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Cfironute and &mtin
WEDNESDAY, MARCH -7, 1877.
LOVE TRII’MPHANT.
80 fir wy. so fir iwiy ! I cried,
In the still mgUt ind in tbe busy aty;
Hopeless ind end my longing spirit signed.
So fir iwiy!
go fir iwyHow cm tbit be, when lorn
Annihilites ill disticce ? Strong and dear
The glid thought cune, lifting my heut
above
All doubt ind feir.
Now, often *e*ted at my work or book.
Your strong, aweet proaenoe aoema to fill we
pi ice ; . , .
I niee mv eves, is if once more to look
' Into your fme.
And I im gliddened is though you hid come
With tender greeting oyer lend end •:
Sow know I surely thit your spirit s home
Is still with me.
And though I long to see your fsoe once
more, .
Long for the hind clasp, the smile, the kiss.
And know thit ill of t icse, tul Ufe be o er,
We still must miss.
Over the fite thit bids u* wilk apart
Love still can triumph, still its witch cm keep.
For thro’ ill time ind spice, heirt calls to
beirt,
As deep to deep.
[Home Journal.
THE MAN O’ AIRLIE.
[Many of our reiders hive no donbt seen
Lawbksce Baubxtt in his m itch less role,
“Jakes Hakebell, the Mm O’ Airlie." We
give the song he sings so effectively, which
hss, ilone, brought teirs to thonsmds of
eyes]
Oh, there shove, yon heither hill,
Where footfs’ comes but rarely.
There is s house they point out still,
Where dwelt the msn of Airlie.
He wore i cost o' hodden gray,
HU bnd WAS bird wi’ libor;
But still he hid i tmmely wiy
O’ Blindin’ by his neighbor.
His burly lingh made men rejoice.
His words the neighbors guided;
But Uttle bairmes loved hU voice,
And in his smile confided;
Tbs worts, to-day, thit left hil Up,
Beegzna & dead to-morrow.
Hont mm. the friendship of hU grip
Would lift the heirt o’ lorrow.
He wis ni' loud, bs was ni’ proud,
He licked in limin’ isirly,
An 1 yet ye’d pick nim fme i crowd,
The honeat man of Airlie.
HU wealth it wis ni' In his land,
It wis na’ in the city ;
A mint o’ honor hand,
Hia heart a mine o’ pity,
He's dead and gine. this priace o’ Fife,
Mute in his burly laughter;
But ah ! the music o’ his life
That bides wi' us lung after.
HU memory lives, the min may die,
Thit lingers bright and lovin ,
just like a stir lost frae the sky,
Whose ray survives his ruin.
A MPAWWII POEM.
O ! let the soul its slumber break,
Arouse its se rises and awake.
To see how soon
Life, with its glory, glides away.
And the stern footsteps of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we eye the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Awiy so fast,
Let us the present hour employ.
And deem each future dream of joy
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind—
No happier let us hone to find
To-morrow than to-day;
Our golden dreams of yore were bright;
Like them, the present shall
Liko them, decay.
Our lives, like hasting streams, must be,
That into one engulfing sea
Are doomed to fall—
The sea of death, whose waves roll on
O’er king and kingdom, crown and throne.
And ewallow all.
Aliks the river’e lordly tide,
Alike the humble riv’let’e glide
To that sad wave;
Death levels property and pride,
And rash and poor sleep Bide by side
Within th grave.
Our birth is but the starting-place,
Life ia the rnnning of the race,
And death the goal;
There all those glittering toys are brought;
The path alone, of all unsought,
Is found of all.
Say, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys ef earth
That lure us here P
Dreams of asleep that death must break,
Alas ! before It bids us wake,
Ye disappear !
WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT.
Bbct Habte.
o poor Romancer —thou whose printed page.
Filled with rude apeech and ruder forms of
strife, m .
Was given to heroes in whose vulgar rage
No trace appears of gentler ways ana life .
Thou, who was wont of commoner clay to build
Some rough Achilles or some Ajax tall;
Thou, wU**e free brush too oft was wont to
Some single -virtue till it dazzled all
What right hast thou beside this laureled bier
Whereon all manhaod lies—whereon the
wreath . .
Of Harvard rests, the civic crown, and here
The starry flag, and sword and jeweled
sheath ?
Heet thou these hatchments ? Knowst thou
this blood
Nourished the heroes of Colonial days;
Sent to the dim and savage haunted wood
Those sad-eyed Puritans with hymns of
praise ? *
Look •t.' ,und thee! Everywhere u
There o Qra/ look reara ’ Beßid# yoc * Uv6r
_ . ''Bawl n'welt, and in its mirror found
o fSoseq' .Hn “ strange shapes that tilled his
poet's soul.
Still silent. Stranger ? Thou, '* ho now aud
Touched the too credulous ear with pathos,
const not speak ? -
Hast lost thy ready skill of tongue Mid pen
What. Jester! Tears upon that paintea
cheek T
Pardon, good friends ! I am not here to mar
Hia laureled wreaths with this poor tinseled
This man who taught me how twas better far
To be poem than to write it down.
r hrino- no l.M.ns. Well have others preaobed
1 sword*that dealt fu.l many a gallant
I eouie'once more to touch the hand that reach
es knightly gauntlet to tbs vanquished foe.
o pale Aristocrat, that best there
Socold. so silent! Couldst thou not in graes
Have borne with us still longer, and so spare
The scorn we see in that proud, placid face
- Hail and farwell. ” So the proud Roman cried
.O'er his dead hero. “Hail,’ but not far-
Withe*ch high thought thou walkeat side by
Me fe4 thee, touch thee, know who wrought
the apsll.
Mbiulns-
There is a !• of persons in this
world by no means’ small, whose promi
nent peculiarity is whining. Theywbnie
because they are poor: or > lf rloh ' b ?
cau e they have no health u> enjoy their
riches; they whine becaas. £*°°
eeeds theirs; they whine because some
friends have died and they are still
living; thev whine because they have
itches and 'pains, and they have aches
and pains because they wWoa, andl they
whine no one can tell why. we
would like to say a word to thoee wbuJ
ing persons: First, leave off whining;
it Is no use, this everlasting complain
ing. fretting, fault-finding, and whining
Why you are the most deluded sat of
creatures that ever lived. Do you not
that it is a well settled pnnmple
of physiology and oommon seeae that
tliMsWbiU are more exhansUngto
nervous vitality th.n .lmoet any othsw
violation of physiological law? And do
von not know that life is pretty much as
make it and take it? Yon can make
it bright and sunshiny, r you can make
“ S ..a tm. uto u oij
nn.t to disciplm.
higher and purer state of being, xhen
leave off whining and fretting, and goon
your way, happy and rejoicing.
A Street Car Here.
The Mobile Register, of the 17th id- ,
•taut, has the following : “A young man j
named Thompson, driver on car No. If
on the Royal Street Koad, as he MX
ttroeehed the corner of Franklin and
Charleston streets, yesterday, saw a lit
tle child ran in front of his mules, and
lie immediately plied his brakes. See
ing that he could pot check the car in
time, he leaped over the dashboard ana
seized the child, and, Jart as he was
moving off the track, the end 4 the pole .
struck him and threw him down. Re
pushed the child oat of the way just lut
time to save ita life, bat did not have
time to get off the track before the car
whoel caught him. He was run over
across the body seriously injured..
This is an act of heroism that entitles *
Skis young man to the lasting gratitude j
of the parents of the child, and to the
prawe of all men. He did his whole
duty, and risked his life in doing it.—
}Uore than this no man has ever done.
This mixture will cure your cough, if
.tried : One ounee Spanish liconoe two
sauces reined sugar, two drachms finely
-Aailwef nu arable, and extract of
JSEZSIife B “* ,b * &
gather with mneilage of gnm tragacantb,
? ake into small troches, to be dissolved
“ Jie mouth when the cough is trouble
gome.
FOK LADIfcS ONLY.
