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VOL. XXXII. CAMDEN. S. JULY 17, 1873. WO. 46.
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' % "THE SPIRIT OP THE SOUTH."
A Frank Expression op the Opinions
op a Norther.vRepurlican?The Evil
and tiie Remedy.
To the Editors of the Boston Advertiser:
Will you permit a few words on the subject
of your article entitled "The Spirit of
the South," and the series of extracts from
Richmond newspapers ? Three months pass_
j .l-J,,..;.,,, ?Viia isiiitor and snriiitr
eu in iue OUllkli uuim^ vuib m ...... r c
entitle me to speak with some confidence ol
the situation there, and I .nay add that my
own observations and opinions have been
shared and confirmed by hundreds of thoughtful
people fYoyi the North, out of the t wentyfive
thousand who have visited Florida and
the South this last wintor Theso persons,
intelligent men and women from all parts of
our country, have been largely Republican
in politics, anxious for the education and clcva-,
tiop of the colored people, and most tenacious
of what are called the results of the war. I 1
do not care to offer your readers any South
side views or ' copperhead" comments, nor 1
even the political fault-findings of the Democracy.
I would have, this question under- '
stood at the North as it has been seen by
Republicans?and Republicans only. ]
It is a tedious matter to discuss the mens 1
ures adopted for the reconstruction of the
South, or to apportion the blame upou ex- 1
* President JohnsonortlfcSouth, or the failure
to adopt the wise recommendations of Gover- '
nor Andrew's farewell address. Whatsoever '
. the cause of the muddle which now exists 1
the result is simply horrible. In our desire
to protect the colored people from a real or '
supposed hostility of their former masters we I
have given the suffrage to them all?most of 1
them hopelessly iguqjaut; we have organized '
them into political leagues; elevated them in '
to positions of high trust, for which they <
are deplorably unauited ; and then handed
them over in their helplessness to tlfe most '
t corrupt aud incompetent, set of shysters, call- s
ed carpet-baggers, from the North, of which {
- --- i I
it is possible to conoeive. I nave yet to iearu
of a single man who has gone from the 1
North to better his political fortunes (who is (
"on the make," as they themselves tell you,) ]
who has any real, earnest desire to help the j
colored people or the community in which >
he lives. One of these carpet-hag politicians, *
in reply to a question of mine upon invest- 1
- meats, remarked that he "wasn't fool enough f
to invest in the Sonth; when he had made
his pile he should leave the d d con- *
. cern." t
It is impossible for Northern people to un- 1
derstand the terrible corruption at the South, J
- which is still kept uiive by a careless or de- i
" pai-fthUfrmiui puliwoar in- -
fluenceat Washington. We have organized 8
society at the South upside down. Ignoranco '?
and crime override intelligence and decency. I:
The great educational, financial, commercial, t
charitable and political intorests of the States v
are entrusted to the common field hands of 1
the South and unprincipled- adventurers r
?i1A Vr?rf}, t t'an vnn wonder that s
I1VU1 VUV 4lV?Vi? J
these people desire to free themselves of 1
this tyranny and corruption ? Such a state
of things is contrary to nature, God's liftos,
and all the teachings and the wisdom of mankind.
Such governments are the. most
grotesquo travesties; they command no
respect from black or white; they * are a
scandal and disgrace to tbem and to us. And
does it help us of the North iu auy way, to
have a lot of men, the natural product of this
condition of things, sent into the halls of
Congress to legislate for us, there to become
the tools of bad men, and ready to combine
with vicious elements from the North and
West? It certainly is ot some consequence
to us that the twenty-four senators and eighty
or more representatives from the South
should be clean and intelligent men. Wc
can have them reasonably so if wc desire ;
but not by sustaining the present state of
things.
It may seem singular that the colored man
should go, as he invariably does, to the native
whites for advice in the carc of his family,
his money, and all his temporal concerns,
except in his politics. Ho wont vote with
tKft whita man becausc.like the Indian, he
worships the great lather, at Washington,
and minds the orders Qf his political league.
