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LEGAL ADVERTISING.
l« heretofore, since the war, the following are the
price fur notices ofOrdinaries, <tc.—to bb paid in ad
tssck :
Thirty Rays' Notices ...••$ 5 00
y.rty Days’ Notices 6 2ft
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flity lists’ Notices 7 00
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“Let uiiV a liberal per rentage for advertising
ltn> yosuwdf unceasingly before the public; and it
-matters not what busi iess v>u are engaged is, for. if
and industriously pursued, a fortune will
VtVtwuh—Unats Merchants’ Magazine.
"tfter l he-rin to a Iverti-e nip ironware freely,
bns new /uerrued with amazing rapidity. For ten
na«t f hive spent £B‘-'.OOO yearly to keep my
fffMrtsr wirfti before the public Had 1 been timid in
»1 vcrrisfng, I never should have possessed my -fortune
•of ff.Vi.Oftti”.—McLeod Itclton, Birmingham
1 Advertising like Midas’ touch, turns everything to
I*l t- it, your daring men draw millions to their
coffer* "—Stuart Clay
' hit audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the
tCdnl use of printer's i t l *, is to success in business. I '
Be. cher.
' Tlio newspapers made Flsx.'*—J. Fisk, .Tr.
Without the aid of advertisements I >-ou and have done
II f 1 ng in my p u'ulatrons. 1 have the most complete
C i In •‘printers’lnk.” Advertising is the “royal road
business Harnum.
Professional Pards.
V ALLEN. Attorney at L w Thom-
V * 4 *|° n < Moll prac*icp in the eenTvties cm
p.n' u ' lp Hint Judicial ('ii'ciiit. and elsewhere by
' i contract All business promptly attended to.
'fin Cherno’* brick building. ‘ rnehll-ly
KEM>\LL offers Ilia pr 'fes
, I, *p r ’ rll services tc the citizen'- of I homasto u and
li n „ ,ns , May be found durin ■ t"e day at
arcl iway’n Unre at night at the former resi-
hades Wilson. jan 14 ly.
T KMM)fN(i. Attorney sit Luw,
f' co, Oa. Will practice in the
I' m P ris ’Pß the Flint Judicial Cireult, and
<,ntract Al business promptly
Tin stnre " (^®ce ' n Elder s budding, over Chamber’s
augti- y
| IIOM 1 , BEALL. Attorney at Law,
tnlt and^2 St °v n ' <?a WiH
ult tad elsewhere by special entrant ang27-1y
\\ _)• " Ell Attorney at Law.
(i% practice in all the
contract * rcu 't, and elsewhere ky special
♦lh'lsV'w.h L, ‘" Attnmey and Counsell «r
the Flint Circuit P rsc hce in the counties composing
*f|i/ rn the Supreme Court of (ieor^ia,
Jlnrihern an t's C l our,; the United States for the
Th.,ml ton n" ~h ; rn n ‘«»Hotßof Georgia.
mastoM}a.,,j„ ne 18th 187 „_ 1y .
tJconVi! SMITH. Attorney and
deters gpi!' ,r Law. Office Corner Whitehall and
perior Cnurt 8 , : >nia, Ga. Will practice n 'be Su
fraie i'n; , . Coweta and Flint Circuits, the So
’n«' onrt au® St ate, and the United States’Dls*
4:js. ' ... ■'ll com : unications addressed to him at
ill receive prompt attention. april9-ly
\ & WoCALLA, Attorneys
hr> K J* w , Covington, Ceorgia. Will attend regu
|A 5 ' Practice in the Superior Courts of the
!( 'urn* r* Newton i Butt*. Henry, Spalding Pike,
' e ' i-pson, Morgan, jpeKalb, Gwinnette and Jas
declO-ly
M. MATIIBWS, Attorney at
c " m V''sino *V' ' ,ot<f,n ' a > W BI practice all the counties
•pecial ci',, ' h&tt ahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
— —declO-ly
WILLIS. Attorneys at, Law
I ”'“*»»»niaccfv '*v Prompt attention given to
declO-ly
l\ fRIPPE, Attorney at Law
* lf practice in the State Cotjus
4v *nnah.e 4) District Court at Atlanta and
;r~- —- —-1 dec O-ly
fi, ]_• Attorney at Law. Barnes*
* Hint Circnp . .!' Practice in all the counties of
Court of thv State.
