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fjtoson Mleckli) Journal, Published Every Friday. Et & J.l. CIIUISTIAN EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. rUII.TfS— Strictly in . tdvanct. Three months $1 00 Six mouths i'-i 00 One year.... $8 00 Hate* ofetdverlialng : One dollar per square ot ten lines for the Brat insertion, nml Seventy-live Gents per square for each subsequent insertion, not ex ceeding three. One square three months I 8 00 One square six months 12 00 Oue square one year 20 00 Two squares three months 12 00 Two squares six months 18 00 Two squares one year 30 00 Fourth of a column three moths 80 00 Fourth of a column six months 50 00 Half column three moths 45 00 Half column six months To 00 One column three months TO 00 One column six months 100 00 Job It'ork of every description ere cittedwith nearness and dispatch, at moderate rates. HOYL & SIMMONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, u.lW\sO.V, - - i c.muvn. jan2sly. r. r. s.mmons. C. B. WOOTEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 2ly Dawson, Ga. F. M. ISARPiiIi, ATTORNEY AT LAW Dawson, Terrell Cos,, Ga. Will give prompt attention to all business ntrnsted to his care. 2 lv. JAMES SPENCE, Attorney at Daw, U.ilf *SO.V, GEOliGIel. £gT Office at the Court House. feb23 ly DR. C. A. CHEATHAM, DAWSON, OEOUCIA, Office, South West corner Puhlic square. C'IONTIXUR3 the practice of Medicine in J all its branches. He pays special attention to the treatment of all chronic'afflictions of either sex; and makes Womb and Score Diseases a speciality. He may be consulted by letter. Charges moderate. Terms Cash. Janl -18fi7. J I>. ALLEN, watch axd OH REPAIRER JEWELER. Dawson, Ga., XS prepared to do any work in his line in the very best style. feb‘23 ts j. s. sjiitii, ("xUN SMITH and Machinist, l).lira’O.V, ; : Georgia. Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistole, Sewiug Mmines, etc., etc. 2 lv. IsAW Ci Kl>. f undersigned have this day entered I into a copartnership lor the practice ot Liw in the Superior Courts of the South western aud P.itaula Circuits. Business en trusted to their care will be promptly attend ed to. J. J. Scarbrough, Americus, O. T. (iooDK, Ga. Wilicy G. PaUHs, Dawson, Ga. jlo G W. WARWICK, ,I'tornty at Eat? and Solitiloi' in Eejuily. - - - GEO., NN7ILT. pMct'ce io Lee, Sumter, Terrell v T and Webster. DA \V K6T 1C K *1 1 MORGAN will practice in all the .1. 1 • courts of the South western, in Irwin of thcSouthern, Coffee and Appling ot the Brun wick, and most of the courts of the P<t tanla Circuits. Office on Washington Street, opposite the Bi.t. ss office, Albany, Ga. m&jll ly t .A.AY CAED. R undersigned will attend to any legal J- business entrusted to his care, in South western Georgia. Office at Cutbert, Randolph co., (la. mayll, l y E. It. PLATT ED. RANDOLPH HARUfcN, Attorney at Law, jul.Rm Cl) Til HER TANARUS, Get. tThTstewakt, attorney at law, Culfiberi, ndolph Cos., Ga., All business entrusted to fcis care will be faith ft illy attended to. June 1 E. L. DOUGLASS, At torney at Law, June 1 CUtBBERT, G«i. i. e. hTggTnb otham , ATTORNEY AT LAW, Morgan , Calhoun Cos., Ca., Will practice in all the Courts of the South' western and Fataula Circuits. June 1 E. H. SH ACKELFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMILLA, Mitchell Cos., Lin., AGENT fov purchase and sale o LAND. June 1, DR. S. G. ROBERSON, SURGEON DENTIST M«y< Cuthbert, Georgia. J C. L. MARTIN GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT AND EXCHANGE DEALER, : : Alabama Represents a paid Cnpitnl in A No. 1 Companies, of 822,000,000 Takes iFire, Inland, River, Marine, Life, and Acci dent risks. Losses promptly! sdjusted and ptW. ' »pr 27 ly. THE DAWSON JOURNAL, Vol. i. THE II AUNTfeD lIOESE. BY MBS. N SAHQENT. Many years ago,.a house waß adver tised Tor sale, in one of the thickly populated streets of Nov York. It was large, airy, and comnvdi us, in the central part of the city, and con venient to business, having a line yard attached with an arbour at the choicest grapes. And yet strange as it may appear, with all these advantages com bined, the owner could not meet with a purchaser. The reason was a re port of the house being haunted. As the story went, one of the for mer occupants had in a causeless fit of jealousy slain his young and beautiful wife, whose 'inquiet spirit continued still to haunt the scene of her