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About Cuthbert weekly appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 18??-???? | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1871)
VOL. V. . THE APPEAL. t'USI.ItKgD EVIHT *KIDAY,. BY SMVTELL 4 CHRISTIAN. 'Term* of Subscription ! b*K Y*a«....53 00 | @tx MoXTmr.... $2 00 InYaklably tit advance. HT* No atUution paid to order* fbr thd pa tter unless accompanied by the Cash. - Rates of AdTartistn* : , One equare, (ten lines or less J(l 00 for the *irgt and 75 cents lor each subsequent inser tion. A liberal deduction made to parties Vho advertise by tbfe year- Person* sending advertisements should mark the nnmber of times they desire them infer red, or they will be cantinued until forbid and bttat#fed accordingly. > Transient advertisements must bs paid for’ St the time of insertion. Announcing names of candidates for office, f5.00. Cash, in all cases Obituary notices ever five lines, charged at regular advertising rates. All communications intended to promote the brtvats ends or interests of Corporations, So vieti-s, or Individuals, will be charged as ad' verttsements. • Job Work, such a* Pamphlets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc., will be execu ted in good slyle and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to the Proprietor will bs promptly attended to. A PROCLAMATION GEORGIA. By R UFUS If. B ULL 0 OK, Governor of Said State. WHEREAS, at tho October Term, A. D. 186!), of the Superior Court", held in and for the County of Whitfield, the Grand Jury of euid county ol Whitfield found a Bill of Indict ment against Judge Smith, n chizen of said county for the crime of murder, alleged to have bee ti .committed upon the Itodyof Lewis Minuses, hi said county of Whitfield, some time duiing the year 1869; and whereas, the •Slums’ ol said county cet lilies that he exer cised reasonable diligence in trying to appre hend the said Smith without avail. Itiave thought proper, fltbrefore.to issue thjL*. >uy proclamation, hereby offering a re ward of One Thousand Dollars lor the .appre hension and delivery of tha said Judge Smith, with evidence sufficient to cpnVfct, to the Sheriff of saiil county and State, in order that lie may he brought to trial for the offense with which he elands charged. Given under my htutd and the great seal of the Siate, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, tliia 5Ui da- of May, hi the year of our Lord Eigh tech Hundred and Seventy one, and of the Independence of the Uulted Slates ol'Atner iett the Ninety-fifth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK. By the Governor. Davir G. Cott in**. Secretary of Slab . jc2-4t A raOCLAMATION GEORGIA. * By ft UFUS B. B ULL O GK, Governor of s<iid State. WHEREAS, Official Information has been received at this Department, that Thomas Fletcher, a notorious di aperado, stands charged with the offense of horse-stealing in the coun ty of Clfe'rokee, in this .Slate , and Whereas, the said Fletcher, whilst a mem her of a gang of lawless persona, fs alleged -to liave been engaged in file murderous assault on Mr. Freeman Ray, a worthy c ; linen of said counyof Cherokee; and Whereas, the said Fletcher, since (he com mission by him of the crimes aioresaid, es gaped from jail and lias tied from justice, and it being essentia! to the pence aud good order **f the county that he be brought to justice for she crimes he has already committed, and in erdei to prevent the perpetration by him di further outrages and dupredatieus upon the goed citixeus of said county of Cherokee : Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue this, my proclamation, offering a reward •of One Thousand Dollais for the apprehen sion and delivery of said Thomas Fletcher to the Sheriff of Cherokee comity. Given under my hand and the great seal of the Executive Department at the Capitol in Atlanta, this twenty setenth day of April,' in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventv-oue, and of the Independence of the United Stales of America the Ninety fifth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK. By tiie Governor: David G. Cotti'bo, See’y of State. je2 ft APKOCLATLITIOA. GEORGIA, By R UFUS B. B ULL 0 CK, Governor of Said State. \VHEKF.AB a bill of indictment is now pending in the Superior Court of the county %>f Cherokee charging Thomas E. Finch with the crime of murder, committed upon the per eon of Clark Helton, in said county of Chero kee, on or aboot the 6th December 1864 ; aude 1 Wbereasdi vers ether bills of indictment ♦lave been found and are now pendiug in the ■said Superior Court against the said Finch, •charging him with the offense of assault and flattery, committed by him while a resident of said eouufy of Cherokee ; and Whereas R is made known to me that the •ait Thomas K. Finch is a notorious despera do, and a member of a gang of lawless per sou, aud has until the present'time succeeded in setting at defiance the officers of the law •. Now, therefore, believing that the offering of a suitable reward is essential as a means of bringing to justice the said Finch. I have thought proper to issue this my proclamation hereby offering