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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
Vol. 111.
POKTRY. ____
The Worthless Churns.
Come not to me with gentle words,
Their magic now is o’er;
You cannot rule my altered heart
As in the days of yore.
Come not to me with luring smiles,
Their power now is vain;
You cannot charm my wayward heart
With witchery again.
1 lived upon the lightest glance,
Mine every hope was thine—
You coldly flung in pride away
That proffered lov* of mine.
Come not to me with gentle words,
Think on the days of cld,
And marvel not my injured heart
Is frozen now and cold.
Have I not borne in silence long f
Think you I love thee yet ?
Go bear the weight upon my soul,
You never can forget.
Have I not borne in silence longs
Your coldness and neglect ?
Have I not had my heart strings wrung,
And every feeling wrecked ?
Go, breathe into another’s ear,
The vows of long ago ;
They cannot move my hardened heart,
Their falsehood well I know.
Go, press upon another’s lip
The kiss 1 wipe from mine,
Within this hour I break the apell
My spirit caught from thine.
Go, seek another worshipper,
My soul no more is stirred ;
I listen calmly to the tones,
Nor tremble at each word :
A prison’d bird, let loose from thrall,
All madly spurns its chain ;
As proudly I reject the gift
I ne’er shall wear again.
A Wife’s Influence.
Judge O’Neal, in the Yorkville En
quirer, tells the following of Judge
War Smith, of South Carolina:
“ lie had the rare blessing to win the
love of one of the purest, mildest and
best women, whose character has ever
been present to the writer He mar
ried Margaret Duff- Ju his worst days
she nev f 'r upbraided him by words, bok
or gesture, but always met him as if he
was one of the kindest and best of hus
bands. This course on her part hum
bled him, aDd made him weep like a
child. This sentence, it is hoped, will
be remembered, was the language of
Judge Smith to the friend already
DameJ, and to those who knew the stern,
urib niing public character of the Judge,
it will teach a lesson of how much a pa
tient woman’s love eau s.toomj! sb. He
was at last reformed by nn instance of her
patient love ai.d devotion as he himself
told it:
“ The evening before the Return Day
of the Court <f Common Fleas for York
District, a client calbd with fifty notes
tc be put in suit- Mr. Smith was rot
in his office—he was rn what is now
fashionably ternud a spree—then a
frolic. Mrs. Smith received the notes
and sat down in the office to (he work of
I issuing the writs and processes. She
! speirt the night at work—Mr. Smith in
‘‘riotous living’ At daylight, on his
way home from bis carousals, he saw a
, light in bis office, and to bis great sur-
I prise saw bis amiible wife, who had just
j completed what ought to have been bis
work, with her head on the table and
asleep. His entry awoke her. She
told him what she had done, and
showed him her night’s work—fifty
writs and processes. This bowed the
strong man,‘he fell on his knees, im
plored her pardon, and then and there
faithfully promised her never to drink
another drop while he lived ’ ‘This
promise,’ says my friend, Col. Williams,
‘he faithfully kept,’ and said the Judge
told bim, ‘from that day everything I
touched turned to gold.’ His entire
success in life, says Col. Williams, he
set down to his faithful observance to
this noble promise.
“No better eulogy could be pro
nounced on Mrs Smith than has just
been given in the words of her dis
tinguished husband. The reformation
of euch a man as William Smith is a
chaplet of glory which few women have
been permitted to wear. To the peo
j pie of South Carolina, and especially
of York District, oertaiuly no stronger
argument in favor of temperance, total
abstinence, need not be given.’’
A Beautiful Sentiment. Dr.
Chalmers beautifully says:
“ The little that I have seen in the
world and known of the history of man
kind, teaches me to look upon their er
rors in sorrow, not in anger. When I
take the history of one poor heart that
has sinned and suffered, and represent
to myself the struggles and temptations
it passed through ; the brief pulsations
of joy; the tears of regret; the feeble
ness of purpose; the scorn o: the world
that has little charity; the desolation
of the soul’s sanctuary, and threatening
voices within ; health gone, happiness
gone,; l would fain leave the erring soul
of my fellow man with Him from whose
hands it came.”
