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THE PAULDING NEW ERA.
Wm. A. BRECKENRIU3E, Publisher.
“Onward and Upward.**
SUBSCRIPTION i *1.50 Per Annum
4 LuJtinijr ’
VOLUME I.
DALLAS, PAULDING COUNTY, GA. V THURSDAY, JUNE 7. 1883.
NUMBER 27.
GENERAL NEWS.
The femiles outnumber the males in
Alabama by 17,247.
Albemarle county, Va., produces
about 100,000 gallons of wine each year.
Some samples of ores from the school
lands of Puridio county, Texas, nssay
over 11,100 of silver to tho ton.
The Columbia, S. C., stocking mill is
in operation in the penitentiary, and is
now turning out 3,600 pairs of finished
stockings a day.
Eight thousand cedar saw logs were
seized at Newport, Arkansas, by United
States officials, on a charge that they
had been cut from Government land.
Cotton caterpillars have made their
appearance on the farm of Mr. G. M.
BaCon, near Athens, Ga., a month ear
lier than over before known in that
locality.
Dick Dediviley, of Quitman, Ga,
while hunting on the creek a few days
since, found a “bee tree,” and upon cut
ting open the same found that it con
tnined ten feet of solid honey.
A fnctory is shout l>eing started at
.Key West for the maim fact urc of glu
cose out of compti nnd cassava starch,
which is said ti he better and chciy,iei
than corn for that purpose.
Within eighteen months <l r >0 miles of
railroad have been under construct! in
In.Slisvsdppl. over 120,000,000 being
invested. During Ibe fifteen years pre
vious oniv stvcnty-nlne miles of road
were built.' . saw-*"*'
acres. Hills A tUlo in Coahuila will
cost 1233.80, or five cents an acre; in
New Loon the cost of a sitio is 813.30,
or seven cents an acre I In the State of
Guanajuato thft Cost would lie (3,223.44
or seVenty-two cents an acre ; in Sono
ra 1402,03, or nine cents an acre. In
Cbilhauhau the price is seven cents; in
Guerrero twenty-seven cents. The
price varies in each of the twenty-seven
States, and in the Federal district it is
ninety cents an acre, or (4,020.80 for a
sitio. These rates are not high, especi
ally in Cbilhauhau and Sonora. In
buying a sitio there are optionally de
ferred payments, or the money maybe
paid down.
TO I’ll M OP Tim IMY.
Coffee is being extensively planted on
the Florida keys.
It is said that there are more projec
ted railroads for Alabama than for any
other State in the Union.
A gentleman ofj Talshassee, Fla., put
up a fruit cvnporator last week, to u'.il-
• izo the blackberry crop and fruits of all
kinds. Tho capacity of the machine is
twenty five bushels every twelve hours,
or fifty bushels per day.
Owing to (ho wet season and cold
weather a large part of the peanut?
planted in Virginia hnve retied, and
llie twiners tire forced to re-Dlnnt or to
• ■alnmlon. tho crop. The outlook is said
to bo very unfavorable.
-d i In a farm house rear Boone, Iowa,
•lives Mother Spence, aged 86. In the
^-•sanvs holm lives her daughter, aged 64,
„ her grnnddau >hlcr, afted 40, her great
: •granddaughter, aged 21, and her great
’ ,gre^t granddaughter, agrd 2.
• “Marietta, Ga., with her population
2,5 0. has sixty old maids, twelve old
j . bachelors, seventy-two widows, twelve
widowers, ninety-three marriageable
young ladies, fortv-fivc marriageable
young men nnd only one dude.” The
above ia Vouchfd for as being authentic.
The citizens of Charleston, 8. C., are
. to erect a monument to John C. Cal
i, houn, in that city. It will lie surmoun
ted by a statue, on which n Roman
sculptor is engaged. The statue is fif
teen feet in height and will he caat in
bronze.
/Vicksburg Post: The grit or sand
which is taken from the Artesian well
now in course of construction at the
Flowerrcc Ice works, at a depth of 160
feet, is composed chiefly of minute
shells, and corresponds exactly with
“bottom” such ns is found in the ocean,
hundreds of miles from 'and.