former happiness and unmerited disgrace She was said to be habited in gar ments of white, loosely flowing, a veil of gauzy texture coviring tier head and shoulders. Her features bore an expression of great sweetness, though pale and melancholy, while the wound from which the blood still streamed was distinctly visible Such was the 1 ‘gend, which had occasioned one of the finest houses in the ciiy to remain unoccupied. It was about this period,- that an Uncle of mine, a bachelor, married I should like to have you know the dear old gentleman. lie vr as a curious compound of mixed qualities. Shrewd and calculating. I would have defied any one to have caught him napping No wonder he grew so rich, or that the multitude should have asserted he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. With him everything pros pered, and whether his good fortune arose from luck, as people said, or whether from the knowledge he posses sed, in an uncommon degree, of dis crimmuting character, he was assured ly the most successful man in his ad ventures I ever knew. To the sur prise of every body in general, and mv self in particular, as I before stated, the old gentleman got married, ami ere the wonder accompanying such an unlocked for event had subsided, be threw the neighbors again into con sternation, by becoming the proprietor of the Haunted House. With the keen eye of a successful bargainer, he had watched the depreciation of the prop erty, and when, in despair, the owner offered it for about half the original value, he became its purchaser. Well do l recollect my agrcoablo sensations upon first wandering through the spacious and newly fur nished apartments. It was one of our school vacations. My sister Emma an 1 myself were invited to spend our holidays with my Une’e and tils bride, I and though the hou e was certainly j inferior to Blue Board’s man-ion, I ! doubt whe her the sisters Fatima and Irene derived greater delight in their exploring expedition than we did. j Among my Uncle’s domestics, was j one he had purchased, a negro boy by I the name of (Jnarlcs. In those days 1 persons were allowed to hold slaves n New Yi rk until a certain age. in much j | the same way as apprt ntir.es are held j j now. Charles and Tty so If were on I the be t footing imaginable. His num- i berl ss propensiti s to evil had not gai eil him much favor in the family, j | and finding that I had always a kind ! I ward to bestow, and whs e er ready to i excuse his faults, and ward oti punish- j j ment from him, he had attached hint- | t elf the more readily to me. During j !my abscence f.om the city, (J aides j was employed to take cogii'zanoe of ; j all that happened, so that, when I re turned lit le had passed that l and and n t ! become acquainted with This t tno ; the poor lad had more than usual to communicate. His new mistress had spoken kindly to h'm, giving him the | assurance ot her favor, so long as he continued deserving of it, and anew rra had brokeu over his existence.— 1 But the most wonderful portion of his revelations related to my Uncle s new house. Drawing as cl se to my side as possible, with a mysterious shake of the head, he said, sinking his voice many notes lower than ordinary : “You be very happy h re now, lit t'e Miss Rosy, in g ing over dia fine hou eob your Uncle, but when I tell ; you aD, you be w ishing your.-elf back to school again.” “No, no, Charles,” I answered laugh ing, “not so bad as that neither ; I shan’t wish to go to school while the holidays last.” “Aye, but you will though,” said Charles, shaking his head still more ominously than bifoie. “Wny shall I?” 1 asked, seeing he ; was burst ng to unravel something f I tell you —dis had house, Miss Ro>y, it be haunted.” “Huunted,” I reiterated, quite enough a "hast to satisfy my informer for his important developement; “haun ted by what?” “A g ost that walks about, and keeps folks from sleepiing.” “A ghost,” 1 uttered, creeping more closely to Charles thin before. “Why, what sort of a thing is a ghost ?” “It be very terrible,” Charis an- , swered, with a mixed expression of im- j portance and dread, “ lis neither flesii, nor blood, but a —a —” here Charles got completely flounlered, and ; greatly as it annoyed him, confessed he kn< w no more what a ghost was j than I did, but this much be was cer- ; tain, his master would never have been the owner of the house, if the spir.t had not ho'ped him