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VOL. XI. THE APPEAL. Published Every Friday Morning Terms $2.00 ; All Papers stopped at expiration of time paid for. r?r N., tention paid to orders for the pa per au’essaccompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising. 5 5 r~§ i CO g § \ K ! o ■e 5 S s F I fL__ 1 B 3.00 $ 6.00$ 9.00|$ 12.00 2.... 5.00 12.00 10.00 20.00 3..... 7.001 15.00 22.00 27.50 4 ... 8.00 17.00 25.00 33.00 c 9.00! 22 00 30.00 45.00 £ c 17.00 35.00 50.00 75.00 1 c 30.00 50.00 75.00 125.00 2 e ! 50.00 j 75.00 Drs. SMITH & TACKETT, Office on College St., CXJTUBERT t GEORGIA , KESPECTFULLY offer their services, (united when necessary) to the people ot Muuduiplt and adjoining counties. jau26tf STbTken NO N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FORT GAINES, GA. BUSINESS of all kinds attended to in the State Court, and in the United States District Court tor this State. tnayll-ly Dr. S. G. Kobertson, Surgeon Dentist, CUTIIBEIIT, GA. oc2fiif JAMES G. PARKS, Attorney at Law, DAWSON, GEORGIA, And Counsel for the Corporation of Dawson. Practices in the Courts of 8. W. Geor gia, State Supreme Courts, and U. S. Courts tor Georgia. Collections a specialty. Prompt ness Insured. jy27-3in .1 AS. 11. GL EKUY, Attorney at Law. Oflice—Dawson,! Ga. nctHMf A. \V. GILLESPIE jj AS just received a large lot of -L^-L-jiCT^TLj Which he warrants to give entire satisfac tion. fct)-3 ly Call in and Subscribe for o Renew Your Subscription to tlie DAILY. Semi-Weekly or Weekly TELEGRAPH & MESSENCE )U TANARUS! iE KN (' U LTIV ATO R, O (DUNNY SOU nr, APPEAL. T. S. POWELL. Agent, Druggist. Bookseller and Stationer. Fresh Turnip Seed. Crop 187 7t Just received from D. Landreth i& Son’s, Early Elat Dutch, Early Flat Red Top. Pucieraneati Globe, Amber Globe, Improved Yellow Rutabega, llttnover, • Seveu Top, In l packages, and single -papers, For sale by T. S. POWELL, D;nggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Important TO Of MRS 01 WILD LAM THE undersigned, being largely interested in the Mining Interests and Mineral re searches of the different Counties of • CHEROKEE, GA., And having received many letters of enqui ry from parties'"owning Lands in the above named section, relative 10 their location, val ue, etc , takes ibis method of informing all those interested, that lie will attend to the Locating of Lands, Furnish owners with a descriptive statement as t.o quality, value and mineral indications, if there b>- anv. Will attend to the establish ing ot Lost Papers, paying Faxes, Ousting Intruders, aud selling said Lands when de sired. His charges for locating and furnishing parties with a descriptive statement, Five Dol lars per Lot. For selling and paying of taxes, Ten per cent For establishing ]o6t papers, ousting intruders, etc , parties will be adviced and a fee agreed upon. J.iF" Liberal reductions made with parties owning a number of Lots, and desiring them looked after, Many of t hese Lands, heretofore considered Worthless, are very valuable—some are rich in Mineral, others are valuable for Farming purposes, and ALL are worth looking after. All letters of enquiry will receive pionipt attention. Address, I. Y. SAWTELL, apr7-tf Atlanta. Ga. Lazarus & Morris’ PERFECTED SPECTACLES, Eye Ulassss & Colorei Glasses. Have received a Full Assortment of STEEL FRAMED SPECTACLES, BIFOCAL SPECTACLES, NEARSIGHTED SPECTACLES, RUBBER EYE GLASSES, GOGGLES, GREEN & BLUE SPECTACLES, Foi sale by T. S. POWELL, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Notice ! rTUIF. undersigned has opened an Auction I & Commission House iu the city of Cuth Cert, and will hold forth iu the Staudley Rock Corner. He solicits Consigning nts. ’ augSltf JOHN W. BRAG AN ANDREW Female College, Cuthbert, Ga. REV. A. L. HAMILTON would respect fully announce to his friends.generally, that this old and popular Institution will be re opened under his immediate supervision ou MONDAY, October 1, 1877. Ilis former patrons and friends will please take due notice, and govern themselves ae cordiugly. The spacious and comfortable Boarding House and College Buildings are now being repaired and re furnished in ele gant style, and two weeks in advance of the opening will be ready for business. The Corps of Officers and Teachers shall not he surpassed either North or Sonth, and will represent the principal branches of the Christian Churches. The College will be thoionglily non-sectarian. The Course of Study lias been prepared with great care, ami with an especial eye 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 and exacting. GTlie Terms