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'^CENTRAL GEORGIAN
1 PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY
JOHN N. GILMORE, Proprietor.
oPF ICE IN masonic building
Sandersyillb^Ga.
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Bf SIS ESS CARDS.
BOLSIIAW & SILVA,
Importers and Dealers in
Crockery, China and Glassware,
KEROSENE LAMPS AND OIL,
Cutlery, Britannia and Plated Ware,
AND
House Furnishing Goods Gener
ally.
152 ST. JULIAN AND H9 BRYAN STS.,
liftwccn Whitaker street and the Market,
.3A,YA.\tfAiB , GEORGIA
Au;o 31,18^0 ' .34—ly
Coi'iiiackjfc Hopkins,
Dealpr ip
Tin Ware, Stoves,
HOUSE-FURNISH ING GOODS,
J14RD If'flRJE, WOOO £i
V/ILLOV/ WARE.
Owing to the late fire which occurred in Masonic
JIall building, I have removed my entire Stock to
Xu. 167 Broughton and Bull Streets,
SAVANNA If, - ^ GEORGIA,
Two Doois above tYeeil At C01 juiell,
BJIIC1I I AM OFFERING VEItY LOW.
C. & II.
34—ly
IN POLITICS, CONSERVATIVE; IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC ; IN MATERIAL INTERESTS, PROGRESSIVE.
IN o.36 SANDERSVILLE, GA., SEPTEMBER 14, 1870.
"VOL,. XXIV.
BUSINESS CARDS. I BUSINESS CARDS.
PULASKI HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA.
Wiltberger & Carroll,
PROPlilETO liS.
Jan. 19, 1S70.
s-iy
W. W. CARTER. U. O. CARTER. J. T. CARTER, Jl\
W. W. CARTER & SONS,
C otton Factors
AND
Genera! Commission Merchants,
104 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA,
Prompt personal attention given to Orders.
Planters supplied with Bagging and Ties at,
Lowest Hates.
Aug. l'V 1S70. tf
3. E. BOTH WELL,
W. B. WOODBRIDOE
BOTH WELL & WOODBRIDGE,
COTTON FACTO!*,
AND
General i ommission
i !5 !i € I! A H1S ,
74 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
A.112. 19, 1869. U
Aug. 31, 1370,
J01LN M. CUUPKH & C
inor Whitaker «x St. Juli:*n Streets,savannah, ga.
WhuUtaU and Detail Dialera in
MORS & STATIONARY ALL KINDS,
COPYING & SEAL I “KEYSES, PEN KNIVES,
Jews & Book Pi intiiig Paper & Ink,
GOLD PENS, PEN AND PENCIL CASES.
Ledger, Writing & Colored Papers
Oj all kinds and sizes jor Blank, uud Jab 11'ock,
Playing, Visiting & Printers’ Cards, &c.
Book* Ordered or Imported, at Dew York Hates.
,«iill .M. Cooper. Georjro T. <>uuiitOCR.
Alex. C. N. butetr*.
Aug. 17, 1870. 6m
-Ihoi. J. lumbar.
ileurv A. biullt
T J. DUNBAR & CO.
Importers and Dealers in
BRANDIES, WHISKIES, GINS, WINES
SEGARS, TOBACCO, &?,
147 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
Jen 11, 1870. 3-tf
“I. h, FALK &Co~
—ONE PRICE—
Wholesale and Retail
Ulotliliig Warehouse,
So. 147 Congress 147 St. Ju3t.cn Streets,
SAVANNAH, ga.
A large Aston [pent of E'Hniish’ngGood^Hata,
Trunks, Valises, &e., always on land.
Manufactory, 44 Jiuriy Street, New York.
Goods made to order at the shortest notice.
January 19, 1870. 8—ly
PALMER & DEPPIS1I,
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IN
hardware, Robber Belling, Agri-
•cultural Implements,
Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead,
148 Congress and 67 St. Julian Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
March 80, 1870. \j
CABPET3,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS,
LACE CURTAIN AND SHADES.
Work Done Promptly at
JLctv liases.
liATHEOP k CO.
