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CALHOUN WEEKLY TIMES BY D. B. FREEMAN. CALHOUN TIME S Rates of Subscription, One Year 52.00 iSix Months 1.00 Ten copies one year 15.00 Rates of Advertising, 86F' For each square of ten lines or less for the first insertion, sl, and for each sub sequent insertion, fifty cents. No.Sq’rs | 1 Mo. | 3 Mos. | 0 Moe. | 1 year. $4.00 $7.00 If 12.00 | $20.00 pour “ G.OO 10.00 | 18.00 35.00 1 column 9.00 15.00 25.00 40.00 4 “ 15.00 25.00 40. (X) 65.00 1 “ 25.00 40-00 65.00 115.00 yjp Ten lines of solid brevier, or its fequivalent, in space, make a square. Rates of Legal Advertising. Sheriff’s Sales, each 1evy........ ....$4 00 Citation for letters of Administration and Guardianship 4 00 Application for dismission from Admin istration, Guardianship and Exec* utorship 00 Application for leave to sell land, one square * Each additional square...; 2 00 Land Sales, one square 4 00 Each additional square 3 00 Application for Homestead 2 00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 4 00 rt J. KIKER So SON, ■ L<# attorneys at law, Will ptitotice in all the Courts of the Cher ekee Circuit; Suprctne Court ol Georgia, and the United States District Court at Atlanta, Ga. Office: Sutheast corner of the Court House, Calhoun, Ga. : pAoT& MILNER, r attorneys at law, CALHOUN, GA. Will practice in all the Superior Courts of of Cherokee Georgia, the Supreme Court of the State and the United States District and Circuit Courts, at Atlanta. J I>. TINSLEY, - Watch-Maker & Jeweler, CALHOUN, GA. All styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired and warranted. JJUFE WALDO THORNTON, D. D. S.. DENTIST. Office over Geo. W. Wells & Co.’s Agricul tural Warehouse. JYJISS C. A. HUDGINS, Milliner & Manlua-Malier, Court House St., Callioitn, Cla. Patterns of the latest styles and fashion for ladies just received. Gutting and making done to order. J H. ARTHUR DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, RAILROAD STREET, Calhoun , Ga. T. GIiAY, CALHOUN, GA. ts prepared to furnish the public with Buggies ami Wagons, bran new and warrant ed. Repairing of all kinds done at short notice. Call and examine before buying elsewhere. . dr7 h 7 k. main, m7d., PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Having permanently located in Calhoun, offers his professional services to the pub lic. Will attend all calls when not profes sionally engaged. Office at the Calhoun Hotel. UAIiXJEIt S3 IOI*. I WOULD respectfully inform the people of Calhoun that I have opened a shop one door west of the Calhoun Hotel, where 1 will bo pleased to wait upon those desiring work in my line. Shaving, 15 cents: hair Cutting > cents; shampooing, 35 cents; coot blacking, 10 cents; dyeing mustache, GO cents. I guarantee satisfaction. mar3l-3m. ROBERT ' .HAM. Books, Stationery and Jewelry. rjmm IRWIN & €O. LJTar (Sign of the Big Book & Watch.) WE sup. ly Blank Books, /School Books and b yoks of all kinds; also, pens, inks, paper , aud everything in in the line of Stationery, at Atlanta Prices. A good lot of JEWELRY always on hand. Watch, Clock and Gun repairing done cheaply and warranted. Country produce ta*£en in exchange for goods. IRWIN & CO. J.W. MARSHALL, Railroad st.. old stand of A. W BALLEW. ceps constantly on hand a superior stock of Family & Fancy Groceries, Also a fine assortment of Saddles, Bridles, Staple Hardware, kc, to which especial at tention is called. Everything in my line sold at prices that absolutely defy competi tion. CHEAP GOO I) S. RICHARDS & ESPY, (OLD STAND OF Z. TANARUS, GRAY.) Dealers in Confectioneries, Crackers, Fancy Groceries, &c. Tobacco, cigars and snuff a specialty.— Highest market price paid for country pro duce of all kinds. Give them a call and they will giv you a bargain. mar3l-3m NOT LOST. The look of sympathy; the gentle word, Spoken so low that only angels hoard ; The secret part of pure self-sacrifice, Unseen by men. but marked by angels’ eyes : These are urn. lost. The sacred raus’c of a fender strain, Wrung from a poei's heart by grief or pain, And chanted timidly with doubt and lear, To crowds, who scarcely pause to hear: These arc not lost. The silent tears that fall at dead of night, Over soiled robes that once were pure and white ; The prayers that rise like incense from the soul Longing for