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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, OCTOBER 1,1882,
13
“Well, you’re In very different circum
stances from what you were when you
passed us this morning,” said the old horse.
“How so?” asked the cob.
“Can you ask?" said the horse. “Were
you not drawing after you a burden of
rich delicacies that scented the air as you
passed 7"
“True, I was,” replied the cob; “but not
for my own benefit. The most that I have
to do with the beans is to carry them for the
use of others; it's seldom I get a taste my
self.”
“Ah,” said Teddy to the old horse, as the
cob’s master drove him off at a smart trot,
“how little we know of the truth of things I
1 have often envied my Cousin Jack, that
draws a cart full of vegetables along this
road every Saturday, but I shouldn’t won
der if he would tell the same story. No one
can eat more than enough; and although it
looks fine to have so much substance tacked
to you, I daresay, in most coses where we
see it, others get more good from it than
he to whom it seems to belong."
So he buried his nose contentedly into a
bunch of nettles, while the old horse stood
yet in a melancholy attitude, trying to catch
the last whiff of his lamented beans, of
which even the empty cart had left a grate
ful odor.
No Use to Try to Please Everybody.
“If you please,” said the weathercock to
the wind, “turn me to the south. There is
such a cry-out against the cold, that I am
afraid they’ll pull me down if I stop much
longer in this north quarter.”
So the wind blew from the south, and the
sun was master of the day, and rain fell
abundantly.
“Oh, please turn me from the south j” said
the weathercock to the wind again. “The
jiotatoes will all be spoiled, and the corn
wants dry weather, and while I am here rain
it will; and, what with the heat and the
wet, the farmers are just mad against me.”
So the wfind shifted into the west, and
there came soft, drying breezes day after
day.
“Oh, dear, dear!” said the weathercock.
“Here’s a pretty to-do! Such evil looks as
I get from eyes all around me the first thing
every morning! The gross is getting parched
up, and there is no water for the stock, and
joyhat is to be done? As to the gardeners,
They say there won’t be a pea to be seen, and
the vegetables will wither away. Do turn
me somewhere else.”
Upon which the wind grew very angry,
and with a fierce puff, sent the weathercock
into the east.
"What do they say to you now?’, he
asked.
“What?” cried the weathercock. "Why,
everybody has caught cold, and everything
is blighted—that’s what they say. And
there isn’t a misfortune that happens but
somehow or other tbjy lay it to the east
wind." e
“Well," cried the wind, “let them find
fault. I see it’s impossible for you and me
to please everybody; so, in future, I shall
blow where I list, and you shall go where
I like, without asking any questions. I
don't know but that we shall satisfy more
then than we can do now, with all our con
sideration."
Uow Can the Blind See.
A company of blind men sat talking to
gether, seeming well satisfied with their
discourse.
“The world is square,” said one.
“No doubt,” said another.
“And grass—let mo consider—grass is
red,” said a third.”
“Certainly,” cried a foruth.
“And there is darkness always," said a
fifth.
“There can be no question about that,”
chimed in a sixth.
And so they went on, making wonderful
mistakes, and agreeing with one another
most cordially.
But, suddenly, one of them gained his
sight, and he saw that the world was round,
the grass was green, and that it was light
wherever the sun shone. So he ran to tell
bis friends.
“Oh, sirs, we were in a strange mistake
when we settled all those things, I assure
you I It arose from our being blind. I can
see now, and wish you to profit by my expe
rience."
“Do but hear him I" said one.
"Ha, lia, ha!" laughed another.
“Conceited knave I" cried a third.
“Impudont impostor!" said a fourth.
“Poor deluded fellow I” said a fifth.
“All cant I" said a sixth.
“Would you believe it?” said the aston
ished man to one who, like himself, could
see.
“Believe It I" was the answer. “Certain
ly, I expected no other. If you want them to
believe you, you must see about getting
them eyes for themselves. Thoy can't see
out of yours. You forget what you were
when you were blind.”
How to Know u Goose.
“Mothor—mother!’’ cried a young rook,
returning hurriedly from its first fiight,
“I’m so frightened ; I’ve seen such a sight!”
“What sight, my son?” asked the old
rook.
“Oh, white creatures—screaming and run
ning and straining their necks, and holding
their heads everso high. Bee, mother, there
they go?"
"Geese, my son—merely geese,” calmly
replied the parent-bird, looking over the
common. “Through life, child, observe
that when you meet any one who makes a
great fuss about himself, and tries to lift his
head higher than the rest of the world, you
may set him down at once as a goose.”
A Living Dog Better (him n Dead Lion.
There was a lion’s image carved in stone,
fierce and terrible. It frowned and looked
sternly, as it crouched before the palace
gate.
“Is he not great, mighty and awful?”
asked one who stood by of a poor, low-bred
dog, that looked, unconcernedly on the im
age.
“He represents what is great, indeed,” an
swered the dog, “and if he were alive I
should be terribly afraid of him; but as he
is not alive, and I am, though I am but a
poor contemptible dog, I consider that I am
more to be envied and respected of the two.
