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VOL. VI.
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JaYNE’S Tills,
“ Alterative,
v Hair Tonic,
“ (,'ounter Irritant.
“ Balaam Carminative,
“ VerniifuKe,
“ AjiUt: fixture,
“ Expectorant,
BRFNOLIS Lemon Sucar,
LII’MAN’S Sareaparifla with SotlMe Po
tassium, Railway's Sarsapariliair Resolvent.
K. It. Relief. Railway's Tills Ayer's Sarsa
parilla ana Cltcrry Pectoral, Harter’s Iron
Tonic, Harter’s Lunj; Balsam, llarter’sj’ills,
IVilliofts’ Antiperiodic, Uliolajiogue, 'farm
er’s, Holton’s. Clallif'luui’s, DeßlilCr’S, Slial
lenjjei ’*, and Harter’s Fever and Ague Tills.
Parker’s Nerve and Bone, Mustang, Arabian,
and McLean's Volcanic Oil Li .intents.
WALKER'S Vinegar,
Ilottetter’s,
Plantation,
Tint’s,
Brady's,
llo< Hand's German,
Curacoa,
uud English Female Bitiejß.
PAPER,
PENS,.
INK,
BLANK Bootes,
PENCILS, Etc.
Perfumery of all Kinds.
Toilet and SUNDRY SOAPS.
HAVE ON HAND,
PURE Medicine,
PAINTS, *
VARNISHES,
Liquors,
Ollt'S,
TOBACCO and Cl GARB.
Come, you shall not leave dissatis
fied as to prices or articles. j
82L. Prescriptions carefully com
pounded, at the Drug Store of
J. J McDONAU).
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THE CELEBRATED
SCIiMAMN SPECTACLE
AND
EYE GLASSES,
Manufactured at
SOHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland.
The superiority of these Great Eye Pr<-
Rerveis consirts in the careful M.itleniatieal
Accuracy iii the coußtructiou of tin Lensi-s,
being manutactured of the Best Wlite Flint
Glass, llio exact Shape of the Eye. Inis obvi
ating all Glimmering and Waveri(g of the
Sight, Di/ziucss, ami ail the other Train of
Evils produced by the use of inferjn- specta
cles.
Every one whose sight is failiig nndr-r
stands its value. By buying impeiiect spec
tueles vou help to destroy it
BUY THE -BEST!
Buy the Schaffhausev, Prelacies
and preserve the Bye’s ic/u h arc
jprMess.
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COOPER & BRO.
' Pliiladel.ph.ia.
For sale by T. S. TO WE LI. trustee,
Druggist, Bookseller aid Stationer,
Cuhbert, Ga.
/3SJ' Those Spectacles arc infer sold by
rcddlers.
II ai*mless as Vater.
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JCRYSTAI. DISCOYERIi OF THE
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A perfectly clear preparation i one bottle,
as easily applied as water, for restoring; to
gray hair its natural color and youthful ap
pearance, to eradicate and previit dandruff,
to promote the growth of the ltir and stop
its falling out. It is entirely Rimless, iiud
perfectly free from any poisoraip gnhstance,
and will tlierefoie take the plait of all the
dirty an<l unpleasant prt piraiionjnow in nsc.
Numerous testimonials have hi u sent ns
from many of our most promiuat citizens.—
In everything in which the artVles now in
iiso are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOV
ERY, is perfect. It is warrantet to contain
neither Sugar of Lead, Sulphur .<•, Nitrate of
silver, it does not soil the clothed" r scalp, is
agreeably perfumed, and makes one of the
best dressings for the Hair in us< It restores
the color of the llair *• more pe/cet and uni
formly than any other pvep'-irjinn,” and al
ways does so in from three to vu days, vir
tually feeding the roots of the i'l.ir with all
the notuisbing qualities nttesiny to its
growth and healthy condition jit restores
the decayed and induce ane’V giiwih ol the
Hair more positively tliau anytime: else.—
Th'O application of this wonderttl discovery
stlso produces a pleasant and eooljig ( fleet on
the scalp aud gives the Hair a x/casing and:
elegant oppearan -.
Call at your druggist /or it antfake no oth
er Ifhe’hasnot got it let Him dder it.
Price $1 per bottle.
