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/ Afarch 8 1867.
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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 ?’