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VOL. XI. THE APPEAL. Published Every Friday Morning Terms $2.00 ; All Papers stopped at expiration of time paid for. No attention paid to orders for the pa ;'er un'eesaccompanied l>y tire Cash. Rates of Advertising. I jr ?> X K @ ' 77 & 5. Ills ? * glf \ i 1 $ 3.00!$ 6.00 $ 9.00jS 12.00 2 5.00! 12.00 16.001 20.00 1 7.001 15.00 22.00 27.50 I ... B.ooj 17.00 25.00 33.00 * c 9.00 22.00 30.00 4 5.00 l c 17.00 35.00 50.00 75.00 1 c 30.00 50.00 75.00' 125.00 t c 50.00 j 75.00 Drs. SMITH & TACKETT, Office on College St., C XJTIIBEIi TANARUS, GE OR GIA , Respectfully offer their services, (united when necessary) to the people of Randolph and adjoining counties. janCGif E. K E NN O IV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FORT GAINES, GA. BUSINESS of all kinds attended to in the State Court, and in the United States District Court lor this State. inayl l ly Dr. S. G. Robertson, Surgeon Dentist, CUTHBERT, GA. oc2ftf ~~ JAMES G. PARKS, Attorney at I^aw, DAWSON, GEORGIA, And Counsel for the Corporation of Dawson. T Practices in the Courts of S. W. Geor gia, State Supreme Courts, and U. S. Courts tor Georgia. Collections a specialty. Prompt ness Insured. jy27-3in JAS. H. (jUEK It Y, Attorney lit Law. Office—Dawson,! Ga. OCtIO-tf w. GILLESPIE J JAS just received a large lot ol FLOUR, Which lie warrants to give entire satisfac tion. leb‘23 ly Call in and Subscribe for o Renew Your Subscription to the DAILY, Semi-Weekly or Weekly TELEGRAPH & MEsSENGE gU)UTH ERN CULT IV ATO R, SOUTH, APPEAL. T. S. POWELL, Agent, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Fresh Turnip Seed. Crop 18775 Just received from D. Landreth & Son’s, Early'Flat Dutch, Early Flat Red Top, Pomeranean Globe, Amber Globe, Jmproved Yellow Ratal,ega, Hanover, Seveu Top, In 1 packages, and single papers, For sale bv T. S. POWELL, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Important TO OWNERS 01 WILD LANDS. 11NE undersigned, being largely interested . in the Mining Interests and Mineral re 'searches of tiie different Counties of CHEROKEE, GA., And having received many letters oF enqui ry from parties owning Lands in the above named section, relative to their location, val ue, etc., takes this method of informing all those interested, that he will attend to the Locating of Lands, Furnish owners with a descriptive statement as to qual'ty, value and mineral indications, if there be any. Will attend to the establish ing of Lost Papers, paying Taxes, Ousting letm decs, and selling said Lauds when de sired. His charges for locating and furnishing parties with a descriptive statement, FiveDol *tb per Lot. For selling and paying of taxes, Ten per cent,. For establishing lost papers, ousting intruders, etc , parties will be advised and a fee agreed upon. I3T Liberal reductions made with parties owning a number of Lots, and desiring them looked after, Many of these Lands, heretofore considered worthless, are very valuable —somxf ere rich in Mineral, others are valuable for Farming purposes, and ALL are wortth looking after. All letters of enquiry will receive prompt attention. Address, I. Y. SAW TELL, apr7-tf Atlanta, Ga. Lazarus & Morris’ PERFECTED SPECTACLES, Kje &lassßs& Colored Glasses. Have received a Full Assortment of STEEL FRAMED SPECTACLES, BIFOCAL SPECTACLES, NEAR SIGHTED SPECTACLES, RUBBER EYE cfLASSES, BOGGLES, GREEN & BLUE SPECTACLES, For sale by T. S. POWELL, Druggist, Bookseller aud Stationer. Notice ! TTTIE undersigned has opened an Auction I & Commission House in ilie city of Cuth ert, and will hold loith in tlie Standley Rock Jorner. Consignments. ■t-tf ' JOHN W. BRAG AN ANDItEW F 1: ma l e Col leg e, Cuthbert, Ga. REV. A. L. HAMILTON would respect fully aunytiuce to his friends generally, that this old and popular Institution will be re opened under his immediate supervision on MONDAY, October 1, 1377. IBs former patrons and friends will please take due notice, and govern themselves ac cordingly. The spacious and comfortable Boarding House and College Buildings are now being repaired and refurnished inele gant style, and two weeks in advance ot the opening will be ready lor business. The Corps of Officers and Teachers sliaE not be surpassed either North or South, and will represent the principal branches of the Christian Churches. The College will be thoroughly non-sectarian. The Course of Study Has been prepared with great care, and with an especial eve to the requirements of the age. It embraces equally the Physical,Men tal and Moral Cultivation of the pupils. The Discipline Shall be verv mild, but thoroughly systemat ic au i exacting. r i_Tie Terms Have been