Atlanta independent. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1872-18??, May 09, 1872, Image 1

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ATLANTA INDEPENDENT. YOL. I. ATLANTA INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT THE MUTUAL AID JOB OFFICE, ALABAMA ST. T. S. EDITOR 4SO PROPRIETOR. FIFTY Cents per Annum. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square (ten lines) this size type, $1 00 Two do 1 50 Three do 2 00 Four do 2 50 For each subsequent insertion, unless for long terms, w hich will be specially contracted for, half the above rates. Franklin and his Paper. —Soon af terhis establishment in Philadelphia, Franklin wrs offered a piece for pub lication in liis newspaper. Being very busy, he begged the gentfemau would leave it for consideration. The next day the author called, and asked his opinion of it. “ Why sir,” replied Franklin, “I am sorry to say I think it highly scurrilous , and de&uuatory. I> ut being at a loss, on account of my poverty, whether to reject it or not, thought I would put it to this issue. At night when my work was done, I bought a two-pennv -ioaf, on which I supped heartily, and then I wrapped myself in my great coat, slept soundly on the floor till morning, when another loaf and a mug of water afforded a pleasant breakfast. Now, sir, since T can live in this man ner very comfortably, why should I prostitute my press to personal hatred or party passion for a more luxurious living?* One cannot read this anecdote of our American sage without thinking of Socrates’ reply to King Arehelaus, who had pressed him to give up preach ing in the dirty streets of Athens, and come and live with him in his splen did courts. “Meal, please your majesty, is half penny a peck at Athens, and water I get for nothing.” English Marriage Laws.— Not the least of the barbarism still clinging to the'inarriage laws of England is that one making it unlawful to be married after twelve o’clock in the day. It is almost past belief that such a law ex ists, but it is said to be a fact by the “ Pall-Mall Gazette.-’ “OWE NO MAX ANYTHING.”*, Atlanta, Ga. Thursday, May 9, 1872. Influence.— A gentleman lecturing in the neighborhood of London, said,— “Everybody has influence, even that child,” and he pointed to a little girl in her lather’s arms. “That’s cried the iqpn.^ VAt theelooche said to the lecturer, ~ “ I beg your pardon, sir, but I could not help speaking. I was a drtmkard; but as 1 did not like to go to the pub lic house alone, I used to carry this child. As I approached the public house one night, hearing a great noise inside, she said,— “ Don’t go, father!” Hold your tongue child !” “ Please father, don’t go!” “Hold your tongue!” I said, “ Presently I felt a big tear fall on my cheek. 1 could not go a step further, sir, I turned round and went home, and have never been in the pub lic house since—thank God tor it! I am now a happj' man, sir, and this lit tle girl has done it all; and when you said that even she had influence, I could not help saftlig, *xiiat J s so; sir.* All have influence.” A person who was called into court for the purpose of proving the correct ness of a doctor’s bill was asked by a lawyer whether “the doctor did not make several visits after the patient was out ot danger ?” “ No,” replied the witness, “I consider the patient in danger as long as he continues his vis its.” The New York Tribune says: ‘We have just received a receipt for the cure of diptheria, from a physician who says that of one thousand nine hun dred cases in which it has been used, not a single patient has been lost. The treatment consists in thoroughly swabbing of the mouth and throat with a wash made thus: of table salt, two drachms; black pepper, gold en seal, nitrate of potash, alum, one draclim each. Mix and pulverize, put put into a tea cup half full of water, stir well, and then till up with good cider vinegar. Use every half hour, one, two and four hours, as recovery pro gresses. The patient may swallow a little each time. Apply one ounce each of spirits turpentine, sweet oil, aqua ammonia, mixed, every hour, to the whole of the throat, and to the breast bone every four hours, keeping flannel to the part. Castilian Pride. —Probably but a small proportion of our readers were aware that Spain was at war with half the countries in South America, and has been for some scores of years. It has been a most comical sort ot war, one possible only for a State like Spain, too proud to perceive its own ridiculous ly humiliating position. Spain could not endure to recognize the independ ence of its colonies, and it had not the strength to tight them. So there has been a long cessation of actual hostili ties, but no declared peace. Our gov ernment offered its mediation to the peaceful belligerents, and has been suc cessful. But does the reader suppose peace to have been declared ? Oh, no. Spain could not brook such an indigni ty. England might be so poor-spirited as to acknowledge the independence of her colonies; but Spain never! But pragmatical Spain would consent to agree to “a general armistice and that is solemnly declared by the plenipotentiaries of of Pern v C?»ju, ILoitadoi , ltd r! f ii*,. xjy.i 1 1 IS not a peace. By no means. And Spain has not ack no wedged the independence of the allied republics, nor will she ever! Srißrr of the Age.—A distinguish ed admiral in our navy tells a good one ot his ten year-old lad, a very bright boy who has been brought up in the Episcopal church. Coming home from school the other day ho in formed his mother that, in common with all the boys in school, he had that day received twenty-flve bad marks. “Fur what, pray?” “Oh, because the teacher asked us to repeat the second commandment, and none of us did it.” “ Why, my boy, you certainly knew that. Why did you not repeat it?” “ Os course I new* it, but do you think I was going to stand up there and rope** ■ and have all the boys think I was re ligious?” —Proof Sheet. A country curate complained to old Dr. Ruth that lie received only flve pounds for preaching a certain sermon at Oxford. “Five pounds!” said the doctor; “why I wouldn’t have preached that sermon for fifty !” A young man being asked why the hair on the top of his head was so thin, replied: “ The girls tore it out pulling mein at the window.” No. 17.