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CALHOUN WEEKLY TIMES. BV P. B. FWEEMAN. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Year §2.00 WL;jx Months 1.00 Ten copies one year 15.00 Subscriptions payable in advance, an d at the expiration of the time paid for, unless previously renewed, the subscriber’s name will be stricken from our books. gfs§u. Communications on matters of pub lic interest solicited. A (Jem. I sit by the brooklet, Under tho willow, Watching the bubbles, Drift by on the billow. That stream is my life, My hopes are the bubbles, Drifting and breaking, In fountains of troubles. Minutes >•' G*e North Western Georgia Musical Convention. Harmony Church, ) h(?RT)ON County, Ga., Aug. 6,1874. } The Convention met according to ad journment, and was called to order by )oah Lewis, Secretary. After the sing ing of “ Boyleston ” and prayer by El- A. Mims, the Convention was declared open and ready for business. Elder J A Mims was elected Chair man pro tern. Elder J A Mims was elected com-, inittec of the whole until our perma nent organization. Ist, Lesson of 20 minutes led by Jo ab Lewis. 2d, Lesson of 20 minutes led by Prof. William Walker. I, On motion, the convention adjourned * until 1 o’clock p. M. 1 o’clock, t\ m.—Tho convention was called to order by the Chairman pro tern. Ist. A piece of music by Professor Walker#* 2d, Business'Session. 3d, Went into an election of offi cers. 4th, Suspended tho regular order of electing the President and Vice Presi dent by ballot. Then tho body passed a resolution to elect by acclamation.— The names.of Prof. Walker and Elder J. A. Mims we re suggested, and upon motion, they were unanimously elected— Prof. Walker President and Elder J. A Mims Vice President. Letters and delegates from different societies were called for and responded to as follows: Cedar Creek Singing Society, dele gates —John W Denning, V 31 Bartow, 0 W Hays and A Ayecock. Alter nates—D E Mostellar, Missouri Gray, _ and Fannie Scott Post office, Adairs |villc. Harmony Church Singing Society, delegates—John Bolding, P H Cono way, Misses V Bolding and A E Cur tis. Post office, Calhoun. Coosawatteo Singing Society, dele gates—Leandor Harkins and Miss Mary Montgomery. Post office, Cal houn. On motion the body agreed to re ceive delegates from Bethlehem Sing ing Society without letters. Delegates, Joab Lewis, William Dover. Lessons were led by J A Field, J A Bradley and Joab Lewis, 15 minutes each. Then two pieces by the Presi dent, after which the body was dis missed with prayer by the President, until o’clock Friday morning. O’Clock, Friday Morning.— t ouviw.„„ n^i] e( j or d cr by the Pres ident. After reading 33a Poaltu anrl singing a hymn prayer was offered by the Vice President. On motion, the electing of a Secretary was deferred un til noxt business session. The President appointed as arrang ing committee Elder J A Mims, L S Kinneman and P H Conoway. Lessons of music were led 15 min utes each by J L Quin, J W Denning, and John Watson. Business session 20 minutes. Leaders o*' music were called for and the following responded : P Floyd, W A Rainey, J A Bradley, L S Kinne man, F M Bolding, J L Quin, J K Gilreath, J >Y Denning, John Fields, Joab Lewis. Unity Singing Society, delegates—P Floyd, E A Floyd, Misses Maggie Floyd and M3l Black. Post office, Plainville. Concord Singing Society, delegates— W M Rainey, A N Keown, Misses 31 M Price and 31ollie Rainey, Post office, illanow, Walker Cos. On motion, the body went into an Section for Secretary. Joab Lewis elected. Corresponding delegates from other inventions called, and received a let-' • 0r from Etowah Musical Convention aD( I delegates J K Gilreath, S Disba r Misses S C Adair and E F King. Received a letter from Crow's Springs ringing Society, and delegates S Disli aroon > William Gaines, and Miss Flor l!l^a Hendricks. Post office, Cassville. hartow Cos. I invention adjourned *one hour for dinner. H o’clock, p. m. —The convention as Ca llod to order by the President. ' lor ministers of the Gospel and fliers of music. None responed.— _ J ltd for letters and delegates from f l] Cr ° nt oc * e^eB. Responded to as 'hsada Singing Society, delegates VOL. V. William Adams, James Stone Misses Susan Jolly and Kate Miles.