At Gonzales, Texas, a colored woman
„ named Eister Gilmore went to church
nfter locking up her children in a house.
yAbout ten o’clock the neighbors heard
/ them screaming, and on reaching the
house saw a colored girl 12 years old in
flames Tho door was broken down, but
the girl was already burned to a crisp,
and died in a few hours. She had been
holding a small tin lamp in her lap and
had gone to sleep.
Richmond Dispatch : A German wo
man immigrant is teaching the farmers
in the neighborhood of Norfolk some
thing about sheep-shearing. The Vir
ginian says : The modus operandi was
simple but very effective, and a great
improvement on the old Virginia meth
od, which requires two negroes to catch
the sheep, two to hold it and one to
shear. After catching the sheep end
tying its hind foet together, the womna,
sat down on the ground with her lees
stretched out in front and bound the
anim i l's hind feet fo her light fcot
then taking the sheep’s head under her
left arm she rapidly and skillfully plied
the shears with her right hand. The
work was beautifully done, the fleece
being removed very evenly and the skin
free from all cutB. When necessary the
sheep was shifted from side to side.
The price of public lafids in Mexico
ranges from four cents to ninety cents
*an acre. After December 31, 1884, the
rates are to be raised. The land is sold
by the k sitio, which comprises, 4,47/
Twenty-six hundred barrels of pine
apples were shipped from Key West in
two shipments to New York.
Iron ore in large quantities ami of
superior quality has been developed
near 8alem, near the Norfolk and Wes
tern railroad.
Dogwood is plentiful in the South,
and is now in demand, it having supe
rior qualities for working into power
loom shuttles.
A capitalist has purchased nearly
4,000 acres of land in Pickens county,
Ala., at (10 an acre, for the use of thir
ty immigrant faml ies.
Since the 1st of September the Gov
ernment lma collected in the office at
Nashville, the fifth district, over (100,-
000 on apple and peach brandies alone.
The coinage of the various mints for
May was (4,721,200, of which (2.350,-
000 were standard dollars. The public
debt decrease for May was (4,890,476.
The statue to tho late Dr. Irvine, ol
Augusta, Ga., wilt not be u-veiled for
six months. It is expected that Dr.
Talmagc wi’l be present nnd conduct
tiie ceremonies. The statue is u very
fine specimen of art.
James Whittaker, a colored farmer,
residing in the Waleree section of Kcr-
saw county, and tho father of cadet
Whittaker, dicu a few days ago. He
was an honest, industrious man, and
left a property of some (5,000.
A “ lady artist,” offered to opbh a
studio in Toledo, pacing fill the Scliol-
lars (*• a we(k ahd selling their pictures
for them. She required (35 in advance
a* “guarantee of good faith.” Thirty*
five young “fresh” Toledo girls, fooled
by this preposterous oiler, handed over
their money, and on Monday met at the
designated “studio.’ 1 It Was il picture
of itself. An empty room, thirty-five
empty packet books, and equally vacant
faces staring at one another.
The task of counting the Brooklyn
bridge receipts of tho first twentv-four
hours was finished Friday. Two men
were eagagedonitearly in the day, and
later the number was increased to seven.
The count showed thn 140,398 paying
foot passengers went upon the bridge
between the opening on Tuesday night
and 12 o’clock Fridny night. The tolls
collected for vehicles amounted to (597.
28, The total receipts were (2,000. It
was estimated in tiie office of the bridge
that in addition to the paying foot pas
sengers 50,090 persons Went upon tiie
bridge in the course of tho twenty-four
hours in vehicles or without paying, so
that the number for tiie first day was
was close to 190,000.
A company with a capital of (100,-
000 has been formed in New York to
provide people with ready-cooked meals.
A model kitchen, with a high priced
cook ami assistants have been secured.
Meals and refreshments will Iks deliv
ered by a newly invented wagon with
special apparatus. Each meal for each
family will be put up at tho general
kitchen in a tight coffi-o box, on special
silver plated dishea and platters made
to fit the box, and kept warm by steam
generated by a small heater under the
wagon. This method has been thor
oughly tested, meals having been deliv
ered at a long distance in good cindi-
tion The prices charged are too high
except for people now able to live at
first-class hotels and restau-ants; hut
tiie stheme might easily be adapted for
persons of moderate means. There are
in it many economies—wholesale prices
for materials and usuving iu service and
fuel.