Judge Thomas, in Loudon Circuit
Court, has decided in favor of the valid
ity of a sale of land during the war for
Confederate money. The foimer owner
tried to get the Lnd back.
Sumner is reported to have said that
“before we stop wc will have a stable
Government.” The Senator meant sa
ble.
Anew system of telegraphing, claim
ing to obviate many of the defents of
of the Morse system, was tried on the
Western Union Company’s wires at
: Portland tho other day, and was report
, cd to he successful.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, ISOS.
The Ol<l Book.
“Edwin, I want to tell you of an!
old book that I have been looking :
at.’
“That is right, uncle! that is right!
How old is it ?”
“Only about five or six thousand
years.”
“Five or six thousand years J You
are joking with me. Has it any pie
tnres in it ?”
“Pictures 1 It has nothing but pic
tures in it ! S.>me of these are trave,
some fearful, some beautiful, and oth
ers so transporting that you cannot
look at them without the tearß com'ng
into your eyes in a moment. It is
made up of picture There are thou
sands of them—and then they are so
large !”
“Thous’nds of large pictures ! Oh,
let us have the book spread out. on the
great round table. 1 see we shall have
a fine treat. The book, uncle The old
book I”
“As ,o spreading it out on the great
round table, that will be impossible;
for it is far too large for any table to
hold it.”
“I never heard of such a thing ! A
bo >i£ larger than the great round ta
ble ! That must be a curiosity ! Wo
will open it then on the parlour floor.’
‘The parlour floor is not half large
enough ’
‘Uncle, you astonish me! But wo
must have the book opened, however
big it may be; we can find room lor it
on the lawn, I am sure.’
“Not so, Edwin; for the book of
which I have been speaking is larger
than the world ?’
‘What! larger than the world ? Now
uncle! how can you possibly make it
out that this old book, let it be what
it will, is larger than the world ?’
‘I think you will admit that it is so,
when I tell you that the old book is
the sky, and that (he pictures are the
heavenly bodies and tho beautiful
clouds which adorn it *
‘They say 1 But why should you
call it a book ? A book is to be read,
and how can we read the sky ?’
‘With a little in-truction, I trust you
will be able to read it very well. You
have heard of the two great books of
our heavenly Father—the book ot
Revi latic n and that cf Creatiou. Now,
if creation be called a bo(dt ? lor it is
indeed a part of God’s great handi
work. I hnd that it sets fmth much
of our great Creator, which I’am able
to read ’
‘Oh ! howl should like to be able to
read the book of the sky !’
‘Astronomers read the book of the
sky, philosophers read it and why
should not Christians ? Y r et among
the thousands who are daily looking
at the pictures of this book how few
there are who comprehend shat they
mean ! Thousands have not iearned
the alphabet of tho skies. But listen,
w hile I explain the language of a few
of these pictures; for God speaks by
them to us and we ought to under
stand him. When we see a' ove our
heads at night, the great book of the
sky opened, and the glowing | icture of
the stars spread out before us. it is as
though God was manifesting his wis
dom. power, and goodness, to us; and
the language of the picture is, Believe
me !’
‘I knew you would make it come
right.’
‘When tho tempest is abroad, and
the big black clouds hang heavy in
the air—when the forked lightnings
flush to and fro, and the bursting
thunder seems to shake the solid earth
and heavens—when the rain comes
down like a deluge, what Bays the pic
ture of the skies? It says, distinctly
as if the voice of the Holy One was
heard, Feat, me !’
‘That is an awful picture ! I seem
to understand all that you mean now,
uncle ’
‘When the storm has passed by and
the rain has subsided—when the heav
ens are lit up on one side by the glori
ous sun, and spanned on the other sid ■>
by tue glowing rainbow, the picture
of the sky appea's to every eye and
heart. God speaks thn ugh it, aud
bis language is, Trust me!'
‘Better and better ! I do 6eo that
you may really read tho pictures in
the sky.’
‘When the heavens above are clear,
bright, and blue, aud peaceful; and
wlan the piled-up snowy clouds with
their sun lit edges are still—when thu
vault above is so beautifully tranquil
that your spirit feels expanding w ith
joy and thankfulness; again it appears
as if God were speaking, and the lan
guage of the pict-ure ol the old book is,
Love me !'
