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VEGETINE.
He Hays It is True.
Sf.naca FAf.i.s, Nny. 9, J 876.
Mr. II KStevens:
Dear Sir—As yon are an • ntu-e stranger to me, I
at von to know what VEGETINE has done tor
Only tho?e who have been raised from death’s
or can know the value of such a good medicine. I
uu :■ years of age. Three years ago 1 was taken
ill; with what the doctors called l.Uinbago. loi
lucks L w,o (routined to my bed. I Lad three different
physicians, without any help, i received no relief;
I was a great sutterer; finally I l>ecame entirely
helpless. The lust doctor told me there Was no help ;
he'said he might possibly s*yo my life by ejecting
morphine in my arms and legs. Tho encouragement
for saving my life by having this done so small
a chance I could not ntford to run the risk. About
this time my son read your adver isement in our
paper, a testimony of a person who had been very
si. k with about the same complaint, i(ud Was cured.
My sou went right away to the apothecary store aim
bought a bottle of Vegetine. Bet ore I had used the
first bottle I found great relief; I could move my
r,-if in bed. After taking three bottles I was able
to sit up and move about my room. Icontiued ta
king itu- Vegetine, and l was in a few weeks restor
ed to my former hea’fh. The Vegetine saved my
life after the phyaiciaps said there W’as no help for
me. I have had no doctor since, If I feel unwell 1
take a dose of vegetine. and I reooqujjppd it to my
friends
Vour Vegetine ought to be ip C't.y i*mitv. My
doctor was surprised to see me lit good health. He
-ays Vegetine is a good medicine, f tell him it cur
#4 me. He savs, “it is true. ’ I cannot feel too
fhankful. Very gratefully yours,
Jins. CVTHF.RINK COONS,
Fi,Jjs, Seneca county, N. Y.
¥egetir>e.
Al l, mSEAHKS OF THE BLOOD. If Vegetine
wall i. Ijeve paiu, cleanse, purify and cure such dis
eases, restoring tin* patient ti) perfect health alter
trying different physicians, many remedies, suffer
ing for years, is it nut toiplusive proof, if you are
a sufferer, you can be cured ? Why is this medicine
performing such great cures? It works in tlie
blood, in the circulating fluid. It can truly bo called
the Great Blood Purifier The great source of dis
ease oi minutes in the blood, and no medicine that
docs not act directly upon it, to purify and reno
■te, has any just claim upon public attention.
Vegetine,
WILL CURE
faiikei* ilsißßH'.
JicM KPoKT, March 31, 1876.
11. R, Hteuns: „ .... „ -
Sir—l.uA fall my husband got me ° bott ifA
■s our Vcgctiite to take for the CankeV Humor, which
L have ijiid in my stomach for several ye*>r s ; ° *
it, ami tlie result was very satisfactory. I J”'
Uu ago .1 many remedies for the canker bjwor,
ud none i cpied to help me but Vegetine, 1 here
is no doubt a, jny mind that every one suffering
with- nker humor can be cured by taking \ ege
tiuo. it gave nye 4. bitter nppotite, and I folt Let
ter in every respect*
Yours, with ff4gpect,
Mrs. EM/d ANN POOLE.
IfEtjE fiftE.
nothing equal to it.
South Salf.m, Mass., Nov. 14, 1876.
HR. H, R. Stevens;
btkr Sir—l have been troubled with scrofula,
■uker m 4 liver complaint three years. Nothing
tdid me guy good until I commenced using the
o -i tine. I gu, now getting along first rate, and
'■- i! using the Yegetijje, I consider there is noth
!>g equal to it for such popiplaints. Can heartily
o-eommend it to everybody,
lours truly, Mrs. Lizzie 4j. J’aPKahd,
No. 10 Lagrange street, South Saiem Mass,
'b .Kl INK thoroughly eradicates every kind of
lhim r. unit ri stores the entire system to a healthy
pond ition.
yEqsfifiE,
P/epaivd by' * L J?-, Stpypus, Bos
’ ton, Mass.
