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Pastor. ;. _ .
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A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS B. B ULL O CK,
Governor of Said State.
WHEREAS, at the October Term, A. D.
1861), of the Supciior Court, held in ami for
the Comity of Whitfield, the Grand Jury of
said couuty of Whitfield found a Bill of Indict
lnetit against Smith,.a citizen of said
county for the crime of murder, alleged to
have been committed upon tip body of Lewis
Minutes, in said county of Whitfield, some
time during the year 18G9 ; and whereas, the
Sheriff ot said comity ceitilics that he exer
cised reasonable diligence in trying to appre
hend the said Smith without avail.
I have thought proper, therefore, to *i. sue
tliiii my proclamation, hereby offe.ing a re-
Ward of One Thousand Dollars tor the appre
hension and delivery of the said Judge Smiih,
With evidence sufficient to convict, to the
Sheriff of said county and State, iu order that
he may be brought to trial for the offense with
which he stands charged.
Given under my baud and the great seal of
tlie Slate, at the Capitol, iu Atlanta. thisstli
day of May, iu the year of our Lord Eiglr
teen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of tlie
Independence of the United States oi'Amer
ica the Ninety-fifth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
toy the Governor:
David G. Lotting, Secretary of State.
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A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS B. B ULL O CK,
Governor of said Slate.
WHEREAS, Official information lias been
deceived at this Department, that Thomas
Fletcher, a notorious desperado, stands charged
with the offense of horse-stealing in the coun
ty of Cherokee, iu this State; and
Whereas, the 6aid Fletcher, whilst a mem
ber of a gang of lawless persons, is alleged to
have been ei gaged in the murderous assault
on Mr. Freeman Ray, a worthy e'Ezen of said
conn y of Cherokee ; aud
Whereas, the said Fletcher, since tlie com
taiseion by him of the crimes aloreseid, cs
caped from jail and has fled from jus!ice. and
it being essential to the pei.ee and good older
<of the county that, he be brought to jusi'.ce for
the crimes be has already commuted, aud in
order to prevent the perpetration by him of
further outrages and depredations upon Uie
good citizens of said county of Cherokee:
Now, therefore, I have thought, proper to
issue this, toy proclamation, offering a reward
of One Thousand Dollais for the apprehen
sion and delivery of said Thomas Fletcher to
the Sheriff of Cherokee county.
Given under my hand aud the great seal of the
Executive Department at the Capitol in
Atlanta, this twenty-seventh day of April,
in tlie year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred
aud Seventy-one, and of the Independence
of the United States of America tbe Ninety
fifth*
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By Uie Governor:
David G. Cotting, Sec'y of State.
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A PROCLAMATION.
Georgia
By 11UFUS B. B ULL O OK,
Governor of Said State.
NvIIEREAB, Official information has been
beceiVeii at tliig Department that John Cap.
band a desperate character, who stands
charged with a felony in the 35tli Senatorial
District Court, and haring given bond for his
appearance at a trial therefor, lias forfeited
the bond and made bis escape into another
State.
Nowj therefore, I have thought proper to
issue this, my proclamation, hereby offering a
reward of One Thousand Dollars for the ap*
prehension and delivery of the said John
Cup rand to the Sheriff of said county of Ful
ton, in order that he may be brought to trial
for the offense with which he stands charged.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this
second day of May, iu the year of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of
the Independence of tire United States of
Ametica the Ninety-fifth.
RUFUSB BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting, Secretary of State.
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CUTHBERT | If APPEAL.
A PBOCLAJIATIOA
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS B. B ULL O CK ,
Governor of Said State.
WHEREAS, official information has been
received at this Department that a mnrder
was committed io the county of Appling on or
about the 24th of April, 1871 upon ihe body of
Steely Herrington by Marion Tillis and
Thomas Herringtou, as is alleged, a.d that
Marion Tillis has fled from justice.
I have thought proper, therefore, to issue
this my proclamation, hereby offering a re
ward of Olie Thousand Dollars iur the appre-'
helision and deli very of the said Marion Til
Us, wit ; proof sufficient to .convict, to the
Sheriff of Said couuty and State, in order that
he may be brought to trial for the offense
with which lie stands charged.
Given under my hand and tbe great seal of
the Stale, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this
Fifteenth day of May in the year of-our
Lord Eighteen Hi ndred and Seventy-one,
and of' the Independence of the United
Sta'esof America the Ninety-fi th.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting, Secretary of Stale.
