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SOUTHERN RooP.sxIaT .AauEAeIoaY.
City Directory.

BANKS. gc
Wl Front S.B .Tobey .pres't \. 9. Kirk Car.
M enphis Bank. coraer Main and Madison
,; S.s5D MsPphE R.pE PE.st 4 M.di;oD Il II Ss'h
BOOK STORES.
Nhurch & Co.. Bookseller, stationers, Prin-
- ters and Binders 80 Main; s...,..
Printers aoSTs sDa s'aIsis' HSD saSEs. 81 Si;si
NUiller, William. H9 Main.
II inkhauer 4 Bro. 2sl1f second.
CARRIAGES. BUGGIEs, ETC.
Woodruf Co.,. 17s Main.
CIGARS AND PIPES.
NTayer, Narshuetz Co.. removed to S00
Grcsys.,; siG H:l.,. Z Importer Hsadauart'r' in
CGoTMfSG HTsfiHS a0sssi xND GENTS FURNISH.
ING GOODS.
Wizard. J. G.. Resident Partner aarthwaite.
w Lewis 4 Stuart, Ml Main:
COAL OIL, LAMPS AND BOAPS.
prescott. 0. +. 4 Co., 40 Jefferson.
ID osenbaum 4 Bros. Coal Oil, Petre OH and
M Stoves TdS yhSlsssIs Spd ,ssaiI; ES "a NAM
Hsiurioh. P. r., / Bro. Corrections. Fancy
Dodesta & Cssassa, go Main. cor. N. Court.
COMMISSION MERCHANTe.
Dearce, Lambert 4 Co.. Commission Merch's
u and Cotton Factors, 226 Front. up stairs.
A ttwood a. Anderson. Produce, Grain, Cot
N ton, etc.. $50 Main.
VXTright, w. p, Grain and Produce Of every
w description. II Monroe Cooper block.
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
n eddn's Commercial College, open Day and
Ia Night, at 2S8 Main.
DRUGGISTs.
M sfeld Il Higbee, sol and 303 Main.
Cteever, II. c.. corner Second and Madison.
n Goodyear & Falls. removed to 2l Main. Gil
" bert & Higbee's old stand.
smith, ]. A. j., dealer in Drugs. Toilet Arti-
- cles, etc., corner Jefferson and Third.
johnson. 9: D., 1853 Main, two doors north
- Overton Hotel.
Hin oerner, Theo.. Druggist and Analytical
EE Chemist, "a snd 81 Beal. corner Second.
VXT alter, los. 1e4 Main. between Washing
'" ton and SSR'sr' SRx GOODS.
Ip ice, Stix b Co.. sl9 Main. exclusive whole
M sale.
southern Palacs-HowelI. Wood 4 Co.. 3S2
II .owenstein. B.. 4 Bros. corner Main and
WI ellis 4 Coll. 2e7 Main.
NU enken Bros, corner Main and Court.
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Cheating a Lover.

Greene is one of the banner
counties in Georgia for sobriety,
and intelligence, for fine looking
men and pretty girls--the latter,
by the way, are not to be Gang ht
every time, nor is it their fault, as
the sad experience of d young man
will testify. 1t seems that he
courted a young lady, and obtain
ed her consent to become his law
full and welded wife, but on. appli-
cation to her parents, she was re-
fused him, which of course was a
source of great disappointment
and trouble to him. A few days
after this Notifying refusal, he re-
ceived a very polite note purport-
ing to have come from the object
of his dearest love, stating that
she was willing to be his now, and
forever, and to meet her on q GER
tain night, at a certain place, and
they would be joined in holy we'd
lock. He was perfectly thrilled
with joy at this intelligence, pro-
cured his license and the services
of the Magistrate, and was prompt.
| ly at the place at, the tune ap,
| pointed. Several young men ap
peared with, apparently, lady
dressed in bridal apparel, with 9
veil over her face, and the solemn
ceremony was duly performed
The bride and bridegroom got in
the buggy and left for his. home
On the way he WIS full of loving
and subduing expressions, such as
darling, sugar, honey, ETC., offer.
ing to kiss her, but with conscious
timidity was slightly repulsed, bu,
he did not mind that, lie was the
victor of an inestimable gain, and
his joy was .iull. But loI when
he arrived home, and the light
shined forth upon features and
form, he saw that he had married
a young man instead of lady,
| What a terrible f6tteration and
tnmbling OF joys and hopesl
lie returned his license to the
Ordinary, and asked him to take
them and give him his money
back, Which, | believe, was done
Whether he will ever succeed in
getting the one he thought he had
OF not, / cannot tell. -. ... F., .
| Cor. Chronicle 6 &en:SsaeJ.
