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' A. being of True Democratic principc King ..c l fair dealing to all, and expo-ing •; 1 i;.n_ . 1.-.oids. ..iculat:'d to injure o; 1< ii; ■ n i .nnfj. . urinx Interests cf North- i: . ■ aitcntioti, arm every . ‘ :\i • r; ;■ ■■i ■■■ ;Ui !:•. . i j,-• •; 1 iaiiiy, ol uuy •t-ii. .set.-ii.Mii of American Union. Aciurt: ' vtli coinuiuriiCationsf to iL xN i i*c- ''3 ) iSi • Sii nirerville, Chattooga Cos., Georgia. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 211 1877. The Moneyless Man. Is there no Hoorefc plnee on tin* faoa of I ho earth Where charity tlwollefh, anti vit no hath birth - Wht ro Itc- Mins in mercy ami kin ! new* will hoavn? Ami the poor and tho wretched may ask and re ceive y Is there no place where a knock from t> • - poor, Will briipr a kind tin-b • t '■ • <■ Oh! ■■'Ml' ii tin l w• - There is no oy,*n * (Jo look in yon halls, ■whore tim o';arnloliv*.r*a light Drives off with its splemior the darkness of night; Win re the rich lntnginj curtains with shtulowy fold, Swtvp gracefully down with their trimming* of gold; Whore the mirrors of silver take up and renew In long lighted vistas, the bewildering view, Go there in your patches and find if you can, A welcoming smile for a moneyless man. Go look to yon church with its cloud reaching spire. That gives back to the sun its same look of rod iii e: Where the arches and columns are gorgeous within, • And its walls scorn ns pure as a soul w it bout sin, Go down the long aisle, see the rich and the great, In tho r>mup and the pride of their worldly estate, j Walk down in your patches, llml if you can, 1 One who opens a pew to a moneyless man. i Go to vour Judge in his dark flowing gown, ! With his scales wherein law woighteth equity > down; ! Who frowns on the weak ami smiles on t tie strong I And punishes right whilst he just (lies wrong; ; Where juries their lips on the Itible have laid, i To rentier a verdict they have already made, Go there in your court room, find if you can, Any law for the cause of a moneyless man. Go in yon bank \s here Mammon has toled j it is hundreds and thousands of silver and gold; Where sale from the hands of tho starving and poor, Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore; Walk up to the counter and there you may stay, 'Till your limbs grow old and your hair turns gray You’ll lind at the bank not one of tho elan, Idas money to lend to a moneyless man. Then turn to your hovel, no rav.n has fed The wife, who has suffered, too long for her bread; There kneel by horpalh ! and kiss the death frost from the lips of the angel your poverty lost,; Then t urn in yo-ut agony upward to God, And bless, while it smites you, tho chastening rod, You’ll And M the end of life's little span, Th re is a welcome shove for e. money less man. Curiosities of Life- Lay your finger on your pulse, ami know that at every stroke M ine ituim rtal j.a -0- to bis nut. r; Mime fellow-bc.ng . ..... ihe river nl‘death; ami if we think ■ i well wonder that. it. should h o loinr before our turn r unes. ! 1 ii e!'a i wiie ilv- die before seven- On no j . ill in toll Ih 'I >llml lives to be one litituire ! years old; and but one in s hundiod roaches sixty. The married live longer than tho simile. There is one soldier to evi ry eittht per sons, an 1 "’it. of .-very thou and born only ninety oo.e wo Minos take place. 1C you lake i In n .uni persons who have reached .-vuii'y years, there arc of clergymen, orators, and public speakers, forty-three; farmers, forty; workmen, thirty-three; soldiers, thirty-two; lawyers, twenty-nine; professors, tweuty-sevon; doctors, twenty-four. Eoys, Listen to Thi3. True as the Gospel is the follotfog, said by Robert (Jollyer, of Chicago: '* “It is true that, the working, slice :;tw ful men of to-day were once poor, indus trious, self-reliant boys. Vml t lit: thing will he repeated for, from Qua: ranks of the hard-working, cconomi'SH' temperance, and persevering boys of to day, will emanate the pro rrussivc, promi nent men of the future. “Every mao doing any sort of work in Chicago to day, was raised a poor man’s son, and had to fight his way to his place.. Notone ul them, as I can ascertain, was a rich man’s son, and had a good time when he was a boy. All