a reward of FIFTEEN HUN DRKD DOLLARS for the anprebeusion and delivery of said Thomas 1!. Finch to the-Slier iff of Cherokee county, and an additions 1 reward «f ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS upon his conviction. Given under my hand and tbs Great Seal of the State at the capital, iu the city of At lanta, ihis 13th d-y of May, iu the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and SeveMty- Oue, and of the Independence ot the Uni ted States of America tile Ninety-fifth. __ RUFUS B. BULLOCK By the Governor : David G. Cutting, Secretary of Slate. j«2-4t . ■ ' '■ ' -'' 'o* . . * . ■ ■ A X 3 i*oclaiixatioii. GEORGIA. By R UFUS B. B ULL 0 CIO, - - Governor of Said State. - WfiEREAS, It is the determination of all Os our good citizens that tire courts of this State shall be sustained in the thorough and rigid enforcement of the laws made for the ■ equal protection of the person and property, and the civil and political tights of' our peo ple ; mid ' -s. Whereas, it itfthe-desire df the Executive to render mH the aid and assistance possible to ward the accomplishment of said determina tion ; and Whereas, at various times and places witli iu the la«t tliree monllis, certain evil disposed and lawless persons have assumed mask* and disguises,ami while tlms shielded from recog nition have perpetrated outrages against the' perron and property of certain eitizeus of this Slate,'and Whereas,The saidevil disposed, and law less persons, so masked and disguised, are un known to the good 'law-abiding citizens of the counties wherein the said outrages have been perpeirated, N.ow, therefore; to "the end that these dis turbers of the public peace may be ferretted out and brought to punishment through the lawful exercise-of the authority vested in tiie Courts of the State, I, Rufus B. Bullock Gov ernorof said State, and the commands r-iu ehk-f of the army and navy, and of the militia thereof, Jo hereby issue this, my proclama tion, offering a reward of Five Thousand Dol lars for tiie arrest, with evidence to convict, of any one .person, and One Thousand Dol lars for Cacti ailjiiional person, being of the disguised paitv, or band, or clan engaged in either of tiie lawless proceedings hereinafter recited, to-wit . Who on Or i>i out the df the 18t!i of February last, came to the lie me of -a colored man named Dan Jack Foster, in the county of Floyd, aud alter heating and maltreating and otherwise misusing the said Foster, did then and there take from him articles of email val ue us lie had al out his cabin ; Who on tiie same ni_;lit v isited the house of a colored map named Hilliard Johnson, in said county of Floyd, and diet then and there abuse and mal irear, the sail Johnson, Who on the Same night came to the house of a colored man nam< and Anderson Poullain, in said countyyof Floyd, and did then and there take from him his gun, and did then aud there commit ati outrage uponthe person of tiie wife of the said Anderson Poullain i Who ou the same, night came to tho house of a colored man flamed Patrick, iu said eoumy of Floyd and did then and there take from him his gun and other articVes of value; Who on the same night came to the houseof a white-man named Zciie Walker, in the said county of Floyd, and did then and ibere ecmpel him to staud outiu the cold for a connderabte length of time without iris clothing ; Who on or about the uight of the Ist (,f February last came to tiie calaboose of the jail at Tryon Fuctoi y, iu the count/of C hattooga, -and did then and there forcibly release n culprit from confine, ment therein ; Who on or about the' night of the dill of February last came to the plants tion of Mr. Robert Fester, iu said county of ChutkOOSpi, and did tiien and there murder a colored man named Squire Elkrson; Wiio on or about ti e came time came to the plantation of Hem. WesleyShropsliire, in the said county of Chattooga, and did tiien and there tear down " tfnd destroy a sciiool house and threaten to hang 3 colored girl, wliowas the teacher of' said schopl. and did then and there cruelly beat and maltreat a colored man charged with having built the said school house.: Who on or about the night of the 6th of M arch last, . eume to the house of Ilezekiah Moore, on the plantation of Samuel Carter, in tiie county of Murray, aud did then and there fire upon the said Moore and upon another man named Lit tteton Elzy, and as-tlie said Moore and the said Elzy made their escape, fired nearly twenty shots at lhem ; "Who on or about tlm night of the iiiilh of March last, came to the house of a colored man named Gus Mills, in the county of Walton, on tiie plantation oi \\ illiani Lowe, Esq., and did then and there cruelly whip and maltreat a colored boy named Job Huey, and did also cruelly wliip and maltreat the said Gus Mills, and did also cruelly whip and maltreat tiie wife of the said Gus mills, and did alsp visit tiie house of a man named Jack Denfield, on the same plan tation, and did then and tlieie cruelly whip and maltreat a colored boy named Wellborn Smith; Who ou or about the fourth week ih March last, oa Saturday right between the hours of Sand 9 o’clock, came to the house of a man named