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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 f 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 * t . | uov,l lin THE APPEAL. rußLieHEn every Friday, By J. P. SAWTELL. Terms of Subscription.: Oms Year $2 00 1 Six Months.... sl 25 invariably in advance. No attention paid to order* for the pa per tto'ess accompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising. 12 Months j (I Months.' 3 Months. 1 Mouth. 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Will be charged as ad verbs- ments. .foil Work. tueh a* Pamphlets, Circular.-, Cards Blanks, Handbill* ete.. will be execu ted in good style and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to the Proprietor will he promptly intended to. 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.”