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CUTHBERT gjgf APPEAL. 13Y SAWTELL & GROTJBY. TRUMAN & GREEN! Macon, - Georgia. Wholesale Dealers and Manufactnrers of TIN "W ARE! And Dealers In STOVES, CUTLERY, CROCKERY, ETC. OIJU Cntlery being IMPORTED DIRECT frum Sheffield, we are able to sell as low or lower than New York prices. We are sole Agents for the noted Charter Oak Stoves, Which we gnarantee the best Stove made, or will refund tbe money and pay freight back to us . The trade of Wholesale Buyers especially solicited, and prices gnaranteed. octi6-3m TRUMAN & GREEN. E. TAYLOR. THOS. WILLINGHAM, Jr. GRANGE AGENCY, 4tli STREET, MACON, GA. ’ We have established an Agency in this city for the benefit of 3*at -I*olls, under the firm name of TAYLOR & WILLINGHAM, And will Store and Sell Their Cotton at Special Rates. gpy* We will receive and sell for them any Product raised on their Farms, and make Liberal advances on same. Send forward your Cotton, liny, Peas, Syrup, Etc., And try us octß-ct THAT CANNOT IllZ nmm THE undersigned is still in the Warehonsc and Commission Rnsiiuss. at his new and commodious location on Depot Stieet. with siipeiior inducements to those of dormer yew*. To the Planters of Randolph and adjacent counties, lie hopes, by personal attention to hniness, to uiv-e aeiieral satisfaction and merit a liberal patronage. Lit eral advances made on Colton in store, for sliipm nt to bis triends in Macon, Savannah and New York. Personal attention t/iven to the sale of Cotton, Bagging, Ties, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Smrar, Coffee, Svrup, Corn, Meal, Oats, Rye. Tobacco, Snnff Snap. Potash, Soda, Starch, Candles. Oysters Cheese, Crackers Sa'dines, Yeast, Powders, Cotton Screws, Gins, Buggies and Har ness, Wagons good as the best, cheap as the cheapest, warranted twelve months. Agent, for Wilcox Giht.s & Co.’s Manipulated Guauo.aud Phoenix Guano, the best Fertilizers now in 1180 at t he price. Wagon and Stock yard with ample arrangements for feeding and tieing, Well, Rooms with Hrcplares furnished teamsters free. seplß-4rn E. MCDONALD. AYER’S. lIARTEK’S, STRONG’S, JAYNE'S, WRIGHT'S, PETER’S, RAHWAY’S, DEE.M’S, COOK’S, McLEAN’S, McLANE’S, TUTT’S, PROPHETTS LIVER PILLS, SIMMONS’ Liver* Regulator, In Powder and Prepared. For sale by J. T. KIDDOO & CO., Successors to J. J. McDonald. GO TO Thos. Wood’s, (Next to Lanier House,) Macon, - - - - Georgia, To buy your FURNITURE AND CARPETS Cheaper than ever. ALL kinds of Bedsteads from $4 to $l5O. Walnut Bedsteads at $10 —Good. Chairs, Tables, T Vashstands, Mat tresses, Window Shades, Wall Paper. METALIC CASES and CASKETS, Cast, Wrought Iron, and Sheet Metal, Wood Coffins and Caskets, Of every description. sepll-6m Pure BRANDIES, WHISKIES, GINS, RUMS, WINES, CIGARS, of all Grades, TOBACCOS, common and fine, For sale at Drug Store of J. T. KIDDOO & CO. Shoulder Draces, FOR Ladies and Gentlemen, For sale by T. 8. POWELL, Druitgist, Bookseller & Stationer. Violins, Accordeons. Flutes, Fifes, Banjoes, Tamborines, Harmonicans and thaws Harps , Fo s ie by T. S. POWELL, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Attention, PLANTERS and MERCHANTS, riOHK undersigned beg leave to call the at- JL tention ol the Planters of Randolph and surrouixiing counties to ti e tact that they will continue the business of Warehouse and Commission, At the FARMERS WAREHOUSE, In the city of Cuthbert, Ga., wlieie they will car. y on the Wrehons e AND COMMISSION BUSINESS, In all its Branches; and where they will be pleased to see all their old customers and friends, and as many new ones as may wish to patlo.e.ze them. And they hope, by close attention to business, and an earnest endeavor to work tor the interest of their Patrons, to merit a laige share of public patronage Ti.e business will be conducted solely by J. M Redding as heretofore. A full supply of Bagging, Ties and Plantation Sup plies, Will be kept on hand. TUT* Good Lots and good water for stock, and house for drivers. Casa Advances made on Cotton iu store and for shipment. JNO. M. REDDING, ang2Stf AaROX PRICE. The Celebrated (gCHAFFHAUSEN SPECTACLES, 3CHAFFIIAUSEN EYE GLASSES, RUBBER EYE GLASSES, CHEAP SPECTACLES. WATCH GUARD AND RIBBONS, FINE ENGLISH WATCH KEYS. By