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    THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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SoiUJiwsTteru Uuilroiid.
WJf. HOLT, Pres. I VIRGIL POWER, <Sup
Leave Ktcon 5.15 A. Jf ; arrive at Cotam
but 11.15 A. M ; Leave C'-ht-dius 12 45 P. •
M ; arrive at Macon 6.20 P. Jf.
Leaves Macon 8 A Jf; arrives at Eu
laula 5 30, P M ; Leaves Kufaula 7 20, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 .Vt r P M.
ALBANY BRANCH
Leaves .S' liihvillc 1 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany '.I 35, A M;
Arrives at A' tilth villi* 11, A M.
Leave Oulhhert 3.57 P. M.; arrive at Fort
Qaius 5.40 P. Jf ; L ave Fort Gtins 7.06 A
At.; arrive at Cut .1 lie It 9.05 A. Jf.
.Huron Hint BrinrH it k Piissoii
gc»* Ii siiuN.
GEO. W IIAZELRURSf, President.
f,.ave Ma-nn 8:3" a. m
Arrive a' Bruu'wiok 8:21* P M.
Leave Brutus ick 8:00 a m.
and rive at M .c0n,... 7:5u p. m.
TRAINS TO UAWKINSVILLK
L aves M icon 3:00 p. W.
Arrive at 11,iwkin.vilie 6:30 p. M.
I,‘avv H iwkinsville 7:<Ml a M‘
Arrive at Macon 10:20 A. M.
This train runs daily, Sundays pxceptcd.
TRAINS TO JKSCP
liMf* Mu* »u 5:011 A . M •
drf.vp 4f Jtiiiip 4:40 r. m
h‘'Ave Jc-up *5:40 A m.
Arrive at M icon. <5:50 I*, m.
• This traiu runs daily, Sundays excepted.
'Vc«(eni A Atlantic Kailcoatl.
FOSTER PLODOETT, Sup’t.
DAY PAW.SKNUKtt TRAIN.
Letfe Atlanta . . . 8.45 A. M
I.CAve Dalton .... 2. Ac P. M
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 5.23 I’. M
Irfave Chattanooga . 3.2 cA. M
Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12.U5 P. M
NIOIIT TRAIN.
U«ve Atlanta . . . 1 00 I\ M
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.1 cA M
Uave Chattanooga • . 4oOP. M
Arrive at Dalton . . . 750 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta . . 1.41 A. M
——i MUirram ■iim
grolfsjsiomil ffinr&s.
Iu F. SIMMONS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
c.i.
pROICPT attention given to all businefr
L iu trusted to his care.
augs 9;tf
*. B. rvooTHN. n c. iioyle.
WOOTEN a HOYLE,
Attorneys at Juaw,
. wjuvso.r^.r.
•»an 6-ly,
R.W. DAVIS,
Attorney at Law,
h.i mso.r. fiu.
tyOffiee over J. B. Perry’s Store.
Dec 23rd, ’OST. ts.
c. W. WARWICK,
Atty at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
SMITH VILLS, GA.
Is oircuhl aCt '° e ' n out h Western and Patau~
18 ' Collections promptly remitted.
Kl J- WARREN,
ATTORNEY at law,
a,,.
r ®,? ICIC FOR SALE I
* wWbfcT-m" 4 ., 8 ,ar f?e lot ° f BIIICK
Mesv»isbi n „ v SK at a teduced price; Pai
lutcreat in A . P Drc hase will find it to their
address r. MOULTIIUOP.
Eufuula, AN.
EINSTEIN, tCKMAN & CO.,
VV holcsulc and Retail Dealers in
BOOTS. SHOES,
AND HATS,
No. 153 Congress Street,
E. Einstein, 4
®* II Ec.kinun, 5 Savanuali, tia.
A. Vetsburg )
oc»7;6m
M. G.
Tin & Sheet lion Worker,
r J'3.\KEB pleasure in announcing to the oiti
-1 usens of Dawson, and surrounding coun
try, that he is now ready to manufacture
Tinware at Wholesale or Retail, as low as it.
can Oc haJ elsewhere. Also, Roofing, Gut
tering, and all kinds of Repairing practically
and cheaply done, at short notice.
