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CALHOUN TIMES
I>. B. FREEMAN, Proprietor.
QIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN
Gordon and Adjoining Counties.
Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court'House.
HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One Year $2.00
Six Months ■ 1.00
jtlaUroiul Schedule.
Western & Atlantic Railroad
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
4 4 KENXESA W ROITE.”
The following takes effect may 23d, 1875
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
Leave Atlanta .*. 4.10 p.m
Arrive Cartersville 6.14
•* Kingston 6.42 “
“ Dalton 8.24 “
“ Chattanooga 10.25 “
No. 3
Leave Atlanta 7.0f a.si
Arrive Cartersviile 0.22 ~
“ Kingston : 9.66
“ Dalton 11.54 “
Chattanooga 1.66 p.m
No. 11.
Leave Atlanta 3,30 p.m
Arrive Cartersville 7.19 “
“ Kingston 8.21 “
“ Dalton : 11.18 “
SOUTHWARD. No. 2.
.eave Chattanooga 4.00 p.m
Vrrive Dalton 5.41 “
“ Kingston 7,28 “
“ Cartersville 8.12 “
“ Atlanta 10.15 “
No. 4.
] e: ve Chattanooga 5.00 a.si
/ n ivc Dalton 7.01 “
“ Kingston 9.07 “
“ Cartersville 9.42 “
“ Atlanta 12 06 p.m
No. 12.
I as e Dalton 1.00 a.si
Ari e Kingston 4.19 '•
1 Cartersville 5.18 “
“ Atlanta 9.20 “
nil nan Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2
be . cei New Orleans and Baltimore.
1 oilman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4
bet een Atlanta and Nashville.
) .dim in Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3
bit veer Louisville and Atlanta.
No change of cars between New Or
ica i' ■!, )bile, Montgomery, Atlanta and
Bal more, and only one change to New
Yor v.
P sseng srs leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. si.,
ari-i.e in New York the second afternoon
ther after at 4.00.
E cursicn tickets to the Virginia springs
and various summer resotts will be on sale
in N sv Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co
lumbus, Mac >n, Savannah, Augusta and At
lanta, at gieatly reduced rates, first of
June
Pa’ties desiring a whole car through to
he \ irgima S miners or Baltimore, should
a idi\ ss the un lersigned.
Pa ties contemplating travel should send
f r a copy :f the Kennesaw Route Gazette,
c n a ning schedules, etc.
, Ask for Tickets va “ Kennesaw
outc ”
B. W. WRENN,
G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga.
Change of Schedule.
THE GEORGIA AND MACON AND
AUGUST A RAILROADS.
ON VND AFT Eli SUNDAY, JUNE 28th.
1874, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia
j,nd Macon and Augusta ltaßroads will run
as foil ws:
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Dai/ Pauxagor Train Will
L ave Augusta at 8:45 a m
L itvi' Atlanta at 7:00 a m
A rivj in Augusta at 3:30 p rn
A rive in Atlanta at 5:45 p m
Niggt Vassenger Train.
I eave Augusta at 8:15 p m
1 e;ue Atlanta at 10:30 p m
\ri ve in Augusia at 8:15 a m
An ivc in Atlant . at 6:22 a m
YIACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Macon Passenger Train.
I eave AuguP at 0n... 10:45 ani
I eavc Camak at 'LI 5 p m
Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p in
Leave Macon at 6:30 am
Arrive at Camak at 10:45 a rn
Arrive at Augusta at ‘2:00 p m
BERZF.I LI PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 4;lo p m
Leave Rerzelia at 8:30 a 111
Arrive n lugusta at 9:50 a m
Arrive in Berzelia at 5:50 p m
Passengers from Athens, AN asliington, At
lanta, or iny point on tiie Georgia Rail
road and Branches, by taking the Day Pas
senger Train, will make close connection
at Camak with trains tor Macon and al
points beyond.
Pullman's (First-Class) Palace sleepin
Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on
Georgi: Railroad.
S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent,
Sirpcri utendent's Office Georgia and Macon
and Augusta Raili%fuls, Augusta, Jure
29, 1874,
| J K. MAIN, M, I>.
PR/ CTICING PHYSICIAN,
Ha ing permanently located in Calhoun,
offer his professional services to the pub
lic. vVill attend all calls when not profes
sion lly engaged. Office at the Calhoun
Hot l.
!? pecial X dice.
