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CALHOUN WEEKLY TIMES. 15Y D. 13. FREEMAN. CALHOUN TIMES Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court House. Rates of Subscription. One Year $2.00 Bix Months 1.00 Ten copies one year 15.00 Rates of Advertising. f&jF" 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. | 6 Moc I 1 year. Two SiW~SU)O $12.00 S2OjOO Four “ 6.00 10.00 18.00 35.00 J column 9.00 15.00 25.00 40.00 £ “ 15.00 25.00 40.00 65.00 1 “ 25 - Q0 4Q ' OQ G 5 -00 115.00 Ten lines of solid brevier, or its equivalent in space, make a square. Rates of Legal Advertising. Sheriff’s Sales, each levy $4 00 Citation for letters of Administration and Guardianship 4 00 Application for dismission from Admin istration, Guardianship and Exec utorship 5 00 Application for leave to sell land, one square 4 00 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 jg J. KIKEIt ll SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will practice in all the Courts of the Cher* -■ Circuit; Supreme Court ot Georgia, and t\. United States District Court at Atlanta, Ga. Office: Sutheast corner of the Court House, Calhoun, Ga. J 1). TINSLEY, Watch-Maker & Jeweler, CALHOUN, GA. All styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired and warranted. DICE WALDO \ HOUNTON, II D. D. S. DENTIST. Office over Geo. W. Wells & Co.’s Agricul tural Warehouse. J 11. ARTHUR, DEALER IN QENERAL MERCHANDISE, RAILROAD STREET, Calhoun , Ga. 11 K. MAIN, M, 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. *1?. tml. 3ei:2LiXjX&’ LIVERY MALE STABLE Good Saddle and Buggy Horse? and New Vehicles. Horses and mules for sale. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will p.ty the cash for corn in the ear and 'odder in the bundle. feb3-tf. Attention. ! HU IE undersigned have located themselves 1 at the Mims Tan-yard, on the Love’s Bridge road, 3j miles from Calhoun, for the purpose of carrying on THE TAKHINB BUSINESS. They are prepared to receive hides to tan on shares, or will exchange leather ior hides. They bind themselves to prepare leather in workmanlike style. WII. HUNTER & SON. September 14, 1875.’2m. Executor’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 Home door in said county, be tween tit ■ legal hours of sale, the tract or parcel of lands in said county, which said Thomas B Scott owned at the time of h s death, viz; east half of lot number 5/, in the 6th district and 3d section, containing eighty acres, 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 elate, one fourth t',vo 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 crator will give bond for title until the pur tkase money is paid. B. F. MOSTELLER, Execute r of T D Neott. nov3 30d—printer’s fees 7 Grrmi IA. J.P.FrrtEB.— Eo!r<? swore, far". I f-rnd-atA tt t’ J “ : • 7CT - -7 f - "cre’i in I .Xr tl. 1' l) y rj*e:: cr: , j irfeetei Vc~rt r.Llo X'A'.C'd .o 3 ‘ '7- tin, I frn.-re.rteo iss.ai--...ll.ilocc?3f:rl..'c.'' t -yaadlihi’aniiiiat";c.'.cri, f i'>,4A’3£D'e / - y sclorgron rs-) Cr-p;:',Hr"!. * ."? QS.T’nv/1 '' ‘V: >.,1 'nnH—l, t .'' _ P-v.-VU ”f'ipneT’.rhror'-'uT'-’ '-Smith, ), J>.Y. 1 ’ cr.iSc.n.Vppr*,Tr : ;{ * 1 fil'otH ehortrt writ*Pr.Fi *lor, 1 hi! , u.ere er r "' 're Pnjtinhlr't f~. m-re T '.tf'e,"riitio. Jtf(l*wrC j'-rr • r.wribta caso.Fo cur j no cAnrso.b reality.£cld ifCrv^:^ mMcrpliiiiß HaMt IMBmpirance speedily cured by DR. BECK’S only known and '-are Remedy. XO CHARGE for treatment Until cured. Call ou or address Sr. J. G. BECK, 112 John St., Cincinnati, 0. JEtaitroad frfcrtlutr. Western & Atlantic Railroad AND ITS CONNECTIONS. ‘ 1 KENNESA W RO UTE.” The following takes effect may 23d, 1875 NORTHWARD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta 4,10 p.m Arrive Cartersville 6.14 Kingston 6.42 “ “ Dalton 8.24 “ “ Chattanooga 10.25 “ No. 3. Leave Atlanta 7.00 a.m Arrive Cartersviile 9.22 ~ “ Kingston 9,66 “ Dalton H. 64 << Chattanooga 1.56 p.m No. 11. Leave Atlanta 3,30 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 728 “ “ Cartersville 8.12 “ “ Atlanta 10.15 “ ► No. 4. Leave Chattanooga 6.00 a.m Arrive Dalton 7,01 << “ Kingston 9.07 “ “ Cartersville 9.42 “ “ Atlanta 12 06 p.m No. 12. Leave Dalton 1.00 a.m Arrive Kingston 4.19 <• “ Cartersville 5.18 “ “ Atlanta 9. 20 “ Pullman Palace Oars run cn Nos. 1 and 2 between New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 between Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3 bitweec Louisville and Atlanta. BNo 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 t,t 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 28th, 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 Canmk at 2:15 p m Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p m Leave Macon at 6:30 a m Arrive at, Camak at 10.