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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1866-1868 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1867)
gallon cSlcffil]) Journal, PaMishod Every Friday, E. & J. E. CHRISTIAN EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. TF. IMlS—Strictly in .Sdcance. Three mouths OO Sin months ...14 OO One year. I* (W Mtale* of .Ideertining : One dolleir per squire of ten line* for the fleet iosertlon, end Seventy-five Cents per eqoere (or each subsequent insertion, not ex ceeding three. One squire three m0nth5.......,..! 8 00 One square site months 14 00 One rquare one year 20 00 Two squares three months 12 00 Teo squares six months 18 00 Two squares one rear.. SO 00 fourth °f • column three m0th5...... 80 00 fourth of s column six mouths 40 00 Half column three moths 44 00 Half column six months 7" 00 One column three months 70 OO Ous co’smn six months 100 OO Job IWork of description emedwith itcaiueiig and dinpat-cli, at moderate rites. HOYL & SIMMONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DUt H’.S'O.V, - - GEOMi 1.1. t o. HOTL. janii lr. a. t. stuuoss cTbTwooten, ATTORxXEY at law, 2ly T)aw-< (in,. jTI?. ALLEN, W.ITfH A\D REPAIRER JEWELER. Dawson, G-a., IS prep treil to do any work in hia line in the very best style. <ell2:> t( J. (i. S. SMITH, C3-TJN SMITH and Machinist, •’ Georgia. Reniirs sll kinds of duns, Pistols. Sewing Mahinss, stc.. etc. W. c. PARKS, attorney at Law. Marß l y 0.1 »»’SOrV,« He. w. WARWICK, tM’loi'ney at Cate and Solicitor tn Equity ® • - - geo., I WILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell ■ and Webs'er. _ J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTOKIET at LAW, j Morgan, Calhoun Cos., Oa., Will practice in all the Courts of the South- j western and Ciifcuits, Juno l DAWSON ilO TEL BY WILY JONES f|l HE Proprietor Ins neatly fitted up the I Dawson lion I, and is prepareil to make Iris customers satisfied with both F.irt aud i.odginy. Connected with the Hotel is a BOO.B,” in which ii kept the best li I in iho city. X » r»n*n« iH bo spared to plenne. ft*2‘2f>n» [ PAlxMlxNti! PAINTING! JAS. M- DODWELL, IICURE AKITMGX MIRIER, &f DAWSON, Gr A.., IS prepared to do all work in his line—such n* house snd sigh t ainting, graitiinr, pa per hanging kc., in tire Very best style, and OD theft notice, at reasonable prices. fehl.Bm. MILLS HOUSE. Corner Queen dk Meeting Stri., CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS First Cass Hnt.l has been repaired, refitiod .ad refurnished through ont and is now ready for (he accommodaiion Os the Traveling Public whose patronage is respectfully soli,*ited. C.aehes always in readiness to confer Passengers to aud from the Hotel. Tha Proprietor promises to do everything la hit power for the comfort of gne,<i. {JOSEPH rURCEI.L, feb22-tf Propile BROWN HOUS*. K. K. SHOWY & Fourth St., Opposite Depot, Jincon, Georgia. FROM the Ist of July tl:0 business ofllii-, House w ilt be conductul b> E. E Ciown | k Son. tim Senior having asvootafpd his son, ( Wei. V Brown, in tlto management and in- | terest of the Hotel. The liou-e contains sixty rooms, which sre reserved chiefly for the use of travellers and ( transient guests. Competent assistants have been sea cured in every and pirtment, and eve ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort | to their cusromers. Rooms cloin and airy, and the table always supplied with the best t.h«> country affords. Porters attend arrival nnd departure of all trains to convey baggage end conduct passengers scrota the fl'reet to (heir quarters. LSXOT eaowN, inns. n. six* art. BROWN &STEWART, Ware House and CeSKIRSIOI MERCHANTS, at Sharp & Brown's old stand, JMW'SOJT GEORGIA. We ere determined to nse our utmost en deavors to give entire satisfaction to all who may favor us with their patronage ! and as Jhr as possible to be to them, iu this depart ment, (what we have often felt, and what eve ry planter mast feel that he needs) ju*t and erliahle friends. That we may be better ena hied to carry out this design, we have secured as business agent,the well known and reliable Cap*. John A. Fulton. "A iutt bolmic4," is our motto. J Jfarch 8 1867^ I.UII. M. THORNTON Practical X>enti»t», oAvrso.r, g.i. rW Office in Harden’s new bnfding. West f.Ja,Depot 6 reel. Dec. It , CUE DA WSON JOURNAL. Vol. 11. Tile l*oriallerVa Slory. I do not think I am naturally supet— s’fitiou*, but I have all my lifo been troubled with a kind of superauricular sense. By this I wish to onvey the idea that I hear things over and abt ve the natural sense cf hearing. The sound, as cf a hunnn voice, cornea to me in syiables words of irraning, when L know that no human beiog is nea r , and the woole must bo that some kind of mental deception. Sometimes these words arc if common import, and setno timesofdcep*:goificar.ce. Well do l remember that one.