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B»Mlliw«*tcra Railroad.
Wis. HOLT, Pres. | VUtGIL FQWERS, Bup
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naron & M C'tern Railroad.
A. J. WHITE, President.'
E. 13. WALKER, Superintendent.
PAY PASSEXUBR TRAIN.
Ltsvcs Macon . ■ • 730A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta . . • 1 57 1. M.
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Arrives at Macon . . . 180 P. M.
MGIIT TRAIN.
Lows Macon . • • 845 P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta . • . 450A. M.
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Attire at Atlanta • .12 u3 I’. 11.
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ter vices, at and are wiilirg to pay fer the
Mine. No other practice i~ soliti'ed.
Dawson, Ga., January 3oil', IfcbS—ly
DR. U. A. WARNOCK,
OFFERS his rrofPssion.il services to 'he
citizens of Chitkasawhatchee and its
vicinity. From ample experience in both
•ir|aqd Military practice, he is prepared to
treat Sttcee-afully, cases in every demrtirerit
of hia profession. j<uil6 08 1
C. E. WOOTEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cfatcson, dee.
janls 1868 lv
•. J. GCP.txY. WILD C. CLEVKLAND.
GURLEY & CLEVELAND,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JUilford, linker County, On.
J. D.
WATCII |"vq AND
REPAIRER laUltlß JEWELER*
Dawson, Ga.,
IS prepared to do any work in his line in
the very best style. feb23 ts
j. «. s. smith,
GUN SMITH and
Machinist,
Repairs all kinds of Guns, PUtols, Sewing
Marlines, etc., etc. 2 ly.
HARNESS REPAIR SHOP
rni>Yt *:s' st.uiles,
Oawsoii, . . - (lewrgia,
C'tAN furnish the public with Cirriag' 1
J Trimming, Himess Mounting, Ac. AH
work promptly done for the cash.
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Shipments To Liferpool!
FKKU «F CIiAKOE
HAVING always first class vessels on the
berth for Liverpool, we will receive
sfod forward cotton at. ihe lowest current
rates, free of commission, charging only the
actual expenses attending the removal tiom
the dopot to the press. We are prepared
to when required, three fourths of
the v&lue and truarauteed proceeds.
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Savannah, Ga.
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EOR SALE tVT
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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
A 01. 111.
P‘>l , | |;v,
THE FATIIERLEk*.
BT MRS HKMiY IYNCH.
Speak softly to the fatherless t
And cheek the harsh reply
That sends the crimlnn to the cheek,
The tejr drop to the eye.
They h«ve the weight of loneliness
In this rude world to bear;
Then gentlv rui-e the fallen bud,
The drooping fl rweret'yp.re.
Speak kindly to the fatluuJt’li I
The lowliest of the band
God as the waters
Iu the hollow 'of his hand.
'Ti» sad to see life’s evening sun
Go down iu -oirow’s shroud,
But sadder still when morning’s dawn
Is daikeuod by the cluud.
Look mildly on the fatherless t
Ye may have power to wile
The hearts from sadden'd memory,
B.v the m gic of a smile.
Dea' gently with those Hitle ones,
Be piiiiul and lie,
The fiend and father of us all.
Shall gently deal with thee.
THL AACEL OS' SLEEP.
Ife droops his plumy, snow white wings,
• He waves his balmy hand,
And wide the gate of silence swings
That guards the shadowy land.
Forgot is Time, the sentinel
That stands outside the door;
The gloomy train of ears as well
That clogged our steps before ;
0 river of oblivion !
Thy draughts are sweet and deep,
For memory slumbers on her throne,
Rocked by the angel, Sleep.
There is a face whose loveliness
Is marred by hues of care ;
But bleep has swept it with his kiss,
And made it smooth and fair.
There is a worn ati<l weary brain,
Thatresis until the morn ;
There is a heart which beats with pain,
That feels no more forlorn.
0 Death’s fair brother, how divine
Must be that slumber deep,
More sweet, more culin, more free than thi«,
When his beloved sleep.
