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Social Studies.
SOME SESSIBLE SELECTIONS ON SERIOUS 8UB-
. ECTS — SERMONS SHORT, SOUND AND
STREET —TOILETS FOR THE DRAW
ING ROOM AND OrERA.
Gentlemen, says a writer in the New York
Graphic, are all complaining ot the dress of
ladies at the opera and elsewhere. They in
sist that it looks “dowdy” and like “Peoria,”
when in reality it was never more costly in
material or more uniform and harmonious in
the style and quality of its various belong
ings.
The difficulty is that we have just now no
distinctive opera or out-door evening dress.
Optra cloaks have been generally discarded
for the past two or three years, and the charm
ing evening bonnets of white tulle which were
at one time almost universally worn, and
were so becoming to ladies of all ages and
complexions, went out with them
children soon drop the habit. Little people
are imitative creatures, and quickly catch the
spirit surrounding them, bo, if when the
mother’s spool of cotton rolls from her lap,
the father stoops to pick it up, bright eyes
will see the act, and quick minds make a note
of it. By example a thousand times more
quickly than by precept, can children be
taught to speak kindly to each other, to ac
knowledge favors, to be gentle and unselfish,
to be thoughtful and considciate of the com
fort of the family. The boys, with inward
pride in their father’s courteous demeanor,
will bo chivalrous and helpful to their young
sisters; the girls, imitating the mother, will
be gentle and patient, even when big brothers
are noisy and heedless.
Scolding is never allowable; reproof and
criticism from parents must have their time
and place, but should never intrude so far
upon the social life of the family as to render
the home uncomfortable. A serious word in
private will generally cure a fault more easily
Outdoor evening dress at present is neither [!»» public Criticisms. In some fami-
. nn rh-,. „„.i 1. dies Who !*>es a spirit of contradiction and discission
cne thing nor another, and many ladies who
have opera cloaks of white cloth cr merino
or striped Algerienne lying away, just a little
worn or discolored, do not care to make
..nother purchase of that kind, and so retire
back upon black respectability, a sober din
ner dress or dark walking costume, whose
mongrel tints are well enough in their way,
^■spirit
mars the harmony; every statement is, as it
Iwere, dissected and the absolute correctness
of every word calculated. It interferes seri
ously with social freedom when unimportant
inaccuracies are watched for, and exposed for
the mere sake of exposure. Brother and sis
ters also sometimes acquire an almost uncon
scious habit of tearing each other, half in
Texas Talk.
SOME ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES UPON TEXAN
MANNERS AND MEN—A SUGGESTION TO THE
COMINO BALLOONLST —POLITICS, ETC.
[Correspondence of the Courier-Journal ]
Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, ^
October 10, 1873. }
Texas plainly offers “the coining man” more
inducements than any other S:ate in the
Union, but I refrain from asking you to pub
lish a bellerophontic letter, and will not
enumerate them. But knowing your readers
are not generally afflicted with that baleful
disease yclept laziness, I do not mind saying
this State is a very utopia for such invalids —
though, as the phrase goes here, “it is h -11 on
oxen and wimen !” It we wish to cultivate an
additional field, there are no trees to tell nor
stumps to dig up, but we simply step into a
“patent plow,” take hold of the lines and en
joy our “otiwn cum dignitatewhile two
shares follow behind and split the rich soil
with all the ease—to the soil that a rudder
parts the limpid ocean.
SPEAKING OF PATENT PLOWS,
this is as nice a pi ice for au apropos as I
Hit look out of place in a gay and fashionable ™ TnU U parUcnlarl,U-
assemblage, where the occupants of boxes - “riable for everybody £se, whatever
of I doubtful pleas n re the parties themselves may
the present time "**“8nlarly »nsm,ed to j "f^thehime wberc trne courtesy prevails,
^“n&Mne to bring out the hrient beauty * see “® *? meet you on fie very threshhold.
of -bronze" and green and brown and ••alii- io ? feel tbe kmdl * we come °“ eate " ng ' >°
"ator,” or “mud’’ color. The semi-obscurity rode eyes scan your dress. No angry voices
Sf a seat in a gas lighled room reduces them i heard up stairs. No sullen children are
all simply to -ding?." Add to this mixture | sent ( rom , lhe r °°™- N? peremptory orders
of black; brown and gray the various effo.ts ? re S lven l ° cover the delinquencies of honse-
“ °~ ■■> 1 5su\“T£.
S?£SS38ES£ SS&ftRX j
imagined.
There is a wretched want of defiuiteuess
‘ ;st now m regard to dress, which renders
the mass of women uncertain what to get,
r.nd it is after all upon these that the effect of
au. assemblage, be it opera or concert or thea-
t:e. depends. The women who go in full
dress are not in the] majority. Dre.ssed bail*
aid the frequent wear of light toilets, with
all their accessories, involve the employment
o: a maid, the possession of an elegant home,
o; hands not subjected to toil and unoccu
pied by housewifely cares. Only a few women
in New York have reached such a position as
this—the majority, even of those in “socie
ty," are obliged to do tbe “best they cn
TIIE MODEL MOTHER.