reduced so far as possible to meet the necessities of the times, as will appear from the following exhibit: I'cr Session of Nine Months. REGULAR COURSE. Preparatory Department, S3O 00 Academic 45 00, Collegiate “ 60 00 BOARD—Furnished room, washing, lights and fuel, IG2 (10 “ Washing not included, 144 00. EXTRA COURSE. [To be charged extra.] This department will offer unusual advan tages, and will embrace the Ancient and Mod ern Languages, Vceal and Instrumental Music Drawing and Sketching, Painting, in Oil, Pastel. Grecian and Antique Painting. Orna meutul Needle-Work, Mantua Making in all its varieties, Physical Gymnastics, Ac. PAYMENTS In ail the Departments will be expected quarterly in advance. There can be no devi ation from this rule. Cuthbert is the handsomest little city in Georgia, is approachable from all directions l>y Railroad ; and for good health, good mor als, and cultivated society, is unsurpassed iu Ue United States. For additional information address— REV. A L. HAMILTON, D. D. Prcs’t. auglO-tf Cuthbert, Ga. CHAM PTOJJ’S Imperial Soap Is the “Best:' Crampton’s imperial Soap is the Best. Crumpton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Ciampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. Ciamptou’s Imperial Soap is the Best. Brampton's Imperial 8oa ; p is the Best. Crampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. Crumpton's Inn 1,1 Soap is the Best. Crumpton’s Imperial Soa pis the Best Crumpton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. This Soap is manufactured from pure materi als. and as ii contains large percentage of Vegetine Oil, is warranted fully equal to the best imported Castile Soap and at the same time contains all the cleansing proper ties of the celebrated German and French Laundry Soaps. It is therefore recom mended for use iu the Laundry, Kitchen and Bath Room, and for general household purposes ; also printers Painters. Engineers, and Machinist, as it will remove spots of Ink, Tar, Grease, Oil, Paint, etc., from the hands. The Huntingdon, Pa., Monitor of April sth, 1877, pronounces this soap tile best in the market, as follows : Reader, we don't want yon to suppose this is an advertisement, and pass it over unheed ed. Read it We want to direct your atten tion to the advertisement of “Cramptou’s Imperial Soap.” Having used it in our of fice for the past year, we can recommend it as the best quality of soap in use. It is a rare thing to get Soap that will thoroughly cleanse printing ink from the hands, as also from linen, but Crampton’s laundry soap will eo it. and we know whereof we speak. It is specially adapted for printers, painters, ,en gmeers and machinists, as it will remove grease of all descriptions from the hand as well as clothes, with little labor. For gener al household purposes it cannot be excelled. Manufactured only by Crompton Brothers, 2,4, 8 aud 10, Rutgers Place, aud J3 and 33 Jetierson St.. Yew York. For sale bv ALLISON & SIMPSON, auglO-tf Cuthbert, Ga. Eire Insurance Safe, Prompt and Reliable ! Georjia Home Insnraice Company, Columbus, Ga., Virginia Uses tame Cos, Richmond, Va. T. S. POWELL, Agent. MANHATTAN Fire Insurance Cos., Of New York City. Cash Capital & Surplus over SBOO,OOO THOMAS MUSE, Agent, Cuthbert, Ga. OlHce in Judge Clarke’s office. jas ly A Nice Black-Walnut Extension Dining Table. At T- S. POWELLS, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR wEi Ee held in ATLANTA, beginning Monday, October 15th, 1877, AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK. IARGE and Liberal Premiums lor Stock, H Manufactures, Machinery, Agricultural Implements, Fancy Work of Ladias, Fine Arts and Farm Products are offered Premium Lists and other information eau be o tamed by applicatiou to MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary. augJl-td Atlanta, Ga. CUTHBERT, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1877. In She Jfoi'siing'. BY LILLIAN WHITING. ‘And with the dawn of those angel faces smile That I have loved long since and lost awhile. 