Uw,^ UN E, Attorney at
M r ‘ r ’ r ,' : - S "t the Ch-'n\ Ga ' Practice in all the
counties 000^66 rcu it. afi d Upson and
D'^T- — _ declß-1y
‘ Ro< I FPsj ~ ;
“fMedirin V* 1 " Continue the preetice
-re. • Be. Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
Ty, ; - -- - deciS.ly
Is - otif y the mm All. is pleased to
ot u e o^ Bo^P pson that he will continne
Qa. in its various branches at
A LKEII Attorney at, Law
V^>»nd’, n t jj e IT ' n P. ract 'co In Circuit Courts o
o*s.p^° s woitK
'u at thl'w* ” H rorn ptiy and neatly
Price* v B JL At " Orders reapeet
rices very reafiCßabife.
The systoms of Hve r
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I*l 1 .li .11 U A M I Sometimes the pain is in
the shoulder, and Is nila
foss of app e tit sfck
ress. bowels in general costive, sometimes alternating
wnh lax. Ihe head is troubled with pain and dull
heavy sensation considerable loss of memory acrom
p.-mted With painful sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been done. Often eom-
and low Bp i r i t(4 s omp ..
I r ssMßrite*<*xssi. siKaWtoiassasßuj times, some of the above
¥ ¥ Tr yn wa ■symptom-; attend the dis-
I . I 1/ lij |{ I ,J “fo and at other times
li I I 1J II I very servos them; but
I the Liver is generally the
organ most involved
C Ufa the Liver with
ER. SIMMONS’
Liver Regulator,
A preparat ion of roots a nd herbs, warranted to be strict
ly vegetable, and r -n do u«injury to anyone
If has been used hv hundreds, and known for the last
3> years as .me of the most reliable, efficacious and
harmless preparations ever offered to the suffering If
j j s BUre t(> cure _‘
In prill ITftR I'toSL'SSISMiSi
I* Li ll Lli.al U!l hoea, affections of the
I bladder, camp dysentery,
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fever, nervousness, chills, diseases of the skin, impurity
of the blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits, heart
burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in the head,
fever and ague, dropsy, bolls, pain <n back and limbs,
asthma erysipelas, female affections, and bilious dis
eases generally. Prepared only bv
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The following highly respectable persons can fully at
test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to
whom we most respeet/ullv refer:
Gen. W. s. TTolt, President S. W. R. R, Company;
R’v J. Felder, Perrv. Git ; Col K. K Sparks, Albany,’
Oa.; George J Lunsford. Ksq„ Conductor «. W R. li:.;
C Masterson. Esq. Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Putts!
flainbridge, Ga ; Dykes it Sparhawk. Editors Floridian,
Tallahassee; ifev. .f \V. Burke. Macon, Oa.; Virgil
Powers Esq . Sur erintendent S. W. R. R ; Daniel Bui
lard, Bullard's Station. Macon and Brunswick It. li.,
Twiggs county, Ga; Grenville Wood, Wood’s Factory,
Macon. Ga; Rev. E F. EasterlUm, P. E Florida Con
ference; Major A. F. Wooley, Kingston, Ga.; Editor
Mac n Telegraph.
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Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orleans, and all Drug
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SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED.
THE GREAT
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'J MANUFACTORY.
NV3XAI. IK INTAKE CO.,
MANtTFACTPUECS OF
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PIANO FORTES,
BALTIMORE, MD.
1 Public f«r nearly Thirty Years, and upun their
excellence alone attained an nnpurehased j«ro eminence,
which pronounces them unequalled. Their
TONE
combines great power, sweetness and fine singing quali
ty, as well as great purity of Intonation and Sweetness
throughout thg entire srale. Their
TOUCH
is ptlant and clastic and entirely free from the stiffness
found in so many Pianos.
IN AVOEIK:3VC J A.3SrU- ,l, ' ,0 ' ,r ' tab
they are unequalled using none but, the st-ifTut
oned material, the large capital employed in our bits. .
ness enabling us to keep continually an immense stock
of lumber. Ac., on hand.
All our Square Pianos have our New Improved Over
strung r-enh and the Agraffe Treble.