-45 a m Arrive at Augusta at 2:00 p m BERZELI.4 PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 4; 15 p m Leave Berzelia at 8:30 a m Arrive <ll Augusta at 9:55 a m 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 Pas senger Train, will make close connection at Camak with trains for Macon and all points beyond. Pullman’s (First-Class) Talace sleepin Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on h Georgia Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent , Superintendent’s Office Georgia and Macon and Augusta Railroads, Augusta, June 29, 1874, Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna. E. & H. T ANTHONY & CO., 591 Broadway, New York. (Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.) Manufacturers, Importers & Deal ers in CHIiGMGS AND FRAMES, Stereoscopes and Views, Albums, Graphoscopes an 1 suitable views, Photograph ic Materials, We are Headquarters fo“ everything in the way of Stereoscopticons and Magic Lanterns. Being manufacturers of the Micro- Scient ijic La >< tern, Stereo-Panopticon, University-Stereo&copticon, AdvcitisePs Stereoscopt icon, 4 rt opt icon, School Lantern, Family Lantern, People's Lantern. Each style being the best of its class in the market. Catalogues of Lanterns and Slides with directions for using sent on application. Any enterprising man can make money with a magic lantern. this advertisement for refer ence. sep29'9m Special USTotice. MISS HUDGINS can now befound at 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 hats, cloaks, sacks and wraps in endless variety. Everything accessary kept for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-7m. CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1875. GOING HOME. The way is long, my dailing, The road is rough and steep, And fast across the evening sky I see the shadows sweep. But oh i my love, my darling, No ill to us can come, No terror turn us from the path. For we are going home. Your feet are tired, my darling— So tired, the tender feet ; But think, when they are there at last, How sweet the rest! how sweet! For lo ! the lamps are lighted, And yonder gleaming dome, Before us shining like a star. Shall guide our footsteps home. Wev’e lost the flowers we gathered So early in the morn; And on we go with *mpty hands, And garments soiHd and worn, But oh! the gr:at All-Father W ill out to meet us come, An 1 fairer flowers and whiter robes There wait for us at home. Art cold, my love, and famished ? Art faint, and sore athirst ? Be patient yet a little while, And joyous as at first; For oh ! the sun sets never Within that land of bloom. And thou t halt eat the bread of life And drink the wine at heme. The wind was cold, my darling. Adown the mountain steep, And t ;ick across the evening sky The darkening shadows creep ; But oh! my press onward, Whatever trials may come, For in the way the Father set, We, too, are going home ! A SOLDIERS STORY. Mow a, Soldier’s Gallantry was Rewarded by a ftouOiei'a EScIIe —a Reminieaee of ike War. It was in the winter of* 1865, shortly before the collapse of the rebellion,that General Shaler, commanding at De Vail’s Bluff Arkansas.sent a detachment ol cavalry up into the Cache river coun try to intercept some contraband goods that were being smuggled through the lines to the enemy. That country was an almost interminable wilderness of swamps and forests oi* cypress and gum trees in America that any one would be supposed to choose a home. There were occasional spots, however, of a few hun dred acres each, a li tie higher than the surrounding country, that by much ex pense had been converted into hand some and valuable estates, with large and portentious residences for the wealthy owners who though isolated from the busy world, were content to forego some ol its pleasures for the peace and quiet seclusion thus afforded. Once each year, when the cotton was ready for shipment, and the little river was swollen by the winter rains, a steamer would come up to the plantation and take the season’s product and the plant er’s family to New Orleans, where the cotton would be disposed of and a year’s supplies purchased. Then, after a few weeks spent in the society of the me>- troplis, they would be carried safely back to the landing at home. Thus the years were spent until the children, who had been under instructors at home, were far enough advanced to be sent abroad to finish their education. It was at one of these plantations that the