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VOL. IV. NO. 2G. f« Be Sure to Cot Hood’s M«mparU1a, my child. See that they do not giro yo« anything eli«. Yon remember it is ttMUwedMa* *Ukh «Ud maoua so much good a S»MI» • Sprang Medicine Keerty eteryliody needa a good spring modi rtne nice Hood's Senuipanil* to expel irupvrl Vtee which accumulate in tho blood during tb* winter, keep up strength m warm WCSther comes on, create an appctlto and promote healthy digestion. Try llood'a SaraaporllU end yon will be convinced of Its peculiar merits. It Is the ideal spring medicine—ro liable, beneficial, pleasant to take, and gives fed value for the money, fie sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla ■sMbyandrngglsts. fl;s!sforf& Vrcparfdonly by C. I. HOOD * VO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maes. IOO Doses One Dollar KEYSTONE STRETCHER CARPET O BM|| , Psrfcct, Cuykit ail KnM* Strrtch»r lull. jpDRNEinBD JBTBJCB B ®Till with graw Jwidl^wblcb d rtro in uCIiO *8 lAK^Q O-D »fl© Cft I^ 1 WttaclaMl/anfavof MI MXU>»lwtwd taartuf ylacAy or wing warring. lever It la IMkaMto ot m a P In a natUng complete down hammer, enCiclrnt for yry o aaa a •orpet. Tb* only Mretcker that draws the carpet close to tho b^w wo»rf aad Into tha comer*. . J Hm-afactared titol ot saaltoabto and wrought lwu, ktog 3 that wuilaat a Bte time. to InkiiMl wooden SSt t on rocri A Roger*, Warren, \ ^ ^ «to L. J 7 W"... w w... , mm“ " 75.x”! v’n‘ ) , A . . 0 : . - ’ Tin whkson moLYma book case. WtT? l-utrMbU'T HaiQirr. AnjvcTAOLa to Loom t? • or a»v ^ i AiCPtRS PRKSKST.], flawy . *. INVAI.UAlitE TO 'Bdttor*. vs hq ci«rrrin*n, U.nk.rt, rhfiiritMr I i M*rrit»nU, Stndrnto, T«ncb«t% t and aU who read Rook*. Cheapesti strongesti best! ’ M*d« of I row, finith.il in hlnck, with hcsutiful gilt Omtwnctitaiton, it cannot warp, chock, tplit, get out of «>nl«r, »oW or wow out. T.*ch th.lf, 16 in. touar*. will hold *6 tin of Appl*to«'a Cyclop; .. told* ator* Moti in law *p*c« than any other • .tic*. Wo 1. Ror Tahla, to hold I ti«r of «***. » 10.00 * •» »0, - “ * »* *li»r* ** 18.00 floor/ • • ** ”... 18.00 .JfS. Th* m boat w tire w for general» 4 - itK. . X .. 10.00 . Wtipptd. «nr*fully packed, on t • —f priogv, RATlSf ACTIOM GVARAKTT.ID. tUnatrmtod Itoariiptiw* prk* Calalnga* Hat containing of tetUmonialt Front powolttoo, notrly 800 Stntlonory nntl pagw.tent on receipt of S3 cu. ANUKUSON dc KRUM, I Bond Street, _ New York, N. Y.’ I BOB’S EXTBACT Jr m V } j ,The Inaportance of purifying the blood not be OTerciUmaied, for without pare blood yitweannot enjoy good health. . Althto nearly every one needs a to purtty, vitalize, and eoricH wo oik you to try llood’a Peculiar a vvmmmi gad buimU up tbo system, The of eureo. II foa have made up root mind to i 1 -SS ■ 5 E iq Dollar ms ' I ' t Mo. 9. Won ,‘.-.—’»v - - V . LIBRARY, he Advertiser. THIS ADVERTISER, rUBUSIIKD EviCRT FbIDAT. ms is mss smsim FORT G A INKS, GA. Subscription Rates. One copy, ono year...... S1.00 One eopy, fix months,.. ••••••••••»•••••• .60 One copy, three month, .M Theee arc a€v*nce prices, and when not paid until the cud of the year, 25 per cent, will be added. One Adv.rtUing (ten lines Uatta. less bourgeois**) insertion....................................Sblrtl square, or ono j ‘ Notices in local column, 10 cents line. Editorial notices, where requested per Dr per* sonal benefit, ]0 cents per lino. Obituaries must be paid for as other ad vtrtisemento. • -J-torv F?vl' i'm y«'Vr° ** u *’’ < ** ^ ‘ AdvqruLmenU for Urs a wfttint inserted tpeciflo* tion a* to the number of insertions will be T l'l ff Untl1 ° r<l ' M °" 1 ' ‘"’ 1 **■ . Bill# are due whew the advertisements are bunded in and the money will b« called for when needed. _ WILL Ii< GRAHAM , Manager <f R Ait or. DIRECTORY. CHUXCHES. +t Aaptist Clirurn.