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BY J. P. 8 AWT ELL.
t. H. PtJBJQY,
MmwUctarer of • > ( i >'
SaiMfeoßn anil Tuts,
* if*- tUbtiLDeuler in
All kyads of Ware,
Coruec W Whitaker ami Br>an SIB.,
SAvannahJßL/
tJI OriLgn for Riiliber Belting, How and
PalTliic i ail'd, Btifctclied| Leather Belting,
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f JOH.I FI.AKKEKT.
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X Cotton Factors,
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General ('ommissioii Merchants,
Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
Agents for Bradley’a Super Phos
phate of Lime , Powell's Mills
Jfarns and. Domestics, etc.
Bagging, IJope and Iron Ties, al
ways on liana.
y U«ual Facilities attended to Customer*.
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FURNITURE DEALERS,
tfjl Broughton Street,
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--WE HAVE OX HAND, and are con
tinually receiving, every variety of
•—"Parlor and Bedroom Sets,
Bureau*, Washstands. Bedstead*, Chaim,
Korkers Wardrobe* Meat Safes, Cradles,
Looking’ olasses, Feather*, Featherbeds, Pil
low* etc. ,
Hair, Moss. Shuck and Exceldor Matrasse*
60 Hand, and made to order.
Jobbing and Repairing neatly dote, and
with despatch.
We are fall? prepared to dll order*.
Country order* promptly attended to.
All letters of inquiry answered promptly.
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MARIETTA MARBLE YARD.
j am prepared to furnish
Marble, Monuments,
Tombs, Head and Foot Stones,
Vaces, Urns, Vaults, etc.,
4« very reasonable terms, made of
„ Italian, American and Georgia
MARBLE.
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IRON RAILING Put Up to Order.
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DK. T. 8. POWELL, Agent,
j Cnthbert, Ga
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J. A. BISIHER,
BK'f *epl7-6in Marietta, Ga.
GEORGE S. HART &i CO.,
Commission Tiler chants,
And Wholesale Dealers in
Fine Butter, Cheese, Lard, etc.,
39 Pearl and 28 Bridge Sts., N. Y.
. W" Butter and Lard, of all grades, put up
-itt every variety of package, for Shipment to
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REED & CLARKE,
No, 22, Old Slip, New York,
jtJPQ : ,2ft OCALEKS IK
PROVISIONS,
lOnions, Potatoes, Butter, etc.
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til LY* OBERHOLSTER & CO.,
Importers and Jobbers in
Dry!(* cods,
Nos. 329 cfc 331 Broadway,
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HO3 A I Cetnerof Worth Street.
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o. 5 N. Schroeder St., Baltimore.
Manufacturers of
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Circular Saw Mill
Gang, Millay and Sash Sate Mills,
Grist 'Mitts, Timber Wheels, Shingle Ma
cliiues, Ac. Dealers in Circular Saws, Belt
lug and Mill supplies generally, and manufac
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Working Machinery. Agricultural Eugines
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CUTHBERT
Farmers’ Warehouse,
CUTHBERT, GA.
J. M. REDDING & CO.,
Proprietors. .
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WE TAKE THIS METHOD of inform
ing the citizens of Ra mlolph and ad
joiuine countiei, that have put our Ware
bouse iu a goo s state of ropair and are still iu.
the
WAREHOUSE
AM) OTHM UISIAESS,
And have ample at ranpem- nt* for the Storage
amt Sale ol Cotton arid other Snpplie*.
Truly grateful for past fßvOrs, and with a
fall eontdousness of having done our duty
to patron* in the past, and a determination
to do so for the futare, we hope to merit a
fnil share of public patronage.
Cash Advances on Cotton and
Goods in Store.
A* we intend to close out onr Sto k of
Dry Goods, we will give our eutiie attention
to a strict and dose
WAREHOUSE BUSINESS.
KgF“A full a**ortment of PLANTERS’
SUPPLIES always on hand,
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Our Patrons will be furnished
with ample accommodations for
Stock and, Teamsters FREE !
IV Consignment* -solicited.
