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“ (JINX’S THIRTEENTH BABY.”
Almost everybody has heard of the book
called Giiu's Baby. It made quite a hit
in England. The following is *>i intelli
gible account of it. It was written,by a
Saratoga correspondent of the New York
Commercial. A ldy tells him " bic
book is—as follows :
“Who is Ginx?” , . . A .
“Ginx was the father of the thirteenth
baby. Ginx was poor, and becoming im
patient at Mrs.Gmx a increasing babies,
after she had had the twelfth, declared
that he would throw the thirteenth otf of
Westminister Bridge.”
“ Did he do it?” ’
‘“No. but he discovered the-infant, after
Mrs. Ginx had succeeded in biding it away
for several days—seized it, aud started for
the bridge.amf —
“ Threw it in !”
“No, the police stopped him. Ginx ex
postulated ; said he didn t ant the
baby ; that he had twelve already at home :
that he was a poor man, and had no use
for the thirteenth Ginx Then a Catholic
mm came along, and offered to feed it and
save its life.”
“ And never bring it back ?” asked Ginx.
“ Never!”
“llcV yours —to have and to hold!'
And then Ginx ran back to his wife and
wretched twelve children, a happy man.
“ What then P”
“ Then,” said she, “ the tug commenced.
The baby was baptized. • Ginx’s wife had
to go and nurse the baby twice a day.
Father Cozan wanted to —and did—make
the sign of the cross on Mrs. Ginx before
the baby was allowed to nurse. Mrs. Ginx
told this to a Protestant friend.”
“Sign of the cross, Mrs. Ginx. Oh,
horrors—they are making a proselyte of
the baby—those atrocious Catholics !” said
the friend.
“Then the Protestant clergy got hold of
the scandal. The Protestant papers rioted
over the matter. The clergy went to a
lawyer. ‘ The Catholics have forcibly' de
stra'ined a Protestant baby, and are trying
to make a Catholic of him —what shall we
do they asked.”
“ Bring an action,” said the lawyer Med
dle, “an action of habeas corpus.''
“ The case went tb court. Thousands
of pounds were spent. The newspapers
talked about the ‘ Ginx-Baby Case.”
‘ Ginx’s-Baby Funds were collected, the
lawyers took the money, and the baby was
surrendered to the Protestants. Soon the
baby fund was exhausted; its nurse in
vain demanded pay for nursing him, and
finally one day she left the poor baby on a
club house doorstep to starve. Another
humane religious society' took it after the
almshouse had said they would not have
it. Another religious controversy ensued.
The baby was always poor, half-starved,
and neglected, while everybody was fight
ing over his religion.”
, ** Wbnt Wine of him ?”
“ Well, after fifteen years of kicks, of
cold neglect, of ignorance, and starvation—
while all the world and the newspapers
were talking about how the Catholics had
forcibly' destrained a Protestant child from
its doting parents —the poor, neglected, sor
rowful, ignorant boy went, one dark night,
with a flickering star to see his act, went
and jumped—”
“ Off Westminister bridge ?”
“ The same ; and at the very place where
the policeman caught Ginx fifteen years
before, as lie held the little innocent cause
of all this trouble over the rolling flood.”
A Chapter on Manner*,
It is a sign of bad manners to look over
the shoulders of a person who is writing,
to see what is written.
It is bad manners to go into any persons
house without taking off your hat.
It is bad manners to use profane lan
guage.
It is bad manners to go into any person s
house with mud or dirt on your shoes.
It is bad manners to talk in company
when others are talking, or to talk or
whisper in church.
It is bad manners to stare at strangers in
company or on the street.
It is bad manners to say “yes” or “no”
to a stranger, or to your parents, or aged
people ; let it be “ yes, sir.” and “no, sir.”
It is bad manners to pick your teeth at
the table, and bad manners to pick them
with a pin in any company.
It is bad manners to comb your hair and
brush your coat in the eating room.
It is a sign of low breeding to make a
display of your finery or equipage.
The Nmno or Xil*.
The terms “four-penny,” “six-penny,”
“ ten-penny,” etc., as applied to nails,
means this : “ Four-penny ” means four
pounds to the thousand nails, “six
penny ” six pounds to the thousand, and
so on. It is an old English term and meant
at first, “ ten pound ” nails (the thousand
being understood); but the old Englishmen
clipped it to “ten-pun,” and from that
to •• ten-punny;” and so it degenerated,
until “ penny ” was substituted for pound.