Gradually and surely these oppressed people
are finding out, amidst their weary soarVh
for true friends, that the politicians who
have settled among them "on the make are
not the wisest and best of guides. There is
no hostility?at least the writer has never
seen any?between the former masters and
their former slaves. The blacks go to these
men for advice; they even, in many instances,
support their old masters or mistresses
who have been stripped of their all
by the war. I know that the leading gentlemen
of Charleston, old and yonng, are studying
the problems of race and giveriimcut
with an earnest desire for tho welfare of its
blacks. They feel that their own prosperity,
for weal or woe, is indissolubly bound up
with that of the cjlorcd race, and that race
mast be educated Sml trained to citizenship.
The general satisfaction with the colored po
lico of Charleston, and the favorable coin- I
menu from old resident*, aro a proof that i
the whites aro willing and anxious to have j
the Qplored people do whatever they can <l> j
well. To make judges, adjutant and major I
generals. State and congressional legislators I
of them in their present ignorance, and in 1
league with bad'whites from the North, is
simply reducing society and government to :
chaos, and creating u state of things whiqh
augurs no good for the colored race.
A distinguished Northern Republican told ,
me that ho could not possibly reconcile the
conservation ot public morals and the public i
welfare with this deluge of ignorance and
corruption let loose, upon us by the measures
of reconstruction ; ho thought every step in
the process since 1865 had been a terrible'
f blunder, from which there seemed no escape. 1
A It would be easy to quote high political and j
military authority in support of these statements;
and many influential business men
and capitalists, apd persons interested in
philanthropic movements, and students of
social problems, have returned to their homes
from their Southern visit determined' to do
something to enlighten the public as to the
outrageous state of things in the South. And
what shall be the remedy ? It is difficult to
say : hut one thinir can be done, and that is
create a public sentiment which shall enable
the Southern States to rid themselves of their
present political rulers, white and black;
and secondly, withhold all government and
political patronage from men known to be
connected with the "rings" iu the South ;
and we can safely leave the rest to time.
A: J.'C. S.
Beauregard Follows LongstreetOn
our first page will be found a scries
of resolutions adopted at a recent meeting
in New Orleans. "The first report was that
the G. T. Beauregard whose name heads the
list was General Beauregard of Confederate.
fame. This was afterwards denied, and it
was said to be an insignificant ward
politician of that city "It stems, however,
hat the first report was correct. General"
Beauregard has avowed himself as.thoau
hor of these resolution*. i.nc Allan ra
ffcrnhl of Sunday last expresses wlmt we
hink and feel about.him. much better than i
ve could do ourselves in tho following cx;
!ract': . i
Not without the deepest possible regret,
lo wc tind publislied in the Nashville papers
a note from General Deaucrgard. in. i
ffhich be avows bimseli tlie father of the
nnalganiation resolutions. -lie says that i
hey had become a necessity : that it was a <
jucstion ol'cxistence with .them. j
Wc cannot understand the necessity that <
mpels white Southern men to mako such ;
startling concessions to an inferior race, as <
.hose proposed by General Beauregard and '
lis adherents. Does the General mean to j
ell us that the existence of white Louisiana
Innnn/lii ni*nn mint Ilia r/>C/ll 11 f innH rail t])f> I
ivyvti v?o uj/vii t* uuv uiw ?vw<<?v?v..v - ?
