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CALHOUN WEEKLY TIMES.
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y J. HIKER & SON,
J ‘ attorneys at law,
Will practice in all the Courts of the Cher*
ttkeeCircuit; Supreme Court ot Georgia, and
the United States District Court at Atlanta,
Oa. Office: Sutheast corner of the Court
House, Calhoun, Ga.
j L). TINSLEY,
Watch-Maker & Jeweler,
CALHOUN, GA.
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tural Warehouse.
j H. YKTIILK,
DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
RAILROAD STREET,
Calhoun , Ga.
j J K. MAIN, 1, D.
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.
T. !E3X j.XsUfS’'
UVERVIBALI! STABLE.
A <s\
cxri\- ANJII.
Good Saddle and Buggy Horses 1
and New Vehicles.
Horses and mules for pale.
Stock fed and cared for.
Charges will be reasonable.
Will p.y the cash for corn in the ear and
'odder in the bundle. feb3-tf.
Attention !
GdlE undersigned have located themselves
I at tiie Mims Tan-yard, on the Love’s
Bridge road, 3J miles from Calhoun, for
the purpose of carrying on
THE TAKtsifiG BUSINESS.
They are prepared to receive hides to tan
on shares, or will exchange leather .or
hides. They bind themselves to prepare
leather in workmanlike style.
WM. HUNTER & SON.
September 14, 1875.’2m.
Executor 1 s Sale .
BY virtue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Gordon county, will be sold
on the first Tuesday in December next, at
the Court Iloutc door in said county, be
tween the legal hours of sale, the tract or
parcel of lands in said county, which said
lhomas B Scott owned at the time ot li s
death, viz; east half of lot number 57, in
the Gth district and 3d section, containing
eighty neves, more or less; said land sold
as the property of Thomas D. Scott, for the
benefit of his heirs and creditors. Terms,
one fourth cash, one fourth twelve months
after date, one fourth two years after date,
and the other fourth three years after date,,
wioh interest from date if not punctually
Paid, with good security, and the adminis
trator will give bond for title until the pur
ffiase money is paid.
B. F. HOSTELLER,
Execute r of T D (Scott.
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marriage guide,
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H&tttsafl ftludun.
Western & Atlantic Railroad
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
‘ ‘ KEXXESA TV HO VTE”
The following takes effect may 23d, 1875
NORTH WARD, No. 1.
Leave Atlanta 4.10 p.m
Arrive Cartersville 6.14 <l
Kingston 6.42 “
“ Dalton 8.24 “
“ Chattanooga 10.25 “
No. 3.
Leave Atlanta 7.00 a.m
Arrive Cartersviile 9.22 ~
“ Kingston 9.5 b
“ Dalton 11.54
Chattanooga 1.56 p.m
No. 11.
Leave Atlanta 8,30 p.m
Arrive Cartersville 7.19 “
“ Kingston 8.21 “
“ Dalton 11.18 “
SOUTHWARD. No. 2.
Leave Chattanooga 4.00 p.m
Arrive Dalton 5.41 *<
“ Kingston 7.28 “
“ Cartersville 8.12 “
“ Atlanta. 10.15 “
No. 4.
Leave Chattanooga * 5.00 a.m
Arrive Dalton 7.01 <<
“ Kingston 9.07 “
“ Cartersville 9.42 “
“ Atlanta 12 03 p.m
No. 12.
Arrive Kingston 4.19 <•
“ Cartersville 5.18 “
“ Atlanta 9.20 “
Pullman Palace Gars run on Nos. I and 2
between New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4
between Atla tn and Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3
bitweec Louisville and Atlanta.
No change of cars between New Or
leans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and
Baltimore, and only one change to New
York.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4 10 r. m.,
arrive in New York the second afternoon
thereafter u 4.00.
Excursion tickets to the Virginia springs
and various summer resorts will be on sale
in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co
lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and At
lanta, at greatly reduced rates, first of
June.
Parties desiring a whole car through to
the Virginia Springs or Baltimore, should
address the undersigned.