NKM YOHK FASHIONS AND OOBBIP
Too Laie lor Wlalei—TM Heee lor *prt—
Patiently Walling Evesing Tellettes—
t enbinatlen lulunie—Fashlea Has Mad
—Kama Abbott—Clara Morris.
! i
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
New Yob*. February 22.—Winter
fashions have grown stale, flat and un
profitable. We are “pleasantly puzzled”
no longer as to what the morrow may
Firing forth. A “teirible irterval” now
intervenes before the “etherial mild
ness” of Spring shall enable ns to put
on anew bonnet, and if in the mean
time it were not for halls and parties we
should be very unhappy. As it is, our
pleasure is dimmed by the mortifying
fact that we ready do know just how
evening toilets are devised. Combina
tions; pale colors; red and damask
shades; brocades, satin, silk, velvet
ganze tulle, lace, flowers. Here yon have
the material. Now what follows ? Prin
eesse costumes, court trains, overskirt,
fringes—superb (I could write a volume
about them), plaiting*, close corsages,
either low or high necked and laced at
the back and on these are rung the
changes ad infinitum. I snonld further*
more be a barbarian indeed, if I did not
stop and go into at least a moment’s
estacy concerning these beautiful crea
tures. Help me to do so—string to
gether all the adj'ectives you can think
of, and in truth and soberness reality
fall not abort thereof.
Fancy Tblngii.
But we are not satisfied with being
rea ]_we strive after the unreal—and
in onr vain longings we endeavor lo
transform ourselves into evertbing
under the sun, except that which we
are. Japanese costumes are just now
onr special rage, and tne husband who
came borne tbe other evening and fonnd
bis wife so intently absorbed in study
ing the figure on the tea cady that sbe
had forgotten the higher duty of making
his tea, was perhaps only one among
oth r suffering martyrs of the male per
suasion. Others study volumes of old
historic lore, as witness the young lady
who, as the result of such researches,
requested her costumer to get her up a
dress of tbe days of “ George the Six
teentb.” With the ready instincts of an
individual accustomed to deal with la
dies of fashion, he prepared her
dress of the time of Ijouis Seize,
which gave entire satisfaction.
Family portraits also afford models
for an aspiring generation, and as it
would be a fatal shortcoming to be de
tected minus a grand-mother there is of
conrse no lack of material here. Then
on the wings of fancy we traverse the
realms of fiction and emerge as Maud
Mullers, Evangelines, Huguenot ladies,
to say nothing of captive princesses,
•hepwdeases, goddesses, flowers, fruits,
harvest queens or water sprites. The
list, however, ia a frightfully long one ;
any costume may be adopted which is
becoming. , . . _ _
Children are turned into Bo Peeps
gypseys, Mother Geese or Mother
Goose, whichever may be the correct
way of putting it, while a favorite idea
also is to dress them in imitation of
China ornaments. Old pictures are
brought into requisition, and besides
this they are made representat ves of
what English and Frenoh obildren were
in the days long gone by. Then again,
for juveniles, we find floral characters
very popular. Rosebuds, violets, etc.,
a white dress trimmed with the flowers
selected, being ll that is requisite.
Dominoes may be aitfipr °* rlc j l mate '
rial, or paper muslin of ’ pab gplor may
be made to answer. Shapes are pn,t
eesse. with the addition of a hood, but
the Watteau plait at the back is some
times seen, . _
Partly Wpid® Bhlrt.
The better known, th® b®tter liked,
nobody now sits down to the laborious
stiohingof olden times; sinee all is done
fur us at less than the cost, of material.
No wonder, for as many as twenty-four
are Cot-ont at one time and to see the
modus operandi is really a curious
sight. The materials are of the very
beirt wamsatta tiiUUn Irish liof-n
bosoms three ply. AU s%eg re pre
sented, and the fit is perfect, Tfifft®
partly made shirts hate indeed made
quite a sensation here, and sell, to use a
homely phrase, “like hot cakes. The
“troublesome parts” are all completed
and they can ha finished as easily as
hemming a handkerchief. For gentle
men the oost is six for si* dollar*, hoys
at a less price. All psrtUinlars, however,
Hre given, and samples of material for
warded from Keep, the originator of the
novel idea at 571 Broadway.
New Designs.
The Fabtois Polonaise is novel and
stylish ; in over atif-tB we find the Adele,
which is simple in arrangement but
dressy in effect, while in basques the
Leans is very desirable, For chiidroa
we taay note the Pepita overskirt, and
tbe Edna basque.
Emma AWasti.
Curiosity is a potent element of the
human mind, and so Emma Abbott’s
concerts have been well patronized.
Now then let us see with what desert
she oomes before us. To my way of
thinking with none whatever, and in
this I find support from every judge of
music of whose opinion I have know
ledge. filer voice, to begin with, is
unmusical -, the upper ones sharp; nor
to atone for aeeh deficiencies, does
she display any artistic merit, The
finely spun distinctions whieh she draws
between the respective merits of operatic
characters, reminds one of the very log
ical caination by Don Quixote when
he says “I own I did retire, bnt I deny
that I fled,” op the clear reasemng on
the part of tbe wtebmr who when asked
by her daughter f ufre igb*§9 psthmg
replies,
“O, yes, my darling daughter,
Hang your clothes upon a limb,
But dou’t go near the water.”
In view of such modesty, it is curious
to witness the enormously conceited air
with which she comes before an au
dience; tossing her head and flounc
iug like an ill-taught school girl.
Briguoli "assists.” What a fall is
here, Always an ungainly mortal, he is
now more so than ever. Posture mas
ters have never been able to teach him
how to take a single step, and einoe be
has joined the ranks of '‘the fat men,’
his pedestrianism 18 something mar
vellous to behold.
Clara Morrln
And Fanny Davenport have been our
most prominent actresses this Winter.
If one believed in the transmigration of
souk, ou# would easily credit the idea
that the immortal part of a deceased
peacock had taken up tin residence in
Fanny Davenports comely orm;
.ootnelu form”— there & the wfaote
thing ”in a nutshell. One feels
tempted to multiply adjectives, and
string together "hpautiful ex
quisite.” and I know not wM n ac
tion. So f r so good —sb* bu pretty
face ; but when we go deeper ana look
for a soul, "we start, for 801 is want
ing.” Clive her parts where tb* drams
of Drtss nomes in, where she has tit to
walk back and forttj and show that dress
and ah* if perfection. Give her aught
which command*) “ de P th •* nt " nen )
and she is—nothing f In the Lady of
Lvods, for example, Pauline c.is
covers the treachery of Claude. nd
where a splendid opportunity is afforded
the true actress, she stands pitifully
whimpering, her free fcaipg the little
expression it ever had > nor oa# WP
to be reminded of some inbberly cmld
who having been whipped, remains
Polling and half crying m a corner.
What ‘"a contrast to Clara Morns !
Clara Morris if ? pretty woman, but
it is the soul lootoeg forth from the
expressive eyes which substitutes
her beanjv. True, her features **
good; but ferrets, in a great measure,
both form and fejasu* j,O the superior at
traction of crpression. Sh- 6 actress.
Potto* 9*Giltur twnftt- J
Rosaund Max. jj
Secina the LaatovUle EUfklfmf.
[Louisville Sines.]
Barney Sal®* accused of cutting
I and wouadingOol Samuel Hall w.tb in
i tent to kill. ICIM e*e was oaUed in the
i City Court thie Hall s face
f wre artistically done up in court plater,
and he looked as though he had been
* holding a ton minutes’ engagement with
Ia buzz saw. He said “I live at Sam
? Station, Neiaoo county. J came to
the c*tf iut Monday week, on my way
to Cincinnati, gnd stopped at Mr.