JJy" Os ihi-* sweet old ballad of the 7'.m
pest, by Field- 1 , one can never weary. Th*-re
is something in the little daughter’s whisper
above all human philosophy :
We were cow did in the cabin,
Not a soul would dare to sleep—
It was midnight on the waters, *
And a storm was on the dceD.
’lts a fearful thing In winter,
To be shattered in the blast,
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder, “cut away the mast 1”
So we shuddored there in silence—
For the stoutest lit id hia breath,
While the hungry seas was roaring.
And the breakers talked with Death.
As thus we sat ie darkness,
Each one busy iu his prayers—
“We are lost!’’ the captain shouted,
As he Staggered dov/u the stairs,
But his little daughter whispered,
As “he took his icy band,
“Isn’t God upon the ocean,
Just the same as on the land ?"
Then he kiss’d the little toiiden.
And we spoke in better cheer.
And we anchor’d sife in ha-hor.
When th»> morn was shining el- ur.
From the Southern Opinion.
A Yankee Taken In.
Soon after the’lute war, when nn nm
nes'y oath—more commonly known an
a "dam nasty’’ oath--was considered
by some a ‘Hles.'deratuin — a “thing
of beauty” (?) which would last for
ever< —a long lank scion of the Con
federacy, clad in butternut jeans,
walked into the Provost Marshal's
office at Charlottsville, and inquired :
“Is this here the place to git into th.
Union tit ?”
The dapper lit’le “imlervidua!” pro
siding over the establishment replied,
in bluo nosed Yankee twang :
‘•Yes sir j we administer the amnes
ty oath hero.”
“Well, sir, I want to be cussed into
the institution quicker’n h—l can
scortch a feu her.”
Iteb’s name, rank, regiment, and
plaee of abode being aseer ained, the
oath was ailniinisteied with due sol
enmity and impressiveness
Aftei its administration our reb gulp
two or three times, and started out —
then ’urning suddenly around as il he
had lorgott* n something, thus add res
sing him elf to the presiding function
tary:
‘•Bav, Cap’n, I’m in the Union now
ain’t 1
“Yes, sir,” replied the officer with
dignity,
“Well,’’ with a quizzical look’, “I’m
as good a Y’ar.kee as anybody now,
ain’t I
“Y T es, sir, you are."
“Well, continued Butternut, “now,
Cap’n, didn’t MonewaH Jifkson use to
give us h—l in the Valley ? ’
Deponent suith nut what was the
officer's reply, but i is prtn-unmb e be
thought it was a striking exump eof
the “ruling passion strong in dexih.”
IS SD.
“v ou know dear wile, tnat you
and I are one, so thu » hen 1 beat
you, I In a one half of inyse f.”
“Ah, Ves. dear fiusliuud. but l will
thank you to beat the other half here
after.”
DAWSON, OA„ THURSDAY, MARCH C 5, INOB.
From the x. W fork Her. Id, It,l |
Mr. Johnson and lilt- ICadicalw
j -Tlietianie for tho Presidency
j -Never was a party so hi nildcrod as the
j Radicals are, cr more perplexed as to
the means t f escape from the false po
sition in which they have been caught
with such adroit audacity. TI ey beat
tho air with a wild fury, they fume
frightfully, and in all their attempts to
Ite t -rriblc they mutter aud murnhlo
w ' l,! Imbecile persistency, impeachment,
impeachnn nt, impeachment—us il that
W‘ id, so teaiful to ihcm.-elvee, must bo
equally fearlul to all others. It is their
one weapon, and they dare not use it.
Iu fact, iu fact-of the President's bnld
playing, the Republican leaders find
themselves reduced to the necessity of
of considering what course they may
choose with least harm to themselves,
conscious that however they may deter
mine, and whatever step they take,
their acts must inevitably result in an
advantage to him whom they will ruin.