to it. “Well, then,” I replied, “it is cer - j tainly a goo l-natured ghost; but ex plain, bow the house, being haunted, : procured for my Uucle so valuable an establishment..” in his own way, Charles then fela ted the report- in circulation, conclud ing, by an especial warning to myself, 1 not to go into the upper stories unat- j tended, as I had done There was DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY t*r», 1W(57. much in the relation I had listened to,j calculated tn alarm, a girl of ten years of age; but, though for a moment it shook my system with a few nervous tremors, it left no permanent impres sion, and on my return to school, the whole faded like the fabric of a dream. Two years expired ere I again be came an occupant of my Uncle’s hos pitable mansion. I had grown into a great girl, though not a whit wiser than formerly. On inquiry I learned that all things in regard to the terrible visitant remained in the same state no one of the family having as yet seen her ; and the neighbors, who always did and always will meddle with oth ers’ business, had pronounced the un easy spirit to be laid at last. But though matters bad resulted so favorably in regard to the spirit, other changes had wrought themselves, less easily subdued. My aunt’s hea th, al ways delicate, had been gradually on the decline, and at the period of my return, it had became so greutly im paired, as to render it necessary for my Uncle to procure a housekeepi r, to superintend their domestic affairs. T his housekeeper had evidently been a fine looking woman in her day, But time brings changes, and forty winters had somewhat impaired the lustre of her charms. She had an eye rather singular, with a sort of twinkle about it, betokening mischief, which belied the demureness of her manner. Her usual gaib was .hat of a methodist, witn a stifl'starched hankerciiief pin ned down in fiont like the pictures of some of ear ancient grandmothers— her voice was at times si.rill and pierc ing, not 1 w and mus’eal, one of wo man’s strongest charms; and when she was a little angry, which was not seldom the case, the very dogs anil cats fled to avoid her. Poor Charles, his head bore ample testimony to toe strength and sinew ofher musoles, and under all circumstances it was not sur prising that with him, at least, she never was a favorite. Over my Uncle I soon four and she had obtained ent re control, while iny aunt hud sunk into that common character —a cypher in her own house. It would be unneces sary here to state that I viewed her with an insuperable dislike. On the second night after our arri val, my sister and myself had gone to bed at our usual hour for retiring, and bad been sleeping soundly when a lit tle beyond the hour of twelve, Emma awoKu suddenly. The moon-beams were reflected so brightly into the chamber, every object was discernible, and to her extreme surprise she saw a figure clothed in white, standing di lectly at the loyt .*f the bad. Cever - mg her head with the Ded-clolhes, to shut out the dreadful sight, she begau pinching me in a manner that was not long in arousing me also, and between half sleeping and waking, 1 begged to know the reason ot so unlooked for a proceeding. She was about answering whf n l exclaimed, — “Emma ! look at that wr man sit— | ting on the foot o( our bod ’’ i “Oh dear,” she whispered, “do you ! see i—what can it bo ?’’ “’Lis a woman,” I said, in tho same I constrained tone, half peeping from be ; noatii the coverlet, the pars; iration ! s'reaming at every pore. “Let’s scream.” “I daro not,” she answered : “Oh Rose do be still on your life, it must be the drsadful ghost ” This to me was a terrible Version of the fact. The ghost, yes, there’ it sat, looking with its ca'm, searching glance fixed upon us as if ready to annihilate us on the spat. For a minute my sister and myfelf carri and on the same desultory whis peril)g, buried beneath the bedclothes, till human nature could stand it no longer, and routing upright, I com menced a succession of screams, loud enough to have brought tho dead to life. They certainly produced an ef fect upon the spirit before us. She arose, parted the bed curtains, thin spreading her wild drapery before her, walked with extended arms siowiy iron) tho chamber ; but whether she vanished through the ceiling, door, or window, was left to conjecture; for when the household in answer to the outcry I had