Christ to make it pure and whole : The :e are not lost. The happy dreams that ghadden all our youth, When dreams had less of self and more of truth; The chilhood's faith, so LSUquit and so sweet. Which sat like Many at the Master’s feet; These are not lost. The Undiy plans devised for others’ gobd, So seldom guessed, so lirtle understood ; The quiet., steadfast love that strove to win Some wanderers from the ways of sin : These are not lost. Not lost, 0, Lord! for in Thy city bright Our eyes shall see the past by clearer light, And tilings long hidden from our gaze below Thou wilt reveal, and vve shall surely know : They were not lost. LITTLE RAG-BAG’S REVENGE. “ How are you liiltlo Rag-Bag ?” said one of a group of well dressed boys, as a timid child, with patched clothes, came toward the school house. The child walked on “without lifting his eyes. “ I say how are you Rag-Bag ?” ex claimed Albert Halo again, as he wont towards the boy, and caught hold of his shoulder. ‘‘Why didn’t you an swer me, hey ? You are looking quite spruce tins morning for you, not be coming for your title; there—ha con tinued, as he thrust his finger in a thin spot in the knee of tire child’s trousers, and tore it to his feet—“ you look bet ter now.” The air rang with the shouts of tho Loys, as the child turned sobbing to ward home, with his bare leg exposed to the weather. “I guess I have taught the washer woman a lesson this morning to keep her rag-bag out of Brookdalo Acade my,” said Albert, as he turned to his companions. “ Didn’t be cut a comical figure, though, as he went blubbering home?” “ Three cheers for little Rag-Bag !” shouted another boy. An instant after the air was filled with three cheers. The .sounds at a distance wont like a dagger into the poor child's heart. “ I shan’t go to school any more, mother,” said Walter Brooks, as he en tered his mother’s humble kitchen, “ see what Albert Hale did, just because the teacher said I was getting ahead of him iu Arithmetic, after you sat up half the night to mend the clothes. It is too bad! But I’ll pay him for it when I’m a man, you see if I don’t, mother." “ Walter, it is wrong to cultivate a spirit of revenge,” sadly replied the widow. “ Oh, if I was only a man now ! But mother, I’m going to start to Bos ton to-morrow and go to work ; have been thinking that I am big enough to take care of myself.” “ A delicate, slender boy of twelve, like yourself, \Valter, work; nobody would employ you.” “ Yes they will for I’ll keep going until I fiud somebody who wants a boy. I’m going first, to see Mr. Brown, the man who visited our school and praised me so; and I’m going to tell hiru just how the scholars treat me, and perhaps he will hire me to take care of his of fice. Then, mother, I’ll read his books and be a lawyer, and get rich and build a big house for you. Only think of it mother !” And* the child’s eyes spark led with delight at the idea. The mother replied to her child’s en thusiasm by a sad smile. It was the winter of IS—. Money was scarce among poor men. One morn ing the papers announced that Albert Hale & Cos., one of the largest firms of New York City had suspended pay ment. The day following a young man entered their store, and inquired into their liabilities, the amount of stock they had on hand, &c., stating that he had some money he would invest, on good security if he could accommodate them by doing it. Mr, Hale, the head partner of the firm, opened his eyes in astonishment. “ Why, sir,” he replied, “we have tried for weeks to raise money on our stocks, by offering thousands of dollars bonus; but money ean’t be had in the city, just now at any price. If you could relieve us of our present embar rassment, we could return your money in a few weeks with a heavy percent age.” “lam happy to say,” replied the stranger, “ that I have it in my power to help you, and I will cheerfully do so. Mr Hale with tears in his eyes, grasped his hand and said : “To whom am I indebted for this act of kindness ?” “ Don’t, vou know me ?” asked the stranger as he fixed his eyes upon Mr. Hale. “If we ever met before, your features have passed from me.” “ I know you very well, Mr. Hale. Don’t you remember the little boy who went to Brookdale Academy, whom you used to call the Ilag-Bag ? r i he last time you saw him you tore his panta loons