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GE ORGIA HER ALD.
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EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
TERMS.
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fix Months
AU. PAYMKKTMNYAIt»A«'.Y is ADVASCII.
AjWERTISt&G RATES.
fntiAwlnff are the rates to which we adhere in
™ nfrarts for advertising, or whfte advertisements
r - ] ' , ' i,, ( ] i n without instructions. Displayed Ad
’ .'. t E'. r n,.nts will he charged according to the space
they occupy: . - __
j 1 T. |T~MTfB ¥ \f M.ji3M:
”";«i <m» ii*2 50 j ♦ 7 ooiiioo iii.eon
• 2 00: oDO I 10 00 16 0o 25 00
: v ' r i’ nr, 4 ' | AOO 700 15 1)1'. 20 06 SO OO
' 400 10 00 20 00; 30 ft) 40 00
* "T iauS r (l - ,2 (io ! 30 on 40 oo! 50 00
( ,' , Um 2 I jo 00 20 001 86 00' 65 00 : 80 00
T 0 onmSAtiSe, administrators, guabdians, *O.
.* heretofore since the war, the followin': are the
Sor notices ofOrdinaries, Ac.-to be paid in ad-
VANCE . .. 9, *5 00
Thirty Days’Notices • 5
Lands. Ac pr. sqr of ten Lines 6 00
sixty Oavs’ Notices. . ‘ XX
T ; n pays’ Notices of Sales pr sqr 2 00
SiiFßim' Sales. —for these Sales, for every fi fa
Sales, per square. *5 00
Obituaries are charged for the same as other adver
tisements.
“After I heiran to advertise my Ironware freely,
insim-MM increased with amazing rapidity. For ten
:' vfl part I have spent £30,000 yearlv to keep my
•mierior wares t>efore the public. Had I been timid in
i Lrtisintr I never should have possessed my fortune
,4 eijoiHiOO”.—McLeod Belton, Birmingham.
“Advertising, like Midas’ touch, turns everything to
I gold By it, your daring men draw millions to their
coffers."—Stuart Clay.
■What audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the
skillful use of printer’s ink, is to success in business.”—
Beecher.
“The newspapers made Fisk.'’—J. Fisk, .Tr.
Without the aid of advertisements I could have done
nothin-' in my speculations. I have the most complete
Pi hin “printers' ink.” Advertising is the “royal road
to business Barnum.
“Let. aside a liberal per eentage for advertising.
Keep yourself unceasingly before the public; and it
j nutters not what business you are engaged in, for, if
1 intelligently and industriously pursued, a fortune will
, bethe~result —Hunts Merchants’Magazine.
professional Carts.
I F. REDDING, Attorney at Low,
fj • RarnesvH'o, Pike co, Ga. will practice in the
mantles comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
el-ewhere by special contract Al Luisness promptly
attended to. Oihce in Elder’s building, over Chamber s
Tin Store. augti-ly.
TXT T. WEAVER. Attorney at Law,
V t • Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all the
Courts of the Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special
contract. june2s-ly
TOIIX f. FI ALL, Attorney and Counsellor
fJ nt Law Will practice in the counties composing
■ V'iuM \v< uU In ttie Supreme Court, of (Georgia,
ami in the l>i-trict Court of the United States for the
Northern and Sou hern Districts of Georgia.
Thomaston, Ga., June ISth. lS»i'-ly.
T W THI RMAN. Attorney at Law,
c? • B >rn- svil!e. Ga. Will Practice in the Courts of
h-Flint Circuit., and Else.tthe.ie by Special Contract.
Pi nipt attention given to all collection of claims.
jnnc4-ly
TMSFP- H SMI ’’ll \ tp.m*v ndR
I*l ■ in■■■':! w;t Law. Office Corner Whitehall anil .
' v ■ f' -Tra. Ga. WII pra tice 11 me Sn
ri.,l Courts of CmvctH and Flint, f'iivuits. tpe '-11-
•tirt of the Mute, and the United States’ Bis
hric’ min Ml com nnicatiot-s a-ldre eed to him at
I *iian»:i will coceive pr >mj>! attentio >. anril9-ly
''fiV & ”bC VLL Attorneys
at Law ‘'nvlngt n. rgia. Will attend regu
|! an 1 "1 tre in the Superior courts of the
lo,v:i .< Newton, Nitte I Xnrv, Spalding Pike,
|M n oe, i’|i'un, Morgan, DeEalh Gwinnette an<f Jas
|P er dec" (My
Ij 'MUs 'I M \TIIEWS Attorney nt
■ts haws, fulbotton. Ga. will practice all the counties
■ [M„in: the hat' ahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
■ i »oei al Vo 11 tract declO-ly
|\\ D,LIS & WILLIS. Attorneys at Law
1). : JV> tt.on, Prompt attention given to
■- Nness placed in our hands. declO-ly
D TPJPPE. Aturnev a’ Law
111 Forsyth, Ga Will practice in the State Courts
■ the United States’ District Court at Atlanta and
Ga. dec 0-1 y
l \ Hi NT, Attorney at Barnes^
■' * Ga Will practice in all the counties of
r" “ !nti Circuit and Supreme Court of the State.
