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VOL. VI. Just Received. JaYNE’S Pills, “ Alterative, “ HairTouic, “ L’ouuter Irritant, “ Balsam Carminative, “ Vermifmre, “ Ague Mixture, “ Expectorant, HRINOLIB Lemon Sugar, LIPMAN’S Sarsaparilla with Somite Po lassimn, Railway's Sarsaparillan Resolvent, R. R. Relief. Radvvay’s Pills. Ayer's Sarsa parilla anu Cherry Pectoral, Harter’s Iron Tonic, Harter’s Lung Balsam, Harter’s Pills, Wilhofits' Antiperiodic, Cliolagogue, Farm er’s, Holton’s. Gallighau’s, Uesbler’s, Shal lengcr’s, and Harter’s Fever and Ague Pills. I’arUer’s Nerve and Bone, Mustang, Arabian, and McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniments. WALKER’S Vinegar, Hostetter’s, Plantation, Tutt’s, Brady’s, Hoofland’s German, Curacoa, and English Female Bitters. PAPER, PENS, INK. BLAN K Books, PENCILS, Etc. Perfumery of all Kinds. Toilet and SUNDRY SOAPS. HAVE ON HAND, PURE Medicine, PAINTS, < VARNISHES, LIQUORS, OILS, TOBACCO and CIGARS. Come, you shall not leave dissatis fied as to prices or articles. 8®„ Prescriptions carefully com pounded, at the Drugstore of j. ,t McDonald. PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT ! THE CELEBRATED SCHAMAUSEN SPECTACLE AND EY E GLASSES, Manufactured at ' SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland. The superiority of these Great Eye Pre servers consists in the careful Mathematical Accuracy in the construction of the Lenses, being manufactured of the Best White Flint Glass, the exact Shape of the Eye thus obvi ating all Glimmering and Wavering of the Sight, Dizziness, and all the other Train of ' Evils produced by the use of inferior specta cles. Every one whoso sight is failing under stands its value. By buying imperfect spec Ucles you help to destroy It BUY THE BEST! , Buy the Schaff'hausen Spectacles and preserve the Byes which are priceless. Imported ouly by COOPER A BRO. Philadelphia. For rule by T. S. POWELL, Trustee, Druggist, Bookseller and.Stationer, Cnthbert, Ga. jr-0- Three Spectacles are never sold by l’cddlere. QLEAIi AND Hai’mless as Watex\ TV TTAN’^ CRYSTAL DISCOVERY OF THE IKCeo-st. A perfectly clear preparation in one bottle, hr easily applied as water, tor restoring to gray hair its natural color and youthful ap pearance, to eradicate and prevent dandruff, to promote the growth of the hair and stop its falling out. It is entirely harmless, and perfectly free from any poisonous substance, and will therefore take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant preparations now in use. Numerous testimonials have been sent us from man v of our most prominent citizen^. — In everything in which the articles now in nse are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOV ERY, is perfect. It is v arranted to contain neither Sugar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of silver, it does not soil the clothes or scalp, is agreeably perfumed, and makes one of the best dressings for the Ilair in use It restores the color of the Hair *• more perfect and uni formly than any other preparation,” and al ways does so in from three to ten days, vir tually feeding the roots of the Hair with all the nourishing qualities necessory to its growth Hud healthy condition ; it restores the decayed and induce anew growth ot the Hair more positively than anything else.— The application of this wonderful discovery also produces a pleasant, and cooling effect on the scalp and gives the Hair a pleasing and elegant appearance. Call at your druggist for it and take no oth er It he’has not got it let him order it. Price $t per bottie. ARTHUR NATTANB, laventor and Proprietor, Washington, D. C. JOHNSTON. HOLLOWAY, & CO-. General Agents, Philadelphia JOHN F. HENRY and h\ C. WELLS &. CO., New York, and to be had of Wholesale druggists, everywhere. Warehouse notice. WE respectfully offer our liameß to oui numerous Phoning friends and Cotton Dealers of Middle ana Southwest Georgia as COTTON FACTORS —AND— COMISSION MERCHANTS. In entering upon this business a- su tessors of Jonathan Colhiis & Son, we do so with the firm determination of doing our whole duty, and flatter ourselves that we are fully com pvtent for the successful pr eecution of this important trust, aud hope l>y strict attention to business, and courtesy to our patroue, to merit their • onfidcuce mid support. COLLINS, FLANDERS & CO.. eep6-3m Cotton Factors, Macon, Ga. ARE YOU AMT TO I’AIM 1 IF