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THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE BY JAS. A. WRIGHT AND HUGH WILSON. THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. TERMS.—Three Dollars • year in advance. HT No Subscriptions taken for a shorter tiiqe tbsn six months. LOVE IS THE BEST FORCE Once two Hltie boys were on their way to school. They were brothers, •Dd their names were John and Frank John was the older of the two, anti he iiked to rule Frank by sharp words; bat Frank did not like to bo ruled in that way. “Come 09— quicker, quicker. Wbat a slow coach you are!" said John. “It is not late, and the day is bed.,” said Frank. * ■whSsSlp “I tell you I want to get to school in time to clean out my dest,” said John —“Come ! yon thall come." And then John tried to pull Frank along by main force; but, the more John pulled, the more Frank made up Lis mind not to yield. While the dispute went on, they came to a place in the road where u man was trying to make a horse pull a great loa4 of stones. The horse had stopped to rest, when the man had began to beat him. This the horse did not like, for he Miud tried to do his best: so he stood the horse would not start. In valrulwi the naan swear 2* him: the horse did not mind his oaths. Just then a young man came up, and said to the the load of atones, “Why do you treat a good brave horse in that way? He would j>all for you till he died, if you would treat him kindly. Stand aside, k ; set me ebow you bow to treat a good horse” So the man stood aside; and tho young man went up, and put his arm round tho neck of the horse, and pat ted him on the back, and 6aid, “Poor old fellow ' It was toobad to lash you so, when you were doing your best, and just stopped a moment to take breath. <Au« r» the young man soothed the poor beast, by kind words, aud soft p;t; “itb-bia hand; and then said to him, “Now, good old horse, see what you can do ! Come sir! wo have only a few steps more to the top of tho hill Get up now. Show you will do for love wbat you would not do for hate.” The horse seemed to know what was said to him ; for he started off at a strong, brisk paco, and was soon at the lop of the bill. “There my good friends said the young man to the driver, !; I hope you see now that love is the best force; that even beasts will do for you, when you are kind, and they w ill not do when you are harsh.” John heard all these words and they set him to thinking. At last be said to Frank, “It is a hot day, Frank ; and itis not late. Let us walk through HPriir.o to school." "“No, John,” said Frank, I will take the short cut, and will walk just as fast as you want me to. So, come on." “Frank," said John, “Love is better than hate, —isn’t it?” “Ob, a thousand times better! cried Frank. As chance would have it, they that day read in school a fable, two thou sand years old, which 1 will now tell you. North Wind and the Sun had a dispute as to which could show the most strength They agreed that the one that could strip a man first of bis cloak should be the victor. First North Wind tried his strength he blew, and blew, with ail his might; but, blow as hard as he could, he could not do much. The man drew bis cloak round him more and more t : ght he could not let it bo torn from him. So at last the north wind gave up the tug, and called on the Sun and see what he could do. The Sun shone out with all his warmth. The man could not well bear the heat: he soon grow so warm that he had to take of his cloak; and so the Sun became the winner in the trial. Love has more strength than hate. — Hursery. “Madame,” said a husband to his young wife, in a little altercation which will spring up in the best reg ulated families, “when a man and his wife had quarreled, and each can aiders that others at fault, which of the two ought to advance towards a reconciliation ?’’ “The best nalured and wisest of the two,” said the wife, putting up her mouth for a kiss, which was given with unction. She was the eonquerer. A VISIT TO'THE GREAT KBUMMA CHER. Report of His Sermon—The University and Its Lectures. I spent yesterday with the great Dr. Krumraacher. His voice is bro ke*, and Co'-kgeak# w%h difficulty. His baif-fir white with the frosts of 70 year#. Notwithstanding his age and infirmities, however, he is still eloquent and a prea cher. He is nominally court preacher at Potsdam, and has two assistants. Yesterday' was the closing festival of the church year, when the com memoration of the dead is observed. While waiting for the illustrious pr®e«- cher, let us glance about the church. A double gallery entirely surrounds -the interior, and the pulpit of white marble projects from between dark columns that support it, as well ae embellish tho tomb of Prussia’s great