AK'iTO NATfANS,
Inventor and Proprietor, Waslp g ion, 1). (J.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOW A], &. CO.,
General Agents, piiladelphia
? JOHN P. HENRY and K. (. WJELLS &
CO., Now York, and ti be had of »• holesale
druggists, everywhere.
T 1
WAREHOUSE InOTICE.
WE respectfully offer our names to our
numerous Planting friefds and Cotton
Dealers of Middle and South mat Georgia, as
■COTTGIL FACTORS
—AND—
MERCHANTS.
In entering upon tais business at successors
of Jonathan Collins c Son, we do so with the
firm determination o doing *ur whole duty,
and Hatter oureelveithat wt are fully com
p-tent for the succesfnl pr sc-eution of this
important trust, aud hope by strict attention
to business, and coftesy to our patrons, to
merit their onfidcre and support.
COLUNSjfLANDERS & C 0...
33p6-3m Coton Factors, Macon, Ga.
ARE YOU AIIHT W I’iliY
IPSO. BUY
MAXWEH & CLARKE’S
EASSSIO'JV PURE LEAP
Unequalled for dcability, whiteness, body
and fineness.
For sale by out agent,
m j. j. McDonald
Cuthbert Ga.
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DOORS,
SASH AND BUNDS,
Mouldings, brackets,
STAIR Fixtures. Builders’ Fur
liiug Hardwaie,- Drain Pipe, Floor
'Tiles, Wiie Guaids, Terra Cotta Ware,
Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces.
Window Glass a Speciality.
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E\ P. TO ALE,
‘2O Hayne and 3 ! Pinckney fits.,
oct4-ly Charleston, S. C.
Choice Goods.
I take pleasure in announcing to
my numerous friends, and the pub
lic generally, that I have hut •re
cently returned from New York,
where I bought the most extensive
and best selected stock -of '(.roods I
have ever Jjefer'e perchased 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 Ham.
For the “ little folks” 1 have
bought extensively, and can sup
ply their v/unt in
Toys tusd CCosaicclioEnaries,
Beyond a doubt. I have everything
to please the taste or fancy of the
young, and will take pleasure in
showing my stock lo them.
Old “ Santa Claus” will make his
headquarters at my store this year
and will be mad to coo all the good
✓ .
children, and show them his pres
ents.
novi-ct A. W. GILLESPIE.
.IAS S. CLAGnDRN. JNO. CUNNINGHAM.
CLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers and Provision Dealers,
Corner Bay am! Drayton Streets,
SAYAIMAH, GA.
Keep on hand a large find complete Sup-:
ply of Plantation and Family Groceries and
choice linputted Wi; es, Liquors, and Cigars.
Countjy orders promptly tilled and quality
guaiautced. octlo 6m
XL 3. JGHHSTQFI,
Dealer in
Watches, Jewelry, Silver fare,
Fancy G-oods, Fine Cutlery,
Musical instruments, Stings,
Etc., Etc.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated
DIAMOND PEBBLE SPECTACLES,
EYE-GLASSES, ETC. .
Particular Attention given to Re
pairs on Bine and Difficult
Watches.
JEWELRY, ETC., REPAIRED.
AMD ENGRAVING.
Corner Mulberry & Second Streets,
MACON, GEORGIA.
novl-3m
Fresh FISH and OYSTERS,
At BANCROFT'S.
I am now perfecting my arrangements to
furnish every week jtlie finest
FISM andOTSTEBS
that can be obtained in. the M.- ets, as
FRESH as when taken'from the sea. Foi
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 undVlG ARN of best brands.
. a. c. Bancroft!
novl ts
Planter’s Hotel.
By Mrs. IVI. A. Kilpatrick,
Broad Street, COLUMBUS, GA.
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To The Fames ol’Flwrieli*.
DEDICATED TO MY NATIVE STATE.
By Pamela Ntblacx.
O pine trees, rugged and tail!
That have stood lor centuries here,
Whose leaves are green, when others fall
With the changing of the year :
Ye are solemn, brave,*and grand,
.M id sunshine or in storm —
A royal race for aye ye stand.
A living bulwark form.
Form the fo’led and barked trunks,
Os thy cliildt en young and strong,
We build our houses, a ltd thy “chucks”
To the glowing health belong ;
With thy cloven hearts so brave
The fanner girds his field ;
The grain in billows, wave on wave,
Speak of the costly yield.
