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Rose, Chi., Saturday, June 28, 1873.
Is Our Duty Required of Us I
The almost stereotyped way of closing an
address in Lodge, is by an earnest, appeal
to each member present, to faithfully dis
charge his duty. So often has this been
the case, and so accustomed are we to the
exhortation that, when ripest for the im
pression, the words fall upon our senses
‘‘Much like the s.inwf' ike c> the river,
A moment then stone lor,. .■< r."
So true is this, one is almost prompted
to answer in the negative : Our duty is not
required of us,
Even our lecturers seem to have but
little comprehension of the exhortation
they utter: “Do Your Duty.” The words
pass their lips like so much breath escaped
and are but little more in keeping with
mind and heart at that moment. He who
utters them takes his seat and often eager
ly scans the countenances of the audience
to note what effect his elegant combination
of well-sounded periods has made upon his
hearers; while his hearers praise his c’o
quence, his graceful case and handsome
appearance, or condemn his volubility, and
thank their stars that the performance is
over, not giving a moment’s thought to
the truths that they may profit thereby.
The same, too, may be said of writers and
their readers.
Unlike the squirrel, who laborious!}- nib
bles off and throws the bitter hull away
that he may enjoy the sweets of the kernel
we are content with the chaff, the outside
polish, and let the heart of the nut blow
away upon the winds. This, however is
rot so in all ca«es ; there are many excep
tions to this rule. .Many hearing the word
receive the milk, and all to a greater or
les- extent do their duty. But that it is
true, in a majority of eases, is proven by
observation.
“Actions speak louder than words,” and
far greater is the reward received for good
ly, kind acts than is that for good or kind
words. Acknowledging and sincerely re
gretting past neglect, accompanied by ear
nest well-formed resolutions to amend in
the future, is well; but it is not for our
high-sounding promises to do our duty we
receive the rewand, but for the perform
ance of the duty itself. We receive no re
ward for the motive—-the good intention of
the heart—unless accompanied by a sincere
effort to carry it into effect. The man of
good intentions is like the sloth, the waver
ing and lukewarm, a burden on society, an
injury to the Lodge. And a man full to
Overflowing with love to his family, and
who will shed tears of heartfelt sympathy,
if they are affected with but the smallest
common ill, without “has denied the faith
and is worse than an infidel.’ - For without
acts, without an energetic effort, he will
not be able to provide for his famfly, in
which case he is thus stigmatized by the
Apostle. The same may be applied to us in
the Lodge, where each has his duty to per
form. It is in the full discharge of our
duty that we find the greatest source of
happiness as a Good Templar whether in
society or in the lodge.
To illustrate this: You are a Good Tem
plar. You have faithfully discharged your
duty. Each meeting you are found in your
place, the possessor of a light heart and a
pleasant countenance. You rejoice to meet
your brethren in the lodge ; in society you
are equally pleased. You know that you
have done your duty, and that the world
honors you for it.
But, on the other hand if you have been
negligent of your duty, you become luke
warm in the cause; you derive no pleasure
and consequently no profit from the meet
ings of your lodge: you feel that you are
out of your place while there ; the happi
ness you see in others, is a source ol dis
comfort to you ; your pledge has become a
burden which you long to throw off. In
society you are ashamed to acknowledge
that you are a Good Templar, or you loudly
boast that you are, but that you can violate
y. ur pledge without remorse of con-.-it i : e
w'' ; eh proves that you are soulless—devoid
of honor, truth, virtue, principle, sense, of
ail things that raise you above the l« vel of
the coarsest brute. In your sober reflecting
L oments, well <io you know that you have
di-craeed yourself by neglect of duty; and
well do you know that that society which
'Cuffed at you fur taking the plvdne. at. !
which now >. etns to receive y >u with oj on
•’rm-, in it< secret heart, des i < •> you m re
fur your failure to prove worthy. YU:
h ive -aid to .hem : “I can do till- thi. c.
and have failed; an I now the finger of
s .ra is jxfinied at you as a vain boas-.-r.
