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MAKE SOMEBODY GLAD.
OuJife's rugged road,
As we jurney each day,
Fa', far omre of sunshine
Would brighten the way,
If, forgetful of self
And our troubles, we had
The will, and would try
To make other hearts glad.
Though of the world's wealth
We‘ve little in store
Aud labor to keep
Grim want fiom the door,
With a hand that is kind,
And a heart that is true,
To make others glad
There is much we may do.
And a word kindly spoken,
A smile or a tear;
Though seeming but trifles,
Full often may cheer,
Each du'j of our lives
Some treasure would add
To be conscious that we
Had made somebody glad.
Those who sit in' the darkness
Of sorrow, so drear,
Have need of a word
Of solace and cheer;
There are homes that are desolate,
Hearts that are sad,
Do something'for Some one,
Make somebody glad.
War's Night Before
Christmas.
BY M. QUAD.
It was the night before Christmas,
Our brigade had been in camp along
the Rapidan a fortnight, aud every¬
body had thought the campaign had
closed. Winter quarters had been
erected, cold weather had come aDd
those who bad marched .and fought
the loug summer congratulated them-
selves on a' season of peace aneMest.
The picket-lines were half-mile beyond
apart, and the Confederates
were also settling down iu winter
quarters. It was Stonewall Jackson’s
old brigade in front of us, backed by
that of Walker’s and flanked by otlier
Confederate troops. For a week there
had been no firing by the pickets.—
War’s cold-blooded murders had been
replaced by a spirit of peace, and the
men who had felt the tigeris thirst
for blood now asked nothing more
than rest undisturbed
Such was the afternoon, when, just
as the gloom of that night before
Christmas settled down over friend
and foe, my company was ordered out
underarms. It afterwards appeared
that information had been received to
the eftpet that General Lee aud Gen¬
eral Johnston were at a farm house
jnstwithin tho Confederate line, aod
our mission was to capture them.—
Therefore, in the gloom of the winter
evening, with dark banks of clouds
racing across the heavens and snow-
squallss skurrying down upon ns at
intervals, we mounted and set off on a
trot for a ford seven or eight miles
above the camp. The lower one we
knew to be heavily guarded; the up¬
per we hoped to be open. And so it
was. The cold, swift river, already
covered with floating ice, was guard
enough, the Confederates thought —
The water was breast high to the poor
horses, the most of them shivered
like a man with the ague as they
reached the opposite shore. It was
only mercy to them to indulge in an
hours’s gallop.
Afar off we saw the light of a farm
house—not one light, but every win-
dow towards us was illuminated, prov-
irg that even in the shadow, of war’s
gastly borrows some one was remem-
bering that Christmas would come
with the morrow. That house was
our objective point. The high way
led directly past the door, and a sud
den dash must surprise all who met
there.
I knew what our men were thinking
of as they formed in a column qa uar
ter of a mile away for a charge.—
Every father’s thoughts went back fo
his home, to his wife and children as
Santa Claus and little stockings hang
ing up for presents, and I believe every
man truly hoped that we might not
fire a gun or shed a drop of blood on
" bicb ’ belon S ed to in '
8 ^ ead war '
As the word given _ swept
was we
ARLINGTON, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH n, 1882.
forward in a canter, and in three min¬
utes we lmd encircled the house. I
was one of the dozen troopers ordered
to dismount and secure the prisoners,
and I was the second one inside,
This was the sight we saw as we dash¬
ed into the room: A gray headed
grand-father aud grand-mother, a
soldier with his arm iu a sling, a wife
aud mother, a hail'grown daughter
and three or four men and women who
must have been neighbors. There
was an open Bible on the grandfather’s
lap, three little stockings hung by the
chimney, and iu the room beyond was
the table where they were all about to
sit down as we entered.
It seemed a full miuute before any
one moved. We had surprised them.
Our information had been false, and
we had made a ride of a dozen miles
to burst in ou a scene of peatfe. We
were all still standing there speechless
with surprise, when there came the
sudden pop! pop! pop! of musketry,
followed by shouts of men, orders,
aud the clash of steel. I had uo soon
er mounted my horse than I saw that
we were surrounded by infantry. We
charged straight at the mass in the
road before us, but were driven back.
Then we charged up the road and ran
upon a batferry of three pieces. As
we were forced back we whirled round
aud round the farm house. There
was a dozen to one, and though we
charged again and again, tea minutes
the fight ended. Of the eighty-five
who had left camp ten had broken
through,-fourteen were prisoners, and
the remainder lay dead on the tramp-
led snow, along with a score of Con-
federates,
The stark corpses of meD, the ag.
onized groans of wounded horses, the
snow melting with the warm streams
of blood—that was war's chances.