and loved king, Frederick 11. To remind you of the hero, the pulpit’s canopy is surmounted by an empty suit of armor, and an eagle, richly carved; and clusters of battle flags, discolored and torn, many bearing the namo of Napoleon, I'Rmpcreur, aro fastened to the walls. You are now disturbed by the hea vy tramp of who continue to come until the galleries are filled. Alter a chorus by male voices, and the first verse of the hymn is sung, Dr. Krummacher comes in before the lower altar aud roads the Lutheran forms, which aro often interrupted by repetitions, and chanting. Entering the pulpit,' he says to the people standing, “Peace bo with you,” and then reads bis text, “Let not y’Our heart be troublod,” etc. “There is a tearful enemy both of king and beg gar, who will meet us at our last and most difficult j mrney, that is Death. The unholy wise, of all times, have attempted to ctscrottsa iu terrors by the aid of reason. o»yir,g there is no immortality, the soul arid body' aro ;.r.o, aud tha g.uvu that cl OSes over the ono bolds the other. All these reason-proofs brought forward by sophists fade as plucked flowers ex posed to the bright sur.-light of na ture, for all scientific research gives contrary witness. But 10, there is consolation to us that believe, ‘in my Father’s bouse,’ etc. Wbat are these mansions ? In them w e shall find the realization of our ideals, and the abode of eternal peaco and joy (Friede and Freude.) “Barth is a sorrowful prison, full of misery and full of tears; but iB there another home for us hereafter? We believe with trembling. Then, dry your eyes, for God will reach out his hand and load you by' it, for, it says, “Blessed aro the dead who die in tho Lord." In the afternoon I had a chat with the celebrated writer at his home, and looked upon the family circle. He expressed great interest in tho cause of religion upon our side of tho water, and was saddened lo bear of the state of our German population, denoun cing as unbelievers those who so plain ly disregard God’s laws. I found his house a specimen of Lutheran Sab bath-keeping. While sitting at tho tea table, his daughters were busy with needle work. lie lovci to listen to his enthusiastic wife, who, though wearing mure marks of age than her companion, nevertheless showed much animation in relating accounts of en counters with Indians, which seemed to be called tor by ray presence. He was very cordial, spoke of Spurgeon, and Baptists generally, and beard with wonder of our young city. After taking coffee with him, I at tended a second service at the church, hearing pastor Ilogge, who is much liked, and has the biightest prospec’s. The church has been lately refitted, and be opened quite becomingly, re ferring lo the King’s munificence, and adding, “Hereafter Sabbath evenings, also, we can bid yon come, for all things are ready.” 1 believe that the building bad nover been lighted before by gas, and be spoke of the glancing beams that turn the night into day. His subj-.ct was the same as that of the morning, and bia words were lull of consolation, and fell sweetly upon the ear. Berlin. An imp ortant step in the literary history of this city was taken by Le ibnitz in securing from the King the foundation of the University', which has attracted tho greatest minds, it not hardest drudgers of Germany. WASHINGTON, WILKES COtINTY, GA,, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1868. Schelling and Filtho aro gone, but Frendelenburg ffffis their nlaces; and Neander and Niedner are succeeded by Dorner, Twestcn, ad Roediger. Dr. Roediger, that magnate of He brew literature, has a slight frame, now enfeebled by age, and bis hair has long been silvery. Dr. Dorner, 100, has not the stout German build ; his face is spiritucUe, and long gray locks bang down on bis shoulders. His lectures on Christ’s sermon on the Mount draw a large atleudanoe, and seem to bo tbe most favorite theolog ical course. “This is tbo first connec ted discourse of Christ,” says he, ‘and in it are laid down tbe laws of his kingdom.” Christ had already ac quired a wide repatation throughout Judea and Gullileo, and crowds of poople followed him, in hopes of flnd ing Arne who could break the Roman yoke, that is, a jjolitical Saviour.