\N e would call special attention to our late improve
ments in GRA Nl> PIANOS AND SQUA RE G RANDS,
Patented August 14. 1566. which bring the Piano nearer
perfection than has yet been attained.
Every Piano fully warranted. 5 Years
We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholesale
Agency for the most celebrated PARLOR ORGANS
AND VIELODKONS. which we offer, Wholesale and
Retail, at Lowest Factory Piices.
WM. KNABE & CO.
septl7-6m Baltimore* Md.
“OUR FATHER’S HOUSE;”
or, THE UNWRITTEN WORD.
By Daniel March. D. D., Author of the popular
“ Night Scenes.”
r I'VTIS ma«tpr in thought, nnH lanffuaffp
¥ shows us untold riches and beauties in the
Great House, wjth its Blooming flowers. Si ging birds.
Waving palms. Polling clouds, Beautiful bows Sacred
mountains, Delightful rivers, Mighty oceans. Thunder
ing voices. Blazing heavens and vast universe with
countless* beings in millions of worlds, and reads to us
in each the Unwritten World, Rose-tinted paper, or
nate engravings and superb bindi -g “.Rich and varied
in thought.” ‘‘t haste.” “i-asy and graceful in style.'”
“Correct, pure and elevating in its tendency.” “Beau
tiful and goo-d.” “A household treasure ” Commenda
tions like the above from College Presidents and Pro
fessor, ministers of all denominations, and the re'igious
and secular press all over the country. Its freshness,
purity of language, with clear, open type, fine -teel en
gravings, substantial binding, and low price, make it. the
book tor the masses. Agents are selling from ftrt to 150
per week. We want Clergymen, Schoal Teacher.*,
smart young men and ladies to introduce the work for
us in every township, and we will pay liberally. No
intelligent man or woman need be without a paying
business. Send for circular, full description, and terms.
Address ZIEGLER .L McCURDY,
16 S. Sixth street. Philadelphia Pa.
139 Race btreet, Cincinnati, Ohio,
f-9 Monroe street, Chicago, 111..
503 N. Sixth street., St Louis, Mo. -
seplO-m or, 102 Main street, Springfield, Mass.
“THE MONROE ADVERTISER?
VOLUME FIFTEEN.
A First-Class Democratic Newspaper!
r pilE Oamrmtern whTch will soon be innu
-1 gurated, and whfoh wilt culminate in the election
of Congiesbional and Legislative Representatives in
November, promises to be one of the most important
and interesting epochs in the history of the State. In
view of this fact, it is the duty of every person te sub
scribe for some available newspaper. To the people of
this section. The Monroe Advektiskr presents superior
claims.
No pains will be spared to render the Tin? Advertiser
a reliable and efficient newspaper, and ench issue will
embrace a fair epitome ol the week’s news, both foreign
and domestic.
As heretofore, the local news of this and the adjoining
counties will be made a specialty.
The Advertiser is published in a very populous and
wealthy section, and is one of the most available
ADVERTISING MEDIUMS
in Middle Georgia. To the merchants of Macon and
Atlanta, it offers superior inducements for reaching a
large, intelligent and prosperous class of people. Terms
of advertising liberal. Address,
JAMES P. HARRISON,
septl7-tf Box 79, Forsyth, Ga.
STEREOSCOPES,
VIEWS,
ALBUMS,
CH ROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Invite the attention of the Trade to their extensive
assortment of the above goods, of their own publica
tion, manufacture and importation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES
and
GRAPIIOSCOPE3.
NEW VIEWS OF YO3EMITE,
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 Beoadwat, New Tore,
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.
Irnpertars arul Manufacturers of PHotographie
Flatrirla*#. 'aWhl&fl'A
TIIOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1871.
pOET^Y.
JIM’S LOVE.
I met her at the sellar dore— *
The look, she give was stum ;
Her eyes looked pitchforks into mine,
And mine looked pison into hern.
For we loved in daze gone by ;
Her daddy sed that I might take her,
But, alas ! for my dreme cf wedin bUs,
She got up and got with a Dutch shoemaker.
No more girls fer me if I knows it—
No more frauds my luv to win ;
In the word* of the poet “Not for doe,”
He might have added, ‘ Not for Jim.”
jVIISCELLANEOUS.
Eloquence of Popular Assemblies.
