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T^Sfcjy* VOLUME a.-PES ARC, ABKAN8A8, MARCH 30, 1867.WUMBER 4.
BLINDNESS.
• BY B. CONNOLLY.
Human ways are hedged with doubting, hu~
man hopes are built on sand,
Though men stride on stilts of wisdom, what
is it they understand ?
i
Life ? Man lives in utter darkness, ever
groping for the lij^t,
What seems day when far before us turns at !
•touch to ray less night.
'Straining up the path of action, thousands
climb the highlit of fame,
Finding on the narrow summit lesser joy than
whence they came.
Love ? Men fall before an idol, grasp a spark
that glows to-day—
Glows, and burns, and dies forever, leaving
ashes burned in clay.
Or, if finding earnest passion, warm and stead
fast as the sun,
liaise it higher than their skills, and lose it
ere its fruit be won.
Death? A mystery unfathomed. All we:
know is that it is—
That all creatures which inhabit God’s great
world must come to this.
lie alone who makes and taketh knows the
endless good unseen
In our coming and our going, and the life that
lies between.
Life, and Love, and Death arc nature’s; far
b*y«nd tkeir cycle lie*
Heaven’s great ultima, concealed from human
thoughts and human eyes.
Bill Arp on the Situation.
From l lit' Home (!I a ) Courier.]
Home, Bio Shanty Territory, Xo. 3,1
March 8, 1887, }
Mr. Editor My intention was to
have remained in dignified obsrurily
tbe small remnant of my miserable
days, but my friends Bob Hide, Sam
At, iL-Si, Tin ...i. ..
gentlemen of all sexes and both colors,
seem to be disheveled about the times,
■and insist on my views about the mo
mentous state of our sutl'erin country.
The good people in Atlanta have got I
shaky in the knees, and it is the duty ,
of every good citizen to keep the dis-'
ease from spreading if lie can. * 1
haven't been to Washington, nor been
playin sentinel on a watch tower, hut
my observations convinces me there is
-■i power of fuss on hand about some- i
thing. Politics looks squally and
nlarmiu. Bill Sherman overrun the
country, and destroyed and carried !
away our property, and now his broth
er John is fhiishiu up the Job by robbin !
its of tlie rights and libcrthc our fore
fathers won. (fen oral Thomas is play- j
in vuutoun with his 21 orders—puttin
harmless hoys in tlie barracks for tab
leauin with an old rebel flag—nccusiu
us of all Ute crimes in the decalogue:
such as murder, larceny, rape, arson,
burglary, bigamy.|perjurv and suicide,
throwin up in our teeth the magna
nimity of our conquerors, as bcin our
safety valve from death and Beelzebub.
Hood gracious! wliatau awful people
we arc!
And now comes Joseph, the sentinel,
with his long winded message of con
solation, telling us how we may flee
front the wrath to come—skecrin the
people to death, and gettin everything
into a stew. What made him in such a
hurry? why dident he keep silence for
u few days until the veto was signed,
mid the veto was passed? Why did
ent lie give Mr. Jenkins a chance? If
the times was so perilous, why dident
lie go and see Mr. Jenkins, and give
him his opinion in private and save all
this excitement? Mr. Jenkins is the
Governor: he is the sentinel on the
watch tower; he’s the pilot of the old
ship; lie's the people's choice. lie can
vail the Legislature when it is necessa
ry. If lie is in douhl about it. lie can
consult with l.umkin ami Cobb, and
llill and Cooper, and Hardeman and
Gibson, and Brown, aud decide what
ought to be done, and the people will
be satisfied. But while (lie ship is iu a
storm let all the deck hands keep si
lence. 1 he word will come from the'
Captain soon enough. May be that
Joseph feels sorter responsible for the*
"fix lie s got us in. May be lie s ropent
iu for the didos lie cut up, and the
seeds of discord lie sowed duriu the
war; but I doubt it. 1 don’t think his
ambition or his vanity sees anything
but bis own importance. It looks like
lie tlioug lit the Capital was moved to
Atlanta, and lie was Governor still.—
lie’s afraid the people will think lie’s
tfcad, aud just as soon as a big tiling
batons, and little before lie dutches
the Occasion—seizes the opportunity,
delivers his message, stirs up the peo
ple, sets the Gate City iu a ferment
gets liis name in the Herald and Trib
une. Joe Blown, a whale, big'leader,
conspicuous, fame, history, Mr. Jenkins
nowhere, MHlcdgeville gone up, Jo
seph E. runfiiu the machine iu At
lanta !
Well, I don’t know what is at the
bottom of all this, hut I am afraid that
while Joseph was in Washington some
body carried him up bn to a high
mountain and showed him a kingdom
or two, and lie fell dbwn and wor
shipped. Tlv i:*Hr kingdoms that a
man scf/ Of a mountain
09* * * A*
'Ids Bi.-s which
s confined to the
t hteap of folks
bf anything
know much
■ whole eon
ue tblks. I
politician who
«r
has been poking around for six months
trying to revive the Democratic party
fora livin, ami now he's In his element.