Parties contemplating travel should send
for a copy of the Kennesaw Route Gazette,
containing schedules, etc.
Ask for Tickets via “ Kennesaw
Route.”
B. W. WRENN,
G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga.
Change of Schedule.
ON THE GEORGIA AND MACON AND
AUGUSTA RAILROADS.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 28tii,
1874, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia
and Macon and Augusta Railroads will run
as follows :
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Train Will
Leave Augusta at 8:45 a m
Leave Atlanta at 7:00 a m
Arrive in Augusta at 3:30 p m
Arrive in Atlanta at 5:45 p m
Niggt Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at 8:15 p m
Leave Atlanta at 10:30 p rn
Arrive in Augusta at 8:15 a m
Arrive in Atlanta at 6:22 a m
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Macon Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at 0n...10:45 a m
Leave Camak at 2:15 p m
Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p m
Leave Macon at 6:30 a m
Ariive at Camak at 10:45 a m
.Arrive at .Augusta at 2:00 p m
BERZELL4 PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 4:15 p m
Leave Berzelia at 8:80 a m
Ariive n Augusta at... 9:55 am
Arrive in Berzelia at 5:50 p m
Passengers from Athens, Washington, At
lanta, or any point on the Georgia Rail
road and Branches, by taking the Day Pus
senger Train, will make close connection
at Camak with trams for Macon and all
points beyond.
Pullman’s (First-Class) Palace sleepin
Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on li
Georgia Railroad.
N. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office Georgia and Macon
and Augusta Railroads, Augusta, Juno
29. 1874, ,
Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna.
E. & IL T- ANTHONY k CO.,
sft S Broadway, Sew York.
(Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.)
(Vlantsfactt'i'era, Importers & Deal
ers in
CHROMOS AND FRAMES,
Stereoscopes and Views,
Albums, Graphoscopes an suitable views,
"Photographic* , Materials,
We are Headquarters fo” everything in the
* way of
Stereoscojyticons and Magic
Lanterns.
Being manufacturers of the
Micro-Sc it n t ijic La n tern ,
Stereo- Pa nopticon ,
University-Stercoscopt icon,
Adveitiser’s Stereoscopticon,
A rtopticon,
School Lantern, Family Lantern ,
People's Lantern.
Each style being the best of its class in the
market.
Oatalogues.of Lanterns and Slides with
directions for using sent 011 application.
Any enterprising man can make money
with a magic lantern.
&aT‘Cut out this advertisement for refer
ence. sep29-9m
Special 2STotice.
Iff ISS 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 of
millinery and fancy notions, latest styles
felt, straw and velvet bats, cloaks sacks
and wraps in endless variety. Everything
necessary kept for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-7in.
CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDA Y DECEMBER 8, 1875.
TIIE WAY TO WOO.
BY QUEEEQtULL.
Don't be in too great a hurry ;
Hurries never pay.
Take your time ; a wary general
Always feels his way.
Do not pull your line too quickly;
Rather give it play.
Take her sometimes to a concert ;
Sometimes to a ball;
Sometimes spend a pldasant evening:
Sometimes only call;
Sometimes ’twill be far the wisest
Not to go at all!
Do not meet your would be rivals
With a jealous frown ;
Show her that you don’t care tuppence,
For a man in town.
Praise her other beaux ; then surely
She will run them down.
Semi her presents—not. too costly ;
Trifles as light as air ;
Dainty fruit to please her nalate,
Flowers for her hair—
Something that will show you choose it
Fairest for theJ^ir.
Vex her sometimes (constant sunshine
Is so dreadful tame);
Just a little dash of water
Brightens up a flame.
Love that doesn’t fizz and splutter
Isn’t worth the name.
Then at last, some quiet evening
(Moonlight nights are stale),
Drop into her cosy pailcr,
Looking very pale.
Strive to hide your ' oe unuttered,
But be sure to fail.