1 ' In the quiet hush of morning, When the sunlight glories fall. Gleaming with their sunny radiance All along my chamber wall ; When the day with duties laden Comes to meet ate all untried, Come those angel fotms around me Who from earth have turned aside. In the silence and the darkness I can see tbeir faces fair, And the robes of sunny whiteness, And the gleams of shining hair ; 1 can hear them whisper soltly As they bend my pillow o’er, I can catch the distaut music, Floating Iroin the unseen shore. One who. in her life’s fair morning, From earth’s cold and clouded gray Turned to meet the golden dawning Iu the land of perfect day-- Who, with pale hands folded lowly, Sleepeth where the lilies blow, From the realms so pure and holy Comes to meet me here below. Tell me not our loved and lost ones W ho have found the fairer shore Can forget us sadly toiling, And return to us no more. For the spirit world around us Lieth closer than we dream ! And gives purer thoughts, and nobler. Daily felt, though still unseen. In the hours of grief and sadness When dark shadows seem to iall Blank and hard across our pathway Like some grim and stony wall, Unseen hands will gently lead us, Unheard voices come to cheer, Loving eyes bend softly on us And wo know our lost are near. When for us the radiant dawning Of the morn eternal breaks, When for us the solemn shadows, Flee away and life awakes, To that realm where all that’s noble In our nature shall expand. Guide us ever, O ye loved ones! Upward to the unseen land. Hints to Young Husbands.— Love and appreciation are to a wo man what dew and sunshine are to a flower. They refresh and brighten her whole life. They make her.strong hearted in every thing affecting her home. They enable her to cheer her housband when the cares of life [tress heavily upon him, and to be a very providence to her cbil dreu. To know that her husband loves her, and is proud of her and believes in her ; that even her faults are looked upon with tender ness ; that her face to one at least, is the fairest face in the world ; that the heart which to her is the great est and noblest holds her sacred in its innermost recesses above fill wo men, gives her a strength, and cour age and sweetness, and vivacity which all the wealth of the world could not bestow. Let a woman’s life be pervaded with such an influ ence, and her heart and mind will (Soever grow old, but will blossom and brighten in perpetual youth. How Sampson Slew tiie Philis tines. -When I traveled in Palestine an old servant from the monastery of Itamleh, about fifty miles west from Jerusalem, showed me the sup posed place where Sampson killed 1,000 Philistines with the jaw bone of an ass. When 1 expressed my doubt as to the length and strength of a jaw bone, considering the great number of surrounding enemies, the good man explained the case in the following manner: “Well, he took hold of the ass by the tail and swung the animal against the Philistines in such a manner that only his head, and of this especially the jaw bone, struck the Philistines, keeping off in this way the surrounding warri ors, aud giving a blow the necessary force to kill. I affirm that in this manner Sampson could have slain a million Philistines, provided the tail of the ass did not break.” “Did you say I was the biggest liar you ever knew?” fiercely asked a ruffian of a counsel, who had been skinning him in his address to the jury. “Yes I did,” replied the counsel, aud the crowd eagerly watched for the expected fight.— “Well then,” said the ruffian, all I have got to say is that you eonld never knowed my brother Jim.” Why is a pig looking from a sec ond story window, like the moon ? Because it looks ’round. Should any critic say that the moon does not always look round, answer him by saying that the pig does not eith er. “Sam, Why don’t you talk to your master and tell him to lay up treasures in heaven? What’s de use Ijiiu. fayin’ up treasures dar, he neb ev see um agin.” Every honeymoon has a man in it. Only a liusk. Tom Darcy, yet a young man, had grown to be a very bad one. At heart he might have been all right, if his head and his will had only been all right; but these being wrong the whole machine was going to the bad very fast, though there were times when the heart felt something of its old truthful yearn ings. Tom had lost his place as a foreman in the great machine shop, and what money he had now earned from odd jobs of tinkering which he was able to do, here and there at private houses ; for Tom was a genius as well as a mechanic, and when his head was steady enough he could mend a clock, or clean a a watch as well as ho could set up and regulate a steam engine—and this latter he could do better than any other man ever employed. One day Torn had a job to mend a broken mowing machine and reap er, for which he received five dol lars and on the following morning he started out for his old haunt— the village tavern. llu knew his wife sadly needed the money, and that his two little children were in absolute suffering from want of clothing, and that morning he held a debate with the better part of himself ; but the better part had become very weak, and the demon of appetite carried the day. So aw’ay to the tavern Tom went, where for two or three hours, he felt the exhilerating effects of the