The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-17
VOL. XI.--NO. 52l.

of trade and trayel-a predesiined capital
"with martial and sacred associations extern
! ding through more than thirty centuries. IL
was near Damascus that Saul of Tnrsus saw
"the light from Heaven above the brightness
of the SUM-" the "sireet which is called strait
in which it was "he prayed" still runs
through the city. The caravan comes and
goes MS it did thousand years ago; there
are still the shick, the ass and water wheel;
the merchants of the Eupraies and of the
Mediterranean still "Occupy" these "with The
multitude OF their wares" ......-r
The city which Mahommed surveyed from
neighboring height, and was afraid to en-
ter because "it is given to man TO have but
one Paradise, and, for his part, he was re-
solved not TO have his in this world" is to
this day, what Julien called it, "the eye of
the East" as it was in the time of Isaiah
"thc head of Syria"
From Damascus came the damson, or blue
plumb, and delicious apricot of Portugal
called "Damascus damask, our beautiful fab
ric of cotton and silk, with vines and flowers
raised upon n smooth, bright ground; the
damask rose introduced into England in the
time of Henry VIE" the damascus blade,
so famous the world over for its Keen edge
and wonderful elasticity, the secret Of whose
ried off the artist into Persia; and that beau
tiful art of inaying wood and steel with sill.
yer and gold, n kind Of Mosaic engraving
and sculpture united called DamnskeeniEg,
with which boxes and bureaus, aud swords
and guns are ornamentrd
II is still city Of flowers and bright wa
tcrs, the "streams from Lebanon" the rivers
Of Damascus" the "river of gold" still mur-
mur and sparkle in wilderness of "Syrion
gardens"
"TALENTs LAYS IN The IEAD."-This
striking aphorism was enunciated Ey dis
tinguished Trinity County (Californio) poll
tican, who upon returning from serving his
constituents in the legislative halls of SacrO-
mcno, was greeted with serenade, upon
which memorable occasion he is reported to
have made the following speech; .-.....
"Fellcr-cltizans of Trinity county, I'm
with you once again! Ommense nppausc.)
Feller citizens, there's no people on the
face of Gods yearth that ! love so well as
the people of Trinity, (scnsntion) and ,har's
no people on ;he face of Gods yenrth that
ought to love so well ns the people of Trim
ity. prolonged cheers and pausel
Felisr-citizrns, Pm no public speaker--I
haven't got the taent-taIlents lays in tho
hend. Dead si!ence-and pause)
Feller.ctizens, five done anything wrong
down thar, (pointug in the direction of Snc-
ramento) forgive me, Tribute /. TO the head
and not the heart (Sirikes his hear, on the
right sde) Gentlemen, let's Ticker; aud at
the next election want you al to go--nh
-dah--du. (Immense and pro-
longed checrlng-with Il 'tiger.')
VERY USEFUL INFoRMATIoN.---"A man
lately died in Boston from the effect of toe
nail growing in." pa. .u.
Did he! We regret to hear it. We re-
gret still more to hear that any one has lived
to a mature age without learning how TO pres
vent the growing in ofa toe nail" by which,
we presume, is meant that frequent occur
renee of the corner os the nail growing into
the ovcrlying flesh in consequence of wcar-
ing shoes or boots too tight. We have known
cases of excrucating suiferings arising from
this cause. ~
Now to prevent this difficulty: Do not
/ ti .f In nf hn nail
is usually done, very short, but cuta notch in
the centre, quito dowr TO the quick, and
keep that notch there until tho difficulty is
cured, which will sometimes be with the first
cutting. The philosophy of the remedy is
that the cut breaks the arch, and naturally
changes the curveture Of the nail, aud makes
the corner turn up instead of down. m ..f
A PRoDLEM.-Whoever originated tho
following deserves TO have his name hand
ed down to posterty ......f
"lr dispatch from England TO America
! nan on the sun so MS to reach here 4t hours
| by the clock beforeit left England at what
time would il arrive nt the point Of depar-
ture, were cable carried around the worIdf
Would il not arrive the day before il left,
less only the time exhausted in making tho
circuu If SO, then, with n continuous tele-
| crap line around tho world, why nnt send
a dispatch around and around until il reached
back to Adam, aud let him know what his
children are about in these latter daysP" n
THE EoG CRor.-'rho Buffalo Express
makes curious estimate, to the effect that
"there are lO3 .6OO,OOj laying fowls in the
country, of which 5O,OOO,OO0 lay each an
egg day throughout the year. Phis would
give the annual crop Of l8,25o,00O,00O eggs
and these at eight cents dozen would be
worth Sl2l ,6G6, ,666w We do not know
what bnsisAhrse statistics are founded on,
but if they are true, the value of eggs
greatly exceeds that Of all the cotton, tobac-
co, rice, heap, etc, of the country. Our
hens are our gren,esl institution. '".h
a CAPITAL REToRT.--"I knew Mr. Lin,
coin in early life; he commenced his life as n
grocer. - Dougi1s.
"The only difference between Douglas aud
myself on The grocery question IL, that while
have stood on one side of the counter, be
has been equally attentive on the other
Lincoln.
l-g- a cake sent to EIlridgc, tho 81.
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