If the Senate refti-e the prop. *ed
honor to McClellan it in another blew
against soldiers, OQt liidicalsjif they
refuse that to Thomas tbey do a thou
sand fold worse id the same way ; while
if tbey confirm either the Resident's
game will be the stronger, siore tc will
have handsomely provided for an oppo
sition favorite in McClellan, and in
Thomas have honored and exalted the
only man combining in bis single per
son all the elements necessary for a
candidate to divide the national voice
with Grant. If Congress 'attempt to
save Stanton without impeachment it
only can do so by a revolutionary ap
peal to force, which must prove a ter
rible error. If it attempt impeachment
that fact will fall like another apple of
discord, and will lead to personal strug
gles in the party that will demoralize
and destroy it On either hand, there
fore, its adherence to S'nnton is ruin
ous; and it cannot aband -n him, for
that admission fatal to all confidence in
it. It cannot give Stanton up pow.
He is chained round the neck of his par
ty, and they must go to the depths to
g-ther.
feuch is the actual position which has
resulted from that strange piece of in
f (nation with the Rejublicao party
that most ftuitful
and the at oinpt to hold him in ■ ffi.v?
by force of a law that its very framers
declar., with all possible emphasis, was
uever made for the purpose. Here is a
min who ought to go out cf the place,
as it, is agteed on all hands and for all
reasons. He is a constant uffiiio; to the
dignity of the nation, and the people
feel hourly degraded in the thought
that ihc tune of high political litu is
down to tho kicking out level. l>e
oause he ke ps this point so unplca-ant
ly conspicuous is the first great reasou
why Mr. Stanton should retire. An
other is, that It is the intent of tho Con
sti'ution that the President should he
th l Executive, and of all laws in rela
ion to depart id nts that the President
should ch 0.-e their h ads in so far as
they are to be bi-. advisors. He rh■ u'd
re ire, also because as the President
cannot be suppos and to transact business
through him an important depaitmenf
of the government is crippled on his
acciunt, for, although he cannot actual
ly be S cretary of War, to any practical
j.U'Dose —though be baricade himself in
the War office and hold its achieves till
eterni'y—the President acting over
hisbeal is supreme for all disposition
or the army; yet, as be ioteifires wi b
the ordinary routine of duty in the de
partment, he is a nuisance and an evil.
It is lor this reason that General
Grant declares that “for the good of the
service and of the country ho ought to
resign,”and for this reason, no doubt,
General Sherman hclds that if he will
not resign “ulterior measures,” should
bo ‘eoDtrived’ to get rid of him. There
is not a man in the Uuited States Sen
ate with a healthy brain who does not
think that Stanton should go out of of
fice, and tho best Republicans in the
Senate have declared in m moderate
terms that the Tenure of office would
never have be ome a law i; it could
have been imagined that a cabinet of
ficer would descend so low as to avail
himself of it to hold his place against
the will of the President. Well, then,
the President is clearly in tho effort to
rid the Cabinet of sucli a man. He is
in agreement with the Senate, with
General Giant, with General Sherman,
and with eomumii sense of the whole
country. And it is on such a point—on
a point in which the President has to
sustain him all con.id. rations of law,
pr per y, even g »>d taste, and all opin
ions uot fanatical—that, the H publi
cans cb se •“ fight hrn ; and for this
fight they tortured to their purpose a
statute never meant to cover it U«>w
tremendously they blundered is seen in
the fact that they esnuot win in this
figbs without pursuing a course oep-
tain to destroy them eventually.- N r
can they admit their blunder and retire,
for that would give the Prcsilent an
eclat tlrnuga wLieb tLey con’d not
live.-
Since it is the P es'deDcy that 's at
stake in this contest—since it is that
glittering prize of all political marcev
res thut is to be lost or won—there is
abundant motive fir the issue to be
fought, out with spirit, and it is not
strut ge that Mr. Johnson follows up his
C'se with a clear sighted tenacity. He
can do all that it r quires and come out
wi h clear, hands; he will even be held
as deiit quenl if be does not do all that
the oceasi iD requires -delinquent be
fore tbe law and before public senti
ments. As it is the general will that
Mr S anton should cot be Secretary,
the Presidents acts in sympathy with
that will iu removing him, and has the
full constitutional power to doit; nor
can it ever be advanc'd against him
that he did it in if fiance of any law,
since be has the positive declaration
made on the floor of tbe Senate that it
was not in'ended by 'ho framers of the
-"enure of office law to cover such a case. I
He Las, then fore, freedom of action,
with right on his side, and his adversa
ries Lave neither.