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JAS. S. ANTHONY,
Manufacturer of
Tin. Ware,
And Dealer in
Stamped, Japanned and Planished
u X7eeire,
Wood Ware,
And all other Goods generally kept
iu a first-class Tin House.
Roofing, Guttering, Job Work
And Repairing Generally,
Promptly attended to.
J. S. ANTHONY,
East side Public Square,
octSct Cuthbert, Ga.
ELDER A BIIOWY,
MASTER BUILDERS,
CUTHBERT, GA.,
ARE prepared to erect, nt short notice, first
clas* STORES. PRIVATE DWELL
INGS. CULVERTS, etc., etc., from benmi
fill native Rock, quarried from an inexhausti
ble bed of the material, within a half mile of
the out skirts of the city. Either
Tin or Slate Roofs Supplied
If desired, and-both Wood Work and Mason
ry warranted to be of the best description.
' For particular* inquire of either of the
firm. .JOHN ELDER,
sep24-ly JAMES A BROWN.
PALMER & DEPPISH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEIIB IS
HARDWARE,
ROBBER BELTING,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Powder, Shot, Caps aud Lead.
148 Congress & 67 St. Julian Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
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Crockery and Glass Ware.
A full Assortment of
Granite and C. C. Crockery,
And many useful Articles of
GLASS WARE,
J ust received and for sale by
JAS. S. ANTHONY,
At. Hie
House Furnishing and Tin Store
East Side Public Square,
octßct Cuthbert, Ga.
HAVE ON SALE
A large Stock
TOILET SOAFS,
L, WASHING SOAPS,
STARCH.
1 ~ BLUING,
Violin STRINGS.
\ Guitar STRINGS
Musical Instruments
CUTLERY, CURLING IRONS,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Etc.,
For sale by T. S. POWELL, Trustee,
Druggist. Bookseller and Stationer.
COOKING and HEATING
-
And COOKING UTENSILS
Os every desciiftion, with a great vaiiety of
House Keeper’s Goods generally
For sale at the Tin Store of
J. S. AYTHOYY,
i octSit Cutlibert, Ga.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1870.
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When You’re Down.
Wbat legions of “ friends ” always bless us,
When golden soccew lights our way !
Row they smile as they softly address us,
So cordial, good-humored and gay.
But ok, when the sun of prosperity
Has set—then how quickly they frown,.
And cry out in tones of severity,
Kick the man, don’t you see he Is down?*’
Wbat though, when you knew not a sorrow,
Your heart was as open n3 a day,
And your “ friends,” when they wanted to
borrow,
You'd obligo, and ne’er ask them to pay.
What though not a soul you e’er slighted,
As you wandered about through the town,
Your “ friends ” become very near-sighted,
And don’t seem to see you when dowu.
When you’re “up” you are loudly exalted,
And traders all sing out your praise ;
When you're down you've greatly defaulted,
And they •* really dou’t fancy your ways.”
Y’oitr style was “ tip-top ” when you’d
money,
So sing* every sucker and clown,
But now ’tls exceedingly funny,
Things are altered because you are down.
Oh, give me the lnxut that forever
Is free from the world’s selfish rust,
And the soul whose high noble endeavor,
Is to raise fallen man from the dust;
And when in adversity's ocean,
A victim is likely to drown,
All hail to the friend whose devotion
Will lift up a man when he’s dowu.
Hard Study Kills Nobody.—
Thought is the life of the brain, as
exercise is the light of the body.
There can be no more such a thing
as a healthy bruin, as to the mental
department, without thought and
study, than there can be a health
ful body without exercise. And as
physical exercise preserves the
body in health, so thought, which
is the exercise of the brain, keeps
it well. But here the parallel ends;
we may exercise, work too much,
but we cannot think too much, in
the way of expressing ourselves,
for both writing and talking are a
relief to the mind; they are in a
sense its play ; its version. Pent
up thoughts may kill, as pent up
steam wrecks the locomotive. The
expression of thought is like work
ing off the steam from the boiler.
