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J. W. VU«NSK, Miter « PuSltaker
JSHWW a. SHIVSSUI. rraprietar.
VOLUME I.
MEXICAN SOCIETY.
ru rowoN/W W**mh *<ml rWeteso Cost**.
(Fro** tte N*w Orlaaaa D*»om*t|
There exists do other society on the
planet, not even in India, where there is
more distinction of caste and class than
is found in Mexico. On the gulf coast,
by conoeqnence at unfortunate amal
gamation of the white and the ■ Indian
and Clunrofftnd the black races, then
are said to exist at least a dosen separate
claases of humanity, of different color,
or, at least, of different cfaaractenstica
In the capital such is not the case.
There are Castilians and creoles, orchil
dr* of Indian mothers and Spanish
fathers and full-blooded Indians. The
creoles are noted for their intelligence,
their symmetry ©f form and feature and
their personal Courage. Their complex
ion may bo to resemble that of the
far-famed r A balleroe of Andalusia The
males arq. tall and shapely, while the
ladies am generally very beautiful, are
formed, possess delicately-molded
h'nds and feet, and the most beautiful
eyes of any of the human family. The
belles of the South of France, of the
mountains and plains of Spain, of the
.Sierras and coasts of Portugal and the
famous cities of Italy, must yield to
their charming sister, of the Latin re
publics iu the beauty, shape, size and
expramton of the eyre. They aye so ex
ceedingly expressive, a glance from be
tween their low fringes seems to melt
into the very soul.
The Mexican ladies are exemplary
and f r xul, loving mothers. Their
homeffio, them is their entire world ; their
hu’Jnands the idols of their hearts, while
their children are the angels which makn
their home their heaven. Yet, strange
to say, there is no word in the Spanish
language that can express the idea con
veyed in onr dear old hearty Anglo-Sax
on word “ home. ” The nearest approach
to it is found in hogar, which may be
translated "hearth-stone” or simply
■•‘hearth.” Yet, notwithstanding thia,
the ties of family are more binding in
Mexican society than among any other
race under heaven. The repentant out
cast knows that he or she can always re
turn to the friendly shelter of the family
roof, while the prodigal son invariably
finds the arms of the indulgent and for
giving parents open to receive him, for
among the Spanish creoles *' blood ia
thicker than water,” and tears which
stream from a mother's eyes have often
wiped away the stains of emng daught
ers* sin. In Latin countries one false
stop ia not so often followed by a parent's
curse, nor the door shut to the return of
one who has in ths senseless parlance of
society irretrievably fallen.
atr w»rroH'.v dkbt.
In the years agone, when De Witt
(Hinton county, was the oounty seat and
a right smart village in the woods, or
on the way to be, the editor of its week,
ly psper had some subscribers who paid
in wood, others in produce, others in
fur, and others yet who didn’t pay at
all. One of these latter class war named
Lemon, but to squeeze anything ont of
hun was next to impossible. He had
excuses at his tongue's end for not pay
ing, and the longer the debt stood the
more reasonable his excuses seemed to
his creditors. One day the editor met
him on the street, and, after a general
greeting, began on him with:
*’Mr. Lemon, you have been owing
me for two years. "
“Yes, but I had bad luck in my sugar -
bush."
*' But you might have brought wood.”
“Ho I should, but I broke two new
axes and couldn't buy another.”
“I offered to take it out in turnips
and com. ”
" I know, but the crows ate my corn
up and the Injuns stole all my turnips.
" Well, how are you getting along
now ? " asked the editor.
“ First-rate.”
'' Have you a good run of sugar ? ”
" Yea"
" Corn doing well ?’’
•' Splendid. ’’
" Wheat all right ? ”
“Yes, all right.”
“Well, if corn, wheat, potatoes and
turnips tarn out good, and you keep well
•nd you have no losses, will you pay n>«
tn th. fall?”
The farmer scratched his head and
took a full minute to think over it before
UrmsiM- < .
replied:
“ That’s aa honest debt ami orter be
paid, but I wont positively agree to
square up this fall until I know what
•ort of s corn season ww are to have I"
His needless to eey that tee never
•uuared.—Drtrott FVee/Yew
New You ia declared to tee the worst*
oared «My to WCH.
fnlimitea
r»r aoare.v ezju.
