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VOL. VI.
Just Received.
JTaTNE’S Pills,
“ Alterative,
<* Hair Tonic,
“ Couuter Irritant,
«• Balsam Carminative,
“ Vermifmie,
*• . Ague Mixture,
“ Expectora.lt,
JIRINOLIS Lemon Suaa.,
LIPMAN'S Sarsaparilla vrltn ” 5' 1 '
tassiunl, Itadway sSarSHparilian Kent
R K Relief. Badway 6 Pill* Ayers Bar*.,
parifla an.i Cltrrv Pectoral. H»rier* hou
Tonic, Harter * Luna Balsam, Uartet s Pill. ,
Willioftrt Antiperjodic, ) CL ‘ , l l ; , K^ e ,. *Y"
er’«, Holton’s. s, k.|to
letiKer’a, and Harter 5 * Fever and Aruc 1 ills
Parker’s Nerve and Boue, Mustang, Arubian
and McLean'* VoJeanic Oil Li , intents.
WALKER’S Vinegar,
Hoetetter's,
Plantation,
Tutt’a,
Brady's,
110. Hand's German,
, Curacoa,
and Englisii Female Bitters.
PAPER,
PENS,
INK.
BLANK Book*,
PENCILS, Etc.
Perfumery of all Kinds.
Toilet and SUNDRY SOAPS.
HAVE ON HAND,
PURE Medicine,
PAINTS,
VARNISHES,
LIQUORS,
OILS,
TOB A CCO and VIG-A RS.
Come, you shall not leave dissa,.i' J
fied as to prices, or articles
Prescriptions carelully com
pounded, at the Drug Store of
j. ~t McDonald.
PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT!
THE CELEBRATED
SCHAfFHAUSEN SPECTACLE
ANI)
EYE O.LA.SSKS9
Manufactured at
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerlanrt.
The superiority of these »J 1 eat. Evo Pr.
servers C(>WM!-t- in tlie carelul M Oi*-ni ic*
Accuracy in the culiStriu-tiO'.i •■! the L« ,
beifiK maiitilnaliired <>t the Best -\\ l rite rltM
Glass, tlie exact. Shape of the Eye tints olivi
. Htlnir all Glimmering «iui WaVeTing of the
Sight, Dizziness, ami ail tlie other t’raln of
Evils produced by the use of inferior specta
cles.- »
Every one whose siuht <s fai'tnir itnder
. stands its value. By buying ini .crfect- epee
• facies you help to destroy if
BUY THE BEST!
Jiuy the Schajfhausen Spectacles
•andpreserve the J£yes which are
i priceless.
Imported only by
COOPER & BRO.
Philadelphia.
For sale bv T. 8. POWjELL, Trustee,
Druttxist, Bookseller and Stationer,
Cuthbert, Ga.
These Specfacles are never sold by
Peddlers.
AND
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Harmless as Water.
H TTAN’B
CRYSTAL DISCOVERY OF THE
Hair.
A {fcrfeclly clear preparation in one bottle,
»s easily applied as water, tor restorim; to
gray hair its natural color and youthful ap
pearance, to eradicate amt prevent dandfqtf,
to promote tlie growth of the liair aird stop
its falling out. It is entirely harmlei-s, and
• perfectly free from any poisonous sohstance,
and will therefore take the place of all the
dirty and unpleasant preparations now jn use.
Numerous ttjßtiuioiiittls have been sent us
from many of our most prominent citizens
In everything in which the articles now in
use are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOV
ERY, is perfect. It is v> urrauted to coni air.
neither Sugar Os Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of
silver, it does uot soil tlie clothes or scalp, is
agreeably perfumed, and makes one of the
best dressings for the Hair in use It restores
the color of the Hair *• more perfect, ami u i
fomily than any other preparation,” and nl
wavs does so in troin three to ten days, vn
luallv feeding the roots ot th■ Hair with a .
the ( uouiisliing qualities neCessovy to its
growth and healthy condition ; it reston-s
the decayed and induce anew growth.ol the
Hair more positively tlmu anytlana else.—
The application of this woiideripl discovery
also produces a pleasant, and Ctroln.g t-li, t on
the scalp and gives the Hair a pleasing and
elegant appearance.
Call at your druggist for it and take 1 o ot:
«r It he’has not got it let hlui order t.
Price SI per bottle.
