The Dawson weekly journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1868-1878, March 03, 1870, Image 1
THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL. 0 s. R- WESTON, pCBUSHXD KVSRT THBRBDAY. jf H.nS-Sh lctly in Advance. Three *, ™ Sit 2 00 0»e fir ADVERT IS INO RATES? ONE MONTH. TWO MONTHS I I | THREE M’THS. I__ I | SIX MONTHS. I I J ONE TRAR. No. sqt’Mi 3 00* 6 00 I 7 00 #l2 60 S2O 77" 7 oo 10 00 12 00 20 00 30 00 "777 900 12 00 16 00 26 oo 40 00 777 10 00 18 00 25 00 40 00 60 00 777. 16 00 26 00 35 00 60 00 110 00 77 7 25 001 40 00 60 00 110 00 200 00 Ta Jdv«rli»ers .-—The money 10. ad rartiiiog considered due after first mser- ' "IlviTtisements inserted at intervals to be ch.f’ed as new each insertion. J additional charge of 10 per cent w.ll be mtde oo advertisements ordered to be in ..rted on a particular page. Advertisements under the head of ope ,id Notices” will be inserted for 15 cents ■«r line, for the irst insertion, and 10 cents per line'for each subsequent insertion. Adferiifemfots in the “ Local Column, will be inserted St 20 cents per line for the lint, and 15 cent-per line for each subse quent inssriion. All communications or letters on bustness intended for this office should be sddu.-ss.-d •o 'Thi Dawsok Journal ’’ RAIL-ROAD GUIDE. Soulliwegtoris Railroad. WJf. HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWER. S uj. Leave Hxcen .6.16 A Jf ; arrive at Oolnm hja 11.15 A. .If.; Lcive CMu">bus 12 46 P. J/ ; arrive at llacerr 6.2“ P. M, brute* Mtcnn 8 A If: arrives at Ktr fault 5 30, f M ; Leu*,;* Fufml* 7 SO,- A M ; Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M; ALBANY BRANCH Leaves S nhhville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at Aitrcov ! II; PM; \> v«'S Albany 0 35, A ‘>l; Arrives at S-nilhviile tl, A SI: Leive Cuchl.ert 567 P M. ; arrive at Fort Sains 540 P. Mi L *ve Fori G■ 1 17 05 A H.\ trrive it Cutiiber' 0.05 A. J/. JL-con nnd Brnu* wick Passeii j;ef Train*. GEO. T.' 11 vZKLHCRST, President. l-tie Ma - nn *...8:30 a. m Arrive a' Brunswick 8:20 p w. |-ave Brunswick 8:00 A 1 M. i rive a! Men 7:50 p. 11. TRAINS TO IIAV. KINSVILLS Leaves Mscnn 3:00 r. V Lrrive at H twktn *viltc 6:30 p u. L-ara n iwkin«ville .7:i>Oa M' Arrive at Macon 10:20 a. m. faia train tuns daily, Sundays excepted TRAINS TO J'SStJp' ,rive Macao 5:00 a. M' Irrive at Jesup 4:40 P. M tearr Jesiio ... "6:411 A M. Lrrre si jfaenn. r 6:50 t M. This iraio runs daily, ffuadays excepted. i’etlcrii & Atlantic Railroad. Foster blodgett, Sup’t. bay passenger train. Pare All.uU . . . 8.45 A. V rive Dalton .... 2.30 P. M rrive at Chattanong* 1 . 6.25 P. M Save Chattanooga . : 8.20 A. M irrive at Atlanta . . . 12.05 P. M NIOHT train. lave Atlanta , . . 7 00 P. M trive at Chattanooga . . 4.if) A M Ore CRatlatiooga . . 430 P. M rrire at Uilton . . . 750 P. M nive at Atlsnta . . 1.41 A. M grofessicmul ©ante. » WOliTlfl. L. C. lIOTLF. WOOTEN & HOYLE, Attorneys at Law, i>*in'so.r,a«i. Jan 6-ly. R. W, DAVIS, •11 orney at Law, oaivbox. trotti.e over J. jj. Pe rv’w 8 off. Dec 23'il, '69. IGEBS, BQTSFO3D & CO., nt 'lL ESTATE A HE.TVS, iw*uh, Terrell County, Ga. RE offering lor sale desirable dwellings, i teta and plantations. . Rfgister is open to all, f»ee of cost, to Her the property the) h*v* for rhl** ami, lor the ia-pectb'i of those wishing to mm oct2B;tf C. W. WARWICK, ty at Law and Solicitor in Equity, SMITHYILI.E, GA. in South Western and Patau- promptly remitted. r J - WARREN, | attorney at Law, . . . hA. u - F. SIMMONS, "rORMEY AT LAW, J>* f H’oO V, aA. to * u bn,ine?B »ugfi '69;tf EINSTEIN, tCKMAN & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in BOOTS, SHOES, AiYD HATS, No. 153 Congress Street, E. Rinstein, j 8. H. Ei kmun, S Savannah, Ga. A. Vetsburg y oo'7;6an OUNDIP 8 Mi Ci Tin fi Sheet Iron Worker, r 1 7 A KE3 pleasure in announcing to the citi- JL it-im of D twsort, and surrounding coun