~r -•— ■— . ' ■ ,
■MARION BETIICJNE, Attorney at
■ , aw > Talbot,on, Ga. Will practice in all the
■' units of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson and
■ erriwether counties. ' declß-ly
| I|OM.\S BEALL, Attorney at Law,
*. rhomagton. Ga. Will practice in the Flint Cir
• »D(1 elsewhere by special contract. declS-ly
ROGERS will continue the practice
, •'ledidne. Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
dectß-ly
G. W. T. \l ANN AH, is pleased to
ip n< "’/y hie citizens of Upson that he will continue
I'-ictiee of Medicine in its various branches at
Ga. declS-ly
•Up;} s. WALKER. Attorney at Law
woangc, Q a . Will practice in Circuit Courts o
Use’ll']' ar *d in the United States District Courts.
1 MjK PUBLIC.—I have moved up to
f , r ;' in Messrs Cheney-and Allen’s new build
n,'”,** re <t*ilarly engaged in the practice of inedi
i ' l ' r T; !| red to go at any time. Persons wishing
1 a, anotin my of6oe, can c*U on Messrs,
.j ,f s at Lewi*and Sawyer’s and obtain ir.forma
t ■ - leave any message there, which will
and, tv6rcd.
DR J. O. HUNT.
Dentistry.
' TYp
- unflersigned being permanently
" ■e- ' i,■ nT ' 10rn ® t on, Btill tenders thier professional
i*m an ‘, ,® Practice of Dentistry to the citizens of
ve r a.hm. l°! n^n S counties. Teeth inserted on g Jd,
; ifd iln h"e or rubber. All woric warranted and
MtYi'PK r&ntee< *« Office up stairs over WILSON
<hcn if Btore - ; .
_____ \ERYAN & SAWYER.
"RIF
_ eh V ('■ rtnors^, ’F heretofore existing
V iissoWd l*' Lewis and Wilson Sawyer is this
‘• all out,. mut, ial congent,. Wilson Sawyer to
• Brt4 Tv v r lß * debts and collect all necosnts due
l , tea lonr« se will please come forward and
n !l, "'iatclv ’ "* 01 itstanding debts must be paid
''■ouijit, ' r , 0 ,1. LEWIS
’ Oft., July 1, ’7O. WILSON 8A W YER,
stano'V 0 n '' lnu( ' the business at the old
nmfl asitit w ’* )e pl case( l to see all my aid
* :f, t to C r,] t !ai . ly new ont-s as will make it tp their
*!“> invite. • , s brooks will be retained by
''s 'y strictVtt- V; S Pn, ls to civil and see him We
’ y ‘j9V a, ' tOU,l l’® nt Ua ljUfalneßS to secure a h’oerel
Wilson sawyer.
I' 1
THOMASTON, GA, SATURDAX r YrOITNTTN'G, C, 1870.
>aaK» The systems of liver
* \ t r\ it o .1 Complaint are uneasiness
I it* ft V V |,afa in *•
l 111 v 1* M I Sometimes the pai iis in
■ theahmilder, anJ 5< mis-
KAIWf nBgJMLi- 1 wpm taken for rheumatism
Jno stomach is alfi cted with loss of appetite and sick
Wifb’ if ' el mL n r" sometimes alternating
with lax. The head is troubled with pain and dull
heavy sensation considerable loss of memorv accom
panied w.th painful sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been done. Often con>
times, some of the above
f I IT p n |sym tom< attend the dL-
Ei I I; Hi ll I ea *<‘. and at other times
•J I l IJ II fi very few of them: but
■ the Liver is generally the
CuroTh? Liv ° lgaD m ° Bt IDVOITed -
BR. SIMMONS’
laver Regulator,
A preparation of roots aad herbs, warranted to be strict*
ly vc-retalde, and cm do no injury to any one
It has been used by hundreds, and known for the last
3.r years ns one of the most reliable, and
harmless prejiarations ever oOeved to the suflTering If
Btly, it is sure lo cure.
Dyspepsia, headache,
jaundice costiveness.sick
headache, chronic diarr
hea, affections of the
bladder, camp dysentery,
affections of the kidneys,
eases of the >kin. impurity
of the blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits, heart
burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in the head,
fever and ague, dropsy, boils, pain in back and limbs,
asthma, erysipelas, female affections, and bilious dis
eases generally. Prepared only by
J. If. ZElLItf & CO.,
Price PI: by mail *J.BS. Druggists,-Macon, Oa.
