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THE JEFFEKSON Sfil NEWS & FARMER.
Vol. 2.
TIH«E
Jefferson News & Fanner
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g ( W. ROBERTS & BRO.
LOUISVILLE CARDS.
B.W. Carswell,. w F - Dccn y-
Carswell & Denny,
ATTOBJiEVS AT It"
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA,
WILL practice in all tire Counties ia the
Middle Circuit. Also Burke m Au
gusta Circuit All business entrusted to then
care will meet with prompt attention.
Nov, 3. 27 ly
j 5 CAIN 1 J. H. POLHILL.
CAIN « POLHILL,
ATTORNKYR AT LAW
LOUISVILLE, GA.
May P. 1671 ■ ' h -
T. F. II AIII.O W
W atcli AC cx Isl ox'
—AND—
H.EPAIR.ER.,
Louisville. G a
Special attention given to reno
rating and repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS
JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES Ac, Ac,
Also Agent for the Ilemo Shuttle Serving
Machine
May 5,1871. I lyrs
DR. L R. POWELL,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
Thankful for the patronage
enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of con
tinuing the offer of his professional services to
patrons and friends.
May 5, 1871. I lyr.
MB3DIC AXj.
DR J. R. SMI TH late of SandersviileGa.,
offers his Professional services t.o the
citizens of Louisville, and Jefferson county.
An experience of nearly forty years in the
profession, should entitle him to Public Con
fidence. Special attention paid to Obstetrics
and the diseases of women and children. Qf
ficeat residence, Louisville.
Louisville June 20, 1871. 8 ts.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
NEW SJPUXIKrG
AND
SUMMER ROODS.
I am now daiiy receiving choice and desir
able
duf goods.
The latest novelties in DRESS GOODS.
LADIES MADE SUITS,
I have now on hand a fine assortment of
Cimimcrc's Cottonades and Linen's
for Gentlemen's wear, which will be offered at
tho lowest prices.
GEORGE WEBER.
Bee Hive Store.
No. 1711 Broad Street,
apr 18 ts. Opposite, AUGUSTA HOTEL.
SAVANNAH, Qai
Possessing powerful invigorating
These Bittora oro positively invaluable in
They purify the system, and will cure
Bemittent and Intermittent Fevers,
and are a preventive of Chills and Fever.
All yield to their powerful efficacy.
Are on antidote to change of Water and Diet, j
to tho wasted frame, and correct all ' i
Will save days of suffering to the sick, and 4
■ The grand Panacea for all the ills of life.
and lIDIH
[n Young or Old, M arri e CTICE«
r Single, these Bitters arc
equalled and have often been
means of saving life.
TR Y.O N E BOTTLE* X
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sale Agonts, and Wholesale Grocers and Com
mission Merchants, 177 Broad Street, AU
GUSTA, GA.
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and for everybody iu need of a reliable time
keeper. Usual watch size, steal works, plass
eryst.J, in neat OROIDE case, warranted to
denote correct time for two years. Nothing
like it. 1,000 sold weekly. This valuable ar
tide, in neat case, will be sent, prepaid, any
where, for $1 ; 3 for $2. Try one. Circulars
free. Order only from the Sole Agents, F.
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April 20, rpn 4t
Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Thursday, May 9, 1872.
•1. Walkkji Proprietor. R H. Mcn6*Ai.D ft Cos., Pnigglataiind
Gen. Ag ts, San Francisco Cal., and 3.’ an.l 3 4 Commerce St, N.Y.
MILLION’S Boar Testimony to their
Wonderful Curative Effects.
They are not a vile Fancy Drink, madeot Pool*
Ktim, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Ll
<i n ors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste,
called “Tonics,” “Appetizers.” “Restorers,” &c., that
lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are atme
Medicine,made from the Native Roots and Hcrbs'of Cali
iornia, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They arc the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and
A LIFE CSIVIN’C; PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno
vator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con
dition. No person can take these Ritters according to
directions and remain long umvcil,provided their bones
are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted .beyond thg point of repair.
They arc a Gentle Purkaiivc as well ns a
Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as
a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver, and all t he Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in young or
old, married or single, at tho dawn of womanhood or at
the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal.
For In fin mum lory mid Chronic Rheuma*
lism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil
ious, Remittent and Intermittent IF©vers,
Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
lllndder, these Bitters have been most successful.