try, that he fa now readv to manufacture Tinware at Wholesale or Retail, as low it can rre had elsewhere. Also, Ruofing. Gut tering, and all kinds of Repairing practically and cheaplv done, at.short notice. Copper, Zmc, and all kinds of fie,tie work done. Give him a call at Soule’s old stand Ras tsde Public Square. Jan. 27, ly 11. R. ADAMS, n. K. WASBnURN, A. A. ADAMS, Ratonton, Ga Saraonah, Ga. Americus.Gs. ADAMS. WASHBDRH & CO. FACTORS AND— Commission Merchants, No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range, ■tylS’MjVn St'ra tin a It, O Alp’:> H Crt.QriTT, James Baous, Rake* Onunrv, Ga Newton, G*. 11 t oil iJ, Coi.qciTT, Savannah, Ga. COLQUITT & BAGGS, CO TON FACTORS & GENERA! COM M iSSION M RIII:H A NTS. B.v. slrocf. C»'a. y ,e< ■-,! a’terrrio to the sale of Oo'ton, Lijmh r 'tid T rnlier. LiOei-.l aJ»or '■Tonsisnments. n.iav6;f BROWN HOUSE. E. IN BKOHM & SOU, u'ouith St., Opp si:,-Pusserg; r Depot Macon, Georgia. I^IIIS House haviusr Intel* been refitted i a"d repaired, ami is now one of the best Hotels in Hie Suto, and ih* moat conve nient m the ci'y. The fable is supplied wj*h evert thing the market affords. leblß’69 THE TOMLINSON QEMAREST CO Manufacturers of FINE CARRIAGES, 260 Broad way, Sew York. Are minus ictufieg i x'cn.-isely ev ery 6tyle (f Carriage, Buggy, and Wagon suitable for the S urh, from the finest. Latidaa and Phaeton down to the Vtdocipr.de Mr. W. Woodruff, of Griffin, Ga., well known thr ugbout the S'.u'h as he otigitia'of of the eel* brated Boggy called "’l’be Wo d.uff C/ne'.rd,” is<id “The Wo-nuff Plantation Wagon, and associated wi'h us in N. Y , where we will always k< eo a good stock of these Buggies aud Wag .ns oo hand, which are said to be superior to almost any ti ad« in America. Jf you want, any kind of a Vehicle, good WakRANTKD Wobk, send your or ders directly t 6 this Bouse,-or tbroOgb any of our Agents,- --nd they will have prompt attention Illustrated circulars will be sent to any person who vtiH write for them. May 6 ly C. A. CHEATHAM, Genera! Commission Merchant Dawson, Georgia. WILL buy oil the beat terms possible, anything the planters need, or sell lor the Merchants, anything they have to sell. CO’ttbn bought and sold oil commission. Now on hiuid uud to arrive irtJcaHks c lear RiObe Sides which will be sold low for cash. C. A. CHEATHAM. march 11-’&My LYON, btCUiAKFLNRLID & IRVIN, Ljrti, Macon , - - - Georgia. WILL give rfitetitfoti to Professional Busi ness iu the Macon, South.w. stern, and Pita ala Circuits; in the U S Courts, in Sa vannah and Atlanta; and by Special Con tract in anv par; of the Mate. Sept. 23,'69 ; ly- L.COHEN&CO. IMPORTERS OF. Brandies, lines. Gins, Segars, A* fl DEALERS IN RYE, eO'FRBON O MONOIWftHEU WHISKY. Also, tf.muf ictarers of the Celebrated St<>n- VA a! 1 Bitters, St.. A laities, (Ja. ,n. Ja3nk 13, BAiv HOOM ! also, choice Cigar, WJo -eU call at I tou7;tf Dawson Business Directory, Dry Good* Nrrrliaiill. DVRNEY & MELSOH, Dealers in 1 * Dry Goods, Groceries and //sidware, Jfain street. C JR 1.71, & TUCKER, Dealers in all /'kinds ot Dry Goods and Groceries. Main Street. 17 UTNER, JACOR, Dealer in all Avkinds of Dry Good., Main street. I»YM»S A- GRIFFIN, Dealers -t in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries also and t.'ommiaaion Aferchants, M* in Street, Ip-KKUWEY A CROUCH, Dealers in Drv Goods, Clo'hing, Staple Goods and Family Groceries, Mi\a street. / \ K R, W. F. Dealer In Fani'y and sta - V 'nle Drv Goods, Slain st., under "‘Jour nil’’ Printing Office. I)EEd,Ef>, IV. 71,, Dealer in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Main street. 4 NiVNino Grocery Tlcrctmiit* ARTII UR, S. !