made, assembled, they found my sister and myself reduced to such a state of nervous iiritability, we could give no distinct Recount of the spirit’s departure. Nothing was of course Ulkfcd of tho fo.lowing day but our severe fright My uncle and his echo, the housekeep er, persisted in believing the whole )in aginary—but we continued so accu rately to describe tho particulars, oth ers were less iueredulous, and reports again circulated more vehemently than ever Several months then wore away without further alarm, and the subject ot the ghost being interdicted, by my uncle, peace and quietness were lestor ed. For the first tiire since his marriage I had left my uncle’s house joyfully The impression created by our myste rious visitant bad proved t o forcible to be easily eradicated. My poor aunt was confined almost exclusively to her chamber, and the odious housekeeper had become trie presiding minister ol the whole establishment Another year passed without our again visiting them. My aunt’s health had not materially altered, though she seemed much more feeble. The ghost had also remained tranquil and Charles said the servants had begun to doubt the evident e of our seeing it. The fatn ly had assembled round the parlor fire, about dusk, the second evening ufour arrival, when my aunt's bell, suspended over the hsad of her bed, rung violently. Dreading some disaster, we flow up stairs, followed by every servant from the kiteffn, who had also beard tne alarm ; when questioning the different individuals she asked in a voice differing from he: usually quiet manner, “who had been eo thoughtless as to attempt to fright en her.” It a’us a serious charge, ami coming from ono usually so passive, and with such a ‘.one, struck terror into all “Who has frigktentd you demand ed my uncle ?” “I am sure I cannot tell my aunt re plied. I was lying with my eyes par tially cuZod wlu n s ime one entered my chamber Supposing it to bo one of the family, and not wishing to bo dis turbed, I said nothing, but the noise continuing, I asked, why Sally{ did not bring the light ? It was then that having no answer, I began wondering who it could be, and rai ling mvs»!f up, I beheld a figure clothed iu white, standing at the foot of my bed. The room was not sufficiently light to dis tinguish her features, buts noticed that she wore a long veil, and conciuu thg that it was Aunt Abby, or some of my aequaintenoes, who supposing me a-1 ■< p wen? a'Yi.id of disturbing mo, I began at ng lie who she was, and still no answer was returned, though she continued mo? ion loss as before, You know that I ant not cowardly, and wearied with importuning lurthcr, I stretched out my hand to lay hold ot her, hut eluding my grasp, sue arose ard left the roam, waving her arms in a most tragic manner, as she did so. Not one of those present hul been near my aunt’s chamber. The huuoc keepefhad gone to take tea with a friend,and every other member of the family, was present. The Aunt Abby whom she spoke of, bad been dead for more than a month, although for fear of unfavorable effect on her health, the family had not disclosed it. 'Twas strange rouid it have beeu a ghost? a cold shudder pervaded every frame at the suppositi >n. fn no very pleasing humor, my un cle left the assembled throng, looking as if he c uld have sent ghost, sick wo men nod frightened children to—most any place, and grumbling his way down stairs, disappeared. Then you should have heard the mingling of voicis, it was like the rushing of a mighty wind till Sally with a little more prudene) than the rest, drove us all before her out of the chamber, to discuss tlie sub ject in a more appropriate place. Emboldened by escaping detection, the ghost next appeared to a serving man of my uncle’.-. The poor fellow bad been going into an upper chamber of au errand for bis master, when he discovered the spirit standing at tie head of the stairs, in the same white dress and flowing tcU Half frightened out of bis wits, he rushed below, and more than ari hour passed before bo could rceovi r from the panic tho ter rible sight bad thrown him into. Hitherto my uuele had ridiculed all idea.- of the ghost, but the matter had now become a very serious one. That someone was playing pranks to the de triment of bis family, be became c n vinced- Oue might have been mis taken, nay the children no doubt had boeu deciivcd, but that his wife, a wo man superior to all idle terr rs, and his trusty Abraham should have leea— the thing was impos ible. Determined up tu uuraveliug the mys tcry, the way to set about it became the question That he would have proved suesca?