Tarties arc formin, and the old hack is
in his glory. He's sorter like tho Era
as yet—he won’t take a side, he won’t
join tho issuo, he wont commit him
self, he’s kcepin an open rear as the
Era says (I wish that paper would take
an astringent.) -
But, my friends, we’ve got nothin to
be ashamed of. Since the war our pur
suits have been peaceful and honorable.
We needent humiliate ourselves thro’
fear of wlmt humankind can do to us.—
If the Radicals intend to confiscate us.
they will do it, and no acceptance of
Sherman’s bill will prevent it. If they
want our cabbages, they arc goin to
have ’em. If they will ride over one
law, they will over another. If they
disregard Mr. Johnson's great argu
ment, they’ll disregard anything. I
don’t know how it is generally, hut
there nint an unpardoued rebel in this
county and if they confiscate they have
got to declare the pardons all void.
Nobody knows what thly wont do, or
when they will quit doing it, and my
advice is to sutler and he strong, endure
everything and accept nothing. All is
lost save honor, hold upyour manhood,
dont lick the hand that's raised to
strike the blow. Joe Brown’s bnnner
snys “all is lost save honor, and that is
only tolerable I thank you, it grows
puny and weak.’’ He says we can have
representation in Congress.
Who by ? A man who can take the
lest oath, and can control the nigger i
vole. lin \rnntd -
tion ? IIow long before lie would join ■
the Radical* and go in for confiscation.
If ho controlled the nigger vote he'd
promise 'em land or anything else.
Demagogues have alwas controlled
the ignorant whites, demagogues will
control the ignorant blacks. Who
controls the nigger influence in Ten
nessee?—why, Brownlow and Ids par- j
tv. Tennessee has done just what Joe
Brown wants us to do, and look at bel
aud weep!—a nigger candidate runuiii !
for Governor.
But suppose we had representation, !
and had elected all good men, fair men. !
just men ; what could they do for us? ;
Just nothing at all. With the present j
radical majority all our votes wouldn't
undo anything that lias heeu done, and
with a radical President they could do
as much more as they pleased. J ust lot
’em all alone, give ’em rope, more rope,
history is repoatiu itself, the crisis will
come some time, tyranny and opression
must run its course. Joe Brown's pro
gramme won't stop it. One of his res
olutions made my head swim; 1 felt
like taking chloroform. He would try
to make the whole ynnkee nation be
lieve wc loved 'em like brothers and
wanted 'em to come out South and let
us ling 'em.
Well, all that sorter stuff is played
out. There aint a hundred men in the
State that has any more respect for a
radical than a hyena, and .Joo Brown
knows it. But the good Lord knows
our hearts, and how fondly wc cling to
those moderate men of the mighty
Xorth, who would save us from the
humiliation that awaits us. Let a kind
word be spoken to a subjugated rcb,
and the warm blood quickens in the
veins.
Oil, hut here arc the TTiion Leagues,
somebody says, what arc they going to
do with us? Xever mini! mv frlemla
the Union Leagues nint goin tohart no
body. They are made of flesh and
blood like wc ure, imd they are citizens, J
and their fate will be our fate. They
are as much disgusted at Sherman’s
bill as anybody. They are our neigh- j
hors and our friends, and if there is
some bad men among ’em, there is
enough of the good to make ’em do !
right. So keep quiet and be easy, and ;
tlie Union Leagues arc not going to 1
trouble you. If they want to save their
own, it don't follow that they want to
steal yours.
Hut Joseph is afraid we rant stand a
military government. Well, I kuow it
is humiliating, withering, crushing, but
we have stood it, and ran try it awhile
longer. Wc can do it till wc ran do ,
better. Military governments ulnt the
cause of our poverty and distress. Its
a government higher than Thomas, or
Sherman, or Sheridan. Its the loss of
crops, the want of rain. The military
never stopped the corn from growing,
and there's just ns much rain in one 1
platform as another. If the Good Lord
will only bless us with an abundant;
harvest, everything will go on smooth
enough with the humble uud honest
people who drive the plow and hoe the
corn. If they prosper, everybody else
will too, if they mind their own busi
ness.
We will have to quit talking so much
and quit writing altogether—muzzled
lipsnml a gagged press. I've done took
warning myself, and quit, lind my
life insured in the Knickerbocker, and
tho policy wont allow me to expose
myself, to jump iuto unnecessary peril.
The military can out write us anyhow.