squadron of cavalry was halted and dismounted about daylight, with in structions to surround the house and al low no one to escape. The lieutenant then directed a sergeant and six men to go through the house and seize any goods that might be contraband of war. The detail was made, and the men pro ceeded to their work Entering the house, the sergeant made the inmates acquaint and with the nature of his er rand, and assured them that all the pri vateproperty should be respected When the party ascended the stairs leading to the second story, one of the men, a young Prussian who had landed in this country just in time to enlist, remained below and passed into the parlor. Per haps the single occupant of the room, a beautiful girl may have attracted him, and perhaps he didn’t just like this un ceremonious style of ransacking a gen tleman’s house war or no war. At any rate the squad got along without him, and came down presently and continued their search. Ail the rooms had been visited except one, and into this went the entire party, young lady and all.— There were four large trunks there, all of the same attern and entirely new.— The suspicious soldiers were aroused still more w en the young lady asked the privilege of opening and displaying the contents herself. The request was grant ed, but each man scanned the articles as they were taken out expecting the long looked for bolts of Confederate cloth would be brought to light, They were disappointed, however; there was noth ing but what was evidently intended for the household and the last trunk had been emptied of its contents—not quite, for the sergeant noticed that the draw er in the lid had not Deeu opened, and called the girl’s attention to it. With a slight tremor of her voice, she replied that there was nothing there but private property, and she did not wish to re* move it. This attracted the attention of the men, who gathered around, when the sergeant again demanded that the search be made. Still the girl, who was kneeling by the trunk, with her hands resting on the lid. made no movement, but looking imp’oringly into the faces of the soldiers. She was a beautiful crea ture, scarcely seventeen, yet with all the grace and bearing of an accomplished lady. Before the sergeant could repeat the order or execute it himself, tW Prussian, with a touch of the hat and a polite bow to his superior officer, said : “ If the young lady gives you her word of honor that there is nothirg there we seek, you should be satisfied.” “ Word of honor !” repeated the sergeant, con temptuously; “ honor among rebels in deed P Theie was a free fight iu an instant, for the Prussian dealt him a terrible blow which staggered him back among his comrades who took sides against the “ Dutchman,” leaving it uncertain which would be victorious, wheu the Lieutenant hearing the row, rushed in and quelled it. In the excitement which followed the trunk was forgotten, and the party left the premises -and re sumed their march When the war was over, the troops were disbanded at St. Louis, and the Prussian was lost sight offer several years, until the rail road from Memphis to Little R *ck jvas revived, when he turned up a civil en gineer, and assisted in locating the rout, liis name was mentioned frequently in the papers at the time, but when the road was finished he disappeared again, and I saw nor heard nothing of him un til the other day l met a lady and gen tleman in the cars, whose faces seemed familiar and which proved to be my Prussian comrade and his wife, the planter’s daughter, whom he protected in the war. Then followed a long story of how the railroad was located across the plantation, and how they met again —a case of love at first sight—and wore married, and had made a tour of the lakes, re-visited the seminary at Cine nnati where she was educated, and were then on their way to California. “ Well,” said I, “ you haven’t told me what was in that trunk.” “It was a pitcher full of gold and silver coin,” said the happy Prussian, “ but I didn’t know it till we were mar ried.” However that may ho, its value was of no comparison to his treasure of a wife. They came near having a row in a colored prayer meeting at Keytesvilie a few nights ago. One of the sisters who had a grievance prayed : “o,Lord I look dowffon Dy resembled children hyar dis ebenin’, and moob ’em wid Dy grace. Tetch dyar harts wid de spirit ob all, ’bounding lub. Build up dar faith so strong ue debbi! can t, budge it, an’ ’specially would we ax, if am possible wid de Redeemer, dat You put a little moah sense into the obfusti cated pate ob de yaliow wench what am gigglin’ on de bench preopposite Dy be lubbed servant.” “What’s dat you’se savin’ to de Lord ’bout me V’ asked the wench, rising to a point of oj^der. Not seeming to notice the interrup tion, the su. jilicator continued : “ Gib our fool an’errin’sister more disgumption, 0 Lord ! to see de differ ence atwixt right an’ wrong, and larn de huzzy to behave herself in Dy holy sankchooary, ’stead of wrigglum round like she was swollawed a corkscrew, au’ tamnatin’ dese saked presinks wid unho ly winkins’ at de male an’ maskerline proportion ob dis assembled gatheriu.’ An' oh—” “ It’s a lie! good lord, it’s a lie ! an’ Dou in Dy infiuuiite .wisdom knows I neber done it ?” shouted the traduced member, who had now become nearly wild with rage. “ Dar’s not one parti cle ob troot in it. It’s a lie, an’ 1 can masii de lies !” Then she threw herself over the bench on the back of the kneeling sis ter, plunged her hands info the bustle of that devout but indiscreet person and lifted her up bodily. Confusion reigned and dire dismay was in many faces that but a moment before were bright with the hope of Heaven. But the stalwart deacon finally separated the females, calmed their ex cited feelings, aud addressing the re* lieved audience iti an impressive tone, said : “ Bredern, it am better dat we dwell togeder in impunity Less ’peal fo de throne ob grace dat dar be no moah such graceful disruption in our midst. Will brudder Johnson please make de 'peal in one ob liis power fa- pray’r • ?” And the appeal was well and timely made. Family Prayer. A few years ago I visited an old feud A castle in England. One of its towers dates from King John’s lime; its outer wails bear marks of siege and damage from the guns of Cromwell The young owner, lately married, was beginning his house keeping aright, and when I came down to the old hail to beak fast, his servants were all assembled for pray er with the family. Though I was ed to officiate, I lemindcd my kind host that every man is priest in his own household, and I begged him to officiaie as he was used to do. And so he read prayers and Holy Scripture, with due solemnity, and we all kneeled down. Happening to lift my eyes, I observed over his head,on a massive oaken beam, that spanned the hall, an inscription in old English,which I caught at a g'ance, and which deepened my solemn impres sions of the privilege of family prayer. It was nearly as follows : That house shall be preserved, and never shall decay. “ W her 3 the Almighty God is wor> shippel day by day.” A. D- 1553. 1 have modernized the spelling ; but there these words have stood since the days of Queen Elizabeth. On the walls hung the portraits of my \ouog friend’s ancestry ; among them, those children of the Great Stafford, of whom he spoke so beautifully, when he made his noble defense, before he laied his head on the block. Here was a scene widely differ ing from the ‘‘Getter’s Saturday Night,” but the principle was the same. The rich, even more than the poor, need such a light in their dwelling ; otherwise,“how hardly shall they who have riches enter into the kingdom of heaven.” —Bishop Cox’s Covenant Prayers. The Dutchman's Insurance. | A story is told of a Dutchman who had taken the precaution to insure the , life of his wife for five hundred dollars, and his stable for nine hundred, believ ing the former might die, and the latter be burnt, and he could not get along without some compensation for the loss. Both policies had been taken from the same agent. In a few months after the stable had been insured it was destroyed by tire. Shmidt quietly notified the agent, and hinted to him that he would expect the nine hundred dollars at the earlie t possible moment. The agent at once sent a carpenter to ascertain the cost ot erecting anew stable of the same dimensions, having ascertained that the I property had been insured for more than it was worth. The builder reported that he could replace the building with new material for live hundred d> liars, but unfortunately there was an ordinance i preventing the e ecti m of frame build* : t’ngs the old stable having been of wood. He was asked to estimate the cost of a brick stable and reported the amount seven hundred and fifty dollars. The agi-nt then notified Shmidt that he would build him anew brick stable in place of the old frame one ; but Shmidt became very indignant at the proposis Lion, saying : • “ L do not understand dis insurance business. I nay you for nine hundred dollars, and when m. stable burn down you make me a uev one. I not want a new stable—l want nine hundred dol lars.” The