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Unknown.
BY B. F. SAWYER
No sculptured shaft, no lettered tomb.
No monumental stone,
Hut a lowly mound, a painted board,
And tbe simple word—“unknown.
Unknown! All yes. to you # and me,
And the careless passerby,
But hisnamc lives fresh in a mother’s heart
And fills a sister’s sigh..
Or perhaps a maid as fair as tbou,
Is weeping nil alone,
Whose dearest hopeslie buried here.
Where sleeps the dear unknown.
Or sadden still, some widowed heart
Is cowering in despair,
As she gathers her desolate orphans near,
To breathe foV his name a prayer.
Then bring your sweqtnrt flowers hero,
To deck the grave unknown,
And let a prayer for the nameless soul,
Go up to Heaven’s throne.
«■ «>»
Big Sunday Dinners.—‘A Sun
day summer dinner is made the
most sumptuous mea 1 of the week
in a great many households, and
the guest retire from the table more
‘like gorged anacondas than intellect
ual human beings, with the result
that during the whole afternoon
there is such an amount of mental,
physical and religious sleepiness, if
not actual stupidity that no duties
■whatever are performed with alac
vity, efficiency and acceptableness
The Sunday dinner made of a cup
of hot tea, some bread and butter,
with a slice of cold meat, and abso
lutely nothing else, would be wiser
and better for all ; it would give the
servants more leisure the appetite
would be as completely satisfied
half au hour afterwards, while body,
brain and heart would be in a lit
Ting condition to perform the du
tics of the Sabbath with pleasure to
ourselves, and greater efficiency to
others, and doubtless with larger ac
ceptance to Him toward whom all
•our service is due.— Hall's Journal
■of JTtcthTi.
• No Person Without Influence.
—Some persons fall discoureged on
the highway of life, .because they
cannot be this or that great or emi
nent person. Why not be willing
to be themselves ? No person wh >
ever lived, or ever will live, is with
out .influence. Why not make the
most of that ? Since yon cannot
grasp that which you wish, why
let that which you have slip
through your fingers ? No person
in the world is just exactly . like
you. You have also your own
excellences individual to yourself.
Give them air. Because you arc
not a poet, should you not be a
good merchant ? Because you can
not go to college, should you, there
fore, foreswear the alphabet ?
Because you cannot build a palace,
should you not rejoice in your own
bumble roof, and that because it
is your own ? Will not the sun
shine into your window if you do
•not obstinately persist in shutting
it out? If you cannot have a
whole liot-house full of flowers, may
you not have one sweet rose ?
“Papa,” said a little.urchin to his
father the other day, “I saw a prin
ter go down the street just now.”
“Did you sonny ? How do know
tbe person was a printer?”
“Because I do, pa,” .
“But he might have been a car
penter, blacksmith or shoemaker.”
“No, no, papa ; he was a printer
—likely editor, for he was gnawing
a bone and had no stockings on.
The crown was out of his hat and
his coat was all torn. lam certain
he was a printer.”
—-A young lady would like to
know if patrimony is the property
beqeathed to her by her papa, what
that left by her late lamented mama?
Why, matrimony, of course, you
silly one.
CUTHBERT 111 APPEAL.
For the Cuthbert Appeal'.
A Tour Through Texas,
on
i
Information for Emigrants.
TEXAS PUBLIC FREE SCHOOL LAW.
For the benefit of those that ex
pect to make Texas their future
home, and may have children to
send to school, or may want to
t/fach school, I will endeavor to give
them a synopsis of the School Law
of Texas.
Every child between the age of
six and eighteen shall attend school
at least four months in the year, and
every parent or guardian" failing to
send such children or wards, provi
ded there is a school in three miles
of them, shall be fined not less than
$25,00 and cost of said for the first
offense, and $50,00. per scliolar.for
each subsequent offense, (the last
Legislature altered the ages from
six to eighteen to twelve to eigh
teen) and • where there is neither
public nor private school in that
distance they must appeal to tbe
Board of Education of their Dis
trict for a Teacher, and if they fail
to furnish a teacher they are ex
empt from the fine. But in all cases
they must appeal at least six months
before the end of the scholastic
year, which is the last Friday .in
June of each year. All Teachers
must go before the board of educa
tion for examination and procure a
teacher’s certificate before commen
cing to teach —private as well as
public teachers. The private teach
ers must have o.ie to protect their
patrons, and the public teachers so
as to get their pay.