SO. BUY MAXWELL & CLARKE S FASHION PURE LEAD tJnequalled for durability, whiteness, body and fineness For sale by our agent, j. j. .McDonald Cuthbert Ga. aug23-Sw Bagging and Ties, FOR SALE BY FORT & QUARTERMAN. CUTHBEET I§§f APPEAL. DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, Mouldings, brackets, STAIR Fixtures, Builders’ Fur hing Ilardwaie, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles. Wire Guaids, Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces. Window Glass a Speciality. Circulars and Price Lists sent free on application, by P. P. TO ALE, 20 Hayne and 33 Pinckney Sts-, octl-ly Charleston, S. C. Choice Goods. I take pleasure in announcing to my numerous friends, and the pub lic generally, that I have but re cently returned from New York, where I bought the most extensive and best selected stock of Goods I have ever before perebased for this market. My goods are now being received‘and opened and are mark' ed at such reasonable prices, that I feel my ability to please all. It would be impossible for me to enumerate the articles on my coun ters or shelves, and will say they embrace Family and Fancy Groceries, of every kind, from a box of Sar dines to a choice Canvassed Ilam. For the “ little folks” I have bought extensively, and can sup ply’ their wants in 'Toys and Confectionaries, Beyond a doubt. I have everything to please the taste.or fancy of the young, and will take pleasure in showing my stock to them. Old “ Santa Claus” will make his headquarters at my’ store this year and will be glad to see hll the good children, and show them his pres ents. novi-ct A, W. GILLESPIE. JAS. S. CLAGHOR>\ J NO. CUNNINGHAM. CLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Provision Dealers, Corner Bay and Drayton Streets, SAVANNAH, GA. Keep -'it hand a large and complete Sup ply of Plantation and Family Gioceries and choice Imported Wines, Liquors, and Cigars. Country orders promptly filled aud quality gua.auteed. octlß 6tn E. J. JOHNSTON, Dealer in Witches, Jewelry, Sito Ware, Fancy Goods, Fine Cutlery, Musi&S .Instruments, Stings, Etc., Etc. Sole Agent for the Celebrated DIAMOND PEBBLE SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, ETC. Particular Attention given to Re pairs on Fine and Difficult Watches. JEWELRY, ETC., REPAIRED, AND ENGRAVING. Corner Mulberry & Second Streets, MACON, GEORGIA. novl-3m Fresh FISH and OYSTERS, At BANCROFTS, I am now perfecting my arrangements to furnish every week the finest FISH and OYSTERS that can be obtained in the Markets, tts FRESH as when taken from the sea. Fot sale in any quantity, by measure, or pre pared in any style at my TABLES. MEALS AT ANY HOURS, Also. STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES, LIQUORS aud CIGARS of best brands. 6. C. BANCROFT. novl-tf , Planter’s Hotel. By Mrs. M, A. Kilpatrick, Broad Street, COLUMBUS, GA. BP Terms Reasonable—Trusty Porters at Depot. novl-lm THE APPEAL. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY, By J. P. SAWTELL. Terms of Subscription. ’. Oxe Year. ... $2 00 | Six Moxths —sl 25 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. fiT - No attention paid to orders for the pa per uu'ess accompanied by the Cash. Bates of Advertising. 12 Months 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month. No. Sqr’s. 1 $ 3.00'S 6.00 S 9.00 s 12.00 2 5.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 3 7.00 15.00 22.00 27.50 4 8.00 17.00 25.00 33.00 £ c 9.00 22 00 30.00 45.00 i c 17.00 35.00 50.00 75.00 1 c 30.00 50.00 75.00 125.00 2 c 50.00 75.00! One square, (ten lines or less,) $1 00 for the Jrst aud 75 cents for each subsequent inser tion. A liberal deduction made to parties who advertise by the year- Persons sending advertisements should mark the number of times they desire them inser ted, or they wilf.be continued until forbid aud “harged accordingly. -» Transient advertisements must be paid for at the time of insertion. If not paid for before the expiration of the time advertised, 25 per cent, additional will be charged. Announcing names of candidates for office, $5.00. Cash, in all cases Obituary uotices over five lines, charged at regular advertising ra*es. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of Corporations, So cieties, or individuals, will be charged as ad vertisements. Job Work, such as Pamphlets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills.etc., will he execu ted in good style and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to the Proprietor wilt he promptly attended to. .. . " 1 "■ 1 IJUIc Charlie. The following pretty little poem, says the San Francisco Post, is from the pen of a girl of thirteen : Ob, mamma, put the baby down And take me up instead, My face and throat are awful hot. Aud something burns my head. Please let me come into your iap, And lay it on your breast, For l feel awful tired now. And yet I cannot rest. Don’t put me into bed alone, I will keep very still, So that the baby sweet can sleep, Oh, mamma, yes I will. Mamma, why don’t you love me now Since baby has come here ? Y’ou never kiss me any more, Nor call me Charlie dear. Do yon suppose if I’se to die The same as cousin Ben, When his little sister came, That you would love me then ? Last night when Hse alone in bed, I laid and cried and cried, And then I went to sleep and dreamed That I had truly died, • 1 thought you shut me in a box, And said that you was glad, For ever since the haby came I’d been so awful bad. Don’t mamma, don’t, don’t put me there, I’m ’fraid. the moon's so wliite, Please, mamma, kiss me as yon used And keep me here to-night. 'The tearful, plaintive voice is still; No sobs came from the bed. Aud when the mother looked again, She found her Charlie dead. A Shout Sermon. —Ouce we wore young and now we are not so young. Once we imagined that a rich man was very happy. Now we know that money has very little to do with happiness. We com mend to our youth the following short sermon : “ Two things ought to be strongly impressed upon the young people of our country. The insecurity of riches, even when acquired, and their unsatisfying character. There is no fallacy so universally cherish e’d as the notion that wealth is se curely a means of happiness. The care of a large property is one of the most burdensome of earth’s trusts. The only material good that comes from auv estate, is to be made out of a moderate income far more easily a large one, and with fewer attendent disadvantages. Few thoughtful meu would under take the stewardship of large es tates on a positive bargain that they would receive uo more for taking care ot it than ordinarily falls into the lap of the owner. The scram ble after wealth is due to a wrong estimate of good when it is gained.” Importance of Reading. —No matter how obscure the position in life of an individual, if he can read, he may at will put himself in the best society the world has ever seen. He may converse with all the best writers in prose or poetry. He may learn how to live, how to avoid the errors his predecessors, and to secure blessings, present and future, to himself. He may reside in a desert far away from the habi tations of man ; in solitude, where no human eye looks upon him with affection or interest, where, no hu man voice cheers him with its ani mating tones, if he has books to read lie can never be alone He may choose his company and the subject of conversation, and thus become contented and happy, intel ligent, wise and good. He thus eh evates his rank in the world, and be comes independent in the best sense of the word, and first in importance in the department of school educa tion. GTJTLIBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1872. Grant a Minority Presi dent. Montgomery Blair says it was the organized support of the money power which reelected Grant,- and that the Administration is sustain ed by only a minority of voters, while its opponents include three fifths of the white voters in the country, whom time will compact and so restore popular government. Ex Postmaster General Blair is right. Grant is elected, under the forms of the Constitution, but not by a majority of the legal voters of the country. Hi3 election is “ a snap judgment” in favor of the re publican party and its ideas. If the voters of the country, the “stay at home” and the actual voters could have been massed upon one candidate, Grant, with his military prestige , money, corruption, brib ery, etc., etc., would have been swamped. The real majority of the people of this country have not sanctioned or endorsed such a man as Grant or the principles he is sup posed to represent. Let no Demo crat be disheartened. A mistake or a series of mistakes may have been made in the canvass the past year. It is not the part of any man or number of men in the Dem ocratic party to stick up their Ebe neezers, and