I looked into the house through a
shattered wiuijpw. The grandfather
lay stark aud stiff on the floor, his
' blood staining the Bible as it poured
out. Vue grandmother was lying«
his feet, her snow-white hair matted'
with blood, and her eyes closing in
death as I looked upon her. The
three little stockings hung as before;
but one by one they brought out the
three curly little heads that hung them
there, aud they were three corpses!
Bullets ment for enemies had sought
out these little innocents as they
slept and dreamed of Heaven, and
men who had gazed upon a thousand
dead unmoved shed tears as the little
bodies were laid on the floor just un¬
der the stockings Santa Claus was to
fill and bring to (heir hearts. It was
midnight now. Christmas had dawned
upon white hairs stained with blood—
childish hearts stilled by murder—men
groaning in anguish—women with
breaking hearts—God's mantle of
purity blotched and drabbled and
crimsoned, until the winter moon
crept Dehind the dark clouds to hide
the spot in shadows.
Petticoat Lane.
A Londoner bought in Petticoat
Lane, which is famous for its tags,
rags, and bob tails on sale, a coat in
exchange for his own, paying in addi¬
tion several shillings for the bargain.
The coat not-suiting him, he carried
it back and exchanged it on payment
of addition' 1 shillings for an apparent¬
ly smoother and nicer one which fitted
him exactly. On getting home and
putting his hand in his pocket, he
drew out a pawnbroker‘8 ticket. It
was his own, held against his watch.
Th- nice new coat was the old one
which he wore there the firrt time,and
w fiich had been cleaned, pressed, and
gold to him again for about twice
w fcat jfc was wor th.
Another of these tricks—which eve¬
ry one except those on whom they are
p ] a y e d enjoys so much—was recently
played on a German inn-keeper by
a pedd ] e r who sold an almanac, and
then, on his wife’s coming in and her
husband’s going out, sold her
another copy. When the husband dis
covered it he sent the porter to the
railroad station to tell the peddler he
wanted.to see him on business.
‘Oh‘yes,‘ said the peddler, ‘I know,
lie wants one of my almanacs, but- j
can't miss my train for that. Yon
can gjve me a quarter and take the
almanac to him.’ The porter paid the
money and earned a third almanac to
the inn-keeper.
The Present and the Past.
The wickedness of the worl 1 is a
, vel .j common Complaint- we hear it
| f and l0m the the pulpit, highways, the bar, and in the read streets it
i ou we
continually in the papers. The idea
seems to be, that mankind are not
only very bad, but they are growing
worse; and hence we are often re¬
minded that ‘the good times’ were in
the past. We have nothing like them
now, it is said; there are no such
worthy people to-day, as existed cen¬
turies ago; and therefore those persons
who entertain this singular opinion or
delusion rather, are always rehearsing
the glory of the past and lamenting
the degeneracy of the present. Not
being at all hopeful of improvement or
progress, they are not apt to he found
among reformers, for in their judgment
‘the golden age’ is in the past instead
of the present or the future; and so
with their eyes fixed upon antiquity
for their guides aud models, they may
be said, as it were, to go backwards
all their'daye.
Now ‘Forward' is much better mot¬
to, aud there is something iu it that i s
encouraging and prompts to effort. He
who thiuks that mankind have semi
their best days, has uo inducemeut it
seems to us, to labor for their beuefit
or progress, as he has no incentive to
perqpverance iu that field of action.
1* •-.b Who is sati: fieil that they can
Ife improved, and regards it as hi 9
duty to make the trial, can labor iu
in that direction with hope and joy
courage and determination. Despair
and idleness cannot accomplish any
desirable object, and the man who
should permit his garden to be overun
with weeds because he is too indiffer¬
ent about removing them, resembles
him who hesitates to attack the evils
of society through fear that they can
not all be remedied. Each one can
do something in this respect, .and thus
add h^s qjjlc to the general efforts
wlijefehobtiUtte to time produces im-
provfhneut rmiutclnfl forward
on the road of progress.
Hence ife is that hummanity,though
not as far advanced as it may be, is
yet in a much better couditiou than
it was a thousand years ago. It is
eulighteued, benevolent and moral.