- ful in pursuing the inquiry, do one that know my uncle’s untiring paoscrvance of character could doubt,Out at tbe very period of investigating it, the long look ed for demise of iuy aunt put an end to all other proceedings. Years have rolled away since then; the grave, the reccpticle for all living has long since held the elder members of the fi.mily, and the property, like all sublunary tbing-i, has passed into the hands of other owuers. Whether or not beings of another world are ever p rrnitted to reviiit the earth again, has been a question, which haspuzzlid wiser heads than mine. This much I know, if it were so, 1 should have no objection to again see ing that same housekeeper, for I believe now that her spirit has beeu purified and i hastened, she might ts she would elucidate tbe mystery which still haDgs over the White Lady of my uncle's Haunted House. To Young Men. — Young man, in the following short paragraph you will find tLe entire law and testimony: Young man ! save that peuny—pick up that pin—let that account be correct to a f; rlbing—find out what that bit of ribon cost before yon say you will take it—pt>y that half dime your friend handed you to make change with, —in a word, ba economical, b accurate, know whot you arc doing • be honest an 1 then be generous; for all you have or re quire thus belongs to you by evety rule of right, and you may put it to any good use you pleas", it is no’ pars'tnony to bo economical. It is not miserly to save a | iri from loss. It is not selfish tojje correct in your dealings. It is not small to know the prise of articles you are about to purchase, or to remem ber that little debt you owe. What if you do meet Bill Bride decked out in a much belter suit than yours the price of which he has not yet learned from the tailor, who laughs at your faded dross, aud old fuel toned no ions of hones'y aud right,—your day wtd come Frank lin from a peony-saving boy, wulked io the streets with a loaf of btetd under libs arm, became tho companion of king". Times arc now so bard that some tai lor suggest the making of pan aloons without pockets. Why is a kiss like a rumor ? Because it goes from mouth to m.u'b. THE HEIRESS. “By the bye, are you a marrying man ? said Charles Russell to his bachelor fiend Frcderiok Somerville, as they discussed a cool bottle together at the Star and Garter, at Richmond. “By tho by', Fied. are you a marrying man ? “My dear Uliarlos, with a pvrinn ny of one hundred a year and an allow ance from my anut of a second, for gloves and shoe-strings, how can I en tertain mch an idea? But why do you aik ?’’ “Becausel have jii9t board a strange whim which my cou in Ellen has takeu into her head ; and ’port my soul, it she persevirs iu it, I should like tom*? good fellow like yourself, who will take care of her and her couple of thousand a year, to be the exeentrio partner.” Fred’s curiosity was now raised, linen rested to be made arquaiated with this ttrango whiui; aud, a Irish bottle having been plae and before tho frien’-, it was not long before tbo generous op eration of the wine, and our friend Fred’S inquiries, prevented Russ 11 from burtbeniug himself any longer with tho secret. And the secret was this:—Elbn Cameron, a high-spirited ami self-willed girl, of two and twenty years of age, and an unincumbered income of as ma ny hundred, having been disgusted at the treatmeut which a fair relative Ltd received from one whom, after an at tachment of some years, she had made her hut band, vowed that, if she ever married, it should be to a man to whom she should be introduced, for the first time, at tho alter where she was to become his bride. It was a strong idea, double's : but young girls who are mistresses both of themselves and their fortunes are apt to have strange notions. Ellen was ono of these. \V ith a good heart, an ex cellent understanding, aud a cultivated (ate, she had just so much of oddity in her disposition as prompted her to make and enabled her to pers-vere, in this extraordinary determination. The strangeness of (be notion seemed to possess charms for the somewhat ro mantic mind of Somerville, who hav ing enquired as narrowly into the case as Russell’s relatiom-bip to the