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J.W. VERONEE, VOLUME I GKAtTMAJK, KT CXTKRA. **»**• rtowtaaa —gHsk. (W 4. Prarira] An Amfiriooai friend of mino, in re spoaowfo the question by an English. »* (■BhiMi II iliiiuV positive and dog ■afro person, as it chanced), “ Why do hagbohinaxi never say ‘lgoeraT ” ro, I>b*i (more wittily than justly), •• Be .son they are ao positive about every dung.” Built is noteworthy thrt whereas the Amenoan aaya frequently “ I guess,' meaning “I-know," toe ne frequency tarda his-diaoourae, with to* Mpreancn “Ton know,” which ia per hapa more modest. Yet, on t®s other side, it mqybe noted that the "down l-*et Aiaerictin often uses the exprre •“» " I Want to know ” in the same "cusev. gar English expression of at tento'ze interest ** Indeed.” Among the other familiar American lama may be mentioned the following: An American who ia mterreted in H narrative or statement will say •• Is that •of" or simply "80?" The expression •• Possible J” ia sometimes but not often heard. Dickens misunderstood this ex 'umintioujMtaqnivateal. to “It is posai- Ue, lint Abes not eosmern mewhereas in reality it ia equivalent to the expres sion “Is it possible »” I have occasion - uly heard the expression “Bo tell 1" but it is leas frequently heard now than of yore. A k m Tbs word “ right” is more frequently need than in England, and is used also in mums different from those unde retool in oar English usage yf the word Thus, the Atuerjeati will saw* rigß here ” ami “right there,” whore an Englishman would say " just here" or “just there,” or simply “here" or " there.” Amen cans say “right sway” where we say “ directly.” On the other hand, I am inclined to think that the English ex pression “ right well ” for “ very well ” is not commonly used in America. Americans say, "yea, sir,” and “ no, air,” with a eeiia*' different from that with which the words are used in En gland ; but they mark the difference of sense by a difference of intonation. Thus, if a question is asked to which the ; reply in England would be simply "yea” or "no”(or, according to the rank or station of the querist, "yes, sir,” or "no, sir,"X the Aanencau reply would be "yea, abr,” or "no, sir," intonated a« , with us in England. But, if the reply is intended to be ernpbatie, then the in- ! umation is such as to throw the empha sis oq the word “sir”—the reply is “yea, sir,” or "no, sir.” In passing, I i may note that I have never heard an American waiter reply "yessir,” as our English waiters <to. The American use of the word "quit” is peculiar. They do not limit the word, as we do, to the signification "take leave”—in fact, I have never luard an American use the word in that sense. They generally use it as an equivalent to "leave off” or "stop." (In pasaiug one may notice as rather strange the circumstance that the word •• quit," which properly means "to go away from," and the word “stop,” which means to "stay,” should both have come to be used as signifying to “ leave off. ’’) Thus Americana say "quit fooling " for " leave off playing the fool," “ quit singing,” " quit laughing,” and so forth. To English ears an American use of the word “ some ” sounds strange—viz., as an adverb. An American will say, "I think aouae of buying a new houa«.<,'' or the like, " for I have some idea of baying,” ete. I have, indeed, heard the usage defended as perfectly correct, ttungkoMSMadly there is not an instance •n all the wide range of English liters tan which wfll jtartif y it 80, also, many Americans defend as good BigUsb the use of the word "goaf” in aMab phrases ss the follow ing: "I have written that note good,” for "well;" "that will make you feel good,” for "that will do you good,” and incorrect. Os than atff instances in which ad >e<4t*Rflß allowed by custom to lie OMdMwKe, as, for instance, "right" ** “rightly,” ton., but there can be no reaacq for anbatigntmg the adjective "good” in piece at the adverb “well," which to as abort a word, and at least equally euphonious Tbs use of “reel ' *« MnaMj,‘*ae “real angry,” "real "naihi!? T""*’ « n * UlMkt,rail ’ ' n<te ' The nee of the word ‘•element ’ for •'fbe" strife— English ears as atrang* For Hit—ee, if you any to an Antoncan, *nfa fant»rWw«*ig." he ta likely to reply, “I* to an elegant morning. or, tvrhap. eftemer, by —fa* amply toe •<*J 'eifegaut ~ Ik fa not a ptowuur xe of the word folunta SWrrrfeer. There are some Amencamam. which mart, than defensible—in fact/ grammatically mare correct than our- T hn *' bra. ui America th, redundant "got" in such expression, m “I have got,” ete., etc. Where the word would not be redund ant, it is yet generally replaced bv jhe more euphonious word ’ • gotten, ” imw soarcelv ever heard in England. Yet agmii, we often hear m America such expression* as “I .hall get me a rfew book," “I have gotten me a now drew ” and >be hta. This nae of “mu" for “myself” ia good old English, at any rate. I have been struck by the cironni stance that neither the conventional, but generally very absurd, American of our English novelist*, nor the conventional Englishman of American novelists, is made to employ the more delicaC* but least equally-absurd, American • isms or Anglicisms. We generally find the American “ guessing " or “ calcu lating ” if not even mote coarsely Yan kee, like Reade’s Joshua Fullalove, while the Englishmen of American novels is alm rat always very coarsely British, even if he is not represented as using what Americana jMsrewt in regard ing as the tmo “ Hengtudi haeceut. ' Where an American is less coarsely drawn, as Trollope’s “American Betm tor,” he uses expressions which no American ever uses, and none of those Americanisms which, while more deli cate, are in reality more characteristic, because they arc common, all Americans using them. Ami in like manner, when an American inter introduces an En glishman of the more natural sort he never makes him speak as an English man would speak ; before half a dozen sentences have been uttered be uses some expression wiiiuh is purely Amen can. Thus no Englishman ever tuuw and an American may be recognized at once by using such expressions as “I know it,” or “That's so,” for “It is true," by saying “ Why, certainly," for " certainly," and so forth. There are a great number of three atight but char acteristic peculiarities of American and English English. BTMOnOIUU. Reaearohes into the subject of rabirt have not thrown much light upon the obscure and dreadful dimwae. It bite lieon demonstrated, however, that the brain substance sh well ns tlie saliva contains the virui and will produce the disease as effectively if used to inoculate healthy animals. Matter from the medulla oblongata and the frontal por tion of one of the brain hemispheres and the liquid of the brain have thus been sued witli eucoesa. The uncertain de velopment of the disease after inocula tion, and the variable and often very long period of incubation, have been among the chief difficulties in the in vestigation of rabies. M. Pasteur, an vminent French scientist, i* now able t«> communicate the diaeaae surely, and to shorten considerably the time of in cubatiou. His method is to inoculate directly the surface of Uus brain. Using as inoculating matter the cerebral sub stance of a mad dog as pure as possible. In that case, it is said, the first symp toms oi rabies appear infallibly in a wixsk or two, and death ensues in fees tliaii three week*. X NKIGHBORLY FAMILY. A family from down tn Indiana moved ! into a house in Detroit and before night | had borrowed tee, sugar, eggs, milk and . kerosene from an many different neigb- J bore. After three or four days the new ' family ceased to liorrow promiscuously, i and settled down on one partioular i neighbor. At an early hour in the morning a small boy appeared and said. ‘•Hay, we are out of tacks and want to put down our carpet Ma wants to know if she can borrow a few ? ’ A hunt was made, and the request granted, but in ten minutes the boy re turned, and said : “Bay, we've mislaid our tack hammer and ma wants to borrow yours He got it, and this time it was twenty minutes before he returned and said : "Hay, ms’s pulled all her teeth out pulling on that carpet She wants to know if you won’t land her one of your ! toys?” One of the boys was sent over, but it i was an obstinate earpet, and back came ' the m.