Bound hand and foot, in doubt at ev
ery step whether to turn to the right or
the left, the step, however taken, both
involves them iu violation of the law
and damages them in public opinion
Indeed, it is the essence of this last
ooup that Mr. Johnson forces tbe coun
try to see more clearly what Radical
ism has done lie shows what tbe
acts of the Radicals are by showing
iheir logical consequence. In'develop
ing tbe position of the Republican par
ty he shows it to be such that men who
have hitherto felt, themselves in sympa
thy with that party find they can no
longer adhete to it, he has caught the
party in a false position, and as it is
driven from p int to point by bis forc
ing it, fiods that at every advance it
loses by defection of the vast masses
that will not see the interest of the
country sacrificed to make the fortune
of a political coterie or to save a miscl e
vious and fanatical idea. In this fight
ho bids fair to waste the RadioaL
faction, and thus des’roy that compact j
m j .rity that has ruled the country j
with such arrogance and tyranny. In [
this effort be will have the/ympatby of
the whole people.
fiich Love Letter.
We is rac! tho following fr m an
old number of the Cinton (Miss.) Citi
zen. It is worth readi g:
My Dear TMit: V t i-h de tni.hf.ir
tun-t vai hush peea make you slay so
long in do kountree ? I links you ish
po. n stay away more long as you shout
peen, and ven yon ish gone, I n»*v. r bash
peen sleepiu in do nbe, nor in de day
times n-drier, pceause I purne twit sich
impashions for youre komc buck sgm.
f no’ has peen forget youre igenernsity
aut g oness, vat prom ish vhen you
komes hack dat I ant you ish peen p -
e >mes vise aril huspuut, hot dtjyne to.
gedder, and I ish peen makin prepara
shens dat alt lings mile he lone liree’l}
ven you ish get homo. 1 h sh bot me
a.nue kive ant a shack* t, and sthoekous
ant preecho*, mit von fi'.e pare of shooes
uiit puekiee ant stbrings. Mine kote ish
a little colure spbeekled mit tark spots
like a gray kat’s pack, ant my stbock
ens isu vite, sihriped mit plue b bripos
up ant t un like youre petty koto vat
ish red ant creen, ant my shacket ish
ui re vite as bootermilk. Ant I hash
peen spoken for von shascor vrg >» var
vill go mit von to rse, so dat ven ve ish
marritd ve can ride bote allt'gedder in
do vagon vot voo hor-he vill pull along.
L sen's you py tils hopponunity von pare
of plue garters vot is prowa aut red, ant
dese I begs you vill vare for mine shak.-,
aut link’pon me every dimes ven you
puts dem off, ant ven dey komes on agen,
ant I vid link ’pon you alvays mi’oud
tefiilkasliun order neglrgaoee, ant vent
youre komes pack I vill peen apout kiss
en youre sweete peau’iful fasbe, vat I
n. fir can Lelp lovcu more potter ash
myself, vile 1 ish peen a hff n man. I
ish remaint youre loviu (rent uivays
mitout shange- IiANS
God Counts —A brother and sister
were play ng in the dining-toom, when
their mother set a basket of cakes or.
tho ’ea table and wen' out
“How niie they are!” said the boy,
reaching to take one
|lis sister earnestly objected, and
even drew back his hand, repenting
i hat it was against their mother’s di
rection.
“She did not count them,’’ said the
boy.
• But perhaps God did,” answered
the sister
So he withdrew from the temp'n
tion, and sitting down, seemed to med
ftute
• “You are right ” replied he, looking
at her with u cheerful yet seri-us air,
“God does count, for the Bible says
the hairs of our heads are aH number
e I.”