A number of English iron and steel
manufacturers have written that they
will visit Tennessee during tiie first
part of June with a view of investiga'
ting tiie natural advantages of tiie State
for t e manufacture of iron, steel nnd
cotton goods.
Capt. John Turner, of Savannah, Ga
brought up to the city a monstrous
turtle weighing 400 pound*, which he
caught on tiie beach at Raccoon Keys,
near Osabaw Sound. The female tur
tle had just come up on the beach to
deposit her eggs. The Captain searched
and found the nest, which contained
180 eggs
There arc at present erecting at Chat
tanooga a new furnace to cost (160,000 ;
a stove factory, to cost (75,000 ; a steel
mill, a hollow-ware factory, a four
story flouring mill and a large cooper
age factory. The capacity of the jjipe-
works is being doubled. Two more
wooden-ware factories are contemplated
Beside ail this, the town is to have a
first class fire department within the
week
Mobile Register: An innovation on
the Louisville and Nashville road has
been introduced during the last few
weeks in the shape of a refrigerator car
loaded with butter, which leaves Cin
cinnati every Saturday afternoon and
runs through to Mobile and New Or
leans, the company supplying the re
quired amount of ice. The car comes
through in fifty-eight hours, arriving
here Tuesday mornings.
A correspondent of the Rugby Plat-
teau Gazette, writing from a point
seven miles distant, says he owns 200
acres of land and pays only (3 taxes,
One hundred acres are enough, he says,
for one man to farm, as iarmers in that
section depend upon the magnificent
pasture in the woods for their cattle
and sheep. Sheep are (2 a head, cows
(20 and horses (60 to (80 Seven other
F.nglisyamilies^e settled in thejieigh-
Minlng Among Rats.
Working in tho famous “Sulro tun
nel ” is no joke. Tho ruts nnd lints lmvo
it all their own way. Tho minor who
brings his lunch-hnskut is not at all sure
that ho will cat its contents. If lie
loaves it for a few moments, tho rats eat
lunch and basket nnd ull. Nor is his
chance for dinner much I letter if, in
stead of tho basket, lie lakes tiie ordi
nary tin kettle. A party of rats will
steal a kettle bofore its owner’s eyes,
and roll it away down in a hole whore no
man can follow them. They force tiie
lid off and devour tho contents at their
leisure. There are millions of those ruts,
nnd many ol them nro larger than kittens
and more musculiir und rapacious.
The hats bother tho miners and tiie
mules. When one big hat flies against a
miner’s fuce, and another but equally its
big flies in tho face of tliut miner's mule,
there is a complication of troubles. Tiie
man cannot see which wny tho mule is
going to kick, and tho mule, who cannot
see either, kicks at random, nnd is apt
to hit tiie man where tho lint hit him.
Tho hats are almost as large, an numer
ous and as powerful ns rats.
For a man to have his dinner stolen
by rats, then to lie iiit by n hat, and
kicked by a mule, is a combination of
infelicities calculated to make him wish
himself at work in almost any other
field of labor.
Dime Novel Story.
About midnight Mike Snatcher, in
Irishman, employed nt Fleming’s coni
elevator, appeared in Stores’ Station, and
told Lieut. Sargent that his wife wmh
down on board a river shanty, with
a man named Mike Stretman. The
Lieutenant, accompanied by Sergeant
Knoppn, went down to tho lioat. The
guilty wife heard them coming, and,
running out in her night clothes, sprang
into tho river. Her clothing caught on
a spike, and there she hung. Tho officers
leaned over and were endeavoring to pull
her out, when Stretman appeared with a
keeh-edgod ax in his hand und exclaimed,
“ What are you trying to drown that,
woman for?” Then seeing Snatcher lie
struck a vicious blow at him, which
would have laid his head open had 1m
notdodged. 'Then Stretmen turned and
tried to strike Lieut. S irgent, who
evaded the blow and grabbled with him.
In the scuffle that ensued both men felt
into the river. The Sergeant seeing a
good opportunity fired a shot nt Htret-
man, but missed his aim, and ho like
wise sprang into the river to assist the
Lieutenant. Between them they dragged
Stretman to shore, rescued tiie woman
and took tiie whole party to the station,
where tiie man was locked up for assault
witli intent to kill, and the woman for
vagrancy.—Cincinnati Gazette.