Fch. 23,. 1870. ] y
New Music.
On the Beach of l.m g Branch, Comic Seng 30 eta.
The Gay young Clerk in the Dry-Good Store,
Comic Hong, 40 cts.
The Lord w .11 Provide, sacred song, 50 cts.
Jlart : t); OViuu hack tonic, illustrated Title
song, ' • . 40 ct *»
A heart that boats only fur thee, illustrated
Title song ' 40 cts.
Ivaty Meier ran, illustrated Title song, 40 cts.
You’ve been a iricnd to me, illustrated Title
song, 40 et8 -
Tassels on the Boot., comic song, 50 cts.
Up in a Balloon, ” 50 cts
O ! let me kiss the Baby,” “ 50 ets.
Music sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt ot
the price annexed.
HERMANN L'SCHREINER,
Cook and Music Dealer,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
March 30, 1870. 32-ly
WEEDS & CORNWELL,
Importers and Dealers in
Iron, Hardware and Tio Plate,
Savannah, Georgia-
May 11, 1S70. Ct h
J. M. HAYWOOD,
Dealer in
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
COMBS, BRUSHES,
AND
^assess®,
American and Imported Ferfugtery,
Cor. Bull'arid Bryan Streets,
savannah, - - gforqi a.
May 11, 1870. tf
j- R. Goodman, II.'Mvbus, Myeks,
t-jncliburg, Va. .Savannah, Ga, Lynchburg, Va
GOODMAN & MYERS,
TQiAQCO
@owvmifjion, ' (2f/e ref a n
And Dealers in
Cigars and [Pipes,
137 Bay Street,
savannah, ga.
Yl^*. Agents for the various Manufactures. of
tfnl 1& ’ are prepared to fill orders for every
“ kt <I style, at Manufacturers’ priocs. :
* PAT THE HIGHEST PRICXES FOR
HIDES, BEESWAX,Ac.
**4 Wo. 18-!y
ME1NIUHD BROS. & C0„
H jiolvanle Dealers in
Boots,Shoes, H ats.
Ready Made Clothing,
GENTLEMEN'S
FURNISHING GOODS,
111 Broughton Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
n. MeINHAKI), I OFFICE,
I. AIkinhakd, ! so &82 Whitest.
S. AIeinhakl., j
E. A. W ELL. J NEW TOKK-
Jn n. 19, 187C. *-tf
BLAIR & BICKFORD,
JJecders in
Doors, Sashes,Minds,
Mouldings, Balusters
JYeicel Posts and Band
railings,
169 and 171 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, - -r C3EO-
May-11, 1870. A8-ly
S. S MILLER,
[Next door to Weed <fc Cornwell.]
PEALERIN
Mahogany, Walnut 4* Pine
French & Cottage
Chamber Sets
AND
Mattresses Made to Ordtr.
Kot 155 and 157 Broughton Street.
S,AVANKAH, GA.
July's. 18T«. l 7
s. G. HAYNES & BR0-
GRAIN AND
(fommissitut IRtrt^uils,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
dim. 19, 1870. 3 - tf
Wm- D. 11. Millar,
Importer and Dealer in
Railroad aod Steamboat Supplies,
PAINTS OILS and GLASS,
Varnishes, JYaval Stores,
Lard, Whale, and Sperm Oils, Burning Oils,
in cans and Barrels,
Waste, Packing,
BELTIFTG-, ScO.
102 BRYAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
March 23, lS7c. V v
M. FERSTTcO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Wines, Liquors, Segars and
FANCY GIIOCEHIES, CANDIES, &c., &c..
Removed to corner
BiY and WHITAKER STREETS
SAY ANNA H, GEORG I A.
House jn York, 449 Broadway.
April 6,'1ST0. ly
J. A, MEI1CIUR,
DEALKPv IX
Corn. Oats, Hay, Bran,
And all Kinds of
FEED, ORIST, and MEAL,
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED
And .Order? Pyasapily filled ip every channel
of Trade,
loo Bay Street,
Oi.c door east of lluicoinbe, liull (Sc Co.,
SAVANNAH. - - GEORGIA.
