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BY JAS. A. WRLGIIT AND HUGH WILSON.
THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
TKRMS.—Three Dollars a yeariu advaooe.
23P No Subscriptions takea for n shorter
time thbu six months.
PriutiHg of tie Bible.
During tlso roign of Hdnry VIIT.,
oatl in the year 1538, a celebrated
printer t.tuiud Grafton undertook to
print the grout Bible in England, but
owing to a lack ol a eaffieieut number
of workmen ar.d types, ho was under
tho necessity of transferring tho work
to France, which ho did, and com
menced operations in the city of Paris.
Such an attempt was, however, inim
ical to the touchings and wishes of the
Romish Church of that country, and
be was stopped from ptocctding with
what they termed a heretical book.
Determined not to be deterred from
accomplishing his great design, he
procured presses, type, printers and
bookbindets, and returned with them
to England, where he finished tho
work in the year 1539, which lias coh
trituted so much to the knowledge
and tho happiness of mankind. Tho
first edition consisted of about 2,500
copies, and each church in England
was supplied with a copy, which was
kept secured to a desk by a chain.
You would doubtless be surprised,
upon visiting ono of our churcbos, to
find that tho Holy Bible was chained
to tho pulpit or desk, and so would
any one at the present day ; but not
so then, for very few people, save
monks and priests, had ever seen a
Bible before, and a still fewer number
had been allowed to peruse it. Con
sequently it was in one sei so even
more precious than it is at tho pretonl
time, and, in order to prevent its being
stolen and destroyed by those who
wore opposod to its general uso by the
people, or mutilated by careless and
indiscreet persons, of whom all wero
not actuated by desires other than
those pro;'ipt»«A Ly i«W: .»itO=Hy. Soil"
vanity, it was necessary to keep it
within tho church, and under tho
watchful care of tho church officers.
Seven similar editions of this work
wero issued within three years,
amounting to something near 17,500
volumes.
Asa necessary consequence, this
amount of work furnished employ
ment to a great number of binders,
and rendered tire ar t of binding or e of
considerable importance at that pe
riod. The king himself had marry of
the volumes bound in velvet, sur
mounted with gold ornarnonts, and it
is believed that (luring his reign the
stamping of tools in gold was first
practiced- Queen Elizabeth, who suc
ceeded Henry VIII, made some ex
quisite boob covering i of embroidery
with her owa ha.. and af. r b - 1. fir
ing bo .ks of devotion, etc., with them
presented them to her friends and
admirers. But to a French noble
man, named Jean Grolier, is the credit
duo for being ,ho first to introduce
lettering upon the backs of bo' ks, ad
for a mott elegant stylo of ornamenta
tion. Hr delighted in havin; the
sides of his books Ornamented with
beautiful patterns, most of which he
designed himself. His books were ail
bound in calf, or smooth morocco, and
the design peculiar to himself consist
ed of intersected line work, performed
by hand, with curves, and an occa
sional flower or loaf. Sometimes these
patterns were inlaid with morocco ol
various colors. His books arc much
sought after by connoisseurs in tho
art, on account of tho great beauty
and elegance of their binding. — Chris
tian Index.
Ten Good Rules. —Choose the
path of virtue, and imitate a high
pattern.
Do all the good in thy power, and
let every action be useful.
Cultivate thy mind carefully—it
will be a store of pleasing reflection.
Bo diligent in thy business, and
strictly upright in thy dealings.
Investigate affairs closely, and en
gage in them cautiously.
Lay thy plans with prudence, and
be prepared with emergencies.
In all difficulties be patient, and
overcome them by perseverance.
Do that which needs doing most.
Have a place for everything and
everything in its place.
In all things be economical without
meanness, and combine utility with
elegance.
No man repents of having done his
duty.
DIAMONDS QUARRIED FROM THE
BIBLE.
Remember s,by Croator in tho days
| of thy youth.