This world is full of heroes. There
are thousands of them to-day, who nro
working hard for 312 a week to feed and
• clothe and provide a home fo? their
wives and children.
Ralcide k Genua;.
“Such events occiif almost daily,**
are the concluding words of It (llepnteh
from Berlin annouuctng tiie fact (hat A
military officer committed suiddo in the
Tiiiorgarton thoro. Tho statemoht to
an exaggeration, but there is a strong
stratum of truth nt tho bottom of it—so
much so Hint tho German press Ims do-
Voled Columns to tho subject during tho
past few months. Germany has long
iiad an unenviable reputation on ac
count. of tho frequency of self-murdur,
but lately tho number of oases has lie-
oomo quite appalling, ospeeially in tiie
army.
Tho complaint, is general in nil civ
ilized countries that suicides nro largely
on the increase owing to tho break-nock
speed nt which the Tinman mnehinn is
driven in this ago of progress. The
nneo is too rapid lor many a bright fel
low, and ratlior than undorgo tiie
tortures of apprehension ho jumps off
on tho way. Thoro are peculiar condi
tions In Germany, however, which lead
men to tills desnernto net. In the mil
itary service they are especially con
spicuous. The German army officer is
almost invariably a well-edueated, well-
connected person,hut ho is also very fre
quently ns noorns were tho soldiers of for
tune of old, whom 1m resembles in noth
ing else. Heretofore this caused him
hut littlo inconvenience, tho respeot
paid to Hie man in uniform witli a sword
!iy his side enabling him to go through
tho world in lolurnhln comfort oven if
his purse was empty. A change Ims,
however, oomo over tho spirit of tho
German’s dream lately. Tiie passion
for wealth and the good tilings that Hie
possession of wealth implies has entered
tho national soul, ami tho military caste
has not been exempt from Hie con
tagion. “Put money in thy purso" 1ms
been tho motto of many a poverty-
stricken follow of high position. Of
course many a time it linppens tlmt Hie
way in which ho does it will not hour
investigation, and flight being much
more dlfllnult to him than to Hie Amer
ica a bank cashier he blows out Ids
brains.
Another reason for tho extraordinary
prevalence of suicide in tiie German
army is tho handiness, tho brutality of
tho discipline. Many a one fuels life to
bo a burden simply bacausu hu lius to
submit for several years to a routine of
daily duties tlmt crushes out every spark
of individuality. Among tiie men in
tho ranks there are, of course, ninny
more ca'sos of self-murder prompted by
this circumstance than there are among
their commanders. In fact, tlm vast
majority of privates who annually
•laughter themselves am brought to It
by the treatment they receive from tlioso
above them. Ami tlm number doing
so is something to astonish foreigners,
while it bus alarmed tho Berlin authori
ties to sucli a degree Hint some very
radical changes will in all probability
bo made shortly In l lie soldiers’ ilutias.
That religious skepticism ims a great
deal to do with tho high average of sui
cides in Germany is not to be denied,
but it makes itself felt simply by offer
ing no restraint on I ho mail’s nnlurul
impulse. In Catholic countries and
among women guides are much less fre
quent tlmn in Protestant countries nnd
among men, simply because Catholics
and women both have more fear of tlm
hereafter.
According to Prof. Moinelll, tho for
mulation of character is tlm only euro
for Belf-slauglitcr. One thing, how
ever, will lessen tlm number of eases in
Germany, nnd tlmt is tlm making of
tho soldiers’ lot a happier one. Tho
pay of tho officers is not enough to sup
port them rcsricctabiy in tho changed
conditions of lifo that have come in
during tho past ten or twelve years, and
they are put to nil sorts of nets to make
ends meet, while tho private is made to
lead an existence that is little, if any,
better than slavery.—N. Y. Graphic.
“Muggy Weather.”
This is a very expressive phrase for tho
"dog-days,” as they average, anil tho
other description tells ns so exactly our
sensations under tlm dummy air and
dose temperature. “Mug” in provincial
English dialect means “fog,” Imt this
probably is traced to the older Irish word
meaning a cup, as our word does now.