alclioholic draught, and fancied him- self happy, as he could smg and laugh ; but, as usual, stupefaction followed, and the man died out. — lie drank while lie could stand, and then lay down in a corner, where his companions left him. It was late at night, almost mid* night when the landlord’s wife came into the bar loom to see what kept her husband up, and site quick ly saw Tom. “ Peter,” said she, not in a pleas ant mood, “ why don’t you send that miserable Torn Darcy home ? lie's been hanging around here long enough.” Tom’s stupefaction was not sound asleeep. The dead coma had left the brain, and the calling of his name stung his senses into keen at tentiou. lie had an insane love for rum, but did not love the landlord. In oilier years, Peter Tindar and himself had loved and wooed the sweet maiden —Ellen Goss —and lie won her, leaving Peter to take up with the vinegar spinster who had bought the tavern for him, and he knew that lately the tapster had gloated over the misery of the wo man who had once discarded him. “Why don’t you send him borne?” demanded Mrs. Tindar, with an im pat’ent stamp of the foot. “ Hush, Betsy ! lie’s got money. Let him be, and he’ll be sure to spend it before he goes home. I’ll have the kernel of the nut, and his wife may have the husk.” With a sniff and a snap, Bet sy turned away, and shortly af terward horn Darcy lifted himself upon his elbow. “ Ah, Tom, are you awake ?” “ Yes.’ 7 “ Then rouse up and have a warm glass.” Tom got upon his feet and stead ied himself. “ No, Peter, I won’t drink any more, to-night.” “It won’t hurt you, Tom—just one glass.” I know it won’t,” said Tom, buttoning up his coat by the only solitary button left. “ I know it won’t.” And with this he went out into the chill air of night. When he got away from the shadow oi the tavern, he stopped and looked up at the stars, and then he looked down upon the earth. “Aye,” he muttered, grinding his heel into the gravel, “Peter Tin dar is taking the kernel and leaving poor Ellen the husk, and I am help ing him to do it. lam robbing my wife of joy. robbing my children of honor and comfort, robbing myself of love and life—just that Peter Tindar may have the kernel and Ellen the husk I We’ll see 1” It was a revelation to the man.— The tavern keeper’s brief speech, meant not for his ears, bad come upon his senses as fell the voice of the liisen One upon Saul of Tarsus. “ We’ll see,” he replied, setting his foot firmly upon the ground ; and then he wended his way home ward. On the following morning he said to his wife ; “ Ellen, have you any coffee in the house ?” “ Yes, Tom.” She did not tell him that her sister had given it to her. She was glad to hear him ask for coffee instead of the old, old cider. “ I wish you would make a cup, good and strong.” There was really music in Tom’s voice, and the wife set about the work with a strange flutter in her head. Tom drank two cups of the strong fragrant coffee, and then went out —with a resolute step, and walked straight to the great manufactory, where he found Mr. Scott iu the of fice. “Mr. Scott, I want to learn my trade over again.” “Eh, Tom ! What do you mean?” “ I mean that it is Tom Darcy, come back to the old place asking forgiveness for the past, and hoping to do better in the future.” “ Tom !” cried the manufacturer, starting forward and graspiug his hand, “are you in earnest! Is it really the old Tom ?” “ It’s what’s left of him, sir, and we’ll soon have him whole and strong very soon, if you’ll only set him at work.” “ Work ! Aye, Tom, and bless you, too ! There is an engine to be set up and tested to-day. Come with me.” Tom’s hands were weak and un steady, but his brain was clear, and under bis skillful supervision the en gine was set up and tested, but it was not perfect. There was inis takes which he had to correct, and it was late in the evening w hen the work was complete. “ How ia it now, Tom ?” asked Mr. Scott, as lie catne into the test ing house and found the workmen ready to depart. “ She’s all right, sir. You may give your warrant without tear.” “God bless you, Tom ! You don’t know how like sweet music the old voice sounds. Will you take your place again ?” “ Wait till Monday morning sir. If you will offer it to me then, I will take it.” At the little cottage Ellen Dar cy’s fluttering heart was sinking.