Deeds were committed then, that
would not be permitted now, and this
fact is conclusive that mankind in our
days are better tliau they were in that
remote age. They were sunk in igno
ranee, superstition, and cruelly, aud
not until the advent of Liberalism
did they begin to improve. The past
three centuries have developed more
progress than was known for the pre¬
vious fifteen, and this shows that as
the age of faith dies out aud tho age
of reason takes its place, mankind be¬
comes wi-.er, more just aud merciful,
aud in every better.
What an Old Man Noticed.
1 have noticed that purses will hold
penuits as well as pounds.
I have noticed that iu order to bo a
reasonable creature, it is necessary at
times to bo down right mad.
I have noticed that some men are so
honest that necessity compels them
to be dishonest iu tho eud.
I have noticed that Silks, broad-
clothes and jewels are often bought
with other people’s money.
I have noticed that whatever is,is
right with a few exceptions—the lota
eye, the left leg and the left side of f
plum puddiug.
I have noticed that the prayer of a
Selfish man Is: 'Forgive us our debts.'
while he makes everybody that owes
him pay to the utmost farthing.
I have noticed ,e
everv mao a rogue is very certain to
•
when , , he shaves , himself, ,, and ,
see oae
he ought, , in mercy ... to h,s neighbors,
surrender the rascal to justice.
At half past one o’clock Sunday
morning, near flowery branch, ou the
Air Line Railroad, a serious accident
occurre(1 - ^ 1 re ‘S lfc trains LandlJ
met on a k'gk tr estle an came toget i-
cr w, wittl ie torn a ,0Iri to pieces ,le crwS by • t ^ le e collision engines
antl then Durne , andtio lalance of
tlw train wr<?L ' ked - T e trestle gave
wa y knd was burpeq. 10 engineers
^mouriy 'hurt.^FSa^Lamp-
sustained some personal injuries,
but no others were injured.
Description of Our Savior.
The following epistle was taken by
Napoleon from the pubic records
of Home, when he deprived that city
of so many valuable manuscripts,
It Was written at the time and ou the
spot where Jesus Christ commenced
his ministry, by Pulicus Entulus, the
Governor of Judea, to tho Senate of
Rome—Ceasar,Emperor. It was tho
custom in those days for the Governor
to write home any event of import¬
ance which had transpired while ho
held office.
‘Oonserpt Father—There appeared
iu these our days a man named
Jesus Christ, who is yet living among
us. and of the Gentiles is accepted as
a prophet of a great truth; His own
disciples call Him the Sou of God.
He hath raised the dead,ctucd all mau-
ner of diseases. lie is a man of Stat
ure somewhat tall and comely, witli a
ruddy countenance, that tho beholder
may both love and fear. Hair is the
color of I ho filbert when ripe, plain to
His ears, whence downward it is more
orient of color, curling and waving
about His shoulder. Iu the middle
of his head is a seam or partition of
long hair, after the manner of the
Aazarites. His forehead is plain aud
delicate. His face without spot or
wrinkle, beautiful with a comely red,
Ilis nose and mouth are exactly form,
ed; His beared of the color of his
hair, and thick, not of any
great height forked. Ju reprov¬
ing, ho is terrible, in adtnonishiug
courteous; in speaking very modest
and wise; iu proporton of body well
shaped. No uo have seen Him weep.
A man, for his surpassing beauty, ex
celling tho children of tnen.
Who Made the Bible.
When a young collegian «nid to
President Wa/lnud that that he did
not think it required great wisdom to
make such proverbs as those of Sol¬
omon, the old man replied: ‘Ai.ike u
nj*ke a The world has been
producing literature for ages, but
where are the books that infidels them
selves would set forth as being fit for
championship with the Bible? Men
can make Jaws, creeds, fashions, dis¬
ciplines, systems and theories, but
when we think of beiug shut up to
them, how meau, how meager they
are. Deprive any Church of the
Bible, and leavo it nothing but Its
creed and what a miserable show is
the Bible with nothing else, and it
would have a collection of law, liter¬
ature, poetry and ethics, such as the
world could not paralled. U ho made
this book? It comes down to ns from
rude and dark ages. Surely the breath
of God streams throng i this volume
as through no other book which tho
world has ever seen. It Carries its own
credhtials aud the world must confess
when listening to the words of Jesus:
‘Never man spake like this nran‘—
N. IF. Vhr is tain Advocate.
A Sleeping' Tree.
A Western writer tells the story (
which no other would be lilrioy to do
with equal felicity, of a tree recently
brought from Australia to Navada,
‘which lias been in the habit, at night
of going to roost like the chickens. The
leaves fold together, aud tho ends
of tho tender twigs coil themselves up
like the tail of a well conditioned pig.