'unification of the races!' Is their ex- I
stencc dependent upon the sweeping away I
n one blow of .every barrier that four centu- <
iesof social custouis*havo erected between
hern ? Is there not something puerile and I
rawardly in this declafation ? . i
Wo very readily aduiit that the political ]
ituation in Louisiana is a grave one, and 1
hat, by tho action of the Federal Govern t
uent, the State is now in the hands of a '
uost unprincipled set of scoundrels. But i
f-iJie rapacity of thieving carpot-baggers i
rtlknmi I.' rpuT II, irnr .r1 ? Tl1
o severe, that the existence of white men <
ras at stake, was there no nobler and more s
nanly method of meeting the danger than 1
iv welcoming the doctrines of the most c
iolent advocates of social equality ? i
twenty well firmed, determined men could f
ortainly have fceen found in Louisiana to 1
trilcc one bold, daring blow and eud the (
Iftngcr. True enough, such a course would i
lave put the State under martial law : but t
t would, at any rate, have taken Louisiana
ut of the hauds of the Scoundrels who had (
laced the very existence of her white 1
inpulation at peril. . t
Exactly what General Beauregard ex- i
lects to gain by his present*course we can- t
lot imagine. The ' negroes whose votes he
xpects to obtain will not place credence in i
be sincerity of bis declarations; and it will .
c utterly impossible for liirn to unite the s
i lutes on any platform of social equality I
rith negroes. All, then? that he can c
lossibly effect will bo tho division of the <
ihites in a crisis which demands their t
omplctc unity. t
I 'ndcr the plea of necessity she Soutli has, \
or eight years past, made concession after i
ion cession, and in return has obtained t
lothing but oppression and -contumely, s
s it likely that the movement inaugurated (
>y General Beauregard and his allies will ;
jroduco any more palatable results? If t
jolitical success depends upon concession to t
o negVo arrogance be well fixed, lie will (
ind the adventurer more than his match. ;
fhorc is not a single jwivilcgc he can oli'er i
o the nogro that the carpet-bagger has not <
dready offered him ; and between the two. >
he uegro will trust the adventurer. Stoop- I
ng, then, will not even enable him to conInor.
Not a negro will vote his ticket, I
vho would not have voted it upon a promise 1
runnel liis nnlilical risrlits and to nrotcct 1
; *v ; i i ; ; .
iitn in their exercise. On (lie other hand, |
housands of white men, dilgusted. and in- ,<
lignant, and feeling that the concessions
)ffere(l aro_a humiliation to their race, will I
thandon tlie political ticld in disgti-t, and
hus leave Louisiana more hopelessly in the ,
lands of carpet-baggers and other scoundrels ,
han ever. \
General Beauregard has not only com- I
nitted a gross blunder, lie has committed a .<
rime against his race uud his people. Ilis l
. solutions cannot elevate the negro, but i
hoy can drag white men down to (lie level <
f negroes. It would have been better to
lave re-enacted the scenes of the barricades
in the streets of New Orleans, than to have
riven to despair of succor that cowardly
form which abandons pride of race, pride of
birth and devotion to principles, and by
basely surrendering everything?even manhood?sought
to retain two pitiful gifts?
pitiful when placed beside riuht and liberty,
a little money and a few years nt life.
Alas! we fear that Louisiana perished when
Lee surrendered !
Barrister, to avenge himself oji an opponent,
wrote "rascal" in his hut. The owner
of the hat took it up. looked ruefu))\ iilto it.
and, turning to the judge, exclaimed: "If
claim the protection of this honorable cov.it,
for the opposingoouiisel has writt< n his
name in my hat, and I have strong suspuieion
that he intends to make oil with it."
THE PATRONS OP HUBANDRY.*
Tho grear advantages to be derived from
combination are well enough understood
and appreciated at the present day, and the
rapid growth of the- society known as Patrons
of Husbandry, only illustrates the'want
that has boon felt for the protection against
the peculiar species of tyranny from which
those who have enrolled themselves together
have suffered.
The leading ideas of tho organizatibn are
based upon self interest, upon the determination
to throw off, not only the tryanny-of
railroad corporations, but to get rid of-tbfc
exactions of middl" men, who now reap the
lion's share of the profits of the farmers.
This is proposed to be dene by tho appointment
of special agents in the towns, or points
of shipments, upon whom they concentrate
their whole patronage, and to whom they
entrust, not only tho sales of their grain,
ect,, but also the purchase/)f their supplies
of iron, sugar, salt, etc.# .
