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gatoson t'taklii fonrual, Published Jvejy Friday. E. & J. eT cjlkistian EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. TERJfiS— Strictly in Jldvanct. Three months... i... iy,„ .....fl 00 Six months #2 00 On* year... $3 00 /laten of Advertising : One dollar per square of ten lines for the first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents per square tor eaob subsequent insertion, cot ex ceeding three. One square three months $ 8 00 One square six months 12 00 One square one year 20 00 Two squares three m0nth5.......... 12 00 Two squares six months 18 00 Two squares one yrsr. 80 00 Fourth of a column three moths 30 00 Fourth of a column six months SO 00 Half column three moths 45 00 Half column six mouths 70 00 One column three mouths 70 00 On* column six months ....100 00 Job W*ork of every description exe cuted with uealueas-aiid dispatch, at moderate rales. i HOYL & SIMMONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, iMH’Srtwt'. - . GEI/lIG IA. L. 0. HOTL. jtn2s Iy. R. r. SIMMONS. C.B. WOOTEN,' ATTORNEY 'AT LAW, 21y TTawsori, Gn.< j. X 3 . ALLEN, g WATCH AND REPAIRER JEWELER. Dawson, Cra,, 19 prepared to do any work in hia line in the very best style. fel>23 ts J. fi/S. SIIITII, and Machinist, |M IfSO-V. : •* Georgia. Repairs all kinds (Jf Guns, Pistols, Sewing Maitines, etc., etc. 2 1 v - W. C- PARKS, .Attorney at Law. Mar Sly DA IPS O.V \ f3.f. C. W. WARWICk7 Ittorney at and Solicitor in Equity. d.niTiif'i/.r.E ... geo., WILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell and Webster. J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM, AXTOttSCI aT LAW, •Morgan , Calhoun Cos., Cia Will practice in all the Courts of the South' western and PatauUCircuits. June 1 DAWSON 'HOTEL BY WILY JONES Proprietor has neatly fitted up the I Dawson Hoiel, and is prepared to make his customers satisfied with both Care and Cadging . Connected with tne Hotel is a ii if •ill 111/1/ .Tf,” in which is kept the hot li quors in the city. No oains will he spared to please. fe22Bm FAIiYIIKU ! PAINTIM* ! "" . T JAS. M. DODWELL, lIfTSE AND '.SIGN PAINTER, kc DAWSON, a A.-, IS prepared to do all work in his line—such as house an 4 sign painting, graining, pa per hanging in ine very best style, aDd on short notice, at reasonable prices, febl.fim. irVSOwV’.C?**. MILLS HOUSE. Corner Queen & Meeting Sirs., CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS First CTass finteinsfi been thoroughly repaired, refilled and refurnished through out aud is now ready for the accommodation of the Traveling Public whose patronage is respectfully solicited. C* aches always in readiness to convey Passengers to and from the Hotel. The Proprietor promises to do everything In his power for the comfort of guests. {Joseph pcrcell, feb22*tf Prcprie BROWN HOUSE~ JB. E, BROWN A SON, Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot, Macon. Georgia. FROM the Ist of July the business of this House will be conducted bv F.. E. Biown & Son, the Senior having associated his son, Wm. F. Brown, in the management and in terest of the Hotel. The h#u«e contain* sixty rooms, which are reserved chiefly for the use of travellers and transient guests. Competent assistants have been se* cured mjsyyy department, and eve ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort to their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and the table always supplied with the best the country affords. Porters attend arrival and ' ->arture of all trains to convey baggage ’net passengers across the s‘.reet to »nd com, julv27,tf their quarters. . m. —— - - ‘ THOS. H. 6TK W ART. PSKOV imorw, -U/A DT BROWN TTouso and COW.nSSION MERCHANTS, at Sharp & Brown's old stand, IWIPSOA' GEOUGM. wi are ifellillnied to use our utmost en-j deavors to give entire satisfaciion to all who may favor us with their patronage i and as far as possible to be to them, in this depart ment, fwhat we have often felt, and what eve ry planter must feel that he needs) just and erliahle friends. That We dray he better ena bled to carry out this design, we have secured as business agen*,the well known and reliable Capt. John A. Fulton. “A juet balance," is our motto* / Afarch 8 1867. T. r7&Ti7m7thornton Practical X>entists, l jm trsojr, g.i. tty Office in Harden’s new building, West Hide, Depot Street. D*°* H * THE DAWSON JOURNAL. Yol, 11. Poetry. dime Picture*. June’s glorious sfin unclouded shines. And not a bud unopened lingers j The roses laugh, and ’mid their viues The golden pedaled eglantines Tangle their fragrant fingers. The eppeauletted blackbird sings His love-song in the rushy meadows, And orioles on flaming wings Dart through the orchard openings And flash into the shadows. Afar the lake, a silver sheet Girdled with swells jf g een, lies sleeping The brooks that with.