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. . ~„r wa at bird -ss v.p are engaged in. for. H
, , t j v . in i iii lust'-'m isly pursued, a fortune will
v , er | hegm to i vcrti-,e mv Ironware freelv,
increased with nn izuig rapidity For ten
. ip o' I hive spent ,£V'Hnn year! to keep nv
' v ires bof re the public Had 1 been timid in
cm I never sh>uld have possessed my fortune
. ,„|7 ; ' _ Mel.eod Belton. Biroiin/liatn
ng like fidas’ t*ueh, turns everything to
n i»_ von hiring men I raw millions to their
[ -_si,pi.'t i'l-'.v j.
1,., , ~\,v \ i4 to 1 ; - . and tvoldricss t.o war. the
I . i ii pviliter’s 1 it*, is to success in business ’
. r Pi., tid of idvertisemen’s I <»u and have done
ii -iv ulaiions 1 hnve the most comple e
,in ink " Vive tising is file “royal road
-i'li'-j" r ini "in
P : 3FESSIONAL p ARDS.
•r X ;; \ 1,1, A r o ' L»'V Th
U 1-inn. IJ i Will practic ir the Flint‘‘irenit. or
•a v. and attend promptly to business jan 1 8-1 f
Ur WK \ VLB Artorrieu lit I,
r'l’iiiviston, ‘.a,, will practice in >ll the (donrts
1 int I’ircuit, and rlsewh- re by special contract
fl'li in ii le y’s brick but ding Southeast, c ■rner
up s ! iir'. j .ii 1 8 if
IV , i . \| i‘Eg Dll E
! ) mlv localed at. The Rock, tenders his pr fessionnl
: sfi th surround ll g comtnult.y. and promises to
■ labor oi‘ attention to those who in i\ patronize
julv f2 -* inn
If 1 ! 'A\ I> k it’ll. At r u ney n"H 11
’1 ' e i I,aw, Thomaston. (la Will practice
- ia I o irts of i lie l ate of (1 corgi i, and at t end
1 Ho ;ll business entrusted t<> his cate.
ntvll »
I > V \ ■IV Sc Is\l (K E V
lR tJrilTiii. da. office in Alnmh all, n* xl do >
’ 'te t.ib ilfi'icr Will praotide in the Counties
"init Hie Flint < ircuit, and in the ifnited States
"art Attention given to cases in Bankruptcy.
'ttiVfj |y
! j VAI, A \IJX \ V i.LY v • rtt V Jit
1 * niw. .}>■; I'm. r.a Will practice in all the conn
' ' ’ iipri'ing iii.. Flint .ludicial (’ircuit. and in the
h I 11 IV ton, F ivet te and (tnweta.
’ 1 artic in the Supreme Court of Georgia, nd the
"art ..I the United Mates tor the Northern and
• 1 era iMsti ictß of Georgia
11 Ht.NW.YI.LY. [aplls-lv} L. T liIIT.AI.
j \ \ liEKN \ r »or ev I 1 1 w 1'
y * tston, (’.a. Will practice in the counties cun
- the Flint ludicial Circuit, and elsewhere by
i; r.i'hl'act. Ml business promptly attended to
I "in (’n,.nev’s brick tmilding. mcbll-ly
jJ'l' ; KK\ • VI", L fl‘ 'h' f*>
t * ' si'>;i;t! s rvlc.es te the citizen- of hoinast.no and
"‘•■'inc country. May be found .Girin t e day at
1 c 'tore, at night at the former reside ce of
■ 11 • 11. opposite Rogers ife Cheney’s Warehouse.
"n 14 ly
\' itKilil) X « A* "r v ;r L w
' ' Harnesvile, Pike co , Ga. Will practice in the
vs comprising the Flint Judisial Cir uit. and
' “ ire by specia on tract AI it si ness promptly
I Ito Oihoe n Idider - budding, ver chamber’s
l! ' Store. ugfi- y
P io.l v. BKxF.Ii \rti cn " a *t i L w.