Ail Orders will receive Prompt Attention.
Slav 11, 1870. tS-ly
BUSINESS CARDS.
S. A. PUGHSLET, JR.
B. T. MORRIS.
PUGHSLEY & .MORRIS,
General Dealers in
MERCHANDISE.
SWAINS BORO, GA.,
G OODS given in eschange for all kinds of
Country Produce.
Liberal advances made on Cotton and \\ ool
consigned to them for shipment.
June 8, 1S70.
GILMORE &
GBOCERS
and General Produce
DEALERS,
1st Door under S ANBEItSVILLE HOTEL
YY
HEltE you will find at all times a well selec
ted Stock of
Alexander & Russell,
Wholesale
GBOCERS
Cor. Abercorn and Bryan Sis.,
Savannah, Ga.
Wm. E. Alexander.
May 11, 1870.
Wm. A. Russell.
lS-lv
C. Y. H U T C H IN S,
Wholesale Dealers in
Hay, firaiii |Prodnce,
133 and 135 Buy Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
DEFERENCES,
Ketohnm & llartridge, Sav ; Ilunter & Gammell,
Savannah ; Business Houses generally, Sav ; J. H.
SE'.itli (fe Cn., Baltimore; Marsh: 11, Philips & Co.,
Pli laUelphia ; Williams & Morrison, N.Y.; Lew
is Brown (£ Co.; Boston ; A. L. GrilEu & Co., But-
lulo ; E. W. S. Nell, Ciuciuuutti.
May 11, 1870. 18-1V
MARBLE WORKS.
Keep your Money in the
“TERRITORY”
BY SENDING YOU'D ORDEP.S TO
J. B. ARTOPE & SON,
COR. 8D AND PLUM STS.
MACON, - GEORGIA.
•ff O .r UJtiEJYTS, JlljBR RILIi
or Granite Box Toombs,
Head Stones,Slabs,Vases Mantles,
STATUES, &.C.,
Manufactured of the best material. Parties wish-
iuo- Desigus, with estimate, will be furnished at
^ short notice.
Constaiitly on hand a Splendid Lot of
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN
MAKBLE.
IRON RAILING for CEMETERIES
or other enclosures furnished at Man
ufacturers’ prices.
This is ono of the oldest establishments in the
couDtry. and long experience enables theta to. in
sure satisfaction in every particular.
mill Orders trill Receive Prompt
.Sllenlton.
Sept. B, 1869. 86-1T
Fancy and Plain FAMILY
GROCERIES,
Anything may ho found to SUIT PUKCHASEKS
such as
B A CO N, EAR D, FLOUR, S Y RU P,
Mol. A VS. S, SUG A R,CO FFEE,
RICE, 4 OB A Cl O, SNUFF,
C1 G A R S, F R U I S ,
A good Stock ef
HARDWARE, WOODEN W ARE.
CA KPETRS 'POOLS,
REASONABLE TERMS.
BUSINESS CARDS
A. J. MILLER k ( « .
Furniture W arehouse,
150 BRO UGHTON STREET,
Savannah, Georgia.
New Work made to order, Repair
ing, Bell Hanging, Mattress Making
and Upholstering,
.IT SHORT JTOT1CE.
A. J. MILLER.
Aug. 31, 1870.
C. P MILLER.
84-ly
Be sure to call on
Feb. 2, 1S«'9.
GILMORE & CO.,
1st Door uuder Hotel.
Iron Hailing
Manufactory
F OR Cemetery Lots, Public Square, Private
Dwelling, Balconies. &c., Machinery built
and Repaired, Iron and Brass Costing made to
order at
CROCKETT FOUNDRY,
4th Street Macon, Ga., 2 squares
from Brown House.
April 27, 1S70. 6m
BERNARD 1. SMITH,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
TIN - WARE,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
A LL kinds of work in Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron,
ifee.. <£ie., done on short notice. Koofing.Gutter-
ing, Viijle'viug in town or country, promptly atten
ded to, ... ''
Merchant, will be supplied with Ware of the
best quality on the most reasonable terms.