Thou dost protect us from the blot
That rends the blackened cloud ;
Receiving on thy head the stroke,
That makes thy bark thy shroud ;
Within Ihv thorny ones appear,
The winged and silvery!“master,’
That iu the autumn of the year,
Flies ou each icy blast
To teed the squirrel in his nest,
Ilid by thy tassels green,
When’snug his little ones find rest,
Thy soft gray moss between.
Thy slender fingers upward rise
From out the teeming sod,
Pointing forever to the skies,
To draw our thoughts to God
The oak is a comely, grand old tree,
And well I love its shade,
With its solemn banners waving free,
O’er hill or silent glad ;
But O the piens I the green old pines 1
Seem dearer far to me,
With their tangled masses of forest vines.
Where the wild birds sing in glee.
The royal princes cf the wood,
Magnolias grand, and bays,
That gem the river’s rolling flood,
Or deck the broad highways—
The maples with their scarlet dyes,
The ash and dogwood fair- - ,
All charm my sences, glad mine eyes,
With splendors rich and rare,
But give to me the dear old pine,
Simple and pure and grand ;
Supremely beautiful they shine,
Arch favoirites in. our land.
No other tree so fondly dear,
None other royal can appear,
While uaalh it’s shades i stand.
An Ingenious Lad. —Louisville
has a genuine and original genius
in the person of a little boy only 12
years of age, who has, daring the
last twelve months, constructed two
miniature steam fire-engines without
the direction .or aid of any one.
This amateur machinist lives on
Fifth street, hetweeh York, and
Breckinridge, and is known as Lit
tle Billy Webb. Last spring Billy
began his ingenious experiment by
building an engine with pieces of
tin, lead, po.t metal and wires, using
a large oyster can as a boiler. The
engine was a success, and worked
admirably 7 , throwing a stream of
water through a piece of small hose
a distance of several yards, till one
day the engineer got up a little too
much sreanv, and the thing “ bust
ed,” scattering the pieces all around
the premises This occurrence, in
stead of discouraging the boy, was
takcu advantage of by 7 him as a les
son by which he determined to prof
it in the .construction of a new ma
chine. He accordingly set about
.the work at once, and in a short
time completed another engine much
larger, ana in every way superior to
the first. He has, ol late, been tak
ing much pains in improving this en
gine, and has now made it quite a
success ; and in order to afford his
juvenile friends a littlefun, and also
to give them and all others an op
portunity to gratify their curiosity,
proposes to make a trial of this new
engine, at the corner of fifth and
Breckinridge streets, at three o’clock
this afternoon.
CUTIIBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872.
A Great Fa rmer’s Maxims.
The successful life of Jacob Stawn,
the Prince of American farmers, is
attributed to the close observance
of the following maxims, originated
by himself:
When 3'ou wake up do not roll
over, but roll out. It will give you
time to ditch all your sloughs,
break them, harrow them, and sow
with timothy and red clover. One
bushel of clover to two bushels of
timothy is enough.
Make your fence high, light and
strong, so that it will keep cattle
and pigs out.
If you have a bush, make your
lots secure, and keep your liogs
from the cattle, for if the com is
kept clean, they will eat it better
than*if it is not.
Be sure to-get your hands to bed
by seven o’clock ; they will rise ear
ly by the force of circumstances.—
Pay a hand, if he is a poor hand,
all you promise him; if he is a
good one, pay him a little more; it
will encourage him to do still bet
ter.
Always feed your hands as well
as you do yourself, for the laboring
man is the bone and sinew of the
land, and ought to bo well treated.
I am satisfied that getting up ear
ly, industry and regular habits, are
the best medicine prescribed for
health.
When rainy, bad weather comes,
so that you can’t work out of doors,
split' and haul your wood, make
your racks, fix your fence or a gate
that is off its hinges, or weather
• board your barn where the wind
has blown the siding oft’, or patch
the roof of your barn or house.
Study your interest closely, and
do not spend an} 7 time in electing
Presidents, Senators or other small
er officers, or talking of hard times
when spending your time in whit
tling store boxes, etc.
