Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. V.
THE APPEAL.
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ANDREW
Female College,
cuthbert ga.
O
THE exercises of this institution will be
resumed ou Wednesday, the 20th of Sep
tember next, and close on Thursday before the
last Subbat li iu June.
The scholastic year will be divided into
Three Terms, beginning 20th September, Ist.
January and lstol April:
REGULAR COURBE:
FEB TERM. PER ANNUM.
Primary Department sl2 00 S3OOO
Preparatory -l 15 00 45 00
Collegiate “ 20 00 00,00
Diploma Fee, (paid on
graduat’ng) $5 GO
Incidentals 100
Hoard, Washing, Fuel
and Lights, 1300
Regular tuition of daughters living by the
ministry—no charge.
Each boarding pupil should be tnrnislied
with a Bible, Trunk, one pair of sheets, one
pair of Pillow-cases, one pair Blankets, four
liaud-Towcls, over-shoes and umbrellu.
EXTRA COURSE:
TEU ANNUM.
Greek andFreiiclt, eacli S4O 00
Tuition iu Music 60 00
Use of Piano 8 00
Drawing and Pastel 30 00
Instrnciiou in Oi' Painting, 40 00
Calisthenics, conducted by a
lady 5 Oo
Singing In Classes No charge.
Extra course pursued at the option of Pa
rents and Guardians. Payments must be made
ill October, January and April.
Each pupil should be present a* the opening
•of the School.
The undersigned having been elected Presi
dent of Andrew Female College, an old and
popular Institution, sends fraternal greetings
to the Colleges of the South, makes his bow
to the public, and solicits sympathy and a lib
eral share of patronage.
Summoned to a high and holy work—that
of preparing the mindsand hearts of the you-g
for the business and pleasures, joys and sor
rows of life—lie will call to his assistance
ithe best educators of the country, and address
himself to the task with all the zeal and in
dustry that he cannot commaud. Should time,
whoso verdict we woo, demonstrate lhat he
caunot preside with dignity aud success—
that he is incapable of imparting instruction—
that he is is not In the proper place—that A.
F-C. does not return a substantial equivalent
to its patrons—the President will abandon
the enterprise and refund all damages reli
giously assessed.
Parents aud guardians wishing to educate
girls should not forget our healthful locality,
retined society, commodious and well ventila
ted buildings, beautiful grounds, magnificent
grove, aud reasonable rates.
JOHN B McGEHEE,
President. A F. C.
Cuthbert, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1871, ts
Ice Cream!
I WOULD respectfully inform my numer
ous friends and patrons that I have com
pleted and opened my
ICE CREAM SALOON,
And am prepaied to Berve them in the very
best of style. I have spared no pains or ex
pense in fitting up my establishment, and can
truthfully say I have the
Finest Saloon in S. W. Georgia,
And am fully prepared to meet the wants of
■the public. "My
LADIES’ SALOON,
Has been arranged and furnished with a spe
cial desire to please. Adjoining is the GEN
TLEMEN’S SALOON, which has been tlior
oughly’ re-furnished and fitted up in the best
of style. These Saloons are so constructed as
to enable me to throw them both into one,
when occasions riquire it, and be enabled to
.seat from
73 to 100 Guests!
In the fame room. lam also fully prepared
to furnish my customers wilh a superior arti
cle of
SODA WATER!
jl have also gone to considerable expense in
making improvements iu this department of
any business, and am better prepared than
over before to meet the wants of the public.
ICE ! ICE!!
I will keep lee ou h nd for sale in quanti
ties to suit the nublic.
Give me a call.
A. W. GILLESPIE.
cr A full assortment, of Confectioneries
ways on hand. aug4-ct
The City Bar
AND
Billiard. Saloon
IS now supplied with a Large and Choice
Stock of
Wines, Liquors and Segars,
Both Foreign and Domestic which can not
he surpassed by any Bar iu the Ntnte.
AH the delicacies of the season, iu the way
of Fancy Drinks, fixed in style.
LAGER BEEtt ouly Five Cents per gl.iss.
A FIN E
Assortment of Slates,
For sale by T. 8. POWELL, Trustee,
CUTHBERT 181 APPEAL.
The Protector Fruit Jar,
A superior article,
For sale at cost, by
J. L. & R. H. COBB.
Green’s Dyspepsia Remedy,
For sale by T. 8, POWELL, Trustee.
THEA-^ECTAR!
A Black Tea with Green Tea Flavor,
at T. 8. POWELL'S, Trustee.
FOR FALL PLANTING.