-, when quite a lad livngat home with nty parents in Par is, I heard the words spoken in my very oar as it wrre: ‘Pierre B"i ant, prepare for sorrow !' I was uh ne in my father’s library at the time, engjped in s Iving a difli • ult prolt m, and, thorefi r.’, in no conditioa for this to be the tfleet of an excited fancy or an imagination. What followed ? My fa'her at. that time was called a rich merchant. Thrto weeks after he was a bankrupt. If I had been the m ist imaginative person in the world I could not have presaged thi». Three month* later the same werds were repeated. I was then alone, on the road to Troyes, engaged in the bum ble calling of peddler, to which tny fill er’s misfortunes had reduced mo I felt that something serious about to happen, and I took the first conveyance back to Paris. I hastened to my father’s then humble lodgings, ami found him dy ing, and my poor motber almost distract ed with grief. Sho was surp iscd to see me ; but when I told her wbat had brought mn home, she said it must be the voice of the Lord. I did not agree with her in that respect, because I of ten board that same voice saying trifling thing*. Well, my father died, and my motb |et did not long survive him, and then l was alone iu the world Weeing Dotlr- I iug better before me —at least nothing that better suited my disposition for a constant change of scene—l rissnicd tho humble business of a peddler, and after two or thee weeks spent io France | I went to Sardinia and estaali-hed » route for myself among the retired vil— ] lagesof (be mountains, where at least I | was l tokod upon as iu no wise inferior to j the firutars, artisans aud peasants with with whom l dealt. I was now in a region cold enough to i suit my romantic turn of mind, and per j ilous enough to keep tne ia a state of ;.l most constant excitement, which was as i much a source of pleasure to mo then as peaceful serenity is at the pres nt tioie. Some of the rou’es between ona hab itation and another were so long that ; oaed'.y’s j mroey would • not take uio through, aud when I would be obliged ;to Gild my lodging among t’to eaves, i rocks, or trees, as be-t l cool I. Some I of our mountain-passes were very dan gerous, and a siuglo slip or mis step might send one headlong down a hund red or a tlou.-and feet. Then there wero dangers from storms nr.d hurrican* I some of which wire ter.ible, and not | least of all was the danger Irnm robbers, who might be met white least expect ed. j For six years I carri- don my ped dli"s trafio in that wild region, without any other misfortune dian s>mc so." ecus ! fiohU and hair breadth escapes. I>y that time I felt that, for a young man, I was pretty wfll iff, and thought I would return to Pa’is and set up shop keeping ; and rn even*, or perhaps I should rather say tragedy, that hap pen ed about that teme, fixed my resolution andjhasteoed my departuro. As l was goiug over a wild and lone ly pass of the mondtains, the >uo being nearly set and Irt least seven ntde? from the nearest habihaiion, my famil iar voice which had never left me, said di-t'r.ctly; ‘Pierre Boisant, beware !’ 1 was alarmrd at thiv warning, be cause I had never received a warning of the kind in vain. 110 kid ftp to tho rugged, frewning recks above me, and down ia tbe awful gull below, anil tl o i before nnd behiud at the narrow z path I was pursuing, but taw no living thing, except* large, black bird of the vulture species, that was slowly wirg i-g bis way across the will score, a< if from one mountain piak to another. 