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The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express. published on every Tuesday and Friday Mornings VOLUME X. The Cartersvillc Express u unblifthert Semi-Weekly on every TUBS* A x VND FRIDAY, by g H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs. in the town of < 'arteravflle, Bartow County, Ga. . Tori j i of Subscription: ONLY $2 A YEAR!!! INVAR!AH LY IN ADVANCE. Thnrs<lay Morning Edition, one year) 1.50 This latter proposition is confined to citizens ol Bartow county only. Terms of Advertising: Tra nslent (O.n Month or I,***.) per square often ,| Voniiaricl or Brevier lines or less, One 1 >ollur for th<; first, and Fifty Cents for each sub ,i’ouent Inseilion. Annual or Cos \tract, One Hundred and Twenty Hollar* per column* or in that proportion. (Jat^ds. John W. Hoffori, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CAIfruRSVILLE GEOIU.I A. Office over Pinkerton’# l>rug Store. Oct. 17. A. P. Wolford, AITORNEY AT LAW, cartbbsyilt.*, Georgia. Office in the Coutl-llouic, June 93,187(*. It. W. Tliirphcy, ATTTORNEY AT LAW, CAETRKBVIM.H, GFOROI A. Will practice In the courts of the Cherokee circuit. Particular attention given to the col lection of claims. Office with Col. Abda John - ion. Oct. 1. John J. Jone«, ATTORNEY AT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT, CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. Will attend promptly to all professional busi nuss entrusted to his care; also, to the buying *nd selling of Real Estate. .Jan 1. Jerc. A. Howard, Ordinary of Bartow County. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Jun 1,1870. A. M. Ponte, ATTORNEY AT LAW. AV.TKRSVILLK, GEORGIA. ( With Col. War run A tin,) Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobh, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad joining counties. March 30. T. XV. MILNER, O. H. MILNER. Milner & Milner, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA Will attend promptly to business entrusted to their care. Jan. 15. Warren Ah in, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OARTERBVH LK, GEORGIA. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Main. 11. Pali 110, Fashionable Tailor and Agent for Sewing Machines, WILL attend promptly to J»e Cutting. Re pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’ Clothing; also. Agent for the sale of the cele brated Grover & Baker Sewing Machines. Of fice over Stokely A Williams Store. Entrance from the rear. feb 17. W. It. Monntcatttlr, Jeweler and Watch and Clock Repairer, OAUTKRBVILLK GEORGIA. Office in tront of A. A. Skinner X Co’s Store. Kenncnnn House, MARIETTA, GEOHOIA Is *till open to tlie traveling public as well us summer visitors. Parties Jesiring to make arrangements for the season can be accommo dated! Rooms neat and clean and especially adapted for families. A fine large piazza has been recently added to the comforts of the estab lishment. FLETCHER & FRKYER, junelßxvtf Proprietors. S. O’SHIELDS, Fashionable Tailor , Cartersville, Georgia. HA V K.iust received the latest European and American styles of Mens’ aud Boys’ Cloth ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or der. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store. East side of the Railroad. sept. 29. Hr. J. A. Jar It Noil, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE IN TIIENE TF DR UO STORE CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Jan 4th, 1871. WM. 0. BOWLER, MANUFACTURER OF, AND DEALER IN, SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS, i Saddles, COLLARS. LEATHER. &C. BFJ’AIKIirO IM»\i: Wiik noalncss and dispatch. 86S*8hop < u West Main Street, near the old MiTrket House, CAIITEKSVILLE, GA. feb 21-wly WII. O BOWLEK. ~" GEAK siOP^by” 1. 1 mmmi CARTERSVILLE, GA. M/nupaotcrer or Harness, Bri l'-'dies, Gear, etc«, and Dealer in SutUlles, T iCathcr. ltepairtng «\one on short notice. Work war ranted to stand the test. Hides Wanted, jan. 24, 1871.-swly -fllSfe Teeth drawn without pain, by the useoi nar cotic spray. mch 9. /J EORGIA BARTOW OOTJNTV.—AII \ X persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Dabbs, late of said County deceased, are hereby notified to come forward . snd nettle at once; and all persons having Claims against said estate, are likewise notified to present them. Charles T. Dabbs, „ Executor, tie pt. 15th. SHARP & FLOYD, Successors to Geo. SHARP, Jr., ATL AJSTTA., GA„ Wholesale And Retail Jewelers, We Keep a Large and Varied Assortment of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, I>IAXIO\l»S, JEWELRY, AND SPECTACLES. son® imm mm, A SPECIALTY. We Manufactuae Tea Sets, Forks, Spoons. Goblets, Cups, Knives, etc. Jfycmiums 3foi| .AgqicuUutjal Jfaitjs. We are prepared to fill any order for Fairs at short notice; also to give any information in rey<ird, to Premiums. Orders by mall or in person, will receive prompt and careful attention. We ask a com parison of Stock, Prices and Workmanship with any house in the State. Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired and Warranted. Masonic Badges and Sunday School Badges made to order. All Work Guaranteed. ENGKA VINO FREE OF CHARGE. SHARP & FLOYD. May S3, swly. IT is well known to Doctors and to Ladies that Women are subject to numerous diseases pe culiar to their sex—such as Suppression of the Menses, Whites, Painful' M’nthly ‘Periods,’ Rheu matism of the Back and Womb, Irregular Men struation, Hemorrhage, or Excessive ‘Flow,’ and Prolapsus Uterior Fall ing of the Womb. These diseases havesel doin been treated successfully. The profession lias sought dil 1 igently for some remedy that wo’ld enable them to treat these diseases with success. At last, that remedy has been discovered by one of the most skilful physicians in the State of Georgia. The remedy is Bradneld’s Female Regulator. It is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan ta, by braDfield X CO. It will purify the blood and strengthen the system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as certain a cure as Quinine is in Chills and Fevers. For a history of diseases, and certificates of its worderful cures, the reader is referred to the wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. LaC.ranof, Ga.. March 23,1870. BRADFIELD & CO., ATLANTA, GA.:. Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that 1 have used, for the last twenty years, the medi cine you are putting up, known as DU. J. JVRAD FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con sider it the best combination ever gotten to gether for the diseases for which it is recom mended. I have been familiar with the pre scription both as a practitioner of medicine and in domestic practice, and can honestly say that I uonsider it a boon to suffering females, and • in hut hope that every lady in our whole land, who may be suffering* in any way peculiar to their sex. may be able to procure a bottle, that their sufferings may not only be relieved, hut that they may he restored to health X strength. With my kindest regards, lam, respectfully, W. B. FERRELL, M. I).' We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure in commending to the trade, Dr. J. Brad field’s Female Regulator—believing it to he a good and reliable remedy for the diseases for which ho recommends it. W\ A. LANSDET.L, PEMBERTON. WILSON, TAYLOR X CO. RED WINE & FOX, W. C. LAWSHE, Atlanta, Ga. W. ROOT X SON, Marietta, Ga. ACTS with gentleness and thoroughness upon the Liver and General Circula tion—keeps the Bowels In Natural Motion and Cleanses the System from all Impuri -11 ""».7ZZ I K'ZlY' Never fai 1 s] |_ _ 5 ’to Cure Li- V e r jDr, 0. S. Prophltt’si |Di Bea*e 8 ea*e In an yf I r I Jform. Tor pidi- 77 '”*"** Enlarg ment. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of Ap petite, Nausea, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn. Debility, Low Spirits, Cold Feet and Hands, Costiveness, Listlessness, Colic, Chronic Diarrhea, and Chronic Chills and Fever. Compouned in strict accordance with skillful chemistry and scientific pharmacy, this purely veg-i I"’"-**— **—™|e table Compound' | [lias, after the severe- II CELEBRATED I! est test of t w e n t y| I (years in cessant use,| '"" ' " , I'fheen styl ed the Great Restorative and Recover ant by the enlightened testimony of thousands us ing it; so harmoniously adjusted that it keeps the Liver in healthful action; and when the directions are observed the process of waste and replenishment in the human system con tinues uninterruptedly to a ripe old age, and man, like the patriarchs of old, drops into the grave full of years, and without a struggle, wheneverl» * ' ..ID ea t h claims his' * T . _ r ~ . I 'preroga tive. Ada-ii Liver Medicmelipt edto t h e most! | I mclicat« tompera-~ "***~mcnt X robust constitution, it can be given with equal safety and success to the y*ung child, invalid lady or strong man. june 2,1871. Bridles, OR. O. 8. PROPMIITT’S Anodyne Pain Kill It. NEVER FAILING! KILLS PAIN IN EVERY FORM. ('IUUES Pain* in the Back, Cheat, Hip* or j Limbs, Rheumatism, Weuralgia, Coughs, Colds, Bronchial Affections, Kidney Disease*. Dys pepsia, Lirer Complaint ; Colic,, Cholera. Cholera Morbus, Pleurisy. Asthma, Heart Bum. Tooth Ache. Jaw Ache, Bar Ache , Head Ache, Sprains. Bruises, Cuts. Contusions, Sores, Lacerated Wounds, Scalds, Burns, Chill Blains, Frost