Have been reduced so far as possible to meet the necessities of the times, as will appear from the following exhibit: Per Session of Nine Months. REGULAR COURSE. Preparatory Department, S3O 00 Academic “ 45 OJ, Collegiate “ 60 fid BOARD —-Furnished room, washing, lights and fuel, 162 00 “ Washing not included, * 141 00. EXTRA COURSE. [To be charged extra.] This department will offer unusual advan tages, and will embrace the Ancient and Mod ern Languages, Vrcal and Instrumental Music Drawing and Sketching, Painting, in Oil, Pastel, Grecian and Antique Painting, Orna mental Needle-Work, Mantua Making in all its varieties, Physical Gymnastics, dec. PAYMENTS In all the Departments will he 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 by Railroad ; and for good health, good mor als, and cultivated society, is unsurpassed iu ne United States. For additional information address— REV. A L. HAMILTON, D. 1). Pree’t. auglo-tf Cuthbert, Ga. CRAMPTON’S Imperial Soap Is tlic “ Best .” Crumpton’s imperial Soap is the Best. Crumpton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crumpton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Cramp ton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. Cranipton's Imperial Soa,p is the Best. Crampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. Crumpton's Iperial Soap is the Best. Cramptou's Imperial Soa pls the Best Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Rest. Crampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. This Soap is manufactured from pare materi als, ami as it 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 Gerrnan and French Laundry Soaps. It is therefore recom mended for use in 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 the 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 tiee for the past year, we cau recommend it as the best quality of soap in use. It is a rare thing to get Soap that will thoroughly cleanse printing iuk 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, eti gineers and machinists, as it will remove grease of all descriptions from the hand as well as clo’thes, with little labor. For gener al household purposes it caunot be excelled. Manufactured only by Crampton Brothers, 2,4, Sand 10, Rutgers Place, and 33 aud 33 Jetiersoii St.., New York. For sale bv ALLISON & SIMPSON, auglU-tf Cuthbert, Ga. Fire Insurance Safe, Prompt and Reliable! Georaia Home Insurance Company, Columbus, Ga., Virginia Home Insurance Cos, Richmond, Va. T. S. POWELL, Agent, MANHATTAN l ire Insurance Cos., Of New York Cit^ Cash Capital & Surplus over SBOO,OOO THOMAS MUSE, Agent, Cuthbert, Ga. K?” Office iu Jndge Clarke’s office. jas ly A Nice Black-Walnut Extension Dining Table. At T S. POWELLS, Druggist-, Bookseller and Stationer. THE GEGRGIA STATE FAIR M ill be held iu ATLANTA, beginning Monday, October 15th, 1877, AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK. LARGE and Liberal Premiums lor Stock, Manufactures, Machinery, Agricultural Implements, Fancy Work of Ladias, Fine Arts and Farm Products are offered Premium Lists aud other information cau be o tabled by application to MALCOLM. JOHNSTON, Secretary. aug3ltd Atlanta, Ga. CUTHBERT, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1877. The Folly oi Trying to Please Everybody. (a fable revamped.) Who yields L ; s mind to eve-y one Finds soon or late he pleases none. To illustrate, I will, if able, Reduce to verse an aiic-eut fable. A man and son, as it befell, Determining their ass to sell, Had with this object audio lent, Set out on foot „a tmrke. beat ; Not far advanced upon ibe way They met some schoolboys cut at play, “ Did e’er you see such fools,” said one, “A- yon old Gaffer and his son* tntd" : ng on the road afeot, While one at le C L might ride die brute ?” A no.tier c : ed, “you two legged donkey, ••Wny don’t you mount your precious mon key ?” The old mao bearing them defile, Put up his son and walked beside. Proceeding on, it was !hei • fate To meet some men hi warm debate. T oat proves,” said oae, ‘just what I say “Youth conquers age in til’s, our day, “ £ce cu that ass the son is found, “While his aged father >re.’ Is the ground ! “Get off 'bat beast you young scapegrace “And let your father take your place.” To this rude jeeniog they assent, And changing places, on they went. A mile or so beyond, they met At way.