! Riches profit net in tho day of
| wrath; but righteousness defivprctti
jfiOra death.
j Labor not to be rich ; cease from
i thine own wisdom.
Rejoice not in iniquity ; but njoieo
I in tho truth.
Truly, the Sight is sweet, and a plea
! sant thing it is for tho eyes to behold
tho sun.
j In tho day of prosperity bo joyful;
but in the day of adversity consider.
Let us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter; Fear God, and keep
bis commandments; for this is tho
whole duty of man.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee,
be uot dismayed, for I am thy God ;
1 will strengthen thee; yea, 1 will
help thee, yea, I will uphold theo.
Thine, O Lord, is the greatnets, and
tho power, and tho glory, and the
victory, and the majesty; for all that
is in the heavens, and in the earth is
thine.
Can any hido himself in secret pla
ces, that I shall not see him? saith
the Lord.
Thy word is a light unto my feet,
and a lamp unto my path
By tho word of thy lips 1 have kept
mo from tho paths of tho destroyer.
For ho that will love life, and Bee
good days, let him refrain his toiigqo
from evil, and his lips that they speak
no guilo.
Let your light so siiino before men,
that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in
heaven.
Anew commandment 1 givo unto
you, that yo lovo ono anotbor; ns I
have loved you', that yo also Eve one
another.
O Lord, Lhuu mg lips; and
my'mbuflisnslf show ffirtlrttiy praise.
My lips shall not speak wickedness,
nor my tongue utter deceit.
By lovo servo one another, for all
the law is fulfilled in ono word, even
in this: Thou sbalt lovo thy neighbor
as thyself.
Blessed is the mar. that walkoth not
in tho counsel of the ungodly, nor
elaudoih in the way of bintiers, nor
sittoth iu the scat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the
Lord; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.
Thcro is no fear in lovo; but perfect
love casteth out fear.
The Lord is our Judge: tho Lord is
our Lawgiver : The Lord is our King,
he will save us.
Tho grass witherclh, the flower
fadeth; but the word of our God shall
stand forever.
For the commandment is a lamp,
and tho law is light; and reproofs of
instruction arc the way of life.
lie th’at Koarehoth the hearts, know
eth what is the mind of the Spirit.
As many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they arc tho sons of God.
Peter and the other apostles an
swered and said, Wo ought Lo obey
God rather than man.
Blessed is he that considcreth the
poor; tho Lord will deliver him in
timo ol trouble.
Keep 31 y Eves Shot. —Little Hen
ry bad been quite sick. When ho
was slowly recovering, and just able
to be up, and about the room, he was
loft alone a short time, when his sister
camo in, eating a pficco of cake. Ilis
mother bad toid him that he must eat
nothing bat what she gave him, and
that it would not to safe for him to
have what other children did till he
was stronger.
His appetite was coming back; the
cake looked inviting; he wanted very
much to take a bile of it, and his kind
sister would gladly have given it to
him.
“Jennie,” said be, “you must run
right out of the room, away from me
with that cako, and I’ll keep my eyes
shut while you go, so that I shan’t
want it.”
Wasn’t that a good way for a little
boy of seven years to get out of temp
tation? I think so. And when 1
heard of it, I thought that thcro are a
great many times when children, and
grown peoplo too, if they would re
member little Henry’s way, would
escape from sin and trouble.
“Turn away mine eyes from behold
ing iniquity, and quicken thou me in
thy way,” was the Psalmist’s prayer ;
and it is a good one for each of us.
WASHINGTON, WILKE* COUNTY, GA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2,18 GS.
THE PEACHES-
A countryman brought from tho
city five peaches, tho finest that evor
wore soon. Bat his children saw this
fruit for the first time. Therefore
they wondered and rejoiuod in tho
pielly peaches with tl-.olr red cheeks
and delicate dovyu. Tho father then
divided them among his four boys and
gavo one to their mother.
Iu the evening, vvhon tho children
went to their sleeping chamber, tho
father "asked: “Well, and bow did tho
pretty peaches taste ?”
