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BY J. P. SAWTELL.
E. H. PURDY,
Mannli'Clnrer of
Sales, Harness and -Trails,
And Wholesale aad Retail Dealer in
All kinds of Sadlery Ware,
Corner of Whitaker and Br>an Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
_I3T Orders for Rutdjer Belting, Hose and
Parking; also, Stretched Leather Belting,
filled piouiptly. sepl7-Cra
L. J. GUILMAKTIN. JOHN FLANNERY.
L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO.,
Cotton Factors,
• AND
General Commission Merchants,
Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
Agents for Bradley's Super Phos
phate of Lime , Powell's Mills
Yarns and Domestics, etc.
Bagging, Rope and Iron Tics, al
ways on hand.
jy UtUal Facilities Extended to Customers.
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A. J. MILLER & CO.,
FURNITURE DEALERS,
150 Broughton Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
WE HAVE ON HAND, and are con
tinoally receiving,'every variety of
Parlor and Bedroom Sets,
Bureaus, Washstands, Bedsteads, Chairs,
Rorkers, Wardrobes, Meat Safes, Cradles,
Looking Gla.-ses, Feathers, Featliei beds, Pil
lows. etc. , ,
Hair, Moss. Shuck and Exoelcior Matrasses
on hand, and made to order.
Jobbing and Repairing neatly dot.o, and
with despatch.
We are fully prepared to fill orders.
Country orders 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.,
At very reasonable terms, made of
Italian, American and Georgia
MAnB L E .
IRON RAILING Put Up to Order.
For information or designs address me at
this place, or
DU. T. S. POWELL, Agent.
Cuthbert, Ga
Address,
J. A. BISAAEIt,
eepl7 6m Marietta, Ga.
GEORGE S. HART & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
And Wholesale Dealers iu
Fine Butter, Cheese, Lard, etc.,
39 Pearl and 28 Bridge Sts., N. Y.
rer Butter and Lard, of all grades, pnt up
inevety variety of package, for Shipment to
Warm Climates. sepD-fira"
REED & CLARKE,
No. 22, Old New York,
DKALEMWN
PROVISION S,
Onions, Potatoes, Butter, etc.
septl7-(!m
ELY, OBERHOLSTER & CO.,
Importers and Jobbers in
Dry Goods,
Vos. 320 cfc 331 Hroachnay,
Corner of Worth Street,
New York.
MBS
Water wheel,
Mill Gearing,Shafti'n^Pulleys
■Poole * huNW^timorl#'
** ."ISEND FOR A CIRCULAR.
Tgeorge PAGE l CO.
Vo. 5 V. Schroeder St., Baltimore.
Muu ifaeturcrs of
PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
Steam Engines aird Boilers
PATENT IMPROVED. PURTAOI.K
i Circular Saw Mill
Gang, Mulay and Sash Sate Mills,
§ Grist Mills, Timber Wheels, Shingle Mjl
J chines, Ac. Dealers in Circular Saws, Belt.
9 (iigand Mill supplies g.nerally. and inanu'ac
r turcr's : gents for Letfoi’s Ceiehiated Turbine
Water Wheel and every description of Wool
Working Machinery. Agricultural Engines
• Specialty. „ . , „ _ .
KTStno’lor deeeri; tiv® Cata.ognes & Price
List. 6, T 17 l Y-
CUTHBERT SB APPEAL.
Farmers’ Warehouse >
CUTHBERT, GA.
J. M. REDDING & CO.,
Proprietors.
# 0— ■ ■ -■■■ TT
WE TAKE THIS METHOD of inform
ing the citizens of Randolph and ad
joining counties, that we have put onr Ware
house iu a good state of repair and are still in
the
WAREHOUSE
A\'D COMMISSION BUSINESS,
And have ample arrangement? for the Storage
and Sale of Cotton aid other Supplies.
Truly grateful for past favors, and with a
full consciousness of having done our duty
to patrons in the past, and a determination
to do so for the futute, we hope to merit a
full share of public patronage.
Cash Advances on Cotton and
Goods in Store.
As we intend to close out our Sto k of
Dry Goods, we will give our entire attention
to a strict aud close
WAREIIQ USE B USIHESS.
ran A full assortment of PLANTERS’
SUPPLIES always ou hand,
Our Patrons will be furnished
with ample accommodations for
Stock and Teamsters FREE !