boys should grow as strong as a steel bar, fighting their way on to an i ducatii/i), and when they are ready, plunge into lifts with that tradition al half dollar and a little bundle tied up in a red handkerchief, as I have known great, men to start. I tell you that iu five and I wenty years, when most, of u- that arc in our middle age have gone to our retribution, the men of mark in this country wi. ot be the (ins of those whose father'- can give them all they wish for, and ten times more than they ought to have, but will bo those who are brought up in farm houses and cottages, cutting their way through the thickest hindrances ofeVcty sort; and all the brown : tone non ■ -e. this in -tropobs will be as nothing to b. mg out, ilie nobleman.” What to Read. An exchange say : “I* is very haul for pome boys and gi:l ■ to behove what older people tell them concerning the selection of reading matter. If a book, is van ex citing and thrilling, and pronounced by their eiders unfit, to be read thi is only tin r.:a.-i.a why th-y should rt ad it; fm: idden fruit being always sweet.” "i tr ■ !-, ; !•■, too true, li the book | air c.I- in . u-breadf li escapes, daring ! i- : . u h i o iu ir,' they aigue. ( ..jury .in I i:e more reining of such ; .o i, 111 V .Now ii-icoi a moment., : || ( ||,,t ; in it' L \ on ■!r richest and I■, : | :.i. : I e "1 'ale. H i.'lt ... ■ i!.., .... . . /II (he cl 1 uniadi ./ e,lie: ue u.iged, he grutv dull and •iuiraisii, id- eye- bee.one weak and watery, v-'isiie In- 'c eil ni.e' .cue.l ami rotted away a v.'/jr.-i m ./., when he glow O 11,. lim 1, tie !><•'•*. u ' crave tu i.accu ami dritil-. a- a n.i"iiis of whetting hi.- . > ■; , cute and of giving him a relish tor wholesome food. ‘ 1 Alas, what a mistake! Now, if I were to ask you what perfects the growth of the body, you would readily answer: the food wo cat. .lust so it i. in regard -to the mind. That develops itself in accordance with the nourishment, it receives, Do '•on tid'd; ‘tf yirl who passe her til'll* in i■; minis - dvr !■ \e -ioi. stories, or trashy novels, v.itl ever grow up into am thing but a silly, weak-minded, sentimental, woman, with a brain as devoid of one solid thought as her life is oi'noble pur pose? Ami tho boy who, hour after hour is found perusing a dime novel, a book of exciting highway robberies, or an obscene newspaper, do you think he will ever de velop into a pure-souled, higlotonud, no ble minded man, a man destined to make his mark in the world? No; for just.as impure food will dwarf and injure our whole physical system, just so impure reading will taint and corrupt, our whole mental organization. Then think of this boys and girls, and be careful what you | select to read, for, be it said with shame, i hundreds of books ami newspapers of the very lowest, vilest kind may be found ail over our country. “That Other Little Boy.’’ The Columbus Enquirer tells a good story of a character well known in ante helium days to visitors to the Chalybeate and Warm Springs in Meriwether county. He was generally known by the name of - “Old Finch,’ and “had the misfortune of not recollecting names, even those ol his own family, said to have been the re sult, of an injury to his head, received when a lad. On account, of his infirmity, he always called everybody ‘Little Hoy.’ Gruel hint with “Good morning, Uncle Finch,’’ and invariably came tho reply, j “Howdy little boy,” regardless of age : or sex. The old man was seriously sick at ono time, and his good wife, knowing that he had sadly neglected his “hereafter,” and believing he was not long for this world, sent for a pious clergyman to talk and pray with. The good man wrestled with the old tinner, but. without- apparently m tving him, when he tried anew tack. “Squire," .said the good man, “you arc very iek. your friends think you will die.” ‘ I think to too,” i 'plied I le-ic I ‘inch. “Arc you riot afraid to die,” continued the good tuan, “and meet your God?” “Oh. no! no!” quickly replied Uncle Finch, “f ain't afraid of Him. It’s that other little boy that I’m afraid to meet." Uncle Finch didn’t die, us his friends ex pected. lie lived till a lew years ago, and we trust ho went to a place where the “other little boy” will not disturb him. Little Tilings by Josh