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Dawson cwtcekln Journal, Published Every Thursday if PERRYMAN & MERIWETHER, TERMS— strictly In Advance. Three month*. 2? 15 Six months *> 26 On* year •" w Rate* of Advertising : One dollar per square of ten lines for the lr*t insertion, and Seventy-five Cents per square for eaoh subsequent insertion, not ex ceeding three. One square three months... I 8 on •ne square six m0nth5............. 12 °0 On* square one year., 20 00 Two squares three months 12 00 Two squares six months 18 00 Two squares one year 80 00 fourth of a column Miree moths *0 00 Fourth of a column six months 60 00 Half oolumn three moths 46 00 Half column six months 70 00 On* column three months 70 00 On* column six months 100 00 Liberal Deductions Made on Contract Advertisements. Legal Advertising. Sheriff's Sales, per levy, 60 Mortgage Fi Fa Sales per square...... 6 00 Citations for Letters of Administration, 8 00 «« “ •* Guardianship,. 800 Dismision from Apministration, 6 00 “ Guardianship, 4 00 Application for leave to sell land, 6 00 8»lesof Land, per square, 6 00 Sales of Perishable Property per rqu’r, 8 00 Notices (n Debtors and Creditors,.... 3 60 Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, 2 00 Estray Notices, thirty days, * 00 Job Work of every description exe eutedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate rates. RAIL-ROAD GUIDE. Smutliwestern Railroad. WM. HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup Leaves Macon 8 AM ; arrives at Eu faula 5 80, P M ; Leaves Eufaula 7 20, A M ; Arrives at Macon 4 60, P If. ALBANY BRANCH. Leaves Smilbville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at Albany # 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 8 85, A M; Arrives at Smithville 11, A M. Macon & Western Railroad. A. J. WHITE, President. E, B. WALKER, Superintendent. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Macon . • • 730A. M. Arrives at Atlanta . . ■ 1 5i r. M Leaves Atlanta . . • 653A. M. Arrives at Macon . . • 180 P. M. NIGHT TRAIN. Leaves Macon . • • 84 ® Arrives at Atlanta . . “ 460 „ „ Leaves Atlanta . . • 810 I. M. Artives at Macon . . • 125A. M. Western ft Atlantic Railroad. CAMPBELL WALLACE, Sup’t. BAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta . • • 8 : !5 A. M. Leave Dalton .... 2.80 P. M. Arrive at Chattanooga . . 6-25 P- M. Leave Chattanooga . • 3.20 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12.05 P.M. EIGHT TRAIN. Leave Atlanta . . • 7 00 P. M. Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.10 A.M. Leave Chattauooga . . 480 P. M Arrive at Dulton . . . 760 P. M Arrive at Atlanta . . . 1.41 A. M. (Saute. OR. W. H. HODNETT WILL, st all times, take great pleasure in waiting on *ll who desire his Services, and are willirg to pay for the ■ame. No other practice is solicited. Dawson, Ga., January 80lh, 1868—ly DR. R. A. WARNOCK, OFFERS his Professional services to the citizens of Chickasawhatcbee and its vicinity. From ample experience in both •ivil and Military practice, be is prepared to »*at successfully, oases in every department W hit profession. janl6’6Btf C. B. WOOTEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Dateson, Ga. jan 16 1868 ly O. f. GDKLXY. WILD C. CLXYKLAND. GURLEY & CLEVELAND, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Milford, Baker County, Ga. jTp. ALLEN, WATCH AND MEPAIREB JEWELER. Dawson, Oa., II prepared to do any work in bis line iii th* very best style. feb23 ts J. G. S. SMITH, GUJIsr SMITH and Machinist, IK4 Ifsor, Georgia. Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing ■ abince, etc., etc. 2 ly. HARNESSAREPAIR SHOP -*T Pm.rCHS’ STABLES, Dawson, ... Georgia, fornish the public with Carriage J Trimming, Hitmens Mounting, 4c. All work promptly done for the cash. n0v22’678m HARRIS DENNARD. Shipments To Liverpool! FREE OF CIIARUE HAVING »tw»y» first class vesnrls on the berth lor Liverpool, we will receite “ and forward cotton at the loweet current free of commission, chargiug only the ■etaal expenses attending the removal liotn '** “"Pot to the preaa. We are prepared *• advance, when required, three fourth* of “e value and guaranteed proceeds. Wm. M. TUNNO * CO , Savannah, Oa. Fresh Garden Seed ®OR A.T ferryman 4 Meriwether’s Drug Store THE DAWSOiN JOURNAL. Vol. 111. POETRY. There'* uo such Word as ‘Fail.’ Heed not this cold world’e taunting jeer, But in thy might arise; It often proves misfortunes here Are blessings in disguise, If lukewarm friends should us disclaim, Our lot we’ll not bewail; Nor will we own there’s such a name, Or such a word as fail. I’ve seen the oak beneath the storm Bow dowD upon the shore ; I’ve seen it raise its stately form, And flourish as before. If storms assail our earthly bark, We’ll brace the shatter’d sail, Though frienda be few and protpects dark, There’s no such word as fail. I’ve seen the ship lie tempest tossed, Upon the troubled main; That vessel which all thought was lost Is sailing free again. When driven on before the blast, And enemies assail, We’ll nail our motto to the mast, “There’s no such word as fail." Full many** pilgrim by the way A look hath homeward cast, Sorrowing again hath turned away, But reached the bourn at last. W ben kindred, too, grow cold and shy While list’uing to our tale, We’ll say, dress on, the goal is nigh, There’s no such word as fail. ’Tis when the fuming masses meet, The’ assayer’s furnace glows, And higher as we raise the heat A purer metal flows. If Providence should thus award, Our efforts to po vail, Then will we shout with one accord, There’s no such word as fail. Oar God is just ; revere Diswill, Let faith our fears disaim; His work in season He’ll fulfill, And shelter us fiom harm. Then let us tiust in Him whose voice Is heard in every gale, And even in our prayers rejoice There’s no sneh word ns fail A Beautiful 1 xtiucf. It was Light, Jerusul ni slept as quietly amid her bills as a child upou the brea-t of i's ut' ther The uoise'ess sentinel stood like a stature at bis post, and the philosopher’s l>mp burned dim ly in tbe recess of his chamber. But a darker night was abroad upon the earth A moral darkness involved the uatious in its unligbtcd shad >ws. Keasou shed a taint glimmering over the minds of men, like the cold, insufficient shining of a dis'ant star. Tue innmrtalpy of man’s.spiritual nature wasuokuown, his relations to heaven undiscovered and bis future destiny obscured in a cloud of mystery. It was at this period that the two forms of cthcrial mould hovered about tbo land of God’) chosen people. They seemed like sister angels sent to earth on some embassy of love. Tbe one of majestic stature and well formed limb, which her snowy drapery hardly concealed, in her erect bearing aud steady eye, were exhibited tbe high est degree of strength nnd confidence Her right arm was extended in an im pressive gesture, upwards, where right appeared to have placed her darkest pa vilion ; while on the left reclined her delicate companion in form and in coun tenance the contrast of the other, for she was drooping like a flower, when moistened by refreshing dews, and her bright but troubled eyes scanned the air with ardent but varying glances. Sud denly a light like the sun flashed out from the heavens, and Faith and Hope hailed with exalting songs, tLe ascend ing star of Bethlehem. Years rolled away, and the stranger was seen in Jerusalem. He was a meek, man, whose happiness seem ed to eonsist in acts of benevolence to the human race. There were deep tra ces of sorrow on his countenance, tho’ no one kaew why he grieved, for he lived in the practice of every virtue, and was loved by all the good and wise.— By and by it was rumored that the stranger worked miracles; that the blind saw, the dumb spake, tbe dead leaped, the ocean moderated its chaffing tide, aud the very thunders articula ed, 'be is the Son of God! Euvy assailed him with the charge of sorcery, aud the voice of the impious judges condemned him to death. Slowly and thickly gird ed, he asceudcd the bill of Calvary. A heavy cross bent him to earth. But Faith leaned upon nis arm, and Hope, dipping bur pinions in bis blood, mount ed to the skies. — Exchange. Rules for Growing Old. At the cooimeocouieoi of Yule Ool lege, years ago. Rev. Darnel Waldo, as the oldest graduate present, £of the class ts 1788, bus closed a speech