All her chddreu are angels, of course. She
knows no children like them. Tom can
already spell words of three syllables, and the
little fellow is only five years old next 31st of
•July. Polly puts such curious questions that
her papa is often puzzled to auswer lh a m. It
was but yesterday she a6ked Him, “Why he
had such whiskers?” and Mr. Smith really
didn’t know what to say.
Thank goodness : she has given all of them
a good education, and there isu’t one that can
turn round approach her with a momeut’s
neglect. She loves them all dearly, and never
ceases to think of them. It does her heart
d to see them happy, and she cannot
that is, make the best appearance they canon j deistand how mothers can part with thei
Captain Obstinate. |
One fine evening in the month of July an j
old soldier of the “gnmd army,’* who had
left one of his arms on the field of battle, was j
seated at the floor of his pretty cottage. He !
was surrounded by a group ot young villagers, !
who were clamorously reminding him of bis
promise to tell them some of his military ad- !
ventures. After a moment of pretended re- j
sistance to their wishes, the old man took his
pipe from his mouth, passed the back of his i
remaining hand across his lips, and thus com
menced his tale:
“In my time, my friends, the French would
have disdained to fight against Frenchmen in
the streets, as they do in these days. No, no; ,
when we fought, it was lor the honor of
France, and against her foreign enemies. But
my story commences on theGthol November,
1812, a short time alter the battle of Wiazma.
We beat a retreat, not before the Russians,
for they were at a respectable distance from
our camp, but before the sharp and bitter
cold of their detestable country, a cold more
terrible to us than the Russians, Austrians
and Bavarians all put together.
. HI “During the preceding d lys our officers had
wish. The young bloods of the vicinity are j tol l ns that we were approaebirg Smolenski,
as lond of buggy ridiDg as those of L , ! where we should get lood, fire, brandy and
but instead of that intellectual amusement ! shoes; but in the meantime we were perish- i
being objected to on the part of their “gov- ing in the glaciers, and continually harassed by j
ernors,” it meets their warmest approbation. I the Cossacks. We bad marcbedVor six hours
provided always the hopeful scion agrees to without stopping to take breath, for we knew
N YORK ADVERTISEMENTS.
ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS
S A P O L I O
is a substitute for 8oap for all Household pur-
poses, except washing clothes.
S A P O L I O
for cleaning your house will save the labor of
one cleaner. Give it a trial.
S-A POL. 1-0
for Windows is better than Whiting or Water, i
No removing curtains and carpets.
S A P OLIO!
cleans Paint and Wood, in fact the entire house, \
better than Soap. No slopping. Saves labor. *
You can’t afford to bo without it.
GEORGIA
StateLottery
FOR SEPTEMBER.
FOIt THE BENEFIT OF THE
DRAWINGS DAILY. AT 5 P. M.
drive in a patent plow. This boon to the
courting part of the community is made pre
cisely like a buggy with the slight and not-
to-be-mentioned-in-polite society addition of
two “Coulters” under the hind axle, and
worked by a lever in the position of a brake,
which “lets down or raises up” at the touch
of the driver’s foot. A young gontleman loo
proud to live otherwise than as the lilies
of the field, and yet who aspires to be
arrayed in all their glory, makes an en
gagement with his lady love to take a ride
by the “light of the moon.” Well, he seats
her in the patent plow (“the new buggy,” to
her!) and driving out to that part of the prai
rie the old gentleman wishes “broke up,” he
puts his foot on the brake, down go tbe
“Coulters,” and, while he whispers to his fair
companion the “sweet nothings” so dear to
lovers, he turns right side up more ground
than a well-grown Bureau cau “tend.”
“Where ignorance is bliss, Ac.”—he never
says a word to her of what’s going on under
them. I am acquainted with one old farmer,
the happy father of three com ting sous, who
says his boys aro worth more to him in the
first part of the season than Lis twenty freed-
men. It must be right hard, though, on those
pater fan,Biases whose offspring arc all of the
feminine gender. But so the world wags—
as little money as possible, pinch a new puir | children, and put them out to nurse, w hero | one P af ty furnishes half the labor to raise the
o: gloves out of housekeeping lunds, and ac-! they nev«.r fco them
cep? their chances of hearing Nilsson or Luc- j No wonder their children don t iove them,
ca, Campanini cr Capoul, thankfully, with- : Now, she has nursed every one ot her family,
cut waiting for a new toilet for the occa- 'and is ste any the worse” for it, pray? She
Sion. ! has no patience with such fine ladies. They
In fact, there it nothing that this modern, I don’t deserve having children. Why, look
busy, complicated life of ours renders of more j at baby ! The little thing knows her, and un
importance than that we should be always j derstands every word slm If it cries —
ready to avail ourselves of opportunities; and though it is the quietest child in the
what is it that stands in the way of this so ! world—she has only to say, “Be quiet, baby,”
much as the perpetual changes in dress? j and it goes off to sleep directly. No, those
A white opera-cloak and an evening bonnet | who don’t behave as mothers will ne\er be
\\ ould be considered a piece of unnecessary
expense by many persons, but over how many
worn and faded silks have they not done duty
ior a season, brightening them, lightening
them, and in the shadow of opera-box or
stall, presenting a fresh and festive appear
ance, in keeping \rith the character ot the
s:?ne.