tiie aid of the Optometer can suit your eyes with proper Glasses, For sale by T. S. POWELL, Druggist. Bookseller and Stationer. !S. JACOT, Watchmaker and JEWEL E It . HA\ ING Removed to the buildiny imme diately East of the Appeal Office, on College Street. I am now butter prepared to serve my customers than heretofore. All woik promptly and neatly done and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Clocks and Watches left in my hands tor repairs, if not taken out within one year, will be sold tor repairs on the same, a rllt HERE. rjIOWEL RACKS, TOWEL HOLDERS, HAT RACKS, CLOTHES RACKS, AND Picture Frames in Great Variety. Also a full line of Gilt and Black Walnut 3r*ictixi*e Moulding-, For sale by _ T S POWELL Drmrgist, Bookseller and Stati. >ner. Burelta Diapers For Sale by T. S. POWELL. THE APPEAL. Published Every Friday Morning. All Papers slopped at expiration of time paid for. TST" No attention paid to orders for the pa per uu’essaccompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising. ao 3 2 | -r ■2 Ei j£ i § 1 8 3.00:$ 6.00$ 9.00;$ 12.00 2 5.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 -3 7.00 15.00 22.00: 27.50 1 8.00 17.00 25.00 33.00 i c 9.00 22 00 30.00 45.00 } 2 c 17.00 35.00 50.00 75.00 1 c 30.00; 50.00 75.00 125.00 2 c j 50.00; 75.00 One square,(ten lines orless,) $1 00 for the irst and 75 cents for each subsequent inser tion. A liberal deduction made to parties who advertise by tbe year- Persons sending advertisements should mark the number of times they desire them inser ted, or they wiil.be continued until forbid and "barged accordingly. Transient advertisements must be paid for at the time of insertion. If not paid for before t he expiration of the time advertised, 25 per cent, additional will he charged. Announcing names of candidates for office, $5.00. Cash, in all cases. Obituary notices over five lines, charged at regular advertising ra‘es. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of Corporations, So ieli*-s,or individuals, will beclmrged as ad vertisements. Job Work, such as Pamphlets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks. Handbills.etc., will he execu ted in good .•tyle and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to the Proprietor wil' he promptly attended to. BETHEL FEMALE COLLEGE, CUTIIBERT, GA. fX'UIE FALL TURN begins September 7th. A and continuing Five (scholastic) Months, ends January 2'Jth, J 875. There will be a re cess of ore week at Christmas. Expenses, per 'Perm of 20 Weeks: Tuition in Literary Dep’t from sls to $25 00, “ “ Music on Piano, 25 00, Use of Piano, 5 00, Board, exclusive of Washing, 75 oo’ Incidental Fee, ] 00. Vocal Music, Calisthenics and Elementary Drawing, tree of charge. THE FALL TERM U ill close with a Public Examination ; the .•spring Term with an Examination and Com mencement exercises For lull information, as to Terms, etc., ap ply to g. G, IIILLYER, Jr., aug2B-4m President. ANDREI FEMALE COLLEGE CUTIIBERT, GA. Hoard of Instruction , A. II FLEW ELLEN, A. M., President, Mrs. A. H Flkwei.lex , M. A., Miss Janie Ward, M. A., Miss Manik C. Bkthcne, M. A., Miss Flora C. Keith. AI a sic Department , Mrs. E. B. Russell, M. A., Board and Tuition, per annum, $175 GO Music, “ li “ 'SO O’) Everything furnished except Towels and Bed Clothing. Dress Uniform Black Alpaca. 23T“ Fall Term begins September 14th. A. H. FLEW ELLEN, aug/t.f President. Empire Yurserr, Hear Georgetown, Ga. A. J, SURLES&CO., Proprietors, "ATTE offer for sale the present season a T T large lot of Well Selected Fruit Trees, Either in large or small quantities, and at prices to correspond with the times. Our Select List We warrant to he of the very best sorts for Southern culture, and will produce on suita ble soil, with good cultivation, as fine fruit as can be raised in the United States. Price List Furnished Gratis. The best of reference will he given on ap plication. “ 0ct.30 tf Looking Glasses or Mirrors, Various sizes and prices. For sale by T. S. POWELL, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Tffm, Three Hundred i Thousand Feet of Seasoned Lumber jlligsafe for stile, by j McK Gunn> Gall in and Subscribe or Renew Your Subscription for the TELEGRAPH &. MESSENGER. Daily and Weekly. CIUTHBERT APPEAL, J Weekly SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, Monthly. T. S. POWELL, Agent. Druggist, Bookseller & Stationer. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, For sale by T. S. POWELL. Druggists, Bookeller and Stationer. Important to Planters ! THE undersigned Warehousemen in the city of Cnthbert, are pleased to announce to their planting friends that they Imve per fected arrangements with buyers of cotton, which will release them from half the usual rates of expenses on lirst month. Half of which expenses will in future be paid by the puichaser. REDDING & PRICE, sep!B-tf E. McDonald. Ambi*osil Oil FOR Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, Bruises, etc. At T. 5. POWELL’S, Druggist, Bookseller & Stationer. CUTLERY, CUTLERY FINE, Medium and Cheap. Nice assorted For sale !>v T. S POWELL, Druggist, Bookseiler and Stationer. CUTHBERT, GA., FRIDAY, NOV. 27 1874. JYeed and Wish. I need not what I cannot have ; The north wind swept from me this folly— With l. zy, shivering whine to crave Some comfort against melancholy Which haunts us all, when dreams go by 01 what might be if life were other Than life is ; therefore every sigh la working songs I strive to smother. You need not what you cannot have ; Though torrid gusts of hopeless passion Through every untamed impulse rave And mould your words to fiery fashion. What if your wild desire would seize Some other heart’s delight and glory ? Fate reigns not your one will to please ; Fot yours the only tragic story. None needs tbe thing he cannot have ; The gods know bow to give right measure; Through seeming lass their souls they save ; They will not leave us slaves of pleasure. Yet sweet is longing, sweet is trust ! The royal wish speeds brave endeavor. Covet the best gifts ! for we must! By this path we ascend forever. Never Give up. — Who are our rich men, our distinguished men, our most useful men? Those who have been east down, but not de -Btoye when the storm of adversity swept away their props, sought new standard, pushed on, looked up and became what you be hold them now. A glorious sen tence, and a worthy motto for every young man’s life —Never give vp ! Men are not made —they make them- Selves. A steady perseverance, a determination never to sink, though mill-stones were hanged about thy neck is the true doctrine. It is this that has made the wilderness to blos som, that lias given wings to the ocean, filled valleys, leveled moun tains, and built up tbe great cities of the world. \\ ho is a suckling, and cowers before a cloud ? Is it you, young man,stout,strong and healthy as you are? Shame—shame on you? You are big enough to pos sess an iron heart, and to break down mountains at a blow. Up, and let this be a day of your redemption. Resolve to boa coward no longer, even if you are obliged to stand a red hot iron upon your brow. Never give up. There is a story of a young Ten nesseean who di I not believe in dreams. lie dreamed one night that he was smashed up on a rail road train, and bad a very vivid, shivering feeling of falling from a great height in company with a lo comotive, and beating the hissing monster to the bottom of the abyss, where they lay in a common ruin. The smash up woke him, and he told his dream to his father. To show that he despised vision and re pud i a Led dreams and rose above hal lucinations, he took a railroad trip that day and placed himself on the sale side of suspicion of his bravery and hardihood. He had no other object than to express his opinion of dreams and dreamers, lie was kill ed on that trip in less than twenty four hours alter he had dreamed of Ids death by rail, very much in the same manner iu which he had been frightened out of his sleep the night before. llow to Grow Fat. —lf any one wishes to grow flashy, a pint of milk taken before retiring at night will soon cover the scrawniest bones. Although now-a-days we sec a great many fleshy females, there are many lean and lank ones who sigh for the fashionable measure of plumpness, and who would be vastly improved in health and appearance coulu their figures be rounded with good solid flesh. Nothing is more coveted by thin women than a full figure, and nothing will so rouse the ire and provoke the scandal of one of thosa “clipper builds,” as the conscious ness of plumpness in a rival. In cases of fever and summer complaint milk is now given with excellent results. The idea that milk is “fe vering” has exploded, and is now the phys’eians’ great reliance in bringing through typhoid patients of those in too low a state to be nourished by solid iood. It is a mis take to scrimp the milk-pitcher.