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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 «***■ I in advamb > NUMBER M j 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 "