When clergymen break down, or
public men, or professors in col
lies or other literary institutions
get sick and die, the universal cry
is “over-study,” “too much respon
sibility," “too much mental applica
tion.” It is never so; not in a sin
gle case since the world began ; we
defy proof, and will open our pages
to any authenticated case. If a
man will give himself sleep enough,
and will eat enough nutritious food
at proper intivals, and will spend
two or three hours in the open air
every day, he may study, and work
and write, until he is as gray as a
thousand rats, and will be still
young in mental vigor and clearness.
Where is the man of renown who
lived plainly, regularly, temperate
ly, and died early ?
Saw-Dust as Manure. —The
common practice of throwing this
article into the streams on which
saw-mills and shingle mills are sit
uated, is reprehensible. It would
not pay to spread it upon a muck
swamp, but upon any sandy land,
or. light gravelly loam, deficient in
vegetable matter, it would prove a
good dressing, and in time would
show good results. The best use
we have ever seen it put to, was
bedding for animals in stables. It
is an excellent absorbent, and will
keep cows aloan even better than
straw. It is also a very little, han
dy article in the hennery, and more
cleanly to handle than muck in com
mon, open, privy vaults. The arti
cle is merchantable in cities, and is
quite extensively used upon floors
in eating salloons, and for other
purposes. At country mills it can
generally be had for the carting, as
mill owners are glad to be rid of
it. It is a good substitute for straw,
and this is now worth so much for
manufacturing purposes, in many
parts of the country, that no thrifty
farmer can afford to use it tor bed
ding.
Four Good Habits.—Pnnctnnli
ty, accuracy, steadiness and dis
patch. Without the first, time is
wasted; without the second, mis
takes the most hurtful to our own
credit and interest, and that of oth
ers, may be committed; without
the third, nothing can be well done ;
and without the fourth, opportuni
ties for advantage are lost which
it is impossible to recall.
Marrying for Money.
BY EDWARD JAMESON.
Helen Sanford had married for
money. So all the gossips and
scandal-ffiongers insisted ; and even
charitable, unprejudiced persons
were doubtful if it were not so ; for
what love could there be between
two persons whose ages were so
widely apart? John Gilbert was on
the verge of fifty, while Helen had
but just passed her twenty-fourth
year. Those who were most inti
mate with the young lady, and
knew her character tolerably well,
gave as an opinion something like
this: she had been reared in the
most restricted manner; had been
made to pay tribute to all the arti
ficialities of and conventionalities of
society from her first debut therein,
had had alrhost every natural
thought and sentiment quenched on
their first appearance; and so she
became cold and formal to her
equals, and somewhat overbearing
in manner to her inferiors.
Helen was not without considera
ble attraction in the way of beauty.
She dressed with a studied elabo
rateness, which was not only no
ticeable, but agreeable. She had
clear gray eyes, which seemed to
penetrate deeply into any object
they were l»ent on; a pleasant face,
when lighted up with a smile, im
passive, when in repose. John Gil
bert had been by no means her only
suitor. She had, to the wonder
ment of everyone, rejected some
most eligible offers.
It was w’hispered by Madame
Rumor that Helen might have reas
oned thus: “I have never fallen in
love, nor am 1 likely to. Mr. Gil
bert offers me a splendid position in
society; why should I not take it ?
I surly like him. He is still youth
ful in appearance, aud at the pros
pect of marrying me seems rejuve
nated. I shall at least make him
happy, and at the same time secure
an enviable rank in the world as his
wife.”
Whether such sophistical reason
ing passed through the young lady’s
mind I know not; but this I know ;
whatever outside influence may
have been brought to bear, she
married him.
They passed a pleasant honey
moon among the many fashionable
resorts, and on their return lived
in sumptuous style at his splendid
mansion. Time sped on with his
usual rapid gait, and still, in spite
of the many wise predictions of en
vious ones, they seemed to get
along happily together.
lie was a thorough man of the I
world, and his little romance soon
faded. Indeed, it was accelerated
from the fact, that this was his third
wife. lie had surely had his share
of the good things of this life, and,
indeed, had fought hard for them.
