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£l)e ittcDu(fic Journal, j Alt sal Live Country Paper. Published Everv Wednesday Morning, by WHITK Sr COM 15S. Terms of Subscription. ©ne copy, one year ; One copy, six mouths l.tsi Ten copies, in clubs, one year, each.... I.'si■ ClT' AH subscriptionsinvaribly in advance BUSINESS CABDS. H, C. RONEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMSON, GA. rar Aval practice in the Augusta. North nrn and Middle Circuits. nolyl R. W H. NEAL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMSON, GA. PAUL C, HUDSON, A'ITORXEY AT LAW, Tlioinson. (»a. Will practice in the Superior Courts of the Augusta, Northern and Middle Circuits, and in the Supreme Court, and will give attention to all cases in Bankruptcy. Aug. 25, IST*. ts Central |)otel, BY MRS. W. M. THOMAS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA senlltf Jas. H. Hulse’s ADGUSTI STUB DYEIHG AND SCOURING WORKS, No. 123 Eroad Street, uear Lower Market, Augusta, tu;». TO YOUNG MEN. p Oil thedevelopcment of Business talents »n«i character, mul the preparation of yonng and middle aged men f»#r the counting house and hiw’neSß pursuits, the Lest facili ties are offered at m o o u* prs Southern Business University, Atlanta. Ga. The largest and best I’mcti- ! c.d Husinass School in the Student' ; received at any time. C-iT Scud for u Catalogue. June 24. IST I. ly c f i u m . I \U. COLLIN v PAINLESS Oil CM AN- I | / TTDOTE cures without pain onnatcr- | iul inc- nvenicnce ; •* Theriftka, an interesting quarter’) y 'inaga/ikc of about luo pages, with pages •of tesfcim«mialH. devoted to the interest of | the opium afflicted, and all necessary parti- j cuhirs, sknt free i*u applic.ilion. Address B. M. WOOLLEY, Agent. Atlanta, Ga. WOffiee in Park Medical Institute, corner Broad and Mitchell {Streets (lip-stairs;, Atlanta. Ga. I*2-f* Mrs. V. V, Collins, I site irith Eli Mmtiii. DEALER IN’ CROCKERY & GIiSSWARE, TOILET SETS, VASES, LAAU’S, KTC. Sufferers, l>y the late Tornado, who buy of me, a liberal discount will be made. No. IST BROAD STREET opposite James A. Gray’s Dry Goods House. AUG VST A, GA. • 081-1* CARPETS, RUGS, MATS, &c, Weave now offering at reduced prices during Abe Spring and Summer months our Brussels, Three Tli/s and Scotch Jngralns, ■ Together with a Large Stock of WINDOW SHADES. LAOE CURTAINS and CORNICES. Damasks, Reps and Terrys- Piano and Table Covers. Cocoa and Canton Mat iiinfi^s. Wall Papers and Borders. JAS G. BAILIE & B?« 0., «05 Bt'oritl Street. _ D7c«- E. A. MASS A, Dealer in Foreign and Domestic ip it ui r r ss$ 9 38 Jackson Street. Neae Post Office, AUGUSTA, GA. CvT Orders from the Country respectfully solicited. | FANCY CANDY MADE TO ORDER. Dl'i-a* ®he ItlcDuffu' Titleelilij Jaupirl. VOL. V. For Sale. HPHE large building, on Main street, in I Thomson, occupied at present by Sutton A Hamlet, Dr. Jas S. Jones and Mrs. i. C- Richards. Ihe house is well arranged, and finished throughput : with one large store room and i office below, and five rooms above : and j with a kitchen and well of good water on the premises. ALSO, the house, on Main street, now occupied by Jerre F. Jones, as a store house I For terms apply to JNO. L. HOLZKNDOKF, Novfftf Thomson, Ga. ! ’ NASHVILLE Business College AND TRLRGR ' PH INSTITUTEI Tie Colleges for the Times i Course of Study short, practical, tho rough. Hates reasonable. Board cheap. The Lebanon Business College and Telegraph Institute have been removed to Nashville We now have superior advantages. Send for College Journal to TOXEY *!• SCTTOX. NASHVILLE, TENN. I ClO-tf STOVES, STOVES! | 1 HEY arc made of the best material. | They always have a good draft Every Stove is warranted to lmke well. Our lowest cash prices are published. iArsons wishing CHARTER OAK STOVES can send money by Express. PRICES : No - G £510,00; No. 7, 00: No. • ’ 4'1,00; No. !>, ‘*47,00. liefer to YYIHTi: «S; I*oSills. 1). L. FV’I LF.RTON, Stove Dexler, A. Itf-a§ Augusta, Ga. Our Gratuitous ixponont* Gentlemen, although perfectly neutral in this matt, i, as far is self-interest is con cerned: not being a man of fashion myself, yet I e siinot refrain on this occasion from rising to explain the observation of which my studi. and experience in regard to matters of wearing apparel, and the comfort and satisfaction of -of--yes gentlemen alt ho’ unaccustomed to—-that is 1 firmly believe, from what I have seen- my wife has heard the same thing that economy, durability, splendid!ly, substantiality, and good fits can be had in the clothing line bv trading at A. J. ADKINS’. TIE HOVE SEWIIG' MACHINES. I First Inventedand Latest Improved ! The