VIISS HUDGINS can now befound at
ill MRS. MILLS’
FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT,
51 Broad Street, Rome, Ga., where she is
prepared to do Mantua making and Cutting
in all its branches. Call and see.
Mrs. Mills is receiving a full stock ol
millin i-y i,,,] fancy notions, latest styles
l"b, .straw and velvet hats cloaks acks
and wraps in endless Variety. Everything
necessary k>“pt for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-7m.
attention !
TRIE undersigned have located themselves
at the Mims Tan-yard, on the Love’s
Bridge rod, 3J- miles from Oalhou , for
the purpose of carrying on
THE TANNING BUSINESS.
They are prepared to receive hides to tan
°o shares, or will exchange leather <or
hides. They bind themselves to prepare
leather in workmanlike style.
WM. HUNIE** & SON.
September 14, ib7s.’2m.
CALHOUN TIMES.
Two Dollars a Year.
VOL. YL
HUistfUaiicous.
CHEAPEST AND BESTd
TIOWARD
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MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON,
BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Equal toihebest imported Portland Cement.
Send for Circular. Try this before
buying eu 'here.
Refers by permission to Air. A. J. West,
President of Cherokee Iron Ccfmpany, Polk
county, Georgia, who lias built a splendid
dam across Cedar Creek, using this cement,
and pronouncing it the best he ever used.
Also refer to Messrs. Smith , Son & Bro., J.
E. Veal, F. I. Stone. J. J. Cohen and Major
Tom Berry, Rome, Georgia, Major 11. Bry
an, of Savannah, T. C. Douglas, Sunerin
tendent of Masonry, East River Bridge,
New York, Gen. Wm, Mcßae, Superintend
ent W. & A. Railroad, Capt. J. Postell, C.
E. Address
G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga
octl3l y.
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Stereoscopes and Views,
Albums, Graphoscopes an 1 suitable views,
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Brick-Layer & Contractor.
milE undersigned most respectfully begs
i leave to inform the citizens <>f Calhoun
and surrounding country that, having pro
cured the aid of Mr. Hilburn as a number
one bricklayer and Barrey O’Fallon as a
number one vock-maso\ is prepared to do
all work in t is line in the most sati factory
manner and on moderate terms. The pat
ronage of the public generally solicited.
HENRY M. BILLHIMER.
Caliioun, Ga., November 9, 1875.
All orders addressed to me as above will
receive prompt attention. novlO-ly
T.m7 iESXjXjXfiir*
LIVERY & SALE STABLE.
Good Saddle and Bugsy Horses
and New Vehicles.
Horses and mules for sale.
Stock fed and cared for.
Charges will be reasonable
Will p y the cash for corn in :he ear and
‘‘odder in the bundle. febß-tL
GARi^isSEEDSTREE,HEDGE,&c
\Ye oiler our usual large auu complete as
sortment, embracing the most desirable va
rieties and of best quality, and mail price
list to any address on receipt- of stamp
Seeds of all kinds by acket, ounce, mun L
and quart, can be sent by mail to any post
office in the United States.
EDWARD J. EVANS & CO.,
Aurseiymen and Seedsmen.
J. n-3m, yoBK, Pa.
CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1876.
We All Have Faults,
He who boasts of being perfect is
perfect in folly I have been a good
deal up and down in the world, and I
never did see either a perfect horse, or
a perfect man, and I never shall until
two Sun lays couie together. You can
not get white flour out of a cial Sack,
nor perfection out ol human nature ; he
who looks fur it had better look for su
gar in the sea. The old saying is,
“Lifeless, faultless.” Of dead meu we
should say nothing but good, but as lor
the .iviug, they are all tarred moie or
less with the black brush, and half n
eye can see it. Every head lias a suit
place in it, and every heart ha- its black
drop. Every rose has is prickies and
every day its night. Even the sun
shows spots, and the skies are darkened
with clouds. Nobody is so wise but be
has folly enough to slock a stall at \ a
- Fair. YY here I could not see the
foul’s cap. I have, nevertheless, heard
the bells jingie. As there is no sun
shine without some shadow, so is all hu
man good mixed up with more or less
evil; poor law guardians have their’iit"
tie failings, and parish beadles are not
wholly of heavenly nature. The Lest
wine has its leer. All men’s faulss are
not written on tueir foreheads, and it’s
quite well they are not, or hats would
need wide brims; yet as sure as eggs
are eggs, faults of some sort nestle in
every man’s bosom. There’s no telling
when a mans sins may show themselves,
for hares pop out of a uitch just when
you are not looking for them. A horse
that is weak in the legs may not stum
ble for a mile or two but it’s in him,
and the rider had better hold him up
well. The tabby-cat is not lapping
milk just now, but leave the dairy door
open, and we will see if she is not
as bad a thief as the kitten. There is
Are in the flint, coo' as it looks ; wait
till the steel gets a knock at it, and you
will see. Everybody can read that rid
die, but it is not everybody that will
remember to keep his gunpowder out
of the way of the caudle. —John
Ploughman.
