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'VEGETINE
Purifies ihe Blood, Renovates
and invigorates the
Whole System,
ITS MEDICAIi PROPERTIES ARB
'Alterative, Tonic, Solvent,
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X egeuno Youn, respectfully.
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f Cgeillie for Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint,
and general debility of tho system.
*t a • I can heartily recommend it to all
% egetine suffering from the above complaints.
0 Yours respectfully,
r .. Mrs. MUNKOK PARKER,
f OgetlUO w Athens Street.
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Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
IJAIN in the right side, under the
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sensation in the back ’part. There is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful sen
s; '• n of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
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weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and lie complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
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isted, yet examination of the body,
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Ti’illes of tlu> Ho;ui niul 11, art.
Baltimore, March 19 Lizzie
James, whose intimacy widi I). B.
Hinds led to a duel between himself
and William James, the young lady’s
brother, on the 23d of December last,
in this cty, died last evening in her
home of pureperal convulsions. The
duel fought concerning this unfortu
nate young woman was one of the
most remarkable on record. James
was 32 years of age and Hinds 23.
Both held good positions in large
business houses, Hinds being in
Moore & Co’s cloth house, and James
"in the boot and shoe house of Buck,
Hefflebower & Nec-r. They were
both members of the Fifth Maryland
regiment, dwelt in the west end, with
in a few blocks of each otner, moved
in good society, and were intimate
friends. Miss Lizzie James, a sister
of William James, was a beautifu*
and accomplished girl of 18, when’
two years ago, Hinus was introduced
to her. He evidently admired her
greatly, was very attentive to her,
and soon it was rumored that they
were engaged. Several months ago
he discontinued his visits, and, in
December, n iss James’s condition
was discovered. She had written to
her betrayer, whom she still loved,
informing him of her condition, beg
ging him to save her from disgrace
by marrying her, and accusing him
of being the father of her unborn
child. Hinds, it is said, emphatically
denied any criminal intimacy and re
fused to marry her.
When these facts came to William
James’s knowledge he determined to
avenge his sister’s wrongs. lie said
that unless Hinds married his sister
he would kill him. Hinds heard of
the threat, and armed himself with a
seven-barreled revolver. At
o’clock on the morning of December
23, James called at Moore & Go’s,
store and asked for Hinds. He was
directed to go down into the base
ment, where he would find the man
he sought. The two met at the foot
of the stairway. ‘‘Are you going to
fix that matter?” asked James; and
Hinds answered, “I know nothing
about it.” A pistol shot followed,
and a ball from James’s pistol struck
Hinds in the head, making a severe
scalp woud, but not penetrating the
skull. Hinds drew his pistol, and a
savage duel was begun, the men be
ing but a few feet apart. James fired
five shots in rapid succession, three
of them taking effect, and at the
same time Hinds emptied six cham
bers of hi* seven-shooter, four of his
shots being effective. After empty
ing his last chamber James, who, like
his antagonist, was covered with
blood, rushed upon Hinds with up
raised pistol, as though to brain him.
Hinds steadied himself, cocked his
pistol, and as lie was about to make
what must have been a fatal shot,
the cmplovees of the house seized the
men. The encounter lasted a few
moments only, and so rapid was the
firing that the spectators could only
have slopped it at the risk of their
lives.
Physicians were quickly called, and
then it was ascertained that one ball
passed through the skin and flesh of
Hinds’s forehead, and then glanced
off, striking the ceiling. Another en
tered the right cheek below the eye,
and penetrated below an artery near
the ear. The third ball grazed his
right hand. A bullet from Hinds's
pistol penetrated very near James’s
heart, another went into bis arm, and
the third through his hat. He was
taken home in a carriage. Hinds re
covered soon afterward, and fled
from Baltimore, and is said to he in
the west.
Mason was an unsuccessful grocer in
Littlefield, Michigan. He had been a
Methodist, but bankruptcy in business
led him to carelessness about religion,
although he was exceedingly supersti
tious. He had read of the devi! buy
ing souls, and made up his mind that,
for a satisfactory price, lie would sell
his own. He wrote out a formal offer,
the purport of which was that he was to
be given twenty years of wealth and
then his soul was to go into the devil s
possession. This document he sus
pended over a fire, round which he per
formed incantations of his own inven
tion. Although several weeks have
clasped lie has not gained wealth nor
received any intimation that the bar
gain has been closed.^
I’ic-us men —bakers.