Formerly there were certain articles of
dress which, w hen a lady was in possession of,
she could be ready at a moment's notice te go
anywhere. These consisted of a shawl ot
lace, of white or scarlet crape, of India each-
mere cr real Paisley wool, a collar ot point or
thread lace, a handsome “set’ of ear-rings
t»nd breastpin, a silk dress, a dress bonnet,
an 1 a round cloak of white cloth or merino,
trimmed with a border of quilted silk or
swan’s down.
Some ladies possess these articles intact
now (it is not so long since they were fash
ionably worn), but they are at a loss what to
do with them. Shawls are out of date,
breastpins are turned into heavy lockets with
massive chains; a plain silk dress looksunte-
diluvian; round white cloaks belong to the
past; and the lace and muslin ruffles, lauded
as being so simple, cost as much in a month
to keep fresh as a point lace collar, which
would last ten years.
If the women’s congress undertakes to dis
cuss the dress question, as it is presumed it
will, it U to be hoped that it will be done
from a practical and not a “reform” point of
view. What we want, when we find r. goo 1
thing is, to stick to it, at least until we find a
better; and after adapting our dress to i?.»
uses to the best of our ability, dismiss it, and
bs ready to occupy our thoughts with some
thing else.
COURTESY AT HOME.
Something is wrong in those families where
the little courtesies of speech are ignored in
the every-day home life. True politeness
cannot be learned, like a lesson, by one ef
fort, any time in one’s life; it must be inbred.
• Well-meaning, but rough,” is said of many
a man: and too often the beginning of the
difficulty lies with the parents in a family.
Is it hard for the husband to give a smiling
“thank yo i” to his wife as sko brings his
slippers o i his return home ? Is it more
difficult foe the mother to say, “John, will
you shut Hi ? door, please?” than to use the
laconic phrase, “Shut the door?” When
Tom knocks over his sister’s baby-house,
why should uot “Excuse me, I didn’t mean
to, ’ be tbe instinctive apology?
Many who would not be guilty of discour
tesy to a stranger, erto a friend in tbe world
without, lay aside much if not all their suavi
ty of manner on entering the home circle.
The husband and wife dispense with tli09e
l.ttle gracelul attentions which, though small,
are never unimpoitaut. The children are
ordered hither and thither with crusty words;
no “Thank you” rewards the little tireless
feet that run on countlesss errands. The
dinner is eaten in silence, broken only by
fault-finding and reproof from the parents
and ill humor and teasing among the children.
In the evening tbe father devotes himself to
big newspaper, and the mother to her sewing,
iatcrrnpting themselves only to give such pe
remptory orders as “Les3 noise, children:”.
• Stop quarrelling;’’ and finally, “Go to bed '
loved as mothers, and it’s her opinion that
|when children turn out bad, it is because
Ithey have never known tbe comforts of home.
Ingratitude never grows up in a child’s heart,
unless it has been first sown there by tbe
|hand of the parent. Why, sbe has never
had a moment’s uneasiness with any of her
children, and she has ten of them, and why
not? Because affection begets affection, and
she is positive they would not do a sioglo
thing to make their mother miserable. It’s
true that Ned is “a little rickety;” but the
boys will bo boys, and the lad is too good at
heart ever to do wrong. But if the worst
should happen—not that she fears it—the
boy will never forget his happy infancy, and
that’s a blessing ! The thoughts of a happy
childhood have brought back mauy a prodi
gal son, and sbe knows well enough that
Ned would never wander far without feeling
that chain round his heart gently pulling him
toward home. But it’s all nonsense ! The
boy’s all right, if Mr. Smith wouldn’t bo so
harsh to him.
Thus the model mother defends her chil
dren. Their defects are beauties in her eyes;
their very faults are dear to her. They can
do no wrong, if any breakage takes place, it
wasn’t the child’s fault ; she tells you she’s
only to blame. She stays the father’s arm
when his anger is about to fall, and stops his
voice when his paternal passion is rising. It
any of the boys have gone to the theatre, she
sits up to let them in. When questioned the
next morning as to the hour they < a ne home,
she has forgotten everything about it. All
she recollects is that young Tom ate a tre
mendous supper. She supplies them with
money ; and if her good nature is laughed at,
she asks you pray to inform her “when lads
are to enjoy themselves, if not when they are
that repose was certain death. An icy wind
blew the drifting snow’ in our faces, an I from
time to time we stumbled over the frozen
corpse of a comrade. We neither spoke nor
sang, even complaints were no longer heard, ,
and that was a bad sign. I marched by tbe '
side of my Captain; short, strongly built,
lough an l severe, but bravo .and true as the
blade of bis sword; wo called him ‘Captain i
Obstinate,’ for when once he said n thing, it i
was fixed; he never changed his opinions. '
He had been w ounded at Wiazma, and liis
for 8couring Knives ,ALkJL2 Capital Prize $7,000.06
Bath Brick. Will not scratch. j 1
~ 7 ~ ^—7 ' “7T 30,31(5 Prizes, Amounting to $.>3,2*>3.20,
h A. JL O Ju X O T - . . <*. J7~~ _ .
is better than Soap and Sand for polishing Tin- * ICKGtS -J)I-UU, OhdTCS Ifl Proportion
ware. Brightens without scratching. !