Copper, Z nc, and all kinds of Mettle work
done. Give him a call at Soule's old stand.
Eas tgde Public Square. Jan. 27, ly
t>. U. ADAMS, 11. X. WASHBURN, A. A. ADAMS,
Galonton, Ga Savannah, Ga. Americus,Ga.
ADAMS. WASHBURN J CO.
FACTORS
AM)
Commission Merchants,
00. 3, Sioddard’s L jwer Range,
ayl a Si rtltlMth , G
At.*’:. Ii Colquitt, James Bxttus,
Raker Oouniv, G*. New'on, Ga.
lit tilt 11. Colquitt, Savannah, Ga.
COLQUITT & BACCS,
COTTON FACTORS & GENERAL
(OH MISSION MERCHANTS.
Hay slreel, Savannah, Ga.
Special a't-entinh to the sale of Co'ton,
Ltnnb. r and Timber. Liberal advances on
Consiennienta. m»y6;'f
BROWN HOUSE.
L. C. EHOIVIi Jk SON,
Fourth St., Opposite Basset ger Depot
Macon, Georgia.
bavin? Intel;, b- rofit'ed
i u 1 >«i rcpaiml, and ia now one of (he best
Jfotfls in »1»«* St it'*, nod >ii»» most conve
iie’.t in Iho eii.f. Tlie tabli* w ‘Ujiplied with
very thing t'ic oiatket. afford*. leblS*69
0. A. CHEATHAM,
General Commission Merchant
13awson, G-oorgia.
117 ] LI. buy on tl»e bent terms possible, anything
1 1 the planters need, or sell lor the Merchants,
any tiling they have to sell.
(7otto 11 bought and sold on commission.
Now on hand audio arrive 20 casks c I ear Kibbv
Sides which will be sold low for cash.
C. A. CHEATHAM.
march
Lias, DtCUUFFENIiEU) & IRVIN,
wofertv? it LO,
Macon, ... Georgia.
WILL give attention to Professional Busi
ness in the Macon, .South.wratern, and
PatauU Circuits; in the IT. S Courts, in Sa
vannah and Atlanta; and by Special Con
tract ill anv part of the /b'lalc.
Sept. 23, '69 ; ly.
Tm, cotiiiiisr & co.
IMPORTERS OF.
Brandies, lines, Gins, Segars,
and dealers in
RYE, BOURB3N AOO M3NONGAHELA WHISKY.
Also, Mmiufaetarers of the Celebrated
Stone wall Hitters,
U'hiUKall St,. Atlanta, Ga.
.u. Jivim 13,
BAR ROOM!
My stock of Liquors is uow complete, and
comprises fine Brandies, Whiskies, Gin,
tic., also, choice Cigars. When tou c“t dr;/
call at PAT WARD.
to >7;tf
TH i GRAND PRaIRIe”
wismc Hiaii!
Patented 1805.
CALL ON
c. B. THOMPSON,
At 12 KU TINE It’S Store,
Where the Machine can be seen and
its qualities tested. Phis AlacLioc i
the best ever used, claiming many nd
vantagss over any other Washing Ma
chine ever patented. Will guarantee
the Machine to do till that is claimed for
it The citizens of Webster, Oalbouu
; and Terrell arc respectfully asked to call
| and examine for themselves. Any child
1 12 years of age can do the washing of a
| large family in a few hours with perfect
case by the use of the Universal Wring
er which is attached to the Machine.—
“Time saved is money made.”
G. 13. THOMPSON.
Price for Machine SD»
•Machine with Wringer 25
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Dawson Business Directory.
Dry Goods Jlcrrliaiit*.
I>l nVIIV & »i:i>ONT, Dealers in
| ’ f* r Y Goods, Groceries and If ardware,
df.un street.
P«HI. *■ TI'C’KKR, Dealers in nil
of Dry Goods and Groceries. Maiu
Street.
KUTIHEn, JACOB, Dealer in all
kinds of Dry Goods, Main street.