Buck la’s Hotei. Imdheenm themty ,
but a tow brief hours Wtom I feltl °- j
nlined to SM Wafi going OA gSd.er
tKw liTu JWk an ent re Mger |
here***l *met . f** <"*** gjf
face, an oily tongne,*^
He asked me to Uke a ***>'*£**'
went into a saloon in
l a„d I threw an awaking eoekUll into
! his bowels. He said there waa a great
varietyto tha .saloon business, that no
two of them W*f all
. would be right and *?j~Vn and I
;of them. We entered an o tom. *
treated again. We took m.t e w
line of saloons along Jefferson
and I saw many grange things. - When
we reached Walnut sire**, near the en-
EETSt* very dark
me by the throat, and in thunder tones
exclaimed : *Toa —-- ~~ ’. h
got you.’ He made a grab for my watob,
and. polling it from my pocket, ran
away. I dropped my valiaa and caught
himf when be cut me twenty-one times
in the head and face.”
The Good Templars in Covington are
flourishing.
MARRIED IN THE DARK.
A Michigan Matrimonial Mystery—Four
Clolmoßts for a Bride Whose Second Bri
dal Ceremony was Arranged In Accordaneo
With the Will or Her Dear Dewortod.
[A Louis Timet.]
About twenty years ago there lived in
Central Michigan a curious old benedict
named Dodsworth. At the age of fifty
he married a girl of twenty, and when
the burden of sixty years bore him
down his wife was only half hia age.
Dodsworth was noted for his peculiari
ties, but the climax camewhen he found
himself on his dying bed. He was
worth about 830,000, and be hadn’t a
blood relative living so’far as he knew
He wanted to leave his property to his
wife, as the pair had lived very happily,
bat yet be could not leave it without dis
playing some of his peculiarities in the
provisions of the will. Some old men
display a mean spirit when making
their wills, and draft in a provision cut
ting the wife off with a shilling if she
marries again. The old man wasn’t of
that stamp. His young wife was good
looking, vivacious and fond of society,
and it was folly to suppose she wonld
mourn for her “late departed” any
great length of time. Therefore Mr.
Dodsworth turned heel on the nsnal
custom and said in his will*:
“In case my wife Celia doee not take
onto herself another husband within
thirteen months from date of my burial,
all bequests otherwise made in this will
are to revert to the State of Michigan,
to be used for buildiDg and. furnishing a
home for old women.”
Whether Celia was pleased or dis
pleased at this provision deponent saith
not, but the old man bad not been un
der the sod more than six months when
the widow was said to be looking out
for another man. If it was singular for
the dyiDg Dodsworth to urge his wife to
marry again, it was still more singular
that be should desire the ceremony to
be performed under the following cir
cumstances, viz:
“And it is made inenmbent on said
Celia Dodsworth, that in taking anew
husband, the marriage ceremony shall
be performed in the big barn on my
farm, on the H—— road. It shall take
place at 10 o’clook in the evening, on
the main floor, without lights of any de
scription, with all doors shut, aDd a free
iuvitation shall be extended to all. The
clergyman shall stand in the stables,
and the bride and groom on the main
floor, and the principal parties to the
ceremony shall be dressed in black
throughout.”
A Willing Widow.
The widow announced her intention to
faithfully obey in spirit and letter; the
will was probated, and the twelfth
month had soarcely passed before she
issued an invitation for the public to
attend a wedding at the big barn. Just
who the groom was to be no one could
possibly assert, as the widow ha 1 been
keeping company with a widower, a
bachelor and two young men, and as far
as any outsider could judge, she loved
one as well as the other. Being good
looking and talented, and having a for
tune behind her, it was not strange that
she should have a number of suitors
She seemed to enter into the spirit of
the affair with great zest, as also did
the minister ; and to further mistify the
people in attendance, the bride entered
the barn alone at one door, the groom
alone at another, and no one knew that
the minister had arrived until his voice
was heard in the stables.
Bound in the Dark.
There were at least 200 people present,
and each one understood that even the
striking of a match would break the
will. Many jokes were passed and con
siderable pQnfqsion existed. But
at length the minister upnouno
ed that all was ready. The
ceremony was gone through with, and
at its conclusion, the affair having been
a “profound success,” a rush was made
for tbP bride; she was kissed by a hun
dred wen and tfipn parried hpme, a dis
tance of a mile &pd ft Uftl ,is ft b >g arm
ehair.
Who Is the IluHtnmd ?
Now comes the mystery. When the
lady was set down at her own door the
widower, the batchelor and the two
young men each claimed to be her true
and Ifttffnl husband. None of the crowd
could say who WgP th® lucky man,, the
minister was at sea, and lb e bride her
self seemed to have doubty. Thp wid
ower was the man of her choice, but in
the confusion he could have been hus
tled aside, and he did affirm that an at
tempt was made to choke him and get
him out of t|ip bftm. The batchelor
vowed that she had pjrowisp.d to ma,r y
him, as also did both young men, and
each one waft eu*® that he herd tne
widow’s plump baud and was legally
married to her. Tbe four e bad a
fight, but that didn't mend matters.
The crowd ducked two of them in a
creek, but that didn’t deoide the ques
tion.
A Compromise.
Just how it wouid have terminated
had not the widower bees a pjan of
nerve no one can tell, as the other three
had already appealed to the law, when
the widower stepped in and took his
plaes an busbaii4
others for $2,00,0 each.
One of the young men, now over forty
years old, and having all the wife he
wants (she weighs two hundred and
thirty pounds), is living in this city,
and, during an interview had with him
to-day, he solemnly and earnestly as
sured your correspondent that he was
legally mrrried to the widow Dods
wortb tht night, in the big barn. An
other of the partjejs live in Clinton coun
ty, and he has time' and asserted
that he is the woman's true and lawful
husband, bo help him God. The bache
lor is dead, but weie he alive and
kicking he would renew his oft-repeated
protestations : “ I married her, by gum !
svd by gun; 1 I ought to bate her !
f u.ht.a l*ct tor tbo ImUm,
Polka dots are not fashionable.
New percales are in dark colors.
Woolen stuffs for SpriDg wear are flg-
Pringa continues to be a favorite trim-
Evening dresses are laced jo stead of
buttoned.
Gray is to be the fashionable color for
SpriDg.
Hew cambrics and percales are now
exhibited.
Turquoise jewelry seem? to be muon
in demand.
The real princess* dices has but one
dart on eaoh side. ...
Brunettes wear their hair plain or in
large smooth waves.
The popular gold ornaments are all in
Etruscan styles.
Faceted gold jewelry is brilliant, neat
and very fashionable.
Flounces of wash materials will be
edged with Smyrna iace.
Diagonals and plain goods will be out
of fashion in the Spring.
Bronze green is the fashionable dark
color iof (street suits in Paris.
Grape if the jasbiopable transparent
stuff tor balld ress.es in. Rafis.
Blge and Cardinal will be a dashy com
bination in Somme? dresses.
The novelty in fans is smbe? sticks
mounted with white ostrioh tips.
Transparent stuffs are worn exclusive
ly by young ladies in Europe.
Very dark shades are as fashionable
for children as tor grown folks.
Narrow aokj braeelets are more in fa
voi than tKlSeavy, i*v*4 ones.
Montague curls’ oh the forehand are
the style of the passing moment.
White Smyrna laces are nsed for trim
ming red gannei shifty apd drawers.
Modistes predict that princess dresses
will be worn through the Spring.
Cashmere de bege is manufactured
this year in fancy squares and ohecks.
Dark blue water proof skatmg suits
are worn oxer cardinal red petticoats.
Long trained are . worn hy
some ladies under frwuvw gening
Cardinal red cashmere stockings are
clocked yit p or blue or white
checks of dark green and I
and bine sod whites are the
new stuffs. , ,
Jewlery made of tigers’ claws baa be
oome fashionable sinoe the Prince of
Wales’ visit to India.
Shirred flounces are going out or
styL;, Double-box plaited ruffles r.re
i the favorite trimmings.
“CombiDgs” of ha t are now made
into beautiful switches With the WiCfcS of
the hair at the top. _
Hamming bird jewelry, made entirely
front Bm> toothers of these little
creatures, is sought iof ip Paris.