Mention first some vagi e intention
Of ajournev West;
Darkly hint of secret sorrow,
That foibids you rest;
Whisper that ’tis hard to leave her,
But, perhaps, ’tis best.
Then, if she should blush and tremble
With . shy surprise—
If there is no roguish sparkle
Twinkling in her eyes—
Then—then tell the old, old story
Told ’neath Edeu’s skies !
swasasKs ws&sex as •umi vzs&xam
Professor Siolis’ Lecture.
The show business does out appear
very successful in our town. One day
last week Professor Putts, of Baltimore,
came there to give a “ Stereopticon Ex
hibition and Lecture upon the Holy
Land.” When he began be took his
place in front of the screen and said :
“ Ladies and gentlemen : I shall first
intn duce to you this evening some beau
tiful pictures of scenes in the Holy
Land, accompanied with appropriate res
marks, and afterward I will show on the
screen some miscellaneous views of an
interesting character.”
The first picture was a view of Jeru
salem, and it was very fine. Alter the
Professor had described it, he said :
“ We will now have a scene on tie
sea of Galhlee.”
The boy behind the screen must have
got tne pictures 0 ixed for he shoved on
a view cf the Schuylkill canal, with
four men in a boat in the foreground
playing euchre on the deck, while a ue
gru sawed an old fiddle, and a mule on
the tow-path kicked {lies oil of his side
with his near bind leg. But the Pro
fessor did not look around. He felt
certain it was all right, and he sailed
ahead ;
“ This body of water,famous in sacred
history, is beautifuil delineated upon the
canvas before you. The Arabs are busy
launching their boats, preparatory to
going fishing, and in their wild and
picturesque costume you can almost im
agine them to be Jews in the time of
Isaiah. The auimal 011 the right is a
camel which came probably from Da
mascus to . Why my gracious!
that s not the right picture.”
Then the Professor darted behind the
screen, and we could hear him swearing
atthebo), When he came out, he
said :
“The next picture will represent
Moses crossing the Red Sea.
“ You remember how the prophet fi and
with his people before busts of Pharaoh,
and how ”
Here the boy glided ou a picture of
General Washington in a cocked hat.
with ice ail around his boat. But, the
Professor was mad and he made auoth
er dash at hat boy. We could hear
him shaking him up and calling him
ugly names. And when Bolts came out
he said that things were now arranged
so theie would be no further danger of
mistake.
“ I will now show yon a view of Sol
onion’s Temple as it appear ! in its or
ig nal glory. f lh is master pie ice of Jew
ish architecture was probably the most
magnificent—-—” *
1 suppose the by must have become
spiteful, and wanted to annoy the Pro
fessor, for that very minute he pushed
on a view of the Grand Central Depot
in New York with a fence alongside
uisp aying an advertisement advising
the people to “ Use Johnson’s Stomach
Bitters for a Tonic.”
We all thought the Professor would
lose his reason, lie danced around in
search of that boy,and banged him with
a stick u 111 i 1 the a dienceoried “Shame!”
and then lie kicked the boy out end
b ought in one of the doorkeepers to
feed the pictures to the machine Put
ting a view of the If ad Sea with his
own. hands, he came out and began his
ioeture again. After finishing with the
Dead Sea, he said he would now show
the audience a picture of the death of
Absalom, and he called out the door
keeper, “ Next?” While the man was
getting ready, the Professor said :
“ Absalom lost his life by reason of
his hair. In the foreground you per
ceive Absalom in the agonies of death,
wiiile the Isrealites appear near unto
him. watching him, and the beast he
rode is seen escaping in the distance.”
Nobody ever knew bow that door
keeper cauie to do it, but somehow he
shoved on a picture of the Xickapoo In
dians scalping a woman, while the oth
er Kickapoos danced around and howl-
ed ; and the only animal seen in the
distance was a buffalo nibbling grass.
The audience fairly roared, and the
Professor kicked his boot through the
canvas screen, and rushing at the door
keeper, exclaim -cl :
“ You insufferable ass ! don’t you
know the difference between Absalom
and a Mormon bishop ? l"ou ought to
be in the lunatic asylum !”