DESCRIPTION:
The said Marion Tillis is about 5 feet 2 or 3
inches high, sallow complexion, blue eyes,
light hair, very little beard, weighs about
lift pounds, dus not talk much,' and when
lalking B]>eaks very slow %
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TPKOC LAMATiOM.
GEORGIA.
By Ji UFUS B. B URL 6 OK,
Governor of Said State.
WHEREAS a MR of irdictment Is now
pending in the Superior Court of the county
of Cherokee charging Thom a# E. Fin cl 1 witli
the crime of murder, committed upon the per
son of Clark Helton, in said county of Chero
kee, du or about the 6ih Deoewlwtt 18H4 ; and
Whereas divers other biilh of indictment
have been fouud and are now pending in the
said Superior Court against th# said Finch,
charging him with the offense of assault and
battery, committed by him while a resident of
said county of Cherokee ; aud
Whereas it is made* known to me that the
sai t Thomas*®. Finch is a notorious despera
do, and a member of a gang of lawless per
sons, and has until the present time succeeded
in setting at Reliance the officers of the law :
Now, therefore, Relieving that the pfierhig
of a suitable reward is essential as a mean,
of bringing to justice the said Finch, I have
tli ought proper to issue ibis my proclamation
hereby ufieiiug a reward of FIFTEEN HUN
DRED DOLLARS for the aoprelieiisiou and
delivery of said Thomas E. Finch to the Slier
iff of Cherokee county, and an additional
reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS'
upon Ins conviction.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of
the State at the capital, iu the city of At
lanta, this 13th and yof May, in the year of
our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-
One, and of ilie Independence of the Uni
ted States of America the Ninety-fifth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting, Secretary of State.
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A I b KO€IaAI?IATIOA t .
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS B. B ULL O CK,
Governor of Said State.
WHEREAS, Official information has been
received at this department that Sam. Smith,
Lewis Liacli, Steveu Smith and Joe Trapp,
persons of color, who have been confined in
the common jail of Bibb county undercharges
of a felonious character, have succeeded iu
making their escape from said jail by break
ing therefrom aud assaulting th# jailor, and
are now at large, aud
Whereas, it is further reported that the civ
il officers of county of Bibb have used
their utmost exertions in endeavoring to ap
prelieud tlie said escaped prisoners, but with
out success;
Now, theietore, to theend that they may*
be brought to Justice for the offense with
which they stand charged, I, Rufus B. Bul
lock, Governor of said State, have thought
proper to issue this my proclamation, hereby
offering a reward of Five Hundred Dollars
each for the apprehensiou and delivery of the
tad Sam Smith, Lewis Lynch, Steven Smith
and Joe Trapp, to the Sheriff ot Bibb county.
Given under my hand and the great seal of"
the State, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this
20th day of Mjy, in the year of our Lord
Eighteeu Hundred and Seventy-one, and of
the independence of the United States of
America the ninety-fifth.
RUFUSB BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting, Secretary of State.
DESCRIPTION :
The said Sam Smith is of dark blown com
plexion, has no upper front teeth, Weighs
about ICO pounds, and is about 28 of 30 years
of age.
The s.lid Lewis Lynch is a mulatto, weighs.
about 130 or 140 pounds, and is about 23 or 25
years of age.
The said Stephen Smith is about five feet
ten or eleven inches high, of a ginger cake
color, weighs aboat 180 to 2CO pounds, is
square built, speaks as if he bad a cold, his
under jaw seems to be the longest, teeth very
white, and is about 30 or 35 years of age.
The said Joe Trapp is of black complexion
weighs about 130 or 140 pounds, and is about
23 or 25 years old je2-4t
STATE OF GEORGIA.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, )
Atlanta, May'9,lß7l. j
OEDERED:
By his Excellency, the Governor, that the
reward of Five Hundred Dollars offered in
his Proclamation of the 2d of August, 1860,
for the ar/est and conviction of Wesley Red
man, is hereby increased to One Thousand
Dollars, subject to the same conditions as are
set forth in the said Proclamation of August
2,1869.
Given under my hand aud seal of office.
DAVID G. COTTING,
j«2-4t Secretary of State.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1871.
Rain on the Roof.