“Finely, dear father,” sail the old
est. “It is a beautiful fruit—so tar
tish and dolieato iu taste. 1 lutvo
carefully kept tho stono, and I w ill
raise a treo from it.”
“Bravo," said tho father; “that is
providing economically lor the futuro
us becomes a landsman.”
“I alo mine atonco,” tho youngest
cried, “and throw away the stone, and
mother gave mo half of her’a. Oh, it
tasted so sweet, and melted in my
mouth.”
“Well,” said tho father, “you have
not acted very wisely, but naturully,
and in a child’s manner. For wisdom
ihero is yet room in tho course of
your life.”
Then thcsccond son bogan : “I hun
ted up the stono which my hltlo bro
ther threw away, and cracked it.
There was a soed in it that tasted as
a nut. But my poach I sold for
enough, when I go to tho * city, that 1
can probably buy twelve.”
The father shock Lis head, and
said : , ■'' I . '
“That is wise enough, but child like
and natural it was r.ot. Heaven
guard you that you do not become a
merchant.”
“And you, Edmund?" .asked the
father.
Self-possessed and frank, Jvlqir.mi
eg c-tn-tHcd . • \ t ]■ aSSWI* V'VNiW'
iimg-.-tr-n- «-CCirgO,' ", bo was bTcE of a
fever, lie would not lake it; then 1
laid it upon his he'd, and came away.”
“Well,” raid tho father who has
made tho host uso ol his peach ?”
All throo exclaimed, “Brother Ed
mund !” Bat Edmund was silent,
and his mother embraced him with
tears in her eyes.
A LITTLE MISSION GIRL.
A Hltlo mis.-don girl knoll ono night
by her bed to pray. She was thinking
of tho Sunday school teacher, and of
what she had heard ol Jesus, and she
began lo hear a soft voico saying,
“Sarah, Sarah, I died for you on tho
Gross. 1 lovo you. Sarah, won’t you
lovo mo ?”
Tin:; soft voice she heard in her
heart, not in h- r tar; so sho began to
feel her heart getting warmer, and it
whispered to her, “Ob, how Ho did
love me. Yea, i mu.it love Him. I
am going to begin now .” Ho sho said
to Jesus—-for she knew that it was
Ilia voico she heard in her heart—
“ Jesus, I am only a poor little girl, but
I want to love you. It is hard to do
right, but I want to do it, and I want
to come to you.”
She got up tho next morning, and
the next, and the next, and pretty
soon the lady she was living with be
gan to say-, “Why, what is tho matter
with Sarah? what has cotno over
her? How nice sho keeps every
thing, and how careful she is. When
she takes the baby to nurso sho does
not drop it, and she docs not leave
her wotk and run out to play-, and sho
does not tell any more lies. What
has come over her ?”
Ah, she has got something in her
heart. What is it? Jesus , Jesus!
Y'es. Who was helping her every
day? Jesus. And by and by the
mistress said, “Sarah has something
in her heart that she did not uso to
have.” It was Jesus.
Do not you want to have Jesus in
your heart? Do not you want to
take Him homo to your bouso? 110
will coma if you want Him to. Does
He not love little children ? Ob, yc3,
dearly.— Child's paper.
Sickness should teacli us what a vain
thing the world is, what a vile thing
sin is, what a poor thing man is, and
what a precious thing an interest in
Christ is.
Some ono has beautifully said : “Let
prayer bo the key of tho morning
and the bolt of the evening.”
Keep yourself from opportunities
and God will keep you from gins.
Why can not Fowls be kept in Largo
Flocks ?
T is pretty generally conceded that
r.o me w successful who attempts to
’,<■ •>. together a large number of fowls,
iim; ihat these who keep the smallest
t ufuber together generally obtain tho
greatest proportionate number <-f eggs.
Add this is, wc think, not only true,
accounted for.