It is said of y«>u: “He set hini'df up L ;
• :m body, and he is not. He i* like sound
ng brass and a (ink ing . iifi'd. lie i' a
ar! h • hath falsified his Avtnn word!
tie ha- violated his most sacred promise
and wo will have roue of him ! He is a
foul, an .inc.i an thing ! ’
Then sure';.- “onr duty is lequir-u of
•;<." i.e: only by the e -L:uti<ui and ly
iaw--. but bv our integrity, our i on. r a
uun. our po-ition ia tt •* . !;e and in . »ci
vty, by our ;o v of mir.u, L. all that n; n
I ><l -icred. A Ith dr -
• ioi- no w-r.--v.ri ,m in at whc ! w
v v put it est- Should • I L-c switch
• 4’a ’••• o s --,d r sut-nder ssiou,
WE must remember that with our eyes open
«c took the pledge for “wl.i'e yon five,”
and, like through freiebt, we must, carry it
io the end untarnished, and deliver it to
the Great Receiver on this erind high road
who has our check for it. May He help u
to DO our duty.— ltmp'ars Record.
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Getting Married.
To the managing mamma, social gather
ings are chiefly valuable as institute u thea
tres of display’ for marriagea! Io daughters:
since only thus can personal fascinations
ana engaging maimers be displayed in the
presence of many attentive a *mirers. In
winter, therefore, sh ■ accompanies her
sirens to evening parties, arraying them in
the most becoming attire th a'; can be de
vised, no matter if health and decency be
set at naught; and --very opportunity is
there take:, for the exhibition of those ac
compb diluents which have cost so many
weary hours to gain, and which are only
serviceable to this end. The artist secs to
it that the picture he would sell is hung in
the best light; and we cannot expect, the
mother to < e ’css anxious for her treasured
darlings. When summer comes, she takes
to the temporary centres of wealth and
fashion, to Aewport and Saratoga, across
the mountains and down to the sea; hawk
ing them about through every wife market,
and exhibiting their fine points, us a jockey
would those of a valuable horse. “Sold
singly to suit purchasers.” and “none but
wealthy parties need apply,” are written all
over their dress and conduct and rhe man
agement of their friends. This mother is
simply practical and self-sacrificing, she is
employing the only n. uns allowed her to
establish her daughters well in life.
woman’s to propose.
We are amused, however, at the indig
nant pret \-ts that herseli makes to
such a straightforv.ar eour.-.e. She can
never be so immodest, we are told; it i*
foreign to her nature, and she will not thus
forfeit her self-respect.
The assertion that her nature forbids it
would seem to lack support. Queens are
women, with all the instincts of her sex;
and yet it is held eminently fitting that they
shonld propose to the one below them in
rank whom they may elect to share their
throne. Victoria has told the world, with
out a blush of shame, Low she offered her
self in all candor to the German Albert;
and when her daughter, the Princes Lou
ise; would wed the son of Macallum More,
no one doubts that the first gracious advan
ces come from her. In society around us,
ladies possessed of large estates do not
object to have it known that they tendered
the burden of its control the husband of
their choice. It is not woman’s nature,
then, that forbids it; it is her position.
Not because she is a woman, but because
she is an inferior, must she be sought and
not seek. Place her in circumstances
where she is plainly superior to her suitors,
and .-he is expected to make the proffer of
her heart and hand. Once render her then
equal with man in resources and pub
lic recognition, as we wish her to be, and
matriiuonicl propositions may proceed from
either, as occasion shall decide. — Abba
Gould.
Ornamental Yeung Ladies.
They are delightful little bodies, for the
most part; at peace with all things about
them, and seeming to purr softly through
their s’cepy existence like contented kittens.
Their idea of bliss is to rest on deep, silken
cushions, wi r h plenty of dainties to eat,
w. rm coverings, and no need to bestir them
selves. Energy and labor they consider
very nice and useful and all that, for great,
rude men, who can <?o nothing else, and
who, by a wise provision of nature, were
sent into the world to provide them with
comforts. That is what fathers and hus
bands and brothers are for. And they
themselves were made to brand Christmas
'lippers, and stitch cigar cases for gentle
men friend-; to hem their handkerchiefs,
sing to them evenings, and otherwise to
wait gracefully upon mankind.
