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Georgia.
BY AK OKMOWS AUTHOR.
Dlwiins* on theo, Land of Beauty !
Sleeping in a aiinay clime?
Blessings on thy hills ami rallies?
I envoke them in my rhyme !
Fur and wide my steps may whnder,
Fairer scenes may meet my eyes.
But my soul will cherish ever.
Memories of thy glorious skies.
Northwsid. 'gainst tlie quiet Heavens,
Thy blue mountain berries rise.
And above thy foaming torrents,
Glow the Iris's radiant dyes.
There Tallulah dashes madly
Through the sundered granite hills,
And a sense of awful beauty
All the gazer's being fills.
And Toceoa, haunt ?>f fairea.
And NacoocheeV valley sweet.
Where the winding Chattahoochee
"" 8tars and sunsbino lore to greet;
And Mount Yonah, soaring proudly,
Where the winds are pure and free,
Wafts a greeting on their pinions,
To bit neighbor Curraheo.
Thine the Mountain Rock of Granite,
Kiting 'mid thy fertile plains?
Nature's everlasting watch tower.
Looking o'er thy wide domains ;
Looking northward to the mountains,
Southward o'er savannas wide,
Where, through dark lagoons and marshes,
Flows the Altaraaha'a tide.
Thine the lovely Forest City,
Donaventure s wealth of shade?
Classic Athens?seat of learning,
And Augusta, mart of trade;
Macon's thine, and fair Columbus,
And Atlanta's busy streets,
And the price of Rome the western,
Where Coosa's tribute waters meet.
Dot thy proudest treasure, Georgia,
Ate thy sons, so brave and true.
And thy gentle, bright-eved daughters.
Who, with love, our soula imbue ;
Thine the valiant and the lovely?
HtllMIOd'l imngto ami wonmn cuirmr
And thy homes adorned by beauty,
Guarded are by valor's arms.
3fiunliotuon0 Untiling.
(From the Gormen.]
THE LEFT EYE.
A rich old man. who resided at the ex
tretnity of the camp, quite apart from th<
jrest, had three daughters, the youngest o
whom, named Kookju, was as much distin
guishod for her beauty as for Iter extra >rdi
ntuy wisdom,
One morttng, as he was about diking hi
cattle tor sale to the Chan's market place
be begged his daughters to tell him wha
present* they wished him to bring them 01
bis return. The two eldest asked him fo
trinkets, but the handsome and wiseKoobji
?!J !.?* .It. wan??.l nn niMpnl. hut tlia
ho had a request to make which it woulJ
be difficult, and uven dangerous for him t
execute. Upon which the father, who |ov
ed her more than the two other*, swore thn
he would do her wish, h iglt it wa* at th
price of his lite. " It' it be ho," replica
koobje, " I beg you U> do as follows: sej
your cattle except tha short-tailed ox. an<
ask no other price for it except tho Chan'
4 left eye," The old man was startled ; how
A ever, remembering his oath, and confidinj
in bis daug :hte?'s wisdom, he resolved to d<
aa she bade him.
After hoeing sold all Use cattle, and la
fog netted the price of the short-tailed ox. h
* eaid that be would sell it for nothing el1
thai the Chan's left eve. The repuW <
thta ringalar and daring request soon reiwj
ed ftfcn ear of the Chan's courtier*. At fin
they admonished him not lo use such an offensive
speech against the sovereign; hut
when they found that he preaeverod in his
strange demand, they bound him, and carried
him, aa a madman, before the Chan.
Hie old man threw himself at the prince's
/bet, and confessed that bis demand had
been made at the request of his daughter,
whose motives he was perfectly ignorant of;
and the Chan, suspecting that some secret
mast be hidden under this extraoidinary reJuest,
dismissed the old man. under the conition
that he would bring hitn that daughter
who had made it.
Kookju appeared, and the Chan asked,
w Why dost thou instruct thy father to
demand my left eye !n
" Because I expected my prince, that after
so strange a request, curiosity would urge
thee to send for roe."
" And wherefore dost thou desire to see
rue!"
441 wish to tell tlice a truth important to
thyself and people."
44 Name it."
44 Prince," replied Kookju, 44 when two
peraons appear before thee in a cause, the
wealthy and the noble generally stand on
thy right hand, while the poor and humble
stand on thy left. I have heard in n?y soli*
tude that thou most frequently favorest the
noble and rich. This is the reason why I
persuaded my father to ask for thy left eye,
it being no use to thee, since thou never
seest the poor and unprotected."