CP* Consignments solicited.
sep!7-tf J M. REDDING Si CO.
JAS. S. ANTHONY,
Manufacturer of
Plain Tin Ware,
And Dealer in
Stamped, Japanned aid Planished
ware,
Wood Ware,
And all other Goods generally kept
in a first-class Tin House.
Roofing, Guttering, Job Work
And Repairing Generally,
Promptly attended to.
J. 8. ANTHONY,
Bast side Public Square,
octßct Cuthbert, Ga.
ELDER A BROWN,.
MASTER BUILDERS,
CUTHBERT, GA.,
ARE prepared to erect, at short notice, first
class STOKES. PRIVATE DWELL
INGS, CULVERTS, etc., etc., from beauti
ful native Dock, quarried from an inexhausti
ble bed of the mateiial, within a hall' 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 particulars inquire of either of the
firm. JOHN ELDER.
sep2(-ly JAMES A BROWN.
PALMER & DEPPISiT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
RUBBER BELTING,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
*■
Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead.
148 Congress & 67 St. Julian Stsflf
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
octl-fiin
Crockery and Glass Ware.
A full Assortment of
Granite aiul C. C. Crockery,
And many useful ArticW of
GLASS WAB 4
Just received Tfcid for sale by
JAS. S. ANTHONY,
At His
House Furnishing and Tin Store
hast Side Public Square,
octSct Cuthbert, Ga.
BEHAVE on sale
A large Stock
TOILET SOA^
WASHING SOAPS,
STARCH.
BLUING,
Violin STRINGS.
Guitar STRINGS
Musical Instruments
CUTLERY, CURLING IRONS,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Etc.,
For sale by T. S. Trustee,
Druggist. Bertfllm'r and Stationer.-
COOKING and HEATING
BTOVEB,
And COOKING UTENSILS
Os every description, with a great vaiiety of
House Keeper’s Goods generally
For sale at the Tin Store of
J. 8. ANTHONY,
' octet Cuthbert, Ga.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1870.
A HOME-MADE
FERTILIZER,
For #3S.
To Planteks : Having received
many inquiries relative to chemi
cals and other material for Fertil
izers, we propose to furnish them
the coming seasons, and have pro
cured a formula, which has been
used in this and other sections with
most satisfactory results, being ful
ly equal in effect to those Phos
phates which cost the farmer $75
to S9O per ton. It is composed of
Sulphate of Lime, Dissolved Bones,
Sulphate of Soda, Nitrate ot f?oda,
Sulphate of Ammonia, Common
Salt and Potash.
To save trouble, we have made
arrangements to furnish these arti
cles mixed and ground together,
put up in packages sufficient for one
ton, at a cost of $32, leaving tire
fanner simply to mix it with muck
or dry swamp earth. We can also
furnish the chemicals separately,
for those who prefer formulas dif
ferent from ours. The formula,
with directions, will be exhibited to
any one calling on us or any of our
authorized agents. Planters have
now the opportunity of knowing
exactly what they are buying and
can protect themselves from impo
sition. Wb have appointed agents
at all the principal towns, who will
take orders and give information in
regard to the compound.
L. W. HUNT & CO.,
WHOLESALE DP UG GISTS
Macon, Ga.
The Cheapest
And Best
BY 100 PER CENT,
Extract from the Report of a Com
mitteei, consisting of Messrs. 11.
A. Clinch , 11. B. Baxter and
Frank White, appointed by the
Hancock County Agricultural
Club, on Fertilizers:
“Your Committee, having again
carefully inspected the results upon
corn and cotton, of the Home-Made
Fertilizer, beg leave to report oar
examination of the experimental
Mat, of Mr. R. Pappan, at White
Plains, Greene County : these pick
ings we carefully weighed and noted.
Three rows, each 188 feet, fertilized
with lot manure, weighed 42-pounds,
cost per acre, sl9 80. Three rows, •
each 190 feet, fertilized with Pen
dleton Manure, weighed 42 pounds,
cost per acre, sl9 80. Three rows,
each iSB feet, fertilized with Peru
vian Guano, weighed 3l pounds,
cost per acre, $22 50. Three rows,
each 186 feet, fertilized with Home-
Made Fertilizer weighing 40
pounds, cost per acre $9 00.—
Three rows, each lß6fect, fertilized
with Sea Fowl Manure, weighed 43
rounds, cost per acre, $23 03. —
Three rows, each, 186 feet, fertil
ized with Hoyt’s Superphosphate,
weighed 35 pounds, cost per acre,
s2l 00.