-ide inn another set : “Unfeeling lather ! (so ibege talk) “To ride and ibice b’s son to walk, “The lad will soon g ; ve out he'll find, “Unless be takes Inm on behind. ’ Still bent to please and raving trouble Tbev acquiesce by nding double. Approaching soon the market town They met some -revelers going down. “Pray fnend,” said one, - I'd like to know • Is that your ass you’re treating so ! "A shameful sight, I do declare it, “I wonder how the beast can bear it ! “If the poor creature had h's due *‘ v ou would bear him. not he bear you !” “AH things to please,” the man teplied, “We will dismount and have it iritd.” So getting down without more words They bound the creature’.-, legs with cords. Through which a beam they made to pass, AeJ on thei l ' shoulders born the ass. But if they had been jeered before, They now wise jeered ten times the more. The people Hocked lo see the s’ght, Wiili eboofsand bravoes of delight. Now safe'y pn-.-ipg rut slid ridge Thev had. Li turn .o crass a bridge ; Presccd by a crowd of men and boys Who made the a'r <eseund with noise, The air was irigbleoed (who can wonder?) And struggling, burst the cords asunder ; Ilis limbs thus 100 ened bom the beam, He plunged and fell iuto the stream ! Ann hard against the reeky shore Sank in the flood to rise no more. The poor man fount .to his dear cost, While none were pie. eil. bis ass was lost : A h'.-son he, that day, had learned Not soon forgot though dearly earnr and. E. W. Tlie BSt’r Koois. “Belinda,” who we judgo, is something between “sweet -i\teon,” writes iliusly to the Boston Globe : “I take my pen in hand to write a few lines lo say that I think it ab nit time for me to g>‘owl a little Every one else his had a chance ami im proved it we’l, and now can .“'Y and m listen. Wn-it I am about .o meo : oti js on a delicate subject —so debome that, it is ‘o’d oolv in wbispe s hat l*io.-o is such a tiling. It is coute i ing ankles—those belonging to la dies, otco.i-se, gentlemen never hav ing tiny. This is about ankles and the p>e*iy boys who tend iu 0"- fashionable shoe stores. It would seem at first as though one had noth mg lo do with the Other, but they have a good deal in common, sod t he more the handsomer the cos on er,. Recently a young m : ss in my pres ence Died on ten pair of boots with out a fit, aud between her dev re for a perfect one and the prayer of the clerk for none at all there was a prospect of hejJ'pasMtig the after noon that way. I could not bl tie the fellow, for she was a bean y, but I was sbocked at the abandon of the lady. Ido not now wonder whv positions iojsuch sto-es are desirable and veiy scarce, especially iu these days when the-’e is so much wick edness. It takes me a long while to get at what I intended to say, but I have reached it at last. It is vc-v improper for girls to allow young men to tit their boots ; they should do it themselves. I notice no gen tleman assist me; if he attempted it I would put on such a look as would make him wither. It makes me crawl to think of it.” A lady on Washington street, who is an enthusiastic Republican named her canary bird Jim Blaine, lie did not sing much but she loved him tenderly until last Saturday, when she discovered that Jim Blaine had laid an egg. Now she declares that no dependence can be placed on a politician. Solomon said thousands of years ago that the destruction of the poor is their poverty. It is just as true now as when uttered. False hair is now made to imitate real hair so closely that it is hardly possible to tell which is switch. Tiie Volunteer Found!. John Taylor was licensed, when a youth of twenty one, to practice at the bar. He was poor but well ed ucated, and possessed extraordina ry genius. He manied a beauty who afterwards deserted him for another. On the mnth of August, 1811, the Court House at Clarksville, Texas, was crowded to-overflowing. An exciting case was to be Died.— George Hopkins, a wealthy planter, offered a gross insult to Mary Ali son, the young and beautiful w ife ot his overseer. The husband threatened to chastise him for the outrage, when Hopkins went to A! ison’s house and shot him in the door. Tne murdeier was arrested and bailed to answer the charge. — The occurrence produced great ex citement, and Mr. Hopkins, in order to turn the tide of popular indigna tion hud circulated reports about her character and she sued him for slander. Both suits were pending —for murder and for slander. The interest became deeper w'hen it was known that Ashley and Pike, of Arkansas, and S. S. Prentiss, of New Orleans, by* enormous fees had been retaiudd to defend Hop kins. Hopkins w r as acquitted. The Texas lawyers were overwhelmed by their opponents. It was a light of dwarfs against giants. The slander suit was ready for Dial, and the throng of specta tors grew in number, as in excite ment. Public