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VOL. VIII.
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(For the Gazette.)
The Decadence of lioSnummai
an sin.
The religion uf Mohammed, who
began his operations which so mate
rially affected the condition of the
world about GOO years after Christ,
that has long since passed the meridi
an of its power and glory, is evidently
wending its way on that downward
Slope that leads to final extinction.
The present war between Russia
and Turkey mav result in partial ex
tirpation from Europe, over more
than half of which grand division of
the earth it has at different times held
almost universal power. The Tur
kish government has been for centu
tnries the principal defender of the
Mohammedan religion. Being on
the borders of Mohammedanism and
Christianity, ir of neecsssity has
boon the outermost rampart in the
defense. Turkey is now on the
verge of dissolution, and when that
nation falls, all the strong fortresses
of the crescent are gone. D was es
tablished by the sword, and no doubt
it will likewise perish by the same
weapon. Tt is only a question of
time. With Tin-key goes Egypt and
the Barbary States, leaving only
Persia as its main defender.
Persia lias had, at different times
within the last three thousand years,
and universally maintained four diff
erent religions, each radically differ
ent from each other. First, Pagan
polytheism ; Second, the Monothe
ism of Zoroaster ; Third, Magianism,
or the worship of the sun ; Fourth,
and lastly, Mohammedanism. 'J ims
it will be seen, that when the latter
religion is found to fall back on Per
sia, its last defender, that it has not
the consolation of knowing that con
tinued immutability, constancy and
fidelity are among the virtues of that
instrument of defence. Arabia, the
cradle of the Saracen religion, where
military powers established it, and
erected jts mosques in Mongolia,
Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt,
North Africa, Barbary. Spain and
from thence a thousand miles into
the interior of Europe, has sunk in
to insignificance as a ocople.
The dismemberment of Turkey
would be the fatal blow to Moham
medanism ft would then cease to
be tlie established church of that
country, ami its power would no lon
ger be felt. Russia lias her heart
bent on Asiatic conquest, and anoth
er century may present tlie Greek
church as the state religion of AJo
hammedan country.
While we are considering the prob
able early extinction of the Moham
medan highway to heaven, might it
not lie of interest if thp relics it will
have leave behind to remember t.Q yet
unborn posterity, the fact that such
a religion ever existed ? The reader
will say there are many. Heartless
conquest rapine, cruelty, plunder
lust, intolerance and brutality will
be among tlpo lust. But there are
others—those of a beneficent and
philanthropic character. The path
of Mohommcdanism lias not always
been strewn with evil, nor has igno
rance superstition been its only
guide. iit/T Up wonderful suc
cesses of Mahoimnot /fad uk fin.me
diate followers had been achieved. ;
science and letters received careful
and elaborate attention at the hands
of the Arabians.
The great libraries of Greece and
Eg\qc wpre overhauled ; disciples of
Plato and Af istotje sprang up, as
tronomy was broughp to a s-.ion pc ;
the rotundity of the earth was an
nounced ; its circumference deter
mined ; its annual and diurnal revo
lutions demonstrated, and almost
the correct time taken to mark each
revolution stated.
They developed thp npplieinutical
exercises, invented algebra, ami im
proved geometry and trigonometry.
'They performed a complete revolu
tion in the science of numbers and
all arithmetic palm;hit ions by the im
vent ion of Hie Arabia mtn.pGiis, nm]
the system of numeration which
gives them a tenfold value in their
order Of location from right to left,
wUcb #£§ as great an improvement
over the Grec?an Roman method
of representing liiimbei* by ietpq-s.
as the m of printing is an improver
nii’iit in ihp ponjmMiooMtion pleas
over the old-imumscfipt mpth°d of
publication.