Bites, Poisons, of all kinds, vegetable or animal. Os all j|p.A.IN KILL IT! I II - - 1 the Remedies ever discovered for the relief of Suffering humanity, this is the best Pain Medico tor known to Medical Science. The cure is speedy and permanent in the most inveterate diseases. This is no humbug, but a grand medical discovery. A I*ain Killer containing no poison to inflame, paralizc or drive the inflammation upon an in ternal organ. Its eflicicncv is truly wonderful —Relief is Instantaneous. It is destined to banish pains and aches, wounds and bruises, from the face of the earth, may 6, 1871. CERTIFICATES: We, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph itt’s Prepaartions, and take pleasure in recom mending them to the public, as being all he claims for them: Col. R .1 Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington, Ga.; Prof. J L Jones, Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga. Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello, Ga.; Ro bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga.; AM Robinson, Monticello, Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county, Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge J J Flovd, Covington, Ga.: W L Bebee, “Cov ington Enterprise,”; A H Zachrv, Conyers, Ga; George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.;" Dick Lockett, Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus seta. Texas; W 0 Roberts, Linden ebuiitv, Tex as; Tommy & Stewart, Atlanta, Ga; W A Laus dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R V Maddox &Cos.; Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.; A N Louis, Lowndee county, Ga.; Joseph Land, Lowndes county, Gil; Jus. Jefferson. Carters ville. Ga.; W L Ellis, I>oolv countv, Ga.; W A Forehand, Dooly county, Ga.;Joh'n B. Davis Newtou Factory, Go*; B F Bas&, Lowudncs co. Dr. ,F. M. Johnson, DENTIST. ; Cartersville , Ga. READ CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEP’T 29. 1871. Church Directory. Mcttiodiat Church, Rev. John T. Norris, Scpekncmerary. The pulpit of this Church is filled, the first Sab bath in each month, by Rev. Wm. JL Felton; the 2nd Sabbath in each month, by Rev. Jas. W. Harris; the 3rd Sabbath in each month, by Rev. Jxo. T. Norris; the 4th Sabbath in each month, by Rev, I>r. W. W. Leak. Ser vices every Sunday nigiit. Prayer meeting held on Wednesday evening of each week. Sabatli School Sunday mornings, com mencing at 9 o’clock. Baptist Church. Rev. Robert H. Headen, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday and Sunday night by the Pastor. Prayer Meeting held on Thursday night of each week. Sabbath School every Sunday morning com meucing at 9 o’clock. Presbyterian Church. Rev. Theodore E. Smith, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday morning and night, by the Pastor. Prayer Meeting held on Tuesday evening of each week. Sabbath School every Sunday morning,| com mencing at 9 o’clock. Episcopal Church. Rev. Alexander J. Drysdale, Rectol. Preaching every Second Sunday in each month, commencing at half past four o'clock, p. *. Services, in the future, will be held in* the building belonging to Dr. W. W. Leak, in the rear of the ne w Methodist Church. THE CAUSE ANDCprk OF CONSUMPTION. —The primary cause ofConsumption is derange ment of the digestive organs. This derange ment produces deficient nutrition and assimila tion. By assimilation I mean that process by which the nutriment of the food is converted into blood, and thence into the solids of the body. Persous with digestion thus impaired, having the slightest predisposition to pulmon ary disease, or if they take cold, will he very liable to have Consolation of the Lungs in some of its forms; and I hold that it will be impossi ble to cure any case of Consumption without first restoring h good digestion and healthy as similation. The very first thing to be done is to cleanse the stomach and bowels from all dis eased mucus and sliinc, which is clogging these organs so that they cannot perform their func tions, and then rouse up and restore the liver to a healthy action. For this purpose the surest and best remedy is Scheneks Mandrake Pills. These Pills clean the stomach and bowels of all the dead and morbid slime that is causing dis ease and decay In the whole system. They will clear out the liver of all diseased bile that has accumulated there, and rouse it up to anew and healthy action, by which natural and healthy bile is secreted. The stomach, bowels, and liver are thus clean sed by the use of Schenck’s Mandrake Pills; but there remains in the stomach an excess of acid, the organ is torpid and the appetite poor. In the bowels the lacteals arc