“The Committee are universally
of the opinion that the number of
unopened bolls on tbe Home-Made
Fertilizer were m excess of- the
other Fertilizers.”
The formula for Home-Made Fer
tilizer, mentioned above, is the same
as published by us,-and we will take
pleasure in exhibitiiig it to planters
and giving all necessary informa
tion in regard to it. We are pre
pared to furnish the chemicals, &c.
with directions how to make it, at
a cost of §32 00 per ton. In order
to insure prompt delivery, orders
should be sent in early. Address,
Very Respectfully,
L.*W. HUNT & CO., Druggists,
82 and 84 Cherry St.,
MACON, GA.
Agent at Cuthbert, T. S. Pow
ell, Trustee. nov2s-0m
JONATHAN COLLINS YV. A. COLLINS
JONATHAN COLLINS & SON,
Cotton Factors
# AND
Commission Merchants.
WE renew the tender of our services to
onr many planting friends and cotton
dealers, offering them unsurpassed facilities
for the prompt and faithful execution of all
business entrusted to our care, pledging
promptness in all transactions. We make the
saleflf Cotton a speciality. Our senior hav
ing enjoyed ibis privilege for over tortv years
and trust, by strict integrity, that he lias mer
ited tbe confidence of our patrons.
We are fully prepared to make the usual
advances on cotton in store, and shall en ‘eav
or to watch the market and sell when active
demand.
We have unusually exerted out selves to
reuder such 'accommodations to our planting
frieuds as to enable them to harvest their crop
and trustfotey will be prompt in forwarding
cotton to meet demands, and if upon maturity
ot papers the market should be low and de
pressed, will endeavor to extend the time of
papers and await a favorable market upon
cotton in store.
JONATHAN COLLINS & SON,
sepl7-3m Cott.ru Factors.
Be sure to call at
J. J. MCDONALD’S
|/Wjgjsss Drug Store,
SB#'' On ibe South east cor
ner of the Square, anil
yi u shall not go away dissatisfied, either as
to pi ices Tir articles. oct29-ly
Remember,
IT is my DETER VIINATION to keep EV
ERY ARTICLE usually kept iu a
First-Class Drug Store,
octyo-iy j. j. McDonald.
®jje Cutjjkrt gfjpl.
Terms of Subscription:
One Year. ...$3 00 ! Six Months....s2 00
invariably in advance.
J3F” No attention paid to orders for the pa
per uu'ess aec.-mpauitd by the Cash.
Rates of Advertising t
One square, (ten lines or less.) $1 00 for the
first and 75 cents for each subsequent inser
linn. A liberal deduction made to patties
who advertise by the year-
Persons sending advertisements should mark
the number of times they desire them inser
ted, or they wiil be continued until lorbid and
Charged accordingly.
Transient advertisements must be paid for
at the time of insertion.
Announcing names of candidates for office,
$5.00. Cash, in all cases
Ohitnary notices over five lines, charged at
regular advertising rates.
Ail communications intended to promote the
private ends or interests of Corporations, So
eieti"S, or individuals, will be charged as ad
vertisements.
Job Work, such as Pamphlets, Circulars,
Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc., will be execu
ted ft good style and at reasonable lates.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor will
he promptly attended to.
Autumn Days.
Summer’s over, summer's over,
And the long bright days have fled,
While the golden leaves and flowers
Weave a crown for Autumn's head.
Blue haze creeping o’er the landscape
Wraps the woodland in a veil,
Filling all the dells and hollows,
Where the winds of autumn wail.
Here and there the trees are turning
Brilliant yellow, brown, and red ;
In his robe of gorgeous colors,
Autumn comes with stealthy tread.
Ripe and brown, the nuts are dropping,
Iu the woods where all is still,
Save the falling leaves that rustle,
Aud the rippling, danciug rill.
Leaves are rustling from the tree-tops,
With a silent look of woe ;
In their bright and glowing colors,
Carpeting the earth below.
