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LEARY, GA., FRIDAY, MAY, 16,1884.
THE HAND THAi’ RULES THE
World.
BT WILLIAM BOSS WALLACE.
Blessings on the hand of woman!
Angels guard her strength and graeo
Iu the cottage, pdiaoe, hovel,
O, no matter where the place!
Would that never storms assailed it:
Rainbows ever gently curled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.
Infancy’s the tender fountain;
Power may with beauty flow,
Mothers first to guide the streamlet,
From them souls unresting grow,
Grow on for the good or evil,
Sunshine streamed or darkness
burled;
For the hand that rocks the sradle
Is the lisnd that rules the world.
Woman, how divine your mission
Here upon our natal sod;
Keep, oli keep the young heart open
Always to the breath of God!
All the trophies of the Hges
Are’from mother earth impearled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the band that rules the world.
Blessing.:) on the hand of woman!
Fathers, sods and daughters cry.
And the fiacred song is mingled
With the worship of the sky—
Mingles where ao tempest darkens,
Rainbows evermore are curled;
For t,bh hand that rocks the cradla
Is the hand that rule* the world.
WAS NOT COMPELLED TO MAR¬
RY HER. .
On Saturday, April 12th, ay .u ng
man of respectable appearance csime
before Mr. Chance, at Lambert
court, and said: “Ymir worship,
want you to help me about my
woman,”
M’* 0,hence .-T will if I can,,, but >t
is rather a strange request. Let me
know more about it.
Applicant—Well, I am engaged to
be married to a young woman living at
Peckham. Cn Thursday uight I went
to her house to dee her, but she whs
not at home. After hunting about
from one place to another, I found
my young woman iu company with
another man, drinking together, What
am I to do? I have promised to marry
Her; if she iB keeping company with
another man, I don’t feel inclined.
Mr. Chance—But how can I assist
you? If your young woman acts iu
such a wa\ you will have little difficul-
ty in breaking off the tnaten.
Applicant—Yes, sir; but don’t let
me marry her, {Loud laughter.]
Mr. Chance—I have no power in
the matter* It is in your ham s as to
whether yon perform your promise or
not.
Applicant—I thought you Would
have given me au order so as to pre¬
vent my being married, as she went
out with another man. [Renewed
laughter.] ra£h-
Mr. Chance—You appear to be
er simple In suoh a matter. I fancy
you are afraid of a breach of promise
casa aqainst you: but if yoh can preve
what you bav* stated to me you need
not fear.
Applicant—Very well, then I need
not marry her. [Continued laughter.]
Mr. Chance—Certainly not.
Applicant—Timt’s all right.
.
He then left the court, evidently
very greatly satisfied—London Tele¬
graph.
17
Swearing on the straeta—who haa not
and does not bear it, anywh-re, every-
where, day cr night? And besides this,
who has not heard filtbly, obscene lan-
guage in connection with the oaths?
These utterances are not delivered in
“stage whispers,” but are almost
shouted and at times, are so vile that
the check of any man might well tin-
gle with shame on hearing them, to
pay BOthing of the ladies aud children
whose e*r« are just as liable to be in-
suited the foul imprecations. It is had
enough to have a set of loafers on the
streets, but this utter disregard for
common decency and lack of respect
lor the goad citizens of our town is in-
tolerable. We would respectfully sng-
gest to our City Fathers that there is a
law extant agaiust all such offences
From the Philadelphia Call.
The Boy on the Farm.
A farmer boy i eighteen years
ago, who signs himself M. Hudson, of
Teiry.Miss., writes thus clearly and
forbibly to the Planter’s Journal in
regard to yonng farmers and boys on
the farm. There seems to be great
dissatisfaction among boys on the
farm, and engaged in rural pursuits
I am a boy, and shall speak as one.