The foundation of cvevy species of elo
quence in good sense and solid thought. It
should he the first study of him, who means
to address a popular assembly, to be previ
ously master of the business on which he is
to speak; to be well provided with matter
and argument: and to rest upon these the
chief stress. This will give to his discourse
an air of manliness and strength, which is
a powerful instrument of peisuasion. Or
nfttnent, if we have genius for it, will sue
ceed of course; at any rate, it deserves only
secondary regard.
To become a persuasive speaker in a
popular assembly, it is a capital rule, that
a man should always be persuaded of what
ever fie recommends to others. Never if it
can be avoided, should he espouse that side
of an argument, w hich lie does not believe
to he right. All high eloquence must he
the offspring of passion. This makes every
man persuasive, and gives a force to his
genius, which it cannot otherwise possess.
Debate in popular assemblies seldom
allows a speaker that previous preparation,
which the pulpit always, and the har some
times, admits. A general prejudice prevails,
and jiot an unjust one, against set speeches
in public meetings. At the opening of a
debate, they may sometimes be introduced
with propriety ; but, as the debate advances,
they become improper; they lose the ap
pearance of being suggested by the business
that is going on. Study and ostentatmn
are apt to be visible; and, consequently,
though admired as elegant, they are seldom
so persuasive as more free and unconstrained
discourses.
'J'his, however, does rot forbid premedi
tation, on what we intend to speak. With
respect to the matter, we cannot be too
accurate in r.ur preparation ; but with
regard t<> words and expre-sions, it is vary
possible so far to overdo, as to render rur
speech stiff arid precise. Short notes of the
substance of the discourse tire not oniv
allowable, but of considerable service, to
J hose especially who are beginning to speak
Tiubiic. They will teach them a degree
**raey, which,, if they speak frequently.
y are in danger of losing. They will
accustom them to distinct arrangement,
without which, eloquence, however great,
cannot produce entire conviction.
Popular assemblies give scope for the
most animated manner of public speaking.
Passion is easily excited in a great assem
bly. where the movements are communicated
by. mutual sympathy between the orator
and the audience. That ardor of speech,
that vehemence and glow of sentiment,
which proceed from a mind animated and
inspired by some great and public object,
form the peculiar character of
quence in its highest degree of perfection.
The warmth, however, which we express,
must he always suited to the subject; since
it would be ridiculous to introduce great
vehemence into a subject of small import
ance. or which by its nature requires to be
treated with calmness. We must also be
careful not to counterfeit warmth without
feeling it. The best rule is, to follow na
ture ; and never to attempt a strain of
eloquence, which is not prompted by our
own genius. A speaker may acquire repu
tation and influence by a calm, argumen
tative manner. To reach the pathetic and
sublime of oratory, requires those strong
sensibilities of mind and that high power of
expression, which are given to few.
Even when vehemence is justified by the
subject, and prompted by genius; when
warmth is felt, «not feigned; we must be
cautious, lest impetuosity transport us too
far. If the speaker lose command of him
self, he will soon lose command of his
audience. He must bi gin with moderation,
and study to warm his hearers gradually
and equally with himself. For, if their
passions be not in unison with his, the dis
cord will soon he felt. Respect for his
audience should always lay a decent re
straint upon his warmth, and prevent it
from carrying him beyond proper limits.
When a speaker is so far master of himself,
as to preserve close attention to argument,
and even to some degree of accurate ex
pression ; this self-command, this effort of
reason, in the midst of passion, contributes
in the highest degree both to please and to
persuade. The advantages of passion are
afforded for the purposes of persuasion,
without that confusion and disorder which
are its usual attendants.
He or She I
A lady who corresponds for the Boston
Courier, recently met Dr. Mary A. Walker,
on a train going from New York to Wash
ington, and was anything but pleased with
her remarks and personal appearance, as
may readily be seen from the following,
which is taken from the lady’s letter:
The personal appearance of Dr. Walker
is not attractive. lie is not particularly
neat in clothing, and his hat js not
nicely put up, in a way to let you know if
he is a woman or she is a man. He wears
a sort of a cross between a frock coat and a
petticoat, which comes down to her knees,
beneath which arp conspicuous his panta
loons and boots. We thought he was some
what rude when she stepped *>ff the plat
form. as he did not offer ns her hand to ad
us in alighting. lie asked us to attend her
lecture, but she did not offer u? any of her
tickets, which ought to be well wrapped in
greenbacks to induce us to listen to what
he has to say when she delivers it. Good
bye, Doctor.