Lawns dotted with sprigs of d owerß
i with borders for trimmings, are coming
! into ffsiuop again.- Lace and fringe are
! represented ifi itrder.
! Ladies are permitted AO IpW o a .
nock dresses to the opera in Paris this
season, jtbffore this waists cut decollete
hake beep abaolptoly required.
The new goads tor Spring wear are in
shades of brown, grey, avy blua and
myrtle green. They are soft and
eep--cially suitable for making into the
eli aging oostumee now so popular.
Loejtde have entirely taken the place
of broechea, except in the ease of the
oblong gold pin 'whicfa qi psed for fasten
ing the shawl. Sometimes, too, it con
fines the Catogoa braid of hair, audit
may rtl did favor as a oravat pin.
tadiee gbf) di^cultyinmaking
their hair remain crimped. VUJ pd the
following remedy of one; ffiye cents
worth of gum arabic dissolved in .very
little hot water sad left to stand over
night in enough aloohol to make it'thin;
then bottle. The hair should be wet with
the mixture before being crimped.
INSPECTION OF FKKTILIZEHS.
Speech ot Hon. J M. Smith, ol Oglethorpe.
[Reported for the Ch/oniclt and Sentinel.]
A bill to be entitled an act to render
more effectual and economical the in
spection and analysis of fertilizers in
this State.
This bill being on its passage, Mr.
James M Smith, of Oglethorpe said:
Mb Speakeb—The principal features
of this bill are, briefly, these: The in
spection and analysis of all fertilizers
and chemicals for fertilizing purposes
bronght into this State for sale or dis
tribntion is placed nnder the sole and
unlimited control aod management of
the Commissioner of Agriccdture. In
pursuance of this object and nnder tbe
provisions of this bill, the Commission
er of Agriculture is authorized and em
powered to appoint as many inspectors
as he, may deem necessary, to appoint
one State Chemist, all or any oDe ol
whom are removable at his pleasure.
Itfis made the dnty of these inspectors
to take samples from every cargo of fer
tilizers ooming into this State for sale or
distribution, to send the same to tbe
Commissioner of Agriculture and by
him to be sent to tbe State Chemist,
whose duty it is to analyze them. The
inspectors are to be paid a salary which
shall in no case exceed fifteen hundred
dollars each per annum, bnt may b ?
proportioned to tbo amount of inspec
tion work done. The State Chemist is
to be paid a salary of three thousand
dollars per annum. The fee for inspec
tion shall in every ease be fifty cents a
ton, and all inspection fees mast be
paid by the manufacturer or dealer. All
inspection fees mast be paid into tbe
State Treasury, and the salaries of the
inspectors and State Chemist are to be
paid out of the State Treasury upon a
certificate of the Commissioner of Agri
culture. This statement of the bill will,
I apprehend, l e amply sufficient to give
a clear idea of its objects, aims,
and purposes.
Now, sir, the friends of this bill claim
that it will make the inspection and
analysis of fertilizers a source of reve
nue to the State, protect the farmers
and planters against fertilizers of infe
rior grade, and, therefore, it ought to
p ri 88, not enly without opposition, but
with shouts' and plaudits. Being an
agriculturist and feeling and taking, as
I always do, a deep and lively interest
in anything, everything and in whatever
tends to promote the interests and ac
crues to the benefit of the farmers and
planters of Georgia, and especially to
those of my own county, whom I have
the honor in part to represent,
npon this floor and in this
body, it is with feelings of dif
fidence that I oppose a bill which
has ostensibly for its object their
especial welfare and protection. Be
lieving, as I do, that the benefits to
accrue to the farmers and planters of
Georgia by reason of the passage of
this bill are wholly imaginary, and have
no foundation in truth nor in fact, I
am glad of an opportunity to render
them some service by opposing its pass
age.
This bill gives to the Commissioner
of Agriculture the power to appoint as
many inspectors as he may deem neces
sary. In this particular what more
power has the greatest tyrant on earth ?
“As many as he may deem necessary”
signifies one for every county in the
State, or tea for every county in the
State, or any other number which the
Commissioner sees fit to appoint.—
There is no limit fixed as to the number
he may appoint. This I regard as a
great defect in the bill. These inspec
tors, be it remembered, are salaried offi
cers, and are to be paid fifteen hundred
dollars each per annum, if the Commis
sioner should see proper. And when
there is no limit other than “see pro
per” all experience teaches and all prac
tice proves thas “sep proper” will in
every instance go to the full extent of
the law and the money. All men are
fallible and the love of money is great.
The times are hard; money in the hands
of tbe people is scarce; but few pursuits,
avooatiops or professions are paying,
and it is very lively, indeed is more
than likely, and highly probable that if
this bill beoomes a law the Commis
sioner of Agriculture will, by reason of
the great patronage he has to bestow,
be besieged with hundreds of appli
cants, from all parts of the State, for the
position or office of inspector. If he
"resists the pressure which will be
brought to bear upon him, in every con
ceivable nn.d ingenous manner, it will
be more than human nature. Since I
have come to'Atlanta I have found that
men who are out of a job and are seek
ing offices under the government, are,
in the pursuit of that object., more elo
quent than insurance agents, more per
suasive than thp spwing machine man,
more rpsplnte and daring than flip
lightning ted feljow. One of them can
make an average member of the legis
lature believe, in a five minutes talk,
that the future existence of our govern
ment depends upon his immediate ap
pointment to some office. He talks loud
and then low, he talks fast, his eyes
flash fire; then he calms down and whis
pers something in your ear, offers to
treat you and t alks solemnly and piously
of tne past. Then, with a yersatality of
talent peculiar to tbj ß cfass of men, he
again rises to the height of ’ his argu
ment, ajjd pwn.ars that be has elected in
his tinje a dozen Qoyerpors, jind
has their letters jn his poppet ap)f now1 ’
edging thp fact..
With this class of me to deal with,
when will our Commissioner of Agri
culture stop appointing inspectors ?
The power given in this bill to the
Commissioner is simply absurd. We
might as well alter the constitution and
allow the Governor to appoint as many
Judges of the Superior Court as he
might see fit. Again, the power to re
move the inspectors apd the State Che
mist, at his pleasure, is something un
usual, and is itself very objeotional.
Upon the accuracy, precision, and exact
ness o* the ? na lvses of tbe State Chemist
much depends. He ought not to oe pui,
by in 8 position where he will per
form his duty under leap find trembling,
not of the law, but of the Commissioner
of Agriculture, This knowledge of his
situation will detract \ery much from
the dignity and independence of his po
sition, aud will to that extent decrease
or lessen the confidence of the public in
his analyses. At least, such a construc
tion is susceptible. The bill ought, by
all means,' td that these officers
shall not be removed other than upon
cause shown. The humblest officer un
der our State government cannot be re
moved either by the Executive, Legisla
tive, or Judicial power of the State un
less fqr P 8U 8e - fu that event, he is en
titled to receive and demapd a fair apd
impartial trial by his peers.
The Commissioner is here given a
power above that of the Governor and
not heretofore known to our system of
State government.
That the Commissioner of Agriculture
should posseSß 6uch extraordinary power
over the inspectors and the State Chem
ist, in my judgment, will not always
be for the best. To raise the inspection
fee on fertilizers is diametrically in an
tagonism to the interests of the farmer
and planter. The less the inspection
fee the cheaper the fertilizer comes to
the hand? of the consumer, and the high
er the inspection fee the higher the fer
tilizer is so}d ( is a vgry plain proposi
tion i so much 80 that even “he who
run'i may read.*’ But it is aajd this bill
by making the inspection fees uniformly
fifty cents a ton does not increase them
above what they now are, and even if it
did, the manufacturer pays it. Those
who make this assertion certainly are
not well informed. The inspection fees
in Savannah are only twenty-five cents a
ton and through this port, as is well
known, more tffian three-fourths of the
f rtilizers used in Georgia'are shipped.