— That morning, after Tom had gone, she had found a two dollar bill in her coffee cup. She knew that he left it for her. She had been out and bought tea and sugar and flour and butter, arid a bit of lender steak ; and all day long a ray of light had been dancing and skim tiling before her —a ray from the blessed light of other days. With a prayer and hope she set out the tea table and waited, but the sun went down and no Tom came. Eight o’clock—and almost nine. Oh, was it but a false glimmer after all? Hark ! The old step ! strong ea ger for home. Yes, it was Tom, with the old grime upon his hands, and the odor of oil upon liis gar ments. “I have kept you waiting. Nellie.” “ Tom !” “ I did not mean to, but the work hung on.” “ Tom, Torn. You have been to the old shop.” “ Yes, and I am to have the old place, and—” “ Oh, Tom.” And she threw her rrms around his neck and covered bis face with kisses. “Nellie, darling, wait a little, and you shall have the old Tom back again.” “Oh, Tom. I’ve got him now — bless him, bless him, my own Tom. My husband, darling.” And then Tom Darcy realized the full power and blessing of a woman’s love. It was a banquet of the gods, was that supper—of the household gods all restored —with the bright angels of peace and love aud joy spreading their wings o. er the board. “On the following Monday morn-, ing, Tom Darcy assumed his place at the head of the great machine shop, and those who tboroug hly un derstood him had no tear of his go ing back in the slough of joylessness. A few days later Tom met Peter Tindar on the street. “ Eh, Tom, old boy, what’s up?” “ I am up—right side up.” “ Yes, 1 see. But I hope you have not forsaken us, Tom ?” “ I have forsaken only the evil you have in store, Peter. The fact is, I concluded my wife and little ones had led on husks long enotigh, and if there was a kernel left in my heart, or in my manhood, they should have it.” “Ah, you beard what I said to my wife that night ?” “Yes, Peter, and I shall be grate- ful to you for it as long as 1 live.— My remembrance of you will always be relieved by that tinge of warmth and bright,less. Trust. Life would impracticable un less it were the primary rule to be lieve what is told us. There is not a single relation in adult life in which we are not compelled to do pend upon the word of another— of a husband, a wife, an agent. We believe certain things respect ing them —in their honor, their chartity, their affection, their faith fulness. To what kind of condition would life bo reduced if we were to apply to these matters “the univer sal duty of questioning all that we believe ?” In some, at all events, of these relations, it may be observ ed, it is in the nature of the case impossible that we should have “sufficient evidence” for our belief. It is an unquestionable fact that many a man who has been trusted, and who has for years borne an unexceptionable character, has prov ed faithless, and it is quite impos sible I can be sure upon grounds of evidence respecting any particu lar man that lie is incapable of this baseness. But the first condition of a genuine and honorable friend ship is to believe this, to refuse to entertain a doubt of it, and, if need be, to uphold a friend’s honor until he is absolutely proved dishonora ble. With respect to trust exercis ed in commercial relations, it might perhaps be said that it is a mere application of the principle of prob abilities. Asa matter of experi ence, if customers are trusted the majority of them will fulfill their engagements. It may be doubted whether tradesmen really do act in practice on this mere calculation of probabilities ; but at all events the principle does not apply to the oth er relations of life just referred to. It would be an insult to a friend to Bay that you trusted and loved him because you thought it more proba ble lie was true than that he was false. He expects from you as a primary condition of true friend ship, that you believe firmly con cerning him that of which you can not possibly have certain evidence. Contemporary Review. A physician writes to young men as follows : “My profession has thrown me among women of all classes, and my experience teaches me that Heaven never gave man a greater proof of his love than to place woman here with him. My advice is :Go and propose to the most sensible girl you know. If she accepts you tell her how much your income is, and from what source derived ; and tell her you will divide the last dollar with her, and that you will love her with all your heart into the bargain. And then keep your promise. 