The Mohammedan Arabs were the
THOM ASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. JUNK 2, 1877.
first to introduce the use of the pen
dulum to regulate the instrument for
keeping time ; they originated the
science of chemistry, which accounts
for the appearance of so many Ara
bic names in our modern chemis
tries. Ale hoi, alkali, sulphuric and
nitric acid, and other important
chemical agents are of Arabic dis
covery and invention.
To natural philosophy, the Ma
hommet Arabs added many impor
tant ornaments ; in hydrostates
they constructed tlie first* tables of
specific gravity of bodies, and wrote
treaties on the flotation and sinking
of bodies ; in optics they corrected
the Greek misconception that a ray
proceeds from ihe eye, and introdu
ced the hypothesis which is at this
day universal}’accepted, that the ray
proceeds from the object to the eve,
forming an image on the retina
thereof, winch is front thence com
municated to the brain. They un
derstood the reflection of light, and
first taught that the sun and moon
could he seen for a while before
they had risen, and tlie same length
of time after they had set. They
taught to Europe the highly interes
ting and intellectual game of chess ;
and prod no and more poets and more
authors in fiction in the same length
of time than any nation that had
before existed.
In the methods of agriculture,
they demonstrated the same scien
tific turn of mind. Their estimable
methods of irrigation ; their skilful
employment of fertilizers ; their
raising improved breeds of cattle,
and fleet horses, all indicate a high
degree of intellect. Their match
less developement of scientific activ
ity was also demonstrated in the
manufacture of silk, cotton, and
wool, their fabrication of Cordova
and Morocco leather, and paper, in
mining, casting, and various metal
largic operations.
It will be seen, that should the
Mohammedan religion he compelled,
within a comparitivcly short period
of time, to retire to oblivion, and
give way to some other religion, the
same as did paganism to tlie mono
theism of Zoroaster, that to the wor
ship of the sun and moon, and that
to Mohammedism, it will leave be
hind some relics oi’ which it may
well be proud, and for which the im
partial historian has and ever will
give it credit.
But it must be remembered that
the Mohammedan Turks of to-day
are radically different individuals
f :om the Mohamcdan Arab of the
seventh, eighth and ninth centuries.
Ldio latter were as we have shown;
the character of the former is wfiat
Turkish history makes it. The
Turk entered Asia Minor and F.u
rope a victorious military horde, ta
king advantage of the divisions un
der the government of the last of
the Ceasars. They found the country
full of flourishing cities, good sys
tems of agriculture, art and archi
tecture in a fine degree of perfect ion,
and although business of all kinds
was some what deranged by the pre
ceding w r ai’s, yet active, .scientific,
conquerors could soon have made
the land bloom with prosperity.
The contrary has been the result.
Ottoman rule has encouraged noth
ing that was noble, good and states
man like. Composed of Tartaric
hordes from the east, they had no
statesmanlike or scientific ideas of
their own, and never incorporated any
of the progressive western ideas with
their systems of action. They des
poiled their provinces by their gree
dy exactions of tribute, which they
nyeor utilized to advance in a benefi
cial way, art science or literature, but
used the same to revel in licentious
luxury and extravagant splendor, so
that Turkey to-day, which might be
the giandiisf; qf tho Eastern, l.emis
plieres supporting a flourishing peo
ple, is a dilapidated land of impover
ished husbandry, crippled commerce,
and devastated towns and cities caus
ed by a cruel senseless and oppres
sive goyemmpnt. J, 0. 0. B.
Barnesville, Ga.
BRILLIANTS.
We should accustom the mind to
keep the best company by introdu
cing it only to the best books.
T<anguage is the amber in which a
thousand precious thoughts have
been safely embedded and preserved.
Let prudence always attend your
pleasures ; it is the way to enjoy the
sweets of them and not be afraid of
the consequences.
iffqwars aro the alphabet of an
gels, whereby they Wi'ifß on Hills
and fields mysterious and sweet
truths. _
It is amusing to hear republicans,
who have always contended that the
white people and property holders of
the south upgiq I.) bo voted down
and not permitted to control their
own states, say t; oy ire willing to
give Hayes’ policy a trial. It is a
happy disposition if mind that ena
bles an individual to affirm his wil
lingness to permit the doing a thing
ho ram not prevent.
