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VEE KI r I i BY D. 13. FREEMAN. CALHOUN TIMES Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court House. Rates of Subscription. W-u- $2.00 ■lentils l.uO .-•* oupi-:s oik* year 15 00 Rates of Advertising. .i?” Lor ; acii square of ton lines or less or tne first insertion, sl, and for each sub sui|U •;iit insertion, fifty cents. No.sJq’rs | 1 Mo. | 5 Mos. | o Mot I 1 year. Two $4.00 $7.00 .>12.00 I $20.00 Four “ 0.00 10.00 18.00 35.00 J column 0.00 15.00 25.00 40.rX, “ 15.00 25.00 10.00 05.00 1 “ 25.00 40-00 05.00 115.00 Ten lines of solid brevier, or its equivalent ill space, make a square. Rates of Legal Advertising. Sheriff’s Sales, each levy $-1 00 Citation for letters of Admiiiietration and Guardianship. 4 00 Applicat ion for dismission from Admin iatratim, Guardianship and Exec utorsliip...., 6 00 Application tor 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 S: Snsiacstf €ar&js. p J. KiKIMt So SON, J ' attorneys at law, Will practice in all the Courts of the Cher* akee (' reuit; Supreme Court ot Georgia, and the United States District Court at Altanta, (la. Office: Sutheast corner of the Court House, t’alhouu, Ga. J I>. TINSLEY, Watch-Maker & Jeweler, CALHOUN, aA. All styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry ready repaired and warranted. T>UFE WALDO 4HO LINTON, XV □. 13. 3. DENTIST. Office over Geo. W. Wells & Co.’s Agricul tural Warehouse. j ii. Airmiit, TANARUS) FA I.VR IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, RAILROAD STKIiET, (\ilhowi, Ga. | | K. MAIN, M, D. PRACTICING PHYSIC IA N, Having permanently located in Calhoun, offers his professional services to the pub lic. Will attend ail calls when not profes -iiiually engaged. Gtnce at the (-laoun Hotel. T. 3&X. 3SsXj.Xjj3:^ LiVtilV MALI STABLE. knZ Good Saddle aud Bsiggy Horse? ami New Vehicles. Horses and mules for rale. Stock fed aud cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will p y the ca-di for corn in he ear and 'odder in the bundle. fcb3-t*. H- TU undersigned have located themselves | at the Mims Tan-yard, on (he Love’s Bridge road, miles trout Oalnouu, for the purpose of carrying on THE TAKKIHG BUSINESS. They are prepared to receive hides to tan on shares, or will exchange leather .or hi ; *s. They bind themselves, to prepare leather in workmanlike style. WM. HUN i Eli SCN. September 14, L 76.’2ui. Exec it toSa Je, IV> virtue of an order from the Court ol ) Or in ary of Gordon county, wit l 1 v sold oa the first December next, at the Court Home door in said county, be t\v ■ i the K al hours ol sale, the tract or ;>*:• • 4 of lats !h in said county, which paid Thomas It Scott owned at the time oi h s death, viz : east half of lot number ->7, in the Gth district and 3d section, containing eighty acres, more or less; said land sold as the,property of Thomas D. Scott, lor the benefit of his heirs and creditors. forms, one fourth cash, one fourth twelve months alt- r date, one fourth two years after date, and the other fourth three years after date, wioh interest from date it not punctually pail, with good security, and the a lmuns c .or will give bond for title until the pur * o money is paid. 13. F. HOSTELLER, Kxeeut* r of 1 D NeoU. . '■ I —printer’s fees 7 1 3 ;nfe3lai ii ir !Di V M |y M latEpsiaacß Speeibiy cured bv DK. bi.i'K’S on’; known and , '..Bern. , y . •(£.%Hr K for treatment ‘••u cured. Call on or address Cr - J. C. BSCS. 112 Joirn SU Ciicnaati, a bdiU'.oid WeEtern & Atlantic Railroad I AND ITS CONNECTIONS. ‘ * KENXESA JV ItO UTE” "he following takes i fleet may 28rl, 1875 N OUT ii V\ A iLD. No. I. Leave Atlanta. 4.10 ilm Ax rive Cartel vdie 0.14 li King-ton 0.42 “ “ Dalton 8.24 “ “ Chattanooga 10.25 “ No. 3 Leave Atlanta 7,<x a.m Arrive Cartersville 9.22 ~ “ Kingston 9.r. ; , -* “ Dalton 11.-4 “ Chattanooga 1.56 p.m No. 11. Leave Atlanta 2,20 p.m Arrive Cart, rsvilli* 7.19 “ “ Kingston 8.21 “ “ Dalton 11.18 “ SOUTH WALD. No. 2. Leave Chattanooga 4.00 p.m Arrive Dalton 5.H “ “ Kingston 728 “ “ Cartersville 8.12 “ “ Atlanta 10 15 “ No. 4. Leave Chattanooga s.(K)a.m Arrive Dalton 7.91 *< “ Kingston 9.97 ** “ Cartersville 9.12 “ “ Atlanta 12 06 p.m No. 12. Leave Dalton 1.00 a.m Arrive Kingston.. 