‘You should have been a painter,
uncle ’
‘When the ri-ing sun is gilding the
firmament with glory, and when his
set'ing beams ate mingling purple,
azure, and crimson with a flood, nay,
a sea oi molten gold ; we look at the
picture with astonishment and admira
tion, and though halt bhoded by our
tears we are yet able to read what is
written in the picture before us Hard
ly could tho Lord ol heaven aud earth
litter more distinctly the expression,
Praise me !’
‘You make the meaning of every
picture so plain that it must be just as
you say.’
‘I have now explained the language
of a few pictures in the old book ; but
sometimi # the pictures so mingle what
is striking, awful, convincing, beauti
ful, and transporting, that one thing
at a lirn# is not enough to satisfy us,
and we are compelled to believe, fear,
trust, love and praise him all togeth
er.’
‘Well! I did not expect uncle, when
you spoke to me of the old book, that
it would turn out to be what it is. At
fiist, after you talked of‘thousands of
large pictures,’ I fek disappointed to
find that it was the sky you meant, but
you have satisfied me. Thesnyis in
deed a pictured book to rne now, and
I shall do my best to learn to read if,
and to understand ns many of the pic
tures in it as I enn ’
A Few Words About Ariel.
F'>r some time past this pamphlet
has engaged tho attoution of our ex
changes by its novel aDd startling theo
ries of the s'atus of the negro in the
scale of creation. Wo have heretofore
abstained from any reference to it, be
cause we supposed th .t the world Would
regard it as we have inclined to do, as
au ingenius hoax That, in this day
of light and knowledge, much sioned
against it is true, any one could be
found, so bold and so blind, as to chal
lenge the right to a place in the soalc cf
humanity, ol so large n portion of tho
inhabitants of each, however degraded
by ciu’uriesof baibarism in the worst
climates of the globe, did Dot enter se I
riously into our in agination. We re
garded this essay as a quaint and eu
lious satire upon the theories of those
who have claimed for these children of
Ham, a superiority over Shem and Ja
phet, in utter violation of the truth as
found in the holy scriptures, and veri
fied by the world’s history from the
days of Noah. But whatever may be
the real opinions of this writer, it is
manifest that he has been conceived to
be in earnest by large numbers of his
readers, ap,d has been considered no un
worthy antagonist of certain learned Di
vines, who with much zeal, if not dis
cretion, have done him the honor to at
tempt a refutation This proceeding
has at once dignified the subject and in
vested the pamphlet with a certain
strength which it would not otherwise
have possessed ; when anything is said
or written, revelling to tho religious
sense ts Christians; as well as shocking
to our ideas cf humanity, (which, hap
pily, incline us to elevate ail creatures
raihcr than to degrado them) it is al
ways a mistake to invest the subject
with importance by making it the the me
of controversy, because however cun- !