So when you ask for four-penny nails now
adays, you want those a thousand of which
will weigh four pounds ; but in these de
generate times, we question whether you
will get as many as a thousand in that
weight. When a thousand nails weigh less
than one pound, they are called tacks,
brads, etc., and are reckoned by ounces
(to the thousand); so you will see “8-oz,”
“10-oz,” “16-oz etc., on papers of tacks.
Only h Gizzard.
Zion Herald.
“ Are you a Christian?” said Mr. Moody
to a gentleman whose appearance was much
too cheerful for the inquiry room if he
were a penitent. “ Oh, yes. sir ;” the man
pertly answered. “ I>o }*ou believe the
Bible?” “Oh, no ! no! I don’t believe
any such stuff as that.” “Do you believe
Webster’s Dictionary?” “Oh, yes.” “The
Unabridged?” “Oh, yes, I believe that.”
“ Well, my friend,” said the devoted, but
quick-witted evangelists “YV ebster says
$1.50 A YEAR.
an infidel is one that does not believe the
Bible. You had better read it more faith
fully and call yourself by your right
name.” This reminds os of a quaint mem
ber, formerly of the New York Conference,
of whom many very' amusing traditions
have been preserved. In a season of revi
val he asked a person whom he met, who
said he was not a Christian, if he did not de
sire to have his soul saved? The man, in
response assured him that he did not be
lieve he had a soul ! “ Have you any ob
jection to my praying for you?” “Oh, no?”
was the answer. Down upon his knees
went Brother F . “0. God.’’ he
said, “we have been in many strange
places, in prisons, in hospitals, and have
seen many strange wonderful sights: but
we nev r saw a man without a soul before.
Be pleased to bless this poor, wretched
creature, with only' a gizzard !”
MiNrt'lliuiooutt It chin.
Whiskev is like an eternal furnace, and
an infernal turn us.
Now that gold is down so very low, we
would advise everybody, and especially
poor people, to lay in a large supply for
future use.
A pretty' Wisconsin schoolmarm to en
courage promptness, promised to kiss the
first scholar at school, and the big boys
took to roosting on the fence all night.
The rich young men who didn't learn
trades ten years ago because their fathers
were “ independent ” are now in New York
sitting on basswood shovels and waiting
for a snow bank to draw on.
Why do not printers succeed to the
same extent as brewers ? Because print
ers work for the head, and brewers for the
stomachs; and where twenty men have
stomachs but one has brains.
A man who jumped overboard recently
to save his wife from drowning, has ex
plained his action satisfactorily to his
friends. He said she had a good deal of
jewelry on her person, and gold was high.
The web of our life is of a mingled, yarn,
good and ill together ; our virtures would
be proud if our faults whipped them not;
aud our crime could despair, if they were
not cherished oaf virt ues.— S7i akc
speare.
A deputy marshal, recently shot at a
negro, whom he was trying to arrest and
slightly wounded a Miss Hearn. The
negro happened to be near the young lady,
and. of course, the marshal thought the
form he was shooting at was his'n instead
of Hearn.
There are now one hundred thousand
coolies in the Island of Cuba bound out
for eight years, during which time they re
ceive four dollars a month for their services.
The Chinese Government has protested
against the importation of them into Cuba,
where they practically become slaves.
Many fashionable women now wear sour
milk as ornaments. That is to say r , a
Yankee in Mansfield, Conn., is making a
great quantity of sour milk into an imita
tion of coral for jewelry. The fluid is
colored, run into moulds, and solidified by
heat. We have not heard of their intro
duction into Savannah yet.
Is it Possible, that one will he so fool
i ish as to suffer from Catarrh, Cold in the
j Head, bad Smells in Nose and Throat,
I when by this new antiseptic principle, Dr.
J. 11. McLean’s Catarrh Snuff, you can be
cured? Trial Boxes, by mail, only 50 cts.
Dr. J. H. McLean, 314 Chestnut st., St.
Louis, Mo.
A Rural gentleman who was shown to
his room in the Westminister Hotel in
New Y r ork on Tuesday last said to the
porter. “ I suppose it’s too late now to have
any washing done?” “Oh, no; you can
have it done today.” “Is that so?” ob
served the surprised but gratified party
from the country. “I didn’t know but
what you did your washing on Monday.
Most people do.”