DAWSON, GKOROIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1879.
Tufe as a Protection Against
the Caterpillar.
Editor Morning Mars : In my ad
dress before the Agricultural Conven
tion at Hawkinsville on the 18th ulti
mo, I mentioned tho alleged protection
against the caterpillar and all noxious
insects afforded by the jute plant to
cotton, and promised to obtain and pub
lish, for tho benefit of the agriculturists
of Georgia, any further information on
the subject that I might obtain.
I have just, received a letter from Mr.
E. Lefrunc, of New Orleans, in which
he says that “the protection Indian
jute affords cotton against the caterpil
lar is a fact widen I ascertained myself
on a small, but positive, scale in Louis
iana. The odor emanating from the
jute in the bloom stupefies insects and
drives them way.” Dr. Landry, of
New Orleans, says he has observed the
influence of the jute growth on insects.
“I have seen,” he writes, “on the first
of October a cotton field in full foliage,
flowers and bolls, without a single in
sect bite. That cotton was surrounded
by a jute growth. All the cotton fieldds
far and around, were more or loss de
vastated by worms.”
Jute, sown from 15th to 30th of
iril, will bloom about the time to af
ford tho best protection against the
caterpillar. The seed should he sown
broadcast—about fifteen pounds to the
acre—on land thoroughly plowed and
pulverized. Seed may be obtained by
early application to James S. Murdock,
Esq., Secretary of the Agricultural
Society of South Carolina, Charleston,
who has imported a limited supply
from India, and will distribute it at the
cost of importation, which should not
exceed thirty cents per pound.
I hope that planters, in different sec
tions of the State, will, as far as possi
ble, test the accuracy or tho reverse of
this imputed virtue of the jute plant.
If it be true, the discovery is certainly
of incalculable benefit to the cotton
States. Very respectfully,
William M. Browne,
Prof, of Agr., etc-, Univer’yof Geor
gia.
Professor Browne's address will ap
pear in the April number of the South
ern, Farmer's Monthly.
Atlanta Constitution: ‘‘We learn
that the day alter Colonel Alston’s
death, Dr. Willis Westmoreland, who
had been a devoted friend in life to
Colonel Alston, removed the bullet
from the wound. It was discoveredr
that the fatal bullet had gone clear
through the brain, piercing it across
its broadest part and carrying part of
the brain with it. It had lodged
against the opposite side of the head,
being partially flattened against the
skull. There was never any proba
bility but that the wound would have
proved fatal. It seems to be settled,
however, beyond doubt, that Colonel
Alston retained consciousness up to
very nearly the final end. He cer
tainly recognized many persons who
"Mood about his bedside. It may be
definitely stated that the array of
counsel (for Cox’s trial) is about made
up. The prosecution will be con
ducted by Solicitor General Hill.
Hopkins it Glenn, Howard Van Epps
and Patrick Calhoun, with probably
Colonel Hawkins and Judge Hall
added. This is an able and com
plete array. The defense is Gartrell
& Wright, Candler & Thompson, D.
P. Hill. Mr. 11. S. Jeffries was ad
ded to the defense on Saturday, we
I earn, and will take an active part. It
is said that an attempt will be made
to secure the Hon. 15. 11. Hill, but
we are unable to vouch for this ru
mor, It is believed that the case wall
be called early in the session, which
begins two weeks from to-day.”
This is the way in which a Louisville
girl disposes of a young man, according
to the Courier Journal: She says:
‘•You have asked me pointedly if I
can marry you, and I have answered
you pointedly that 1 can. I can mar
ry a man who makes love to a different
girl every month. I can marry a man
whose main occupation seems to bo to
join in gauntlet in front of churches and
theatres, and comment audibly on the
people who are compelled to pass through
it. I can marry a man whose only
means of support is an aged father. I
can marry a man who boasts that any
girl can bo won with the help of a good
tailor and an expert tongue. I can
marry such a man, but I w-o-n-t!”