For what is a fine outside show, pray, if it’s
ever so fine, without any life within?”
“Look Up ns well n» Down.”
“Oh, father! Oh, mother! The moon is
down—she is indeed! We have seen her
lying trembling in the lake,” cried the owlets,
bustling back to the tower, where their
parents sat among the ivy.
“Children," said the old birds, “you
looked down and saw the reflection in the
lake. If you would have looked up you
would have seen the moon herself in the
sky; but it is with novices to be led astray
by representations of a subject which a lit
tle further inquiry would have shown them
were wholy deceptive."—Mrs. Prosskr in
Golden Days.
A Number of Carious Names.
The first person mentioned in the New
York city directory for this year, is named
Elizabeth Aab, and the last person Jacob
Zypress, 2,576 Smiths, of whom 247 are John
Smiths, figure in the volume. The shortest
name In the directory is Ox, and the longest
Pffeiffensohnieder. Among the peculiar
names are 2 Lawyers, 39 Judges, 1 Crime, 3
Scriptures, 8 Bibles, 99 Parsons, 88 Bishops,
38 Popes, IS Priests, 13 Deacons, 47 Sextons,
54 Churches, 18 Christians, 19 Adams, 1 Eve,
33 Abels, 33 Cains, 6 Peaches, 4 Apples, 6
Plums, 1 Citron, 2 Chestnuts, 14 Cherrys, 1
Acorn, 5 Melons, 2 Barns, 4 Hens, 27 Lakes,
6 Rivers, 1 Trout, 1 Whale, and 33 Fish. The
directory also contains the names of 341
Kings, 11 Queens, 39 Princes, 20 Earls, 23
Barons, 24 Dukes, 7 Lions, 13 Bears, 18 Bea
vers, 4 Deers, 1 Wine, 17 Coffees, 129 Days, 8
Doubledays, 47 Winters, 27 Springs, 6 Sum
mers, 0 Falls, 3 Sundays, 4 Mondays and 4
Fridays.
Ii is an undoubted fact that mental activ
ity tends to hinder the digestive process.
An hour’s rest after dinner will set our wits
at work again; but If that time be passed
behind a double-entry ledger, a feeling of
lassitude, often combined with an almost
resistless somnolence, will advise the brain
worker that his vital energy is needed for
other purposes. “I could eat with more
comfort if it wasn’t for the consciousness of
having to hurry back to my dredgery," I
heard a poor class-teacher say, and the same
consciousness embitters the noonday meal
of millions of school children and over
worked clerks. With business people there
fore, the principal ineal should be the last,
after the day’s work Is done. We might
then have pleasant conversation, and four
blessed hours for digestion before retiring
for the night. It is on important rule that
we should digest our food thoroughly be
fore we replenish the stomach. On this ac
count, for those who can arrange their du
ties so that the interval between their meals
is not too long, two meals a day are better
than throe.
Oim YOUNG FOLKS' LETTER BOX.
Drab Aunt Fann v-Wlll you admit mo Into your
happy band o( nieces and nephews. I am thirteen
yearn old and go to school to my aunt; she Uvea with
us and Is very kind to us. I have but one little sister
and four brothent—all younger than myself; lam
the oldest of six children. We take the Boutiikhn
Would, and 1 love to read the nice little letters and
stories; I wish more children would write to you, I
do like to read their letters. I will close, as I am
afraid the waste basket will be the recipient of my
letter. With best wishes from your unknown friend
Richmond, Dalton county, Ala. llimir.
Ah iNTRnKHTiNoBrHtHicHM.—It Is said by alearned
Ohio college professor, that mere contact with the
outsides of books, handling them in a business ca
pacity. Is a liberal education to an observing (ternon.
Three-fourths of the civilized people of the globe
love books, and we are sure that any system by which
a store of books may be enlarged or a library com
menced, will be Joyfully received by people of Intel
ligeucc and culture. There Is now established In
New York city a school book exchange by Messrs.
Van Winkle * Weedon, at No. U0 Chambers street. It
is well kuown that sudden and frequent changes, for
several causes, are made In the text books used In
schools. Dealers often find an accumulation of
school books upon their shelves of very uncertain
sale. They can now forward to this firm, a full list
of such books upon blank furnished upon applica
tion, giving copyright dates, statement of condition,
and also, a complete list of what books you can use.
AnofTerwlll be made you of money, schoolbooks,
or of books from the catalogue of standard and mis
cellaneous books they carry In stock. Teachers who
often receive from publishers sample copies of new
school books, lmvo the benefit of the exchange of
fered them. And young people who have numbers
of useless (to them; school books, can lay the founda
tion row of a library that In later years they will
prize above all their other possessions. The firm are
experienced and reliable men, and those who estab
lish relationships with them are sure to be abun
dantly benefited thereby.