When the humid shadows gather
Our the starry-spangled spheres,
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
O what joy to press the pillow
Os a cottage chamber bed,
And to listen to the palter
Os the soft raiu overhead. •
Every tinkle on tbe shingles
Has an echo in the heart,
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their bright hues into woof,
As I listen to tbe patter
Os the raiu upon the roof.
Now iu fancy comes my mother,
As she used to years agpne ;
To survey her darling dreamers
Ere she left them till the dawn.
O, I see her binding o'er me,
As I list to the refrain
That is played upon the shingles
By the palter of .the rain.
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Then my little seraph sister
With her wings and waving hair,
And her bright-eyed cherub brother—
A serene angelic pair !
Glide around my wakeful pillow
With their praise or mild reprriof,
As I listen to the murmur
Os the soft rain on the roof.
And another comes to thrill tne,
With her eyes delicious blue,
And forget. 1 gazing on her,
Thai her heart was all untrue.
I remember but to love h r,
With a rapture kin to pain,
And my heart’s quick pulses vibrate
To the patter of the rain.
There is naught in arts bravuras
That can work with such a spe 1
In the spirit’s pure, deep fountains
Whence the holy passions well,
As the melody ot nature.
That subdued subduing strain,
That is played upon tije shingles
By the patter of the rain.
The Enchanted Island.
A wonderful stream is the river Time,
As it runs through tbe realm of tears,
With a faultless rhythm, and a musical
rhyme,
. And a broader sweep and a surge sublime,
And blends with the see an of years.
There’s a musical isle up Ihe river Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing,
There s a cloudless sky. and tropical clime,
And a song as sweet as a vesper chime,
Aud the with the roses arc staying.
The name of Ibis isle is the “ Long Ago.”
And we bury our treasures there ;
There are brows of beauty, aud bosoms of
SHOW', '
There are heaps of. dust, but wo loved
them so,
There arc trinkets, and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of tongs that nobody
sings
And apart of an infant's prayer,
There's a lute uuswept, and a harp without
strings.
There are broken vows and pieces of
rings.
And the garments she used to wear..
There are hands that are waved wbeu the fairy
shore
By the mirage is lifted in air,
And wo sometimes hear through the turbu
lent roar
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone
before.
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh, remembered for ate he that blessed isle,
All the day of. life till night;
And when evening comes with its beautiful
smile
Aud our eyes are closing to slumber
awb'ile,
May that " Greenwood ” of soul be in sight.
A Fashionable Prayer.
Dear Lord, have mercy on my
soul, and please let me have the
I reuch satin I saw at Stewart’s this
morning, for, with black lace floun
ces and overskirt, that dress would
be very becoming to me I know. If
yon grant my request, please let me
have a black lace shawl also, dear
Lord.
I kneel before Thee to-night feei
ng, perfectly happy, for Madame
Emilie has sent me home such a
lovely bonnet! A most heavenly
little bijou, composed ot white sat
in, with coral ostrich tufts. For
this favor I am feeling very grate
ful.
Give me, I pray Thee, an humble
heart and a now green*silk, with
point lace trimmings. Let me not
grow too fond of this vain and de
ceitful world, like other women, but
make me exceedingly gentle and
aristocratic. When”the winter fash
ions come, let them suit my style of
beauty, and' let there be plenty of
puffing, plaiting, ruffles and flounces,
for 1 dearly love them all.
Oh, Lord, let bt mess detain my
husband at ll——, for he is not
wanted at home at present. I wish
to become acquainted with the tall,
dark eyed foreigner who is staying
at Col. Longswallow’s 'opposite.—
Bring about an introduction, I be
seech Thee, for Mr. Longswallow
will not. Bless my children and
please send them a .good nurse, for
I have neither time nor inclination
to look after them myselr. And
now, oh Lord, take care of me, while
I sleep, and pray keep watch over
my diamonds. Amen.
Stuffing improves the fair as
well as the fowl.
One Rail Railways.
Much has been said and written
ab»Ht the respective merits hnd de
merits of broad guage and narrow
guage railways, but a railway With
no guage at all, and only a single rail
is a.new feature in modern enter
prise, and, therefore, possesses con
siderable interest to the public gen
erally. We will endeavor to give
our readers some idea of this rather
curious invention, which owes its
origin to the busy brain of Monsieur
Larmaujat, a French civil engineer,
who has not ODly suggested the idea,
but put it into practical operation
in France aud other portions of Eu
rope.