A midnight elopement in N' w
York was frustrated by a eat, who
tightened the young lady imo s Grinl
ing fit as she was g“ing down stairs to
meet the expected lover at tho door.
Coiirtr liiiK Skilling---A <’itr
| lain Lcciure to Mr*. Murk
T vvu i ii.
“Oh, ffo tn sloop, you old fool!”
“Mr Twain, I am very muen aur
prisod and grievod to —"
“Don’t interrupt tne woman ! I tell
you it is ul surd—you learn to skate !
You will bo wanting to play fairy m
the Black Crook next winter I tell
you skating is an uccotnpl aliment an t
rd only to youth anti comelilicas of
face and symmetry of figure Nothing
jis so charming as to see it beautiful
aftrl, in the coquet'lab Costumo of the
rinks, with cheeks rosy with < xcrtii n.
anti eyes I earning wth excitement,
akirutiling the ice like a bird, swoop
ing dmvri upon a group of gentlemen
and pretending she can’t stop herself
ami landing in the arms ol the very
young man her fu her and u'l allow her
to snow—and Gatling away again
and laliieg on her head and exposing
herseif—exposing herself to remarks
about her carelessness, inatb.m—-hold
your tongue—and always taking care
j to In I when tiiat young tnt n is by to
| pick Iter up. It i.y charming !
‘‘l hey jo k pretty and interesting, I
| too, when they ate just learning; when j
i they stand still a long time in one j
j ;4ace, and then start one loot gingeny,
! and it makis a break for tr.e o her
aide of the pond and leaves the bal
ance of the girl sprawling on this side.
But you—you look fa nod awkward
nod dismal enough any time; and
ween you are on skates you waddle
oti as suffy and stupid and ungainly as \
u buzzard that has had a hors for
dinner. I won't, have it madam. And
you get under a little orecuiious heuJ- j
way then put your feet together and
drilt along, stooping your head and
shoulders and holding your arm* out
like you expected a church was going
to la lon you ; it aggrtvates the lile
out of me! And Tuesday, when I
was uss enough to get on skates iny
selt and kicked the Irish g ants eye
out the fir t dash, and lit oil my head
andcracktd the ice so tha it looked
nko die sun with a 1 its rays had aroja
pied where L struck, and they fined me
ninety-two do lars for turning the
man's pond, I was terrified with he
conviction that 1 had gone through to
the iniide cf the world, because 1 saw :
the parrelleis of latiitude glimmer all
around me, and what was it but you,
iu your awkwardness, fetching up
over me with your ‘tilers’ on I
You’ve got to and scal'd those things
l can t stand tho pew-rent uu.d 'I
won't!’’
‘ Mr Twain, I’m sure—”
“Hold via., «... • • “ ...
your cisgracelul attempts to skate,
tqruwnng around w ith your big feet,
like a cow plowing her way down hi I
it. sh, pery weather. Maybe you would
not be so handy about d'splaying yt ur
f*«t, if you knew what occurred when
1 took your shoes down to have them
mended.”
“What was it ? Tell me what it was
tell me what it was this minute, I
jn.-i know it’s one ol your lies.”
•■Oh, never mind ; it isn't of any con
sequence— go to seep ’’
‘ But i is of consequence. You've
;ot to tell mo; you shunt aggravate
me this way; 1 won't go to sleep until
you tell what it was.”
“Qh, it wasn’i. anything.”
“Mr.Twain, 1 know better You nro
just doing this to drive me to distrac- j
ti. >n What did the shoemaker say |
about my sham V\ hat did he do?— |
Qui-k !’’
•Well, if you nui“t know, ho —he,
—he—however—oh, it’s ol m> conse- !
qileiiee ”
“Air. T wain t”
“Well, he took it and gazed upon it!
a long time in silence, and put his ham |
fcerctiWf to his eyes and burst into |
tears.”
“Why you born fool 1 Twain are you
going stark crazy V
1 lie just s ood there and w ept as it'
his heart would bre k, jtoor devil.—
There uow, let’s go to sleep.”