Billings. A kros word iz a little thing, but it iz what sti iz up the el pliant. A kind word iz a little tiling, hut it iz just what soothed tho sorrows ov tho set ting hen. An orange peel ori the sidewalk iz a little thing, but it haz upset many a giant. An oath iz a little thing, but it. iz re corded io the grate ledger in heaven, A serpent’s fang iz a little tiling, hut doth iz its victory, l* baby iz a wee little thing, but a con ‘kx’able waz once a baby. A hornet’s sting iz a little thing, but it sends tho school boy home howling. A star iz a little thing, but it kan hold this grate world in his arms. A tung iz a litt e thing, but it fills the universe with trubble. An egg iz a little thing, but the huge kroker.lilc kreop.s into life out ov it. A kiss iz a very little tiling', but it, be trayed the Son ov God into tho hands ov hiz enemy. A spark iza little thing, but it can light the poor man’s pipe, or set the world to burning. '1 lie acorn iz a ittlo thing, the black bear and his family live in the oak that springs from it. A word iz a liitlc thing, but ono word lias been monny a man’s destiny, lor good or for evil.. A penny iza very little thing, but the interest on it from tho days of Cain and Abel would buy out the globe. A minute iz a little thing', but it. iz [ long enough to pull a dozen aking teeth or to get married and have your own mot her-ir.-law. A lap dog iz a little tiling, but he iz a very silly tiling besides. Life iz made up ov little things. Life itself iz but a little tiling; one breath less, then comes the pbuueral. i A striking instance of sagacity in a lob ter is recorded by Mr. Barker, of the Rothesay Aquarium, in a letter to one of the Scotch papers, It seems that three i lobsters were placed is u tank previously ; o rnpici by flatfish, and in which, inad . ctently, a flounder had been left buried i he: bin; 10, where it died. One of the lobsters, “a veteran of unusual size,” soot) <ll ' red the dead body oi ilie bounder, and, dragging it from i;s resting place, re :ud with it to one corner ol the tank, is hoi tly afte: ward.-, it was noticed that the fo i-.der ..a n.iw ing. It was impossible that toe lobster could have eaten it in the time, and the h ndleofanet revealed die fact that upon the approach of the two lc/.ser lobsters lie had buried the flounder ii oeathn heap of shingle on which be now mounted guard. Five times within the two hours was the flounder unearthed, and us often did the wily lobster rebury it with his huge cia..s, eaeh time ascending the pile and turning a bold front to bis companions. This story shows conclusive ly what a vast amount of quenched intel ligence may sometimes lie concealed in a salad. I Lofe an Honest Poy. There’s a German who keeps a corner grocery in Keokuk, mid he had a call from a little tiny the other night, who ha I I".en sent to ei’t a two-dollar bill eliane.. In boy received tlmclnc - > v.Med i.onn. with it when it \va oh cow . u that t hero was a quarter which was r; th : , i ad, l hough good, in the change, and m ihat the quarter was just twenty-live cents more change than the folks who sent the bill were entitled to. ’I be boy was sent back to return it. and of enur e the ragged ‘fractional’ was sent with him. Entering I he store, and holding out the ragged money, the boy said: “ Vou changed a two-dollar bill for me, here’s a quarter’ Our (h nuan friend, seeing the ragged money and fancying that lie would have to take it back, interrupted tlio boy by exclaiming: “Shangc oodinks! I slianged no pills mit you!’ "V ( , you did, and bore’s a quarter”- “Mein Got, vasalicsl Neter in my life did 1 see .sieh a pey . Id dls you you nofer slianged me mit any pills.” “Why, I was in here not half an hour ago, and you gave me a quarter”— “Gif you some quarters- gif you some quarters! Dmidcnvettor, young teller, you dink I bin gone crazy mit my prams? I don’t, gif you some quarters. Now, make your elf seldom ride away, puforu I put shoulders upon your bead!” arid he commenced to move out from I t Lind the counter. ‘ Ult, you didn’t give me no quarter, eh? All right, all right, squire, I’m just a quarter ahead,” and ho started to go out. “Now,” said the Gorman, putting him self in an attitude of admiration, “and it is what I like to see pet tor as noting else. I lofe an honest poy, and I shoost been trying you, sonny. Yaw, it vas me what makes a shangc mit and ir pills, and 1 knows it all dor same, hut. i vas trying you. I)u P - -Ii a elieeuy poy, and ! gifs you a nice pig a p pies for your honesty,’ and, pocket ing the quarter, he led the boy back to the rear of the store, and selecting an apple about the size of a marble, lie pre sented it to the boy, and patting him on the head, said : “Now run along homo, sonny, and dell your folk.