Folks say the pen is mightier titan the
sword, hut you put 'em both together,
and thcy'l flank a man out of his liberty
and may be his life, in double quick.—
The Mayor of this tbH'ii hail a little
billet doin with General Thomas the !
other day,* and only come out second
best, though it Was not au open flcld
nor a fair tight. I thought myselt that
21 order must he a hoax, got up by
Brick Pomeroy, or somebody, and was
lodkih for the Genial to come out iu a
card deny in of It, but I soon found that
it was a genuine Robesperenn docu
ment. I still think his posterity Will
deny it some 30 years hence.
Well, I was mighty mad. 1 would
have given a hundred dollars U» have
played Vantoun with him one hour,
just to have been turned loose In the
papers, all free, no gag, no jail, no bar
racks, no bayonets, no guard. I would
have got such a grin on him for the
next six months, as would have made
everybody except Brick Pomeroy for
get that Beast Butler stole spoons.—
“Livin on tlielr magnanimity I” I tell
you that got me, that burnt me, when 1
knew there wasn’t enongh magnanami
ty in a ship load of all such to support
a poor Reb 24 hours. Magnanimity!
My opinion is they've lost the seed, and
don't know what the commodity is. I
was as Bill of epitaph as llrownlow is
of pixeu. Language came to me spon
taneous : regular hidelifters, that would
have peeled the bark Bom a man's enr
cass like skitinin an alligator. But yon
sec I was in the cautions state, and hail
to smother my feelings. I think 1
should have gone up with spontaneous
combustion, if niv wife hadn't broke
the spell with her comic scenes. She
is an ainusiu and lutcreslin woman,
much given to lnusio in these days of
numerous and lively offspring, but jest
as soon as order 21 come out, she hunt
ed up tiic “gkev jacket" and the “cott
Qi’K.itKD banner,” and just such a solo
soiree as T have 21 times a week, was
never heard in Big Shanty before 1
She seems to take a delight in lettin
the rebel flag on the title page “sec the
light,” and "flaunts it about" ill niv face
because I call myself a Union man.—
She says that part of the order about
Gen. llunsou's remains, was ...
on scripture, ami so was Phil. Sheri*
dan’s about Gen. Johnston’s for Solo
mon says in Ecclesiastics, “thata living
dog is better than a dead lion." My
opinion i? that it will be impossible to
harmonize these women dnrln this cen
tury. Such orders as 21 will cut off all
hope of it. t think If Gen. Thomas
hadn't been a Virginian, he Wouldn't
have issued it. I’ve noticed that when
a Virginian falls he hills heavy ami fur.
lie gits further over on the side agin
us than anybody. I've heard that the
General and Ed. Johnson were power
ful seccsli, and got mity impatient be
cause the old dominion was so slow in
movin. The General said all the good
officers would be gobbled up before she
seceded. Well, they ‘say old General
Scott got hold of ’em about this time,
and took ’em up into a high mountain,
and showed ’em a kingdom or two and
the General fell down and worshipped,
and Ed. Johnson wouldn't. I tell you
my friends, a man ought to be careful
about going up onto these dangerous
mountains, and this lends me to remark
we ought to petition Mr. Johnson to
put over llig Shanty a General who
stood square to his State.
Hope for the best, my friends. Don't
imagine you see punters and iujuus be
cause we are in a Territory. Don't
mistake a bureau track for a bear sign.
Don’t fear it will be sickly because
Florida is hitched on to our diggins.—
Attend to your business, keep off of a
high mountain andxill will be well. I
would say more, but my wife's music
has begun. Yours rcspctfully,
Bill Akp.
P. S.—I date my letter from Big
Bhautv, ns I hear these three “diggins"
are to have that name. Let us all be
thankful we know where we arc. For
two years it has been doubtful wheth
er we are in or out. My opinion 'now
is, that we are out, and 1 heard a female
voice sav whoopee! B. A.
Examination of Attorneys.
The following racy examination of a
candidate for admission to (lie bar i»
taken fiom the 'Western Law Journal,
and is a good bit :
The examination commences with:
Examiner: I>o you smoke sir ?
Candidate: I do, sir.
E. Have you a spare cigar?
C. Yes, sir. (Extending a long six.)
E. Now, sir, tell me what arc the first
duties of a lawyer?
C. To collect fees.
E. Right. What is tlie second ?
C. To iuercusc the number of his cli
ents.
E. When does your position toward
j-our client change ?
C. When making a hill of cost.
E. Explain.
C. We then assume the antagonistic
position—I assume the plaintiff, and lie
becomes defendant.
E. A suit decided, how do you stand
with the lawyer conducting the other
bill?
C. Cheek by Jowl.
E. Enough, sir; you promise to be
come an oroameut to your profession,
and I wi«h you success. Now, are you
aware of flic duty vou owe me ?
C\ Perfectly.
E. Hcscribc it.
C. It is to invite you to driuk.
E. Rut suppose I decline?
C. (Scratching his heud.) Chrre is
no instance of the kind on record in
hooks. 1 cannot answer the question.