ITickungcd.
In Oriental countries, the fashions
for sleeping are just about the same ai
they were two thousand years ago. —
The poorer classes in the towns, and
the wandering tribes of the steppes and
the deseris, are content at bedtime to
stretch themselves on the floor of their
hut, or on the bare ground, and without
blanket or pillow, sleep until moruiutr
In the best houses m Damascus and
other Mohan edan cities, the sitting
rooms are built with niches in the walls
of sufficient length and depth to hold
the family bedding. When the hour
for “ retiring ” —as we should say —has
come, the niches yield up their contents
which ate spread about upou the floor
Each individual is provided with a mat
iress, about two feet wide, a blanket,
or si k quilt, and a pillow, and, without
divesting himself of any portion of his
dress, lies down to his slumbers. In
w hatever room a person happened to be
found, when bedtime has arrived, there
he camps down for the night. There’s
no question as to who shall occupy the
“spare room” there —that's one advan
tage ; though we, descendants of the
Anglo Saxou race, think a little mure
privacy is desirab e. The same Orien
tal habit still lingers in Russia. In the
mansions and palaces of St. Petersburg,
there are few or no bedrooms; b it so
fas and camp beds, shut oft from pallors
and saloons by marble screens, serve
every needed purpose On these
couches the imitates of a house dispose
themselves whenever and wherever a
tendency for sleep overpowers them.—
The only preparation nec ssary is to
wrap themselves up in the folds of their
prelmses. Beading of any sort, there
is more often none
Disrespect at Home.
One of tlie dangers of home-life is
this habit of disrespect —that which is
hied by lamiliarDy. People who are
all beauty and sunshine for a crowd of
strange.s for whom they have not the
faintest affection, are all ugliness and
gloom for their own. by whose love
they live. The pleasant little prettiness
of dress and personal adornments, which
mark the desire to please, are put
on only for the ad no ration of those
whose almiratioo goes for nothing while
the house companions are treated only
to ragged gowns and threadbare coats,
the touzzled hair and stubby beard,
which, if making the ease and comfort
of the sans /aeon of home, mark also the
difference and disrespect which do so
much damage to the sweetness and
delicacy of daily life. And what is
tiue of the dress is truer still of the
manners and tempers of h me, in both of
which we find too often that want of
respect which run side by side with af
fection and the custom of familiarity.
It is a vegetable habit under any of
its conditions, but never more so than
when it invade- the home and endangers
still more that whi h is already too
much endangered by other things.
Parents and upbringers do not pay
enough attention to this in the y mug.
They allow habits of disrespect to be
formed —rude, rou_h, insolent, impa
tient —and slave over the see with the
stereotyped excuse : '‘They men n th
ing by it," which if be looked at aright
is worse than no excuse at all, for it
they really do mean nothing by it, and
their disrespect is not what it seems to
be the result of strong anger, uncon
trollable temper, but is merely a habit,
then it ought tube conquered without
loss of time, being merely a manner
that hurts all parties alike.
•‘Truth Conquers All Things.”
To Gentlemen.
For one lam heartily tired of wit
ne-sin°- the endeavors of gentlemen (of
curse none but gentlemen presume to
dictate to ladies) to frighten or wheedle
ladies into becoming mere household
drudges, by assuring them that young
i gentlemen “would rather see them at
the wash-tub than weeping over the last
new novel;” than dance the polka ors
s ngan air from a fashionable opera; or
see *hem in neat calico gowns, than ar
rayed in costly silks i'cc. Following up
these attack* by an eulogy on woman’s
high mental and moral endowments—
“her unbounded influence”—should not
suffer herself to degenerate inao a mere
plaything,” and so or.