-ssenger with : * •• gay, ain’t your husband home ’ ’ “Tee; what do you want f “ “Wall, ma's mislaid her husband and she want* to borrow yours to poll one and of the infernal carpet through two doc— and across a ' halL” The kne had to be fU«I somewhere, .ud it was hied here.A'ews Devoted the Internal otOtnmMs efoeorgla.' HARf,fe!rjiEOltCliArTUEsiA).n4>/’a<>BEß 11, 1881. ? . 4 -trno mjuu“ Wild Bill was one of the "genuine Indian seouis" at Gen. Curtw. He was a Uiluw W most Singular terapi-ratneiik, and was known on the plains as Wild Bill, al licit hl* actual name was James i Hickok. Wild Bill, under cireomstioi ce" of particular aggravation, shot and killed a desperado in Missouri. Years afterward, Bill became a isixnber of Buffalo Bill s droll theatrical company, and, in comphenre with tlie story of the J8 U L W report-wvery wgU. upon the stage the killing which, as a reality had made him famous Bill watched the first rehearsal went to the rtege manager. > “ I canY kill that thar chap', no how,” quoth Bill. "Why not?" inquired the man ager. •"Well,*’ eaid Bill, tranquilly. '* Buffalo slings him around in the first act, and Maeder oh pa him in the ear in the second act, and Mrs. Maeder driven him out of the ranch with a broom in the third act. Then I've got to kill him after all in the fourth act Why, I nev er killed such a coyote as that in my life ! It's all wrong, pardner I It’s all wrong making him out such a squaw man as all that By goll, sir, he was the biggest gentleman I ever shot. I" Although ho came l a down bullets, more or less, deeply imbedded in his flesh, Wild Bill never sustained an in ternal woiftid He was killed, while playing cards, by a noouudrel who, for SSOO blood-money paid him by gam blers, sneaked tip behind Bill gml blew his brains ofit Bill was, strangely enough, a* very honest and courageous fellow, who, in his office of Marshal, was the terror of the “crooked” gam biers of the Territory. The ]xwt-mor tem examination of his remains ex plained liis immunity from penetrative bullet-wounds. It wre discovered that his ribs were welded together, the inter costal cartilages and muscles having os sified. His lungs and h<?art, therefore, were naturally protected by a cuirass of bone. Buch waa-the wonderful rapidity with which Bill could draw his pistol that, even in the sudden death which befell him, he had time enough and sense enough to put his baud upon the butt of his revolver. ot>Li> aim miraat. lu antiquity gold was abundant enough, and yet a pound of gold was ! worth rather less than it is now, say 13 ! or 13| tunes a pound of silver. In the | middle ages there was hardly any pro duction of gold at all, and still it loses | much of it* value, for itg is hardly worth more than ten times its weight in silver. 1 After the discovery of America, at find I it is gold which flows m, and yet it in , creases in value so as to be worth 11 ' and 11| times silver, instead of 10 times, las in the middle ages. The production of silver rises from 58,000,000 to 75,000,- 000 of marks i>etw®qql6fllaud 160". and for all that the value of silver does not I go down. From Ifido to 1700 the pro dnctlon oTMlver falls from 75,000,000 to 60,000,000, whiKVuft of gold rises from I 20,000,000 t 025,000,000. QoM ought to I have goae up and silver to have gene dorm ; exactly the contrary of this is | what took place During the eighteenth I century the production of silver is tri pled, and yet its value, which ought to have gone down, goes up, and if it falls from 1785, itis because the ratio of 1 to 16|, which Oalonne established in France, increased the legal tarificatiou of gold. During the nineteenth century, a fact more conclusive still, gold i* produced in ten-fold annual quantity between 1840 and 1860, withrmt any effect on its val ue. According to the Indian Memorsii- | dum there must have been in the world in 1860, 15,567,530 pounds troy of gold, and 339,828,926 of silver, and in 1878 29,809,726 