Take your time and make cal
culations ; don’t do things in a hur
ry, but do them at the right time,
and keep your mind as well as the
body e m ployed. — Exchange.
A few figures regarding the nec
essary expenses of some people,
ought to be vauablo to various par
ties contemplating a change in life.
“Eli Perkins” tells us, for instance,
of an old bachelor at the Fifth Av
enue Hotel, whoso income is S2O
-a year, and still he says he can’t
afford to get married. lie’s a proud,
blooded fellow, and now, he says, a
single man, lie cart have the best
horses, best rooms, and the best
box at opera ; “but,” he continued
“if I should get married, I would
have to scrimp myself or overdraw
my income.” “llow is that?” asked
Eli. “Well, now, come m the par
lor and I’ll show you. You see, la
dies ate so extravagant nowdays.
They dress so much more here; than
they do in Europe. I mean, they
don’t wear rich diamonds like the
women of Florance and Milan, but
they wear rich dresses, laces, shawls
and furs. Now, I’m proud, and I
wouldn’t want my wife to be out
dressed,, so I have to keep out of
the marriage business-” “Do you
see that lady there ?” he said, poin
ting to a fashionable caller.
“Well, she has on a sl-00 paniard
wattaued, polonaised brown gros
grain dress, and I wear a S6O coat.
She wears a $1,200 camel’s hair
shawl and a.§>soo set of sable, while
I wear a S7O overcoat. She wears
a £7O bonnet while I wear an $8
hat. She wears £2OO worth of
point applique and point aguilo,
while I wear a$G shirt. Ilcr shoes
cost §ls, and mine cost sl2. Her
ordinary morning jewelry, which
is changed every year—not count
ing diamonds—cost §4CO; mine
cost $59. .Why, the clothes she
has on cost $2,285, and mine cost
$206; and that is one of her dozen
outfits, while I only have—say
three. The fact is,” said the bach
elor, growing earnest, “I couldn’t
begin to live in a brown stone front
with that woman and keep up ap
pearance to KKttch —carriages,
church, dinners, opera and sea-side,
for §20,000. i’d have to become a
second rate man and live in an
eighteen foot house or with
draw oyer to Second Avenue, and
that I’ll be d —d if I do !” and ho
slung his fist down slam into a nice
silk hat in the excess of his earnest
ness. There is.some fun in these
statistics, but 'a good deal more of
suggestive fact.”
Dressing vou Church.—There
was a time when good taste deman
ded the use of the plainest clothes
in the sanctuary, when the wealthiest
were distinguished for their con
spicuous absence of personal adorn
ment, and sartorial display was a
mark of vulgarity at such times and
places. But now it would almost
appear as if, whatever might be
thought of a modest garb *in other
places, the proper costume for the
house of God, where, theoretically,
we all go to be reminded of our
common origin or destiny, were an
agglomeration of all the jewelry, and
all the chignons, and all the panievs,
and all the feathers and furbelows
in one’s wardrobe. The wearer .is
to cany all this piled agony to the
sanctuary as to a fair—as if her er
rand were not so much to praise as
to be appraised—and there employ
the sacred time in envious compar
ison of her own mountain of milli
nery with the)*Himalayan triumphs
of her neighbor.— Exchange.
“What’s that?” said a teacher,
pointing the letter x, to a little rag
ged urchin. “Daddy’s name.” “Flu,
no, my boy.” “Yes it is, i’ve seen
him write it a good many times.”
Elaste ami Mjalih.
It is not at all wholesome to be in
a lmrry. Locomotives have been
reported to have moved a mile in a
minute for short distances; but lo
comotives have often come to grief
by such rapidity. Multitudes, in
their haste to get rich, are ruined
every year. The men who do
things maturely, slowly, deliberate
ly are the men who - oftencst suc
ceed. People who are habitually in
a hurry generally have to do things
twice over. The tortoise beats the
hare at last. Slow men seldom
knock their brains out against a
post. Foot races are injurious to
health, as are all forms of competitive
exercise ; steady labor in the field is
the best gymnasium in the world.