»» Dxvtß a voevss.
I toM her of a maid ib.*> tnto.l
War SUM w m, irndar thoughU uS fancier
A lovely bej»g ot th, kind
Tkay writ* about In old rrxnsncM.
“ Kuovwt thou," ■ Id I, *• thia maltea tor.
Whoa* bMuty doth my thoughts begun* t”
Sb. ao.wwrrd «iu> ,
“ Wall, I should amil* !”
* H*r ebaaka pn*M*a th* ne*’a bn*.
No form ia daintier or completer,
Do hair so brown, no ey». *o blue,
No month la tandarar nr tweeter.
Tb* ferored youth who gain* the band
Os thia fur girl trill re ar regret la"
With neodeat grace eke added: ''And
Don’t you forget IX"
“ Ob, thou dear mlatrewv of my heart;
My angel I let me kneel before the*
And aay bow heavenly sweet thou art.
And bow devoutly I adore tbee.’’
She turned eway ber lovely bead,
And, with a languid look that fired
My aoul, tn murmured arceut* aald,
“ Ton make m* tired."
-ocribner**
XZ>L THROUGH A SOCKET
HOOK.
Tom ami Joe lie stretched, boy-fash
ion, upon the rug liefore the fire, with a
very disconsolate look upon the young
faces the dancing flames lit up. It is a
stormy night, and they are, therefore,
disappointed of a promised treat to
which for a week back they have been
looking forward.
Suddenly the door opens and gives
entranoe to a tall, brisk figure.
“ Boys, are you here ? Poor fellows 1
it’s too luul yon are doomed to disap
pointment; bnt what say you to a story ?
Would it comjiensate in the least degree
for the great animal show?”
Yes, they think it will; and, with a
alight but decided change in Ixith posi
tion and expression, they wait expect
antly, confident of lieing interested, for
they are no strangers to their brother
in-law’s graphic stories. And he begins:
“ It was a very cold day, and, as little
Dick stood on the corner shivering in
the keen blast which pierced relentlessly
through his thin, ragged garments, he
said, half aleud: ‘Oh, dear I thia world
isn’t much of a place. I wonder if it’s
warmer where mother is I I wish I was
there 1’
" Poor boy I A month ago death bad
robbed him of his only friend by taking
away his mother, and since then he hail
lived as thousands do— 1 everywhere ’ —
picking up what odd jobs he could in
the daytime, and sleeping at night in
any nook that offered him shelter. Bnt
work was not always to lie found, and
for the past two days his jiocketa had
not held even a penny with which to
buy bread, and the boy Was almost fam
ished. He walked on slowly, the tears
running down his pinched face, when
suddenly a great thrill ran all th rough
his frame, for the moment bringing
a warmth it had bnt rarely known.
Could it be, or did his eyes deceive him?
There, right liefore him on the pave
ment. was a pocket-book I
“With a hasty glance backward the
lad, with trembling Angers, lifted and
opened his prize, and saw what seemed
like incalculable riches to his unaccus
tomed eyes—a roll of crisp bank-notes.
“ ‘ Now I can get something to eat I ’
“ But something white attracted his
notice; a card, and penciled upon it a
name and address.
“Dick could read a little, and he
easily picked out the written characters
which proclaimed to whom the lost
pocketlssik belonged.
“ For a moment the boy hesitated. It
was Ilia. Ho had found it. Had ho not
a right to it ?
• ■ Bnt even aa he thought conscience
rose, and with a loud roioe cried:
•• • No! A* long os you know the own
er's name it it not yaurt.’
“Just before she died his mother had
said to him:
“ • Dick, my poor boy, I jdoubt not
bnt that you may come to wear a tom,
soiled coat, bnt there is no need that it
should cover a soiled aoul. Be true and
honest, no matter what happens, and
God will care for you.'
“A choking sob rose in the boy’s
thru |t as he slowly turned.
“■ I will take it to the house that ia
on the card,’ he said softly; 'but, oh.
how hungry I am I "
“He thrust the pocket-book into the
breast of hia jacket, but not before it
had been seen.