Little Gem Peas,
Kale, Borecole or
German Dwarf Greens,
Cabbage, Collards,
Carrots, Radish,
Lettuce & Mustred,
For sale by T. S. POWELL, Trustee,
Druggist, Bookseller end Stationer.
iFINE^REENTEAr
“ BLACK TEA,
For Sale by T. S. POWELL, Truste
FORSALE!
Three Plantations.
AS I have decided to change my occupa
tion, and ray place of residence, letter
for sale the following desirable property :
My T tn tion
IN STEWART COUNTY, GA.,
Seven miles south of Lumpkin, and fifteen
north of Cuthbert, on the road from the for
mer to the latter place, containing
1,631 ACRES;
About, three fourths cleared and in a high state
of cultivation. There arc three settlements
on the place.
The Improvements are Good.
The dwelling has recently been recovered
and repainted in and out side. It lias seven
rooms and a cook room, and pantry attached.
There are a plenty of good cabins for labor
ers, and the most of them with good brick
chimneys, a good gin house aud screw, new
stables and cribs, a large two story bam, a
good smoke house, dairy, carriage house, and
blacksmith shop.
There a e two good springs near the dwell
ing, and many more on the plantation There
is a plenty of cane on the place to wiuter a
large number of cattle.
W. A. Moreland on ttie place will show the
plantation to any one wishing to see it.
Also,
MY PLANTATION
181 RANDOLPH GOUTY, GEORGIA,
Near Benevolence, contaiuing three hundred
and twenty acres; two huudred cleared and
In a good Slate of cultivation, with all neces
sary improvements, dwelling, cabins, stables,
cribs, a good gin house and screw, choice
fruit trees of different kinds, splendid well
and spring water,
Convenient to Churches and
Schools,
Aud noted for its healthfulness.
Any one wishing to see the place, I refer
them to W. A. Moreland on my place iu Stew
art.
And
MY PLANT ATI ON IN
RUSSELL COUNTY, ALA.,
Fourteen miles from Columbus, near Big
Uchee Creek, two and a half miles from the
flourishing town of Silver Run. on the Mo
bile & Girard R. R., containing nine hundred
and seventy-live acres, about one half cleared
and in a good state of cultivation, well im
proved, in an
Excellent Neighborhood
of the best society, and unsurpassed for health
fuluess ; a plenty of good spring water on any
part of the plantation ; a small creek running
diagonally through the main body of the plan
tation. The dwelling has six large rooms, and
a store room, bath room, aud two pantries, al
so a cook room conceded to the dwelling by
a colonade; good framed cabins with brick
chimneys, two sets of stables, two carriage
houses, blacksmith shop, good gin house and
screw, and other buildings, fruit of different
kinds.
Mr P. 11. Perry who lives near the place
will take pleasure in showing it to any one.
My terms for either place is one half cash,
the balance in one and two years with interest.
Either place for rent after the first of Decem
for next, if not sold by that time.
My address will be Atlanta, Ga., until after
the first of October next, then Cuthbert Ga.,
until the first of Jauuary next,
augll-tf A. F. MORELAND.
VALUABLE
Property for Sale
AT A SACRIFICE
lUor the Money !
I want to sell my GRIST & FLOURING
MILLS near Fort Gaines, Ga., run by wa
ter—never failing stream. The best Mills in
Southwest Georgia.
Also, my PLANTATION one and a half
miles from Cotton Hill, containing 650 acres
of land, neat and comfortable residence, beau
tiful location, all necessary out houses, negro
cabius, ect., together with STOCK of all
kinds
Cotton Hill is uoted for its School. Place
as healthy as the mountains. Will sell cheap.
Apply for particulars to
JOHN CALLAWAY,
Cotton Hill.
Or W. C. GUNN,
Fort Gaines, Ga.
Enterprise R.R. €«.
"VTOTICE is hereby given, that Books for
-i- N subscription to the Capital Stock of the
Enterprise Railroad Company, will be opened
at Lumpkin, on Monday the 18th day of Sep
tember next; and on the day thereafter, at
same place, there will be an election for Direc
tors (seven) to manage the affairs of said com
pany. L. BRYAN,
T. W. BATTLE,
W. R. HOLLIDAY,
J. G. SINGER,
J. L. WIMBERLY,
auglß 30d Corporators.
Extract Strawberry, Vanilla,
Pineapple and Lemon,
For Flavoring, at
B. J. JACKSON’S,
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1871.
For the Appeal.
“Life.”
BY UASSEI.TfNE.