The following highly respectable persons can fully at
test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to
whom we most respectiully refer:
Gen. W. S. Holt, President 8. W. Tt. R. Company;
R.iv J. Felder, Perry, Ga.; Col E. K Sparks, Albany,
Ga.; George J Lunsford. Elsq.. Conductor S. W R. R.;
C Masterson, Esq:, Sheriff Bibb county,; J A. Butts,
Bainbridge, Ga ; Dykes <Sc Sparhawk, Editors Floridian,
Tallahassee; ltev. J. W. Burke. Macon, Ga.; Virgil
Powers Esq Superintendents. W. R. R.; Daniel Bui
lard, Bullard s Station, Macon and Brunswick R. It.,
Twiggs county, Ga.; Grenville Wood, Wood’s Factory,
Macon, Ga ; Rev. E F. Fasterlinn, P. E. Florida Con
ference: Major A. F. Wooley, Kingston, Ga.; Editor
Macon Telegraph.
For sale by John F Henry, New* York, Jno D. Park,
Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orleans, and all Drug
gists " apl2-ly
Idissoltttion.
THE Co-partnership of Saulsbury,
Ciiertly it Blabingamk te' minates, and is hereby
dissolved, from this date. Signed,
J AMES L. S ATTLSUTTUY.
William A Cherry,
James P. Blasingame.
Maoon, May I,ISTO.
CO- F^L=LTIsrETR,SLG:i3^.
rpilE undersiwned have this (];jrv formed
1 a Co-partnership, commencing the first dav of
Mny ensuing, under the firm name of 8 \ UI.SBIJRY,
RRSPESS & CO., for the transaction of a Warehouse
and General Commission Business 19 this City
Jamfk.l . Sauls ihtry,
John R. Resuess,
WILETAM T RGSPASS,
JAMtis P. Blasingame.
James L Saulhhury jr.
Dated Macon, April 29, 1870.
Tn retiring from the life firm of SauDhurv, Cherry
& Ttlnsingame, I take occasion to recommend their
successors. Messrs. SAULSBURY, RF,SPF' ; S Sc CO ,as
in every respect worthy of the fullest confidence of my
friends, and solicit for them their patronage and influ
ence. WILLIAM A. CHERRY
We beg Enve to add in connection with the above
announcement regarding the new firm, that we will
take pleasure in the transaction of any business en
trust and to our care, with the promise that our best ex
ertion'* will be given to promote the interest of our
patrons. Wo have ample facilities for affording our
Customers r asonablc accommodations when required?
either upon cotton in store or for purposes of making
sroiying or pa Special attention will he jjmm to fill** 1
irig eiders for suy lies upon the most favorable terms,
may 14-dm 8A ULSBUKY, KFSPFSS * CO.
1 In the Superior Court,
i A?- ! Presc t the Honorable Jas.
Kule Ai A/. f V V (Ireene, Judge of said
! Court.
Yeatnian, Shields See. ) Mortgage, &c.
VH
Ceorgiana Timmon® \ May Term, 1870.
ri EOROI A Upson county - Tt. appearing to the
I Court by the petition of H. T Ycfitman. R. F.
Shields and G. W sheilffa partners doing business nn
(’ -r tin firm name and style of Yeatmim, Shield A Cos ,
accompanied bv the note and Mortirstm deed, that on
the firs’ day of December (ISOS') eighteen hundred and
s jxtv-eti»ht, the defend mt made an 1 delivered to the
plaintiff h< r pronHsory note bearinir date the day and
year aforescid, whereby the defendant piomises three
date of said note to pav the plaintiff or
bearer' Eleven hundred and fifty-seven dol ars and
ei-hty-on •ce ts for value received. And that after
wards on the day and year aforesaid the defendant the
better to secure the payment of the said note executed
and delivered to the Plaintiff her deed of Mortgage,
whereby the defendant mortgaged to the plaintiff. Lot
of Land No. -I) one situate, lying and lining in the
South-west corner of the Wont Front Square of the
town of ThomasCm, also Lot of Land on the West
fiont square of said town of Thomaston upon which
James i\l. Smith’s Law office formerly stood, in the
comity aforesaid. And it further appearing that said
note remains unpaid It is therefore, ordered that the
said defendant do pay into Court, on or before the first
day of the next Term thereof, the. principal interest
and cost due on said note, or show cause to the contra
ry if any they.can. And that, on the failure of the de
fendant to do.so, the equity of redemption in and to
said Mortgaged premises be forever thereafter barred
and foreclosed. And it is further ordered that this rule
be published in the Georgia Herald for four month-*
previous to the next Term of this Court or served on
the defendant, or her special Agent or Special Attorney
at least three months previous to the next Term’of this
Court. By the Cou-t
HALL, COTTEN Se WEAVER.
May Term 1870 Petitioner s Attorneys.
It further appearing tq the Courjt that the defendant,
Georglana Timmons, resides out’of this Siato and re
sides in the State of Tennessee. It is therefore ordered,
that the foregoing rule be served on the said Georgiana
Timmons by publication In terms pi’ the Statute.
By ihe Court. May Term. IS7O.
HAL!/, GOTTEN & WEAVER.
Petitioner’s Attorney’s.
