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from the difficulty % Sling sad properly
lighting the pipe, there Is generally per-
son who waits upon the smoker TO per-
form the Office. 4 few days Of this fear
ful luxury, when taken 10 etceSs, win
give a psllid and haggard look to she
face and = few months, or even weeks,
viii change n strong and healthy man into
an IDIOT skeleton. The pain they suffer
when deprived Of the drug, after long
habit, no language can explains and ], is
only when TO a eerisia degree upder les
influence that their faculties arc alive
In the houses devoted 10 their ruin, these
infatuated people may be seen At nine
O'Clock in the evening in all the different
stages some entering half distracted TO
feed the craving appetite they Aaa been
obliged 10 subdue during the day and
others laughing and taking wildly under
the effects Of the first pipe; whilst the
couches around are fillod with different
occupants, Nho lie languid, with an idiot
smile upon their eountenanees, too much
under the Influence Of the drug to care
for passing events, and fast naerging 10
the wished for consummation. The lass
scene in this tragic play is generally a
room in the rear of the building, a spe-
eies Of dead house, where lie stretched
those who have passed into a state OF
bliss the opium eater so madly seeks--an
emblem of The lorg sheep TO which he is
blindly hurrying.-CLIvEs
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SERVANT GIRLS VS.. HAIR OIL.

At the boarding house where Dave and
his friends put up are number of SER
want girls, and it is an idiosyncracy of
servant girls 10 take their share of toilet
articles, such as hair oils, perfumery, &c,
while they are rejuvenating the apart
ments of the boarders. Dave and his
friend Robert were very careful of their
respective toilets, and being in a courting
way, had been paying extra attention to
personal adornments for long time
They were in the habit of getting pint
of hair oil made up at the druggists at
one time; and finally they were in the
habit of finding that pint of this costly
hair oil wouldn't last a week, and that all
the servant girls emitted the same per-
fume that they did. II was not long be-
fore they came TO a conclusion in the
matter. So one evening finding that the
hair oil cruise was empty, they took the
bottle which contained it, and straight
way went to Mathews drug store
There was whispered conversation with
a laughing clerk, mixing Of various ar,
ticles in a pint bottle, and the following
was marked on the prescription book as
the contents:
OF lack assafetoda--milk Of assafoet-
oda, which for the information Of oui
readers we viii state, is highly eoucen
trated extract of that delicious drug-o
this one ounce.
! OF liquor posasse-a fluid slightly eel
ebrated for its corrosive property, hayin,
the power of taking the hair of dog il
ten seconds--one half ounce.
Balsam of ir--the stickiest and gum
miest article known--one ounce.
Honey--one ounce.
Alcoholic make these ingredient
fluid one half pint.
This was well shuck, and deposife
in the usual place occupied by the has
oil. Tho next morning --sunday--Dav
and Bob dressed themselves for church
, and after finishing, travelled down stair
. But they came up another stairway IN
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A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