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A FELLOW who has been shaved In
China says that the barber first strop-
ped the razor on his leg, and then did
the shaving without any la,her. The
customer demonstrated, but was told
that lather was entirely useless, and
had tendency to make the hair stiff
and tough, and was, therefore, never used
BY persons who had any knowledge Of
the face and its appendages. After the
beard had been, taken off-and Il was
done in very short time-the barber
took long, sharp, needle shaped spoon ),
aud began 10 examine his customers
ears. He brought up from humorous
little crevices bits Of wax and dirt that
he had been accumulating since child
hood. The barber suddenly twisted his
subjects neck to one side in such o
manner that it cracked as if the verts.
bra had been dislocatcd. aHold on y
shouted the party, alarmed for the
safety Of his neck. "All right" replied
the tonsor, "me no hurt you," and he
continued to jerk and twist the deck
until it was timber as an old woman's
dish rag. He then fell TO beating the
back, breast, arms, and sides with his
fists. and pnmmeled the muscles until
they fairly glowed with the beating
they bad. received. BE then dashed .
bucket Of cold water over his man,
dried the skin with towels, aud declared
that his work was done. Price, two
cents. ... ........... .... ...
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The Will and the Health.

IF the truth could be known. IL
wonld be found that, perhaps, in
eight cases of sickness out of ten.
the disorder is brought on by the
morbid and excited imagination Of
the victim. Intense fear of dis
case is sufficient to produce it, and
in the sickly seasons of the year,
we cannot too powerfully exert
our will to banish apprehension
and keep our minds perfectly
easy. The learned Feuchlecben
says: The principal cause of an
habitual unhealthy state is an cx-
aggerated attention to everything
that concerns the body. 1t is pit
ifal to see narrow minds occupied
by an incessant and minute care
for their physical existence, and
wearing themselves away by hab
itual anxiety. The physician,
whom they are never weary of
consulting, only feels contempt for
them. These people die Of the
desire to livei The effect pro,
duced OH most people of weak
minds, by reading medical works
in Which different maladies are
described, is well known. 1t often
happens in studying diseases of
the eye that, the fear of amaurosis
striking the imagination, the sight
finally becomes affected by that
fear alone. An English servant,
after reading an account of a
frigbtful de th.caused by the bite
of mad dog, was seized with
symptoms of hydrophobia, and
only owed his. life to the most
careful treatment. Goethe says
!" During an epidemic fever which
ragged around me, ! was exposed
to inevitable contagion, and felt
the first attacks, but succeeded in
saving myself q am convinced of
|it) solely by the exercise of a
strong will. The power of the
will at sncll moments is almost in
credible; it expands, SO to speak,
throughout the whole body, which
1t places in a condition of activity
to 'repel injurious influence. Fear
is a condition Vt indolent weak
ness which surrenders us defence.
Hess to the victorious attacks of the
enemy" These are facts worth
remembering and acting on, and
they are seasonable hints.
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Why I Want Boys to Learn Farm.
ing.
By HORACE GREELEy.

I live when / can in the coun-
try, though most of my sleeping
and nearly all of my waking
hours are given to-work which
calls me to the city. My neigh-
bors are mainly farmers, general
ly in fair circumstances, whose
children are fairly educated, or
may be if they viii. I regret to
cay that a majority of them prefer
not TO follow their fathers voca-
tion, but want to live by trade, by
Office, or something else than farm
ing. And the reason, to my
mind, is clear: their education,
and their achole Intellectual cuL-
ture lead aaoay from the farm.--
Their school.books contain moth.
ing calculated to make them love
agriculture, or qualify them to ex.
eel in il; their fircside reading is
not of chemistry, geology, and the
related sciences, but of knights
and fairies, tronbadours and
tournarnents--in short, all things
calculated to make them detest
farming as a coarse, plodding,
hum-drum pursuit, fit only for in.
veterate ounces and illiterate
Doors. / protest against this as
false, misleading, pernicious, and
demand an education and litera.
ture which shall win our farmers
sons to prize and honor the call
ing Of their fathers.