4.19 *• “ Cartersville sis “ “ Atlanta 9.20 “ Pullman Palace Gars run on Nos. 1 and 2 between Now Orleans and Baltimore. Cullman I’ulace Cars run on Nos. J and 4 between Atla ta and Nashville. Cullman l'aluce Cars run oil Nos. 2 and 3 bit wool Louisville and Atlanta. SfyX*, No change of cilrs 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 ) oik the second afternoon thereafter ,t 4.00. Excursion tickets to the Virginia springs and various summer resoits will be on sale i. iu New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and At lanta, at greatly reduced rates, first of June. Parties desiring a whole ear through to the Virginia Springs or Baltimore, should address the undersigned. Parties contemplating trove! should send for a copy :f the Keunesaw lioute Gazette, containing schedules, etc. Ask for Tickets v : a “ Kennesaw lioute.” H. W. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga. Ckc.aico of ScLoihile. ON TIIE GEOKGIA AND MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROADS. ON AND AFTER NUN DAY, JUNE 28tii. 1874, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia and M n<*on aud Augusta Railroads will run as follow-■: GEORGIA RAILROAD. Day Passenger Train Will Leave Augusta at 8:45 0 m Leave Atlanta at 7:00 u m Arrive in Augusta at "teO p m Arrive in Atlanta at 5:15 p m Niggt Passenger Train. Leave Augusta at 8:15 p in Leave Atlanta at 10:20 p m 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 n in Leave Camak at 2:15 p nt Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p m Leave Macon at 6:30 a m Arrive at Camak at 10:45 a in Arrive at Augusta at 2:00 p m RE HZ EL LI PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 4:15 p m Leave Berzelia at 8:30 a 111 Arrive n Augusta at 9:55 a m Arrive in Berzelia at 6:50 p m Passengers from Athens, Washington, At lanta, or #ny point on tiie Georgia Rail road and Brunches, by taking the Day Pas senger Train, will make close connection at Camak with trams for dacou and all points beyond. Pulliiiairs (First-Class) Pnlue sleep:n Cars on all Nigh: Passenger Trains on h Georgia Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent. Superintendent’s Office Georgia and Macon aul Augusta Railroads, Augusta, Jure 29, 1874, Awarded the Highest Medal at Yler.ua. E. & 11. T ANTHONY & CO., £9! Rroadway, New York. (Opp. M'.-iroptditan fio.ei ) Manufacturers, Importers A- Deal ers in CH?w0Il03 AND. FRAMES, Stereoscopes and Views, Albums, G raphosi-opes an . suitable views, I J I U)U pi: I<s uvix Is, We are Headquarters fo ' everything in the way of Stereoscofrticovs end ALayic Etnt terns. Being manufacturers of the Micro- Scientific Lon tern, Stereo- l*onopt tcon , Cnicertify StereofU'-opdeon , A(/cciti:*r’s S'treotc<j)t icon , J rtojiticon , Sc ho jl Lantern . Family Lantern, i\‘(>j)le's lAt rt tern. Each style being the best of its class in the market. Catalogues of l anterns and Slides with directions for using sent un application. Ai:\ enterprising man can make money wiih a magic lantern. : Cutout this tulvetfisotiicnt for refer ence 6i K *'t 20 9ui Special USTotice. MTS- HUDGINS can now befound at MRS. MILLS’ # FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT, 51 Broad Street, Rome, Ga., where she is prepared to do Nihiiiuh making and butting in all its branches. Call and see. Mrs. Mills is receiving a full stick ot millinery and fancy not st\l *s felt, straw and velvet hi cl Sicks and wraps in endless variety Ev thuig necessary kept for ladies' outfit. |_stp-9' ,ul * CALHOUN. GA., WEDNESDAY DECEMBER WT1875. IHE EL.i AND THE VISE. BY WILLIAM C. BRYANT. Uphold my feeble blanches With il y s long arms, i pray Thus to the Elm, her leigubor— The Vine was heard to -ay ; “ Else, lying low and helpless, A weary lot is mine. Crawled o'er by every reptile, Aud browsed by hungry kine.” The Elm was 1. oved to pity ; T en spoke the generous tree ; My hapless friend come hither, Aud find support in me.” The kindly Elm, receiving The graedu. Vine’; e. brace, Became, with that adornment, Tli- garden’s pride and grace; Became the chosen covet In which the w ild birds s ng; Became the love ol shepherds, And the giory of the spring. 