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Ptfcivn.
Autumn Payments.
•* The melancholy days have come,
I he snddo.-t of tlo yetr,’’
Wh**n notes are due, and hn gthy hills
Gome in from fa and near.
When, “It re’s a small account of yours,’’
Is whispered in your ear,
And ••won't ymi please to settle now,”
Is all the laik you iie-ir.
You scarce can take a morning walk,
W ilhout ere long you’re met
lly Mr. S.I oks. who wants to know
ff y u caiitiot “ssh'■fh ” yet.
Ait'l at the hour f t.'u-ky eve,
\V lien you do hoim ward Ilia,
Up *n tin* parlor table, lo !
A pile of bills do lie.
Y” chaps, w h e salary amounts
To ten t ines ten u year,
Who sjiort your patent leather boots
With such a foreign air—
Who wear your thirteen dollar “tights,”
And golden button vest,
I wonder not when Autumn comes
You seek iu vain for rest.
\ r e girls with empty bonnets stuck
Upon your empty heads.
With high-priced silks and satin things,
With hoops, mid flowers, and beads
I wonder what “papa” will say
Wh en Me. Sprigzins palls
Withjiist that “little bill” of his
For bonnets, hoops and shawls.
And now my stylish little chap,
And fashionable little maid,
I’ll tell you what you’d heller do,
When those long bills are paid.
Just spend as many dollars now
Upon your addled brain,
As you have spent for costly clothes,
And see how much you’ll gain.
Tlie Ait ol Printing.
The author of a very clever book,
“Salad for the Social,” has tolleeted to
gether some interesting items touching
“Book Craft,” and the ‘Black Art” as
printing has been irreverently termed
He speaks in fighting terms of Franklin,
the printer, author and statesman, who
was technically described by one of the
fraternity, “tiie * of hi3 profession, the
type of honesty, ihe ! of all, aud although
the of death has put a . to his exis
tence, every § of his life is without a ||,”
which translated for the benefit of the un
initiated means, “the star of his profes
sion, the type of honesty, the admiration
of all, and though the hand of death has
put a period to his existence, every sec
tion of his life is without a paralell.”—
Types have been likened to
“ A thousand lamps at one lone altar lighted.
Turning the night of error Into day.”
Flag of our Union.
Size of the West. — Illinois would
make forty such States as Rhode Island,
and Minnesota sixty ; Missouri is larger
than all New England, Ohio exceeds ei
ther Ireland or Scotland, or Portugal,
and equals Belgium, Scotland and Swit
zerland together. Missouri is more than
half as large as Italy, and larger than
Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Switzer
land. Missouri and Illinois are larger
than England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales.
CUTHBERT REPORTER.
ittisrcUancous.
Romantic Story.
Here is quite a romantic—and strange
if true—story :
A beautiful young heiress had become
so disgusted with a flattering set of soft
pitted, pomatum lmired, moustache-lipped
strongly perfumed suitors for her hand,
that she shut herself from the fashionable
world, turned all her property into mon
ey, and deposited it all in banks, donned
a cheap wardrobe, and went pedestrian
like, throuh the city in which she had With,
erto moved with so much dispalay and
magnificence. She asked alms of those
for her hand. They knew her not and
casting a look of scorn upon her veiled
face and co aif e wardrobe, bade her‘‘be
gone!” She entered the country—here
she met with deri-ion and scorn A few
kind hearted people, it is true, bestowed
aid ; but these wete the poorer class who
had hard work to procure their own dai
ly bread ; but they could not turn a fel
low* creature hungry from their door, and
therefore gave a small pittance from their
scanty store.
One summer’s day, a large company met
on Beach They were mostly
from the city The disguised heiress,
from some cause or other had wandered
there. She asked alms of one or two,
termed ‘ upper tens.” They spoke taun
tingly, but gave nothing. What they
said had been heard by quite a number of
their company. Most of them-laughed,
or looked"as if they thought “served her
right.” The beggar woman turned about
and was w alking sadly away, when a good
looking gentleman stepped forward, and
catching hold of her arm, thus spoke:
“Stay, my good woman—tell me what
yon want.”