— Alternates—Robert Jolly and 3lary 31iles. Liberty Singing Society, delegates— I E Wofford, William Smith. Misses F 31 Smith and Fannie 3litchell. Alter nates—A J Robertson and Caroline Adams. Post office, Faiimount. New Hope Singing Society, delegates —J G Shaw, J A Price, Misses Mollie Shaw and 31 attic Putman. Post office, Adairsville. Leaders of3lusic—CC Baugh, I E Wofford, and James Stone. Lessons were led 15 minutes each by I E Wofford, James Stone and Jo ab Lewis. Recess of 15 minutes. Called for leaders of music and the following re sponded : E R Hamilton and D N Price. Lesson and lecture by the President 1 hour. On motion, the convention adjourned until 9 o’clock Saturday morning, and was dismissed after prayer by Bro. J A Bradley. 9 O’Clock, Saturday 3lorning. The Convention was called to order by the President, after reading the 1 LBth Psalm and singing a hymn the conven tion was opened with prayer by the President. Called for ministers of the Gospel and teachers of music and responded : S. G. Johnson. Called for letters and delegates from other singing societies. Resaca hinging Society, delegates—S S Cox, Z O Fricks, 31isses 3iollie Roe and Sallie Sampler. Post office, Re saca. Sugar Valley Singing Society, dele gates —J O 31alone, J G Chapelin 31isses J A Miller and A J Davis. John’s Creek Singing Society, dele gates—R A Barnett, 31 J House, 3Jisses Nannie 3lorris and Fannie Ev crct. Alternates—J It House, William 31orris, 31isses Euphronia and Fannie Everet. Post office, Calhoun. Union Singing Society, delegates—J H Coley, P C Smith, 31isscs MolUe Coley and Lizzie .Smith. Post office Calhoun. Lessons were led 15 minutes each by W3l Smith, E R Hamilton, D N Price and S G- Johnson. Recess of 15 minutes. The President called the convention to order and led two pieces of music. A committee on order was appointed as follows: W J Hall, William Holsen baek, J H Fox, John Curtis, James Curtis, Abel Burch, Thomas Curtis and A. W Reeve. Lessons were led 15 minutes each by J Ti Gilreath and J A Coley. Prof. J T Edmonds delivered an ad dress in behalf of the Southern Nor mal Institute. Recess 1 hour for dinner. 1£ O’Clock p. M. —The Convention was called to order by tho President, led one piece of music. Then lessons were led IS minutes each by Aaron Kinneman, B F Bolding and Prof. Walker. Recess of 20 minutes. Convention called to order by the President. Business Session of 20 minutes. A letter from John’s Creek Singing Society soliciting the holding of the next convention at 3lount Pleasant Church, having been read : on motion, the body agreed to meet with that So ciety on Thursday before the 2d Sab bath in August, 1875. On motion, it was agreed that 400 copies of the minutes of this conven tion be printed. Called for letters and leaders from other societies. The following respond ed : Pine Grove Singing Society, dele gates —A B Fricks, S T Eskew, 31isses 31 J Fricks and 31 J Eskew. Post of fice, Sugar Valley. Called for ministers of the Gospel and teachers of music. The following re sponded : II C Hendricks, 31 G and S R Talley, and J R Bagswell. Teachers and delegates from Ridge Valley Sing ing School —John Ward, Benjamin Penn, Taylor 3lostellar. Lessons of music were led 15 min utes each by T W Bennington and S T Eskew. On motion, the thanks of the conven tion were tendered to members of Har mony Church for the use of their house of worship, and to the citizens of this community for hospitalities. One piece of music led by the Presi dent. The Convention then adjourned until 9 o’clock Sunday morning, after prayer by the Vice President. 9 O’CLOCK Sunday Morning.— The convention was called to order by the President. After reading the 104th Psalm and singing a hymn, prayer was offered by Elder H C Hendricks. CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1874. Lessons of muaio were led 15 min utes each by E R Hamilton, J A Brad ley and J K Gilreath. Recess of 15 minutes. At 11 o’clock Elder Wra A Walker preached a very inteicstingsermon from 92d Psalm, 13th and 14th verses Prayer was offered by Elder Hendricks. Then the audience was dismissed for dinner. 1 0 Clock P. m. —Tho convention “was called to order by tho President. Presi dent led one piece of music.