The Chan, incensed and surprised at the
daring of this maiden, commanded his court
to try her. The court was opened, and the
president, who was the eldest Lama, pto
posed that they should try whether her
strange proceeding was the eff??ct of malice
or wisdom.
The first step was to send to Kookju a
log of wood, cut even on all sides, ordering
her to find out which was the root and
which the top. Kokju threw it into the
water and soon knew the answer, on seeing
the root sinking, while the top rose to the
surface.
After this they sent her two snakes, in
order to de ermine which was a male and
which was a female. The wise maiden laid
them on cotton, and seeing that one coiled
herself up in a ring, whilst the other crept
awar, she judged the latter was a male and
the forn.er a female.
Fmm 1 KikA triul* lliA Anllrt nai mnniniuul
(hat Kookju had not offended the Chan
from motive* of malice, but the inspiration
of wisdom grnnted her from above. But
not to with the Chau ; hi* vanity was hurt;
and he resolved to puzzle her with questions,
in order to prove that she wan not wine.?
He, therefore, ordered her before him, and
naked :
44 On sending a number of maidena into
the wood to gather apples, which of them
will bring home moet ?"
, 44 8he," replied Kookju, 44 who, instead of
climbing up the tree*, remains below and
picks up tboee whicii have fallen off from
maturity or the shaking of the branches.*4
The Chan then led her to a fence, and
asked her which would be the readiest way
to get over ; and Kookju said 44 to cross it
would be the farthest, ?oing round nearest."
The Chan felt vexed at the readiness and
propria y of her replies ; and having reflected
for some time he again inquired :
44 V hich is the safest means of becoming
know n to many ?"
44 T.v assisting many that are unknown.
44 Wi>ii is thr> surest maans of leading a
virtuous lite I"
44 To begin every morning with prayer,
* and conclude every evening with some good
action.**
44 Who is truly wise !"
' 44 He who does not believe himself so.w
44 Which are the requisites for a good
wife f*
44 She should be as beautiful as a peahen,
gentle a lamb, prudent as a mouse, just
as a faithful mirror, pure as the scales of a
fish; she must mourn for a deceased hus
band like a she camel, and live in her wid
1 owhood like a biru which has lost its
wings.**
The Chun was astonished at the wisdom
of the fair Kookju ; yet, enraged at her having
reproached him with injustice, he still
* wished to destroy her.
After a few days he thought he had found
1 the means for attaining his object. He sent
t for her and asked her to determine the true
r worth of all his treasures ; after which he
J promised to absolve her from malice in ques?
' tioning lii* justice, find admit th*t she ini
tended, m a wise woman, merely to warn
* him.
The maiden consented, yet under the
1 condition thnt the Chun would promise im
9 plieit obedience to her command* for four
' dava. She requested thnt he would ent no
' f>.?d during thnt time. On the last dnv ?hc
^ placed a Hi-li of meat tiefore him and ?nid.
* " Confe-s, O Chan ! that all thv treasure* are
* not worth na much n* this joint of meat P
$ The Chan was so struck with the truth of
0 h?r renvrk that he confessed the truth of It,
acknowledged her a* wise, married her to
> hit non, and permitted her constantly to ree
inind him td use hi* left eye.
H Patiko ftpacia.?The Exchange Bank
ha?it<g stopped on Fridae. the Commercial
it i* the only bank in Columbia paying specie.
The Lesson of Life.
A cheerful old gentleman, between eighty
and ninety years old, says the Hartford
Courant, was in our office the other day,
and in tho course of the chat we asked him
what was the principal practical lesson he
bad learned in hi* protracted life. Said lie,
M the eesenee of what I have learned, teaches
me to laugh when I can, and cry when 1
must. 1 have learned, also, to beware of
endorsing. The man who invented endorsing
had mined tens of thousands of business
men. My principal looses were caused by
attempting to help other*. If an cmbarrceaed
man comes to you for aid, the true course
is, tell him to fail first; if fail he must, and
vou will help him after his failure; and not
before. The course of an embarrassed man
is to stop payment promptly. It you attempt
to help a man, he wil. hate you.?
Men always hata those to whom they are
under obligations. If you expert gratitude,
you deserve ingratitude, according to the
practical working of tilings." This wrs tho
experience of a man, who said, also, that
"one of the principal things I have learned
is to take very coolly whatever come* alonir.
,-w v O
The world beep* along about tho wme, no
matter what happen*."
