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Fortune Telling.
From time immemorial many people
who really know better have secretly
placed faith in fortune-tellers, under all
sorts of names. That the future may be
predicted, is believed by not a few who are
neither ignorant nor idiotic, and lias been
believed, and will be believed until the
end' Women more especially yield to
this feeling; and thus mediums, clair
voyants, astrologers, and common eard
shuffling fortune-tellers live and thrive.
While we must know that the mist that
veils tlie future will only roll away little
by little, showing us the one step wo are
about to take, and no more, yet it is very
certain there are people who, having look
into another's eyes and held another’s
hands awhile, can utter very startling
revelations of that other s past history,
and often prophesy what really does take
place. They have penetration to an in
tense degree, 't hey know the meaning of
certain lined and expressions of the human
face. One who lias loved,"bears the seal
of that love on his brow to the grave.
One wlie lias lost lias in bis eyes a look
that tells of it. Expectation lias its brand;
so has despair. You think nothing of
saying: “That mail is a dtunkard.” The
tokens of that state are manifested to all.
After long experience, and with a natural
gift of perception, it is easy to write all
men what they are.
Then, too, the fortune-toller by profes
-1 sion observes other things —a ring, a
locket with hair in it. the style of the
dress. The hands of idleness and indus
try are not alike; and many persons in
certain trades can tell each other by the
I shape of the hands.
| Again, not only do people chatter too
much when they go to fortune-tollers,
mediums, or clairvoyants, but tint they
j go at. all is an indication of some unusual
| condition
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true to her, never tries to “speer her for
tune," unless she has lost money or
spoons. A girl, w-o knovvsjust what her
beau’s intentions are, loses her intoiest
in sorcery. But let a woman's lioart be
troubled, let her believe her lover false,
or long for the young prince who comes
not, or have doubts of her worser half,
then, according to her position in society,
does she seek the prophetic Mrs. Swasher
who keeps a greasy pack of cards in her
pocket, in some fourth story back-room;
or Mrs. Sphinx, “iuipressiona! medium,”
who only goes into a trance on proper in
iroductioii, and never for- less than live
dollars an hour.
Is it any wonder that sho goes home
treuih'ing with visions of a “dark-haired
gentleman, with his heart toward you;
but, my dear, I’m sorry to say, a light'
haired rival atwixt you,” troubling her
sou,? Or, with awe-stricken remembrance
conceding “spiritsonce united—now torn
asunder!”
The dingy witch well knew what brought
the visitor with the blue vail and water
proof cloak to her unpleasant home. And
Mrs, Sphinx riddled the liddle well after
she had said: “A dark-haired spirit is
beside you; he wears a moustache;” and
a trembling voice had whispered: “No,
it never would grow!”
On the whole, it is most economical to
stay at home and tell one’s own fortune,
with these clues, namely: J'iist, desire
often a mounts to prophecy; what you want
mostly you generally have. Secondly,
nature not only prompts our longings, but
works for i heir attainment. Thirdly, what
you have done in the past, you will do in
the future—it will bo only the old tune
with variations. And lb, i t hly. a certain
philosopher declares that if you really,
earne-'ly wish for anything, you may sit
on a rook in tin- middle of' the sea and
wait, for that thing will conic to you at
last.
A True Story.
Ic was a henutiful'night in June. The
sky was studded with clustering stars, the
air was bulled to a breathless stillness,
the murmur of the waves icaehed arid
rolled along the shore with a soothing
] leasunt melody that set one {Jijpking of
the past, and so had lulled me into a
dreamy, unconscious state of mind, when
all at once broke upon my ear these wolds
—“My baby! Ob, my baby!”
“At first I thought it was my own over
wrought fancy, but when 1 heard them
repeated in the most agonized tones, I
went down the walk in search of thp Ling
who e whole life seemed flow owl vvkii,
the words. In a few minutes 1 was ref
warded. Thereupon the green, damp
grass sat a young, fair gifl, with a small,
oval face, on, so white; eyes that hud A?
strange, weird and solemn look that be
spoke volumes of misery. With a deep
sign she rose to her feet, turned njy face
round in the moonlight, and after siicdmd
scanned it closely, -die said: “Oh, you,
will be my friend, won't you? Yoijs wi/"
help me to find him; you will not
am crazy because I want my baby; In cause
I cannot give i.p my search, and forget,'
| forget.”
I immediately led her into the house,
: io. k her pale white hands in mine, and in
stead of answering her mierrogatioris,
merely said: “’Tell me all about it.”