» ni.imiston, Da. Will practice in the Flint Cir
-1 " I 'cvhere bv special contract. aug*27 'y
1 ''N l \\ \ [J, \rt .ropy • rtH 1! u >
>h.. v' ' wactlce i the counties composing
*, x \ ,in 'ii'' supreme Court of .cor in.
N ,' r ' 'ourt of the United States for the
Di ", o, l ' l ' v, ‘ l 'rn Districts of (.eorgia.
)Sth 187 .. lv .
\Vv Me ’ \LL \ \ t -vs
\ ' ,v, ng». n. eorgia. Will attend regu
, 7 1 *ce in the Superior ourts of the
>[ , „ ,7 'civton, i U iti. i| nrv, Soal ling Pike
began. Delvalb Gwinnette tind -las
dec (I--I.V
*1 | | ' VrilKA'N; \u .rivv of
’ PKi”*th ll!>, |I t,,n * aa ' wIM ,>ract i ce R ll the counties
‘ -,>i 4 7 ' 1 hat-iahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
•1 • .'ii Auariipy ar Law ILp' in.
l> ’■'l'nt V .' a practice in all the counties of
■ 'cun and Supreme Court of the State.
\[ jRJiIV BBI'IIUXE’ \ r ,n.." 7r
' n,| ti(‘i l .?r f' l| b'>tori, Ga Will practice in all the
‘ e idh.attahoo.'hee Circuit, and Upson and
unties dec 18-1 y
j )'. l lkßScill.•.mll niief ho nr not iev
'’"re v ' li' ine Office at B. 1). Hardaway’s Drug
decl^-ly
11 , p! *' 'b WALKER A'r.trnov nf Ltw
I o'lfj’^ a .' ' v 'b practice in Circuit Courts of
I alO ta ® United States District Courts.
LADIES’ FANCY STORE:
O V' E£R
MESSES. FLEMISTEE & BEOOKS.
cornkk ms hill and Solomon stekets,
GRIFFIN.GEORGIA.
respeotfully inform the good
citizens of Thomaston and vicinity that we have now
,n store, and ke> p constantly on hand a superior stock
and very latest styles of
LADIES’ FIXE DRESS GOODS,
LADIES’ iSi CHILDRENS’ SHOES,
LADIES’ JEWELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
LADIES’ NOTIONS,
MILLINERY, &c.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men Mer
chants know nothing about to he found at our Store.
0
The Choicest, Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock in
th* maket. Goods manufactured to suit the taste of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Call on or
address
.11 RS. M. A. HIGHTOWER Vk 0.,
mayl3-tf Griffin, Georgia.
AN 1 ) 1 JEWS & 111 LI 7,
MYNITFAOTUUERS AND DKALKIIB IN
FURNITURE,
03PPIH3, Blc., See.,
AT
J. A T. G. ANDREWS’ Mill, Fixe Miles
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
It \ L would ipspeet(ii 11 v inform nnr
} * friends and the public generally, that we have
estahed a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
it the above named pla. c, where we manufacture and
keep constantly on hand superior Furin.iire. f all kinds,
varieties, and gr ides. We are prepared to fill all or
l* is lor COFFIN \ and do all kinds of Cabinet work
with neatness and dispatch We flatter ourselves that
w can please all that know good work when they see
it (hir facilities and advantages in preparing our own
Lumber and Manufacturing our ow . Work enables us
o oficr any quantity, better varieties, an I decidedly
better bargains than other Furniture dealers in this
section of country. We earnestly request all that are
ii nee tof anything in our line to c ill and examine <ur
stock, as we feel satisfied that we ean give satisfaction
n style, quality and price. All work warrantee*! to l»e
i» represented. Orders solicited.
nny2i: ly -EAtt ANDREWS & L 8. HILL.
‘COTTON FOOD!’
A FEUTILIZ R ESPECIALLY
FOR COTTON.
Send for CIRi’ULAR before purchasing,
BUY IT ! TRY IT !
And you will NEVER REGRET IT.
ROGERS & C HENEY, Agents,
Thomaston, Ga .