I OVLKSS & GRIFFIN, Dealers
m.J in Staple Dry Goods and Groccriea. also
and Commission J/erchants, J/ain Street,
M' RENIWEV A CKO VC 11,
Dealers in Drv Goods, Clothing, Staple
Goods and Family Groceries, Jfain street.
0« It, \V. F. Dealer In Fancy and eta -
pie Dry Goods, Main St., under “Jour
nal” Printing Office.
PEEPLES, XV. M., Dealer in .Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Main street.
Grocery .Vis-reliant*.
AICTIH R, S. D., Dealer in Groceries
and Family Supplies. Jfain Street.
U'VLTOVI, J. A., Warehouse and
1 Commission Merchant, and Dealer in Ba
con, Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, M tin st.
PARUJII, SHARPE Ac CO.,
I Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, aud
Plantation Supplies.
G( REER A SIRNOIfi, Grocery
W and Provision Dealers, South side Pub
lie Square.
HOUl>, B. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
Family supplies generally, 2nd door to
'Journal” Office, Main st.
MJZEEL, R. C. At Cos. Grocery and
Provision dealers. Next dour to the Ho
tel Main Street, Dawson.
Drng;fsli.
/ AHEATHAVI, C. A., Druggist and
XJ Pnysician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that flesh is heir to. At his old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st
JANES A LOVE ESS, Dealers in
f I Drugs, Jf. dicines, Oils, Paiuts, Dye
Stuff's, Garden Seed, &c., Ac.
DURKAEN,
Alive & TsiylorN Shop.
JAiltmu-y Bro’s., Boot A Shoe ma-
IV kers, and Taylors, West side Public
Square, same building with Tin shop.
BAKERY.
T (.. SOJ.OJSO.V, Biker, Confec
et • tinner, and dealer in Family Groceries
Fi.*h and Orsters, J/iiu Street, next to J. W
Roberts A 00.
PHaMCIAAsI
HOl>\ E's T WV. 11. Practicing Phy
sician, and Surgeon. Olfiee at Cheat -
ham's Dt ug Store.
DKS. J. W. PRICE A SOA,
tit.iikl<*l for past patronage, by close
a'.tentiou and moderate charge* hope to re
ceive a continuance of the sttne. Office, Dr.
Gilpin’s old stand. jin 18, ts.
WiUt;Si Repairer.
A I.VEA, JOIIA P., will .epair
/V W.uches, Clocks, Jewelry, Jfusic Book*,
Aeco d'ona, A'c , always to he found at bis
oid stand, on North side of Public Square.
Eivcry Stable*.
IJARIEW, & SHARPE, Sale
L 1 and Feed Stable. Horses arid J/nl s
for sale. Horses boarded. North side Pub
lic Square.
BA R ROOJI.
1> AT WARD, Dealer in Fine Wines,
Brandies, Whiskies, Lager Beer, &o ,
West side public Square, Main street.
BAKlif
AND
CONFECTIONERY.
.1. L. SOLOMON
'PARES pleasure in announcing to the ci i-
I /.ens of Dawson and surrounding coun
try, that he has determined to relieve the
wants of the people by the permanent estab
lishment of a first class
Bakery & Confectionery,
in this place, on Depot street, next door to
J. W. Roberts & Cos., where he is ready, at
all times, to furnish families with
FRESH BREAD AND CAKES.
And will, at the shortest notice, furnish all
kinds of delicacies for
WEDDINGS, PARTIES, *C.
ft E S TAURA N T.
IN 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
wants of the inner man, in the way of
o rSTEHS, H"l#.#> G.IME Mr.
served to suit every variety of taste.
We would say to our customers that no
Liquors will be kept, and ladies can, without
diffidence visit our house, with the assurance
that we will do everything in our power to
me r it their patronage. Give me a call.
Don’t forget the place. Depot street next
door teJ. W. Roberts & Cos.
J. L. SOLOMONS.
scpt23,’69, ly.
Sale and Feed Stable.
Wk expect to keep on hand, all the season
first class Horses and Mules for sale. In our
purchases we look to what is needed in this
section, and trust to merit a liberal patronage
from those who may need stock. Cali on us
before purchasing.
oc2Kf FARNTTM * SHARPE. _
Peeler & Dickson Cotton Seed
FOR SALE, OR TO EXCHAA'GA’ FQR
Common. Seed.
