. The click of Irer nee dles was|always heard in the pauses of conversation. Her friends were surprised to see her, after her eight years’ residence at the seat of Government, instant ly resume her former way of lile. They found her as of old, in her workroom, with her servants about her, knitting and giving directions. One lady, who visited her after the General’s retirement from the presi dency, gives an instance of her pru dent generosity. “She points out lo me several pairs of nice colored stockings and gloves she had just finished, and presents me with a pair half done, which she begs I will Jinish and wear for her sake." Thus she contrived in one and the same act, to make a present and give a practical lesson in industry. She was, indeed, a signal example of that virtue, at a lime wheu ladies of wealth and importance could scarcely avoid practicing ii. She used to speak of the lime spent in levees and other ceremonial duties, as, “my lost days.” _ The chief labor of the mistress of a house then was in training ser vants. Mrs. Washington, like the other Virginia ladies, had an eye upon the families of her slaves— and most of them had very large families—and when she noticed a little girl that seemed bright and apt to learn, she would have her come to the workroom, where she would be taught to sew, and after wards, other home arts. In this way, the house was kept supplied with good cooks, chamber-maids, seamstresses and nurses. Promis ing girls were regularly brought up, or, as we may say, apprenticed to the household trade which they were lo spend their life in exercis ing. • Th : s training of servants was for- merly supposed to be part of the duty of all [Distresses ot great hous es, whether the servants were white or black, bond or free. Ladies did n >t then regard a house with alt its complicated and 4 business apparatus, as a clock, which, being wound up alter breakfast, would run twenty four hours without further attention. Having themselves actually per formed all the operations ot house keeping, and having ucquitej skill in their performance, they knew that a good servant is not horn, but made; anil they were willing to take a world of trouble in forming a servant, in order that by an by they might enjoy the ease and pleasure derived from skillful service. 1 must confess that sometimes; when I have heard ladies complaining ol the awkwardness of girls who, until recently, had never seen a house hold implement more complicated than a poker, or an iron pot, the thought has occurred lo me that pos sibly, if they woul I lake same trou ble to leach such girls their duiv, they would observe a gradual im provement. There is a tradition in Virginia that Mrs. Washington, with all her good qualities, was a little tart in her temper, anil favored the Genetal, occasionally, with a nocturnal dis course, too much in the style of Mis. Caudle. The story rests upon the slightest foundation, anil it is safe to disiegard. Ureal housekeepers, how ever, a:c not usually noted lor amia bility of disposition, and ladies whose husbands are very famous, are apt lobe over run with compa ny, which is not conducive to do mestic peace, nor does it tend to curb the license of a woman’s tongue to remember that, at her marriage, shejbtoughi her husband a vast in crease, both ot his estate, and of his importance in the social system. Ho w tar George Washingiou was, in his youth, trom anticipating the splendid career that awaited him ! H-; was by no means so favored in lortune and family, as his biogra phers would have us believe. Ev ery reader, I suppose, remembers the line tale, which even Mr. Irving repeats, of the youthful Washington, gelling a midshipman's commission, and yielding it again to his mother’s tears. There lay the British man of-war at anchor in the river. The boat was on shore ; the lad’s trunk was packed ; and, I think, his uni form was on. But, at the last mo ment, the tender youth, overcome by tiis mother’s tears, declined to go. Such is the romance, 'ihe truth was this: . His mother, left a widow, was anxious for the future of her boy, fourteen years of age, whose only inheritance was a farm and tract ot land on the Rappahannoc, of no great value or promise. She was advised to send the lail to sea, before the mast, in one of the tobacco ships that so often ascended the broad riv ers of Virginia. She was fora while disposed to favor the scheme- But her brother, Joseph Ball, a London lawyer, iu large practice, remon strated against her sacrificing her son in that way, and advised her to bring him up a planter. “1 understand,” he wrote, “that you are advised, and have since thought of putting your son George to sea. I think he had belter be put apprentice lo a tinker, fora common sailor before the mast has by no means the common liberty of the subject; for they will press him from a ship where he has fifty shillings a month, and make him lake twenty three, and cut and slash, and use him like a dog. And as to any con siderable preferment in the navy, it is not lo be expected, as there are always so many gaping for it here, who have interest, and he has none." He proceeds to tell her that, a Virginia planter, with three or four hundred acres of land, and three or four slaves, has a great deal better chance ol winning a comfortable aiul independent