She replied in a low trembling tone, “I
want a sixpence—only a sixpence ”
“You shall have ten times that sum—
Here,” lie added, drawing from his pocket
an eagle, and placing it in the hand of
the won an, “take this, and if it is not
enough 1 will give you another.”
The heiress returned the eagle, cxclaim
ti g, “I want a sixpence, sir—only a six
pence !
Seeing that she could no! be made to
take the coin, tlie gentleman drew’ forth a
sixpence, and gave it’o the strange be
ing beside him, who, after thanking the
generous donor, walked slowly away.—
After being laughed at for so doing by
Ins comrades, he set out in pursuit of the
beggar woman, saying: ‘Perhapsshe is an
licit ess—or an angel iu disguise. I mean
to ascertain. ’’
Not that he thought this. He wished
lo show’ his indifference to what his com
panion said, besides sa’isfying himself
about the strange female whom he had
aided. He soon overtook her, and ad
dressed her tnn-: “Pardon me, madam,
for pursuing you. I would know more
about you ”
As the speaker ceased, the mask drop
ped from the female, and the beautiful
heiress was portrayed before the astonish
til gentleman.
That they were afterwards married, the
reader has already imagined, for the heir
es* used this means of procuring a worthy
husband, and the generous gentleman
had long beeu looking for art “angel in
disguise ”
The happy husband is often heard to
say that he got an “heiress for a six
pence.”
Learned Fleas. —The Albany Jour
nal says there is an exhibition iu the new
Hank Building, Broadway, in that city,
well w’orth seeing. Signor Bertolotte
has about 100 Italian (leas which dance
the Polka, play on musical instruments,
draw’ carriages, w’ork at California dig
gings, fight a duel sword in hand, draw
water from a well, tell fortunes, and do
ing a variety of feats too numerous to
be described; all dressed, harnessed and
instructed according to their tasks. The
fleas are all secured to their respective
positions, and perform at the bidding of
the Signor. At night they are released;
they are fed from the Signor’s blood, by
allow ing them to “perch” upon his hand
and suck their fill. They are then placed
in their different apartments, all number
ed like a well regulated hotel.
ss* r l he Scientific American says to
the sporting men “wash your gun bar
rels in spirits of turpentine, by dipping a
rag or sponge fastened on your gun rod
into the liquid and swabbing them out
two or three times, when they will be j
cleansed from all impurities and can be
used almost instantly, as the turpentine
will evaporate and leave the barrel dry ;
even if they are a little moist, it wdll not
prevent their going off, like water. After
being washed thus, there is no danger of
rust, as when water is used- lam au
old and experienced guuner, and have
practiced this for years.
$3- The following question is being
considered in an out west debating club :
“ Which has ruined most men—giving
credit or getting trusted.” At the last
accounts the disputauts were ‘nip iu tuck.’
CUTIIKEKT, a., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1556.
I Never Gossip.
Oh no, I never gossip! I have enough
to do to take care of my ow’tt business,
without talking about the affairs of oth
ers, Mrs.'Smith. Why there’s Mrs.
Crocker, she deals in scandal by the
wholesale ; it does seem to me as though
that woman’s tongue must be almost worn
out ; but no, there’s no danger of that.
If everybody was like mo, there wouldn’t
be much trouble in the world. Oh no, I
never gossip. But, did you know that
Miss Elliot had got anew silk dress,
Mrs. Smith ? Y"ou didn't! w’ell she has;
it’s a real brocade ; I saw it myself. I
do say it's shameful for her to be so ex
travagant ; I mean to give her a piece
of my mincj, Mrs. Smith You believe
her uncle gave it to her? Well, I don’t
care if he did ; why, its only two months
since her father failed, and now, to see
her dash ont in this style, its a burning
shame. I suppose she thinks she’s going
to catch young lawyer Stanhope, but I
guess she'll find herself mistaken ; lie’s
got more sense than to be caught by her,
if she has a brocade silk dress.