Thk customkra and business at Best's LI 11 put!an
Bazar, are the most Interesting of any house In the
great c'ty of New York. Grandmas, mothers and
nurses and their small charges, throng the commo
dious rooms where beauty, strength and usefulness
In little garments are so happily combined. The order
bureau Is a model of order and exactness. Send for
a circular. ^
Thkkk Is no beauty without perfect health. The
special styles of garments recommended by Mrs. A.
Fletcher, of No. A East 14th street, New York city,
has met with the unqualified and hearty approval of
women everywhere. Bend for the elegant new il
lustrated catalogue.
Thb firm or Mkrwik, Hulbkrt A Co., whose
advertisement of fire-arms appears in our columns,
Is one of tho best established and most reliable houses
In New York city. Any one doing business with these
gentlemen, Is assured of fair and honorable dealing.
GATARRh
BURNS,
SCALDS,
BJtl’ISES,
PILES,
INSECT BITES
FEMALE
COMPLAINTS,
Ac.
LjHiJTISGTOjr.ChlciKo—“ I h»ro received pmnane
rulioffrom Meofthegxtrsct." (Inflammatory dlsessc
BAXCEL *• /AXRB, fichonoctady, H. V.-"A hoanhoV
nocoMity in in j rtunllj!,"
BOTH ». VUVH», D. D., moot
Itself to bo a nocoMity In my boi
. Caution—rOND’S EXTRACT U sold only In
bottloa with tho name blown in tho gloat.
Wit is unsafe touao other articles with our
directions. Insist on having POND'S EXTRACT;
Refute all imitations and substitutes.
QUALITY UNIFORM.
Prices. OOo., Sl.OO. 81.70
at all respectable Drugglits.
Prepared by POND’S EXTRACT CO.,
H Wo.t Fourteenth Stroot, Now York.
Office 400 Broadway, New York City.
Has over 10,000 members; baa |>sld 1,200 claims.
All valid claims are paid at sight.
00,000 Accident Insurance, and 021 weekly Indem
nity for wholly disabling Injuries for ft Membership
fee and assessments, averaging a cost of about ,10
per year. Write for circulars and application blank.
JAM, B, PITCHED, Wee.
MtiiilnnHoutherii World.
n/rnnttF’q business
lllUUnJh a UNIVERSITY,
Atlanta, lia. A lire practical school. An
organized business niiimuulty. Circulars
mailed VUM on appUcnt.uu.
StWMentlon this paper
JR
Artificial Limbs.
Prices greatly reduced. Satisfaction guaranteed.
U. S. Soldiers furnished on Government orders.
Address. B. MATTHEWS,
Cor. 4th Avc. and Market Su, Louisville, Ky.
THE CO-OPERATIVE
DRESS ASSOCIATION,
(LIMITED,)
IW 3NTBW YORK,
in building up a large bunlnenn In tho Dry Goods
trade. It In not an exclusive enterprise for the ben
efit of Ladles and Membem only, nor does It deal ex
clusively In drennen, but thore Is a large
SIX-STORY ESTABLISHMENT
Filled with Dry Goods
of every description, which are Hold to all persons
wishing to buy. A feature of Its large aud widely
extended trade Is
THE “ORDER BUREAU,”
which. In response to letters or telegrams, sends Bon
nets, Dresses, Suits, Silks, Shoes, Parasols—In fact all
kinds of goods to any part of tho United States.
SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED,
anil tbe quality In alwayn the best. Send lor cata
logue and order by mall.
When you como to New York, visit this store.
Co-Operative
Dross Association,
(Limited)
31 nml 33 Went t!3d Street.
SAVE THE EXPENSE OF
BUILDING A BRICK CHIMNEY.
Onr Fire Clay Chimney l'lpe does not rust nor
crack by heat nor crumblo from frost. It has been
used ten years for dwelling-, schools, ohurcbes. Ac.
Nodatiger from tiro, us It docs not communicate heat
to wood. Insurance companies have decided It lobe
a safer chimney than brick. Any one can put It np.
We show four forms of construction. A complete
chimney costs from (5 to ,10. according to height of
building.
•Wend for descriptive circular with full Informa
tion.
ClIAN. II. TORNCII A CO ,
S. E. Cor. I*r»tt nn<l Clinrlea Nlu., Baltimore.
Mention Houthern World.
Burr Uoui on Dtiam Powkb
WELL AUGER AND DRILLS.
Rusts Eaglt Msohlne, complete,
with horse.powor, SOO Jb. drill, two
6-inch A bits, and 200 ft. rope, ftso.
Every machine guaranteed, and
men sent to sot upand tret
, bqfore payment. /WOrde
t machines direct, or send taL
circulars Mention Ukpaper.
4V. RUST, SI. Joseph, Mo.
1844 FREEHOLD INSTITUTE. 1882
Next term opens September 12. Prepares for Col
lege or for Business. Course of study thorough. Threo
Departments — English, Hclentlttc and Clauslral.
tho Principal, _
Kov. A. G. CHAMBERS, A. M„
Freehold, N. J.