KART (OI NTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
We, the undersigned physicians, have this day met
and organized ourselves into a Society, to be known
as the “Ilart County Medical Society,” with Dr.
George Eherhart as President and Dr. W. H. J J age
as Secretary, for the mutual protection of ourselves
and our patrons. Be it
Resolved, That our patrons be requested to come
forward and make settlement of outstanding de
mands, that we may know for whom to practice and
who are our supporters.
For the benefit of all concerned we append the fol
lowing Fee-Bill, the same to he considered due and
payable in cash or by note when the patient is dis
charged :
For simple prescription . . 8 1 00
For mileage, in day time, . . .50
For mileage, in night time, . . . 1 00
For natural oases of obstetrics . . . 10 00
For instrumental cases of obstetrics . 25 00
For Craniotomy . . . . 50 00
For each consultation . . . 10 00
For lancing, altcess or gums. . . . 100
For examination with speculum . . 250
For eatheterism . . . . 250
For adjusting fractures . . . 5 00
For reducing dislocations . . 5 00
For amputations . . . from 85 to 50 00
For all cases of gonorrhoea . . . 10 00
For all cases of syphilis . . 20 00
GEORGE EBERHART, M. D.,
W. H. PAGE, M. D.,
C. A. WEBB, M. D.,
A. J. MATHEWS, M. D..
24 It. G. WITHERSPOON, M. D.
Lost, a fine steel engraving of Romeo
and Juliet. The finder will confer a favor
by returning it to W. Y. Holland.
HARTWELL, GA„ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1877.
MEDICAL notice
DBS.! SMITH 11D OAT
15r*v forimUu < ',ip : irlniT'lii]i
Respectfully offer their Professional Services to the citizens of
the surrounding country.
Having purchased a full and varied stock of Drugs and In
struments, they are prepared to treat successfully the diseases
incident to this country.
OBSTETRICAL PRACTICE,
and CHRONIC DISEASES OF FEMALES will receive
Special Attention.
Jk£T Colls Promptly Attended to at All Hours. Yrifi
They will attend together in difieult cases, without extra
charges.
Fully realizing the stringency of the times on the people, of
whom they are a part, they propose to co-operate for general
relief; and will not require extraordinary fees in any case.
COLD WATER, CA., March sth, 1877.
TO THE PITBLiq. .
I RESPECTFULLY call your attention to my continued reduction in prices, and
large receipt of new Goods arriving by every Steamer from my factory. Business
has now reached large proportions (having increased materially during the last year.)
1 have been compelled to enlarge my Warerooms, which are located on Broad Street,
facing Monument Street, (known as the Eagle & Phuinix Hotel.) lue dimensions of the
building are seventy feet front by one hundred and twenty-five deep, three stories high.
They are said to he the largest and finest Warerooms in the Southern States.
My Stock will compare with Northern and Western markets for price and selection.
Thanking you for past favors, and awaiting further and esteemed patronage, I remain
Y 7 ours respectfully,
G. V. D-GRAAF,
Successor to E. G. ROGERS , Wholesale and Retail Furniture Dealer and Undertaker.
147,1475 & 149 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA,
UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
Sunday and Night calls 102 Greene Street n
“Newsy, Npicy, Reliable.”
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FIRST FLOOR MASONIC IIALL,
1 HARTWELL, GA.
skOW YOl R TK Kills.
A Cli'rg.i iiina'it Tit Ik In Hit- 100,000
Trawler* of tin- ('. N.
Rev. T. DcWitt Talmndge preached a
sermon in his Tabernacle at Brooklyn, to
the 100,000 commercial travelers in the
United States. >!. .aid :
Now von, the commercial traveler, have
received orders from the head man of the
firm ; you are to start on the long excur
sion. Well, what is this little package in
the valise? “Oh!” you say, “that's a
pack of cards. There's certainly no harm
m a pack of cards—is there?" Instead of
answering your question I will tell you
that there are thousands of men with as
strong a brain as you have who have drop
ped down into the gambler's life and into
j the gambler’s hell. What's that other
! bundle in the \alise? “Oh," you say
:“ that's a brandy flask.” Well, my bro
ther. just empty the contents atiu fill it
with cholera mixture. It’s very important
(to have something that will help you in
case of sudtleii illness. Only one more
advice to you and then I will have done
with your baggage. Take some good
wholesome reading; let it boa historical
work or even work of fiction, or some
j work that will he of particular advantage
in your business. Get a Bible with large
type.