F. W SIM- & CO., Agent. Savannah, Ga-. jan2o 2m
.JUST RUUUIVEJU
BBLS * BLUE GRASS RYE WHISKY,
Q 'll BBLS. DITNCAN BOURBON.
JLQO BHLS KUUFAY BOURRON
-1.30 BBLS COKN WHISKY.
Arda Large assortment of Imported and Domestic
3RAIMDFI3 A U J WITIFS,
Which we offer exiftnelv tow. As we buy only from
Distillers and firs class Importers and only FOR CASH,
we e.in >.ffer rare inducement. Olve us a call and ex
ami our stock. Li. COHEN CO.,
oct2l-m Atlanta, Ga.
CANNON HOUSE,
(Recently St. James Hotel.l
Ma.it tta Street, Gate City Block,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
lUar I. Per Dtv. .?•_*.oo ocr2l 6 u
DR. THD3. aTwARREN^
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFFRS his services to the C't’/.or.s f
Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to
the treatment ot
CIIKONTC DISEASES.
1' use at a distance can .-an consult him by letter
Office over George Beecher «fc > o , Hill Street.
april29-tf
WATCH REPAIRING.
rpHR <«.tiz£ns >f [Tnsoo ad -.dj ieent
1 comities are respectfully informed that I have
moved niv stock to the store o Mr. Mm Wallace, and
am now prepared to execute work in my line of busi
ness, on the most, favorabl terms. Rep iring of all
kinds done at the shortest no ice and in theneatest man
ner. 1 have facilities f<»r turning out good work, and by
strict attention to business hope to receive a liberal
shaie of patronage. Very respectfully,
aprilS-tf WM. L. BRYAN.
BYINGTON’S HOTEL.
CORNER BROADWAY AND HILL STREITS.
GRIFFIN,.... GEORGIA.
THOMASTON, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20. 1572.
READ THIS!
G. W. McXENNEY & CO.
Return thanks for the liberal patronage of the public in
the past, and hope by lair dealing to be able to retain
t e - tine in luture. W e shall keep on hand at ail times
a fui St >ck"of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS!
HATS, SHOES, &c,
W bich we v ill sell at sln.rt profits. Ir, consequence of
'he stringency of the montfy market and the further tact
that we are not able to do so, we are compelled to
SELL rOTI GASH
alone in the future. Those in arrears will pleise come
forward and settle at once as we must Lave money,
jan6-3mo
W. A. TUBLKT, | j W. P. IIHRSFY,
ot Tennessee. J J . f Georgia.
SAVE YflU.l MONEY
BY GOING TO
BARNE3VILLE,
AND PATRONIZING
Tl BLEY & BUSSEY
m
GENEB \L
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
•AND DEALERS IN
BACON.
LARD,
CORN,
FLOUR,
OATS,
COFFER,
SUO \R.
SYH U P .
and Molasses. NORTHERN and SHOP MADE SHOES
Cotton Yarns and Domestics.
They, also, keep constantly <>nb >nd a variety of Fami
ly TIRO > ERIEs, Plow and Breast Crains. Harness and
(’oilers, lines, Ac , ail <»t whieh will be sold a little
< heaper th in the < dieapest Fi )R ASH, Mr. TURLEY
It vng many aequaintanc.es and friends in Tennessee,
gives us an advantage in buying our Bacon, Lard,
F! ~r, and orn. >vt ioh -naUJes u.-. to «.ff .r inducements
to the trade that others ear not do. Come around and
see if we don’t give yon a bargain First door East of
the hotel, BAIiNESVILLE. GA. jan27 ly
ROGERS k GIIENEY,
WAREHOUSE
AND
COTTON COiVIMiSSIQN
MERCHANTS,
THOMASTON, GEORGIA.
\\7 E tnk° this tt etho'i of informing our
T T tri nda and the public generally that our NEW
W REHOUSE is now corn leted arid we are now pre
pared to serve them in the
Stor:g3 and Sale of Cotton.