' I hank you, thank you. Thank God for
turning my steps here. I. will tell you,
hut—” She did not finish the sentence,
and soon broke out in the wildest and
most unearthly screams I have ever
heard; but becoming quiet, she asked:
"You do not think I, am crazy? lam
: not, only ju.-t heart-broken; only lost, only
-trayed away from everything good, pure,
loving, only a wreck drifted by lute arid
circumstances, living but with one hope,
clinging but to one remembrance, having
; hut one aim, and that is to find m,y lost
1 darling, my baby, my b iby! I must have
him; I must find him. I cannot live with
out him. I had nothing else left; nothing
to live for; nothing to make one forget;
nothing to nestle close to me; nothing to
pray for; nothing but him.” “Oh!” she
added, “if God would only lot me find
him—if lie would give him to me once
more—l would be so good, so good!”
The force and energy that flashed from
her eyes; th.i solitude that symbolized her
peculiar case; the misfortunes that had
overtaken her; the mystic utterances, the
marvellous hopelessness, the despairing
accents, the indescribable anguish, the
sensitive appreciation of her fate; the
impossible longing, the penitential pray
ers, the characteristic innocence surround
ing her with a something I cannot de
scribe. The electric current that kept
vibrating between her heart and mine has
thrown about me an inexpressible and in
teresting remembrance, _ and one that
seemed to w'ar upon its face the accumu
lated woes of a life-time.
lint no words, no entreaties, could
divert her mind from searching for her
baby. And as she passed out into the
moonlight 1 thought, May God pity all
who wait, hope, trust and search without
reason for 'he one joy they ha v o lost for
ever. who grope, stumble, pray, wrestle
with fate, circumstances and surround
ings, till the heart sinks and dies by rea
son of fruitless endeavor.
Out of these come the wrecks of society,
the spurned of men, the despised of wo
men.
Does God too cast them off? Does lie
too deny them succor? Does lie starve
at,d crush ihe poor, weary, hungry souls
that cry unceasingly for love, love, love?
No; to 1 In. at least, when all other slllines
have fled, can the tried, tempted and long
ing hearts id'this world go. and find, not
only their Inst treasures, hut a rest and re
pose fragrant with the rest and pence born
of 11 is mercy. — Pomeroy'a Uainocrat.
Waking Up the Wrong Man.
It was reported to one of the chief
physicians in the hospital of one ol our
alms houses the other day, that there
was a man lying in one ot the Wards iu a
comatose condition. The nurse declared
lliat he had been insensible for twenty
four hours, ar.d that she bad tried ill vain
tn lon e him. The doetorsaid that it wn
probable that the, patient was under the
influence ol some powerful narcotic; per
haps had taken a large dose of laudanum.
He said it was imperatively necessary that
the unfortunate man should bo resusei
tated at once by some powerful stimulant.
Accordingly he directed two of his assist
ants t<* lake a stronggalvunie battery and
apply it to rive patient until lie recovered,
lire assistants went to the hospital with
the cattery, while the nurse stopped for
a few moments in the laundry.. IV hen
they reached the man’s bedside they
placed the battery on the floor, and baring
iho patient’s ankle, they wrapped the
wire around it. When every!lung was
ready they turned on the current full
head. A second later—the prostrate form
of riie patient bounded about four feet in
the air, as it came down upon, tiio bed, a
second shock sent it up again, the patient
meantime exclaiming:
“Yow-wow-wow! Oh, murdor-r r-r!
Oh! O! Thunder and lightning! Mur
der r-r-r! Yow-wow-wow! Another one
of theta'll kill me! O, merciful Moses!
Don't do that again.”
When he came down the fourth time
the doctor turned off the currentAviLh the
remark that they guos>cd that would be
enough. 'I lien one ol them the
patient how he felt, anil attempted to
feel his pulse. But the patient, furious
with rage, said:
' “You diabolical scoundrel! what and you
mean by hitching that thing to me in that
manner, say?
“Now, be calm,” said the doctor; it s
all rigLt;you’ll be better directly.”.
“But it isn’t all right; I've a mind to
knock your head off for blowing me up
wijh that infernal machine. Whutdyou
do it for, anyway?”
“My friend, don't excite yourself,
said tiio doctor; “you’ve been in a very
bad way, and we ran the current through
you to briti" you hack to life.”
, “Bring me back to life!. Why, you
must be crazy. Buck to life? I was no
more dead than you were ”
“Now, keep cool. You haveUeen un
conscious for twenty-four lmupirSarcutio
poisoning, no doubt. We 1 utVii saved you
tfom an early grave. It was the closest
-have I ever saw. It was, upon my
honor.” •
“Well, well, if this don t beat all the-r
- me for the man in WanlyfO.