Such Discuses arc caused by Vitiated Blood,
which is generally produced by derangement of the Di
gest ivo Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache,
l’ain In the Shouldcrs.Coughs, Tightness of the Chest
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taite
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of the Heart,
Inflammation of tho Lungs, Pain in the rogions of the
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the
oflsprings cf Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate tho torpid
Liver aud Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi
cacy in cloansing the blood of all impurities, and impart
ing new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, Sab
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Csr
buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch,Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Dis.
eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally
dug up and carried out of the system iu a short time by
the use of these Bitters. Or.o bottle in such cases will
convince the most iucredulous of their curative effects.
Clcause the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its im
purities bursting through tho skin in Pimples, Erup
tious or Sores; clcanso it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and
your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure,
and the health of the svstem will follow.
Pin, Tape, ami other Worms, lurking in the
system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there
is scarcely an individual upon the faco of the earth
whose body is exempt from tk« presence of worms. It
is not upon the healthy elements of the body that
worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No
System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics,
will free the system from worms like theso Bitters.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD A CO.,
D*"'agists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, California,
BarsOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS,
p May 13, JB7J, ly.
DARBY’S
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID
rilHlts invaluable Family Medicine, toi
L purifying, cleansing, removiug baa
odors iu all kinds of sickness; for burns
sores, wounds, stings; for Erysipelas,
rheumatism, and all skin diseases; for
catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria;
for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to
soften and beautify the skin; to remove
nk spots, luilocw, fruit stains, taken in
ternally as well as applied externally; so
highly recommended by all who have used
it—is for salp by all Diuggists and Ooun
ry Merchants, and may be ordered di
rectly of tho
""“'DARBY PROPHYLACTIC CO.
161 William Street, N. Y.
p Dec2-I’7o ly. rMay2 nJune3 ly
•71 NEW ST.,
New York.
pi VERY PERSON admits that a
COOKING STOVE
is indespensable in a well regulated and eco
nomical family. Therefore do not delay in
getting one ; but go directly to
D L FULLERTON
and buy either the
“PHILANTHROPIST,’
“CHIEF COOK,”
o r
“COTTON PLANT.”
D- I, FULLERTON. L
Stove and Tin Ware Dealer, near Jas. T. Both
we 11 Oct. 6, 23 Iy. n
SLCCIiSS Agents Want
ed, male or female, in every county in the
United States aud Canad'as, to sell our new and
most useful Patent, from one to six used in
every family 100 per cent guaranteed. For
samples and teims. inclose ten cents and ad
dress FERGUSON & CO., (i4. r , River Street
Troy, N Y.
AGENTS WANTED.—Agents make more
money at work for us than at anything
else. Business light and permanent. Par
ticulars free. G. Stinson & Cos., Fine Art
Publisher. Portland, Maine.
O PIANO CO-, Ist class $290. No
15 Agents. Names of patrons in forty
States in Circular.
1 non Reward
p- or an y cas.o ot Blind Bleeding,
Itching or Ulcerated Piles that Dkßing’s Pile
Remedy fails to cure. It is prepared express
ly to cure the Piles, an and nothing else. Sold by
all Druggists. Price. SIOO.
RE ATM ED I UA L BOOK ofuseful knowl
edge to all. Sent free for two stamps.
Address’br. Bonaparte Jf Cos, Cincinnatti, 0.
New Advertisements.
Dissolution
—OF—
€O&&EWNM®miP.
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
=ent.
Messrs ISAAC M. FRANK and
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN tire alone
authorized to settle the a Hairs of the
late firm, collect till moneys due,
and sign in liquidation.
SAM’L M. LEDERER,
I. M. FRANK,
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN
Savannah, July ISth, IS7I.
Copartnership Notice.
The undersigned have this d.iv
associated themselves together its
Partners for the transaction of u
General
DRY GOODS
business in the Cilv’ol Savannah,
under the firm name of
FRANK & ECKSTEIN,
AT 131 BROUGHTON ST.,
where they will continue to carry an
extensive stock ot
S "IP A IP 2| a
AND
li, % %
BUY §OO®S
AND
lOTI 8 i 8 .
Possessing facilities to purchase
Goo ands
in the
Northern
Markets
on the very best terms, will contiti
ua to offer such
meiiciiiiiTs
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 iu
future. Also an early examination
of our stock and prices.