lady would admit, expressed himself willing, could she bo prevailed to accept him, to undergo the ceremonies of iuir duc ti n and marriage at the same moment? “Bat foil Hie, my dear Ilus-ell, do you know anything objectionable in her temper or disposition ?” “N tuing, upon my word, Fred. No w man is perfect, and Ellen uas her failings, bu k , despite certain eccen tricities and pecu iariti s, I do believe ytt would live very happy together.” “Uuf, ray dear nusscit. i vowed I never would marry even an angel if she exhibited a superabundance of sot and ancle. Till me—-has my fair incognita a pretty foot ‘ (>u ms word, she has—there is n ’t a filiuw to if, I can assure you But 1 will tell you what, although it is al m st unfair to Ellen—yet I will let you into a secret; she will be at the opi ra to-morrow night—yoa may get a peep at her there ” Full particulars of what box she was to ee upy, together with other mesne of identifying her, were asked and given. The following night saw Frrd at the opera bif>rc Soagnoletti’s bad given the signal for the commencement of the overture. Ilia eyes wero instantly turned upon the box that was dostiued to contain the ob ject of bis search —but that, of course, was eroty. During tho whole of the first act of the opera his attention was riveted to that spot, but not ft soul broke in upon its solitude. During the divertissement which fol lowed, and exhibited attractions so pow erful as to seduce the eyes of our hero from the object on which they had so long been fixed, tLe box was filled ; and when Fred turned his eyes again in that direction, he felt conviueed that the most prominent personage which it contained was the eccentric F.llen. His glass was now directed for some momentous minu'os to the box, aud w hen he removed it. to return the salu tion of bis friend Russel, who now ap proached him, be was muttering to him self, “By heavens ! she is a line girl!” Nor did ho exhibit any si ifishncss with regard to this filling—he never at tempted to keep it to hiruself, but iu stantly confos-ed as much to Rowell. •She is certainly a very line gill. Can’t yon introduce me to your cousin, my dear friend f” said he. “Then the two thousand a year have no charms Lr you, Fred,” was the re ply. “Faith 1 but they hove, though, and so has your c uud ; tber fire, tbe sooti er you say a good word for me the bet ter.’ Whether or not Charlos, w ho adjourn ed to his cousin's introduced the sub ject of his flit tid’s admiration ct her that evening we cannot take upon our selves to assert; but certain it is that Ellen’s opera glass was for the remain der of the night, much in'>re frequently directed to the part of the pit which was occupied by her aspirant that any other. The subject was introduced, however, atsoir e period, and, after sui dry blush ings end hesitations, lies ell’s wooing, in his friend’s namv, sped fhvorble ; and six weeks after the tvefi ful dinner at Richmond saw a trav. ling charriot, wi'b ft ur i ( Ne' man's quickest, draw up at S’. Oe'irgo’s Hanover Squirt, and tie post t at the snug and sly vestry do r the bridegroom expectant of E ien Gam er, n and her twenty-two hundred per enema. He e ho was met by his friend F!iij sell, wboee obvious oonfu-iot) and aux i- ty oould not escape tbe notice of Fred Somcvillc. lie was about to enquire in’o the cause which produced this cf- IVo. r»0. feet, when he was pfovented by the ar rival of the bride. Ho would havo flown to a=sist her from her carriage, But Russell seiz’d him, and motioning him to withdraw, succeeded in leading him ioto the body of the church—not however, Ixffre Le discovered that his intended had a very pratty foot, which was certiinly with, ■tut its fellow —Jor h* taw she had Itu/ one ! Ito wasti>t bitterly enrag dat | tho deception which had b in upon bitn, but Russell s ton calmed h filiation by a satisfactory explanatio 0 of his conduct. Well assured of Fred’s worth and his cousin amiability, he had felt convin ced in his own mind tint their union would prove a happy one ■ lut tho cit eumstauco of Ellen having unfortunate ly been doprivid of oue of her legs, be feared, would prijuilice Fred againit her. llis anxiety for the happiness of bjth partienbad tempted him, therefore to conceal this fact f,r, knowiug ns he did, Fred’s devo ion to a pr t y foot, bo feared lest this enthusiastic admira tion of the cxtroiuo of ftmiuine beau ty should lose him an amiable and weal thy woman, had he boeu told at once that although t-hn had s singularly pret ty foot, she hail but one ! That this explanation was satisfacto ry wo have asserted already, and it was made evident by the worthy cler gyman being called upon immediately to perform the matrimonial s rvice, to say nothing ot the worthy clerk receiv ing triple foes upon the occasion. The marriage created a great derl of attention at tho time, and many ill-na tured jokes were cut upon the parties f but they heeded them cot, and have, baeu rewarded by it by a succession of many haj py years. Ono o'their ma lioious witici.