It now turns out that the meeting
of Horace White, Aleck McClure,
Murat Halstead, Sam Bowles, and a
few other noted liberal leaders at
ffayes’ table in the white house, was
by special invitation qf Hayes him
self, and that Ifayes assured ihejn
that ho sympathised with the liberal
movement in 187”). YVe advise lib'
ends to keep shy of him. There is
nothing truer than that “fraud viti
utes yire Jcvcr it touches." Hayes is
where he ispy fraud. Ilf© cgse is
y/t'l’se than that of*Tylor or Jphngoiq
for both hejd their positions by un
questioned right and law.
Virginia City, Nevada.
\ irginia City now has a popula
tion of about twenty-five thousand,
including one-half the whole num
ber of voters in the State of Nevada.
Few pictures of it give a correct idea
of its position. In photographs it
appears to be at the foot of the
mountain, while it; is in fact built
across the mountain's face, and ihe
peak that rises two thousand feet
above it also extends two thonsa ml
below it. It is so environed and
confined bv mountains that the rail
way which connects it with the Cen
tral Pacific at Reno has curves
enough to discribe a circle of three
hundred and sixty degrees seventeen
times ; the distance to Reno in a
bee-line is sixteen miles, and the
| distance by the raidwav’, which cost
! two million dollars, is liftvdwo
miles.
The pitch of the ground is such
that what is the first story of a house
in front becomes the second or third
story in the rear, and looking east
ward, northward, or southward, and
eye meets an unvaried prospect of
chain of interlock peaks.
The People are ultra-Californian
in their nature and habits, excessive
ly fond of display, lavishly hospita
ble, impetuous in busines, and ir
repressible in speculativeness. On
October 26, 1875, a lire swept the
city from end to end, and ten million
dollars’ worth of property, including
all the mining works on the surface,
wen tup in the flames. Within six
ty days the most important mines
had renewed their buildings and
machinery, and within six months
the whole city had been rebuilt.
To guard against a recurrence of
the disaster, a system of reservoirs
and hydrants was established, and
it would be easier now to flood the
city than to burn it. The Virgin
ians are proud of tlie quality and
abundance of their water supply.—
The works cost over two million dol
lars, and tlie water is brought a dis
tance of thirty-one miles from Mar
ietta’s Lake, in tne Sierras.
What is most surprising is the
constant rushing crowd on C Street
the principle thoroughfare, and the
cosmopoliton of its elements. Pluto
and Washoe Indians in picturesque
rags, Chinamen in blue and black
blouses, brawney cornishmen, vehe.i
meat Mexicans, and many other peo
ple from far-apart countries mingle
and surge along in the stream. There
is nothing provincial or shabby.—
The stores are well stocked, and tlie
show-windows glitter with the at
tractiveness of thek- wares The
men around you are men of the world
who have traveled, and in many in
stances made money..
The resturants are not the least
among the marvels of Virginia City:
While every thing else is frightfully
dear, and the storekeepers seem to
consider all purchasers tlie happy
possessors of a Fortunatus purse,
food is uncommonly cheap, and an
excellent dinner of four courses can
be had for fifty cents, or a more ela
borate dinner, with game poultry,
and half a Dottle of fair wine, for a
dollar. Every delicacy in seasqn
finds its way from San Francisco and
New York, anil two oceans contrib
ute their produce to the marbled and
mirrored lunch counters.
Another development of the lux
urious character of the citizens is a
club after the metropolitan pattern,
with richly furnished billiard-rooms
and reoping-rooms, where the bach
elor may smoke tlie pipe of celibacy
in peace.