A Cure for Toothache.
A roasted onion bound upon the pulse of
the wrist will, it is claimed, st -p the most
tbufbscbe a few
News Summary.
An acre of land has been sold in the city
of London For $3,000,000.
II enry Clark, of Indiana, has got rid of
his corng, by cutting his throat.
The Cleveland lalies have taken to the
trick of asking their husbands for money in
the presence of strangers.
The ent : re police force of a Pennsylvania
town resigned in a body the other day. From
loneliness. He was a man named Jones.
At a recent wedding in Antrim, Maine,
admission tickets were 8* H, and the audi
ence in attendauoe behaved much the same
as at a circus.
A boy w.i recently admitted to a London
hospital "'D ha* 'utterly lost his eyesight
from n vmnna received while playing, at
“William Tell.”
A Cincinnati society paragraph reads :
“The Fifth-street mother heater has been
docile for several days, and the old lady’s
eyes are losing their Color.”
Maine has originated an improvement on
the matrimonial fashions in New York, in
not only having special tickets of admission
to weddings, but selling them to the general
public.
An old ladv in Massachusetts who ‘‘re
members Washington” has rather overdone
it. She asserted that he frequently came to
her native town to attend the annual fall
muster.
Th e New Orleans Directory was publish
ed with an error which cost the compiler
much expense and trouble. It gave the
name of a leading white citizen with the
affix “colored.”
A hoy in Detroit has killed sixty-seven of
his neighbors’ cats to get money to buy his
mother a set of false teeth. He has made a
quiet neighborhood where once was a howl
ing wilderness.
A young lady of Trov advised a gentle
man friend not to take flat-irons to bod w : th
him as they would warp his feet! The
stupid fellow did not know enough to take
the hint and propose.
A runaway couple in Delaware were
about being married, when the stern parent
put in an appearance. Friends interfered
and argued the case with him till the cere
mony was completed in an adjoining room.
An eccentric citizen of St. Louis dipd
recently, and left in his will SI,OOO to a man
who, ten years before, had run away with
his wife. One of the last things he said
was that he never forgot a favor.
If you hang youjself in front of another
man’s premises in New Orleans, it costs
you SI I ', People have lots of fun there
surprising neighbors by being found hang
ing dead in front of their houses.
The organ in the Royal Albert Hall.
London, will he the largest and most pow
erful in the world, having 9 000 pipes and
4*20 stops, inflated by two steam engines,
built by Messrs. Penn.
A Ye nango millionaire lost a lot of mon
ey and offered SIO,HOO reward for the thief
Wlien he wae caught he hired a lawyer to
get him acquitted, so as to save the reward.
Now, that isn’t encouraging honest indus
try.
An irreverent American in Cologne has
greatly shocked the ecclesiastic authoritps
bv offering to buy thp bones of the 11,000
martyred virgins in the Church of St. Ur
sula lor the purpose of founding an ana
tomical museum.
A young lady who read the report of the
Ames-Butler wedding in the Herald, thinks
it must be provoking to a husband ro h ar
all about his wife’s under-clothing in the
papers before he had an opportunity to in
vestigate for himself.
Pittsburgh, in the opinion of Hall’s
Journal of Health, is the healthiest city in
the country. San Francisco alone excepted.
It has nnither the ague nor sha.rp lake
breezes of Chicago, nor the long, hard win
ters of the cities on the Eastern seaboard.
A Michigan woman found a live lizard in
the heart of a potato, with no visible means
oF ingress, and has become insane in an
attempt, to decide whether the potato hatch
ed the lizard from the seed, or the lizard
grew the potato as a sort of overcoat.
Miss Augusta A. Miner, a type-setter in
the South Bend (Indiana) Union, is one of
the most rapid and accurate compositors in
that State. A proof of hers was taken, a
few days Rince, of 9.000 ems, having but two
typographical errors.
The present census will show that the
United States have fifteen cities of more than
one hundred thousand inhabitants. There
are but three countries that exceed this—
the East Indies with twentv-one cities.
Great Britain with sixteen, and China with
fifteen.