Either labor or exercise, carried
to exhaustion or prostration, o.r even
great tiredness, expressed by “fag
ged out,” always does more harm
than the previous exercise lias done
good. All running up stairs, ot
to catch up with a vehicle or ferry
boat, are extremely injurious to ev
ery age and sex and condition of
lile. It ought to be the most press
ing necessity which' should induce
persons over fifty to run twenty
yards. Those live longest who arc
deliberate, whose actions are meas
ured, who never embark in any en
terprise without “sleeping over it,”
and who perform all the every-day
acts of life with- calmness.— Dr.
Hall.
Winter Clothing.— lu his ex
periments to determine the heat
conducting power of liaen, cotton,
wool and silk, Sir Humphrey Davy
found not only that these ’materials,
conducted heat in the ordet given
above, linen being the best, but also
that the tightness or looseness of
weaving possessed an important in
fluence. It is therefore evident that
in the selection of winter clothing,
and especially of that to be worn
next the skin, the materials of least
conducting power, as wool and silk,
should be chosen, and the fabrics
should be loosely woven.
As regards the external garments
the same rules apply with equal
force, but in this case care should
be taken to remove overcoats and
shawls when in a warm room ; es
pecially should' this precaution be
observed in the instance of the furs
worn by ladies. The habit of wear
ing these articles for hours- iu suc
cession, while shopping and visit
ing, often so weakens the powers of
resistance in the wearers that they
become tho ready victims of inflame
matioii of the throat and lungs.
To such an extent does this occur iu
New York that many of the most
skillful physicians advise their pa
tients to discontinue the use of furs,
and the advice is often followed
with the must satisfactory results.—
Scribner's.
. . ■ •»
Yviio Worn.^not be a Farmer.
-*-Tlic Louisville Courier pays the
following tribute to the occupation
of the farmer:
If a young man wants to engage
in business that will insure him in
middle life the greatest amount of
leisure time, there is nothing more
sure than fanning. If he has an
independent turn of mind, let him
be a farmer. If lie wants to en
gage in a healthy occupation, lot
him till the coil. In short, if he
would be independent, lot him get a
spotief earth, keep within his means,
shun the lawyer, be temperate to
avoid the doctor, be honest, that
he may have a clear conscience;
improve tho soil, so as to leave
the World better than lie found it;
and then, if he cannot live happily
and die content, there is no hope
for him.
Anger. —There is a noble and
ignoble anger. There are moments
and situations in life when one re*-
quires a burst of anger to be able
to grapple powerfully and lend
justice a strong helping hand.
But such moments come seldom ;
and the danger of falling, in the
annoyances and little vexations of
every day life, from a noble to an
ignoble anger, is so great that we
ought to do all we can to. govern
and conquer this emotion and its.
eruptions. When our Savior, in
noble wrath, thundered his anath
ema against the hypocritical Phari
sees, He knew what He did- But
we, weak, narrow-minded beings,
often know not what we are doing
when our feelings are agitated. A
noble, high-minded character
ought, therefore, not to quell any
of the feelings which the Creator
has interwoven in his nature ; but
he ought to so rule and direct them
that, like the waves in a river, tiiey
fertilize its banks without inundat
ing them — Bremer.
Sausage Meat —A good recipe
for sausage-meat is ometimes diffi
cult to find just when it is wanted.
Hhero is one that we think will
meet all the requirements: Take
all the spare meats and tenderloins
from your pork, and grind it in a
sausage grinder, or chop it. Sea
son it highly with pepper, salt, and
powdered sage. Boil one of two
pods of red pepper and pour the
tea over it; work it all up. Cook a
small , piece to’try it, and if not
seasoned high enough, add what it
wants. Pack it in a jar, or stuff
skins with it after they have been
soaked and cleaned nicely. Ilang
them up to dry. Smokeiug makes
them hard.
lie is happy whose circumstan
o A itis tv niper ; but he is more
excellent who e;ut suit his temper to
any circumstances
SSctis.
The enormous beds in fashion
name the middle ages, in no only
the whole family, but favorit domes
tic animals,hunting dogs, eats, cte.,
reposed together, excite our liveliest
astonishment. In those days the
aristocracy did not find it undigni
fied to jjltare their couches with
friends or guests who sought their
hospitality. It was or the contrary,
considered a mark of sincere friend
ship.