parent machine from which all others | date their origin. | Our points of superiority are Simplicity • and Perfection of mechanism. | Durability will las:! a lifetime. | Lange of Work without a parallel. ( Perfection of stitch and tension. I Ease of operation and management. | Self-adjusting take up and adjustable | head. i In short we have the Simplest, the I strongest. j The most durable and complete light run j ning family sewing machine ever produced, i Ladies are invited to give the new Ilowe j a tri and before purchasing, j Terms of sale, the most liberal. | lbcts. per lb allowed for Strict Middling ! Cotton in payment for machines. ry the lfowe, and y-»u will buy no other. Machines warranted. Satisfaction guar ! anteed. .Oils and Needles on hand. John W. WillinggliiiiTi, District Agent. THOMSON, GA. CIO c* PHOTOGRAPHS! j undersigned respectfully informs I the citizens of this section that he has ; located in Thomson for a time, where he j is prepared to make All Kinds of Pictures, | on reasonable terras, j Call and examine specimen:;. J. A, KELLY. ! D2B-at POETICAL. Home. BY JOAQUIN MII LKR. Some leveled hills, a wall, a dome That lords its gilded aich and lies, While at its base a beggar cries For bread and dies ; and this is Rome. Thou Rome that pouted, shrieked for room, To stretch thy limbs! A hill of eaves For wild beasts, as they were and slaves, And gypsies tout within thy tomb. A w olf-like stream, without a sound, Steals through and hides beneath the shore, Its aw ful secrets evermore Within its sullen bosom bound; Two lone palms*on the Palatine, A row of cypress, black and tall, " itli white roots set in Caesar’s Hall— With roots that round white marbles twine. They watch along the broken wall. They look away toward Lebanon, And mourn for grandeur dead and gone : And this is Rome and this is all. Yet Rome is Rome, and Rome she must And will remain beside her gates, And tribute take, from king and states Until the stars be fallen to dust.. Yea, time on yon Companian plain lias pitched in sedge his battle tents, And round about hei # battlement u Has marched and trumpeted in vain. These skies are Romo ! The very loam Lifts up and speaks in Roman pride?; And time outfaced and still defied, Sits by and Wags his head as Rome. Memorial Day in Thomson. JUDGE TWIGGS’ ADDRESS. /.adit ft of the Memoriul Ass&dation and Tcl/ow Citizens of ife Duffle: Death is the common lot of all mankind. The terrible Reaper is never weary with his (lossless rounds, and tin* human har vest which falls beneath his sickle, and m gathered together in these storehouses of the dead, is as certainly and regularly reaped as tho waving grain of the hus bandman, fructified and matured by tlio sunshine and the shower. It is as natu ral to die as to live, for living is but dy ing, and beginning to live is but begin ning to die. The innumerable caravan, which silent ly moves to the mysterious realms of shade, lies been swelling day by day since “man’s first disobedience and Hie fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world and all our woes.” The grim monster walks an unbidden guest both into the palace and hovel, and hnrlw his cold javelin into tho hearts of prince and peasant alike. Statesmen, wmvlors, Iraiws, witna ’l Med; triumph?..* conquests, glories, have shrunk into the narrow compass of the grave. Greatness, with withered laurels, fades away and melts into the dissolving shadows of time, and the ghosts of dead renown but faintly whisper in our ears the echoes of the world’s applause from the distant past. Around ns everywhere in these sacred grounds and sylvan groves repose the ashes of our own dead. Fathers, moth ers, sisters, brothers, friends, all lie hero and moulder into dust, but grief soon forgets to mourn, and they are too for gotten. Death is not therefore strange to us ; there is nothing more familiar than his pale vi . age, more common than his presence. Yet. there is nothing more uncommon or more novel than the cere monial we have witnessed to-day ; this wonderful exhibition of a common senti ment, animating once a year our people from the Potomac to the Gulf, and which finds expression in a solemeu and touch ing tribute to our soldier dead. Why is this ? It is because death is here associ ated with a vital principle which cannot die. ; a principle which springs elastic from the iron heel of tyranny, or the martial tread of conquering hosts. The principle of which I speak is the love of constitutional liberty, and the determin ation of a brave and heroic people to tip hold, maintain and defend the glorious structure of a government which had be* :i cement''il