say, that if things had been so and so, should have succeeded. For one we do not pro pose to sit in judgment upon the course tluit should have been pur sued. One thing we are certain of, and that is, that the Grantite jour mils miss a figure or two when they say the Democratic party has gone where King Nebuehaunezzer went. The party still survives aud will survive as long as the glorious and immortal principles, for which it Contends, shall need brave and con stant defenders. Those principles are the same that Jefferson, the founder and exemplar of the Demo cratic party’, inculcated, and no true Demociat will yield a hair or the breadth of a hair, until they are re-established in the Councils of the nation. Principles never die.— Nashua Gazette. Rich Without Money. —Many a man is rich without money. Thou sands of men with nothing in their pockets, and thousands without even a pocket, are rich. A man born with a good sound constitu tion, a good stomach, a gool heart, good limbs, and a pretty good head piece, is rich. Good bones are bet ter than gold ; tough muscles than silver; and nerves that flash fire and carry energy to every function are better than houses and land.— It is better than a landed estate to have the right kind of father and mother. Good breeds and bad breeds exist among men as really as among birds and horses. Edu cation may do much to check evil tendencies or to develop good ones ; but it is a great thing to inherit.the right proport’Ou of faculties to start with. The man is rich who has a good disposition—who is naturally kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful, and who has a flavor of wit and fun in his composition. The hardest thing to get on with in this world is a man’s own self. A cross, selfish fellow—a desponding and complain ing fellow —a timid and care bur dened man —these are all born de formed on the inside. Their feet do not limp, but their thoughts do. Own a Home oe Your Own.— Have a home of your owu some where. Buy a piece of land and owu it. Buy it with the determi nation to keep it as long as you live, and to leave it to your heirs. If you have no money except what you earn yourself, then scrupulous ly save and lay aside a part of your income, until you have enough to pay for a piece of land. To be an owner of a homestead will have a beneficial effect upon your charac ter. It will increase your self re spect—your confidence in yourself. You will feel that you have a sub stantial position, and something at stake in the community. The hab it of saving, which you will have formed in saving money to purchase a piece of land, will, in itself, be valuable to you. It will aid you greatly in acquiring other property, and becoming independent. The tendency of this is to make you more self-reliant, more ambitious, more industrious, more careful, and a better citizen. The ownership of a home will add greatly to your happiness. The feeling which it engenders is a source of constant satisfaction.— There is one spot of earth which you improve and beautify. With that spot your thoughts and affec tions become identified. You learn to love it. It is like an unchanging friend, It becomes an unfailing source of enjoyment. Have a home. —Ex. —On the night of the fire in Boston a dealer in boots and shoes, finding that the fire had reached his rear store, said to a few strangers who had assisted him : “ You might as well help yourself to boots.” One fellow took a pair the mer chant handed him, and, after glanc ing at them said : “ You havn’t got a pair of slim sevens, have you?” An explosion next door prevented a response. A man recently broke off a marriage because the lady did not possess good conversational powers. A friend told him he should have married her, and then refused her a new bonnet to have developed her ' power of talk. He Couldn’t Brink Wine. That was a noble youth who, on being urged to take wine at the ta ble of a famous statesman, in Wash ington, had the moral courage to re fuse. lie was a poor young man, just beginning the struggle of life. He brought letters to the great statesman," who kindly invited him Ijome to dinner. “ Not to take a glass of wine ?” said the great statesman in won derment and surprise. “ Not one, simple glass of wine?” echoed the statesman’s beautiful and fascinating wife, as she arose, glass in hand, and, with a grace that would have charmed an ancho rite, endeavoring to press it upon