° Then a lesson was led 15 minutes by 8 R Talley. ° “ Prof. J T Edmonds delivered a brief address, 1 after which the convention ad journed to Tneet on Thursday before second jSunday in August, 1875, with the John’s o Creek Singing Society, at 3lount Pleasant* (Jhu o rch, 10 miles west of Calhoun, Ga. William Walker, Pres’T. J. A. Mims, Vice Pres’t. Joab Lewis, Sec’y. My Neighbor's Dog, That humorous writer, 31. Quad, pub lishes the following under the head °of My Neighbor’s Dog 31y neighbor keeps a dog—my near est neighbor. Other neighbors keep other dogs, but it is this neighbor and this dog I speak of. The neighbor is all right—kind-hearted, votes my tick et, and his wife borrows tea and cpffee of my wife, but his dog is gradually killing me. During the day, when I am down town, the beast sports around like an innocent lamb, or lies in the shade and sleeps and dreams. But, as soon as I retire to bed, that dog com mences operations. My neighbor and his wife -are old and deaf, and they have no idea of what their dog does. I make it a rule to go to bed precise ly at nine o’clock, unless the President of the United States, or some of his cabinet officers, are stopping at my house. At just five minutes after nine-, when he knows that I have got the sheet over me, that canine sits down in front of my gate. He wriggles and twists until Le gets firmly imbedded in position, and then ha opens his mouth, sucks ia a long breath and yells : “ Oh ! boo ! boo ! hoo !” It fetches mo on end in an in stant. There is such a graveyard shriek to his voice that my hair stands up for a moment, and I think of ghosts ram bling through deserted halls. In about thirty seconds tho canine opens his mouth again : * “ Oh ! whoop ! hoo ! hoo ! hoo !” At this I get out out of bed, seize a stick of wood and open the dcor to mash him. He calmly gazes at me while I draw back to throw, and when the stick strikes tho ground a rod to the left of him, he utters a quiet chuc kle. However, when he sees more wood coming, he saunters off in a care less manner, and I go back to bed, hoping for psace. In about fifteen min utes that brute comes through a hole in the fence, plants himself under the bedroom window, and getting all ready, he howls : “ Ha ! hoo ! whoop ! General Jack son is dead !” I throw up my window and shout at him to get out, go home, vanish, dry up, but he sits there and calmly con templates my night cap until I begin to shoot at him with the revolver. Then he walks around the corner of the house and stands there, knowing that no revolver can shoot on a ciicle. My wife begins to interfere about this time, and I haul in the revolver, close the window, and swear by the horn spoon that not another sun shall ever set on that dog in life. At midnight he howls again—at one —three —five, and then he returns home with a consciousness of having done his duty. I have thrown him poisoned moat, paid boys to lay for him, and wasted cords of wood and pounds of powder myself ; but he grows fat, and his bowl grows worse. I spoke to my neighbor, but he replied that “ it was hard times for money,” and I got discouraged. 31 y wife says, “ Patience, dear but I won’t have patience—no, bang me if I will ! It is now half-past eight o’clock, and between this and eleven I will be a dead man, or I will hurt that dog into eternity. Ferny Fishing. The late Chancellor Bibb, in the in tervals of his pressing professional du ties, was accustomed to gratify his great fondness for fishing. While residing in Washington he used to go to the East Branch, near the United States Navy Yard to enjoy his sport. One fine afternoon the Superintendent of the Navy Yard saw the Judge sitting very still for hour3 on the bank, and thought he would give him a call, lie asked the Judge, “ What luck ?” “ Not much yet. I had, or thought I had, a nibble about two hours ago, but since that I have felt nothing.” “ What do you bait with ?” “ With a small, live frog, with the hook through the fleshy part of the thigh.” At this moment the Superintendent began to laugh, and unable to control himself or explain, he rolled on the grass and roared, much to the astonish ment and chagrin of his friend the Chancellor. lie finally could so far command himself as to point to a log that lay in the water -some distance from the shore, and there the Chancel lor saw his “bait ” patiently silting on the log in the