O’er the meadows and the mushes,
Dimly sweeps the misty rain,
Bending down the grass and sedges,
As in silent grief and pain.
the birds are flying southward,
Filling all the air around,
While their last sweet notes of parting
Have a sad and dreary sound.
Iu the bleak November weather,
When the dead the dead leaves pave,
Autumn winds are wailing dirges
Sadly o’er fair Burner's grave.
Geraldine.
From Josh Billing's Allminax.
This will prove a good year for
Allminax. They will do better this
years thaq they had difl for the 30
thoiisaad year.
Allminaxes teach ns uGim tew
wean lambs, when tew iy our
debts, and how tew set a a, with
elegance and precision.
From the body of the “ Allmi
nax,” we extract the following tit
bits for fun:
The astronomy in this Allminax
has no equals and but few superiors.
Hornets bild their nests whenev
er they take a noshun to, and are
sildom asked to move, for what
would it profit a man tew murder
99 hornets, and have the one hun
dretli one bit him with his javelin?
Blessed are they who have no
eye for a keyhole.
There is one kritter in this world
whoze troubles you kant console,
and that is a settin hen.
Gravitee iz no more positive evi
dence ov wisdum than a paper cob
lar iz ova shurt.
Natur never makes enny blun
ders ; when she makes a fule she
means it.
To find the solid contents ova
mule’s hind leg, feel ov it clussly.
A man with a very small bed iz
like a pin without enny, very apt
tew git into things beyond hiz
depth.
Living on hope iz like living on
wind—a good way to get phull, but
a poor way tew git phatt.
Tew pick out a good husband
shut up both ize, grab bard and
trust in the Lord.
Tew freshen salt mackerel—tow
him one summer behind a steam
boat.
Smart Child.— “ Pa,” asked a
roguish little girl to her father, “pa,
cau you tell me what the Arabs of
the desert Hive on?”
“ Fudge, Nellie ! that’s an old
conundrum. They live on the sand
which is (sandwiches) there.”
“ Yes, but how do they get
them?”
“ Why, really, Nelli#! you have
me there. I give it up.*
“YVhy, pa, you know that the
sons of 11am are bred and Muster
ed in the wilderness.”
“ Come, come my daughter, that
is too killing. Don’t say another
word.”
“ Oh, yes ! do tell me what they
eat on their sandwiches?”
“ What they eat on them ! Why
—what do they on them ?”
“ Butter, to be . .
“ Butter ! YVhy, h. wdo they get
their butter, pray ?”
“ Why, you know, pa, when
Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of
salt, all the family but her ran into
the wilderness!”
It is useless to say that the child
' is now passing away, and will soon
be no more.
A girl who has lost her b§au
may as well hang up her fiddle, and
end her existence with a base viol.
—An exchange says a young
lady of that place has just celebra
ted her wooden wedding by marry
ing a blockhead.
—Do Mermaids wear chignons,
or are they too scaly to be genteel?
“Its Almost Morning Now.”
The above is the heading to an
account of a singular death-bed
scene ; an account that first appear
ed in the St. Louis Republican not
long since:
The facts connected with the
death of Sarah Gladstone have been
kept quiet and away from the pub
lic, but have excited a very deep
terest among the few medical men
and others acquainted with them
There appears, however, no object
iu further sceresy. The unfortu
nate woman has been dead several
weeks, and it is pretty well estab
lished that she has left no near rel
ative whose feelings need be con
sidered in connection with the mat
ter.
Sarah Gladstone belonged to that
class of prostitutes called by the
police “privateers.” Her home
was a small room in a tenement
building, which she kept furnished
with great neatness and taste. It
was never the scene of drunken
revels or unruly gatherings, and in
fact Sarah's visitors were so few
that it was often said she had some
private means of her own.
A month or so ago Sarah was ta
ken ill. The fact was first discov
ered by a young man, a clerk who
was in the habit of visiting her.—
lie went to her room late on Satur
day night and found Sarah kneeling
on the rug before the fire place, her
face buried in her hands, and weep
ing bitterly.
The young man states that he
endeavored to persuade her to tell
him what was the trouble, but that •
she seemed bewildered, and persist
ed in passionate entreaties that lie
would leave the room. Her agita
tion increased, and finally, fearing
the sound of voice would at
tract attention, no went away.