LOY'LESS » GRIFFI.r,
Jau.2U 2,m.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1870
SELEOTED POETRY.
The Confederate Dead.
Yea, peace to the dead, Ufc’a warfare is past.
Ami the enemy, Death, haa Ijeeueouqiieml at last;
Though the palm of the victor ou earth was uu
fflven,
The hand of the Savior bestowed it In Heaven.
Then mourn not for them, but rejoice in their
grain,
Our army of martys now traverse the piaiu
Os Kiuanuerg Laud, while each noble brow
Is encircled with garland of victory uow.
Tlie banner round which they rallied, and iwore
Forever should wave our Southern land o’er,
Wc’llftirl round their dust, for they would be
proud.
Its guardian folds should make them a shroud.
9 7U tattered and torn, and crimsoned with gore,
Like leaves of the Autumn its fragments strew
o’er
The hillocks ’neath which our brave soldiers revt,
in their “jackets of grey’’—while over eacu breast.
Are folded dear hand, as if in mute prayer
For their country whose heather was pressed by
their bier.
How calmly they sleep ! thci» kwords, sheathed
in dust,
exchanged for the harps of angels, wc trust.
No column of raarlde rears o’er them now,
Hut maidens like lilies, around their graves bow,
Their tears like the dew drops upon their graves
Ue.
And echo soft the pule maidens’ Nigh.
We never can forget them, while memory reigns,
The South's fallen heroes she’ll bind in her
chains ;
A mantle which fell on the c irth from afar,
So our brave iueu, as they sunk them to rest,
/lung over their country’s fair bleeding breast,
A mantle of glory which never can fade,
’Ncntli oblivion’s waters shall never be laid.
Uiula.
Chaarlcston, S. C.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pen Picture of a Georgia Sena
tor*
“Mack,” the Washington corres
dondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, in
a recent letter to that paper, says:
“The work of reconstruction still pro
gresses, with its stink of infamy and
rotten slime of loyalty ; and one after
another the Southern Statos are emp
tying their carpet-baggers and scrubs
y*to the halls of Congress. Now
comes Georgia with a Senator-elect in
the person of Mr. Foster Blodgett—
the leader of the Eepublican party of
tho State. Do you know Blodgett’s
record ? I do, for I learned it a few
years ago in tho city of Augusta,
where lie lives. At tho outbreak of
tho war he was tho meanest and most
malignant rebel in the Stato. When
Alexander 11. Stephens was speaking
in language which in tho light of
subsequent events reads like inspira
tions of prophecy against secession—
disavowing its causes and foretelUng
its consequences—this inau Blodgett
\> as organizing a A igilanee Commit
tee in Augusta to hang every man
who lifted his voice in favor of the
Union. Stephens, who lives near Au
gusta, was one of his threatened vic
tims, and Blodgett did his best to in
cite mob violence against that groat
and good man. He remained at home
during the entire war, persecuting
Union mon, but too great a coward to
exj*ose himself to tho hazards of the
battlefield. When peace carno ho
rushed to Washington, pledged him
self to the support of Johnson’s ad
ministration, and was appointed post
master of Augusta. He toek the iron
clad oath without any reservation—
whereupon he was indicted by the
GraiTd Jury for perjury— indicted hy
men who knew his roeord, and many
of whom had been tho victims of his
villainy in tho days of secession. 1
have lost sight of the matter since,
and do not know whether or not he
was ovei tried for his crime. But
now ho looms up as the loyalist
erceUenee of Georgia, aud tho people
are called upon to shout and clap
their hands at the return of an “er
ring sister State” under a policy which
puts a premium on villainy and oxalts
treachery into a virtue by the election
of a feUow like Blodgett, I can’t see
it in that light. I would rather re
joice over tho dismemberment of tho
Union with thirty-seven petty repub
lics ruled and controlled by men of
honor and integrity, than over the
consolidation of thirty-seven States
with one Eepublic ruled over by
scoundrels. •
But tho Radical answor to all such
articles as this is ready made—“ De
mocratic hate of men who repeal; of
their participation in the rebellion.”—
Not at all. If the cowardly crimes of
Blodgett are to bo forgive* by tho Re
publican party, why not tlie bravo
crimes of othors ? My objection is to
the policy wliich allows such a man as
Blodgett to rise to power on tho politi
cal ruin of the men who were associa
ted with him in the work of secession.