ARTHUR NATTANB
•Inventor and Propiido V- asLn.g'. h ' • C
JOHNSTON, HOI.LOW AY . O
General Agent-. Pin' <Mph.t&
JOHN F. HENRY .am b.-V. -Hi LLB
•CO., New York, and to he had <-.f wholesale
‘dxuggists, every wliere.
WAREHOUSE NOTICE.
WE tesptctfully offer ;-ur itaro- •t > i n. i
numerous Plain it i?;'friends in ■■ Gotten j
Dealers of Middle and i'i u'hwi st (• igL is
cotton Factors
—AND—
COMISSION MERCHANTS.
In entering upon this business a- successors
of Jonathan CoU'us & Son. we do so with the
firm .deterujination of doing ohr whole duty,
and flatter ou .selves that vve are fully «o».- '
petent for the suciof-lul pr secutiou of tliL
important trust, mid hope hy striyi. attention
to hiitiness. and courtesy to our pirron*. to
merit their onlidence and supi> or.
COLLINS, FLANDERS & CO..
eep6-3tn Cotton Factors. Sja'-on, Ga.
ABE 101.ABOLT TO PM?
IF SO. BUY
MAXWELL & CLARKE S
FASHION PURE LEAD
Unequalled for .durability, whiteness, bodj
and lineness
For sale by our agent,
j. j. McDonald
Guthbert Ga.
aug23-Sw
Bagging and. Ties,
FOR SAGE BY
PORT & QUARTERMAN.
CUTHBERT 11# APPEAL.
DOORS,
SASH AND BLINDS,
MO IT L DING S. BRACKETS,
STAIR Fixture*. Builders’ Fut
liii.tr Hardwaie, Dratu Pipe. Floor
Tiles. Wire Gua, ds, Terra Cotta Wart,
Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces.
Window Glass a Speciality.
Circulars md Price Lists sent free *n
application,' by
P. P. TOALE,
■a: H ,yire and 3-i Pincknev Sts-, j
oetd ly Cli.i: itstott. S. C.
Choice Goods.
1 take pleasure in announcing to
im tutmerous friends, and the pub
lic generally, that I have lmt re
cently returned from New Tork,
where 1 bought the most, exulisive
ami best selected stock of Gf>ds I
have ever before.pu rchased f*r this
market. My goods are now being
received and opened and are mark
ed at such reasonable pricey that I
feel my, ability to please all.
It would be iimossible lot me t°
enumerate the articles on ny coun
ters or, shelves, aud will tky they
embrace
Family and Fancy Groceries,
of every kind, from a box, of Sar
dine- to a choice Canvasscl Ham.
For the “ little .folks jl have
'boo;.'.hi extensively, aud #m sup
pi} tir-■ •i- wants in .
roys asad CouiTc
Beyond aaloubt. T lave <rery thing
to plea.-e the taste or lanif of tile
young, and will take pfcasurc in
showing my stock to thm.
Old “Santa Claus” wij make his
headquarters at my stop, this year
and will be glad to see isl the good
children, and show the* his pres
ents. -
novl-ct A. W. OLLESPIE.
JAS. S. CLAGHORS. 'JO. CUNNINGHAM.
OLAtfHOHN & CfNMNGHAM.
OIL'S!V/A ANI RETAIL
Grocers and Provsion Dealers,
Corner Bay and Dlyton Streets,
SAVAKNiH, GA.
' Krep on liand a large Ind complete Sup
plv of Plantation and.Flinty Groceries an
choice lin potted Wine- htuors, and Cigars.
Country prdet’d promp’.liuded and quality
guaianteed. . octio 8m
E. J. JOHISTON,
Deajt'iu
Watches, Jewel?, Site Ware,
Fancy Goods Fine Cutlery,
Musical Instmnents, Stings,
Etc* £to.
Sole Agent >r iie Celebrated
DIAMOND PEBBIfi SPECTACLES,
EYE-GLiSJES, ETC.
Particular Attention given to Re
pair.s on Fine and difficult
T fothes.
JEWELRY, £Ti., REPAIRED,
AND EMS RAVING.
•- -U •
C.-viK Mulberrj& Second Streets,
‘ MACON, GEORGIA.
• iipvi 3m T
Fresh FISH and OYSTERS,
j
At BAtCROFTS.
I am. now m y Hrrangeniciitt* to
iuruisli every wetjthe finest
•FISH slid OYSTERS
that can be obtlied iu the Markets, as
FRESH as wheniaken from the sea. Foi
sale in any qn jity. by me t.-nfre. or pre
pared in any .-tyi *i -ay r\tSLES.