MN THE ABOVE SCHEME, FORMED BY THE
JL ternary combination of 78 numbers, making
7G,07<5 tickets and the drawing of l'i ballots, there will
be 220 prizes, ,-ach having three of the drawn num
bers on it; 4,356, each having two of them cn;
25,740, each having one only oi them on; and also
45,700 tickets, with neither of the drawn numbers on
them, bcintr blanks.
To determine the fate of these x>mes and blanks, 7h
numbers, from 1 to 78 inclusive, will be veverall;
placed in a wheel on the day of the drawing, and 12 of
them drawn out at random: and that ticket having for
its combination the 1st, ‘2nd. and 3rd drawn numbers.
will be entitled to the capital prize of $7,000 00
That ticket having on it the 4th, 6th. and Gtn
drawn numbers, to 650 00
That ticket having on it thu 7th, 3tb. and 9th
drawn numbers, to 660 00
That ticket haviuc on it the 10th, llih. and
12th drawn numbers, to 650
That ticket having on it the 2nd, 3rd, and 4 th
drawn numbers, to 650 00
S A P O L I O
Polishes Brass and Copper utent-ils better than
Acid or Oil aod Rotten Stone.
S A P O L 1 O
ior Washing Di *hes and Glassware, is invaluable.
Cheaper than Soap.
S A P OLIO
removes Soap from Marble Mantels. Table* and
Statuary, from hard finished Walls, and from
China and Porcelain.
S APOLIO
usually crimson face was then ghastly pale. ] There is no one article known that will do so That ticket having on it the 3d. 4th and 6th
while a ragged white handkerchief, all stained many kinds of work and do it as well as Sapc- drawn numbers, to
with blood, was bound round his head, and lio. Try it. I That ticket having on it the 5th, 6th, and 7th
added to the pallor of his countenance. All | ” “
, T • . 1-1 l-i A Tk d"V w *■ Auat ticket uawng on it the 6tn, ah, and 8th
at once I saw him stazeer on his lgs like a li a m rx A t 3 II I , 1 II driwn Lumbers, to
drunken man, then hill like a block to the •• n --• - — ~ That ticket u.yidii on it the 8th. 9th, and loth
r» new and wonderfully effective Toilet \ drawn Dumber,, to....
Soap, having uo equal in this country or j That ticket bavin y on it tbe mb, lotb, and
! abroad. _ _ j 11th drawn numlier?
' r «- i
HANDS A P O L I O
as an article for the Bath, *
foundation” of all dirt, ope:
and gives a healthy action and brilliant
tint to the skiu.
drawn number*, to...
All ether ticketR (being 207, with three of the
drawn number? on, each
Those 66 tickets having on them the 1st and
ii a ai rN W A I 1 2nd drawn numbers, each
H A N D n L A W Those 66 tickets having on them the 3rd and
Cleanses and Beautifies the Skin, in- j 4th drawn Lumbers, each
stantly, removing any ttaiu or blemish j Another tickets (being4.224) with two of the
other crop, and that other furnishes all hii
cotton to enrich the manufacturers of the
North.
1VTO CHARACTERISTir ANECDOTES.
If we only had some of the energy that
the merchants of Louisville have displayed
during the last ten years, there is no telling
what u country and cities we would have
here. But our merchants ar^ “sui generis,”
and do business in a very nonchalant manner,
indeed. One will not hesitate to “lock up”
to go hunting, or to ask the next-door neigh
bor, in the same line, to “keep store” for
him. There’s confidence for you! I was sit
ting one morning with ao acquaintance,
in the back part of his .store, when a man
came in and asked, “Have you any sugar?”
“No; just out,”said the merchant. After the
man went out, I said, “Mr. C., what did
you think he asked for:” “Sugar,” he
answered. “Why, you have a barrel just
opened,” said I, surprisedly. “Yes, I know ;
but be didn’t waut more than five pounds,
and I wouldn’t get up for a dollar.” Again, I
was sitting one morning in the Mayor’s office,
when the city marshal came in and said :
“Your honor, I was passing Jim 's last
night about 2 o’clock, and such a-nother
shoutiu’ and a hollerin’ you never heard, and
I think he should be indicted for keeping a
disorderly house.” His Honor looked through
his eyelashes over his Brazilian pebble 3 , and
asked: “Was there any fightirg?” “No,”
answered the marshal. “Oh, well, let ’em
go on till somebody is killed ; that will be
time enough to take cognizance of it.”
TEXAS SOCIETY.
Aud yet I would not have you form an er
roneous idea of the society here. There is
some wealth and a good deal of refinement,
and, tiken all in all, would compare very fa
vorably with auy countty town whatever.