of gold ami 580,506,060 sfl ver. The mass of gold doubled; that of silver remains stetaonaiy, and naverthe less gold loses none of its value. These figures prove beyornd refutation the error of those who make the relative value of precious metal depend upon production; it is solely the effect of the law, as I have proved atoewhen. The French Minis ter at ItOB, M. Geedin, has summed all thto up tn a sentence: "The pries of the precious metals to eommeree always regulates itaeH according to ths price of 1 gold *«h» Stok "-Atoskto to to ffbtoafcMfr Htofefr. pnas nee to the bone of body and mhwi, the nurse of naughtiness, ths stepmother of dkaaphna, the ahfaZ author <to ail aueotoef, and one of tbs seven deadly etna, the epahioo upon which the devil ehtotoy eepoaeo, end a greet oanae. not only at melancholy. I but of other dseeeeeo ; tor the mind * uturabv active, sad, if it br not oocu pied about boo eat bwuuens, it ruches into miactoef er sinks into BMiastahcfr “ IPT tafl rtMi>g*h to hrtti J woulAwnte how.sow-to rt tagfrtful it the last words of the celebrrtad mirgeou, Wui Hunter; and Ix.uis XIV. u recorded as saying, with hte “I thought dying had been moea r-r That lh<- rtqqlManirtl W d<«th is owing wnbiqgjufl uenoe sat- ing O'i the sqpseiy nerves may lie in ferred fronf that untoward ex- U rurt wmrtewi mniw bwrt itiu dying. On the day that Lori! Collingwood htestlMSl'Ria last the Mediterranean was tiluiulluort; taoee elements which laid lieen the scene of his past glories r<wie and fell in sweihng nndnlstkm* and seemed as if roekiug him to sWp. Oapt. Thomas ventured to ask if' he-wiW dis turbed by tlie toreiug of tlie ship. "No, Thomas," lie statu that nothing can Aiaturb me more— I am dying, and I am sure it must 1»’ consolatory to you and all tfist love mo to see how comfortably I am coming to my end.” hi the ttfificw tliaro is related an instance of a i riuuual who recaped dratli from hstugmg by Hie breaking of the rope. Henry IV4 nf~ France sent lus phyamau. to muininu blip, who reported that after a.UMiiy<snt s suffering tlie man saw an appeknuiiv like fire across which appeared a most lWau> tiftil avenue of trees. When a pa|ilou was mentioned tlie prisoner ooolH re plied that it wwt not* worth aakinglfur. These who have been near death from drowning, andafterwarfl rqqtqrwj qibon aouinsnesa, assert that tluit the dying suffer but little jhuu. f , Caph MarryaU stales that Ida m>i>ui tUuis at one time when nearly drowned were rather pleasant than otherwise. " The first struggle for life once over, the water clooing unwind mo asMiunisl the apiH'uranoe of waving green fields. * * * • It is not a feeling of pain, but n ctus like sinking down, overpow ered by sleep, in the long, soft gras* of the cv »l l leudow.’’ Now, tins is precisely the condition presentol ill death from disease. In sensibility comes on, the mind loses conseioir iK'sa of external objects, and death rapidly and piwully c<isn-<« from asphyxia. A PI.VCKI troM AN nIUTUIt. Him Irvea in Durango, OoL, and is a woman of energy, ability and venmtllitw Hhe ean manage I>usiu<mui, write jiohu-| cal halers, climb mountains, explore I mines, Write* gfrwiug account of al dancing or donation party and captivate f •a IcgiMi of prospectors. Shu came here I with tb« AecorrZ outfit ill the dead of I winter, had over 100 miles of wagor f ride through deep snows, one break- i down, necessitating a considerable w st an altitude close upon 10,000 feeta through it all, the driver avers, she ncsst er uttered a complaint, but amvix. ft g<xal trim, ready to assist 111 daily newspaper in a tent on ground; just cleared from snow. The first iiiun l>er ♦'’* istoiAl D<w. 29, 1880, and Dfe daily has cularged threw Umes ain®” that date anil tlui weekly onca, T(p,, Rrcont has a large, wcll-stocto <1 job r.fliee with steam presses (Mora/k> Mmbiu Journal. » Maud fl.’s performances during three yearn lunimal up as follows : A private , trial ot 2:17J as a 4-year-old ; 2:13 j over ( the Chicago track as a 6-year-old, against Trinket sndtooao, then and now ths lx>«t trotting perfortnacee in a race against