It is now commonly believed that
where two persons sleep together
one abstracts from the other some
amout of vital force. This is espe
daily the case where old and young
persons share the same bed. Be
sides in a room where there is ho
decided current of air, the emana
tions from the lungs and skin of the
sleeper poison the atmosphere for a
considerable distance. In the pub
lic wards of the great hospitals,
never less than two and a half feet
is allowed between each bod, for
this reason. In the sleeping apart
ments of royalty and nobility single
beds are everywhere the rule, and
nowhere the exception. The Em
peror of Germany sleep on a narrow
bed and a bard mattress. The sin
gle bed-covering is a, wadded silk
quilt. The Emperor and Empress
of Austria take their royal slumbers
on similar bods, with the same de
scription of coverlet. One of the
principal advantages of these nar
row beds is that the mattresses are
more easily aired. Even the poor
est honest wives in Germany recog
nize the fact that bedding requires
daily airing and on a pleasant day |
in winter and nearly every day in
stunner one may see stretched out
of the court yard window for an
entire half day the featherbeds and
coverings so dear to the heart of a
German frau.— Galaxy.
Dr. G., an old physician and
quite a wag, was making a profes
sional visit one night and while on
his way home a fire broke out.—
Not heeding the .fire, he still pur
sued “his way home, when passing
a clothing store, a young man steps
out (and not knowing the doctor)
rudely accosts him with : “ My dear
sir, can you tell me whose domicil
is being consumed by this raging
conflagration ?” The doctor looks
at him a moment, takes his pill-box
from his pocket, selects four pills,
and'says: “ Young man when you
retire take two of these. If they
should not operate take tho remain
ing two and you will be entirely
cured.”
Life. —Don’t mislako life. Don’t
draw wrong conceptions of what it
takes to make life. All there is of
life is love. Ambition is but crumb
ling straw to be buried by time. It
dies upon the lips, but enters not
the heart to lighten and make it
truly glorious. All these conquests
—this adding of acres—this piling
up wealth for others, is nothing to
the growing of that love for others,
which will carry us safely over the
wondrous sea where those whose
hearts are heavy with lust and pas
sion, base and selfish, desirous only
for personal gratification, will sink
to rise no more.
A Michigan schoolmaster says:
“ I will out spel enuy man, woman
or child iu the hull state‘l’ur a dick
shunary, or hash priez of one hun
dred dollars a side, the money to
be awarded by a committee of
clergymen or skool directors.—
There has been a darned site of
blowin about my spellin, now i want
them to put me upi or shot up. I
wont be put down by a ptJssel of ig
narammuses because i differ with
uoah Webster’s stile of spelling,”
“Fast”*Livin(J.—English physiol
ogists have been experimenting on
“last living.” A human subject
was experimented with for fourteen
days. At the first day the heart
beats ot the patient were 106,000.
Under alcholic treatment on the sec
ond day his heart beats increased 4
per cent. On tho the last day, when
brandy was introduced - 131000,
The conclusion arrived at, based
upon moderate treatment, not in
temperance, is that under alchoholic
stimlus the heat is required to per.
form one-fifth more work than in
its healthful, natural condition.
The stimulated “fast-liver” is in a
continual fever of bounding pulse
and fevered blood, until tho frame
weayes itself out. Like a 2:40 horse,
he rushes along until three score
years and teu are crowded into two
score or less, and the cord of life is
broken asunder. Go slower, you
2:40 gentlemen 1
Rebuilding in Chicago. —Over
52,000 feet of frontage, or nearly
ten miles have been re-built in
Chicago; and 20,000 feet of this,
or nearly four miles, is covered by 7
splendid buildings of stone, granite
and of brick, from four to eight
stories in height, and tho danger of
another lire along those tall lines is
just as great as it was fifteen months
ago. Tho cost of erecting the new
buildings now finished or very near
ly so, has been $16,500,000. The
“ strike” of 5,000 bricklayers lias re
tarded tho rapid work of rebuilding
somewhat, though most of the own
ers and contractors were glad for a
chance to take breath and finish the
structures that wore roofed in.
This’is the tribune of a Louis
yille expressman to his defunct
horse :
Here lies the bone-t of all f had
To drag me on tht ouga iio and duty;
lie took to feeling very bad,
.And lin t ly diol v> i ii o 4 izooty.
. Modern Dictionary.— Water
a clear herd once used as a drink.
Honesty—An excellent joke.