‘ Sleep, you lunatic ! I’d never dose j
tny eyes ill 1 know w hat that idiot was
cry ng about—and you won’t either, l i
can tell yea that. Come I”
•Oh, nothing."
“Now look litre, Twain, if you say ;
that again I'll make you sorry for it j
—w hat was that numskull crying;
about ?”
“Well he —he—”
“W-e-l-I, he. Out.with it! Do
you want no to—to—Twain! I'll'
snatch them pet fringes oil til the '
s'do of your bead is as b.dd as the top
of it”
“Well, he—j (■%" fi-lfow .'—he said he
doted ou her. Hie had nursed him,
you know, because his mother was ,
leehle, and so—\\ ell, he came to th's j
country fifteen years ago, and first be |
set up in tho vegetable line, and got
along pretty well, and was about to
send to England lor the old lady, when
hard times came and he g t broke.
He went into fruit tnen and after that!
into milk, into all sorts of things, you
know ; but ho got disappointed every j
time ti l this present business fetched j
him out at last, »H right, aud he sent
right ufl for the old woman. She lan-!
detl here four weeks ago, but died tho
veij same night.
“It was Hard, vtry hard, after all
his wailing and toiling for fifteen yteiis
to get tier over here, and have her die
on his hands, lie—he—well he was
disgusted. However, he laid her out,
and ne and Ins friends sat tip w ith her,
and by and by the memory of her vir
'ties soften* and hi- bitterness and turned
into a 'ender grief—a settled tn* lun
choiy hung about his spit its like a pall
for many days However, b* patient
ly striving t<> keep sad thoughts out
of bis iniud, he was fiua'ly beginning
TVo. £5.
I to regain some ol his old time cheerio’
ness, when your shoo so painful y re
minded him of his poor gaiutad grand
mother's coffin— ’’
“Tiike that you brute, nnd if you
dure to come back here I’ll kick you
out again. You degraded old ruf
l fiuti!’’
General Lee and tlie Old Sol
* dier.
Ono of Gen l.eo’s family tells of a
most touchintr iooident that occurred
between the General and an old soldi; r,
*oon after the surrender. It is as fol
lows ;
“An old man, tall, rough and ragged,
but a true hearted Virginian, from the
mountains, called at the residence of
the General, and speaking low, emphat
ically and mysteriously low, said; Gin
ral, I have couio di.wn here to take
you and your wife and darter up to our
place in the mountains—the Yankees j
has cotahe'd President Divi-*, and they’ii,
jbe arier you sure—they hates you, Gin-1
| eral, kasc you licked ’em so. I boint,
| g>t no niggers to wait on you, but me j
j and the old woman will do it; and,”|
i 1 “voting his voice to a whisper, he con
tinoed, “Gineral there’* phees up tharj
where you cau hide, aud nary Yankee i
can find ye ” “But.” said the Goner- !
ai, “you surely) would not have tre,!
your General, bi ie away from tbe Yan
kees ? ’ “But, GiDeral, ’laiut no fair
fi K ht EOW They’ll sreak up unbe
knownst, and if they cotch J*jou they’ll
hang you sure ”
I ho Genaral satisfi and the old fellow
that there was no danger of hanging,
and said, looking pitifully at big stcck
ingless feet and tattered clothes, “wait
my kind friend, while I go up stairs.’’
He returned with a package which he
gave to the old man, saying. “Some
kind Baltimore ladies have sent me
some nice clothing—more than I need.'
I have put up here a j art of it for you ;
wid you accept it and wear it for the
sake of your old commander and friend?
Ihe old man held the package at arm
length for a moment or two, then press,
mg it to his bosom tnd fi Id ng Lis arm* '
over it, he held it there Big tears
rolled down Li* furrowed chocks Soon
as he could speak, he said : “Me wear
these close General ' Nr—not while 1
i: , . , .... ...o u.u u.uj wuen
his wotk is done, and they lay him in
the C' ffiu. I’ll sleep sweet in them,
Gineral, sure! He went out settling,
and holding the bundle to his breast as
he would havo done an infant. I be
lieve my father was erying too—l know
that I was.”