from the to the am* o, and CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY", JUNE 9, 1875. he went home to his poor mother. I was that boy, and I have now come all the way from Boston to obtain yiy re* venge 1” llale turned ghastly pale a3 ho buried his Lee iu his hands, and sobbed like a child. “Iccannon will not touch the money.” “ Yes, you will,” replied Walter, as he extended his hand iaa friendly man ner, “ and from this time I will forget the past and we will be friends—yes, friends who will lend each other a help ing hand. But, Mr. Halo, let me add, if you have children teach them by what you have learned of my experi ence, to bo kind to the poor.” That evening the papers announced that Albert Hale & Cos. would be able in a few days, to meet all their liabil ities. A New Stony of the Creation. Mr, George Smith has written a let ter to the London Telegraph concerning his efforts to read the cunieform tablets, which were produced by him in Assy ria and deposited in the British muse um. Those tablets contain the Chaldaic account of the creation aDd fall of man, and thus, at this comparatively late day of the world their report comes to strengthen or weaken the Mosaic history, as recorded in the Bible, of the same great events. Mr. Smith, after giving an account of the discovery of the tab lets, says that when complete, they must have numbered nine or ten, and that the history as recorded on them of what occurred u in the beginning” was much longer and fuller than the correspond ing report in the book of Genesis. He continues as follows: “The narrative on the Assyrian tab-, lets commences with a description of the period before the world was created, when there existed a chaos or confu sion. The desolate aud empty state of the universe and the generation by chaos of monsters are vividly given. The chaos is provided over oy a female pow er named Tisalat and Tiamat, corres ponding to the Thalatth of Berosus; but as it proceeds, the Assyrian account agrees rather with the Bible than with the short account from Berosus. Wo arc told, in the inscriptions, of the fall of the celestial being who appears to correspond to Satan. In his ambition he raises his hand against the sanctuary of the God of Heaven, and the descrip tion of him is really magnificent. He is represented riding in a chariot, through celestial sp. ee, surrounded by the storms, with the lightning playing before him, and wielding a thunderbolt as a weapon. “This rebellion leads to a war ir. Heaven, and tho conquest of the pow ers of evil, the gods in due course cre ating the universe in stages, as the Mo saic narrative, surveying each step of the work and pronouncing it good. The divine work culminates iu the creation of man, who is upright and free from evil, and endowed by the gods with the noble faculty of speech. “ Tho Deity then delivers a long ad dress to the newly created being, in structing bim in all duties and privil eges, and pointing out the glory of bis state. But this condition of blessings does not last long before man, yielding to temptaion, falls; and tho Deity then pronounces upon him a terrible curse, invoking on his head all the evils which have since afflicted humanity. The last details are upon a fragment which I ex cavated during my first journey to Asm syria. “ I have at present recovered do more of the story, and not vet in position to give the full translations an! details ; but I hope during the spring to find time to search over the collection of smaller fragments of tablets, and co light upon any smaller parts of the le gends which may have escaped me. When my investigations are completed I will publish a full account and trans* lation of these Genesis legends, all of which I now have been fortunate enough to find— : some in the old muse um collection, and others by excavation in Assyria.” Tytographical.—We once saw a young man gazing at the *ry heavens, with a f in 1 and a , — * — , of pistols in the other. We endeavored to attract his attention by .ing to a in a paper we held in our relating 2 a young man in that § of the country, who Lad left home in a state of mental derange ment. He dropped the f k pistols from his with the ! “It is lof whom U read. I left home b 4 my friends knew of my design. I had sO the jfcju of a girl who refused 2 lislO 2 me, but smiled b9ly on another. I ed madly from the house, uttering a wild ’ 2 love, ani without replying to the ??? of my friends, came here with this f & ,— * —* of pistols, iulOding to put a . 