Why, I’m nne of the keepers of the-’asy
lum and i lay flown on this bed Ibr imap-
The fellow you’re after is over yonder.
An early giave- Well, now, 1 have lick'd
ot foolishness in my life, hut this takes the
/fug right off. And l give you warnin’
if you come around with your appa
rfatus again, try in’ experiments on uie,
Vll wrench your biain pan for you ”
This doctor moved off in search of the
right man, while the keeper went out. to
hunt a'duetto kick to relieve his feelings.
1 ’.hilitjTdyliM Bulletin.
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COL. J. W. WOFFORD
V r inlica.tes Himself"!
An I7\|>l:iu:i t ion.
Cautersvillk, Ga., Oct. 22d, 1870.
To the Politic:
Dr. Felton and his loading supporters
seem to think bis election dependent upon
the downfall of bis opponents.
Where 1 have crossed their tracks in
the upper counties of the district, I find
this talo in circulation: “JohnW. Wof
ford was nominated elector l'or the Slate
at large by mistake; the members of the
convention thought they were nominating
Gen. William T. Wofford." I will tell
the facts, and then let those who feci an
interest in the question say how it is.
The truth is, this is all pretense; Gen’l
William T. Wofford’s identity was as well
known tli the people of the State as that
of any man in it. lie was alternate elec
tor on the Seymour ticket in 18(3!3; was
elector on the Greeley ticket in 1872; was
nominated for the United States Senate
in I8(>8 by the democrats of the Bullock
legislature, and refused to run against
Gov. Brown wlm was the republican can
didate; had run against \ oung twice for
Congress in the 7th district, and against
Smith for Governor in 1872. And to the
foregoing can be added, that when the
convention of the 7th district assembled
in Cartarsville in May last, for the pur
pose of sending delegates to the St. Louis
convention, when my name was proposed
as a delegate for the State at large, Mr.
JoliuC. Aycock ol the Bartow delegation
announced the name of Gen. William T.
Wofford as a competitor with me for the
place; when the votes were counted, I
received 27, and Gen. William T. Wof
ford two. This convention was held in
the county where we both live, and where
a question of identity could not well arise.
In the State convention, my name was
announced as a candidate for elec-tor by
Mr. McKibbcn of the county of Butts;
Col. James D. Waddell who was secretary
or the convention, and whose duty it was
to enter on the record the name of each
candidate as it wos announced, not under
standing which Wofford it was, asked
from the clerk’s desk which one was
meant? C:;pt. Thomas J. Lyon, a mb" 1 '
her of the Bartow delegation, arose and
j said in a distinct voice “it is John W.
j Wofford and not Gen. William T. Wof
ford.”
The ballot proceeded and 1 was elected.
It does appear to me that this plain
statement of facts ought to put at rest
this eilly story, but I have no idea that it
will. John W. Wofford.
A Small Hell Gate.
They wore in the hack yard. One was
a boy of twelve and the other had seen
only half as many years. The younger
one sat on a barrel, and older one had two
ounces of powder in one hand and a burn
ing stick in the other.
“I limit want to he Mowed up,” whined
the hoy on the barrel, trying to get down.
"Keep right still bub,” commanded
the other- “This thing lias been figured
light down to science, _ If forty-five
thousand pounds of explosives raised Ilell
Gate twelve feet, two ounces of powder
will raise you just exactly the fifteenth
part of an inch- Don’t make an alarmist
of yourself. ”
“But it’ll hurt,” persisted the small
boy
“It can’t I say. Haven’t T figured on
it,? You may unbutton your coat and
keep your mouth shut, but that s safe
guard enough. Now, then, keep quiet
and listen for rumbling noises.”
The powder was well confined under !
the barrel. Figures were at fault. The
head of the barrel went up. the small boy
went ui), the big boy went endways, arid
when the smoko cleared away things were J
badly mixed up. Tile big boy had sme |
lugs, the little boy was black as coal and
dnoWrig with tlie odor, and a Woman ran
out anu shouted;
A'tyil blow you, you good-for-nothing!
There’s a shilling barrel all split to pieces,
two pairs of punts to be patched, one
coat-tail on the roof and the other just
hanging, and the poor dog is wedged un
der the house so that he will have to be
drilled out by a machinist.”
J . #
W'ltbout tlie knowledge of right ami
wrofig there can be no responsibility, and
yet men everywhere own themselves re
sponsible, if not to a power above, to one
within. A lie is a he everywhere, and
goodness is goodness even to the worst.