Our Scales are new and correct, and having so-ured
ii e services of a competent and re'iahle Scalesman, wo
can saf' lv guarantee to do justice t<> both buyers and
- ellers. LI BERAL
ID “V ANGES
will be made or. COI’TON in store. BUYERS IN
THOMASTON’ will pay Ba-n svill** PRICES for Cot
ton. Insurance on Cotton in Warehouse ..ne per cent.
oct-7 - 6m
FOUTZ’S
CELEBRATED
Hora ail Cattle Powders.
This preparation, long and favorably
known, will thoroughly re-invigorate
C t JIT J (> broken down and low-spirited horses,
' strengthening and cleansing the
a \ r \ stomach and intestines.
'raßsgjg*<s7-i:jL- It is a sure pr-venti'-e of all diseases
incident to this animal, such as LUNG
FE V E R . GLANDERS, YELLOW
WATER. HEAVES. COUGHS, DIS
TEMPER, FEVERS, FOCN I) F,R ,
LOSS OF APPFTITE AND VITAL [ \
ENERGY, &c. Its use improves
the wind, increases the appetite— flTlnw y
gives asmooth and glossy skin—and vjf /■'/
transforms the miserable skeleton
intoafiuK-looking andspiritel horse.
_ To keepers of Cows this prepara-
■ il t * on is invaluable. It is a sure pre
\jf' ~7 "'’" ventivc against Rinderpest, Hollow
A \ Horn, etc. It has been proven by
y actual experiment to increase the
AiU R uant ity of milk and cream twenty
cent- and make the butter firm
an( j sweet. In fattening cattle, it
gives them an appetite, loosens their hide, and makes
them thrive much faster.
In all diseases of S-vin". such as Coughs, Ulcers in
the Lungs, Liver, &e.. this articleacts
as a specific. By putting l orn one
half a paper to a paper in a barrel of -A 7f>
swill the above diseases will b“ eradi ( s
cated or entirely prevented. If given JL, F Yj
in tim •>, a ce-tain preventive and
cure for the Hog Cholera.
8.171D E. FOFTZ, Proprietor,
BALTIMORE. BV it.
For salf' bv Druggists and Storekeepers throughout
the United States, Canadas and South America.
For Sale by J. YV. Ai WATER,
Thomaston, Ga. anvil-ly
thosTf. bethel,
DEALER IN
[)?,¥ CONS 111) WMCGIIIES
WOULD inform Hi'S cu<forn*”s -ir.d
\ > friends th t his Fa'l stock is now complete, and
solicit-' from them a conlinnar.ee of their formei pa n.n
az,. at his new fire proof store on Alaiu street, Ihom s
ton, Ga. may2o-tf
yVLI SCELLANEOUS.
Immigration to the South.
Iu it previous article we indicated South
ern Europe us the m ist likely held fur the
South t » s-ek that immigration which is so
imperatively needed for the restoration of
her ex labor. But the South must
do much mure than seek abroad in order to
encourage a sub'tantial immigration of a
thnftv and clees. Sue mud < ffer
adequate inducements at home, and these
i ductunentg must be such as will compete
with the zealous, determined, a r and intelli
gent f-ff rts made by the States of the north
west, their railroads and land agencies, to
k'*ep the fide of population flowing in their
direc; in us it i*«s liitherto done. L nd
mu-t be cheapened to immigrants ; labor
and o.iod assured them ; and espec
ially must they feel sure that they will
enjoy tout perfect social equality which is
80 large an element in the inducements
which actuate the European proletaire
W .en he abandons his old home and ancient
associations and customs for anew home
t* the untried West. It the planters of the
Carolina*. Georgia and Virginia, instead of
encouraging the appointment of politicians
as ‘ S ate immijra ion agents; *’ wereToform
themselves into ’ homesteadsocieties,” sub
scribing land instead of money, and guar*
anteeing to incoming labor small farms at
nominal priets. the houses upon which are
to be built and 'raid for out of the wages of
the immigrants, they would not only pro
cure labor, but that very kind of permanent,
settled, domesticated labor which they
themselves most need, and which will he
most useful in restoring the State to a
healthy condition. L“t it he koto the own
thrifty peasantry of the agricultural parts
of Italy that a married man, ny g.'ing to
toe South, can obtain at once a farm of
twenty or thirty acresof land, with a house
upon it for his immediate occupancy, all <:t
which he can make his own fee simple
property by the labor of five years, and an
important immigration will be at once
secured.