Drunkenness is almost entirely unknown,and
“sbootiu”’ is fast going out of style. And
yet the frontier blood will crop out in their
whole-souled liberality. Tbe love of “shirt
sleeves” and fancy-topped boots outside their
pants—their lovo of military titles, too, is
another crop. I have learned to tell very cor
rectly my standing in the estimation of those
I meet. Here is one of my lessons : Not
long since, while at an old gentleman’s
house, we got to talking upon politics.
from b >th hand* and faco.
HANDS APOLIO
ground
“ ‘Morbleti, Captain.’ said I, bendin
him, ‘you cannot remaiu here.’
“‘You see that Ic»d, since I da
plied he, showing his legs.
“ ‘Cap‘ain, f said I, ‘you must not give way.*
Lifting him in my arms, I tried to put him on ;
his feet. lie leaned on me, and attempted t) j
walk, but in vain: he fell again, draggiog me ~
with him.
“ ‘Jobin,’ said he, ‘all is over. Leave me j
here, aud rejoin your company as quickly as |
possible. One word before you go; at Vo- j
reppe, near Grenoble, lives a good woman, ! —
eighty-two years of age, my—my mother. Go
and see her, embrace her for mo, and tell her
that—that—tell her what you will. 1ml give
her this purse and iny cross. It is all I have!
Now go.’
“ ‘Is that all, Captain ?’
“ ‘That is all ! God bless you! Make
haste. Adieu.’ My friends, I do not know
how it was, but I felt two tears roll down my
cheeks.
“ ‘No, Captain,’ I crie l, ‘I wiP not leave
you; either you come with me, or I will re
main with you.’
“ T forbid you to remain.’ a F ■ d\
“‘You may put me under arrest, then, if H A N D Jo -A. JL \} M.J I \ f
you like, but at present yon must let me do ! cost* io to 15 cents per cake, ami cvery-
as I pleas?.*
“ ‘You are an imolent fellow.’
“ ‘Very good, Captain, but you must come
That ticket having on it the let, 2nd, and 4ta
drawn numbers, to
That ticket having on it tbe let, 2nd, and 5tn
^ drawn numbers, to
the pones j ticket havin R on it the 1st, 21, and Gth
*i!h
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pitig of either hands or face.
handS APOLIO
removes Tar, Pitch, Iron oi Iuk Sta ns
and Grease; lor workers in Machine
Shop*, Mine*, Ac., is invaluable. For
making the bkin White and Soft, and
giving it a “bloom of beauty.” it is uu-
i surpassed by any cosmetic kuown.
young ?” She is continually sending presents I was introduced to him as “Cip-
to Eliza, who, poor thing, “did not marry so | tain,” but we agreed so well that he soon
well as her sister.” She is not afraid of taking
her daughters out with her for fear of their
age leading to the confession of her own ; uor
docs she dress like a young lady of sixteen in
order to look younger than they. To tell tbe
truth, she carries her family everywhere.
Such is the “model mother.” Whether she
is tbe best or worst kind of a mother is the
point in dispute.
Opening of Bazaine’s Trial.
The coirespondent of the London Daily
Telegraph dispatches to the joumal the an
nexed details of the opening proceedings iu
the case of Marshal Bazaine:
“At midday the tribune appropriated to
the journalists was alone well attended. The
reserved seats were almost empty, and even
the standing places allotted to the public
were not one-quarter filled. At 14:15 a loud
voice announced the arrival of the council,
whereupon three Judge-Generals, with
three supplementary Generals, took their
places at the semi-circular table—the Due
d’Aumale, wearing the Grand Cross of llio
Legion of Honor, occupying the seat in tbe
center. After declaring the sitting open, the
Due d’Anmale bade a huissier bring the pris
oner in, and, soon after, a short fat man, with
an almost bald head, a red face, small eyes,
and altogether showing some marks of dis
tress, walked up to the place set apart for the
In many families there is no positive rude- j prisoner. This was Bazaine. The Due d’Au
ness among the members, only a lack of those j male desired him to be seated, a request he at
: mple affectionate attentions which awaken a once complied with, and during the procced-
-pontaneons return; a want of that consider
ation and gentleness of demeanor which are
wellsprings of comfort in every household.
The well-bred host does not fail to bid bis
guest “good-night” and “good-morning;”
why should not this simple expression of good
feeling be always exchanged between parents
and children ? The kindly morning greetings
will often nip in the bud some rising fretful
ness; and the pleasant “good-by” from old
and young, when leaving the house for office,
shop or school, is a fragrant memory through
the day of separation. "When the family
gather alone around breakfast or dinner ta
ble, the same court* sy should prevail as if
guests wore present. Reproof, complaint,
unpleasant discussion and scandal, no less
than moody silence should be banished. Let
the conversation be genial, and suited to the
little folks as far as possible. Interesting in
cidents of the day’s experience may be men
tioned at tbe evening meal, thus arousing tbe
social element. If resources fail, sometimes
little bits read aloud from the morning or eve
ning paper will kindle the conversation.