ningly devised, it will sink beneath its
own intrinsic defects and fallacies. Cur
tainly, to answer aDy grave erroi with
out elaborate tin ugb>, is of all things to
be deprecated. We fear this has teen
done in this case, for the answers of the
theologians have not been as well con
sidered and as conciu- ivc as th- ir fi iends
could have debired, for they generally
felt better satisfied of the absurdity of
the argument before this attempt to de
monstrate it. Ariel has respmdcd in
two letters characterised by greater
! learning and ability than the original
i argument, and the present atlidude of
| the question is uot so triumphant for the
■ cause of truth as wc could desire. We
, do not propose to discuss this pamphlet
further than to indicate the pns ut as
! pcct cf lie discussion, and as far as we
are concerned, to declare most emphat
ically, our abtioircnce for the cold blood
ed assumption that the negro is aboust,
or at best a aian without a s'ul
It is their mi f< rtuuc that they have
been thrown by thrir pretended friends,
io antagonism to the great body ot the
whites, Nor.h aud South, and in pro
portion to tho extent of their delusion,
are they entitled to the forbearance of
their on'y true friends, the gentlemen
of the South who hove seen their bist
qualities, and know their impressibility
to religious and moral ideas, and have
always regarded the tn as faithful though
bumble friend*, whose tit’o to a place
in the economy of the great plan of sal
vation was as w.-ll established as that of
any portion of the race of Adam.—
There may be a sort of pleasure io thus
flying in the face of opinions long re
ceived and cherished by the world, hut
surely it must Iu a malignant spirit
which could derive satisfaction in de
monstrating that this unfortunate peo
ple ire no longer to be regarded as aDy
thing better than a higher order of
monkey, crang-ou«taug orgor.lla. We
repeat, we regret that this wild aud
cruel theory has been dignified by dis
cussion, aud would not have referred to
it, but for the Dotieo it has received at
tho hands of reverend and learned di
viner, which has made it one of the
topics of the day.— Camden Journal,
Advertising a Succk s in Busi
ness—'JheNcw York Tribune has the
following upon the value of advertising,
and every practical businese man will
confirm what it says of the present state
of business “Piudence and economy,
of course, are the two great lessons to
be learned, but there is oue part of
these lessons which in dull times is es- ‘
pecially tpt to bo forgotien. Be sure
of one thing, whatever you have to
sell, there are maDy people ready to
buy, even in the most depressed seasons, i
Fiud them out; show them your wares; !
persuade them to buy us you ratbe r
thru another. W hen buyers are re
luctant sellers must be active. It is
neither cheap nor sensible to sit still
behind yuur couuter and wait for the
bustle ot trade to revive. YVheu busi
ness is dull that is the very time to ad
vertise. In :bc first place that is when
you most need to adver iie; and in the
second, that is when people devote most
| tiiuo to reading the newspapers, and
when your advertisements consequently
is most generally seen. A few dollars
thus invested will do more to revive a
sluggish business than anything elso
in tho world.”
Hypocrisy in temperanco and politic*
is hud enough, but in religion it m
abominable. There is no such devil
as he that looks like au angel.
A writer in the Annapolis Republican
recommends Judge lilack, of I’ennsyl
vania, for President, and Gov. Swaun,
of Maryland, for vicc-Prostdciif of tbc
United Stales,
Prom it>e National Intelligencer. A
The Ntaiileii Affair.
We collect from the Star & Express,
of yesterday afternoon, the description
of tho retrocession cf the War Depart
ment to lien. Edwin M. Stanton. It
appears that at nine o’clock yesterday
morning tho then acting Secretary of
War, General Grant, came to the War
Department at usual, and after arrang
ing some papers, locked the door of the
private ( ffice of the Secretary of War,
and, taking the key with him, proceed
ed to the headquarters of the Army,
nearly opposite the War Dparuncni.
About half.past ten o’clock, Mr. Edwin
M. Stanton appeared at the War De
partment, and proceeded immediate’y
to the < tiice usually occupicl by the
Scoretary of War. Finding the door
locked, he took a scat in the ante room,
where he was the recipient ot many
j warm congratulations from Senators
and members of the House of Represen
tatives, who bad assembled apparently
to see what had taken place Mr. Stan
ton appeared to be in un usually fine
spirits and conversed fiecly with all
around him.
Upon (be arrival of Mr. Stanton,
Gen. Deut, the Acting Adjutant Gen
eral, of Gen. GraDt as Secretary of War
ad interim, Lurried over to the head
quarters of the Army to inform Gener
al Grant of the fact, and to obtain the
key to the Secretary’s office. Iu a few
minutes he returned, and plaoed the
key iu the bands of Adjutant General
Townseud, who, in a sort of “present
arms” style, delivered it up to Secrota
ry Stauton
As soon as the reinstated Secretary
was fairly ensconced in his office, the
Radical members of the Tennessee dele
gation in Congress waited upon him to
present their congratulation, and to ask
him to use his influence to continue the
operations of the Freedmen’s Bureau,
iu the Slates of Tennessee and Ken
tucky after the 15th of February next,
at which time, by order of the Presi
dent, it ceases in these S'ates. Mr.
Stanton rcp'ied, that so long as he had
any power be would use it to pre tect the
weak, and would do Lis best to have the
request canied out. He further staled
that it would be a few days before mat
ters would commence to ruu right in
bis office.
