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VOL. VI. J ust Received. 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). PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT ! 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. Imported only by 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. r i".^v^ r 9 JCRYSTAI. DISCOYERIi OF THE * 3El*s.iz*. 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. aug23-8w 13aggiig anti Ties, FOR SALE 13Y FORT & QUARTERMAN. d ini u v, y r . Presentment3 «fl / /P 1 '■ 7 - ■ Jr pi T H A : - XTLXJIJjAi I , ; J Ytayl . . iA LJ. 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. Circulars mid Price Lists sent free on application, by 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. Terms Reasonable—Trusty Toilers tit Depot, ijovl lift THE APPEAL. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, By J. P. SAWTELL. Terms of Subscription: One Yeau. ...$2 00 j Six Months Si 25 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE, jcgr" No attention paid to orders for the pa per uu’ess accompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising. 12 Months G Months, j 3 Months. I Month. ho. Sqr's. I 1 a 3.001-$ 6.00 $ o.oos 12.00 2 5.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 3 V.OO 15.00, 22.00 27.50 4 8.00 17.00 25.00 33.00 i c 9.00 22 00 30.00 45.00 \ c 17.00 35.00: 50.0.0 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 Jest and 75 cents for eacli 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 will.be continued until forbidand '•barged accordingly. Transient advertisements must b* paid for at the time of insertion. If not paid lor before the expiration of the time advertised, 25 per ceut. additional will be charged. Announcing names of candidates for office, $5.00. Cash, in all cases Obituary notices over five lines, charged at regular advertising rates. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of Corporations, So cieties, or individuals, Will he charged as ad vertisements. Job Work, such ad Pamphlets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc., will he execu ted in good style and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to the Proprietor will j he promptly attended 10. 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.” !