Tongue—A little horse that is
continually running away.
My dear—An expression used by
man and wife at the commence
ment of a quarrel.
Bargain—A ludicrous transac
tion in which eacli party thinks he
has cheated the other.
Doctor—A man who kills you to
day to save you from dying to-mor
row.
Wealth—The most respectable
quality of men.
Esquiro—Everybody, yet no
body 7 ; equal to colonel.
J ury—Twelve prisoners in a b<fx
to try one or more at the bar.
State evidence—A man who is
pardoned for being baser than his
comrades.
Modesty—A beautiful flower that
flourishes in secret places. ‘
Lawyer—A learned gentleman
who rescues your estate from vour
enemy and keeps it himself.
Squire. —“ Hobson, they toll ine
you’ve taken your boy away from
the National school; what’s that
for?”
Villager—“ Cause tho master
ain’t fit to teach um !”
Squire—“ Oh, I’ve hoard lie’s a
very good master.”
Villager—“ Well, all I know is,
he wanted to teach my boy to spell
•Inters with a ‘ p.’ ’’
The newspaper is just as nec
essary to fit a man for his true po
sition in life as food or raiment.—
Show us a ragged, bare-foot boy,
rather than an ignorant one. liis
head will cover his foot in after life
if he is well supplied with newspa
pers. Show us the child that is ea
ger for newspapers. He will "make
tho tnau of mark in life if you
gratify that desire for knowledge.—
Other tilings being equal, it is a
rule that never fails. Give the
children newspapers.
Women have been accused of
vanity, but a curious investigator
watched while five hundred men
passed a large looking glass used
as a sign on Broadway, New York.
Four hundred and ninety-nine
glanced complacently at their im
ages as they passed, the other man
was blind. Os the same number of
women who passed, not one looked
at the mirror, they were all busily
examining each other’s dress.
“ You see, grandmamma, we
perforate an aperture in the apex,
and a corresponding aperture in the
base; and applying the egg to the
lips, and forcibly inhaling the breath,
the shell is entirely discharged of
its contents.” “ Bless my soul,” said
the old lady, “ what wonderful im
provements they do make! Now,
in my younger days, we just inode
a hole in each end and sucked.”
Fasten a nail or a key to a
string, and suspend it to your thumb
and finger, and the nail will oscillate
like a pendulum. Let someone
place his open hand under the nail,
and it will change to a circular mo
tion. Then let a third person place
his hand upon your shoulder, and
the nail becomes, in a moment, sta
tionety.
Tyndal on Puke Science. —
“ There are three great theories
which enable the human mind to
open the secrets of nature —the the
ory of gravitation, the mechanical
theory of heat, and the undulatory
theory of light. These three pillars,
us far as the human intellect is con
cerned, support the universe. To
whom are we indebted for these dis
coveries ? To men who had no
practical ends in view, and who
cared only for the truth. To-day,
when there are so many temptations
to young men to leave pure science
for practical aims, it behooves us to
look with sympathetic eyes upon
the investigator who makes ali this
knowledge possible. Give all hon
or to the men who apply discover
ies, but do not forget the men who
make them.”
As one of the results of the ep
izootic, a Memphis dispatch reports
this : “Mrs. Oates was drawn to the
grand opera house last night,
through the rain in a hack manned
by eight negroes, while a public
spirited young citizen went for his
bride in an ox wagon.”
Pennsylvania proposes to amend
her constitution so as to prohibit
her judges from gratuitous rides
upon railways, and to permit her
juries to render a valid verdict by
a. two-thirds majority.
—lt you love others they will
love you. If you speak kindly to
them, they will speak kindly to you.
Love is repaid with love, and ha
tred with hatred. Would you hear
a sweet and pleasing echo, speak
sweetly and pleasantly yourself.
Oven are appearing on tho streets
of Mobile in place of epizoot mules.
It takes four tons of canddles per
month to illuminate the Hoosac
tunnel-
I Ferry Willson is the eleventh
Senator who has been elected Vico
President, the others having been
Aaron Burr, John G. Calhoun, Rich.
M. Johnson, Martin Van Buren,
John Tyler, George M. Dallas,
Wm. It. Ivin", John C. Breckin
ridge, J ’ umib.il Ilamlin and An
drew Johnson.