We thought of what old Grant Thorburn
who is now in his 85th year : He says that
men are fools who are continually grumbling
over a "miserable world."
" I have seen as many years as most men
see in this world?this day 1 enter my 88?h
year?yet I am not tiled of the world, and
if it so will Heaven. I would live my life
over again, with all its joys and sorrows.
" I think that Jacob erred when he told
Pharaoh that " few and evil had been the
days of his pilgrimage."
"It is sixty-three years and six months
since I first saw New York, coming from
the hills of Scotland, where I was born. In
all the period I have only been ten days
confined to my house by sickness. I have
?haied in the trials of life and tho vicissi
tudes of business, but never grieved for los
ses in trade. When a draft tor $500 came
back protested, I rejoiced because it w as not
a thousand. If I bruised my arm I thanked
God that it was not my neck. In times
of trouble, if we look around wo will see
millions in a worse condition than ourselves.
Therefore we ought to be thankful.- I never
felt a rheumatic pain. I walked without a
staft. I sleep without rocking ; and cat my
food without the help of brandy and bitters.
Mine eyes fail, but this defect is greatly
mitigated by borrowing the young eyes of
my partner for life. She is an excellent
reader; is ever by mv side; soothing my
Dath to the hsnlr* of Jordan ? ilia ?,>Ua ,.t
tvbose waters are Rounding in my ears."
Anecdote of Gon. Jaokson.
The Mobile Mercury relates the following
anecdote, which we do not remember to have
read before:
" In one of the Indian campaign*. wliicli
is not recollected, or mateiial to our. story
while the army was on the mnreh, Mill it
Tennessee on its way to the scene of war it
Alabama, a drafted company was expectet
daily to overtake the main body of troupe
The company at length reached the rear o
the train. Information of their approacl
was immediately carried to the front, wher<
Jackson was at the time. As the meuengei
passed from rear to front, the fact that hit
company had coino without arms, having
left their guns at home, wns made ktiowi
along the whole line. It was known to th<
entire army before it reached Jackson's ears
Curiosity was on tip toe to know how th<
irascible commander would act under sucl
ciicuiiniiiii'vn, A nioriii *?!? itmicipuieu
?Soon the Genera) was observed making hi
way rapidly to the rear, and, to the stf-pris.
of all parlies, seeming in rather a smilim
humor. Finally he inet the company. Il<
saluted them. They l?H?ked for a volley o
curse* and immediate dismission home?tin
verv thing they desired. Not so, however
Old Hickory nulled off his hat, and with hi
politest and lowest bow. he expressed hi
gratification at their arrival, and especially
at the fact that they had no guns?the very
men that he wanted?just as he desire*
them ? without arms. Forming them f<>
rapid motion, at double quick step, under hi
own lead, they marched on utitH a haggag
wagon was reached, then halted, and eacl
man furnished with an nxe. Forward, march
again was the word. As they passed alonj
the line or march the Ueneral's object wg
seen, and laughter, loud and uproarious, witl
tnanv a hearty cheer, saluted them as the;
made their way to the front. There the*
axe men were initiated into 'heir cnmpaigi
duties. They cleared the roads, tliey bridge
the creek*, or carried the wagons, piece b
piece, the luggage, ainunition, 4ic., over 01
their back* when the bridges were impasai
ble. They were ever in a poat of daugei
Iteming the burdens of the campaign, sltar
ing none of its honors?and laughing stoc]
of the whole regiment."
Am Eestern editor announce* the death c
a ladv acquaintance, and tonehingly adds
M In her decease the sick have loet an inval
uahle friend. Long will she seem to stan<
at their bed-side, as was her wont, with i
balm of consolation in one hand and a cu|
of rhubarb in the other."
44 Ir I 1)om't, Somebody Else ^ in.."? j
This is the stereotyped argument of a noto- !
rious denier in whiskey when spoken to eon -1
cerning the evil that he is visiting upon the!
families in his midst. lie is free to confess
that his traffic is attended with constant calamities,
and that lie is the cause of bringing
woe nnd misery upon the heads of unoffending
and helpless women and children,
and that 110 good results from his trade.?
44 Hut money can be mado by selling whiskey?the
people will havo whiskey?I have
as much right to make money as anybody
?and if I don't sell it, somebody else will.
TMs is a wonderfully pungent argument, j
It might be rendered more forcible by adding?somebody
else will sell anyhow, wlietli- 1
er I do or not."