These, so far as oan be seen, are the ob-.
jects of the society. It is not diffibtflt to
see. that these organizations will bo capable
of producing great effects in the future,
remembering the quite prodigious proportions
which the movement has already as
mV- -Inlnie 1,o nllnirnthflr
Mtllll'U. I 111; Ul Ubi < uiiiuo w uv ?
non-political, and it is admitted that it may
be of vast benefit to the country in carrying
out its peculiar object, and championing1
the farmers, and' with them society ut largv ;
ngainst the domination or rings
At the present day, the the tendency of
businefs is to concentrate all operations itK'
the hands of a few, the' consequence of
which is to placo everything at the mercy;
of combinations. Prices rise or full at tho
dictation of these parties, aud nothing is
assured of a fixed value. Some become
juormously rich, at the expenso of many,
ind cement their power hv the corruption
>f government .and government officials,
fo com hat these rings, and to rescue the
government from corrupt hands is what the
Patrons of Husbandry aim at. Thus tho
acw organization promises great good to
the country, while tho purity of its operation
is maintained and its originally chosen
nwA I'Atkf in virrw
JUJCllO UIO M/pv ail i iuii
The prodigiously rapid rise of this body
Jo the dimensions of a power in the laud,
s illustrated by the fact that within the
last year 377 granges have been organized,ivith
an aggregate membership of 2,G00V000, i
lie number being daily on the increase, j
f he society is a secret one, ahd no one is i
illowed to cross the threshold of these j
grange halls but numbers. Then '
-, r ivt i- ? it f"31
juaintness so much affected by other secret i
lonieties. Women as well as men are ad-11
nittcd to tlio highest degrees in the sub- I,
ordinate granges, up to the forth degree but1 (
lot beyond. Members admitted to the i
irst degree are known respectively as j i
Laborer and Maid: in the second degree, as , i
Cultivator and Shepherdess; in the third j
legrce, as Harvester and Gleaner, and in !
he fourth as Husbandman juid Matrons. (
Higher up we have the *Pomoua or Hope I;
J range, composed only of Masters and Past j i
Wasters of subordinate granges : a superior j i
legrec is conferred only 011 members,!
f the council of the national grange. This 11
ouncil is composqd of Masters and Past; ]
Masters of the State granges. The seventh j
legree is conferred only on members of the 1 (
National Senate. The Supremo Executive j j
mthority in the order is lodged in the; i
Master of the National grange. The | <
establishment of this order appears to be ; t
(uitc a prominent and peculiar fcatrire of i
lio times. The particulars of its organiza- ,
ion as of other secret societies arc vague, bc,-ond
a most general idea, gathered perhaps j
norc from what it has accomplished than
* t 1. 1 1 |.
roni (ho avowed intention, wnieo nas ueeu
tatc<l above. It is. said that the order cx- <
reises a moral supervision of its members, |
md provides for the care of such as may bo i
infortunatc. It has been well remarked i
hat its vast increase in numbers, implying a (
orrespotidimr acceptability, its general and
md ruj?id diffusion over the country, and
Is manifestations of power and purpose,
institute an interesting study lor the
iociologist and publicist. One would like
o have its objects more clearly defined.
A'e are told that '''already in many localities
lie occupation of the agents or middle men
vlio deal in manufactured wares consumed
t>v farmers has become obsolete." In sonic
[daces t be granges have purchased or leased
/rain elevators. In Iowa they have built au
igricultural implement manufactory of extensive
capacity.
An Kaslcm j.apcr speaking of the granges
fays: One-third of all the elevators and
/rain warehouses in the State are now own
j<1 or controlled by granges, and no less
tlion five million bushels of grain were
diipycd fo Chicago on grange account prior
to lb comber 1st. The number of cattle
iml hogs shipped in the same manner is
enormous."