-Rev. Z.T. AVenVor, Pas¬ tor. Prnu'hiriK tftindny-school 1st and Zrd Sunday- in each months Supt. On. m,, J. K, Paul lin Prayer meeting Thursday even¬ ing*. 1 JMirftiolusT CllUltcn.—Rev J.O. Langston Vn#tor. Preaching Sunday-school 2nd and 4th Sundays in #»«): month. 9 a.m. \V. A. Graham Supt. Ladies’ Prayer meeting Tues Isy afternoon. Younsf mens’ Pmyer meet¬ ing ing Tuesday Wednesday evening. evening. Regular Prayer meet¬ school PRwnvricnrfiN J. P. H. Guracn. Brown ........... Supt. Pundny 9 a. m. MASONIC DIRECTORY. Dari.kt Lodge, Saturday No. 17.—Regular moot¬ ing l*t See., and 3rd 1). F. Gunn, W. evenings. M. T. M (irown, Uminx OamcaiNo. _12—Regular meetings 2nd Saturday evening. "NN. A. Graham, M. P. * *. „ W. A. Graham Council,No. 22—Regular mcetin ur itli Saturday evening. W. A. Giu ham, TIG M. K of H. Guinea Lodge No, 1887—Regular meeting 2ml and 4th Tuesday night# W. K Lightfoot, Reporter. T >1 brown, Dictator COUNTY. SrrKRion Court.—H on. J T Clarko judg* J H Guerry, solicitor. J W Sutlive, clerk J T McAllister, Nhcritf. Regular term, 4th Mondayd in Marc h- and Soptember. Court of Ordinary. —R. T. Foote, Ordinary. Regular meeting let, Monday in each month Coukty Coukt—G. G. Lark Judsre. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J. E. Paullin, S. D. Coleman, J. F. Creol, A. L. Foster, J. N. Bigbio, Countt Trkaburkr, J. P. H. Brown Tax Collector, W. R. Harrison. Tax Receiver, T. B. Davis. Coronhr, J D Owens. IRWIN & WARWICK, ATTORNEYS AT LA W. 'JTWlll Practice In Superior Courts of I’ataula Circuit. if J. T. MANDEYILLE, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON ttSuOrncB at Ckstral Drug £?t«kk. O. E. CONE, BARBER. «N!u Shop under BINDER'S Pict nre Gallery. BHRSS Central Railroad of Georgia, Jfofice to Traveling Public: The best anti cheapest pafcscnecr routo to NEW YORK and BOSTON i*via Savannah and elegant Steamers thence Passenger* before purohatirr; tickets via other routes would do well to inquire first of the merit* of tho routo via Savannah, 1 >t which they will avoid dust and a tedious all-rail ride. Kates include meal and state¬ room on Steamer. Round trip tickets will until bo p la-'ed on *ale Sew Tune York l*t, good to return sails trt-weeklv. October Boston Slet. .teamens For *t«amer weekly from Savannah. further information apply to any agent of this com¬ pany, i or to K T. Charlton, G. I*. A. Savan¬ nah Ga. 0. G. Axdkwox, Agt steam era, tfrt . Savannah, Go. DON’T SUFFER PAIN! da Put on a Deanes _ , Rheumatic . Plaster-Your Druggist keeps them—If he dent send us 12 send%oucne a MmD!rf?nY W ^ one sample sent to one address, as the regular price is 25 centsX mended K by p,a all ^ er * r ? < t 0m * and are used good the physicians, largest in Hospitals For in America. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pleurisy, Pains in Lungs, Chest* id ? e i) rS V l £[ er 0r St0fn * arch thoytake hold at * once and cure effectually. Plaster. Full Be directions and on everv sure Dane's Rheumatic Plasters. Mfldft Only by The Dean© Piaster Co., 21 A 23 Dey St., N. Y., U. S. A. OOM’T SUFFER PAIRS J/ FORT JANUARY A Domestic Homily. In 1800 Esther ti e daughter of a wealthy land owner in the western part of Virgiuia, was sent North for a year or two of “finishing” at a fashionable schooL When she returned she couhl play on the guitar and sing ballads very sweetly; could parse in “Parudise Lost,” bound the chief countries of Europe and name the planets, and she was on expert in wax and filagree work. She married af.ei^hreo years, and her ino.ladge of domwtic .ff.tawo.wch that she at ouce^ook charge of a large household 61 white and bl-ck servants, ^h° m B he governed with baill afid tact. Tho