weak, and requiring strength and support. It is in a con dition like this that SchcncK’s Seaweed Tonic proves to be the most valuable remedy ever dis covered, It is alkaline, and it use will nentra lize all excess of acid, making the stomach sweet and fresh; it will give permanent tone to this important organ, anil create a good, hearty appetite, and prepare the system for the first process of a good digestion, and ultimately make good, healthy, living blood. After this preparatory treatment, what remains to cure most cases of Consumption is the free and per severing use of Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup. The Pulmonic Syrup nourishes the system, purifies the blood, and is readily absorbed into the cir culation, and thence distributed to tlie diseased lungs. There it ripens all morbid matters, whether in the form of abscesses or tubercles, and then assists Nature to expel all the disease matter, in thelorm of free expectoration, when once it ripens. It is then, by the great healing and purifying properties ofSchenck’s Puimonic Syrup, that all ulcers and cavities are healed lilt sound, and my patient is cured. The essential thing to be done in curing Con. sumption is to get up a good appetite and a good digestion, so that the body w ill crow in flesh and get strong. If a person has diseased lungs.—a cavity or abscess there.—the cavity cannot heal, the matter cannot ripen, so long as the system is below par. What is necessary to cure is anew order of things,—a good appe tite, a good nutrition, the body to grow in flesh and get fat; then Nature is helped, the cavities will lieal, the matter will ripen and be thrown off in large quantities, and the person regain health and strength. This is the true and only plan to cure Cot sumption, and if a person is very bad, if the lungs are not entirely destroy ed, or even if one lung is entirely gone, if there is enough vitality left in the other to heal up, there is ltope. 1 have seen many persons cured with only one sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old age. This is what Schenck’s Mcdizinesjw ill do to cure Consumption. They will clean out the stomach, sweeten and strengthen it, get up a good digestion, and give Nature the assistance she needs to clear the system of all the disease that is in the lungs, whatever the form may he. It is important that while using Scheuck’s Medicines, care should he exercised not to take cold; keen in-doors in cold and damp weather; avoid night air, and take out-door exercise only in a genial and warm sunshine. I wish it distinctly understood that when I recommend a patient to be careful in regard to taking cold, while using my Medicines, 1 do so for a special reason. A man who has but. par tially recovered from the effects of a bad cold is far more liable to a relapse than one who has been entirely cured; and it is precisely the same in regard to Consumption. So long as the lungs are not perfectly healed, just so long is there imminent danger of a full return of the disease. Hence it is that Iso strenuously cau tion pulmonary patients against exposing themselves to an atmosphere that is not genial anti pleasant. Confirmed Consumptives’ lungs are a mass of sores, which the least change of atmosphere will inflame. The grand secret of my success with my Medicines consists in ray ability to subdue inflammation instead of pro voking it, as many of the faculty do. An in flamed lung cannot, with safety to the patient, be exposed to the biting blasts of Winter or the chilling winds of Spring or Autumn. It shoul he carefully shielded from all irritating influ ences. The utmost caution should be observed in this particular, as without it a cure under almost hiiv circumstances is an impossibility. The per'son should ho kept on a wholesome and nutritious diet, ami all the Medicines con tinued until the body has restored to it the nat ural quanitv of flesh and strength. I was myself cured by this treatment of the worst kind of Consumption, and have lived to get fat and hearty these many years, with one lung mostly gone. I have cured thousands since, and very many have been cured by this treatment whom I have never seen. About the First of October I expect to take possession of my new building, at the North east Corner of Sixth and Arch Sreets, where I shall be pleased to give advice to all who may require it. Full directions accompany all my Remedies, so that a person in any part of the world can be readily cured by a strict observance of the same. J.H. SCHENCK, MI),, Philadelphia. JAS. W. STRANGE, Dealer In, and Manufacturer ;0f TUT WARE, A»D IIouHO-FuriiiwliinK' Goo<ln, ALSO DEALER IN First-Class Stoves At The Lowest Cash Prices. WILL BARTER FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RA(JS,&C. Cartersville, Jan. 90th, ’7l -ly. Lyman Chapman, Briek and Stone Mason* CARTERSVILLE, GA. ISprepared to do any of the above work upon short notice and at low figuers “Onward and Upward 3? O E T R Y. A GRAND OLD POEM. Who shall judge a man from manners? Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may he fit for princes— Princes fit for something less; Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket, May be, clothe the golden ore Os the deepest thoughts and feeling— Satin vests could do no more. There are springs of crystal nectar Ever welling out of stone, There are purple buds and golden Hidden, crushed and overgrown; God, who counts by souls, not Loves and prospers you and me, While he values thrones the highest But as pebbles in the sea. Man upraised above his fellows, Oft forgets his fellows then; Masters, rulers, lords remember That your meanest kinds are men; Men by labor, men by feeling, Men by thought, men by frame, Claiming equal rights to sunshine In a man’s ennobling name. There are foam-embroidered oceans, There are little weed-clad rills; There are feeble inch-high saplings, There ore cedurs on the hills. God, who counts by souls, not stations Loves and prospers you and me; For, to Him all vain distinctions Lie as pebbles in the sea. Toiling hands alone are builders Os a nation’s wealth or fame; Titled laziness is pensioned, Fed and fattened on the same; Bj the sweat of others’ foreheads, Living only to rejoice, While the poor man’s outraged freedom Vuiuly lifted up its voice. Truth aud justice are eternal, Born with loveliness and light, Secret wrongs shall never prosper, While there is a sunny right; God, w hose world-heard voice is singing Bouudless love to you aud me, Sinks oppression with its titles, As the pebbles in the sea. SeusomtDlc Hints to Farmers. Sow early Wheat should be sown as ei.rly in the fall as possible. That which is sown early is less liable to take the rust, and almost invariably makes the best grain, and the largest yield. If it is likely to grow too fast, and be in danger of being injured by the frost in the spring, it may be pas tured in February aud March, with profit to both wheat and stock. This is our experience. And here we would say, that no cereal crop is so much benefited by manure as the wheat.— A few acres well manured aud sown early will pay much better than many seres sown late without the necessary stimulants. Asa general rule oats al so do best when sowu early in au tumn. How to Save Sweet Potatoes. Dig soon after tho first white frost, when the ground is dry. Pile them in some moderately tight house, find cov er them well ■with chaff; and as the weather grows colder, throw some hay, shucks or fodder over them, and you will have nice, sound, plump potatoes late in the spring, provided you nor the rats don’t eat them before that time.— To prevent the rats from eating them, sprinkle lime or ashes among the chaff ltfits may bo kept out of oats in tbe same way. Try the above, and you will say that the recipe is worth ten times the subscription price of the Ex press. Root Crops, The great objections among farmers to raising root crops is the great dan ger of the destruction of the'young plants by weeds. There is no remedy, that we can see, but in the greater care to clean the ground by thorough fallowing, and tuoroughly rotting the manure, which must be well incorpo rated ia the soil by at least three plow mgs and harrowiugs. This will per mit the weeds to start and be plowed under, and torn up and rooted out by the teeth of the harrow. A fine, rich soil thus produced, the seed will ger minate quickly, and get ahead of the weeds that remain. A well-grown root crop is the most valuable, and will carry the most stock per acre. Vermin on Stock. A correspondent says, he feeds his stock a teaspoonful of sulplier to each animal, with their salt-, once in two weeks. \\ hen Lie has done so, no ver min have troubled them, and his dairy cows have not been affected with gar get, nor his sheep with grub in the head, lie has practiced this twenty years. Sowing Clover. Now is a good time to sow clover seed. Put uo crop with seed, except it be for protection—when sown after raising a crop of oats, enough oats will come up from the stubble for protec tion. Corn is a sure crop for clover to catch with, if sown between the rows, even then sow oats with the seed. Evergreens. Seedlings of evergreen and other for est trees require to be shaded from the hot sun by means of brush, or, what is better, a latice work of laths. A mulch of hay or straw between the rows of larger plants will prevent tho growth of many weeds, and thus save time and labor in weeding. Hiring Ollier People's Laborer#. The following decision of the Su preme Court, is of general interest to planters, and we commend it to their attention; S. P. Salter vs. John Howard. Case from Houston. Lochbane, J.