Simon Carlton, on the planta tion of Judge Bony', in the county of Cobb and did then and there break down the door of said house, and presenting their guns to the breast of the said Carlton, did force him by in- . timidation to submit to be tied, and when so tied did take him, the said Carlton, about one hundred and fifty yards from his house, and, did then and there cruelly beat and maltreat the said Carlton, and after having released the said Carlton did shoot at him with a grtn as he ran, and subsequently set fire to and burned tiie house, together with all tiie corn, fodder and provisions, clothing, household and kitch en utensils belonging to Ihe said Carlton ; Who on or about the fonrth week in March lust, between the hours of 8 and 9 o’clock in the evening, came to the house of a colored man named Columbus Jeter, in the ooiuity of Douglass, and did then and there cruelly beat and maltreat a colored boy in the employ of the said Jeter, aud did also cruelly maltreat and threaten to whip the wife of tiie said Jeter, and did also, by force and intimidation, com pel him, Jeter, to submit to be tied, and when so tied did take him a considerable distance away from his house and threatened to mur der him, and as the said Jeter made his escape fired at him with a shotgun, inflicting a severe wound in his shoulder; Wiio on or about the night of tho 2d of April last, came to the house oi a colored man named Mitchell Reed, on the plantation of Mr. Charles Mason, in the coun ty of Jackson, and did then aud there take from his house the said Reed, aud carried him some fifty yards away, removed his clothing and cruelly heat aud whipped him for nearly an hour ; Who on or about the 18th of April last, iu the county of Clay, did burn down and destroy a school house, and notify the teacher, Mr.H. M. Dixou, to leave the couatfv ; Who 'at sundry times Within the three months last past came to the house of a Mr. Andrews, iu the county of Walker, and robbed his wife of the mouey aud valuables in the house ; Who cruelly whipped and maltreated Mr. Lynn aud Mr. Wade iu the county of Dade, and wiio threatened to take tiie life of Mr. Emanuel Dai ly in said county of Dade, and thereby caused him to leave the State ; Who in the month of March fast, came to the house of one Andrew G eaiy, or Gerrin, situated ou the plantation of Mr. Kerr.v. iu the county ot Cherokee, near CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,-JUNE 1«, 1871. tiie line of Pickens, and broke down the doo of said house and beat one Clayton, and as he tried to makehis escape by flight fired two pis tol shots at him, andivvarned the other mem bers of the family to leave the county within five days; Who on or about the night of Fri day, tiie 12th of may, instant, came to the hoaseofeaid Andrew Geary, or Gerrln, situ ated on tiie plantation of Mr. Kemy, and shot with firearms through one of the doors of the said house three times, and subsequently broke, down the doors, causing the said Geary or Ger rin, and his iamily and household to seek safe ty by fi'gliithrougb tiie woods, and did then and there set fire to and burn down the said house, together with all the clothing and other effects of the said Andrew Geary or Gerrin and family. And the same reward in amount and character for persons wiio have- heretofore! or who may hereafter, disturb the peace and good order of the community hy going about in masked and disguised bands or clans ru violat ion of law, and perpetrating murderous assaults npon the persons of law-abiding citizens .of this State. Ands do moreover respectfully recommend to the good and law-abiding citizens residing in the several counties of the State which have been or may bo visited by these evil-disposed and lawless bands of men going about in dis guise, that they, tiie said good and law-abiding citizens, do aseemble in public meeting and give expression of their disapprobation of ail such lawless proceedings, and of their deter mination to assist tjie civil authorities iu the en forcement of the law, by presenting to the Grand Juries oftheir respective counties any and a’l evidence which may come within their knowledge tending to establish facts *rhereby these evil disposed and lawless parties mar be brought totrial before our courts, and thereby maintain the reputation of our State as one whergin her citizens are ever ready to obey ami to enforce the law. Given under my hand and tho great sealef the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this 17tli day oi Maj, iu tbeyear'of our Lord Eigh teen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of Amer ica the Ninety-fifth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK. By tiie Governor : David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. . je2-4t ' A PROCLAMATION. GEORGIA. • By li UFUS B. B ULL OCIO, Governor of Said State. WHEREAS, Official information hag been received at this department that Sam. Smith, Lewis Liuch, Steven Smith and Joe Trapp, persons of color, who have been confined in the common jail of Bibb county under charges of a felonious diameter, have succeeded in making their escSpp from said jail hy betak ing therefrom auJ assaulting the