As the Tennessee delegation were
withdrawing, '.Ley i.eic mc-t by Gen
Grant in the hall. A/ttr exchanging
salutations with them, and Genera!
Howard who was prosent, and express
ing satisfaction at the action of the Sen
ate in restoring Mr. S’anton, he walked
towards the S«oretary’s office, when the
latter appeared at the door and took tLe
General warmly by the Laud, and both
t pa seel in.
It is understood list General Grant
aud Mr. Stanton were oloseted togeth
er on Monday evening, after tho pas
sago of the Senate resolution.
During the interview between Gen.
Grant sni Mr. Stanton, Gen. Dent
transferred bis desk to Gen. Pelouze,
who had occupied it during the latter
part of Mr. Siautou’s foimer adminis
tration of the Department, aud General
Ilardic gave up his pcsiticn to General
Shriver.
At half past two o’olock Mr. Stanton
was locked up in his private room with
several persons, whoso names were not
ascertained. At a lew minutes past
three o’clock au order was issued by-
Mr. Stanton, informing tho employees
of the Department that lie (Mr. S )
had again taken possession of tbc port
folio of the W ? ar Office. At four o’olock
Mr. Stanton left the War Department
for his rcaiderer, giving in his usual
wav, various orders to bin messengers
who hove usually attended upon his
particular (ffice rooms, showing thereby
that he had quietly settled down for a
continmd stay. It is understood that
Mr. idiantOD, during the day, transact
ed no official business whatever, rxcfpt
to draw his salary of SJOOO for the lime
be was out of office.
The statement which we take frrtn
the afternoon papere, of the circumstan
ces of the rccccupatiou of the War De
partment by the deposed Secretary, a**
tooished no one more than President
Johnson, who was greatly surprised at
the surrender by Gcd. Grant of the
trust reposed in him as Secretary of War
ad interim. The people of the country
will doubtle.i* be startled at the enun
ciation that Mr. Stantan has so quietly
resumed possession of the War Depart
ment, and will be curious to know how
it wag effected. Iu justification of the
President, we are at liberty to state the
f Lowing additional circumstances, from
which our readirs will draw their own
conclusions : Smce time after the ap
pointment of Gcd. Grant as Secretary
of War ad lDtcrim, he had a conversa
tion with the President upon the sub
ject of the probability of the refusal of
ilie S-.iis'e torcecjnlzc thr nit-p* c-ion
IV o. 1.
of Mr. Stanton, when General Graot
s’ated that in suoh event be might not
wish to identify himself with either par
ty in the controversy, but added, in ef
fect ; “I shall in that event either band
you my resignation a* AotingSeoretary
or let a mandamus be issued igaiost
me to surrender my office."
Ibis conversation was rone wed from
from time to time, and on last Satur
day, when Senator Howard’s report
from the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs in favor of Stanton was under \
discussion, Get. Grant was pointedly j
asked by the President if ho had chang
ed bis mind in reference to the course
he woul 4 pursno if the Senate should re
fuse to make Stanton’s suspension final,
when ho reiterated the promise previ
ously made, that he would eithor hand
in his resignation as Setretary of War
ad interim early enough for the Presi
dent to appoint his successor or take
other action be might deem requisite cr
allow a mandamus to he served upon
him for the surrender of the office ; ad- )
ding a promise to tho President, that
he should hear from him on the sub
ject on Monday.
Monday passed without the promised
commuDioalion On Monday evening, 1
after it was known that the Senate had I
parsed Howard’s resolutions refusing to ■
recognize the suspention of Stanton as
Secretary of War. Gen. Gram was |
prceeDt at the leeeption at the Exeou- !
tive Mansion, where he greeted tho
President but mentioned notbieg of any 1
change in the determination previously |
declared. The President heard noth- j
ing whatever from Gen. Graut upon the I
subject until twelve o’clock Tuesday,
two hours after Mr. Stanton had taken
possession of the War Office, when tho
following communication was delivered
to him by M'-ijor Comstock, one of
Gen. Grant’s staff < fficers :
Heauc’rs Armies United States, I
Washington, D. C , Jan. 14, 1868. j
His Excellency Andrew Johnson, Pres
ident of the United Elates :
Sjr : I have the honor to enclose
herewith co» y of official notice received
by me last evening of the action of the
Senate of the United States in the
ca-eofthe susper.tion of Hon. E M.