>., De/ler in Groceries and Family Supplies. /Vain Street. I^U I.TOW, ,9. A., Warehouse and Comrnis-ion Merchant, and Dealer In Ba cob, Floor, Meal and Provisiona generally, at •Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, M ain St. 1' in Groceries and Pioviaious, opposite /’uhlic Square, Main st. GJREERA SI7I7IOKS, Grocery I" and 7 J rovision Dealers, South side 7>ub lic Square. HOOI>, R. H., Dealer in Groceries and Familv suoulies generally, 2nd door to Journal” Office, Main si. \ riZEI/I/, K. C. A Cos. Grocer? and iv 1 /Novision dealers. Next door to the Ho lel Main Street, Dawson. DrngkiMi. /'I HEATH A 71, C A., Druggist and V 7 Physician. Keep® a good supply of Drugs -and Medicines, and prescribes for all the ills that flesh is heir to. At his old stand, the Red Duig Store, Vain st JANE* A I.OVI.ESS, Dealers in fj Drugs, J/edicines, Oils, Paints, Dye Stuffs, Garden Seed, &-■ , &e. Mint" A TaySor’s Shop. Rlllllltcy Brt/’s., Boot & Shoe ma kers, ,nd Tavlors. West, side Public t’qnare, same budding wi'h T 11 shop. BAKERY. I I. SOS.O7IOH, Baker, Confec ?* • Loner, and dealer in F niily Grrcerics Fi-h and O-'ter-, Jfain Street, next- to J. W Roberts & 00. I‘lt -MCIAS*. HOD\E * T W. If. P'acricinp f’hv siciarr, and Surgeot:. Office at Gheai ham’s Di ug S ore. Dll*. .1. IV. P.tICE A sov, 'lnuktul for past patronage bv do e a'.rention and moderate charges hone to re ceive a continuance of the same. Office, Dr. Gilpin’s old s'and j »n 13, ts. Watch Repairer. VI.I.EX, JOIIM P., will , epair Wa ches, Clocks, Jewelry, Jfusic Books, Acco d'ons, Ac , always to he found at his oid stand, on North side of .Public Square. I/ivcry Nlables. PARMCW, & SH tR I*l/, Pale r and Fred Stable. Horses and J/ul s for sale. Horses boarded. North side Pub lic Square. HAH ROOM. PAT WARD. Dealer in Fine Wines, Brandies, Whiskies, Lager Boer, &c , West side public Square, Main street. mAXBMT AND CONFECTIONERY. ,T. 1,. SOLOMON 'I'AKES pleasure in announcing to the ci i I zens of and surrounding coun try, that be has determined to relieve the wants of the people bv the permanent estab lishment, of a first class Bakery & Confectionery, in this pi lie, on Depot 9treef, next door to J. W. R bens & Cos, whe.e he is ready, at all times, to lurnish families with FRESH BREAD AND CAKES. And w : U, at the shortest notice, furnish all Linds of delicacies for WEDDINGS, PARTIES, AC. RESTAURANT. I N addition to the above; I am fitting up, and will have open, by the First of Octo ber, a FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. Where I will be prepared to cater to the warns 6T the inner man, in the way of OrSTEitS, H'lLli GAME Sic. servi and ;n suit everv variety of taste. We would say to our customers that no Liqii i'S will bn kept, and ladies can, without diffidence Visit onr house, with the assurance that we will do eve-yihing 'n our power to me-it 'heir pa'roitag . O've me a call. Din’i forget the place. D-pot street "fit door U J W. Rubens it'o J L SOLOMONS. f»ept23,’69, ly. Sale ami Feed Stable. Wr. .meet • keep nn hand, all the season «,<, ill . s 8.-tS at'd el-S nr sa ». It. Our .1 ~, m- o-* io'.wliat in needed .n » bis - to merit » libera! narrooage | r , „ ihose wh >mu need “lock. C.ll on as --•,r" bH "" FARSIDI & SHARPE. BRICK FOR SALE ! T have on band * large lot of BRICK 1 which I will S.ll at a -edueed pr.ee; Par ses wishing tp purchase -■» „ .Mi... » Jan 27, 3m. Dawson, ga., Thursday, march 3, i8?o A Mmim 'I lial Hurries By. BT GKRALD GRirriN. Tlu* stream that hurries by y<F' tlxod shore Keturns no more# The wiutl that dries at ih'orir jxm dewy lawu Breathes and is gone; Those wither’d tlowerH to summers ripening glow No more shall blow; Those fallen leaves that strew yon garden bed For aye arc dead. Os laugh, of jest, of'mirth, of pleasure past, Nothing shall last: On shore, on sea, on htlt, on vale, on plain, Naught shall remain; Os all for w hich poor mortals vainly mourn, Naught shall return: Life hath his hour in heaven and earth beueath, And so hath death. Not alt the chains that clank hi eastern ettine (’an fetter Time. For all the phials in the doctor’s store Y outli