position, than even the captain of a merchant ship—and it was Far from easy to get to be captain. “George,” he concluded, “must not be iu too great haste to he rich, nor aim at being a fine gen tleman before bis time; but go on gently and with patience.” The mother accepted this view of the situation, and the boy was not cut anil slashed on board ship. He learned, as we all know, the busi ness of a surveyor, and practiced that vocation until the death of his brother gave him a competent es tate. He was Colonel commanding the Virginia troops, twenty-seven years of age, and shining with the lustre of tho fame recently won on Brad ilock’s field, when first the rich young widow Custis cast upon him admiring eyes. He was riding, booted and spurred, in hot htiste, from headquarters to the capital of the province, where he was to con fer with the Governor concerning the defence of the frontiers. With- No. 27. iii a lew miles of his destination, he was pressed by a friend to stay to dinner. With extreme reluctance he consented, intending to mount the moment the meal was over. At the table he met the widow, and was captivated. The horses were pawing at the door, but the young Colonel came not forth. The after noon llew by, yet became not. Eve ning drew on, the horses were tak en back to the stable—Col. Wash ington had made up his mirid to stop all night. It was not till the next morning that he rode avvav. Within a year they were married at the “White House,” which was her home, and they took up their a bode at Mount Vernon soon after. Her husband had left a vast estate in lands, and forty-five thousand pounds in money, one-third of which was hers, and now became the joint property of Colonel Washington and herself. By their marriage, he be came one of the richest men in Vir ginia. She gained an excellent hus band, and her three children a wise and careful lather. It any lady in Virginia could claim exemption from the cares and labors of a household, on account of her wealth and social standing, it was Mrs. Washington. She had been an heiress and a beauty. For genera tions her ancestors had been persons of wealth and high consideration. Her first husband possessed a great fortune, and her second was the most illustrious personage of his time. But she deemed it a prtvj. lege to attend to the details of house keeping, and regarded the days when she was obliged to shine in the drawing-room, as “lost.” A Certain Cure for Earache. We have recently seen several recipes published»as beneficial in ca ses of earache ; but one who has a severe attack of that malady will, we think, soon find the inefficiency of them all. There is, however, one remedy which the experience of twenty s ears has taught us is unfuil ing. We have seen it repeatedly tried in our own family, and have frequently recommended it to oth ers, alsvays with the same satisfac tory result. No house should be without its bottle of arnica. It is indispensible in cases of cuts, burns, and bruises, and in earache it is a sovereign cure. As soon as any soreness is felt in the ear—which feeling almost always procedes the regular “ache”—let three or four drops of tincture of arnica be poured in it, and then the orifice filled with a little cotton to exclude the air; and in a short time the uneasiness is forgotten. If the arnica is not resorted to umil there is act ial pain, the cure may not be so speedy, but it is just as certain. If one application of the arnica does not effect a cure, it will be necessa ry to repeat it, it rnay be several limes. It is a sure preventive for gathering in the ear, which is the usual cause of earache. We have never yet known any harm of serious inconvenience to at tend this use of arnica; though if the spirits with which it is made are very strong, it may be diluted with a little water, as the spirits— not the arnica—will sometimes cause a temporary dizziness of the head, which is unpleasant.— Authur's Mag azine. As we have frequently spoken against the use of tabacco, we are willing to say a word in its favor. It once saved a man from being de voured by cannibals. The man was one of a party. His companrans were eaten. One of the natives af terward explained that our hero was not partaken of “ ’Cause him taste 100 like tobacco.” But as the man was killed, it is hardly worth while for travelers to begin to use tobac co as a safeguard. A want of familiarity between parents and children upon religious mailers, aud a constrained inter course between ihem, is a key to the failuie of many parents in their efforts to train up their children in the way they should go, as well as fruitful sources of infidelity in the child. What is Home? —“Home,” says Robertson in his sermons, “is the one place where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of corifi dence. It is the place where \ve tear of that mask of guarded aind suspicious coldness which theWOHd forces on us to wear in self defence, and where we pour oot the unre serve I communication of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderijfss gush out without any dread of ridi cule. Let a maa travel where drjll, home is the place to which ‘heart untraveled fondly turns.’ He Is to divide all pain. A happy Home! is the single spot of rest which a titan has upon this earih for the cultiya-, lion ol his noblest sensibilities,”