other Itoroea; frill* the same year in a time trial with Ht. Julian al Itocheeter—ui which St Julian made precieely the aamo time, but whfch he lowered a quarter of a second at Hart ford and kM been unable to lieat since; 2:10} at Chicago the sama season ; 2:10j at Pittaburgh, in June of this year; 2:10} at Buffalo ; 2:10f at Bocheetar, the soeue of her contest with St Julian a year ago ; fcllf, frill, at Chicago ; 2t8,/ 2:18f, 2:12j at Philadelphia. In abort, she hae pntto her credit to three yean the beet heat as a 4-year-old; the beet beat to a 6-yMT-old ; five heels faater than any other horse has ever trotted ar jieoed, one of them when fl yean old; the fastest lu st in a race with other lanaee; the fastest ttsat, second and thtol heels; the feetect ttao consecuthe heats, ami the fastest three consecutive heMa. Motoung more to needed to dem otwirate her superiority in point of speed sad etoy combine I over any animal, 1 frvfng or deed Ins patent clay pigeiip, wbteb Uss proven so suemaaful aince its in trod 110 iiou aa a subeuiute to* live birds, ia be gin long to a Urac I U»e atteutioc of s|x>rtauM-<> in Eoglao.i » well on tbs omtaaent. *rzpt’«TT«. Civitiaed Miciety hrt bid down oertidß < rulaa, to whash all ita MBbara, auti * reionaly or uneonacioualy, ouoform , ifcnfl tlie more those rulrt are oboe-wed, UlO better claim they giye to refinement ,As the aueral mm!« asrarals, the more I definite and imperative tboee unwritten > laws l«eoane, until in tho kigbert oirelea j of all they rule with • deopotio owny. ( Wo do not poaoew- a ’’Ritnxl" or i 'Ar'adrany tis Mauucra,'* as do the Vtrtßror ; >brt under the name of rtfr* qiwUe we have laws equally lunAmg. Nor are three confined to caviiistid na tion*. KivagvM have tlmir maffffer* and customs, however unedvilirtd they may iip)*-ar to us, bnt it would not be thought inuudly, much leas good breeding, to pull the fingers of those we aalnte till they crock, ae do some negro tribes. A curious account is told of two dusky luouarchs, who, whan making a twit, glee tod each otbn by susppuig three Umee tlie middle Huger- Although this w an example of two Kings, it is searce- Iv worthy of imitation Home savagi-s take tho liand or foot of him they sa lute, and with it gcuily nib their face Uiis must be rather wearisomu to a de voted monarch—while othora vigorousl ' irpptytoc noer sgaraat that of the per eon they are greeting. Other ssluia tkms arc equally incommodious and painful and would require snuic psei-tiro to enable a stranger to be polite in ths society of such eccentric pagans. Herbert Bpenostr has shown that there, i*. navcrihelaaa, always a reason for tlirec strange rastofns. Btill, etiquette is neoeaaaiy in royal I *ll acre for keeping order at cotrt; though in Hpain it was aarrie<l to stich lengths Uiai it made martyrs of their Kings. One of thorn was once seated by ■ the tirreide ; Uie fire-maker of the court 1 hail kindled so great a quantity of wood ’ that the poor monarch was nearly suffo cated with heat, yet bin dignity would I uot suffer him to rise from his chair; ; nor could the domestics jiruaum* to cuter 11 ic ajnirUut-ut, Itecaiiae it was sgniuat etiquette. At length a courtier apjH Ui-ed, and the Klug ordered him to damp the fire; but he extoto*<l himself, allagUig that he waa foAffldcn by eti ,Mh Its tp stick 4 Junction, for iintfitlifflr nfltile'might to lie j called qfto. M M was-his hnsiness. ( luu uMom'., wm jmlotoußAtd,' away Jdtoml tjjfl’palace, a®d the flan burnt jm! the King findured it rather than l<nwn-hto dignity The result was , that tna nia|TM>~i t~ to such 1 tjito fekerai't in Un following n» dihi 4 ti<gyr «< the mtoe (.HA Ukaen t<x>k charge of the Signal Smtee Buraan, fha nnmiicr of abotoua far tbs d|aplsj <4 -cautionary stonn signals on the - asid on tba Atlantis and flwlf eoaate, baa been in croosed by flteri® A>‘gr«a| extension 0/ iiulitMy telegraph Ums Uoow going mi under charge ofi: the offteers of the ear vice. Tn the Department <»f Misnoun 260 miles of line wdl be hnJU to Connect isolated military peefr, ■U .. 