In addition to the before mentioned
features of this remarkable movement, is
the one that it has operated among a class
that one would have supposed the least
susceptible to influences of this kind. The
world will doubtless watch with interest
further manifestations of this influence
which, whether for its own members or for
society at largo has shown itself capable of
working startling changes, though probably
not on the scale of examples that may bo
furnished in the future.? Tin Smith.
A l>r\i? Wick's (lnosr.?A (Icrtnan of
good standing up town lost his wife Ly
death about a year ago. On her death bed
the wife exacted a solemn promi.s from the
husband that he would never marry again,
lie was sincere at tho time, and fully bh*
lieved that ho was willing to remain a mourning
widower the rest of bis days. A few
f
4
inCuthy^B however, he begun to feel a
for a lady up town, In due
tinoPfc :bi^Kg$d, and was accepted. The
disregarded in his
affectiov^HPA living, the man was made
senscbldH kf broken promis. His sleep
fend haunted with unpleasant
id reau^j^Btym are, or the accusing
presed&m^Be? spirit wife, brooded over
him, tnn^Hfl^nnroach of nierht was to him
tho of terror. His appetite
failed ujJn^ wasted away in flesh, and his
ppirita Mt^frelow a zero standard. Still be
pereistidATiig intentions to wed, with all
these ^?3Ionitions of evil staring him in
The m
Jtinge day was settled, and the
mtoerablo^en made the necessary preperathms.
V* .ordered from the confectionery
a weddin wasjof size andjquaility couimcnsurajjRjfh
the acoasioti. The baker
cognizftDT^^he man's circnmstances, and
warned hft against his contemplated step,
but all t?/Jj0 avail. Wed he would. The
baker V'pa the cake. It contained the
asual qdkity of indigestion, and was as
elegant J article as could be desired
W%cn ft ? 2 done, he put it carefully away
ill anoth At-opm with a number of other
nichtmeatrovnkiucr cakes, covcrihs: it
with ft prote&or. The door was lockid,"and
taker retired.
Thij iw Tuesday night, and the-marmriagfli
wf jfc toko place on the day following.
man who would marry met his
botrotrKlakud his friends in the evening
apU w*^*rried. The qik<j was sent for.
VjMflMKfth professional pride, opened the
|and entered for the cake, when
strewn about the floor, the
shivered to pieces?and yet
nofra tljjjL/'lind entered the room during
liia absehf. 'j'h - news added a new ghostly
featurAp jhc groom's unhnppy surroundings!
??cbpcrstit,iohs neighbors say that
departed signified her disuppwHHR
of the second marriage by ruthlcsjW.lHfttrin'r
thrt wpddiny cake, and the
'1?l determined widower was
turned#, gall and bitterness.
j^HXL Jjoi'isvilU: Commercial.
CdbW'^A0TS Concerning tne Great
?The recently-discovered
corner wT? of the treat Ghi^eh parauiid,
e Egyptian prainids,
rercr, and JSnglish
) same remarkable'
it had. been asoeril
stripping of the
itone facing of the pyramid, was found in
ritu, to mousure multiplies of the pyramidal
cubit (a littlo more than twenty-fivo inches)
in all its lines, and the angle of its outerslope
to express with mathematical accuracy
tlm rf.fin nf tli? diameter tn the nerimetcr of
:i circle. The pyramidal cubit is exactly
3.000,000,000,1 of (lie shortest radius oftho
uarth, and the height of the restored pyramid
222 cubits, the 0 000,000,000,1 of the distance
of the sun from the earth, according
to the lately.corrected value of this distance.