If the paper wasted in these vain at
tempts to soft soap the ladies into wash
er'wnmen, could be restored to its pris
tine firm, what a fine washing of clothes
would be there, toy country women !
and the time lost in penning this unheed
ed advice, would it not more than suf
fPe you to “put them out ?” For sure,
iv if such arduous accomplishments must
necessarily be included in the education
of young ladies the stronger sex in
America, at last, will never be so in gal
lant as to refuse their assistance. What
could be a more beautiful illustration
of wonienly dependence and manly
courage, than a lady gracefully clean
sing handkerchiefs and hices, while her
loving lord boldly wrestles with the
counterpanes and table-cloths.
Wha„ an ungrateful animal is man !
in exaction bow like a tyrant ! in re
quisition how inconsistent ! With him
we dinee, for him we sing ; to be pleas
ing in his eyes we“ walk in silk attire;’’
we endeavor to inprove 6ur weak Intel
ects tha 1 !' wo may be more worthy of
“high consideration ” And what is our
recompense ? He requires of us Hercu
lean labors, un suited to our stength,
services which would forever doffice
t he beauty of the hands he so rapturous
ly praises, destroy the symmetry of our
forms, and turn our “marble brows to
granite !”
But unfortunately for the success of
these young gentlemen
do not admire large, rough hands with
fingers move rosy that Aurora’s, or nut
brown complexions,(the sure fruits’of
washing and cooking), nor sfeink “beau-
ty when unadorned, adorned the most;”
and a lady in tears (if her eyes be not
red) is, to them, tho most interesting
object in all creation.
We will darn vout stockings f >r you gen
tie iien ; we ll hem your handkerchief;
we’ll make your puddings; but while
you continue to prefer smoking cegars
to smoking bacon ; mauling each
other with hard words in political de
bates, to the equally gentlemanly and
more useful employment of mauling
rail, graciously condescend to pity
weakness —let us dance a little, let us
make a little music, and oh! leave u
time to read and dress a little. Have
compassion, kind sirs. Turin us all
water nymphs and salamanders.
Light Words.
This is often said to be a world of
cold neglect and scorn—and so it is.—
But reader, while you have frequently
called it so, have you ever thought that
you are one of such a world ? That
from your mouth, are often words so
cold and unkind, that like a torpedo,
they benumb all within their reach ?
Perhaps you did not mean to wound a
fiiend or make this life to him more
lonely. Then you should have with
held that last light word.
Have you ever seen a gay, lively spir
it and light heart, turned to sadness and
melancholy? It might have been the
effects of a word. Have you seen the
ear of the mourner starting afresh ?
Tt was a light word that vividly recall
ed the past. Have you never seen the
poor of this world made to feel more
keenly than ever (and heaven knows
that it is sharp enough at any time),
the sense of destitution ? It was only
a light word. Be mindful, then,
“Ye little know what misery,
From idle words may spring.”
But what are idle words ? We watch
the lips of t* e young and aged, of the
wise and ignorant, of the though fill and
giddy, end we hear the audible express
ion of careless hearts, but certainly
these can not be light words, fur all
have their effect deep, serious and last
ing. Bight words 1 the very name is
mockery —a burden to the heart. For
However lightly they fall from the lips,
heavily do they rest upon the spirit.
The most wonderful curiosity in Co
lumbia is a talking gander,belonging to
Mr. Thomas Kyall, the hjo b Tier ma
ker on Gervais street. Ho is unlike a
poll parrot in one particular—his ow
ner has but to speak to him and he
will reply in every insiance ; whereas a
parrot gets stu born at times, and can
not und -r any consideration, be made to
speak. Lis gandership will recognize
his master’s voice amo~g a dozen, ard
will single him out of a crowd and wilt
follow him around like a dog. If his
master starts out of any store or other
place in which he may have been sitting
quick as thought Mr Gander is alter
him. While walking along the street
he will engage ill conversation if so i
cited to do so by his master, but will
to no one else. Considering one of the
least intellectual of all fowls, so much so
that his name has been a byword and
reproach from ‘‘the time that the mem
ory of man runneth'not to the contrary,”
this biped is considered a rare avis.—
Charleston Aeios.
llow They Cured the Tutor.
He was the pink of perfection. If
the cream of human excellence was to
be churned, the butter would lump up
in the shape of Professor Porteous Prye,
tutor. He had contracted the bad hab
u of stealing up stairs, in his stocking
feet, to see if the lights were out at ten
Lt is hard teaching .Id dogs new tricks,
but boys sometimes succeed better with
old professors.