The position of the hoy on the farm
appears to be a problem which almost
every agricultural writet has attempt¬
ed to solve, but Without that degree
of success which ono would suppose
ought to attend such au apparently
simple question. Ilis position is no
more complex than if iu any other oc¬
cupation iu which his father is en*
gn§ed. Why, then, ^should the boy on
the (Him be singled out fop sp<cinl
comment over those found
The question as to w hat is to
of tbt city boy, the dandy, the dude,
the bootblack and ike newsboy is a
problem equally or more difficult of
solution, The majority of these youths
are in their present position through
force of oireura-tanCfS ov.r which
they have no control, ivliore they are
forced by want and temptation, often¬
times, into ohannels of dissipation arid
crime, the sequence of which is efteu
ended on the gallows or iq the prison-
boifoe. The farmer’s boy has really
little more control over his future than
the city boy. If there were never but
one iu each family, it would be an
easy matter to pr-vide a place for him,
and I should uuuer all circumstances
advise him to stay on the farm, but
generally there is the interest of sever-
al Dro ‘ he " *? .to considered. They
^f nu0 “ advantageous!/ remain,
Fhe la.m has reared one family re¬
^ectabiy, but it cannot sustain a
dozen, nor can the parent provide
each with a similar household, even
-*’^iMe8irab!e should and correct that
do so. The peculiar formation
of society requires the existence
other occupations than that of tilling
the grouud, notwithstanding it is
of the most pleasant, independejt and
honorable pursuits of life. In earlier
days, when weol and flax were spuh
in o home-made clothing, when the
skins of animals were prepared and
made into articles of wear, when the
implements r> quired iu the cultivation
of crops were so lew, and the meat,
bread, hominy, etc., so aimple of pro-
duetion, thut they toere made at home
then all the hoys might remain on tha
farm ami find profitable employment,
But these days a'rb han led down only
in histhoy, and we are marc!., g on-
Grand improvement! Besides
all this, in earlier times, the causuali*
ties to youthful life, occasioned by ig¬
norance of tbt laws of health, climate
changes and the like, had so depopa-
ating an influence as to partially set¬
tle the question under discussion.
To-dajt there are many temptations
for the boy to leave the farm, such as
the promising aspect presented by va¬
rious other calling. In many sections
of the South they have entirely desert¬
ed the farms, influenced by that syren
song of “Go Wfist, young man, go
West.” It has lured many a boy from
the “old home” of his lathers to colo-
nizo the Western prairies, anfl«. depri-
rations, hardships aod “die unwept,
unhonored and unsuug” mood’icants,
while In many instances the old ‘’worn
out farm” Iras been taken by the
thrifty foreigner, who, backed by his
industry, often realizes more than the
ad venturer who seeks his fortane in
the West. It is frequently asserted
that the South and East compete with
the North and West in point of agri-
cultvre. Is this be true, why ask our
youth to remriu here? The truth is,
ho country in the world, even the ones
referred io, have any real and perma-
DPnf advantage over onr Own, if we
vfould only utilize the advantages we
have. In the far West, where the
gin soil is comparatively uncropped,
its fertility does give an apparent ad-
vantage, which, however, amounts to
no pecuniary profit on account of poor
markets; while the stxjial disadvunta-
ges. ,o which the pioneor is always
oompelledto submit, is a nery serious
consideration. The fertility of the
soil in many sections of ths
West has already become sc exhausted
as to require fertilixing, the same as
thoald bo done in the Sonth, while it
is a fact that we can raise as fine grass,
corn, pork, etc., and at a*.little cost as
any country under thecaflopy of heav¬
en. Again, in the Southern and neigh¬
boring states we have always a ready
cash market close at hand for all pro¬
ducts. Our cities are to be supplied
with butter, cheese and milk with
fruit and vegetables, with beef, pork
and bread, all of which we oan furnish
as cheaply as our Northern or West¬
ern brothers, and even cheaper, when
expenses of transportation is consid¬
ered. Still, to a certain extent, we
must leave the old beaten truck of cul¬
tivating the soil with musolo and bone
alone; main Rtrepgth awkwardness
must ho asauted by the bruin more,
though, like the muscles, it is of little
use unless properly trained. The far¬
mer requires edneating tor his special
field of labor as much as docs thp law¬
yer, physician, merchaqt; indeed, ne
profession or calling requires more in¬
telligent culture tiiau that of the far
mer, embracing a practical employ*
ment. us it does, of all ihe natural
sciences, including o-ganic and inor¬
ganic knowledge chemistry. of the principles of
A
mechanics as well aslthose of chemis¬
try are all important in farming, and
the rising generation require to be in¬
structed with a full appreciation of
this fact. At ourPlantur’s club meet¬
ings lef us not ignore the boys on the
farm, but fully recognize their de¬
mands and their interests. True, we
have the Agricultural college, and in
this connection the remark of the
Quaker suggests stself, when he saw a
soldier in battle aiming at the enemy:
“I am a man of peace,” said he, ‘‘but
if thre desire to hit that Joan tbee
must point thy gun ft little lower.”