No pleasanter sight is there than a family
of young folks who are quick to perform littlo
acta of attention toward their elders. The
placing of the big arm-chair in a warm place
for mamma, running for a footstool foe aunty.
ings which followed seemed to take no interest
ol any kind whatever in what was going on
before him. Next to their client sat the
Lachauds, father and son, then Colonel Vil-
lette, ‘aide de camp’ to Bazaine. After
reading the resolution of the Commission
of Inquiry, the formal questions concern
ing his name, age, and profession, were
put to the prisouer—the reply to the
last, ‘Marshal of France,’ causing some sur
prise. The witnesses who had been summon
ed tben entered in Indian file, headed by
Canrobert, Palikao, and Lebccuf, aud each
one, having answered to his name, bowed to
the President, and disappeared. More than
300 in number, almost every calling in life
was represented in their ranks, many of them
bearing names made famous in late wars;
many of them peasants in their ‘blouses,’
game-keepers, tradesmen, male and female
domestic servants, and even acrobats. Those
who attracted the most Attention were—the
veteran Gen. Cbangaruicr, conspicuous by
bis stiff walk; Jules Favre, Gambetta, and
Kegnier, the famous amateur negotiator be
tween Metz end the Emperor Eugenie. At
the conclusion of this strange file, the Due
D’Aumale suspended the sitting, and after an
adjournment of half an hour, the loruial
rending of the documents, intrusted to th[H
hunting up papas spectacles, and scores of ushers, who relieved each other in turn, oc-
addressed me as “Major.” Another of my
sentiments pleasing him, he said, “You’re
right, tlitrc, Colonel!” aud directly givieg
expression to his favorite opinion, he slapped
me enthusiastically cn the back and exclaim
ed, “General, we agree exactly!" 1 But the
pitcher goes ouca too often to the well, and
getting into an argument on religion he first
took issue with me by saying, “I can’t agree
with you there, Colonel.” Diverging yet
farther from him, I was reduced to Major,
and then, from grade to grade, till he finally
cashiered me entirely ny saying, rather con
temptuously, “Let’s drop the subject, Mister!”
I am happy to say, however, he now very cor
dially calls me “Captain.”
We took much interest in the balloon ques
tion, and I have heard the wish expressed that
C. E. M., if another attempt is made, should
go along to “write it up.” He is certainly
racy enough to keep up, which I believe is the
great desideratum. I would like to have you
forward a suggestion to the aeronaut. My
theory differs somewhat from his. I believe
the atmosphere surrounding our globe re
volves with it, but the aeriforui fluid does uot
extend all the way up, but only to a point we
will call Mason aud Dixon's line. Now, what
would prevent the professor taking along a
lew Babcock File Extinguishers, filled with
well-selected “food for the lungs,” and, ascend
ing, drop his anchor just acro.-s M. and D.’s
line, where he could remain lost in exalted
thought for the five or six hours it tukes
the earth to turn that much, when
be could slip his cable and descend iu
England—not having moved au inch longitu
dinally. The more I pursue the idea the
more I think of it,aud it has just struck me he
could while away tbe lagging hours promen
ading ;he Milky Way. All the return I ask
for the suggestion is that the patentee, who
ever ho may be, will give me a free passage up
tho ninety-ninth consecutive trip without one
mishap. I have a little business up there that
sadly needs my attention. The star that pre
sided at my birth lias become slightly tinged
with the hue favorite to a brass audrion iu a
summer fireplace, and I want to take np a
piece of flannel and pumice-stone and
brighten it up. Either that or a little elbow-
grease would help it considerably.
HEMPSTEAD.
A Pure Stimulant.
Century Whisky!
He bit ms lips with rage, but said
no more. I lilted him and carried Liui on
my shoulders like a sack. You cau easily
imagine that with such a burden I could not
keep pace with my comrades. Iu fact I soon
lost sight of their columns, and could dis
cern nothing around me but the white aud
silent plain. I still walked on, when pres- j
ently appeared a troop of Cossacks galloping
toward mo, with furious gesticulations and
wild cries.
“The Captain was by this time completely
insensible, and I resolved, whatever it might
cost me, not to abaudon him. I laid him ;
d)wn on the ground, and covered him with
snow; then I crept beneath a heap of dead :
bodies, leaving, however, my eyes at liberty.
Presently the Cossacks came up, and began
to strike with their lances right aud left,
while their horses trampled us under their
feet. One of these heavy beasts set his foot
upon my right arm and crushed it. My
lriends, I did uot speak, I did not stir; I put
my right hand into my mouth to stifle the
cry ot torture which nearly escaped from me,
and iu a few minutes the Cossacks had dis
persed. ; —
“When the last of them had disappeared, I
quitted my refuge and proceeded to disinter j
tho Captain. To my joy he gave some signs j
of life; I contrived to carry him with mj one THE CENTURY WHISKIES A
arm toward a rock which offered a sort of |
shelter, and then I laid myselt by his side, ;
wrapping my cloak around us both.