BULKS FOR THE GOVERN MENT OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Pi le I— The scholastic year
shall commence on the first Monday
in September and continue until the
thirtieth day of June, exclusive of I
the Christmas holidays, and shall
be divided.into three terms, of thir
teen weeks each.
Pule 2—A school monthshall be
twenty-one days, in short months,
and twenty two days in long months,
exclusive of the first and last days
"of each week.
Pule 3—All schools shall have
two daily sessions, tlve first to com
mence at 9 o’clock A. M., and close
at 12 At; the second shall com
mence at 1 o’clock P. M. and close
at 4P. M. A recess of 30 minutes
shall-be allowed during each ses
sion, and during such recess the
teacher shall be held responsible for
any disturbance among the pupils.
Pule 4 — All National or State
holidays shall be school holidays.
Pule s—There shall be for the
present, three grades of schools, de
nominated, respectively, the first,
second .nod third class.
Pule G-r-The branches taught in
tho third class shall be spelling,
reading, writing and primary geog
raphy ; In the second class reading,
writing, orthography, arithmetic,
grammar and geography; in tire
first class orthography, reading,
writing, arithmetic, grammar, geog
raphy, history, constitution of the
U. S., algebra and the rudiments of
latin.
Rule 7—ln- schools for girls,,
wherever practicable, two halfdays
in each week shall be devoted to
teaching needle work, the teacher
to have the authority to name the
days.
Rule B—A public examination
of all the schools shall be held once
a year, at such times' as''the Dis
trict Supervisor may direct, with
the approval of the Superintendent.
Pule 9—Any person applying
for as office, or desirous to become
a teacher in this department, must
be well endorsed, and possess the
following qualifications: First, a
good character ; second, competen
cy ; third, temperate habits ; fourth,
belief in a Supreme Being;
Pule 10--It shall be the duty of
each Supervisor to examine any
person making application for an
examination as teacher for either a
public or private school in his judi
cial district, and if such person,pass
a satisfactory examination the Su
pervisor shall issue to the applicant
a certificate stating the class he or
she may be qualified to teach. The
Supervisor will forward to the Su
perintendent a statement as to the
.qualifications of the applicant in
each branch examined, with the ap
propriate recommendations in the
case, so that a regular certificate
may be issued to such person*
Pule ll—A board of examina
tion, consisting of three persons,
shall be established at Austin, and
Jefferson, for'the examination of
applicants fur first class, certificates.
They shall hold their scssiona'when
CUTIIBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1872.
ever called together by the Super
intendent.
Pule 12 —Applicants for a first
class certificate will make written
applications J.o the Superintendent,
through the Supervisor of their dis
trict, to be ordered before the board
of examination at Austin, and upon
passing a satisfactory examination
will receive a certificate of tho first
class'and be assigned to duty
whenever a vacancy occurs.
Pule 15—When there "are more
than three schools in one school
house, or whenever deemed neces
sary r by the Superintendent he may
appoint a principal, whose duty it
shall be to examine the different
classes at least once a month, and
report the result of such examina
tions" to the Superintendent and Su
pervisor ; the principal is also to
have charge of the school house, the
grounds and" all other property .ap
pertaining to the schools.
Pule 17—Principals of schools,
colleges, private schools, etc., shall
subscribe to the following oath of
office: “I do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that I will honestly and faith
fully support the Constitution and
laws of the United States and the
State of Texas; that I will endeav
or to inculcate in the minds of youth"
sentiments of patriotism and legal
ly to the Government of the United
States, and the State of Texas, and
will fully, faithfully and impartially 7
perform the duties of a princi
ple to the best of my ability;
So help me God.” The said oath
to bo font aided to the office of the
Superintendent.
Pule 18—A teacher who holds a
certificate of the third class shall re
ceive fur every month’s labor §75,-
00, of the second class $90,00, and
of tbe first class .SIIO,OO per month.
Pule 19—A principal shall re
ceive for every months labor from
(115,00) one hundred and fifteen
dollars to (150,00) one hundred and
fifty, dollars according to the num
ber of schools un.der his or her di
rection.
.REGULATIONS Foil TEACHERS AND I>U
rir.s.
The scholastic year will be divi
ded into three terms as follows :
Ist. The first term to commence
on the first Monday in September
and to close on the first day of De
cember.