opinion was setting in for Hopkins; his money had pro cured witnesses who served his powerful advocates. When the slander case came up, it was le!t without an attorney—all had with drawn. “Have you no counsel ?” inquir ed Judge Mills, kindly, of the plain tiff. “No, sir, they have all deserted me and I am too poor to employ any more,” replied the beautiful Mary, bursting into tears. “In such a case will not some cbival rous member of the profession vol unteer ?” said the Judge, glancing around the bar. The thirty old lawyers were silent. “I will, your honor,” said a voice from the crowd behind the bar. llis clothes look ed so shabby that the court hesita ted to let the case proceed under his management. “Has your name been entered on the rolls of the State ?” demanded the Judge. “It is immaterial,” answered the Btranger, his thin, bloodless lips curling up with a sneer. “Here is my license from the highest tribu nal in America,” and lie handed the Judge a broad parchment. The trial went on. He suffered the wit nesses to tell their owr. story, and allow'ed the defense to lead off. — Ashley spoke first, followed by Pike and Prentiss. The latter brought down the house in cheers, in which the jury joined. It was now the stranger’s turn He rose before the bar, not behind it, and so near the woodeiing jury Miat he could touch the foreman with his long bony finger. lie pro ceeded to tear to pieces the argu ments of Ashley, which melted away at his touch like frost before a sunbeam. Every one looked sur prised. Anon he C3ine to the daz zling wit of the poet lawyer, Pike. Then the curl of hi3 lip grew shar per, his smooth face began to kin dle up, his eyes to open, dim and dreary no longer, but vivid as light ning, red as fire globes and glaring as twin meteors. The whole soul was in his eyes; the full heart streamed out of his face. Then without any allusions to Prentiss he turned short round on the per jured witnesses of Hopkins, tore their testimony into shreds, and hurled into their faces such terri ble invectives that all trembled like aspens, and two of them fled from the court house. The excitement of the crowded room was beeom ing tremendous. Their united life-soul seemed to hang upon the burning tongue of the stranger, and he inspired them with the power of passion. lie seemed to have stolen nature’s long hidden secret of attrac tion. But his greatest triumph was to come. Ilis eyes began to glance at the assassin Hopkins, as his lean, ta per fingers assumed the same direc tion. lie enclosed the wretch with in a wall of strong evidence and impregnable argument, cutting off all hope of escape. He dug be neath the murderer’s feet ditches of dilemmas, and held up the slan derer to the scorn and contempt of the populace. Having thus girt him about with a circle of fire he stripped himself to the work of massacre. Oh ! then it was a vision both glo rious and dreadful to behold the orator. IBs actions, too, became as impetuous as the motions of an oak in a hurricane. His voice became a trumpet filled with whirlpools, deaf ening the ears with crashes of pow er, and yet intermingled all the while with a sweet undersong of sweetest cadence. His forehead glowed like a heated furnace, his countenance was haggard like that of a maniac, and ever and anon he flung his long, bony arms on high, as if grasping after a thunderbolt. He drew a picture of murder iu appalling colors that in comparison hell itself might look beautiful; he painted the slanderer so black that the sun seemed dark at noonday when shining on such a monster. — And theu, fixing both portraits on the shrinking Hopkins, fastened them there forever. The agitation of the audience amounted almost to madness. All at once the speaker descended from his lofty height. His voice wailed out to the murdered dead, and living—the beautiful Mary, more beautiful every as her tears flowed faster and faster— till men wept and sobbed like chil dren. He closed by a strong exhortation to the jury, and through them to the bystanders; the panel, after they should bring a verdict for the plain tiff not to offer violence to the de fendant, however richly he might deserve it —in oilier words, not to lynch the villain, but to leave his punishment to God. This was the most artful tuck of all, and was cal culated to insure vengeance. The jury rendered a verdict of fifty thousand dollars, and the night afterwards Hopkins was taken out of his bed by the lynchers and beat en almost to death. As the court adjourned the stranger said : John Taylor will preach here at early candle fight.” lie did preach and the house was crowded. We have listened to Clay, Webster and Beecher, but never heard anything in the form of sub lime words even approximating to the eloquence of John Taylor, mass ive as a mountain and wildly rush ing as a cataract of fire. 1 iii tlie In?lie oi (ilt acvn. A strange discovery is reported f'-om the Lake ot Geneva. A tou r iso having lost his trunk, two divers were employed to search for it.