“ • Bee here, Dickey, old fellow, shell
out! You've got a ind, and you must
go shares. Here, hand over that pock
st-book.'
“ Dick looked up resolutely into the
boyish faces of his ammeters. They
were bigger boys than be, but be was
po coward.
rey —. .... 8
Devoted tbe Interests of Columbia County and the State of Georgia.
HARLEM. GEORGIA. TUESDAY. JULY W. 1881.
" 1 You can’t have it,' he said, ' for it
isn't mine; and I'm taking it where it
belongs.' %
“' You can’t come that dodge over
me. Here, hand it over, or you’ll wiali
you had,’ and the teller of the two boys
raised one hand to strike, while he made
a snatch at Dick's jacket with the other.
“The thin cloth ported, and the ol>-
jiset of dispute rollcsl upon the pave
ment
'“You young rowdy, what are you
striking that little boy f »r ?’
“The now-comer was a middle-aged,
benevolent-faoed man, and, as ho spoke,
he emphasized his Words by grasping
the rough boy's shoulder with no gentle
hand.
" ‘ He's a thief ; he's got mv pocket
book,' was the sullen reply, with a vain
glance around for the companion, who
had leat no time in putting a good dtat
ance lietween himself and the scene of
action.
“' That he hasn’t. I have been
watching the whole occurrence from the
stoop just over the way. 1 saw this lit
tle lad find the pocket-book, read the
card, and heard what ]>aased lietween
him and you. It ia you who are tne
thief—in intention, if not in actual
deed ; and now yon had better go away
quickly, and be thankful you are let off
so easily.'
“ Then, taking Dick's band, he looked
pityingly into the polo face, all disfig
ured by liis assailant's rude fist.
“'Como with mo, my little lad,' he
said. 'lt was my pocket-book which
you found, and I am going to show you
now that, uo matter what comes, “ hon
esty is the best policy" to follow.'
“ And Dick, going willingly, was led
to a cozy home, where a sweet-faced
woman with a balic in her arms come to
the door to greet her husband with the
same smile she might have worn when
be was her lover. And there, in that
homo-nest, bleaeed by mutual respect
and love, the poor orphan boy found a
shelter. His benefacUir w;as a physi
cian, and there was many > way iu which
Dick’s active hands and limbs could
make themselves useful; and there ho
lived until the on-coming yearn brought
with them a restless, ambitious longing
for independence. Then, with tears in
his eyes, he pressed tbe kind heads of
his friends, and started out in the work)
to carve Ilia own fortune.
"He went West, to that land where
stout hands and hearts are so much
needed and prized. Success does not
come without labor, and Dick worked
hard, and his exertions were rewarded.
So he felt when, ten yearn later, he was
able to invest in a nafo business quite a
little num—the result of his own indus
try. Then, yielding to an irresistible
impulse to return and look once more
upon the faces of hia benefactors, he
turned his ste)>e eastward.
“ It was late in the evening when he
alighted at the station and walked up
the familiar street which led to hia old
home. Bnt he found a disapjiouitment
awaiting him | the house was vacant,
and a sign 'To let' was upon the door.
He turned away, intending to inquire in
the adjacent house, when a sudden alarm
rang out npon the night air—‘Fire!
fire!' At once the liells clanged, and
with the usual hue and cry men and
tioys troojM'd ont to the rescue, and
among them, catching their excitement,
went the traveler. The fire was only
gome five blocks away, in a largo hand
some house, and it must have gained
great headway liefore lieing discovered,
for already the fl amen were licking the
windows of the third story,
"'lt is Dr. L who lives here,'
some one says. ‘ Yes,’ another answers;
■ but he’s away. He’s my doctor, ami
he told me the other day that he was
going into the country for a while with
his family.’
“ The name acted like a shock of elec
tricity upon one hearer in the crowd.
Throwing off his ooat, disregarding the
cries that called him iiack, Dick rushed
straight into the mass of amoks and
flame which enveloped the office-door.
With auperbuman strength he forced it
oj>en. All was dark inside, bnt with the
lurid light which glared into the win
down Dick saw a motioxUoes form in the
chair before the desk, with his head
sunk upon his breoat, aad bis eyas
cliwed. Beizing tbe inert figure in his
strong arms, be dragged rather than
earned it from the room into the ball,
and from thence into the open air.