1 knew the voio- was Dot human, and I felt thefa was some impending danger but what it was, or where or whir, to look for it,l could nit tell. It was ; ! not possible for me tc remain where I 1 was, and to go back might be as dm- | I gerous as to go forward, aud so I col | tinned to advance, looking care'ully to j every step, and glancing keenly and ! nervous’y at all the surroundings. At leng'h I reached a still wider and , gloomier place, where it was usual for i mo, when on this route, to turn off down into the dark valley, to pass the ! night id a little cave, which I had acci dentally discovered about a hundred and fifty yards from the path, and 1 whiee was so secluded and concealed by a clump of bushes in front of it, that I believo it was known to do one except myself Above this cave wt s a steep ledge of rock*, and by keeping along tbe meuntain-side, without going down into the valley at all, I could gain a po sition directly over it, at a height of, perhaps, a hundred feet; and though up to this moment I had not though of ohangiog my course, I now found my self instinctively, as it were, mov ing off in that direction. A momenta reflection on tho mysterious warning I had received convinced me this waa the best thing I could do ; for if there was any danger,it was most likely from rob. ber», who were, probably, lying in wait for me on my regular well-known route —and as the night was warm, it couid do me no barm to pais it in the open aif go I went on, s ow!y and oautiously till I ri«oh©d a p int direot’y over tbe DAWSON, GA., FltlDAl, JTtINEJ Ist, 180 r. cavu, which I now foun! was tis fur us l could pro in thnt direction, owlhjf to the rocks terminating in a prociploe h lew feet bovond. .Some bush s vvl ich bad Struggled up from the I tt’e earth between tho crev'ces uHorded me a plnco of concealment; ami crawling into these, l disburdened myself of my pack, spread out my blanket, and pi o cceded, without attctnptmg to light u tire, to cat ttie food I had provided for my supper. By tho tiinu I had finish ed my frugal npast the sun had set, and tee dark shades of night were coining on rapidly. * I’erhap* I am fooli-h in taking this precaution against some fanciful dan ger,” I mentally said; ‘hut i o innttei ; I would rather he fcolkh iu this wuy than fnolhurdy.’’ Scarce y hud the e thoughts passed through my mind than l fancied I liearil v ic s speaking in low, gu trded tor es Thu soundH seemed to come up from below, and it may ri-Hili y lie t leditcd liiat l listened most intently, straining my senses ol hearing to the utmost, to catch the words, if word* indeed they were, foi, after ul‘, it hi the breeze playing among the rocks and trees For penhaps five minutes I continued to hear these sounds, but waa all the time unable to make out for a cot tain ty what they were, and then they ceas ed, and for another five minutes all was sil nt it had now beeome so dark that nothing could he dis inct y seen at any di tanee; and though 1 crept caut ously to the edge of tho rocks, and tried to peer down, it was like at tempting to look into some hlaek gu f My situation, under tho circumstances was lonely enough; hut I experienced a secret satisfaction in being where 1 vva i , and not down iu the cave, where 1 rather felt than ihcught someone or more persons were lying in wait It r me At length that same low murmur, us of vo ces, was again heard, and again I 1 slened, w ith my whole sense ol hear ng on tbo stretch. I soon became sa idied that words were being spoken J — hut then came t> e thougnt that it i might be the mysterious voices L had 1 heard at the intervals ull my lifo.— This time, however, I was not long kept in doubt, for presently l could distingu sh the words as if the speak ! ois in the cave hed rome out into the open air. j “It is strange ho docs not make his appealanee ! ’ said otto., •‘1 do not know how to account for it!’’ replied another. | “Arc you perfec.ly sure you saw him at a 1?” i quired a third. | “Am I sure lam here now? 1 ’ was tho rejoinder. “Have I not eyes? aud can I not se* with them ? I tell you 1.0 was within a mile of ho:e, coming along that narrow, dangerous path, with his pack strapped to h s back Here we know is w here he usually passes the night in this region, and why ho is not h* re is more than 1 can coryecturo ” ‘lf be had gone past, we shou'd have heard from the others before this.’’ remarked the first speaker, j “Undoubted'y,” was the reply “No, lie must he some" here on the mountain—unit ss he lias fallen over the preei] ice and broken his neck—in which ease we shall find ail we want of him in the morning, and he saved the Ironh'e cf blood.let irg.” , ‘ Could he have got near enough to have hi aid our voices?” inquired un other. \ “No, for Ricnrdo is so posted that lie would have seen or h ard him fist.” “Well, then he may be here yet. — Hark! bush ! theie sre steps mining this way now !’’ said ‘.he speaker, in a whisper, which l could ju-t barely hear, the night being still, mid my po sition directly over the putties “Now, then, he ready, nnd let us make quick vuu k of it !” After this the roobrrs wero ns 'i’ent ns death, and with feeling thyt must be left to the imagination, I listened to the approach! g footsteps, wli ch I know were mistaken for mine. It was with a shudder, and a strange kind of dread, that I heard steps slowly and sttedily approaching with now and then a sight rustle of tt u bushes, and the oceas final loosening nnd rolling of a stone. I felt thgt some human being was moving onwntd to his dorm, and 11 w ou’d have cnlle j out to him to be ware if I had known I could have sav -1 ed him with anything short if the pen -1 alty of my own life. For the few seconds of awful sus , pense which elapsed, 1 trembled so | that I was fearful of being heard, and ! the perspiration started out of every pore. Suddenly there came a wild, pro longed shriek, and the thrilling words: “Olt, heavens ! I am stabbed ! I am killed ! I am kil'ed 1” “Graiiotis heaven 1” cried another, “what have we done ?—that is Ricar do’s voice ! A light here, quick! a light!’ K dark lantern was in rendines’ and the next moment a bright light flashed iif on the dark figure of a human being stretched out upon the ground, iu the last struggles of death. A scene of consterna'ion and confu sion followed, when the murderous robbers found they bad slain their own look-out, or sentinel, in mistake for me. Some blamed the man who struck the fatal How, and some the ili-futed man himself, for approaching in the way he did. without proper warning. It was finally decided that the man had been killed bv a natural mistake, under the circumstances, ar.d that no one should be blamed for a fore-ordniaod fatality. So ih- ytok up the body, (rom which tbe last spark of life had low depart ed, and carried it away for a speedy burial. I humbly thankoo heaven fur my own wonderful preservation, and cou'd not but feel .hut tho awful retribution was just. Tired as Itt a«, I reshoul dered my pm-k, nnd ir. the still, dnbk hours of that eventful night, retraced my steps across tho dangerous moun tain path, resolved to quit that peril ous wintry foreVer. This purpose I am stt 1 liking to say I accomplished Vouiig tinoiit a at Ibe Wheel. A wo’l known clergyman was cross, ing Luke Erie some tme ago on one of the lake steam rs; an 1 seeing n small lad at the wheel steering tho boat, he accosted him. as follows : ‘My son. you np|H>nr to he a small boy to Rteer so large a boat ’ ‘Yes, sir,’ w-aa the reply, ‘but you see T can do it though.’ ‘Do you think you understand your business, my son.’ ‘Yes, t-ir, I think I do ’ ‘Can v“u box the compass?’ 'Yes,’sir.’ ‘Let me hear you box it.’ The lw>y Hid as requested, when the minis'or said: -**». ‘Well, realty, you can do it! Cun you box it backwards V ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘Let me hear you .’ The boy again did ns requested, When the minister remarked : ‘I declare, my son, you do seem to understand your business.’ The boy then took his turn at ques tion-asking begining— ‘Pray, sir, what might be your bus iness ?’ ‘I am a minister of the Gospel.’ ‘Do you understand your business?* ‘I think I do, my ton.’ ‘Can you say tho Lord’s Prayer ?’ ‘Yes’ ‘Say it.’ Tho clergyman did so, repeating the words in a very fervent manner, ns t'n ugh trying to make an impression on the lad ‘We'l really,’ said the boy, upon its conclusion, you do know it, don’t you? Now say it c nek wards.’ ‘Oh, I can’t do such a thing as that, of course.’ ‘Yutt can't do it, eh ?’ returned the hoy Wei , ttien, you see I under stand my business u g oat dual better than you do yours.’ The clergyman thought he had said enough, ami retired. Registration of Colored Voter* In Mew Orleans. The New Ojrleans correspondent of the L uisvilto Courier gets oS the fol lowing : The registering of voters under the military is progressing rapidly, tho ne itroes registering iu great numbers, and far exceeding the wh tes '1 he sc.ne of registering is rich an-1 funny. Two ranks are f rmed ou’s.de of the regis ters office, principally of darkies of eve ry grade, ijteispciscd hero and there by a few white men. The following is ihepr.ceFß of making voters, or for cor f ling the franchise on the eoLrcd citizens if African dcFoent. II gi-itet— What is yiur name ? Colored Citizen—My name is Cae sar, boss. Rcifis'er- -What is y ur other name? Colored Citizen—Weil, boss, dey didn’t gib mo my odder name, but old massa’s name is Graudison, and I ’*po»e I must hab bis name now. ltegis er di I you ever 1 old any ofEc under the United 5 ates or the State of Lusianna. Colored Citizen—Yah, yah ; well yes, boss ; I sweeps out au ussurnce of fice and a lawyer’s office. Register—D.d you ev r r give aider oon>fort to the Conf' derate Sfates ? Colored Citiz. n—l didn’t g b nuffiti, ’case I didn’t hnb onffio to gib. Register—Did you ever serve in the frderad or rebel army ? Colored Citixen.