NO 51.
Bayonets are driven, but bal
lots are lead.
The greatest nutmeg ever
known mo 6 with a grater.
There is one thing that can al
ways bo found —that’s fault;
When is a cat like h teapot ?
When you’re teasin' it (tea’s in it.).
The man who wrote “ I’m sad
dest when I sing,” was a fool to
sing much.—
Why is dancing like new
milk?—Because it strengthens the
calves.
What is society, after all, but
a mixture of miater-ies and miss-e
--lies.
—Tho children say itVccld weath
er always, when liouse.cleaning is
going on.
Why are blacksmith’s always
wicked men ? Because they are
given to vice.
A lady entered a drug store
and asked for a bottle of “ Jane’e
Experience.”
“Do you enjoy good health,
Zachary ? ” “ Why, of course I do;
who doesn’t ? ” q
Why does a freight car need
no locomotive ? Because the freight
makes the cargo.
Last week the colored sexton of
a church in Athens fell from grace
by being caught lifting a ham.
Why is a sowing machine like
dutch bread ? Because they are
both worked by 7 the feet.
lf you let the cat out of the
bag, never try to cram it back again;
it only makes matters worse.
“ Fan him with your boot,” is
said by those familiar with the sub
ject to he the latest thing iu slang.
There will be forty-nine more
Radicals in the next Congress than
are in the present.
This world is but the vesti
bule of an immortal life. Every
action of your life touches on some
chord that will vibrate in eternity.,
The boy who undertook to
ride a horse-radish is now practic
ing on a saddle of mutton.
Josh Billings on codfish says:
“They are good eating for a wet
day, they are butter than an um
breller to keep a man dry.”
Monkey skin is the fashion in
furs this winter. Young bloods
with hair parted in the middle be
forwarned. . . iy
No person can be so fveblc or
so poor that he has not a duty to
perform, which performed, makes
him one of the highest and greatest.
• Josh Billings says : “ Success
don’t kon’sist in never {Raking blun
ders, but in never making tab same
one the second time.” *
What positive preof is there
that King David and his Son Solo’-
moil were tailors ? “ And Solomon
mended the breaches which David,
his father, had made.”
A saucy editor gets off the
following definition of a widow:
“ One who knows what’s what, and
is desirous of further information
on the same subject.”
—There is a man in Columbus so
fond of money that it is said, after
paying a man a bill, he walks down
home with him so as to be near tho
money as long as possible.
“Ain’t it wicked to rob dis- roost,
Jim ?” “Hat’s a great moral ques
tion, Gumbo ; wc ain't got time to
argue it now—hand down another
pullet.”
“ Buy a trunk, Pat l’’ said a
dealer. “ And what for* should I
buy a trunk ? ” replied Pat. “To
put your clothes in.’* “ And go
naked ?” exclaimed Pat: “ not !a
bit of it.”
A modern girl, living near
Louisville, has a city beau. When
he rides out to see her on a warm
afternoon, she calls the “ old man ”
from the field, and makes him kee£
the flies from her fellow’s horse.
A crusty old bachelor sajjp that
Adam’s wifo was called Eve be
cause, when she appeared, man’s
day of happiness was drawing to a
close. i
A young man in Hartford read
somewhere that more deaths occur
red at 5 o’clock ia the morning than
at any other hour, and now gets up
regularly at four, in order to be out
when Death makes his morning
calls. ,
The word love, in the Indian
lmiguge, is, “ schemlendamourtch
wager.” How nicely it would sound,
whispered in a woman’s ear;‘‘l
Bchcmlendamourtchwager you! ”
t “ls there any danger of the
boa-constrictor biting? ” asked a
visitor of a zoological showman,
-lot in the least, replied the show
man. He.never bites; lie swallows
his wittles whole.
A colored gentleman went to
consult one of the most conscien
tious lawyers, and after stating his
case, said : “Now Mr. , I know
you’s a lawyer, but I wish you
would please sir, jist tell me de
trulf bout dat matter.”
The father of tlie boy whose
Veracity is not so marked as his
back, asked the tcacuer why it was
his son didn’t have a better acquain
tance with figures, and was consid
erably electrified when tbo teacher
tenderly obseived, “I really r t
know, unless it is became figure
won’t lie.” !