by the blood of ti chivalric ancestry. A government justly charac terized by your venerable Representative, the Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens, in his celebrated history, as one “whose match less framework has attracted tlieatfention and excited the admiration of men of tlie greatest learning and highest statesman -I:ljythroughout the civilized world.” A government of which Lord Brougham, the great English statesman, educated in the nursery of monarchial predjudices, says, “The regulation of a union vpon principles which preserved its integrity as a Federucy while the rights and pow ers of the undivided States Were main ■ tained entire, is the greatest refinement in social policy to which any state of circumstances ever gave rise, or to which any age has ever given birth.” State sovereignty was the essential feature which characterized the Govern ment, and was the web and woof of our exquiste, harmonious and powerful so cial fabric. The faith of the Govern ment of the United States was most solemnly pledged to forever maintain in violable these rights and powers of the individual States, and after much agita tion and discussion the doctrine of non intervention was finally settled and de termined. The threatened violation of these rights inaugurated a fierce political strife, which finally culminated in one of the most bitter and terrible conflicts of arms in the record of history. This war, my friends, was maintained in defense of truth, in defense of the constitutional THOMSON, GA., MAY 19,1875. right to a compact, j voluntarily entered into resistance to coercion and aggression ; in resistance ] to Federal encroachment upon the sover- ! eignty and domestic relations of tin' States. Encroachments l>y the creature upon the creator. By the agent who possessed only delegated powers upon i the principal who delegated these powers. ! ’Twas then that the silver cord which ! bound the two sections was loosed, and ! the golden bowl of unity was broken. | No reckless haste characterized tlie do- . liberations of our people in tlie begin- : ning of this strife, No tumultuous dis- j order governed their counsels, but like the sultry stillness that precedes the ! storm, when nature groans, ami every! leaf quivers without a breath of air, in ! calm and silent agony they beheld the ; threatened destruction of that shrine of I liberty around* which they had so long j worshipped ; then with hearts bowed liy sorrow they simply . t'.Ued to ho allowed-, to depart in peace. They were answered only by the bugle blast of war waged for the purpose of coercion. ’Twas then that the red lightnings of carnage flashed and weeping nature beheld “the Wood iest picture in the book of time.” ’Twas then that the avenging sword of the South leaped from its scabbard and an indignant and heroic people, true to the ancient landmarks of liberty, true to the j Constitution of their fathers, and true to i the ancestral courage if this sunny land, \ made no base compose between wrong | and right, between dishonor and ruin,! Standing alone, unsupported, and friend less among the nation:, of the earth, with all communication cut off with the out- j side world, she bore the shock of war, ■ and appealing to the god of battles to j witness the recitude.of her intentions,! she joined ill a dark, ■‘4-dubious strife. With no voice, of sympathy, no words of encouragement, no hope of succor ; but with a high and sublime intrepidity, she marshaled to battle tho flower of her chivalry and manhood', and when the billows of invasion swept over her bosom from every quarter of the habitable globe, unyielding still, dauntless and undismay ed, she died for liberty beside tlie flash ing of her guns. Deathtuay consign heroes to an un timely grave. The god of war may crush millions beneath the wheels of his Woody chariot, but. fl 5 gloat principles for which they st niggled will not die with them, but w ill live forever. “ ! his shall resist the Empire of decay When time is o'er nfil world's have passed T.'oM in fly dust the ] While,l heart, may lie’ But that which warmed it once will never die.” This, my friends, accounts for the strange spectacle of to-day. This is why (i,000,0l)() people, moved by a common implnsc, once in every year do reverence at a Nation’s grave. This is why once in every year I honsouds of fair hands are engaged in weaving bright chaplets to deck the graves of fallen martyrs who laid down their lives a willing sacrifice upon the altar of their country. “It is meet that beauty a.vi virtue should strew ! flowers upon the green mounds which hide such high resolve.” Let, then, every