— lake more milk, and buy’ less meat. Look to your milkman, have large sized, well tilled milk-pitchers on the table each meal, and you will also have souud flesh and light doctor’s bills. It is stated that an exceptional ly large group of spots is now visi ble on the surface of the sun. they may be perceived with smok ed glass without the aid of a teles cope. According to Mr. W. F. Denning, of Bristol, England, the spots cover an area of nearly 78, 000 miles. What is the use of talking of this world’s brightness and sunshine to a man that has tight boots? Two Ways of ISeanng Trouble. It was a cold, dismal evening in November, that two laborers might have been seen wending their way along the streets of a large manu facturing town. Slowly they proceeded, with de jected countenances, not exchang. ing a word until the one, whom we shall call Smith, halted before a neat little house and unlatched the gate. Then there was such a look of utter misery and despair gleam ing from his eyes, that his compan ion murmured : “We must trust in God, Smith.” The words were unheeded, and his companion passed on, while Smith entered the house. A tall, dark-eyed woman was flirting about, getting supper. She gazed up as be entered, exclaim ing “You are late to-night !” “Yes,” he articulated gloomily, and going to the cradle he took the six weeks old baby and sorrowfully pressed it to his heart. “I do wish you would put that child down and get ready for sup per,” exclaimed his wife after en during his gloominess for some time. lie slowly obeyed, and then seat ed himself at the tabic with a deep sigh. “What in the world is the mat ter with you to night ?” she asked, as she sat down opposite him. IDs voice trembled as he replied : “I suppose you might as well know first as last. I have been discharged.” “There !” exclaimed his wife, quick!}’ pushing back her chair.— * Just what I might have expected! Winter coming on and all. Id - clare, Smith, you will torture me to death !” “I am very sorry, Lydia, but I cannot help it.” “Sorry ! No, you are not sorry at all. You would just as lief see your wife and children starve as not. It’s nothing in the world but your poor managing.” “Lydia, you are cruel. Instead of helping me to endure my great trouble, which is bearing me dow T n to the very earth, you make it ten times harder for me to bear. 1 was not the only one discharged.— There was Jim Hawley and ever so man}’ others. Business is dull.” “Business is dull !” she mimicked after him. “Always an excuse for a worthless man. To think that you should be discharged now, just as our rent is due ; and then we are out of wood ; and look at my shoes, won’t you ?—my feet almost on the ground. I wish I had never seen you,” and a very dark look accompan’ed the last words. The poor husband now covered his face with his hands and groaned aloud. This seemed to encourage his wife to go on ; for she uttered words more and more bitter, until at last, almost in a state of frenzy, the wretched man rushed from the house to the tavern, and there sought to bury bis thoughts of the past and the future in the rum-cup. Iu the meanwhile, James Haw ley, his companion in labor, entered his home with a very sad counte nance. But before he had stepped over the threshold, a loving pair of arms were thrown around his neck, and a pair of sweet lips were press ed to his. He returned the salu tion sadly, and then inquired for the baby. “She is sleeping sweetly in her cradle. She lias been a perfect lit tle darling all day. Supper is wait ing, so make haste. Here are warm water and towels. Are you not later than usual to night ?” “Yes, Mary, and I bring bad news to you.” “Bad news I’’ she exclaimed, turning pale, as, for the fiist time, she noticed that something was wrong. “Yes, I was discharged to-night, and Ido not know as I can get anything to do before spring. Bus iness is so dull.” “Is that all ?” asked his wife, with a sigh of relief. “I thought it was something terrible, the way you looked.” “And is it not terrible enough ? What will become of us this win ter, if I am out of employment?” “The same God who feeds the sparrow and clothes the lilies of the field will not let us' suffer, dear James.” “God bless you, Mary ? There is sweet comfort in your words.” “And now let us have supper,” exclaimed his wife, cheerfully.