2d. The second term to com
mence on the 11 La' day of Decem
ber, and close on tho third Friday
in March, with a vacation from the
23rd of December to January 2nd.
The third term to commence on the
first day of April and close on tho
28 th day of J line.
Article VI. Persons abovfl the
scholastic age desiring to attend the
public school will be permitted to
do go without charge.
Article VII. Teachers will be,
assigned-to schools by Supervisors
and will receive pay as follows :
Ist A school of not loss than 35
pupils, two thirds of whom are pur
suing the the first class,
will be entilled to one teacher and
the pay of the first class (§10,00.)
2d. A school of not less than 35
pupils, one-third of whom are pur
suing the branches of the first class
will be entitled to one teacher and
to the 'pay of die second class (§90,-
jOO.
4th. A school of not less than 35
pupils, who are pursuing the branch
es of the third class, will he entitled
to one teacher and to the pay ol the.
third class (§75,00.)
9th. A school of not less than 130
pupils two-thirds of whom are pur
suing the branches of the first class
1 will be entitled to three • teachers
one to the pay of the first and two
to the pay of the second class, and
a principle at ($115,00) one hundred
and fifteen dollars per month and so
on up in proportion to the pupils
and studies.
18th. A school of not less than
250 pupi!s*two thirds of whom are
pursuing the branches of the first
class, will be entitled to five teach
ers, two to the pay of the first, and
two to the pay of the second and
one to the pay of the third class,
a principle, at $150,00 per month.
23rd. On the frontier and in oili
er sparsely settled neighborhoods a
few schools may be opened with
twenty pupils - as a minimum, tho
"teachers of such schools to draw
the pay of the third class.
The third class (when
only the third-class is taught in a
school) for negroes, they are not
mixed schools..
All teachers must have a teach
ers certificate, from the Superin
tendent of Public Institutions.
J. 0. Degress.
■ I have three certificates now, one
from the Board at Marshall one from
Jefferson and from Austin, bear
ing the great seal of the State of
Texas. T. M. A.
, Hands.
Neatness is the first considers
tion which makes a hand attrac
tive. No matter how long, bony,
or large-jointed and unshapely, if it
is clean and the finger-nails proper
ly cared for, a hand can never look
disgusting.
A soft, warm hand has" great
power . and fascination. There is
character in a large" hand, many
times far greater than in a tiny one.
A hand corresponding in size to
the rest of the body is much finer
than the little fat, dimpled hands,
so many are proud of who possess
and others envy the possesion.
"It is equally as nonsensical to
squeeze the hands into gloves a
size too srualL, as to pinch the feet
in tight boots.
Avery small nose is considered
insignificant, while a large one is
said to indicate nobility of charac
ter. Why not tho same with hands
and feet?
If with the changes of time the
idea should obtain that small noses
were only fine, while large ones
were something to hide and of
which to be ashamed, would not
the" vanity of humanity attempt to
reduce the proportion of that mem
ber by lacing or inserting in a close
cot ? It would bo equally as sen
sible as stopping the circulation of
tbe blood in other portions of tbe
body.
A white flexible hand is desir
able, but not at the sacrifice ol du
ty-
Many a hard, rough, angular
hand lias done enough good in the
world to look" beautiful in the eyes
of the appreciative. Girls who
shirk all the house-work,making
drudges of their mothers rather
than soil their dainty white hands,
need not expect to be loved by those
who know it. The callous places
and other signs of labor, would be
far more to their credit.
The best hand in the world is an
honest hand, be it hard or soft;
white-or brown, angular, or shape
ly, an honest palm that takes the
hand "of a -friend with a warm,
hearty grasp, as if there wore noth
ing in; the heart t" conceal, only
warmth and kindness towards all.
This is the best and most beautiful
band m the world. —-—Ajhn (J/’lo ll.
He is iiiti'it sl Aow.
The other day, on the Metropoli
tian railway, I sat next to a little,
longnosed man, with red whiskers.
Opposite to us sat a middle-aged la
dy in. black. The man stared ac
her very hard, figoted a good deal
and.opened a conversation :
“In mourning, ma’am, I see.”
“Eh ! Yes.” [Spoken rather sharp
ly-]
“Sad thing that, One of the old
people, perhaps !”
“No.” ,
“One of the young ones; baby
eli?”