Virgil D. Paris. Esq., of Paris, Maine
has an ancient si'ver Syrian coin, called bv
the Greeks Tetradrnchma, which was struck
in the reign of Antiochuit IV. son of Anti
ochus the Great, King of Spain, 175 years
before the birth of Christ, making it 2046
years old. ,
The good citizens of lowa City are justly
incensed over the exhumation and dissec
tion of Mrs, Herriok, a very respectable
lady of that city, by the medical students
of the State university. The dissection of a
student or two might have a salutary effect
agamst the repetition of any such outrage.
An Atlanta paper states that a lady of
that city tied her husband's bands and feet
together the nthpr day, just for fun, and j
went through his pockets for a certain bil
let-doux. and found it. Ilis physician in
forms him that his face will not he badly
scarred, though he may remain permanent- j
ly bald.
Paper petticoats having come into fash
ion. the fdl iwing advertisement, thereof ap
pears in E »gland : Madame Percale begs j
leave to call the attention of ladies about
to visit the seaside to her new an 1 richly
embroidered paper pptticoats. atone shilling
each. Each petticoat contains and install- j
mens of anew novel of great domestic in- .
terest. by Anthony Trollope, entitled j
“Tucks and Frills.” The story will be j
in fff?y Va^Vfy
Withered lirowalow.
One of the saddest spectacles presented
in the Senate Ch iml e- in these days, is the
big cushioned chair which holds th« last of
the mortal remains of poor Parson B-own
low, <d rennesa-e. He sits just to the lefc
of the President’s rostrum, on the skirmish
line. There they bring every day the
withered remnant of the Apostle of Hate,
and over th it chair there seems to at
all hours, the black Angel of Death Sal
low and emaciated, trembling with pal
sy in every limb, he aits and watches the
proceedings eround him with what seems a
tearful interest, and only the little light
which burns dim.y in his once vicious eve
is left to tell you of the fierce spirit which,
in times past, inhabited that nover very
prepossessing frame. Ilia right arm lavs
by his side, and the thumb of it twitchei
and vibrates with the regularity of a heart
beat. They set a glass of water upon his
desk, but he never moistens his lips. Pap
ers lav before him. but their neat order is
never disturbed. There is no more expres
sion upon his shadowed, pinched und leath
ery lace than you would expect to find upon
the index of the mummy in the British
Museum. One can look up>n the still vig
orous, yet stricken. M >rton, and feel that
he bears tho retributive Imprint of vice ;
but one cannot contemplate poor Brownlow
without an rxrpression of generous sympa
thy. He seems to be waiting for his sum
mons. There may ho much of the old vitaL
ify in him yet, and may bo many days be
fore they carry him into the chamber for
the last time. It seemed as though, at times
to-day, his old viperous nature returned to
him, und he yearned to mingle in the heat
ed debate. But the present, with its tur
moils, and the future, with its. hopes, are
but mists to him. lie can only lo >k back
over his pathway strewn with wrecks and
lined with the rank weeds of bitter hate
and partisan selfishness. Let us he charit
able enough to hope that he-has the satis
faction which comes of a belief that his life
has not been without its fair proportion of
honegty and sincerity.
Seventy Years Ago.
The old atategmen of the West and
Southwest used to tike a horse from their
homes when they started for Washington ;
and the journey, generally at the inclem
ent season, consumed agonizing weeks.
John Randolph rode in from Roanoke, fol
lowed by the inevitable Juba; Jefferson
came in on his favorite mare, clad after his
own private fashion; Andrew Jackson, who
was a Senator in Congress, seventy-two
years ago, reached New York and Philadel
phia, after a tiresome journey ; and Henry
Clay often made the distance on horseback
from Ashland twelve years later, and liked
to march down the aisles of the House,
when he was Speaker, spurred and booted,
riding-whip in hand. John Adam’s letter
to his wife describing his experience from
Boston to Washino ‘ at the beginning of
the centuary, page from Gil
Rlas or Don Qufx r - ilntag * 6 . an, J>n(iy now guts to
Washington after this fashion. Tho steed
of iron and steel lias supplanted horse-flesh,
and llies throngh hills and across deserts,
over streams and prairies, with twice tho
number of both houses tied to its fiery tail.
The trip that took Alexander Hamilton two
weeks from New York when he came to
visit Washington at Mount Vernon, is now
made by Governor Fenton asleep in a bed
as cozy as if it had been mado for a king.