He was a born money-maker. As
is usual with that class of men, he
had fought his way to his present
position by persistent industry, and
w'ith but a moiety of capital to start
with. But it was whispered, and
in somo cases loudly averred, by in
terested parties, that ho did not ac
quire all his wealth by fair means.
He had been a grinder of the poor,
and a most rigid exactor of what
he took to be his own. Be this as
it may, he had acquired wealth,
and the place that wealth and prop
erty gives in society. And thus,
despite the disparity of years be
tween them, the couple were
thought to be enjoying themselves
in the yoke matrimonial.
But the serenity of their matri
monial sky was about to change. A
cousin of Helen appears upon the
scene, and had been invited to re
main awhile beneath Mr. Gilbert’s
roof. He had been a great travel
er for so young a man, having j ust
turned thirty, and moreover was an
author of considerable talent. In
conversation he excelled, for his
mind was not only amply stored
with knowledge from books, but al
so from the actual experience of his
late travels.
Helen soon became interested in
the society of her cousin, George
llossiter, for such was his name,
and many pleasant and profitable
hours they spent together. Mind
seemed to speak to mind with the
utmost congeniality; their tastes
were almost alike; they loved to
talk about and point out to each oth
er those passages from the celebra
ted poets which they most admired.
It was remarkable how closely allied
their reading had been. Lhelly
was his favorite poet, and he read
his lines, radiant with etherial beau
ty, and laden with the subtlest as
sociations of inauguration-and fan
cy, in such a manner as to almost
give you their entfte meaning.
Whether Helen realized the
growing danger of her position is
not known. Life had suddenly be
come radiant with newly discover
ed beauties, and site for the moment
luxuriated in them. Often she
found herself comparing her world
ly husband with her talented, culti
vated cousin. Oh, that she had her
lot iu life to make over again ! But,
alas! too late had she found out her
mistake. Though she dared not
think much of it, yet she felt that
the man she could love ahd would
have chosen out of the whole world
was her cousin.
Unknown to them, a close watch
had been kept on all their move
ments by Mr. Gilbert’s daughter,
Fanny, a pretty, blue-eyed blond of
about seventeen. Site was urged
on hy the double incentive of jeal
ous hatred of her stop-mother, and
a secret passion for Mr. llossiter.
She hinted her suspicions to Iter fa
ther, but lie, not easily jealous,
made light of them. Nevertheless,
Fanny continued her strict surveil
lance.
One afternoon, happening to be
alone with Mr. Rossiter, Fanny
boldly asked him “.What he found
about her mother’s society so very
attractive ?”
He replied without delay, the
scornful emphasis Fanny gave to
“ mother” not escaping him
“ We are cousins ; and there are
many things, in both a literary and
a social way, that are congenial to
us. But why do you ask my pret
ty one ?”
“Because—because,” she burst
out W'ith the impulsiveness of her
age, “ I think you might deign to
show a little attention to me !”
This, w r ith an outburst of tears,
surprised and pained him, as he
could not but guess at the cause.
Before he could Say anything to
quiet her, she had fled from him
and precipitately rushed to her
room.
After her abrupt flight, he began
to realize in what a delicate sitna
tion he was placed; and not only
he himself would be blamed, but
Helen too must suffer from suspi
cions. The more he thought of it
the more perplexed he became.—
One thing was. certain : he must
leavo at once. There must be no
lingering delays. He had not felt
before how hard this separation
would be. How many happy hoars
had they spent together! What
delightful discussions they had ha I
in literature and art! How beauti
fully had their several tastes blend
ed ! And now he must leave her,
and he was convinced the sooner he
did so the better. Every moment’s
delay seemed laden with danger
that? would jeopardize the happiness
and peace of all.
J ust then Helen entered, fresh
from a w’alk that had tinged her
cheeks with unusual blushes. Ap
proaching gaily, she asked,
“ Why so grave, most reverent
philosopher? Something serious has
occurred ; this is the first time I
have seen you look solemn since
your arrival. Come, tell mo what
it is ?”
He gave an evasive answer, and
could not resist the temptation to
have at least one more interview
with her.