.i.JEvery ono who has kept fowls
knows that limy are very uncleanly
birds. They oven wash themselves in
the dirt, and that evidently not for
th j purpose of cleatdiness, hut to rid
themselves of vermin. They prefer
clotu light band, because if in tho sun
it is generally warmer, and is easily
moved, but they seem equally to enjoy
any soft, dry earth, although it may
not bo very sweet and clean. They
aio potoriously filthy in their coops,
roiMlirig under each other, taking no
jpuiaa-to avoid the droppings, soiling
their food, water and nests with their
droppings, and doing no aot apparent
ly towards cleanliness. This is more
manifest in tho house whero they aro
cotifinod, and whore tho air should bo
as puro os possiblo; If they are at
largo and few in number, thoy tnovo
around so much that they can not
sour tho ground. They aro by nature
clean, but by habit tho reverse, and
tho only way to keep them in the
state, ss to givo them tango
chough, so that thoy can nstsoil their
haunts, or else cloar.se their haunts
■t'S't'f'uily and faithfully overy day.
Wo onee kept one solitary lien on
0 i place lor several months. Sho
w is of tho common barn yard brood.
)W never saw a hoallhicr fowl, or
loalhors kept so fresh and por
ft>’t, and ■ sho was a conltant layer.
.Jjf.t caro was taken of her, and wo al
*c j.s attributed her thrift to tho fact
»L“.- she hftd the . whole .tango of otjr
•note-nfr-exet-ewtr met nor quarters
were always perfectly clean.
As scion as your fluek becomes largo
you will find them crowding togother
and always souring their haunts, i£
there aro a Sufficient number of them
to do it. You may do something to
wards preventing this, but you can
not keep very large flocks very cloan.
Wo have often soon it stated that
no more than fifty lions should bo
kept in : a hen house twenty feet by
ton. Except with constant care and
cleaning, that number can not do
very well in a smaller spaco.
The size ol tho flock must always
depend upon the extent of the accom
modations, and even then tho largo
flocks can not ho kept so cleanly and
healthy as the small ones, and there
fore are not in proportion so profit
able. — Cultivator and Country (iciillc
metn.
- •*«>■!
Gambling.—The prevalence of tho j
[social ovil known a gambling, in]
!every class of tho community, is ex
citing the attention of those politi
cians who are also moralists. Bet
ting, ono of the most popular forms
of this ruinous vice, is becoming asso
ciated with every amusement of En
glish lid', from hor: e-iv eiug to house
hold games. The debasing effects of
this habit are visible amongst men of
every rank and age; arid tho fool’s
argument of a bet assails one’s ears
in every street and public assembly
in England. If respectable newspa
pers would cease to givo the gambling
news as they give the markets and
the debates, it would greatly discour
age tho vice of which wc complain.
It is fast getting to bo one of the rec
ognised institutions of tho country
Some of our pulpits would be doing
more good than they now do, if they
were to give us loss polemical decla
mation and more faithful preaching
against the moral evils of the'day,
tho living devils that honest men
have to do battle with every hour.
A few of tho London papers—con
spicuously among them tho Methodist
Recorder —are inviting attention to
this growing curse of gambling.—
Hastings’ and St Leonard's Hexes.
The Lesson for the Day —Du
ring such weather as wo have, care
should bo takln as to diet. Uso no
vegetables but such as aro fresh, and
no fruits unless they aro ripe. See
that meats and fish aro sound. Do
not drink ieo water while you are hea
ted. Be moderate in your spiritual
potations. Have all nuisances re
moved from your premises. Sprinkle
lime and chloride of litno in your
yards and collars. The city authori
ties ought to ajttend at once to all
drains and gutters whore stagnant
water remains, and have the streets
and alleys kept clean.
Tho Drain of Silver to Asia.