0 beautiful example For youthful minds to hee 1 ! T e good we do to others Shall never miss its need ; The love of those who ie sorrows V-e lighten shall be ours, And o’er the puln we walk in That love ep.ll scatter flowers. Howa Moneyed "2 n .tfalces Him* Iu 1,5. One of the nr st erijoyaltle days I have spoilt iu England, was a visit t > .Ment utore. Buckingloiii.• hire, the seat ul‘the lat l ' Ihu'on lluthsebild. hut had no such vived conception of the reality ms i brought away with me The estate comprises 15 000 or 20 - 000, acres of the finest land of this fi - n.ious shire. The approach from died tiington station, iV>>tn wiiich it is di-tunt abou two miles thnuiah a magnificent i? wn !>-adiiig to a vooded acehvitv, up 1. the summit of which tne mansion stands. Irom (he tower the view is e of the finest in the Midland conn-. Vo-a. tMiibraeiriir on one side the ancient manor and viduge oi‘ on anoth er the 10.0, <>r of 1 ring, an i a th r l the the hi-toiic site ol [vanhoe, 1: ov the course of the world s hi-:iry It is been eloinged by !n : Id w which an an cestor ol John iiampdeu struck the 1> tick Prince, t!:e vetor <d* Cri-s-y iiud Poicttcrs. for which "Tiing, Wing and Iviinhoe’ were forfeited. In the <!E t a rice is t’.e vale of Aylesbury, and Lr away on the ridge o' t'm Chili- r 1 flilis the uionumcut ct the Duke >.f IL i ."i' f boUiula i.iO i el V,i tl. Triiur Park, owned by another of too iu thscihl ta oily. i> said t-> he second in h. o,r /of its gad 9 orijy to M nt-iii >rc ; hilt this I had no time to v c Tl; sub tropical gardens, vegetable the fountain garden and the It ili in arden, occupied ns for h .urs. 'idle first is second Ii supp sc. only the R.y . al batonic gardens in J\cw ; the See ml embraces, wifh the fruit guldens about twenty acres; the whole proceeds of which are consumed in the mansion. In one of the numerous graperies, - . arranged as to furnish fruit every month i iu the year, 1 saw a single cluster of grapes which would weigh six pounds, the berries on which wore ah qu the size of good large plums, and the most I lueious l ever tasted. Oranges, figs, pineapples, and bananas and other trop ical truits consumed in the man-ion are i all grown in the conservatories of .Vlen tiiiiove. \\ hen the baroness i- absent yachting in the channel or at her Loti don house, orders by telegram ire sent to Meutuiore uaiiy iur the suyp ies re quired. The vases iu the fountain aud Itaiiaii gardens cost each £I.OOO The statua ry is all of the most costly kind, execu ti<mi by the firteat masters, many <<i them copies ol ongina s winch L s.w in the Lourve or in the British Museum Fae j great hell, which from the entrance seemed to ma about. 20 :>y JO file*, is filled wi'li vases a.id statury. Its con tents must, represent a value of not less 1 than £800.01:0. We were n t less than three hours passing through the rooms. The finish is exquisite and the iug of each sumptuous. Some 1 ieu may he foritied of the whole from ilm jurti- j ture of a single bed room, one of the m ny great chambers, costing £25.000 1 ur £oo.ooo. j In the dining room and Inr -ni -l ]> i!l are furniture exceeding £200.000 each. OnsGy Cabinets of th* time of G- li> XIY. of ebony inlaid with ivory gold ; jewelled bi< *ks. u* <de of s did g >Li ; diamonds, rubies and all sot -of precious iu nes ; waits hung with tiie costliest tapestry, of the ti ne of Louis XIV, or covered wit the richest nee die embroidered satin may give some idea of the wealth lavished on tills more than princely man-ion The e- >tiie>t psi*-tings adorn the walls, and tiie ne st : skiillul and cxpeti ive workmanship is displaye ! upon the ceilings. 'i iie ii a id tiie Barm seems to have Icon to build and furnish as no other per- 11 in England, except. p< t h .ps the Duke of We.