jailor, and are now at large, mid Whereas, it b> further reported that the civ il officers of said county of Bibb have used their utmost exertions Ift endeavogiug to ap prehend the said escaped prisoners, but with out success i Now, therefore, to the end that they may j he brought to justice for the offense with Whith 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 apprehension aud delivery of the said 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 May, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-One, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-fifth. RUFUSB BULLOCK. By tiie Governor: Cotting, Secretary of State. DESCRIPTION : The said Sam Smith is of dark brown com plexion, has no upper front teeth, weighs abont 169 pounds, and ie about 28 or 30 years of age. Tire said Lewis Lynch is a mulatto, weighs about 130 or 140 pounds, and is'about 23 or 26 years of age. The said Stephen Smith is about five, feet ten or eleven inches high, of a ginger cake color, weighs about 180 to 200 pounds, is square built, epeaks as il be had a cold, Jiis under jaw seems to be the longest, teeth ve:y white, aud is about 30 or 85 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 A PROCLAMATION. GEORGIA. By R UFUS B. B URL O CK, Governor of Saul State. WHEREAB, Official information has been received at this Department that John Cap. rand a desperate character, who stands charged with a felony in the 35th Senatorial District Court, aud having given bond for his appearance at a trial therefor, has forfeited the bond aud made his escape into another State. • Now, 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 Caprand to the Sheriff of said county of Ful ton, in order that he may be brought to trial ior 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, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the Ninety-fifth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK. By the Governor: David G. Coiting, Secretary of State. je2-4t STATE OF GEORGIA. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ) Atlanta, May 9, 1871. f ORDERED: By his Excellency, the Governor, that tiie reward of Five Haudred Dollars offered in his Proclamation of the 2.1 of August, '1869, for the arrest and conviction of Wesley Bed man, is hereby increased to One Thousand Dollars, kubject to the same conditions as are Bet forth in the said Proclamation of August 2,1569. Given under mjr hand aud seal of office. DAVID and. COTTING, je2-4t Secretary of State. The Old Lady’3 Advice, If you should ever get married, John, I’ll tell you what to 4o — " ■ Gro get a little tenement, Just big enough for two, And one spare room for company And one spare bed within it— If you’d begin lows life aright. You'd better thus begin it. In furniture be moderate, John. Aad let the stuffed chairs wait; One looking glass will dd for both, Yourself and loving mate ; - And Brussels, too, and other things, Which makes a fine appearance, If you can better afford It, they Will better look a year hence. Some think,they must have pictures, John, Superb and costly, too ; Your wife will be your picture, John, . Let that suffice ior you. R member how the Wise man shid A tertt, with Love within it, Is better than a splendid bouse, With bickering' ervery minute. For ail you buy, pay mouey, John, Money earned every day ; If you would have your life run smooth There is no better way. A note to pay is an ugly thing, (If thing yon choose to call it,) Wuea it bangs o’er a man who has No money in his wallet. And now, when you are married, John, Don’t try to ape the rich ; It took them many a toilsome year, To gain their envied niche j ± And” if you’d gain the summit, John, Look well to your beginning, And what you win will wtdl repay, The care and toil of winning. - The Grave. Oh, the grave ! the grave ! It buries every error, covers every de tect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and. tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious that ever he should have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him ! But the grave of those we loved; what a place for meditation! Then it i8 that we Call up, in longreview, the whole history of virtue and geti tleuess, and the thousand endear ments lavished upon us almost un heeded in the daily intercouse of in tiinapy; then it is that we dwell upon the tenderness, the solemn, aw ful tenderness of the parting seene ; the bed of death, with all its .stifled grief, its noiseless attendance, its mute watchful assiduities ; the last testimonies of expiring love ; the feeble, fluttering, thrilling, oh! how thrilling the pressure of the hand; the fond looking of the glazing eye, turning upon us even from the •threshold of existence ; the faint, faltering accents struggling in death to give one more assurance of affec tion ! Ay, go to the grave of buried love, and meditate ! There settle the- accounts with thy conscience for every- past benefit mirequitted— every past endearment unregarded, of that departed being \>ho can nev er, never return to- be Soothed by thy contrition! If thou art a child, and bast ever added a sorrow to the soul or a fur row to the silvered brow of an af fectionate