Again they read and commented
upon a favorite author, and there
Avas no interruption. Even Fanny
had ceased to play the spy among
them, and they were left to rush
madly upon their fate. Some pas
sage of poetry had struck an har
monious chord, and Rossiter, for
getful of honor, and of trust re
posed, poured into her too willing
ears a passionate outburst of love.
There is no need to lengthen out
the story. They left the house to
gether, and opportunely finding a
steamer about to sail for Europe,
embarked, and fled forever from
the scene of their first guilty meet
ing. A short note informed the
frantic Gilbert of his irreparable
loss. He made an unavailing pur
suit, and then gave up in despair.
He found that his splendid home
had suddenly become desolate, lie
cursed the folly of marrying so
young a wife, and plunged deeper
than ever into his money-making
scheme. There he must harden his
heart, which was perhaps softened
by the beauty of his bride, the
thought of whom is now madden
ing to him.— Waverley Magazine.
Extravagance. —A young man
went from New-York City to the
far West, where he commenced bus
incss on his own account, and mar
ried. His former business associates
in the city were intere-ted in his
“luck,” and when a merchant of
that city was about to journey to
the place where the young man had
located, he was requested just to
visit the emigrant trader, and ascer
tain how things were getting along.
Accordingly, the New York Paul
Pry ascertained the whereabouts of
the young man, and called on him
quite early in the morning. The
introduction of the New Yorker to
his wife was quite offhand and un
ceremonious, and he was requested
to be seated, and partake of the
morning meal. The young wife
had prepared the steak, biscuit, and
coffee with her own hands, and ior
stable had used herkneading-board,
over which a napkin was spread,
and the “board” placed on her lap.
The New Y r orker declined a seat at
the meal, and by and by took his
leave. On making his report to
his New York friends as to how he
found his former comrade living, he
described the style as “magnifi
cent !” —and for explanation of the
superlative, he said that, were he the
owner of that young man’s furni
ture, he would not take ten thous
and dollars for the legs of his table !”
End of a Rich Man. —A man
was lately found dead in Chicago
under circumstances which proved
that he had died from want of the
commonest necessaries of life. His
body was, when found, shiftless,
shoeless, and in rags. The furni
ture of the room iu which it lay
consisted of a broken chair, a pine
table, and an old quilt. Yet this
was the end of a rich man. He
owned houses, lots, and thousands
ot dollars in bank. In order to add
to this wealth, he starved himself
to death.
-—Josh Biillings says that “one
oV the hardest things for enny man
to do, is tew fall down on the ice
when it’s wet, and then git up and
praizc the Lord.”
APPEAL.
Ten Years Ago.
Ten years ago, ten years ago!
'What changes have since then
Swept over alt things here below,
O'er women and o’er men. ~ -
The little girls that lisped so sweet,
Are now to maidens grown ;
In charms of womanhood complete,
Even as a rose full blown.
And boys have grown to manhood’s size,
And feel the piercing darts
That wing their way from maidens’ eye?,
And quiver in their hearts.
The silver locks are whitening, too,
On many a manly brow ;
ABd gathering wrinkles sad to view,
Make their appearance now.
And 0! full many a gap is made
In every circle here;
For low within their graves.are laid
The friends we love so dear.
Ten years ago! what smiles and tears
• Within that time have been ;
What dawning hopes, what dark’ning
fears
Swept o’er the checkered scene.
Ten years ago! it seems an age
As we the past survey ;
A toilesome, weary pilgrimage
Along a lengthened way.
The storm of war has ruthless swept
And marked its path with woe ;
Brave men have died aud women wept
Since ’(was ten years ago.
May heaven in its mercy grant
We ne’er again mny know
Such scenes of death, of woe, of want,
As since ten years ago.
Praise Your Wife.