-fctiiiiii.ter Ci uid hope to rival. The Siud is said to contain more high hr and horses titan any in the world it embraces thirty-five hunters and as many racers. None of which i heard were less iu value than £OOO, while, many of then) ran up into the thousands. Ea votiius, Mace.uroni, and Oid Tom, the last patriarch of high bred racers we saw. all winners ol famous races. For Favonius £12,000 was refused, and I for Maeearoni, £7,100 were but recent ! b Pai<l - was fortunate in getting an intro** j ductiou to iNjentuiore through an ac quaintance I made in England The grounds arc on rare occasion open to j visitors,but ordinarily there is no cccess to the mansion. I saw I believe, ever r tom in the house except wh re the tnamre are kept during the absence of | he family. Making Excus s. | It ha? been said th A a person ;tho is goed at mu Lin? excuses is £odd far not Ling else. N tore never ace }ts an exeu e, tin: law seldom dots, and yet in ordiua 1 affairs of ife excuses play a larga and pernicious rt. * Jjeve sr • sume-ficoOie wh* spend h f th * :u u. vent iug cx<-i'C.- f r what ihey and in the ptlo-r half t.f the time V. hit a j itty tlii- inventive p*wer e ul 11 tb> direct..-d into 1 useful channel, and made to ben fit instead of injuring their fel low-men ! 4 i.e habit of .oakiug ix cases gt.ws on what ii feeds upon. Ir excuses were never accepted they would he seldom fi red ; hut on 'he contrary, <mr whole primary school system i built on a pls-n that Esters the f .hric .- tioti of excuses, many of which are little better than lies. There is a story <4 a school master who called up one of his favorite sc’m la sand e*ked him why he was Jit . *• CHi,” said the little ex cise m:.k. r, 1 dreamt 1 Was going to Cuhl'ornia, and when i heard the school toll I thought-it wis the steamboat bell.” 6/1 id to y. id punishing his l'avoriie.tiiis absurd exeu-e wa- accepted an i the de i uquciit pa id ued. We f-.r there are too many par nts mid teachers so will* to accent excuses tuat they gieutiy eiu courage excuse making, and indu ctiy encourage ! y i• <g. As tlie.-e pupils grow o-'d-r and begin to feel a jk-is ual re sp<*ll si 1 >:lit y lor rii; ir aeti.ms. tliei t; it u-i.llv fill it t • the habit ol making (>x>. CC’W to their consciences -oid deeieving tiit-u.-,'lv e-. 11- tv t|uu-kly an i>i >: nious excuse heals the prick ol conscience ! We <1 > not mean to assert that, frail and impmTect mortals a- wo are, we should requite perfection ol’nur iellows. nor, like Shy!< ek. demand that the let ter of the b'utd bo iuifilied. Justice must he te a-pored w.th mercy,but some times we must, be e. u ! in old r to Lii.il Not are - I- hs are iuficxibie ; there is no esca;*- from the severities of of her j. s' penait is Our statute and • th- r i. ws *lingui.-h I tween Oiurder eommitt'd with preined it atie-u and mal i-‘ ami that- c-'omnAed without fore-, th ught R ite insane scape puni-hs moot tdr their criri. s. however heimms. I he m 11 who shoots his sister by ace s dent is at once acquitted. But docs the bullet dlscbarg and by accidetit, or by a lunatic. **r by any on iu the boat of po.— iim. nr-'Ve less than it -would • ■' th ■ -i , ' r -oi .i ; fie. s“ r.d artery, the pierced Im , the c• j sti <1 ! r:ji o ii.Aeu to in exc .- s. To him that is numb-red it. is ai l one wh-tiier it was premcditaAid or n it. inf action of any and all of Na ture’s i.ws brings ascertain punishment us does Record r Hackett’s court, nay, -oore certain, it’ ie-s speedy The riglit shoe, whether of satin or enwhid , worn v luuturiSy or uuvolurtarily, by a city b lie or a rustic clown, is sure to pro duce the well-known corn. Undue ex** p s re F ids t > consumption ; over study and excitement produce brain disci-si s as frequently i • the pulpit as iu Wall street lE-v often are people engaged in charitable work stricken down by disease incur re 4 in the fulfilment of a holy illusion ! Most undeserving of such a fate, we are inclined to exclaim ; but Nature accepts no excuses. Violate her laws, and yo die ! But what is the great barm in ex cuses ? we think our reader be.-ins to inquire. First, it encourages story tell ing, uiitrn-h, prevarication and white j lies. Second, it makes p.-ople card ss. Rail say trains are our best examples of punctuality ; if y> u reach tiie depot but lie on seconds too late, you are left and uiu-t wait, pci leaps for hours. It is of no avail to tell t’ue doorkeeper that your delay was unavoidable, teat the omnibus broke down, or the street was blockaded, or the car ran oii the track. I Pe pie f now that the rule is as inflexible j as the law of the Medes; they do not flatter themselves, as and os the tardy school hoy, that their excuse is a good one. and th is loiter along at a convent eui. gait. (Joe of the ). -sings < f rail way travel is that. it. makes people unn-g prompt and in reddig ut. ihe banks are • : ■io r oF-sol institutions that aid !