— Well, boss, I didn’t serve neidrrj but de yankees went to take tnc to mako brefworks for em, and so I went to cork for de rebs. Reg : s'rr—Then you gave them aid and comfort didn’t you ? Colored Citixen—Wby, no boss ; dey gib uni ail dc aid and comfort, for if it was not for detu I’d been dead Digger loDg ago. Register—Swear him in. - , ... -- How to Mark Butter —The Pe tersburg Index says every body likes good butter, nnd very few know how to pul .it up so as to keep il fresh nnd sweet. For the benefit of those who desire inhumation on the subject, wo publish the annexed recipe, and rec ommend them to try it, knowing that it answers the purpose exnc iy : Take two quarts of good salt, one ounce of sugar, one ounce of Salt petre. Use one ounce of the composition for one pound of butter. It should be stamped and left to cool before putting in jars. Butter prepared in this way should not be used for two or three weeks. You \vi 1 find that your but ter will be very fine, as it will have no bri'.tle or salty look or taste. By fol lowing this course your butter will keep tho year through, in warm as well as cold weather. The Louisville Ciurier, speaking of the crops in Kentucky, remarks : The crop prospects in our Btate are favorable for wheat and fruit, bnt the coru is extremely backward, owiDg to the long continued cold weather, which has prevented the corn from jerminxting or growing, and farmers who planted early in tho month or late in April have been compelled to harrow over the ground and replant. The cold weather though unfavorable for oorn, was highly favorablo for the growing wheat, and tho wheat, as far as we learn, all through the State, promise! a goed and prolific yield. muscular Oevelopeueat «f Women. The Indies ol Warwick, England, have organised a Boating Club, nnd pro|)ose hereafter to compete with the sterner sex up the picturesqe and tins sic Avon There i« no reason why the English women who are fond of the chase, nnd delight in fishing and pedestrian tours, and other out door exercise, diould not aspire to a skillful use of the onr We shall not b« sur prised, therefore, to see them general ly taking like ducks to the water, nnd, in time, < hullenging the wrrld for a wherry race or regntta contert. It is a matter of congratulation that ihc out d< or sports which impart ro bu t constitutions aud ruddy counte nances to the gent'er sex of England, aro brooming yearly more [wpu’ar nntong our American women The etfemimt'e customs of other years are giving way to a fond non fur hor cra m ship, skating, croquet, &c., and, ns a result, wo witness a decided improve ment in the constitutions of our women. They are becoming mrte ahd mote convinced that physical delicaiy, ener vation, effeminacy, and hot bouse draw ing-room confinement, do not im part genuine beauty and attraction to them. They are learning that a pmtty !nco is, in n man’s estimation, no com punsu ion for a frail cons itu'ion and numberless doc'or’s b lls. We have s rang, no ive men, and v a want strong active women who aro not always coin pluinrg of excessive fatigue, and luck of vitality ; women who do not keep a running account with physician*, and have to be “patched up” and dosed year in and year out ; women who are not afraid to sh.adder wsponsthilily, and bear their share of life's bn don 6 ; wi men, iu short, who aro fitted by physical as well us mental training and development to become what their Makorintended them to be—helpmates for man. And to th's end it ia to be hoped that tho spirit oi reform wII continue to gr >w and prevail among them.