“I have no babies.”
“Os course not. Tho governor—
husband, you knew !”
“Yes.” [Very sharply.]
“Sorry for that. Sudden, per
haps?”
“No.”
“Ah ! lingering business, that’s
worse, sometimes. In trade, was
he?”
“He was a sailor.”
“Caught fever, perhaps?”
“He was drowned,,’
After a pause—
“ Save his chest ?’ J
“My husband’s effects were not
lost.”
“Religious sort of a man was
he?” .
“Yes, he was.”
“Glad of that. Suppose you are
glad tho chest wasn’t lost ?’’
“I suppose so.”
After another pause —
“Suppose you wifi be getting mar
ried again soon ?”
The lady made no reply to this,
but got out at the next station.
The litUe long nosed man looked
aound as though in search of anoth
er victim. At last he fixed on me.
“Got a hat band on, I see.”
“Yes I put it on because my hat
was shabby.”
After a brief interval:
“Would y.ou feel inclined to Swap
your umbreller fo*my walking-stick
andv fie shillings ?”
I felt that the time had come for
decisive action. I struck the mis
creant dead at my feet and stepped
out upon the platform. I believe
he is buried now. I lrave heard no
more of him—Judy.
* A book-biuder said to his wife at
the wedding: “It seems that now
we are bound together, two vol
umes in one, with clasps.” Yes, ob
served one of the guests, one side
highly ornamented Turkey morocco,
and the other plain calf.
Extracts from Mark Twain’s Experience
among the Silver Mines of Nevada.
Roughing i(.
Dead Broke and Dead Beat.
For two months my sole occupa
tion was avoiding acquaintances,
for during that time I did not earn
a penny, or buy an article of any
kind, or pay my board. I became a
very adapt at slinking. I slunk
from back street to back street. I
slunk away from approaching faces
that looked familiar. I-slunk to
my meajs, ate them humbly and
with a mute apology for every
mouthful! I robbed my generous
landlady of; and at midnight, after
my wanderings, that were but slink
ings away from checrfullness aiid
light, I slunk to my bed. During all
this time I had but one piece of mon
ey—a silver ten cent piece—and I
held to it and would not spend it on
any account, lest the consciousness
coming strong upon me that I was
entirely penniless might suggest
suicide. I had pawned everything
but the clothes I had on; so I clung
to my dime .desperately till it was
smooth with handling. However, I
am forgetting. I did have one oth
er occupation besides that of “slink
ing.” It was tjie entertaining ot a
collector (and being entertained by
him) who had in his hands tiie Vir- i
gima banker’s bill for the §46 which
I had loaned njy schoolmate the
‘Prodigal.” This man use to call
regularly once a week and dun
me, and methinks oftencr. 110 did
it from sheer force of habit, for lie
knew lie could get nothing. lie
would get out his bill, calculate the
interest for me at 5 per cent a
month, and show me clearly that
there was no attempt at fraud in it
and no mistake; and then plead and
argue and drive with his might for
any sum—any little trifle —even ■ a
dollar—even half a dollar, on ac
count. Then his duty was accom
plished and his conscience free. lie
immediately dropped the -subject
there always; got out a. couple of ci
gars and divided, put his feet in the
window, and then lie would have a
long, luxurious talk about every
' thing and every body, he would
furnish a world of curious dunning
adventures cut of the ample store in
his memory. By and by he would
clap his hat on his head and say
briskly :
“Well, business is business —I
can’t stay with you always,” and
was off in a second. The idea of pi
ning for a dun. But yet I used to
long for him to come, and would get
uneasy as any mother if the day
went by without his visit, when I
was expecting him. But lie never
collected that bill at last nor any
part of it. I lived to pay it to the
banker myself.
THE CONVERTED SANDWICH ISLAN
DERS.