— They wcroHisappointed at hearing this strange sermon. It was deliver ed near Capernaum, in the midst of a populous country, through which the road from Damascus runs westward, near the home of Andrew and Peter, and tho residence of Jesus, perhaps on Mount Tabor, unloss on Horner van llaltim, the only other possible hill in tho vicinity.” He explains away tho drificulty raised by Strauss, upon the wo;ds of Mattbow, “And when' be was set,” and of Luke, ‘ And stood in the plain,” by saying that while the objection does not concern the sormon itself, nevertheless Christ may, at different times, have stood and sat, us well upon tho mountain as in tho plain. In the next to tho lust verso of tho seventh chapter, Mnt-J thew confirms Luko as to the of hearerß, and docs not confine them to tho Disciples. Wo observe tbui while Mallhow represents Christ speaking in the third person to the peoplo, Mark uses tho second, The Beait-iluuas ' nr» regarded by the Grecian church as equal in rank and observance to tho Lord’s Prayer, and are accordingly repeated in the Thu* he Introduces tts-to this divino sertnou. Tbo opposite of this mild and measured speak -r is tbe ec centric and impetuous Prof. Ilengs tenherg, also distinguished as a teach er of theology, but, I am sad to say, tho ultra-Lutheran of tho present day. You immediately notice the ah rupt ebanges-of his voice, and sudden accentuations, which. ad-Jcd to rest lessness in his chair, and gaz/ng ab stractly out of the window upou the trees in the park while announcing his weightiest thoughts, justify mo in calling him peculiar.— The Pulpit. Do all our lady readers know tbo origin of the word “bye on"? If not here it is.— Hymen was a young man of Athens obscurely born but extremely hand some. Falling in love with a lady of rank, he di.-guised himself in female attire, the better lo carry on his amour; and, as lie was ono day on the seashore celebrating the Elcusi nian rites wilh his mistress and fe male companions, a gang of pirates came upon them by surprise, ar.d carried them off to a distant Island, where the pirate got drunk for joy and fell asleep. Hymen then armed tbe virgins and dispatched the sleep ing pirates, when leaving tho two wo men upon the island, he spc-d to Athens, told his advonturc, and de tnanded his beloved in marriage as her ransom. His request was gran ted; and so fortunate was tho mar riage that the namo of Hymen was ever invokod on all future nuptials; and in progress of time tho Greeks enrolled him among their gods. In the lime of Oliver Cromwell, tho magistrates in the North of England punished drunkenness by making them carry what is called the “drun kard’s cloak.” This was a large bar rel, with one head out and a hole in the other, through which the offender was made to- put his bead, while his hands were drawn through two small holes, ono on each side. With this he was compelled to march along the public streets. AVbat a strange sight it would be wero all the drunkards now-a days compelled to march about wearing barrels for cloaks.” Hon. Jefferson Davis arrived in Orleans on the 4th instant. All the fire companies, who were out on their annual parade, as they passed tbe St Charles Hotel, gave him repeated cheers. As they passed Gen. Han cock’s headquarters, they took off their hats, and tho bands played “The Bonnie Blue Flag.” j, THE DYING INFIDEL Cue morning, Dr. Fletcher, of Step ne .Received a request to visit a man wt j was a professed skeptic and ap parently near his end. On entering tbi chamber where he lay, he beheld tin attenuated form of one who bad be u a tall, atblelie man, struggling unter the ravages of a disease at once th 'most painful and incurable. The do tor addressed him by sundry kind in- nines and expressions of sympa thy reminding him of tbe sufferings of Jbrist who gave Himself a ransom foi sinners, that through His atoning sa> rifice they might obtain the for go jness of sin and be restored to tho fafor of God. Tearing this, the dying man said, “Sr, T don’t believe that; I wish I eqildj as my dear wife there does; sho ,u«eves all you say." (W* II," said Dr. F., “but you say ! yc I wish you could, and that is a gi At point towards attaining it, if J’i a 'are sincere. Now, what do you be leve concerning Jesns Christ ?” -Why,” be replied, “1 bolievo such ananoneo lived, and tbut he was a v<-y good, sincere man; hut that is at.” U was a principle with Dr. F., when retsoning with unbelievers, if they ai knowledged tho smallest portion of tl itb, to make it a position from which tc arguo with them. This modo ho nl|yf adopted, and said— r You believe Jesus Christ was a gsLif man—a sincere man. Now do rtf’ think that a good man would to deceive others ? of a sincere use language that n\ust uiis- not,” ho reply; and. how do you reconcile your admission that Ho was a good man with His saying to the Jews, ‘I and mr Father are one ?’ Yfc u i they took nj) stones to kill Him Ho did not un- oive them, but still maintained the lljf I of his Gudbead; adding, ‘My , ,jp hour my voice, and they follow 1 know them, and I give unto them eternal life.’ Now could any mere man say, I give unto them eter nal life? Could any angel, however exalted ?” “Stop,” cried the dying man, with an excited voico. “Stop, sir; 1 never saw this before; anew light breaks in uj( mo. Stop, sir!” NWEdding up his omaciated hand, as iLAiaring that a breath might ohscuro tWWw light breaking in on his be rilWlod soul, and with a countenance lighted up wilh a sort of preternatu ral expression quite indescribable, but with eyes inton tly fixed on Dr. F., lie exclaimed, after a short pause, while big tears rolled down his checks — “Sir, you are a messenger of mercy sent by God Himself to save ray poor soul I Yes, Christ is God, and Tie died to savo sinners I Yes, even mo I” The Child and the Berries.— “Look, papa,” cried a child “at ljo berries I have found.” As his little girl said it, she showed tier father her basket hall fbll of them. Why did bo start, and ask, “have you eaten any of them my child ?” “No, papa.” “Not one.” “No, papa, not one.” He was very pale, as though some great sorrow bad touched him; but ho murmured, “Thank God !’’ “Give them to me,” he said ; “evgry cno.” “Every one, papa?” “Yes, ovoiy one; I must fling them all away.” “Fling away my pretty black ber ries that I took so lung to find ?" “Yes, dear child, they are poison.’" Thero were tears in her eyes; but she gave them up; and he dug a deep hole in the garden, flung them in, stamped them to pieces, aud buiiet^ them. v “Why, what aro they ?” stfd a*sked. AVhen he answered he said, “They aro the deadly night thAde.” Hast T’bou, O Father, ever taken away tho berries that it took us so long to find ? We know Thou didst in mercy; but it was hard to think so then. Give us faith to trust Thee in this, or anything else Tbou mayest do. A large bear, which by some inex plicable means had escaped from Bar num’s Museum, was chased through tho streets, and was finally overhaul ed. A tiger chase was the sensation last week. VALUABLE RECIPES. To Remove a Screw Rusted in the Wood. —Heat a poker in the fire red hot and put it on the top of the screw for a minute or two, then take the screw-driver and you will easily get it out, if you do it while it is warm. To Stof Bleeding.— The best thing to stop tbe bleeding of a moderato cut instantly, is to cover it profusely with cobwebs, flour, and salt, about halt and half. To Pure Sore Throat.— Take the whites of two eggs and boat them with two spoonfuls of white sugar; grate in a little nutmeg, and then add a pint of lukewarm water. Stir well and drink often. Repeat tho prescription if necessary, aud it will cure the most obstinate cases of hoarse ness in a short time. To Remove Freckles.— Cosmetics sold for this purpose aro often danger ous. The best plan is to mulce a lo tion of a tcucuplul of sour milk and a small quantity horseradish ; let this stand from six to twelve hours, then use it to wash the parts uffoeted, twico or thrice a day. Sure Cure for Warts. —Take two or throe cent’s worth of sal-ammoni ac, dissolve it in a gill of soft water and wet the warts frequently with tho solution, when they wiUjJj*»»<j!'3 l ar in tho course of a week or two. Molasses Candy. Take two quarts of West India molasses, one pound of brown sugar, tho juice of two largo lemons or a teaepeeitfii! of strong essence of lemon. Mix to gether tho molasses and sugar, taking care to ute West India molasses, which is much tho best. Boil to the consistency required. Imitation Apple Pie'— The raw pumpkin instead of green apples: slice thin; add iqual parts of vinegar and water, thicken with wheal flour, season to suit tho taste, and bake thoroughly. It requires more salt and longer baking than apple pie, but when done it is in no respect inferior. Black Ink. —Take a gallon of rain or soft water, and threo quarters of a pound of blue galls bruised; infuse ihietn for three weeks, stirring daily. Then add four ounces of logwood chips, six ounces of gum arubic, and a wineglnssful of brandy. A Sure Remedy for a Felon.— Take a pint of common soft-soap, and stir in air-slacked lime till it is of con sistency of glazier’s pt Uy. Make a leather thimble, fill it with this com position and insert therein, and a cure is certain. For Stopping Leaks in Roofs.— Take four pounds resin, one pint lin seed oil, and one ounce of red leud ; simmer together, and apply while hot. Excellent Hair Wash. —Take ono ounce of borax, half an ounco of camphor; powder these engredicrits fine, aodjiiissolve them in one quail of boiling water; when cool, the solution will be icady for use; damp the hair frequently. This wash effectually cleanses, boaulihes, and strengthens the hair, preserves the color, and vents early baldness. Tho camphor will form into lumps after being dis solved, but the water will be suffici ently' impregnated.