What’s life is a question which we sometimes
ask,
As oft we grow weary of Earth's toilsome
task,
And languish for sweet rest, known only
above,
Where all things unite in harmony and love.
Wealth, fame,! ahd ambition, each hath its
power
To| send forth through clouds, the bright
April shower,
But like the clear raindrop, which comes and
is flown,
Life without God, leaves ue to weep all alone.
Life here is a vapour which soon disappears,
After sufferings great, of a few short years,
Man passes that bourn whence no trav’ler
returns.
And from the pure fountain of wisdom he
learns.
There is a realm where the rainbow never
fades.
Where sunshine brightens both the meadow
aud glades,
Where life is refresh’d with sweet scented
bowers,
And the path is strewn with unfading flowers-
To the Christian, as oft with patience he bears,
Earth’s sorrows, sufferings, and long weary
cares,
Life is a dream ; with humility he sighs,
I’m waiting with rapturp, my home in the
skies.
Then why should we let trifles lighi, as the
air
Draw us from heaven, where holy angels
hear
The banner of love, on which is inscribed,
“The true end of life iu Jesus imbibed.''
Light.
BY WILLIAM PITT PALMER.
Pronounced by one of the most eminent
critics in Europe to be the finest production
of the same length in our language.
From the quickened womb of the primal
gloom,
The sun rolled bleak and bare,
Till I wove bim a vest for his Ethiop breast.
Os the threads of my golden hair ;
And when the broad teDt of the firmament
Arose on its airy bars,
I penciled the hue of the matchless blue
And spangled it around the stars.
I painted the flowers of Eden bowers
And their leaves of living green,
And mine were the dyes in sinless eyes
Os Eden’s virgin queen,
And when the fiend’s art on the trustful heart,
Had fastened its mortal spell,
In the silvery sphere of the first born tear
To the trembling earth I fell.
When the waves that burst o’er a world ac
cursed
Their work of wrath had sped,
And the Ark’s lone few. the tried and true,
Came forth amongst the dead,
With the wondrous gleams of my bridal
beams
I bade their terrors cease,
As I wrote on the roll of the storm's dark
scroll
God’s covenant of Peace.
Like a pall at rest on a senseless breast,
Night’s fuueral shadow slept—
When shepherd swains,on Bethlehem’s plains:
Their lonely vigils kept—
When I flashed on their sight the heralds
bright
Os Heaven’s redeeming plan,
As they chanted the moru of a Saviour born—
Joy, joy to the outcast man !
Equal favor I show to the lofty and low,
On the just and unjust I deceud ;
E’en the blind, whose vain spheres roll in
darkness and tears,
Feel my smile, the best smile of a friend ;
Nay, the flower of the waste by my love is
embraced
As the rose iu the garden of kings,
At the chrysalis bier of the worm I appear,
And, lo! the gay butterfly wings.
The desolate Morn, like a mourner forlorn,
Conceals all the pride of her charms,
Till I bid the bright hours chase the night
from her flowers
And lead her young day to her arms !
And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his
lover
And sinks to her balmy repose,
I wrapt the soft rest by the zephyr-fanned
west,
In curtains ol amber and rose!
From my sentinel sleep by the night dreaded
deep
I gaze with unslumbering eyes.
When the.cynosure star of the mariner
Is blotted Jj-om out the sky!
And guided by me through the merciless sea,
Though sped by the hurricane’s wing,
His compassless, dark, lone, watering bark
To the baven home safely he brings.
I waken the flowers in their dew-spangled
bowers,
The birds in their chambers of green,
And mountain and plain glow with beauty
again,
As they bask in the manual sheen.
Or, if such the glad worth of my presence
on earth,
Though fearful and the fleeting the while,
What glorious must rest on the home of the
blest,
Ever bright with the Deity’s smile 1
The City Council Paris have ta
ken a brave step for the restoration
of the city to its former beauty and
magnificence. For this purpose a
loan has been voted of 350,000,000
francs, which, it is estimated, will
be sufficient to rebuild and repair
the edifices destroyed or damaged
during the reign of the Commune.
Hon. Jacob Thompson, Secretary
of the interior under Buchanan, and
financial agent of the Confederacy
abroad, accepts the new departure,
A Fortunate Blunder.
“What’s that you say, Hayden?
The Bolton Bank broke? It can’t
be possible 1”
And Frederick "Wells, who had
been reclining in one chair, with his
feet resting on the back of another,
the very picture of indolent enjoy
ment, sprang to his feet, tipping
over his chair, and sending the ci
gar he was smoking to the further
end of the room.