Similarly the so-called sarcophagus iuside
the pyramid has been found to be an accurate
measure of contents, based on the
pyramidal cubit. A relation to the meau
density of the earth is also found to exist,
tud it is a curious fact that the unit of measure
adopted by the builders of the pyramid,
supposed to be at loast 8,000 years old, and
to have been erected by a race anterior to
the histtxical Egyptians, possesses a geometrical
accuracy which does not exist iu the
French ono, which as is known, is not what
its designers intended it to be.in exact decimal
relation with the meridian, owning to errors
in the are. Wh#ovcr -were the builders
?f the Ghizeh pyramid, astronomy must havq
K.inn f'lr fulrnnrnd ninmi!/ tllCUl to Citable
them to calculate) the distance of the sun at
the amended figure to which it has been reduced
owty within (he last three or four
years.
HOW ,sfiREENlJACK" PAPER IS MADE.?
All the paper for tin* money issued by the
government is manufactured on a 62-inch
Four-drihier machine, at the (.lien Mills,
near Weit Chester, I'ennsylvania.
Short pieces of red silk arc mixed with
(lie pulp in the engine, and the finished
stuff is conducted to the wire without passing
throigh any screens, which might retain
(lie silk threads. 15y an arrangement above
the wire cloth, a shower of fine blu<5 silk
thread is dropped in streaks upon the paper
while it is forming The upper side, on
which the blue silk is dropped, is the one
used for the face of the notes, and from the
< .1 i. ? ?t:~i
manner in wjiicn nic uircuas arc ?ppvu,
must plow them more distinctly than the
lower or- reversed side, although they are
emboddtt?"deeply enough to remain fixed.
The uiili is guarded l>y ofticers night and
day, to prevent the dbstractioii of any paper.
i
Sloel),'obtained two hours before midnight,
when tljr negative forces are in operation, is
the restiwhich most recuperates the system,
givinfHp. htncss to the eye and a glow to
the check. The difference in the appearance
r,r nnndi who habitually retires at ten o'clock.
" I 1- ?
ana tlm Cone who sits up until twelve, is
tpjite remarkable. The tunc of the system
ho evid^ nt in the complexion, the clearness
and ?p*i -Ue, of the eye. anil the soilness of
feature.!, i* in a person of health, kept at
' concert niteh" bv takinn regular rest two
1 'Hi , . j iu twelve o'clock, and thereby obtaim'beauty
sleep'' of the night.
There Va heaviness of the eye, a snllo\vne?
of ski?and hu absence of that glow in the I
face wSph renders it fresh in expression and
rount^Kn appearanee, that rapidly distinguVtes
the person who keops late hours.
A Happy Dajody.?We are not obliged
to tell how the following funny letter fell into
our hands. All the readers has to do is
read it aud laugh :
Dear Sister Emma : I now take xny seat
and set down to take the opportunity to inform
yon that I am a "daddy/' or at least I
suppose I am, for Addie has got as nice" a
baby as ever* made, up faces.- We hope that
these few lines may and you enjoying the
same great blessing. Now, ihfe is to be
strictly a business letter. Firstly, as I said
befoTe, Addie has got a fine baby; secondly,
1 have swapped away old John, and think I
have got a pretty nice horse, it is a girl, and
and wei^s nine pounds?I mean the baby
?it is just as fat as bdtter, and has a good,
strong pair pf lungs. She is red, and has a
bobtail?the liorse I mean?and a .white
ufrino in lior fnn/i onii is a (irivnr sVift bns
got some blue eyes and a dimple in ber chin
?I mean the baby?has just the prettiest
mouth that ever opened to receive pap;
judging from her teeth, I think she is about
six years old?I mean the horse now?she is
sound, smooth and kind-?I mean the horse
or the baby either, now?and the doctor says
she is the fairest he ever saw, without any
exception?he meant the baby?I got 824
tojboot, not on the baby, though, for in its case
the boot is on the other foot, and two or three
sizes larger, as near as I can find out. I am
going to harness the liorse now, and go after
mcthcrshe waadjorn last nichtat twenty min
utcs yast 9?I hopo you don't think I {mean
mother or the horse; I mean the babyj^ She
is as hearty as a pig; eat an egg, a biscuit,
and drank three cups of tea?I mean Addic
?she is getting along nicely, and if she
don't have any bad luck she will get along
first-rate. She is subject to disorders of the
stomach, and they say it is.a sign of colic?