- The Larmanjfft theory Is this, that
railways as they ate now construct
ed., with two rails and the wheels of
the locorriotives and cars solidly fas
tened to the'shafts, are oii a wrong
principle, and create resistance in
the curves which might be avoided
by establishing the road with but a
single rail put in the same piano
with the longitudinal axis of the lo
comotive and cars. ■
Forty per cent, of the weight of
the engine and tenders goes on the
driving wheels, and as the adhesion'
or friction produced bv that weight
between the line of the wheels itnd
the rails is smaller than it would be
on a macademized road, it is claim
ed that the adhesive power of the
engines necessary to draw the train
is only obtained by materially in
creasing their weight especially
when the road has heavy grades,
and that sixty per cent of tit at
weight is constantly borne by the lo
comotive, and does not increase the
tractive power due to the adhesion
on the rail. In bui’ding railways
with two rails, and fastening the lo
comotive and car wheels to the
shafts, Larinanjat says the same
mistake has been made as if wheel
barrows were constructed with two
parallel wheels pinned to a single
shaft. His invention works the
driving wheels of the locomotive on
a macademizeu road, or oak planks
laid alongside the rail, which gives
him a tractive power six or seven
times greater titan iron can furnish,
and causes the whole train to run
easily and safely on a single rail.
This rail is of the American pat
tern, and is spiked in.the usual man
ner, but in the middle of the lies
while the planks alluded to are bolt,
ed last to either end <jf the ties.
For a turnpike railroad having a
grade of live feet per hundred feet,
and where the train is to way fifty
tous and the locomotive ten, the
ties require (o be live feet seven,
inches long, and a ii.ltle more than
three inches thick. The oak planks
are sixteen inches wide and three
inches thick. If on a turnpike with
the above mentioned grade the same
weight is to be drawn, and the
driving wheels to run on macadam
instead of plank, the rail, instead of
resting on ties, would rest on oak
plonks one lbqt wide and throe inch
es' thick, laid in the same direction
as the rail. The planks and part of
the mil would be buried in the
ground; the rails would - weigh,
about pounds to the foot, arid
the macadam, on either side, would
be one foot in width. Thelecomo
.raotive for our one rail railway has
four wheel's ; two being placed, the
one at the front and the other at the
rear of the engine bearing on the
rail. These give the direction, and
are .double-flange. The other pair
of wheels are placed in a traverse
plane, passing on a line m front of
the fire box. They run on the oak
planks or macadam, as the case may
be, and are the driving whecU.
By the aid of a ■. crew ingeniously
contrived, the -engineer can incline
his machine more or less, and thus
the weight can be put on or taken
from the driving wheels. These
wheels arc not wedged to the shaft,
but turn loosely '; they have coiled
springs, one end of which .is fixed
to the shaft, and the other to the
hub of the wheel, so that the engine
moves only after a certain number
of revolutions, the spring coiling it
self till the tension is equal to the
power necessary to start the train.
By this arrangement, when'the en
gine is going round a curve, one of
the spring i discharges itself of all
the difference which its wheel has
to run greater, than the other —so
that the strain on the shaft and
wheel sliding, so troublesome in the
two-rail system, is avoided entirely.
The directing wheels, being on a
pivot, can be turned in any direc
tion. The earg also have four
wheels, two to run oa the rail, and
two on the plank or macadam ; and
all the weight bears on the rail and
the side wheels, the latter being
smaller than the directing wheels,
and intended only. to maintain the
equilibrium.
But after all theorizing and spec
ulation the proof of the soundness
of the pudding is in the eating of it
—and Monsieur Larmanjat lias a
one rail railway running between
Raney and Montfermeil, near Paris,
which has been iu successful oper
ation two years. On this railway
a locomotive weighing three tons
draws two cars with twenty passen
gers-in each, up grades equal to
370 feet in a mile and through
curves of 16 feet radius. This sort
of a railway can be built in Trance
for about $1,600 per mile. The lo
comotives weigh six and ten tons ;
the former runs fourteen miles an
hour, drawing besides its own
weight thirty-five tons up a grade
of two feet in a hundred, and costs
$4,000. The fatter will draw fifty
tons at a rate of eight miles ail hour
up the same grade, and-costs $5,000
On a level it would draw 180 tons.
The cars are correspondingly cheap.
