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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 2 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 HOWARD & CO.. Managers, trgp-fcb; 1 ATLANTA, Q1 UR VXDF.ST SC It EKE EVER KSOWS. ■.iFHffl Grail Gift Ciert, Merchant If he has It or j j. 0R TUE BEJ;i;;FIT 0F THE rmoUthenAvr,,. pUBUC (jp KENTUCKY. 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 [Established 1360] I .10K the Assay of Ores. Analysis of Mineral Water*. / soils, guanos, superphosphates, marls, irtrn ores, slags, limestones. c<*la, pig and bar Iron :eel, ores of j cue. alloys, milk, CAlcuh, poisons, etc. List of charges mailed gratis. Addreae, P 0. box 905. W. J. LAND. C* 'miat 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 H. K. THURUKR At CO., General Agent*. i aepl» dm New York City, i THE ’’VICTOR ’' l Y*'-tor” 1 O "pufllnj, ” f »U*vVM