— While they were below water they found what they supposed to be a village, since covered by the lake. Their statements led to an inve-ii gation of the spot by the municipal authorities, who tonic ine.isu.es to testkhe truth of the extraordinary ac count of the divers. On covering the placid surface with oil, these latter were able to distinguish the plan of the town, streets, squares, and detached houses, making the bed of the lake. The ruddy hue which characterized them led the observers to suppose that tlie build ings had been covered with the fa mous Vermillion cement which was used by the Celts, Cimbri, and the early Gauls. There are about 200 houses arranged over an oblong surface, near the middle of which is a space more open, supposed to have been used for public assembla ges. At tiie eastern extremity lies a large square tower, which was taken for a rock. A superfi cial investigation seems to indicate that the construction of these build ings dates from some centuries be fore our urn. The Council of Vaud has decided to have the site of the dwellings inclosed by a jetty stretch ing from the land, and to drain off the water, so as to bring to light what promises to be one of the most interesting archoeological dis coveries of our day. —London 2'els eyraph. Men and children are like pebbles. You know how pebbles on tlie sea shore are rounded and made smooth by being rolled against each other. It is so with many men ; but now and then we find a person who is as crusty as some of the crabs we also find on the seashore. The more he is rubbed by others the crustier he becomes. So, too some of the little stones are made very pointed, and do not get rounded by the others.— Let us try to have all the politeness that comes from obeying the Golden Rule. Counter claims—Your wife’s shopping bills. For the Cuthbert Appeal. Wlial’s I lie Use i bv e. p -r.. YV hat’s the use of going through tlie world with a gloomy counte nance i \\ by not live in sunshine instead of shadow ? Why not laugh as well as xveep ? Thus has some one written, and we echo, “ What’s the use?” What’s the use of tlie wail of anguish that comes from the mother as she bends over the dead form of her first-burn child ? ’fis but the cry of a broken heart, but she who feels it not is no moth er. What’s the use of the furrow ed brow and silvering hair, the compressed lip that fain would make no moan, of the father who beholds his promising boy take the downward path to dissipation and ruin ? ’Tis but the tribute paid to buried hopes and Dcver-to-be real ized anticipations, but he who pays not this tribuie is but a father in name. What’s the use of the ago nized prayer of the husband or wife who sees his or her loved compan ion slowly passing away ? ’Tis but a cry for succor from a bosom tilled with grief, but what true husband or wife would not send up the pe tition? What’s the'use of some, who iu subordinate positions, and kept down by force of circumstan ces, to feel the iron enter their very inmost soul, and their spirits chafe in agony at the burdens imposed, and insults (which they cannot re sent,) offered by their task masters, who, but in the possession of world ly pelf, are as far beneath them as earth from heaven ? ’Tis but the protest of an outraged manhood, fu tile though it may be, but he who makes it not is no better than a slave. There is a time to laugh, but there is also a time to weep. I am no misanthrope, and would not have a sorrowful world, but chide not thy brother if he groans under the scourge that has, perchance, never been lifted against you, and ask not “ What’s the us£,” if he bow beneath the strokes of adversi ty, while you are happy and at CuSC Stand not in your mighty ship that has ever sailed through calm seas, and been wafted on by favoring breezes, and mock him, who in his frail barque is struggling amidst the billows of trouble and misfortune. What’s the use of any and all the evidences of suffering that we see around us at every step? Can you put an end to them? As well expect the jwretch, who is the victim of some terrible and loathsome disease, to put on the ap pearance of health at your com mand; as hope to banish sorrow and its indelible