The South and West now get to Washing
ton dressed as f«»r a bridal. Space is almost
annihilated. Time is condensed from
weeks to days, and from hours to minutes ;
and men only stop to ask each other, “If
this is the contrast between 1800 and 1871,
what, will be the contrast between 1900 and
1971?”
The Partridge Hater.
The following article is a little old, but
still possesses some interest.
Mr. Henderson, who, it will be remem
bered, is eating one partridge each morn
ing between 9 and 10 o’clock for thirty suc
ce-sive mornings on a wager of SSOO a side,
is still engaged in that agreeable business
at Miller’s Kloman and this morn
ing put hifnself outside of his twentieth
bird. He commenced by taking the birds
broiled, but at No 12 grot tired the style of
cooking, and has since taken them stewed.
It Would appear that he is beginning to get
surfeited with the stewed also, as this morn
ing when the bird was set before him he
cut it in halves, eating one moiety, and then
taking a rest until his hot#*- was nearly out
before he ate the remainder. Thus far he
has fallen off 2l| pound in weight, and his
complexion is like that of “a clean shirt.”
If he is troubled with nausea he the
fact to himself, and is confident of aecom T
plishing the feat. S >mo who saw him de
vour 13 dozen raw oysters and three dozen
fried do. at one meal on a w. ger a few
months since, are putting up their money
on him ; aad others who bet that he would
not accomplish the present feat, having
watched him closely every morning, are
now becoming shaky about their srakes.
It is said that a man who could eat halt a
bushel of cut straw in which three dozen
raw eggs were m xed, failed in a similar
feat to this. The time will be up on the
25tb inst., and as it approaches the interest
increases.— Washington Star.
I——a—a—O
English Before Latin.
The New York Tribune says :
It is with great p’ea*nre that we record
that the Trustees of Dartmouth College have
voted to print the next Triennial Catalogue
in the English and not, as heretofore, in the
Latin language—or rather in that bastard
kind of Latin which becomes necessary in
turning modern names into the Roman
tongue. >o >n, perhaps, at commencements,
we shall have the Salutatory Addresses de
livered in a language which the audience i
can understand, and not in one incompre- j
hensihle to M ts’er* of Arts of three
years’ standing Fallies like these, puerile
and pedantic, have nothing to do with th°
question if the expediency of classical stud
ies; and they rather than else tend to bring
them into contempt.
I M.IMHII
Think of It„
Eighty six thousand, six hundred negroes
were the rec pients of public charity in the
District of Columbia last year. '
negrofs were f 'rEberly seif-supporting, but
Npw Ejiglaqd philanthropists have plated i
b‘u9 h’aVtc Vi fa tbs : p*'r 'crVafdfe'p.
The Kvil« of Smoking.
0; the threo methods of using tobacco,
that of smoking has insinuated itself most
extensively among the youth of the country,
end is jn reality the most hurtful
us? that cau be m tde *>f the wood Tobac
co being employed in this way, being <l. a vu
in t,y the vital breath, c >nveys its p >is ming
influences into every part of the lings.
Th re the noxious fluid is entangled in the
m nute, spongy air cells, and has time to
exert it& pernicious influence on the bli'd
not in vivifying but in vitiating i». The
blood imbibes the stimulant narcoti m prin
ciple, and circulates it through the whole
system. It produces in consequence a ter
rible action in those of delicate habits.
W hen there is any tendency to phthisic,
and the tubercular deposit in the lungs, de
bility of these organs, consequent upon the
n«e of tobacco in this wav. must favor the
deposit of tuberculous matter, and thus
pcw the seeds of consumption. This prac
tice impairs the natural and relish tor
food, lessens the appetite, and weakens the
power of the st >maoa greatly. The great
prevalence of a raving (hirst among smok
ers can be traced to its action on the lungs ;
and becaU-o it is there, instead of in the
stomach, the liquors that are drank do not
alleviate the thirst, but rather aggravate it.
It is tim 5 that medical testimony was turn
ed to that point, and the groat danger poin«
ted out that threatens to make us a natioa
of Sybarites and pignres.
llow to Have n Loving Wife.