The Glasgow Christian News gives the
following as "no fiction, but Tie plain
truth .
A young man and his wife were pre-
pairing to attend Christmas party, at the
house of friend, some miles distant.
"Henry, my dear husband, don't drink
too much at the party to-day; you will
promise me, won't you ?" said she, putting
her hand upon his brow, and raising her
eyes to his face, with pleading smile.
" No, Millie, win not; you may trust
me;'' and he wrapped his infant boy in a
soft blanket, and they descended.
The horses we're soon prancing over
the turf, and pleasant conversation be-
guiled the way. Now don't forget your
promise" whispered the young wife as
she passed up the steps.
Poor thing she was the wife of man
who loved to look upon the wine when
red. The party passed off pleasantly !;
the time for departing drew near, and
the wife descended from the upper cham
Der to join her husband.
Apang shot through her trusting heart
as she met him, for he was intoxicated
he had broken his promise. Silently
they rode homeward, save when the
drunken man broke into snatehes of song
or unmeaning laughter. But the wife
rode on, her babe pressed closely to hei
grieved heart.
"Giye me the baby, Mile; / cam
trust you with him." said he, as they ap
lproached dark and swollen stream.
I After some hesitation, she resigned hel
first born, her darling babe, closely wrap
ped in a large blanket. to his arms
Over the dark waters the noble stee'
safely burc them, and when they resche,
the bank the mother asked for the child
With much care and tenderness he place
the bundle in her arms, but when sh
clasped it to her bosom, no babe tCG
there I 1t had slipped from the blanke
! and the drunken father knew it not. !
+ wild shrek from the mother aroused hin
and he turned around just in time TO Sc
a the little rosy face rise one moment abov
! the dark waters, then sink forever
t What a spectaclel The idol of his heal
f gone-gone forever-and that by his ow
intemperance. The anguish of th
i mother, the remorse Of the father, ca
Q be imagined, but not described.
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SHARPENING EDGED TooLs.-It has
long been known that the simplest meth
cd of sharpening razor is to put it for
half an hour in water, to which has been
added one twentieth of its weight of mu-
riatic or sulphuric acid, then lightly wipe
il off, and after a few hours set it on
hone. The acid here supplies the place
of a milestone by corroding the whole
surface uniformly, so that nothing further
than a smooth polish is necessary. The
process never Injuries good blades, while
baely hardened ones are frequently i'm
proved by it, although the cause of such
improvement remains unexplained. OF
late this process has been applied to many
other cutting implements. The work
man at the beginning of his noon spell.
or when he leaves off in the evening
lnoistens the blades of the tools with
water acidiffed as above, the cost oI
which is almost nothing. Thise saves
the consumption of time and labor ii
whetting, which moreover speedily wear;
on the blades. The mode of sharpening
here indicated would be found especially
advantageous for scythes and sickles.-
limbs 4" Yearbook Of Facts, 1857.
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CHINESE OPIUM-EATING.

One Of the streets Of Canton Is wholly
occupied by shops for the sale Of opium.
One Of the objects at this place that | had
the curiosity to visit, was the opium smo-
ker IN his heaven; and certainly il is a
fearful sight, although Lot so degrading
to the eye as the drunkard from spirits,
lowered to the level Of the brute and wal
lowing in his filih. The idiot smile and
death-like stupor Of the opium debauchee,
however, has something far more awful 10
the gaze than the bestiality Of the latter.
The rooms where they sit and smoke are
surrounded by wooden eouehes, with pla-
ces to rest the head upon, and generally
the side room is devoted TO gambling
The pipe is reed about an inch in diam
eter, and the aperture in The bowl for the
admission Of the opium is no. larger than
= pins head. The drug Is prepared with
some kind Of eonsesves and very small
portion i sufficient 70 charge i, one q
two whias being she Btmost that can b
inhaled from single pipe, and the sH1oke
j taken into the lungs A. from The boo
kah ia India. On a beginner, cue ar tsse
pipes viii have an effect, bul an old ssa'
ger wili continue smoking Tor hours. Al
tie head Of each naas ooueh Is placed !
small lamp, As Gre must Be bsid 70 sh'
drug during she process d inhaling J as's
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Soar SUBS FOR CURRANT BUsHEs.-
A correspondent of the Indiana Farmer
says: Il have found the cultivation of
currant to be very profitable. By care
and attention greatly increased the size
of the bushes and quality of the fruit
My bushes are now about six or eight
feet in height, and are remarkably thrift
ty. The cause of this large growth /
attribute in great measure to the fact
that have been in the habit of pouring
soap suds and chamber ley around their
roots during the summer season. / am
satisfied, from my own experience and
that of some of my neighbors, that the
treatment viii produce most astonish-
ing effect upon the growth and product Of
the bushes, and would advise others tc
give it trial"
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Incogs should be Respected.