him. “ No,” said the heroic youth, res olutely-, gently repelling the prof fered glass. What a picture of moral grand eur was that. A poor, friendless youth refusing wine at the table of a wealthy and famous statesman, even though proffered by the fair hands of a beautiful lady’. “No,” said the noble young man, and his voice trembled a little and his cheek flushed. “ I never drink wine, but —(here he straight ened himself up and his words grew firmer) if you’ve got a little good old rye whisky, I don’t mind trying a snifter !” Help Your Town. —The follow ing from an exchange is as true as preaching, and our people should keep die views contained in the ar ticle constantly in mind : . The way to make a town is to help as much as possible every in dustry in our midst. Judiciously aid every enterprise that promises to add strength and character to the place. If your neighbor builds a house, help him to pay for it. If you are a property holder every new house strengthens yours, and it is but right to reciprocate. Don’t hide a dollar with a penny. Look ahead. Consider what is best for you in the long run. Don’t be so jealous. If you can draw advant age from an enterprise forwarded by an enemy, support it if it even does enrich him. Should a man start up a legitimate business in an obscure part of the town, whether or no a friend or even an acquaint ance, say a good word for him whenever occasion presents itself, it will cost you nothing, and may do him incalculable good, always remembering that “ bread cast up on the waters will return after many days.” Chinese Soldiers. —Chinese sol diers according to the popular idea, are a comical set of barbarians arm ed with antiquated matchlocks and impracticable swords, who go to battle under the shade of huge um brellas and depend for success against an enemy principally on the unearthly sounds they contrive to produce from their lungs and vari ous instruments of ear torture, such as the gong and similar pro ducts of Mongolian ingenuity. The truth is, however, that within the past few years China has made wonderful improvements in her mil itary affaiis, and at the present mo ment has a force of at least 50,000 men armed with Enfield and Rem ington rifles, who have been thor oughly drilled in European tactics by European officers, supplemented thirty field and mountain batteries. Armories have been established in several of the principal cities for the manufacture of guns, rifles, and powder, where under foreign super intendence, the work of supplying troops with aims of the most im proved models for some time has been actively carried on. H ouseiiold —Housekeeping.— Every home should be bright and tastefully furnished freely if careful ly used, and every table should be regularly spread with a reasonable variety of good, wholesome and ap petizing food. Economy is a very good thing, but when it degenerates into unnecessary scrimping, it be comes meanness. The very poor are sometimes obliged to scrimp ; but what their necessity makes a virtue, is really a crime in the well or even comfortably oft'. What are delicious things made for ? to eat, certainly. The appetite claims a certain amount of consid er luxuries to satisfy it, and tins should be supplied iu generous abun dance at the table at A craving unsatisfied stomacA, ' s a dangerous thing, whether it is the result of over indulgence, or want of satisfying food, if y ou desire to keep your boys from becoming intemperate, give them bright, cheerful homes, aud freedom to in vite their friends and companions to visit them there; furnish die ta ble occasionally with healthful de licacies, such as ice (.ream, if you live where it can be obtained, leam onade and the like, and don’t sea son their food with anything con taining alchoiiol in any form. SroNG Cake.