— “See I have your favorite dish shortcake and toast. Do not iet your troubles impair your appetite, and then, after, tea, we will talk it all over. God doeth everything for the best. “And as our day, so shall our strength be.’” In the evening it was determined that tbe quarter’s rent should be paid immediately, anew supply of coal obtained, and the remaining portion of the money placed in the wife’s hands, to be dealt out as sparingly as possible. Then Mary suggested that all her pretty parlor furniture should be put away in the garret, and the front room iet out. Further than this they could lay no plans, and as the husband went out to pay tbe rent the future looked so dark to the young wife ill at she could not altogether restrain her tears ; but, seeking strength from on high, her face wore the same cheerful smi’e when her husband returned, and little did he know (hat during all that long night, while lie and his baby were so soundly sleeping, his wife lay awake planning out the future. Three months have passed, with scarcely a day’s work in all that time, and now another quarter’s rent is due. Iu vain the laborer thrusts his baud away down into his empty pockets, and in vain racked his brain for come solutino of the problem how that lent is to be paid. The lodger had paid his money monthly ; but then that was uot enough to meet the sum, if he had it, and of course his wife had spent that as fast as she had re ceived it, and it was an every-day wonder to James how Mary man aged so well. With feelings of deep d'spair he entered the house. The table was spread with the same favorite dish. There were the shortcake and toast, flanked with a golden lump of but ter, a plate of honey, and a deep dish of roas.ed applo3 to be served with sugar and cream, while at his wife’s plate sat (lie steaming teapot. As James took it in all at one glance, he greatly wandered at the j ugal, yet comfortable, way of liv ing. llow his wife had been able to make the small sum of money last so long was a mystery to him, and yet he could uot help wishing in wardly that she had been more economical ; then, perhaps, the rent might have been paid ; and he felt .hat it would have been beiter to have subsisted on one crust of bread rather than to be turned out of doors homeless. lie refused to sit at the table, pleading that he had no appetite. And great tears arose in the strong mau’s eyes as he informed his wife that on the mor row they would be turned from their home, to go, ho knew not where, as he had not a dollar in his pocket to secure them a room else where. “ Is that it ? ” exclaimed his wife in a soft tone ; and, tripping upstairs she soon returned and placed two ten-dollar bills in his hands. “ Where did you get them ? ” he asked, eagerly turning them over and over in his hands, as though to ascertain whether they were really genuine or not. “ I earned them,” replied his wife gayly. “I knit afghans, shawls, children’s hoods, sacques, and socks, at first only those whom I provident ially heard of wished articles of the kind ; afterward I was employed to furnish a trimming establishment with my work.” “And kept it all a secret from me?” “ Yes, because I thought you would be worried for fear I was do ing too much. I love to knit dear ly, and consider it more of a pleas ant pastime than labor.” “ God be praised for giving me such a wife ! ” exclaimed her hus band earnestly; and, pressing his wife and child closely to his bosom, he said : “Her children arise up and call her blessed , her husband also, and he praiseth. her, for many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all! ” A man who was taking the reg istry of births io a neighboring city went to the house of a some what hard man, and not finding any one at homo, asked a young lady, who was just