to the assembkd Alumni: “I am au old roan. I have seen near ly ■ century Do you want to know how to grow old slowly and happily ? Let me tell you. Always eat slow — masticate well. Go to your food, to rest, yur occupation smiling Keep ag od nature and suit ttiu,nr every wheie. — Never give way to ang r. A vi> lent tempest of paseiou icais, down a eoi.s i tutlon more thau a typhus fever Cul tivate a g od mem ry, aud to do this you tuusi always be commute oati*' - re peat what you have read; talk ab ut it. Dr. Johnson’s gerat mem- ry was owing to bis ooiuuiuiJitativenuss You young men who are just ieivinx college, le me advise you lu choose a profession iri which you can exercise your talents the beat, and at the same time be honest ” The man who rim up a till lei; of! when be eame to set le it. DAWSON, OA., TIIURSDA\, FEBRUARY 30, 186S. Tbe heven Sleeper*, BY MARK TWAIN. Every body has beard of tbe seven. Christian martyrs of Ephesus, says the LaCrosse Democrat, who were enclosed in a cave in the third century, and discovered two centuries after. Th 6 legend says they slept all this time, and so did a dog they had with them, and all waked up and oame out after their great slumber. Mark Twain, who bas recently visited Ephe sus, gives us, iu a letter to tbe Alta Californian the following, as his version of the legend In the Mount of Pion, yonder, is the Cave of the Seven Sleepers Once upon a time, about fifteen hundred years ago, •even young men lived Dear each other in Ephesus, who belonged to the uis pised sect of the Christians. It came to pass that the g od King Muxim'.liau us (I am'telling tbis story f.r nice lit tle boys and girls) it came to pass, I say, that the good King Muximilianus got to persecuting the Christians, and as time rolled on he made it very warm for them. So the seven young meu said, one to the other, ‘“Let us go up and dust.” And they got up and dut ed They tarried not to bid their fath ers and mothers gO"d bye, or any Iriend they knew. They only took certain moneys which their parents bad,' and garments that btlonged to their triends, whereby they might remember them wieu far away, and they took also the deg Knmehr, which was the property of their neighbor Malcbus, becau c the beat did run his head tuto a noose which one id the young men was carrying ar let-sly, and they had tint time to r - lna.-e biua ; and they took also cer'a v chickens that seemed lonely in the neighboring c >ops, and likewise some bottles of curious liquors that stood mar lie Gester's window ; and then they departed from the city. By and by they came to a marvelous cave iu .to Hill of Pi-.n, au t entered into it ands -sltd, and presently they hurried on again. Bit they f.cg.'t the boftl :fl of curious liq iors, and lett them be hind. They traveled in many lands, aud Lad masy stratigo adventures. They were virtuous young men, aud lost no opportunity that fell ia their way to make a livelihood. Their motto was iu these words: “Procrastination is the thief of time.” And so, whenever they did come upon a mao who was alone they said : “Behold this person has the wherewithal—let us go through him.’— And they went through him. At the end of five years they bad waxrd tired of travel and adventure, and longed to revisit tbeir old home agaiD, aud hear the voices and see the faces that were dear unto their youth. Therefore they went through such parties as fell in their way where they sojourned at that time, and journeyed towards Ephesus again. For the good King Maximili anus was become converted unto the new faith, and the Chri-tians rejoiced because they were no longer proseouted One day as the sun weot down, they came to the cavo in tho Mount of PioD, and they said each to his fellow : “Let us sleep here, and go aDd feast and make merry with our friends when the morn ing cometh.” And each of the seven lifted up his voice and said: “It -is a whiz’’ So ' hey went iL, and lo 1 where they had put them, there lay the hot ties of curious liquors, and they judged that age b and not impaired their excel lence. Wherein the wonders were right, and tbe beads of the same were level. So each of the young men drank six bottles, and