agent reasoned with Shmidt, but to no purpose. When the stable was nearly finished, Shmidt went to consult a lawyer, think ing he could get the aumunt of the pol* icy, besides having anew stable. The lawyer, however, informed him that the company had the right to make good the loss by building anew stable, and expressed surprise at the idea of bring ing a suit against them. “ But,” said Shmidt, “ I insure for nine hundred dollar, and dis foliar put up dem shtable for seven hundred and fifty dollar ; I do not understand dis in surance business.” Finding that he could not compel the payment by iuw, he became disgusted with the insurance business altogether. Gulfing upon the agent, Shmidt said : “ Mr. Agent, I want you tostnpdem insurance on mine flow. Ido n<>t pay more monish dat way ; I not understand dis insurance business.” Agent (surprised): “Why, Mr. Shmid\, you are doing a very foolish thing. You have paid considerable on this policy already, and if your wife should die you would get five thousand dollars.” “ Yaw, dat is what you tell me now,” said Shmidt. “Veil I pays you on my shtables. you say I get nine hundred dollars if it burn down. So it got burn down, and you not give me my monish. You say : “ Oh, dat vash an o and frame shtables—ish not word anydings. I make you anew brick shtables; and you no pay me my nine hundred dollar Ven mine frow die den you say to me : “ Oh, she vash an old Dutch roman; she not word anydings; I get you a new English vife!,’ And so I lose mine five thousand dollar. You not fool Shmidt again. I not understand dis insurance business.” Ginnanicn Vine. A correspondent list summer who sent us a wreath of the branches of a cinnamon vine’, so delighted the visitors of our office with the delicious fragrance which filled the entire room for days, has at our request given us more specif ic informallou about it. “ The tuber was grown in a pot, tim only experiment of the kind, which proves that it can fie grown in the house, and po s of almost any size for this purpose. I would re yaarling tubers , the bulbs should be planted in the garden, and the tubers at one and two years oid.p’aufod where the vines are wanted for ornaments around arbours and front doors of dwellings. Our strongest vines from three year old roots, ran thirty feet; these weie in the garden on lofty poles ; those bj' the side o c the front door, two year old tubers, wore conducted on heavy twines per* pendieulurly, and then horizontally to completely surround the entrance, top and sides Morning glories were train ed upon the same twine. The effect of the beautiful green leaves of the two vines, and the open flowers of the morn ing glories, together with the fragrance of the cinnamon vine, may he imagined, but realized onlv by their presence.— I IF. B, iggs, in Floral Cabinet. Limit Tour Wants. True individual wealth docs not con sist iu dollars and cents —nor even what these representations of exchange can buy. To a certain limit, money is de sirable—beyond that it is a burden —a slaveholder, a curse. Wheneve- a man possesses a sufficiency of money to buy food that is wholesome, clothes that are comfortable and drink that is palatable, with a reasonable amount to pay travel ing, sight-see ng and experimenting, he owns enough to make him happy —pro* vided that happiness comes from wealth. And the world's espeiience is, that rronev is not the only thing that brings happiness; a satisfied mind is dearer than riches. An individual who can limit his wants possesses a mine of wealth far more valuable than those of California. Diogenes with his lantern was more happy in his tub than Alex ander weeping at the head of his army for more worlds to conquer. Learn to control your appetite, govern your pas sions and live within your means ; then, truly, you arc a rich man ; rich in that which you carry with yoaj a soul filled with wisdom, aud a mind devoid of ear bly vanities. Just ns you train your talents, just so they will govern you Let combative ness and destructiveness become unduly emerged, and you will certainly become a savage : let casualty and benevolence control at or.ee, and you are a philan thropist; then add to this proper train ing of the perceptive and intuitive or gan, and you become the true philoso pher Limit, then, your wants of dollars and cnets, aud enlarge your capacity for knowledge, wisdom, goodness, and con tentment, if you wish to be happy here and wear the crown of true manhood hereafter. —National Granger. - - iiumf fo— ■■ - Cheerful Homes. Frugal wives.good housewives, always look as neat at breakfast ns circum stances