E. You arc right: and the confidence
with which you make the assertion
shows that you have read the law at
tentively. Let's take a drink, and I
yiU sign your certificate.
l*-if anything in the world will
make a man feel badly: except pinching
bis fingers in the crack of a door, it is
unquestionably a quarrel.
THE SUPPLEMENTARY RECON
STRUCTION ACT.
The Bill as it Passed the Senate.
The following is the bill which passed
the Senate. As it was in the nature of
a substitute to the bill from the Houso.
it will hare to obtain the concurrence
of that body, which it will no doubt
dot
An act supplementary to on act entitled
an act to provide more efficient means
of restoring the rebel States, passed
March 2, 1867, and to facilitate resto
ration;
Be it enacted, etc., That before the
first day of September, 1867, the com
manding General in each District, ns de
fined by an act entitled an act to pro
vide for the more cfllctont government j
of the rebel States, approved March 2,)
1867, shall cause a registration to bo
made of all male citizens of the United
States, twenty-one years of ago anil
upward, resident of each county or par
ish In State or States included in liis
district, which registration will include ;
only those persons who are allowed to !
vote for delegates by an net aforesaid. 1
and who shall have taken and sub-1
scribed the following oath or affirma
tion :
“-, of-, in the county or parish
of-, in the State of —, do hereby
solemnly swear or affirm, that I am not
excluded from the right to vote by the
fifth and sixth sections of said act to |
provide for the more efficient, govern- 1
incut of tlie rebel States; that I will
support the Constitution and obey the !
laws of the United States, and that 1 !
will, to tho host of niv ability, enronr-!
age all others to do the same, so help
me God."
Which oath or affirmation may he
administered by any rogistniting offi
ccr. I
Sec. 2. That after the completion of
registration, hereby provided for. in ;
any State, at such time anil place as the !
commanding General shall appoint and 1
direct, of which at least thirty days'
public notice shall be given, an election
shall be held for delegates to a conven
tion, for the purpose of establishing a '
constitution and civil government for
each State loyal to the Union : said con
vention lit each State, except Virginia,
to consist of tho same number of mom- •
bers as the mpst numerous branch of I
the State Legislature in such State, in
the year i860; to be apportioned among
the several districts, counties and par
ishes of such State, by tlie command-1
ing General, giving to each a represen- i
tative in the ratio of voters registered, 1
as aforesaid, as nearly as may be. The I
convention in Virginia shall consist of:
tlie same number of members as are
represented by (lie territory now con
stituting Virginia, in tlie most numer
ous branch of tlie Legislature of said
State, in 186(1, to be apportioned as
aforesaid.
See. 3. That the commanding Gener
al of each District shall appoint such
loyal officers or persons as may he nec
essary, not exceeding three in each
Election District in any State, to make !
superin
tend tlie election and make return to
him of the votes and a list of ret urns of j
persons elected by delegates, bv a plu-!
rality of votes cast at said election ; ami !
upon receiving said returns, ho shall ’
open tho same, and ascertain the posi
tion of such persons elected as dele
gates, according to tho returns of tlie
officers who conducted said election,
and make proclamation thereof; and
within sixty days from the date of the
election he shall notify the delegates to
assemble in convention, at a time and
place to be mentioned in the notitlca- [
tion ; and said convention when organ
Jzed, shall first determine, by vote,
whether it is the wish of tlie people of
such State to frame a Constitution and J
civil government according to tho pro- i
visions of this art and the act to which I
it is supplementary; if so, they shall
proceed to frame such Constitution,
and when tlie same shall have been so ;
framed, said Constitution shall he sub
mitted by tlie convention for ratifica
tion to persons under the provisions of,
tilts net nt tlie election tit 1 nvcitm! net e<l :
by tho oUlcers or persons appointed by
tho commanding General, as hereinbe
fore mentioned, and to be held after
the expiration of eighty days from date ;
notice thereof to he given by the said
convention, and tlie returns thereof to
he made to the commanding General of
tlie district.
Sec. 4. That if according to said re
turns tlie constitution shall be ratified
bv a majority of votes of the electors,
qualified as herein specified, tlie Presi
dent of tlie convention shall transmit a
copy of the same, duly certified to. to
tlie President of tho United States, who
shall forthwith transmit to Congress, if
ttieii in session, and if not in session,
tlien immediately upon its next assem
bling; and if said constitution shall be
declared by Congress to be in conform
ity u itli tlie provisions of tho act to
which this is supplementary, tlie State
shall be declared to he entitled to rep- {
resentation, and the Senators and ltep
rescntuUve* he admitted therefrom, as
herein provided.