There is saying that Is very common
in Great britain" they manage these
things better in France; !" and viii add,
in England, too.
While in those eoHntries---Or any other
Il never had the honor and pleasure Of
travelling with a lady; but ] am told by
those who know-and from my knowl-
edge of the people know it to be true
that there Is not the slightest curiosity
exhibited towards any persons that are
travelling together, provided they pay
their bills, and behave themselves in n
way that gives offence 10 none. In Eng
land, under no Circumstances, are travel
lers ever asked their names. Unless n
person is suspected or accused Of crime,
it is literally no mans business what his
name is. A friend of mine in England
IA gentleman Of unguestionable NOR
ality' and good eonduci--told me that q
lady who was about twenty-five years Of
age---a single lady whose character, like
that Of Cesar's wife, was above suspi-
cion-olIered TO accompany him on a
journey through a portion Of France
She was Il governess in a nobleman's
family, had vacation, was her own mis-
tress, had money, and had no father, hus-
band, brother, or lover, to accompany
her.
/ She talked French fluently, but the
gentleman did not. OF course she knew
the gentleman we'll.
She simply demanded the right TO have
her own apartments, call for what she
liked, pay her own bills, and he was TO
act as her protector. OF course they had
passports made out in their own correct
names, so there was no disguise or false
ipretense rs to their identity. AT the ho-
tcls, as my friend said, all they we're ask
ed was, how many rooms they wanted ;
and then they paid no more attention TO
them, OF had no more curiosity about
them, than as if they had been made of
blocks Of wood.
Now who shall say This innocent pair
acted very wrong, or were dreadful
naughtyP OF course all the old maids
, Of both sexes--as Christopher North
says, or might say--wiil roll up their pi-
! ous eyes ia holy horror at that young las
: dy's dreadful conduct. But let EN- how'll
. They didn't have 10 run the gauntlet Of
, lot of 'Peeping Tome ] remember
once looking over the hotel register Of q
respectable hotel in this city, and saw this
! entry Mr. Snooks and lady, Canada.
j. They had no baggage, aud called for one
D night only. What has q landlord to do
). with the moral character Of his custom
= ersl People have right to the name
j. Of Snooks--they hsve a right to travel
without luggage. provided they pay 10 adj
: vance: and i il the business Of the land
: lords 10 ask every man ind woman who
= calls at his place 10 produce their mar
a rage eertifcateY If they, in tleir anx.
i isfy . keep up proper pieiy and 9
I mighty morality in their earayanseras
2 sometimes raise breeze that puts bad
: oslor al around them and drives away the
e pubiie, who have they 10 thank bu'
> themselves
y OF those Who read this epistie, | vel
]. know who they are that win fret and faas
I nj Il.
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soul of Oliver Cromwell in his son
Richard?

Richard?
But the most important question which
the reviewer attempts to solve is the fa-
miliar and generally admitted one of her
editary Insanity. That this terrible NAL
ady is not only transmissible, but may
suddenly manifest itself in persons who
have hitherto shown no predisposition to
it, are now well authenticated facts. One
case is related of man who, greatly
agitated by the events of the French
revolution, shut himself up in one room
from which he never stirred for ten years !;
his daughter, on reaching the age at
which he was attacked, fell into the same
state and could not be made to quit her
apartments. Another, is that of a lady
who, in her twenty-fth year, went OFT of
her mind after her accouchment, her
daughter was afflicted in the same way,
at the same age, and under the same cir
cumstances. The responsibility of pa
rent or guardian permitting marriage to
be contracted where the hereditary
taint' exists, has been handled in many
of our latest and best works of fiction
The writers assume that the transmission
of the malady is inevitable, and hence
insist on the duty of remuneration. Nc
one with the hereditary taint," they
say, is justified in marrying.
But the writer in the Westminster ar
CUES otherwise. If it were absolutely
certain, he says, that a man whose family
had this " taint," could not escape the ter
rible inheritance, the moral rule would b.
clear, the verdict against his marrying
would be absolute. The law of variation
here intervenes. Vulgar observation
confirms science in declaring this inner
itance of insanity to be very UNCERTAIN
In many cases the malady is not trans
mitted at all. That is to say, it is so neu
tralized by the influence of the other pa
rent as not to manifest ITSELF The sam
difficulty is met with in the case of con
sumption and scrofula, two diseases equal
ly transmissible, and almost as terrible
II Are all the families in which the cor
sumptive taint exists to be excluded froI
} marriage? To say so would be to max
: marriage rarity, since few indeed anon
. English families could be found, in whic
no consumption has appeared during tw
generations. For our own part, cont,
ues the reviewer, while fully sensible
the responsibility, we frankly confess th'
. we should hesitate before pronouncir
IL against marriage, even when one of ii
IL livers had already exhibited unequiyoc
signs of insanity or consumption. N
i is this said from any love of parade,
III but will be admitted to be quite seriou
J. when it is considered that the transmi
.' sion to children is very uncertain, and
entirely dependent on the other parent
Montreal AdUertiser.
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RAsBURGH, VERMONT, FRIDAY JUNE 5, 1857