<■•!. ace-. ;*r. 1 xca-. s ; ii your units is n t paid by tin vse o’.dock, it go- s to jimte.-t. It coo? -!S not, tea: Le m ■ J ptouii, and you i'.o ed to c -me t * ti l' and iu t a.s, too train bringing y.*ur dr: I. was delay-J by s\o .v driit.-. oi at A a:■h*c re • •:: o *.e was p.ped by a hi k u wire or the me-seog r eft ins way to th * hand Jell into an ooen coal l e*a: aud is lu-uuu-. 1 for ufe: th<* bank a-ks ri- i.e <f thisc q'lv-tioiis, it listens to none ol these ex ia:s. > ; the law is carried out. The p mre-t of all ex -uses is forget tuim 'S. and tiie best method of cultivat ing the memory is to resolve neve** to accept this excuse for yourself tier make it to others If ro-t.” and “ l didn’t f i.it k” h ive ca used un*ni.l misery, and should he sf rick n |V<u the voc dnulary of cvci'v ambiti.-ns v -nth. J-m.luctors ami sm itch men s meti-oes f’.rget thac a c -rt.;*• ti train is due, and fhe next morn iiig we ’Cal in h-savy head lines; ••Feai lhl H itiroad \ecid -nt ! Dreadful L-s of Lite ” The ion-cent (?) Uou liucter is acquitted of the murder be cause he renders an acceptable excuse, s: nd history g< ■ s n repeating it--If. It. some ot the eastern c untries, it is said, when a house burns and -vn. the owner, instead of getting 1 aid f< r it loses his head. Fires are not ul frequent occur j reuce there. The oi l saw, that where there is a will there is a way. is true more frequent lv than is generally stq posed. Let a aian know that no excuse will avail for (he omission of duty,.and nine times out of ten he will contrive to accomplish what be had supposed to be impossible. j —Scientijic American. C l ..£ £4l tl 52* .i i 1 lit 1 1> clA* A <-* # IJ. s-"'U'rs tae Retu.lius of a-:. 1.-'lia .l V .trriar. Two small children of Mr. John B ii ak wer. {‘laying on t lie banks ofßtaun t.'ii river on toe c 1 anklio sole, wiion oite f them running ab >-it, with a cry -ud h-nlv disappeored frqi# view Her broth-r rushed to !> rNoi-t • -o*. ■* 4 f-uud her standing ;<t h depth .4 ah u •-gut or nine feet IV >ia the surfhee of | toe earth. The girl liad broken a crust of earth and had fallen into a sort of chamber or cave Her l.ro her went IT to procure a tick in order t assist her out. in the memwhile she proeei and and t> look around the strange ab do into which she lt.*d si u:ic*tiiii-iftiOusly intruded She found herself in a chamber some sixteen feet i length bv iw Ive f*--r in breadth. am'Nix feet n height. What was her surprise to find, bv the aid c l the light shining from the opening nude by her desc-nt. what append'd t>- her the form of a man stretched along out side of the cave. iu great alarm she hastened, with the as-isruiicc ot her Lr-tUo. r.to s.ei a tub e oir •*t toe im'o; and the two children ran to Mr hicks wh w s in a field near by, ;u*l told him what had happened lie went at once to the soot with a neighbor who happened f<> be present, nd proceeded to explore the cave l iioir surprise can he b tter imagined 1 o n described, at finding lying i*o u raised surface i one side ■•>(’ the c.ave rUe naked body of an Indian. He was full -ix he It * h, and wa- Ivin-* -o Us r-ack w.th his ;u ms cr*..s*icd on I*l* >som, tS*e 'ctoains ol'a corotie! of f-.-athe s .still encircling Ii is head, and his face hide* oU-iy painted. By bis side- lay a bow -and a* rows, and cv oral jritrcc*- of p liter ; and several cars of corn. The body was apparently in a perfect- state of preserva tion, th" dark red Akin not at ail shriv tol.d, and the features though pinched as is generally lit-.: e:* iu and alh, stili n *i. mauod After g-zing at the d.-.oi vh i iur ft-r a lew monients, Mr. Hicks’ o- utpauiou stooped down and lock hold of toe boiy, when, to his surpi-e, it crumb! :d to dust. 4 he vases uni bow and arrows were found to be sound, and were taken bv Mr Ilicks, iu whose pos se -Fn t hey ,-tiii are. The two gentlemen ex mined the cave, aud found it to be apparently ar~ tti *i 1 1, perfectly dry, with the upper side crusted or powdered with some ■ bite subsi ii:ee, thought to kve lime. •Thus, by a .