See. 5. That all elections in States
mentioned in said net, “To provide for
the more efficient government of the
relict Slates," shall, during the opera
tion of said act, be by ballot, uudall of
ficers making said registration of vo
ters and eoiidir ting said elections shall
take and subscribe to an oath faithfully
to perforin tlie duties Of liiiii1 Sit id of
lice, and the o.tlli prescribed hi the act
of July 2,18(52, entitled nu act to [ire-1
scribe an oath of office.
See. 6. That all expenses Incurred by \
the several commanding Generals, or
by virtue of any orders issued, or ap
pointments made by thin nndcr or by
virtue of this act, shall be paid ont of
any moneys in the Treasury, not other- j
wise appropriated.
Sec. ?. That the Convention for cncli
State shall prescribe the fees, salary j
and compensation to he paid ail dele- :
gates and other officers and agents an-1
thorlxed, or necessary to carry into ef- ;
feet the purposes or this net. not herein !
otherwise provided for, and shall pro
vide for the levies and collections of
such taxes on property in such State as
may be necessary to pay the same.
Sec. 8. That the word article, in the
sixth section of the net to which this is
a supplementary, shall be construed as
section.
•
A Ghost Story.
That apparitions do not always watt-!
der without sufficient cause, is proved |
by the well attested fact which we give ]
below:
hast Tuesday, as Mrs. —a lady of j
rather literary taste and studious liab-j
its, sat reading in the drawing-room. 1
the clock on the mnutlc-piccc struck [
twelve! as the last stroke reverberated
through the apartments the door was
flung Wide open 1 In the act of raising
tier hand to repel the intrusion (un
wrttng for) of her servant, her eve rest
<hI on tlic form of her late husband !—!
She screamed and fell senseless on the !
carpet! Tills brought, up such mein- j
hers of the family as hud not retired to i
rest; restoratives were administered,!
and when Mrs.-had regained her j
suspended faculties and being a woman j
of strong mind anil highly cultivated
intellect, she felt disposed to consider
the whole distress stie had undergone
ns the rcstilt of certain associations be
tween the melancholy talc she hud been
perusing mid her Into logs, operating
on a partially deranged nervous sys-;
tern. She. however, considered it ad-1
visablc tliat her maid servant should i
repose in her chamber, lest any return ;
of what she considered a nervous nfl'oc
tion should distress herself and alarm !
the family.
Last Tuesday night, feeling stronger
and in better spirits than she had been
for several mouths past, Mrs.-dis
pensed witii the presence of her ser
vant, rotiring alone to her chamber,
went to lied a little before ten o'clock.
Exactly as the clock struck twelve she
was awakened from sleep, mid distinct
ly beheld the apparition she hud before 1
seen, advancing front the table on i
which was her night lamp, till it stood
opposite to her, and drew aside the cur
tains of her bed. She describes her
very blood retreating witii icy dull
ness to her heart from every vein. The
countenance of her beloved in life wore
not its benevolent aspect; the eyes once
beaming with love, now fixed with
stern regard on the trembling, half
dissolved being, who, with the courage
of desperation, thus adjured him:—
“Charles! dear Charles-1 why have you
come again ?”
“Jessio,’’ slowly and solemnly aspi
rated the shadowy form, waiving imJiis
hand a small roll of writing paper, ‘Jes
sie pay my newspaper account and let
mo rest in peace!”
-♦ I
When and Whore Does the Day
Begin?
As we travel eastward tlie day be
gins earner: near ine equator suirngni
appears an hour earlier for each thou
sand miles going east.. When it is
sunrise in Mew York the people have
had sunlight for many hours, and the
Californians are still in their beds
dreaming. Evidently the day lias a
first beginning, and at the eastward.
But how far and where? AVImt are
the people who first see the light on
Monday morning?
It is the sun which first brings (lie
day ; where does he first bring Mon
day ? If we could travel with him we
might find out. Let us suppose the ,
case. We will take an early start at
sunrise on Sunday morning, with the
sun just at the point of peeping over
tlie horizon behind us, we travel west.
As we go the people give us a Sunday
greeting; we bring Sunday with us to
Pittsburg, St. Louis, Salt Lake, San
Francisco. At San Francisco our
faithful chronometer informs us that
we have been on the tramp about five
hours. But we started on Sunday
morning and it is Sunday morning
still. We go on, still on Sunday morn
ing. Will this Sunday morning ever:
end? Tlie quiet Pacific knows Very1
little of Sunday or any other day, and
our question scarcely receives an echo
for reply. When we get to Yokoha
ma, in .Japan, or Shanghai, in Japan,
we search for some Yankee, wide
awake in the early morning, mid we
are told for the first time that Monday
lias come. Everywhere wc now briitg
Monday, and in twenty-four hours by
the chronometer, after starting, we gre
in New York again, and find the mer
chants taking down their shutters, and
i be Monday newspapers telling us
what lias happened during our absence.
—fScientific American.
tesySome people are never contented.