—Where A sued B to recover damages for the enticement and employment by B of servants on the plantation of A, which he alleges were hired by him for the year 1866, and a motion was made for a non-suit by defendant, on the ground that the proof failed to show a valid and mutu ally binding contract between A and the servants; the fact being that A and such servants had entered into a writ ten contract, but which had not been signed or approved by the Freedman’s Bureau, though contemplated that it should be so submitted for approval by the parties thereto, but the servants had gone od uuder the contract, and were at work at A’s plantation, and bad been there nearly a month, and the court ordered tho non-suit. Held , That this was not error by the court. After the emancipation of slaves iu Georgia, they were compe tent to contract for their labor, and while in the employment of one under a contract it was illegal for any other person to interfere and hire them, and such person cannot under our laws de fend himself against the wrong, by set ting up questions arising on the con tract of such servants by A. Held, Again, where upou tho trial for enticement of servants from the employment of another, the court per mitted evidence of consequential dam age to go to the jury, to the effect that the servants he first employed had provisions, and those he subsequently employed to take their place had not, by which he was compelled to furnish provisions, and making a poor crop, such persons were unable to pay him for the provisions furnished out of their share of the crop, by which he was damaged, that this was error; the damage tne law recognizes as legal to be recovered upon such action, an ac tual damage sustained by the act at the time of its commission, and the ex pense and true kiss in getting other servants, or injuries to the crop by in terruption of the labor thereon, or fail ure to obtain other labor after faith ful effort to do so, or losses of like character, are proper and legal for the consideration of the jury. Held , The court erred in refusing a new trial upon the admission of illegal evidence, which misled the jury on the question of damages under the facts in this case. Poe, Hall & Poe, S. D. Killen, for plaintiff in error; A. S. Giles, Nesbit & Jackson, contra. J&8 & $ % 8 U W 8. LIFT UP THE FALLEN. Lift up the fallen—who can tell How hard they struggled ere they fell? ADd though the way is dark they go, They would not always have it so. For there is scarce so vile a heart That does not have a better part Which longs at times for higher bliss, Or sighs for other than it is. O! let not then a crushing frown Fall on the frail ones that are down; Since they, perchance, would gladly rise But for the weight of scoruful eyes. If in their hearts hope lingers yet To dull one arrow of regret, Dare not to point the dart anew That way sometime be aimed at you. For you no syren may have sung, Nor yet have been a lying tongue; So, standing, ponder lest you fall, And be yourself the scorned of all. Lift up the fallen—pity them; Christ taught to love, and not condemn And still He loaves a shining track To light the wayward wand’rer back. Intimacy with €lirtst. It is the wisdom of life, as well as its joy, to be always feeling this great need of Jesus. A true Christian feels that he could no more live for an hour with out Jesus than he could an hour with out air, or under the water. There is something delightful, in this sense of utter dependence upon Jesus. It is otir only rest, our*buly liberty in the world. It is the,bondage of our im perfection, that wg can not be directly and actually Jesus all day and night, yet it is astonishing how near we come to this. Our very sleep at last becomes subject to the thought of Jesus; and saturated with it. It'is part of the gladness of growing older; not only that we are thereby drawing nearer to our first sight of him, but that we feel our dependence upon*him mere and more. We have learned more about him. We have had longer and more varied experience of him.— Our love for him has become more of a passion, which, by a little effort, prom ises at some not very distant day to be dominant and supreme. The love of Jesus never can be ungrowing. In our physical life, as we grow older, wo bo come more sensible to cold aud wind, to change of place, and to alterations of the weather. So as we grow older in our spiritual life, we become more sensitive to the presence of Jesus, to the necessity of him, and to his indis pensable sweetness. A constantly in creasing sensible love of our dearest Lord is the safest mark of our grow th in holiness aud the most tranqniliziug prophecy of our final perseverance.