T certify that, the' above and foregoing is a true ex
tract from the minutes of the Court
june4-lm4m H. T. JENNINGS, C. S. C.
UPSON SHERIFF’S SALE.
he sold before the Courthouse door in the
V V town of Thomaston, on the First Tuesday in
September next, between and during the legal hours
of sale the following property to-wlt:
Lots and parts ana fractions of Lots of Land as fol
lows: No. 288, 90, ‘221, 97. 127. 287. 236, 91,202, 221.235,
92,289, 98, 22R 23b, 99, 232, and 223, in the 16th District
of Upson county. Also, Lots Nos. 1 and 12 in South
west back square ol the town of Thomaston. having a
front o? 80 feet and running back 2to feet. Said pro
perty levied on as the property ot N. F. AA alker, and
to be sold to satisfy one fi fa issued from E pson Str
perior - Court in favor of James R. AN alker against
Nathaniel F, Walker. Parties in possession notified.
Also, at the same time and place, 152 acres of Lot No.
151 ami (13 acres of Lot No. 122. in the 10th District of
Upson county. Levied on ns the property ot Lenjaman
Walker, and' o be sold subject to the widow’s dower,
to satisfy one fi. fa. issued from Upson isuperior
Court in favor of Thomas F Bethel, against Bcojuman
l Walter Parties in possession uotift-d. _
t july>3-td O. C. SI! ARM AN. Sheriff.
Cl-EORGIA— Upson county.—’ Twenty— dght days
V after the date hereof applmat’mn wi l ne made to
the Court of Ordinary of said County, for leave to -el
Kiglov acres of land lying in said County, ’he entire
Real Estate of Nathaniel Sanders late of Haiti county,
deceased, for Cite benefit of the bfire of saul deceased.
This J uly 2tsth. 1870 MT. J ENNING >. Adm r.
i julyßo 4t tfe bonis non.
GEORGIA— Upson cochty.—Twenty-eight days at
ter the date hereof, application wi A be maue 10 the
(fourt of Ordinary of said couniv, for leave to sell five
hundred and forty (5lo) acres of land more or
in the first (Ist ) und eleventh (11th.) district o, said
county, the real Estate of'Ts Eve Ragland, deceased,
for the benefit of the creditors and heirs of said deceas
ed This July 26th 1870 ,
ea. mis j jj <p JENNINGS, Adm'r.
jttlj 30-It w iVh the will annoxed.
yoelrij.
THE RAINQROPe,
BY MAGGIE B,
For the ITernld.]
raindrop on a fi >weret lay.
Soon after it fell, on a sninmer's day ;
I paused, to admire its beautiful hue.
Red, yellow, and emerald, mingled with blue.
Admire me, the little drop said,
And it rolled about its glittering hekd ;
I am older by far, than, pie flower can be,
For I halve slept in the d&fk bine sea.
I have been o’er all this earth of ours,
Kissed the Carcnsian maids, and drooping flowers;
And In the beautiful, blight rainbow,
’Tis there, sometimes, that you see me glow.
But the best or all, I wRi tell you now;
I have cooled the inebriates burning brow,
I have allured him nway from shame,
That he might not blush to own his name.
Yes, I have made him stand ag-nn,
An honored ore, and his fellow men,
Have made for him his wreteked home, .
A place of peace, and sweet welcome.
To the sufferer too, on his bed of pain,
I have brought hack heaPh again.
Then deem me not, a wcjrihless thing,
While I may so many virtues bring.
Willow Dell, Ga.
Jltisrfllaneons.
Antipathetic Vagaries. —Some curious
instances are on record of the antipathy
displayed by individuals toward certain
art.cles of food. Erasmus, though a native
of Rotterdam, had such an aversion to fish,
that even the smell of it, threw him into a
fever. Joseph Scaligor and Peter Abuno
never could drink milk ; and Cardan was
particular disgusted at the sight of eggs.
Philip 11. of Spain gave a whimsical reason
for his dislike of fish, “They are nothing
hut elements congealed, or a jelly of water.”
Usually the orders of flowers are agreeable ;
but instances occasionally occur where they
exercise a totally different effect. The
jonquil and the tuberose are insupportable
to some; others cannot bear the fragrance
of the lilac ; even violets, the last flowers
to be suspected, have excited the greatest
antipathy. Hysterics have been brought
on by the marshmallow; saffron has been
known to produce swooning. Others have
shown aversion to certain animals. Henrv
111 of France though he had driven his
enemies before him at Jarnac, trembled
from head -to foot at the sight of a cat.
W hen a hare crossed the celebrated Dake
d’Epernon's path, his blood stagnated in
his veins Albert, a brave field-marshal
of France, fell insensible to the ground on
discovering a sucking-pig served up at his
own table. Ambrose Pare mentions a gen
gentleman who could never see an eel with
out fainting. There is an account of
another who would fall into convulsions at
the sight of a carp. A French lady ulwavs
fainted on seeing boiled lobsters. M. de
Lanere gives an account of a man who was
so terrified at seeing a hedgehog, that for
two years he imagined his bowels were
gnawed by such an animal. The same
author was intimate with a very brave
„offioer, who was so frightened at the sight
ot*a mouse that he never dart'd to look at
doe unless h“ had a sword in his hand.