It is admitted by all eminent authors
whohavo written about the present supply
of the precious metal that it far exceeds
the demand of Christendom, and its inev
hle fall in value is retarded only by ex
ceptional and temporary circumstances,
the chief of which is tho remarkable stream
of silverpoaiing into Asia. The Hindoos
and Chiuese and Japanese, are industrious
and very populous nations, which havo to
import nearly all their gold and silver from
abiard, and their capacity to absorb those
metals increases as value declines, and as
their stook becomes greater their wages
rise, and they obtain the means to purchase
mote foreign goods, and after a time they
will have as mtich coin proportionately to
their productive powers as the Christian
nations; and then their imports of mer
chandise will nearly equal their exports,
and the importations of the precious metals
wifi not he one-tenth of the present figure.
Asia is called“tho sink of silver” by
Bliny, and it has deserved that name ever
sinoo, and will continue to deserve that
name for an uncertaiu period io the
futuro.
So long ns we continue to consume so
much tea, silk, rice, and other Asiatic
products, and so long as they consume so
fmv of our products, so long we must
settle the difference by payment of the
precious metals, and the precious metals
will probaly uot decline much in value.
But let tho vessel of Asiatic trade, now
linlf empty of silver, ho once filled, as it
will bo in 5,10, or 15 years, and then wo
shall begin to feel the iiilluonco of tho
over-supply of tile precious metals, and
their market valuo will fall rapidly.
Christendom aud Asin may be compared
to two tubs standing side by side, and
connoctcd by a largo open tube half way
from the ground, and the supply of tho
.precious metals to. a stream of water
falling into tho tub representing Christen
dom. Before the tubo well opened,
*) i,ii l i ll idi.r Ml ttifj nrs
tubo; but now the stream poms so swiftly
into tho second, that tho level can scarcely
rise at all in the first. When the liquid
gets up lo tho same level in both tubs then
it will rise with equal pace in both. —Ross
Browne's Report for 1807.
A New Curb fob Fevers. —A Pa
risian apothecary is making a little
stir just now with a medicinal prepa
ration of tar, known as tar wafer,
which he has introduced, and which,
from tho definite quantity of the cu
rative principle that it contains, prom
ises to he very useful to the doctors.
These is no quakcry iii tiro article:
tar-water has boon known for more
than a century; and tho reason of my
mentioning the above fact is, that it
affords a peg whereon to hang a story
illustrative of accidental discoveies.
When Bishop Berkeley was on his
Rhode Island expedition, his ship was
becalmed sos several days in mid-occan
aud a terrible epidemic broke out
among the crew. Homo of the sick
wero placed in tho hold of the vessel,
and burning with thirst, a few of them
actually drank the bilge water, which
was impregnated with tar. Strange
to say, those who drank recovered
from the fever. Berkoly, gifted, as
Pope said, with “every virtue under
heaven,” was, of course, far-sighted,
and soou saw that tho tar was the
healing agent; so he drank the water
himself, and avoided the contagion.
When he returned to Britain, ho set
about experimenting with tho specific,
and having satisfied himself of its
real efficacy, published several tracts
extolling its virtues. The matter
was taken up by the pharmacists;
tar-water was subjected to comment
and discussion, and febrile patients
were subjected to tar-water.
To keep Flies from Annoying
noRSES. —Sturgeon oil will keep flioa
from annoying horses, etc. Ono of
iny horses was severely cut inside of
the log, near the stifle, whero it could
not bo bandaged. Tho flies kept the
wound continually irritated by their
own bites, causing tho horso to nip at
them. 1 applied some of tho sturgeon
oil, and tho irritants kept nt a respect
ful distance, and tho cut soon healed.
Tho wood-fly being a blood-thirsty
and determined little pest in our shady
diivcs and in the fields, I tried putting
the oil on the ears and necks of horses,
with entire success, and now havo the
pleasure of seeing them return whenco
they caine, with no blood to answer
for. Dogs’ ears often become raw and
sore from the bites of tho house-fly ;
hero again sturgeon oil preserves their
peace and beauty. Avery little, ap
plied with a feather, answors for a
drive. —Maryland Farmer.