Then th > doorkeeper hit him and a
fight ensued, from w hich the Professor
emerged with a black oy*B He was ar
rested on the spot, and the audience ad
joqrued. He promised to avoid this
town iu the future.— Max Adder.
Tli Stone ia the Roa.d
There was a duke once who disguised
h’mself, and placed a great rock iu the
middle of the road near his place.
Next morning a peasuntc.ime that way
with his ox cart. "Oh, these lazy peo
ple !” said he, “ there is a big stone ly
iiur riirht in the middle of the road, and
no one will take the trouble to put it
out of the way.” And so Hans went on
scolding about the laziness of the pen
pie.
Next came a gay soldier along. His
head was held so far back that he did
not see the stone, and so he stumbled
over it. lie began to storm at the
country people around there for leaving
a huge rock in the road. Then he went
on.
Nest came a company of merchants.
When they came to the stone, the road
was so narrow tiiyy had to go off in sin
gle file ou the other side. One of them
cried out: " Did anybody ever sje the
like of that big stone lying here the
whole of tiie morning, and not a s ngle
person stopping to put it away ?”
It laid there three weeks and no one
tried to remove it. Then the duke sent
around word to all the people living on
his lands to meet where this rock lay,
as he had something to tell them.
The day came, and a great crowd
gathered Old Mans, the farmer, was
there, and so were the merchants. A
horn was heard, and a splendid caval
cade came galloping up. The duke got
down off his horse and began to apeak
to the people gathered there.
“ My friends, it was I who put this
stone here three weeks ago. Every
passer-by has left it just where it was,
and scolded his neighbor for not taking
it away ”
lie stooped down and lifted up the
stone. Directly underneath it was a
round hollow, and in the hollow lay a
small leathern bag. The duke held up
this bag that all might see what was
vvritt n on it, “ For him who lifts up
the stone.” He unfc-cd the U g ami
turned it upside down,and out upon the
stone fell a beautiful gold ring and
twenty large bright coins.
So they all lost the prize because
they had not learned the lessen,or form
ed the habit of diligence,
Harr a Farmer liaised Bacon,
The Sandersvil'e Herald says that
one of the most successful planters in
Georgia, gave it sometime since, the se
cret of his always having asmoke house
well stored with good bacon. Said he :
A few years back I found in the spring
that my stock of hogs would be insuffi
cient for my uext year’s supply of ba
con.
E rly in the season I planted an acre
of good productive land in speckle peas.
These 1 cultivated well j as soon as the
peas began to harden I turned my hogs
upon them for an hour or so every
morning.. I never saw hogs grow so iu
my life. This pea patch together with
the pasture, after my oat cr p had been
harvested lasted until I opened a field j
where the corn had been gathered. Af- :
ter pastures, peas potatoes, etc., had j
been eaten out, I put my fattening hogs
on corn for a short time. The result
was, that instead of being, as f area in
the first part of the spring, short of meat
one year. I made an abundance of ex
cellent baijon for three years, and bet
ter meat L never raised in my life.
I have now increased my pea patch
you see, (pointing Out a patch-of luxu
riant peas upon which his hogs were
then feasting) and I find t pays wou
derfully.
When bacon can he raised so easily
and at so little cost, is it not strange
that so many smoke-houses on the farms
of Georgia are empty one-half the year.
Vanderbilt's liojliood.
The old Commodore was born on Stas
ten Island His family were Moravians.