parent. If thou art a husband, and hast ever caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole happiness in thy arms, to doubt one moment of thy kindness or thy truth. If thou art a friend, and hast ever wronged, in thought, word, or deed, the spirit that generously con fided in thee, if thou art a lover, and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart that now lies cold and-still beneath thy feet; then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious w T ord, ' every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and. knocking dolefuiiy at thy soul; then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant on the grave, and ut ter the unheard groan, and pour the unavailieg tear— more bitter be cause unheard and unavailing. Then weave tby chaplet of flow ers, and strew the beauties of nature about the grave ; console thy bro ken spirit if thou canst, with those tender, yet futile tributes of regret; but take warning by the bitterness of this thy contrite affliction over the dead, and be more faithful and affectionate in the discharge of thy duties to the living.—lrving. No Tears at . Death. —lt i& a striking fact that the dying never weep. The sobbing, the heart breaking agony of the circle of friends around-the death bed, call forth no responsive tears from the dying. Is it because be is insensi ble and stiff in the chill of dissolu tion ?.. That cannot be t for he asks for his father’s hand, as if to gain strength in the mortal strugglejancl reclines on the breast of his mother, sister or brother, in still conscious affection. Just before expiring, he calls the loved ones, and with quiv ering lips says “ Kies me,” showing that the love which he has ever borne in his heart is still fresh and warm. 11 must be because the dy ing have reached a point too deep for earthly.sorrows, too transcendant for weeping. They are face to face with higher and holier things, with the Father in heaven and Ilis angels. There is no weeping in that blessed abode to which he is hastening. “ Peter,” said a mother to her son, ** are you into them sweetmeats again ?” “No, ma’am, them,sweet meats is Lnto'jne.” A Lay Sermon to Young Ladies. by mi. mo LEWIS. Now, ladies, I will preach to you just a little sermon, about an inch long. I don’t often, preach, but in this case nothing but a sermon will do. 'Firstly—You are perfect idiots to go in this way. Your bodies are the most beautiful of God’s creations. In the Continental gal leries I always saw groups of peo ple gathered about the pictures of women. It was not passion; the gazers were just as likely to be wo men as men; it was because of the wondrous beapty of a woman. •Now stand with me at my office window and see a lady pass. There goes one ! now isn’t that a pretty looking object? A big hump, three .big lumps, a wilderness of crimps and frills, a hauling up of the dress here and there, an enormous, hide ous, mass of hair or bark piled ou the top of her head surmounted, by a little flat, ornamented with bits of lace, birds tails, <ko. * The shop win dows tell us, all day long, of the padding whalebones, aud steel springs which occupy most of the space within that outside rig. In the name of the simple, sweet sentiments which cluster, about a home, I would ask, how is a man to fall in love with such a piece of compound, double and twisted, touch-me-not artificiality, as you see in that wriggling curiosity ? Secondly—With that wasp waist, squeezing your lungs, stomach, liver, aud vital organs into one half their natural size, aud with that long tail sweeping on the' ground, how can any man of sense who knows that life is made up of use, of service, of work, how can lie take such a partner? He must be desperate in deed to unite himself for life with such a fettered, half-breathing orna ment. Thirdly—Your bad dress and lack of exercise lead to bad health, and men wisely fear that instead of a helpmate they would get au inva lid to take care of. This bad health in you, just as in men, makes the mind as well as the body fuddle and effeminate. You have no power, to magnetism. I know you giggle freely, and use big adjectives, such as “splendid,” “awful,” but then this does not deceive us; we see through it all. Y r ou are superficial, affected, silly; you have none of that womanly strength and warmth which are so assuring and attrac tive to men. Why, you have be come so childish and weak-minded that you .refuse to wear decent names even, and insist upon baby names. Instead of Helen, Marga ret, aud Elizabeth, you affect Nellie, Maggie, and Lizzies. When your brothers were babies, you called them Bobby, Dicky and Johnny, but when they grow up to manhood, no more of that silly trash if you please. I know a woman of twen ty-five years, and as big as both of my grandmothers put together, and her real name is Catherine, and though her brain is big enough to conduct affairs of State, she does nothing but giggle, cover up her face with fan", aud exclaim once in four minutes, “Don’t now, you are real mean.” How can a man propose a life partnership to such a silly goose? My dear girls, you must, if you would get husbands, and decent ones, dress irt