sun, with the hook and line attached to his thigh. And the Judge joined in tne laugh. Keep Ammonia in Hie House. No housekeeper should be without a bottle of spirits of ammonia, for borides its medical value, it is invaluable for household purposes. It is neatly as useful as soap, and its cheapness brings it within reach of all. Put a teaspoon ful of ammonia to a quart of warm soap suds, dip in a flannel cloth, and wipe off the dust and fly specks, and see for yourself how much labor it will save. No scrubbing will be needful, — It will cleanse and brighten silver won derfully ; to a pint of suds mix a tea spoonful of spirits, dip in your silver spoons, forks, &c., rub with a brush and .polish with chamois skin. For washing mirrors and windows it ia very desirable ; put a few drops of ammonia on a piece of paper and it will readily take off every spot or finger mark on the glass. It will take out grease spots from every fabric; put on the ammonia nearly clear, lay blotting paper over the place and press a flat hot iron on it for a lew moments. -A few drops in water will clean laces and whi ten them as well, also muslins. Then it is a most re esbing agent at the toilet table ; a few drops in a basin of water will make a better bath than pure “Water, and if the skin is oily, it wiji remove all glossiness and disagreeable odors. Added to a foot bath it entire ly absorbs all noxious smell, so often arising from the feet in warm weather, nothing is better for cleaning tlie hair from dandruff and dust. For cleaning hair and nail brushes it is equally good. Put a teaspoonful of ammonia into one pint of water, and shake the brushes through th 9 water. — When they look white rinse them in water and put them in the sunshine, or in a warm place (o dry. The dirtiest brushes will come out of this bath white and clean. For medical purposes it is unrivaled. For the headache it is a desirable stimulant, a frequent inhail ing of its pungent odors will often en tirely remove catarrhal colds. There is no better remedy for heartburn and dyspepsia, and the aromatic spirits of ammonia is especially prepared for these troubles. Ten drops of it in a wine glass are of: en a great relief. The spir its of ammonia can be taken in the ssme wayf but it is not as palatable. In addition to all these uses, the ef fect of ammonia on vegetation is bene ficial. Tf you desire roses, geraniums, fuchsias, etc., to become more flourish ing, you can try it upon them by ad ding five or six drops to every pint of warm wale you give them, but don’t repent the done oft oner than five or six days, lest you stimulate them to., high ly. So be sure to keep a large bottle of it in the house, and have a glass stopper for it, as it is very evanescent and also injurious to corks.— Exchange. Hie Name “ Smi-h.” “ Gentlemen,'’ raid ;> < ndidate for Congress, “ my name is Smith, and I am proud to say that I am not ashamed of it. It may be that no person in this crowd owns that every uncommon name. If, however, there be one such, let him hold up his head, pull up his ears, turn out his toes, tako courage, and thank his stars that there are a few more left of the same sort. Gentle men, I am proud of being an original Smith, and not a Smithe nor Smythe, but a regular, natural S-m-i J-h. Put ting ay in the middle or an e at the end, won’t do, gentlemen. Who ever heard of a great man by tbe name of Smythe or Smithe ? Echo answers who ? and everybody says nobody. But for Smith, plain Smith, why the pil lars of fame are covered with that honored and reverend name. Who were the racy, witty and popular au thors of this century ? Horace and Albert Smith. Who the most original, pithy and humorous preacher ? To go fut ther back, who was the bravest and boldest soldier in Sumter’s army in the revolution ? A Smith. Who palaver ed with Powhaftan, gallivanted with Pocahontas, and became the ancestor of the first families in Virginia ? A Smith again. And who, I ask, and I ask the question most seriously and soberly, who, I say, is that man. and ’what is his name, who has fought the most bat tles, made the most speeches, preached the most sermons, held the offices, sung the most songs, written the most poems courted the most women, kissed the most girls, and married the most wid ows ? History says, I sav and you say. and everybody says. John Smith. Hints to Travelers. 