signs from poor, de pressed humanity. Fort Gaines, Ga., Nov. 20, ’77. Planting Trees. A “pioneer” says on this subject “I have transplanted many hundred forest trees in the last ten years, and I have rarely lost a tree, and most of them set in the fall. One of the most important rules to be observed i, before taking up a tree mark it in some manner so that you will know which is the north side, so as to be able to reset it in exact ly the position it grew in the woods. This may seem to many of no im portance, but to those who know that there is in the bark nod wood of all trees a radical difference be tween the north and south sides, the north side being close-grained and tough, while the south side is invariably more open grained and brash, or soft, the importance will be seen. If this is done, your tree does not have to undergo a com pleto change in all parts, and is ready to start off and grow at the proper time as though it had not been moved. The days of darkness come, and they are many, but our eye takes in only the first. One wave hides an other, and the effort to encounter the foremost withdraws our thought from evils which arc pressing on If we could see them all at once we might be down, like Elijah, under the juniper tree, and say: “It is enough—let me not live !” But pa tience attains her perfect work while trials unfold. “Why, Sammy,” said a father to his little son lately, “I didn’t know that your teacher whipped you Friday.” “I guess,” replied Sam my, “if you had been in my trow sers you’d know’d it.” It is easier to open a burglar-proof safe than to get an education in a fashionable boarding-school. Good Advice and Good Manners. Much jewelry is vulgar. Do not smack while eating. Do not cut your nails in public. Do not run after famous people. Do not breathe hard while eating. Cheese should be eaten with a fork. Feeing waiters is paying black mail. Serve vegetables on seperate plates. Unsweetened coffee cures bad breath. Do not give mere friends costly presents. A man’s dress should not be re markable. Short nails make the finger tips grow broad. Girls who part .their hair on the side look fast. In going up and down stairs pre cede the lady. A formal call is very long if it last half uu hour. Never take bits out of your mouth with your hand. Y r oung girls are trusted too much with male cousins. It is impolite to keep a musician constantly playing. Address your wife as “Mrs.,” your hu-band as “Mr.” A lady will not appear in the streets alone after dark. A young lady should'not stretch her feet out in company. There is too much promiscuous kissing in this country. Washington doffed his hat even to a negro if he knew him. Some men unpleasantly comb their moustaches at table. I respect prudes; though I’ve been charmed with jolly romps. Do not have pictures of game, fruit or fish in your dinner-room. A pink ribbon under the chin makes a pale woman look brighter. A man should not appear in shirt sleeves before ladies in the house. No man respects a girl who flirts, though ho may flirt with her for game. The lady of the house should re ceive the guests at a formal recep tion. Always take the last piece of any thing—there is supposed to be more. Never pull your watch out in company, unless you are familiar with the people. An engagement of marriage is lit tle less sacred than a marriage with ceremony. Never cross a knife and fork on your plate. Lay them nearly and carelessly parallel. It it is necessary to use your hand kerchief sonorously, leave the room quietly. If you meet a gentleman friend with a strange lady on his arm, r aise your hat to both. Introduce the geutleman to the lady, unless the gentleman is con siderably the elder. Men who eat what they want are usually more healthy than those who are always dieting- Notliing is prettier fur a young ish girl than braids down the back, and a full waisled dress. Do not call a man Ja liar unless you have a lump in your throat and arc sure that he is a liar. You need not call upon newly' married people unless you were in vited to the wedding. Mex Without Occupation.— Tlie man who has nothing to do is the most miserable of beings. No matter how much wealth a man possesses, he can be neither conten ted nor happy without occupation. We were born to labor, and the world is our vineyard. We can find fields of usefulness almost anywhere. In occupations we forget our world ly trials, and our sorrows. It keeps us from constantly worrying and brooding over what is inevitable.