“Yes it is; it is here in the paper
as you can see for yourself. But
what is it to you? Did you have
anything invested there ?”
“No ; but Miss Neal had—which
amounts to about the same thing.”
An air of intense chagrin over
spread his handsome though rather
effeminate features, as he read the
paragraph to which his companion
pointed.
“Confound it,” he muttered, “it’s
always my luck to have my dish
tipped over just when it’s full!
Though I must say, if it’s got to
come, that I’m glad it happened
the month before, rather than the
month after our marriage.”
Charles Hayden, a young man
whose features,though less regular
ly formed, were expressivo of far
more manliness and goodness of
heart, gazed at the speaker with an
air of undisguised astonishment.
“Why so, Wells? you surely did
not seek the hand of Miss Neal
simply for her money?”
“Well, no ; I can’t say that. She
is a most lovely and charming wo
man, and it really cuts me to the
heart to give her up. But then I’m
too poor to afford such a luxury.—
And Miss Neal can no more afford
to marry a poor man than Ia poor
girl. So we’re about even.”
“And have you no thought for
the pain that your desertion will in
flict upon the heart you have won ?”
asked Hayden, in a tone of suppres
sed indignation.
“Softly, my deaf fellow,” said
Wells, who had resumed his former
comfortable position, and was solac
ing himself with a fresh cigar. “I
hardly think that it will be any
such desperate affair to Miss Neal
as you suppose. Indeed, I’ve thought
several times of late, that had it not
been for the foolishly high idea of
the binding nature of such a prom
ise, she would have broken the en
gagement herself.”
“And knowing this you would
have held her to its fulfillment ”
“Not being sufficiently disinter
ested to refuse the gift of fifty thou
sand dollars, I rather think I
should.”
“You are not worthy of a true
hearted woman, like Ellen Neal!”
was the indignant response.
“Then so much the better for her,
that I should leave her to be appro
priated by someone that is —you
for instance. It strikes me that you
used to be somewhat interested in
that quarter; now is the time, old
fellow, for you to go in and win.”
Charles Hayden scarcely felt or
heard the covert sneer of these
words, so much was he engrossed
with the new-born hope that had
sprung up in liis heart, and which
made its pulses beat so quickly and
strongly.
“So you are to be married next
month, my dear?” said Mr. Thorn
ly, to his ward, Ellen Neal.
“Yes I believe so,” was the rath
er indifferent reply.
Mr. Thornly studied his ward’s
face for a moment with his keen
eyes.
“I don’t believe you care two
straws for Frederick Wells,”
“Oh ! not so bad as that, guar
die,” said Ellen, with a faint smile ;
“though I have sometimes feared
that I don’t give him the affection
that he deserves. He seems to be
very much attached to me.”
“Hump! my opinion of Frede
rick Wells is, that he is too much
in love with his own handsome face
to be very much attached to any
woman.”
“You arc too severe. Any way,
I have promised, and cannot break
my word.”
“Oh, no; certainly not; far bet
ter break your heart.”
“I don’t believe I’ve got any,”
was the laughing rejoinder. “If I
have, I’ve never been able to find it.
Never fear me, guardie; I dare say
I shall be as happy with Frelerick
as with any one.”
Yet in spite of these lightly spo
ken words, there rose up one with
whom she knew she could be far
happier. But, even if she had been
free to choose, how did she know
that he would choose her ? True,
she had sometimes fancied—but
what right had she to indulge in
such fancies ?
When Mr. Thornly reached his
office he found Frederick Wells
waiting to see him, who accosted
him with an air of constraint, not
to say embarrassment, not at all re
markable, when we consider the er
rand on which he came.
“I heard of Miss Neal’s misfor
tune last evening, sir; and I assure
you with deep regret.”
“Miss Neal’s misfortune ? what
the duce d’you mean?” said the
old gentleman gruffly, with whom
the young man was, by no means, a
favorite.
“Why, the failure of Bolton Bank,
to be sure,” Mr. Wells responded
quickly, the suspicion entered his
mind that the shrewd old lawyer was
trying to dodge the question.
“Oh, ah ; yes I think I do under
stand you. Well, what of it?”
“Only this, sir, that deeply as I
regret the necesity, the high regard
I cherish for your ward, and the
knowledge that I shall be unable, at
least for some years, to offer her
a home as she is accustomed to and
merits, demand the surrender of our
engagement.”
“That is to say, in plain English,
my ward having lost her fortune,
Mr. Wells no longer desires to mar
ry her.”
In spite of all his efforts, Mr.