And there’s the upstart dress maker,
Kate Manly, setting her cap for the Doc
tor s son ; tlie impertinence of some peo
ple is perfectly astonishing. 1 don’t think
she’s any better than she ought to be, for
my own part ; I never did like her, with
her mild, soft look, when any one’s around;
my word for it, 6he can look cross enough
when there ain’t ; then she says she’s on
ly seventeen ! Goodness knows she’s as
old as my Arabella Lucretia, and she’s
well, I won’t say how old, but she’s
more’n seventeen, und l ain’t ashamed to
say so, either ; but 1 guess l)r. May’s
son will have more discretion than to
think of marrying her. Some folks call
her handsome. Well, 1 don’t. She
ain’t, half as good looking as my daugh
ter Jane. Then the way she does up Iter
hair in such fly away curls; and, if you
believe it, Mrs. Smith, she actually had
the impudence to tell me that she couldn’t
make her hair straight as my Maria
Jane’s. Impertinence! if she'd let curl
ing papers and curling irons alone, I’d
risk but what her iiair would be as
straight as anybody’s.
But wlm t do you think of the minister’s
wife, Mrs. Smith ? You like her ! Well,
all 1 can say is, you’ve got a very pecu
liar taste. Why, she’s proud as Lucifer;
been married a whole week, and hasn’t
been to see me yet You presume she
hasn’t had time? I don’t see what the
minister wanted to go out of town to get
a wife for, any way ; and then, above all
tilings, to get that little girlish looking
thing. Why didn’t ho take one of his
parishioners? There’s my Arabella Lu
cretia would have made him a better
wife than he’s got now. Then she’s jnst
about the right ago for him. She’s two
years older than Hie minister! I should
think it was a pity if I didn’t know my
own daughter’s age, Mrs Smith. If
some folks would mind their own business
as I do, I’d thank ’em ! — Waverly Maga
zine.
Surprise Parties. — Os late a very no
vel and questionable sort of amusement
has come into fashion. Several friends
; and acquaintances inform each other that,
they intend to drop in and take tea with
Mrs, B , The family are surprised
and astonished to find 15 or 20 friends
and acquaintances in the house who have
called to take tea. The tea chest is jnst
exhausted—not a bit of cake in the pan
try—not a loaf of bread in the grocery,
and not enough of cups and saucers to
go round. What a peck of trouble the
poor woman is in ! She would give her
wedding gown if she had only known of
their coming. There is a mighty deal of
fun in these surprise parties, and a great
deal of annoyance and hard feelings. The
other day a very unpleasant incident oc
curred at or.e of these parties. A mer
chant, who has heretofore held a respect
able position in society, was selected by
some friends to call on. It was indeed a
surprise party to all concerned. ‘1 hey
found the husband insensible from the
effects of liquor, laying on the hall stairs,
and his wife with a bruised face and black
eye, bathing his temples with ice water.
How many such scenes occur unknown to
the world — Albany Knickerbocker.
An old “cove” was once applied
to for aid in replenishing the treasury of
the church, “ Can you not contribute
something to the treasury of the Lord,”
inquired tiio clerical solicitor.
Without taking his pipe f?om his lips,
the old man replied : “do we not read in
the Bible that the cattle upon a thousand
hills are the Lord’s ?”
“ Yes,” responded Domine, sanctimoni
ously.
“ Well, why the, and 1 don’t he sell
off the stock?” was the clincher of the
cove.
The Domine was carried off on a shin
gle.
I don’t like to patronize this line, said
a culprit to a hangman. Oh, never mind
tliis ouce, it will soon suspend its opera
tions.
NO FROSCRIFTION FOR OPINIONS’ SAKE.
Mixed Cotton.
. We find the following allusion to the
false packing of cotton, in the Memphis
Price Current, 6th of Sept.
The frequent complaints which we hear
induce us to call the attention of planters
to the existence of an evil which we have
often before adverted to, and which loajd
ly calls for a remedy. Wo allude to the
culpable negligence of many whose duty
it is to attend to the packing of cotton,
as shown by tho frequent discovery of
mixed bales—viz: bales found to contain
two, three or more qualities and colors.