Tommy Pay re is a cadaverous youth,
with a sulphur-colored moustache, but
the ire u had entered his soul, and
he must do what he could. So he
bought three papers of carpet tacks one
night, and stood the innocent little
narls on their heads all the way up and
down the stairs, and retired with his
faithful followers to the wood-closet
above t) await results. Promptly the
chapel bell struck ten, then a season of
waiting and whispering followed.—
Presently there came a furry, creeping
sound like woolen stockings feeling
their way over rough boards. Tommy
tucked his hat in his mouth —his mouth
runs clear around, ixcept a small isth -
mus which connects the top of his
head with the nape of his neck—and
held his nose till the first I urst of glee
had subsided. Now came a suppressed
scream, one foot on the stairs; then an
other foot down ; then a scream that
wasn’t suppresed; then a howl;
he had struck the stair; then
he sat down on the next step, but
he got up again, and a groan, with ex
clamation-points after it, came teaming
up to the woo-l-closet. The boys stood
back to give Tommy room to kick ;
then came a scrambling and shouting
of heavy words, and a r distinct uiertion
of the name of the “father of iniquity,”
and Tom promptly appeared and asked
in a voice fresh from the valley cf Nod,
“What seems to be the matter?”
“Matter!” “the boys;” “the de
mons;” “confound it;” “see here;”
“help !” —and he shifted about and tried
to stand on his knees.
Tom brought a light, and the
boys carried the wounded man to his
room ; offered sympathy ; got a claw
hammer and drew out the tack*. The
professor wears slippers and sits on a
cushion. Tom sits on netttles, for sev
enteen boys know the secret, and it is
spreading like small pox in an Indian
camp. — Detroit Free Press.
lie Wanted a Young Maui.
A lively inc dentfc occurred on one of
the Fulton ferry boats as she was coss
ing to Brooklyn, one day last week.—
There was the usual crush at the front
part of the boat, and three men began
to make themselves obnoxious by hust
ling their fellow-passengers. They
conducted their game so systematically
that it soon became apparent that they
had an object in view, and at last an
old ma.i who the two began to “ work,”
informed one of the men, whose hand
bad got too near his overcoat pocket to
please him, that he didn’t want “any
infernal pickpocket fooling around him.”
The light-fingered gentleman thought
best to brazen it out., and began to in
sult the old gentleman. “ Call uic a
pickpocket, you old fool,” he said at
last; “I’d lick anybody that’d call me
a pickpocket, and I’d lick you only yer
so old.” “Am I old enough ?” asked a
compactly built young man as he step
ped up and faced the abusive thief. —
Then before an answer conld be return
he pinned the latter by the
throat, and, as he held him in the
air and treated him to an earthquake
which lasted about ten minutes, be
pointed each shake with an appropri
ate remark, such as, “You pickpocket,”
“Want <1 young man do you? How do
youdike my style '( Why don’t the
other pickpocket? come on ? etc. Hav
ing nearly shaken the life out of the
thief the compact young man wound up
by dragging him to the boat’s side, and
it was only after a most abject appeal
from his victim that he relented of an
apparently fixed resolution to throw Ilia,
into the river.
Customs and Things.
In the twelfth and thirteenth centu
ries. good manners icquired that per
sons of different sexes, when invited to
parties, should sit down in couples ar and
each couple should have one plate be
tween them. In families, one goblet
was deemed sufficient for all; and St.
Bertrand was disinherited by his fath
er, who was afflicted with the ’eprosy,
for having wiped the edge of the goblet
before he drank.
Beds, now such indispensable pieces
of furniture, were to the Greeks and
Homans articles of grei t luxury. When
they exchanged the leaves, and skins of
beasts, on which their heroic ancestors
reposed, for matresses, and feather beds,
the bedsteads were sometimes ivory,
sometimes of cedar, and sometimes of
s : lver. It would be difficult, now-a-days,
in the middle ranks of life, to find beds
such as our ancestors slept on, not only
with their wives and their children, hut
with their dogs and friends. An invi
tation to such a couch was then cor sid
ered the strongest proof of affection
anti confidence that couid be given.
The first mirrors were made of metal
Cicero carries the origin of them up to
Eseuiapius. Moses, too makes mention
of them. It was in the time of Poin
! pey that the first mirror was made of
silver at Rome. Pliny mentions a bril
liant stone, probably talc, thin slices of
which being fixed upon a bright, metal
reflected objects with great perfection,
i The first mirror of glass appeared in
i Europe in the latter end of the Cru
! cades.