Orders solicited,
April 28, 187U. tf
A. HERMANN,
B EGS leave to inform the public in the vicinity
of Davisboro, that lie has now on bund a large
and well selected stock of
DRY GOODS
which lie will sell ou the most reasonable terms
The slock embraces
sms
Both for Ladies and Gentlemens use.
Prints, Worsteds, Homespuns, Fancy
Ariices, Hats, Boots, Shoes,
Staple Goods,
In fact everything usually kept in a first class Dry
GoodsNtore. He lm* also, a targe stock of
Family Groceries,
embracing every aiticle for family use, which will
be sold as cheap as the cheapest. He most respect
fully invites the public to
CJSJLL, J1.YJD SEE
is Goods before purchasing elsewhere.
Davisboro, Ga., Oct. 13, I86y. 41-tf
CMi.EVGE of SCHEDULE.
ARRIVE.
. .6:40 P. M.
..5:88 P. M.
. .8:58 P. to.
.11:00 P. to.
We Defy Competition!
THE undersigned have
moved to their large new
Shop on the Public
Square, are now doing
ah kind ot
Carriage,
Buggy
W .A- G O JKT
work. Also making Plows and Shoeing llorsef
We will sett all kind of new work of OUR OW
manufacture, made of the BEST MATERIAL t
low aB the same article can be laid down here Iroi
A’<5w York. We have in our employ wood workmen
SanderkvUle, Marfch It, 1670.
No Change of Cara Between Suvannah,
Augusta, und dlontgoinery, Ala.
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE CENTRAL R.K.,)
Savannah, August 14, 1868. j
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY. 16TH INST.,
Passenger Tvains on the Georgia Central
Railroad will run as follows ;
UP DAY TRAIN.
LEAVE.
Savannah ,8:3# A. M.
Macon.,
Augusta....,, ............
M-illedgovilie
Eatonton
Connecting with trains that leave Augusta8;45 A. M
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
M$con.. .,.-7:00
Savannah ............ ...............6r80 P. M.
Augusta ..•••....5:38 P. M,
Connecting with train that le ive Augusta 8*45 A. M.
UP NIGHT TRAIN.
Savannah,., 7:20 P. M,
Macon...., e... .....,,.,.1:3.1 A. M
Augusta 8:12 A. to
Connecting with train that leave Augusta 9:88 P. to
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon ..6:25 P. M.
Savannah, .5:1Q A. to.
Augusta..... ...8:18 A. to.
Milledgevilie.,., .4:80 P. M. '
Eatonton....:: 2:40 P. to-
Connecting with train that leave Augusta 9:88 P. M.
A. 5f. trains from Savannah and Augosta,
and Pi M. train from Macon connect with Mil-
ledgeVille train at Gordon daily, Sundays ex
cepted.
P. M; train from Savannah connects with
through mail train on South Garolina Railroad,
and P. M. train from Savannah and Augusta
with traius On South Western and Mnsoogee
Raiirb&dK. 'YM “ ~
June
Aet’g Master of Tranfeportitifcn.
i,im: ' ruif
ESTABLISHED 1840.
J oh.11 Oliver,
Dealer in
Sashes, Blinds | Doors,
Win dote-Glass, Oils, Tur
pentine, T*arnish, Rrushcs,
Putty, Etc.,
nouse &Sign Painter,
.Vo. 3 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga.
Aue. 81, 1870. 12m
GROCERIES.
COFFEE—Rio anti Java,
SUGAR—Different Grades,
TOBACCO—Various Kinds,
WHISKEY—Corn and Rye,
t* Tn flnQAQ
LYON BITTERS—in Cases,
HACS “ “ “
Assortments of Shelf Goods, for sale by
PALMES & LYON
SAVANNAH, 6a.
aug. S I, 1870. ^ 6m
L. J. Guiluartix. John Flannekt.
L. J. GUJMARTIN & CO.
AND
General Commission Merchants
Bay Street. Savannah, Georgia.
AGENTS FOR
ORAOLE'S Super I’hosphate of Lime.