2 my illf Scd existence. My case has no |j ip this §.” General Sheridan Robbed of a Valuable Diamond. —In anticipa tion of his early marriage, a number of workmen are now engaged in decorating Gen. Sheridan’s residence)) in Chicago, in preparation for his bride, and ou Monday a man who subsequently claim ed to be an artist from the New York Graphic, gained admission in a some what peculiar manner, and undertook to sketch the room, but was soon inter rupted. After his departure the Gen eral discovered that a diamond valued at §I,OOO was missing from the hilt of a sword piesented to him after the bat tle of Stone river. He believes that the Graphic man was a pretender, and attributes his loss to him. The man has not yet bech arrested. Order is heaven’s first law, and it has never been repealed. A Gambler Converted. It having been announced that Muu day, the circus-rider and “ three-card monte man,” who has been converted and joined the Baptist Church, would relate his experience in James’ Hall last evening, some two hundred and fifty of the fastest young men of the city as sembled to hear him. Muuday was ac companied to the stage by Dr. A. T. Spalding and Mr. John McCuire. Af tei prayer by Mr. McGuire and a short introductory address by Dr. Spalding, Mr. Munday addressed the audience fin half an hour on the subject of his Christian experieucc. He said, in sub stance ; “ I had a praying father and mother. My mother, when I was but a hoy.used to often take me by her kuee and talk to me of Heaven and of Jesus, aud read the Bible to me, but I heeded her but little, and -when between sixteeu and seventeen years of age, I ran away from my parents aud ventured upon the life that J have led until within the last few days. I went first to Dadeville, Va., but soon left there and joined a troupe, with which I staid for some time. But even the restraints of an actor in a theatre were too great for me, and I left the troupe and joined a circus. I caute to this city with the oircus, and rode in it here, and while here I spent a day in a gambling house. (I was all this time addicted to gam- bling.) I went with the circus to vari ous cities, and finally left the one I was with, and joined another, which I also afterwards left. I left this second cir cus at Chattanooga. I went from there to Nashville, where I staid for a lodg time; and while there, of course, I fre quented and spent very much time in gambling houses, as I had always done the worst of places. The 1 west sinks of sin and vice were my and uly >1 ices of resort. From’ Nashville I wandered off through the country, getting my living —well, just as I could—from time to time, aud from place to place; the con stant inmate of gambling houses, often drunk, aud always with my mouth and heart filled with oaths and blasphemy. “I came to Atlanta last March, and spent my time while here in gambling. I was at your gambling houses in this city. From here I found my way to Norcross, and while theie engaged to work a few days. While at work oik day Mr. Fackler, the preacher who wt.s spending some time in town preaching, passsd by and a-ked me it 1 was a Christian. 1 told him that [ was not. lie toid me of Jesus, and talking a few minutes about religion, gave me a tract, and asking me to come to church, left me. 1 laughed at him, and cursed him and cursed the little tract ho had left, and laughed at that. But, after all, 1 concluded to go to chureh that night, and I went. I heard him preach, aud oh, when I came away, J could not got over it nor shake off tho impressions on my mind. I was not satisfied ; I was unhappy, and could not get rid of it; I went again—and again; and once while ho was preaching I got up and left - the house, resolved never to go in a church aa’ain. O “ I went to the hotel, and there cursed Mr. Buckler and his sermon, and said I never would go near him again or be annoyed by his sermons. But I was iu trouble and could not bo in peace, and I went to church again the next night; and while there I was filled with sor row for my sins, and wanted to be a Christ iuQ, and when the service was over I went to Mr. Fackler and gave him