In Advance.
Perfectly. Happy.
“0, Aunt Edith/’ said Caroline,
“if I only had a set of furs like Jeuny
Wright, I am sure I should be perfect
ly happy."
“Do you suffer much from the cold
with your old ones ?"
“Oh, no, they are warm enough ; but
they are so much more beautiful."
“1 don’t really think they would make
you any happier than you are now.
They might please you a short time,
but then you would immediately think,
if you had anew velvet hat with a
white plume it would look with your
furs, and you would become unhappy
again till you got it ”
“I think very likely I should," said
Carrie with a half smile.
“Now,the truth is,l do not ever expect
to see you a great deal happier than you
are now unless thjre is a thorough
in your character. People have‘about
their regular measure of happiness, and
they seldom much exceed it. So, dear,
remember that happiness is within and
not without.
As happy a little fellow as I ever re
member seeing, was a poor cripple, who
was hopping along on a pair of crutches
with an old papei'box tied with a string
to his crutch, and serving him for a
little toy cart The bright look on bis
face as he looked back continually to his
toy, made a deep impression on uiv
mind. Cultivate the liahit of be ivy
yleased with little mercies and comforts ,
and your days will glide on far more
happily and usefully than they will
if you arc always looking forward to
some great source ot enjoyment."
A Case of Filial Devotion.
Much of the current gossip of the
day about town turns upon executions
hanging bees and hemp matinees. Ap
ropos of this subj ct, Judge Bordeu
tells a story, which he vouches for as
true and which will bear repeating. A
few years since the Judge was presi
ding over the trial of a m<n charged
with committing murder by the use of
poison. The trial took place at a small
town not far from Fort Wayne. The
jury had been out some time, and as the
evidence was very conclusive against
the defendant, the general iuv ression
was that the jury would find him guilty
While the twelve good and lawful men
were yet deliberating upon the verdict,
a lad, about fifteen years of age, called
upon Judge Borden at his hotel, when
the following conversation ensued :
“ You are Judge Borden, are you
not ?"
“Yes, my son ; what do you want ?”
“ Well, my name is ; I am a
son'of the man who is being tried for
murder.”
“Aha, what can I do for you ?”
“ Won’t you have control of my
father’s body after'he is hung ?”
“ Well, my son, why do you think
your father is going to be hung ?”
“Because every one says he ought to
be.”
“Do you think he ought to ?”
“No sir I don’t. But if he is, and
I guess he will be. I want you to give
me the body.” '
“Well,” said the judge, touched with
this apparent instance of filial devotion
“what will you do with the body if you
get it ?”
“ Why, sir, two doctors in this town
are going to give me S4O for it.”
The Judge wilted, and the lad retire
ed, satisfied that he had gained his
point. —Fort Wayne Sentinel.
llow Morton was Horrified. —A
Mississippi planter sopping at the Ar
lington House, Washington, was brag
ging about the very superior quality of
some grapes that he had raised on his
premises. Senator Morton happened to
be standing near at the time, carelessiy
putting in his ear, observed :
“May I take the liberty of asking,
sir. vhat k nd of manuie you use V’
The Miasissippian surveyed his ques
tioner a few seconds, and then gravely
replied :
“ Dead n'ggers.”
The horrified Senator feel back in
good order, hauled a 1 itttie blank bock
out of his coat pocket and promptly
made the following memoranda :
“Speech —Amnesty Impossible—South
Unconquered —Democratic Barbarities
Massacre of Blacks —Dead Niggers —
Hamburg Grapes.”
Household Words.
Along about bed time the Detroit
wife says she'll goto bed, and husband
yawns and goes down the hall. After
half am hour he joins her up stairs, and
she sleepily inquires:
“Did you bolt the side
“And did you fasten t at ccller
door V’
“Yes.”
“And did you put a brace under
the knob of the hall door ?”
“Yes.”
“Sure that all of the windows are
nailed down ?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll bet the window in the spare bed
room is up.”
“No it isn’t.”
“Did you see if the blinds to the pan
try windows were fastened ?”
“Yes.” i * ? '
“Well put your ’■evolver on the chair,
leave a bright light, and if you hear a
burglar in the room, for heaven’s sake
| don/t wake me up, for I should scream
J right- out ” — Detroit Free Frets.
Hates of Advertising. l
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for the first insertion, sl, and for each sub
sequent insertion, fifty cents.
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NO. 27.
A Spiritualist Convention.