eoming out of a neighboring house, if there had been any births in that house the past year ? “No,” she replied immediately “but the man who lives there ought to be born again.” Several years ago a hopeful young minister left the shores for the Can nibal islands as a missionary. On arriving at the end of his journey the natives weighed him and cut a sliver oil' his leg as a sample. lie came home by the next boat, and is now the traveling agent i v v a cir cus, Am African Daiuiy, T\ ho would suppose that a wild African, whose only dress is a piece of skin, would trouble himself about fashions ? To be sure, he feels no interest in style of coats or hats, but be is just as much absorbed in the great bus iness of adorning himself as though he followed the fashions of Paris.— Curious styles he has too, as a Ger man traveler has lately told us. To begin with, the hair is the ob ject of his greatest care. Its train ing begins in tbe cradle, —or would if he had a cradle, —when it is tor tured into some extraordinary form, and kept there by means of gum arabic and ashes, till after long years it will retain the shape of it self. Sometimes it is like a cocks comb, and sometimes like a fan.— One [tool* baby’s hair will be train ed, so that in time it will stand up in rolls ovei the head, like the ridges on a melon, while another’s is taught to stand out like the rays of the sun, as usually represented in pictures. With some Africans, part of it hangs down in long, reg ular braids or twists, aud the rest is laid up in monstrous puffs on each side of the head. But the drollest one of all is made to look like the glory around the head of a saint—in pictures. The hair is ta ken in single locks, stretched out to its great length, and fastened at the ends to a hoop. The hoop is held in place by strong wires, and its edge ornamented with small shells. The effect is very comical. In most of these wonderful ar rangements the hair is parted iu the middle (I wonder if our young gentlemen imported that style from Africa), and is kept iu place by plenty of gum and ashes, or clay. All this elaborate liair-dressing is on the heads of the men. The women of the country wear their hair in the simplest manner, per haps for the reason that the wife does the cooking, cultivates the laud, adorns the body of her hus band with paint, and dresses his hair, which must be enough to keep her time well occupied. Ilis hair once dressed, this Afri can dandy turns his mind to the further decoration of his body.— First he rubs Ins skin with a mix ture of greaso and ashes,or powder ed wood of a red color, puts on his one scanty garment, made of the skin of some animals, or of bark, occasionally trimmed with the long tail of a monkey or other animal, and then he is ready for his orna ments. Across his forehead, just under the edge of his hair, like a fringe, he hangs a string of teeth. They may be teeth of dogs, or other ani mals, or, if he is a great warrior, of his human victims. Next he adorns his breast with an ornament made of ivory, cut to re semble lions’ teeth, and spread out in star-shape. Around his neck lie hangs several necklaces made of strips of skin cut from the hippo potamus, and finishes up with paint in various styles; dots, or stripes, or zigzags, squares like a checker board, or marbled all over. —From “African Fashionsby Olive Thorne , in St. Nicholas for De cember. Common-sense is an element in which many persons are sadly wanting. Common-sense implies sound perception, correct reason, mental capacity, and good under standing. It is not to be acquired entirely by education; it is a sort of instinct. It may be polished and made more acute by experience. There is a great deal of sound phi losophy in a little common sense sometimes, and the exercise of it upon certain occasions would save many men from much subsequent humiliation. If our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to remain single when there was no woman on earth, how criminally wrong are the old bach elors with the world full of pretty girls ! Next to a rooster in a rain-storm, or a man with his mother-in-law, on his arm, the most wretched looking thing in the world is a can didate who has just overheard some friend wanting to bet three to