This negligence often leads to vexatious
reclamations, and sometimes to expensive
lawsuits, as it frequently happens that
the discovery is not made until the cotton
reaches the hands of tlie manufacturer, at
a distant market. But it also frequently
happens that the discovery is made here,
by drawing samples from different parts
of a bale. In such cases tlio cotton is
throvjn bank up tlie factor’s bands as un
merchantable, and when resold as mixed
cotton, the factor can seldom obtain more
than the market value of the lowest qual
ity found iu tho bale. Besides all this,
when the irregular packing is once dis
covered, as it necessarily must be some
where and some time, it throws discredit
upon the planter’s crop generally, anil
thus operatesto his disadvantage. It al
so introduces confusion into a most im
portant branch of trade, and one that
can only be conducted with facility and
economy upon the basis of good faith in
the honesty and integrity of the planter
Theso virtues being accorded to him, he
owes it to himself, to his factor and to
his purchaser to exercise mo e care and
vigilance over those who have his inter
ests in charge.. We have adverted to
tliis matter, on frequent occasions, for
years past, but thus far, it would seem
without effect; for the evil has increased
instead of diminishing, and probably in no
former year has so largo a proportion of
the crop been liable to tlie objection re
ferred 10. At the special request of both
(actors and purchasers, we earnestly call
attention to the matter again, aud tiust
that this appeal will awaken some atten
j tion, for in reality and truth the evil is a
serious one.
Friiiiklin.
When quite a young man, Franklin
went to London, entered a printing office,
and euqnired it tie could get employment
as a printer ?
‘Where are you from ?’ inquired the
foreman.
‘America,’ was the reply.
‘Ah,’ said the foreman, ‘from America!
a lad from America seeking employment
as a printer! Well, do you really under
stand the art of printing? Can you set
type ?
Franklin stepped to one of ihe cases
and in a very brief space, set up the fol
lowing passage from the first chapter of
the Gospel by St. .lolm :
‘Nathaniel saith unto him, can any
good thing come out of Nazareth ? l’hil
ip saith unto him come and see.’
It was done so quick, so acurately and
contained a reproof, so appropriate and
powerful, that it at once gave him stand
ing and character with all in the office.
A Majority on the wrong Side.
Several years ago a celebrated Metho
dist minister and revivalist well known
for his eloquence and zeal in converting
souls, was preaching in Louisville. The
feeling had got pretty well up, and one
night, after a powerful sermon, he came*
down from the pulpit, for the purpose of
receiviug the mourners, while the good
old hymn of
‘‘Canaan, oh! Canaan, I’m bound fur the land
of Canaan !”’
was struck up, and chimed in by hun*
dreds of voices. The hymn was conclud
ed, but there were no penitents at tho al
tar In vain he exhorted —his words
and appeals fell upon the cars of his con
gregation without exciting an emotion.
At length he concluded to make a bold
strike, and follow it up with a test ; and
resuming the pulpit, after a few words of
exhortation, he solemnly pronounced that
he would put a question, upon which he
expected all to vote in view of tho esti
mation they plnced upon their souls
With finger raised most significantly, and
in a most solemn manner, he announced
“ All those in favor of Christ will please
rise to their feet.”
Only some eight or ten responded to
the announcement; and while the minis
ter was watching intently for others to
signify their position by rising, a worthy
member, who was on his feet, interfered,
and suggested that “ the reason might be
that the true disciples were too modest to
vote.’’
At this juncture, a loud voice was heard
iu the gallery :
“I say, brother , it’s no use a
talking or trying to force this vote —this
congregation is for old Nick by at least
twenty-five hundred majority.’’
A man cannot leave a better legacy in
this world than a haudsome daughter and
a largo plantation.
The U. S. of America foretold in
the Jliblc.