“The night had closed in and the snow l
continued to fall. j
“The rear guard had long since disap-
peared, and the oulysound that broke the I _ HEY AYlK differently prepared from
stillness of the night was the whistle of a any W h &ky in the market, and are driving many
bullet or the howling of the wolves feasting i old, and uutil now favorite brands out of the market,
oil the corpses thr.t lav Stretched around. I becanss the principle upon which they are mad® is
God knows* vrliat thoughts passed throngl, SffiM
my soul during that dreadful night, which I a certain age, when they are
felt sure would be my last upon earth. But 1
remembered the praver which uiy mother had ,, r,. , lw .. ,, ,, „ „
, . , .* t T * Ilc-Distlllt'U t*y it I’t-culiur P* ore'**,
taught me long before, when I was a child at:
her knee, and, bending low, I repeated it which extracts the fusel oil, but retains the essential
with terror. I oda Of to* grata. It is the fusel oil which possesses
“Mv children that did mo »nod and yp- the poisonous properties, and imparts the sharp, acrid
Jly cniuirctl, luat au me good, . na re-1 tUvor notlcemU o in many brands 0 f whisky: It is the
member always that a sincere aud fervent ; ferment and essential oils which impart the rich, oily,
prayer is sure to comfort you. I felt astonish- mellow flavor, and it is principally in
ingly calmed when I returned to my place bv
- EXTRACTING THE FUSE . GIL.
only of the drawn number®, each...
capital rntZE
On Mondays capital will be $ 7,000 00
On Tuesdays aud Fridays capital will be 4.500 00
On Wednesdays capital will be 6.0* 0 00
On Thursday* and Saturdays 5.000 00
For further particulars tend for schemes.
No ticket which shall have di awn a prize of a supe
rior denomination can be entitled to an inferior prize.
Prizes payable fo*ty (40) days after tbe drawing, ana
subject to the usual deduction cf 15 per cent.
All prize* of 520.00 and under w ill be pari immedi
ately after the drawing.
Prizes cashed at this of&ra
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trgp-fcb; 1 ATLANTA, Q1
UR VXDF.ST SC It EKE EVER KSOWS.
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Merchant If he has It or j j. 0R TUE BEJ;i;;FIT 0F THE
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DON’T FAIL TO TRY THESE GOODS
Buy it of yc
will procure it for y
for oar Pamphlrt, “All about Sapollo,
ami It will l>e mailed free.
MOR ^S-112,000 CASH GIFTS. $1,500,000
Mrrjr Fifth Ticket Draws a Uin.
3230.000 for 830:
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 3, 1873.
j Or’y sixty thousand Tickets will be sold, and nne-
j hslfc f these are intended for the European market,
| thus! eaving only 30.000 for sale in the United State?,
j where 100,000 were dipjx>8ed of for the Third Concert.
I The tickets are divided into ten coupons or parts, aud
have® r their back the Scheme, with a full explanation
of the mode ol drawing.
At this Concert, which will be the grandest musical
display ever w itnessed in this CA^autry, the unprece
dented *
2 of
PURE !
$1,500,000,
divided into 12,000 cash gifts, will bo distributed by
lot smong the ticket-holders—the numbers of the
j tickets to be drawn from one rrheel by blind children,
and the gifts from another.
LIST OF CIFTS.
This is a place of some twenty-five huudreil
inhabitants, having almost doubled its popu
lation in the past year, and it is thought it
will quite double again during the next eight
een months. As I write I can see lour houses
in course of erection and hear tho noise of
and retaining the essential oils, which constitutes the
superiority aud peculiarity of this process.
At the time of re-distillation, the packages are
thoroughly cleansed and steamed out, refilled with tbe
perfected product, and again stored away to ripen and
mellow with age, which it does in a much greater de
gree than is possible without such traatmeut. We di
vide it into different grades, according to age, desig
nated as X, XX, XXX and XXXX, and the latter chal
lenges comparison with ANY WHISKY.
the captain. But the time passed, and I had
fallen into a state of half stupor, when I saw
a group of French officeis approach. Before
Iliad time to speak to them, their chief, a
little man dressed in a furred pelisse, stepped
forward toward me and said:
“ ‘What are you doing here ? Why arc you
away from your regiment?’
“ ‘For two good reasons,’ said I, pointing
first to the captain, aud then to my bleeding
arm,
“ ‘The man says trne,sire,’ said one of those
who followed him ; ‘I saw him marching in
the rear of his regiment, and carryiu
officer on his back.’
“ The emperor—ior, my friends, it was Le ! i fn
—gave me one of those glances that only he,
or the eagle of the Alps, could give, and
6nid :
“ ‘It is well. You have done very well.’ , and th* impurity of many other b
“Then opening hi.i pelisse, he took the ’ five promin<, ‘
cross which decorated his green coat and gave J 10 * ’
it to me. At that instant I was uo louger
hungry, no longer cold; I felt no more pain
from my arm than if that awkward beast had 1
never touched it.
“ ‘D.woust,’ added the Emperor, address
ing the officer who had spoken to him, ‘see
tbis man and his Captain placed iu one of
the baggage wagons. Adieu!’ And making
me a motion of the hand, ho went away.’
Here the veteran ceased and resumed his
> have
Without Kvgurtl to Age or Price
Tho almost universal testimony of those w
this >u»ed the CENTURY WHISKIES i« that there is nu eu-
; tire absence of headaches and other disagreeable attor-
efleets so often experienced in the use ot other bramls.