eomes uo more ; No drug on .dgo’a wrinkled cheek renews Lite’s early hues; Not all the tears that pious motirndrs shed Can wake the dead. * or all spring gives, and winter takes again, We grieve in vain ; ' % Vainly for 6uushine fled, and joys gone by, We heave the sigh ; Oh, ever on, with unexhausted breath, Time hastes to death ; Even with each word we speak a moment flies, is born and dies. If thus, through Nature’s empire wide Nothing abide, If wiud, and wave, ami leaf, and suu and flower, Have each their hour, He walks on ice whose dallying spirit clings To earthly things; Jud he alone is wise well taught love Is fixed above. Truths firm ns bright, but oft to mortul ear Chilling and dear, Harsh as the raven’s croiik the sounds that tell Os pleasure’s knell f Pray, rcadei, that at least the iuiustrel’s strain Not all be vain ; And when thou bend’st toG’od the suppliant knee 7iemember me. Curuhill Magazine. Domestic Economy—A Fasli ioiiabSe Lmuii. Mrs. Smith has a lot of cake left upon her hands after New Year ( s, and announces the fact to her husband in these words: “Mr. Smith, I must give a party.” Mr. Smith groans approval. The cake itself was superlious, as 110 told his wile, for men like pickles and ‘swikaiser, or nasty stuti with some such horrid name, much better. But when Airs. Smith remarked se verely : “Mr. Smith, I have set my table with seventeen kinds of cake and a pyramid in the centre for thirty years, aud I ant not going to stop now 1” Os course there was nothing more to be said. And the cake was bought. Now it was to be got rid of, and how could that bo done except by giv ing a party ?” Mr. Smith succomed — As men, tyrannical as they are, al ways do, under such circumstances. It would not be a very costly enter tainment, Mrs. Smith argued— Having the cake — Only music, for the young people would want to dance.) Ice creams and creams from the confectioner’s. A few dozen oranges, a pine-apple or two, and some grapes for show. A couple of boned turkeys, a few moulds of jelly, and a Charlotte Buss. Five hundred pickled oysters, some chicken salad, and other trifles. “The wine,” as Mrs. Smith re marked to a friend, “Mr. Smith never grumbled at, and always sent home himself.” Even from Mrs. Smith’s light, and every point of view, the party is a more bagatelle, and I fear Mr. Smith will be surprised, not to say dumb founded, when the bills come up, for really having the cake does not make so much difference as it did, when the cake and tea formed the principal part of tho bauquet at a party. Already he observes with somo dis may the possession of the cake does not prevent the days of discomfort which precede and follow a modern evening entertainment. Ho lias, moreover, a dim suspicion that the thing won’t “pay.” There was only one man that he wanted to ask, and he “couldn’t come. And wouldn’t if he could. Ho told him so. Told him he didn’t believe in par ties unless people could afford house room enough for the men to move without stepping on the women’s trains. But then Boggs was always a bear. At least Mrs. Smith says so. The party will boa success un doubtedly. A number of people will arrive in carriages, eat some chicken sallad, drink a glass of champagne, aud go away again. The carpets will be a great deal soiled. Ono of Mrs. Smith’s crystal fruit dishes will be broken. The gas bill will be double. The house will be in a state of siego for a week. Mr. Smith will be unable to take his afterdinnev nap during all that space ol time. The children will be sick and want tlie doctor. Tho servants will be cross. The beggars dem >rali/.ed by tho amount ol cold victUYiir, they, will get. Mrs/ Smith laid up with a nervous headache. Sarah Jane with a sore throat. Five hundred dollars, more or less, will be spent. But the cake will be saved. There’s economy for you ! And there’s work. If that is not living for others, and living hard for thorn, too, I dont know what it is.