plain, neat, and be coming garments, and talk like sen sible, earnest sisters. You say that most sensible men are crazy after- those butterflies of fashion. I beg your pardon, it is not so. Occasionally a man of bril liant success may marfy a silly, weak woman; but to say, I have heard women say a hundred times, that most sensible men choose women without sense, is simply ab surd. Nineteen times iu twenty, sensible men choose sensible women. I grant you- that in company they are very likely to chat and toy with those over-dressed and forward creatures, but they don’t ask them to go to the altar with them. Fourthly—Among the young men in the matrimonial market, only a very small number are independent ly rich ; and in America such very rarely make good husbands. But the number of those who are just beginning in life, who are filled with a noble ambition, who have a future, is very large. These are worth having. But such will not, they dare not, ask you to join them, while they, sec you so idle, silly, and gorgeously attired. Let them sec that you are -industrious, eco nomical, With habits that secure health and strength, that your life is earnest and real, that you would be willing to begin at the begin ning in life with the man you would consent to marry; then marriage becomes the rule, and not, as now, the exception. Mr. Spurgeon says: “It is a remarkable fact that ministers of the Gospel are not able to live on much less than other people. They, cannot make a shilling go sO-far as other people can make a sovereign. Some of them try very, bard, but they do not .suteeed. A member * once said to » minister, who wanted a little more salary as his family in creased : “ I didn’t know that you preached for money.” “ No, I don’t,” said the minister. “ I tho’t you preached for souls. “So I do; but 1 could not live on souls—and if I could, it would take a good many the size of yours to make a meal.” « Drunk. Drunk ! Young man, did you ever stop to think how terrible that word sounds? Did you ever think what misery and woe you brought upon your friends when you degra ded your manhood by getting drqnk? Young man, did you ever for a moment stop and think how you looked in eyes of the respectable people and Christians, when drunk ? Hear him as he reels along the street, asking God to damn lfls soul. Suppose they have their drunken words heard and answered,how many thousand would daily have their souls damned ? Oh J it is a fearful thing to trample under foot the high claims that God and man have upon you. Drunk ! How it rings in the ear of a loving wife ! How it makes the heart of a fond mother bleed ! flow it crushes out the hopes of a doting father, and brings reproach and shame upon loving sisters! See him as he leans against some friendly house. Drunk ! He stauds ready to fall ipto the open jaws of hell, unconscious as to his approach mg fate ! The young wife, with tearful eyes and aching heart, sits at the window to hear her husband’s foot steps, but alas ! They oome not.— He is drunk ! The husband, the pa rent, is drunk, spending his time and money when he should be at home enjoying the pleasures and comforts of The family circle.— Drunk ! He-is spending the means of support for liquor, while his fam ily is starving for bread, and his children suffering for clothing.— Drunk ! His reputation is going, gone ! His friends, one by 7 one, are reluctantly leaving him to his.mis erable fate. He goes down to his grave “imhonored and unsung.”— No one cares when he dies; be is nothing but a drunkard. Drunk ! God have pity on the drunkard. — Drunk ! Young man, think of the life wliich y 7 ou are now leading, and turn from it before you became a confirmed drunkard, scorned and scoffed at by all respectable peflple. Drunk ! Drunk !! Tiie Laboring Men and the Public Debt. —Wendell Phillips, in 'nis late harangue at New York, made the following statement in re gard to the feelings of those en gaged in the laboring men’s move ment : “Six hundred of them met at Cincinnati last July, and it was on ly by the most adroit management that those six hundred men, repre senting a million of votes, were hin dered from passing a resolution pledging the great labor movement of reform to the repudiation of the National debt—a resolve that would have startled-every exchange iu Eu rope ; that would have affected the price of every United States bond ; and yet nothing but the adroit management of a dozen cautious men prevented that National Con vention —that represents the num bers of the North, and it is num bers that make ballots that repre sent the principles of the Nortli— pledging themselves to repudiation.” A Sensible View 7 of Adver tising.