Jewell’s Mills Yarns, Domestics,
±c., AC.
Bagging, Rope, & Iron Tics,
always on hand. Usual Facilities Ex
tended to Customers.
Aug. 31,1870. 6m
A- M. 8LOAN. j* H. SLOAN.
A. M. SLOAN & CO.,
COTTON FACTOliS
AND
Generai Commission Merchants
Agents for the ETI WAN and SOLU
BLE SEA ISLAND GUANOS
Claghom & Cunningham’s Range,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Bagging and Rope or Iron Tics advanced on crops.
Liberal Cash advances made on consignments for
sale in Savannah or on shipments to reliable corres
pondents in Liverpool, New York, Philadelphia, or
Baltimore. aug. 31, 1870. 6m
J. E. PURDY,
Afanufacturer of
Saddles, H arness and
T IR, TT US" 1C S ,
and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of
SADDLERY WARE,
Corner ot Whitaker and Bryan Sts.,
Savannah, Ga.
Orders for Robber Belting, Hose and Packing: also,
Stretched Leather Beiting, filled promptly,
aug. 31,1870. 34—ly
HACKER, J10L0NY & C0.j
Produce Commission
HOUSE,
pro uh, Bmivojtr, whiskey,
CORJT, BISCUIT,
AND FERTILIZERS,
SEEMS.
We call our patrons attention to oor Seed
trade hat- We are the only Wholesale Grower
and Importers of seeds in the State of Ga. 1st
f remituns at Ga. State fair, Ala. State fair,
'enn. State fair, United States fair for Celery
seed and Early Rose Potato, and a complimen
tary reprt on account of oar fine Fruit. Wheat,
Oats, and Grass seeds furnished pure, free from
trash, grown especially for the trade by us.
Catalogues and price list furnished oh ap
plication.
OO BAT STREET,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
WM. HACKEE, 9hfr'. nZD.JXQIX. 6s*.
TlG.W*E, W. T. J. mGlONV, “
Aog Slj
p
MiscellarLeoms.
The Happy Youth.
George was in the high school. One
day after he had learned his lessons he
took out his Bible and began to read it.
His next neighbor leaned over and
asked ‘if lie was going to be a parson.’
He did so several days, and the boys
laughed and called him Serious.’ That
is one way the devil takes, to hinder
young men from thinking of their soul-.
He seis their companions to make fun
of them, and tries to make them afraid
ot it. But ii did not make George
afraid.
‘I am serious,’ he said. ‘I feel I
have heaven to gain and hell to shun,
and I feel anxious about ir. The boys
looked sober at that, and never said
anything more.
George heard a sermon upon this
subject, ‘Choose ye this day whom ye
will serve,’ and he saw several persons
choosing. Stanley Miles chose; Robert
Sharon chose; yes, and many otheis
had chosen to serve God. George
tliought he o’tght to choose. He want
ed to be a Christian ; be wanted to find
his Saviour.
‘How do you feel, George?’ asked
his minister, when he went to see him.
‘I feel, sir,’ said George, ‘as if seeking
after something I’ve lost; and I want
ed above all things to find it.’
George, in fact, was lost. That is
the way the Bible speaks of us. It
tells us we are lost; and it says the
Lord Jesus ‘came to save that which
was lost.’ George was beginning to
feel this, and he was seeking this very
Saviour; his soul was reaching out af
ter God. Aod as God promises that
every soul that seeks shall find, George
set himself in earnest about finding
what his soul needed—a Redeemer
from his sins, a helper to do right.
In reading the Bible, George found
this prayer of good David: ‘Mine eyes
are unto tbee, O God the Lord; in thee
is my trust; leave not my soul desti
tute;’ and he made it his prayer. He
liked the words. It spoke for him, he
said. H:s minister prayed with him.
His Sabbath-school teacher prayed
with him, but he did not find.
A holiday came. A party of boys
were going to the sea side, and they
came and asked George to go with them.
His aunt told him to go. His mother
said, ‘Let George do as lie thinks best.’