1. Eat regularly thrice a day, and never between meals. 2. Take with you one third more money than you calculate on spend ing. 3. Take small bills rather than large, to avoid having bad money passed on you in change. 4. Aim to be at your place of start ing at least ten minutes befere the time, and grow merry and wise at contempla tion of the splutterings and mishaps of those who come on the last minuie, and half a minute later. 5. See that your baggage is on the conveyance before you aie ycffirself. 6. Remember that you make your character as you go aloDg by tbe quiet courtesy of your manners. 7. Only boors are boisterous. 8. Do not let tho employes excel you in patience and politeness. 9. “ Please ” should commence every request, and “ Thanks ” end every ser vice done. 10. A lady is always gentle ; a gen tleman always composed. 11. Never argue on any subject if there is more than one person present besides yourself. A good pie vnut- no b -r l The Children's Grand Ball at Long Branch. I went on one of ihe excursions to Long Branch a shore ti ue ago, and was just in season to witness the “Children’s Grand Ball.” Imagine a large, elegant ball room, lit by innumerable chandeliers, and crowded with “ airy, fairy children,” to the number of about 800. The ad miring and perspiring mammas and bonnes, sitting around, were making com ments on other people’s children ; and the children themselves were reenacting the flirtations, affectations, and behavior generally of the elder folks. When a lovely galop struck up, how the little belles—wee toddlers, many of them— bowed and smirked to their rose-in-but tonhole, nrhite-gloved, eight-year-old beaux! Kow these little pinks of po* lifenen aped tbe manners and copied the fash ons of their elders! How beau tifully their little font flew in the rnasy intricacies ot the dance! How the little eyes sparkled, and the cheeks flushed ! How these four year and ten year olds danced, and Si-ted, and ate ices and dainties until the wee sma' hours ! I looked in vain for a child simply dress ed in plain white, with her hair curled or put back in a round comb. I saw beautiful children, unnaturally bright and precoei ’sly brilliant, befrilled, be flounced, be filed, with silk underdross es and overdresses of Valcncieoncs with hair dressed by hairdressers, and gloves, fans, diamonds, and bracelets, exactly like a grown-up lady. Little mites of humanity, v, Ith all the style and airs of 20 and a cirtain dash and bravado that were sad to see in a child. Little miss es of ten were deeply engaged in flirta tions, with all the rolling-up of eyes, turning up of rosy lips, and the shrug ging of shoulders of the well-trained co quette. Boys, blase and nonchalant, were acting in imitation of their sires; the girls found time to criticise each other’s dress and hair, and make rude i n.uks, just as they had heard their mamas do. As the night wore on the little misses—some of them, at least took riny sips of champagne to keep up the excitement; but the eyes wero unnatu rally bright, and the poor little feet tired and dragged heavily. I watched a young fashionable mother, who tfas looking with proud and smiling compla cence at her only child. She was a gol den haired. ethereal little bcau*y, six years old or thereabout, most exquisitely attired in a dress of pale pink satin, with overdress of finest lace, with pink satin boots that Queen Mab might have worn, dainty three button gloves, sash and fan. diamond solitaire ear rings, and necklace with tiny pearl locket, and her lovely hair tied up with a pale pink ribbon crimped and frizzed, and waved by an experienced hair coiffeur. Her French bonne had been sent to wa f ch her, lest she should soil her laces or disarrange her sash ; and when the mamma called her to retire to her bed, her “One more dance —only one mamma,” was heard in successful entreaty. Cor. Chicago Tribune. #- An Intelligent Sheep Dog. An instance of extraordinary entelli gcnce in a dog is given by a correspond ent of Land and Water. The gentle man who witnessed the event was a short time since on a visit to Scotland, aud during oae of his walks he came cross some men who were washing sheep. Close to the water where the operations were