—The Printer very perti nently remarks that some say it is no use ft>r them to advertise, that they have been in one place of bus iness all their lives, aDd everybody knows them. Such people seem to forget to take into consideration that our country is increasing in population nearly forty per cent, every ten years ; and no matter how old the place may be, there are con stant changes taking place—some move to other parts and strangers fill their places. In this age of the world, unless the name of a business firm is kept constantly before the public, some new firm may start up and by liberally advertising in a very short time take the place of the older ones, and the latter rust out as it were and be forgotten. No man has ever lost money by judi cious advertising. A Lady’s Advertisement. — Wanted, one hundred and fifty young men, more' or less, of all shapes and sizes, from the tall, graceful dandy with hair sufficient on his upper lip to stuff a barber’s cushion, down to the little bow-leg ged, -freckled face, carrot headed upstart. The object is to form a gaping corps, to be in attendance at the church doors at the close of di vine service each Sabbath evening, to stare at the ladies as they leave church, aud to make delicate and gentlemanly remarks on their per sons'and dress. All who wish te enter the above corps will appear on the steps of- the various church doors next Sunday evening, when they will be duly inspected, their names,' personal appearance, and quality of brains registered in a book for that purpose. To prevent a general rush, he wifi be enlisted who possesses intellectual capacity above that of a well bred donkey. To Cook Beets —Beets, when sweet, and not withered, are very good baked iu a covered vessel at least three hours, or until they yield to tiie pressure of the fingers. Then put them into cold water un til the skki will slip off rapidly. They are good enough without dressing. Put M 0 in My Little Bed. Cb! binlic, l ain tired now, I do riot care to hear you sing ; You’re sung your happy songs all day, Now put your head beneath your wing ; I'm sleepy too as I can be, And sister, when my prayer is said, . I want to lay me down to rest, So put me in my little bed. Oh ! sister, what did mottiet say, When she was call’d to Heav’u away ? She told me always tb be good, Aud n?ver, never go astray : I can’t forget the day she died, She placed her band upon my head, She whisper’d soitly, “ keep my child,” And then they told me she was dead. Dear sister, eomc and hear my pray'r, Now ere t lay me down to sleep. Within my heavenly Father’s care, While angels bright their vigils keep ; And let me ask of Him above To keep iny souls in paths of Right, - Oh ! let me thank him for His love, Ere I Shall say my last “ good night.” CiiorCs : Come, sister, come, kiss me good night, For my evening pray’r have Said ; I’m tired now and sleepy too. Come, put me iu my little bed. Marriage Maxims. The following “ marriage max ims ” arc worthy of more than a hasty reading. Husbands neod not pass them by, for they are de signed for wives; and wives should not despise them, for they are ad dressed to husbands : The very nearest approach to do mestic happiness on earth is in the cultivation on both sides of absolute unselfishness. Never talk at one another, either alone or in company. # Never both be angry at once. Never speak loud to one another —unless the house is on fire. Let each one strive to yield the oftenest to the wishes of the other. Never fiipl fault unless it is per fectly certain that a fault has been committed; and always speak lov ingly- . .. Never taunt with a past mistaake. Neglect the whole world besides, rather than one another. Never make a remark at the ex pense of each other—it is a mean ness. Never part for a day without lov ing words to think of during ab sence. Never me#t without n loving wel come. Never let the sun go down upon any anger or grievance. Never let any fault you have com mitted go by until you have frankly confessed it and asked forgiveness, Never forget the happy hours of early love. Never sigh over what might havo been, but make the best of what is. Never forget that marriage is <?r dained of God, and that his bless ing alone can make it what it should ever be. Never let your hopes stop short of the eternal home. jThe following questions were asked by a correspondent and answered by Bergeret, a Commu nist General : “Do you believe in God?” “No.” “Why?” “Be cause it is not republican. Because if there was a God, he would be a tyrant. I fight God in the universe as I did the empire in France. It is the one man power, the puvoir personel of Napoleon 111. If there were such a place as heaven, and I went there and found a God I would immediately commence throwing up barricades. I would hoist tho red flag. I would rebel. It is contrary to justic,o it is con trary to reason, it is contrary to right that one should govern the many —that there should be a God.” “What do you substitute for God ?” “Universal harmony.” “What do you mean by that ?” “ The un ion of everything that exists in one harmonious whole. Mud, animals, flowers, trees, stars, planets—every thing.” “ Otherwise the universe itself.” “ Y'es.” “ Did this uni verse or universal liarmony, as you call it, create itself ?” “Ah that is the question I cannot answer. It is something the human mind can not grasp ; probably because we lack a faculty. • Asa person who is born blind cannot comprehend light, so we cannot understand the Crea tion. I could ask you as well who created God, and you would proba bly give me the same answer. Try to think it out and you will go cra zy.” How it was Done.