MEALS JP ANY HOURS.
A!s TAPL. and FANCY GROCERIES,
a d’IGARS’ of heat brands.
G C. BANCROFT.
n. Vl tl ' |i' .'I
Planier ? fe ITqtel.
• By Viia M. A. Kilpalrick,
Brotil Striet, qOLITMBLB, GA.
CgT Tcrmiteasou ,ble—Trusty I’ortei « at
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uov,l lin
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The Young Widow.
Tlie following poetry suite' that
charming class, called “ young wid
ow’s,” exactly. Our limited experi
ence in the affairs of the heart de
monstrates to us.that to successful'
fy court a maiden you must woo
and fret her, hut when you court a
widow you must off with your coat,
up with your sleeves and at her :
She is modest she is beautiful ;
Free and easy, but not bold—
Like an apple, ripe and mellow.
Nut too young, and not too old,
Half inviting, half repulsivtt,
Now advancing and now sbv ;
* There i- mischief in her dimple,
Tit ere is danger in her eye.
Site has studied human nature,
She is schooled in all her arts,
Site lias taken her diploma
As the mistress of all hearts.
She can tell the very moment
W hen to sigh and when to smile ;
Oh t a maid is sometimes charming,
But a widow 1 , all the while.
You are sad. llow very serious
Will per handsome (ace become
Are you angry ? she is wretched,
lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb, ,
Are you mirthful ? how her' laughter,
Silver-sounding, will ring 01*1 :
She can lure, and catch, and play you,
As Ibe angler does the It out.
All old bachelors of forty,
Who have grown so bold and wise,
Ye Adonises of twenty.
With your love looks in your eyes, *
You may practice all-the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But l know a little widow
Who can fool and win, you all.
How to Make Yourself Un
happy.— In the first place, if you
want to make yourself" miserable,
be selfish. Think all the time of
yourself and yonr things. Don’t
care about anything else Have no
feelings for any one hut yourself.
Never think of enjoying the satis
faction of seeing others happy, but
rather, if you see.a smiling face be
jealous lest another should enjoy
what you have not. Envy every
one who is better off iu any respect
than yourself; think unkindly to
ward them and speak lightly of
them Be constantly afraid lest
someone should encroach upon
•your rights; be watchful against
it, and if any one comes near your
tilings snap at him like a mad dog.
Contend earnestly for everything
that is your own, though it may not
be worth a pin ; for your rights are
just as much concerned as if it
were a pound of gold. Never yield
a point. Be very- sensitive and
take everything that is said to you
| 111 playfulness in the most serious
! manner; Be jealous of your friends,
| lest they should uot think enough
of yon; and it-any time they should
seem to neglect you, put the wor.it
construction upon their conduct you
can.
The Life of a Bee. —Ad ail says
there is a perfect system governing
the work of a bee ; that, contrary
to former notions, which supposed
that the, different offices of the bees
were directed, as a system of po
lice in a government, by head, and
were executed by the exercise of
reason and discretion, they are in
voluntary, and each bee in succes
sion performs all the duties. As it
increases in age it is crowded out
vvardly by the‘development of oth
ers ill the center. From a nurse in
the brood nest, its first labors are
transferred to the wax structure;
thence'to the gathering and stor
ing of honey; and when it is no
longer of use as a produce agent, it
takes its place in the living wall
which protects what it can no long
er produce, and is finally cast off
like the withered leaf.
—Nev er let a day pass, without hav
ing made an effort to make someone
happier; every such effort, whether
successful or not, will increase your
own happiness, *
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY", NOVEMBER 22, 1872.
Power of Influence and
Association.
If a wafer be laid on the surfqcC
of polished metal, which is then
breathed upon, and if, when- the
moisture of the breath has evapo
rated, the wafer be shakeu off, we
shall find that the whole polished
surface is not as it wits before; al
though our senses can detect no
difference ; for if we breathe upon
it, the surface will be moist every
where except on the spot previous
ly sheltered by the wafer, which
will now appear as a spectral im
age on the surface. Again ,and
again we breathe and the moisture
evaporates, but still the spectral
wafer reappears. This experiment
succeeds after a lapse of many
months, if the metal be carefully
put aside where its surface cannot
be disturbed. If a sheet .of paper
on which a key has been laid be ex
posed for some minutes to the sun
shine, and then instantaneously
viewed in the dark, the key being
removed, a fading spectre of the
key will be visible. Let this paper
be put aside for many months
where nothing can disturb it, and
then in darkness be laid on a plate
of hot metal, the spectre of the key
will again appear. In the case of
bodies more highly phosphorescent
than paper, the spectre of mftny
different objects which have been
laid on in succession will, on warm
ing, emerge in their proper order.