— Take 6 eggs, 2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of flour, 2 large lablespooniulls of cold water, and a little lemon juice, if you like. Beat whites and yolks of eggs sep arately ; beat the sugar into the yolks, then the flour, next the wa ter, and the whites last. It re quires no long beating, but always a hot oven. If you follow the di rections and do not succeed the fault must be in the oven. Even my cook never —The cotton crop of the present year is estimated at 8,450,000 bales. Treatment of the Horse Disease. The disease which is now seizing so generally the horses of this city is plainly of a cattarrh character. The first notable symptom will be a flow of tears from tbe nose, and gen eral languor. Next a cough, which becoming more frequent, wifi soou occur in paroxysms. In the com mencement the membrane of a leaden color, and those of the eyes presenting a yellowish or reddened appearance. Many cases are ush ered o.n with a chill. All this is soon succeeded by a general fever ish condition manifested by heat of the mouth, memberancesof eyes and nose reddened, pulse frequent, though soft and easily- compressed espiratiou quickened and sometimes laborious. At this stage the bowels may be sluggish, urinary organs in active, and tbe discharge from the nose often assuming a yellowish or greenish appearance. The disease usually runs its course within ten days, and with proper treatment few, if any, cases ought to prove fatal. Those that do so are usually complicated with other diseases, as bronchitis or pneumo nia. Treatment.—The patient should be excused from all labor, and al lowed complete rest. The stables should be kept clean and well ven tilated. Disinfectants may be use ful, and in some cases necessary.— Either of the following will answer carbolic acid, sulphate of iron, or bromo-cloraluin. The patient should be properly groomed, and the nose and eyes frequently spong ed with water, and the limbs, if cold bandaged : The drink should have the chill slightly removed, but not enough to make it warm and unpal atable. The diet should be light, and of a laxative nature; say short feed or bran wetted or scalded, with a little salt added. Hay in limited quantities may be allowed.— Buffa lo Commercial. What Not to Do. —Don’t spit on the iloor ; don’t spit at all, if you can help it. Don’t drum with your fingers or feet; don’t sit with your feet higher than your head; don’t go with dirty nails ; don’t trim or clean your nails in company ; don’t clean your nose, ears or teeth in presence of others; don’t eat with your knife; don’t blow your nose at table ; don’t make sipping tea or eating soup a vocal exqioi.se; don’t eat fast; don’t drop orange peal or peach skin on the side walk ; don’t interrupt others in conversation; don’t use profane language; don’t whisper in church or at concerts; don’t pull your watch out in church ; don’t sleep in church ; don’t run in debt, but if you do don’t forget to pay ; don’t borrow your neighbor’s newspaper. General Amnest. —The Wash ington correspondent of the Balti more Sun, under date of the 18tli says : The President in his annual message will reccommcnd thepasage of a bill by Congress removing all the disabilities imposoed by the third section o's the four teenth amendment to the constiutiun.— He will take the ground that as the amendment does not exclude the ballot, but oly imposes disabilities to hold office upon certain persons there is no good reoson for disfran hisemeut of that kind merely be cause they were, before the rebel ion, of standing and character enough to bo elected to offices re quiring them to take an oath to sup port the constitution. Apples for Human Food. —With us the value of the apple*, as an arti cle of food, is far underrated -be sides cotaining a large amount of sugar, musilage, and other nutritive matter, apples contain vegetable acids, aromaticd ua^^eß > etc -> whicli act powerful l / in the capacity of refrio-erante »nd antiseptiecs; and when fre-dy used at the season of mellow ripeness, they prevent de bility indigestion, and avert, with outdoubt, many of the “ills which flesh is heir to.” . Anecdote of the Road. —A alwyer riding through a town, stop ped at a cottage to inquire the way. The lady of the house told him he must keep right straight on for some time, and . then turn to the right; but said that she her self was going to pass the road lie must take, and that if he would wait a few minutes she would show him I the way. ‘Well,’ said he, ‘bad company is better than none —make haste.’ After jogging on five or six miles the gentleman asked if be had not yet come to the road that he must take. . ‘Oh, yes,’ said she, ‘w6 passed it two or three miles back, but I thought as bad company was bet ter than none, I would keep you along with me.’ To Clean Gold Chains.