behold they felt very tired then, and lay down aud slept very soundly. When they awoke one of them, Jcb aones tSmitbianus said, ‘We are naked ’ And it was so. Their raiment was »11 gone, and the money which they bad gotton from a stranger whom they had proceeded through as they approached the city, was lying upn the ground, cor roded and dusted and del iced. Liko. wise the dog Ketwebr was gone, and nothing save the brass that was upon bis colar remained. They wonderid much at tluss things. But they took the money and tboy wia> pi and ab' ut 'heir budus some leaves, and cniii. up to tho top of the In.l. lUi b lliey wire pet* pined. The wccdcilui knprioi Dia na was gorn y many grand edifices lb' \ bud i.evi r «- cn before stood in me env ; men in strange garbs moved about tho s reels, and everything was chang' and. ! J bannes said : ‘ It liardly Seems like £pbeaus. Yet here is the groat gym nasium ; here is tho mighty theatre, wben in l have seen 70,000 men as cm bled; here is the Ag'iaj thtru is the fount where the sainted John the Bap* list immorai and tho converts; yonder is the prison cl the good St Paul, where we ait did use to go and toueh the an— eeiot chains that bound him, and be oured of the distempers; 1 see the tomb of tbe disciple Luke, and afar off in the church wherein repose the ashes of the holy John, where the Chris tians of Ephesus go twice a year to gath er tbe dust from the tomb, which is able to make bodies whole again that are corrupted by disease, and cleanse the soul from sin ; but see how the wharves encroach upon the sea, -and wbat multitudes of ships are anchored in the bay ; see, also, bow the city hath stretched abroad, far over the valley beyond Pion, and even unto the walls of Aya9sa, look, and 10, all tbs hills are white with palaces and ribbed wi h colonandos of marble. How mighty is Ephesus become!” And wondering af wbat tbeir eyes had seen, they went down in tho city and purchased garments aDd clothed tbemse'vee. And when they have pass ed on, the meiehant bit tbe coins which they had given him, with his teeth, and turn'd them about and looked curiously upon them ; and cast them upon his counter, and listened if they rang, and then he said, ‘these ho bogus.’ And they said,‘depa.t thou to Hades,’and went their way. When they were come to their houses they recoguied them, al bi.it they seemed and mean ; and they rejoiced and were glad. Tney ran to the doors and knocked, and strangers opened and looked inquiring ly upou them. And they said with great excitement, while their hearts boat high and the color of thrir faces came and wont. Where is my father ? Where is my mother ? Where aro Dy ot;i-iu) and Serapion, aud Pericles aud D icuo ? And the s'rangets that open ed said, ‘we know not these.’ The sav en said, ‘bow you know them not?— How long have ye dwelt bote, and whith er arc they gone that dwelt here before ye ? And the strangers said : Ye play upou us with a jest, young men we and our fathers have sojourned uti der the roots these six generations; the names ye utter rot upon tbe tombs, aud they that bore tin in have run their brief race, have laughed and sung, have tornetbe sorrows and the weariness that were alotted them, aud are at rest; for nine score years the summers have conic and gone, and the autumn leaves have fallen, since the roses faded out of their,checks, and they laid them to sleep with the dead. Tbe seven young men tun ed then away from theii homes, and strangers shut tbe doors upon them.— The wondering marveled greatly, and looktd in*o tbe faces of all they met, as if they hoped to meet some sue whom they knew ; bul all were strangers and passed them by and spake no friendly wotd. They were sore distressed and sad. Presently they spakeuatoa citi zen and said, ‘Who is the king of Ephe sus ?’ And the citizens-nswered and said, ‘Whence come ye that ye know not that great Lsertfus reigns in Ephe sus?’ They looked one at the other greatly perplexed, and presently asked again, ‘where, then, is the good king Maximiliaous ?” Tbe citizens moved him apart as one who is afraid, and said, “Verily these men bo mad, and dream in dreams, else would they know that the king whereof they spake is dead above two centuries ago.’ “Then the scales fell from the eyes of the seveD, and one said, “Alas thrt we drank of tbe curious liquors They have made us weary, aDd iu dreamless sleep these two long centuries have we lain. Our homes are < esolate, our frieuds are dead Behold tbe jig is up let us ante up und pass the buek.’— And the same day they went and laid them down and died. “Such is the story of the SeveD Sleepers (with slight variations.) and I know it is true, for I have seen the cave myself " A Word to Bovs —You wero made to bo kind and generous. If there is a boy in school who has a club foot, don’t let him know that you ever saw it. If there is a boy w th fagged clothes, don’t lulk about rags in his bearing. If there is a lame boy, assign to him si me part i l tbe g»me that does not require run ning. If there is a hungry oDe, give him a part of your dinuer. If there is h dull one, help him to get bis lesson. If a larger or stronger boy has injured you, fiog vo him, and request the teach er not to punish him. Ali the school will sh"W by their countenances bow mu'. b newer it is to have a great soul than a grt.at fist. Ti « Acw Y- t'k Tribune, looking at the condition of things in the tsoutb, »ny s: “Root, hog or die ” But there are no fiogs there to root. The niggers have stole them all; every squealer and gr outer. The Su urday Review says: * There are, it must bo owned, but few things on earth of less intern Lat first sight than a young girl in her teens ” Bu; we don’t think so. A t'onnectiout infant was so un fortunate as to be bora with three coeen. Tlie End Not Yet. Tbo Charleston Mercury says ; “Peo ple continually speak as if tbe days of revolution were past. They seem to think that the country has settled down into a state that will endure forever.— Hero, at the South, we are prone to be lieve that what prevails now -will grow more aud moro intensely real. We senm to have filled our minds with the fears that because disorganization, dis order aod desritution characterize South ern social life in the present, they must continue to characterize our life io the future and be confiocd to ours alone At the North, of course, just the oppo site view is taken. There the public journals and the public speakers harp on the glorious coiclurion to which four years of war have brought them. The Government of tho United States is held up to all the world as a model of well regulated, vigorous and flourishing ad ministration. The present Condition of the couutry is p-oiuttd to as tbe crown which comes after the cross of Mi flitting —the reward which has enriched the efforts of self sacrificing devoted pa triotism “It is true that the din of arms is hushed, it is true that actual oonfliot is an cud. No longer are armies uiu;- aballcd and hurled against each other ; and no longer do bbzing homes and dt vaatated districts tell the story of an in vad< r’s progress. Tbo territory whioli acknowledges the sway at Washingt n, is preserved uubrokeu—the North and the South are odcs again under one government. “But the country is, to-day, in the theories of a revolution as violent as that which came to an end nearly three years ago. There are battles that are blood less ; aud the which rests on the wager of such battles is sometimes &8 weighty as the fate of an empire. “The seat of the government is the centre of this revolution. The three departments* into which every “govern ernuient of h»s” be divided,.aud whiob are derigntd to operate, not as cheeks only but as supports to one another, are iu open hostility. The legislative department deals doable blows against the Executive and Judioiary. Tie rad ior* leaders iu Congress do all in their power to break down the President’s au thority ; they disregard Lis vetoes as if they were empty words—they thrust back a Cabinet Minister iuto the office trom which he. bad been ej j. ted,and h y propose to se* up a military dictator who. shall be invested with more than impe riotarial powers, and shall be responsi ble to no earthly tribunal. They lim it the jurisdie iou and fetter the decis ions of the Supreme Court—in frenzied zeal for tho euforeement of their