-ms only wi.| »o record. “rio Fred Somcrvillo has married a woinr nos property, I hear—old, ofcourse said a young guardsman et Brooks.” “Not exactly old,’ was the answer, from a quondam rival of Fred’s—“not exacly old, but with ono foot ia the grave. The Sicy an Indicition of tiik Weather. —The color of tho sky at particular times affords wonderful good guidance. Not only does a rosy sonnet prosago a giod weather, and a ruddy sunrise bad weather, but there are other tiuts which rpeak w,th equal cloirneps of accuracy. A bright yellow sky io the evening .udica'es wind ■ a pale yel low, wet ; a neutral gray color consti tutes a favorable sigu in the evening, and an unfavorable one in the morning. The clouds are again full meaning in them circa If their forms aro sol:, undefined, full and fealb ly, tha weath Wil be tine ; ts tnitr edges are baiU, sharp and defined, it will be foal. Gen tr.dly speaking, any deep, unu.-ual hues betoken wind aud rain, while th more quiet and dedicate tin's bespi ak fair weather. These arc simple max ims and yet not so simple but that the British Board of Trade has thought lb to publish them for the use of sea far ing men—as we le:ru from the Sci entific American. Whois thk_ Dotard? —Sir Isaac Nawton wrotea enmmortaty upon the Prophet Daniil, and up .a the Bo k of Revelations; in ono of which ho saiel that, iu order to ftx'fil certain nrophi cies, beforo a certain date was termina ted—the 1,2G0 days or piophetie veats of Daniel—there would be a mode of traveling diseovi r and, of which the men of ttiis time hid no conception : car thu' the know,edge of mankind would be so increased that they would he able to travel at the rate of fifty mil s an hour! The irfidel Vnltiire got hold > 1 this, and sDCi-ringly said “Now look ar that mighty min i of Nowtvn, who dis covered gravity, and told such mar vels for us to admire f When be be carno an old man and got in his dotage, he began to study a book called the Bi ble, and i's emsjtbat in order to cred it its fabulous pouscuse, we must be lieve that the knowledge of matik trl will be so increased, as that we shall be able ;o travel at the rate o f fifty mi'.os an hour. The poor Dotard !’’ exclaim cd the pbihsiphio infidti, in tbe self complaceDey cf his profound ignorance. Items Worth Committing to Mem gp.y. —A bit of glue ui odved in slim milk and water, will res'oro old crape Half a cranberry hound on a corn, wil! soon klt it. An inkstand was turned over u, on a white tab’* cloth ; a ser vant threw over it a mixture of salt an pepper, and all traces of it disap peared. Picture frame) and glasses are preserved from flits by painting them with a brush dipped into a mixture made by boiling throe or four ot ii nsin - pint of water. B:d bugs are kept away by washing tho crevices with strong salt water, put on with a brush. Soft iosp should le kept in a dry place iu the c. llur, and not to ba used uotill tbre months old. Editng a newspaper Is a good deal like making tr fire. Everybody sup poses he can do it a little better that) anybody els . We have seen people dinbt their fitness for appdo piddling, ox dr ting, aud couttirg laths; but in all cur experience, we never met with that’ idividual who did not think he could double the circulation of any pa per tu two months A story is tolil ts a soldier, who about oue hundred and fifty yeata ago was frozen in Btberi>. The last express i>n he made was, “Ir is cx . Ha then fri ze ass iff as marble. In the summer of 1860, French physicians found him after having laid Irtzm for one hundied rnd fifty years. They gradually thawed him, and up on animaticD biiog restored, ho oc cluded Lis seutctKQ with “oeedicgly cold.” Vo nr {ffisfion. If you cannot on the coean Sail among the swiftest fleet, RocUii g ou the h'ghest billow*, Laughing