A woman cured her husband of stay
ing out late at night oy going to the
door when ho came homo and whisper
ing through the key-hole, “Is that you
Willie ?” Her husband's name is John,
and he stays at home every night now,
and sleeps with one eye open and a re
volver under his pillow.
V t'liihl Fascinating Birds in
Ohio.
Forest Revieui.
We learn from a correspondent that
there resides in the vicinity of Harris
burg, in an out-of-the-way place in
Hancock County, about three miles
west of Mount Blanchard, a very re
markable child, only 5 years old, who
seems to have the power to charm birds
at will.
Her mother first noticed this strange
fascination that the child possesses
about a year ago. The little girl was
playing in the dooryard among a bevy
of snowbirds, and when she spoke to
them they would come and light upon
her twittering with glee. On taking
them in her hands and stroking them,
the birds, instead of trying to get away
from their fair captive, seemed to be
highly pleased, and when let loose
would fiy away a short distance and
immediately return to the child again.
She took several of them into the house
to show her mother, who, thinking she
might hurt them, put them out of doors,
but no sooner was the door opened than
the birds flew into the room again, and
lit upon the girl’s head and began to
chirp.
The birds remained about the prom
ises ail winter, flying to the little girl
whenever the door was opened. The
parents of the little child became alarm
ed, believing that this strange power
was an ill omen, and that the much
dreaded visitor, death, was about to
visit their house. But death did not
come, and during last summer the child
has had numerous pets from the birds.
The child handles the birds so gently
that a humming bird once in her hands
does not fail to return. This winter a
bevy of birds have kept her company,
and she plays with them for hours at a
time. Every morning the birds fly to
her window, and leave only when the
sun sinks in the west. The parents of
this girl are poor, superstitious people,
and have been reticent about the matter
until lately, fearing that some great
calamity was about to befall them.
Convicted by n .Jury of Ills Own
Race.
At Austin, Tunica county, Miss.,
last week, William Love, colored, was
placed on trial for the murder of J. F.
Sanderson, white, and a colored jury
was empanneled to try the ease. They
heard the evidence, the arguments of
counsel and the charge of the court, and
on Saturday last retired to consider a
verdict. In a short time the jury re
turned into court, and the foreman
handed the clerk the written verdict.
It read: “Wo, tho jury, find the de
fendant guilty of murder, but recom
mend him to the mercy of the court.”
The Judge stated that under the ver
dict he would have to sentence the pris
oner to the penitentiary, and he asked
the jury if such was their intention in
finding the verdict. The’ entire jury
spoke up and said, “No, sir—no, sir.”
“Then, gentlemen,” said the Judge,
“you can retire and find a verdict which
will express your intention.” The jury
retired, but returned in a few minutes
with the following verdiet: “We, the
jury, find the defenant guilty of murder,
as sharged in the indictment.” The
Judge stated that under the verdiet he
would have to sentence the prisoner to
death by hanging, and he again asked
the jury if they understood their ver
diet in that sense. The jurrors unani
mously said, “Yes, sir—yes, sir.”
Thereupon the prisoner, William
Love, was sentenced by the court to be
hanged.
Rats Sucking a Horse’s 1 ilood.
A prominent horse dealer of this city
told ns the following curious story this
morning about the fancy his rats (as he
calls them) have for a change of diet;
He keeps a horse, and noticed lately
that it showed symptoms of lameness in
his fore legs. lie examined him care
fully, but could not discover the cause.
On going to the stable one day, he, be
fore entering, looked in through the
window then, to his astonishment, he
counted eleven rats stuck on the horse’s
legs, sucking his blood. He waited,
expecting every moment that the horse
would shake them off, but instead of do
ing this he remained motiouless and
B eemcd to enjoy the strange visitors. A
rap on the window sent the rats scurry
ing off. On - examination of the horse's
legs lie found twenty-two little holes,
from eleven of which the blood was
flowing. The horse was removed to an
other stable and soon recovered from
the sores, but, strange to say, his ap
petite has almost failed him. He re
fuses oats, and, as a consequence, has
fallen off in flesh, so much so that now
he is almost useless. —Montreal (Conn. )
Post.