— Fairer. The following extract from a reli gious cotemporary is well calculated to set folks to thinkiug, iu view of the hazy political atmosphere that sur rounds us: “All the kingdoms of the world are in agitation and solicitude. Revolu tion, anarchy, threatens every one of them. There have been wars, and new ones are breeding. There are moral per turbations among men. Suicides aud all manner of crimes and wrong do-- ings are abounding beyond example.— There are fearful accidents by sea and by land. There are earthquakes in these last few years, beyond all exam ples in history. There are furious tempests iu the air, in regions that counted themselves exempt from the like. Frightful accidents, defying hu man foresight, are multiplying. Un natural crimes are more prevalent than histories of our ancestors have ever even by exaggeration, recounted. In the East, where plagues come to our shores, in Persia, we read of frightful scenes of famine and pestileuce togeth er. Among thoughtful minds there is a foreboding of calamities soon to come on our country. The pride, the fullness of bread, the abundance of idleness, was never more marked in Babylon or in Tyre, than in our Baby lon and Tyre of the West, New York, and all the tow ns and villages aud rail road stations of the country are but New York extended. This proud, this voluptuous, this unbridled people, are calling on heaven for a visitation.” FtiMliiou in tlae Churcli. There is a dress question in which all Christian congregations have a common interest, and with regard to which we wish they might all unite to effect a reform. It has reference to the ordinary apparel—female apparel especially—proper to wear at church. There was a time when good taste de manded the use of the plainest clothes in the sanctuary, when the wealthiest were distinguished for the conspicuous absence of personal adornment, aud sartorial display was a mark of vulgar ity at such times and places. But now-a-days in the congregation, on the Sabbath, rich find poor alike seem on a despurate strain, the one to in.ike some faint approximation to the other in point of extravagant display, and the other to demonstrate the utter hopelessness of the attempt. It would almost appear as if, whatever might be tnougiit of the propriety of a mod est garb in other places, the proper costume for the house of God, where, theoretically, w f e all go to be reminded of our common origin and destiny, were an agglomeration of all the jew elry, and all the chignons, and all the paniers, and .ill the feathers and fur belows in one’s wardrobe. The w ear er is to carry all this piled agony to the sanctuary as to a fair—as if her errand were not so much to praise as to be appraised—and there employ the saered time in envious comparison of her own mountain of millinery with the Hiwplaya triumphs of her neigh bor. Shall we ever get back to the stau daril of good taste and unobtrusive piety in this? Will not all good Chris tian people —especially those whose wealth aud refinement make them the proper aud only efficient leaders in such a reform—will not the pulpit of every church aud of every sect unite in the effort Io effect it?— Christian Union. Bishop morris on Prcachiug. At the late session of the Cincinna ti Conference, says the Western Chris tian Advocate, at the request of Bishop Scott, Bishop Morris address ed the class admitted into full con nection. In substance his remarks were these: ‘Brethren, after trying the experiment, you have deliberately chosen to preach the gospel for life.— I mean you have chosen to preach the gospel—not to read compositions.— To preach means to, with the voice proclaim the gospel to the people, face to face. The more religion you have, the deeper you are experienced in the Scriptures, the better you can preach the gospel. Now, to love God with all the heart, is the first and great commandment; and the second, to love your neighbor as yourself, is like unto it. Keep these, and it will be well with you. In preparation for the pulpit—for no man can preach right without preparation—have ref erence to two things. The first is: when you speak be sure to say some thing; and the second is; Quit when you are done. S. If. Smith S' Cos., Proprietors. Remarkable ffliisonlc Incident. —- The first Masonic funeral that over ; occurred in California, took place in the year 1840, and was