So that "muggy weather” is weather in
a enp—close weather. Tlio Now York
Mercantile Journal explains why this
kind of weather is always so uncomfort
able:
“The evaporation of moisture from
our skin cools us. Evaporation, ns is well
known, is always a cooling process. Tho
bent, from being ‘seiisiblo,’ becomes
‘latent,’ ns tiie philosopcrs say—tlmt is,
the heat is used up in making tho vapor
and passes off in it, just as tiie heat of
tho fire is used up in innking steam, and
really passes off in that.
“When this process of evaporation is
rapid from our system, we are, rapidly
cooled, and though tiie weather is warm,
are made comfortable.
"But it can lie rapid only when tiie air
is dry. Air already saturated with nenrly
as mncli moisture as it will hold, can, of
course, take up very little more from the
evaporation of objects on tho surface of
tho earth. In such weather we must go
on ns liestwo can without the comfort of
tliis cooling process.
“Thomug is a natural ‘hygrometer,’
somewhat rude, it is true, to tell us how
ranch moisture there is in the atmos
phere. A real hygrometer only tells tho
same thing more accurately.”
The gravest poverty is that of our own
nature. Tho resources we irioi.t need to
cultivate are those within ourselves. The
only true rich man is lie who is rich, not
lie who lias riches; the wealtli a mail is
can never be taken.
Get Their fan* Fall.
There (s no doubt that there to a regu
lar saturnalia going on throughout tho
eonutfy, nl onu thing and another, and
among Him rest is tho startling amount
of drunkenness recently discovered
among Hiu servant girls of New York.
Tiie girls hnve certainly kept the timttor
sly, nnd it was only recently, wheu a
number of New York gentlemen got to
talking about tlicir servant girls, that it
wns discovered five out of six of them
were addicted to putting an enemy into
their mouths to steul awnv their brains.
There is a preference always for “old
girls,” on Recount of their experience,
ami tiie family who enti secure nn old
girl considers itself in luck. But it was
Mincing these tlmt thn fatal weakness for
miuoo pie ingredients wns discovered,
nnd an investigation tins taken place. It
npponrs Hint it line boon considered tho
pro|>er caper among high-touoil families
o( late to lmvo a wine cellar iu the house,
witli nn English butler, olio of those
chaps wlio savs tho ‘urn of tlm ’unter is
’card on the ’ill, and nn English servant
girl witli tho snmo liimpodimont of
speech, and the Iikiho manner in which
the wine Ims boon guarded, in trying to
ape Hie English nrlstoerncy, Ims led tho
{iris into temptation. Recently there
mvo I loon some high old times in the
buck kitchens of tho first families, nnd
where two or three servant girls were
gathered together of nn ovening there
would Im a feast of reason nnd a flow of
fluids. The wine nnd otlici liquors left
over from Hie meals of tho family and
llieir guest* would lie put away lor fu
ture reference, and when enough hud ac
cumulated to make it an object, invita
tions would Im sent out by tlm servant of
one house to her acquaintances, ami
they wuuld meet, Iu tlm course of an
evening they would probably imbibe half
n dozen difloreiit kinds of liquor, nnd the
result would im paralysis. At lirst, when
tlm girls failed to got up in tlm morning
on time, nnd they were found spread
around on tlio floor, witli tliuir hands in
n coal scuttle nnd tliuir feet on top of
each oilier, with bottles to right anil left
of them, Hint Imd volleyed nnd Himi-
dcrod, they were Hiip|smei’l to Im Hie vic
tims of some designing iiersou, who had
induced them to drink Irish whisky un
der the impression tlmt it was spring
water. But when tlm tiling Imd ha;
-Mined thirty or forty times, and tho liei
pie of tho house Imd liceu obliged t
send out to somo restaurant for their
lirenkfasts, tlio linked truth began to
dnwu on them and tho girls were rea
soned with, or fired out, according to
Hie kind of a boss they Imd. Some of
these orgies lmvo Immmi watched through
tho kitchen windows, and tho entertain
ment in said to possess a rare interest
Hint is alone wortli the price of. admis
sion. Of course, tlio nnstoerutio famil
ies where these blows-out lmvo occurred,
nro greatly shocked, and lmvo taken
measures to prevent any recurrence of
them. The idea that a com'non servant
should presume to get aristocratically
drunk, on llrst-eliiss liquor, mid fall un
der tiie table, just like their superiors, is
ailing as tiie old Harry, and strict or-
ers are now given tlmt it must not
occur again. And tlmt is right, too.