''•Th£ author of the tells us
he would rather lion, provided
lie had but a weapon iff his hand, than feel
a spider craWH.r*g on Hrim in the "dark,
i wo English sailors, who had been letc-dn
charge of Dr. Livings towels stgamer at
Tetto, had a curious method of dodlirtg
with the traders there. Haviriguigcerfain
ed the market price of provisions, they paid
that and no m‘c If the traders refused
to leave the n an. v till the price was in
creased, a chatnel'.-"n, of which the natives
have a morta dr ad, was brought out of the
cabin, and the moment the nntiriH saw the
creature, they ar <mce sprang overboard.
The chameleon settled every dispute in a
twinkling.
The Soil and the Mind. --Culture iru
proves both, but both, like the body, must
have nourishment. Food feeds'*the body,
thought feeds the brain, and fertilizers feed
the soil.
The better** the food, the better the
thought, the better the fertilizers, the more
vigorous does the body become, the greater
the activity of the mind, and the higher
productiveness is there in the soil. By the
better living ot the last half century, ten
years have been addei to the average of
human existence in civilized lands. By the
greater advantages of education offered
during the same period, investigations of
natural truth and science have immeasura*
bly surpassed in their additions to human
knowledge any dozen previous half cen
turies; aud coining down to lesser things,
English lands which grew ten bushels of
wheat a few years,, ago, now grow over
thirty on an average, simply because the
•soil is better fed with manures. Hence vve
may reasonably expect that, with a wiser
feeding of the body, providing it with bet
ter things, with more richly flavored fruits,
with sounder, healthier, and more juicy
meats, and more highly*cultivated grains
which make bread, avo may still add to the
length of life’s duration, and a man may be
younger at a hundred than he is now at
three-score. The good things of this life
Avero certainly made to bo enjoyed, ration
ally, temperately, thankfully, and lovingly,
towards Elim who supplies them all.
Killing a Town —Only Two Years to
Complete the Wore. —Closely and prompt
ly observe the following rules:
Ist.' Put u ’ rt bui dings than you
are obliged '•> <. ''7 . urself.
2d. If you sb uid have an empty build
ing to rent, u .. - '-imes its value.
‘3d. L <>k s ii v ry >ew comer, and
ciive thee Ids! -nib; :.> ever merchant and
mechanic who drives a h une among you.
4th. Go ai road for your goods and wares;
by no means pu-rouase from your own mer
chants and manufacturers, even at the same
prices, or less.
sth. Don’t contribute one cent to the
cause of religion and education.
Finally, put a thorough finish to your
work of vandalism by killing off your local
newspaper, by refusing to subscribe or ad
vertise, so that persons at a distance will
not know that any business is being done
in your town,
HOW MMTII ASKED TEE OLD MAN.
"mith had just asked Mr. Thompson’s
daughter if she would give him a lift out
ot,bachelordom, and she said “Yes.” It
therefore became ab.-oluteiy necessary to
get th» uld gentleman’s permission, so, as
lßm a said, the arrangements might be
made to hip the c njugal twig. Smith
said he’d rather pop the interrogatories to
ail ot old Thompsons daughters and sisters,
and his lady cousins and'his aunt Hannah
iQ the e untry, -and*the-whole of his female
relations, than ask old Thompson. But it
had to lie done, and so he sat down and
s’udied out a speech which he was to dis
gorge at < Id Thompson the very first time -
h gt a shy at him. So Smith dropped in
Oo him one Sunday evening, when all the
f lily hud wandered around to meeting
ii found him doing, a sum in beer meas
ure. _
“flow are you Smith,” said old Thomp
son, as the former walked in, white as a
piece of chalk, and trembling as if he had
swallowed a condensed earthquake.
Smith was afraid to ansv. er, because he
wasn’t sure about that knew
he had to keep his grip on it while he had
it there, or it would slip from him quicker
than an oiled eel through an auger hole.
So he blundered out—
“Mr. Thompson, sir : Perhaps it may
be unknown to you, that dnrin>r an extend
ed period of soma five years, I have been
busily engaged .n the prosecution of a com*
mercial enterprise.”
“Is that so, keepin’ it a secret all this
time, while 1 thought you were tendin’
store? Well by George 1 you’re one of
them now, ain’t you ?”
Smith had begun to think it all over
again, to get the run of.it.