After having all their limbs broken,
their heads smashed, ami (heir brains
knocked out (if they have aiiy (o lie
knocked out) iii a railway accident,
ilicy Win actually go to jaw and try (ti
get further damages.
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The Meerschaum Pipe,
“nr oris.'*
Meerschaum pipes are ail made from
foam of the sea. There is no question
about it; but then, there is a great dif
ference in fbam. It isn't always a good
day for the sea to foam when the pipe
makers go down to the beach to make
the pipes, and buyers foam about it,
hut it can’t he helped. It seems singu
lar that anybody should want fonm at
the mouth, hut there are nnrnbers who
do, it seems; paying heavily for this
adjunct of madness, and getting mad
der as they doubted the genuineness of
(lie foam.
There is Very little made on nicer-(
schanm pipes. One hundred and
twenty-six gallons make a pipe—so if
you know how much foam one gallon
will make, yon can easily estimate the
amount you will require for your meer
schaum.
The wooden stems to meerschaum!
pipes are not made from waste foam as
many suppose, neither are the cases
found floating around on the foamy sea
already lined. The lining has to be put
in afterward.
The cost of meerschaum pipes range ■
anywhere from what you can buy one ■
for, to any sum you ore a mind to pay. j
As a general rule, the more you pay
for one the more money you have,
squandered, and the least possible auim
that you can get one for, the better yoll
are satisfied afterward. \Vc have imtl
n great many of them, hut the one Wo
were the most contented with, every!
thing considered, was one that was giv
on us. It wasn't very good foam, eitl
er, but we never uttered a complaint.;
AY c wouldn't look a gilA pipe in tie;
mouth, and it was in the mouth most
of the time.
AVliile the meerschaum pipe remains 1
white, it is not surrounded with a Inin-1
dredth part ol'the interest that it rom
mands when it is colored, which isn't j
very different from the estimate certain |
philanthropists put upon hitman clnr-.:
it y, w hen appealed to in their behalf.—;1
It is a long and arduous process, color
ing a meerschaum, and it requites a
heap of perseverance to accomplish it.;
The perseverance of some people runs |
only iu that direction. AAre have known
men who arc discouraged at the slight
est obstacle in ordinary affairs, exhibit
the greatest persistence in this.
AAro once knew’ a man to struggle for
years to color a- particularly obstinate i
meerschaum pipe. lie smoked inees-1
sautly. lie tried ail the different kinds j
of tobaeco; put a ‘ button”in it; boiled
it in tobacco juice; but all to no avail.
It wouldn't color, lie grew morose
and sour; shut himself up by himself,
and smoked, and smoked, and smoked,
muttering savagely from between his
clenched teeth—“Color 1 I say. D—11
ye, I'll c-o-l-o-r ye!” He gave up all
business and devoted himself wholly
to smoking, determined, as lie said, to
color that pipe, or die in the attempt.
One day he failed to make his appear- j
ancc at breakfast. His room door was
opened, and there I10 sat in his chair,
dead, the fatal meerschaum clenched
tightly between his teeth. The meer
schaum was as white ns when it
emerged, Arenus like, from the foam of
the sea, but the man was turned to a
rich, dark brown. The meerschaum
had colored him.
Feeding Poultry,
Onions aro said to be an admirable food
for fowls, or rather an adjunct food. If
given regularly, it is said that they will
prevent the attack of the more ordinary
diseases of poultry. Meat is said by some
to bo an essential food for poultry, espe
cially in winter when they cannot get the
worms they pick up in summer. Others,
again, maintain that the habit of giving
meat to poultry is productive of grave evils
—the cause of many of the worst forms of
disease which affect them. By these au
thorities it is called unnatural fond inns.
much as the digestive organs of the birds
are not fitted to assimilate it. There must, 1
we think, be some mistake in all this; fori
wo know of a surety that fowls do eat when :
they can get it, and entirely of their own ;
accord, an enormous quantity of animal
food; hero it is not cooked ; the game
found in nature's garden is raw. If meat
is an unnatural food for poultry, they cer-1
tainly have a most unnatural appetite far i
it. Throw iu one lump of meat among a |
lot of fowls; if not literally a bone of con-1
tendon, it is something vastly like it, so;
eager are all to get a grab at it. Wc be
lieve the habit of giving much food in a
short space of time to poultry is a very had I
oue. If you notice their habit you will
perceive that the process of picking up
their food uuder ordinary, or what we may
call the natural condition, is a very slow
one. drain by grain duos the meal get
taken, and with the aggregate no small j
amount of sand, small pebbles, and the
like, all of which, passing iuk> the crop,
assists digestion gieatly. But in the i
"lien's wile’s” mode of feediag poultry, a'
great heap is thrown down Mid the birds
allowed to "peg away” at such a rate that
their crop is filled far too rapidly, and the
process of assimilation is slow, painful and
incomplete. No wonder that so mativ ea
ses of choked craw aro met with under
this treatment.- [Mark Lane Kip
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8e„-y What'S the difference between d1
boot-black ititd a slave-ownel ? One!
blacks tiie bools, iiit tfiblf boots the
blacks.