All the natives are Christians now,
but many of them still desert to the
great Shark God for temporary-sue
cor iu time of trouble. An irrup
tion of the great volcano of Kilan
ea, or an earthquake, always brings
a deal of latent loyalty to the great
Shark God to the surface. It is a
common report that the King—edu
cated, cultivated Christian gentle
man as- he undoubtedly is—still
turns to the idol of h s fathers for
help when disasfer threatens. A
planter caught a shark, aud one of
his christianized natives testified
his emancipation from the thrall of
ancient superstition by assisting
to dissect the shark after a fassion
forbidden bv his former creed. ' But
remorse- shortly began to torture
him. lie grew moody and sought
solitude; brooded over bis sin, re
fused food, and finally said be must
die and ought to die, for he had
sinned against the great Shaik God
and could, never kn-ow peace any
more. He was proof against per
suasion and ridicule, and in the
course of a day or two took to his
"bed and died, although he showed
no symptoms of disease. His young
daughter followed his lead, and.suf
sered a likejfate in a week. -Super
stition is ingrained in the native
blood and bona, and it is only ne
ural that it should creep out in time
of distress.
In the rural districts of any of the
islands, the traveler hourly comes
upon parties of dusky maidens bath
ing in- the streams or in the sea
without any clothing on, and no in
temperate zeal in the matter of hi
ding their nakedness. When the
missionaries first took up their resi
dence iu Honolulu the native wo
men would, pay their families fre
quent friendly visits day by day,
not even clothed with" a bush !
It was found ajjhard matter to con-
vince them that this was rather in
delicate. Finally the missionaries
■provided them long loose calico
r,flics, and that ended the difficulty,
for the women would troop through
the town stark naked with their
loose calico robes folded under their
arms, march to the missionary
houses, and then proceed to dress.
The natives soon manifested a strong
proclivity for clothing, and it was
shortly apparent that they only wan
ted it for granduer. The missiona
ries imported a quantity Os hats,
bonnets, and other male and female
wearing apparel, instituted a gener
al distribution, and begged the peo
ple not to come to church naked
next Sunday, as. usual. And they
did not; but the national spirit of
unselfishness led them to divide up
with neighbors who were not at
the distribution, and next Sabbath
the poor preachers could hardly
keep countenance before their vast
congregations. In the midst of the
reading of the hymn, a brown state
ly dame would sweep up the aisle
with a word of airs, with nothing
in the world on but a “stove-pipe”
hat and a pair of cheap gloves; an
other dame would follow tricked
out in a man’s shirt and nothing
else ; another one would enter with
a flourish, with simply the sleeves
of a bright calico dress tied around
her waist, ami the rest of the gar,
meat dragging behind like a pea
cock’s tail off duty'; a stately “buck”
Kanaka would stalk in wi.tli a wo
man’s bonnet on wrong side before
—only this and nothing more; after
him would stride his fellow with the
legs of a pair of pantaloons lied
around his neck, the rest of his per
son untrammeLed'; in his rear would
come another gentleman simplygot
ten up in a fiery necktie and a stri
ped vest. The poor creatures were
with complacency, and
wholly unconscious of any absurdi
ty in appearance. * * * * *
The spectacle which the congrega
tion presented was so extraordinary
and withal so moving, that the mis
sionaries found it difficult to keep
to the text and go on with the ser
vices ; by and by when the simple
children of the sun began a general
swapping-of garments in open meet
ing, and produced some irresistibly
grotesque effects in rhe course of re
dressing, there was nothing for it
but to cut the thing short with the
benediction and dismiss the fantas
tic assemblage.
flow S« ?>e Happy.
A French philosopher laid down
three ru'es for tho attainment of
happiness. The first was occupa
tion ; the second occupation; and
the third and last was still occupa
tion. It developed vonr mental
and physical powers. You are
created for it. Brain and. judg
ment, sinew and muscle, bone and
blood, were all given you to be thus
used. Unused, they' rust, and
wither and shrivel and decay.
Brought into active, healthful exer
cise, they bring happiness to you
of which the idle, listless man
knows not. Even the ijleep of the
toiler has a joy and rest that others
can imagine but never realize.
Establish hours of rest and relaxa
tion. To the hardest worker comes
the blessed day of rest, interleaved
among the seven days of the week.
This, at least, the law allows him to
command for his own; and the hap
py tendency of our times is to give
him other hours of rest besides, to
enjoy with the loved ones at home.
B it those who work with the mind,
as well as the body, should have
even more hours vff rest and relaxa
tion with their family, unharrass
ed by the wearing business toils of
life, free from its corroding and
cankering cares, and dedicated to
happiness and recuperation.
Visiting recently one of the bus
iest men in the .United States, 1
found that he had laid down the
law of his daily life that, when he
turned his back ou bis -office, he
left all its thousand details behind
him till the morrow; shut out abso
lutely his multiplied business cares
when lie closed the door of bis dwell
ing ; -and there, in the fullness of
enjoyment* with his family, renew
ed his daily youth by mingling with
the- amugrlßayts of the household.