“Mr. Thompson, sir : Perhaps it may
not be unknown to you, that, during the
extended period of five years, I have been
busily engaged in the prosecution of a com*
mercial enterprise, with the determination
to secure a sufficient* maintenance —”
“Sit down, Smith, and * l\e Ip yourself to
beer. Don’t stand' there boldin’ your hat
like a blind b.eggar with t paralysis. I
never have seen you benafve - yourself so
queer in all my ■'•Lorn days.’ ,
Smith had been Icrrecked i?nt again, and
so he had to wander back and take a fresh
start. ' *
“Mr. Thompson, sir: It may not be
unknown to you that during an extended
period of five years I have been engaged in
the prosecution of a commercial enter
pris ■, with the determination to procure
a sufficient maintenance—”
“A which ace ?” asked old Thompson,
but iSmith held out to the last word, as if
it was his only chance, and went on—
“In the hope that some day I might en
ter wedlock, and bestow my earthly .posses
sions upon one whom I could call my own.
1 have been a lonely man, sir ;md have felt
that it is not good for man to be alone,
therefore I would-—”
“Kcither is it, Smith ; I’m glad you
dropped in. How’s the old man ?”
“Mr. Thompson, sir,” said Smith, in
desparing confusion, raising his voice to a
yell, “it may not he unknown to you that,
during an extended period of a lonely man
I have been engaged to enter wedlock, and
bestow all my enterprise on one whom 1
could determine to be good for certain pos
sessions—no, I mean—that is—that NLr.
Thompson, sir; it may not be unknown—”
“And then, again it may. Look here.
Smith, you’d better lay down and take
something warm—-you ain’t well.”
Smith, sweating like a four year old colt,
went in again : “Mr. Thompson, sir, it
may n t he lonely to you to prosecute me,
wh in yon, a friend, for commercial inain
to> re. but —but— eh—dang it Mr.
1 s op-ori, it—”
» Smith, you talk like a fool. I never
•- A. u 0 a first-class idiot in the course of
in, whole life. What’s the matter with
you, nv how ?”
*,Mi. Thompson, sir,” said Smith in an
agony of bewilderment, “it may not be
known that you prosecuted a- lonely man
who is not good for a commercial period of
wedlock for si'ine five years, hut —”
“See here. Mr Smith, you’re drunk, and
if you can’t behave better t an that, you’d
belter leave. If you don’t I’ll chuck you
out, or I’m a Dutchman ”
“Mr. Thompson, sir,” said Smith, frant
ic with despair, “it may not he unknown to
you that ray earthly possessions are en
gaged to enter wedlock five years with a
sufficiently lonely man; who is not good for
a commercial maintenance —”
“Tht very deuce he isn’t! Now you jist
get up and git, or I’ll knock what little
brains out of you you've got left.”
With that old Thompson took Smith and
shot him in the street as if he’d run him
against a locomotive going out at the rate
of forty miles an hour. Before old Thomp
son had time to shut the front door, Smith
collected his legs and one thing another
that were lying around on the pavement,
arranged himself in a vertical position, and
velle i out—
“Mr. Thompson, sir. It may not be
kn iwn to you ”
Which made the old man so wretched
mad that he went out and set a bull terrier
on Smith before he had a chance to 1 i f t a
brogan, and there was a scientific dog
fight, with odds in favor of the dog, for he
had an awful hold for such a small animal.
Smith afterwards married the girl, and
lived happily about two months. At the
end of that time he told a confidential
friend that he would willingly take more
trouble and undergo a million dog bites to
get rid of her.
Volubility.—Few of the world’s great
masters, Avho are celebrated for depth or
originlity of thought, fiave been great col
loquists ; and one of them said, by way of
ap logy, that the reason why men were
supplied with two ears, and one tongue, was
to hear more than they express. This was
perhaps one if Carlyle’s ‘‘great silent men ”
Swift says that volubility in any one i* a
sign "f vacancy of mi h as people a! va\
come our of ehurob fa- : when ,r 5* n Jh’■ y
empty Lamarr o - ays ttr.. r «in
all men who have er * " t . . c
are sparing of word*. T uu n 3
with themselves rather tha h w r i
thev feed upon their own *h ngors, to *-
velopmeut of which consti ute the yre t
character.
“I shall be over it soon,” were Dickens’
last words.
LABIAL GREETINGS
From the New York Mercury ]
It has been remarked bv a modern
French roman cist that a woman receives
but one kiss in hgr lifetime. But this
assertion must be taken “cum grano Palis;”
for it be seen from the following short bur
plea»irig essay that at\y lady could be the
reeipent (perhaps unwillingly) of five dif
ferent salutes known by life name “kiss”—
that is, allowing lor the writer’s metaphys
ical distinction between love and affection.
KIS9EB.
There are those who have had the temer.
ity to attempt to describe the sensations—
she effect, psychologically, of what the great
American lexicographa modestly defines
thus: “A salute given with the lips; a
common token of affection.”
As the token is not always the result of
affection', nnd as with this salute is iuvolved
a large amount of human happiness, the
Subject certainly deserves a candid consid
eration. Kisses may with propriety bo
classified as follows : The kiss of affinity,
of deception, of formality, ot affection, and
of love. 1. The Iviss of Affinity was co-evil,
so it is supposed, with
“The good old days of Adam and of Eve.”