Why make “a traitor” of Toombs and
a “patriot” of Blodgett ? Tho question
answers itself, and shows tho slimy
filth of Congressional reconstruction
all tho way through, from its first act
to its last. Mr. Toombs could be a
“patriot,” too, if ha were not a gentle
man. Doubtless lie, too, could be tak
en to tho bosom of the loyal party if
he would but denounco his old com
rades in secession, applaud their dis
franchisement, and help to trample
them with the liool of military tyran
ny. And thus tho work of Congres
sional reconstruction goes on—filling
the highest posts of trust and honor in
America with the vilest wretches on
the face of tho oarth—and succeeding
such meu a9 Toombs and Stephens iu
the halls of Congress with trie Blod
getts and Blackguards of tho Southern
States. Proceod, gentlemen, and all
ve conscientious debt payers walk up
to the captain’s office and settle tho
bill. Tho liabilities of the “war upon
tho Union” art* but three thousand
millions ; the assets are Blodgett, Rev
els, and negro stffrage.”
A Stroll ; Toni t*l ;t lion.
BY WII.NX UHODXO.
A young man, or rather a bey, for ho
was not seventeen yours of ago, was a
clerk in one of tho groat mercantile
establishments in New York. An or
phan and poor, ho must rise, if ho
rose at all, by his own exertions. His
handsome, aud Inmost face, and free,
conli.il manner, won him the friend
ship of all his fellow-laborers, and
many were tho invitations ho received
to join them in tho club-room, in the
theatre, and oven the bar-room But
Alfrod Harris had the pure teachings
of a Christian mother to withhold him
from rushing headlong into dissipa
tion and vioo, and all tho persuasions
of his comrades could not induce him
to join them in scones like this. Ho
feared the consequences.
One evening, one of his fellow-clerks
George Warren, tho most high-toned
and moral one among them, invited
Alfred to go home with him to supper
nnd make tho acquaintance of his fam
ily. The boy gladly assented,'for he
spent many lonely evenings, with only
his books and his thoughts for compa
ny.
He found his friend’s family very
social and entertaining. Mrs. War
ren, the mother, was a pleasant, win
ning, I might almost say, fascinating
woman j one of the kind whose every
little speech seems of consequence,
and whoso every act, praiseworthy.—
Mr \Y arren was a cheery, social gen
tleman, fond of tolfing stories, and
amusing young pooplo. And George’s
sister, Jessie—how shall I describe
her l A girl about Alfred’s own ago,
a half-bashful, half-saucy, dimpled
faced, rosy-cheeked maiden, sparkling
with wit and pleasantry, and pretty
enough for any young man to fall in
love with at first sight.
This was Mr. Warren’s family, and
it was no wonder that Alfred was
charmed with them. They were not
very wealthy people, but wore iu easy
circumstances, and on a promising
road to fortune. Alfrod very soon
felt as well acquainted with them all
as if ho hail known them for years.—
The supper was delicious, especially to
a boy whoso small salary could afford
him only the plainest living.
Alter supper v ino was brought in.
Mrs. Warren poured it out liersolf,
nnd with a winning smile passed a
glass of the sparkling liquid to their
guest. Alfred took it with sorno hes
itation, but did not raise it to his lips.
Each of tho family hold a glass, wait
ing to plodge their visitor. But Al
fred feared to drink. lie sot the gob
let on the table, while a burning llush
overspread his face.
“\\ hat ! do you not drink wino ?”
asked Mrs. Warren, in lior pleasant
tones.
“L havo b on taught not to drink it,”
said Alfri and.