The o’d church is still preserved, but
the old heftuestead is going to decay
The owner will not lay money
to put things to rights. The barn is an
old tumble down thing, and stands a
nuisance amid fine improvements, Van
derbilt when a boy was as fur above his 1
associates as he is now above the busi
ness men of this age. lie was known
‘us " Corneaie ” He was a sliq?, tall,
daring, athletic ad, doing what no one
else dare do For a considerrtion he
would row into Xe.v York on a dark,
tempestuous night, when nil but the
during boatman expected to see him go
to the bottom. When a mere lad he
earned iGOO by putting a crew on board
a vessel in the harbor during a storm,
lie owed his start to a daring feat At
the risk of his life ho rowed a man to
the Buttery, the man laying flat on the
bottom of the skiff and not speaking on
the trip. The man’s father want and a
fearless man to run an opposition steam
boat, and though years had passed he
came to New 7 York and a.-keJ for Cor
ueale, the daring boatman. Vanderbilt
has no real estate ia his name except
the house he lives in. It was all con
veyed to William for the con ideralion
of one dollar on the eve of the old man’s
marriage.
SANTA EULALIA.
Tiie ?sost Fredaetive Iliac in the
W 0r1d—8500,000,000.
In 1703 three malefactors of the
then small town of Chihuahua, Mexico,
flyirg from justice, betook themselves to
the surrounding mountains, and there
for several weeks led a life of terror,
moving about from fastness to fastness,
in constant dread of the fierce Apaches,
who occupied the territory on the one
hand, and of their pursuing white
brethren on the other. One evening
they built a large fire in a ravine to
cook their supper, and when the sur
rounding bowlders became heated a
molten white metal issued out of them.
The next day a friendly Indian arrived
in Chihuahua, bearing a message from
! the fugitives to the priestly authorities,
! offering as a condition for their purdou
enough silver to build a cathedral,
which offer was accepted. Such is the
story of the discovery of the silver
mines of Santa Eulalia.
The State of Chihuahua is in the ex
treme northeast of Mexico. It is sepa
rated from the State of Texas on the
northeast by the ltio Grande, aud is
bounded on the north by New Mexico
and Arizona. The city ot Chihuahua
is the capital. The mines, ot which
there are several, are all situated in a
mountain, about twelve miles from the
city. It rises above the surrounding
plain to a distance of 1,0 0 and 2,000
leet, and is popularly known as the “Sil
ver Mountain of Santa Eulalia.” Won
derful stories are told of the wealth
of th se. mines. They were con
stantly ‘forked by the old Spanish
proprietors from the time of their dis
covery in 1703 until 1822, the year of
the revolution that drove the Spaniards
cut of the countiy. During this peri
od Chihuahua grew from a mere outpost
of the Jesuit missionaries into a city of
50,000 inhabitants, while the mining
village of Santa Eulalia and another
sprang up in the gorges of the moun
tain, containing respectively 8,000 aud
5,000 souls. From a tax of one real
cents) on every mark (pound) of
silver, as it came from the refining fur
naces, there was built between 1738 and
1750, the celebrated Cathedral of Chi
huahua, at a cost of SIOO,OOO. While
Mexico was in the possession of the
crown of Spain, the laws of that king
dom required one-fifth of the product
of all the mines to be paid inti* the
Royal Treasury. This made it necessa
ry lbr the products, of their mints to he
reported to the King’s officers. These
recoids were kept with Spanish formal
ity in the different mints of the Vice
royalty, arid the records of the mint of
Chihuahua, which are sti 1 preserved,
show that nearly $500,000,000 were
registered in that office, most of which
was the production of the miners of* j
Santa Eulalia.
The revolution, the empire of Itur
bide and the establishment of the Re
public involved a struggle of fourteen
years which greatly crippled the resour
ees < f (lie country. Then, four years
later, came the expu’sion of the fcpan
iaids, who were the capitalists, and this
was followed by constant internal revo
lutions, with Texas, France (in ’39),
the United States, growing out of the
annexation of Texas, .and the conquest
by Maximilian. These, and the ravages
of the Indians, who claimed the min ng
districts, paralyzed Mexican industry,
and put a long stop to the new devel
opment of riches that had hitherto been
considered inexhaustible.
Things We iSave KoHcetl.