This was the subject of a lec'ure, de
livered by Mr, Pitts, in Ihe Tabernacle,
on Monday evening. The lecturer dem
onstrated that ihe rise oi a great nation
ality was promised in an age of intelli
gence, energy and locomotion, and argu
ed that this was not literally the leslora
tion of the Jews, but tlie prophecy was
lealizedin the political and religious or
ganization of the United States. That
this country arose when and where it was
prom sed, at the end of J ,290 prophetic
days from the destruction of Jerusalem,
which period terminated oil the 4th of
July, 1776. He said that the land pic
tured in the prophecy ol Darnel, was to
be a newly discovered’ land, that had al
ways been waste, and that it was a land
of rivers and streams j and that it was
to be inhabited by a people gathered out
of all nations ; that it was to be located
between two seas—the eastern and the
western ; that its cities and villages should
have neither walls nor gates, nor bars,
and that it was to be first visited by the
vessels of Spain : that emigration should
come lor the freedom of worshiping God,
and that it was to be a Republic, and
that this Republic should begin in the
organization of thirteen distinct States ;
that its rise should be an epoch in the his
tory of humanity, to learning, agriculture
commerce and tiade ; hat the United
States was the stone kingdom promised
by Daniel—the mau child, born of the
Virgin Woman of the Wilderness —the
land shadowing with wings- In fact that
this great country and government was a
child of Providence, and was nurtued and
raised up as the model government of the
world, to which the empires of the earth
would finally conform. But before Re
pub'icanism became world-wide the great
battle of civil and religious liberty ou the
one side and eclesiastical despotism on
the other, would come off ia the Field
Armageddon. True or false, the speak
er evidently placed his arguments clearly
and logically before an appreciating au
dience.
(fcj- Tlie Utica Herald calls upou its
brother supporters of Fremont to
11 Strike every lyre, end sound his fame.”
The New York Day Book infers that
if they really intend to “strike every liar”
among them, they wiil have u Kilkenny
Cat fight of it, and tells them: “ Pitch
into each other, gentlemen. Strike every
liar.”
A Toast. —‘Newspaper boriowers,’ —
may theirs be a life of single blestoduess;
and may their paths be carpeted with
cross eyed snakes; and, may their nights
be haunted with knock-kneed tom cats,
provided they do not live next door io a
subscriber who has paid for his paper.
JG®"'“ Thanks,” said an old bachelor,
“no more women in heaven—they can't
get in. Their hoops are so broad, they
will have to go the broad road ! None
of these fashionables can ever crowd
through the narrow gate.’’
Hot. —A Cincinnati paper gives the fol
lowing instance of tlie effects of heat in
the Pork City : “A steamboat was at
the wharf discharging lead. A nigger
would start with a bar on his shoulder,
but before he could get to the dray, the
lead would melt and run over the freesoil
er making it necessary to cut him out
with a cold chisel!” Whew 1
Charter Oak Items. —On the night of
the fall of the brave old oak at Hartlord,
Mr. Stuart, the proprietor, was engaged
till midnight in writing his last chapter of
its history. A coypyrighted engraving
ol the tree as it appeared after its fall is
being made ; and a sound limb is being
made into an elbow to anew ship, to be
called “The Charter Oak.” A swarm of
bees came out of a hole in the fallen
trunk, on Saturday morning, and lodged
upon another tree, but soon returned to
their old quarters, from which they were
securely and safely hived. They will he
tenderly cared for, from the associations
connected with them. Their presence
in the tree was not known until its fall.—
liar lford Times.
Coolness in a Moment of Trial
The Rochester American tells a story of
a lady in that city, whose dies* was step
ped upon by a paitner in a dance. The
skirt was torn, and ft whalebone thrust
out into the circle in a very unseemly
manner. The lady coolly took hold of
the article, drew it from her, walked to
the door and threw it out, and took her
place in the cotillion just in time lo “for
ward and back.’’ Although her dress
“collapsed,” she did not. That lady
would walk up to the cannon’s mouth or
the altar, without lear of trembling.
Qr3 Old bachelors have been sly led un
productive consumers; scsisors with but
one blade ; bows without fiddles; irregu.
lar substantives, always in singular num
ber and objective case ; unruly rcholars,
who, when told to conjugate, always de
cline.
BYRD & WHITE, Publishers*.
J)r. I 1 rauhlfu.