— N. V U r or!J Al|tiil«> Horrors. Three travelers, it is stated, have just lost their lives on tho Great Ber nard Mountain. They hud been trav eling from Martigny toward the Italian froutior, with the intentiou of resting for the night in the famous Hospice that stands almost on the boundary between Switzerland and Italy. By seven o’clock in the evening they had reachod a little inn on the way to the monastery; they had still to journey , for seven toilsomo milos before reach ing tho monkish place of welcome; and, sinco the night was dark and stormy, tho innkeeper besought them [ to stay until morning. Being poor, I they refused. They belonged to that class of poverty-stricken pilgrims who aro constantly passing between Switz erland and Italy, and who carry all their worldly goods in a knapsack of mi tanned doer’s hide. A few minutes will sufliee to take such travelers from any part of the great Canton Valais to Aosta. They shun inns with horror, as places of unscrupulous extortion aud their aim is to break tho journey at tho Hospice, where they got food and lodging for the night free of charge and in the morning are provided with the necessaries of travel on the same benevolent terms. Hence, although the night was pitchy dark, aud the wind was coming down with hurricane liLe gusts from tho mountains that shut in the valley, the three travelers resolved that they wouhl push on to Ilospice. Soon after leaving tho inn, they began to ascend the winding, roc y and steep path overhanging a In wling torrent and leading to the monastery. The road is psrhaps one of the roughest in Europe So many rocks jut out, so sharp are the turns round the courso of tho brook, and so steep are some of the ascents, that a mule wight be pardoned for slipping. When the night is dark and the mists como down, the path could hardly be kept, even by a man who had daily traversed it for years : and tho only safe guide would bo the roaring of the torrent. The ascent is so steep that, after a couple of hours’ climbing, the traveler tmds himself sevoral thousand foet above the level of the sea, and at that elevation, even the hottest day in August, the cold is at nightfuil often intense. On tho night of the fatal ac cident all those perils were combined. So black was the sky that the wayfar ers had slowly to grope along by way of the precipice which hems in the sides of the path farthest from the tor rent. Had the moon been up, they might have been guided by the poles which tho monks havo planted in a direct line from tho lTospieo to the val ley, to indicate the direction when the path is buried under the snow, and the torrent is frozen. But, in the pitchy darkness, the friendly beacons wore obscured. Hence the travelers seem to have again and again been brought to a standstill before reaching that lord of the brook at which the road dips and often goes up with one swift i-p.ing to tho spot where the great barrack like Hospice guides and cheers tho be nighted traveler by its beacon light. The poor pilgrims were so near to the blaze that, had they been able to ex ert themselves for a few minutos lon ger, they would have been safe. But the toil and cold had so paralyzed theiff faculties that they could not pro ceed one step farther ; they were over come by that craving for sleep, for rest, which is tho effect of intense cold aud, within sight of the friendly gleam that beckoned them overhead, all the travelers laid down and died. On the Great St. Bernard the winter season begins soon and ends late. Al ready it is winter beside the moun tain dwelling; and during tho long months when tho snow covers the ground, or the cold makes traveling perilous, it is the daily custom of the good monks to journey as far as tho bottom of the pass, in order that they may lend assistance to any traveler who may havo dropped by the