Yours respectfully,
FRAiVK & ECKSTEIN,
131 Broughton St.
Parties desiring to send orders for
Goods or Samples of Dry Goods will
find them promptly attended to by
addressing
P. O. BOX 3S
Savanivib fi°.
August 18, ly. u
Ulisccllantflus.
From the Newnau Herald.
“Twenty Per Cent.”
Hell is full of money lenders.
llea\en has no money lovers. The
earth is full of extortion. The world
is mad, for the love of money. Mil
lions sing pteans to the Golden Calf.
Men go down into the earth, search
the sea bottom, explore the ether for
money.
I saw a miser dying. ‘Consump
tion’s ghastly form’ was there. Dis
ease had drained his last drop of
blood, but not his purse of gold.
There were no tears for his death.
Dying alone in a dark room, with a
dark past, dark dreams, dark future.
His eyes had a sickly glare. His
long hands trembled us it clenched
the purse-strings, and the pale lips
muttered a demon’s soliloquy, not
lor mercy hut for money. Oil the
brinks ot the silent river, ready to
cross over and be immortal in Hell,
his hands cold, his feel cold, bis
heart cold, his soul damned, he
begged for gold. There had been
hope for him, love for him, mercy
tor him, but he died a beggar with
cofit rs full. He begged Ins way to
Hell, and still bogs.
I saw a ragged child turned away
from the door of a mansion. The
poor thing, it begged for bread. 1
saw tin; tears gather on the pale
cheek as the child turned ami al
most staggered or. its way to a
starveling’s grave. I knew the fa
ther ot that child. In the bright
days of peace .he pressed it to his
manly heart and thanked God for
the gift ot a son. iiis country called
mm. He fought on many fields.
The enemy never saw his back. He
fell beneath a streaming banner in
the very arms of glory. The child
begs lor bread while the rank weeds
wave on the field of fame, above a
soldier’s sepulchre. The last prayer
he uttered was, for the banner of his
country and the children of his loins.
1 saw a pale hand, eager to grasp a
penny, (rushed away, aud 1 said :
•Gold and silver are the pillars of
Hell.’
1 saw a soldier’s widow weeping.
'They were bitter tears ami many.
Three tender orphans stood beside
her. At the gateway of the wealthy
she asked lor shelter, a home and a
Iriend. The night was dark, the
storm was high, the wind shrieked
its bitter wail and the thunder til
tered his voice. The beasts ot the
lord of that castle were housed, and
the very dogs slept soundly, warmly
and barked not at the stranger’s
leet.
No mite the widow had, and in
the dark night, the unpilied wander
er, forlorn, desolate and dying, (tress
ed her orphans to her bosom, breath
ed a prayer and entered the gales ol
pearl. Next morn saw an unshroud
ed Ibrm. Light shone around the
lowly head; it was heaven’s own
sunshine. No church bell lolled her
requiem, no funeral train followed
her. In an unwalched, unmarked
spot, the heavy sod pressed a sol
dier's widow. His orphan’s were
the only mourners there. 1 counted
the tears of the homeless, friendless
wanderers, and 1 said : ‘The world
is damned for the love of money.’
I saw the crowded city. Men
[tressed their way in the busy mart,
dome sold, some begged, some bor
rowed. dome in purple, some in
linen, some in rags. 1 saw smiles, 1
saw tears. I gave my last penny to
a poor blind boy. One moment
more and I saw it snatched from his
hand. Not one in all that multitude
but sought fitr gold, some by foul
means, some by fair, some to buy
bread, some to lend it, some to
hoard it.
‘Truly, said 1, ‘The gates of Hell
are golden gates.’ 1 saw the crumb
ling steeples of God’s own temples.
I heard the holy man of God beg
Ibr means to raise an altar ot wor
ship. For fashion’s sake, the par
son’s hat was filled with dimes.
The preacher sighed, and 1 said in
my heart: ‘The way to Hell is pav
ed with gold.’
I saw great governments tottering
to decay. Great men and little men,
old and young, greedily bartering
liberty for gold. 1 saw States plun
dered lor filthy lucre’s sake, nation
al honor tarnished, the shire of pa
ttioiism desecrated and God defied.
All this 1 saw, and then 1 said :
Priests, prophets, kings, princes,
people, all damned Ibr the love ot
money. H
Persons ought to exercise every
effort to make home bright. Never
frown on luuocent enjoyment among
children. It is as natural to their
age as your arm chair and slippers
are to yours, and yet it is just as
proper 100. Let children enjoy their
youth in all its innocent gayely;
tnetr future may be dark enough to
need the memory of a happy child
hood to make it endurable.