The following Sunday, feeling
courteously interested in the state
of the unhappy girl, he again went
to her room. lie found the door
locked, and could gain no response
to his knocks. On Monday even
ing he went to the same place. He
knocked, and after waiting some
timo, she finally admitted him. He
states that he found her the picture
of misery. Her face was deadly
pale, her eyes bloodshot with tears,
and her movements indicated ex
treme weakness. The folio wing is
his report of the conversation that
took place :
“You are sick, Sarah,” I said;
“I will get a doctor, and you will
be all right in a few days.”
“It’s of no use, Henry ; nothing
can save me; I’ve been called and
I must go. My strength is ebbing
away fast, and by this day week 1
will be dead. I’m not sorry,” she
continued slowly, as if talking to
herself; “my life has been a bitter,
bitter struggle, and I want rest.—
But, oh, God !” she cried, starting
to her feet and walking up and
down the room, wringing her hands,
“why should he be the one to call
me? He ruined me; he stole inc
away from happy Stamford, and
made a wretched strumpet of me,
He left me all alone with my dead
child in the big city, and laughed
at my prayers and fears. I heard
he was dead, long ago—shot him
self down South, and I felt God
had avenged me. But no, no ! he
has haunted me when dead as when
alive. Curse him ! curse him !my
evil star. And now he takes my
life. Curse him! curse him in hell
forever !” She hissed those words
through her teeth with terrible em
phasis, and sank on the sofa pant
ing and exhausted.
“I left her for a short time and
procured two of iny medical friends
and returned to the room.”
The remainder of the particulars
connected with the girl’s death are
gathered from the physicians who
attended her. They stated that
they found the patient in a state of
extrem* lassitude on their arrival.
She seemed possessed with the
idea that her death Was approach
ing, and it was evident that she
considered she had a supernatural
intimation of the fact. She had
been called she frequently said, and
knew she must go. “We could
detect no specific ailment, and treat
ed her as we considered best to allay
the nervous and mental excitement
and to support the physical strength.
On Monday and Tuesday she seem
ed better, but on Friday alarming
and most singular symptoms were
developed.
It appears that on this evening,
when the two doctors visited Sarah
together, they found the young
man, Henry, in the room. As they
approached the bed they observed
a change had taken place in the pa
tient. Her eyes shone with an ex
traordinary brilliancy, and her
cheeks were flushed with a crimson
color. Otherwise, however, she
appeared calm and .self-controlled.
“Tell them, Henry, what I have
told you,” she said to the young
man.
He hesitated, and finally she con
tinued :
“This poor bay, doctors, won’t
believe me when I tell him I shall
die to-night at 12 o’clock.
Henry was weeping, and she said
to him :
“Were you fond of me, really-?
fond of the wretched girl of the
town? Oh, Henry, God will bless
you for your love and kindness to
me.”
She continued to talk rationally
and afi’ectionately to her young
friend, until about 10 o’clock, when
she closed her ej'es and appeared
to sleep.
The night was one unusually sul
try and warm for April,and between
eleven and twelve o’clock a thun
der storm broke over the city.—
Sarah had continued silent for over
an hour, aud except the whispering
conversation of the three men the
room had been quiet, A crash of
thunder which shook the building
startled her, and she suddenly sat
up in bed. The physicians state
that they approached and found her
1 trembling violently. She caught
hold of the arm of I)r. , saying:
you arc a good strong, brave man;
can’t you save me ? Why should a
poor girl like me be persecuted in
tbis way ? I have been suffering all
my life, and now I am dying at the
bidding of this dark, stern man.—
Oh ! save me, doctor ! save me, for
God himself has given me up !”
As she spoke she clutched the
doctor’s arm with desperation, and
a fearful earnestness was expressed
in her face. The young man Henry
at this time, overcome by the scene,
left the room. Sarah did not no
tice his departure, but continued to
talk wildly at some coming peril.—
All at once, when the doctors were
endeavoring to compose her and in
duce her to lie down, she turned
her face toward the door and utter
ed a piercing shriek. In a moment
she hud become a ruviug maniac.—
Her eyes were fixed ou the door as
if they saw some terrible object
there.