Wells felt his cheeks tingle beneath
the quiet scorn in the eyes that rest
ed upon his countenance.
“You put it rather harshly,” he
said, forcing a smile; “but we
won’t quarrel about terms.”
“Very good. All that I have to
say is, that what you are pleased to
term Miss Neal’s misfortune, prom
ises to be the best thing that could
happen to her. Good morning.”
When Mr. Thornly saw his ward
again, in the evening, his counte
nance wore a curious expression.
“I have important news for you,
Ellen ; one portion of it rather bad,
but the other so good as to more
than make up for it. Indeed, as I
told a certain young man this morn
ing, I consider it the best thing that
could possibly happen to you. First
for the bad; the bank, in which
your money was invested, has gone
up, and wont probably pay two cents
on a dollar. Now for the good ; in
consequence of this, Mr. Frederick
Wells called to express his regrets,
that he must relinquish the honor
and happiness of making you his
wife.”
“Is it possible ?” exclaimed Ellen,
“How I have been deceived in him.
I thought he loved mo for myself
alone. Oh, Mr. Thornly, how thank
ful I ought to be that I have dis
covered how false his heart is, be
fore it was too late.”
“ Mr. Hayden is in the parlor,
and wants to see Miss Ellen,” said
a servant, opening the door.
Ellen entered the parlor, in rath
er a perturbed state of mind ; much
as she rejoiced at her escape, she
could not but feel deeply grieved at
this discovery of the unvvorthiness
of him, whom she had hitherto es
teemed so highly as to often re
proach herself that she could not
love him as he deserved.
Mr. Hayden’s mind was also
much disturbed, though from a very
different cause.
It was in vain that that young
gentleman tried to recall the neat
little speech, that he had conned
over on his way to the house ; as is
usual in such cases, it completely'
vanished from his mind, as soon as
he found himself in the presence of
the lady for whose benefit it was in
tended.
At last, making a desperate ef
fort, he broke the rather embrrrass
ing silence by saying : •
“My dear Miss Neal, I havo
heard of the loss of your fortune,
and cannot express what great bur
then it lifted from my heart. I
was so truly rejoiced'as to quite
forget ”
Here, startled by the indignant
astonishment depicted upon Ellen’s
countenance, the poor fellow stam
mered, and then stopped.
“ Sir—Mr. Hayden,” faltered El
len, deeply wounded at language so
different from what she had antic
ipated. “lam at a loss to under
stand why you should rejoice over
my misfoi'tune.”
“ Dear one, I know it is very
selfish in me, and yet I was never
half so happy in my life as when I
learned that I might, without being
accused of unworthy motives, tell
you what a privilege I should deem
it to cherish and care for you, as
man cherishes and cares for the
dearest object of his love.”
The sudden revolution of- feeling,
caused by these words, sent warm,
happy tears to Ellen’s eyes.
Half an hour later the lovers
were receiving the congratulations,
the warm approval of Ellen’s guar
dian.
The old gentleman listened si
lently, and with evident enjoyment,
to the plans they laid for the fu
ture.
“ I am sorry to spoil all your
pretty romance of ‘Love in a Cot
tage,’ and all that sort of thing,”
he said at last, “but tho fact is El
len —though, as I told you, your
fortune was invested in the Bolton
Bank—l happened to withdraw the
money a week before it failed. But
don’t be down hearted about it, my
young friends; you’ll find plenty
of people who will gladly relieve
you of its burthen. If you can’t
dispose of it in any other way, you
might donate it to found a ‘mission
school’ for the ‘Fejee Mermaids,’
or some other equally as practica
ble missionary enterprise.”
VVe can’t say as to whether our
young couple followed this sugges
tion, but this we know, that
throughout her long and happy
married life, Ellen often had occa
sion to bless the fortunate blunder
that enabled her to discern between
“The True Heart and the False.”
One Way to Close the Dkam
Shops. —ln a town in Ohio, not long
since, the women went in bands of
two and three with their knitting
and sewing into the dram-shops of
the place, and spent tho whole day
with their work, talking politely
upon various topics. Husband and
friends came in, saw how things
looked, and had not the courage to
step to the bar and drink. This
was kept up for several days, and
the result was every shop iu the
place was closed.
“ Give the devil his dues” reads
well enough in a proverb, but what
would become of you and me if this
arrangement is carried out ?
A Horrible Story.