This is equally true of our bodies
and minds.. We are involved in
the universal metamorphosis. Noth
ing leaves us. Every man we meet,
every book we read, every picture
or landscape we see, word
or tone we he fir, mingles with our
being and modifies it.
Choosing a Profession. —A la
dy of birth, and leader of fashion
—aye, and of intellect, too—had
three sons. The fond mother, anx
ious to teach tlie young idea,”
gathered these precious nestlings
ioun.d her on the sofa one holiday,
and explained that her fortune was
small, and died’with her, and that
these three noble hoys of hers
would have to undertake no.ble
work—in "fact, they wouid have to
go out into the world, a§ their
lather had done, and win their way.
“ Yes, mamma, yes,” cried the
earnest little fellows, fully compre
hending the mother’s plan.
IFer eyes glistened as she listened
to their willing goodness. Visions
of one as a’ general, another as a
judge,.a third as a bishop, swam
before her.
“ Well, my d-tidings,” she said,
“you are-good boys to be so wil
ling to work. What would you
like to be ?”
. The young voices, without a
pause, without a moment’s hesita
tion, full of Claude Duval and Syl
vanus Cobb, cried out, with one ac
cord : "
“ Highwaymen, mamma!”
Importance of Punctuation.
—Punctuation not only serves to
make an author’s meaning plain,
hut often saves it from being entire
ly m.bconcieved. There are many
cases in wlfich a change of points
completely alters the sentiments.’
An English statesman once took
advantage of this fact to free him
self from an embarrassing position.
Having charged an officer of gov
ernment, with dishonesty, lie was
required by Parliament, under a
heavy penalty, publicly to retract
the accusation in the House of Com
mons. At the appointed time he
read aloud as follows: “I said lie
was dishonest, it is true; and I am
sorrV for it.” This was satisfacto
ry ;'but what was the surprise of
Parliament, the following day, to
see the retraction printed in the pa
pers thus : “I said .he was dishon
est; it is true, and lam sorry for
it.” By a Simple transposition of
the.comma and semicolon, the in
genious slanderer represented him
self to the country, not only as hav
mg made no recantation, but even as
having reiterated the charge in the
very Lice of Parliament.
Fun at Home. —Don’t, be afraid
of a little fun at home, good people.
Don’t shut up your house lest the
sun should fade your carpets; and
your hearts lest a good hearty
laugh should shake down the plas
tering. If you want to Tuin your
sons, let them think that all mirth
and social enjoyment must be left
on the threshold without, when
they come home at night. When
once a home is regarded as a place
only to eat, drink and sleep in, the
work is begun that ends in gam
bling hnnses and reckless degrada
tions. Young people must have
fun and relaxation somewhere ; if
they do not find it at their own
hearthstones, it will be sought in
other and less profitable places.
Be Courteous. —Dr. Humphrey
was once seated in a stage coach,
when a gentleman and lady, on their
bridal tour, wished to be accommo
dated with seats inside. There be
ing but one vacant seat,- the newly*
married pair were subjected to a
separation, unless some passenger
relinquished his place. This, no
one seemed disposed to do, when
the Doctor mounted the outside, in
sisting upon the gentleman occupy
ing his seat with his bride. Subse
quently the Doctor was collecting
funds for the College over which he
presided, and was presented with
a handsome donation from the stran
ger he had met in the stage-coach,
with the remark that he knew noth
ing of Dr. Humphrey, or Amherst
College, save that its President was
a gentleman.
Curiosities of a Shot
Tower.,
A St. Louis correspondent gives
an interesting account of a Shot
Tower, how it goes up and how it
comes down : I started for the top,
climbing a dark spiral staircase, and
hesitating at each turn for fear of
pitching off iuto space, or walking
into the jaws of machinery. There
was a rush and a roar like that of
Niagara, the noise being produced,
as I discovered so soon as my eyes
accommodated themselves to the
dim light, by the descent of two
streams of shot into a great tank of
water at the bottom of the tower.