establishment was almost com plcto within itself. Weaving, spinning, tailoring, the lna.tmg up of every h»nd of garment, tho coriug of meat* dairy work, the preservation of every kind of food were carried on under her eye. Bhc w*aa a n expert nurse, and capable of pre '""Wng for children and sl.vcc in simple ailments. Without “culture,” as it is ]{no*-n now,, her manners were fine, * stately, . . yet . .... lhey those .. gracious, were natural to a woman of kindly feeling who bus long had tho habit <3f anthori ty. Her granddslighter, another Esther, bora fifty years later, came home from college familiar with countless facts and lines of thought of which the first Es¬ ther never heard. The younger woman was skilled in the 'higher mathematics and in four languages. But her house¬ hold. when she married, was left in the care of ill trained, paid servants, She did not know how tho food which they spoiled should be cooked, Y*’hen her child whs ill, she could not spread a plaster or fasten a bandngo, but was forced to leave him entirely to tho Her clothing was bought ready made; nothing in her home boro cvidcnce'of her skill, taste, or care, With all her cleterners fltul knowledge, she lacked some ability, some skill, which gave the older woman a definite place and power in her generation. In how many families would these true pictures find a place ? lu the days of our grandmothers education for women was limited. They found an ontlq£ for their intelligence and cn&gy in house¬ hold affairs. When the chances of edu¬ cation were given to (he wolneB of the next generation, they alighted the hum¬ ble domestic arts as menial and nnintel ’4 I 4 ‘ Within the !a4 few years tho mest U>oHghtiul women aro turning back to them again. They insist that the train¬ ing of their dauglittrs shall mako them familiar with the sick room as well as the laboratory, and teach them to use kitch¬ en utensils at least as skillfully as the brush and paletto, In the public schools of some of our largest cities sewing and cooking aro taught to the girls, and in several of tho higher class of private schools courses in nursing are given. The Companion would not deter any young girl from taking the highest course open to her in classical, scientific or artistic education; she may sometimes find use for such knowledge. But every woman sometime in her life requires a knowledge of home-keeping and the care of the sick. While she seeks tha kind of education open to both her and her btfethei, let her not despise that neces¬ sary to her as a woman only.—Youths’ Companion. -■> A. v The Haunted Hole. 4 One night about fiftV years ago a brute moMer was committed at a lonely place ou the high road between War wick and . Stretford . iipoa-Avon, . v^ntes .. a Loudon T . con-esiiondent. , . The next morn the murdered , , touudlj.ug ,,.... mg manwes by the roadside, bis heed much msngled. resting ma small hole m the biuik. The ai.sns.sins, two in number, wero shortly afterwards discovered, and they were hanged at Warwick for their crimo. From that day to this tho hole where in the dead man’s head reposed remains unchanged, bomu ter bow often,, may be Wild nivrhctlurby the wash ofbesvy raius or by stones and leaves that mAy happen to cast into it as they pass, it is soon found to l>e again empty. No one takes care of it. No one knows whether or by whom it is guarded. FiU it at nightfall and yon will find it empty in the morning. That is the lo cuUselief and allirmatiom The place is hrtnntffvL This soot is about two miles out ol stratfo ^ a ^ notJbtMUromt of Charlcoie ,r park^ 1 I looked otthis hole . , Ta by the poeto. riAom eomjJictty with tta concealment of enme, and bn.rnte with her curse the places that are linked with the shedding of.bl«*^L You will recall that strong line m Tom Hood’s poem of “Eugene Aram": .