They are nearly all bachelors in
Virginia; the atmosphere qf the
place is by no means favorable to
wives and children : the feminine
element is very dccolletee in manners
as well as in dress, and yet t here are
good and affectionate women in tno
town, especially among the miners’
wives, and we see them to advantage
m times of trouble, when some
wounded creature is brought to the
surface from below There are few
bqarding-housus , tliq upper parts
of the stores and other buildings are
let out as lodgings, the meals are
supplied by the many excellent res
taurants.
While night has fallen on the vis
ible town, the itijisifilq iqw.q under
ground is glimmering with a thou
sand lights, just,as it has been glim
mering through ail the summer days
that have shone and all the winter
nights that have lowered ever since
the Comstock lode was first penetra
ted by a shaft. There is no repose
in that mysterious region ; none of,
the endless changes and renewal* of
season that sweeten existence on the
earth ; no relapse of day into night,
or night into day ; no summer, no
winter, and Sunday. The farthest
journey possible on the surface could
not take The traveller io a country
half so miraculous as that which lies
less than a mile below the parallels
of familiar stores on C Street : it is
as with a physiognomist, who, trav
oiling in the'interior of Africa, and
standing the strangest human faces
among the native?, would not see
any thing half so strange as the
heart of his nearest neighbor, had he
the power to probe the little depth
of flesh that seals it and its inner
most secrets. Nearly one-fourth of
the whole population i$ hidden in
the mines, and when we see how
overcrowded the superficial area is.
and realize how many more streets
and people are out of sight, how the
crest of the mountain is the roof of
a seventeen-story building which is
constantly sinking deeper into the
earth, we are prepared to agree with
the proud citizens who assures us
that Virginia is a “pretty consider
able place.**—William 11. Ridkim;
in harper*:* Magazine for June.
CHARACTER.
“S ODD Fits'—A MISS OF THK NINK-
T RE NT 11 CKNTIRY —A WIFE —A
HUSBAND —A WINDOW.— Xoddil’S
may be divided into four distinct
classes : Indiscriminate. Bert, Free
d's \vhicli*alsoEmbraces w tut may
be styled the condescending nod*
ders), and tae Stopp.-rs, or luitton
holders. There are so many degrees
of acquaintance, that to bestow on
each one the same attention would
be absurd. General Washington
took off his hat to a negro, bat ev
ery man eo: not afford to be so po>
l.te. V certain art is necessary in
repelling impertinent iamiliarity,
and in encouraging worth ; in re
plying to the arrogance of wealth,
and in letting the man of noble char
actor and talents perceive that you
respect him, although* he be poor ;
as of which can be done by nodding.
Consider first the indiscriminate.—
There are ordinary persons, with no
i knowledge of the art, who nod acci
dentally, as il were, and without
meaning. They h ive tlie same look
and shake of the head for every, old
face they meet.
Among the Pert noddersure dap
per little fellows, all smiles and fam
llliarty, who pass \ou with a brisk
step and a glance of tlie utmost in
timacy, as if you understood each
other well enough and had enjoyed
many a merry time together over
the bottle. They give you the gree
ting ot a bosom companion, altough
you scarcely know; their names and
cannot recollect for your very life
when you saw them before, ’f they
can come near enough they' slap yon
on the shoulder goodhumoredly, and
call yon Bob or Dick in a very loud
voice, no matter in what company*
you may be. One can endure al
most any evil with more patience
than this unwarranted familiarity.
Such men are the pests of public
life.