Certain eminent theologians have conject
ured that with this salute was involved the
fall of man. Leaving those interested to
settle this point to their own satisfaction,
we proceed to illustrate our own views by
the following incident:
A gentleman of pleasing address became
acquainted with a buxom and airy young
widow on* the cars. The seats were so ar
ranged that they sat directly opposite each
other. In due time they became engaged
in familiar and animated conversation. On
the man’s lip was lightly attached a small
piece of court plaster. On emerging into
light, after passing through a dark tunnel,
to the amusement of the adjacent passen
gers, it was observed that the identical
court plaster w<is fondly adhering totlifc lip
of the lady!
2. It is a singular fact that the first kiss
recorded on the page of history was a kiss
of deception. Over 3.G00 years ago Jacob
disguised himself and personated his broth
er Esau to obtain his farther’s blessing.
‘•Come.now r near and kiss me,* my son,”
said the blind Issac, supposing he was ad
dressing Esau. And he (Jacob) came near
and kissed him. The kiss of deception is
no evidence that those practicing it are de
void of affection. Ilappy husbands have
noticed the fact that showers of kisses not
unusually precede the request for articles
of apparel, luxury, or jewelry.
3. The Kiss of Formality usually prac
ticed by the fair sex on the occasions of
meeting, separating, etc., corresponds with
the flippant “How are ve?” and “Good
day” of the masculine gender. A curious
case was presented to our notice. A young
man of feminine appearance, some twenty
years of age, laid a wager that be would
kiss the cherry lips of a certain beautiful
young lady on separating after their first
introduction. He attired himself tastefully
and becomingly in female apparel and was
introduced by a confederate as his cousin to
a small evening-party, among whom was
the y<>ung lady in question. The coy de
meanor, modesty and bashfulness of the
“cousin” rather excited the interest and
sympathies of the young ladies present.
.>Vhen the party separated for the evening
the kiss of formality was exchanged. Os
course the youug cousin came in for a good
sliaVs of the salutes, which he returned
with such an emphasis-on the lips of tne
damsel in view as to awaken on her part a
desire, if not curiosity, for a further ac
quaintance. The result was —they were
married two years subsequently.
4. The Kiss of Affection is too well un
derstood to require much command. It
may be the result of an instinctive feeling,
as that of a parent for a child,, etc., or of
admirable traits of character on the part of
the person saluted. * The desire, which so
frequently exists, to become the recipient
of this t ken, has a tendency to subdue the
harsher and coarser feelings of our nature.
' A young unmarried clergyman, named Da
vid Paul, was greatly admired by the young
a lira of his congregation. He appreciated
their'kind attentions, and cultivated their
demonstrations of affection. So greatly
was lie impressed,-that after an absence of
several months from his.charge, he chose
for his text for his first sermon these words,
apparently unconscious of thei? effect on
his congregation : “And they all fell on
Paul’s neck and kissed him.”
5. The Kiss of Love (conjugal) is holy*
sacred. It springs from that organ of the
mind denominated by Phrenologists, union
for life.
“The union of hearts, the union of hands.”
A young wife, some two years after mar
riage, became apprehensive of the loss or
decline of her husband’s love. He appear
ed absent-minded, was reticent, hisexuber
ance of spirits had forsaken him. She be
came exceedingly depressed in spirits, and
Vogue ideas of a return to her father’s house
and of divorce would occasionally flit
through her mind. In her agony she one
day threw herself on a and closed her
eyes. Her husband chanced to enter the
room: he supposed her asleep, and was
■touched by her sad, pale looks, the cause of
which he little suspected. He stopped,
parted the curls from her forehead tenderly
stooped down and fondly kissed her cheek
and left the room. It was the kiss of love;
she was satisfied, and her feelings found
relief in tears—happy tears of joy. For
the first time she now suspected the finan
cial embarrassment of her husband. Thf*
ensuing day she sought arc interview with
his book-keeper. The story was told. Ten
thousand dollars in notes were due that day,
negotiations had failed, his house must go
down. Her resolution was instantly form
ed, she had eight thousand dollars—a part
of her wedding portion, in bank. This she
obtained, and secured the balance from her
father: with whom a fpw moments before
Jip * rr hie.“bank olosed” was displayed ;
l 'be hank and took up the notes.
; love had saved wife.and hu>.
bintld.
w Udy readers wish to keep a bou
qu fVesh, let. them drop a teaspoonful ol
<wd< red charcoal into the water intended
! r{l >wer-sta-ks and they will keep their
{re>ane"s and perfume for several days, and
lo k an-1 smell the same as those just gath
ered The charcoal settles at the bottom
Os the vase, the water remaining clear.
MRS. GRUNDY.
Bismarck’s disease is deliriuin-tremens.
The Queen of Russia gives anually
$50,000 to the poor.
The t?zar has a hospital for his invalid
coach-horses at St. Petersburg.
Meyerbeer, the groat musician, had A
weakuess for stale bread.