It is a convenient argument. "When conscience
reproves the man for bis evil course
it is very convenient to shelter behind the
oft repeated?44 if I don't, somebody else.
wilt"
It is a comprehensive argument, ami may
be usod with equal force to cover other
shortcoming*, even ' a multitude of sins,"
as may be inferred?" if I don't go to the
devil, somebody else will, and probably a
great number will go whether I do or not."
This is the pith of the entire argument. A
man is not excusable in committing sin because
somebody else enters upon forbidden
ground. 14 Thy sins be upon thee," applies
to every individual.
Accidents wiiilb Shootino.?In consequence
of the late melancholy accident to
Mr. Piatt, M. P.. and this being the height
of the shooting season. I feel induced, should
you allow me, to offer through your col
uinns a* a practical sportsman of 30 years
experience, a few suggestions or rules to all
shooters, the observance of which I fully believe
wotdd prevent tnnny of the accidents
that occur :
First, then, I would say to every shooter,
never curry your gun, under any circumstance,
with vhe hammers down on the cap.
2. Never carry it on the full cock, except
when expecting game to rise. 3. Never
carry it with the barrel in a horizontal position.
4. Never let it bo pointed either towards
yourself or any other person. 5. In
going through a fer.ee, always hold it before
you as nearly porpcndicular as possible, with
the muzzle a little above your head. 0.
Never load one barrel with the other either
on the cap or at full cock. 7. Never take
it home loaded, except you immediately
place it under lock and key. 8. And lastly,
always consider it an instrument that
may take away your own or the life of your
dearest friend at any time, without a mo
meat's warning, and do not handle it as if
there was no harm to he apprehended from
it than from your walking stick or umbrella.
[London Timet.
Fvkki v;na i....il.. ..t .1? ?-1
vice* of mankind proceed from indolence
1 and idleness. Persons who have naturally
' active minds, whoso " quick thoughts like
1 lightning aro alive," are most perniciously of
! focted by the evils of slo^li. The favored sons
of genius, endowed with great original powLf
er?, were not made for repose; indolence
will quickly " freeze the genial current of
1 the soul," and if left idle long, they perish
; from inaction, like a scimitcr corroded by
r rust. But the active occupation of our fac*
ultiea is a safeguard against these great
' evils, vice, penury and desponding gloom. |
1 Says Colton, "ennui has made more gam5
biers than avarice, more drunkards than
" thirst, and more suicides than despair." If
we would l?o both useful ntid happy, we
1 must keep ourselves industriously and virtu*
onsly employed. Old Dutnbeidike* was
* wise in charging his son to " be aye stick
ing m a iree wnen ne nail nothing Pise lo
' do." Count de Caylu?, n French nobleman,
^ !>eing born to wealth and p?inc*ly idleness,
tinned his attention to engrnving, and made
? many fine copies of antique gems. One of
' the nobility demanded from him a reason
* for this procedure, and was told by the in*
dustrious Count, " I engravo that 1 may
| not hang myself."
1 Mrs. Partington on Hanks.?44 Are you
r afraid of banks failing?" asked the cashier,
* as Mrs. Partington went to draw her pene
sion. 44 Hanks failing !" said the dame ; 44 I
1 never had any idea about it at all. If he gets
' votes enough I don't see how ho can fail,
i and if he don't I can't see how he is to help
s it,4' 44 I meant," said he, 44 the banks that
furnish currency for the country." She
)' Mood a moment counting her hills, 44 Oh,
? you did, did you ?" said site ; well, it's about
1 the some thing. If they have money
1 enough to redeem with?and henren knows
* there's need enough for redemption for a
giHxl many of them, and more grace than
* they allow their customers?they inay stand
it; hut doubtful things are uncertain."?
paired off like an exhalation, and the
I1 cashier counted out one hundred and fifteen
dollars and seventeen centa fifteen times
while pondering over what she said, in or>f
der to catch her meaning.? lion ton Ganette.
Death at a Weddiho.?A young man
i named White, who attended a wedding par
? ty in Lafifeaeier county, Pa., last Thursday,
11 drank too (touch, and was found dead on the
premises the next morning.
mmmmtmrnmrnrn^mmmI III I" ?L? ??
Nkw M sta i s.?It is Hinted definitely that
improvements linve been ninde in the manufscture
of aluminum, by which it in hereafter
to be produced at much less cost than hitherto.