‘I oanriot go, mother, until I have
found God;’ so he stayed at home. Ii
was a beautiful morning: He got up
early and went into the barn. Palling
on his knees, be cried, ‘Mine eyes are
unto thee, O God the Lord ; in thee is
my trust; leave not my soul destitute.’
When he drove the cows to pasture,
be knelt down upon a rock, and there
called upon God. George felt that he
could not take ‘no’ for an answer. Like
Jacob of old, he wrestled with God
for a blessiDg. In the forenoon George
went to walk aloDe. When he came
home h:s mother was at the door.—
‘Mother,’ he said, ‘everything looks so
beaatiful. I see God everywhere and
in everything. I know I have found
him;’ with a sweet, soft, happy look ol
one who had found the ‘pearl of price.’
The next day he said, ‘O, mother, I
have got forgiveness, .and love, and
comfort, and all that my soul needed.
If this is religion, why does not every
body try it? for they that seek shall
find, and I know it.’
What George then found, he never
lost. More and more he finds it better
than rubies, and all the things that
may be desired are not to be compared
to it.
Chassepot and Needle Gun.—
The Baris Temps gives the following.
1 Range and efficacy of the weapons.
—The velocity of the ball of theebas
sepot in passing out of the mouth of
the piece is 420 metres; that of the
needle gun is only 257. As the result
of the enormous difference in the initial
velocities of the two balls, it follows
that at 500 metres the Prussian ball is
nearly ‘spent,’ while at 1,000 metres
the French ball kills almost certainly,
disables at 1,500 metres, and many still
do service at a distance of 1,800 or
2,000 metres.
2. Accuracy of aim.—The accuracy
of the Frence aim is greater at a dis
tance ef 1 000 metres than that of the
Prussians at 500. The bridge of the
first is graduated up to 1,200 metres,
while that of the second only goes up
to 550 (800 Prussian fe,et.)
3. Rapidity of firing—The French
gun requires four movements for load
ing, the Prussian five, so that the chas-
sepots can be fired from twelve to thir
teen times a minute, and the needle
gun only eight or' nine during the
same time.
4. The fourth point claims that the
Prussian weapon fouls easier than chas-
sepot, and requires more frequent re
pairs.
5. Weight of ^'the arms accoutrements
—The French weapon weighs fomr
kilogrammes withou 1 the sabre bayonet,
and 4.600 kilogrammes with 1 the sabre
bayonet. The Prussian gun weighs
five kilogramme without the bayonet
and 5,850 kilogrammes with it. The
handling of the first is, therefore, the
least fatiguing. The Freneh cartridge
weighs thirty-two grains attd the
Prussian forty-one grains. • —
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THE CENTSAL GEORGIAN'
RATES OF ADVERTISING-
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$1.00
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6.00
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$1.75
3.75
4.00
5.50
7.00
8.50
15.00
30.00
$2.50
4.00
5.00
7.50
9.00
12.00
20.00
40.00
$3.25i$5.00
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15.00
9.00
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18.00
20.00
25.00
25.00 453)0 6O.-OOI.8OJ
50.00 70.00:80.00! I20j
$7.201 $12.00
12.00 18.00
16.00 28.00
25.00 35.00
28.00 40.00
34.601 50.00
$20.90
30.00
40.(0
50.00
60.00
75.00
.00 120.00
1.00 150.80
Book and Job work, of all kinds,
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTE©
AT THIS OFFICE.
A young gentleman of Buffalo went
to serenade bis lady-lover the other
Highland, while in the act of singing
the first verse of the beautiful ballard.
“I’m dreaming, love, of thee," Was
suddenly ‘.'awakened,” by the contents | .
of a tub ef cold water from" a third
qiory wipdoW. Be didn’t continue the
»ng..
The Strong Financial Position of
the United States.