„ iishosor. meet I see not, but their ibam-shod feet I hear the ledges leaping. In coups beneath the pasture trerg Full fed the cows lie drowsirg ; The locust grove’s alive with bees, With song line that of summer seas,’ Among the blooms carousing. Young quail are whlstleing in the brake (Each day their faltering rotes get firmer, The kingbirds cheerful music make, And dnves the woodland echoes wake With soft and amarovs murmur. Sweet is the noontide of the year, That crowng the world with chaplets floral Bids the old Eden reappear, And makes a perfumed atmosphere With loving music choral. Leave your dull haunts, ye human moles. Blindly for sordid treasures mining ; By verdurous paths seek brighter goal, And wreathe around your jaded souls The garlands June are twining. MISCELLANEOUS. [From The Weekly Romancist.J HOW lIE GOT IT. BY BRICKTOP. U’d Clampson Vise was a vi-e by nature as well as by r.ame He was one of the wealthiest men in New York at the date of which I am writing. An old bachelor, be had never onterlainod a feeling of kindness to a living being, not even bis dog. He dwelt in a fine house, employed two servants, and de voted himself entirely to money mak ing. It was well known that he had hun dreds of thousands yet he would kick a beggar who presumed to present the claims of poverty for a sixpence. He had a nephew, Frank Morrell, who had been brought up by bis uncle’s charity; or rather, he had been drag ged up and earned his living by hard knocks fr r said grateful uncle, and now that he had come he conc’uded, like an ungrateful wretch (hat he must have been, that it was high time for him to knock a few for his own bene fit. He suggested as much to bis uncle, and said uncle suggested that he go about his business, and not bother Lim with any of bis nonsense. Frank re flected a moment or twe and then went about his business, which busi ness for the time being consisted in packing up the few things ho had and of making tracks in the direction of somewhere, out of that. Two years had passed away and still Frank kept away frorn his loving uncle, who at length began to think him dead, and to reflect upon the time that was allotted him to live This produ ed no very pleasant emotions in the old fellow’s bosom, lor to the best of his knowledge and belief he had never served any other being than the devil during the sixty five years that he had been elbowing bis way through the world. Ho almost made up his mind to go to church again. About this time the Spiritua'ists were making quite a sensation in the world of New Yoik, and other small villages, and induced many to investi gate. Among them my friend, Frank Morrell, and his friend and relation, Clampson Vise. Well, as chance—or the spirits— would have it, these two friends met at a private circlepne evening. 1' runs knew his old lover, but the old lover did not know the disobedient youth that he had treated so kindly, and so Frank had the advantage, and at once made up his mind to use it to the best of his ability. The lights were turned down ; the mediums present gathered around the huge table preparatory to the removal of the cloth, and iho imroduction of the spirits. Frank knew the most oi them, and just before sitting down to the table he arranged it with three or four of the leaders to bring up some thing for his uncle’s especial benefit, giving tnem to understand the partic ulars of the case, and tha* be would pay all damaget. Tho idea seemed to pienso them wonderfully, for they promised to do their be>t. Meantime Frank relied upon bis nev-growth of beard for a a ’ it 'rvuise. Bo they gathered around . i!l°l.h 1 and, for some moments, 0b ..