being carried on was a small pen in which a detatchment of ten sheep were placed handy to the men for wash ing. While watching the performance his attention was called to a sheep dog lying close by. This animal on the pen becoming nearly empty, would without a word from any one, started off to the main body of the flock and brought back ten of their number, and drove them into the empty washing pens. The fact of the dog bringing exactly the same number of sheep as had vacated it he looked upon at first as a strange co* incidence —a mere chance. But he con tinued looking on, and, much to his surprise, as soon as the men had reduced tbe number to three sheep, the dog started off again and brought back ten more, and he continued througho it the afternoon, never bringing one more-nor one less, and always going for a fresh lot when ouly three were left in the pen, evidently being aware that during the time (he last three were washing he would be able to bring up a fresh de tachment. Antidote for Poison. —If a person swallows any poison whatever, or has fallen into convulsions from having overloaded the stomach, an instanta neous remedy more efficacious aud ap plicable in a large number of cases than any half dozen medicines, is a heaping tea spoon lull of common salt and as much ground mustard stirred rapidly in a tea cup of water, warm or cold, and swa-Towed instantly. It is scarcely down before it begins to come up, bring ing with it the remaining contem’ of the stomach, and lest there be any rem nant of the poison, however small, let the white of an egg or a tea cup full of strong coffee be swallowed as eoon as the stomach is quiet. These very com mon aitides nullity a larger number of virulent poisons than any medicines in the shops. — Exchange. How to Get Rid of Rats and Mice. —We get rid of rats by putting potash in their holes and runs. The poor wretches get it on their feet, and fur, then they lick it. and do not like the taste of it; it burns them somewhat, and the less they like it; so they clear out almost as soon as the application made. To get rid of mice, we use tar taric-emetic mingled with any favorite food ; they take it, take sick, and take their leave. A Stoi. .of Tomi tone Arent. Gibbs is a tombstone agent. He finds it to his advantage to wor p - upon the feelings in traking a sale. The oth er day he happened to be in a strange section and was sent: to call upon Mrs Drown, who had lately lost her husband. He introduced himself and was invited to sit down ; spoke of the weather and then getting around to business, said rather tenderly : “So you have lost your husband ?” She wept, and said that it had that resemblance. He said he sym pathized with her in her hour of afflic tion ; that the best of friends were doomed to part, and but few know any nmre whose time it would be next. lie had not the honor of being acquainted with Mr Brown, but ho had heard him spoken of all over the country in tho highest terms of praiso (this was his usual style whether he had or not ]') ev erybody considered him an honorable man, and an affectionate husband, and they mourned his loss with the most teuder affection, and he deserved a fit* ting memorial to his memory, and as it was the last sad rite she could do, he begged her to look over some excellent monumental designs in Italian and American marble, which he was p e pared to sell at the lowest (etuis. Said she “Looky lie l e Mister; von said ho was an honorable man, and an affociion ate husband, when you know you lie; he wasn’t uo such thing. It's it ue t’ve lost him, but lie ain’t dea l ; he ain’t the kind that dies. He run off last Wedncs daywitii another woman and doesn’t need a tomestono, I’m sorry to say; and I’d bo much oblcged to you if you’d light out and not come hack here until you have an occasion, Mister.” lie faded away from there and staid in that neigh borhood two days endeavoring to cul tivate an acquaintance with the man who sent him there. A Naked Bride. By a strange perversion of legal prin ciples, it was supposed by our ancestors that whosoever married a widow who was administratrix upon the estate of her deceased husband, represented in solvent and should therefore possess himself of any property or thing pur chased by deceased husband, would be come executor Je son tort , and would thereby make himself liable to answer for the goods of bis predecessor. Major Moses Joy became enamored of Mrs. Haunah Ward, widow of Wm. Ward, who died in 17S8, leaving an insolvent estate, of which Mrs. Ward was ad ministratrix. To avoid the unpieas ant penalties of tho law. on the morn ing of her marriage with Major Jov.