We have noticed in the beginning of
every year that the farmers a’e going to
plant more grain and less cotton. Iu
the fall we notice there has been just
ab‘ ut as much cotton and just about as
much grain planted as there was the
year before. We have noticed every
year that the farmers are going to make
provisions enough t 1 supply themselves ;
but notwithstanding ties, we notice that
about the same number are engaged in
hauling provisions out of the town’s
which they buy at ruinous prices. We
notice every year that the country next
year is going to be self-supporting, but
when next year comes, it is painfully
evident that the country gets its support
from the far West We are told every
spring and summer by the farmers:
" l’ublish in your paper that the cotton
crop is going to be a failure ; ” and
when we smile incredulously, they tell
us the caterpillar, the boil worm, the
drought, the rust, the bad stand, and
numerous other indubitable proofs that
the orop must turn out a failure. We
suspect at the ime that they are trying
to create an impression through rhe pa
pers thst the crop will be small, so as
to induce a rise in the price. But how
futile are their efforts! The price of
cotton is never effected by newspaper
leports and always stays down. At the
end of each year we notice that the crop
reaches away long towards 4,000,000
bales, and the farmers sell it for less
than it costs. We notic •. that the farm
ers try every me ms but the right one
to raise the price of cotton. We notice
that the policy of raising a great deal ot
cotton and v ry little provisions, causes
the country to languish, and spreads
bankruptcy throughout the land. We
notice that seme of the Grangers are
woefully false to their professions of
raising their own provisions aud buying
for cash; and we believe they are the
truest Grangers who live at home and
do not have store accounts. We notice
that farmers get more advice than any
other class o** men, and apparently pay
less attention, to it. But we notice that,
the advice still flows on ; the supply
seems inexhaustible ; and as we believe
it is good, we propose to continue to do
our share as long as the types
hold out to print it. —LaGrvtntje lie.'
porter.
.tlaking IKrieks Without Straw.
It is not difficult to arrange a good
meal ii one has plenty of money with
which to go to the grocer’s and butch
er sand order everything necessary to
procure it withal. But to contrive va
riety and create flavor and satisfy appe
tite f om meager materials, this requires
brains aud patience, invention and au
dacity—especially if not one meal, but
a succession of meals through a success
ion of years must bo made up in this
same way. Yet there are many fami
lies who flourish und, r just these con
ditions, if bone and muscle, blood and
brain may be taken as signs of a floui"
idling condition. It is an easy matter
to dress a family neatly and comfortably
when one can buy all the ready
clothing necessary, call in the aid of the
latter, the shoemaker, the seamstress,
the dry goods merchant, and yet t iere
are hundreds and thousands of mothers
who contrive to make a trim appearance
for themselves and their families with
very little outlay. Garments are turn
ed right side out, up side down, back
side befor**, washed, dyed, pressed, and
from this mill of renovation come out
almost as good as new. It is a delight
ful way to furnish a house—delightful
iu one sense —when one can go to the
upholsterer and give an unlimited order
for whatever is necessary. But few are
the houses thus furnished. Little by
little, one article at a time, is procured,
this year a carpet, next year a sofa, now
a table, and then anew easy chair, un
til the hmue is made comfortable. Mean
while a thousand little devices are re
sorted to, ingenuity is taxed, taste exer
cised, patience has her perfect work,
and happiness without much furniture is
found to be possible.
A liberal education can readily be
obtained by those who have money to
buy books and pay tuition bills It is
obtained, in fact, more thoroughly, com
pletely, and perfectly by those who are
put to all sorts of expedients to pro
cure books and leisure to study them
than the “ favored class,” whose parents
are able to provide every facility for
study. Where did Howells get his ed
ucation ? Where did Horace Greeley
get his? Where did Ben Franklin get
his ? Not by a word or a hint is col
lege instruction to be undervalued;
but where it cannot be had, it
by no means follows that one must re
main in ignorance or miss the highest
dev lopment of his intellectual nature.