" A sho«t of horror greeted him.
“ I We rnftosi and called and no one
answered, and ao we thought it was true
that lie wto away Ha moat have been
■n-fforated liefoon he could call tor help.
Poor man 1’
“ • Leave me atone and attend to yonr
duty.’ Dick said, brteffiy. 'Ha mat
«toad-hM btort rtill btota. But sake
sn v there is no other inmate in the
ho»*e.’
•‘‘There can’t be. Lkon’t yon soo
the, windows are all shut an d barred ?'
bouse was burned to ashen be
fore Dick's efforts, second oil by the sym
-4 . y-ctic efforts of the crowd of friends,
• lift bad by that time gatharod at the
P roTr< l effectual to restore bis l>en
efaftor's consciousness. Tlw-n, alive
jf-tS breathing, though faintly IQie an in-
X»nl, they bore him to a friemYs Imme,
where Dick, aa soon aa he h»»? sent a
tblqgrarn to the absent wife, telling
cf her husband's peril and safety, fol
lowed.
Ho you have saved my life, Dick.’
the doctor said, a day later. ' That was
a lucky day for me when I lost my pock-
M.Dick s eyes filled—man though ns
WSA.
F-*? ‘lt ■"■•• » more than lucky day for
m4’ he answered, 'and I am only glad
that I have been enabled to repay in
eofce measure the great debt that I owe
to you.’
“ And the wife and daughter came,
and Dick woe overwhelmed by thoir
gratitude, but wbat touched him moat
was when the daaghter, whom he re
memlicrrtl a little 10-vPar-o)d girl, now
a graceful young woman with all her
mother's lieanty and her father’s good
nees combined in her lovely face, took
his hand iu bcr twoftur ones, oiuly press
ing it to her soft, red lip*, said: 'How
can I ever repay you ? But for you I
would now lie fatherless, and my mother
a widow.’"
, “And he married the daughter, I
sfippoae,” 'Horn says, breaking in.
"Yes, you are right. She found a
w.ij to repay him ; and that ends the
story."
“Brother Hiciiard,” says Joo, look'mg
up, “are you quite sure it’s a true
stpry ? "
“Quite anra—for, my little man, that
poor little Imy Die k, grown to tnanhocxi
now, tells you thin story, and his i»eno
fnctor, the good doctor, is no other than
jjnr own noble father, of whom you are
so justly proud ; while the daughter is
your suiter Fan, who, twelve yearsngo—
just one year lx*f<we yon were burn—
made mo one of the happiest of men."
“ Wasn’t it a jolly story, Joo?" paid
Tom, when they were snugly ensoonced
under the sheets for the night. “JM
you know, it proves one thing. .Yvo al
ways thought from what I've board anj
read—and you know I've read a heap of
books—that the fellows who begin vay
down always seem to get up tile highest
•n the end.”
tt.KKe.
During avery moment of conscious
ness the brain is in activity. The pe
culiar process of cerebration, whatever
that may consist of, is taking place;
thought after thought comes forth, nor
can we help it. It is only when the pe
culiar connection or chain of connection
of the brain cell with another is broken
and consciousness fades away in the
dreamless laud of perfect sleep that the
brain is at rest. In this state it recuper
ates its exhausted energy ami power,
ami stores them up for future neml.
The period of wakefuluMM is one at ccxq.
stent wear. Every thought is generated
at the expense of brain cells which can
l>e fully replaced only by periods, of per
fectly regulated repose. If. therefore
these arc not secured by al<wy >— if tb„
brain, through over stimulate »n, is not
left to recuperate, its energy becomes
exhausted ; debility, disease, and finally
disintegration supervene. lienee, the
story is almost always the same For
weeks aud months before the signs of
insanity appear, the patient has been
ahxlous, wakeful, worried, not sleeping
mure than four or five hours out of the
twenty-four. The poor brain, unable to
do its constant work, begins to waver, to
show signs of weakness or aberration -
hallucinations or delusions hover around
like floating shadows in the air, until
busily disease comes, and the atructairo
of the body totters to its fall.!