— Those who exercise on influence in molding and shaping tha customs of society should foster and develop this spirit The managers of our Fetutle Educational Institutes should imitate the example now being set by the Now England Cos legos, and provide liberal means lor physical training and dcvelopetnet t. Preachers and teachers have it in their power to aebive a vast am unt of good to hu inanity in this respect. Said au emi nent Methodist divine of this city not long since : “If I could have my way I would have a ten pin alloy attached to eVeiy church in the country, w here Uijs and g rls might deVelop thbtr.s lvs pi ysicnlly dhnng week duva, and thus 1 econie the better prepared to receive sjiritual training on the Sabbath.’’ This suggestion will strike m st pco pie as being decidedly novel, to say the least. It however reveals an appre ciation of the importance of devoting more at’ention to physical cul ure aud development, which we should bo glad to fiud prevailing generally among ed ucators aud Uiolders of public opinitn. N. Y. Com. Adv. A Great. Surgical Operation.— Dr. Johnson, of Paris, an American, recently perf rmed a diffiou t opera tion, in connection wi h another Aruer i an physician, upon the person of a Mrs Booth, also an American, and from Mussachusetth. She had a tumor on tha bowela which weighed forty pounds. It had absorbed all the strength of tbe patient, so deforming her that her rib* were distended to a monstrous size She was told that she mi {bt live a few years il sho declin ed ’.he operation; but that if she accepted it she had a barely possible show of surviving “Then," said she, “let it be done ” After administei ing chloroform to the patient, her abdomen was laid open with tlie knife and the bowels taken out. Then a probe with a valve in it was reached Up to the tu mor, and through tbe hollow tube of the probe the parasite made to dis churge. It was found to be a -cellular tumor, with thir y odd cells in ic, and each cell hadto bo opened. When the ope ation waa done and the abdomen sewed up, the subject had declined in weight from one hundred and thirty to ninety pounds She was living at last accounts, in good spirits Forage.— Sow, also, in tbe drill, Egypian Millet, Chinese Sugar Cane, common oorn, cto., as heretofire often direoteil. K-.member, a planter never haaforoge or hay enough to carry him through the winter. Gmno will pay in making forage crops—betterpiircbarc manures tbau pay freight next sjr og on Northern bay. Sweet Potatoes —Every spare peace of good land—every row thrl you j can work deep and manure well, should be put ia Sweet Potatoes. Those are among tbe chobest blessings of our fa vored country and climate, and deserve special labor and attention. ‘Draws’ may be set even in very dry weather, by dipping the roots in a thick batter of wood-eartb, ashes and fresh oow duog; thsn pouriog water in the holo after planting, pu'ting the draws in protty deeply, as wo have often directed. Soap suds scattered liberally over your piant bed, will greatly increase the growth of ‘draws.’ IF the weather is very hot when you plant, select the evening lor the werk.—Southern Cultivator. It is ungenerous to criticise our fash ionable young ladies for walking on their tiptoes as thoy do now-a-days They han’t help it. The waterfalls oo ths top of their heads, draw up the back hair so tightly that they can’t put thair heels down Mftnrely without great wiimt ISo. Sil. Remedy fok Bud Worm. An old plauler gives tho Columbus Hun the following temrdy for this pest of the farm and garden : * Di solve bait a it potted of saltpetre in nbcut six gallons of water—-or in same pronortion fdr a large quantity of water. Then put ia x suffiit ncy of teed corn to float the watci through, and soak it well. Let tho corn soak for twenty-four hours. When taken out, put in s fresh supp'y of corn, and add at each change about two tablerpoons full of salipeiro to keep up tie strength. And thus repeat until planting is md el. This is Cerliduly a cheap remedy, and is wi hin the reach of every rive ter. The corn should not be stifle ed to dry before it is put into the ground. Power r>F Scent t n a llorsf.. A writet says : “There is one perception that a horse possesses that but little at tendon has boon paid to, and that is •he [tower of scent With some horses it is as with the dog j and for the ben efit of these that have to drive nights, such as physicians and others, this knowledge is invaluable. 