31y word for it, she will live within your in come, and to your last hour you will regret that you did not marry sooner. Stop worrying about femi nine extravagance and feminine untruth. Just you be true to her —love her sincerely, and a more fond, faithful, foolish slave you will never meet anywhere. You will not deserve her, I know ; but she will not know it. A New Jersey inventor lias hit upon a fertilizer which he says any farmer can easily manufacture for less than $lO a ton, aiftl get a bet ter article thun he can purchase tor SGO or SBO. Take a deep lay* er of mud, peat, turf or meadow marl and cover with one-third quantity of manure. Sprinkle salt over this, unless the mud has been gotten from a salt marsh, add a broad casting of lime, and pour over the whole a weak solution of sul phuric acid. This process can be repeated with successive layers, and in a few weeks the pile will consist of a pliable black loam, rich enough for compost. “I have just bought a dog,” says Jones, “I never owned one before in my life. Phare been a housekeeper a great many years and never knew how much comfort there is in a dog. He is always so kind and gentle and glad to see me. When I go home he always jumps up on me and looks so pleased. When I go home late as I sometimes do,he nev er looks gloomy andsad—he never asks that cutting question: * Where have you been all this time?” Men are never so ridiculous from the qualities which really belong to them as from those which they pre tend to have. 12y Darling:. How can 1 mourn for a little one dead, When I gaze on this world of weeping? Far better to smile with a deep content O'er a baby quietly sleeping. O’er a little one safe from all that can harm Life, and quietly sleeping. The sun comes un, and the sun goes down, On sorrow and sin and aching, But to all the evil that’s in the world My darling will know no waking. Ho is wrapped in that dream of sweetness and calm That will know no cruel breaking. My heart grows sick and faint w ith thought Of the great world’s burden of sinning ; I am glad, I am glad, that in evil and wrong My darling will make no beginning, lie is safe iu his soft mossy bed From the blight and the pang of sinning. Then mourn no more for a little one dead, Fond heart worn out with thy weeping ; Far better to smile with a deep content O’er a baby quietly sleeping. He is sale, he is safe from all that is sad, Life, and quietly sleeping. Across the African Tonli- SlCiftt. Henry M. Stanley has emerged from tho African wilderness and made his appearance on tho west coast of the great tropical continent at the mouth of the Congo River.— It is about three years since he left Zanzibar on the east coast, aud dull ing all that time he has been explor ing the heart ot‘ the great stronghold of mystery and barbarism under the greatest of difficulties aud in the face of obstacles which few men would have the courage, the energy and the strength to overcome.— Ilis exploits are as remarkable as any in the fascinating annals of ex ploration in unknown lands, and the results seem to be among the most valuable attained in modern times. Two puzzling questions of first-class geographical importance appear to be definitely settled by liis indefa tigable researches. He set himself the task of ascertaining beyond question the sources of the Nile, and tracing the river known as the Lu ulaba to its outlet, thus completing the work begun by his great prede cessor, Livingstone, lie spent two seasons among the Niyanzas, explo ring their coasts thoroughly, and ascertaining that the streams by which they were fed furnished the waters that poured from them through the Nile to the Mediterra nean Sea. Points previously left in obscurity were cleared up, and the great Nile problem was solved. Having completed his task, Stan ley thorough ly.explorcd Lake Tanga nyika, and then addressed himself to the perilous work of tracing the Lualaba through a wide expanse of territory utterly unknown to civiliza ed man. Two theories had prevail ed regarding this stream. Livings tone had believed it to be the Nile, but some geographers who carefully studied his work came to the con clusion that it was more likely to be the far-off beginning of the Congo. The Lualaba drained a basin distinct from that of the sources of the NilCj though Livingstone never discov ered that fact. Cameron, who acted on the theory that it was the head of the Congo, only penetrated in his explorations to Nyangwe, which was a comparatively short distance from the source of the stream. Stan ley left that point about the middle of last November, and for nearly nine months was lost in the African wilderness. The story of his journey has just now come to the Loudon Telegraph aud the New York Her aid, which sustain him in his work. He fought his way through forests filled with savage beasts and still more savage men, contending against the climate, the obstacles which natuie placed in his way and (he implacable natives that resisted his progress at every step, some times on shore and sometimes on the water, with his party rapidly diminishing under the hardships and dangers