The ascent was tiresome, the dis
tance being one hundred and eighty
six feet, but the top was finally
reached, and the first stage of shot
making was an open book. There
was a furnace, three kettles of molt
en lead, and two grimy looking
it out of the ket
tles, andmouring it out into tin
cups set in® rying pans, a portion of
the metal being allowed to run over
from the cup into the nans. As
each vessel was tilled the metal was
seen to sink away, so that by the
time the workmen got another ladle
full ready to pour in, the cup aud
pan were nearly empty, the bottom
of the qups and paus being perfo
rated like sieves. The globules
formed in passing through the
sieve are' not uniform in size. In
the two streams which are seen de
scending are pellets of all sizes,
and the assorting is dene after the
shot are taken out from the tank.
Alter falling in the the tank the shot
are taken up by a contrivance sim
ilar to those in use in grain eleva
t ns, and are passed into-a circular
revolving tub, or hopper, heated by
steam for the purpose of drying.
Alter being dried they are placed in
a ievolving.iron barrel, a little eme
ry being put in with each' barrel
full, for the purpose of imparting
a polish. The next business- on
hand is the assorting ot size. The
shot are conveyed to a scries of ma
chines, looking something like a
job printer’s cabinet of cases, each
rack containing a series of sieves
representing, the different sizes of
the shot. These racks are violently
shoved forward and back by steam,
thusforcing the smaller shot through
the various sieves. The larger shot
are stopped by the first sieve, while
the fine bird shot, used by sports
men in quail and snipe shooting,
pass on to the last.. After a suffi
cient amount of shaking; the work
matt in charge stops the machine,
takes out the drawers, two at a
time, and efnpties their Contents in
the bins prepared for them. The
next operation is that of weighing
and bagging the shot. The scale is
set at 2o pounds, and the workman,
expert by reason of long practice,
scoops out what he thinks will he
enough and pours into the scale.
Scrupulous honesty seems to be the
rule in bagging * There mpst be
just twenty-five pounds—not tlie
weight of a hair more or less. The
workman wljo scoops the shot usu
ally guesses within a few pellets of
the weight, and these are added or
subtracted until the beam is on even
poise, After a sufficient number of
bags are tilled, along comes another
workman, with a sailmhker’s needle,
who sews up the loose ends with as
tonishirtg dexterity, and the shot
are ready for market.
Lay it Aside. —Emerson says:
“Do not hang a dismal picture on
your wall, and do not deal with
sables and glooms in your conversa
tion.” Beecher follows with, “Away
with these fellow's'who go howling
through life, all-the while passing
for birds of paradise. He that
cannot laugh and be gay should
look well to himself. He should
fast and pray until his face breaks
forth into light.” Talmadge then
takes up the strain. “Some people
had an idea that they comfort the
affliction when they groan over
them. Don’t drive a hearse through
a man’s soul.” When you bind up a
broken bone of the soul, and you
want splints, do not make them of
cast iron.” After such counselings
lay aside your long faces.
A New Montrosity. —Chatham,
Va., bears off the palm. It claims
a month-old infant with two eyes in
their proper place, and five more
on its knees. It is otherwise per
fectly' formed except in such tri
fling details as having its legs
twisted backward, and turned spiral
ly like a ram’s horn, its tongue split
into at the point like a snakes, and
its thumbs on the wrong side of its
hands. This beats the fiye-legged
calf and two headted sheep all hol
low. it is a child, and is in excel
lent health. Wnen it grows to
man’s estate it will appreciate the
luxury of having seven eyes. What
a pleasant sensation it must be to
wink at one’s svveethart with ones
knees. We do not desire to hear
from any snakes, spotted negroes,
large strawberries, contenarians or
.Revolutionary survivors after this.
Our taste craves for something
more startling than the common
place to which we have been accus
tomed, now that, we have one sevn
eyed marvel with the spiral legs.
Merchants, lawyers and doctors
inform ttieir patrons of their neces
sities, and that they must have
money is never regarded as any
thing but just and right.; yet if a
publisher of. a newspaper hints that
lie needs money, it is thought to be
presumptuous and is charged with
begging, just as though a newspa
per could be made without the
cash.
Niagara.
About 9,800 cubic miles of water
nearly half the fresh water on the
globe—are in the upper lakes, and
18,000,000 cubic feet of, this plunge
over Niagara Falls every* minute,
all the water of the lakes making
the circuit of Falls, the St. Lawrence
the oeeap, vapor, rain and la Res
again, in 152 years. Through the
Illinois river; through the Welland
Cannal 14,000 cubic feet flow every 7
minute; from Lake Erie to Lake
Ontario, and through Erie Cannal
20,000 cubic feet pass every minute
from the same lake into the Hudson.