Praise your wife, man; for pity’s
sake give her a little encourage
ment —it won’t hurt her. She has
made your home comfortable, your
heart bright and shining, your food
agreeable; thank her if nothing
more. She don’t expect it; it will
make her eyes open wider than
they have for these ten years—but
it will do her good for all that, and
you too. There are many women
to day thirsty for the word of praise;
the language of encouragement. —
Through summer’s heat and win
ter’s toil they have drudged un
complainingly ; and so accustomed
are fathers, brotheis and husbands
to this, that they look for it as they
do the rising sun. Homely every
day life may be made beautifnl by
an appreciation of its very homeli
ness. You know that if the floor
is clean, manual labor has been per
formed to make it so. You know
that if you can take from your
drawer a clean 6hirt whenever you
want it, somebody’s fingers have
ached in the toil of making it so.
Everything that pleases the eye and
sense has been produced by con
stant work, much thought, great
care and untiring efforts. Many
men appreciate these things, and
feel a glow of gratitude for the
numberless, attentions bestowed
upon them in sickness and health,
but they are so selfish. They don’t
come out with a hearty “Why how
pleasant yon make things look,
wife;” or “I am obliged to you
for taking so much pains.” They
thank the man in the full omnibus
who gives them a seat; they thank
the young lady who moves along
in the concert room ; in fact, they
thank everybody and everybody
out of doors, because it is the cus
tom; and they oome home, tip
their chairs back and their heels up,
pull out the newspaper, grumble
if wife asks them to take the baby,
scold if the fire has got down ; or
if everything is just right, shut
their mouths with evident satisfac
tion, but never say a word. I tell
you what, men, young and old, if
you did but show an ordinary ci
vility towards those common arti
cles of housekeepings, your wives
—if you gave the one hundred and
sixtieth part of the compliments
you almost choked them with be
fore they were married —if you
would stop the bandinage about
whom you are going to have when
number one is dead —(such things
wives may laugh at, but they sink
deep sometimes) —if you would
cease to speak of their faults, how
ever bantering before others—few
er women would seek for other
sources of happiness. Thank your
wife, then, for all the good qualites
she has, and you may rest assured
that her deficiencieucies are fully
counterbalanced by your own.
Jessie had been doing some
thing which her mamma had told
her she musn’t do. She had been
eating currants, and, of course, got
her mouth all stained; that’s the
way she was found out. Her mam
ma said : “You know you were for
bidden to eat currants.”—“But,
mother, satan tempted me.” Why
didn’t you say, ‘Get thee behind
me, Satan ?’ ” —“I did say, ‘Got
thee behind me, Satan; ’ aud he
went and got behind me, and push
ed me riLrht into the currant bush
es !”
—Patrick saw a bull pawing in a
field, and thought what fun it would
be to jump over, catch him by the
horns and rub his nose in the dirt.
The more he thought of it the fun
nier it seemed, and ho determined
to do it. Bovus quuklv tosscJ him
over the fence again. Put leisure
ly picked himself up with the con
solatory remark: “ Well, it is a
mighty fine thing T had my laugh
first.”
Some Features of the Jewish Sab
bath.
Let us accompany a good ortho
dox, Jewish family through their
calm and cheerful Sabbath, and set
how they keep it and end it Ise
lect an orthodox family, instead o 1
a “reformed,” merely because the
orthodox Jew is an historic person ;
us he keeps hisSabbs t.\ his fathers
kept it for many centuries.