Stanton, Secretrry of War. Aecordiug
to the provision of section two of “An
act regulating the tenure of certain civ
il officers, ’’ my functions as Sec etary
of War sd interim ceased from the mo
ment of the receipt of the within no
tice
I have the honor to he, virj respect
fully, your cbeoient servant.
U.S. Grant, Genrnl
Attest: Geo K. Dent, A A. G.
In Executive Session. i
Siuate of the Uni’ed States, >
January Ki, 1868. j
Resolved, That Laving considered
the evidence aid reasons given by the
President, in his report of the 1-th cf
December, 1867, for the suspension
from r ffice of Secretary of War ot Ed
win M. Stanton tLo Senate do not con
cur in such 6uepension
Jure W Form v, Secretary.
Soon after the delivery of this com
munication General Grant culled in per
son upoD the President during the meet
ing of the Cabinet, and upon bqjng re
minded by the President of his reitera
ted promise, and especially of tho prom
ise made only on Saturday morning
last, General GraDt admitted the prom
ise in the presence of mernhu* of the
Cabinet.
Wo content ourselves at present with
a simple statement of facts, and will rc»
scLve all comments,
Senator Doolittle** S|ieechi
Washington corrorpondeuts speak of 1
Senator Doolittle’s Me spsach cn U - j
construction as one of the most remark- 1
able events of the session. The vast j
crowd in the galleries, and the silent at
tention (1 Senators on the florrof the
House, reminded old visitors at (be cap
ital of the afternoon when Douglas, al
so the champion of the great j rinciples
held in his time by a minority of Amer
ican citizi ds, commanded tbc
sympathies of all men of every political
iaitb who could crowd into the ScDato
chamber and listen.
So unimpeachable 'were many cf the
arguments cmyloycd by the Senator,
and pointedly put forward were the
more decisive statements of fact, that
Radical Senators often moved uneasily
id their seats, and applause in the gal
leties could hardly be suppressed* At
time* the speaker, whose voice and
frame and dignity of manucr were more
lasciuating than they had ever before
been, starded the whole Senate into
manifest admiration, and even when ho
uttered his most stinging accusations and ,
sareaFics against the party ar.d the men *
who are trying to imitate Sampson by
raziDg the pillars of constitutional gov
ernment, his b-aring was too manly and
bis accent too free from anything more
personally rffensive than the honest in
dignation of a patriot to cau e a single
Senator to protest. The Radicals who
one year ago, wheu thu star of li.diovl
is-m was in tbo ascendant, would have
; been confident cuough of their power to
i quit the chamber acd pay no aitentiou
to wlatever Senator Doolittlo or any
other Conservatives might say in it, ex
hibited a trepidation aud demoral'tatiou
which they Lave uot shown to rich au
(.stmt at any time during the past
Bi' uu rablt fortnight.
A Lads’* Opinion cf a Ladl'»
Jiau.
Mr*. Stephcnu, in h*r Monthly M«|-
ai : n*, gives a oertsia ol**s of men, tba
l.ks cl whom are seen in oycry oomxrn*
nity, tho benefit of her opinion, a* fcl“
le ws:
Oar own private opinion of the 'lady'*
man’ is that ha i* thoroughly contempt
ible—a sort of life hardly worth th»k«
iog about—a handful of foam (Lifting
over tl e wine of lif , something not al
together unpleasant to tho fancy, but of
no {earthly use- A woman of msm
would as soon ho put to sea in a man
of-war made of ahinglea, or take up her
rosiienoe in a card heus#, as dream of
attaching herself to a lady killer.