—Thus, 52,000 cubic feet of water
which nature would give to Niag
agria, are diverted every minute by
artificial channels, some into the
Mexican Gulf and some into the bay
of New York. Add. this to -18,000,-
000, it is as a drop in the bucket,
and would make no appreciable
difference in the character of the
Falls, or their rate of recession.
Was there ever a time when the
Niagria was appreciably a greater
river than now? We assume, then
from all the monuments the river
has left of its own history that the
present rate of recession would be
a fair measure of the past, except
at the Whirlpool and Ferry Landing.
Six inches a year, measured on the
channel, would place the Falls at
Lewiston 72,000 years ago. We
have no means of knowing how
long the quai'tzose sandstone, which
forms the lowest part of the bank
at the Whirlpool, would have ar
rested the cataract. This stratums
is twenty-five feet, and as its sou tin
ward dip is twenty feet a mile-, and
the Falls would have to cut buck
through this rock more than half a
mile. -The halt may have been
many thousand years. Add anoth
er period for the halt at the landing,
and the age of the channel from’
Lewiston to the Horseshoe may not
fall below 2u0,000 years., Unquesr
tionably the channel has been exca
vated since the close of the glacial
epoch, which science has well- iigu
demonstrated occuired. about 200,
000 years ago. But this channel is
only the last chapter in the history
of. Niagara.— Pop it far Science
Monthly.
What is Dirt. —Old Dr. Cooper,
of South Carolina, used to say to his
students :
“Don’t he afraid of dirt, young
gentlemen. What is dirt? Why,
nontliing at alii offensive, when
chemically viewed. Hub a little
alkali, upon the dirty ‘grease sp’ot on
your coat, and it undergoes a chemi
cal change, and becomes soap; now
rub it with a little w ater nor dirt.
That is not a very odorous pile of
dirt you see yonder; well, scatter a
little gvpsufn over it and it is no
longer dirty. Everything like dirt
is worthy our notice as students of
chemistry. Analyze it; it will sep
arate into very eleau elements.
Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread
and meat, and that makes a • very
sweet young lady that I saw one.of
you kissing last night. So, after all,
you were kissing-dirt, particularly
if she whitened Iter face with clunk
or fuller’s earth; though I may say
that rubbing such -stufi' upon the
beautilul skin of a young lady is a
dirty practice. Pearl powder I
think is made of bismuth, nothing
bilt dirt. Lord Palmerston’s fine
definition of dirt is “matter in the
wrong place.’ Put it in the tight
place and we cease to think of it as
dirt.”
Be Firm.— Let the winds blow,
and the waves of society beat and
frown about you, if they will; but
keep your soul in rectitude, and
it will be firm as a rock. Plant
yourself upon principle, and hid de
fiance to misfortune. If gossip,
wdth her poisoned tongue, meddles
w'ith your good name —if her .disci
ples, who infest every town and
•hamlet, make your disgrace the
burden of their song, heed them
not. It is their- bread and their
meat to slander. Treat their idle
words as you would treat the hiss
ing of a serpent, or the buzing of
many insects. Carry yourself erect;
and by the serenity of your coun
tenance, and tlie purity of life, give
the lie to all who would berate and
belittle you. Why he afraid of any
man ? Why cower and tremble in
the presence of the rich ? Why
“crook the pliant hinge of the knee,
that thrift may follow fawning?”
No, friend, fear them not ! Build
up your character with holy princi
ples, and'if your path be not strewn
with flowers, let it he beautiful with
the light of divine life, and you
will, leave behind you a noble ex
ample, which will be to the world,
a perenial flower, whose leaves will
be healing to the nations, and its
fragrance the panac. a of the soul.
Horrible Mistake. —There must
be something done to prevent those
horriblemistakes of druggists clerks.
One of the careless fellows'lately
crave,a young man in- Louisville a
bottleof mucilage instcadof cologne.
The youth went to church, and, af
ter applying the contents frerly to
bis handkerchief, and applying the
handkerchief, freely to. his nose, lie
was in no condition for devout
worship. This thing is getting to
be alarming.
Someone wickedly remarks
that the reason why very young
girls usually take the prizes at fairs
for' making good bread, is because
their mothers make it while the
older girls think they can manage
alone, and fail miserable.