iniq uitous Reconstruction aals, they seek to forbid any appeals being taken iu cases which may arise under the provisions lor ertubiisliiog “more efficient govern ments in the rebel States.” Breaking loose from the restraints which the con stitution bad thrown around them, these revolutionists have rushed into r wild, tumultuous, reckless license. “Three years ago, when the civil war ended, tbe Northern people had an op portunity of restoring, in greater than its origonal firmness, the Union of the States. Tbe South had acoepted in good faith the issue as decided by arms, and fair, equitable dealing might have gained for tbe government a strength that, humanly speakiDg, seemed irre sistahlo and perpetual But ihe North ern people threw away this opportunity. They suiieudcrcd themselves to the guidance of political and militaty trick sters aud fanatios, under the uarno of government, they set up an enjiue of oppression and tyranny They showed themselves willing to be deprived of tbeir own liberty, if only they might destroy the liberty of other men. With a clamorous abhorrence of slavery, they proved that the slavery which they real ly bated was that of being restrained from trampling on their fellow white men. For a government nobly rating on the contents of tbo governed, they substituted a government resting on the piiitoft'ie bayonet. Fora constitu tion and stable laws, they substituted tbe capricious w ill of a tyranieal majori ty. And for ten sovereign States they substituted ten conquered provinces. “In the stern economy of the moral universe there is no forgiveness of sirs ’ Tho officers if tbe government are the servants of the people. It happen ed once that Acsem called in vain on his trained hound* to desist. The North < ern people will find, perbajs, when it is two late, how the Greek fable may have j been prophetic in its teachings, and how I others tbaD Acaem maybe devoured! by their own dogs. There is a good deal of the brute in man. For example, he is generally dog matio, olten pusillanimous and some times easily coiv-ed ; occasionally cat- I egorical, and is always ready to be made a ‘ lion’’ of. It is said by observers that women I wi b dark hair marry much sooner than others. Our experience, says a wiry tyjK). bus been the contrary, the major- j ity of the marriages bung among the ' light headed females. An Illinois negro ordered his wile to put crape on the door, preparatory to beating her brains out with a chair; but sAe furnished tbe corps by cu ting 1 tbe thread of bis sable existence with her inissors. The editor of he Bristol (W) News 1 gave his printers a holiday on New Year's because, as he said, he had uoth ing else to give them. The radical* of Tennessee talk of building a mansion lui Browulow— His father, tbe devil, has one ready Jur him —ard vtell protected iroimtUe cid. INTo. 3. BrcntliiUK versus Tight Lacing. The free aud easy expansion of tkt chest ia obviously indispensible to the full play and dilatation of the lungs. Whatever impedes it, cither in dress or in position, is prejudicial (o health ; and ou tho othoi hand, whatever favors the expansion of the chest equally promote* the healthy fulfillment of the respirato ry function. Stays, correts, aud tight waistbands operate moet injuriously, by compressing the thoratic cavity and im peding the due dilatation of tbe lung*, and in many instances they give rise to consumption. I have seen one case in wh»cb the liver was actually indented by the excessive pressure, and loDg contin ued bad health and ultimately death were tbo results. Io allusion to this subject Mr. Thar kray mentions tli t men can exhale, at one effort, from si* to ten pints of air, whereas in women the average is only from two to four pints. In ten females, free from dis ease, whom he examined about tbe age of eighteen and a half, tbo " quantity of ■iir thrown out avoraged three and half pints; while in young men < f the same age be found it amoußted to aix pints. S >m- allowance is to be made for natural differences in tbe two sext s ; but enough remains to show a great diminution of capacity, which can be a-’cribed to no other cause than tbe use of stays. At the