The Agricultural colleges of to-day
are shooting over the bead of the far.
mer’s boy. Let him in future reoeive
dne consideration and attention. Let
useful essays be addresaed to his culti¬
vation aminot Vlone Jo ih^ o)' couqU,
corn and cabbage. We cannot afford
to forget in agriculture that important
factor—the boys upon the farm. We
must induct them to stay there.
Stories from France.
A very useful feature of spelling,
and pronouncing “bees” would be
the proper spelling of people’s names
There are few names, at all uucofn-
mon, pronounced as they are spelled,
and soma English names would thin
the ranks. For instance, “Cholthon-
dele.y,” is prouoauced “CliUiuleiKh,”
Leveson is Lewson, and Menzies in
Mingiss. Borne members of the Dal-
zie family pronounce their name as it
is spelled, but another branch call
themselves De-ell. Berkley isBarklay
and Derbey Darbny. The most per
feet linguist in thai world are the Rus¬
sians, and they say that the English
language Is the mott difficult on earth
to learn. They attribute this to the
nmnber of words that have the same
pronunciation, but are spelled differ¬
ently, for instance, would and
wood. The Inst word recalls a rather
funny incident which c ecu red in Paris
An American requested assistance
as interpreter at the Chenaicdo Fer du
Nord He had lost his trunk and he
*
C ! )U *^ Rot ’ he s »>d, make those ,opla
of Frenchmen understand their own
^ n 8 u “8 e * His name waa ‘Wood,-
^ r, ‘ m Boston, and was paintodin large
letters on (the trunk On enquiring
the official said yes there was a trnu-
with that name on it, but the man
a * kt,cl tor ooe W1 * h the name of “Mon-
sieur Bois ” The “ cu,chftwed ” Boc ‘
t° n j an hsd tried . to air nis French and
8 "PP°^ l8 r,in WftH aB c '^ /
cfl! * w fd as hiafiself. w I r n<«d barr f
018 w ttlQ Freuoh for
anot ’• rench bile which I
et her
hear Plating. ^ °^ A ler certain that Anaericau heftr lady re ’
t0 ar 8 ,,0< loaring every one
note ia a s oon, of courae
<' er “ lntt to ,iavo on ® So t 0
‘ salon,’ was inst tatod, and she
e< * or an<1 I 1008, of
8ocl0 , ^y ,0 thiong to it, . but, alas! none
catna . However, she managed to ge
a cro ^ a KOaie kin(1 or other toget h-
er ‘ n ° < ^ 0,5 ^ t wo| thy and respecta-
0 P’" 0 ^®* skft explained
* 0 "get the foKfle
v j s j| j,er, she mart perforce be con
uat wftii the d*numade. —Ex.
No.