Women worth the name are seldom
deceived into tbiuking a lady’* m»n the
ohoioest specimen of his sex. Whatev
er their ignoranoe may be, womanly in
tuition must tell them that the tßtls
who live for a great objeo’, and whota
spirits are eo firmly knit that they ar#
able to encounter the storms of life
men whose depth and want of fceliog
resemble the current of sums mighty
river, and uot the bubles on its surface,
who. if they love, are not smitten by
rueic beauty of furm and features—that
these men are more worthy even of oc
cupying their thoughts iu idle moments,
thau the fops and mou about wwu with
1 whoso attention they amuse themselves
! If we wore to tell him thin he would
; only laugh j he has no pride about him,
i although full of vanity ; and it matters
| uot to him wha*. wo broadly tfii m w
quietly insinuate.
Soft and delicate though he is, he i*
as impervious to ridicule as a bod car
rier, and as regardless of honest con
tempt as a ci'j alderman. W ere you
to haud him this article, he would take
it to somo social party and read it aloud
in the most mellifluous voice, as a Loiu
age to his own attraction.
What Ought wc to Do t
Whut ought we to do ? is a quea
tion that wo should put to ourselves
very often You will, perhaps, like '<■
hear the questions wh cb Susan put to
her sia’er Fatty
“ Patty come here,” Eaid Susan, ‘for
I want to ask you some curious ques
tions that niotbor baa been asking me.
VYbat ought we to (Join Maroh, wLwi
the Aiod blows?
“What ought we to do ? TV by, to
hold our bonnets last, that they rosy
not be blown away.”
“Yes; but that ia not the ahuwer. I
will tel! you what it is , we ought to
‘love one another.*”
“Very true; but I didu‘t think of
that.”
“Now for ano'her qnest'on. WHt
ought we to do in April, when tho
*howerw tall ?” V H
“Whv, to put up the uraha •# , or
run unefer a tree or into tho bound. *
“You have not given me she right
answer now. This is the right un
-Bvrer—we ought to- ‘love one anoth
er.’ ”
“That is just the satnu as the oth
er.”
“Yes it is; end now for my last
qnes'ion. What ought we to do when
May conics with the spring flowers
“ w r>v ( to lovo one ufioxlltr,' i eup
po*o.”
“You are right, Putty. Let th«
month be what it may—whether the
wind blows, the showers fall, and tho
flowers spring, or not, just the name.
Every mouth of the year, and every
hour of the day, we ougnt to keep the
commandment, of the Siui lour, ‘Lov-i
one unotbei.’ ”
Pickled Eggs,— Boil eggs until
very hard ; when cold, shell them, ahd
cut them in haives lengthways; ley
Ihitn carefully in large mouthed jar«,
and pour over them acalding vinegar,
will seasoned with whole pepper, all
spice, u fivv pieces of ginger, and a
few cloves or garlic. When cold, tie
up closely and let ihem stand a
month Tney are then fit for use
With cold meat they are delicious nilii
delicate pickle
An o’dcst inhabitant down id Mufl
calls this the coldest winter for’Jit
years.
A colored Conservative dab Ims
been foimodiu Montgomery. Ala
bama.
llsight oi New Jersey, is the young
est man in Congress.
The Kudiva’s will lose twenty whites
States in their struggle for the teu
black ones
If a t-mall boy is a lad, a big boy must
boa ladder.
Beer fills many a bottle, and the bot
tle many a bier.
Young inon who go to balls would
do well to remember that a bull should
never end with a •‘reel.”
A Mississippi paper estimates that
one hundred thousand persons have
been married in that St» e in the last
two yet re.
Another illustration of the oil
adage:
‘Misery loves company.”
Beecher has been overwliciuH'd
with offetiug ol inhinU for adoption
sinco he wrote that letter saying that
he “coveted his neighbor's babies."
A certain f>p, who was arguing with
Diogenes cn tho immortality of the swul,
asked him r
“New where do you think l shall g*>
after death t*
‘•Wherever your tailor “♦•es,” was th*
reply,
The New York and N\w Haven.rail
road has now iu operation a telegraphic
arrangement by which engineers of
proaoLiug trains arc no iced whether
the draw-bridges are open or shut.
Uuffee said he'd rather die in a rai’-
road emabh-up thau a steamboat bust up
for this reason :
“If you got off and smashed up dtr
! vou is ! Out if you got L! .1 «• f-q ,
s»t, wbar v j U f‘