Hotel Dieu, the great hospi tal at Paris, a young giri of eighteen lately presented berse'f to Brcschet for bis advice. Oa the right side of her throat she had a tumor of variable size, but never larger than one’e fist. It reached from tbe collar bone as high as the thyroid cartilage; (called in com mon language, Adam’s apple;) when pressed downward it wholly disappear ed, but returned a| soon as tbe pressure was removed; it was indolent,soft, and clastio. It was observed to be largest when the chost was tightly laced in cor sets In short, by placing the ear on it the murmur of respiration ooold be heard in the tumor, which proves that a protruriou of the lung*, having no longer sutfioient space in their natural position, were squeezed out of it, aDd were forcing their way up along tbe neck. The “Cloed Time Coming.” Mark Twain takes this view of the millemum of women’s rights : In that day a man shall say to hie servant: “Wbat is the matter with the ba by ?” And the servant shall reply: “It hae boon sick fur hours.” “And where is its mother ?” “She is out electioneering for Sallie RoVoins.” And such conversations as these shall transpire between ladies and ser vants app'ying for situations: ‘ Can you cook ? ’ “Yes.” “Wash ?” “Yes.” “All right. Who i: your choice for State Milliner?’’ “Judy McGinni s.” “Well, you enn tramp.” And women should talk politics in stead of discussing the fashion ; and men shall nurse tbe baby while their wives go to the polls and vote. And in that day the man whe hath bcauti ful whiskers shull beat the homely man of wisdom for Governor, and the youth who waltzes with exquisite grace shall bs Chief ol Podce in preference to the man of practical sagacity and deter mined energy. Every man, I take it, has a selfish end in view when he pours out elo quence in behalf of the public good in the newspapers, and such ia the case w ith me. 1 do not want the privileges of women extended, because my wife holds office m nineteen different lernn o useoria lions, and I have to do all her ejerking. If you five the women fnli sweep with men in po itical uttaiis, thby wilt pioceed to run for every of fice under the new dispensation That will finish me. She won and not have time to un anything at all, th. b, aud one solitary thing 1 have shirked up to the present lime would full ou me, and my family would go to destruction ; for 1 am not qualifi and for a wet nurse. A pert litt e girl boasted to one of her little friends that her father kept u ourriage. ‘•Ah, but my father drives an omni bus ” was the triumphant reply. Bomo sentimental youth observes that the wedding bell is melody fluw ing down a summer’s rainbow iuo a bed of rose leaves. A gentleman at a miD-trel party asked a friend, in a whisper : ‘‘How shall 1 sttr the tire without in* ten up ing the musks f’ ‘ Between the bars,” replied tbej fri'-nd. “Do you know a man hereabouts,? in quired Digby, “with a good falssetto voice ? ’ “No ” said Quild f ‘ but I can show you a man with a goqd lalse set o’ teeth.” A young lady went out with a rath er timid beau sleighing, one evening, complacently remarking to him that she seldom went a sleighing but she got chap* oo her lips. Ihe young man took the bint' 3 -and 1 chopped. Tbe Value of Art. Art, like literature, ia good for noth ing if it bus uo meaning, and ia worn* than no h:ug if it has an evil one. To be vuLuubte, and meet with tba appro bation of tbe people, it muat boos great demecra k. truths —ail truth ia democratic— expressed in a manner that spejks for itself and cannot fail to be uuders wxl. It must not be simply tbe pautoHiimist of tyranny aud super stition, ns in times past, nor the mere expression of senseless vanity, mean ingless fancy, servile imitation ants childish egotism, as iu the present.