“You have had good teaching, I
doubt not,” said tho lady, “and 1 hon
or you for respecting it,"but I think it
makes a difference where and in what
company you take it. I should not be
willing for George to go into a oar
room in company with dissipated
young mon, and call for wine, but at
home, iu the family circle, it is differ
ent A moderate use of wino never
hurts any ono. It is only when car
riod to excess that it is injurious. You
had better drink yours. >So little as
that will never hurt you.”
Jessie was sitting by Alfred. She
took Up the glass lie had .set on the
table and gavo it to him with a charm
ing smile.
“Drink it for my sake,” she said.
Again lie took tho goblet in his
hand. The glowing wine was tempt
ing, but tlie faces around him were
more tempting still. Ho raised it to
ward his lips But at that moment
there rose up boforo him a pale, sweot
face, with pleading—tho face of his
mother in heaven. Tho boy laid down
the glass with a firm hand, and with
firm tones he said;
“I cannot drink it. It was my
mother’s dying request that I should
never taste wine, and if I disregard it
now, I fear greater temptations will
follow. You must pardon my seem
ing dicourtesy, but I cannot drink it ”
A silence fell upon the little circlo.
None spoke for several minutes.
Then Mrs. Warron said, in a voico
choked with emotion:
“Forgive mo, my boy, for tempting
you to violate your conscience 'Would
that all young men would show as
high a sense of duty.”
Every one of tho family put down
thoir wine untasted
“The boy is right,” said Mr. War
ren. “Drinking wino leads to deeper
[Hitations. Weift ave done wrong in
setting such an .example before our
children. Hero, Ellen,” he called to
tho servant, “take away this decan
ter.”
And, as the table was cleared of tho
wine and glasses, Mr. Warren said,
solemnly:
“Now here, in the presence of you
.all, 1 make a solemn vow never to
havo atiy inoro wine on my table, or
drink it myself, as a beverage ; and
may my intluonce and precepts be as
bringing on my children as the request
of this boy’s mother to him.”
And Mrs. Warren softly responded :
“Amen !”
Mr. Warren turned to Alfred.
“We are not drunkards or wine
bibbers hero, my boy. 1 havo always
preached temperance to iny children,
but I havo-never realized before how
an occasional glass of wino, if partaken
of in good society, could injure. I soo
it now. If a person can drink one
glass, he can drink another, and yet
I another, and it is hard to know just
' whore to draw the lino I thank you
lor this lesson. I wiU birow that I
have as much manliness as a mere
l*oy. My children, will you follow my
example, and pledge to nlistain totally
from wine as a beverage ?”
“Wo will, father,” was the response.
This pledge was never broken by
any of tho family, and novor did Al
fred Harris have cause to regret that
he resisted tho temptation to drink ouo
cup of wino.
YTars afterward, when ho was rs
prosperous and worthy morchaut, and
sweet Jossio Warren was his wife,
they often spoko of the consequences
which might have followed, had lie
yielded to that one temptation ; and
Jossio tries to impress as firm princi
ples upon tho minds of her children as
her husband’s mother instilled into
the heart cf her boy.— Ji'uod'e Maga
zine.
How A tick Shot the I’uiitlier.
I am going to toll you a true story
of some childreift knew whou I lived
in Texas. Aliek was ten yours old.—
Mary was eight, and little Etta was
only four.
They had lost thoir father and moth
er, but had a big brother Frank, aud
tho best sister in tho world, ISallio;
aud she took just as good caro of them
as their own dear mother could have
done.
They lived far off iu Western Toxas
on the edge of a wild prairie. Do
you know what a prarie is? Just
tliiuk how it would look if you could
soo nothing on either side of you but
one great field of waving grass aud
beautiful flowers, reaching away, far
away to where the blue sky seomod to
bend down and touch it. That is a
prairie.
Well brother Frank’s fields wore on
tlie prairie ; but the log house in which
they lived was iu the edgo of the woods
that bordered it.
Tho trees were not such as you
know about. They ’were live-oaks,
which stay green all winter; pecans,
which bear the nicest nuts; dog-wood,
with largo white flowers; holly, with
glossy loaves and bright-r*d berries;
and best of all, the stately magnolia,
which is almost too grand to talk a
bout in a small publication like this.
There was a great magnolia gt ow
ing by a spring not far from tho house;
ami this was tho place where tho
children likod best to play.