On Tuesday last a French boy
named Bouillon Wood, made pris
oner by the Blackfeet at the Saint
Cloud massacre, in 1864, arrived
at Manistee, Michigan, on his way
to his uncle at Grand Haven. At
this point he gained his first intel
ligence of his relatives. He tells
the following story, and from a
rigid cross examination, and the
fact that it is the truo story of St.
Cloud, and his being able to min
utely describe his uncle, there can
be no doubt of his honesty. The
redskins attacked his father’s fami
ly and killed all besides himself and
a younger sister. His father, Pe
ter Wood, was scalped and toma
hawked. His mother was ripped
open alive, her entrails taken out,
aud her infant boy torn from her
arms and impaled on the fence.—
His two sisters, aged respectively
20 and 21, were nailed by their
hands and feet to tho wall, scalped
and afterward tomahawked. The
boy Bouillon, then about twelve
years old, was compelled to wit
ness the dying agonies of his moth
er, and fainted at the sight. On
recovering, he found himself aud
little sister captives. The Black
feet carried them to the western
slope of the Rocky Mountains, and
on arriving cut off with a toma
hawk the left arm of the boy, and
with a knife cut the girl’s ears
nearly off, leaving them hanging.—
This they did to mark their cap
tives. Here the children were sep
arated and have never met since.—
He remained under close surveil
lance until the time of his escape,
subsisting for nearly seven years on
raw meat and Indian fare. At first,
before he understood their lan
guage, they abused him dreadfully,
but after he acquired that to some
extent they treated him better
The medicine men tried hard to
cure his arm, but failed, and the
boy sufferred with running sore un
til his escape. AbottS one year ago
while the camp was asleep, he made
his escape, travelling along without
a gun or other means of securing
game, and subsisting on herbs,
roots, and Indian potatoes, until he
struck the first white settlement,
Pike’s Peak. Here he was cared
for and his arm re amputated by
Dr. Bass. He made his way by
slow stages, mostly on foot, to this
point, passing railroads and steam
boats, yet unable to get passage, as
none believed him. Here he met
triends, and was taken charge of
by Charles Paggest, who ascertain
ed the truth of his story, raised a
purse and purchased a pass for him
to Grand Haven. The attention of
Senator Ferry will be brought to
his case, and he will be glad to
make an effort to have his little
sister sought for by the Govern
ment. The boy is an honest, sim
ple Frenchman, and bears upon his
person the marks of his terrible
tortures. He wept when he de
scribed the horrible murder of his
parents. — Milwaukee News.
—i
The Reindeer and iiis Trav
els. —We know that domestic ani
mals are often compelled to take
long journeys, in obedience to the
will of man; but did you ever
know that whole companies of peo
ple are sometimes compelled to take
long, wearisome journeys because
of the migration of animals ? The
reindeer, in those cold North coun
tries where he is the main s*aff and
stay of the people, takes his long
journeys at the regular seasons in
search of the reindeer moss and the
peculiar lichens which are its main
food. There is no help for it; but
the people who depend upon it for
food and clothing and almost every
other necessary of life, must follow
its wanderings. Fortunately there
is little portable property to trans
port ; and even the little children
are hardier than most men with us.
A little thing of two years, was
seen by Dr. Kane to take his knife
and cut into the walrus fat along
with the rest of the family, con
suming a quantity so enormous it
seemed almost incredible. They
early learn to take care of them
selves so that little children are
small hinderaucc to their parents.
Those frozen regions could not
be inhabited except for those hardy
creatures. Their keen scent shows
them where the moss is hidden
even beneath six feet of snow.—
Where everything else would per
ish of hunger, it finds sufficient
food. In turn it furnishes food for
the poor inhabitants, and when do
mesticated, gives them milk, but
ter, and a sort of cheese; while its
skin is put to innumerable uses, be
sides the common one of furnishing
them with warm clothing.
It seems wonderful to us that
people can bear to live in such a
region, and that it seems a beauti
ful land to them. No doubt they
would soon tire of the conveniences
of our enlightened homes, and
would think the most common cus
toms of civilized life- very irksome
aud disagreeable.— Presbyterian.
Americus District High School.
—The Trustees will please meet in
Cuthbert on Friday, September
15th, nine o’clock a. m. The busi
ness is all important, and every
member should be at his post.
J. Blakely, Smith, Chm’n.
I have received many letters of
inquiry in reference to the school,
its location—amount of salary, etc.
To all these letters I can only reply
that the school is not located, or
tho number of persons lo be em
ployed as teachers yet fixed. Your
letters will all be presented at the
meeting of the Board.
J, Blakely Smith.
No!
by Mrs. m. o. Johnson.