“For a stiShf rniahty wind bed siejii tlkiiilrfe, and dkd wa3 bare.’’-Cincinnati Enquirer. ______________ ■ “Girls are no goo*l anyway,” said lit¬ tle Jonnie; they ain’t got any sense.” ,. “How’s that V asked Merritt. “Hecaaic,” was the reasonable reply, — their stockists if” get* Mg, ' R ■ l_ 1-1 j. ... 1 M -v J Ilf 1 *» „ J> . haugiugtUem up ’-^wlge. U. 8. Grant Heat Sam Hill, Tlio visit of Hr. Samnol Hill to this city last vreek is an illustration of what small things may change tho cuuror.t of a man's whole life. Mr. Hill is now a resident ot liar*, rion county, Indiana, but was for many years a compositor on tho Courier Journal,land lived in this city. He was for a long time the schoolmate of U. S. Grant,-and was a competitor with him lor tho ea detahip at West Point, which the latter won. Mr. Hill was born in Clermont county, Ohio. Ho was very inti* mate with young Grant, and the two occupied about tho sanio rela¬ tive position in their classes. When Grant applied for tho West Point cadetship, Sam Hill also soughtthe prizu, and was such a strong com* petitor that it was at first thought ho would receive tho appointment. Congiessman Thomas Hamer final¬ ly decided in favor of Ulysses, howcVer, and that boy became a great soldier and the other sank bank into the obscurity from which he had striven to emerge. Tho unsuccessful applicant rc mained at school for u time, and then became an apprentice in the offico of a newspaper at Batavia, Clermont county. He learned the art thoroughly, and soon bccafuo one of tho best compositors in tho stale. Ho also took ehargo of the circulation, and when the paper was issued would throw a sack fill cd with copies of his papers across his horse’s back, and thus deliver tho paper to his country subscrib¬ ers. There woro no daily mails then, and this was a great stroke of enterprise. office Lalerj Mr. Hill drifted to office and worked sevcarl yearn in this city on the old Courier, and Journal, and the Democrat. Then he bought a farm in Northern Michigan, but the climato was too coJfl, and ho moved to Indiana, driving all the with his wife in a * Mr. Hill retains his love for his early craft, and nays ho means to work x month on the Courier Jour¬ nal in the spring, just to recull old times. lie docs not regret that Grant beat him for that* cadetship, for he now thinks he wouldn’t hfiYS; made so great a soldier,anyhow,~ Louisville Cor. to Now York Sun. - ^I*S ^ How to Carve, Poultry rcpuiies moro careful curving than anything else brought to the table. A chicken roasted may be removed from tho dish to tho carver's plate; and as fowls are generally served in couples, this does not disarrange tho economy of tho table. The fork should be placed on the centre of tho breast, and tho knife be carried down along tho side. Then, inserting the knife under the leg, cut down¬ ward as far as the tail, and separa¬ ting the.ligature near the point, when, will jerking the leg back, the parts give way. Next sepa¬ rate tho wing with the edge of tho knife, and carry it through the other side, when tho wing is easily detached. Separate the other wing and leg in the same way. The wishbone is easily removed by in¬ serting the knifo undor it and bonding it back. Remove the neck bones bv putting the fork through them and wrenching them careful¬ ly away so as not to break them. Tbo breast roast next bo separated by cutting through the ribs. Turn tbo fowl back iipurords on the plate nnd cut it up. ' '' •' , ■ Tnrk.y may be sorted Ih’o same « b »t th* breast is the most delicate part and affords many “ g°°« good alices BGLCS, these tnese should t!im ,|.t bo cut lenglhwi.se, and with thin nrnnnrtimvt* S T“nd