Intemperance is n sail, nn unfortunate
condition, especially among tlioso of Hie
weaker sex.—Peck’s Sun.
People Who Forget They llare Money.
One would hardly beiiovn that there
ore nmny who forget tlioy lmvo money
or tlmt thoro is money or interest duo
them, nnd yut it is a fact. There lies in
the Treasury Department to-day (1,409,-
009 of unclaimed interest on government
bonds. Tho sum is getting larger every
day. This seems stuiiigo, lint it is true.
Tliis vast sum of money, or much of it,
enn lie drawn by simply applying for it
by whoever is entitled to it and lias Hie
registered bond oq which tlm interest is
due nnd not paid. There are lliousniulH
of persons who lmvo bought bonds, ami
not knowing how to get tiie interest on
them, prefer to loso tlio same rather
than to expose tlio fact tlmt they lmvo
the bonds. Others 'lmvo interest duo
them, nnd actually forget tho fact, and
it lies in tiie Treasury vault* waiting for
them to apply for it. Should one of tlio
clerks of tho bond division inform a per
son to whom interest is dno of the fact,
nnd tlio same to discovered, he would lie
iuukuitly discharged. Our government
is like tlmt of other countries, dishonest
in matters of this kind, nnd is always
willing to keep that which belongs to
others, if it is not called for. Should
one of its clerks lie honest enough to
give out a hint, ho is discharged on tlm
ground tlmt it is not prohalilo lie would
bo engaged iu volunteering information
unless lie received a certain percentage
for ids services; nnd tliis he lias no right
to do. Tho government takes tiie
ground that tlm person to whom tlm in
terest is duo should not bo required to
pay for tlio information; at tlm sumo
time tiie same government will not itself
volunteer tho information.—Chicur/o
lnter-Occan.
i—
The Mon nnd the Jackal.
Ono day a hyena, who was out of a
•lid had a buzz-saw feeling toWnr.toal? *
the world, mot a jackal ou tlio plain unit
began:
“Searching for old lionoennd leavings,
I presume?"
"Yea," was the humble reply, ' "As I
am not able to kill for myself I must eal
after others lmvo been satisfied. 1 am, «
however, fat, health} nud in gooo
spirits.”
“Seo here,” continued tho hyena ns ho
sat down in tlio shade; "you liavo just on
much right to bo a lion as the lion hnm .
I see no reason why he should Hvo on
Hie fat of tlio land anil yon off tho
bones." „ • •• ■ •
I never thought of that bofore.’’
mused tiie jackal. -4
"Well, you are very foolish to lie limit
ing bones when you might us well l>o a
lion. 1 wouldn’t stand it If I were yen.
Tlio jackal thought tho matter over,
nnd went to a lion who dwolt on the bilk
side and said; , , *
“1 lmvo just ns good a rigid to lie lion .
as you lmvo.”
I second tho motion,” wns the Tgtwte't*
reply. •“ >%
"And I'm going to lie, too.”
"Bully for you 1" growled tlm king ol
oeasts. a
“And will yon toll mo how lo hegin'*"
•‘Certainly. Take tliis path over thw ■
hill, und whonovor you meet auy animal «
you must paw and roar and net us u©^
like me ns you call."
Tlio jackal moved away iu high spirit*, ‘
and hud not gone fur Indore lie met e '»
troop of his kind. Ho began to paw ami «
roar nud smell up, and when he hod tired
himself out the leader of tho troop came
forward nnd anid:
"Any fool can see tlmt yon am nothing
hut a jucknl, Imt since you aspiae tube a
lion wo can have no feelings witli you.
Go your way and keep clear of us."
Tim jackal found himself kurtekod
about by tlm lions nn a base impoUtor,
nud shunned hv liis kind as unworthy at
friendship, nmi between the two fires lie
could neither kill tor himself nor eat of
wlint ollmrs had slain. He wns brought
low witli starvation and dlspnir, and na
tiie vultures gathered aronud higi lie
said:
"Even had I succeeded in making my
self believe I was a lion, these Tilrda
would lmvo known by tiie meat ! wns a
jackal." 1 *
Moral; Yon must lie what you are to
have tlm confidence of friends or respect
of foes. Store clothes ouly deceive the
eye.