— Art, to bo anything, must have a soul in it—and not only a soul, but an in telligent one, capable of intelligible ut terance. To be populur among a dem ocratic people, it must have a good soul, lull of generous impulses and truthful conceptions; and its high prichU mu tbe tnen who can arise above narrow * conventional standards und absurd ideas of digniy. Like Garibaldi, they must not be ufruid to appear in a'democratic garb and sym pathize w-i h those whom they wou’d serve; and, like Nnpole»n, they must obey the impulses of tbeir own indi viduality, aDd strike oat new modes lor themselves, it they would be suc cessfully felt. When art scrvij tbo people, the peop'e will support it, aod not before ; and until it titles thi ■*, and artists paint ideas instead of mere pic. tures, uiid paint for Ihe age they livo in, instead of making dia'orted compil ations and imitations oi the old mas ters, it is ridiculous and insulting to common sense to talk of the lack of appreciation of the fine arts among the people. False standards must ba dropped, true ones adopted, and tho canvas must bt made to speak to tho people and for tbe people; then Amer ican artists will have nothing to com plain ol As it is, they have nobody to b'ame but themselves.— Selected. Smishiue tu Winter. Sunshine is beeutifol and joy inspir ing always It is God's smile light ing and cheering tbe w< rid. All things animate and inanimate take on anew life in its presence. Not a flower but gratefuTy recognizes it, not a song bird but carols tbe sweeter under its touch. How the rivu'ets flash, and the broad waters shimmer to its glance, while the vulley atmosphere is golden* ly a-haze, and the grand old wood* aud mountains are all a flume with ite kisses. Earth, thut uuder the cloud and the u’ght shale seemed like one stricken with a mighty sorrow, now treads her round of apace like anew crowned queen. Who amid ihe gush ing sunshine can thiuk of aught but lile, health, joy, music, beauty and splen dor ? Under the cloudless canopy of Heaven, seems not the fitting place for grief, gloom, or Jeutb ? Ob the voices ot sunshine are voices of lile— glad ex uberant life ! And *nn*hine id wiuier most beautitul of all. How it glorifies tbe purit es of frost, snow and ice, now dissolving and now sparkling them with u tnousand fold jewel radiance. Cleopatra swallowed u pearl? Wnat myriad pearls and diamonds, outshin ing tbo wealth of “Ormuz and of In dia, 1 ' does the winter sunshine swal low ! And yet, though its gladdening wurmth swallow pearls and diamond-, not one hue of brightness or beauty does it borrow Nothing can add t»» the sunshine. Welcome to its \v n’er beams, reminiscent and prophetic «f seasons of blossom and fragrance. Over the leafless woods nnd verdure les* fields, athwart an iutermiuab e enow it glistens northward t<> the pole, it floats and flashes, clothing the shrouded earth with an inexpressible splendor. WAGO key.—S me time sgo, on tbe Sabbath dny, we wended our way to one of our churches, ami instead of a ser mon heard an address upon some mis sionary or other benevolent subject. After tbe addiess was concluded, two brethren were sent round with the bas kets for contribution Parson L——, who was one of the basket bearers, tak ing the ride upon which we sat. Im mediately in tur frout, aod upon the n- xt seat, negligently reeltoed our friend Bill H , a gentleman of infinite bu rn i r aud full of dry jokes. Parson L ■ tx'ended the b» ket and Bill slow ly shook bi* head. “Com", Wil iam, give us something,” said »be Parson. “Ciin’t do it,’’ replied Bill. ‘V\ bv not ? I* not the cause a good one “Yes, but I am not able to give any thing.” “Poh ! poh ! I know befer, you must give a bettor >ea»ou than that.” ■‘Well, I owe too much money—l roi'« f be just before I am generous, you koow.* “But, William, you owe God a larger debt-tlrm yi U owe *ny one else.” “That’s true, parsor, but then he ain't pushing me like the balance of mu cred itor,!” Tbe parson’s face got into rather m curious condit-on, and he ns seed on W ire Grass Reporter. Lawyers have to invent so many excuses for crime in others that they noon learn to pardon it in themselves. A Galveston paper calls negro suf frage n fixed feet, and a Houston edit or retorts by asking who fixed it. A Parisian actress reoen ly appear ed at tbe Porte St. Martin 'J beatre robed in a balo of elec'rio light, and so little else that even the Frenchmen hissed her, “Am I not ali tie pule f” inquired a lady who was short and corpulen., of an old bachelor. “You look more like a big tub,” was tbe b’unt reply.