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Reasons Why a Cash "System is
Better Than Credit.
1st. A man to be just, ami fulfil the
divine law, must be no respecter of
persons! hence, if he trusts one, he
must tttst all, which would be impos
sible.
2d. No business man ran discrimi
nate between nn honest man and rogue
»t all times, nor can he tell, if tils rus
fomer is good to-day, how long he may
remain so.
3d. The practice of trusting lias been
the cause of many an honest business
foiling, thereby disgracing himself and
family, when the cause of the disaster
was the want of money due front his
creditors.
4th. They who trust will endeavor
[in vain) to collect when they need it
most.
5th. ttc who trusts, however large
Ids capital at first, will soon find it ex
hausted, and will be compelled to bor- ■
row more.
6th. He who borrows will in the end J
hid a limit beyond which he will find !
it hard to make the arrangement satis
factory to all. |
7th. No man can with certainty ex
tort to meet ids obligations who dc-i
tends upon those who owe him.
8th. lie who sells for cash only, can !
iclt a profit cheaper than one who will i
rust, because ho dispenses With had i
iebts, the expeuses of book-keeping
ind collecting.
9th. Tic who trusts often looses his
•ustonier. because the debtor don’t tike '
tt face the creditor.
10th. Persons often purchase things
which they could do without, and for;
vldcli they can't afford to pay, because
hey can get it on time.
Utli. More unkind thoughts arc cn
rondeivd from trying to collect debts,
han by refusing to trust in the first
dace. v
12. The man who trusts, may have j
>n his hooks ten thousand dollars j
igainst good customers, and can't raise
i thousand to save his own note from
irotcst.
1-lth. He who trusts out all the mon
;y lie can borrow, is a fool. No milder
erin can be applied in his case with
ruth.
Fon tiik Girls to Head.—A good
ivif'c exhibits her love for her husband
iv'trying to promote his welfare, and
iv attention to liis comfort.
A poor wife “my dears’’ and “my
oves" her husband, and wouldn’t sew j
i button on his coat to keep him from
freezing.
A sensible wife looks for her comfort
it homo, a silly one abroad.
A wise girl would win a lover by
practising those virtues which secure
uhniration, when personal charms have
failed.
A simple girl endeavors to recom
mend herself by the exhibition of friv
ilons accomplishments and a mawkish
sentiment, which are as shallow as her
mind.
A good girl always possesses the re
spect of others.
A Toad Undressing.—Audubon re
lates that he once saw a toad undressing
himself. He commenced by pressing his
elbows hard igainst his sides and rubbing
downwards. Aider a few smart rubs his
hide began to hurst open along his back
He kept or rubbing until he worked all
his skin into folds on his hips and sides,
then grasping one hind leg with both his
hands, he hauled off one leg of his pants
the same as anybody would, then stripped
off the other hind leg in the same way.—
lie thei took his cast off skin forward be
tween his foro legs into his mouth and swal
lowed it; then, by raising and lowering
his kead, swallowing as.his head caiue
ilmvn. lie slrinrunl nff his akin nnilerneslh
until it came to his fore legs, then grasp
ing one of those with the opposite hand,
by i single motion of the head, and while
swillowing, he drew it from the neck and
swallowed the whole.
A Point Settled.—The Griffin (Ga.)
Star says, that the darkies of that
[>laco, not to be outdone by “poor white
oiks,” have organized alvceuin, which
.a now in full blast. The last debate
was a public oue, attended by “the
adies.” The question discussed was.
4s love for woman a pure sentiment
>r mixed with passion?” The argu
uent, it is said, waxed hot, and a good
leal of indignation was expressed to
ward the negative orators. The presi
lont got interested) vacated the chair
n favor of the vice, and argued the
liiesiioti in 111 tor of the affirmative,
bat is. pure sentiment, Platonic love,
lie afterwards resumed the elmir, and
he question was decided in theaffirm
itive by an overwhelming majority.
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GahhKniro.—During the present In
lemriit weather, don't set anything—
lot even your foot—in your garden,
rids is rather too early for sowing, but
t little darning may .be done. The
■lilej operations after Christmas will
tie found to lie pruning your outlay
uid cutting down your expenditure,
if you don't like this, and prefer hoe
ing, you ' an (li)owe yonr butcher’s bill,
things are itjd to lie backward with
.uch variable weather. If your crops
ion’t come up, there's no remedy for
it. Should your dinner, however, not
some up when you ring, yon ran ring
igaln. It is too early to stick peas yet,
bid voitr pigs and your children limy
SALMAGUNDI.