A political economist has oh.
served that labor, unless used OF
the moment Of production, il lost
forever. in most vocations, it is
impossible to produce beyond the
days needs. The doctor can only
cure diseases as they NANTES,
themselves the best lawyer can.
not anticipate next years legal
business the carpenter and ma
son cannot bnild houses except as
they are wanted. Tho farmer. On
the contrary, may grow corn or
cattle, flax, wool, or cotton In ex
cess of the .cnfrent demand ( AND
store it against the time Of need
Better STILL lie may drain. and
subsoil, and fertilize may ,,Iani
trees, and graft, and PRIME, so as
to double bis product inthe flu
tnre by q judicions expenditure Of
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Once More-Piaut Corn.

IT is much to be feared that corn
holds but a small place in the
mind'o the farmer, and that the
all .engrossing Thought is cotton.
1t certainly looks SO. On every side
extensive preparations are making
for big crops of cotton the whole
mind seems to lie occupied with
this one idea. Immense quanti.
ties of guano have been brought
into this district, with a view to
raise this crop; and all the ready
money which could be made avail.
able, has been converted into cot
ton, fertilizers, with scarce q
thought for corn. In former
times, the. mania ran into the &C.
cumulation OF slave property
cotton then held as large place
in favor as now, but it was plant
ed and raised and sold only to be
converted into the inevitable ne.
gro; now the proceeds are put In
to guano. Now cotton is made to
buy guano, and guano is bought
to make cotton, and if a small
portion be left, it goes to filling up
the corn crib. We do not advo.
cate the neglec. of cotton by any,
means, it would be folly to do so,
but We recommend and advise the
planting of corn, and all the grain
crops, to a large extent. Let cot
ton take the second place, bread
the first. If the cotton crop fails,
or the price goes down, where
will the money come from to buy
corn 7 What will follow but in
solvency2 We want Immigration
too and what attraction can the
Immigrant see in great cotton
tields2 he cannot eat tile feecy
staple. The prospect is certainly
an uninviting one to him, and he
turns away in most instances from
! the cotton fields of the South, to
seek a country that gives promise
OF something to eat. Plant corn,
farmers, and plenty of it, andthen
cotton to your hearts content.
-a . [Neaobe,vy Herald.
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CHEWING ToBAooa.-Mr. David
Macrae, a Scotchman, and reeeLt-
ly a traveller in the United States,
says: 1.-THE amount of chewing
and splitting all over America, but
especially in the South and West,
is incredible. You find spittoons
in shops, in parlors, in cars, in
houses of assembly, in Congress,
and even in churches; and where
there are no spittoons it makes no
difference. Yon will see a man in
q court of justice lift the Bible to
take the oath, give a side,sauirt OF
tobacco juice, kiss the Bible, hand
it back, and give another sqnirt.---
At Raleigh, N. c., / saw Litch.
tord, the tailor, whose apprentice
President johnson once was.-
Litchford is now Marshal of the
Supreme Court, and goes through
the form every morning of open
ing the Court. When the Chief
Justice says, Marshal, open the
CourtP Litehford gives a squirt
of tobacco, cries. q yezl o yez
this Supreme Court is now open.
ed I God bless the State and this
honorable Courtp and gives an.
other squirt. That is the entire
ceremony"
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while / am quite sure that the ma
tional wealth would not be in
creased thereby |; but q hundred
thousand enlightened, efficient
farmers added to those we already
lave could hardly fail to add ciie
hundred millions per annum to
the property which shall be the
heritage of our children.
MY countrymen !. let us each do
his best to increase the proportion
of useful workers to pestilent
idlers in the community. Nay,
more; let us try to increase the
proportion of producers p to cx
changers or distributors of wealth.