The third class, denominated
Freezers, are generally persons of
condition, bank directors, land-hol
ders, men in office and people who
keep carriages. Although this set
of nodders are by no means as disa
greeable as the first, they are, nev
ertheless, oftentimes exceedingly
provoking. In the civility of your
soul, being acquainted with them
and not feeling it any particular
honor to have one of your fellow
worms acknowledge, by his manner,
that lie has met yp \ before, you
give one a p ffite g ,od morning and
are mortified in the presence of your
friends by* finding that lie Ims not
c>en seen you, and is probably ut
terly unconscious that such an insig
nificant creature as yourself is still j
in existence. But on occasions, iiow
wonderfully do these abstracted peo
ple have their memories suddenly
brightened. For, if you can acci
dentally do them a favor, they will
single you out from a crowd at a dis
tance of a quarter of a mile. On
common occassions, howeyer, when
they dp greet, you, it is with the air
of one who is performing* a disagree
able duty. '1 hey slowly incline their
hearts with tlie air of one who is per
forming a disagreahle duty. They!
slowly incline their heads with grave
solemnity, aip] wish you to under
stand that you have interrupted a
very interesting train of thought
Among the class of Freezers there I
is a department styled the comlescen
ding nodders. There are persons
who, in no respect your superior in
point of intellect, conduct‘or world
ly wealth, affect to look down upon
you as being almost below their no
tice, thought you have re pea tel y
been in their society, and perhaps i
jiqvo often been a service to them,
but all this does not put you on a le
vel with their mighty selves. They 1
may be a little proud of their birth ;
you, of course, had not a father),
etc., etc. Whatever it be, they are
proud ot something, and so they are
very cautious how they receive
you.
After tiie Freezers come the Stop- :
pers. These are fellows who arrest
you wherever you meet, planting
thfiiqseivcs full in your patn, or
giaspingyou with energetic affec
tion by \he shoulder. They will i
keep you standing in any weather,
and when they take hold of your
hand they half dislocate your wrist, '
and shake and talk and vice versa
till you wonder what miracle makes j
them so glad to sec you, sines you
neither know nor cafe anything for
them. They seize hold of your but
ton when you seem anxious to escape }
and hence are denominated Button
holders. These are mentioned un
der the class of nodders, because of
their fatot] facußy to roqognuse their
victims andtheir manner of greeting
yon with an ominous huge nod,
enough to fling their head from the
shoulder.
It may be observed in this, as in
every other action, the true gentle
lyap’t i- .'wpai-aied from all others.—
Ho avoids the two extreemes of
wounding by arrogance and anything
by familiarity.
A MISS OF Till: NINETEENTH < EN> !
Tyity.
A sliaiige-loqking tiling, retaining
very little qf the liunia i form about
it, It spends its time at borne,
dressing, eatin., reading annals and
all sorts of sentimental periodicals,
copying love-songs, clipping and car
ving colored papers, inventing
match-boxes, yawing, drumming
aqd humming ; abrqad, chattering,
ginging and playing, waltzing and
quad rilling. Can this thing have a
soul ? It is not altogether a mere
machine, there arc indications of vo
lition about it ; and at times, when
the actuating spirit docs manifest it
self it betrays a spirit of malevolence
and envy, sol fish ness and dissimula
tion.
A WIFE.
There is the tawdry, careless wife
dawdling about with horrent pock
et-holes, unbuttoned gown, and dis
heveled and disorderly hair, and her
feet slipped into a pair of old shoos.
Sho was always a sloven and matrimo
ny makes her ten times more so. Her
house is like a brokers shop of old
clothes, the furniture is daubed
with grease, and the whole estab
lishment shows that it wants the su
perintending care of a mistreess.—
She is indolent, easy and goodna
lured. Her husband is also an easy*
minded sort of person, so things get
leave to pass without reprehension.
There is also the bold, domineering
matron, who dictates upon all possi
ble occasions whether her advice be
solicited or not. “She could man
age all the families in Christendom,’
to hear her speak. In choosing a
husband she has taken a simpleton
who lets her rule as she lists She
would break the heart of a man of
feeling, and a man of spirit would
surely break her bones.
The character of the good wife
can hardly !>e delineated. She pos
sesses so many minute, undcfinable
excellences, lie alone whose lot she
1 blesses, can fully estimate her value.
Yea, it is above rubies and lie feels
it to le so. She is the sweetener of
hij existence, and without attracting
any notice to herself, she throws
around his character a lustre, that
without her, never would have ap
peared.