-- vut a nice p-e a u-t, i-f-u-1 old slieiitleman it vas who gif you and it nice apple.’’ -W . -> > ,1 Idleness. This is one of the great curses of this country. It is humiliating to see the stout, healthy men who make a business loaliiltg, not, at all ashamed to cat the bread made by the exertion of others, and allowing themselves to be clothed by the worn lingers of sonic over- worked mother, ;i - ter or wife. The times are hard, but, they are made harder than they naturally arc by this dead weight of idleness which weighs upon tiie energies of the indus trious people, and places them at disad vantages in the fight against nnfortuno circumstances On this subject tho Oglethorpe A’e/io well says: “If there is anything we dislike to see, it is a batch of able todie 1 men sitting around a store door, whittling, playing draughts, pitching rings, talking polit !>••., shooting flips and marbles, and engaged in every known occupation except making un honest livelihood, when in all proba bility tho wife, or mother, or sister is at home toiling to earn the very bread they eat. Such men are generally loudest in l heir denunciation of hard tim s, but w hat do they to hatter the condition of tho country? In penning the above we intend nothing personal to any one individual, but say to tlm reader, ‘if the shoe fits you,’ re olvo, like a man, to outgrow it, by sordt ing an honest living at whatever you can find to do. There is a law in this State jiitni'-hiiig vagrants—such as this class of loafer,-; undoubtedly are-and it is tho duty of the public to enforce tbe same, j without regard to person, color or previ- i mis condition. If a man won t work, lot ! h:in be. sold to someone who will use the cowhide if necessary and make him work.” The Sewing Machine Swindle. Judge Gilberts Jeri ive action in a flowing machine case tried before him in Brooklyn will be very generally commend ed. The agent of a sewing machine com pany had sold a machine to a person on what is known as a “lease.” The pay ments under such a sale are to bo made b - installments, but the maoh.ne is only “leased” to the purchaser, the payments are designated “rent,’’ and when default is made, if oven on the very ln-l install ment, the agent steps in, reclaims the machine und retains all the money that lias been paid upon it. This one-sided bargain is a cheat on its face, and besides, a large addition is generally made to the honest price of the machine when thus sold on time. In the Brooklyn ease the purchaser had paid eighty dollars, when, failing in meeting an in (ailment, tli - machine was -adzed and carried off by the agent. The victimized purchaser brought suit to recover the amount he had paid. Judge Gilbert immediately directed the not unwilling jury to give plaintiff aver- j diet fur the full amount with interest. The : counsel for tlm company pleaded for delay. “Not an instant,” was Judge Gilbert’s reply. This is treating these sharp dealers to a little of their own medicine. “Not an in taut," is their reply when a purchaser asks for time. The Brooklyn decision will probably encourage a number of persons who have lost both their money and machines by such sharp practice to attempt to recover either the one or the other. .V 1 . IJfrahl, NUMBER 17. 'I he Arabs have a fable of a miller who was one day startled by a camel's nose tlii i .t in the window where he was sleep- I in;.'. ‘i very cold outside,” said the ' i only want to get my nose in." i m nose was let in and then tho neck, uni fir.. iy tlm whole body. Frescntly i the under became inconvenienced by tho uiy.si'dy companion he had obtained, in a mom certainly not largo enough for both. - “if you are inconvenienced you may leave,” said the camel; “as for myself, 1 stay where 1 am.” The moral of the fable concerns nil. When temptation occurs, we mu. t not yield to it. We rnu.