-I was as lolly as he should huve been and the sileuJ® of tlie H* 11 suggested fl lively retrospect upon his ow'd career. W hat should he deli the spirit of some of those whom ha had wronged ho during their lifetime should suddenly appear and take pos session of the table ! Oh, ginger. such a treat was rather more thau he had bargained lor. He thought once oi twice that he would get out of the place, and let those consult spirits w ho wore easier consciences than he did. He thought of a dozen, whose shade he hud no desire to encounter, aud he was on the point of going. Just as he vas gathering up his clumsy feet for purpose of locomo- DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 538, 1807. tion, the table gave a sudden tip over into his lap, and had hardly righted itself, when there came a succession of smart loud raps somewhere upon its top. The old fellow gave a sudd on bound backwards, and gravitation working full as lively in a spiritual cir cle as out of it, he found himsolf sprawling upon the floor, to the immi nent danger of the old house-cat, who concluded to leave her card on his nr so. With much difficulty ho was per suaded to resume his place at the ta ble, and allow the manife-tations 10 go on. Hut the perspire ion was flow ing down the old chap’s face in streams that indicated lively experiences with in. In a few moments all was again tranquil with the excepti nos the ma chinery under Clampson Vise’s vest. “Hush !” said one of the party.- “Our speaking medium, Mr. Stylus, is impressed, hush I" “The said Stylus began to show signs of choking as he took in the spir it of somebody, or something, and all eyes were ftetened upon bim. At length he spokr. “Is there a person prrsent by the name of Clampson Vise ?” “Oh, Lord ! that’s me exclaimed the old fellow, sinking out of his chair and under the table. With some pull ng and coaxing he was again placed in his seat trembling and pale. “Ask him some questions,” said one of the party, seeing Vise's di'emrra.— The old fellow remained silent for a few moments, and then started to ltave the table again, but was prevent ed. “Don’t dare to break the circle, sir,” thundered another of the company, “for the consequences to you would be fearful to contemplate. Sit up like a man, and question the spirit that has called for you through the medium.’' “Oh, Lord ! let me out.” “No you don’t.” “I vvan’t to go home.” “You must’at break the circle.” “Hang—your oir—” “WtiatL” chimod the whole compa ny, with such a vim that it drove the blood from bis face and almost froze it in bis toes “Wa— Wa—gocn with your show,” said Vise at length. “No sir; you are the one. We will not permit you to call up spirits and then slight them in our presence. On with the dunce 1” “What ?’ asked the old miser, while his teeth were chattering and his legs were certainly dancing at a very live ly rate. “The spirit fingers; speak to it, put in ano’her of ihe circle, in a deep, se pulchral voice that would have done honor to a deserted graveyard. “Who ere you ?” said Vise at length mustering his courage, and speaking with much difficulty. In an instant all was as still as the comb. “I am tho rpirit of your sister Ma i>” . . “Oh, dear!” groaned the victim. “Question her.” “What would you say to me ?” “I would remind you of youi prom ise to rne on my son Frank whom you promised to protect and cherish ?” “Frank Morrell ?” “Yes, your sister’s child.’’ “I don’t know where he is; I—” “You attempted to break bis spirit and drove him Loin youi door ” “lie ran away,” suggested Vise, meekly. “Yes to avoid your tyranny.. He is now a wanderer on the earth ! Pover ty prevents him from enjoy in ; any of life’s comforts, or of rising above the dignity of a drudge. You promi-ed me to help him start in business w hen tie came of age. How have you kept that promise 1” “Oh, dear !” put in the victim. “Clampson, your sands are almost numbered. Hut a few more days re main for you on earth. Hectily the spirits you have abused ; make some amends for the ills you have brought upon y< ur kindred, or the going out of your lamp of 1 so will introduce you to a state of brimstone that witl be full as warm as your constitution wii bear. Delay no longer. Will you doit?’ ‘ Do whatF” “Place ten thousand dollars at the disposal of your nephew Frank, and still further remember him in your will ” “Gracious I Ten thousand dol lars ?” “It is only a trifle o! what you are worth, and you have but a short time longel to fiug it to your heart.” C am()6on Vise was silent. “Decide now, before the spiritual combinations are more thickly battnl ioned against you. Will you do it P’ “Must ?’’ “Yes, if you wish to do an act of justice and cheat the devi[ out of what he now stands ready to catch.” ‘•What—what—do you mean ?” ‘ You are almost ripe; he is now standing under the tree of life, ready to catch you when you fail.” “Whut shall I dor How shall I cheat him ?” “By undoing the cheats you have played upon others.” “When?” , “To Dight ” “I imn’t do it to-night, I am too nervous.” “Will you do h to-morrow morn ing T*’ “Y'e-a-s.” “In the presence of these gentlemen do you promise to place your nephew in | osse.-sion of ten thousand dollars to-morrow morning ?” “Yes, I will. Now let me go, I’m ill.” “Remember your promise. I shall take possession of this medium and visit you at nine o’clock; so don’t pre tend ignorance when ho cornea.” “Well; let me go now.” “Go in pence. * And without wuitlng for a second invitation, lie took his hat, and in the shortest possible time put himself out side of tho spirit world. lie went at once to his bacheW horns and there look the spirit of Ken tucky Bourbon upon himself, for the purpose of quieting hiaduneing nerves. But there is no peace for the wicked, and Vise found out how a nd; am ally true it was before the break of day. He rolled and tumbled grunted anu mum bled, but all to no purpose, so fur as relief is concerned. Ft out every cor ner of bia room ho saw tho gbo t 9 of tho departed, and the hobgobblins of tini«o whom he had wronged Quring their earthly pi’griinage. So when tho morning uuwtind he was almost equal to the task of get'ing upon his knees and o(keying up thanks for a few rays of light that entered bis chamber The first thing he done, however, was to wash himself thoroughly to see if it would not free him trom the illusion that hud, so lar, nearly driven him mad. His next operation was to shave.— The idea of allowing any one to fool around his cadaverous features with an edged tool was lull us far from his ideas as it ever had been to give away ten thousand dollars. Hut his coun tenance must be scraped somehow and so at it he Went. His fir-t operation was to cut his fingers ba lly in dropping and attempt ing to catch his razor. But after wind ing the remnants of an old shirt around his wound he proceeded to strop his tool. This he found to be no fool’s job although be was acting very much iike one in h : s endeavers to w liet things down. He knew he was altogether too nervous to at’empt the job, but the idea of paying ten cents to a bar ber drove him to the deed. Then he callel B ddy to bring bis hot water, and she, mistaking the or der, rushed up tu bis room with a dish of butter. This produced quite a rum pus, and pioor, bewildered Biddy stufn bled and slid half the length of the stairs with a bump, bump, that really made things ache and rattle. John, the male portion of his servants was the next to attempt the task of help ing the old fellow to het water In he had but little luck, for the mas ter was expecting the medium about this time, and when John knocked at the door the guilty lellow yelled liko a wounded Indian. John opened the door just in time to receive a boot jack in his abdomen that Vise had hurled in the direction of the door for the purpose of intimi dating the supposed medium from tho persecution of his purse. John receiv ed the boot-jack wth all the grace he had about him at the time, but that was not enough to save the bowl of hot water he held in his hand, and that useful liquid was suddenly emp tied upon the back of Vise’s favorite cat, who made doleful music in and about the house lor the next few hours, and said, as plainly as a feline could say, that st.e objected to all such warm oaths, more especia'ly when they deprived her of her glossy yellow coat Waterfalls are all very well for those who like them, but puss concluded that when they depiived one of hair they wero Eot at all becom ing. But things were got together after a wh.le, and Vise began to stir up a lather, and to indulge in a little clean expectation regarding the luxury he was about to indulge in. Then he belabored his face with the brush, and when viewing the operation ir. the glass, he was again reminded of how much he resembled some of the ghosts he bad seen the night before. Then his hand began to snake, and he was prone to believe that some spirit was at work upon it, and might tor ven geance-sake direct the razor to Lis throat and thus cut him off" in the au tumn of his sins. 