Moreover, "the ‘ compefltfop now and
heretofore existiug among inspeotors
has oiused many tons of fertilizers to be
inspected at ten cents a ton.
These facts, and they are facts, and
I stand prepared to prove them, are
a complete answer to the assertion
often rbaiie upQC tfei ß floor that this
bill does not Increase- ipe inspec
tion fees. As to the other argument
that this bill provides that the inspec
tion let, shall be paid by the manufac
ture/,’ W therefore it does not come
out of fee famejr and plantqr has
a'ready been answered, 1 will, how
ever, again simply say that I thought,
till to-day, that everybody knew it was
a proposition universally conceded to
be true in all ages, countries and under
every circumstance that the consumer
always pays every charge and expense
attached to or in any way connected
with the article consumed- I believe so
yet. Hence, when yon increase toe in
spection fee you increase the price of
fertilizers to the consumer to that ex
test Then, I submit, that the con
sumers'’bi fertilisers are the persons
who pav, in the end, the inspection
fees. Driven from ueh
ground the advocates of this bill fall
back and entrench themselves in the
last ditch and *u, “ tb ° [f r “ er3
and planters had as Well pay the fees
into the State Treasury as to be making
these inspectors rich, as they are now
doing. It will not nos* jgbre toan ten
thousand dollars to inspect and analyze
all the fertilizers coming into this
State per annum, and if sixty thousand
tons are inspected annually, at fifty
cents a ton, the sum paid into the State
Treasury will "be twenty thousand dol
lars net” This sisUgßPpt looks very
plausible at first glanoe. u jilcu
lated to deceive and mislead. My re
ply is, if the inspectors are growing
rich it is evidenoe that the fees paid for
inspection'age top high, and it is the
dntyofthis to reduce the
price of inspection to a figure that will
pay the inspectors an amount sufficient
to enable them to live and iot to sud
dt nly'grow rich. By this means you
benefit the consumer of fertilizers. By
raising tbe fee. as this bill proposes,
you injure them. This bill simply
proposes that the Department of Agri
culture, or rather tbe Commissioner of
Agriculture, shall, in tbe name of the
great State of Georgia, speculate upon
the farmers and planters and exact from
them, from their hard earned and
honest earnings, the sum of thirty
thousand dollars. This is to be done
in tbe gnise of protecting and benefit
ing them. The farmers and planters of
Georgia pay their State and county
taxes upon their land, their mnles ard
their other property, which, in all com
mon sense, is high enough ; then upon
wbat principle is it that our agricultur
ist are required to pay a special tax of
thirty thousand dollars annually for the
privilege of using fertilizers ? It ought
to be the policy of tbe State, and some
persons have thought it was, to encour
age, to aid, and assist the farmers and
planters, and not, in addition to their
regular taxes, levy a special tax upon
them. They are the pillars of the State,
the foundation upon which rests every
other pursuit. When they prosper all
other professions, pnrsnits and avoca
tions in life prosper. They bear the
brunt of the harden in the beat
of the day, and above all men
are entitled to a just considera
tion at the hands of the Legislature.
Disguise the fact as we may, tell it as
we please, this bill in effect and in re
ality levies a special tax upon the farm
ers and planters of Georgia. They are
under this bill compelled to pay thirty
thousand dollars annually for inspect
ing and analyzing the fertilizers which
they use upon their crops.
A manufacturer of fertilizers in Balti
more or New Yoik ships a hundred toDS
of his guano to Savannah or Port Royal
and writes to the inspector giving him
information as to the quantity shipped ;
the inspector makes out his account for
inspecting a hundred tons of fertilizers
for this party, collects the money for
the same, the manufacturer charges up
the amount paid out for inspection to
the consumers, the fertilizer goes to
sale ir different parts of the State and
the inspector never sees it. He don’t
want to see it. The inspection fee is all
he is particular about. Just so it has
been done, just so it will continue to be
done. To fasten this system upon our
people more perfectly, is one of the
main objects of this bill. The great
protection and the only reliable one our
people have against spurious fertilizers
is the one given to them by the laws of
the t-.tate, which provides that all fertili
zers sold shall be reasonably adapted
to the uses for whieh they are sold,
otherwise the seller cannot collect pay
for them. This bill gives too much
power to one man. Under it he can if
he choose exercise his power in a way to
bring untold losses upon tbe people.
There is no necessity for such an arbi
trary and unlimited law. The evils ex
isting can be remedied in a better way.
Instead of this bill being the means of
paying twenty thousand dollars into the
State Treasury I see very clearly how it
might cost the State more than twenty
thousand dollars in several ways. Under
it the Commissioner appoints as many
inspectors as he may deem necessary,
and let us suppose he appoints thirty.
Thirty inspectors, at fifteen hundred
dollars each, would amount to fort.y-five
thousaud dollars, and then add the
salary of the State Chemist and we have
the sum of forty-eight thousand dollars
as the out go from the Treasury;
and on the other hand, let us suppose
only forty thousand tons are inspected
at fifty cents a ton, which would amount
to twenty thousand dollars as the in
come. By this means the State would
lose just eighteen thousand dollars—
and the next session this Legislature
would consume more than a week’s time
discussing the question whether a por
tion of the inspectors should remain un
paid or anew appropriation be made
for their especial benefit. This discus
sion would, perhaps, oost the State ten
thousand dollars. The question of vested
rights, about which we have heard so
much this session, would again be
ra ; Bed. Then I submit the bill is wrong,
It is drawn on a wrong principle and
will work to the injury and against
the interest of the very class for
whose especial benefit it pretends to
operate. This is by no means the first
time in the history of legislation when
oppression and unjust laws have been
passed in the name aud guise of bene
fiting the agricultural interests. If we
are friends to the farmers aud planters
let us be so, not in name alone but in
deed and in truth, and endeavor to vote
for tbe passage of spph laws as are by
them needed. Let us pot be led astray
and tolled off from the path of duty by
false issues anfi glittering generalities.
We 8l;onld ratfief be goyerned by prin
ciple; curb the top often deceitful pros
pects conjured up by the imagination,
and look to human nature as it is—not
as it might and, perhaps, ought to be.
That the present inspection laws are de
fective, and ought to be amended, is,
doubtless, true, but that this bill is an
improvement is a great delusion. We
are told the guano men are opposed to
this bill, and are fighting it. Of tbe
truth of this I know not, but I do know
that such arguments are weak indeed,
and is the mere begging of the question.
Not long eltlce Motion' was yeliemently
opposed to tlie jjJlectojral’ Gomia’issioD,
and it jfaft (ifte’d ps an argument to induce
Democrats to vote for it. The result of
such legislation is before fhe country.
We are asked to pass this bill not be
cause there is merit in it, but, forsooth,
the guano men don’t want us to pass it.
This Legislature has done many foolish
things, and will, in all human probabil
ity, do many more; but I question se
riously if this bill passes whether it will
not be, by ftll igmufijal pritios, and by
the peppip theifiselyek, pofisidered the
moftt stupendous blunder of the whole
session. If this bill is to be taken as a
sample of the wisdom of the Agricultural
Department, then I pity the people who
are taxed many thousands of dollars an
nually to support it. This bill may, by
some trick, pass this body, but if it rests
upon its merit ftlope, it yyifl neyer fiee
daylight again. To vote for a special
tax to be levied on my constituents for
the privilege of using fertilizers to im
prove their lands and increase their
crops would be, as I consider it, a be
trayal of the trust confided in me as one
of their representatives. I absolutely
refuse to be a party in fastening
npon the farmers and planters of
Georgia this fininst legislation. Bul
lock, Blodgett, Kimball, “cf id omne
genus in.their palmii st days of develop
ment never concocted a worse scheme in
principle for plundering the people than
this bill proposes. Time fails me to do
justipe to ita f mftuy iniquities. That the
old law is defective and wrong is no ar
gument in favor of this bill; and I re
spectfully submit if the principles I have
laid down are not axioms, and the con
clusions drawn eminently correct, then
I have lived and studied to but little
purpose.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Plii Knppa Celebration Oratisn of Mr,
Xachery—Mpn and Prineljilen — l Finished
Address from a promising Young Orator.