A Family Wilkout a News
paper.
Nothing presents a sadder com
mentary upon the present unhealthy
condition of our once lovely* and
prosperous country than the large
numbers of families, both in the
city and country, but more espe
cially in the latter, that subscribe
to no paper of any kind. Hundreds
and thousands of families are thus
growing up in utter ignorance of
what is daily transpiring in the
world around them—ignorent of the
mighty events of to day.
But who can tell of the vast
ajnount of injury that is being in
flicted upon the vising generation
those who are to take our places
in this busy world at no distant day
growing up without any knowledge
of the present,,the, past or any
study of the future; anti this igno
rance, too, being imbibed into them
by the sanction of this who should,
and know better, did they only think
of the injurious effects of their in
sane course. Let the bead of every
family think of this, and place in the
hands of those for whom he is re
sponsible, the means of accqniring
a thorough knowledge of the mov
ing panorama in which we enact our
part.
Cake for tiiii eyes - —Multitudes
of men and women have made their
eyes weak for life by the too free
use of the eyesight, reading small
print and doing fine sewing. In
doing these things it is well to ob
serve the following rules in the use
of the eyes. Avoid all sudden'
changes between light and,darkness.
Never read by twilight on a very
cloudy day. Never sleep so that on
waking the eyes shall open on the
light of the window. Do not use
the eyes by light so scant that it re
quires an effort to discriminate.
Never read or sew directly in front
•of the light of a window or door. It
is best to have light fall from above
obliquely over the left shoulder.
Too much light creates a glare and
pain, confuses the .sight. The mo
ment that you are sensible of an ef
fort to distinguish, that moment
.stop and talk, walk or ride. As the
sky is. blue and the earth is green, it
would seem that the cealing should
be a bluish tinge, and the carpet
green and the walls' oE some mellow
tint. The moment that you are in
stinctively prompted to rub the eyes
that moment that you cease using
them. If the eyelids are glued to
gether on waking, do not forcibly
open them, but apply tne saliva
witii the finger, and then wash your
eyes and face with warm water.
A little darkey was recently
found sitting on the steps of a fash
ionable house in New York, crying
pitifully.
“What’s the matter wid you?”
asked a colored woman.
“Matter miff double trouble all
oher do house —ladder am drunk—
mudder hah gone home wid cloze
sis broke de lookin’ pdas wid de
broom stick—de baby got her eyes
full of kyan pepper, and little Ned
Anthony put de mustard- on de hair
for goose greesc. I put salt in my
tea for white sugar, and it makes
me sea-sick. De dog Jicked Ned’s
face, and got his mouth full, of mus
tard, and lies under de bed a howl
in’. De kitten got her head in de
milk-pot, and I cut her head oft to
sabe de pitcher, and then I hah to
brake do pitcher to get the head
out, and de way Tie get licked when
mudder comes Lome for setting de
bed afire, will be a sin.”
-Distillers Statistics. —The of
ficial statement of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau shows that during-the
month of October there was an in
crease-in the production in distiller,
ies of 40,664 gallons daily. On the
Ist of October there Were in opera
tion in tlie United States .169 dis
tilleries, with a daily producing ca'
pacity of 187,806 gallons ; <md on
the first, of this month the number
of distilleries reported is 206, with
a capacity of 228,370 gallons.
• Melting of Gold at tiie Mint.
—Saturday morning the United
States Mint commenced'inelting the
first installment ($1,000,000) of
twenty millions one dollar gold
pieces which, during the ensuing
month, are to be,recoined into lar
ger denominations. These pieces
were ot inconvenient size, and the
Government has experienced troub
le in issuing them in large quanti
ties. ‘This induced the Govern
ment to take them from the Sub-
Treasurv in New York, where they
have-been idle the past few years,
and place the metal in a more de-
sirablu shape.
From 1840, when the first one
dollar gold pieces were coined at
the Mint iu Philadelphia, to 1867,
when the coinage was stopped,
there has been $17,709,442 made
in the Philadelphia Mint alone. It.
is presumed that the whole issue of
one dollar gold pieces will amount
to over thirty millions.
An amateur journalist iu Indian
apolis has made a fortune hy bis pen.
His father died of grief aft,er read
ing one of his and left
him $130,000
There tire 1,450 hunchbacks in
Paris ; 1,100 persons with only one
arm; 1,200 with.only one leg ; 150
legless, or moving along on a sort of
a bowl on wheels ; 4,800 blind.