Sodium, also, ho necessary in the manufacture
of Hluminum, can now he produced
by means of improved processes at a greatly
diminished pi ice. Lithium has been produced
by M. Froost, from lepidolitho. a mineral
which occurs in the grnuite near Roxena,
in Moravia. Whether this temnrkahle metal
is destined to find a place in the arts or
manufactures remains n problem which time
alone can solvo. lis striking characteristic
i? its extreme levity, lithium being a solid
metal which flouts upon rectified uaptha.?
Calcium, tho metallic base of lime, has been I
obtained as a beautiful gold colored metal,
by Prof. Benson, of Marburg, but as yet not
in nny quantity. Since it is now known
that the clays and earths are all of them re-1
duciblo to the metallic state, what may not
be expected in a few years in art manufacture!
Solids as durable as silver and less
liable to tarni>h, may be placed in the hands
of nrtizans from which to produce articles of
use or oinament lighter than cork.
A Good Man's Wish.?I would rather,
when I am laid in mv grave, that some one
in his manhood should stand over mo and
say, "There was one who was a real friend
to me. aud |>rivntely warned me of the dangers
of tne young. No one knew it, but he
aided me in time of need. 1 owe what 1
am to him." Or would rather have some
widow telling her children, " There is your
friend and initio. He visited mo in my af
diction, and found you, iny son, an employer,
?n<l you my daughter, a happy home in
a virtuous family." I would rather that
such pel sons should stand at my grave, than
to have erected over it the most beautiful
sculptured monument of Parian or Italian
marble. The heart's broken utterance of
past kindness, and the tears of grnteful
memory shed upon the grave, are more valuable,
in my estimation, than the most costly
monument.?Dr. Shirpc.
Bank Accommodations.?Tho fnoney
editor of the Journal of Commerce has the
following notice of a Bank operation in Phil
adelplua:
" There ia much written and uttered
about the illiberality of the Banks, but those
who complain most would he perhaps equal
ly loud in their condemnation if any trouble
should come, through a want of pru
deuce on the part of these institutions. We
doubt if any of our city Hanks tmve been
as " close " aa some of her sister institutions
in Philadelphia. It is reported that one
Bank there became so costfv?, that a customer,
a little irritated at the picayune policy,
drew a note for five dollars at thirty
days, covered it down the back with first
class endorsements from his fellow sufferers,
pinned it to a ten dollar bill, of the same
Bank, as collateral, and then offered it for
discount. This was what Jedediah Tomkins
would call ' k:ntin" around "
Fr.rrKR.?Pepper u an almost universal
condiment. Black pepper irritates and inflames
the coatings of the stomach, red pep
per does not, it excites, hut does not irritate,
consequently it should bo used instead of
black pepper. It was known to the Rn
mans, and has been in use in the East
Indies from time immemorial, as it corrects
that flatulence which attends the large use
?? i.i.i.. r.._.i i> i i.i. .1
; ?u vc^cirtuiu tuuu. x rrwun 111 ui'niui no iiui
| need any popper in their food. But to
: those of weak and languid stomachs, it is
j manifold more healthful to use cayenne pop!
per at meals than any form of wine, brandy,
i or beer that can he named, because it stim!
ulatea without tho reaction of sleepiness or
debility.?Hall's Journal of Health.
IIoRtttnLE.? It is estimated that there are
! four millions of female snuff-takers in the
j United States, using, onr an average, two
pounds per annum, or eight millions of
pounds, at an expense of two millions of dolI
a rs.?Exch a nge.
If these four million female snuff takers
should all sneeze at the same time, what an
explosion would there be! A respectable
hu'rricance would be the result.
[A'cw Orleans Bulletin.
And suppose nil the unknown tobacco
cheweis in the United States should happen
to expectorate, M tne same time, would not
a respectable deluge be the result ?
[ Charleston Courier.
AdVICKTO Ns.WRPAPKU CollltERPONDKNTff.
" Punch " desires his correspon cuts to remember
that punctuation, that is, the putting
the stops in the light ph.ee*, cannot bo
too sedulously studied. We lately rend,
says he. in a country paper, the following
startling account of Lord T'alnierston's appearance
in the House of Commons:
" Lord Pahnerston then entered on hi*
head, a white hat upon his feet, largo but
well polished boot* upon his brow, a dark
cloud in bis band, hi* faithful walking stick
in liis eye, a menacing glare saying nothing."
^
Trts Philosophy or Smoking.?Fast
young tnCn smoke a great deal, for it is the
nature of a Rake to have a quantity ol
Weeds about him:
i ! ??? i i
A Wira'a Rrtowt.? A clergyman of our
acquaintance, Wing recently in company
where several Indies were pre?Crtf, Ids wife
among the huintar, and the recent crimes of
Mm. Cunningham becoming the subject of
conversation, remarked. with a sort, of rogueieh
leer, that when a woman fell slit. was far
worse in her conduct than of the oilier sex.