ita band a first When t„ rk c y is lnrge tbo whole ol tho breast may be served in such sli CC ^. . > • _ ’ ’The from eiU tl.e* leg is removed by cutting, then the wing.. Ducklings arc carved in the same as are • <raracd in rour.pieces, h dividing each pcco alf * Many persona cut them through , theimicdle length.wi&e and b^lf lhe hira to each person. c roit rreo ^F rMS. , . *» ‘ A Kare Col f* ‘ We have seen a Confederate sil ver coin belonging to Roberts & Collins, of this city, that has sev they r ^ lime8 ^ into cen writtc - n up gUi 8,nco sbv possoesion It is era 1 years ^foadLwNf ago. dared 18£1 ^e M* Orleans mint before the mint was cl<wed The other tr.ree bare been heard of, one in Meriwether coanty in this g tatCj ono in Louisiana, and tbo ether was sold not long since in Jjfcw York City at suction for $800. A Brooklyn man coming this w ay Messrs. Roberts & Collins 5200 for their euriosity, but they refused to take it. They paid $15 for it. Tho coin is a half dollar. has the Goddess of Liberty on ono side, on tho other, the wreath is a stalk of cane and a cotton stalk, the bars and Mara of the Confederacy ,nftC ^ 1 4 wi»h a top P 0 '.‘h"'aqb't«m!.l;b«rt of it. Carfcrsviiio (HaT y . «»P *«•«» A Family ofBlectlcrs. / * There is a certain family in Bos ton which .offers from a mvstorU ous hercdit.ro corse oflhc sort ono rends .hoot in hnir-o;ov.t.ng sto. ries of the supcrnntnral. Tho first son bofti to every daughter bleeds to death The story of the manner in which tho nfilietien originated cannot, of course, be vouched for. It has ho do with a wicked great great-grand mothel, by opening who murdered. of his veins rich undo ono with u poniard tho old in gentleman’s order to gel possession wealth. of vast The ghost of the dcec.Sed suhses qaently lous appeared and to tho nnserupu. niece annonneed in hoi. low .tones appropriate to tho tomb tho dismal prediction that for all time iioneefortli the eldest male ehiid of every girl in her fatniiy should die by bleeding. So much for tho explanatory fra dition. Tho lact is that for many generations tho Crockeit family of Charlestown—which is a part of Boston-and viciaity lias been pur sued by an hemorrngic Nemesis. Tho first son horn to evary daugh ter, even to remote cousins, - inva riably bleeds to death. All other members of the Crockett tribe are exempt from the mysterious lroub lo. lint the method of Ibis' inhevi ted curse is so well known U,at each female Crockett is prepared, on the arrival of her initial boy, for the that is bound to ensue. The first little cut, or oven serateb, signal tho infant experiences is the ,i'or a jinuic. Bundagcs possible, aro applied as woiiid quickly treated as and the is with a prepara tion of iron in tho form of a pow dor. It is a narrow squeak in such cases chance always, bat there is a good of recovery withtn eight days if tho thing id lakcn in time. At tho end ol that period Hid pa tient cither gets well or dies from loss of blood t Por such is- the manned of the (bleeder’s complaint. He is sure lo he attacked in time preeieely.tho during same way every his after life that his skin is seriously scratched. On occasions ol tho sort ho must adopt of immediate measures remedial die. Hy iLry ex TT i . » "''f" untoward 1 '; ,accident, which causing physical, a flow of blood no » art can stop. So lar not a single .ono ot tho ties lined victims has escaped the pen> ulty. Mv. The oldest one now living is a Surratt, of Melrose, who has been accustomed whon he wanted a tooth pulled to revise his will, visit his relatives, and bid them all good-bye, as though it were likely to bo forever. Life is an extra hazardous task when jou aro a blocder. Thus it happens that eldest sons of tho Crockett family, maternal direct side, and collateral on the are found lo bo en¬ gaged in gravo^digging and other harmless avocutions, which aro not likely to occasion incidental hurts, i A curious story, is it not? And yet the Writer begs lo offer his per¬ sonal assurance that it is true in every respect*—New Orleans B icas yune. * ^ ---»* f — ' -; A Romance of tlio War. A . ^ n t cma f ^ from r ... Missouri, . who ,. . ‘*W b "?