After one of the twigs had been stroked
or handled the leaves moved uneasily
and are in a sort of mild commotion
for a minute or more. Indignant of
having been transplanted the other
day, it bad hardly been placed in its
new quarters before the leaves began
to staiid up like the hair of an augry
S' pl “Z °
oders, which ... filled .... . the , house, and was
so sickening . , . ..... that it was found P , lieceS
to optsn the doors and window
jfc wag fuUy an hollr bfcfore the p!aat
calmed aod folded ift leaves in peace.
It would probably not have given up
the fight even then had it not beou
its time for going roost had arrived.
The whole household now Stand iu awe
of the plant.
A man in Massachusetts advertised
for a w jf e an< i received one hundred
aud twenty an-wers. This proves that
^ j ea8 t 120 women who have .-aid ail
^ong that they didn't want to marry
were joking; also, that judicious adver-
rising always brings results.
Vol. III. No. 13
Around the Farm.
Poor shelter, care and feed will in a
few generations m ike scrubs of the
finest tbrouglibred stock, and the far¬
mer who raises either will always be
poor. Breeding the best stock and
keeping it iu the best possible manner
pays tho largest profits.
Something for breeders to remem¬
ber. That'from the male parent tire
mainly derived the external structure,
configuration and outward character¬
istic, tho locomotive peculiarities in¬
clusive. From tho female parent are
derived tho internal structure, tho
vital organs, and iu a much greater
proportion than from the male, the
constitution, temper mid habits.
Stable mauure is preforablo to any
other fertdxer. Wo farmer can afford
to waste his manuo. All of it should
pe saved aud utilised. In mauy canes
farming would bo more profitable if
less laud was cultivated, with higher
fertilization. One acre highly ma¬
nured should pay better than threo
but half manured and half cultivated.
There are some common senso rides
iu fattening stock, tho value of which
every farmer must acknowledge. Tho
animal tnusf bo comfortable aud con¬
tented to do its best. To insure this
condition they must have plenty of
good clean water, easily aceessiblo to
drink, plenty oi good palatablo fool
which they can cat iu quietness and
undisturbed, besides liaviug quiet,
pleasaut companions in tho field that
do not hook or bite.
In case of founder the first thing to
do is to place tho horse's feet in tubs
of warm water, then blanket heavily
and got tho nnimal thoroughly warm
all over. The lameness is caused by a
stagnation of blood in tire foet, caused
by being cooled too rapidly after ex¬
hausting labor. The warm water
thins tho blood, extends and softens
the blood vessels aud favors increased
circulation. In very bad oases bleed- -
ing i» the feet may bo necessary,
though ordinarily it may be dispensed
with.
Pigs are often lost for want of prop¬
er attention. A sow that farrows in
a lot with a drove of other hogs is
almost sure to lose her offspring be¬
fore a day ojd. especially if the weath¬
er is cold and many gather to bed in
one place. When a sow saves only
ouo or two pigs it is often better to
lake them away, as it does not pay to
suffer her to nuise so small a litter.
The mother should bo fed liberally ou
slops and grain when her, pigs are
young, us it is all important that their
growth should be pushed forward.
The scales which drop off from
iron when being worked at forges,
iron trimmings, filing or other ferrug¬
inous material, if worked into the soil
about fruit trees, or tho more minute
particles spread thinly on the lawD,
mixed with the earth of flower beds or
iu pots are extremely valuable. They
are especially valuable to the peach
tree, aud, in fact, supply necessary
ingredients to the soil. For colored
flowers they heighten the bloom; they
are also l'ouud to bo beneficial to the
pear trees when worked in round their
roots.
Horses, says a writer, should be
watered in the morning before they
are fed. A full drink of water imme¬
diately after beiug fed is a sure way of
producing Indigestion, if not inflama-
tion. When water is drunk by horses
the bulk of it goes directly to the
large intestines and little of it is re¬
tained in the stomach. .Some old and
worthless horses, by way of experi¬
ment, were fed with split peas and
supplied with water immediately be¬
fore being killed. It was found that
the water had carried the peas into
tho intestines, whero no dege3tion
took place at all.
Graps vines may bo grafted,although
it has not been much practiced in
this country. Various methods of graf¬
ting have been recommended, but tho
following is probably as good as any ;
The old vine should be cut off below
tho ground early in tho spring and be¬
fore the sap has starred, and cleft in
the same manner as an apple or pear
stock. The cutting is prepared and
inserted in tho manner usual with
other grafts. Tho stock is bound up
and the earth replaced. Tho cutting
should have ouo eyu above the ground.