.Many practical men believe that
the Larinanjat system is the true so
lution of the problem of putting
railways on turnpikes with the.
grades and curves which the com
mon highway usually has, and it is
not impossible that the experiment
will soon be tried in this country.
Should it be as successful hero as in
Europe, it would be of immense
benefit, especially in mountainous
regions, or even in such hilly lo
calities as New England.
What Masonry Teaches Me.
A few days since a gentleman
outside the Fraternity asked us
what Masonry taught. We will an
swer.- what it teaches us, and lie
will tell ua whether the lessons be
good ones or not.
Masonry teaches us the existence
of a God as a being of Love, Light
and Power.
It teaches that alone we are al
most powerless; aud that as others
help us over rough and dangerous
places, so should we do unto oth
ers.
It teaches us to look up for. that,
light which will be an unerring
guide, and that no matter how oi
teu we forget, there is a place where
we can obtain information. .
It teaches ns to be kind of heart,
to cultivate friendly feelings; to
not tell all we knew; to be ch
cumspeot, and to realize that others
before us have walked the road we
are in, and that others will after we
are gone.
It teaches us to help the needy
and to defend the deserving; to
care for the children of brothers,
aud to treat their wives with the
same kind gentlemanly, respect we
should have others show to those
we love dearest of all on earth.
It teaches honesty, industry, fru
gality and liberalty of thought.
It teat-lies us to be as careful to
preserve tiro good reputation of a
good brother, as we would have him
to be careful not to say, bint or in
sinuate anything against him anu
his honesty, and the better man and
brother he is the more careful
should we be to help keep him so,
and to encourage him to be more
so. And it also teaches to be care
ful and not report what he has told
us at any time or place-where it
Could be construed to his disadvan
tage or injury.
It teaches us to look upon every
Mason as a young brother, to be
watched over, helped, encouraged,
protected; cared for in sickness and
carefully laid away after life’s fitful
trials are ended, and he has been
called to the land in the East, and
the Testing-place and refreshment
under the Sa i, in the cooling breeze,
where tlie murmuring fountains
play, and none are with us but those
we loved..
It teaches us to defend virtue; to
never tei! a falsehood; to build up,
protect and encourage the poor and
laborious, no matter whether of
our fraternity or not, and always to
work for the best interest of one’s
country, more than to oppress the
poor aud all craftraen who labor.
It teaches us virtue, sobriety, dis
cretion, earnestness and charity to
all. with a beautiful faithia God and
Us goodness.
It teaches us to defend the honor
of a brother-; to stand between him
and danger; to he as careful of the
good name of a brother’s loved ones
as of one’s own honor; to look up
on them as sacred objects, at all
times, for whom we are ready to
spill our blood, if need require this
test of knightly ho.nor, and that we
should study To so live and act as
to never make a brother ashamed of
us, or to wound his feelings, or cause
him to other than love us, for our
worth, honor, goodness, virtue and
thoughtful care.
It teaches ns to be kind to all,
to befriend the poor, no matter who
Or where found; to forgive if we
would be forgiven; arid to speak
not against a brother’ but kindly to
him, faee to face, when he has erred,
or is likely to.
It teaches us lessons, in harnio*
nious brotherhood, and to control
ourselves, our tongue, our passion,
and that in the Lodge as in world
Eternal, there is one place where
differences iu politics, in religion,
in possession of riches or honors, is
unknown, for before the beautiful
Light in the Eastwg are all broth
ers.
Great Guns.
You speak of the great gun re
cently cast at the Royal Arsenal in
England as being the largest in the
world. This is a mistake there is
a gun at Fort Hamilton,. Young Is
land, that far exceeds the English
gun in size and weight. It weighs
one hundred and sixteen thousand
live hundred and forty-nine pounds,
which is over fifty-eight and a quar
ter tons, while the English gnn
weighs but thirty-five tons. It car
ries, a ball of one thousand pounds’
weight; the English gun, a shot
weighing but sev-eu hundred pounds.
Its service-charge is one hundred
pound's of.powder, which can be in'
creased to one hundred and fifty.
It is twenty feet in length, and is
capable of propelling a ball to a
distance of three miles. I think
this beats the Englishman consider
ably. There is, however, still a lar
ger gun, of Krupp manufacture,
owned by the Prussian Government,
which was at the French Exhibition,
’and which, according to a recentar
ticle in the Gartenlaube, throws a
solid steel shot weighing eleven
hundred Prussian pounds, encased
in two hundred pounds of lead.