I'he essence of the matter is that the
Smth must not invite a peasantry, nor a
enantry. but a yeoman class of small pro
o-ietors, who will identify themselves with
\he best interests of the c untry, and be
•ome at once an industrial resource to the
backbone <>f conservatism, and the bulwark
*f liberty. And ail this the nudum peo
>le. do, now, at once, and elliciently,
vithoii. putting their hands in their pockets
for ad tilar, and by their own individual
maided per* nil flf us. Wsh Patriot.
I he Fir r AKW-p.iPEu in America —In
Buckingham’s ’’Newspaper Specimens” we
ind that the. first attempt to set up a news
ipur in N rth America, so far as can be
c rtained from existing records or from
dnion. was made in 1> st m in the yeat
1 '9O. (July one copy is known to be in
xistence. and tbs i- deposited in the State
t’.ip' f Office io London.
Number one of this paper, and probably
only tiutiiber ever published, is dated
'ept. 15th, 1090. Immediately on itsputdica
r">n the legislative autfnrities sp ke. f itas a
pamphlet, stated that it was an act c uitrai v
1 law, and contained “reflections of a. very
h gh nan re.” They sine, ly forbade 1 any
thing in print without license tii st obtained
from those < fiiceis appointed by the g"V
eroment to grant the same.” The paper
was printed by liichard Pierce for Benja
min Harris. Air. Pierce is said to have
been the filth person who carried, on the
printing business in B >ston.
Be. jamiri Harris, who w as the proprietor
"f tins, had a priming house in Boston in
1692 and in 1694 printed the acts and laws
of Massachusetts, and was ‘primer to his
Excellency the Govern, r and Council ”
Harris’ commission to print toe laws was
in the following words:
By his Excellency—l order Benjamin Harris to print
the acts ad laws made t>.v the great and ge er .1 court
of assembly by their Majes y’s province of Massachu
setts Bay ot New England, that we the people may be
inform ,1 thereof. Wm. Phipfs.
Boston, Dec. 16th, 1693.
This 'feuri. us, interesting and important
hi> orv. showing that the advent of the
newspaper to this country took place a
huniched aid eighty vears ago.
Mechanical Massuchu'etts is
a 1 out to estahli'h as a branch nf its educa
rioritil system schools lor the instruction of
the Wi.rkitig-classps in the mechanical
trades The idea is an advanced one and
cotres from Europe. It has been mooted
6 r some time in this country, but the S'ate
which leads in Urns and intelligence, is the
fi'st to adopt it. All the arguments which
apply in f .vor of intellectual training are
forcibly in advocacy of this system. 0- e
of the defects of our society is that we edu
cate the head too muchfa'd the hand too
little, that ->ur schools are hot-beds for pro.
ducing intellectual giants and laboring
pigmies. To inipr ve our products, and
put them upon a par with those of Europp,
we must improve our workingmen bv
special education. In strength, durability,
and usefulness of our fabrics* y ung as the
nation and it?- industries are, compare f tvor
> blv with those of < ther countries, but in
beauty and de-ign, finish in execution, and
features of art, the contrast is against us.
Not Cotton Alone —The muiu chance
of the suceessiu planter is the provision
crop—-not corn alone, but grain of all kinds
that will feed man or beast ; potatoes both
Irish and yams, than which there are no
more abundant crops, pea vines, turnips,
millet and everything else that will furnish
j food, which is the power of the farm. These
tilings constitute the main chance, and uot
cutton. because he who has them is truly
independent while he who has cotton alone
may belong wholly to his factor, and all
: the profits of ths year’s labor go to enrich
th* cotton-ring. How often of la e has this
been the case, the planter being barely paid
| out of debt, at best, with all his crops,
which, in the hands of speculators yields
a bonds me profit. Line upon line, and
[ precept upon precept have accomplished
but little good in this respect among cot
j ton planters. The same routine of selling
cotton to buy corn, bacon and molasses,
hames, wagons, plows and plow stocks,
hoes, helves, plow lines and a thousand
other things that could be made at home,
still continues, and the South has never yet
made cotton enough to keep herself in these
things and have money left over. It is a
hard lot to surrender yearly all the profits
of our labor to others ; yet such is the fate
that is courted by those who omit to provide
at home all the necessaries of life, and de
pend on one laborious and precarious crop
tj supply ab the wants <>f the farm.