fMMMrgS Or
There ia a prevalent idea that the
almahooees, for the most part, shelter
the unhappy aud guiltless poox., whom
anmeraiful disaster has followed fast and
followed faster until it has ctsaseil them
to this last refuge—peopto who have
coms from vineoovsred cottage*, or
tidy rooms ep one flight vs stairs in ten
ement houses, with a big Bible on a ta
ble and a pot of lowers in ths window,
or even from luxurious homes desolate. I
by oonimercial pamce. Aa a matter of
(act, the great majority of American in
door paupers betoog to what are called
ths lowest iliasss, aad seek the alms
tiouaenot beeseee of xminemfnl disaster,
bnt because of very common vtoeo.—
| Jtlanti4 Monthly.
HOW THU tiHKiucßiir eorKTUi. it
MAVIK AT MUBSKLt.
I was particularly attracted by one of
the Devreat institution* in Brussels, os
tentaiiausly proclaimed, in prominent
letters, “Amarican Bar.” The outside
was very attractive; tbe inaido, so far as
api>earaiKx s go, is modeled on the trans-
Atlantic idea. 1 asked for a gm-oocktail.
Neither the barkeeper nor a smiling
Frencii waitress, knitting mittens, un
derstood a wnM I said. I tbareupon,
in my l»eat Fwmcb, asked for every con
ceivable American drink, to the utter
bewiidermesu of the keepers of the
Brussels Aresnoan bar. Thqy prreentlv
informal nee that they Only suppluvl
one uniform and regular drink of Amer
ica, and that wxi U,« occktail American,
whicli I thereupon ordered to }>e con
cocted. The director of the ber pro
ceeded to perf<Mn wonders witli sugar,
nutmeg, raw eggs, lemon, doves and
other articles, fluid and otherwise. The
result was triumphantly offered to me
in a tumbler, at the bottom of which
the solid yelk of an egg was literally bab
anced on a sort of cosicrete foumtation of
(lowilered sugar. Harman and wwitn«s
were no delighted with this *• rocktails
of Aaaenca ” that I hod notthn heart to
dssh their spirits, thought wished ti V m
end their work tn Ibpfiot They poecl
admiringly as I liftefl, th o gu,. u>wt i
my mouth. A nlicj roT eyes and did uot
°l*n them ngMu nutil my )i|>s bad
closed upoaw, much „f f),e sweet con
crete previr.njiy mentioned as my judg
ment <te emed necessary for the com
plete e.ncceas of the performance in the
•ati'mation of my andmnoe. A bandy
I’rmbler of water enabled ms to keep
the whole down, and, in the interest of
future customers who may be attracted
by ths legend “American Bar,” 1
thereupon smacked my lips and offered
my hand to the barkeeper, who shook it
with enthusiasm and cried, “ I'iir Amer
ica 1" aa well aa he might. I lielievc I
had “devoured” hia first cocktail, for
he entered upon its manufacture with a
certain undiagniacd trepidation. With
what a confident smite hs will receive
his next client I For hia own aake, 1
wish him aa gentle a martyr aa he found
in ms. I know men out West who
would consider the insult offered to me,
to my physical constitution, to my mor
al courage, to tlie honor of the A mon can
flag and to civilization generally, by
this lierkeejmr of Brussels, worthy the
intervention of a six-shooter.— fbrrvs
poiidence New York Timet.
Romm of you may think it very funny
that there is not a barber in all the Bar
bur r States.
IllOfc
A PERFECT STRENGTHS HER, A SURE RCVWPI
IKON BTTTEKN are hieiily rnronunnided for all
quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; especially fflrr-
sshtanZ Feme*, Want of ApfteliU. Loot of MnAylh, lark of rlr. Ftrl<4lts< 1
the blood, slrengtlieuM the rniwie*, and gives new life to the m-eves. They art* •
like a ctiarni rm the digestive organa, removing ell dysrojrie *ywaMerag|*A> i
aa 71uba$> ike Eml, RaMng, Heat in the Shmatk, Umrtburn.tß. Tint , |
Iron Preparation tliht will not blacken tho teotfa or give
beoalactie. Hold by all druggists. Writs for the AB C Book, t!
useful anrl ainnshig rear ling —mt fret.