*.r-aoge chance were ex posed to view t tie m e tai remain of an In han warrior, wlio.f.om the manner in which he was intoned, was eviden !y a chief t -in of' p.ower atid renown. —Liberty Va.) Nacs. fUme 31 ca are Uiat Way. Toe other day a lady on a couduc t ) i-- stre, t car handed her tii ket to a nan who sat o p site, and he receivcu it with a biaiik look, turned it uver and said ; “ Yes. T guess that is a <_ood ticket.” She motioned toward the ticket box and lie looked that way and replied : “(F t it of the driver, eh ? Well I supp .• it's all rignt.” “Flease put it iu the box,” slie whis pered. “In the hox ? Why, of course I will. [am always willing to oblige *y one. aud I aui glad I can be oi service to j f you After disposing of the ticket he took hi* seat aud said : “ Th re, mad un, your ticket is in the b -x. ami now if i can do anything else tc oblige you. please command me.” She blushed and loked this way and that, and he continued : ••Don’t be backward, madam. If theio L any question you want to ask, just speak right, up ” She pulled the boll and started for the door, and he said : “Why.why didn’t you.ask noto r*2 the hell I would have eh erfully pull ed it with the greatest vigor. —Detroit i eee J 'ress. TffE Number One. —The -i ruHr pr-'p -rties of 'he number 9 are well kuo-.n t.i arithmeticians, 'I he follow iug L one of the m- .*t interesting. If the eord;n:d mi.- be"S from 1 t* 5- ioehi su- iy i-unt. tng 8. be used as a 0 nui - ii-ic oul. and any as a noth pii r. the re sult will preseiit a sucn>*i oof figures, the same as that muhiitlic i by Jie H 1-r examp'e.if we w-sh as ri -of five: f we take 5 times 9 equal lo 45, for a multi {tier : 12345 <: 7 5 4 5 0172S 3 9 5 • 4938 2 7 1 G 555 5 5 5 •*> 5 A similar resul -i : be t.* *i ■ 1 1 using ai! th- othel ■ 1 : • (72); but the 8 n.Hst iu all cases be omitted in the multiplicand. “ Dio you ever break a yoke of four year old Deers? ’ asked a Bock county (Iowa) farmer of a Janesville chap who wanted to marry his daughter. “ No.I never did.’ was the meek reply, “ but. i have rode with a mule in a circus,aud ' had a good deal of other experience in j the world ” “ N<* other exp r n •<•.’’ i said the Granger, “would qualify vru, j young, man, for trying to handle that girl,” and the sad youth departed. A DARKY who was stooping to wash | his hands in a -k, Din’t it -lice th. I peculiar action* of a gout just b k.inu j him, so' wh n h • a abled ut if th | water and w u a-k*- • h :~-- it happened, he answered : "Id inn -l z 1 *t-v ; L p*ear das e uo eiiore binuc u and froved g*e.” Bow Truffles Dirt It. I returned to Ashville after an ab* ! seiice of three years.and found my friend Truffles grown fat and jovial, with a face the mirror of peace and self-satisfaction. ! ruffles was the Village baker, and he was not like this when I went away. “ Truffles,” *. 11, “ bow is it ? You haved improved V* “Improved! flow?” “ Why, iu every way. What have you Lien doing ?” Just then a little girl came in with a t ittered shawl and barefooted, to whom Truffles gave a loaf of bread. “ Oh. dear Mr. Truffles,” the child said, with brimming eyes, “ mama is getting bet* te , and she hloi-.-es you, indeed she does.” | "That’sone of the tilings I h ive been doing,”* lie s>id alter the child had gone " You rre giving the fcuffhring family bread ?” I queried. “ Yes ” “ Have you any more cases like that?” *• Yes, iltree or four of them. I <give them a loaf a day—enough to Iced them.” “ And you take no pay ?” “ Not from them ” “ ,\h ! from the town ?” “ No; here,” said Truffles laying his hand on his breast. “ I’ll tell you,” lie ad led smiling “One day over a year ago, a pa >r woman come to me and nak ed ibr a loaf of breed f r which she Could not pay —she wanted it for her jioor siuT. rng children. At first ! hes it ted, I ut. finally I gave it to her, and a.* her blessing rang iu toy ears alter she had game i felt my heart grow warm. — l i nes were hard, and there was a good d--*l of suffering. :t and t found myself wishing by and by, that I e mid give away m -re b eal At length an idea struck me. Id stop dii king and give that amount, away in bread, adding one or two loaves on my own account. I did it, and it’s been a blessing to me. My '•cart h is grown bigger, and I’ve grown otter every way. My sleep is sound and sweet, and my dreams are pleasant. And that’s what you see, I suppose.” XV ia r 11 iug. Father, mother, where is your boy to night ? The 1 igh spirited, noble son, around whom cluster the f ndest nffec* lions (-1 jour tieiot ? w here docs tie spend the.