This is a direc consequence of the
One Grand Ca^h Gift
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift
Oue Grand Cash Gift
One Giaml Cash Gift
10 Cash Gifts, $10,000 each..
30 Cash Gilts, 5 000 each...
50 Cash Gifts, 1.000each..
SO Cash Gifts. 600 each..
100 Cash Gifts,
150 Cash Gilts,
250 Cash G.ftsl
325 Cash Gifts,
11,000 Cash Gifts,
340 each..
iOO each..
100 each..
50 each..
illy of (lie Cn
y AV it
....$250 000
.... 100 000
.... 50 000
.... 25 000
17 500
.... 100 000
150 000
50 000
.... 40 00«'
.... 40 000
45 000
60.000
32 000
650 600
Total, 12.000 gifts, all cash, amounting to.... $ 1.600.000
The distribution will bo positive, whether all the
Tickets are sold or not, and the 12,000 gifts all paid in
proportion to the Tickts sold—all unsold Tickets being
destroyed as at the first and second Concerts, and not
represented in the drawing.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets $50 00; Halves $25 00; Tenths, or
each coupon, $5 00; eleven Whole Ticket# for $500 00;
22^ Tieketa for $1,000; 113 Whole Tickets for $5,000;
227 Whole Tickets for $10,000. No discount on less
than $500 worth of Tickets at a time.
The unparalled success of the Third Gift Concert, as
well an the satisfaction given by the First aud Second
makes it only necessary to announce the Fourth to in
sure the prompt sale of every Ticket. Tbe Fourth
Gift Concert will be conducted in all its details lik->
the Third, and full particulars may be learned from
circulars, which will bo sent free from this office to all
mho may apply for them.
Tickets now rta y for sale, and all orders accompa
nied l»y the money promptly filled. Liberal terms
given to those who buy to 6ell again.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE.
Aj;eut Pub. Lib. Ky., and Manager Gift Concert,
Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
I For tickets or information apply to Red wine Fox.
nds. They are | sole agents, Atlanta. 4Ja.
rtuy augl:‘-d\Vi d&.S;in\wtd
Professor S1I.LMAN,
State Chemist of Connecticut.
Professor C. U. SHEPARD, Ju.,
State Cbfjpist of South Carolina.
Professor W. 0. TILDEN,
Washingto
Professor JOHN DARBY,
LAND’3
Analytical M Assay Laboratory,
Georgia.
D. C.
New York.
l>*pe-
Professor A. MEANS.
of Georgia.
But tell us wbat became ofCaptaiu Obsti
nate,” cried many impatient voices.
-Tbe Captain recovered end is now a gen-; A1 , „ Uom , Kr „, ln p ron „ unrioJ! it .. wmiorr
oral on the retired list. But the best oi the fault,” and ‘.FREE from ANY DELETERIOUS
joke was, that as soon as he got well, he put! substance WHATEVER.”
me under arrest for fifteen days, as a pnui.-h
merit for my infracliou of discipline. \ —
“This circumstance came to the ears of Na- ......
I'okon, and after laughing heartily, ^ not j
, n ;ti. r .i v..* .. I caused me to be set tree, but promoted . and It baa boon uoted that in deltcat* and critical case#
two grist mills and one pluuuig mill. Not a j JIU , „f sergeant. As to the deoor- j where used, that there wu an entire abeence of the
buudrt <1 yards off is in old manufactory ; Hlj children, here is the ribbon nt my perYou. pro.tr.tlan »0<l rewhon whlch»often fu i.
where the Messrs. Arenbeck make olive oil I lju;t o,.-tro,o. but the cross 1 wear next mv ! Iow ‘ ,he u “ of orJ "“ ry ‘" muUtiU
in its crude state troui cotton seed, which, \ |j fart >• 1
after spending a month or so somewhere | Am , ofM)ning Lu vcst u „ showed his eager j
audience the precious relic, suspended from
his neck iu a little satin bag.
little deeds show ansuppregsed and loving
hearts. Bat if mamma sever returns a smil
ing “Thank you, dear ;” if papa’s “Just what
I was wanting, Susie”—does not indicate
that the little attention is appreciated, the
cupied the remainder of the afternoon."
Jerusha Peck, a maideu miser of Kiv<-rside,
Ct., died rccer.tiv, leaving gold which she bad
hoarded for lliir’y years.
North, is returned to H. stamped “i
pure." Fac’!
AS TO POLITICS,
I only know that the Democrats will cle<t
thtir ticket by at least 30,000 Then look
out for an exodus of the thoroughbred carpet
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Savannah has contributed $1,619.68 fi r the
Memphis sufferers and $882.39 for Shreve
port. making in alt >2,,“,1*2.07 that the city has
bagger, and the influx of good men from j mined by subscription for tho afflicted in tbone
“ery quarter. JJ ihuy I’axk. cities.
XXXX Century Whiskv
Received a medal and diploma of m»'rit nt tho Vienna
Exposition, tH'ing tho onlj brand out of fivo on eihi- .
bttion thr.s honored.
For sale by druggists and fir*t-olas« dea’ere through- I
out th* United States; wholesale bjr
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aepl» dm New York City, i
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