One bright Saturday afternoon, they
hml gone to tho spring, as usual, to
have a nice time, and Sallie was busy
making a jacket for Aliek when sud
denly the little boy came rushing into
tho house, and seized his brother’s gun
which stood iu the corner.
‘O Aliek !’ cried Sallio : ‘how oftou
must you be tohl not to touch that
guu.’
‘Can’t help it this time, sister Sal
lie ; there is a big panther up in our
troo, and I’m bound to shoot him.’
‘But where are Mary and Etta ?’
‘Olt ! they are down there looking
him right in tho eye, so that he may
not go off till I got back.’
He was running with all his might
as he spoke, l’oor Sallie ! her heart
seemed to stand still; but it was no
time to faint. She caught up tho horn
with which sho used to call Frank to
dinner, and blew a blast which she
know he would understand to mean
danger. Then she wrote ou the door
in largo letters, ‘Come to the spring,
quick ;’ and followed Aliek with all the
speed that love and fear could lend
hor.
Tho boy reached the spot a little be
fore her. When sho came in sight,
there was tho frightful beast stretched
out on a bough of the tree, growling
low, and looking down with fiery eyes
at tho littlo girls who stood hand in
baud gazing steadily up at him, ami
novor thinking of the danger.
Bang, went the gun, and the pan
ther fell to the ground.
Presently Frank arrived. Sallies
had sunk down at tho foot of tho tree,
clasping the littlo girls.
Aliek stood looking at Ills prize J
and you may bo sure ho got plonty of
praise ; only lie was told that he should
never again leave his sisters alono in
tho woods to keep guard over a pan
ther. —M. A. Downrso, in the ‘Xurterg ’
Vii'sftir l.uiigutige.
’LI tore is ds riltich connection botweort
the words aud th.} thoughts as there is
between the thoughts and actions.—
The latter are not only tho expression
of tho former, but they have a power
to react upon the soul, anti leave the
stain of corruption there. A young
man who allows himsolf to use one
vulgar or profane word, has not only
shown that there is a foul spot upon
his mind, but by the utterance of that
word lie extends that spot and inflames
it till, by indulgence, it will polluto
and ruin tho soul. Be careful of your
words and of yoiir thoughts.
If you can control tho- tonome, that
no improper words are pronounced by
it, you will stafti be able rtlso to control
tho mind and save it from corruption.
You extinguish the fire by smothering
it, or by preventing bad thoughts from
bursting into language. Never utter
a word anv where which you would bo
ashamed to speak in the presence of
the most refitted female or the most
religions man. Try this practice a
little while, and you will havo coin--
mand of yourself
Said a Baptist to a Methodist: “I
don’t like your church government.—
It isn’t simple enough. There’s too
much machinery about it.” “It is
true,” replied tho Methodist, “we havo
more machine.y than you ; hut then
j rou see it don’t take near so much wa
ter to ntn it.”
A married lady being asked to waltz,
gave the following sensible and ap
' propriate answer ? “No, I thank you,
srr; I havo lruggiug enough at home.”
VOL. V. —NO. 6,
Keep %Yarm.
M*ny • fatal esse of dysentery in
: caused by tho want of • woolen nnder
| start or an extra blanket at night. Tba
j sadden change* of temperature whieftf
oocnre at this season of the year araf
very trying to the constitution* People
with weak luDgs frequently feel the ef*
feots of them. Frequently the ther
mometer falls many degrees within and
few hours. Not only the feeble, but
robust and strong persons aufftr front
such great variations of temperature
VV hen the weather grows eold rapidly
tboporcs of the skin are suddenly closet#
and the result frequently is a bad oold,-
which may ho'd on ail tho winter and
terminate in consumption or a fatal at
tack of dysentary or (bat dreadful diaeaaa
typhoid fever.