grave, however, lowly the soldier boy who fills its narrow bed, or how exalted the warrior chieftain sleeps in death, receive this d:iy a fresh tribute of immortelles, fashioned by the fair hand of beauty. It is right ! ever right !to honor the dead who died in defense of truth and the cause of liberty. We cannot forget memories which hand down to prosperity such unsullied honor, chival rous courage and undying patriotism. “No. no! by the heroes who died for our By their memories clearer than life to us 1 Ry & tattered banner its cross and its j stars. We’ll bear the eroft still, though the stars have all set. And we’ll bear it in peace if our conquerors show Jtespeet and not scorn for a brave fallen foe.” A decade has passed since the “ tocsin of war pealed his last alarm,” and in the light of that returning reason which takes the place of passion and resentment, 1 do not hesitate still to affirm that the Southern people; were right in making the issue, but whether wrong or right no belted knight e’er buckled on his armor in what they deemed a higher, ho lier or nobler cause. This sentiment of j duty and patriotism. I am satisfied to a large extent prevailed in both sections and among both armies. lam willing to accord to the army we fought the same honesty of purpose we claim for our own, and as for my self I will most cheerfully bear testimony to their gallantry and heroism. Is it strange, therefore, that our peo- ! pie, educated in the Southern school of polities and actuated by only a higlf sense of duty and patriotism, should chafe 1 under and resent the untrue and ungen erous stigma embodied in the word traitor ? No Confederate soldier fills a traitor’s grave. If fidelity to tlie Consti tution was treachery, then, indeed were they traitors. If the honest effort to preserve that liberty which George Wash ington fought to maintain ; if to cherish and perpetrate tlie government handed down to us by Jefferson, Madison, Henry, Rutledge and Pinckney be treason, then we were traitors. No, my friends, our treason has chiefly consisted in our fail ure. It is with nations as it is with in- dividuals. Alas, iu private Affairs, men ! -to© otteir. iiulgfi.. .motives by results: The most reckless venture when success- j ful is called prudence. Success makes \ fools admired and villains lamest, and \ much of the proud and boasted virtue of the world fawns on success and power, however acquired. Among nations which , are but aggregation of individuals, suc cessful tyranny is called patriotism and unsuccessful virtue is named rebellion! “Rebellion, foul dishonoring word, Whose wrongful blight :x> uit has stained Ilie holiest cause that tongue or sword Os mortal ever lost or gained, How many a spirit born to bless lias sunk beneath that whitheriug name : When but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame ! As exhalations when they burst From the warmed earth, it chilled at first, : If checked in soaring from the plain Darken to fogs and sink again ; But if they once triumphant spread. Tlieir wings above the mountain head Become enthroned in upper uir, And turn to sun bright glories there ! j Dam glad to say this sentiment that, j the people of the South are not all trait- j ox’s and rebels is fast gaiiiing ground in the North. A few days ago, at Doyles- i town, the gallant Federal General, AY. j 11. H. Davis, in his welcoming address at the reunion of the One Hundred and j Fourth Peni s*, lvinia Regiment, of which he was the old commander, used this re- j markable language in speaking of our i soldier dead : “ Our hearts should swell with charity towards them when we re- : member that but for the accident of sue- j cess Washington and Jefferson would hare no y renter claim to the name of. patriot than Lee and Stonewall Jack- i son.” True, gallant and noble words, and no one lmt a brave soldier could i utter them. The encouragement of such : mutual sea'haeuta will tend more tlum ; j anything Use to bind up the wounds ol the war and restore a feeling of harmony between the sections. Bayonets can never conquer the. heart. Our p eople can never be driven by harsh tiiatmeut, but can easily be led by the silken cord of kindness and good will. 'While, there fore, my friends, it is right to honor our immortal dead ; wiiiieitis right to refuse to recant tlie principles which sustained an nid'alteriug devotion to our cause ; let me in all earnestness impress upon your minds that the time is past which justi fies the encouragement of sen!:m nts of bitterness or crimination. Tho war has ended, and there should be an end of strife. Let us bury’ our passions with the dead, never to be resurrected. We should no longer review the wrongs of [the past., ami heart-burning, prejudice j aiiiT pa.,s.