'i hen came the scraper, and the first essay took off a piece of skin and mani f sled bloody retentions. This nearly drove him wil ’, and yet while preparing for another slice, he heard a footslep near bis door. Still holding upon his nose, and yelling like a stuck pig be turned to encounter the medium. The medium did not then put in an appear ance, but by the time he had cut him self four or five times more, and more resembled a half-butchered hog than anything else, the identical person whose words had so disturbed him the night before presented himself at the door. Vise frightened the spirit-embodied full as much as he frightened bim, but at length he was induced to finish his tonsoiial operation, and when well through with it at length signed acheck payable to Frank Morrell for ten thou sand dollars, and the old fellow is now living in peace and quietude watching with pride the upward course of bis nephew, who soon after married and be came a leading merchant. But I ven ture to say that the years that have pass ed since then have not obliterated tne memory of how he got his first start in tho world. The Heaveks —There are in the heavens twenty millions of suns sur round.'d with a thousand millions of planets J Suppose one of these bodies to pass btfure thu eye, or the imagina tion, every minute, it would require nineteen hundred years before the whole could pass our review, and eaoo produce a distinct impression as a seperate ob ject. There is said to be something consol ing for every ill in this life. For in stance, if a maa is baldheaded, bis wife cant pull his hair. The Christian Heroine. A body of settlers in Burke County, North Carolina, not long after the com mencement of the Revolution, began to retreat from their settlement, in a sol lid body, with their wives and children in the centre, and the keen eyed, hardy men formed a hollow square around them. Suddenly the attack bogan. The men, nerved to tbo utmost heroism by the pregenco of all they held dear on earth, fought on with dogged bravery, making the red line shrink back into the woods, when, to their dismay, thtlr powder began to fait. A cry arose from the brave defenders —-a despairing cry—for powder. Tho cry was not unheeded. Amid the shrinking group to whom that call seemid a knell of destruction was one Christian heroine, whose heart had been in silent, constant prayer, yet withal a woman of forethought and action, who had brought, not tier jewels and trink ets, but what might be priceless in the hour of need This woman had brought a good supply of powder. She spread her apron on tho ground, poured her powder into it, and going round the soldiers as they stood behind the trees, b .de each who Deeded powder to put down his hat, and poured a quantity upon it. Thus she went round the line of defense ti 1 her whole stock, and all she could obtain from others, was distributed. At last the savages gavo way, aDd pressed by their foes, were driveo off the ground. The victorious whites re turned to those for whose safety they had ventured into the wilderness. In quiries were made as to who had been killed, and ODe running up cried : “Where is the woman that gave us powder ? I want to see her I” The soldiers ran about among sbo wo men and children looking for her and making inquiries. Directly came in others from the pursuit, one of whom observing the commotion, asked the cause, and was told. j “You are looking in the wrong place,” he replied. | ‘ls she killed ? Ah, we wore afraid of that!” exclaimed many voioes. ! ‘Not when I saw her,’ amwered the soldier. ‘When the Indians ran off she was on be knees in prayer at the foot of yonder tree, and there I left her.’ | There was a simultaneous rush to the tree, and there, to their great joy, they ( found tho womaD safe, aod still on her knees in prayer. Thinking not of her self, she received their applause without manifesting any other feeling than grat itude to heaven for their deliverance. A Curious Anecdote. M. Feyrnet gives the readers of the Paris Temps a curious anecdote in re gard to the Day & .Martin's blacking, which has been advertised throughout tbo word, and even on the Egyp ian pyrnmi ds One afternoon, Day, then a poor workman, was drinking his ’alf and ’alf in a London ale house, when a poor and ragged individual entered, and addressing himself to tbosd pres ent, said : ‘Who will give me n pint of a e for a good recipe for blacking ?’ ‘I w ill,’ said Day, and he ordered the pint of ale for the new corner. ‘Now let us have it,’ said he, and his new frieLd gave him the desired document. ‘Good,’ said Day ; ‘now I w ill give you another pint,’ which the unknown drank and then took his Lave. The next morning Day sought one of his friends, a commercial traveler named Martin, and showed him the ree pe. They made a quantity of blacking, ami filled'the bottles they could obtain with the mixture. This done, a friend if ’the partners went to all tho grocers and blacking merchants of London, and addressed to each one the question ‘Have you Day & Martin’s blacking ?’ And all the shopkeepers naturally enough answered ‘No.’ The next day another friend Went the rounds, and to each merchant he propounded the question that ins pre decessor had d"ne. In each case received the same answer The next day anot“.«r friend went to each mer chant, but this time the question was, ‘Would you like to buy some of Day & Marlin’s blacking?’ And all the merchants answered, ‘Willugly,’ and the fortune of the house of Day & Martin was made. They adopted for their labels a picture of a cat enraged at seeing his image reflected in the polished surface of a boot, as in a mir ror, and this label has beccme world famous. It only remains tube said that Day, on the occasion of bis daughter’s marriage, was enabled to give her as a wedding gift the nice lit tle sum of two hundred thousand dol lars, which was a good deal in those days. When any one was speaking ill cf another in the presence of Peter the Great, be at first listened to bim atten tively, and then interrupted him: “Is there not a fair side, also, to the charac ter of the person of whom you arc apeakiDg? Come, tell mo what good qualitiis you have remarked about him. The latest syle of bonnets has just made its appeuranee. It is called the “Revenue Cutter.” an< consists of a two-cent internal revenue stamp, worn on the head and tied under each ear with a hair. It presents a very pretty appearance at a di.tance and is vtry comfortable at this season of the year. The following io pretty tough; Wby is a dog’s tail like an old man 7 Be cause its in firm. No. 533. A Mississippi Colored .Him. “Jim Sims/’ a oolored Geminan of Brandon, has written a lotter to the Brandon Republican. Wo extract the following concerning CLI. MoCardle’a Congressional programme: Now I seo Mister Kardle, in the Vix burg Times, is rit a letter wlar speks powful good nosliuns, aud rites like a Toiler of goad skull, sepen IVm’fraid he g«es in tu htvy for what he calls ‘intel ligent black man,’ by which I spose he mens one of dom Vixburg chaps, ’bcut do color of a nue side saddle, with bars oil on bis bar, an 'bout ’nuff to rite bis name and read de shoe Bills. All da no is ’bout Barber Shops, Stem Butt, Yellcr Fever ar.d l’lcco Otfioers, an if da go to Kongras ctild fell nufin n-oro ’bout hoin korn an tcrapin kottin dan a wil lugun. Now I uint got nuffin to sa ’bout larnir, when a feller is sure nus larncd, but once I hern my Boss a rcad in what it sed— •‘A leetle larnin was a dangerous thing, Driufe a heap or noi a dfap from de pebble spring, For a shailer drink toxikates de brain, But a beep of drinka sober us agane.” Now in do fuss plas, I don’t bleve in mixt bluds, da wont do to kount on, sepin 'tis mules, an tho’ da is good for craps, da is rnity triky an unsartin. Ip war times when I was carrin de fua row inde kottin fild, whar I was fetched up at since a chap, dese fellers was drust up like blew tilled f)i,'bout facia to some oote marshaled, oficcr to get thar ra shuns, place of workin for ’em. Tbar fot I say lets bav pur blud of som kind, either wbit or blak, Now rnaby Mister Kardle goes in for mixed blud, ’case he don’t want so much of de Amcrikan of African-cent. Dat ma be bis tast, but douu dls wa we bab noriis—not even a rite to baba taste, an I say it Kongres likes it let us yeld to its tastefor de sake of do country— but sometime amity leetle thing has a mity pewful inffimee, an when we re