1 never know it to fail, and I have ridden hundreds of miles dark n'ghta; and U considera tion of this jow r of scent, this is my rimplc advice : Never cheek vour horae of night", but givo him u free head, and you :u y nst assured that be will ne»cr get out of the read, and will oar ry ox| editinUily aiid s ifoly. In regard to tho power of scent in a horse, I ance knew one of a pair that was stolen, and recovered mainly by the track being rnt.tlo cut by his mate, and that after he had been absent tix or eight houis.’ Hoff to Avoitr the Cut Worm.— It has been said that the cut worm is peculiarly b-d in corn planted after an overfllew. Tbe Planters'll inner says : i A planter soggist* to us that where I ground was pl-iwttdaud ready fir plant- I ii:g before the overflow, corn may be j plautrdasthe water h avis it, in tie ; over fl .wed,- egi ms, by thrusting it into j the mud, even where tho hands wade in the waVr furrows The o.>rn comes j up quickly, and is soon out of the way j of the worms. Our inf >rtner has tried it and with the best success iu former years, where other planters have lost their crops by the Worm. Soaking the coin in lime water is also said to be a i good p otcctiun against tho worm. Wo have heard tar watch rccomcnd cd. CjW Peas —Plant, at cnee, full and heavy orops of oow peav, both for hay and peas For the latter, plant in drills for the former, sow broadcasr, <n rich and moist land. Use plaster as a nia nurc, sowing it over th« crop, ju»t as j the third aud fourth leaves appear, at the rate of one bushel per aero. \Ve. will furnish directions hereafter for making pea vine hay. A f-w quarts of rcas should bo planted in drills ar sown broad cast over each aero of orn bbfore working, to be covered theieby. They | will shade the ground al'cr tbe fodder i* taken off, and enrich it if plowed in or consumed there by 6t<'cb, ridding mnch vegetable matter and soluble potash and other salts required by surco d'Dgcrop-. Persons. — When born enn expect about thirty-nine years of life. 11 they live one year their chance* are good for forty-five ; at five for fifty-seven ; at ton for fifty nine; ut twenty for sixty one; at thirty for tixty-four; at forty for sixty seven ; at fifty for seventy ohfl; at sixty for seventy-four; at sev enty for eighty; at eighty for eighty five ; at ninety for ninety-throe ; at one hundred for one hundred uml two; for one hundreo nnd three wo cannot promise qu te one year of life. We get this from an o’rl lifo insurance ta ble of London. Worn n average lon ger life than men, and married people live longer than single on s. Chattanooga must be a ban! place The citizens were composed of such a hard set of cusses that Brownlow had to send a Metropolitan Police to take charge of them, nnd attend to the elec tion of city officers. Finding tbut wouldn’t do, ho next sent a company of loyal militia to a tend to the election of State officers. FirniTy last Satur day night it became necessary for ilio United States army to step in and take cure that the loyal militia and police both didn t bieak the law. Aiu’t wo the devil ? asks the Chattanooga Un ion A Curious Fact— l have found that the men who are ready the most fond of the ladies, who chciish for them the highest respect, are celdom the most popular with the sex. Men of great assurance, who makes words sup ply tho plac; of > lea", and place com plirrrnt in tbe room of sentiment, are their favori es.—Addison. T 1 e Dubuque Herald «ays that whole fields of ; r fin in Western lowa have born stripped of their crops by immerse flocks of pigeons One farmer residing two miles ea-t of Indt pendenee, had I sown ibree acres of wheat, and was pre- I paring to harrow i, ia when the pigeons 1 made their af pcaranee and gobbled up every kernel before he couid get it cov ered. They have an odd way of doing up rampant female* at Memphis. They rack’em. A Memphis paper sayi: An obstreperous woman wentto tho Adim’sstreit pvlUe stetion oa M*Dday, night; tied up io a bag, her bend only being ont. She kept from do ing mischief, and was carried along on the bach of a sturdy black man. A na’ive of Afiiea, who had visited England a few years ago, when asked what iee was, said :‘Hiiu he water fast •sleep.