[From an Occasional Correspondent.]
Athens, GU., February 24.—The cele
bration of the anniversary pf the Phi
Eappa Society tpok place at the {Jniver
sity chapel on the 22d of February.
The andienee was large and. as is usual
in Athens, appreciative. The orator of
the occasion being introduced by the
Chancellor, at once captivated his
andienee by the beauty and propriety of
his introduction to the subject, “MeD
and Principles." The virtues of Wash
ington and Franklin were detailed with
originality and force, as illustrations of
the theme, 'fhe speaker then illustrated
with philosophic influence and
bearing of such men and principles on
free government The address to the
society comprised a eulogy on the Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens, as an honorary
member of the society. The orator then,
with much pathos and feeling, alluded
to the death of W. W. Stnrges, who had
filled the position of anniveraarian in
1874. ■ 1 '
The subject of the speech was highly
appropriate for snCh an occasion. It was
beautiful without being ornate, logical
without technics lily; eulogizing the
dead it dealt sparinely with the living.
The orator was calm and deliberate ex
cept when fired with the eloquent
truth embodied in the thought. Natu
rally graceful, he spoke without halt or
stammer. The man and the effort well
merit thepride the society feels in both.
Man-feed.
Yrealifteßt f[t Uaa*T B|rsa,
Country Gentleman: Canary birds,
as well'as all kinds of “human birds,”
mnßt have variety in their food. I put
iq one seed cup oatmeal, in another,
seed mixed as follows: One pound ca
nary and one-half pound rape seeds,
putting on the top *of this seed cup
about one dozen hemp-seeds daily, and
part of the time leaving out the hemp
and giving a little good fresh lettuce
seed, "Say twenty or thirty eeeds daily,
not too much of it fill make the bird
drunk and dumpish. Hang also on the
cage a nioe piece of salt pork as well as
a good cnttle bone. After treating the
bird in this way tor three or four weeks,
I procured another canary, a fine free
songster, and hong it in the hearing
bnt ontof sight of my bird, and in a
very short time J had as good singer
as I eould' wish. He hag sung ever
since, through molting and all. Most
people are afraid of getting their birds
in too good oonditioh, but remember
yon mast not get them fat on hemp
seed—tor that seed is their candy and
cake.
WHAT CAN BE DONE IN TYiE SOUTH.
{New York Times.]
A good deal has been said lately of
what the DiXt Administration can and
will do for the South. We believe that
none of our readers will doubt our de
sire that everything shall be done for
that section which can be done, and it
is because of that desire that we shall
try to guard against vague and unrea
sonable expectations. There is much
which anew Republican Administration
can undertake for the improvement of
the South, which it would be a gross
wrong to neglect and a great misfortune
to fail in, and it is well that the public
should make its demands strong and in
sist on the utmost effort to comply with
them. But nothing will be gained by
requiring impossibilities, or by over
looking the limitations which exist.
What the South needs to enable it to
be as prosperous, orderly and contented
as it ought to be, may be roughly di
vided into what the Federal Government
can do for it, what the Federal Govern
ment can do with Southern aid, and
what the South must do for itself. What
the Federal Government can do unaided
is not likely to be controlling in the im
mediate future; but it is none the less
important, and is an imperative duty.
It consists almost solely in filling the
Federal offices in the South wisely, with
men of suitable character, ability and
star ding. This is something which un
der any circumstances, without any
qualification, must be done. It will be
found a work both delicate and difficult,
and it will take time; but it is absolutely
essential. Under our present sys
tem, or under any which we can hope
to have for the next four years, the
Federal appointees will be essentially
the most prominent political represent
atives of the Republican party through
out the Senth. They ought, therefore,
to be men in sympathy with the general
idea of the Republican party, the es
sence of which is the maintenance of
the civil and political rights of all citi
zens in good faith. It would be simply
folly to waive or seem to waive that
qualification for connection with the
Federal service in any prominent posi
tion, because it would only lead to com
plete misapprehension of the spirit of
the great majority of the people of the
North who constitute the Republican
party. That condition being fulfilled,
the Federal appointees ought to be men
identified, by solid and permanent in
terests, and as fur as possible by birth
and social and other ties, with the por
tion of the country in which they are to
exercise their functions. They should
be men of unquestioned probity and ca
pacity, and known to be such. They
should not be offioe-seekers, and they
should not be dependent, if it can be
avoided, on their appointment for a
livelihood. They should be held to a
rigid accountability for the faithful con
duct of their offices, and they should be
required in all things to deal in a man
ner open and above board, and scrupu
lously fair with all who have to do with
them. The law should be their only
guide, and anything like jobbery or po
litical favoritism should cause their
prompt removal. All these conditions
should be observed wholly independent
of what the sentiment or conduct of the
South may be. It is a duty owed not to
that section o ly, but to the country,
and nothing can excuse its neglect.
It is obvious, however, that a great
deal more can be done in this and in
alt other directions if a considerable and
influential number of Southern men
shall be found ready to co-operate with
the Administration. It does not need
that this co-operation shall involve ad
hesion to the Republican party in all its
policy or in looal organization. It im
plies a resolution to give the party, as
far as it has to do with the South, a fair
trial, to treat its representatives with
candor, to acknowledge their right eon
duct if it be right, and to avoid all occa
sion for the exertion of unusual powers
by the Federal Government, If the
Federal Administration, on its part, is
to refrain, as it should, from all unne
cessary interference with State affairs,
the task will be easier and result better
if all occasion for interference of any
kind is avoided. No administration can
ignore the laws upon the statute book ;
the country would not sustain it if it
did ; and the laws which make it the
duty of the United States to secure the
full and peaceful exercise of the right of
suffrage in Federal elections are very
definite as well a3 very just. They can
only be made a dead letter if that right
is frankly respected, and that depends
on the leaders of Southern opinion quite
as much as it can upon the nevy Presi
dent. I| they show a sincere disposi
tion to aid the Adflainietration in avoid-:
ing ail occurrences of a disturbing and
irritating nature, the result will be com
paratively certain and easy of attain
ment.
As to what the South can do for itself
in opening up a brighter future, it is
not necessary to speak now. We have
heretofore expressed our views on this
point with sufficient clearness. It is
our expectation that the next four years
will see a great change for the better in
Southern prospects. We have strong
hopes that the Federal Administration
will be so conducted as to win the con
fidence of the progressive element in
the South, and this element will he
fopnd sufficiently powerful tfl hying
gradually but surely a now order of
things. We do not anticipate any sud
den change, and do not ignore the ab
solute necessity of time in the solution
of the problem. Bat if, as is likely, all
immediate occasion for violent passion
can be avoided, and opportunity g an ij e
given for the ““tTu.ion of the conserva
tive and quieting forces of social and
commercial intercourse, and for the
play of enlightened pelf-interest, we see
o 'reason why progress should not be
certain and steady.
BUSINESS MEN 4ND NEWSPAPER SO
LICITORS.
The Memphis Appe l, one of the
most independent and prosperous daily
journals in thp SpiUJk in an a*tiole on
ephemeral and regularly established
newspapers, says:
“Pepers spring up depending solely
for advertising procured by solicitation,
the advertiser frequently preferring to
throw away a few dollars rather than be
bored by the importunities of the solici
tor, or made liable to the change of a
want of enterprise piggaipdly parsi
mony. Moitey is thus expended where
business men have no reason to expect
a return, for an advertisement in the
ephemeral publication, without readers,
is about as valuable as other handbills
spattered prPtqiseneitsly over the streets.
The result is the advertiser discusses
flow much, rnyney he has spent, rather
than how he baa spent it, The adver
tiser throws away nis money for adver
tising rather (ban be bored, and the
fear that an adverse influence may
be exerted against his business ;
hence he thiftks it oheaper to buy off
—otherwise the solicitor would be
kicked out. This brood of gadflies are
worrying the legitimate advertiser, to
the point of forswearing altogether this
means of making his business known.