way. Clad in their long, black serge gowns and broad-brimmed hats, accompanied by attendents, who carry winj and provisions for tho restoration of the weatied or fainting travelers, and guided by the famous St. Bernard dogs, who do the work of pointers, two or three monks daily make the seven miles’ journey to the valley be low. Until the occurrence of tho late accident, they have not for some years found any traveler or beyond tho reach of restoratives. Gradually, indited, the perils of the terrible pass have become so fully appreciated, that even tho poorest traveler shrinks from at- tempting tho ascent to the monastery after nightfall, if tho ground is covered with snow, or if tho great gie-ts blow down from the hills. The three who have last fallen victims, however, were loss discreet; and next morning when tho searching party of monks had pro ceeded to a short distance from tho Hospice, they found tho bodies stiff and cold. They were taken to tho little “mourge” which is situated at a short distance from the priuciplo build iud of tho monastery, and in that nakod mausoleum tho remains will abide with other relics of mortality, unloss claimed by the kinsfolk of the lost. It is a grim Testing place. In that small hut peiched among the wintry moun tains dwell the skeletons of the men and women aud children who, in the course of many generations, havo perished in the fatal pass. So intense lis the cold, that the unembahned bodies resist for long years the hand of decay. Un coffined, and dressed in I the clothes which they wore when found ,dead among tho snow, they 1 perched against the wall, and while visitor looks through the iron grating of their tomb, they peer grimly forth, as if soliciting recognifion and an uu dosecrated place of rest. An old man I leans against the wall, his head hare, his staff in his hand, and his attitude ; stiftend forever by tho death that smote him years ago. A wonifcn clutches in her arms tho babe that perished with her in the Bnow. From the other grim figures the clothes have rotted away by fragments, leaving blached protruding bones. The floor of tho dungoon-liko tomb is strowm with ■ memorials of the dead ; and going from the blazing fire of tho monastery to the “morgue.” the travehr can pass in a single inslant from the hum of mirthful conversation or tho joyous sounds of musio to what might seem a place of the living dead. Europe contains no more weird or gloomy sight than that prison house of clothed skelotons, perched in the Alpine wil derness, and seen through the misty and wintry gloom. —London Telegraph, S:iyii«K« «f Josh Stillings. A lie iz like a kat, it never cum tow yu in a strate line. What iz an old, bachelor ? The he ro of a cot bedstead. The time tew be carefulost iz when you havo a handful ov trumps. Tew loam youro offspring to steal, make them hog hard for all that you give them. Bo kerful how yu soko your mak rol too much, sokeing tukes the wear out ov them. If a man haint got a well balanced head, i like tew see him part his hair in the middle. U- How long kan a goose stand on one log Y A. Try it—tliats the way the goose found out. The devil iz a mean kuss ; he never keeps his own promises, but always makes us keep ours. U- What is the best kure for lazy ness ? A. Milking a cow on the run and living on the milk. If i had a mulo who wouldn't neith er kick nor bito, i should watch him dreadful cluss till i found out whare hiz malico did lie. When you soo IT geese walking in jun file, and toeing in, yu kail deliber ately bet youre last surviving doUar on a hard winter. Tharo iz only one good substitute for the endearment of a sister, aud that iz the endearment of some other phellow’s sister. Love iz said tew ho blind : but i know lots ov fellows in love, who kan see twice az much in their sweethearts nz i kan. V.iiilc Children. yiiaiifrGod for little children— Jffti'ti our skieH are cold aud gray, They hteal as aimahinc iu our heart**, And charm our cares away. 7 almost think the angels, Who tend life’s garden’s fair, />rop down the sweet wild blossoms That bloom around us here. It seems a breath of heaven bound many a cradle lies, Ami every little baby lirmgs a blessing from the skies.’ A Tuii<-liiiig Obituary. A disconsolate husband thus bewails tho loti of his wife, and apostrophises her memory: Thus my wife (lied. No more will those loving hands pull off my boots and part my back hair , as only a true wife can. No more will those willing feet replenish coal hod and water pail. No more will she arise ’mid the tem pestuous storms of winter, and gaily hie herself away to build the lire, wiliout distubing the slumbers of the man who doted on her so artlessly. Her memory is embalmed in my heart of hearts. I wanted to embalm her body, but I found 1 could embalm her memory much cheaper. I procured of Eli Mini get, a neigh bor of mine, a very pretty gravestone. Ilis wife was consumptive, and ho had kept it ou hand several yea.s in expec tation of hor death. But sho rallied that spring, aud his hopes were blasted. Never shall I forget this poor man’s grief, when 1 asked him to pari with it. “Take it, Skinner,” said ho, ~take it, and may you never know what it is to have you soul racked with disap pointment, as mine has been !” and he burst into a flood of tears. Ilis spirit was indeed utterly crushed. I had the following epistle engrav ed upon the gravestone: “To the memory of Tabitha, wife of Moses Skinner, Esq., the gentlemanly editor of the Trombone. A kind mother and exemplary wife. Terms, two dol lars a year, invariably in advance.— Office over Coleman’s grocery, up two flights. Knock hard. ‘We shall miss thee, mother; we shall miss thee, mother.’ Job printing" solicited.”— Thus did my lacerated spirit cry out in agony, even as Rachel weeping for her children. But one ray of light penetrated tho despair of my soul Tho undertaker took his pay in job printing, and the sexton owed mo a little account 1 should not have got ten in any other way. Why should wo pine at the mysterious ways of Providence and vicinity ? (Not a co nundrum) * * * I here pause to drop a srlont tear to the mem ory of Tabitha Ripley, that was.— Sho was an eminently pious woman, and could fry the best piece of tripe 1 ever slung under my vest. Her pick ed-up dinners were a perfect success, and she always .doted ou foreign mis sions.” Is a rotigous excitement iu Boston, a person met a neighbor who took him by the hand and said : “I havo become a Christian.” “1 am glad of it,” ho replied. Sup pose wc now have a settlement of that little account between us. Pay me what thou owest.” “No,” said the now born child,turn ing on his hool: “Religion is religion, and business is business.” VOL V.--NO. 3. Ho v r End ffh-eltd Hiimolf iiilo Fortune and lufliieitee. At a meeting of the stockholders of a prominent railway corporation, re- I contly held in this city, there were ! present two gentlemen, both well up in years, one, however, considerably the senior of the other. In talking of old tunes gone by, the younger gen tleman called the attention of his friends and told a pleasant little story which should be read with profit by every poor, industrious and striving la.!. We use his own language : “Nearly hall’ a century ago, gentle men, 1 was put upon‘the world to make my living. I was stout, willing ana ablo, considering my then tender years, and secured a place in a hard ware store to do all kin.ls of chores re quired. I was paid sevenfy-five dol afs per year for my boyish services. Ono day, after I had been at work three months or more, my friend there, . Lr. 8., who holds his age remarkably well, came into the store and bou-ht % large bill of shovels and tongs, sad irons and pans, buckets, scrapers and scuttles, for lie was to be married next