If y>u have a loving wife, boas gentle in
your words af.er as before marriage; treai
her quite as tenderly when a matron as
when a miss ; don’t make her maid-of
all-work, and then ask her why she looks
less tidy and neat than when “you first
.knew her;” don’t buy cheap tough beef,
and scold her because it does not come on
the table “porter- house;” don't grumble
about squalling babies, if you oan’t make
up a “nursery,” and you remember that
“baby” may take after papa in his disposi
tion; don’t smoke and chew tobaoeo and thus
shatter your nerves, spoil your temper, and
make your breath a nuisance, and then
complain that your wife declines to kiss
you. Go home joyous and cheerful to your
wife, and tell her the good news you have
heard, and not silently put on your hat and
go off to tho “club” or the “lodge,” and
afterwards let her learn that you spont the
evening at the opera, or at a fancy ball with
Mrs. Dash. L T »ve your wife, be patient;
remember that you are not perfect, but try
to be ; let whiskey, tobacco and vulgar
company alone ; spend your evenings with
your wife, and live a decent Christian life,
and vour wife will be loving and true—if
you did Dot marry a thoughtless beauty*
without sense or real worth ; if you did,
who is to blame if you suffer the conse
quences.—Phrenological Journal.
Dsntet Webster— An Incident*
Many years ago, when Daniel Webster
stood at the summit of his commanding
influence, upon a certain Sabbath he enter
ed a small Methodist church in the vicinity
of Washington. The number of persons in
attendance was few, and the house and
furniture was of a very inforior description.
The preacher was a plain, unlettered man,
who had never enjoyed any advantages of
education, but who did possess a heart
warmed by the glow of tho Gospel. At the
close of the service, as Mr. Webster was
leaving the house, a clerk of one of the
Departments who had been present, accost
ed Mr. Webster and expressed regret that
a man of his eminence and extensive infor
mation should have been compelled to listen
to so plain a discourse. “You mistake,”
roplied *Mr. Webster, “I have been deeply
interested and moved by the sermon. As
you say, the preacher has no learning from
books, but he has evidently been instructed
by the highest of preachers—the Spirit of
God. We go to church, sir, not merely to
have our minds enlightened, but to have
the emotions of the heart awakened and
excited towards divine things. This ignor
ant # man. as wo call him, has attained a
reach of knowledge which no more learning
can give. lie has taught us our duty to
God. May we perform it!”
——■l. ii ••
Anecdote of Stephens.
A storv is told of Alexander 11. Stephen*
to this effect:
In the political canvass of 1856 he was
accompanied by a shaggy dog. named Rio,
that became as well known as himself. In
Columbia county he met a general 11. R.
Wright in debate, and worsted him. To
postpone the defeat Wright cried out;
“I demand a list of your appointments,
Sir! I’ll get my documents, arid meet you
at every place, Sir! Yes, Sir, I'll dog you
all over this district!”
Stephens pointed to *he sleeping Rio by
his side, and said :
“Then I’ll send Rio home. One cbg at a
time is enough !”
Wright sat down.
The Incrcaie in Farms.
The census returns show the per cent,
of increase in number of farms to be—in
Alabama 22, Arkansas 7. Florida 50, Geor
gia 22 Kentucky 28. Louisana 23, Mississip
pi 49, Missouri 55, North Carolina 21,
Tennessee 43, Virginia 18, Massachusetts
shows a loss of 26 per cent., New Hamp
shire 2 per cent. Texas and S uth Caroli
na are not made up. The p?r cent. of in
crease in establishments of productive in
dustry ; Alabama 43, Arkansas 76. Florida
263, Georgia 91. Louisiana 142, Mississippi
47, Missouri 242. North Carolina 1, Ten
nessee 106, Virginia 43. Texas and South
Carolina not made up.
i ■ ■■ arm i ■aunsxjßca
A Biash.
What a mysterious thiDg is a blush, that
a single word, a look or a thought should
send that inimitable carnation the
cheek. Strange, too, that it is only the
face—the human face that is capable of
blushing ! The hand or the foot does not
turn red with modesty or shame more than
the glove or sock which covers it. It is the
face only that is heaven !
Truth.
The desire of the Southern States is to
attract, not t> send away population. But
it wants an intelligent and thrifty peop e
who will harmon-ze with toe white race
and strengthen the social compact. It is
to add to the white population bv
a fatffc&u’s ary^VnL—'
NO. 18.