While the governments of the great
European nations can hardly make
both ends meet, even in time of peace,
this couutry has an overflowing treasu
ry, and is paying the national debt off
at the rate of over a hundred millions
of dollers a year. The stupendous
sum raised and expended during the
four years of our war was unparallel
ed in the history of the world, and all
without a foreign loan or aid fiom for
eign capitalists. There never was a
war that cost as much within the same
time; for not only were the forces rais
ed enormous, but the pay and equip
ment of the men and the cost of eve
rything used were much greater than
they are in any other country. The
cost of. the Prussian and French armies
in pay, clothing, provisions, arms and
evety.hing elstjfor war purposes is less
than a third, probably, of what the
same number of men and amount of
materials was here. Then look at the
enormous bounties paid—from five
hundred to a thousand dollars a man
—an amount that would equip and
support a French or German soldier
for several years. Besides, the gener
al extravagance and plunder of the
Treasury were frightful, and would
have bankrupted any other nation.
No country in the world could raise
such sums as we did. Yet five years
after the war not only has all the vast
floating debt been discharged but we
have paid off several hundred millions
of the organized debt. At the present
rate of liquidation we could extinguish-
the whole, which is a little more than
two thousand millions, within fifteen
years.
It is not surprising, therefore, that
our credit remains good during the ter
rible conflict of arms that is convulsing
Europe. At first, of course, United
States securities felt the shock, as all
others did, from that natural symptby
which the finances of one great civil
ized country have with those of other
countries. But afterwards, when
people and capitalists began to reason
more clearly the resources of the Uni
ted States and the superior value and
security of cur bonds, they clung to
them as the best investment thej could
have. Hence there have been few of
our bonds sent home from Europe.
Nor is it likely there would be any se
rious depreciation if even the war
should spread over Europe. Our su
perior and well paying securities would
beffield aud be sought for by the peo
ple no matter what strain their might
be upon the governments and capital
ists for money. There is no reason,
indeed, why our bonds should not
gradually rise to their true value under
any events that may occur in Europe.
If we have been able to accomplish so
much in raising money for a gigantic
war and in rapidly paying off the debt
in the past what can we not do in the
near future when our population will
pe doubled and the wealth of the coun
try quadrupled ?
A Woman Kills Herself Shout
ing.—At Bethel church, in Catoosa
county, a woman, under the influence
of religious excitement, commenced,
shouting, and so intense was her erH
thusiasm thatsbe did notjoease her gyra
tions until overcome by violent exer
tion, intense heat, and the fectedjatmost*
phere of a close room. In this condi
tion of utter prostration of mind and
body, she was borne out of the house;
but her vital energies could not be re-
sucitated aud she was soon a corpse.
A young man, during the same meet
ing, tfas carried out having been over
come by oppressive heat while shout
ing. , ,
A merchant came into a priming-
office a short time since, and, seeing a
pile of papers lying on the table—it
being publication day—unceremonious
ly helped himself to a copy, and said :
‘I s’pose you don’t take any pay for
just one paper?’ ‘Not always,’ was the
reply. Shortly afterwards the printer
entered the merchant’s store and called
for a pound of raisins, which was
quickly weighed out to him. The
printer took the raisins, saying; ‘I
s’pose jou don’t charge anything when
a fellow don’t take but a pound? ‘No,’
said the grocer, after seeing the disad
vantage under which he was placed by
his own stingy illiberality toward the
printer, and said: ‘When I get any
more newspapers from a printer I’ll
pay for them.’
Stranger—‘Have you a good, strong
porter about the house ?’ Clerk—
‘Yes, we have the strongest about the
place.’ Stranger—‘Is he intelligent?’
Clerk—-‘Ob, yes; sir, quite intelligent?’
for a porter, we think.’ Stranger—
‘One point more. Doyoh consider him
fearless—that is, bold and courageous?.’
Clerk—‘As for that matter I ,know bp
is; he would mot be afraid ot the devil
himself, sir.’ Stranger—‘Now, Clerk,
if yoor porter is intelligent enough to
find room No; 117, fearless enough to
enter, and strong enough to. get my
trunk away froth the bed-bugs, I woula
like to have him bring it downl’ J
“I never shot a bird iu my life,” said <
a gentleman to an Irishman, who re
plied: “I never shot anything in' the
shape of a bird but a squirrel, which I
killed with a stone, and it fell into «
river and waa_dipwhed.”