of the journey, until he proved that the river known as the Lualaba where he started,aud desig nated by a different name by every tribe through whose territory it passed, was proved beyond all question to be the Congo. The three river systems of Africa are now quite clearly defined. They are those of the Nile, the Zambesi, and tbe Congo. The contributions of Stanley to our knowledge of African geography bid fair to be regarded in future as among the most impor tant, if not the most important of all made by any single explorer. If a word to the wise is sufficient, advice to a fool is thrown away en tirely. Best stable butter —Billy the i goat. NO. 45 I never owned a mule. I came near buying s onc once. lie was a line looking animal; lii.s ears stood up like the side spires on au Episco* pal church. His tail was trimmed down so that it looked like a tar brush leaning up against him. 110 looked all innocence, though he was in no sense. The owner sal in the wagon, with his elbow on his knee*. In the other hand lie held a stick with a brad on the end of it. I ex* atnined the mule and asked the man a few questions, and out of mere form inquired if the mule Was kind, or if he kicked. “Kind? Kick?” said the man, and these were the last words he uttered. lie reached Ins stick over the front of the wagon, and stuck the brad into that mule. It was awful to see a man snuffed out so quickly as he was. it almost took my breath be went sosuddenlyw I never saw tho thread of life snap so suddenly as it didn’t have time to leave a message for his family.— That mule simply ducked his head, then a pair of heel* flew out bebindj tliero was a crash, a flying of splin ters, and that was all; and the next moment that mule and I stood alone, my face covered with astonishment two feet deep, and his covered with part of an old bridle. The next day I read an account in the telegraph ic news of a shower of flesh in Keti fc tucky. I was the only, man that could explain that phenomenon, ami did not dare to lest I should bo inis - in the aflair with mule. I have seen death in many forrtts, but don’t recollect ever seeing a funeral gotten up with less pomp and display than on that occasion. If i had my choice, to either ti r ork in a nitro-glycerine factory or take care of a mule, 1 should go for the factory, as in the case of an explo sion there would be more possibility of my friends finding some little mementoes of me with which to assuage their grief. Avery small piece of me would lighten a big sor* row. The Lost round, Fifty or sixty years ago it was the custom for gentlemen wishing servants to visit emigrant ships as soon as they arrived in port. Se lecting the man or woman who pleased them, they would pay his or her passage money, about seven ty or eighty dollars, to the captain, agreeing to give the servant cloth ing and bread, and at the end of three years’ service, twenty or thir ty dollars. One day, a gentleman, a man of fortune, residing in Philadelphia, went on board an emigrant ship to hire a girl or “purchase her time,’* as it was then called. He selected, one, and was shown her father, the old man w r as anxious to go with his daughter, and after some persua sion the gentleman purchased his time. “Well, now,” said the old man, “ here’s my old wife ; take her also.” There was something so attractive in the countenance of the old woman that the gentleman bought her time. Going together to the register’s office to complete the bargain, the name which the emigrants gave was spelt and pronounced like his own. Inquiries ended in discovering that he had brought the time of his own father and mother. When six years old, a son of tho old folks had been taken to Ameri ca by a gentleman, and they had lost all knowledge of him ; indeed, they had almost forgotton that they had a son in America. They recol lected however, that their boy hud a’figure of a cucumber on one of bis shoulders. The newly found son was stripped in the office, and, to the delight of the aged couplej there was tho birth-mark. Slightly sarcastic was the clergy man who paused and addressed a man coming with the remark: “Glad to see you, sir, come in; always glad to see those here late who can’t come early;” and decidely self-pos sessed was the man thus addressed in the presence of an astonished congregation, as he responded: “Thank y’ou, would you favor mo with the text?” When we have practised good ac tions awhile they become easy, and when they become easy we begin to take a pleasure in them, and when they please us we do them frequent ly. Form then the habit of doing good. Nothing tends more to make us ridiculous than the endeavor to im itate our superiors.