“So you’ve come,” she said;
“you’ve come, James Lennox, to
complete your work. But I’ve got
friends now. 1 am no longer at
your control. Oh, how I hate you,
you bad, wicked, blood-minded
j a an! You ruined me, body- and
so ul, but uow I’m free. Keep oil,
y o u d—d villain.”
As she spoke she sprang °’6 of
bod an c i ran behind the pliys'°’ans,
shuddering and muttering' to her
self. They put their arms around
her and lifted her into the bed
again. She resisted like a wild
beast, aud seemed to think herself
struggling with a deadly foe. She
heaped imprecations ou the head of
her haunting persecutor, and defied
him in desperate terms,also alluding
incoherently to scenes in her pant
life. For more than half an houf
she remained in this way, and then
suddenly became quiet aud seem
ingly composed. Her eyes closed,
and she seemed asleep. Her
breathing became regular, but very
low and faint, and her pulse fell
alarmingly. In a little time she
opened her eyes, and looking upon
her attendants, smiled sweetly.—
She muttered something, and one
of the doctors bent down, and says
he heard the words, “It’s almost
morning now.”
They were the last words of Sa
rah Gladstone, for in ten minutes
afterwards she was dead—and the
clock was striking twelve.
A Showman on the Woodchuck.
Reported verbatim et literatim
from the showman’s speech at a
menagerie in England. It was
particularly edifying to its audi
tors, and may be to our readers :
“ This, ladies and gentlemen, is the
distinguished hanitnul known as the
Hamerican Voodchuck, first discov
ered by General Christopher Co
lumbus, in his voyage to the voods
of Hamerieo. Christopher saw
him quietly seated upon a bank of
clover, a viewing the setting sun,
and vondcring vot voul l become of
it. This ’ere is one of the descend
ants of that same voodchuck, as
may be seen from bis general hap
pearance, vich is beautiful and strik
ing. He is a solitary creeoher, and
is called voodchuck because he lives
in the voods, and the boys chuck
stones at him. He has hair upon
his back, and his tail is much the
same. His eyes are at the opposite
ends of his body, and assist him in
the amusing occupation of seeing,
vich he can sec in the dark as well
as in the light, -lielse he vouldn’t
live in ’oles huuder the ground.—
Like most hanimated things, he is
fond of enjoying himself, vich he
does in a very aimable and interest
ing vay. He ’obbles along upon
the ground, ven nobody is looking,
vatches the birds in the trees, and
tries to sing like them, vich he has
never succeeded in doing; but this
is not his fault, because he hasn’t
got any feathers. The voodchuck
lives a good vile. Howing to the
quiet life vich the voodchuck en
joys, I ’ave sometimes vished I was
a voodchuck myself. But then
there is not hexcitement enough in
it for a showman, though I cau say,
as Ilalexander remarked to Dio
genes, ‘ His I were not a showman,
I vould he a voodchuck.’ Here, la
dies and gentlemen, is the very oss
on vich the Duke of Vallentine slew
the Lord Napoleon Bonaparte !
Stir him up, John, and make him
kick a bit.”
egg* YVhat a blessed thing it is
that we cannot foresee tbe future!
We might be so paralyzed by the
perils, or the difficulties, or the suf
ferings before us, that we should
drop the oar» in despair. YYhat a
mercy it is that a mother does not
know all that shall befall tbe child
of her bosom! What a mercy that
we ministers do not know what fail
ures we have got to encounter du
ring the year of labor on which we
are just entering ! Every true Chris
tian toiler is continually “saved by
hope.” He pulls at the oar and
trusts.
Why is the letter Y like a
prodigal son ? Because it makes pa
pay
— Dry diet for Russian Autocrat
—Turkey without Greece.
Nobody’s Song.
BY D. IV. BALDWIN.
I’m tbiuking now of Nobody
And all that Nobody’s done,
For I've a passion for Nobody
That Nobody else Would own.
1 bear the name of Noliody,
For from Nobody I sprung,
And I sing the praise of Nobody,
As Nobody mine has sung.
In life's young morning, Nobody
To me was tender and dear,
And my cradle was rocked by Nobody
And nobody ever was near ;
1 was patted and praised by Nobody
And Nobody brought me up :
And when I was hungry, Nobody
Asked me to dine or sup.
I went to school to Nobody
And Nobody taught me to read.