(. u shouii/xicafic It talo tho hour, i We have in good faith laid down our j arms, and we stand pledged to obey and support the Government under which we live, and let ns say to our Northern | brethren who have so long misunderstood, and who, I fear, still misunderstand us, that South; rn honor, unsullied in defeat as well as in victory, is forever pledged to abide the results of this war. However true may have been our iu | terpretation of the constitutional right to withdraw from the Union ; whatever may ! have been our rights and privileges grow out, of our peculiar institutions—all these have been annulled, repealed and forever settled by law—law which can never be misunderstood or misinterpreted. This being tbe case, men of the North, I say to you that you need uo better guaranty of the pacific purposes of our people, or of tlie sincerity of their pledges, than the fact that thru struggled for four long pears for what they in good faith dr.e.m --! cd a defense of the Constitution and the | maintenance of law. In surveying the past, I am often com forted by the reflection that there is a Divinity which, shaped the end and tlie I results of this war for wise purposes, ami which will, sooner or later, result directly or indirectly in the glory aud prosperity of our people. Man’s feeble foresight aud faculties, dimmed and obscured by mortal shadows, cannot comprehend the grand tmd mighty schemes of infinite wisdom, and the severest chasteniugs are often blessings in disguise. “It seems, in the providcuce of God, that great sacrifices are necessary for tlie attainment of the greatest good. Advers ity is ever a crucible in which the metal of human nature is tested.” This great struggle, therefore, through which we have passed, its trials and afflictions, will make us appreciate the blessings of peace, and should make us cling closer to the principles of constitutional liberty. Let us cease, then, our vain repining;, and strike hands with ourbrethreu of the North for the preservation of the honor and glory of our whole country. It is ours ; its glorious past, its memories and j traditions, are all ours, and let us deter mine that, come what may, come weal or : woe, its future shall bn ours. I believe Ia great destiny awaits the American peo- I pie. Only one hundred years ago these States were colonies of Great Britain. ! This seems almost increditable when to ' day we contemplate its prodigious strides to power, to wealth, and material pros i peril,y, and human imagination can scarcely conceive the grandeur of that , destiny which still awaits her. At one time the lamcuta le war between the States, and the ruinous and reckless policy whigli has governed the corrupt party in power since its close, justified a ; grave apprehension of an utter subver sion of our whole system and the extiu ‘ guishment of constitutional liberty for- NO. 20. ever: Bat at last streaks of light are breaking through a rift of the cloud, which has been hanging so ominously above us, and our people everywhere, j North, South, East and West, are rally ing to the rescue. Already the song of deliverance is : heard in the distant North and West, and i as the glorious anthem swells, the grand j chorus will be taken up by the full choir j of States, until every heart, thrilled by ! the music of patriotism, will hold com- I muuion with the sonl of liberty. But j ray friends the hour admonishes me that ' I mustering this rambling and desultory address to a close. You have yet a sacred ! duty to perform and I fear that I have already wearied you. In conclusion, let me say that weshould ever commemorate this day and never cease to cherish the memories it revives. Lot us enroll this tribute to the dead a mong the time honored customs of our peo ple ; it embodies a noble design and should ever be as settled and certain a recurrence as the birthdav of Washington or the Declaration of Independence. Noble wo man sets us the example and her voice is always heard, her influence always felt | in the eonsumatioii of all that is self-sac rificing, noble and patriotic. To them ; we may safely commit the memories of the past. Some writer lias beautifully said that womanly character, power and i influence are just as important in the j economy of Providence as are light, heat i and gravitation in nature. We believe 1 it. Seek to unravel the web of past ages, . and see how the golden thread of her in fluence is interwoven with every portion lof the strangely wrought fabric. We ' cannot withdraw it without