day, and was supplying his household m advance, as was tho groom’s custom in those davs. The articles were packed on the barrow and mado a load sufficiently heavy for a young mule. But, more willing ‘ban ablo, I started off, proud that I could move such a mass on the wheel barrow. I got on remarkably well till L struck the mud road, now Seventh avenue, loading to my friend B.’s house. J here I toiled aud tugged, and tugged and toiled, but could not budge the load up the hill, the wheel going its full half diameter in the mud every time I would try to propal for ward. Finally a good natured Irish man passing by with a dray took my barrow, sell and all on his vehicle," aud in consideration of my promise to pay him a ‘bit’ landed mo at my des tination. I counted the articles care fully as I delivered them, and with my empty barrow trudged my way back, whistling with glee over my tri umph over difficulty. feonie weeks after 1 pai 1 the Irishman the bit,, aud never got it back from my employers. [Mr. 8., I am sure, would have remunerated me, but he never before heard this story, so if he is inclined lie can compromise the deb! by sending me a bushel of his rare ripe peaches next fall.] But to the ■ moral. A merchant had vyitn’oswd my struggles, ami how zealously I •labored to deliver that load ol hard ware, he even watched me to the bouse and saw mo count each piece as I handed it in the doorway. He sent for ■ for next (lav, asked my name, told mo he had a reward for my industry and cheerfulness under difficulty, in the : shape of a five hundred dollar clerk ship in his extensive establishment. T accepted, and now, after nearly a half century has passed, I look back 'and say I wheeled myself into all I own, for that reward of persovorance was my stepping stone to fortune ” The speaker was a very wealthy hanker, a man of influence and posi tion, and one universally respected for many good qualities of head and heart. Boys, take a moral from this little stoi y and be Willing and indus trious. You do not know how many eyes aro upon you to discover whether you aro sluggish and careless, or in dustrious and willing, or how many there are who, if you are moral and worthy, will give you a stepping stone to wealth and position.— l'iUehura Ga : lette: In Washington, on Friday, a man 1 stepped on an orange pool and broko bis log. The latest invention is a horse shoe that can bo taken off and put ou at pleasure. The Attorney-General of lowa has decided that women aro eligible, un der tho law to hold office in the State. Thk Buffalo Commercial Advertis er, response to Hon. J). Bennett’s li bel suit, says it is prepared to prove all they have charged. A Cincinnati man compelled his wife to give hirn her wedding ring, on Monday, that lie might pawn it for rum. Blood wall tell. A younger brqlher of tho Marquis of Waterford has eloped with tho wife of the colonel of his regiment. Tho Mormon missionaries on Txmg Island have “converted” live young and pretty girls, and will send them to Utah noxt month. The female firm of Woodhull Clafiin & Cos. have perfected arrangements to enter into tho banking business in New York city, under the aiispicios ofCom modore Vanderbilt. Oliver Dyer says that the outcast children of New York, inarching two abreast, would make a procession eleven miles long. This is a dire com ment on file morals of the metropo lis. Unxvehsal Amxkstt.—The New York Tribunt, cotnmentiug tut tho fact that the Fifteenth Amendment is now ratified beyond question, makes a loud call for universal amnesty. It saw, and with great force and truth, that Our triumph is not perfect so long as one man shall remain disfranchised' aud incapable of taking offtee becaiiso of our late convulsion. We haver fought secession; the republic has conquered; hor triumph is perfect. Now, “let us havo peace,” and a peace l that can best be secured by universal amnesty.