A HUSBAND.
There is the idle domestic man,
as exact as clock work, who spends
his life in doing nick-nacks about
the house, or for variety, dodging
about a sale, or escorting his wife to
i market.
There is also the wealthy, money
making man, engaged in the turmoil
of business, who has little tccling of
tenderness about him, but finds it to
his interest to marry. He therefore
chooses a wife, not so much for a
companion, but as an economical
person to place at the head of his
establishment. Ho treats her as an
upper servant, gives her a circum
scribed allowance for household mat
ters, for which she must yield an
exact account. He is overbearing
and unfeeling, but his household do
not rebel, they look up to him with
awe and reverence, although he rules
them like a despot.
A WIDOW.
There is the gay young widow.
Oh, what a choice theme for gossip,
as sho goes about peeling from be*
neath her fashionable weeds. She
sets herself up to matronizc young
girls, that she may draw a train of
young gallants after her, and haply
catch one herself; but not one, fool
though lie bn to spend his time in
escorting her to bazaars, shoppings
and promenades, is ever fool enough
to risk himself for “better or for
worse. ’’
There is, likewise, your demure,
destitute, ill-left, friendless widow,
creeping about in rusty weeds, with
traces of comeliness in her careworn,
poverty-marked countenance. None !
know the struggles that she has to
keep out of debt, the anxious days |
and sleepless nights, yet her lot is '
more enviable than her younger and i
gayer sistoK —Free Press.
.% Sensible Hoilicr.
It is really ]>itiful to soe a good
conscientious little mother resolutely
shut iing herself away from so much
that is best and sweetest in her chil
drens lives for the sake of tucking
their dresses and ruffling their petti
coats. llow surprised and grieved
she M ill he to find that her boys and
girls, at sixteen, regard “mother”
clr'efly as a most excellent person
to keep skirts in order and to make
| new dresses, and not as one to whom
' they care to go for social compan
lonshi p ! \et, before they are snub
bed out of it by repeated rebuffs,
such as “Runaway, I’m too busy to
listen to your nonsense,” children
naturally go to their mothers with all
their sorrows and pleasures ; and if
“mother can only enter into all their
little plans, how pleased they are 1
Such a shout of delight as I heard
last summer from Mrs. friendly’s
croquet ground where her two little
girls were playing ! “Oh, goody,
mamma is coming to play with us! ? ’
She was a busy mother, too, and I
know would have much preferred to
use what few moments of recreation
she could snatch for something more
interesting than playing croquet
widi little children, not much taller
than their mallets. She has often
said to me, “I cannot let my children
grow away from me, I must keep
right along with them all the time
and whether it is croquet with the
little ones, or Latin grammar and
j base-ball with the boys, or French
J dictation and sash-ribbons with the
girls, 1 must be “in it” as far as I
can.”—Front “Letters to a Young
Mother j” Scribner for March,
The peach crop in Oeleware will
) he enormous this year, and the ship
per-s are puzzled how to get it ail to
market.
I A hurlesqe funeral over the re
| mains of a miner, in which clergy
' man and mourners were personated,
is the most recent act of profanity
recorded as occurring in the Dark
i Hills.
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Madrid is now practicing economy
with a vengeance. Flic Government
has transformed several ot it- ?inb.i-.
sies into cheap consulates.
Sonic of the surgical instrument* ,
taken by the Sioux from a surgeon**
pocket in the Custer massacre, and
returned by the Sions at the .Spotted
Tail surrender recently, had been
badly mutilated by squaws, who had
tried to covert, them into personal
ornaments.
Fhe shops in St. Petersburg have
projecting sign-boards, on which are
represented the prineipal articles
sold. This is a proof of the general
ignorance, for if the masses could
read, such notices would not be nec
essary. The same custom was prai -
tieed iu other European countries in
former tunes for the same reasons.