— Watchman and Reflector. Good Counsel. —Sydney Smith cut the following from a newspaper and preserved it for himself: “When you rise in the morning form a resolution to make the day a happy ono to a fellow creature. It is eusily done; a left off garment lo the mao who needs, a kind word to the sori ow - ful, and encouraging expression to the striving—trifles in themselves light us air—will do it, at least for twenty four hours. But if you are young, depend upon it will tell when you are old; and if you are old rest assured it will send you gently down the steam of time into eternity. By tho most simple arithmetical sum, look at tho result If you send one person, only one, hap pily' through each day, that three hun dred aud sixty-five in the course of a year. And supposing you live forty years only after you commence such a course you have fourteen thousand six hundred beings happy, at all events, for time.” VOL. II—NO. 49. WORSHIP IN ICELAND. The primitive habits of the Icolan dors, far away from the world of fash ion and change, have much in them that is worthy'of imitation elsewboro. The following paragraph gives a plea sant insight into some of the customs connected with public worship: Tbe scone in an Iceland church on a Sabbath is said by a traveler to be of a singular and interesting kind. The little edifice constructed of wood and turf, is situated, perhaps, amid the rugged ruins of a stream of lava, or beneath the mountains, whieh are covered with nevor-molting snows, in a spot where the wind almost sinks under the silcnco and desolation of surrounding nature. Here the Ice landers assemble to perform tho dntios of religion. A group of male and fe male poasanls may' he seen gathorfng about the church, waiting tbo arrival of their pastor, all habited in their best gttire, alter the manner of tho country; their children with them, and the horses which brought them from their respective homos, grazing quietly around tho littlo assembly. Tho arrival of anew comer is wel comed by evory one by tho kiss of salutation; and tho pleasures of social intercourse, so rarely enjoyed by the Icelanders, happily connected wilh tho occasions which summon them to tbo discharge of tlieir religious duties. Tho priest m:\kcß his appearance among them as a friend; ho salutes individually each member of his flock, and stoops down to give his almost paternal kiss to the little ones who ore to grow up under bis pastoral charge. These offices of kindness performed, they all go together to the house of prayer. WHO WOULDN’T BE AN EDITOR! Editing a paper, says tbo Church Union, is a pleasant business. If it contains too much reading matter, peoplo won’t take it. If the typo is too largo, it don’t contain enough reading matter. If the type is too small, poople won’t read it. If wo publish telegraph' reports, people say they aro all lies. If wo omit them, poople say w® have no enterprise, or suppress them for political effect. If wo have a few yokes, the people say wo aro a rattle-head. If we omit them, they say we are old fossils. If wo publish original matter, they condemn us for not giving selections. if wo give a man a complimentary notice, then wo are censured for being partial. If we publish selections, they say wo aro lazy for not writing more, and giving them what they have not road in some other paper. If wo remain in tho office and at tend to business, folks say wo aro too proud to mingle with our fellows. If we do not, they say wo never attend to business. If we publish poetry, we affect sen timentalism. If we do not wo have no literary polish or taste. Introduction op tiie Tomato.— It is generally supposed to be a na tive of South America, and to have been cultivated at an early period by tho people of Peru and Mexico. It made its appearance in Europe in tho sixteenth century, tho first montion ol it being made by Rembert Dodoens the famous Dutch herbalist, whoso work, published in 1583, speaks of to matoes as vegetables which may' bo eaten as a sort of salad, with pepper, salt and oil. John Gerardo, an En glishman, whose “Herbal” was given to the world in 1597, tell3 us that in his time several varieties wero to bo in the gardens of his country. Half a century later, in 1050, John Par kinson, another English writer on plants, licaled of them as garden curi osities, cultivated more for their beau ty and appearance than for utility. Ho styles them sometimes as love ap ples, and sometimes as amorous apples. Rural New Yorker. A Gentleman, ono evening, was sealed near a lovely woman, when tho company around wero proposing co nundrums to each other. Turning lo hiscompanion, ho said: “YVhy is a lady unlike a mirror?” Sho gave it up. “Because said the rude follow ‘‘a mirrow reflects without speaking: a lady speaks without reflecting.” “Very' good,” said bho. “Now an swer me. YVhy is a man unlike a mirror?” “I caunot tell you.” “Be cause the mirror is polished, and the man is not.”