Tho Empress of Austria lives almost ex
clusively on milk and eggß.
Charlotte Cushman, the great actress, is
a confirmed invalid.
Gladstone, Bright, and Disraeli, the
English statesmen, are all in bad health.
Our Saxon granmothers called what are
now known as garters “shankbands.”
Bismarck has invested his means so very
judiciously that he is getting rich very Fast,
The King of Prussia is said,to be in tho
Inst stage of dropsy.
The It thschilds in Paris are said to have
lost recently large amounts of money.
Mr. Gladstone, the English statesman,
thinks the revisi nos the Bible of dubious
utility, tedious at and untimely.
Barnom has found a tremendous man in
California twenty-five inches high, and ha3
engaged him for three years.
The Pope’s infallibility has been put'to
the test. l!e praved for a promised prince
to Queen of Naples. Ho was a girl.
It is estimated that four out of ten of
the ex-Oonfederate loaders are Insurance
Agents.
Napoleon 111. has dismissed his old
family physician as he has no longer any
faith in him.
Gen. Anderson, of Fort Sumpter fame,
has to live in Europe as ho is too poor to
live here.
Catharine Beecher is now seventy, Alice
Cary forty-eight, Fanny Fern sixty, and
Harriet Beecher Stowe fifty-six.
Miss Flora Foster, for twenty-ono years
matron of the Tombs in New r York, is rich;
but she holds the place from lovd of tho
excitement which it brings.
In remarking that some of the New York
editors hud prepared obituaries for Horace
Greely oh the strength of his recent
the Chicago Times asserts that “the old
gentleman was not only not going to die,
but was writing a lengthy article On farm
ing at the very time they were digging his
grave.
The Vision of tiie Dying. —There is in
human history an unwritten chapter, which
is yet thronged with mysterious incidents
half fearfully Yem‘.mbered by their witnes
ses. All who have stood beside the bed of
the dying, must hare been thrilled with
singular testimonies that the dying are
conscious ol tho presence of other than
mortal visitants.
Is it not a grand and consolatory convic
tion, that when Christians are passing away
to their eternal homes, when the attenuat
ing links that chain consciousness to time
and day are melting away, one by one, and
their consciousness becomes, by the gradual
enfranchisement of a lingering death, more
and spiritual 1 Thus sinking to heaven,
growing unmindful of the lower and out
ward existence, they are arousing to the
inner and spiritual life ; becoming to tho
clay-enveloped forms of friends standing
around their failing bodies, they see al
ready, as through a mist, the brother
beings who are to be their everlasting com
panions—somo of whom may bo already
welcoming their eoming. Their hearing
waxing dim, and unconscious to the melody
of the beloved voices whispering in their
natural ears, they can become aware of a
sweeter music, sung by more exquisite
voices still, of the beloved who had gone
before them ; in fine, dying unto earih,
they are becoming alive in heaven. Does
not this fully and worthily explain the
soimn scenes of thousands of death-beds?
visions of spiritual visitants ministering to
the dying ; resplendant light surrounding
glorious beings who cast no shadow; gor
geous scenery, bright with never-fading
beauty ; voices thrilling in tenderness;
music mysterious in harmony ; the recog
nition of dear, familiar faces, fondly loved
in file by-gones; or the fore-knowledge
which some have feeeived of tho exact
moment of their departure! There aro
few families who have not some tale of this
sort to tell, Some testimony to add to this
proof of the contiguity of the spiritual
world.
Color of Horses. —The Arabs illustrate
their estimate of the different colors of a
horse by the following story :
A ehie <>f the tribe was once ptirsaed by
enemies Ilk said to his son :
“My son, drop to the rear and tel! me the
color of the horses of our foe, and may
Allah burn bis grandfather!”
“White,” was the answer.
• “Then we will go south,” said the chief,*
“for in the vast plains of the desert the 5
wind of the white horse cannot stand in »
•protracted chase.” v
Again the chief said, “My sod; *\hat
Colored hon-es pursue us ?”
“Black, 0 my father!”
“Then we will go among tin* BtODos aD( j
rocky ground, for the feet of ’ oiack horB6;J
are not strong.”
A third time tbs young Arab waß Bent to
the rear, and reported ‘•‘‘aestnut horses.
Srt * lO chief, “wo are lost.
\r ho bur Allah y. an deliver us from the
, chestnut I” #
Dun or r’ream colored horses the Arabs
consider worthless.
Tiie y;ork of the revision of the Scrip
tures, long talked of, has at last been
actually commenced by the Chu*ch of
England. On the-221 ulfc., the.revisers of
the New Testament met for the first time;
the Bishop of Glbcester and Bristol presid
ing and all preliminary arrangements con
nected with the form and carrying on of
the work were discussed and agreed to, an>l
some progress made in the actual wori>
The London Times says that the whole
and character of the meeting was such u
to-suggest a well grounded belief that r ;
great and important work will be earn
on with harmony, promptitude and success.
INTO. 35.