4. "I L «I’J ' - -* *e*wav ‘ yk" ’*<■!?! va * Thk Buffsto rtutr what may be aafely aet down Ins the worst caw of ajieUing of recent rseonl It oexurred in a "notin' of a “•teßybrasWUti** to be JWRton the shores of “ laikc Eary," ami mentioned tiieoc- I caauili as a “gnble.” Tins word troubled the editor a good deal, but with rare pertinacity ha at length raeolved it into " jubilee.” SAW MILLS. GRIST MUM CA\R MILLS Plantation and Mill Machinery. Engines and Hollars, Motion eorewt, Mailing Pulleys. Hangers. Journal Boxer. Mill Gearing, Gudeona, Turbin’s Water Wheels, Gm Gearing .1 miaou's (rove'note, Dfoston’a Ciredlsr Maws, Gammers and Fites. Belling. Babbit; Metal, Braes Fittings, Globe and Cheek Valves, Whistle Gangers, tetr, iron and brass Csettwgs,' Gin Rib*, Iron Fronts, Baloontea and Fence Bailing <*l4o. R. LOMBARD A CO., FOBK4T CITY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, 1014 to 10M FENWICK HFREET, AUGUSTA, ®A. |W>esr the Water Tower.] g**-Repairing promptly tfaae st kiwmi prtem. Boiler repairs of all kinds done promptly. deell-ly -■ ■ i.—— --1 7 ._,yy OPERA HOUSE GARDEN BEN NEISZ. PROPRIETOR. CM WINKS. UQIORN AND CIGARS PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI BEER. HBOAD AND BIXM AIIERTt, AUGUFTA, GA. t—li-ly T NUMBER 43. ' rxjMffxmuxs. A goaan's cave-A burglar's oawisw •ton. Oawuut fiara to haw >raby long arms when they hug the shew. * “Wa atrip the light fMtisstie toti" •aid the chiropodist to hb patiawt. Win you find younalf whh yvwr wife and your mother-in-law, hi whora should you gtw your arasf Aw Iriahmaa taito at a woauau whr> was so crew Byai'fltat she put bar spec tacire at the hti»tf bar head. A auarara musical eritb ia so full es music that he finds it unpoeaibto to eat his meads save with a tuning fuck. Tax average woman b composed of 313 bones, 189 muscles, 1 pair garters 22 old newspapers ami 210 hair-pins A Miawraas chiropodist offers to chirop with any man for *IOO a side. If beatsn he will acknowledge the oorn. Tnw higher you are lifted by ibe re marks of a flatterer, the flatterer you fuel when you ootae down to tho truth »«•«*■ ./ l.tooai Gowe to the nx>t of the matter* When a dentist extracts an old fang Wearing the crown—When he Use the top of s tooth. A jawbreaker—The tar cep. Yov can't both sat your cake and have it,— Anolant Provorh. Mo; but you can take your drinks and have ’em—have 'em bad. WaaAtapton Uritla. A wnurnoxa-opußsTOSb when asked to say grace at a dinner, homfled the party, ia a fit of alra-nt uui- Imlure* by bowing his head and shouting “Hallo! hallo!" Aw English girl writes that no man will stare long at a woman who doos not •tare baric. That sounds vary writ, but if she does not stare back bow is aha to know whether the man has stopped star ing or not! A ooterr fiever wags its tail in token of welcome to the numerous teleeoopes painted at it by astronomers. Prof. Muddlehead infers from thia that comets are not inhabited, and that their tails are not utilised in fly time. You can toll a new paragrapher in a minuU', H« always inquires if Dr Mary Walker doesn't pant for office Thia joke eeems to be the alphabet and pnrncr of a paragraphic education.— Afetg J/aven Rcyialer, “How ruwnnLT that smoko goes up," remarked Job Shuttle this morning. “ Yes, it flues," repHeO the oldest boy, and they both retired to allow the puns time to cwystelliae oa the fragrant air.— Nnv Haven Rtgialtr. You frequently hear of exeitebte peo ple bring transported to tho aarenth heaven by a little temporary happiness A day after they would give anything ju tho world for a certainty of bring able to make a landing in the first heaven. Tax English law prohibits a pnaoner U'iug tried again for any .iffenae if a jury has ouoe acquitted him, no matter what ailditiona! evidence may be obtained But this does not apply to prisoners dis dimmm! l»y ivagistrates Thousand* however, are ignorant of thia. Among tiioae was » farmer, charged with arson, but evutenoe was inadequate, and the msursirje company paid. The farmer then sued for false inq risoumaot, wbei. the company adduced fresh proof, which sent the farmer to penal servitude for five years.