performed i over the body of a brother found in the Bay of Ban Francisco. An account of the ceremonies states that on the body of the deceased was found a silver mark of a Mason, upon which was on graved the initials of his name. A lit tle further investigation revealed to the beholder !he most singular exhibi tion of Masonic emblems that was ev er drawn by the engenuity of man up on the human skin. There is uotbing in the history or traditions of Freema sonry equal to it. Beautifully dot ted on his left arm, in a red and bine ink which time could not efface, ap peared all the emblems of the entered apprenticeship. There were the Holy Bible, the square and compass, the twenty-f ur inch guage and common gavel. There was also the Masonic pavement, representing the ground tloor of King Solomon’s Temple, the indented tessel which surrounds it, and the blazing star in theeenlre. On his right arm, and artistically executed in the same indelliblc liquid, were the emblems pertaining to the fellow-craft degree, viz.: the square, the level and the plumb. There were also five or ders of architecture-the Tuscan, Do ric, lonic, Corinthian, Composite. In removing the garments from bin body the trowel presented itself with all the other tools of operative mason ry. Over his heart was the pot of in cense. On the other parts of bis body were the bee hive, the “Book of Oon sthution,” guarded by the Tyler’a sword, the sword pointing to a naked heart; the All-seeing eye; the anchor and ark; the hour-glass; the scythe; the second problem of Euclid; the sun, moon, stars and commel; tho throe steps, emblematical of youth, manhood and age. Admirably executed was the weeping virgin, reclining upon a bro ken column upon which lay the “Book of Constitutions.” In her left hand she held the pot of in sense, the Ma sonic emblem of immortality of the soul. Immediately beneath her stood winged Time, with his scythe by his side, which cuts the brittle thread of life, and tho hour-glass at his feet-, which is ever reminding us that our lives are withering away. The with ered and attenuated fingers of tho De stroyer wore placed among the long and gracefully flowing ringlets of tho disconsolate mourner. Tiius were the stricken emblems of mortality beauti fully blendid in one pictorial represen tation. It was a spectacle such as Masons never saw before, and, in all probability, such as the fraternity will never witness again. The brothers was never known. —Colorado Citizen. A Dutchman after shooting a sheep-killing dog commenced be*ting him with a club. A neighbor came along and asked “What are you beat ing the dog for ? Don’t you see he is dead “Yes,” said the Hozenweilzer, “but I mean to let him know there’s to be a hereafter.” Billings’ Prognostixs. Should thar be eold weather during Febuary, and should roosters refuse to crow, and the taxgatherer forgii tew call on yu, you will have tew trust in Provi dence, and go it blind, for thare aiut no man kan prognoslix what will cum next. Should there be no dn on the grass, in the morning before Buurise, it iz and au unfailablo proguo.stix, that tharu didn’t enny dew fal. Whenever yu see two crows on the rail-fence, one white and the other black, edgeing up to each other, look out for a nigger in the wood pile. Sekrets are cussid poor property on' ny how; if yu cikulate them yu loz<e them, and if you hoop th<>m yu k>Eo the interest on the investment. Don't undertake tew liv with your mother-in-law but, if wuss cuum to wussness, let your mother in law lit with you. S@L-If an editor omits anything, he is lazy. If he speaks of things as they are, people are mad. If he glosses over—smooths down the rough points —he is bribed. If he calls things by their proper names, he is unfit for the position of an editor. If he doe* not furnish his readers with jokes, he is a mullet. If he does he is a rattlehead —lacking stability. If he condemns the wrong, he is a good follow; but lacks discretion. If be lets wrongs and injuries go unmentioned, he|is a coward. * If he fails to uphold a pub lic man, he does it to gratify spite—is a tool of a clique, or belongs to the ,outs.’ If he indulges in personalities, he is a blackguard, if he does not, his paper is dull and iesipid. ‘I say Poinpey,’ said one freed man to another, ‘dis chile has tried lots ob and tings for a prize, but nebber could draw anything at all.’ ‘Well, Caesar, Id ’vise you try » hand-cart; de chances are a thousand to one dat you could draw dat.’ ‘Patrick,’ said a lady to a of green Erin who was ofJiciatia^ .the kitchen, ‘where is Briget •' deed, ma’am, she’s fast asleep, uv at the bread baking.’ ■V | N r rlUl,l ro Itudoif““ the “Grecian bend. NUMBER. I#,