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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.