Sin of tlic Fathers Maintained
by the Sons.
Springfield Republican.
One of the customs of our fathers was
the habit of going toleep during ehurchs
service, and various and singular wer e
the expedients adopted by the minister
and the deacons to keep them wide
awake. \ Here is an account of a funny
scene in a Lynn, Mass., church in 1(14(5,
during the preaching of good old Rev.
Samuel Whitney, D. D. It is taken
from Obadiah Turner’s journal:
1646, June ye 3d. Allen Brydges
hath bin chose to wake ye sleepers in
meeting, and being much proud of his
place must bleeds have a fox-tail fixed
to ye end of a long staff wherewith he
may brush the faces of them yt will
have naps in time of discourse; like
wise a sharp thorne wherewith he may
prick such as be most sounde. On ye
late Lord his day, as ho strutted about
ye meeting-house, he did spy Mr. Tom
lin sleeping with much comforte, his
head kept steadie by being in ye corn
er, and his hand graspin ye rail. And
soe spyin, Allen did quicklie thrust his
staff behind Dame Ballond and give
him a grievous prick upon ye hand.—
Whereupon Mr. Tomlins did spring up
much above ye floor and with terrible
force strike bis hand against ye wall,
and also, to yc great wonder of all, pro
phanlie exclaim in a loud voice, “Cuss
the woodchuck,” lie dreaming, as it
seemed, yt a woodchuck had seized and
bit his hand. But on coming to know
w’here he was, and ye great scandal
committed, ho seemed much abashed
hut did not speak. And 1 think lie
will not soono again go to sleep in
meeting. Ye women may sometimes
sleepe and none know it, by reason of
their enormous bonnets. £Mr. Whitney
doth pleasantly say yt from ye pulpit
lie doth seem to be preacliin to stacks of
straw with men here and there among
them.”
An Old Delusion Revived.
A St. Louis dispatch of last Saturday
says a large number of negroes, recent
ly arrived here from Vicksburg and oth
er points in Mississippi and Louisiana,
under the impression, as they assert,
that they would be provided with means
and subsistence while here, and free
transportation to Kansas, where they
are to receive lands from the Govern
ment, money, mules, plows, etc. Sever
al hundred, perhaps more than a thous
and, have already arrived. Most of
them are in a destitute condition, and
600 more will reach here, to-morrow,
by the steamer Grand Tower. As no
such provision as the above stated lias
been made for these people, they hav
ing evidently been gsossly deceived for
some malicious purpose, and in view of all
the circumstances in the case, Mayor
Ovcrstaltz this afternoon issued a proc
lation warning all persons against com
ing to St. Louis without money to sup
port themselves and to pay their fare
to their destination. No employment
can he obtained here, and there must,
of necessity, be much destruction among
them. Two or three hundred had mon
ey enough to reach Kansas City and
have started for that point.
The matter is assuming great impor
tance, and what the end will be no one
can now tell.
A Queer Story.
Tiif. Philadelphia Times tells about
one Levi Waggenseller, who went into
a restaurant and ordered supper. lie
had three false teeth, which for twenty
years had done good service. They
were in the habit of occasionally drop
ping out. Waggenseller sat down, to
his meal and had about half finished it,
when he felt something going down his
throat, giving him intense pain, which
lie thought was a bone. lie soon found
that his false teeth were gone. Plate
and all had gone down his throat, and
he could feel them lodged against his
breast. He consulted physicians, but
all their efforts to relieve him were in
vain. The teeth slipped down and set
tled near the entrance to the stomach.
It was impossible to get any food or
drink down his throat. But, strange
to say, the man lived seven davs with
out eating. He dwindled to a mere
skeleton. At last he died from starva
tion.
A man in Overton county, Tenn.,
stole a hog a day or two ago, killed
it, tied it around his neck in shot
pouch fashion and started home. Af
ter going some distance he liecame
weary, placed the hog on a stump with
out removing the rope from around his
neck, and fell asleep. The hog slip
ped over the opposite side of the stump
and the poor wretell was strangled to
‘ death-
VOL. 15-NO 3.