It has now come to pass that the mer
chant who would gladly avail himself of
the columns of journals of established
circulation tfi advertise his wares is
afraid to come before the public, for no
sooner does he find himself" in print than
he is besieged by a swarm of these pes
tiferous solicitors, whe>, finding his ad
vertisement in a well circulated paper,
devoted to the great material interests
of the city, seme upon this chance of
turning a few dollars into their own
pockets by attacking the advertiser and
keeping up the siege till a contract is
given to get rid of the importunities of
the solicitor and to forestall the evil of
the irresponsible deuunoiatipu which is
insinuated. JPor it is well known that
the press is so free in our country that a
paper or an ephemeral publication whose
proprietors do not even own the types
upon which it is printed may de
nounce any and every honest institution
with impunity, and to prevent this men
often incur the expense of useless and
unprofitable advertising. Patronage
given to these publicatena is a total loss
to the advertiser, and is an injury to the
legitimate newspapers laboring to bnild
up the great interests of the country;
for whep ft business man patronizes the
catoh-penny papers he is inclined to de
crease his advertising with the old estab
lished papers of the city. Liberal ad
vertising has come to be a necessity to
the rapid building up of a paying busi
ness; but there is such a thing as in
judicious advertising, which is a waste
of money. Daring the last ten years
the readers of newspapers increased
until it is now conceded that the press
‘is the grand fulcrum and lever that
moves the world.’ Wherever the Appeal
circulates the business men who adver
tise are as well known as they are to our
citizens, for the reader is familiar with
their signboard* and knows where to find
them. There is no means for indacing
ready sales so cheap as well-directed
advertising; and when the time comes—
as we believe it will at no distant day—
when the advertiser can be pro tented
against the impoeitipas of humbugs and
deadbeat solicitors for emphemeral pub
lications which have no basis of patron
age but unblushing cheek, the advertis
ing business through legitimate avenues
of communication with the public will
largely increase. The prudent business
man never buys pinchbeck jewelry pf*
fered for sale py fjlutftnt peddlers on the
street, but tney are guilty of a greater
folly When they pay money for advertis-.
Ingin the pinchbeck, ephemeral news
papers without circulation and ushered
into the world with no expectation of
Hying longer than to pocket the money
made by fraud upon those silly enough
to be duped.”
A Miracle by Paganini.
[ Scribner's Monthly. \
He was a wonderful fellow, and some
called him the devil. He was even im
prisoned and had his violin taken away
from him beoause he was supposed to be
such a dangerous character. One dav a
great lady in Rome said to him : “Sig
nor Paganini, I understand that yon
can execute an air on one string of your
violin.”
“Madam, yon have heard the truth,”
replied the great virtuoso.
“Will you allow me and my friends to
hear you ?”
“ Certainly.”
So the great lady gave a reception, at
which Paganini was invited to perform
his violin trick. After actually playing
the prayer from Rossini’s “Moses in
Egypt ” on oDe string, Paganini was
thanked by his hostess, who said; “Now,
Signor Paganini, as yon do wonders ou
one string, can you perform on no string
at all ?”
“Most assuredly,” answered Paga
nini.
“Will you, for me ?”
“With pleasure.”
A day was set, the great lady invited
a number of friends to assist at the
miracle, and when all were assembled,
Paganini failed to appear. News came
soon after that he had that day left
Rome. This was his performance with
out any string, and his retort to the
social queen who had treated him as a
mountebank rather than as an artist.
Poor fellow ! he wasted away before
death. In fact, the hundred steps he
daily mounted to his palace of Genoa
were enough to kill a man in his state
of health. His body lay in the palace
seven weeks after death, because the
clergy refused to allow it Christian
burial. Id his last moments Paganini
had either refused to see a priest, or
bad not received absolution, and this
was the punishments ! I believe that
eventually the body was taken out of
Italy for burial.
Mother of-Pearl, shaved into strips as
thin as paper, and shaped into glittering
ears of wheat, oats and other oereals, are
blended with flowers for evening head
dresses,
VEGETINE
—IS—
The Great
FAMILY MEDICINE
-AND—
HEALTH RESTORER.
General I>et>ility.
DEBILITY is a term used to denote defi
ciency of blood. The nutritive constit
uents of the blood are in lees than their regu
lar proportion, while the watery part is in ex
cess. Debility is of frequent occurrence. It
is incident to a variety of diseases. Tbe low
er limbs are apt to be swollen. Tbe patient is
feeble, and canbot bear much exertion. The
circulation iB irregular, but almost always
weak. Palpitations of the heart is a very com
mon symptom. Violent emotion often throws
the heart i 1 the most tumultuous action. The
vital functions are languidly performed. The
muscular strength is diminished; fatigue fol
lows moderate or slight exercise. The breath
ing, though quiet when at rest, becomes hur
ried and even painfully agitated uuder exer
tion, as in running, ascending heights, etc.
The nervous system is often greatly disorder
ed. Vertigo, dizziness, and a feeling of faint
ness are very common. Violent and obstinate
neuralgic pains in tbe head, side, breast, or
other parts of the body, are also frequent at
tendants upon tbe disease. The secretions
are sometimes diminished. In females tbe
menses are almost always either suspended or
very partially performed. The bile is scanty,
and costiveneßs, with unhealthy evacuations
from the bowels and dyspeptic state of the
stomach, are extremely common symptoms.
MARVELLOUS EFFECT.
H. K. Stevens:
Deab Sib—l have u-ed Veoetine, and fed it
a duty to acknowledge the great benefit it has
done me. In tbe Spring ol the year 1862 I waß
sick from general debdity, caused by overwork,
want of sleep and proper reßt. I was very
weak and much emaciated. I tried many
remedies, without receiving any benefit from
any of them, until I was persuaded to try
Veoetine. Before I had taken this one week
my improved condit on gave me renewed hope
and oourage. I continued to take it every day,
gaining more strength, until 1 was completely
restored to health. The effect of this Remedy ,
in case of general debility, is indeed marvel
lous. ELIZABETH A. FOLEY,
21 Webster Street, Charlestown, Mass.
SWOLLEN LIMBS,
Lebanon, N. 11., January 29, 1810.
Mu.
Deab fSpß—l write this note to inform you of
the effect of your “ Blood Purifier” upon my
system. When I commenced taking it, a year
ago, I was very much debilitated, My limbs
were swollen so that it was impossible for me
t ■ get into or out from a carriage, and very
painful to go up or down Btaii-s. Indeed, I
could scarcely stand on my feet. My appetite
was gone, my strength failing rapidly. After
using your medicine for a few weeks I began
to improve. My appetite improved and my
strength returned. I can now perform my
duties as a nurse with my wo. tod ease; and I
feel I owe it to Veoetine.
Yours, gratefully,
Mbs, C. A. 11. TILDEN.
A PERFECT CURE.
Charlestown, June XI, 1881.
Mb, H. R. Stey-ens i
Deab Sib—This is to certify that Veoetine
made a perfect cure or me when my attending
physician bad pronounoed my case consump
tion, and said I eould not survive many days.
Mbs. LEDSTON, 35 Cook Street.
The facts stated by Mrs. Ledston are person
ally known by me, and they are true.
A. D. HAYNES,
Weul IVQt fee WW&wU
VEGETINE
FOR TEN TIMES ITS COST.
The great benefit I have received from the
use of VEGETINE induces me to give my tes
timony in its favor. I believe it to he not only
of great value for restoring the health, but a
preventive of diseases peculiar (q Spring
and Summer seasons,
I would not bq without it for ten times it'
cost. " ' EDWIN TILDES
Attorney and General Agent for Massachusetts
of tbe Craftsmen’b Life Insurance Compa
ny, No. 49 Sears' Building, Boston, Mass.
Vegetise is Sold by All Druggists.
mhl-wlm
a. o. bobinbon. ludden & bates.