my hand. I could not speak, for my voice was choked with the sorrow that filled my soul. That man of God took me by the hand, and spoke kindly to me, and asked who I was, and prayed with me. A day or two afterwards I was riding through the country with one who had been almost as bad as I, and who had recently professed conver sion. He had been, like me, a gambler, but as we rode along he talked to mo of Jesus and the forgiveness of sms. Oh! my friends, that gambler talked to me of salvation through Christ. And he turned aside in the woods with me, and in the solitude of that place we knelt together and prayed. I was then will ing to pray anywhere, and for anybody to pray for me. We both prayed long and earnestly, and when I left there I felt better —my heart was lighter and more at.' peace. Returning to town I talked to Mr. Fackler. He said he hoped I. was al ready converted to .God, but I could not feel that I was. That night after the sermon he asked those who desired the prayers of God's people to come for ward and sit on the front bench. I went, and while there I saw that God had forgiven me—that Jesus had taken uie. My joy was full; I shouted the praise of God and my §aviour. Oh ! 1 was anew man ! My heart was changed. And oh ! I thought of my poor sainted mother, whose r rayers were just then being heard, and who had ong -since gone to tb.T Heaven where she had urged mo to follow. “Oh, my fellow-sinner—my fellow gambler—for 1v o fanii, r face in this house —i urge you to fallow me. lam going with Jesus. If you knew ike happiness I feel in following li'm, you would come to Him. L have be u twice shot at the gaming table, but God lias preserved my life, to be, as I trust, ills servant and a disciple of Jesua. lam willing to speak for Christ anywhere, and, if need be, to bear persecution for Him. I beg you ait to lullow Him with me,” After a brief prayer by Dr. Spalding, the crowd dispersed, much impressed by the address. — Atlanta News. —<■. Don’t publish your acts of charity. The Lord wIT keep the account tralght. Story of a Liglitcning<Uod Ped dler. He drove his team close up to the fence, got down, and rapped at the door. The widow G ilk ins opened it, wheu he said : “ Mrs. Giikins, I an: cognizant, of the circumstances by which you are at present surrounded, left as you are to trudge down the journey of life through a cold and heartless world —no longer sustained and encouraged by the noble one to whom you gave the treasures of your heart’s affection, and bowed down by the manifold cares and ties incidental to the rearing of eight ° small children on forty acres of subcar boniferous limestone laud; yet, Mrs. Giikins, you are aware that the season is now approaching when dark, dismal and dangerous clouds at frequent inter vals span the canopy of heaven; and when zigzag streaks af electricity dart promiscuously hither and thither, ren dering this habitation unsafe for your self and those dear little ones —hence therefore, let me sell you a copper wire, silver tipped, and highly magnetic lightning-rod.” The woman staggered back a few paces, and yelled : “ Narcis ! unfasten old Cronch I” in another instant a sav age bull dog came darting arouud tho corner of the house with bristles up, thirsting for gore. The dog had already mangled a machine agent and a patent soap man, and wa3 held in great esteem by the better class of citizens for his courage and service; but when his eye met the hard, penetrating gaze of Mr. Parsons, his chops fell, and ho slinked off and hid in the currant bushes. Then the man said : “My dear lady, you .seem to be a little excited. Now if Toji will allow me to explain the proba ble inestimable —” “ Dern ye, I know something that will start ye,” said Mrs. Giikins, as she reached under some bed clothing, and brought forth a ho v se pistol, but, owing to the shattered condition of he.r nerves, her aim was unsteady, and the charge of buckshot missed save where a few scattered ones struck his check and glanced off. A hard metallic smile spread over his countenance, as he lean ed his shoulder against the door frame, aud again commenced : “ My dear mad auie, sitcli spasmodic manifestations of your disinclination to make a judicious investment of a fewtpul'ty dollars— ’’ “ Hi—-co s Line kid thtKwidow, and collapsed into a kind of jemng