— Mrs. Waru placed herself in a closet with a tire woman who stripped her of all her clothing, and when in a per fectly nude state, she thrust her fair round arm, through a diamond hole in the door of the closet, the gallant Major clasped the hand of tho buxom wiiow and was married in due form by the jolliest parson in Vermont. At the closo of the ceremony the tier wo tier woman dressed the bride in bride in a eomplete wardrobe which the Major had provided and caused to be deposited in the closet at the com mencement of the ceremony. She came out elegantly dressed in silk, satin and lace and there was kissing all around.— Montpelier Argus. A Thrilling Speech. —The follow ing is a literal report of a speech deliv ered in Bowling Green, Ky., by the candidate for the office of jailer : Fellow Citizens : Where are my opponents? Why, gentlemen, they are nowhere. I feel myself as much above my opponents as a possum in a persimon tree does above the ground he crawls on. I call you in the name of the shaggy headed lion which whipped the Amen-* can Eagle; I call on you in the name of the peacock of liberty, which flopped over the mountain to come to my res one. Come on Monday next and pro mote Dick to the office to which he per spires. When you shall have been dead, and the green briers shall have entwined themselves around your graves, then will your sons come to me and say, ‘Dick, some years ago our fathers voted for you for the office of jailership of Warren county.' Then will I say, -roll on, thou silver moon, I will be with thee till the last day in the evening.” Intelectual Culture - A cultivated mind may be said to have infinite strong of innocent gratification. Every king may be made interesting to it, by be coming a subject of thought or iuquiry. Books, regarded merely as gratification arc worth more than all the luxuries of earth. A taste for literature secures cheerful occupation for the unemployed and languid hours of life ; and how many persons, in these hours, for want of inno cent resources, are now impelled to coarse pleasure? IL w mu ly young men can be found in this ciiy, who un accustomed to find a companion in a book, and strangers to intellectual activ ity, are almost driven, in the long, dull evenings of winter, to haunts of intern', perance and bad society.- -Exchange. France has been so beaten and woun ded since the fall of the empire that it is an agreeable novelty to record some thing ou the other side. Her wheat harvest this year na3 proven so abun dant that, instead of having as in 1873, to import wheat and flour to the value of $60,000,000, France will be able to export from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 worth of This means not only a good thing for the French farmers, but also for bread consumers in England, ■ where the harvest will be only an aver- j age yield. An elopement has taken place at Mos cow, Ky., in which *• the young lady j was accom"- ‘ed by her pare"** ” ADVEUTIBING 11\T£S. C'ST* f* r each square of ten Vnes Crlc&a, for .he first insertion, sl, ami "or each sub sequent insertion, fifty cents. No.Sq’ts j l Mo. u Mos. | b Mgs. I 1 jear, Two $4.00* ITlTbo j $12.00 $20.00 Four “ 6.00 10.00 ) 18.00 35.00 i column 9.00 15.00 I 25.00 40.00 i “ 16.00 25.00 40.00 65.00 1 “ 25. (X) 40 00 } 05.00 115.C0 {4=s“- Ten lines of solid brevier, or| itS equivalent in space, make a square. NO. 