— If we have enough for ourselves, we can labor for the good of others; and such a task is one of the most delightful duties a worthy and good mail can possibly engage in. A fashionable y T oung lady in Chi engo was heard to remark that she hadn’t got anything new this fall, and didn’t expect to get much “un til after father fails.” A little boy was asked if he knew where the wicked finally went to.— He answered that they practiced law here awhile, and then go to the Legislature. If men depended on the judg ments of their neighbors for their passports to heaven, no one would get there. NO. 49 Evils olTJossip. We have known a country socie ty which withered away to nothing under the dry rot of gossip only. Friendships, once as firm as grans ite, dissolved to jelly, and then ran away to water only, because of this; love that promised a future as sta ble as truth, evaporated into a morning mist that turned to a day’s long teats, only because of this; a father and a son were set loot to foot with the fiery breath of an an ger that would never cool again bc tween them ; and a husband and a young wife, each straining at tho hated lash which in the beginning hod been the promise of a godbless ed love, sat mournfully by the side of the grave where all their love and all their joy lay buried, and all because of this. We have seen faith transformed to mean doubt, joy give place to grim despair, and charity take on itself the features of black malevolence, all because of the fell words ol scandal, and the magic muttcrings of gossip. Great crimes work great wrongs, and tho deeper tragedies of human life spring from the larger passions; but woeful and most mournful are the uncatalogued tragedies that issue from gossip and detraction ; most mournful the shipwreck t often made ol noble natures and lovely lives by the bitter winds and dead salt-waters of slander. So easy to say, yet so hard to disprove— throwing on the innocent ail the burden and the stain of demonstra ting their innocence, and punishing them as guilty if unable to pluck out the stings they never see, and to silence words they never hear— gossip and slander are the deadli est weapons man has ever forged for his brotlter’s heart. —All the Year Round. It is (iiood to be Poor. I cannot hut envy the poor man, for his is the happiest condition of life; the experience and the lessons of humility and patience and the devotion that he daily receives are strengthening his character and making his influence noble. I have thought that poor, good men are given us, that their lives may reflect the eternal goodness of the Creator. So many of the sweetest songs have been sung, so many of the bravest deeds have been done by men of low estate, that I always look to them for great achievements in thought and act. I cannot say why' it 19, but money seems to cramp our na ture, developing only what should be destroyed and dwarfing the bet ter parts, and I wish non- of ns could have more than enough to satisfy' our reasonable wants, unless for charity. If this world was the sum of all we have been or hope to he, even then the poor man holds the vantage ground. Health and contentment following his calling ; happiness dearer than anything this world can give is his of his own right These reflections are the re sult of a sketch of the lifo of a rich man who lately died, who never know what it was to have a pleas ant moment, and whose only strug gle was to get money, and having it, to get more. He died without benefitting himself or any one else, perhaps making some miserable.— From the hour he began to acquire wealth he grew narrow-minded, selfish and distrustful, and passed his time in what seemed to be a wretched way', without friendship for men or love for God or spiritual growth. Pardon mo for contrast ing him with a neighbor who is contrary to himself and his relations to the other. It is a great victory gained when wo can be humble and contented, poor in goods and rich in heart, good and able to do no wrong for conscience sake. The Hartwell Sun says there is a woman liviDg in Hart county, Ga., “who has five distinct breasts— three on one side of her chest and two on the other. Her mother had three, and afforded lacteal nourish* ment out of all of them.” She could nourish a whole litter of babies. I do not allow the cares of office to oppress me. Every day I mount my horse, take a long ride in tho park, and forget that I am Presi dent.—Samuel J. Tilden. “The rich,” said a Dutchman, “eat venison because it ish deer. I eat mutton because it ish sheep.” The proverb, “Laugh and grow fat,” What a saving of corn it would be if pigs could laugh. A little girl wrote : “I love my teacher more than tun-kan tell.”