and with adequate funds, could be ex-
tended to any degree. Indeed, a school
preceded the missionary TO Deir-el-Kam
mar; and now the missionary, with his
wife and little child, is living in conscious
security, in the midst Of town whose
streets have again and again almost liter
ally run with blood Cor. OF Journal
of Commerce.
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tew seconds, and secreted themselves m +
a room adjoining theirs, where from a
couple of panes Of glass over tho door,
they could see everything that went on.
After the people Of the house had gone,
two or three servant girls came into /
Dawes room.
Whist, Molly says a large, red-hair- /
ed one. Misiher Dave hav some more
of the lie, and my hairs as dhry as pow
dher; let's have a reg'lar fix up wild the
folks all away
This was aceeded to, and they Ill went
to oiling their locks, being very laEish
with the fluid, which was quite thin in
consequence of the alcohol. In few
moments red head says;
Wirra, what smells so ?" with her
nose turned sky-ward.
"Sure it's the parfume," interrupted
short and dumpy specimen with her hair
down her back.
" Parfnme, indade,r says red-head,
that's not parfume, that's the rale bad
shmell."
"Mebbe," says dumpy, " its the patch
chewlee, (patchouli) I've heard that
patckshewlee shmells dredful al 6rsti a
person musht get used to the shmeA be-
fore they likes it. Shure its a parfume
used by the quality"
This satisfied red-head, and after a
thorough " ileing," they left the room.--
In about two hours the boarders came
home from church.
"Good God, 1 shall faint oh, there
must be an unclean animal in the room ?
and a thousand other expressions were
heard, as the boarders got a sniff at the
patch-chew-lee when they entered the
house. The master and mistress weT,
puzzled, confounded, indignant, and il
vain endeavored 10 discover the localit,
Of the smell. At dinner there were 10
I half dozen boarders at the table, an,
those who were there were rapidly think
ing of backing out, as the three girls VIII
had been Icing were attending on them
Finally, dinner was given mp, and witt
doors and windows opened, the inmate
! alternately froze and suffocated. Th
day was a dire one to them, but it wor
away some way.
! At Aight the three girls attempted
comb their hair. The alcohol had eyaT
J., GRATED, leaving the balsam Of fir an
honey, and :hey might as well have a
4 tempted to comb bundle of shingles
At the very first dash that red head mad
g her comb caught, and through the Unfit
q ence Of the potasse at the roots, the who
mass of front hair came off the side
r red-head's Uranium, which she discovere
n with a yell that would have rendered
70 cannibal enyious. The same result a
N tended the rest Of her hair, with the e,
ception of enough to do up as a scalp loo
to ornament with feathers. The 9th,
girls met with the same fate, and at abo
" ten o'clock that night they might ha'
I'd been seen wrapping up their lost pate
r chew-leed" locks in pieces of paper.
OF The next morning they were informs
ct by the mistress that she did not desire
?, employ bald headed servant girls, al
t with their "chist," they departed in {
rs most scalped condition. The diseoye
IT of Dave and Bob's connection with d
lg transaction was not known till lately, b
to their toilet articles have been as saer
= from the touch as the tomb at Palestir
nj MoRAL.-When boarding, see that t
at servant girls are attended to in the W
ne Of t'ilet articles.
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FRUIT STocKs.-On every farm, a
space should be allotted in which to raise
fruit-stocks, in which 10 insert gratis or
buds, whenever such may be obtained Of
desirable quality; great convenience
at all times.
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e. Whatever you dislike in another
take care to correct in yourself.
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e. In Paraguay nearly every woman
chews tobacco.
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e. San Hoasloa Is lhe American
candidate for governor of Texas.
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The Glasgow Christian News gives the
following as "no fiction, but tie plain
t1uth -"
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SUMMER SUPPLIES.