destruction ;to the whole. Hero it gleams faintly through the darkness; there it shines with a hold radiance ; bat through all its changes we see and recognize its mighty I raoery. Our cause would not have lived an hour without her influence. She sns : taiued us iu defeat and rejoiced with us in | victory, and the manifestations of her handiwork to-day indicate the ontbreatli ings of an interest which from woman is j always the mute oracle of success. My friends, our sad duty will soon lie ended, and though no marble shaft or ' gilded shrine marks the lowly resting places of the “boys in gray,” let us re | member— “ They delict die who in their deeds survive, Enshrined forever in the hearts of men ; N’ot battle triumph, nor the rude cannon roar, . From their calm sleep can ever wake them more. l Dnld decorum eai.pro patrkt mori— ' Hallowed the dust where sleep, tlittbrave,” i v . Don’t Quarrel. One of the most easy, the most com mon, and most perfectly foolish things is—to quarrel—no mutter with whom, man, womau or child ; or upon w hat pre tense, provocation or occasion whatsoever* There is no kind of necessity for it; no manner of use in it, and no species or de : grec of benefit to be gained by it. And yet strange as the fact may he, theolo gians quarrel, and politicians, lawyers, doctors and princes quarrel ; the church quarrels and the State quarrels ; nations, j tribes, corporations, men, women, chil dren, dogs, cats, birds and beasts quar i re! about all manner of things, and on all 1 manner of occasions, ii’ there is any ■ thing in the world that will make a man feel bad—except pinching his linger in : the door—it is unquestionably a quarrel. No man ever fails to think less of himself after, than he did before one-—itdegrades ' him in his own eyes, and in the eyes of I others—and, wlmt is worse blunts his I sensibility to disgrace on the one hand, j and increases the power of passionte irri : lability on the other. The reason people quarrel about religion is, because they ; have so little of it, and the harder they ; quarrel the 4uorc abundantly do they prove it. Politicians need not quarrel. Whoever quarrels with a man for his political opinions, is himself denying the first principle of freedom—freedom of thought, moral liberty, without which there is nothing iu politics, worth a groat; it is, therefore, wrong upon principal. You have on this subject a right to your own opinions, so have others. You have a right to convince them, if you can ; they j have the same. Exercise your rights; ! but again I say, don’t quarrel. The truth is, the more quietly and peaceably we all get on, the better—the i better for ourselves, the better for our I neighbors, Iu nine cases out of ten, the | wisest policy is, if a man cheats you, to quit dealing with him ; if he is abusive, quit his company; ii he slanders you ( —unless there be something outrageous to complain of—the wisest way is geuer -1 ally, just to let him alone, for there is nothing bettor than this cool, calm, quiet way of dealing with most of the wrongs we meet with.— American Homes. A Remarkable Adventure of a Fish Hook. Some eight years ago a lad of thirteen (a son of Charles E. Myers, a well-known citizen of Portsmouth) while fishingfrom one of the wharves of that city, caught a fish-hook in the fore-finger of the right hand, near the roots of the nail, drawing it in to the bend of the hook. His fath er saw at once that the only thing to be done was to open the finger on a line with ; the hook and take it out, but preferred to call in their family physician to do it. Advertising Hntes. One T quare. first insertion 1 < 0 ■lack subsequent insertion 7> >ne square three months 10 (hi 111,- square six months la 00 One square twelve months -Ii no Quarter column twelve mouths +0 (Mi Tnlf column six m0nth5... ..%. 00 00 Half column twelve months 7f> 00 One column twelve mouths Itfi» 00 ear ten lines or less considered a square, \ll fr ictious of squares are counted as full (quares. After looking at it for a moment, the doctor, by a sudden twist, wrenched the hook from the linger minus the barb and point. The parents were justly indign ant at such rough treatment and insisted that the hook was not all removed, while ’ the hoy came near fainting from extreme anguish. The doctor, however, insisted that no inconvenience would result, and dressed the finger in some simple and safe manner and in due time the wound healed. But the finger and arm tr< übled him for a long time. After a year or two the lad’s health had so far failed as to become a subject of serious alarm to his friends, lie being subject to frequent and alarming fainting fits aud other spasmodic affections or symptoms. This state of affairs continued for years, with more intensity, until a year or two ago, when the boy’s health became nearly or quite restored. In the spring of 1871 the young man, while dressing himself one morning, tore a pimple from his left shoulder and on examining it, he drew from the flesh the point of the hook which, seven year’s before, was imbedded in a finger on the opposite side of his body.