VOL III—NO. 24.
A Cat Charmed by a Snake.—
Tho Pensacola Observer tells the fol
lowing snake story: “A young lady
living in tho city had a valued cat,
and a day or two since, losing sight of
it for an unusual length of time, was
inducod to make search for the miss
ing pot. In a sh#rt time, to her sur
prise, sho discovered the truant under
tho shade of a shrub, with a snake
coiled around its body. Tho reptile
strotching forth its pliant neck, and
curving it to tho position of a vis-a-vis,
held tho charmod felino spell bound.
The neighbours—several in number—
wore summoned to behold the soeneu
Finally, a lad seizod the snake by the
tail, and placing a forked stiok on its
head, uucoiled his folds from around
i’ne cat. This done, both cat and
snake lay with their gaze fastened Up*
on each othor, nor was the charm bro
ken until the serpent diod. As several
ladies in tho city were witnesses of
the above, its reality will not be ques
tioned.’'
The Ramie. —This remarkable plant
has continued to be this yoar propo
gated with great success in Louisiana,
Toxas and Mississippi. Last spring
tho plants grown on a piecoof ground
in Louisiana wore kept for cleaning
by tho Roezl machine, the result of
which we then stated, but as tho fibre
was not then and thereby mado per
fectly soft and pliable, it was sent by
Mr. Bruckner, one of the agents of
Mr. Roezl, to Gormany, where, by a
procoss used thcro, it has boon made
so soft, pliable and clear of any sub
stanco foroign to it as a textile, that
wo thought it must surely bo silk, un
til wo examined it closoiy, and saw
that it was the vogetablo fibro of
ramio.
Mr. Bruckder tolls us that tho ra
mio can bo propared and made thus
fine and altogether silk-like at a cost
iiu> ** uAoeeu iwo cents por pound,
and then it will be vastly superior to
tho linen floss, which soils at from six
to eight dollars per pound when mado
into thread, and will certainly bo
worth, unspun, a dollar a pound.—
Weekly Picayune.
A gorgoous Cathedral to the mem
ory of Cardinal Wiseman is to bo
oaccted in London. A three-acre lot
near Buckingham Palace has been
purchased for tho purposo.
Col. S. D, Goodlctt, of Groonville.
has doon appointed and commissioned
as a Commissioner of tho United
States Courts for South Carolina.
An election for Intendent and
Wardens of Orangeburg took place
on tho 14th, resulting in an overwhel
ming Democratic victory.
A grand barbecue and mass meet
ing will take placo at Washington,
Wilks Cos., Geo., on tho Ith of Octo
ber. Several distinguished speakers
aro expected to bo present and ad
dress the people on the great issues of
tho day.
The Georgia Senate has passed tho
House bill given the aid of the State to the
Air Lino Railroad. A Republican by the
name of liigboe voted in favor of the bill
but doubted its legality, as so many mem
bers had been turned out of the Legisla
ture
Tiie October Elections.— Nebraska,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana bold their
State elections on October 13,; West Vir
ginia on Octobor 22, and lowa and Califor
nia on November 3. As the result in there
elections will virtually decide the Presiden
tial contest they are looked forward to with
increaing interest. The Democratic party,
so far as we are able to learn, is gaininl
steadily, and we can see no substantia
reason, in the present complexion of the
canvass, to shake our faith iu the success of
Seymour and Blair.
The Supreme Court convened yesterday
in special session, Justices Willard and
Hogo being present. No business was
transacted, except he appointment of Mr.
A. M. Boozer, of Lexington, a son of
Lieut. Governor Boozer, as Clerk of the
Court. The session will be devoted exclu
sively lo cuses of a pressing character.—
Phoenix , 23 d inst.
I do so love to think of each day’s
events as just the development of His
eternal plan all coming to pass in per
fect order, and perfect harmony, and
not one tiling hurried over or out of
ts place.
Practice flows from principle; for
as a man thinks, so will we act.