I mean the baby?I hope it is, for the nurse
says colioy babies never die. She talks
about her "nose as she takes snuff?I mean
the nurse. I aui going to nauie it Ediena?
I mean the baby. There ! I've been reading
this over, and I see plainly that I aint
fit to write. Thft amount of itis lam flustrated;
I am a happy father, and that accounts for '
it, so you must oxcuse me this time. Your
brother, JiM. (
: You Are a Brick.?A certain college
professor hud assembled his class at the comment
of the term, and was reading over the
lits of names to see that all was present. It
chanced that ono of the number present was >
unknown to the*professor, baying just entered
the class that day. * ,
"What is you name, sir," asked the profee- j
aor. lookingj through his spectacles at the],
""Yo^ir^^jncJ^was the'siartfmg rt? 1
ply.
"Sir," said the professor, half starting
out of his chair at the supposed impertinence,
but?not quite sure that he Jiad Understood
the young mau .c&rectly j "Sir, I did
not exactly understand your answer."
"You are a brick," was again the composed
reply. .
"This is intolerable," said the old professor,
his face reddening. "Beware, young
man, how you attempt to insult me."
"Insult you!"replicd the student, in turn
very much astonished. "How have I done
it?"
/Did you not say that I was a brick?"
rpfnrnpd ihfi npofessor with satisfied indig
nation.
"No, sir, you asked me my name, aud I
answered your (juestion.^ My name, sir, is
U. K. A. Brick?Uriah Reynold Anderson
Brick."
"Ah, iudecd!" murmured the professor,
sinking back into his seat in confusion; "it
was a misconception on my part. Will you
commence tho lcssoii, Mr.?ahem?Brick ?"
A matron gives the following advice to
girls : Girls talk and laugh about marriage
as though it were a jubilee, a glad something,
a rose without a thorn. And so it
is, if it is all right; if they go about it as
rational beings, instead of merry-making
children, it is a life business, and that of
heart aud happiness. Therefore, never do
it iu a haste; never run away to get married;
never "steal a marriage;" never marry
fur wealth, or standing, or fine person,
or manners, but only for character, for
worth, for the qualities of mind and heart
which make an honorable man. Take time,
think long and well beforo you accept any
proposal; consult yonr parents, :hcn some
judicious fliend, then your own judgment.
Learn all that it is possible for you to learn
of your proposed husband; when all doubts
have been removed, and not until then, accept
him.
To Cure Toothache.?A well-known
dentist, who has tried the remedy on some
nervous people who have old roots of broken
teeth, and are too timid to permit an attempt
to remove them, makes the following public
for the benefit of all whom it may concern:
To persons having a hollow tooth, allowing
the air to reach the nerve, I would advise
that they get some spirits of nitre and mix
with alum ; saturate a littlo cotton With it, I
and apply it to the cavity.
Viu Apiit?The following is said to l
""" " a
be a speedy euro for this disease : "Take a
piece of fat. salt pork, and make a plug half
an inch long in such a shape that one end
will fit in (lie car like a cork ; the other end
large enough to keep it from slipping." If
any one is suffering with this disease, the
recipe is worth trying.
A Pitlsfield Teuton, disgusted with the
disrespect oftlood Friday by the Yankees,
exclaimed. "Mein(Jolt! McinOott! What
a country! What, a beeplcs! Only two
holy days and one is Fourth of July and the
other April Fools!
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The fastest city io the world?Electricity.
The end of all argument?you're.another.
When is it right to take any one in ??
When it rains.
New reading of an old proverb?Man
proposes, and Woman seldom refuses.
What nation produces most marriages f?
Facination.
Reeling home Saturday night is a bad .
windup of the week.
?i ?Wher a tree if
11 you want w &uv? ? _
hollow or not axe it.
Sadness is a dyer; it discolors everything
and drapes the soul in sable.