Now you are ready to start. You have
vour valise in your right hand, and your
blanket and shawl strapped in your left.
| Good-bye ! May you have a prosperous
voyage, large sales and great percentages.
Oh, there is one thing 1 forgot to ask you
about. “ What train are you going to
take?” “ Well,” you say, “ tuke
the five o’clock Sunday afternoon train. I
will suvc a day hv that, aud 1 will be by
Monday morning in the commercial estab
lishments by the time the merchants get
down town.” My brother, you are start
ing wrong. Sabbath breaking pays no bet
ter in this world than it pays in the next.
If the Sabbath is given for the employer it
it is given for the employed. The dollar
that you earn on the Sabbath is a red-hot
dollar, and if you put it in a hag with five
thousand honest dollars that red hot dollar
will burn a hole through the bag and let
out all tlie five thousand honest dollars
with it.
NUMBER 84.
For a few weeks now you will pass hnif
your time in the railroad train. How are
you going to spend it? Don’t do as most
of the commercial travelers do—sit read
ing the same newspaper over ami over
again, looking listlessly out of the window,
or spending 1 throe or four hours in the
smoking car, the nastiest place in Christen
dom. Instead of that call Shakespeare
and Tennyson and Ezekiel and Paul, in
spired men of God -cull them to stay with
you and talk with you.
But you have come now to the end of
your railroad travel. You saunter out
among the merchants and begin business.
There are two things you must remember.
J'irat, that all the trade you get by the
■practice of treating always damages the
"house that gets it. Besides, you can’t af
ford to injure yourself for the sake of your
employers. Again, I charge you, tell tho
whole truth about everything you sell.
Lying travelers will precede you and lying
travelers will come after you; don't let
their lying competition tempt you to do as
much.
But it is almost night, and you are get
ting back now to tho hotel. You go hack
to the hotel. Now comes the nightly tug
for the commercial traveler. Tell me
where he spends his evenings and I will
tell you where he will spend eternity.
There’s your room with the hooks; there’s
the Young Men’s Christian Association
room, there’s the gambling saloon, the
theatre and the house of infamy. 'I he the
atre—do you think the tarrying in that
place till eleven o’clock at night will im
prove your bodily health or earthly lor
tuncs? No man c\.er found the path of
commercial success or heavenly reward
through the American theatre.
“ Well,” you say, “ I guess, then, I will
go to the gambling saloon.” Y ott will first
go to look on; then you will go to play.
You will make £IOO or £.IOO or £1,000; you
will make £I,OOO then you will lose all.
Then you will borrow some money so as to
start anew. You will make £oo, then £2OO,
then £000; then you will lose all. Those
wretches of the gambling saloon know how
to tempt you. They lead you on and lead
you on ; but, mark this, all gamblers die
poor. They make great fortunes, hut they
lose them. ’ You say : “John Morrissey is
a brilliant exception.” John Morrissey is
not dead yet. I wish he were. (Sensation.)
“ Well,” you say, “ if 1 can’t go to the
theatre and can’t go to the gambling saloon
I guess 1 will go to the house of infamy.”
Haiti (in a stentorian tone). There are
other gates of sin through which a man
may go and yet come out; but that gate
has a spring lock which snaps him in for
ever. He who goes there is damned al
ready. He may seem to he comparatively
free for a little while, but he is only on the
limits and Satan’s police have their eye on
hint to bring him in any minute. The curse
of God is on that crime. There are men
here to-day whose heaven was blotted out
ten years ago. There is no danger that
they will be lost—they are lost now. I
look down through their glaring eyeballs,
down into the lowest caverns of hell.
Oh, commercial traveler! I pray for you
to-day. There arc two kinds of days when
you will specially need divine grace; the
one when you have no success—that night
you will be tempted to give way to strong
drink ; the other day will he when you
have had great success, and the devil tells
you you must go and celebrate that suc
cess." Therein another day, the last of your
life. I don’t know where you will spend
it—more probably in the railroad car or in
some strange hotel. I see you on your
last commercial errand. The train of your
earthly existence is nearing the depot of
the grave. The brakes are falling, the
bell rings at the terminus, the train stops.
All out for Eternity! Show your ticket
now for getting into the gate of the shining
city—the ticket washed in the blood of the
Lamb. What shall it profit a man if ho
gain the whole world and lose his soul!