The Jewish Sabbath begins on
Friday evening, half an hour before
sunset, and ends on Saturday even
ing, half an hour after sunset, or
when a star is visible in the sky.—
On Friday, the day of preparation,
the women and girls of the family
are busy in providing for the mor
row the best food of the week ; for
whatever is eaten and drank during
the joyous sacred hours must be the
very best the family can afford.—
Poor Jews will pinch all the week
in order that their wives and chil
dren may have something delicious
to eat on the Sabbath. .But that
savory food must be cooked or pre
pared for cooking before the Sabbath
begins, for our Israelitish brethren
observes with just strictness the
law which gives rest on the Day of
Rest to their servants. They w ill
not use even their horses on the
Sabbath. On a Sunday, about 12
o’clock m. you may see in front of
Dr. Adam’s fashionable Presbyteri
an church in Madison square, New
York, or around Dr. Tyng’s fash
ionable church in St. George’s
square, of the same city, from twen
ty to forty well appointed equipages
waiting for the last hymn to be fin
ished ; but you will never see a ve
hicle before the superb Temple Im
manuel, a Jewish synagogue in the
Fifth avenuo, although there are
many families within who could
ride home, if they would, in their
own carriages. Ido not say that
tho Christians are wrong or the
Jews right in this. It is no one’s
business but their own. But if we
borrow tho Hebrew's word “Sab
bath,” and adopt, verbally, their
Sabbath law, our practice, perhaps,
ought to conform in some degree to
profession. It probably does not
severely tax those coachmen and
footmen to show off their gay turn
outs and brilliant liveries on a fine
Sunday morning in Fifth avenue.—
But for the heavy laden drudges of
the boarding house kitchen, and the
maid of all work in average families,
I could wish we were all Jews from
Saturday night until Monday morn
ing. It is a dastardly shame to
cpmpel or permit women who have
toiled for us frbm Monday’s tub to
Saturday’s rub to work hard all
through the best hours of Sunday
merely that we may gorge ourselves
with daiuty food. The Jews avoid
this barbarous meanness. Their
servants rest on the Sabbath.—At
lantic Monthly.
Ladies. Should Read Newspapers.
It is a great mistake* in female
education to keep a young lady’s
time and attention devoted only to
fashionable literature of the day. If
you would qualify her for conversa
tion, you must give her something
to talk about, give her acquaintance
with the actual world and its trans
piring events. Urge her to read
the newspaper, and become familiar
with the preseut character and im
provement of our race. History is
of some importance; but the past
world is dead ; we have nothing to
do with it. Our thoughts and our
concerns should be for the present
world; to know what it is, and im
prove its condition. Let her have
an intelligent, opinion, and be able
to sustain intelligent conversation
according to the mental, moral and
religions improvement of our times.
Let the gilded annuals and poems
on the eentre table be kept a , part
of the time covered with weekly and
daily journals. Let the whole fam
ily—men, women and children—
read the newspaper.
The character of a community
depends much on the young ladies
in it. If the latter are cultivated,
intelligent and accomplished, the
young men will feel the requirement
that they themselves should bo up
right, gentlemanly and refined; but
if their female friends are frivolous
and silly, the young men will be
found to be dissipated and worth,
less. But remember always that a
sister is the best guardian of a
brother’s integrity. She is tho su
rest incnlcator of faith in female pu
rity. Asa daughter, she is the true
light of home. Tho pride of the
father is often centred in his son,
but his affection is expended on the
daughter. She should, therefore,
be the sun and centre of all.
—A certain deputy sheriff in
Keene had a habit, when anything
occurred to him which he had for
gotten to states, of quickly raising
his right hand with, the forefinger
extended, and prefacing his re
marks with the exclamation, “By
the w-' y.” It being once his duty,
as crier, to give notice of the open
ing of the court, he began i “ Hear
ye! all persons having to do before
the Court of Common' Pleas will
draw nigh and hearken to the evi
dence.” Here he sat down, but re
membering that lie had forgotten
the finishing touches, instantly
arose, and exclaimed, “By the
way, God save the State!”
A clergyman reading a chap
ter of the Bible for his congrega
tion found himself at the bottom of
the page with these words, “And
the Lord gave Noah a wife,” then
turning over two pages instead of
one, he contained, “ and he pitched
her within and without with pitch.”
VOL. IV—NO. 51
It is one of the worst of errors
to suppose that there is any other
path of safety except that of duty.
—“I see the villain in your face,”
said a Western judge to an Irish
prisoner. “ May it please your hon
or,” replied the prisoner, « that
must be a personal reflection.” --*•
—“ If a man bequeathed you an
hundred dollars, would you pray
for him ?” said a Sunday school
teacher to a pupil. “ No,” said he,
“ I would pray for another like
him.”
—A young lady, upon one occa
sion, requested her lover to define
love. “ Weil, Sal,” said he, “it is,
to me, an inward impressibility, and
an outward all-overish-ness.”
—The local American papers
state that a teacher in Virginia, giv
ing lessons in geography, asked a
boy, “ What State do you live in ?”