=5‘ tells tbo Ba..i. 18 In on > ta01 ° American correspondent of a 1 omawtie incident Ibat fell under " s ab W T a‘ oaWas ‘ cra Hisson About for, y mile, east of Kansas Oitv , anff ana neer near the uic linle iittio villn. village o nf ox i Vingsv * ,j| 0 in . Jphnson ' county, V there #• lived n• a. man named , Harris, n j'SLfSfc ^ ,® f ‘7® “ le ,‘* f in ow that people woro Mitsouri. permitted to Mve part of QuantrcII rocral 1 “ d P 10 ® 1 of hi S ^'grated ^ 0(^8 . mL _ , fff . 1 Ponl'r la «|j 8 L-aiai,t athlotic mns man of. £ quiet demeanor, but | great conr . Quantrell ^, nt d him one ofhi8bcst mcn . He al)(J %,■ Hnrrii met and fell in Yove Sh ft was a determined of slr0 ng physique, p' and she, resolved lQ marr y orter and share hin for tunes ih the saddle* She did go, ami was a sort of daughter of thc regiment to Quantrell’s command during one entire summer of their filling Kansas and raiding oq the Missou r< and borders She endur \ n d d! \ ngciH of ono of tho most reckless i form* ofga^rnBa waifaye ever-known, and b escaped d with her husband un »'™ - When the war was oxer ‘ b «y »™‘ » eelrfprnis, where Porter fell.rnto . xS profitable bum ”«*« and a fortune, and today that same Eliza Harris and Si For ter are in Paris looking alter the educates of their children. ls f n< : of tbe romances ft i the Quantrell command that has never been published. -- ■ *■»«» - . - TLo Pawnee Indians have be * come so civilized , that , most ... of the bucks "weAf paper collars, the . ‘ '' b ' and a 1 .®. estebmg oa to eon^ 8 ^slang __ . Sons Of Presidents. ~ • The recent visit of Russell Har . , l ll,,s , , . , h *‘»p" A d . , riaon ? °".S ? 8 ."'>"'>» lnU ' ro!l,, » S™?' 1 ’ *> uoat lhe " on ‘ “* “ on wb ® wuhtn the , last twenty - vcara have £con president, ot th.s . The finyit boys have, toufltr y* perhaps Cosiness been moro prominent in circles than tho ; son. of other presidents. Jess, is now In¬ Son hrancsco engaged ,n mining enterprises, making oonsiderahlo and is reported to U. bo S. money. known Buuk , ’ A ha 1 ' f c .»“ °mmonly U lad d on-n to farms ns < IIo In £" triad , lileraturo in the mnnagoment of tho Cosmopolitan divides -tagazino, hin but gavo between it up hia and now t,me farm ncaI acar ‘ the ^ aslungton K.ver side and drive ins in homo this ai -'; Col. hiod Grant is manag ,n . his . mother a cslato and doing some newspaper lar °' wntnvg-rcmmis- d,C1 aa "* os a 8 '’' J°“'" al Was h'ngton. President Arthur s * on t Alan > '= not yet settled down to b " 51 " ass . hut is a quiet, able J' oun f Iaan “? d ml1 n, “ ka !l 's mark on w° Iheso days. ^ °hh C. Ilays and the Gat-hold , hoys, Harry A, and Jamos It., are hievolnnd, hvmg p easantly and The qu,oily Gaifields in Ohio. have formed a law partnership un dar tho na ”' a °* Gnrfiold * Gal-field l lban bo J ^ «™ d a!t o.ng P? 0 i very ad woll-bcttoi- who fenonUy ied Miss -. Mason, lives , man n plossant house on Wmdsoray ™”“' ' vh,ch run9 -Case Ito son avcnaa noxt nortb of Ea ’ c 1 Jamca It. lives with Ills Cleveland ™,°" ,0 , r m , Uaator on the . ; train “ ,,d , in . r the ' ,, do8 morn- lnt0 ‘ n S aad f?°f a <>»‘ •» ‘ho afternoon, r ,a Ga I'"oh‘ 8 wore ■recently assign ad b y Jad S° N ? bi ,°> t0 dc, ?"l “ man m tho crlmmai . court. At tho ,r ' s, > J a mosputtho questions.to the *' lne,!l<!8 aad lIa ‘ r >' lodk ,,0 ‘ c8 ; lh ,° ”? an was oent “over the road,’ , Dat 110 3'. oun h' -twyers claimed ‘hat , , the prisoner deceived them all "found and^misrepresented h,s cas “ c V jb c '°l'f Hayes tbo l is !’ ,al a hacliolot. , can ! 0 "P* IIo „ • “croury and treasurer of Na ‘"; nal C * rb »" tampan)’. "" d m a steady and substantial huaioess ” an ’ He goes into society about < a M-'s* and is a member of llio first .city t & mounted company, eom * of 80m0 0 f the best /yo young S mon in cit T ,, 0 No r Q ral) hic Negroes as Soldiers. »• I do not think Europeans learn drill as quickly as the Bausto or tho Zulu. It is a-tonishifig fo eoc the zeal, the undisguised interest and application these savages bring to bear upon all military lessons given to them; writes Lord \vol scley, in tho Fortnightly Boviow. They take the utmost prido in be-* ing soldiers and iu acquiring any art or drill or exorcise connected with tho management and handliiBg of arms, or tho movement of armed bodies. Thero seems to be some¬ thing in the disposition and genius of tho common sipek from which they come, some hereditary bias in their brain, in their very blood which fits them for tho easy acqui** sition of a soldier's dutkss. And yot raony 0 f t ilw0 races who so drill, qa^'T etc., "cqu.ro cannot an be ycellenco taught any iu ; " mechanical handicrah; indeed, man loarn . lo . draw s > v can never evon a Iiaa - ' The African in our West India rogitnciHs has ulwgys displayoti that childlike Affection for and frm pHcit reliance upon the officers wh ° trcatc ' 1 hirn wel, » which is ‘ 80 marked a feature in tho character of the negro slave. His obedience to orders, especially ' ’ when a „«try * 'vas remarkable. , Many in amusing „ mn , t 510 **' 08 on this point wero current at Government House w hen I was at Coast Ca 3 tlo. A vious governor, finding that his na livo serva nts were given to robbing daily carry ng away, w } . n _ * d]cs of thin S 8 from hls kitchen, had orders given to tho sentry before his door that no ono was to boal i OW ed out carrying any parcel with fiirn y erv Tn sbortlv hurry\o afterward consult ih« governor, I a hbs llic t justice, put some paper, into , dispatch box house. ttr.tako with bim tq tho'judgc's He reckoned w5l houtbi* host, however for ihe gentry, sSanding in front of him with bayonet at tho chartrc would not allow him to pass with the offending r dispatch i box. Tho J, govern or lAons rate and ur Snvcn d Lh t he himself who had the. 01 - dcr, but all to no purpose, for in lhe ^ aaint and car; o a8 Kibbcrish which these men speak, and empba sizing his words m a tery deter mined fashion with hi- bayonet, the sontry fstid that his “copral” bait told him not to allow any ono witlt a bttndio to pass, anti the wa^ bis law.—Ex. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR; Wan' Night Garments* Whon the air is oold and tho weather tiiclemeui it is the custom to wear garments oF v oxtra, thick - ness and warmth, andMo sit w>uml wiring takes tiros. But on going to feed, wnat placo? In nin*>iY-nine cases out of ono. hundred, p^isopic pass from the warm living rooinSU* tho chilly bed roofivs. As if tho\ sudden ch/»ngo from extreme heat-*- V 4 for there Cnn bo littlo doubt that what with tires, gas and insufficient, ventilation, broathing people aro in th« habiS of an atmosphere tU# temperature ol which is considor*t>. bly higher than it should bo—to cxcossiv’o cold is not tuffieientlv absurd, they proceed to- divest themselves of their several wariu garments to garb themselves In thin linen night-shirts, and to corw sign their heated bodies to the cool¬ ing influence of uusympfithetio sheets! Conventionality has hab«i ituatod ono to tho custom, but a really serous contemplation of It cannot fail to mako tbo utter nb* surdity of