Ther& are many ready-made cDflShut
at the cabinet shops and undertakers*—
little, short, tiny cuffius—which are go
ing to be filled up soon by children—
some of them as sweet and beautiful ac
anybody's, as your own ; and just think
of i', these coffins might be left in their
bright homes if ouly warm shoes and
sti okJ igs whieh Weep little feel dry,
and warm clothes and woolctf bhraketa
were more plenty*
Qoakkklixo.—-If anything in the
world will tuakq a man feel badly ex
cept pinchitig liis tingors in the crack
of a door, it is unquestionably a qrtar
rel. It degrades him in the eyes of
others, and, what is worse, blunts his
sensibilities on the one hand, and in
creases the power of passionate irrita
bihty on the other. The truth is, the'
store peaceably and quietly we get on,
the better for our neighbors, jtt nine'
cases out of ton the course is—ls a
man cheats *you, cease to deal with
him ; if he is abusive, quit his compa
ny ; if ho slanders you, take care to
live so that nobody ( will believe him. No
matter who he is or how he misuses
you, the best way is to let him alone,
for there is nothing better than this
cool, calm anil quiet way of dealing
with the wrongs wo meet with.
Solon Robinson Kills a Neoko —*
The Jacksonville Iluion of the 10'h inst
sayo: “The deed boJy of a colored
man -hot through the bowels was sees
iu the woods u.irrh of this city on Sun
day Lm*, by a col .red w >m»n named
Cinliue Sumpter. Ou Monday two
colored children were around begging
sub-eriptio s to bury a man who, they
rejmr'ed had died suddenly on
N ) trace of the colored man bas yev
been found, but it. is supposed (hat the
mysterious dece *sed is the vi-itor who
Mr. Solou R-binsiii) greeted with a
charge of buck-diot while boring
th ough his front door on Saturday
nigh .”
Had this killing been the work of a
rebel,carpet-bag low would havu raised w
howl.
Living in Adultery. — Harry Craig
a full Blooded and coarse featured oegro
and Jane llindley, qui'e a good look*
iug white woman, were yesterday ar
rested on a w,ii runt issued by Justiee
Wade, charging them with living to** 1
getber in a state of adultery. The wo
man did nut deny the fict, but endeav
if ml to palliate her wreobed crime by
saying he was her husband, and that
she was lawfully married to him in an
alj lining oi duty, and had a marriage
certificate to that efiect, which, however,'
she could not produce, and would hard*
ly have lessened her guilt. In default
of bail both were committed to jail.
Advertising —The man who don’t 1
advertise has gar. bis store bung around
wi h aad prices of barrel heads,'
inscrib'd with lampblack, “Irish per'a.
ters” “Korn Mecl” “Flower” "All
ki ids of kountry produce” “kaikes and
kandiefl for sale hear.” Hi sa/s “Thar
ain’t oo use in ntwspaper advertising
so long as a inau is smart enough to
tend to h : s own business, and kin stand
at the door and holler the sellers io.”
‘'.Father what does the printer live
on.”
“Why child V‘
■‘Because,’ l heard You *‘7 yon hadn’t
paid him for three years and still taka
the psper.”
"Wife whip the Child (Aside) l
do ( kt dw how the printer dees live if
all treat him as I do. He is prompt
every day to me, yet I neglect him.”~
Exchange.
Wit asset Humor*
Not havirig hoard froW the debat
ing societies, in relation to the conun
drum, “Why do hens always lay eggs'
in the day-time ?” a cotemporary an
swers, “Because at night they aro'
roosters.”
A man telling aboiit a wonderful
parrot hanging in a cage from the
window of a house which he had of
ten passed, said : “It cries ‘stop thief*
so naturally that I always stop when
eTef 1 hear It;”
Josh Billings says “tho'3 is rio rriord
roal satisfaction in laying up in your
buzzum an injutv, than there is irt
stuffing a dead hornet who has stung
you and koeping him to look at.”
Josh Billings says : “Give the devil
his dues, reads well enough in a prov
erb ;” but proceeds to inquire, very
pertinently; “what will become uv
you and rrtc if this arrangement is car
ried out ?”
A learned doctor, referring to tight
lacing, avers that it is a positive bene
fit, in as much as it kills all the fool
ish girls and leaves all the wise onos
to gro w up to be Women.
Some people are never contented.—
After having all their limbs broken,
their heads smashed and their brains
1 knocked out, they will actually go to
law aud try to get further damages.