Many years ago a young man,
whose name has since rung through
the land, was sitting at table, an in
vited guest, in what was called first
society. It was almost his entrance
into the charmed circle; for ho was
poor, of obscure birth,Ja shoemaker
by trade, the son of a dissipated,
degraded man ; and without educa
tion, except so far as his own ear
nest persevering effort had obtained
it. But he was rich in integrity,
courage and reliance on God, and
with the strength that is only given
through right principles of life he
had made his way amidst difficul
ties such as you who read this can
hardly dream, and set out on a ca
reer of truo, noble manhood.
At that time it was a universal
custom to put wine on the table
when guests were invited, it was
regarded as only common courtesy
to otter it even to callers. Minis
ters drank it; the most respectable
people of all classes, who could af
ford the expense, were in the same
habit.
The host himself asked the young
man to take wiue with him. It
was counted rudeness to refuse.
Was it an easy thing, think you,
for him, then and there, to say No?
But he had temperane principles.
He had seen, yes bitterly felt, in
his childhood’s homo and his open
ing manhood, the evil of intemper
ance, and he knew that it was the
one glass at dinner that began the
downward tendency ; that without
the beginning the terrible conclu
sion would never be reached, and
believing in total abstinence as the
only safeguard for others himself,
he would not sanction by' his act,
however trivial it might seem, the
violation of that principle. ■ Cost
little or much, cost favor or feeling,
he would be true.
“ No,” he said courteously, quiet
ly, but firmly; “I never take wine.”
Bravely, resolutely has he main
tained his ground through after
years up to this time. That victory
made every subsequent one easier.
On the side of temperance, humani
ty, right, and God himself, Henry
Wilson firmly stands. Like him,
boys, learn to say, No!
Eyesight.
Milton’s blindness was the result
of overwork and dyspepsia. One
of the most eminent American di
vines has for sometime been com
pelled to forego the pleasure of
reading, has spent thousands of
dollars in vain, and lost years of
time in consequence of getting up a
few hours before day and studying
by artificial light. Multitudes of
men and women have made then
eyes' weak for life by the too free
use of eyesight in reading fine print
and doing fine sewing.
In view of these things, it is well
to observe the following rules in
the use of the eyes :
Avoid sudden changes between
light and darkness.
Never begin to read, or write, or
sow, for several minutes after com
ing from darkness to a bright light.
Never read by twilight, or of a
cloudy day.
Never read or sew directly in
front of the light, or window, or
door.
It is better to have the light fall
from above, obliquely over the left
shoulder.
Never sleep so that on awa
kemng the eyes shall open on the
light of a window.
Do not use the eyesight so scant
that it requires an effort to discrim
nate.
Too much light creates a glare,
and pains and confuses the sight.—
The moment you are sensible of an
effort to distinguish, that moment
cease, aud talk or walk or ride.
As the sky is blue and the earth
green, it would seem that the
ceiling should be of a bluish tinge,
and the walls of a mellow tint.
The moment you are instinctive
ly prompted to rub the eyes, that
moment stop using them.
If the eyelids are glued together
on waking up do not forcibly open
them, but apply the saliva with the
finger ; it is the speediest dilutent
in the world. Then wash the eyes
and face in warm water. — Hall's
Journal of Health.
Still Going On. —The railroads
of the North keep up the work of
slaughter right bravely. On the
night of the 26th, twenty-one pas
sengers were killed outright only
seven miles from Boston, and forty
or fifty were wounded. On the
Philadelphia and Erie road, on the
same day, a collision occurred, re
sulting in the killing and wounding
of many persons. We progress!
They do not progress in Europe as
we do. And then, the cholera is
coming, and yellow fever is epi
demic in Charleston. With our
railroads, steamboats, six-shooters
and the scourges now threatening
us, we shall not lack tho instru
ments of depopulation. No won
der we cry out for immigrants.—
The law of population is not far iu
advance of depopulation. Wc want
people from the other side of the
Atlantic. We can offer them lands,
labor and ultimate independence.—
But can wo offer them security of
life ? Some foolish foreigners may
conclude that it is better to starve
at home than be slaughtered in
America.— Ledger.
An old gentleman being asked
what he wished for dinner, replied :
“An appetite, good company, some
thing to eat and a napkin,”
NO. 38
A Long Branch Legend.