Monotony of City Life.,
Thn monotony of life in the central
streets of any great modern city, wliero
every emotion intended to lio derived by
men from the sight of nature, °r tlio
sense of art, in forbidden forever, leave*
the craving of the Imui't for a sincere,
yet thankful, intercut, to ho fed fpim
ono source only. Under natural oOttdi-'
tiona tlio ilegre" of menial exoitewseut »
liooesrary to lmdily heiilth is provided by
Hiq eoiirMi of tlm hciisoiih, und tho vari
ous skill nnd fortune of ogr.efllturo.
In Hio country every morning of tiie -
your brings witli it a now aspect of
springing or fading iiolilre ; a new .duty
to lie fulfilled upon earth, l»«d *a now
promise or warning in heaven. No day
is without its innocent hope, its special
prudence, its kindly gift, and itMiiblimo
danger; nnd iu every propesj of wise
husbandry, nmi every effort of oontmid-
iug or remedial courage, tiie wholesome
passions, pride, nnd bodily power of the
laborer are excited and exerted in hnpitl-
est unison. Tho companionship of'«lo-
ne stle, tlio care of serviceable, animals,
soften and enlarge his life,' with lowly
charities, and discipline hirn in familiar
wisdoms nnd unboastful fortitudes; while
the divine laws of seed-time which enn-
not lie reenlli d, hnrvest which cannot lie
hastened, and wiutgr iu which uy mull
eaiv work, compel the impafioncics ana
coveting of his heart irtto lultor'tocf aul>* *
missive to be anxious, and rest In© sweet .
to be wanton.
Wlmt 'thought can enough eopyirohend ,
tho contrast between such life, adit that
in si reel* wliero auminer and Winter arc
only alternations of heal anil cold,
wliero snow never foil white, Jgir ami* >
shine clear; where tiie ground is only a
pavement, and tiie itky no mote than tli#
glass roof of an arcade; where’ the ut
most power of a storm is ty choke tlio
gutters, and tho finest ftingic. M spring
to change mild into dust; wlysro—cliiyf
nnd most fatal difference in state—-there
is no interest of occupation for any of
tlio inhabitant* hut the routiae of
counter or desk within doors, and the
effort to pass each other wifnStil' colli
sion outside; so that from Oturning to ,
evening the only possible variation of
tho monotony of tho lionrs, and lighten
ing of the penalty of existence, must he
some kind of mischief, limited, ynless
by more than ordinary godsend of fatal
ity, to Hie fall of a horse, or the slitting
of a pocket.—Jtuskin.
Changing ine nnnjcct.
Col. Sam Shinbone, a colored citizen
of Houston, is in Galveston, and is tlio
guest of Jim Webster, who is always iu
troulilo witli tiie law. They were taking
a stroll yesterday, and, happening to
pass the elegant county jail, tho visitor
aaid :
«Bat ’ar am a berry attractive edi
flee.”
“ It am, sail. It am jest like one oh
dese here powerful magnets. Ef a man
liua got any Hteal in him, lie is drawed
right inter de buildin’, and he can't get
away. Hit jest holds him.”
“ f meant to say it looks berry nice.”
"Ho it does, Hall—from de outside.
What waa yer Baying about President
Garfield ami de culled luce ?”—Halves
ton News, \ \
The Oldest Letter-Carrier.
The oldest letter-carrier in tiie United
State* i» living at Washington. In 1816
lie heljicd organize the Foundry Church,
of winch tlio ex-President and Mrs.
Hayes were attendant*. In 1823 lie
was given the place of postman. His
charge for carrying was two cents a let
ter. He had also to collect tho postage,
which was six cent* for distances under
thirty miles, and four cents for each ad
ditional thirty miles. Ho drove', about
in a wagon shaped like a .boat. The
turn-out was designed by the postman,^
Mr. Kennedy. It was nallied “Desire,”
and on tiie prow was a carrier-dove hold
ing in it* frill a letter. PreaidentVan
ltiiren so admired the turn-onh|Mt lie
purchased it, put it ou runners, ami w d
it for a grand state sleigh. ^