Q, 0. ROBINSON & CO.
Low Prices, Quick Sales.
THE TBIUMPH of A! TANARUS, new and charming
PIANO-HABP OItGAN. the most Beauti
ful Combination of Musical Tones; can be
used separately or in connection with either or
all, the stops of the Organ. Manufactured by
the celebrated Mason A Hamlin Organ Cos.,
patented in Europe and America.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
THE most complete and attractive assort
ment south of Baltimore. THE BEST
MAKERS, THE LOWEST PRICES; S6O to
SIOO saved is the verdict of the numerous
patrions of the
AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
New York wholesale prices to cash buyers.
Small cash payments monthly will secure an
elegant Piano or Organ at Lowest Factory
Prices.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS of every variety.
SHEET MUSIC and MUSIC BOOKS, the
Latest Publications. Orders Promptly Silled
at Publishers’ Prices. Best Italian Strings
and everything pertaining to a First Class
Music House.
Pianos and Organs for Rent.
Tuning and Repairing by a First Class Work
man of 25 year* practical experience. Orders
from the country will receive prompt attention.
6. 0, ROBINSON 4 CO.,
90S Broad St.
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NOTICE.
ALL persons having Clocks, Watehes or
Jewelry for repairs at t,he late Gustav
Stoopei’e Store are hereby notified to call and
settle for same as said Store any day (except
Sunday \ between 3 and 5, p m.
* SAMUEL LEVY,
Attorney for Temporary Administrator estate
G. 8-nenel d>e**d. feb22-tf_
GUANO!
PERUVIAN and NOVA SCOTIA
LAND PLASTER for sale by R. G. LAY,
No. 142 Bay street, west of Exchange,
jan3o-lm Savannah.
New Aoverui*v'wi‘-> • •
$50,000 Worth Of Dry Goods
TO BE THROWN ON THE MARKET
WITBODT Mi TO COST!
Must be Sold by of March.
CHRIS. GRAY & CO.
HAVING BROUGHT THE HEAD OF THE FIRM FROM SAVANNAH, WHERE
HE HAS BEEN MAKING A GRAND SALE,
OFFER A RARE CHANCE FOR BARGAINS.
HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP OF OUR ENTIRE
STOCK.
WE MEAN BUSINESS—SLAUGHTER PRICES IS TBE WORD.
We promise our frieuds aud the public that the CLOSING OUT SALE will be
more thorough than any within
The Last Thirty Years.
SEE OFR SPENDID LINE OF OVER $7,000 WORTH OF
COLORED DRESS GOODS.
SEE OUR MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF BLACK SILKS AND
BLACK DRE$$ GOODS.
SEE OUR MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF LINEN TOWELS, NAPKINS, AND
DAMASKS.
See our splendid stock of CASSIMEBES.
See our stock, over 2,000 dozen, LADIES’ HOSE.
See our stock, 1,500 dozen, CHILDREN’S white and solid HOSE,
See our stook, over 200 iozen, LADIES’ CORSET3.
See our stock, over 200 dozen, Gents’ and Ladies’ UNDERVESTS.
See our stook of SHIRTINGS aud SHEETINGS.
See our GENERAL STOOK, the largest in Augusta.
ALL OF WHICH MUST BE CLOSED OUT
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS, REGARDLESS OF COST!
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NOVELTIES.
Aline of Ladies’ Bows in all the
new styles and shades? just re
ceived ; the prettiest out.
Also, Ladies’ Silk Ties and Hand
kerchiefs, new and desirable.
We will be in daily receipt of
new Goods—the choicest to be
found in the market, suitable for
Spring wear.
Call and see them.
JAMES A. KRAY & C O.
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AN ENDLESS VARIETY
OF
NEW SPRING GOODS
AT
MULLAKKY BROS’.
THE Largest, Cheapest and Best Selected Stook of "SPRING DRYGOODS’' ever offered
in thiß city will be displayed on to-morrow morning.
20 Gases Assorted Spring Prints, in tbe neweßt and prettießt patterns.
Bleached Sheetings, Shirtings, and Pillow Casings, in all tho favorite brands.
Marseilles, Honey Comb and Crochet Quilts, beautiful and cheap.
Table Linens, Doylies, Napkins and Towels, in large quantities.
A large assortment of Corsets, from the cheapest to tbe finest made, and also tbe favorite
“ Norma.” at sl.
Ladies’ and Mieses' Hose, Ladies’ and Misses’ T andkerebiefs.
Gents’ Half Hose and Gents’ Handkerchiefs, cheaper than over.
AND ALSO,
100 Bales Factory Sheetings, Shirtings and Drills.
10 Caseß Assorted Plaid Osnaburgs, whioh, together with the above mentioued articles,
will be sold at tbe very lowest prices for oash.
MULLARKY BROTHERS’,
262 BROAD mTREET.
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Bea iitiful Spring; (woods!
[ ABE DAILY ARRIVING AT THE
OLD FBEDEHICESBDRG DRT GOODS STOBE.
Corner by the Planters’ Hotel.
Our agents in New York, Philadelphia aud Baltimore are now carefully
selecting for eur sales, choice SPRING GOODS which we are dally in re
ceipt of, and to which we Invite the attention of purchasers. We have
fail assortments of choice Calicoes, from 6 l-4c. up; Percales and Cam
brics, White Goods. Piques, Embroideries, Bleached shirtings and Sheet
ings of all the brands, and at factory prices Pillow Case, Cottons, Bed-
Ticks, Table Damask, Toweling*, Crashes, Choice Dress Goods for
early Spring wear, Neck-Ties, Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Cottonades, Cas
simeres, Tweeds, Ac.
MERCHANTS
Who buy close for cash, or short time city acceptance, would do well to
give our large stock an examination. Wholesale Rooms on 2d and 4th
floors.
SAMPLES.
To eur friends in the country we will, upon application, tend samples
of any goods we can sample. Also, a fine list of the leading articles we
keep, and if they send us an order to (he amount of
TEN DOLLARS,
Or over, we will pay the express freights on tbe package to their nearest
express office. We at all times keep ou baud one of the largest stocks
of Dry Goods in the city, and always at the lowest prices.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.,
feh!B fi&wtf CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
NEW SPRING GOODS
AT
L. RICHARDS’
Augusta Dry Goods Store
A LARGE ASSORTMENT of Beautiful Spring Prints and Shirtings, new and choice styles,
64, 8 and 10c. A beautiful line ol New and Choice Printed Cambrics at the lowest prices.
Dress Goods—new, her utiful aud cheap. Victoria Lawns and Nainsooks at 15, $0 and 25c., verv
cheap. Lorsdale, Lyman A Mattapan Cambrics, Bleached and Brown Sheetings and Bhirtinge,
all the favorite brands (genuine), at the lowest prices.
A splendid line of Spring Cassimeres, Tweeds and Linens for Gents and Boys. Hosiery,
Gloves. Handkerchiefs, Combs, Hair Brashes, Tooth Brashes, eta., eto.
A great variety
at bottom; prices.
Corsets, all the beet makes, from 35c. to the finest. A specialty in a Corset at 50e., the best
in the market at the price. A large assortment of Plaid and Striped Osnaburgs. Factory
Shirtings and Sheetings, at Factoi-y prices by the piece.
TO ARRIVE DURING THE WEEK—Another lot of those Popular Shirts, made of New York
Mills, finished complete, at sl, $1 25. the best Bhirt forthe price made. A beautiful line of
Parasols, with Opera Glasses in the handle-something new. A large assortment of Hambnrg
Edgings and Insertings, at the lowest prices. Something New in Laee and Silk Fischues, Ties,
FriUings, Bustles, etc.
Conutry Merchants will do well to examine this stock before purchasing.
* Country friends will Bave time and money by sending for samples, as I will pay the expresa
age to their noarest Expiess office, when their orders amount to ten dollars and over.
L. RICHARDS,
269 Bread Street, Augusta, Georgia.
JO B PRINTING.
BOOK BINDING.