member what amity power de Amerikin Afrikin-scent has had over Kongres for a loDg time past, out to consider its effect, an see if it won’t help to stop de bariu down laws. Look to tiie Bedrooms. — If two persons are to occupy a bedroom dur ing a night, let them step into a pair of scales as they retire, and then again in the morning, and they will find the ae tual weight to be at least a pound less in tho miming Frequently there will be a loss of two or three pounds, and the average loss throughout tho year will be more than one pound. That is, during the night there is a loss of a pound of matter which has gone off from the lungs and partly from the pores of the skin. The escaped meterial is car bonic acid and decayed animal matter, or poisonous exhalations. This is dif fused through the air iu part absorbed in tbe bedclothes. If a single ounce of wood or ootton be burned in a rcom, it will so completely saturate the air with smoke, that one can hardly breathe, though there can beau ounce ot foreign matter in the air. If an ounce of cotton be burned eve ry half hour during the night, the ait will be keft crntinual'y saturated with smoko, unless there can beau open door or window, fer it to escape. Now thesixteiin ounces of smoko thus form ed, is far less p< isonons than tbo sixteen ounces of tho exhalations from the lungs and bodies of the two persons, who have lost a pound in weight during the eight hours of sleeping, for while the dry smoke is mainly taken reto the lung", damp ordor from the body are ab sorbed both into the lungs and tbe pores of tbe whole body. Need nrrre be sai 1 to show the im portance of having bedrooms well ven tillatcd, and of thoroughly airing the sheets, coverlid-, and mattresses in the 'uiorning before packing them up in the form of a neatly mode ltd ? ’People** Journal of Health. But Loteng od.— The editor of the Union Springs Times, writing from Chattanooga, eayr: On Monday, by appointment, I was introduced to a slender, thin-faccd gen tleman, of about five feet four inchcs- Ligh. His forehead was broad, in [ ro portion to his height, and jutted promi. uen’ly over a pair of clear, blue eyos, Hu voice is soft, the smile very genial his movement regular and quick. His apparent age is about 50 years, judging from tho predominance of grey in the h»ir. I had bten told before the intro duction ,ohe would never have dreamed, that the quiet little gentleman George W. Harris aud the famous Sut Loving, good were one and tbe same. It is so, and ho over whoso ‘Dreams’ I saw the whole‘Times’ force laugh so exhaus tion, might meet you day after day id tho discharge of bis duties as Becreta ry of tho Wills Vaiiey Railroad without exci iDg a suspician hat you are ad dress ng its author. Mr. Harris, unfor tunately, cares little for his writings; is wholly without vanity in regard to them and up to this time has made nothing with Lis pen. Tbe appletons, of New York, arc, however, now preparing to issue bis funny letters in book form, aud 1 hope that fame and fortune may attend the author, A thief was lately caught breaking into a song, lie had already got through the fifst two bars, wheu a policeman catne up and bit bim with a stave. Sev eral notes wero found upon him, On some railroads it is customary to have a lock on tbe stove to prevont pas seneers from meddling with the fire.—- A wag bring asked why they locked it replied that ‘it was to prevent the lire from going out 1’ Why does a ra lway clerk eut a hole iu your ticket ? To let you pass through. run, FACT, AID FAN Transported for life—the man v marries bap) ily. Were you evei cross-examined 1 Yes, when questioned by my wife after speud ing the evening abroad —cross •enough iu all eonsrqueneo. A doting husband in Ntw Yorkad-- vortiscs that he ‘would to change his forty-year-old partner for two twen ties ' ‘The easiest way to get a living/lays a vagabond poet, ‘ls to sit on a gats and wait for good luck. Id case good luck don’t come along, you are no worse off than you were before, Tbe use of tobacco has been proaorib cd by tho Vermont Methodist Confer ence. Hereafter no persons addicted to the habit will be admitted to the membership’ ‘ls them fellows alive now ? said an urchin to his teacher! ‘Wbat fellows do yon meen, dear ?' ‘Why, Paul, and Luke, and Deuteronomy, and them.’ General Butler has lost cast, but not the cast in bis eye. We trust that his lace will soon look as long as if r* fleeted frotn one of his own spoons, held per* peudicular,— Prentice. A young man in Ashland, Olio, W* oently jdtedby a coquette, who marri ed another, received $230 for presents made to her during courtship, aDd six cents for injured affections. A young lady of Montgomory, who was recently caught smoking a cigar, gave it as her reason for the act, ‘that it made it smell as though there waa a man around.’ ‘My dear/ said a husband affection* ately to bin bi iter half altc-r a equable, ‘you’ll certainly never be permitted to go to Heaven ! ‘Why not?’ ‘Bccanao you’ll bo wanted as tormentor below. The Augusta Pross says that the numerous placards “to rent/ to be seen on houses in that city, iddicatc that when the general renting day next comes round, the high rates of the pres ent year must bo reduced. Little Sallie was teaching Her young er brother the Lord’s Prayer. They went ou smoothly until they arrived at ‘give us our daily bread.’ ’No sissy— we want cake.’ And he refused to proceed until the dt sired amendment was made. Caution. Besure that the wicks of your coal lamps are large enough to fill the tubes; otherwise it is possible that the blaze, when tbe oil gets low, may run down inside the limp, Iguit# the gas in it, and produce sn explosion. Several persons have lost their lives in this way. Good Toad jot the. Timet. —The fol. lowing toast waa given at a late publio meeting : ‘The Times—they revuire more sowing—more hoeing—more mow* ing—less importing—more importing— less consumption—more redemption, aod less suspension of specie paying.’ An editor stys he would as soon try to go tQ sea upon a shingle, make a lad der cf fog, chase a streak ol lightning through a crab-apple orchard, swim up the rapids of Niagara, raise the dead, stop,the tongue of an old maid or set Erie on lire with a wet match, as to stop lov ers getting married when they take it into their heads to do so. Pa Does It. —You Tommie, my sen, what’s that you are saying? La, me I I just said confound it.' Why, my son, mother’s astonished to bear you talk so. That’s naughty. I say worser things than that some times. t just susses right out like any body. You know alTmco ousses I Ah, my sou, gentlemen do not curse: Low, triflngs thing curse, but gentlemen of good sense and manners don’t. Well, anyhow, my pa does It. Run along to play, Tommie, and be a little man. Don’t say such naughty things. Enter lather. l’a, are you a gentleman ? Yes, my son, I try to be one j but what makes you ask me such a straugd question, Toinmic? Who says other* wise ? ‘ Nobody, sir, but I was thinking some* body told a story —you or mi, one, Thomas, what do you mean f I just mean, pa, that yon cu-ses, and mn says gentlemen don't. And you know yon do, cause I beard you cuss the carriage driver tbe other day, and I’ve been saying it over since. Peggy, Peggy, come take tbia boy to bed. Tli«> Ambition of tonquml. When Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, in vaded Italy with a well-appointed army, he bad for his friend arid counselor 01 s ncas, the philosopher, from an idea that the eb quence of an enemy will often do as much as the sword. ‘Your majesty/ says Cineaa 'intends to march against the Romans : should the gods be so gracious as to render you .victorious, what advantage would you derive from your conquest V ‘Were the Homans subdued by my arms,' replied Pyrrhus, ‘all Italy Would be ours.’ ‘Supposing ourselves masters of all that county,’ rejoined Cineas, ‘how should we proceed next ?’ Pyrrhus replied, ‘Why, then Sicily will fail a conqust next.’ But,’ said Ciueas, shall we end there V ‘End there 1 no, certainly not/ repli ed Pyrrhus, with an air of, ejpotion ; ‘cm we stop short in so glorious a ca reer 1 If the gods coutione to favor ns, Carlharge, with all Africa, Macedonia, and every province of Greece, will be - sul jict to us.* ‘And when we have achieved all this, how shall we dispose of otuaelves V said Ciueas. ‘D.spose of ourselves ! why, to be sure, live at our ease ) eat, drink, and be mirry !’ ‘Ah ! my sire/ interrupted Cineas, ‘and what prevents ua from doing this dgw? Why should we go ao far is search of happiness already in our power and be pay ing so dear for what it is so Uncertain to obtain ?’