Wotk ou Ftar.vb.-~This h the law ,
and jerial'y, from which there is no ee. ,
cape. Thou-anda are trying to evad- .
it; some by making their fellow m e ,
woik tor them, orhers by depending ce j
money inherited or accumulat'd in ,
form T years, hut without avail. If idle, !
*hi y starve iu the miilst of pleu'y.- -
They may eat to tho full, but eating
without exercising i< against the law A
Na ore, and viry soon tbe stomach ri- ,
fuses to digest ihe food, the In dy is not
i*uri>h(d, and the man literally starves
though he may feel oo hunger. The
hand, the brain, the heart, work
to live. If you dnlgo the labor < f
learning lessons, you, at the same time,
miss the strength of intellect wLich
mental wirk brings and the mini] will
pine f r want of nenrishu ent. Thou
sands have starvod their wi » in this
way, until they wonder how it i tha
o.hers eatry away all the priz s in lile.
M my s'arve th°ir heaits by uever * xer
ei-ing th ru wi h noble eoi >ti ns. Self
ishnCss eats into tbe nature like a can
ker, leav. s ihc man hungry fi r iff c
tion; but love is the price for Love, and
ho that will not wotk iu this fi-Id must
accept the penally. It is au error to
tl.i ik that work was a penad y imp' sad
.ou man for having violated God’s com
mand. Mao’s nature it such that ac iv
ity call o for employment that it may re
man in Lcaith and there can rearc. ly
be a more terrible punishment tfiau s *l
- confinement, where tho eye, the
ear, and the h.'.nds must remain idle. —
A slow, painful death, will surely rc.-uP.
Fo theu boys and girls, strive to 1 ive
work and not to shiln it. Though you
may be as rich as Ast ror Stewart iu
muuey, yet your own nature will suffer
the pangs of poverty without active ex
ercise.
A Sharp Docto*.— An Eng’isb
gentleman once fill from Lis hoia and
it jured his thumb. The pain increas
ing, be was obliged to send for a sur
gooD. One day the doctor was unable
to visit bis pa ie*t, and therefore s-nt
h.s son instead '-Have yon visi cd the
Guglishtraii ?’ said the father in Jhe
livening. ‘Y"s,’replied the young man
‘cn J I have drawn out. a thorn wf icb I
found to bo the chief eat*sr- of his ago-
D
j Pool !’ exclaimed the father. ‘I trust
! cd you had more sense ; uow there is an
j end to the job ! r
i “Please sir,” said a little girl, who
was sweeping a crossing to a niistr,
j “you Lava given me a bad peony.”—
| “Never mind, my girl,’ r< plied he, you
may keep that far your hmes y.”
i —Putting yeast in one’s boots- to
raise tbfe voice is the latoet novelty.
I— Live aud laudanum were nearly the
and -ath of a French gi.l in Springfi Id the
other day.
Tlie 3r.bb.tJU School.
'Jcrusalom was destroyed,’ ar.ys tha
Talmud, *b®cau«o the instruction of
tho young was neglected.’ And dark
ns huve been the fortunes of the South
tho past few yetire, ’a worse thmg wifi
como to us’ if we art) guilty of neglect
in this mutter. Th« religi,.u« training
“f our children is, mote than ever, »
mnnifest unci imperative necceeity. So
ciety, fur the generation that grow* up
undei the influence of revolution, in
like a vaet caldron, filled with flowing
and melted meuter, which may boil
over und, with desolating tide, sweep?
away every s ructuro reared by the
pntrittiem or piety of be.fer days, un
less a timely care aud an unwearying
diligence provide proper channel* for
it The ground swe |, wh. n the gale
bus ceased, is more futul to heedless
cruft than tho gulo itself; and w#
might almost soy that war and convul
sion strike their heaviest blow after
they are over—for, then conies tbw
growth of manifold mischiefs, from the
seeds sown by negligence, amid storm*
ot strife, as to the mental, and spirito
al future of childhood and youth.
j \\ ith this conviction, it is incurubenk
on us to gire redoubled attention and
effort to those inter sts. We must
feel, as tho Talmudists felt, ( f we may
quote them again ) when they suici,
“Even for the rebuilding of t.he Tea*,
pie, the schools must not be interrupt
ed.’