Back Ljcrs-
The Ciiu inn Ui Times has the an
nexed :
A man staggered into our sanctum
this morning who bore the appear
ance of having been badly u-eil.
His hat was none, his clo lies soiled,
and his face dirty, bloated and dis
figured with wounds. Dropping
promiscuously into a chair, he
hoarsely murmured :
4 Back doors.’
‘YVhai is the matter with you, old
fellow ?’ we inquired.
‘Back doors, I tell ye, (hie) tha’s
w ha’s er ma’e.’
‘Explain )■ U'sell.’
‘Read Mayor’s order closing front
door s’loons Sunday didn’t ye?’
‘Yes.’
‘So’m I ! Too gran’ lour’ vestiga
tion yesterday to see if liws ’beyrd.’
‘Well what was the result ?’
This is or’ sault, Ha! ha ! (hie)
he ! drunk’ru hi led owl.’
‘Yes, anybody can cell at; but
did you find the trout door closed ?’
‘O yes, the frontdoors were closed,
but lordy ! how many hack doors I
found open. Didn’t know there was
so many backdoors iu Cincinnati.—
They must have sent away and gn
some buck doors somewhere. Sa
loons closed in front hut they were
as open be (hie) hind as a tanning
mill. 1 tried cm all. Sonic had one
back doo r , others had two or three
extra ones cut iu especially, and one
saloon in er West End had (hie) hole
hack end taken out to accommodate
the crowd. I ought to he on the
hoard of health, It • continued, after
t prose ‘ know more about the con
dition of ! er alleys and hack yards
than any man in the city. There’»
one thing about it, it this thing ol
closing front doors Sunday keeps on
they will have to widen ’er alleys.
Alleys wasn’t half trig enough yes
day to coin’date the crowd.’
•Was the ruslt for drinks as bail as
that ?’
‘Was ! S’loon lull all the time and
alley lull ol thirsty men waiting
their lime to get in. Had to lake
turns, same’s barber shop on Sun
day morning.’
‘Did any saloons have their front
doors open !'
‘A few, hut they didnl have any
customers to mention. Fuicis, folks
rather like sneaking through alleys
and into,back doors for a drink.—
Hain’t been chunk ’fores’ dog’s age
myself. I can walk boldly by a sa
loon with her frofft dour open, but
9hul it and hint about a back en
trance, and I’ll find it. sure. It’s
human nature, sure as ye live.’
‘The new relations appear to have
affected you rather disastrously.’
‘You are mighty righty right. lam
suffering from too many back doors.
The absence of front blin Is lias ’fee
ted my (hie) constitution. ’Sider
myself a martyr tocrmay’rsd—d
old procermation bolishing front
doors, and I want monstrate gainst
it through er press. ’Nuther Sunday
with them cussed back doors and
your uncle is gone. Alleys is 100
many for me.. Back doors is my
ruin,’ and with this he departed.
K Diamond Romance of o Poor Old lan.
At Old Calabar I met an English
man in November last, who was ac
tually suffering from the want of the
necessaries of life. This English
man was formerly a wealthy dealer
to the sugar tiadc of Liverpool, and
failed in 1864. Since that time cir
cumstances went heavily against
him,- until the African diamond up
roar aroused itis ambition. After
some difficulty he procured a loan
from an old frit ltd so that he might
pay his way out here. Months and
months passed, and the unfortunate
Mr. Sandford, formerly rnerchaut of
Liverpool, became disheartened.—
He lived upon the charity of those
that spoke his language. On the
fifth morning of last December, Mr.
Sanford renewed work on a little lot
which he had frequently abandoned.
On that morning he discovered ten
stones, averaging ten carats each,
which made their aggregate value
1,000 pounds or $5,000 in gold. His
fortune did not abandon him at 1,000
pounds. On the following day he
was ofTered for his lot or
‘claim’, as the English call it. He
refused, and that same night cainc
seeing Sanford the master of 20,000
pounds, or SIOO,OOO in gold. He
still continued to work, bul for sev
eral days his toil was fruitless, and
he began to think that his little es
late hud gone dr}’. Still luck haunt
ed him, for on the 16th of December
he raised $ 10,000 worth of garnets
and diamonds, on the 20th he dis
covered $30,000 worth of the finest
stones ever seen in that quarter, and
on Christmas Eve he had the greatest
luck of all. Fifteen large and splen
did diamonds found on that day
brought him 35,000 pounds. This
was his last hit. Then the yellow
clay began to appear in his lot, and
yellow clay is & sure sign that the
diatnonda are all exhausted. San
ford returned to England with 05
000 pounds, or about $375,000 in
gold. —English Caper.