A century since, Benjamin Franklin,
the Postmaster General of tlie Colonies,
set out in his old trig to make an official
inspection of different routes, It is sup
posed that he accomplished the object of
his journey ; but if lie was to undertake
to travel in his gig and over the routes at
present existing, lie woulJ arrive at the
end of his journey wnen he was about au
hundred years old. About eighty years
since. Congress appointed Dr. Franklin
Postmaster General to the then indepen
dent Colonies, he still went in his old gig
and a Small folio containing about three
quires of paper las'ed as his account book
lor two years. Now the railroad train
goes sixty miles nil hour, and tlie post
office accounts consume every two years
three thousand of the largest sized led
ger*, keeping no less than one hundred
clerks constantly employed in recording
transactions with thirty thousand contract
tors and other persons. There are now’
paid annual/, for mail locks, keys, and
stamps, nearly thirty-two thousand dollars
a smn equal to the entire outlav of the
whole department in the year 1790. The
-tamped envelopes and postage stamps Cost
over fourteen thousand dollars ; Ihe mail
bags, fifty thousand dollars; the blanks
seventy-nine thousand; the wrapping
paper forty-thousand.
Franklin would be slightly astonished
did he rise from his grave, travel to Wash
ington ih his old gig, see tlie three thous
and ledgers, the one hundred cletks, and
hear the rail train thunder pass him at
the rate of sixty miles per hour. And
yet what would be his emotions when he
reflected that this was but one evidence
of the rapid advance of the republic of
which he was one of tlie founders?
A Batchelor’s Reflections.
Bless me ! / am thirty-nine to-day ;
six feet in my stockings, black eyes, cur
ly flair, tail and straight as a cedar of
Lebanon and still a batchelor ! Well, it'a
an independent life, at least; it isn't eith
er! Here are these new gloves of mine
full of little rips, siting off ons of nr.y
best faultless dickeys, nice silk hand
kerchief in my drawer wants hemming,
buttons off my shirt; what's to be done !
How provoking it is to see those married
people looking so sell satisfied and con
sequential at the head of their families, as
if they had done the Slate a great ser
vice. As to children, they are as plenty as
flies in August, and about as troublesome;
every alley, and court, and garret, are
swarming with them—they’re no rarity ;
and any poor, miserable wretch can get a
wife—enough of them, too, such as they
are!
It is enough to scare a man to death ta
think how much it cost to keep one. Silks
and satins, ribbons and velvets, feathers
apd flowers, cuff pins and bracelets, gim
cracks and fol-derols ; and you must look
at the in all its bearings—little’
jackets and r >cks, and wooden horses, and
dolls, and pop-guns and gingerbread ;
don’t belit ve I can do it, by Jupiter 1 But
then here I sit, with the toe of my best
boot kicking the graie for the want of
something lo do; it’s coming awful cold
dreary weather, long evenings ; can’t go
to concerts forever, and when I do my
room looks so much tlie gloomier when
1 come back, and if would be cosy to
have a nice little wile lo chat and laugti
with. I’ve tried to think of something,
else, blit I can’t ; if 1 look in the fire, I
am sure to see a pair of bright eyes ; e
veil the shadows on the wall take fairy
shapes ; I’am on the biink of ruin—-I feel
it; I shall read my doom in the marriage
list before long— l kxow I skull.
A Cure for Cancer —-Mr. David Cu’
pepper, of Russell county, Ala., requests
us to publish to the world, for the benefit
of the afflicted, that he has been cured of
Cancer by the use of the following recipe
and that he believes it is an infallible rem
edy for this dreadful disease :
Rcceipe. — Take equal quanily of the
roots of wliito ashe, black sumac, and
fat liglitwood or pine, and boil them in
water until a strong tea is made, and use
it lor a constant diink in place of water,
tea, coffee, milk and all other beverages,
and eat nothing salt or greasy. Take new
lar and simmer it over a slow fire until
it forms a tough wax and apply it in ihe
shape of a plaster to the cancer, over
which first sprinkle corrosive sublimate;
the plaster & corrosive sublimate to be re
newed eveiy other day as most conveni
ent ; the cancer to be kept dry. If this
remedy is followed, without regard to pairs
or swelling, which will both be great, and
all stimulants are lelrained from, Mr. Cul
pepper guarante.es a perfect and speedy
’ cure. We gi7e the recipe for what it is
worth, without knowing any thing of its
value.— Columbus (Ga) Times.
It is not what we earn, but what we
save, that makes us rich. It is not what
we eat, but what we digest, that makes
us fat. It is not uliat we lead, but what
we remember, tlia- makes us learned. All
this is very simple aud worth remember
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MtIIBEK S.