will permit. And the circum stances usually “Is beyond her control,” in any, are her husband and her sons. The amount of litter, of things lost, broken, or misplaced, which can be maintain and by two or three, or six or ten boys and men is something wonder* ful ; and the marvel is, not that here and there a mother comes to the break fast table with a stitch dropped, or a ribbon unadjusted, but that; the wearied woman can get there at all. If the wife is required to keep order the husband and sons should avoid the disorder. If they want hot coffee,aud cold is di appointing, they must come down in season to breakfast. And if a man desires that his wife should look plea antly and speak pleasantly,he should find some time to permit her to speak, an-* speak himself to her, between din* ner one da*v and break last the next. There are some men, and boys too, for whom home has na attraction fi> the evening. There are sons who seem to regard the homo as only a place to eat and sleep in. The mother of such sons cannot be expected to look cheerful at break last. The Salt Lake Tribune, of a late date, sa\s: “Aunt Nancy, that good old soul, has returned again, like the au tumn,with green veil and blue umorella. tinted with time From the classic shades of Cache she has come, to claim her long disputed position as queen of Brigham’s harem. The p tor old lady has wandered for thirty years, up and down on the earth, like a witch upon the wind. For years aud years she Headed begged aud entreated the Prophet to take- her in out of the cold, but he was deaf to her appeals. Her loving words, whispered through toothless gums and purple lips could not awaken an echo in his heart. Nay when her affection got slovenly Brigham put her out of his house and shut the door in her face, she snatched the cup from his head and to this day wears it as a bustle. But she always thought that time would straighten out this love affair, aud had consequently let Briuham sow his wild oats and have his fun, while she has resignedly waited his royal pleasure. Now, after years have sped away and when the fires of his youth burn dim, be opens wide bis arms to his fi: st love.” A Tough Foot —They tell big sto ries about the tough feet of the Louisi* ana darkies, but the Vicksburg negro is always ready to compete for the medal. One of them entered a blacksmi h shop the other day to sell a horse shoe, arid he placed his foot on a piece of hot iron just cut from the bar. It was a full minute belore the heat struck in, and then h.e gave a leap over the anvil, and uttered a terrible yell The smith ask ed him to explain, and llqj darkey re sponded : “ Why, I’ze bio standin’ on dat piece ob red hot iron !” “ And you didn’t know it?” “ No, not zaetly ; but I smelt sum thin’ kinder curus for a good while, but I fought dar was a dead boss ’round hyar somewhor !” Duration of Lifk. —When Rome flourished, the average length of human life was twenty*!. ne years ; during the sixteenth century it had increased among the more cultivated nations to forty-one years. Now the age of the English no biiity averages fifty-three years. These facts show that the spread of intelli gence, in connection with the comforts of life,especially when their continuance is guaranteed so as to relieve the mind from the care for daily bread, and from all anxiety for future sustenance are im portant elements in securing length of years —more so than is generally imag ined. Pensioned persons, whether in palace or poor-house, have long been re marked for their longevity ; and the well-to do average eleven years longer than day laborers. One-Sided Men. A writer in the Popular Science Monthly says: I was once sitting in a eool underground saloon at Leipsic,while without people were ready to die from the heat, when anew guest entered and took a seat opposite to me. The sweat rolled in great drops from his face, and he was k<pt busy with his handkerchief, till at last he found relief in the excia mation, Fearfully hot !” I watched him attentively as he called fora cool drink, for I expected every mum nt that he *mu!d fall from his chair in a fit of apoplexy. The man must have noticed that 1 was observing him. for he turned toward me -ti V< nly. saying : “ l am k curious suit of a person, am r n it r " Why ?” I asked. “ Because I perspire oi.lv. oti the right side.” VOL. VI.