Simplicity and Elegance.
One of the lessons our people
greatly need to learn is-tlie superi
ority of simplicity and elegance to
that of extravagance and display
which are fashionable everywhere
among us at the present time.
The style of living, the furnish
ing of our houses, the mode of dress,
the equipage, and, in short the en
tire arrangements of our a re
quite as offensive to a refined taste
as they are seriously ribjcctional on
economic grounds. Ostentation takes
the place of elegance, and the ambi
tion to outdo others in the matter
of expense is more conspicuously
apparent than any refinement oficui
ture ot-serviceable end.
h would be well if more of out
people would study the best models
of style among the aristocracy for.
whom they effect so much generatio. i.
In the families of many of the no
bility and gentry of England, pos
sessing an unusual income which of
itself would be .an ample fortune,
there is greater economy of dress
and more' simplicity in the furnish
ing of the dwelling than there is iu
many of the houses of our citizens,
who are barely able to supply the
daily wants of their families by the
closest application to business
They have more servants titan we
do, but labor is much cheaper there
than here. But English ladies make
more account of one silk dress than
ours do of twenty. They generally
dress in plain, substantial garments,
neatly trimmed, reserving their
costlier articles and jewelry for
great occasions; and would look
with suspicion upon the woman who
decked herself in drawing room at
tire for a shopping excursion, sweep
ing the streets with her trail.
Instead of turning their furniture
out of doors every two or three years
and replacing it with new and fash
ionable Styles, they take pride in
preserving the articles' that were
used by their ancestors, and value
them quite as nnfch for their sim
plicity, solidity and age, as for the
associations connected with thdm.
Even their carpets are used years
longer than ours before they think
of replacing them, and their china
ware has, in many instances, been
in and out of fashion twenty times
since it was made. llow much bet
ter it would be for our people to
catch the spirit of such conversation
as this, and exchange extravagance
for elegance, vulgar ostentation for
simplicity and refinement! The
amount of waste in our American
homes is useless, and essentially vul
gar display is appalling even to con
template.— The Golden Age,
CourAgs in Eve?y Day Liss.
Have the courage to discharge a
debt while you have the money in
your pocket.
Have'the courage to do without
that which you do not need, howev
er much your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak your
mind when it is necessary you should
do so, and to hold your tongue when
it is prudent you should do so.
Have the courage to speak to a
friend iu a “ seedy ” coat, even
though you are. in company with a
rich one, and richly attired.
Have the courage to make a will,
and a j ust one. <
Have the courage to tell a man
why you will not lend him your
money.
Have the courage to cut the most
agreeable acquaintance you have,
when you are convinces:! that lie
lacks principle. “A friend-should
bear with a friend’s infirmities,” but
not with his vices.
Have the courage to show that
you respect honesty, in whatever
guise it appears ; and your contempt
for dishonest duplicity, by whomso
ever exhibited.
Have the courage to wear your
old clothes until you pay for your
new ones.
Have the courage to obey your
Hiker at the risk of beiug ridiculed
by nien.
Have the courage to prefer com
fort and prosperity to fashiop in all
tilings.
Have the courage to acknowledge
your ignorance, rasher than to seek
credit for knowledge under false
pretences.
Have the courage to provide en
tertainment for your friends within
your means—not beyond.
City Girls.
The girls of the principal cities
in this country are noted as follows:
Baltimore the handsomest.
Boston, the most intellectual.
New York the gayest and most
expensive in dress. •
Washington, the most refined and
lady-like.
Philadelphia, the most airy and
superficial.
Chicago, the fastest and most dis
sipated.
Toledo, the biggest feet.
St. Louis, the most reckless.
New Orleans, the most traveled.
Cincini tti, the greatest flirts.
Louisville, the proudest.
Detroit, the wildest.
Cleaveland, the most graceful'and
entertaining in conversation.
San Francisco, the most indiffer
ent.
Richmond, the most _ anxious to
be loved.
Mobile, the most liberal enter
tainers.
Hartford, the best musicians.
Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester, the longest hair,
The girls in the country for mak
ing the best wives.
—The mitten that never fits—The
one obtained from your lady love.
A Thrilling Story.
We are indebted to the Portland
Argus for the following thrilling
story: -
If we are not mistaken we have
heard or read somewhere “that
truth is stranger than fiction.” An.
instance, strictly true, has come to
our knowledge which vividly illus
trates that, and also exhibits with
almost startling effect the danger
of mob law.