at the storms jou meet, You can stand among the sailors, Anchored yet within the bay, You can lend a hand to help them As they launch tbeir boats awty. If you aro too week so journey Tp the mountains steep and high; You can stand within the valley While the multitudes goby; You con chant in happy measure As they slowly pass alpng— Though they may forget the singer^ They will not forget tho song. If you have not gold or slfve? Ever ready to command, If you cannot tow’rd the needy Reach an ever open hand, Y*ou can visit tho affl cted, O’er tfie erring you can weep, You can be a true disciple, Sitting at the Siviour’s feet. If you cahnot in the conflict Provo yourself a sfifdier true, If where smoke and fire are thickest There’s no work for you to do, WHen the battle field is silonr, Ynu can go wilh silent tread, Yon can bear away the wounded, You can cover up tie dead. Do no’, then, stand idly waitiug For some greater work to do, Fortune is a lazy goddass, She will never come to you ; Go and toil in any vineyard, Do not fear te do o: dare, If you want a field of labors You can find it anywhere. A Few Words on Squeezing- While we are growing very sensible iuileoil, in the matter of dress, in thu way of boots balmoral skirts, warm stnekiogs, and high neck", we are de generating iu many respects quite as im portant. The corset is not a necessary p.urt of woman’s wardrobe; and alas! when a woman begins to wear corsets, she wears them to small, and will tilg at the laces until her breath becomes short, and she feels it necessary to ab stain from anything like a comfortable moal. Wo ray nothing against a wtll shaped corset, worn loosely, but there lies the difficulty. A loose oorsst it jure* the appearance; instead of improving it, and people wear corsets that they may have smalt waists. All we can say is, don’t squeeze whatever you do. You may b vo small waists, but you are exposing yourself to a dozen misfortunes which aro as bad as a Inrge waist. First you’ll surely have dyspepsia, and grow yellow, cross and unhappy ; secondly your hands will grow red, thirdly, your nose, fourth, you will bo unable to walk a mile at one time ; fifthly, dinnnor will be a misery ; lixtbly, your shoulder blades will in crease in stz ; seventhly, your eyes will grow weak ; eighthlyl, you wilt break down at thirty or thereabout, and be a sickly old woman from that time f ,<b. If these truths do not frighten w»- tn>-n from tight c rsets, perhaps tl e in furmatton that gentlemen generally do not admire what dress makers call a retty fijjure,” sa much, as a natnral ono may have some influence. Texas—Cheap Tram?,— A late lat ter from C lin county, Texas, says pork sol's in that county for six cents a pound butter at twelve and a half cents, eggs at ten cents ad zen, wheat, one dollar it bu-bel, and fi mr tlree di liars a hund red weight. CtV.n is r.ftled off at fifty cents a bushel. These rates are fc t apccio. In that, portion of Texas ono and dial* of the United states paper curren cy is worth only two-tLirds es a silver dollar. In Husk county, mast fed pork readily brings six cants, errn fid seven cer ts There is an abundant supply of food in that region, particularly of eorn and hominy. To I’r.EAsE ix Conversation. —A man may be sprightly, elegant and witty in conversation j lull of anecdote, and even interesting, nnd yet not please ; while another whhtut wit, elegance, el* i rpienca or much anecdote, win the af fections of everybody. The first one fxcitesthe admit atinn, without touching the heart ; ho talks only fir himself, and selfi-hncss l>_trays itself, and is not tolerated easily. The ether one is humble ; thinks well of others and little of himself. Remember when envers ivg, always to listen toothers with com. placency. It is suggested that the graduate of female colleges be diplomatized as A. M. Artful Maidets. The world annu lly conyun o abm i five and a half million bal b‘ of cotti i*. A poo l nature! colored woman says the Danville liegis'er, wasboas'irg tba other day to her firmer | roprietor of the progress wLieh hersort, a dark, bright urchin if ten, was making at school* She said ho was in ‘de mortification table.’ Squabosb the philanthropist, advo cates negro suffrage on the gronnd that woolly fabrics are particularly needed at the poles. Iff *Ol7 WAN? ANY ICINTD OF JOB WORK ! PLAIN, FANCY, OR EXTRA FINE At Macon Prices COME TO IBE JOURNAL OFFICE l t