Adjutant General Cooper. —The Lex
ington (Va.) Gazette contains the proceed
ings ot a meeting for the relief of Gen.
Cooper, Adjutant General of the armies of
the late Confederate States. The Gazette
says 4
“General Cooper was a New Yorker.
When the war broke out, he resigned one
of the most lucrative positions in the Unit
ed States Army; in fact, give up th* high
est office to enter the S utlurn Army, and
this not that the South had any claim on
him, but purely because he believed she
was right. lie was appointed Adjutant
General of the Confederate S.ates, and per
formed the duties of that office, to which no
military glory attaches, hut on whose faith
ful, earnest working depended the life of
the armies, till the close of the war, How
well fie performed his duties, the notorious
act that the Adjutant General’s office was
the most systematic and best managed at
the Federal Capitol, attests. For ibis the
United States Government burned bis house
and confiscated his property ; and since the
war, fio has lived in great poverty, on a few
acres of barren land belonging to bis wife
near Alexandria, Va. Here the brave old
man, now verging on to seventy years, has
worked like a common laborer to support
bis wife and child. It is a shame for us to
allow this.”
The Lab 'R Reformers. These faction
i-t have pitched their headquarters tent at
Washington, and it is said expect to spend
;i large amount ot money in the Piesidential
campaign, m the usual line of documents
and speeches. For these ad jects they are
much better supplied with funds than most
persons suppose. Though they do not
number strongly, the taxes upon individual
members of the party, through working
men’s unions, are heavy, and are cheerfully
paid. Nothing in social life is more curious
tfta ii the docility with which “labor reform
ers” stand the tuxati >n imposed on them
for current expenses by the heads of toe
organization. All tfie leaders of the move
ment are in the enj >yment of large salaries,
and have their traveling expenses paid, and
are trea’ed like princes By their obsequious
sollowers wherever they go. The Presidents
ot some of the trades unions get $5,000 a
} ear, and the Vice-President $3,0 0, and
there are perquisites and privileges worth
bait as much more. Such being the faets,
we may expect the Libor Reform Party,
insignignifieant as it really is, to make
some stir during the campaign. Toe man
age's must appear to be very industrious
and diligent in earning their money in
order that the workingmen shall not become
di'gusted arid stun rh*-ir '•urirdies.
Queen \ icroKiA, accor.lmg to a calde
telegram t -day, is consulting with her
s »u-in-law, the Prince Imperial of Ger
many, and other relatives in that epuntrv,
as to the expediency of her abdicating in
fav rof the Prince of Wales. It is a diffi
cult question, but probably the new pnpu
lai ity, won by the Prinea during his illne.-p,
may lead many to think that he may now
lie raised to the throne without danger of
disturbing the peace of the country But
the English love their Queen better than
they do the Prince, and if they were con
sulted. rather than the imperial family of
Germany, the decision would be against
her abdication.
Still They Comb —Accounts received at
Washington, from Au-Un. T< xas, state that
a delegation of one hundred Liberal lb-pub
licans have signed a call for a S ate con
vention to send de'egates to Cincinnati.
A letter from California also speaks of a
delegation from that State. Gov. Gurtin,
of Pennsylvania, it is said, has resigned the
mission to Russia to cme home and take
the field against Graf t. These things look
iquaily for ibid little de;*p t.
Kibbling*.
They tell U3 of a railway in Kentucky
whereon the locomotives are assisted up
steep grades by a yoke of oxen.
It is an established fact that a person who
is guilty of squirting tobacco-juice in tho
house of worship don’t expeet-to-rate as a
gentleman.