Did you ever enjoy the bliss of courting f
If not, get a little gal an' try.
A doctor was shot lately in Iowa; and a
local paper baa "strong fears of his reoovcry."
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"I have a bad habit," as the drunkard
said, when he looked at his tattered
garments.
Let him who regrets the loss of time make
the proper use of that which is to come.
Labors of the body free as from pains of
the mind. This is what constitutes the
happiness of the pool.
A loyal Ohio girl went several hundred
miles lately to marry lover, who was in jail
for stealing horses. *
A school boy remarks that when hia
teacher undertakes to " show him what is
what," he oniy finds out which is noitch.
. Thackery says'that a critic is a Solomon
that sits in judgement before us, and chops
up our children.
To carry gunpowder in the pocket?Soak
it well in cold water, then wrap it up in a
cover of oiled silk
Boxes, it is said, govern the world?the
cartridge-box, the ballot-box, the - ^vry-bex,
and last, through out least, tile bonnet-box.
* cri?M ft look'of hia
A JOUng Luau ^ciiDiui; 0 ,
hair to his sweetheart before he marries her.
After marriage she sometimes helps herself,
ind don't use scissors.
A good way to cure a cold in the head it
to pour vinegar over a hot briek, holding
rhe head over it until it is thoroughly steamte^^^Mpre^nTa
sti^hr^^haW^S^"^*^
a blow docs a lady receive when she buys a
pound of "double zephyr?"
A New Abany, Indiana, judge has decided
that if a man gets drunkevery other week,
and stays drunk a week at a time, he is not a
habitual drunkard.
"Say, Pomp, you nigger, where you get
that new hat?" "Why, at de shop, of
course." "What is de pifoe of such an article *
as dat?" "I don't know, digger?I don't
know; de shop man wasn't dsr."
Who can know how much of his most inward
life is made up of (he thoughts be believes
other men to have about him until
that fabric of opinion is threatened with
ruin ?'
A country editor has answered the question
; "What is the use of dogs V- He asjs
wait until a man h^nga round tout offioe
for four days reading exchangee and proffering
good advice and then you'll know what a dog
is good for.
A father, in consoling his daughter, who
had lost her husband, said; "I don't wonder
you grieve for him, my child. Tou will
never find his equal." "I don't know as I
can," responded the sobbing widow, "butI'll
do my best!" The father went home oemforted.
.
Ono of the smartest detectives in the city
of New York is a negro, and it is conceded
that he docs moro to check crime among
those of his own color, by the reason of his
intimate knowledge of their ways and haunts,
Kan oil thn rest of the force.
Of a miserable man who died of softening
of the brain, a local paper said: ' His head
gave way, bat hand* never did; his brain
softened, but his heart couldn't."
"Excuse this bit of sarcasm," said Smith;
but. I must say that you are an infamous
scoundrel!" Pardon this bit of irony," was
replied, as a poker descended on Smith's
head.
A citizen of Waco, Texas, is vouched for
as the father of fifty children. By his first
wife he had thirteen, by his second eighteen,
by his third ten, by his fourth six, and by
his fifth and surviving wife, three; thirtyfive
are still alive, eight having been loet in
the Confederate army, and seven having died
natural deaths. .
* II A .J _
' Gentlemen ot the jury, coargvu
Western judge, "in this case the counsel on
both sides arc unintelligible, the witneeN*
on both sides are incredible, and plaintiff .
and defendant are both snch characters, that
to nic it is indifferent which way yon give a *
verdict."
a iiamnihirA nut the following ad
" o w
vcrtisemont in a weekly paper: "Who
wants to buy a new milch cow, that ia every
way kind, only, fivo years old, and rives
fifteen quarts of milk to a milking?Jack
Kogers.' The next week Mr. Rogers received
no fewer than fifty applications through
tho paper for the cow, which were answered
thus: "If I hear of any such cow, I will let
you know immediately.?Yours truly J.
Rogers."