If one can sit under the manifestations
of eloquent divines, attend the Sabbath*-
schools connected with our flourishing
metroplitan and village churches, take
part in prayer-meetings and other reli
g!-:e:< gathering:, it wrulci sectn that he
might lead a very spiritual life. Dot
when God would fit Hoses to be the
leader of His chosen, and a lawgiver for
all time, He placed him for forty years
in the desert of Mount Sinai. Elijah
was prepared for his translation by fbr>
ly day’s solitude in “ IB reb, the mount
of God ” St. Paul spent three years in
of Arabia before he en
tered upon his mighty apostolate. “The
means of grace,” as that term is tech
nically used, are not to be lightly esteem
ed, and yet if one is deprived of them
all, is there not God ? Few there are
who have made great advancement iu
the religious life but have found pe
riods of darkness, of isolation, of solH
tude, richest in spiritual growth. Not
those who spend most money on their
table fare the best, but those who spend
wisely. Not those are most elegantly
dressed who lavish large sums upon
their wardrobe, but those who have re
gard to fit.tens of circustance, comfort of
body and taste. — New York Tribune.
——
Mss-Sk cut Evenings.
The b y who spends an hour of
each evening lounging idly on street
corners, wastes -n the course of a year
thiee hundred and sixty-five prtei >us
hours, which if applied to study would
familiarize him with the rudiments of
almost any of the familiar sciences. If
in addition to wasting an hour every
evening he spends ten cents foi a cigar,
which is usually the case, the amount
thus worse than wasted, would pay for
ten of the leading periodicals of the
country
Boys think of these things Think
how much time and money you are
wastin'/ and for what ? The gratifica
lion afforded by the lounge oil the corn
er or by the cigar, is not only tempora
ry but positively hurtful. You cannot
indulge in the practices without seri
ousl: injurying yourselves. You ac
quire idle and wasteful habits which
will cling to you with ea h succeeding
year. You may in after life shake them
off but the probabilities are that the
habits thus formed in early life will ic
main with you till your d)ing day.
Be warned then in time, and resolve
tha.K as the hour spent in idleness is
gone forever, you will improve each
passing one and thereby fit yourselves
or usefulness and happiness.
—. ♦
A maiden lady, residing in great se
clusion, who had not been to church
for several yeers, upon the accession of
a small pr* perty, bought hersell anew
bonnet shawl and dress, with the ap
propriate g! >ves, etc , and appeared in
church on the following Sabbath, which
almost destroyed her identity with the
theretofore shabby damsel. Just as she
walked up the aisle, and a3 every eye
seem to be turned upon her, the choir
commenced singing an anthem, the bur
den of which was “ l.allelujah ! Halle
lujah!” The indignant spinster retraced
her steps down the aide in high dung
eon, exclaiming : “ IFudly kb< v 7 you.
indeed ! Why, this is not the fire: : m
I’ve been dressed up. Hard 5 knew
•you! I guess Lden : t come here ..gain
very, of’mn/''
VOL. VI.—NO. 19.
I Tile 'Hory oi' an Overcoat.
The advantages that newspaper read"
ers have over those who do not read
them is incalculable. Hero is a case in
poi' t to show the truth of the assertion.
A few days ago the peasants in the vaN
I ley of the Chevreuse were greatly ex-*
! cited over the discovery of an overe at
in a field. It was a thick, comfortable
garment, unlike anything seen in the
district, and evidently belonged to a
stranger. A crime was suspected, and
all the more readily because Chevreuse
"’as not far from Li mom s, the scene of
several mysterious murders, the authors
of which have been discovered. The
police were sent for, the magistrates
came upon the ground, the people of tho
district assembled, and an official inqui
ry was issued. Tho peasants began to
gossip, and several remembered to have
seen meu in similar coats passing in tho
duck of the envening, followed by men
of villainous aspect. While tho author
ities were examining the ground to find
the tracks of the assassin, Count Brete"
uil drove by reading a newspaper, and
got out to see what was tho matter. Tic
took the coat and found it marked “ Sil
vel.” The mystery was solved to him,
for he had just read of the good airship
Zenith that had gone up on the 23d
and sailed awav over the valley ofChev
reuso, and the Zenith was commanded
by Caytain Silvel. Count Bretcuil took
the coat and sent it to its owner in Bar
is. Mr. Silvel had taken up his coat to
put it on, but had to adjust a rope at
the moment and threw it across the edge
of the basket. lie unfortunatdly hit it
with his foot and pushed it overboard,
and had to suffer for his negligence du
ring the cold hours of the night.