A young Maine man, who is en
gaged in the commercial traveling
business for a Chicago house, was
recently traveling out in the far
West, when ho was taken - posses :
sion of on the train by two men*
who simply informed him that they
were officers and wanted him. He
expostulated, explained, demanded
explanations, etc., but all in vain.
No one on the train l>new lum, and
there were those who did know the
officers. All he could get out of
Rem was that lie was the man they
wanted. Jn this way he was taken
some 90 miles into the interior.—
Upon arrival he had no longer to
remain in ignorance of his supposed
offence, the whole visage being out
to welcome him with such cries as
“Hero’s the d—d horse thief caught,
at last,” and“ Let's string him up.”
The officers made soma show of
resistance, but the excited mob took
possession of their victim and
marched him into town, hear the
centre of which a noose was already
strung over the limb of a tree.—
Our friend thought it was all up
with him sure. Expostulations
was received with derision. Every
body recognized him as a notorious
horse-thief whose depredations in
the vicinity had been long contin
ued and extensive. A horse-thief
in that section is looked upon as
something worse than an average
murderer. There was not a pity
ing eye in the crowd and the uni
versal howl was to lynch him. He
tried to pray, but ttie eommercial
traveling business had' ruined him
from praying ! While waiting under
the noose a happy thought struck
him! His Masonry! He was a Roy
al Arch Mason.
In all that crowd there must be
Masons. He gave the Grand Hail
ing Signal of Distress ! We are not
atdiberty to explain how it is done
for several reasons, the chief one of
which is, we don’t know ! But he
gave it, and in an instant one of the
foremost citizens of the town sprang
to his side and gave some more Ma
sonic signals, and the prisoner was
quickly surrounded with twenty or
tS'-rty determined men, who held
the crowd at bay with drawn pis
tols. Onr friend explained to this
leading man who he was; they or
ganized a committee of investiga
tion ; telegraphed to Chic .go and
verified all his statements; and the
brutal mob slunk away heartily
asl atned. Our friend was made as
comfortable as possible by his Ma
sonic friends, but he says he never
experienced such intense anxiety as
he did when he stood under that
noose.
The above is strictly true in all
essential points. We have the names
of parties and places. The young
man has one or two brothers living
in this oity. The man who rescued
him pYoved to be an old friend of
his fatlmr’s,
•A New Arithmetic. —Sick gent
(walking into a whiskey shop:)—
“Well, I believe I will spend my
dime in crackers this morning.”
Bar-keeper hands him crackers,
which he tastes.
“I cannot stand them ; give me
some brandy for the crackers.”
Bar-keeper gives him gome bran
dy.
He pours it out, smells of it
■ shakes Ins head. “Don’t' think 1
can go that. Give me some whis
key for the brandy.”
Bar-keeper bands him out the
whisky.
He turns out a full glass, drinks
it down arid starts out.
‘ Bar-kcepsr.—“Hold on, there !
you have not paid me for that whis
ky”
Sick gent.—“l gave you the bran
dy for the whisky, sir.”
“Well, you ain’t paid me for the
brandy, sir.”
“I gave you the crackers for the
brandy, sir.’’
“Well, you ain’t paid me for ihe
crackers.”
“Well, sir, you have your crack>
ers yet.”
Bar-keeper said no more.
What is an Editor? —Some
one answers this question thus:
“ Why, he is the man who reads
the newspapers, writes articles on
any subject, talks to all who call, is
blamed for a hundred things which
are nobody’s business but his own,
helps people to get into office (who
forget all about it afterwards,) and
frequently he’s cheated out' of half
his earnings. He works and does
more to build up a town than any
body, and the miser and the fogy
are benefited thereby; Vet they
will say that the editor’s paper is
one of no account, and will not ad
vertise or take the paper, but they
borrow it. Who wouldn’t be an
editor ?”
The oldest volumes are vol
umes of water, and they circulate
all over the world.
Without modesty beauty is
ungraceful, learning unattractive,
and wit disgusting.
—An old bachelor’s idea—When
taken to be well shaken —the baby.
NO. 23
VARIETY.
Board is to be $5 a day at Sara
toga this summer.
“Brick” Pomeroy is about to
marry a Cleveland lady.
_ — A man whom wo can put up
with—a good hotel-keeper.