HltoWN CHEMICAL ( 0., Baltimore, Md. 1
BITTERS
W MILLS. IW MILLS, (W W.
f’taaation and Mill .Machinery. Eng lues sod Boihra, C«Ucu H jA/ting
PaHey*. Hanger* Journal Bixer. Mill Gearim.-. Gudeotn, Turbin*? W»t#r Mfhe< ■,
G.a Gearing Jadaon'a Govern*!'*, Diaston'* C' rculsr B*srs, Goaimrrr**?!*
Belting, Btobitt Metal. Bra** FiUinqs, Gl >be and Cheek Vaivro, WtrofiWmw,
ete. Iren and Hraaa Oastlog*. Gin Rib*, Iron Fronts, Bs I'■nates a«M MfoWßeiL'K
OKO. IT. LOMB ARD /t C’Oo •,
FOBEITCIIY FOUNDRY ANDMA' HfNF WORKH , » I-.
1014 to lO2G FENWICK HrREEf AUGVNTA WA.
(••“Near tbe Water Tower] flaF»Rapsiriag promptly dvne at iuwrsinrice*.
Boiler repair* of all bind* dm* promptly.
OPERA HOUSE GARDEN !
BEN NEISZ. PROPRIETY
IIIIIICE WINIB, UQI WiS AND W
PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI MM?
BROAD AND ELLIB STREETS, AUGUSTA, (/xf
janll-ly . ,w
' Tnnwa-eieo per «***■
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B HVuMai f
In France, when a home has reached
the age of 10 or 80, M is deaigned for a
chemical factory; it ki flrot reifavad of
Ha hair, which aervea to stuff rwtti n
aud saddles; then it is stunned; the
hoofs serve to make combe. the
carcass ia placed in a cylinder and
cooked by steam, at a proaeua. of three
atmoapluirea ; a cock is which
allows the grease to run off; Uieu the re
mains an* cut up, the lug Ixiafs are
sold to make knife handle*, ate., and the
coarser of the ribs, the head, etc., are
converted into animal black and gine.
Tlio first are caldnod ia aud
the vapors when condensed form the
chief source of carbonate of ammonia,
which constitutes the base of ijeariy all
ammonicol salts. There fa an Mumal
nil yielded which makes a capital
teide and a vermifuge. To mafa*
the Ixines are dissolved in mariaUc acid,
which takes away the pbrwphMh ofhnn ,
tlie soft residue, retaining the > of
Hie Ikiuo, dissolved in boiling water,
cast into squares and dried oq The
phosphate of lime, acted upon I>y sulph
uric acid and eolciued with earbou, r re
duces phosphorus for lucifer njatehr*
Tbe flesh is dis tilled to obtain the' car-
Ixinate of ammonia; the resulting Juaas
is pounded up with potaali, then min'd
witli old nails and old tron of oVerv de
scription ; the whole is calcined and
yieldi magnificent yellow crystal*,
oiate of |>ota«b, witli which tissue* are
dred a Prussian blue, and iron trans
ferred into steel; it ah*o forms fto I nous
of cyanide of potassium and prflssic
acid, the two moat terrific poisons
known in chemistry.
i tei .n
A It KAN UM KAVVtUi. A
The youug man who pleads poverty
ami a meager salary aa an s»'imh> for re
fraining from marriage will do w*jl to
remember the pluck of Thomae A* Moott,
the great railroad magnate, sad Ckarie*
A. Dana, the great jonraaliat. Thri for.
mur emlxrked upon the mstrimoDtal sea
with a salary of SCO per m«iU*«Dd the
latter with a salary at *6 per *ek.
Marriage, howevur, was not thetauly
tiling that made throe man enaoeeti.
Buffalo Kr)<ree». •
■■!»! »w i-eve
Artzmus Ward onoe found himself iu
a little Maine hotel, where the wind,
coming tlirough two broken panes m hia
bedroom, nearly froze Um to dflttQi. He
rummaged arouad the room, b&j. oould
find nothing but a hoop skitt, which he
hung up against tbe window, reamMling,
“It will keep out the ooaraoet of tbe
oold. anvwav "