the custom clearly apv parent, Tho Chinese* from whom many, usdul lossons have been learnod by more civilized nhtions, can giVg mi a wi'inlclo on this subjoct. John Chinaman Biceps in itc same kind of clothes that be wears in tho day* timo, the easy and flowing to ho is addicted this without causing inconvouiV tho Western latter nations respect, arc but not mill iivvojd uM : night-shut bo quite possible t>-* rcplaedfl v<J nt pioscul in which, ^ some garment a«M uBj warmth, was equivolant ■' oral distinct uvlicles ef ol coDstitutriug the working foreigil worn by day. Dwellers ili flail* countiies invariably sleep in ncl garments, and tbo backwoods^ man wraps himself in u stouLwooM en blanket and defies the clemoiUiJ They aro sensible. The hum a frame should'undoubtcdly bo clothfl YToo® cd in woolen garments j tiftf is a bad conductor of boat. , Envoi oped in flannel the body mantaim*’ o? a normal tomperuturc, winch is tho greatest importance. No soon-, or does tho temperature fall than, tho action of tho various functions becomes inpaifed, tho nerves get out of gear, and tho wholo system suffers disorganization.—Health. ►»•» A. Moileru Miracle. Tho ministor who ought to bo asked to offer tho prayer at tbo ‘ ItlN auguralion itev. of Bonjam»n and LoVi, is Dr. John 13. Cookmam m* methodist pastor, now atsiion^d New his father, York Lev. city,- 0* and (E-orgo this becat^B man, then ehaplmi. < luted the ptayci nt lUmsonB Urn ifl tion of Grandpa century man sailed ago. for Europo Dr. GecrBj ttvfl ter Harrison’s inangu ioog*lS i utiS < I ’resident, onc'ot a havo^ lantie vessels which disajipeared from tho face bohil I S;;. sea leaving not a trace will bo remembered by o!« '7L d.elphians as a remarkable nfl the His mos’t sons, spiritual Bov. Alfred and saintly CooTPUB^ of men, and John, of whom I havo •spojfen, will be remembered younger Philadelphians as equafqi. remarkable / each in his. way. Dr, John Cookmnn wa3 here a week or two ago Now assisting York Bev. A. B. Simp#* son ries of of mootings in holding a son to promote great*, or conservation to the lilo of faitl* r among professing Christians. Cooicman/ In response to a request Dr. who is now in the ful! flush of n)- ; bust health, told the story of hi« diviao healing four years ago this month, when ho wag a physical, wreck, having suffered from valvu¬ lar disease of tho heart till his phy-a sicians hud pronounood him.incui*N. able, and ho lay at tho very gate ot death. One night tho physician then atw tending him told him that there re-, mained but ono remedy, tho most petfcfgoj known to medicine. that failed hef could do no more for him. It was tfifed, and it failed. The physician gavo him up fo* dead at midnight. In tho gray of tha. morning, while ho lay all alone iu his sick room, Dr. Oookman heard a voice—tbo voice, be firmly believ¬ ed, of Jesus Christ, saying to bim j “ thy lam thy Healer, thy Sanctifier Frdsa Saviour and thy Lord." that moment ho got bdttor, improv¬ ed constantly until he was perfect*, ly well—-without recourse to medi¬ Christ’s cines or physicians, by simply taking, delphia Record. healing faith.—Philas In Patterson, Pa., ono day lasts. week, the wife of a farmer .fenced ed m gaming entraneo to a private p c, n mi«liniy r ^ !ln S' mom room ' her0 her iipr E h wband ikend ^ ,ost several handed dolLars at cards. Tbo husband, at the mo*, mentofher entrance was just waV ererrm? Uvc last of his money haZ Tho VVOman Up0n learn,n « P in Ht rt how dollars her out, , spouse was made * demand upon tho bank and tbo amount was quickly handed over to her. Sho tbon took her leave requofted and the follow. husbandpolitely Tne to argu», ratal made by tbo wile with tho (ramblers was taut they must pay up or stand* an exitm/e,—E;jfi :