—Put the chain in a small giass bottle with warm water, a little tooth pow der and some soap. Cork the bottle and shake it for a minute violently; Friction against the glass polishes i the gold, and the soap and chalk ; extracts every particle of grease and ! dirt from the inters'lees of a chain of the most intricate pattern ; rinse it i€ clear cold water, wipe with a towel, and the polish will surprise you. Mosaic Made Manures. During the winter months every farmer should employ as much of his time as possible in saving and preparing manures to be distribu ted early next spring. Time and lab„r thus employed will not be spent in vain. Remember that it is far better to, improve the land which you already- have in cultiva tion than to clear-more to be worn out in the same way as the old.— Add something to the compost heap every day, and in a few months you will be surprised to see how large it has grown. Make heaps of veg etable matter, of any kind, where ever you can find it ; haul muck from the swamps, the river and creek banks, mix a little lime with it and it will make excellent food for your next crop. It is a good plan to keep your lots and stables well littered with leaves or straw, and rake this matter together in heaps, mixed with lime, as soon as it becomes wet and unfit for bed ding for your stock. “ Nothing” should be “ lost on a farmer’s barn yard.” Save and make all the ma nure you can,, and you will, by this means, soon make “ two blades of grass grow where but one grew be fore,” all over your farm. Don’t leave your farms because they are poor, and move to the West, but go to work, make an acre rich at a time, and you will soon have a good ftirtu to support you in your old age, .and to leave, together with a good example, to your children. A Composition on the Ox. —The following is the composition of a little boy in tbe Bishop Scott Gram mar School, Portland, Oregon, and is printed verbatim el literatim : OXEN. Oxen is a very slow animal. — They tire very good to brake up ground. I would rather have horses if they didn’t have the colic—which they, say is wind collected in a bunch.— Whicit makes it dangereser to keep horses than oxen. If there were no horses people would have to wheal their wood in whealbarrows. It would take them two or three days to wheal a cord a mile. Cows at’e useful too. I heard some people say tliut if they had-to be an ox or a cow they would soon er be a cow, but I thiuk when it comes to be milked on a cold winter morning I think they would sooner be an oxen for oxen don’t have to raise calves. If I had to be aox or cow I would be a heller, but if I could not boa heifer and has to be both I would be a ox. Breakfast Dish. —To one table spoonful of rice, boiled till soft and drained, add a piece of butter, the yelk of an egg, one tablespoonful of sauce, a little white pepper, Cayen ne, and salt, set on the fire, and stir well together; add any dressed fish, cut into small pieces, warm it gradually; and send to table. Had dock is excellent. When you can’t think of what your wife charged you to bring home, get hair pins. They are al ways handy in the house Get Whom out of your pocket without braking the package. A stray hairpin may wreck a houshold. A young man of this city took home one hair pin last week to his wife. Hi presented it to her as a birthday gift. She was delighted until she bund a long hair attached to it. lias doctor thinks he may possibly recover the use of his eyes. • Mrs. Soule, wife of Mr. Julian the manager of the Western Union Telegraph, died in Lake City, Florida, on Friday, from eating phosphorus matches. The startling announcement was made to Mr. Soule while in attendance upon Jamos Robinson’s circus, where he had gone with his children. Mrs. Soule has been much depressed of late by the recent death of her mother.— Columbus Sun City Registry List. —The list dosed last night. The following is the total poll : Whites, 840; colored 425 : total, 1,265. The poll of 1871 stood as follows; Whites, 832, ; lob ored, 503 ; total, 1,435. This shows a falling off of 1 per cent. white,and 1J persent. on 1 *- vote.— Columbu* L ’ —Not bad is this remark of a pas tor : “Two-thirds of the members of my church are honorary members. Tley don’t come to prayer meetings; tfey don’t attend’the Sabbath school; tley don’t add to the life of the dun eh ; they are passengers on the sjospel; ship they bear no burden ; jdd no strength ; their names are on Dur books; they are honorary mem bers.” lt is not to be fashionable this season to offer your guests wine when they call on New Year s day'. If this rule can be successfully and continually applied, it will abate two great nuisances—fashionable drunkenness on New Year’s day, and New. Year’s calls in the manner they are now made. Good ! Riches are not among the number of things that are good.