-L not allow .n M.ncii as its 1 nose” to come iu. Everything like sin is to be turned .nvay from. He who yield.; even tho smallest degree will soon be overcome; and the hi.-1 state of that man is worse than the first. ’Beauty and stylo are not the surest passports to respectability—some of the noblest specimens of womanhood that the tho world has ever seen have presented the plainest and most unprepossessing a | pea ranee. A woman’s worth is to ho estimated by the real goodness of her heart, the greatness of her soul, and the 1 parity and sweetness of her character; and a woman with a kindly disposition and a well balanced mind and temper, is lovely u:.d attractive, be her face everss plain-and tier figure ever so homely; she ; makes the be.-a ol wives and truest of mothers. Elio lias a higher purpose in litue than the beautiful yet vain and | supercilious woman, who has no higher ; ambition than to flaunt her finery in tho ; streets, or to gratify her inordinate vanity extracting by flattery and praise from a j society whose compliments are as hollow as they are insincere. Why She Planted Roses. A blacksmith had in his possession, but under mortgage, a house and piece of land. Like many others, lie was at one time fond of the glass, hut was happily induced by a friend to join the temper ance society. About three months after ward he observed his wife busily engaged in planting rose bushes and fruit trees. “.Mary,” said he, “I have owned this lot for live year, and yet I have never known you to care to improve it in this manner.” “Indeed, replied the smiling wife, “I had no heart to do it until you gave up drink. I had often thought of it before, but I was persuaded that should I do it, some strangers would pluck the roses and cat the fruit. Now, with God’s blessing this cot will he ours, and we and our children may expect to enjoy the product; wc shall pluck the roses and eat the fruit.” Ami they did. Their cottage was kn jV.'ii as tho prettiest cottage iu the neighborhood- A gentleman stepped into a tavern and saw a filthy drunkard, once a respectable man, waiting for his liquor, lie thus ac cost.'! him: “Why do you make yourself t lie vilest of men? - ’ “I ain’t the vilest,” said the drunkard. “ You are,” said tho gentleman, “see how you lo k —drink ih it g!a>and you willljj in the gutter.” “I denyynur pozzition,” said the other; “who is the vilest the tempted or the tempter? Who who was the wor-worst, I Satan, or (liio) live?” “Why, Satan,” said the gentleman. “Well, (hie) well, behold the tempter!” pointing to the bar. The barkeeper not liking such allusion to bis calling, turned the man out of his : house without his dram. Different cities have different atmos pheres, and so have human beings, t j have met persons whose very presence | .scene I like a breath of spring air, sweet : and pure and cheering—filling my heart : with peace and my soul with light. There ! are others who seeui to carry an invisible fog about them that settles cold and dose on those with whom it comes in contact.. Tn the society of such persons 1 fuel choked, as though a puff of carbon had swooped down on my feeble lungs. A sunny wholesome nature is the most desirable thing in life. At the Methodist Sunday School the members answer to the roll call by repeat ing a verse of Scripture. When a certain old bachelor, about the only one we have hi town, was called, be folded his arms very complacently, and said, “l will luvo them that love me. Tliev that seek me early shall find me. ” You can never do an injury to another without feeling that injury rebound ami strike yourself. You aie fated evermore to drink the bitterness of the cup you have mingled for a brother. “Is whisky an animal or a vegetable product?” asked an instructor in one of our public schools. Whereupon a bright littlug-irlreplied: “Vegetable.” “Why?” “Because it is pa’s nip.” A widow in Connecticut brought recent ly a suit against a young man for the value of fuel, lights and food consumed whilst he was courtin ' her daughter. A girl with dreamy eyes and calm serenity of manner may be a bit of artless innocence, but ten to oriu she is lazy, and has no ideas to excite her mind or her tongue,