They are quite content to go throngh the
world hedged about wth mysteries, not the
•least of which is polities, which they sup
pose to lie a sort ol b’.i k art, comprehen
sible only to elderly m?n, who arc always
wranghmr over it T'agreeably and unac
<• untal ly, wb. n •! ey might, if they choose,
U telling tl ■ lews. i saying pleasant
thing'. An ulier mystery i- the lecent dis
• U'Ston about women, which they think is
-cm how very i ’-l ix ; and unfortunate,
a hey have heard of dreadful, unladylike
cri -.tu: who go around to conventions in
I > mers. la'kivg I ke men. and creating a
ui'turi and day wonder that the po-
■ • .io :. . •■»k- cue of th an. For their
part they Lave all the right.- they care for,
or know anythin-t r.’ ■ a:; and so long as gen
tlemen p ick up their handkerchiefs gallant
ly, an<l say “J, ? . f " blandly at door-
ways. they •no n.-- iof uarre’ing about
; f .rtii.i-i)t> —A ; t ■ >
RI —A you.ig la-’y
<ir> wired ia tnirs.
To Which Class do You
There arc just three in‘o wb:
every community is divided on tlvs ;ac
tion of Temperance.
First, i« the class who not only aUtain
entirely from all intoxicating liquors as a
beverage, but work to detain others frem
the viners’ fhngs. They are the “teeto
talers” who not only practice total abssi
nence, but advocate.it. j'bey ’T.k, at.ii
move in the Temperance cau- ■. ’-'ney -ign
all remonstrances against the giaming
license to sell liquors. They Lave : scru
ples about signing pledges-
The second are the temperate people who
do not drink liquor either. They never
sip or guzzle their “fire-water; put thc’e
it all ends. They have nothing tt- -r.y
against the great evil of inte ; ..p:ra:
Not a head, or heart or Land, wifi they -
for the distraction of the hydra'ieade * mon
ster. They are “all right ’ themselves, or
have done enough for the cause in days
past, so they complacently stanu meet .. .x
all efforts now; theygive temperas:re m
ings the cold shoulder, because they hav-.
heard lectures enough, and regard 'he ■ re
ject as o’d, hackneyed, and wrn ■■. it. Lhey
say to all efforts to enforce the .aw, or to
requests for lie p:
“l T ou can’t do anything. You will only
make matters worse.”
They say they are temperance neot'e,
while they sit sciil and let the great destroy
er, Intemperance, stalk through the land,
poisoning cur friends and neighbors: de
caying and destroying our y••■nth: rla-tirg
fair and cherished Lopes, and an:. • g thou
sands of citizens, every year, to the drunk
ard’s grave- They may shed a tear low
and then, but that is all. They muy be
good, temperate men, but they are . *
perate men. They have no right to be
caked so. It is a slander on the temper
ance people to give them the name.
The third class, compose the re-t ?f ’he
community. They are the o t'" . ?•? who
range from the moderate drinker who sij ■s
an occasional glass with a friend, down tu
the degraded, miserable sot.
In hearing of these solemn declarations
from Heaven : “Wine is a morker,” and
“Look not upon the wire,” co t * dr’nk
strong drinks. In the ia’ ’' ’t: •teir ■le
words, “N<> drunkard slic.L nii- rit the
kingdom of G’ xgaiu-t w!..;: ti.ey know
of the insidious and dangerous nature ct the
appetite, against the woe and termon'
which they have seen coming from intem
perance; against the pernicious influences
which they have realized in their own
minds, and bodies, and hearts. They con
tinue to drink; and thus, constantly drink
ing, imperceptibly yet surely, destroying
their souls, and all who can be influenced
by them. •
Let each reader honestly inquire to which
class he belongs.— Record.
Resigned to his Fate.—When I was
a little baby, girls would never “let rue
be,” for every one would snatch me up
and place mo,on her knee; then to kiss,
scpiecze, and hug me; I'm sure “dr. l’’
and “mainI'’ 1 '’ must have wondered I.sur
vived it—but I stood it like a lamb!
And again, while but in boyhood,
they’d tempt me from my home,
through gardens and through pleas
ure grounds, o’er fairy spots to roam;
then with lucious fruits and sweet
meats my small tummy they would
cram and half stifle me with kisses—
but I stood it like a lamb! When
older still, they’d lure me though din
gle, dale or dell to gather nuts, or
flowers and ferns—and they seem’d to
love it well! Yet startled, oft at trifles,
with shriek that seemed no sham,
they’d fling their arms around me —
but I stood it like a lamb! At last
one charming creature (who could
most my soul entrance,) by wonderous
winning archness, and a tender, melt
ing glance, seemed to say, “You know
you love me, why not take me as I
and I felt obliged to do it —but I
stood it like a lamb ! Thus throngh
childhood, youth and manhood —ay I
each moment of my life—my heart has
felt the witching power of girl m - d ;or
wife; and the spell will leave me never,
for like a potent dram, woman's unarms
subdue me ever —but “I stco 1 i: like a
lamb!”