A Long Branch letter to the New'
lork Mail, says : Some of thesfc
blue-fishers will tell you that it was
their fathers who, on Sunday morn
ing of the 4th of July, 1813, fur
nished a calf, a sheep and a goose,-
and manned the fishing smack Yart*
kee, when she played one of the
most daring tricks upon a British'
man of war ever recorded in naval!
history. As these descendants of
a brave, honest, and almost amphib
ious race repeat this story, while
mending their nets by the shore,,
the tobacco rolling in their cheeks,,
and their eyes glistening, the seen®'
seems to rise up before us with pe
culiar vividness.
The British sloop Eagle was
cruising off the Hook. Commo
dore Lewis, then in command at
this point, sent sailing master Per»-
cival out in the fishing smack- Yam
kee to capture her by stratagem. -~-
The British crew were sadly in
need of fresh meat, and to tempt
them a calf, a sheep and a gooso
were placed upon tho deck of tho
fishing smack. Thirty armed men.
hid themselves in tho cabin and!
forepeak of the smack. Only three
men remained on deck.
The lankee tlic-n stood'out fromi
Musquito Cove, as if going on the
fishing banks. The Eagle gave
chase and soon came up with the
smack. The helmsman, pretending
to surrender, was ordered to go
down to the Commodore, about five
miles.distant. To this he respond
ed, “ Aye, aye, sir !” and put up his
helm. He managed to bring the--
Yankee within three yards of the
Eagle and then gave the watch*
word, “ Lawrence!’’
Immediately the armed men rush
ed up from their hiding place and
poured such a volley of shot into
the Eagle that her men fled below
deck without striking their colors, -
leaving a 32 pound brass howitzer
on board, loaded with canister,
which they forgot to fire. Throe
of the Eagle’s crew were killed or.
mortally wounded, and the remain--
dor gave themselves up as priso
ners. The same afternoon the cap
tured vessel was taken up the Nar
rows and landed at Whitehall, off'
the Battery, amid the cheers of,
thousands of spectators.
A Quaker Printer’s Proverbs.
Never sendost thou an article for,-
publication without giving the ed J
itor thy name, for thy name often
times secures publication to worth
less articles
Thou shouldst not rap at the door
of a printing office, for he that an
swereth the rap -sneereth in his
sleeves and loseth time.
Neither do thou loaf about, ask
questions, or knock down type, or
the boys will love thee like they do
shade trees—when thou leavetli.
Thou shouldst never read the
copy on the printer’s case, or the
.sharp and hooked container thereof,
or he may knock thee down.
Never inquire thou of the editor
for the news, for behold, it is his
business at the appoiuted time to,
give it to thee without asking.
It is not right that thou shouldst-,
ask him who is the author of an ar
ticle, for his duty requires him to,
keep such things to himself.
When thou dost enter into his
office, take heed unto thyself that
thou dost not look at what may be
lying open andconcej-neth thee not,
for that is not meet in the sight of
good breeding.
Neither examine thou the proof
sheet, for it is not ready to meet,
thine eye, that thou mayest under-,
stand.
Prefer thine own town paper to
any other, and subscribe for it im
mediately.
Pay for it in advance, and it shall;
be well with thee and thine.
Spe yi ng Sows.— ‘ ‘ Yeteri n aria n
in the Western Farmer, gives the
following instructions in regard to
this operation:
“ Place the sow on the left side,
put a cushion of hay or straw un
der her side. Make an incision
about four inches in front of the
hip, orpin bone, and about three
thebes below. Let the knife be
sharp and clean. Cut very carefully,
through the skin and flesh. Insert
the forefinger of the right hand;
feel carefully for the ovaries, which
are soft and pulp, to the touch, draw.
them to the opening, and with a,
knife or scissors sepjrate them from
the uterus (the womb.) Return the*
several ends, put in two or three
stitches, then put upon the wound
a little oil and common salt; put
her in a dry place for three or four,
days, after which she may be let
out. Hog flesh as a rule, does not
take on much inflammatory action,
and soon heals by nature’s own ef
forts.”
“ What are you disturbing tfm
whole house with your yells iu this,
way for? ” demanded a New Jersey
landlord of a guest whom he found
late at night seemingly in pursuit of
invisible foes, and yelling at the tap
of his voice. “I’m shouting the.
battle cry' of flleadom / ” answered
the guest, and he went ahead with
his search and hi,s yells.
A jealous lover in Missouri chat-,
lenged his rival, and \yas dumfound-.
ed by the latter’s accepting the,
challenge and naming “ pistols,” at
ten paces.” “ Give me thirty days
for practice,” cried the challenger.
“Not a day,” was the stern response.
“ Oh, then take y'our gal and go to.
thunder with her,” indignantly ex
claimed the warlike youth u» he
started for home.