Among the most degraded races some are
found living pure and worthy lives, like j
the Indian noticed by Bruinard, or like ;
Soipio, Marcus Aurelius. Seneca or Epic
tetus iu antiquity; mid they could only do
so by light from God. Every missionary
speaksofgood and bad among the heathen
and of meeting at times with some who
hail the truth as that for which they have
long been waiting. There are flower-in
the deserts as in our gardens, and the
same sun has quickened belli,
NUMBER 44.
Gems of Thought.
Bcw ire the fury of a patient man.
Wc rise in glory as wo sink in pride.
Indolence is the paralysis of the soul.
Fine manners are the mantle of fair
minds.
Groan under gold, yet weep for want of
bread.
All luxury corrupts, either the morals
or the taste.
To know how to wait is the great secret
of success.
The higher we rise the more isolated we
become; and all elevations are cold.
Find earth where grows no wood, and
you man find a heart where no error
grows.
Anger causes us often to condemn in
one what we approve in another.
Volubility in words is carelessness in ac
tion; words are the wings of action.
lie submits himself to be seen through
a microscope wli > suffers himself to bo
seen in a fit of passion.
Often the grand meanings of faces as
well as written words may lie childly in
the impression of those who look on them.
The true test of civilization is not the
census, nor the size of the cities, or the
crops, but the kind of men the countiy
turns out.
More hearts pine away in secret anguish
from the want of kindness from those who
should he their comforters than from aay
other calamity iu life.
Thought and theory must precede all
action that moves to salutary purposes.
Yet action is nobler in itself than cither
thought or theory.
I havo always looked upon it as the
worst condition of man’s destiny, that
persons are so often torn asunder just as
they become happy in each other’s
society.
Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has
no power in itself, like wealth or talent,
but it tells with all the power of a cipher
when added to either of tlui other two.
The great buiness of man is to,improve
bis mind and govern his manhood; all.
otliei projects und pursuits, whether, in
cur power to compass or not, ane only
amusements.
The books that make a sensation are
those that are unreadable. They are like:
indigestible dinners. The dinners that,
are easily digested are never spoken of
the next day.
The church-yard Js the-market-place
where all things are rated at their true
value, and those who are approaching it
' talk of the world and its-vanities with a,
I wisdom ~ftve r known befoue.
Observe mdi.hod in distribution of your
time. Every hour will then know its
proper employment, and no time will bo
lost. Idleness will then be shut out at
overy avenue and witli that numerous
body of vices that make up her train.
Epicurus says gratitude is a virtue that
has commonly profit annexed to it. ‘ And
where is the virtue, say I, that has not?
But still the virtue is to be valued for
itself, and not for the profit that at
tends it.
Ths hand that hath made you fair hath
made you good; the goodness that is cheap
in beauty makes beauty brief in goodness;
but grace, being the soul of your com
plexion, should keep the body of it ever
fair.
To vility a great man is the readiest
way in which a little man can himself at
tain greatness. The crab might never
have become a constellation but for the
courage evinced in nibbling Hercules on
(ho heel.
We certainly ought not to treat living
creatures like shoes or household goods,
which when worn out with use we throw
away; and were it only to teach benevo
lence to human kind, wo should be merci
ful to other creatures.
It were well were there fewer I'erneq
for I scarcely ever heard of any. ■■ g
Hercules, but did more misi.
good. These overgrown mortals n
will with their right, hand and t.
son with their left.
Tun reason why great men in t r. .'o
so little pity or att„chiuoiii in :nlx • v,
would s, ; i-ui to be this: the friends > a
great man were made by his fortunes —
his enemies by himself; and revenge i- u
much more punctual paymaster than
gratitude.
But, for my own part, if I had ari in
supportable burden —if, for any cause, T
were bent upon sacrificing every
earthly hope as a peace-offering toward
heaven —1 would make the wide world
my cell, and good deeds to mankind my
prayer. Many penitent men have dona
this, and found peace in it.
“No; I desire not an earthly immortal
ity,said I. “Wore man to live longer
on the earth, the spiritual would die out
of him. The spark of ethereal fire would
he choked by the material, the sensual,
There is a celestial something within us
that requires, after a certain time, the
atmosphere of heaven to preserve it from
decay and ruin.
Little thrce-yoarohl asked hismothorto
let him have his building blocks to play
with, but she told her darling that it was
•Sunday, therefore not proper. But,
mamma,” said the young hopeful. “1 II
build a church.” He got the blocks*