To give a rose to a lady has always
been considered a graceful act of gal
lantry. But when you take the pre
caution to fill the leavesol your r< .sc
with Cayenne pepper, the p mtencss
becomes rati, ir dubious. Tin's was
the elegant and chivalrmdev: ■■ L.i t
ed by a young gentleman ci Amkribud
for punishing ;t young married 1: ly
who had slighted him.
The effect was a fit of sue- ifii.g so
violent as to bring on a s- vere film
an 1 three physicians. B* sid<- u
had to go away lor a change, I yet
her aggrieved husband claims only
s' ven hundred rup. • s damage'. He
may have consider <1 th" going
- <.:.m< at: | -
tors. When she recovers she m:;y. if
her mind is of a literary turn, firn! a
n.-w nit-aning in the i ■ < *‘s a: • ai out
‘ dying of a rose in • .romat: •
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Wholesale Change "Z I'.ut —An
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Catholics, within the jurisdiction
the Episcopal Bishop of Central New
Y'rk, during the iatier part < f M .y,
signify I their desire to the Hight Rev.
F. D. Huntingdon to be placed und r
his care; wliercunon, rhe Rev. A. F.
Rumpff. a German priest of the is
copal Church, was sen - to them.
Good music’ans execute the r: u- >:
the bad ones murder it.
Attention Bee Keepert.
Oxnoar, Ala., June 23, 1873.
To ail Ilci- Keepers in Alabama and
Georgia:
The Bee Keepers’ Association of the
Cherokee Country of Georgia and
Alabama was organized on the 14th
instant.
The object of this association is to
create greater interest in the manage
ment and culture of Bees in the South.
Any one can become a member of
ihis .Association, by sending his name,
Post Office address and fifty cents to
Thcs. J. Perry, Secretary, Rome, G-a.
The first Annual Convention will be
held at the Fair Grounds near the city
of Rome, on the 9th day of September
the second day of the Fair.
It is very desirable that all Bee
j Keepers should take an interest in the
Association and attend the first Annual
Convention at the time and place above
i stated. The election of officers and
the appointment of the time and place
for the annual meeting in ’1874, will
take place at this Convention.
i Suitable premiums will be given
also for bees and their produts, as will
be seen by reference to the Premium
List of the Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair Association of the Cherokee
Country of Georgia and Alabama which
will be ready for distribution soon.
W. J. Borden, Pres.
i We cheerfully publish the above,
believing that if Bee Keepers will com
ply with the request therein contained
they will accomplish great good and
all will be benefited by the crumbs of
information they will obtain, for vari
ous topics will be discussed, and a free
interchange of opinions given and
questions asked and answered. This
is a very important branch of industry
and too much and too long neglected
here in the South. We are willing to
do anything to build it up and will
publish any well written article on the
subject. Come Bee Keepers, give us
your experiences, troubles, successes,
etc. It will do you good and benefit
oiliers. We are for industry, econo
my, morality, Temperance and honey.
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Crops in the Southwest.
An intelligent gentleman, writing
from Cuthbert, June 12th, to a friend
in this city, says: “The expression is
frequently made by persons of intelli
gence and integrity that nothing short
I of a good crop and a good price can
save the people from general and hope
less ruin. The crop prospect is the
finest I ever saw at this season of the
year, all things considered, in the
counties below, where I have been;
but it is now well authenticated that the
cotton caterpillar has appeared in nu
merous localities, and great fears are
( entertained of a general destruction of
the crop. There were bolls enough
fora small crop last year beyond the
power of beak before he was hatched;
the destruction of leaves and small
forms was, therefore, not a total de
struction of the crop. But you can
easily comprehend the fears of the in
telligent planter when he is made to
realize that the worm has proceeded
the fruiting of his cotton, and when
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■ he is made to realize that the worm
has proceeded the fruiting of his cot
ton, and when he can see no reason
why it is not wholly at the mercy of
the destroyer. If the worm should
increase, as it did last year, there will
not, in all this part of the State, be
cotton enough to pay the taxes on the
land.— Allan la Cc nst if at ion.