ono that ho won’t be elected. “ O kitten ! in our hours of ease, uncertain toys and full of fleas; when paiu or anguish hang o’er men, we turn you into sausage then.” Thousands of poor men are spending as much for newspapers as would buy theoi a goo! mint-ju lep every day. VOL. VIII-NO 48 Ifiis bailie was Abel. Recently an excited individual, with his hat standing on two hairs, and his eyes projecting from hi* head like the horns of a sDail, rush ed into the office of Coroner Ilolrae*. The coroner is by profession a den tist, and his first thought, as he glanced at the man, was that he was well nigh distracted with tooth achej he was soon undeceived, however, as the frenzied individual cried out as soon as he could catch his breath after running up the stairs, “Been a man murdered!” “A man murdered!” cried the cor* oner; “how? where?” “In a garding, I believe; with a club or a rock.” “How long ago?” cried the coro ner, seizing his hat and cane. “Been done a good while, and no police or constable hasn’t never done nothing about it. Never been no coroner set on bis body nor nothing of the kind; no verdict —” “What’s the dead man’s name?— who was he?” cried the coroner. “His name was Able.” “Able?—Able who?” “Don’t know; never heard noth ing but his first name.” “Well, what is the name of the man who killed him? do they know? any one suspected? “Well, I’ve heard that a fellow named Cain put out his light. Cain was the brother of Abel, and—” Coroner smells a mice, and, flour ishing his cane,cries: “ You git down them stairs, my fine fellow Git, and don’t show yourself here again.” With a loud guffaw, the fellow went down stairs three steps at a time, the doctor calling after him, “ How dare you trifle with an offi cer in this way, sir?” May I not Smoke ?—Tobacco is < lie of the most virulent poisons in nature. It acts not only upon the l.rain and spinal chord, hut especial ly upon the great sympathetic sys tem of nerves, which is the very citadel of organic life, and which supplies the norvous influence re quired by the heart, arteries, lungs, and digestive organs, to enable them to perform their f unctions. If a small drop of the oil of to bacco be rubbed on the tongue of a cat, it brings on convulsions, and death in two minutes; a single leaf, dipped in hot water, and laid upon the pit of the stomach, or applied to a spot where the external surface of the skin is abraded, produces fearful and often fatal results,— Smoking deadens the intellect. Na poleon 111, issued an edict forbid ding the use of tobacco by certain classes of students, and this is his reason : lie placed a number of stu dent, non-smokers, with equal nnm her of students did smoke, and, af ter a year’s study, it was found that the won smokers were thirty per cent, ahead of their smoking competitors. This is a pill, for our students who smoke “to digest.”' Tobacco smoke also injures the lungs ; and last, but not least, the* morals. One cigar a day leads to a. dozen : thence to drinking, its merit, able accompaniment, and from m*>d' erate drinking, to excess, and so on. We ii ight increase our argument tenfold, but verbum satsapienti Science of Health. The man who has not anything? to boast ef but his illustiious anoes- B tors is like a potato plant— the onljrl good belonging to him is under tho| grouDd. A lady in a menagerie being ask ed why she so closely scanned tha elephant with her opera glass, ro-. plied that she was “looking for th% keyhole of his trunk.” A teacher asked an advanced school girl why beer in French was leminine. She replied that it was probably owing to the fact that boys liked it 80 WfU, Sir Isaac Newton, a little beforQ he died, said: “I don’t know what I may seem to the world, but, a& to myself, I seem to have been on ly like a boy playing on the sea-, shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother or % prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all un discovered before me.” None but those who keep up ap, pearances against heavy odds can understand what servitude pretenca imposes upon the sensitive soul. The sting of confessed poverty is not nearly so burning as is the rea lity of being poor while seeming tq be rich. A Chicago sausage maker adver tises his wares as ‘dog cheap,’