" M v dear husband," refilled Ms wife. M yonf
will recollect that the height from which she
falls is infinitely greater."
[CJtmthrufye Chronicle.
Trie Postmnster General has made an order
that postmasters, whose compensation
exceeds $12 60 per quarter, shall be supplied
v hh wrapping paper, twine and sealing w*x
for the use of their office by the Post Office
Department, and the rule adopted March
12, 1855, has been repoaicd. All postmasters
whoso compensations is less than $12.60
per quarter can purchase for the use of
their offices a reasonable amount of these articles,
provided the net proceeds is not less"
than $20 per year.
i .
vunniuu* iviui auinumg a water-tall in
England, when he overheard a well-dressed
stranger saying to his companion, 44 It is a
majestic water-fallI" The poet was so do
lighted with the epithet he could not resist
turning round ana saying, 44 Yes, sir, it is
majestic ; you hate hit the expression ; it is
hotter than fine, sublime, or beautiful."?
The unknown critic, ffnttered by tho compliment,
pursued his strain of admiration in
this wise : 44 Yes, 1 really think it is the majest
iciest thirty of the kind I ever saw."
Application* op Cm-orovorji' to Bakr.
Last week a success-fid application of this
powerful agency was made by l*>r. Sinclair
to a hive of bees which was about to'swarm,
at tho garden of Barrogill Castle, Mey.?
The process was very simple and effective.
It was accomplished by merely placing a
handkerchief sprinkled with chloroform on
the hive, when in a short time, the whole
I swarm dropped into the r.ew scape (hive,)
I leaving behind them no less than 50 lbs. of
honey.?John (XGroat Journal.
Tiik Newl?erryport Herald tells the following
post office anecdote :*
44 A rap at the delivery.
Postmaster?4 Well, my lad, what will
you have!'
Boy?4 Here's a letter, she wants it to go"
along as fast as it cnii, cause there's a feller
wants to have her here, and she*s courted
by another feller what aint here, and she
wants to know whether he's going to have
her or not.'"
Some years ago Spurr kopt a stable.1?
Spurr never let a horse go Out of the stable
.i? i ?
- uiuiik Idj.ivn.iiij. Ilia lorsco I'UI lu anve
fast. One day there came to Spurr'a stable
a young man, to get a horse to attend a funeral.
t
" Certainty," said Spurr, "don't drive fast!"
" Why, look here, old fellow, I want you
to understand that I shall keep np tfith' the
procession, if it kills the boas 1" Spurr retired.
There is a world where no storms intrude.
?a heaven' of safety against the tempests of
life?a little world of joy and love, of innocence
and tranquility. Suspicions are not
there, nor the venom of slander. When a
man entered! it, he forgcU his sorrows and
cares, and disappointments ; he openeth hia
heart to confidence nno pleasures, riot riiingled
with remose. This world is the home
of a virtuous, and amiable mother.
A white man sells a slave whiskey, he
sits down oii a railroad drunken, the cars
run over him and he is kilted. Is the man
who sold him the whiskey any way responsible
! Ought he hot to he considered liable
for the loss of the slave ? Such instances
are of frequent occurrence ; but the whiskeydealers
being ? privileged sect, are suffered'
to go " unwhipt of justice."
Pay Your Little Bills.?Nothing helps
the money market inure than the prompt
payment of little hills. It keeps up trade,
keep* money moving, helps the banks, and
makes everybody feel good. When everybody
holds on to nil the money ho gets, because
he fears times are going to be worse,
he helps to ihnke them so.
Amkuicak Laoiks.?One of the sex writes
rather spicily, *' that though a few American
ladies live in iJIcnes*, or worse than
idleness, the majority work themselves into
early graves, giving men an opportunity to
trv two or wireo wiven in the cours? of their
own vigorous lives."
Thr Sabbath is but a day younger than
man?ordained for liim in the state of his
npiightness and innocency, that his faculties
Tu-incr then liolv and excellent, he might
1 employ them especially on that day, in the
singular vnd most spiiitual worship of God
his Creator.
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Tr ha* been obaenred, that tjmber expoai
ed to the clement* in the South, wif| decay
r two years earlier than the same kind of tirai
ber equally exposed in the Northern Sta.rs