A poem entitled “The Strains the Angels
Sing" is going the rounds. If it strains the
angels as much to sing as it does the mor*
tals who read it they don't sing it often.
A Cleveland dry-goods clerk, a pcor or
phan, desires to engage b >nrd where the
secret of how he pastes his hair down in
scollops will be considered u sufficient
equivalent.
A correspondent would liko to know the
meaning of that passage from the Song of
Solomon, “Stay me with apples, comfort
me with flagons; for I am sick of love."
W e are no commentator, but we suppose
that was his idea of tapering off.
A New York editor thinks from the man*
tier in which shirts ure made in that city
there ought to !$e an inspection of sewing,
lie says he went to the expense of anew
shirt the other day and ft und himself when
he awoke iu the morning crawling out be
tween tiro of the shortest stiches.
The Cleveland Leader says that a gentle
man in that city who prides himself on his
personal appearance, lately sought to re
move a grease spot from his Coat tail by the
free use of benzine, and then stood close to
the stove that the odor might evaporate
more quickly. lie was quite correct in his
theory, but unfortunate in practice, for he
was soon turning cartwheels through the
window, and there was not enough coat
tail loft to make a “weskit" for a doll-baby.
A Keen One—During tho sitting of court
in Connecticut not long ago on a very cold
evening, a crowd of lawyers hud collected
around, the fire blazed cheerfully on tho
hearth in the bar-room, when a traveler
entered, bcnumbled with cold, but no one
moved to give him room to warm his shins,
so he leaned back against the wall in tho
back part of the room.
Presently a smart young limb of the law
addressed him, when the following dialogue
took p’ace;
“You look like a traveler?"
“Wall, I suppose I am ; I came all the
way from Wisconsin a-foot at any rate!"
• From Wisconsin 1 What a distance to
come on one p iir of legs."
“Wall, done it, anyhow."
“Did you ever pass through hell in any
of your travels ?"
“Yes, sir I’ve parsed through the out
skirts."
“I thought likely. Well, what are the
manners and customs there? Some of us
would like to know."
“Oh, you’ll find them much the same as
in this place—the lawyers sit nearest the fire.”
—— \
SujtsniNß and Sleep. —Sleepless people
and there are many in America, should
court the sun. The very worst soporific is
laudanum, and the very best, sunshine.
Therefore, it is very plain that poor sleepers
should pass as many hours as possible in
sunshine, and as lew as possible in the
shude. Many women are martyrs, and yet
they uo not know it. They shut the sun
shine out of their houses and their hearts,
they wear veils, they carry parasols, they
do all they possibly can to keep off the sub
tlest and yet most potent influence which is
intended to give them strength, beauty and
cheerfulness. Is it not time to change all
this, and so get color and roses in our pale
cheeks, strength in our weak backp, and
courage in our timid s ju!s ? The women of
America are pale and delicate ; they may
be blooming and strong, and the sunlight
will be a potent aid in this transformation.
Wjiat Makes Men. —it is not the best
things—that is, the tilings which we call
best —that make men ; it is not the calm
experience of life ; it is life’s rugged expe
riences, its tempests, its trials. The dis
cipline of life is here good ard there evil,
here trouble and there joy, here rudeness
and there emo ;t!.ne.“s, one working with
tlie other ; and the alternations of the one
and the other, which necessitate adapta
tions, constitute that part of the education
which make a man, in distinction from ani
mal, which has no education. The success
ful man invariably bears tho mark of the
stroggles which he has had to undergo on
his brow.
Well- po ted politicians in Washington
seem to think the contest for the Vice-
Presidency at Philadelphia w ill be between
Wilson of Massachusetts and Wilson of
I -wa. It is said that Colfax is in earnest
about retiring from politics, aD<i that if h*s
name brought before the Philadelphia
Convention it will be merely to obtain a
complimentary vote.
It is an interesting fact, not generally
known, that all the flags for the Navy, War
and Treasury Departments are now made
Mnauiiesa, the fabric being woven in white
bunting, and the red stripes and blu*» field
dyed in pattern. They are much brighter
thhn sewed in stripes, arid, by test,
have been found to outwear the old fash
ioned make.
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