wv has received from New York his summer
supplies of DRY GOODS, embracing a complete
assortment of articles for Ladies' Summer Dresses
French Embroideries; Hosiery; -.
A full supply Of the best articles for Ladies'
Mourning apparel;
A variety Of artiolesfor Gentlemen's and Youth, 3
Summer wear.
Bleaohed shrtings and sheetings, of the most
approved make.
1874 Linen Sheetngs; Pillow. Case Linens.
Damask and Table Diapers.
Sup. Huckabacks and Scotch Diapers, for Towels.
Towels, with Colored and Fancy Borders;
A full assortment Of articles for Servants wear.
Lancaster, Allendale and Marseilles Quilts, some
Of extra size and quality, with great variety of ar
ticles suitable for family and plantation use which
will be sold at decidedly lower prices for cash than
they can be purchased on the usual credit terms.
Granteville and Augusta Shirtings and Sheet
ings; Cotton Osnaburgs and Georgia Stripes, at
manufacturers prices.
The public are respectfully requested to examine
the assortment.
Augusta, June l6 1857 If %
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CT ARK & CO.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

NTOW offer for sale their splendid new stock of
~ SILVER WARE, of all kinds-Tca sets,
Pitchers, Castors, Walters, Gobles, Tumbcrs, Cups
Forks, Spoons, Ladies', Pastry, Cake, Dessert and
Butter Knives.
Sheffield PLATED WARE-frst quality of
goods in Castors, Cake Baskets, Walters, Candle
sticks, &c. -
Birmingham and American PLATED WARE,
very snowy, and at low prices.
Dent, Tobias Burley & johnson, English makers !;
Brietting, Matile, Swiss Makers and Jules Jur-
gensen, Of Copenhagen.
SILVER WATCHES in great variety; quick
beat Railroad Watches, large size.
Rich Diamond, Coral, Cameo and Mosaic JEW
ELRY, oil the newest styles, with large stock Of
Staple and Fancy GOODS, at their store, Post
Office Corner, opposite the Railroad Bank.
Augusta, Feb. 1857 If
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CHEAP DRY GOODS STORE.
SPRING TRADE, 1857,

DROOM & NORRELL, AUGUSTA, GA
-ED D are now in receipt Of their new Stock Of
Spring and Summer DRY GOODS, comprising
all OF the latest styles of the season in LADIES'
DRESS GOODS, ,EN1BROIDERIES, &C., togeth-
er with most complete assortment Of STAPLE
AND DOMESTIC GOODS, to which they re-
spcctfuly solicit attention:
Plain Black and Fancy Dress Silks;
Rich Foulard, Barege and Muslin Robes;
Plain and Printed Jaconets, Cambrics, Briants
and Lawns
Plain Challies and Printed Chally D'Laines;
Printed Linen Lawns, for Ladies' Dresses;
Chambrays, Ginghams and Prints;
Plain Dcbeges and Debege Robes, for Travelling
| Dresses;
Mourning Goods, in good assortment;
Cambrirs, Jaconets, Mulls, Nainsooks, Plain,
Striped and Checked
Plain and Dotted Swiss
White and Colored Tarlatans;
Cambria Dimities, India Twills, and White Bril-
| liants;
Curtain Muslins;
White Grape Shawls; Stella Shawls;
Embroideries, a very large assortment;
Hosiery, large assortment Of every description; /;
Alexander's Kid Gloves;
Silk Mitts, Long and Short;
Dress Trimmings, Whalcbones, Long and Short;
Skirts and Skirtings;
Fans, Of all kinds;
Parasols, large assortment;
Ladies' Umbrellas;
Summer Cloths, Cassimeres, Drap D'Etea, Pant
Linens, Drillings, Coatings, COttonadcs, and many
other Goods for Gents and Boys.
Irish Linens, Table Damasks, Damask Table
Cloths, Napkins, Doylics, Towels, uuckabacks,
Crash, &C., Sc;
Linen and Cotton sheetings, 1914, Ia, 1874;
Pillow Linens and Co,tous
English Long Cloths;
BIeached and Brown Sheetings, a very great va
ricty Of makes;
Together with large assortment OF Goods for
Servants
Augusta, April 1857 If ~