* iluii. Fact and Fanrfi Time is a traveling thief, ever steal ing; yet no man can catch him. It ia best not to be angry ; sod beat, in the next place, to be quickly recon ciled. There i‘ no right which ia enjoyed by man without involving on hia part, a corrospoßding obligation. CoUragw ia evincH its words ns m nh as in deeda, and iff nuts of onib sion not lets than in tboM of commis sion . Tbs body is tbs shell of the eoui, and dross Is the husk of that en«if but tho busk often tel e what Ike leer-- uel is. Perfect valor consists jn doing, With out witnesses, all we should be capable of doing before the whole world. An Ohio paper says there ie a tnaff in Clcaveland so mean that he rite rn the door ttc[B, Sunday*, to save the wears of hi* cushions. The Indian* are ba*y collecting their poll tax in the West. They take it out ia birr. The greatest organ In the world la the organ of speech in women—it’a as organ *i hout stop*. The b.iy who undertook to tide > horse radish is oow practicing oo a lad die of tnuttott. Hoff a man may be known from it fatigued dog Otte Wonts a shirt, tbe o'her paribv Widows hnve been computed td green word, which, white it is burn ing on one side, ia Weeping oh tho oth er. Prejudice* ar* like rate, nnd a man’s m'nd like a trap) j they get in easily, and perhaps rnu’t get out at all. Whntistho difference between n house life mid an editor? One sets ar ticles to rights, and the other writes ar ticlee to set “Will you lend father yotir b <Wspa per sir ? lie only w unt* to read it. • Yes my boy. and ask him to lend tnd bis dinner, 1 only want to eat it.” A bachelor friend of ears has leftfa board in which there wete a Dumber of old maid*, on aocuunt of tho miserable fair sit before him kt the tabic, F ort to Sight — A m»n in New York has got so deep in debtthat oo one of his creditors has been ablo to see him for rn jcths. The Newburgh Journal Doticos a birihou tbe cars, anti heads it, “Born at thirty-nine miles an hour.” If that yontn isiJtf ist, it Won't be because he hadu't a good start An insurance SgSnt/tirping a citiim to get Lts life insured, said ; “Get yous lifo iusured for ten thousand dollars, and then if you die next week the widow’s heart Will sipg for joy. Many a girl thinks she bah do noth ing without a husband, and whan she gets one finds she can du nothing with him. It happens a little unluckily that thn pehftohS who have the most cobteittpt lor moucy ure tho same that bnvo the stiongi tft will to do good with it. As n person’s yet nnd no, so is all hi* oh: true ter. A downright and no inaras the firm ; a quick, the rapid; and <t slow one, a cautious or timid character. The Enjoyment gs remembering Tt is often del ated which is the moat enjoyable- -the aoticij ation of a pleas ure or its reaction ; hut the power <«l recalling, meilriwed and hallowed by the lap&e Os lime, ia more potent than either. A man near Chambersburg, Pa., eo!d iiia wi r « the other day to a pea- 1 dler for 817. Cheap. Question* and Answer*,—As thd late Professor- was one day walking a ar Aberdeen he met a well koowtl natural.' ‘Pray,’ aid tbo professor, •jow long cn a man lire without brains?’ ‘1 dinas ken,’ said Jemmy, scratching his head ; ‘tut how old are yi yourself ?’ The way they w eigh hog* in K»tl sae ia as follows : They first tie tho hog to one end of a rail, balanfco th* rail on a fence with rooks tied tb the other end, and then gucas bow tnllch the rocks weigh. A constable in ifi publish ing some p rsonai property for saie pu up a no’ice with this oltuse: i wjli a-* spose for sail he 5 da 1866 uv j»o won lyttlo rone has or so ranch tharof a* tna be nessary tos&ti tfl sed gogiteot.’ Gefnhium leates it is Mated, are exee’lent for cuts of brtiiaen, where ti n skin is rubbed off, and other WoUndn of the kind Une or two leave* thuet be bruised and opp'ied to the part, and the wound wilt be cicatrised m a suort time. An Arkansas editor has rccrntly had anew shirt collar p'esentsd hie, and he is now waiting fur someone \o give him a skirt, so that ho may put the col lar to use; at piesfent it ia a perfect an - peifluity. False ears are one of the latest things out. They are invented in Kmgland, ; nre made of flrsh colored india rubber and aie intei <?ol for large cared ladier ! who conceal the genuine organa under I the hair to display these improve— I men's. A printer at a dinner tabic, being : asked if he would tske some pud ding, replied in a fit of abstraction «ow j ing to the crowd of oiher matter, we are unable to find room for it.” The climax of superfluous politeness I has been declared to be that of holding i an umbrella over a duck in the rsin. He who knows not when to be silent, knows not when to speak A typographical error makes tbo beading fao article in an exchange ' read thus : “Ciocinaatti as eeeg by r I sTacger—How jt him.”