To Kitt Aunts.—Hit y6ur uncle's
wife on the head with a hammer.
Motto rou A Kiss.—“Go it, my tu
lips!”
•©■Why is the roof of a house like a
lazy dog? Because it's a slope up.
Slow pfip.
•©-Men who fight libels geftciafl?
have two seconds to live after they Uf*
dead.
•©-.V Scribbler says life is (oO shoft
to drink poor Whisky, or to make love
to ugly women.
•©"What ilower does A gentlemen
mime when he hears of a friend’s mar
riage? Anemone (any money.)
•©- A toast for any celebration.
“Woman! she requires no eulogy • she
speaks for herself.”
•©“Why are the innid'ans of Georgia
fond of amusement ? Because they are
Ga. girls.
I©-Why cannot the month of the
Mississippi river be useful for median*
ical purposes ? Because, dam it you
can't.
I©- Boasting is sometimes out of place'
We once heard a man boast of being a
bachelor, just as lira father was bsfore
him.
•©-Josh Billings says there is noth
ing more touching in this life, than to
see a poor hut virtuous young man
struggling with a moustache.
•©“A New York paper advertises
that two sisters “want washing.’’ If
all the people who “want Washing'*
should advertise, the newspaper busi
ness would look up a little.
•©-“It seems to me I’ve' seen your
physiognomy somewhere before, but I
cannot remember where. “Very like
ly; 1 have been tbc keeper of a prison
for twenty years.”
have lost my appetite,’’ said1 a
gigantic fellow, who was an eminent
performer on the trencher, to a friend.
“I hope no poor man has fonnri it,”
said his friend, “for it would r*in him
in a week.”
®ay~”IIow came such a greasy mess
in the oven?” asked a fidgety old spin
ster of her maid of all Work. *Why,”
replied the girl, “tlm candles fell into
the water, and I put them info the oven
to dry.”
teg-The following is going the rounds
as a domestic drama s
Scene I—Mother in the cellar split
ting wood. Scene II—I laughter in the
parlor, singing to Clarence Fit/. Noodle
the pathetic ballad of “Who will care
for Mother, now ?”
{ISrTlie Memphis Ledger Rays the
reason so many marriages occur imme
diately after a great war, is that bache
lors become so accustomed to strife
that they learn to liko it and after the
return of peace they enlist in matrimo
ny as the next thing to war,
jtay“My 6on,” said an affectionate
mother to her son,- who resided at a
distance, and expected in a short time
to be married, “you are getting very
this.” ‘,Ycs, mother,” he replied, “I
am, and when you see me next, I think
you will sec my rib.”
Married.—At Peck’s Land, Fairfield
County, Conn., by ltcv. John Peck, Mr.
Jared Peck and Miss Julia Peek, daugh
ter of William Peck, Esq.
Kind heaven, permit no cares to vex,
Nor troubles, more than usual;
And bless the nuptial couch with I’ocks
Enough to wake a bushel.
tep-“Pap,” observed a young urchin
of tender years to his fond parent,
■‘docs the Lord know everything?”
“Yes, my son,” replied the hopeful sire ;
“but why do you ask that question?”
“Becahso our pfeacher, When he prays,
is so long telling the l.ord everything.
I thought lie wasn't posted.” The pa
rent reflected.
said a husband to his
young wife, in a little altercation,
which Will sometimes spring Up in the
best families, “when a man and his
wife have quarreled, and each consid
ers the other in fault, which of the two
ought to advance toward a reconcilia
tion?” "The best Matured and wisest
of the two,” said the wife, putting up
her mouth for a kiss, which was giteit
with unction. She was the conqueror.
Old Cooper is a Dutchman, and,
like many another man of whatever
nationality, hits « wife that is “some.”
One day the Old man got into trouble
with u neighbor, which resulted in a
tight. The neighbor Was getting the
better of the old man, who was resist
ing his antagonist to the best of his
ability when his wife broke out us fol
lows :
“Lie still, Cooper, if lie kills yoii I’ll
sue him for damages.”
fugr-.V verdant Englishman, stopping
at one Of onr uptown ho'tols. Who had
never laid a sleigh ride in this coiiutfy,
or any other, perhaps, went to the sta
bles Of the hotel, the other day, fdr “a
nice thiUg, you know; something
dashy,” and the proprietor ordered one
of the hostlers to gi^c the gentleman
“» new cutter, with the bay mare and a
large buffalo.” “Oh, no. none of that,
now, my dear fellah. None 6f your
American jokes on me. you kitUw. I’m j
not much used to that sort of iking,
you see. I know you're u devilish
-(range set of people o^Uicfei but deter
mind the buffalo. .lid^Ravc thath.mi
mal out, tind give Inc an 'orsehy 'imself.
lie'll answer, Keep your d——4 buf
falo for one of j our oWh Yankees."
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