I played in the street with Nobody
And Nobody ever gave lived ;
I recounted my tale to Nobody
For Nobcdy was willing to hear,
And my heart it clung to Nobody,
Aud Nob .(ly shed a tear.
And when I grew older, Nobody
Gave me a helping turn,
And by the good aid of Nobody
l began my living to earn ;
And hcuce I courted Nobody
Aud said Nobody’s I'd be,
And asked to marry Nobody
And Nobody married me.
Thus, I trudge along with Nobody
And Nobody cheers my life,
And I Have a love for Nobody
Which Nobody has for his wife ;
So, here's a Imltb to Nobody
For “Nobody’s uow in town,”
And I've a passion for Nobqdy
That Nobody else would own.
A Frightened Negro.
A Williamsport householder, dis
turbed by an aged darkey, who
each day seated himself on her
porch and went to sleep in the snn,
with upturned head, open mouth,
and prodigious snore, concluded
she would try an experiment. For
this purpose she procured a small
piece of ice and dropped it into the
huge orifice that served as Sambo’s
mouth. It disappeared like a shot,
and, with a cough aud a snort, Sam
bo started to his feet. “Ugh!” he
cried, as the ice scut violent thrills
through his stomach, “Whatdis?”
and his fingers clutched nervously
the afflicted parts. J ust then some
one cried out in the house that a
big rat ran down “Uncle Sam’s”
throat. Tnis added terror to his
pain. He rolled ou the banquett
and cried lustily for help. “Fore
God, missus, he’s gnawing ont’n me.
I feel him. Oh, golly lie’s kill’n
me,” and the whites of th* darkey’s
eyes protruded like a saucer, and
the convulsed and anguished face
showed that real pain was strongly
enhanced by his imaginary terror.
“Oh, golly, how he do jump and
kick about,” and Sambo again gave
himself up to paroxysms of lamen
tation. “Drink lots of water, Un
cle Sam, and drown him,” the lady
suggested. Without a moment’s
hesitation Sam started for the wa
ter plug. lie turned on the crank
and the water started. Sam glued
his lips to the nozzle until his sides
were puffed out like an inflated bal
loon. “How do you feel 'now, Un
cle Sam ?” the lady inquired, as
Sam staggered back to his seat. —
“I guess lie’s drowned, missus;
but here’s what’s troubling dis chile,
how’s dat rat gwine to get out’n
dare ?”
The Teetii of a Horse —At
five years of age a horse has forty
teeth. These are twenty-four molar
or jaw teeth, twelve incisor or front
teeth, and four tusks or canine teeth,
between the molars and incisors,
usually wanting in the mare. At
birth, only the two nippers or mid
dle incisors appear. At a year old,
the incisors are all visible on the
first or milk set. Before three
years, the permanent nippers have
come through. At four years
the permanent dividers next to tie
nippers are out. At five the mouth
is perfect, the second set of teeth
having been completed. At six, the
hoilow under the nippers, called the
mark, has disappeared from the nip
pers, and diminished in the dividers.
At seven, the mark has disappeared
from the dividers, anil the next
teeth, or coroners, are level, though
showing no mark. At eight, the
mark has gone from the corners,
and the horse is said to be aged. —
After this time—indeed, good au
thorities say after five years—the
age of a horse can only be conject
ured. But they gradually change
their form, the incisors becoming
round, oval, and then triangular. —
Dealers sometimes bishop the teeth
of old horses; that is, scoop them
out to imitate the mark; but this
can be known by the absence of the
white edge of enamel which always
surrounds the real mark, by ttie
shape of the teeth, and other marks
of age about the animal.
A gentleman was travelling in
Tennessee, and was obliged to stop
at a farm house for the night, owing
to the scarcity of hotels. During
the progress of the evening meal, he
observed an urchin tugging at a loaf
of bread. At length the urchin
cried out, “Granny, thar’s har on
the bread.” The lady remarked
that it was only a piece of ebru silk.
“Corn silk !” exclaimed he, “how
came corn silk to have a nit on it?
That’s what I want to know.”
A wag said of an egotistical
writer, “Somebody should take pity
on his readers and pwt out his I’s.
YOL. IY—NO. 52
Human Force.