— Dover (N. Y.) Enquirer. Tall Men. Asa country becomes settled, and especially in the cities, where great numbers of human beings are crowded into a comparatively small place, men degenerate iu height, and the women are not only proverbially shorter than in the country, but they are less muscular. As there are thought to be exceptions to all rules, there are both tall gentlemen and ladies in old cities. A majority of them, however, if traced to their birthplace, will he found to have come from the country. Kentucky aud Tennessee produce, the tallest men in this chantry. A young boy taken from the city, whose parents are below the usual height, and reared in either of those States, would probably quite over top any of his family. The material abounds in the grains and meats of those splendid regions for developing the bones. The Patagonians have long been cele brated for being the tallest race of -njen in existence. Magellan’s associates give their average statute at seven feet four inches. Commodore Bryant’s officers seldom saw one below seven feet; and some exceeded that measure. . At the’ polar circles, especially”N&tb ( .the Esqui maux rarely tower above.four.fsei and a half to five feet. As A xhole, the English are.finely’developed, tall aud energetic. ' AmorieaiK are-* of aril the nations on the globe, varying in size, strength, height, weight, mental capacity, and energy, according to the predomin ance of blood from any particular source. A milk diet, of ali food, is most favorable for a large, tall frame in early life. Old Plows, A plow used by the Emperor Joseph 11, of Austria, iu 1709, was placedbesido a modern plow iu a portion of the Aus trian department of the Vienna exposi tion of the old plows of various nations. No better proof could he given of the great advauce in the improvement of plows which has marked the 100 years which have elapsed since his i nperial majesty worried himself and mother earth with that plow. This venerable plow was composed of tho root of a tree, with the stem for a beam, resting on an axle with wheels under neath it of about two and a lmif feet iu diameter ; tho handles were secured to the knee by holes bored into it, into which the hand les were secured ; the share was a piece of iron about nine inches long secured to the point by the knee, and then a strip ol' board about six inches wide was secur ed uear the share. This last coutrivam e was designed to answer the purpose of a mold-board. The old English plows, though much in advance of this Austrian one, were very awkward aad weighty affairs! such as now would riot be accept ed as a gift by farmers in any civilized country. Spain exhibited an old plow with shafts, and a wooden share. South France, a plow constructed with wood, with tho exception of the share, with wooden mold-boards five inches wide ; this plow was about SOU years old. Style in Old Times. In 1782, Governor Hancock reseived his guests in a red velvet cap, withn which was one of fine linen turned up over the edge of velvet one or two inches. He wore a blue damask-gown, lined with silk, white satin small-clothes, white silk stockings, and red morocco slippers. The Judges of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, as late as 1773, wore robes of scarlet, laced with black velvet, and iu summer, black silk gowns. Gentlemen wore coats of every variety of color, generally the cape and collar of velvet, of a different color from the coat. Iu 1780, General Washington arrived in New York from Mount Vernon, to as sume the duties of the Presidency. He was dressed iu a full suit of Virginia homespun. On his visit to New Eng land, he wore the old Coutineutal uniform, except on tho Sabbath, when he appeared in black. John Adams, w hen vice- President, wore a sword, aud walked about the streets with his hat under his arm. At levees iu Philadelphia, Pr sident Washington was clad iu black velvet, his hair powdered and gathered behind in a silk l ag, yellow gloves, knee and shoe buckles. He held iu his hand a cocked hat, ornamented with a cockade, fringed about an inch deep with black feathers. A long sword with a white scabbard, with a steel hilt, hung at his hip.