*e long autumn evenings? Do you furnish p easant entertainment at your fireside ? Or is lie roaming ?t will, over the dark streets of the town ? Know you not that Ibdeigh is full of pit fails for their young and heedless feet ? Sec those ruddy lights, which gleam, like beacon fires of hell, on al most every corner, and shine fur into night, when vor are wrapped in sleep ) Hear the rolling of those billiard balls, the ringing laugh of mocking niciri ment, the oaths, the ribald jos’s and b mgs. There youthful faces flushes with wine, .bend nightly over the entic ing game whose fascinations once felt are so hard to Miake off. Is your son there? If so, it will uot be long till he will be borne home to you, some night, drunk. Your heart will be wrung with anguish Your eyes will stream with tears. And oh, the and *wn wart road is so smooth and so rapid in its decliu •! Many years may not elapse till your sons all fib drunkards’ graves, or IVlmis’ ee'l. Stop him now. Watch over him. Guard him. Save him. For this God made you his parent. — j, ale toll Sentinel. Tribute to ;t JfloiUer. Children, look in those eyes, listen to that dear voice; notice the I -cling of even a single touch that is bestowed up ou >ou by that gentle hand. Make much of it while yet, you have that most precious of all good gifts,a loving moth er. Bead the unfathomable love of those eyes; the kind anxiety of that t me and look, however slight your pain [o ait r life you may have iYicnd'pkind, dear friends; but never will you have again the inexpressible love and gentle ness lavi-.iied upou you which none but a mother be.-Tows. Often do I sigh in wiif the hard,for the sweet dot p so uriiy I felt when, of an even ing. nestling iii her bosom, I listened to some quiet tale, suitable to my age, read in her feud rand unt ring voice. Nev er c.Ol Ii- r.M-t her sweet glances cast upon me wi **n I appeared asleep, never her kisg of peace at night. Years have ; pissed uwa\ since we laid her beside my father iu the old church yard; yet stili her voice whi-ners from th" grave, and her eyes watches over me as I visit spots* long since.hallowed to fhe memo- ! ry of my mother. Lord Micaidey. — PiU-.t-TLig I’iili'lity. • Sueecs- in life, in a trade, or a pro f-.*-i >n, or in business, comes by ioig and hard work. It is not won by luck nor by flights of gen u*, but by faithful plodding work. Dr. Holland, in Scrib* ncr’s Magazine, moralises on elevators in stores and hotels. He says nobody can rise in life ou an elevator, by shrink ing trouble What then is the true secret of suc c> ss in Site ? It is to do, without flinch •ng and with utter faithfulness, the duty that stands next to one. When a man has mastered 'he duties around him, lie is ready for those of a high r grade, and takes naturally one step up ward. When he has mastered the du ties of tiie new grade he goes on climb ing. r i here is uo surprise to the man who arrives at eminence legitimately. It is entirely natural that lie should be there, ami he is as much at home there and as little elated as when he wis working patiently a* the foot of the stairs. There are heights ab: ve him, | aad be remains humble aud nimble. VOL. VI.—NO. 20. Parchments are of little avail per* haps ; and when one Oolites into eon* tact Midi so many men and women who put aspiration in the place of per spiration, yearning for earning,and long ing for labor, he is tempted to say to them : “ Stop looking up end look around you ! Do the work that first comes to your hands, and do it well.- Take no upward step until you come to it naturally, aud hr to wou the power to hold it. The top, in this little world, is not very high, aud patient climbing will bring you to it ere you arc aware." A Boy of Many Troubles. Of all the many different definitions .of the word “ trouble " which are to be found in Wobstors unabridged dictiona ry, there are none which more forcibly conveys to our understanding v.hat real trouble isjthan the situation tfa hoy who Buffered in Arkansas. A solitary horse-. uj.