swoon, aud before she had recovered, a highly magnetic lightning •od decorated her humble domicile, and I'araocs had tho blank note filled out already for her signature. Tired People. The world is foil of t * red people — merchants tired of business, farmers tired of raising crops, mechanics tired of building houses, house keepers tired of preparing food, operators tired of the rushing wheels. P; -s along the streets and see how tired three-fourths of the people look. How shall they get rest* cd ? Some say, “By fewer hours of work.” But some of them have no work. Others might prescribe easy so fts, and more arm chairs and soft beds. But bo me of the poeple who have the weariest look, have plenty of good fur niture and luxurious upholstery. Now offer a pillow not curtained with globe lin tapestry nor stuffed with the down of angels’ wings. But a man who puts his head on it gets rid of his cares and aches, and anxieties. It is a pillow stuffed with the promises, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and arc heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” “ Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He will sus tain thee.” We have friends, who, because they cannot sleep well, put under their heads a pillow of hops; but they never tried the better pillow filled with the myrrh and frankincense from the Lord’s gar den. Men and women tired out with too world, try it. — Christian at Work. Taste in Dress. Many who have the cares of a house hold on their mind think, with Catha rine of Arragon, that “ dressing time is wasting time.” And where the spare moments are so few and far between as with those housekeepers who not olily have the superintendence of affairs but find it necessary to perform the actual labor with their own hands, the temp tation to coincide fully with such au tho.uy is great. But if a woman has no natural taste in dress, delight in the combination of colors, or love of har mony in these things, she must be a lit tle deficient in her appreciation of the If autiful. Asa work of art. a well iheysca woamn i;s a study. 1 no! in the least necessitate a close copy . f the prevailing fashions, fur one must cull and choose, rejecting those un f <-d to h. r form and general style.— liven \vh u a love of dress is natural it docs not follow that it s hon’d engross every other taste. It may exist happi ly with an i-ppreciati n of tho best (here is in literature, with a fondness and successful faculty foi household du ties, and certainly should never bo eon shined sp -at from a love of neatness and mlci in all tiffags. Pres;- can be *'o adopted : 3 to hide natural defects, s:nd hei k • n the charms possessed by the wearer From she days of An am IF'hvn, who varied her • dress every day, and always wore a small handker chief around her neck to conceal a mark, arid a fulling sleeve to hide her doubly tipped little finger, many have made use of the advantages in this re spect with success, and every woman fihon’d habitually make the best of he 1 - self and circumstances. Indifference, and consequent inattention, to dress, of ten shows pedantry, self-righteousness, or ind.lence, and whilst extolled by the severe utilitarian as a virtue, may fre quent!? be noted as a defect.— F '■ U Friend. Use of Silence. A pity that so few people understand tho lull effect of well-timed siltnce ! How eloquent it is in reality ! Acqui escence, contradiction, difference, uis daiu, embarrassmeut, and awe may all he expressed by saying nothing. It may be necessary to illustrate this ap parent paradox by a few examples. Do j you seek an assurance o* y< ur Hdy her lover's fondest hopes by compliant aud au assenting silence. Should you hear an assertion which you may deem false, made by someone of whose vo racity politeness may withhold you from openly declaring your doubt,you denote a difference of opinion by remaining si lent. Are you receiving a reprimand j from a superior. You mark your re spect by an attentive silence. Are you compelled to listen to the frivolous con versation of a fop ? You signify your opinion of him by treating his loquaci ty with contemptuous silence. Again, how much domestic strifo might have been prevented, how often might the quarrel which by mutual aggravation j has, perhaps, terminated iu blood-shed, had it been checked in the