This subject is one that clafta*
thought, prayer, labor, self-denial, at
the hands of all who live under th*
power of a (rue love for the country
and the kingdom of Cerist. Ther*
may be something of excess in the
Tulrnudicn! saying. ‘The world is
only saved by the breath of the school,
children.’ But every week persuade*
us, more and more, that the children
in our Sabbath Schools are the only
hope for tho salvation of the Sooth
Gather tb.-m in, Christian men and
women I Give them faithful, earnest,
evangelical instruction. Wres’le with
God m supplication for their early,
heart-warm, life-long j iety, Spar*
no pains in this work ; shrink from no
toi a.
A RuMmY.—A friend, who never
Hi a tie a joke in his life, but enjoys th*
article hugely when manufactured by
others, condescended to give us th*
following as second hand :
’J ravelling late y on the North river,
he overheard two ladi-ein an adjoining
state-room, who kept incessantly call
inix.iJtxm.M.t-x. aatw-me tii'a Jn'nmnereCl
voi e as if of intense sutlering, ‘d'»
come and open this window or I shi.ll
die ’
The w indow' was accordingly nperr
ed; hut directly the other lady exclaim
ed :
‘Steward, eome nn! shut down my
window, or I shall die.’
This, too, was obeyed, when the
first older was repealed, followed by
the other in the same te ms —and thii*
continued until things began to bw
serous, and the poor Steward com
menced turning very red and perspir
ing wth vexation. At ibis moment a
gentleman, who had been a quiet ob
server ot the scone, cried out in a loud
voice :
‘Steward, why don't von wa r t upon
the ladies there? Hiul the wiudoit ti )
ono of them ;s dead, and then open i.
and finish the o her.'
K3T The fa mo* Jemima Wilkison,
who with a number of her followers,
had fixed her residence at the head of
Seneca lake, announced to them, that
on a certain day she would walk on th*
water. Hundreds collected on th*
shore of the lake, aud she thus address
ed them:
•My dear friends be of no ns*
for me to attempt t<> perform this mira
cle, unless you have faith. Say, do
-you Veit y believe that l can perform
it ?’
•Certainly, certainly,’ answered a hun
dred voices.
•Very well,’ repi ed the y rudent. im
poster, ‘il you bel eve it, that is enough
—there is no need of my doing it, and
we vvi.l go quit ly tn our home*.'
When a ymrg gentleman k?(*es •
y ung lady, she v*vv DU'Orapy says,
“Ob, D ck, the idea?” An l he *’**
n iturally repiie ll , ‘‘Ns, love; not th*
eye, dear ; but 'he check, dear.”—
Wbieh is yeifictly tru>.
—WJ.y da yen set yetrr ohd of eof
fee ou the chair, Mr Jones ?” asked a
worthy hind ady one morning at break
fast. “It is so very woak,” said Jones,
“I thought I would let it rest.”
—The Il rrdford Times pronooees th*
Rtdieal party iu Connecticut as past
praying for.
—An Alderman amused himself thff
other d-y by horse-whipping four doc-*
tors.’
A wrmni's grief is often very short.
If she so es her husband she piues away
for a second.
—O dd bearing bonds—the bonds es
ma'rimony. The Coupons are payable
annually or thereabouts,
—Thrrc is a dispute as to how Cht
oagoshalt bo paved. Prentice darkly
suggests: “Why not pave with good
| intentions V
A wit once ask*d a peasant what
1 pvrt he p rfirmed in tbs great battle of
i life?
i j “I mind my own bus’ncs,” was tha
| repiy.
, ! Mr. Adams has l cid the office of Min
> | isttr to England 1 ng r tbau any otbet
• gers.'o sia-ee bS'J v.