The great “mill” between Co
burn and Mace culminated in ‘Von
gr-r-rand fessel.”
A do wn. oast woman could not
attend her father’s funeral because
she was so busy houseclcaning.
A Sweedish gentleman “up
North” bears the name of final
trigeng Fediglalangelaglomgryest;
T::,sty name for a wedding card.
ln Utica, it requires ten boys
on a side to play base ball on Sum
day nine to do the playing and
one to look out for the “perlice”
. The Hon. Victoria Woodhull
18 still running for the presidency.
Grant will have some tall running
to catch up. Vic. is very fast.
—Albany has a colored capitalist
worth SGO,OOQ.
—To make a Venetian blind—
Put out his eyes.
> Why is a balloon like silence 1
Because it gives assent.
—r Capital Punishment—Being
kissed to death by a pretty girl.
A Young lady of Troy ad
vised a gentleman friend not to take
flat-irons to bed with him, as they
would warp’ his feet. The stupid
fellow did not know enough to take
the hint.
One of the papers contains an
advertisement: “Lost, a large black
silk umbrella, belonging to a gen
tleman with a curious carved head.”
Josh Billings uttered a great
truth when he said: “He who by 1
his biz would rise must either burst
or advertise.
“ That Man,” -said a wag*
“ came to Nashua forty years ago,
purchased a basket and commenced
gathering rags. How much do you
suppose he is worth now? ” It was
a conundrum we could not answer.
“ Nothing,” he continued, after a
pause, “and he owes for the basket.”
A western paper, chronicling
tlie death of a young man, says he
was estimable, pious, a true Chris
tian, and the best base ball “short
stop” iu the sectiou.
The Princess Louise’s wed**
ding cake was three stories high,
not including this story, which is
pretty good for high, too.
The “Casko Kregeoosky Pod
puripici Spolet Youglisifsky of Chi
cago, has received a charter. A so
ciety that can’t spell better than
that oughtn’t to have a charter.
—A minister not long ago preach
ed from the text, “ Be ye, therefore,
steadfast,” but the printer made
him expound from “ Be ye there sos
breakfast.”*
—Two citizens of Missouri, who
pursued, caught and hanged a horse
thief, were met on their way home
with the horses by some r.ccom
plices of the thief, and were them
selves, hung.
—Some horseman haa paid five
thousand dollars for a half interest
iu the celebrated Georgia trotter
Bismarck.
—A two hundred dollar fcorse, be*
longing to Mr. Thomas Parks, of
Coweta county, was killed by light
ning last Monday. Mr. Parks had
a narrow escape, having only dis**
mounted and tied the animal to a
tree, and walked but a few feet
when the flash came.
lt is related of a
from northern Vermont, who years
ago paid a visit to New Yoikand
.was invited to fill a city pulpit du
ring the time of dog-day pastoral
vacations that he had never had the
privilege of listening to a # church
organ, and was totally unacquainted
with the fashinou of hiring a few 1
vocalists to do the singing for the
congregation. Giving out his. first
hymn, the organist played * fancy
prolude, aud in the highest »tyle of
the art, the choir rendered the four
verses. Addressing the throne of
grace in a fervent invocation, which
stamped him as a man of intellect
and power with his audience, ho
coolly reopened the hymn-book, and
turned tQ a page, exclaimed, “The
audience will now join with me in
singing a good old Methodist hymn,
and those persons running that bag
of wind iu the gallery will please
not interrupt.”
• -
Diet of the Ancients. —The
difference between the diet of the
ancients and that of us moderns is
very striking. The ancient Greeks
and Romans used no alcoholic liquor
it being unknown to them : nor cof
fee, nor tea, nor chocolate, nor su
gar nor even butter, for Galen tells
us that he had never seen butter
but once in his life. They were ig
norant of the greater number of our
tropical spices, as clove, nutmeg,
mace, ginger, Jamaica pepper, cur
ry, pimento. They used neither
buckwheat, nor sage tapioca, arrow
root, or potato, or its varieties; not
even the common, but a sort of
marsh—grown beat—not many of
our fruits, as the orange, tamarind
nor American maize.. On the con
trary, they ate substances which we
now neglect —the mallow, the herb,
ox-tongue, the sweet acorn, the lu
pin. They liked the‘flesh of wild
asses, dogs, the dormouse, the fox,
and the bear.