*n on the highway (a drummer,mount* ed) halted before a dilapidated log cab in where a stout boy of seventeen sat upon the doorsii! nursing a baby. The boy cried violently and lookod like the picture of despair, but the baby was se* reue and happy as a clam in the S3nd. Inquired the kindheasted horsemau, rho had notions to sell, “ What on dry land ails you, hubby, that you cry so ?" 4, 0 h! its a heap that ails mo," replied the boy through great sobs aud tears. “ I can’t get (IT this doorstep, mister,but (boo hoo-hoo-hoo) do you see that cabin over thar in the timber ?" 44 I do," replied the traveler. 4> Well," continued the boy, 44 dad’s in thur dead drunk, rnoth died d;y*bcf re yesterday j sister Sal’s 1 qn'd oil’across tlic medor with a balf bi*xd ; brother Bill \3 down in the barn playing poker with a marked deck at a stranger ; tliar haint been no rain, mia ter, in the whole country all this sum mer, and the water’s done gin out; and this here baby is—well, I’ve done broke down with trouble, and it’s the matter with me, mister, that I’m in an awful fix." the sun rolled on toward the west,and the traveler continued his jour ney, eoriinced that in those parts at least the earth had too many sorrows for him. - Health Before Everything —A firmer was yesterday walking around Central Market trying to find soma chap who was willing to go into the country and do a littls work for good pay, wheu a colored man accosted him, asking: 4 ‘ Boss, does you want someone to husk corn ?" 4 Yes; I’ve been looking for some one all the morn'ng." “ What’s de pay ?’’ 44 I'll give ?1 a day." 4 ‘ Aud board ?" 44 Yes." “ An’ chicken an’ puddin’ for din ner ?" 44 Ye—yes." “ An’ Havaoa segars to srroke ?" 44 I—l guess bo," stammered the farmer. * 4 An’ a coal stove right close arouDd dur whar de corn is ?" 44 No ; I never heard of a stove in a corn field." 44 Well, if dars no stove out dar you can’t coax uia chile along! Ize got to take care of my health, even if dar isn’t a bushel ob corn raised in de country." Detroit Free Dress. After Jones. —The other day, says the Vicksburg Herald, when a citizen inquired of a negro deckhand, whom he met on the levee, if a negro by the name of Jones worked on a steamboat, the black asked : 44 Does you mean Lightening Jones ?" 44 No, I guess not." 44 F’raps you mean Buffalo Jones?" “ No, he isn’t tne one." 44 Well, does you mean Big Foot Jones ?" 44 No, it must be another." ‘■Can’t be Glass-eyed Jones, can it?" 44 No, this .Jones has no such name." “ Is it Turtle Soup Jones, then ?" 44 No, that isn’t the one." “ Is it Will Jones, Small Jones, Dick Jones, Sam Jones, or Percifull Jones?" 44 No, none of them." “ We 1, dot’s all de Jones on dat air steamboat, and if none of dem haiu’t de chap ye’ll have to Jeok furder." Life Within. — llow hard is it to feel that the power of life is to be found inside, not outside, in the heart and thoughts, in the living seed, not iu the plant which has no root ? llow often do men cultivate the gardeu of their souls just the other May ! How often do we try, and persevere in trying, to make a sort of neat show on our outer good qualities, without anything .within to correspond ; just like children who plant blossoms without any roots in the ground to make a pretty show for the hour ! We fi:,d faults in our lives, and we cut off the Meed, but we do not root it up ; we find something in our selves, and we supply it not by sowing the di vine seed of heavenly principle but by copying the deeds that the principle Ought to produce.— Temple. Rest.—How true; love lingers over the last words of the dear ones. I met Deacon S , of an adjoining town.— He is a sterling old man. Ilis wife was one among a thousand. As I took his hand, Mith, “ how goes the battle ?” the old man's lips trembled, his emotions stopped ail utterance for a time, then he said : 44 Wife said, ‘1 want, to rest.' She sat down, and in a moment was gone home. She rests." These last words, “ I want to rest," will bear“Deaeon S ,company till he chines to the end, and he will whisper them back wheu his teet touch the chil ly stream.