commence ment by a judicious silence ! Those persons only who have experienced th em are aware of the beneficial effects of that forbearance, which to the ex asperating threat, the malicious sneer, or the unjustly imputed culpability, I shall never answer a word. A soft an swer turns away wrath ; but Bomctimes I erring humanity cannot give this soft answer in moments of irritation ; in j such cases, there stands the fortress of! silence, with doors wide open, as refuge for the tired spirit until calmer mo ments come. Think of this seriously, J you who glory in having “ tho last word.” I Dcudrops of Wisdom. From impure air wo take diseases— from bad company, vice and imperfec tion. Yve hear the rain fall, but not the snow, bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent. Those days are lost in which wo do no good ; those tVorsc than lost in which ,ve do evil. Friendship is a vase, which, if once flawed, may as well be broken; it can never be trusted after. A word of kinduess is seldom sp ken in vain. It is a seed, which, eveu whoa dropped by chance, springs up a sweet flower. Ha an wastes Lis mornings in antici pating his afternoons in regretting his mornings. We love much more warmly while cherishing the intention of giving pleasure, than an hour afterwards wheu wo have given it. People who are always talking senti ment, have usually no very deep f. el ings. The less water you have in your kettle, the sooner it begins to make a noise and smoke. Evil thoughts in the soul of neither man or woman, like oil in water, will rise to the top. No perfections or de ceit can amalgamate them with virtue so that they will remain concealed. True Female Nobility. The woman, poor and homely as she may be, who balances her income and expenditures, who toils uurepining among her well-trained children, and presents them, morning and evening, in rosy health and cheerfulness, as offer ings of love to her husband—who seeks the improvement ef their minds, rather than the adornment of their bodies—is the most exalted of her sex. Before her shall the proudest bow bis head, for the bliss of a happy heart is with her forever. If there is one prospect more dear to man than another, it is that of meeting at the door his smiling wife and group of happy children, llow it stirs up the blood of an exhausted man, wheu he hears the patter of little feet on the stairs when young voices mix in glad confusion, and the youngest spring into his arms with a mirthful shout. Father Almighty, '‘lliy alory shines around the (.roup, Tliy smiles and blessings iinger there.” There is no heart so utterly hardened that it cannot be touched and melted by wociau’s love and tenderness. Debt. The Christian at Work closes a whole some homily as follows : Debt.—There is no worse demoralizer of character. The sad records of de faulting, embezzling and dishonest fail ures which we meet with so constantly in the dailj press, are often, indeed most frequently, the result of the demor alizati >n of debt, and consequent despe rate efforts at extrication. The finan cial props have given away. The little debt, which at first was small as a grain of mustard seed, like the rolling snow* ball, has gathered weight and multiplied itselfa thousandfold. And still itgrows, nod like the f bttlou? h; .ra that Her cules wa. sent to kill, y a no sooner strike off one head than r o shoot np in its phice. The struggle is severe bu rn the end decisive; either confessh-.i is made of a hopeless bankruptcy, which might and should have boon avoided, cr integrity is sacrificed to the temptation of the moment. Debt ruins as nv ny households, aud destroys as many fine characters as rum ; it is tho devil's mortgage on the soul, and he is always ready to foreclose. Some ingenious observer has discov ered that there is a remarkable resem blance between a baby and wheat, since it is cradled, then thrashed, and finally becomes the flower of the fami ly- VOL. V. —NO. 45, mimfllax fois. A good floor manager—A broom. • Wh tfc all the snuff in the world? o o"e nose. The most steadfast followers of our fortunes—Our creditors. If you wish to make a drtim stick, set it on the head of a tar bairel. T ho hair of a young lady in Vermont furned white in a single night. She tell into a flour barrel. Josh Billing* never attends a spelling bee. lie says they are frods, and only pbit tu amoor. iguerent fuakes. “ Say, Sambo, d.d you eber see de tatskill Mountains?” “No, I neber did; but I have seen dem kill mice.” Be not offended at a jest. If bile throw ever so much salt at thee, thou wili rcoeite no harm unless thou art raw. . A Chinaman in Los Angeles, Califor nia, upon being applied to fur payment °1 a replied : “If no havoc, how can L we is sod tu bo blind, but I know li ts of phcllows in love who can see twice as much in their galls as I kan.