To sucluViit: has a daily zest nev
er realized him who carries his
business,'-Vt home," as in his count-
a clanking chain al
ways hanging upon his limbs.
—§ —r —-*>
A little fellow was en
trusted to tho care of his uncle, who
fed the boy very poorly. One day
he happened to see a grayhound,
whereupon he asked the little fel
low if ho knew what made the dog
s j poor. The reply was “I • expect
he lives with his uncle.”
More Truth than Poetry.
Tbe man who cheats-tbe printer
Out of a single cent,
Will never reach that heavenly land
Where old Elijah went.
He will not gain admittance there
By devils he'll be driven,
And made to loaf his time away
Outside the walls of heaven.
Without a friend to greet him
Without a pleasant grin,
The h ippiuess that he will reap
Will be almighty tbin.
lie’ll have to eat the thistle
Os sorrow and regret;
lie’ll have to buck around right smart
With cu-sedness ’‘you bet.”
The Way to be Miserable.—
Sit idle down and allow your
thoughts to dwell upon the “ might
have been.” Never extend to
your fellow-man in the hour of need
a helping hand. When a friend"
offends you, in word or deed, mope
it out in a mulish pont. To allow
self, and all jls sensual gratifica
tions to predominate over your bet
ter virtues, and mistrust ali around
you.
Now is this the way to live ? Is
this the way to pass away the life
that has been bestowed upon us by
our beneficent creator ? Can we,
leading such a life as this, prepare
for the grave beyond ? The echo
of my heart answers me back, “ no,
no!”
Then let us be up aud doing; let
not the golden unheed
ingly by. Dwell not too earnestly
upon the past; for yesterday we
were, to-day we are, and to morrow
we hope to be.” •-
The §cht>nhnnstcr of Cali
fornia.
A pedagogue in Curley, who .was
“hard up” for unmercifully welting
the back of a little girl, justified
his action by exclaiming that “she
persisted in flinging paper pellots
at him when his back was turned.”
That is no excuse. The Town
Crier once taught school up in the
mountains, and about every half
hour had to remove his coat and
scrape off the dried paper wads ad
hering to the nap. Ho never per
mitted a trifle like this to unsettle
his patience; ho just kept on wear
ing that gaberdine until it had no
nap 1 and the wads would not stick.
But when they took to dipping
them in mucilage he made a com
plaint to the Board of Directors.
“Youngman,” said the Chairman,
“es you don’t like our ways, you’d
better sling - your blankets and git.
Prentice Mulford tort skule yer
for mor’n six months, and ho nev
er said a word agin the wads.”
The Town Crier briefly explain
ed that Mr. might have
been brought up on paper wads,
and didn’t mind them.
“It ain’t no use,” said another
director, “tho children hev got to
be amused.”
The Town Crier protested that
there were other amusements quite
as diverting; but the third direc
tor here arose and remarked :
> “I perfectly agree with the
Cheer; this youngster better trav
el. I consider as paper wads lies
at the root of poppillar edyerca
tion; ther a necessary adjunt uv
the school system. Mr Chairman,
i move and second thet this yer
skoolmaster bo shot.”
The Town Crier did not remaiu
to observe the result of the voting.
Hard to Believe. —A story is
told of an old ox in Wisconsin which
survived the longest living burial
on recoLd. He had the good for-,
tune,- however, to be buried in a
hay-stack, which fell upon him.
Nobody knew 7 what had become of
the creature until after his myste
rious disappearance had lasted over
three weeks, when he’ put out an
appearance from the hay-stack,
having eaten liis way from centre
to circumference.
There was snow on the ground,
which afforded moisture enough to
prevent his dying from thirst.
An Impossibility. —You may
worm a fence around a winter’s
supply of summer weather, skim
the .clouds front the sky with a
teaspoon, catch a thunderbolt in a
bladder, break a hurricane to har.
ness, lasso au avalanche, pin a dia
per on the crater of an active vol*
cano, hive all tbe star* in a nail keg,
hang the ocean on a rail fence to
dry, put the »ky to soak in a gourd,
unbuckle the belly-baud of eternity,
and paste “To let” on the sun and
moon; but never for one moment,
delude yourself with the idea that
you can escape that place on the
other side of purgatory unless you
pay the printer promptly.