Chronological History of The
American Indians.
1820. Pilgrim Fathers to Tmlian .
“Give us a little foothold here, dear
Indian.’’
1850. P. F. to I : “More room
please. Go a little farther west, In
dian.”
1700. P. F. to I.: “Just a colony
or two farther west, Indian.”
1750. P. F. to 1.: “Please stay on
your side of the C'atskill nxouutains, In
dian.
1790. White man to Indian : “In
dian you’re in the way. Go farther
west.”
1800. American Eagle to Indian :
“No pent up Utica contracts our pow
ers. The whole unbounded continent is
ours. Injun, quit the Ohio.”
1820. A. E. to !.:• “Injun, step on
the other side of the Mississippi. You
arc in the way of civilization and pro
gress.
1840. A. E. to I.: “Injun, get
over the Rocky mountain. You are a
nuisance ”
1850. A. E. to I : “Injun, we
want all the land. Why can’t you quit
being an Injun ? Re a white man.—
Sell us the land fairly. Tangle it up
with deeds, quit-claims, mortgages,
liens, and all sorts of things, as we do.
Injun, now do try to be civilized.
18(50. A. E. to I.: “Injun, you’re
in the way everywhere. Do git eout—
Go north! Go south! Go anywhere!
Only go!
1870. A. E., on locomotive, to In
dian: “Scat! Git! Clear the track!
—Scatter! This is no place for you
anyway.”
At the Masquerade.
They were gliding the happy hours
away, klio a lloman princess, he an
English nobleman.
“I think 1 know you,” whispered the
princess.
“Who, whispered the nobleman, dis
guising his voice.
“Fred!”
“So 1”
“Yes.”
“And you arc Miss Ella, are you
not 1”
“How did you know me?” she re
plied, in great surprise “Is not my
disguise complete ?”
“Ah, yes,” said Fred, “but you
could not disguise those dainty feet,
these soft hands which I hold in mine,
nor your graceful, lovely dance. Give
me one little peep, Ella ?”
“I w ill if you will,” replied Ella.
“All right,” said Fred, and both
raised their masks.
He didn’t know her and she didn’t
know him.
A Little Oirl’s Reproof.
An army officer, on returning home
from camp life, went, to visit a relative,
and like some who imitate their associ
ates, he indulged in profane language
A little girl walked out with him to his
horse, and as ho was talking to her in
great glee, she gently said:
“I don’t like to hear my cousin
swear.”
He replied : “I know my dear, it is
wrong.”
In the same mild voice she r joined:
“Well, then, if you know it is wrong,
why do you do it?”
The Captain confessed to a friend, on
relating the story, that he never felt a
reproof so much as the one given him
by that little girl. He had a good rea
son to feel it, for he deserved it
To Stop Bleeding-—lt is said that
bleeding from a wound, on man or
boast, may be stopped by a mixture of
wheat flour and common salt, in equal
parts, bound on with a cloth. If the
bleeding bo profuse, use a large quan
tity, say from one to three pints. It
may be left on for hours or even days,
if necessary. The person who gave us
this receipt says: “In this manner I
saved the life of a horse, which was
bleeding from a wounded artery; the
bleeding ceased in five minutes after
the application.”
Tulmage says: “God thought so
much of the Chinaman that lie created
300,000,000 of them.” By the same
mode of reasoning we can infer that He
thought so little of Talmage that He
only created one of him.— l dSan Joss
(Cal.) Herald.
The Boston Advertiser relates that
the same ship lately took to Africa eight
hundred thousand gallons of rum and
one missionary Heavens! what did they
want of so much missionary
Express.
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A pound or energy with an ounce of
talent will achieve greater results than
a pound of talent will with an ounce of
energy,
Curiosities oftlie lifhie.