While bartenders are closing up
their drinking saloons in the East,
they are encouraging the tipplers t<*
further activity in the West. A
Santa Barbara, Cal., saloon keeper
offers to every one who takes a drink
a numbered tick3t. Every time a
drink is taken anew number is giv
en. At the end of the month the
numbers are put into a lottery wheel,
and the lucky number draws *•*,*.
Of course the toper who has the
largest number of tickets is suppos
ed to have the best chance for the
*>.■>.
One of the great annual festivals
of the Hindoos was lately celebrated
upon the banks of the Sarju, a small
tributary of the Ganges. The b.’ah
mins and astrologers announced that
a happy conjunction of the planets
at the time would render the occa
sion especially favorable for those who
desired purification of their sins by
plunging into the river. Myriads of
Hindoos rushed to the spot, deter
mined to bathe without delay, but
so great was the crowd that a num
ber of persons were crushed to death.
Their bodies were immediately
thrown into the water w-itli the idea
that they would float direct to heav
en.
Packard has written a letter to the
New York Tribune in which he d< -
dares that five of the eight Tilden
electors of Louisiana were logallv
elected, and that he lias documenta
ry proof to demonstrate his asser
tion. The letter has reached New-
Orleans, and is creating consterna
tion among the federal otlice hol
ders in that state. This Hayes bus
iness isn’t settled yet, nor is it like
ly to be,
There has been a rupture in the
French Cabinet. President MacMa
hon addressed a letter to M, Jules
Simon, head of the cabinet, deman
ding an explanation why ho nor Mr,
Mortcl kept the engagement recently
made at a council of ministers to as
cend the tribune and explain the
grave reasons which should prevent
the abrogation of the existing press
law. He had objected to Simons de
bates on the municipal law. Si
mon had an interview with Presi
dent MacMahon which ended with a
tender of his resignation, which was
at once accepted, all the cabinet then
resigned. France has been consider
ably excited. The Senators of the
left issued a manifesto to the effect
that the senate would not associate
itself with any; measures against re
publican institutions ami declare that
they' will energetically resist any' pol
icy' which threatens public peace.
The Solicitorship of the Treasury
has been offered to Dan Chamber*
lain by Mr. Hayes. Dan refused the
office and will pursue his profession
in New York.
Recollections ok Samuel Breck, with
Passages from his Note Books( 1771-1 8-
G 2), Edited by 11. E. Scudder. Phil
adelphia ; Porter & Coates.
Tt is always pleasant to hear old people
tell of the times and scenes they passed
through years ago. It is equally or more
pleasant to read the reccollections of Mr.
Breck, as’they are recorded in this work.
Mr. Scudder in unpleasant. introductory,
informs us that the book is not given
to the world, because of the great reputa
tion of the author, but because he kept a
complete journal, during one of tho n*ost
interesting periods of our history Mr.
Brecks associations were with the best jxo
pie of the country. lie began his diary in
1800 and when nearly GO years old he be
gan to arrange his recollections in orderly
form for his own amusement. His per
sonal experiences, anecdotes on contem
poraneous celebrities, and comments on
current events and the books he read as re
corded in his diary', make it very interes
ting. The work does not purport to add.
Important facts to history', yet we rind
some that we had not gathered elsewhere.
In an easy manner he narrates the manner
in which the first French sqsdron tc Bos
ton was entertained, and intersperses
pleasant au.vcdotea through the work. He
does not consume much time in giving
his personal history, but presents at once
his recollections of others. llis represen
tation of the naval encounter at Boston,
presents the subject in anew light. We
would extract this narration, but for our
limited space.
The report of Jndge Peters’ account
of the arrest of Colonel Flowers is very
interesting, and contributes something of
history.
While this work is not distinguished by
any great literary merit, it is written in a
very agreeable style and will be foun l in
teresting and entertaining.
Copies can lx* obtained at the News Dpi
pot in Barnesrille.
PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB WORK
1 Neatly ami Cheaply l A*. thi‘ office.