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Memphis husbands pnnish their wives by making them sit on a chunk of ice while they knit the heel of a slocking. A Chicago paper thinks that a recent published ballad, “ Oh speak no more,” should have been dedicated to Anna Dickinson. “ I wouldn't have left, hut the people kinder egged me on,” said a man whq was asked why he quit his Kansas home in a hurry. The editor of a oountry paper, having received a bank note detector returns thauks, and modestly asks for some bauk notes upon which to test its accuracy, A youthful writer wants to know what magazine would give him the high*? est position the quickest. Wo think a powder magazine would do his business for him. The first mosquito of the season was captured near Newark N. J. recently af ter killing two dogs and biting off niue inches of his cantor’s ear. —New York Mail. Josh Billings says that “ Diogenes hunted in the day time for an honest man with a lantern. If he had lived in these times, he would have needed the hoadlight of a locomotive.” When they told an Indiana woman that her husband had been sliced up by a reaper she impatiently replied Well, take (he pieces lo tho barn—l can’t’eave this sauee just now.” The mortality among married men in Trenton, Indiana, is reported to be on the increase, in consequence of a weal thy philanthropist’s offer to give a bar rel o*' fiour to every widow iu the town. A deservedly seedy musician begged ingeniously, lie wrote to a friend three times for money, and the third he said, “I am sure you will now send. After three who e notes, a half note must come.” Foiward and loquacious youth—“ By Jove, you know, upon my word, now— if I were to sec a ghost you know I should boa chattering idiot for tho rest of my li*e!” Ingcnions maiden— ‘ Have you seen a ghost ?” Anew dodge of dead beats in tho West is to quarter themselves on a farm for a week or so under a pretense of buying it. Then they leave for the purpose of getting the purchase money and never come back any more. Old Scotch lady—“ Take a snuff, sir ?” Gentleman (with large nasal promontory, indignantly)—“ Do 1 look! like a snutier ?” Old lady—“ Well, I canna jist say you do, though I maun say ye hae grand accommodations ” At the St. Patrick’s celebration in Baltimore, two colored associations marched in the procession. They did not claim to be Irish, but they liked music and wanted to march, and as the Irishmen wanted to swell the procession the matter was easily arranged. Absent Man o’ Business —“ Oh, Mr. (forgets his vame) } will you excuse me one minute ‘l Take a seat —pray take a chair —take” Meek Client—“ Thank you, I have one—” Man o’ Business—“ That’s all right —take another !” 1. . Dr. J. 11. Trumbull, a learned logist, read a paper at Hartford last week on the Indian method of counting* lie said that a decimal systpm, counting by the fingers of both hands, seems to have been adopted by most Indian tribes. The fact is that Indians count by decimals just as whites do, until they reach a hundred. Then they get mix ed. A i ich miser was visited on his death' bed by a fellow miser, who for the want of a better subject, began to talk about his iuncial. ‘lt will cost a great deal.” said he. The e will be the monument —’ Oh. don’t have any monument.’ ‘And the plumes.’ Oh, don’t have any plumes.’ And flowers, and the rose wood coffin, and the carriage— ’ ‘Don’t have any carriages; I’d rather go on foot.’ A Tall Yankey standing six feet three inches in his stockings, was suddenly seized with symptoms of fever. Having a violent pain in his head, hi3 wife to afford him relief was about to apply draughts to his feet when he asked : “ What are you putting them on my feet for?” “ Why says she, “ to try and draw the pains out of your head.” “ Tho deuce !” says he ; “I would rather it would stay weere it is than to bo drawn the whole length of mol” Tho New Orleans PPiytfrb recently, contained the following notice : “ Tho boy who came into this office yesterday, sat down on a box and then bounced up with a veil and fled like one bewitched, is reqnesled to return four long brass tacks that were standing on the box when he took his seat. No questions will bo asked—we understand it all; but we want those tacks ; we have use for them. That box is especially devoted to ex" change fiends, and the tacks are what we depend on for excitement.” A Scottish hermit uained John hac just emerged from a life of solitude among the Franklin Hills of Massachu setts. He is a little over 50 years old, and with plenty of iron-gray hair on head and face. His abode has been a cave in an immense wall of granite. He enlarged (he eave by heating the rock and dash ing cold water against it, so it is now about twenty feet square, and in one place eight feet high. His have been cats, of which he usually fed from thiee to seven.