The Ilible contains (3,5C(’,t t F‘
tors) three million, five hundred am
sixty-six thousand, four hundred an
eighty letters. Seven hundred a:,
seventy-three thousand and ninety-twi
words. Thirty-one thousand one hun
dred and seventy-three verses (31,1 .3
verses): One thousand, one hundred
and eighty-nine chapters (1,189 chap
ters), and sixty-six books (60 hooks).
The word “and” occurs forty-six thou
sand two hundred and twenty-seven
times (46,227 times). The word “Loid ’
cne thousand eight hundred and fifty
five (1,855 times). The word “rever
end” occurs only once in the Bible,
which is in the 9th verse of the 11th
Psalm. The middle and least chapter
is the 117th Psalm. The middle versa
is the Bth verse of the 118th Psalm.
The 21st verse of the 7th chapter of
Ezra contains the alphabet. The finest
chapter to read is the 26th chapter of
the Acts. The 19tli chapter of the 2d
Kings, and the 37th chapter of Isaiah
are alike. The longest verse is the
9th chapter of Esther. The shortest
verse is the 45th of the llth chapter of
St. John. The Bth, 15th, 21st and
31st verses of the 107th Psa’m end
alike. There are no words or names
in the Bible of more than six syllables.
“John,” said Mrs. Smith, “what
smell is that?”
“Cloves.”
“But that other smell?*’
“Allspice.”
“But isn’t there another?”
“Yes—apples.”
“Just one more?’’
“Cider, my dear.”
“Well, John,” she said, “if yeu’d
only drink a little brandy now, yoU
would make a good mince pie.”
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
Riches are but the baggage of for
tune.
A good beginning makes a good end*
ing ’
Busybodies never have anything to
do.
(Money is a good servant but a bad
master.
He that neglects time, time will
neglect.
Better go to bed suppcrless than rise
in debt.
Every man is the architect of his own
fortune.
Some tim j ago, while a poll-parrot
was sunning herself in a garden in Oak
field, Cal., a large hawk swooped dowrt
and bore the distressed parrot off as a
prize. Her recent religious training
came to her assistance, as at the top of
her voice she shrieked: “O Lord, save
me! O Lord, save me!” The hawk
became so terrified .at the unexpected
cry that he dropped his intended din
ner and soared away in the distance.
Singular Accident. —Meriwether
Vindicator: Last Saturday a son of
Mr. It. A. Parker, about twelve years
old, climbed a tree to top it. In fall
ing the tree struck the hatchet handle
which throw it into his face, striking
just above the left eye and cutting the
flesh to the bone, down to his uppei*
lip. Fortunately his eye was not cut.
Ho bore it manfully, and is doing well.
The tramp who outraged Mrs. Trues- 1
dale, near Newport, Ky., recently, was
arrested Saturday, lie confessed his
crime, and Monday a mob marched to
the jail, overpowed the jailor, knocked
down the Mayor and two policemen, and
marched off with Klein. They took
him to Mrs. Truesdale, who identified
him, and then dragged hiuitothe woods
a nd hanged him.
A countryman wa.s'giving in his evi
dence in a London court the other
day and was asked by counsel if h(S
was born in wedlock. “No, sir,” lid
replied, “I was born in Devenshire.”
‘The pen is mightier than the sword,’
says the poe t. Oh, yes, certainly !
But on a dark 'night, when there ard
burglacs in the house, a good double
bareled shot gun beats both of them.
A little boy was shown the picture
of the martyrs thrown to the lions. lid
startled his friends by shouting : “Ma!
oh, mal Just look at. that poor little
lion way behind there. He won t get
any.’
Says the Augusta News: “An ex- 1
change tells of a young man who swore
off smoking and was worth ten thousand
dollars in five years. There’s some
mistake here. We know a young man
who has swore off fifty times in fivd
years and isn't worth a cent
_ — ————
The Memphis (Tenn ) Herald is
credited with the following statement;
“A man was found dead at Fifteen
Mile Bayou, near St Francis river. A
jury held an inquest and brought in a
verdict in accordance with the facts 5
after which the Squire, noticing a pis l
tol on the person of the dead man, again
called the jury together, who found
him guilty of carrying concea'ed weap
ons and fined him s'2s, and some stock
of the dead man was then sold to pay
the fine.”