—< -► ►
Facts lba* the Democracy.
We have not seen any reference uiado
to one feature of the recent elections
which we think is worthy of close study
and grave reflection, especially by Dem
ocrats. Tiie Democratic State Conven
tions of this year in Massachusetts,
New York and Maryland adopted Hard
money platforms of the soundest quali
ty. On the other hand tho platforms
laid down by Democratic State Conven
tions of Ohio and Pennsylvania were in
favor of Soft money.
Now, so far as the currecny ques
tion influenced results, what was the
effect of these diametrically opposite
doctrines upon the Democratic vote in
these five States at the recent elections?
The Democratic loss this year in Massa
chusetts, New York and Maryland, as
compared with last year, is about 53, >
000 votes. The number of members
of Congress in these States is fiity, and
consequently tho loss just mentioned is
an average of 1,060 votes fi“r each Con
gressman. The Democratic loss in
Ohio and Pennsylvania at tho recent
elections, as compared with tho results
of last year, is about 41,000 votes. —
They elect forty-seven members of
Congress. The Democratic loss, there*
fore, is an average of only 870 votes
for each Congressman. Even in New
York, where the platform was intensely
hard, the Demoi rats lose rather more
heavily than did their soft brethren in
Ohio.
There may be many reasons for these
curious results. But, at all events, they
are worthy of philosophical study and
consideration — New York Sun.
—.
F;pe ami Courage.
True hope is based on energy of char*
acter. A strong mind always hopes,and
has always cause for hope, because it
knows the mutability of human affairs,
and how slight a circumstance may
change the whole course of events.
Such a spirit, too, rests upsn itself; it
is not connfied to particular objects, and
if at last all should be lost, it hes saved
itself its own integrity and worth.
Hope awakens courage, while despond
ency is the last of all evils ; it is tho
abandonment of good--the giving up of
the battle oflifb with dead nothingness.
He who can implant courage in tho hus
man soul is the best physician. To seek
io govern men by their fears and their
wants, is an unworthy purpose—the de
sire to rule by means of cowardice. Lovo
inepires hope and courage, and thus is
doubly the giver and preserver of lifo.
Whatsoever gives boldness to combat
the manifold evils and assaults of life,
enables us to win the crown of victory.
Special care,therMore,ought to he taken
in education to teach what true courage
is—as well in social and domestic as in
public affairs—and by what means it
may be best attained.
Effects of Editorial Epunainiity.
Ferencz Deack, the IJungaria" patri
ot, tells an amusing story about the
troubles of journalism in Hungary du
ring the absolutist reign. Baron Sig
mund Kemcny was the editor of a pa*
per fur more than twenty years, and
nearly every night he was aroused from
his sleep by a commissioner of censure,
and told something mast be taken outof
his paper. The editor bore the affile,
tion patiently for a long time, but ono
night about uudrrght ho was shaken
from his dream and told that his leading'
article must come out o' the paper or it
would be confi cated. Lr sing al patience
the editor told the commissioner to con*
fiscute it in Hod’s name i) he wished to,
and, turaing over, went to sleep again,
ihe astonished commissioner waddled
back to his chief and told him,with hor
ror in his eyes, th*t not only had tho
editor spoken disrespectfully of the cen
sors, but had actually begun snoring be
fore the worshipful commissioner could
get out of the room. “ There must be
•rnethin■.? in the background,” mutter
ed the censor ; “ it will certainly nevir
do t cunfiscafee the p p*r,’’ and the et!-
; iur was left in peace ever afterward. t