The Black King^and the White
Basil a
When Gordon faslia was taken pris¬
oner by the Abys»ininM. he eompletr-
jy cbeokmated King John. The King
received his prisoner sitting on hi*
throne or whatever pieoe of furniture
did duty for that exalt'd seat, a chair
being placed tor the prisoner consid¬
erably lower than th« seat on which
the Kipg »a*. The first thing the Pn-
sha did was to seize this chair place it
alongside that of HU Majesty, and sit
dewn on it; the next, to inform him
that he met him as an equal and
would firljr tre»t him a# such. Thu*
somewhat disconcerted his sable Maj¬
esty, but on recovering himself |he
said, “Do you knew, Gordon Pasha
that I could kill you on teapot if I
Irked?" “f am perfectly aware,
of it your, Majesty,” said the ; Pasha.
“Doeoatonee if it ia your royal
plt&sure. I am ready.” Tais db-
cnccrti d the King still more, and he
exclaimed, ‘‘What! ready to be kill¬
ed 1** ‘•Cvrteiu y.” replied the Pasha;
“I am always ready to die, and so far
from fearing yonr patting pie fes death
you Would ooafer a favor on me by so
doiDg, for yon would be doing for me
that which I m precluded by my »e-
ligious principals, from doing for my¬
self— you would releire me from all,
the troubles and misfortune! which
the future may have iu store for uj«.”
This completely staggered King
John, who gasped cut in de*paii\
you?’’ “Then my “None power has no terrors foj*
whntever,” was the Pa¬
sha’s laoQDic reply. His Majesty, it
is Deedlees to add, instantly collapsed.
-Ex.
marryin(Tearly
The New York~Evaninf Pol J n My*
observation among onVa#cqnait *nco»)
shows tha fact to be that people do
not marry^savV bows ley* . .•> j >J
deed, *a a general rule, do-not marry
early enough. In many tse* that
event takes place as a re. nlt If pru¬
dence and calculation.
The New York Ledger rejoins: Wo-
cannot agree frith our contemporary
in regarding time m so important an
element iu marriage.. A girl can af¬
ford to wait a great ramy years rather
than marry any on# but the right
man; while, on the othsr hand, i£ may
be wise for a man to marry the right
girl ns soon as he has found her, ne>
matter how earlj-. As Herrick sang,
so he may say to hitpsejf:
f‘Gather ye rose-buds wi ile ye may,
O d Time,is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to¬
day,
Te-morrow will be dying.
Than be not coy, bit use yonr timv.
And wjhile lost ye may, go marry;
For having but onoe your prime
You may forever tarry.”
Our contemporary spsaks of pru¬
dence and calculation in the samq
breath, as though each Was equally
objectionable in a selection of a wife,
but we cannot go so far. Surely pru-t
dence sh,onld be an filament in every
matrimonial arrangement.—Ex.
STRAIGHT FORWARD.
<< What u the charge against thta
man?> , R8ked the j Q(Jga M #n
0 hj negro was arrainged at tbfr bar.
..D rnnkenae(lg( .. rep li«d » polic*-
man . !'
? .. 0 ld man, you took more thanone
^rink. didn’t you?”
<; 2bok fifty, sah,” ,
wer0 nnt fy a g e ^»
-No, sab.” JE
“Do you think thst the ofSoer had
a right to arrest yea?”
--.Yaa. #ah."
“Are you a preacher?”
“Np, aah.”
“Dpj you 'ever steal » shanghai
roonJer?”
-'Mary a one, sab."
“You don’t claim to he booestf*
“No, sah.”
“You have sold your vote; haven’t
you y >
j “Yas, an’ fur ft powerful little moa-
| p y „
“Are you going to get drunk again?’’
..y agj
; ••This lea very remarkable man,”
gaidthe police judge, “Here did fel^,
1 ,ew 18 a t#n <lolIar ^ iU * Sncb wtuat^hf^-
forwardness should be rewarded
Aikaiivnw TravtiJee.