A special from Rockford, 111., iO the
Chicago Tribune is as follows: All
conversation this week has been tinged,
with spiritualism, and since the adjourn
ment of the convention of the Northern
Illinois association of spiritualists peo
ple here have done nothing Put talk of
the source of the marvels many of our,
most eminent citizens witnessed at the
teances. In connection with this it doea.
seem that a little- incident witnessed by
your correspondent at one of the sessions
ought to be told. It illustrates that
genuine humor peculiar to the Anglo-
Saxon nilnd, and which leads men to
crack a joke at funerals and upon other
solemn occasions. On the night in
question the seer medium described in
the most earnest manner a beautiful
spirit girl, whose name he said was
Mary, and who wished to be recognized
by her description. No sooner had thd
prophet finished his description than a
serious-lcoki'ng individual arose,' anti
looking in the direction of the spirits
exclaimed in a semi-lugubrious voice,
“I know that spirit.” The eye of seer
brightened, and looking like a man who
had done a sharp thing, he said/“ Broth
er, what is the spirit’s other name?"
“ It is," said the solemn looking party,
“ Mary had a little lamb," and he then
sat down amidst the hisses of the be
lievers, the applause and laughter of the
skeptics and the frowns of the embar
rassed seer.
Ten Excellent Rules —l. Never
put off till to-morrew what you can do
today.
2. Never trouble others for what you
can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before
you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not want
because it is cheap. - •
5. Pride costs more than hunger
thirst or cold.
9. Never have to repent of having ea
ten too much.
7. Nothing is trouble some that we do
willingly.
8. How much pain have those evils
cost us which never happened ! Wait
then till trials come.
9. Take things always by their smooth
handle. Make the most of mercies and
do not exaggerate trials.
10. when angry, count ten before you
speak ; if very ang-y, a hundred. He'
that does this will save himself from
much sin and many sorrows.
Good Advice. —Quit your pillows,
and go about your business, if you have
any —it is the first injunction ; if not,
seek some. Let the sun’s first rays
shine upon your head in the morning,
and you shall not want a good hat to
defend you from its scorching rays at
noon. Earn your breakfast before you
eat it; and the sheriff shall not deprive
you of your supper. Pursue your call
ing with diligence, and your creditor
shall not interrupt you. Be temperate ;
and your physician shall look in vain
for your name on his day-book. If
you have a small farm, or a trade that
will support your family, and add a
hundred dollars a year to your capital.be
contented, and never run yourself bald
in pursuit of government scrip and wa
ter lots in the West.
King Alfred’s Dying Words.—
“ My dear son, sit thee down beside me,
and I will deliver thee true instruction*
I feel that my hour is coming, my
countenance is wan. My days are al
most done. I shall go to another world,
and thou shalt be left alone in all my
wealth. 1 pray thee, strive to be at
father to the children and a lord to thy
people. Be thou a father to the chiD
dren and a friend to the widow. Com
fort thou the poor, shelter the weak,
and with all thy might, right that
which is wrong. Govern thyself by
law ; then shall the Lord 10/e thee, and
God above, and all shall be thy reward.
Cull upon Him to advise the in all thy
need, and He shall help thee in all thou
undertakest.”
A Thought. — lf memory, instead
of softening all the traces, gave us back
the original lines of life in their native
harshness, who could live on to old age
for the catalogue of brokea hopes and
disappointed wishes, and pleasures
snatched from us never to return,
would be more than any human mind
could bear. It would harden the heart
to marble, or break in its youth. It is
happy, too, that in early years oui mind
has great power of resistance, the
for the novelty of sorrow gives it a dou
ble sting.
Singular Seals. —The State seal
of Indiana is not by any means the
most remarkable of the devices employ
ed fur that purpose. Georgia offers
something more astonishing in a pic
ture of an absurd summer house, sup
ported by three pillars and guarded by
a Continental soldier with weak legs;
and Keutucky actually presents a figure
of Gen. Washington in the of act hold
ing up an intoxicated friend, in order
to keep him from falling against a book
case >a the background. After this,
California’s device of Miuerva sitting ou
a Sobne, while a ciunamon beax nibbles
her left leg, seems artistic and nice.
Repoters should always be even
tempered men, but when one rushes
wildly ten squares to get a vivid account
of a man, breaking a leg he maybe ex
cused if ne can’t find any words in the
dictionary to suit the occasiou when he
i discovers it is a wooden leg.