--X 0.20. And so it was; the right cheek and the right hajf of his forehead were as hot os fire, while the left side of his *acc bore not a trace of perspiration. I had never seen the like, and. in ray as tonishment, was about to enter into con tent ersution uiith him regarding his physiological curiosity, when his neigh bor on the left broke in with the re - maik : “ ‘ ken we aro the opposite and coun terparts for each other ; for I perspire only on the left side." *i is t">o was the fact. So the pair tour, seat-s opposite to each other, and , °' k hands like two men who had just Sound each his ether half. “ That’s 1 was sitting down i;i tko Orphanage grounds upon one of the seats, talking with, one ot my brother trustees, when a litiio tel low, I should think about eight years ot age, .oil the other boys who phjed around us and came deliberately up to us. lie opened fire upon us thus : “ i>lease > Spurgeon, I want to come and sit down on that seat between you two gentlemen." “Come along Bob, and tell us what you want." “ j>leasc - *' ]r - Spurgeon,suppose there was a little hoy who had no father, who hved in a.n orphanage with a lot of oth er little boys who had no lathers, and suppose those boys had mothers and aunts, who corned once a month, and brought them apples and oranges, and gave them pennies, and cupposc this lit tle boy had no mother, and nobody ever corned to o.ing him Dice things, do’Dfc y°u think somebody ought to give him a penny i 'Cause, JJr. Sourgeon,that’s me." Somebody felt something wet in his eve, and Lob got a sixpence, and wont f ia a great state of delight. Poor lit tie soul; nc had seised an oppoitunity to pour out a sorrow which made him miserable when the motherly visiting day came around, aud as he said, “ No> body never corned to bring him nice things." Hotel Bills o? toe Past,—Sever oral years ago I arrived at a county hostelry situated in the neighboring town ot Rumney. Staying a week or two, L asked my bill when the time of my stay was at an end. “Well, what do you think it worth ?" asked my landlord. “Oh, i don’t know; you keep the Uo* tel—what is the charge?" “ Well—come let’s chalk." o the hollows were taken from its nail, as was then so frequently the cus tom, each party chalked what he thought it was worth. Looking at the figures finally the landlord said: W ell, about 20 cents for meals and 20 cents for lodging." Wondering, I paid him. Next year, happening in the same town, I stopped at toe house of a fjiend, and mooting my “ chalking ” landlord of tho year previous, he said : ‘ I did a wrong thing by you last year, I charged you too much. You see 20 cents a meal ain’t much, but then and times 20 is CO, for meals, and 7 times S'- is $5.90 a week; and that’s an aw* iui sum."— Cor. Boston Advertiser. -r Letter Than Fish.—They recog nized each other at one of the fish stands, and one called out: “Is that you. Mrs. Jonea ? And arc you after a fish V’ “ And is that you, Mrs. Toddle ? and no, I never buy fish." “ You don’t ?” ‘ No. I have got the particularests husband you ever saw. If he’s eating fish and gets four or five scales in hia mouth he makes as much fuss as some men would over a cobble stone in a loaf ol oread. So I buy liver, there’s no scabs on it, and ail you have to do is to give it a rinse, flop it into the spider, and the butcher gets all the blame.”— Detroit Free Press. Mixed.—An eastern editor while ta king his crooked whisky straight, got things mixed somewhat thusiy : A Yv cistern editor wrestled thrsly : The laves have fallen from the trees, and chilling blasts come roaring down hom the Polar regions while the frost laden zephyr—yes sir, we sent your pa yer to you, bet ten dollars on it, sorrv, sir, that we left your name out of that committee. Mistakes will occur though trust white fills zephyr full of blue sand—we didn’t mean you . We meant thnt other fellow got licked at the circus —white heifer just, three buttons—lets see. Oh, yes—while the little lad with white frosted neck—bang it all, you didn’t leave your overcoat here, and I can lick you in three minutes. Got to lIAA r E 'JEm.—\esterday noon a Detroit citizen of mature years and kindly heart caught a boy in the act of stealing some peanuts off a street stand and lie reproachfdlly said : “ Boy, do know what becomes of thieves ?” “Sometimes the police catches 'em and sometimes they gits aw„y !” rep-> ed the lad. Y, < 11, don’t you know that a boy uho steals peanuts will never go to Heaven ?” “I guess they won’t,” replied the boy after a little reflection, “but when I gits hungry after peanuts they has got to come unless they are spiked down !” Detroit Free Press. Some fellcw who has been snubbed defines • bociety as an exchange where .ain people meet to dupe themselves and tvch otner.” He failed io aid most of them deaL in “ futures ” rud •• calls.”. \ r 7 V y > • J