The Federal Deiit from 1857 to 1871.
—The following is a statement of the
out-tanding principal of the national
debt at the close of each financial year
siiici 1857, taken from the report of
the Sem-etiiry of the Treasury, Decem
ber 4, 1.871, page 13:
July 1, 1857. $ 28,099,831 85
July 1, 1858 44,911,881 03
July 1, 1859 53,490,837 88
•J illy 1, 186'! 04,842,287 88
Jnlv 1, I*6l 90,580,973 72
Jnlv 1, 1862 594,176,412 13
July 1. 1863 1,119.772,138 63
July 1, 1864 1.815,784,370 57
July J, 1'65 2,680,647,869 74
July 1, 1-66 2,773,230,1.73 69
Ju vl, 1 - t 2.67 8,126.103 87
Julv 1, I* • 2,611,687;851. 19
Jiiiy 1, IsG'i) 2.588,452,213 91
L.:’v •. ' 2.480.672,427 B’l
Julv 1, I'7l 2 353,211.332 32
READ THIS!
A rare chance for some one in
every Lodge to get a valuable
premium for a few hours work
ami at the same time to be doing
■glorious work in the Temperance
Reform.
To parties who prefer working
for a cash commission we will
give aliberai percent.
1 copy 1 yr. in advance, $ 2,00
9 U ' U 14
and Chromo to getter
up of club 4.00
3 copies 1 yr. in advance,
and chromo to getter
up of club 5.00
5 copies 1 yr. in advance,
and chromo to getter
up of club 7.50
10 copies 1 yr. in advance,
one small chromo and
one large chromo and 1
copy Great Industries
of the United States 20.00
20 copies 1 yr. in advance,
4 small chromos one
large chromo,one copy
Great Industries U. S.
and 1 copy Webster’s
U nabridged Pictorial
Dictionary 40.00
These premiums are worth
nearly $25, and will be
sent by express.
25 copies 1 yr. in advance,
8 small chromos, one
large chromo, 1 copy
Great Industies U.S.,
and 1 copy Webster s
Unabridgod Pictorial
Dictionary 50.00
These premiums are worth
nearly S3O, and will be
sent by express.
30 copies 1 yr. in advance,
8 small chromos, one
large Chromo, 3 copies
Great Industries U. S.
and Worcester’s Una
bridged Pictorial Dic
tionary 60.00
These premiums are worth
nearly S4O and will be
sent I y express.
50 copies 1 yojH|^^advance,
sinal
>i n<
one two
horse steel plow and one
one or two horse Watt
Plow 100,00
These premiums arc worth
over SSO.
G 5 copies, one year in advance,
20 small chromos, 1 largo
chromo, two copies Great
Industries U. S., and one
Parker Bros Double Bar
relled Breech Loading
Shot Guns 130.00
These premiums are worth
nearly SIOO, and. will be
sent by express.
70 copies, one year in advance,
20 small chromos, four
Great Industries U. S.
and one Domestic Sewing
Machine 140.00
Those premiums are worth
over SIOO, sent by express.
100 copies, 1 year in advance,
25 small chromos ami a
“Silver Tongue Organ.”
The organ alone is. worth
SIOO. The organ to be
shipped from the Factory 200.00
Parties working for these premiums
will please notify us and they can send
the names and money as received and
if they fail in making up the club they
arc working for they will receive the
premiums offered for the number of
subscribers they do obtain.
This proposition is open for GO days,
ending August Ist.
Secretary’s Office, Floyd County 1
Monumental Assort tion,
Rome ,Ga., June 23, . 873. )
Willis Bobo, Esq.,
Floyd County, Ga.,
Mv Dehr Sir:—l am directed by
Col. John R. Towers, President, to ten
der to you the thanks of this Associa
tion for your very generous donation
of as much and such quality of marble
at your quary sb; miles of this city
and one-fourth of a mile of the Selma,
Rome and Dalton Railroad, as the
Board may think necessary, to erect
the Soldier’s Monument. The rela
tives and friends of those whose names
the Association wish to preserve and
perpetuate will also thank you.
Yours respectfully,
Thos. J. Perry, Scc’y.
‘G on a fellow niaices his arm round,
his gal, und she vas liken dat pooty
veil, den dat vns on adound
it vas maken habiness come on some
wivst blaces, an’ it?”