B®»“Mr. Smith, I wish to speak
to you privately 7 . Permit me to
take you apart" a few moments.”
Smith (who wasn’t the fright
ened) —“Certainly, sir, if you’ll
promise to put-me together again.”
NO. 22
Saturday Night.
. What blessed things Saturday
nights are, and what would the
world do without them l Those
breathing moments in the tramping
march of life ; those little twilights
iu the broad and garish light of noon,
when the pale yesterdays look
beautiful through the shadows,
and faces ‘changed’ long ago, smile
sweetly again in the hush ; when
one remembers ‘the old folks a*
home,’ and the old fasioned fir®,
and the old arm chair, and the little
brothel-that died, and the little sis
ter tliat was translated.’
Saturday nights make people
human ; set their hearts to beating
softly as they -used to, before the
world turned them into war-drums,
and jarred them with tattoos.
The ledger closes with a clash;
the iron-doored vaults come to
with a bang; up go the shutters
with a will; click goes tho key in
the lock. It is Saturday night-, and
busines now breathes free again.
Homeward, lo ! The door that baa
been ajar all the week gently close®
behind him ; the world is shut out.
Shut out? Shut in, rather. Hero
are his treasures after all, and not
i'.i the vault, and not in the book
save the record in the old family
Bible—and not in the bank.
May be you are a bachelor,
frosty and forty. Thou, poor fel
low, Saturday Night’s nothing to
you, as yon are nothing to anybody,
Get a wife, blue-eved or black-eyed,
but above all, true-eyed— get a
little home, no matter how little,
and a little sofa, just to hold two,
or two and a half, and then get the
two, or the two and a half, in it, of
a Saturday Night, and then read
this paragraph by the light of your
wife’s eyes, and thank God and
lake courage.
The dim and "dusty shops are
swept up; the hammer is thrown
down, the apron is doffed and labor
hastens, with a light step, home
ward bound.
‘Saturday Night!’ feebly mur
murs the languishing, as she turns
wearily upon her couch, ‘and is
there another to come ?’
‘Saturday Night, at last-!’ whw*
pers the weeper above, the dying,
‘and it is Sunday to-morrow, and
—to-morrow !’
A Lost Avt-Glass Cloth.
More than thirty years ago, M.
Bound, of Lille, France, discovered
a method of weaving cloth, out of
spun glass threads, which was des
cribed as perfectly flexible and
applicable to a variety of pnposes,
more especially the ornamentation
of the walls of apartments. This
labric, the making of which seems
to be at present a lost art, was des*
cribed in the papers of 1837 as fol
lows:
Ibis cloth of glass_ is extremely
beautiful; and, from the manner in
which it reflects tbe light, it sur
passes in brilliancy everything that
has ever been attempted with silk,
even when combined with gold and
silver. Some specimeris of this new
manufacture have been exhibited in
the Passage de 1 ’Opera in Paris;
and the Queen of the French was so
much pleased with, them that she
ordered a golden medal to be sent
to the inventor. Tim following
passage is extracted from a French
paper: “When we figure to out*
selves an apartment decorated with
cloth of glass and resplendant with
lights, we must be convinced that it
will equal in brilliancy all that in
possible for the irnaginsation to con
ceive; it will realize, in a word, tbe
wonders of the enchanted places of
the Arabian tales! The lights
flashing from the polished surface
of the glass, to which any color or
shade may be given, will make the
room have the appearauce of pearls,
mother-of pearls, or diamonds, or
composed of garnest, sapphires,
topazes, rubies emeralds, amethy*
sts, etc.', or, in short, of sll these
preeibus stones united and combin
ed in a thousand ways, aud formed
into stars, rosettes, bouquets, gar
lands, festoons, and graceful undu
lations, varied almost to infinity.’*
■—Scientific American •
A smart girl in Minnesota popped
the question to her lover, asked the
consent of his parents, produced a
marriage license, ordered the wed
ding breakfast, tbe carriage to con
vey them to the depot, and had a
private conversation with tbe par
son ; all on the same day. The
young man had occupied seven years
in the effort to ask her to have him,
and had failed every time. She
finally noticed that he had some
thing preying upon his mind, aud
accordingly assisted him to get rid
u£ it,