Regarded simply as a piece of
machinery, the human body is the
most interesting study that can at
tract the attention of a human be
ing. According to the latest devel
opments of scientific analysis, the
average healthy man generates force
sufficient every twenty four hours
to lift 4.000 tons of matter through
a distance of one foot, providing the
work Is done with no waste of
strength ; or to vary the statement,
to lift one ton 4,000 feet. On in
quiring of the physiologist what
becomes of all this power he figures
out for us the following rude state
ment :
Spent in generating heat with
which to keep the body warm, pow
er sufficient to raise 3,475 tons of
matter one foot high.
Spent in digesting onr food, cir
culating the blood through the body
from the heart, in its course back
to the heart again, and in the move
ments of the lungs in respiration,
power to raise 350 tons one foot
high.
Left for profitable employment
in the form of brain and body, la
bor power sufficient to raise only
175 tons one foot high.
’Total —4,COO tons one foot high.
From the foregoing statement,
which of course is only an approxi
mation to the truth, and would vary
materially in different persons, the
available working power of an adult
healthy man is only one twenty
fourth part of the force generated
by the food he eats, or, as before
stated, sufficient to raise 175 tons
of dead matter one foot in height.
But we prefer not to spend our
strength in that way, and so a cer
tain per cent, of it goes in muscular
labor, some in business, a portion in
thinking, loving, hating, in inven
tion, philanthropic action, &e.; and,
no doubt in a majority ot human
beings, a large portion ot their avail
able power is wasted in dissipation,
riotous living, gambling: or per
haps in uneasy, fretful fault-finding,
because their lot is not one that
pleases them, or because they are
obliged to labor for the bread they
eat and the clothes they wear.
Avery curious and interesting
table might be made by a thought
ful physiologist and hygienist,
showing each person where his
strength goes, and I am not sure
that a young man could do a better
service for himself than to seek the
counsel .of some wise physiologist,
tell him frankly all his habits, and
have suck a table prepared, not on
ly to guard against excess, but to
show him his weak places, and point
out where he will be most likely to
fail. Some of those tables wonld,
no doubt, read very much as fol
lows :
Spent in digesting a big dinner,
which the body did not need, suffi
cient force to raise thirty tons of
matter one foot high.
Spent in getting rid of several
drinks of wiue and brandy force
sufficient to raise twenty tons oue
foot high.
Spent in smoking six cigars, force
sufficient to raise ten tons one foot
high.
Spent in keeping awake all night
at a spree, force to raise twenty tons
one loot high.
Spent in'breathing bad air, force
sufficient to raise fifteen tons one
foot high.
Spent in reading worthless books
and news papers, force sufficient to
raise five tons oue foot high.
Spent in cheating a neighbor out
of §3O iu a business transaction,
force sufficient to raise fifteen tons
oue foot high.
Spent in hesitation, doubt and
uncertainty, force sufficient to raise
five tons oue foot high.
Total —1-20 tons one foot high.
Left for practical and useful la
bor, onlv enough to raise fifty-five
tofts o3i? Loot high, or to do less
than one-third of a day,B work.
Sometimes there would be a draft
on the original capital of consid
erable force so there would not bo
enough to keep the body warm or
the food well digested, or the mus
cles plump and the bearing
acute, or the eyes keen and byight,
or the brain thoughtful and active.
Very often a single debauch would
use up tha entire available power
of the whole system for a whole
week or month.
There is no end to the multitudi
nous ways in which we not only
spend our working capital, but draw
on the original stock, that ought
never to be touched and the result
is imperfect lives, rickety bodies,
no ability to transmit to our chil
dren good health and long life,
much physical suffering and prema
ture deday with all the ends of life
unaccomplished. —lndustrial and
Commercial Gazette.
Senator Cameron- has re
turned to Washington from Macon,
Ga. lie thinks the Radicals will
carry the election, but he don’t say
why he thinks so. This cool
prophecy of wiping out 40,000
Democratic majority can only be
predicited upon a knowledge of
what will be attempted and done
with the ballot boxes after the vo
ting is over.— Constitution.
General Grant retains his love
for horses—gift horses.
Curls may be false, even
though they are “in the papers.”
Grant would regain hi» lost
popularity if he would only make
himself emi-grant.
Mrs. Partington says she gets
up every morning at the shrill crow
of the chandelier.