*— ln the Court of Claims, in session at Washington, last week, one of the witnesses mentioned as one of the devices adopted by Unionists to escape reb el conscription, that the party threat ened with conscription sometimes placed a piece of paper bearing the legend 45 inside hjs boots, and some friends or neighbors indisputably above the age, would then swear of their own knowledge that the -un willing candidate for the Confeder ate army wfts over 45 years of age. An old Steamboat boiler is us ed for a jaii in Arkansas. —Ktr We should think there would be no end to “ cooked up cases ’ in that community. A youug gentleman who had just married a, little beauty says she would have been taller, but she is made of such precious materials that nature couldn’t alibi'd it. NO. 25 VARIETY. A young mother lias written a poem on “Baby,” the first .stanzti - ot which has been much admired: It runs: “■ Doxery doodle-dura dinkle'm dam, Turn to its muzzery tnuzzery mura ; Tizzery, izZery boozsry ben, No baby so sweet and so pity as oo.” Parental acres—The old man’s corns. - - A relative beituty—A pretty cousin. fortune smiles on those who 101 l up their sleeves and pHt their shoulders to the wheeh lf you wisli to know how many friends you have, get into office; if )on wish to know how many you haven’t, got into trouble. J .Yankee paper says* in an oblß uary notice, that “the deceased iia,i been for several years a director of a bank, notwithstanding wliich he died a ( hristian, and universally respected.” J . Long gloves cannot be easily obtained, and for that reason they are out of fashion. At any rate: they are rarely now to be seen. Striped muslins and cambrics are in great vogue for house-dresses: with a wide, soft scarf of black silk sash tied at the back, with fringed ends. ° A pew-owner in Middletown; Loum, finding a. stranger in hispew: on a recent Sunday, dragged hini out oy the collar, and then joined devoutly in tiie hymn, “Come to thU House of Prayer.” “ What is the annual corn crop of Kentucky ?’-’ asked a foreign tourist of a KentUckfnn. « I can’t exactly say,” replied the Kentucki an ; “ but I know it’s enough tcf make all the whiskey we want, be sides what is wasted for bread.” ~ A man lately made application for insurance on a building situated in a village where there was no fire engine. In answer to the question; “ what are the facilities for extin guishing fires?” he wrote; “It rains somtimes.” • A little girl’s evening prayer— “ Please God, remember what littlri Polly said last night, she’s so tired to-night. Amen!” “ Wliy don’t you hold yous head as I do ? ” asked an aristocrat ic lawyer of a sterling old farmer. “ Squire,” was the reply, “ look at that field of grain. You see that all the valuable heads are bowed down, while those heads that havtt nothing in them stand upright; Somebody advertises foragents to sell a work entitled, “ Hymen ial Instructor.” A contemporary adds: “ The best hymenial instruc tor we know of is a young widow. hat she don’t know there !b nd use in learning. When a young lady takes up a paper she glances first at the mar riages aud “ personals an old la dy at the deaths ; a boy at the sto ries ; tho average man at the news.. It is only the young business marq remembering the adage, “Business before pleasure,” who commences in the right way, by reading the advertisemets first.— I his is indeed putting a newspaper to its best use. A man who uses it is sure to keep^ r posted”—to know what is going on in the busy world around —to know where he cari make the best bargains, and where and to whom he can dispose of what he has to sell. And there is no fear but what he will get all that is valuable in the paper besides; llecla and Vesuvius. —lt is a long way from llecla, in Iceland, to Etna, in sunny Sicily. Yet -scien tific men tell us there is little doubt that these two volcanoes are connected by a tunnel or natural subterranean passage of communi cation. There are a good many reasons for this belief. The great internal earth-pulse beats neou'sly in each. Etna is never disquieted, but llecla sympathizes, and llecla never shows symptoms of eruptions wdthoat some throb bings in Etna. Ancient and gigan tic twins are they, standing forages • widely separated, but holding mys terious communication through an unexplained labyrinth, a fiery arte ry, through which their hot blood flowg and mingles. Witty. —We mot with this witty and Unanswerable retort in a sketch of a short trip through a portion of Ireland. The writer is conversing with his csr driver : “ You are a Catholic, Jimmy?” “ Yes, yer honor.” “And pray to the Virgin Mary?* “ I do, yer honor.” “ Well, there’s no doubt that sho was a good woman; The bible says so. But she may have been no better than your mother or mine.” “ True yer honor. But you’ll al low there is a mighty difference id her children.” Bright..—A showman in the State of Maine wanted to exhibit an Egyp tian mummy, anti attended at the Court House to obtain permision. “ What is it you want to show?” inquired the Judge. “An Egyptian mummy more than 3,000 years old,” said the Show man. “ Three thousand years old ! ” ex claimed the Judge, jumping to his feet and- saying, “is tho critter alive? ”