The Boston Jubilee.
For the beta fi ot its country nous
ins, and those living in the Brovin
cial cities of New York and Giiiga
go, who desire to know how B >ston
is going to [nit through Giliinore%
great musical jubilee, the Bulletin of
that city says:
Everything w II he done <>n a big
-cale, the ctiromatic scale will be
nothing to the weigh this will be
managed.
Gunpowder and nitroglycerine
will be employed to blow the organ,
iiid a trumpet !>l ist nitty he expected
ny the same agency.
All the leading bakers are now
employed in preparing rolls tor the
drains.
Ski led tiavig ilors have been sent
out tobiiiig Cup • Horn, and George
1- min is Train lias been . ngagctl to
olow it.
The Trump »l Fame is expected
to be present, ii it is not plaveil out.
Ail amateur who plays upon words
will perform a duet with another
who blows a ( hind.
'There will he overtims by dry
goods drummers.
New York Judges will not lie ad
milled to the orchestra as instru
ments ol the Tammany Roig
Sixteen locomotives will whi-lle
\aukec Doodle, with bell uccompa
nim -tit.
The lleidelliurg tunnel lias been
contracted tor tin- bass drum, and
tour elephant skins are now being
tanned tor the heads ol it. and in
place of slicks two pile drivers will
be used.
'The Chinese national hymn will
be performed liy the hand of the Em
peror of China, who are expected in
junks. In their absence three hun
dred cats and sixty saw filers have
been secured to prevent disappoint
ment.
There will be a number of cele
brated air the contesting heir to
the Ttchliorne estate is anxious to
he present, it (te can get beyond a
lew liars.
Fina ly, Mr. Gillmoie will give a
new version of the March of Prog
ress, with lull orchestral and vocal
accompaniment.
The Fast est Town Yet—At
lanta Beaten. —Trie following de
scription is given of the new town
of Birmingham, that has recently
sprung upon the Alabama and Chat
lanuoga Railroad, in the Northeast
ern part of Alabama :
A little more than seven months
ago the site ol Birmingham was a
cotton field. There was not a hut
upon the place. When the founder,
the indefatigable and enterprising
Colonel Powell, (the present Duke,)
with his surveyor, Mr. Parker, and
his clerk, Mr. Miller, landed at Bir
mingham to lay off the streets, they
were compelled to go into camps.—
On the Bth of August, 1871, the foun
dation for the first house was laid,
and on the 29th of August it was
ready for use. On the 19th of De
cember thereafter, the city was in
corporated by the Alabama Legis
lature, (application having been
made only three weeks before,) and
a Mayor and city Council were im
mediately elected. Colonel It. H.
Henly, a talented young lawyer, and
the editor of the Sun, has the honor
of being the first Mayorofthis prom
ising young city.
There are now over three hun
dred buildings, eighty framed store
houses, twenty brick stores and
houses, two and three stories high,
and forty brick stores under contract
and to be built this summer. There
are alto two planing mills, and sash
and blind factories, two grist mills,
one cotton factory (being built,) one
foundry and machine shop, two ho
tels, five restaurants, ten boarding
houses, one Episcopal Church, eight
brick yards, two lime kilns, three
stone quarries, two butcher pens,
two market gardens, six physicians,
six lawyers, two newspapers, two
ob printing offices, one livery sta
ble, three blacksmith and wagon
shops, two paint stores, two news
depots, five bar and billiard saloons,
two hardware stores, two furniture
stores, and last, but bv no means
least, a perfect Mohammed’s para
dise oflovely women.
Don’t let the moss gather on the
roof of your buildings. It may be
ornamental to so ne eyes, hut not
very beneficial to shingles. They
will rot out fast enough by the
moisture it retains; so sprinkle some
fine lime upon them just before a
rain, and you will be surprised to
see how clean it will be taken ofl.
Early county—Pour stand of eorn;
little cotton planted, says tbe News.