The urchin hit the fact when he
bawled out, “ A state of sin aud
misery.”
“Why don l you wear your
ring, my dear,” said a father in a
ball-room, to his daughter. “Be
cause papa, it hurts mo when any
one squeezes my hand.” “What
business have you to have your
hand squeezed ?” “Certainly none;
but still, you know, papa, one would
like to keep it iu squeezable order.”
“ Hallo, steward,” exclaimed
a fellow in one of the steamboats,
after having retired to bed, “ hallo,
steward!” “What, massa?” “I
want to know if these bed bugs put
down their names for this berth be
fore I did. If not, I want them
turned out.”
—The following is the conclusion
of an epitaph on a tombstone in
East Tennessee . “she lived a life of
virtue and died of the eholera mor
bus, caused by eatiug green fruit in
the full hope, of a blessed immortal
ity, at tho early age of 21 years, 7
months and 16 days. Reader, go
thou and do likewise.”
—“ I say, boy, stop that ox.” “ I
havn’t got no stopper, sir.” “Well,
head him, then.” “He’s already
headed, sir.” “ Confound your im
pertinence, turn him.” “ He’s
right side out already, sir.” “ Speak
to him you rascal, you.” “ Good
morning, Mr. Ox.”
A Woxderfitl Animal.—A
Western paper publishes the fol.
lowing notice:
“ Lost or etrade from the scriber
a shepe all over white—one leg was
black and half his body—all persons
shall receive five dollars to bring
him. lie was a she go te.”
“Look here, ’Squire, where
was you born ?” said a persistent
Yankee to a five minutes acquain
tance. “I was born,” said the vic
tim, “in Boston, Tremont street,
No. 44, left nand side, on the lRt
day of August, 1820, at five o’clock
in the afternoon; physician, Dr.
Warren ; nurse, Sally Benjamin.”—
Yankee was answered completely.
For a moment ho was struck. Soon,
however, his face brightened, aud
he quickly said. “Yeas, wa’al, I
calculate you don’t recollect wheth
er it was a frame or a brick house,
dew ye ?”
Arsenic Taking.
Dr. Carnell in his “Guardian of
Health,” is publishing a Family
Medical Directory, from which wo
select the following from tho article
on arsenic:
How much arsenic will kill a per
son ? To answer this question will
depend very much upon the condi
tion of the patient. If he has oeen
taking arsenic in small doses he can
take much more than he otherwise
could without injury. It is said
that two grains have been known to
kill an adult. Dr. Perrin took a
draclun at once, and got well. The
London Medical and Surgical Jour
nal gives the case of a peasant who
took daily, in his food, ten graius
of arsenious acid, without injury.—
This was a remarkable case, and I
would advise no man to follow his
example. A child was poisoned by
eating paste made to kill rats. The
child lived, and, what was remark
able, slept quietly for three hours
and a half after the paste was eaten.
A young man, aged seventeen years,
took two drachms of arsenic, with
a view to self destruction. As soon
as practicable sfx grains of tartar
emetic were given; vomiting eamo
on, and was kept up by the use of
warm water for two hours. A blis
ter was applied to the stomach, ami
iu a few days he was as well as ever.
The symptoms from poisouing
from arsenic may vary much iu dif
ferent patients Arsenic seems to
be an irritant and narcotic combined.
If the jKjraon has l»een addicted to.
the free use of opium, or hao taken,
much arsenic, or has been an intem
perate man, he may experience noth
ing worso than a severe colic, ami
soon recover. In a person of dif
ferent habits the same dose would
prove fatal.
Tho antidotes to arsonicaj. poison
ing arc numerous, aud should bo
known to all. The first tiling to
bo done is lo induce vomiting, if
not use the stomach pump and warm
water freely. Then administer
magnesia. Many have recommen
d'd that the maguesia should be
given in milk ; it is on record that
a girl was found with an ounce of
arsenic enclosed in a coagulated
sack formed by tlie magnesia, milk
aud the mucus produced by the ir
ritation of the arsenic. Charcoal
finely powdered, is another remedy.
The hydrated peroxyd of iron has
never been used with success.