Gen. Wafter, Superintendent of
the Census,, recommends in bis re
port to Congress that enumerations
be made, every* five, insted of ten
. years.
NO 47.
Aews and Gossip.
A young man being asked if
ho was a professional toliacco
smoker, replied, “■ No ; am-a-chew
er.”
Why is a lady who wears her
own hair unlike the Ark ? Because
she is not going to mount ’ary rat.
That man who died suddenly
in Woodbury, • died of ahead dis
ease, not head cheese, as was stated
last week.
Taking sarsaparilla will not
make a man an aristocrat, although
it will give him the best blood in
the land.
• For gushing voHng maidens of
thirty five and upward, a cunning
fringe of .hair on the forehead, in
the poodle dog style* is the proper
thing.
I wish I wa.s in Heaven,” said
discouraged Mrs O’Clarence, the
other morning. “So would I,” ob
served her brutal hnsband. “if I
hadn’t friends there I value.”
The ladies complain that the
present styles of hats are exceed
ingly homely ; but they buy them,
nevertheless. They would buy a
hedge hog if it had bugles on it.
A Danbury woman called up
to attend the dying bedside of a
friend, was deprived of the tnelan.
choly pleasure by the delay occa
sioned in borrowmg a breast-pin
suitable for the occasion.
A recent telegram from Eng
land reports an advance in the price
of steel of S4O per ton. The finest
quality of English steel is now S6O
per ton higher than the same grade
of American steel.
A Kentucky Legislator sent
up the following memorandum to
the clerk : “ Leeve is to he given
to bring in A Rill to alter the time
for the. Legislature to jueat. Refer
red to the commity on religion.”
A man recently died in New
Jersey at the age of ninety, who
never owned or wore a pair of boot*
in his life, and never rode in a rail
road car. He, made his will forty
years ago, but the man who wrote
it, all the witnesses and the heir
died before him.
Can we say virtuous New Eng
land now in the face of the fact that
when a day was set to count the
teams crossing the new bridge at
Holyoke, with a view of assessing
ihe cost on the towns, the inhabi
tants of Granby, by the advice of a
prominent official stayed at home ?
Dobbs made a bet of a dinner
with a Greeley enthusiast on the re
sult of the election. They met
yesterday, when the latter said:
“ Dobbs, my boy, apprehension has
ripened into a harrowing fact. Let
us adjourn to the nearest peanut
stand.” Ho is supposed to be the
meanest man in Netv York.
Smith thought it was morally
wrong to take animals for food, and
lie resolved to quit it and live on
vegetables. One morning he gave
way to temptation, and walked into
a beefsteak. “ I don’t know,” said
he, that it’s any harm to eat a
piece of cow; it’s dead, and the
matter can’t be helped, but I’ll be
hanged if I ever kill one ! ”
A countryman and his wife
arose and left the theatre in New
York, the other night,just as “Luc
ca ” was commencing the disrobing
scene, thinking that the free manner
in which she went at it portended
things unmeet for modest eye3 to
look upon. In.point of fact, “Luc
ca” is one of the modeslest, cor
rectest women on the stage.
A young lady, who had just re
turned from Europe, advises her
friends not to go there, “ unless you
are sure that you know enough to
appreciate the beauties of Europe.
It lends such a charm to Italy to re
member that among those groves of
olive the immortal Beethoven sculp
tured tho Medecean Venus and
Shakspeare composed the sublime
poem of Paradise Lost.”
The United States Watch Com*
pany employs 500 hands in their
works at Marian, N. J. A watch
is completed every two and a half
minutes.
Some men are like cats. You
may stroke the fur the right way for
years, and hear nothing” but purr
ing; but accidentally tread on the
tail, and all memory of former
kindness is obliterated.
—“What is the best butter?” ex
claimed an orator at a meeting of
dairyman. “An old ram!” re
sponded a sheep-raising interloper.
The new hundred dollar green
back will soon be in circulation. —
It will havo a hearty welcome irre
spective of jxirty.
A farm of forty acres near Ocean
Grove, New Jersey, has been sold,
for ninety thousand dollars.
Base ball is a greater antiquity
than is supposed. It was played in
the Ark when the dove’“was put
out on a fly
Three hundred bushels of onions
were raised in Penobscot, Maine*
upon half an acre of land.
A gentleman who was buying
a watch to replace one that had been
i stolen from him remarked that U<*
: was “making up for lust time.”