Small grata looks well, such a* rye end
oats,
No. 1
ACiii.ve.sk VVeddi.no LeYueck,
the chief Ghiuts*' inanuMclurcr of
cigars in Portland, Oregon, recently
imported a wife bom his native
country, and wedded her with great
display. Alter the ceremony had
been performed at the Joss House,
the bride anJ her waiting maids
were driven to the residence of her
lord and master, on First street,
where her husband, who had pre
ceded her, received the party by
filing a feu de Joie, composed of a
quantity of crackers ol the largest
size. The bride was at once dis
robed by her attendants and put to
Led, while the groom receivnl his
friends and entertained them in n
becoming manner, causing them to
smoke cigars, eat sweet meals, and
drink wines and same ahum. In the
evening a least of roast pig, duck,
game, and all the delicuc es known
to the Chinese cuisine, was served
ui the chamber of the bride, who,
rolled in an elaborate robe i/c unit,
and reclining on her couch, received
her guests with a bland, languid
smile. Dow ii ui the shop the groom
was doing the agreeable to his guests
after they bad been dismissed by
the lady of the house. He wore
a happy, don’l-carc fbr-tlie-expense
sort of a smile, and would every
miihilt. lire off a cracker. The fes
tivities were kept up umil a late
hour ot the night, and then, with
the burning of another hunch of
Clack' rs, the guests were dismissed
and silence reigned.
Soi l Engravings. —Daniel Web
ster never uttered a truer or grander
thought than the following—couched,
too, in that sturdy Saxon he handled
so well:
“It we work upon marble it will
perish 1/ we Work upon brass, time
will efface it. If we rear temples
they will crumble into dust. But if
we work upon immortal minds—if
we imbue them with high princi
ples—with the just fear of God and
their fellow men, we engrave upon
those tablets something which ii>>
time can eff.ee, but which will
brighten to all eternity.
“in this way we may all la- art
ists ; and even the .tm-i oi.li ov
and unlearned. I i.euasbu no t
est ami loving ivari, unv p.
masteipiece. Tli • p o'. ...
lurer may cm and . p iiic- . ..I
ion woiidmu-f>rm- . t
material betnr« Mm. I'.,
in the common scl'tK.i u ii,
school may may. with .he in. i
of truth, photograph up n ill i
der minds committe.l to tii- < n .g.
a thousand charms ot holy b. a.nv
The humblest, mosi quiet man may
write upon his neighbor’s h an, amid
thoughts and kind words w hich will
last forever. Ami such a monu
ment will be a real immortality,
‘more enduring than brass, and loft
ier than the regal majesty of the
pyramids.’
“Such a record, instead of grow,
ing dim with lime, will grow deeper
with eternity, and will still be bold
and legible when the sculptures of
Ninevah, which have outlasted the
centuries, shall have faded out, and
the steel pictures of modern art shall
all be forgotten. And when the
things which the dimness of time
obscures shall be revealed by the
light of eternity, the names of these
unknown artists shall be found writ
ten, not on tablets of bronze or stone,
hut on ‘the fleshly tablets of the
heart’ and the unfading pages of the
soul.”
The Great Spanish Orator.—
It is certainly worth a pilgrimage to
Mecca or Madrid to see and hear
that man of men, the perfect orator.
Such an orator, Senor Custelar says,
is Figueras, the Spanish Republican
leader. He has the purest, noblest
character imaginable,—he is frank*
ness, sincerity, fidelity peisonified.
He has indomitable energy, the most
delicate political skill, ardent devo
tibn to conviction, and excellent cul
ture. So much for the framework
of his eloquence. His speeches are
sober, correct, and brilliant; earnest,
courteous, calm, and reasonable;
wonderfully acute, and at the same
lime persuasive. When it is ne
cessary lie knows how to thrill the
Cortes with his passionate fervor;
and at times be rises to sublimity.
He has the keenest perception of
the weak points in the enemy’s ar
mor, and the most exquisite sense
of oportunity; be can call up storms
upon the Opposition benches with
the same facility with which he
calms them among his own partisans.
He has a prodigious memory, unal
terable serenity and self-possession,
wears a benevolent smile when his
lips are sending forth shafts of bit
terness, and holds himself in perfect
calm while his hearers are quivering
with the excitement produced by
his elequence. And, withal, his
face, altitude, and action are full of
majesty wi simplicity,