— Josh Billings. An exchango says. “ Wo’ll ride two miles to see two brothers Under twtelfrfl years of age go to bod tdgetHef vfritliottt having a dispute about something.” Life would be a perpetual flea hunt it a man were obliged to run down all innuendoes, inveracities, insinuations and suspicions which are uttered against him. ° Every tree is subject to disease,” said a speaker in a fruit growers’ con \ cut ion. “What ailment can you find on an ouk ? asked the chairman.— A-corn, was the triumphant reply. V ill you have a small piece of the meat or a small piece of the daik ? asked Bob s uncle, as he carved the turkey at dinner. “ I will take a Kiige piece of * both,’ ” answered Bob. A person was told that threo yards O; clotu, by being wet, would shrink one quarter of a yard. “ Well, then,” ne inquired, “ if you should wet ono- V; 1 ' would there be any left l * An old lady recently directed the at tcuiion of her husband to a pair of tw;n3, remarking as she did so, “ How much these two children do look aliko especially the one this way !” A young man searching for his futh% er’s pig, accosted an Irishman as fol lows: “Have you seen a stray pig about here ?” To which Bat dryly re sponded, “Faith, and how could I tell .1 stray pig from any other ?” Thompson is not going to ask any more conundrums. He recently asked his wife the difference between hia head and a hog’s head, and she said there was none, lie says that is uot the right answer. The other day a postmaster, on enter ing his ollico, had his olfactory nerves disagreeably assailed. On questioning a boy in the office as to the cause, the facetious youth replied: “ I don’t kuow, sir ; but perhaps the smell comes from some of the dead letters.” An Idaho gentleman stripped him self, hung his apparel on the saw-buck, and retired on a pile of cord-wood.— His mistake was discovered by his wife, who overheard him quarreling with an imaginary old woman about thero nofc being cover enough on the bed. A lady who had been teaching her little four-year old the elements of arithmetic was astounded by his run ning and propounding the following problem : “Mamma, if you had three butterflies, and each butterfly had a bug in his ear, how many butterflies would you have ?” An Arkansas youth came to his fath> er and said : “ Dad, they ain’t knives enuff to sot the table.” Dad—“Whs fii big butch, little butch, the case, bob* handle, granny’s knife, and the one I handled yesterday. That’s enuff to sot any gentleman’s table, without you’ve lost um.” A man will carry five hundred dollars i a his vest pocket, but a woman needs a morofiW portmonnaie as large as a fist,- and foo heavy to carry in the pocket, to escort a fifty cent script, a recipe for making jelly-cake, and two samples of dress goods down town- and back, every pleasant afternoon. A woman entered a crowded street car the other day, and for a moment or two no one offered her a seat. Then a fat than, affected with the asthma, beck oned to her and said : “ Madam, please take—'take ” —(cough, cough). She stood there waiting for his seat, and as S'Vn as he was over his coughing fit, he concluded : “ Madam, please take care a not Mop on my sore foot!” The 1< k she g..ve him was appalling, but a.i iho rest saw the j - t<e. A ftdy was asked by her servant about the nature of the next world, and whether it would be like this. The la dy being blessed with a happy family of eleven children, has a skeleton in the house in tho 3hape of a stocking basket; that never gets empty, and at wh'*se side she has spent many a mid night hour in darning. With this sceptre before her eyes, she replied to the girl playfully : “ I don’t think we shall be required to darn stockings after midnight,” “Sure, that’s true for you, mum, for all the pictures of an gels I have ever seen were barefooted.”