— | It is not poverty that causes sorrow, i but covetous desires. Deliver your -1 self from appetite, and you will be free. "He who is discontented with j things present and allotted is un- I skilled in life. NO 49- Epi/oolic. Upon my sole I’ve walked so much Since horses have been a hoarse, I feel like some pedestrian sport In training-on the course. I’ve worn my boots to sandals, anti The sand’s all in tny feet; My calves won’t work, if oxens do,’ For horses qn the streer. Such “ pilgrims progress ” as this fe Makes each man bunion ” hate And, though a strict to to taler, He’s corned in spite of fate. Forgotten now iff horsemanship, And driving's a lost art Hotels can’t furnish carriages— They’ve nothing but the carte. The price of leather’s going up At a most fearful rate. And every cow hide’s quivering, Lest shafts shoilld be her fate. No car 'os now will carry us. Urged on by driver’s whacks; Oh, ior the wings Icarus had, Although they were of wax. Then let us hope that horses may Be freed from present woes, And running on their Icet agaid; Instead of at the nose. The looking-glass makes foote of women,* the wine-glass of men. An editor who served four days on a jury, says he’s so full of law that it is itard to keep from cheat ing somebody. —-.A little girl of of tcri summers being asked wnat dusf was, replied that it was mud with all the juice squeezed out. A little girl wanting a fan, but not being able to remember the word, said she “wanted a thing to brush the hot off with.” “Have you blasted hopes ?” asked a young lady of a librarian with a handkerchief tied over his jaw. “No, ma’am,” said he; “it’s only a blasted toothache.” Never marry, said a cyclical Oli bachelor, but if you must make a fool of yourself marry a woman with no relatives. Ilipporhinopblegmatoblennoclast aiagmius is the last rafne for it. A horse that wouldn’t die with suc)i a disease as that ought to be knotted in the head. The celebrated stallion, Soc rates, valued at §40,000, died us of dropsy-, a few days ago. An editor’s pocket was picked at Litchfield, Illinois, and he tried to make tho public believe he lortt 82. An exchange announces, on the death of a lady, that she “lived fifty years with her husband, and died, in confident hope of a Letter life/” A watering-place correspondent writes that “ very few bathers bathe at the West End,” whereupon, Mrs< Partington says she “ Had an id fed they bathed all over.” Too Weak to Climb. —“ Are you not afraid that whisky will get into your head ?” asked a stranger of and man he saw drinking at a bar.— “ No,” said the toper, “this liquflt’s too weak to climb.” “ Meet me at the gate, love,” has been changed to “ Meet me at the grate, love.” The cool weather ne- the change. “You look like Death on a pale horse,” said a geDtleman to a toper who was pail and emaciated. “I don’t know anything about that,” said the toper, “but I’m death oo pale brandy }” The old penitential monks usecl to hang skulls in their cells to remind them of their "latter * end. The penitentiary gentlemen of Albany probably for the purpose have taken to stealing clothes lides.— Boston Post. Lav it down as a rule never to smile, nor iu any way show appror* al, at any trait in a child which you would not wish to grow with his growth and strengthen with u ’ strength. . ~ ia passing another oiiotild not turn around to see what the.other wears, because the other is engaged in doing the same thing. The most popular visitor to the printing office just now is the “man who shuts the door.” IIeFvE is a good buisness like epi taph :—“ Here lies Jane Smith, wife of Thomas Smith, marble cutter. — This monument was erected by hes husband as a tribune to her memory and a speciment of his work. Mon uments of the same style, $250.” Art is beginning to flourish in Africa. It is announced that a so ciety under the name of tbo “South Africa Fine Arts Association,” has been established at Cape Town, and held its first exhibition in January last. The collection of pictures numbered two hundred and thirty; representing examples of ancient and modern art. —“How’s yotfv horse?” is notf the form <>f salutation that has sup planted the ordinary “good morn ing,” in Northern aud Western cities.