Fences, and padlocks, aud police.
men, and revenue officers may be
necessities of our present condi.
toni presume them to be SO
but we might have our country so
well fenced, and padlocked and p'
Iced that we should all starve to
death. There is no shadow OF
danger that too few win seek to
live by law, physic, trade, etc,
ETC., while there is great danger
that trade and the professions will
be over.crowded, to the neglee,
and detrimcnt of productive In
dustry. Let us face the foe thai
menaces.our position, and defeal
him if we can. 'f $
t Hearth & Home.
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FooTsrEps OF NArURE.-All things
are engaged in writing their own his-
tory. The plant and the pebble GO at
tended BY their own shadows. The
rock leaves its scratches on the noun
tain side, the river its bed in the soil ;
the animal leaves its bones in the
stratum, The fern and leaf their modest
spitaph in the coal !; the falling drop
makes its sepulcbre in the sand or stoue !;
not a footstep in the snow or along
the ground, but prints its character
more or less lasting, msp ofits march |;
every act Of man inscribes its memories
on his fellows and his own face. The
air is fall Of sounds, the sky Of tokens :
the ground is all memoranda sigma.
lures. and every object is covered ossg
with hiats that speak to the intelligent.
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How TO RAISE PLuMs.-The
Rural World says There Is a Sc.
cret about plum raising. We
have discovered IL in travelling
over the country. We never Wis.
tied large plum orchard in our
life that we did not find plenty of
she fruit. Now these facts set us
to thinking, and the result of our
Thought Is this That il is very
easy to have all the plums yon
want to eat and cell. The secret
connected with the plnn raising
is to plant plenty of trees, 80 as to
give fruit to the cnrculio and to
yourself also. If you viii plant
fifty or o hundred trees, you will
have fruit enough for everybody.
Every such orchard that We. ever
visited bad plenty of ripe fruit !;
some even complained that the
,curcdlio did not thin ont the fruit
enough, that the trees were over
loaded. So we say to our readers,
If you plant, plnms at all, plant
fifty or one hundred trees---then
you will be sure to have all the
fruit you want:
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Time is Passing.

Time is rushing in bis chariot;
Rapidly his wheels 60 round:
Though they cast no dust behind them,
Though they have no rumbling sound,
Silently they bear Us onward;
Boon orr Journey will be DER
Soon the friends with whom we mingie
We shall see sndh no more;
g on onr feet shall prsss the meadows
Ofthe vast eternal shore
Flying mon,hs and years remind us 7h
or the world we're passing TO:
let us leave good deeds behind ms,
In the world we're ps.sing through,
Which shall be tho seeds Of kindness
wa,ered ny celestial dew,
And shall bear good fruit for others
Fruits OF joy. and peace aud love-
Years long, after we ere singing
In the immortal land above.
Men are born and men are dying;
Thousands come, not one can stay; t.
Time is swift, his wheels are flying.
Never csasing, night or day, 81
For the laughter nor the crying
of stricken or the gay; -
Gushing down. the God defying- v
They who laugh at DEATHS delay
And from sorrow, Elm and sishing.
Bearing gentle soa,s away.
Plans and schemes Of men and nations,
Hearts and homes and homestead free,
Granite walls and Arts creations. :.
All the eye delights TO see, a'
All the ear delightSin hearing.
Crumble. tunibie, fall and fade.
OIL we need a world more cheering,
Free from graves aud cypress .hade:
Thanks 20 God that world we're nearin,
In eternal sapphirts laid.
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A Ne" o'k neiaia says f"r'on
'o" ,,','u presents me most extfaor-
"' p',I'.' o' p"y'ea' deo''''y 'na'
' os,o'e Witnessed I'D any ieg's
r ~ "H'' stevens m'gn'
'e,e'' "nen o'o"gn'
-, " ~ ,"' "enoe' ." mems
,l'0''' " '"n' "'' p'"e' among 'he |,
:" n' 'ne.no'Ao'e Gays o
..". ''"'' Tue oe'' mus
oD - ~ .""' ""s presented OF tue
:, ~ '"'e"e0'uS' ~.i over shS'.
sn ~ a"u p'o'''A'e ooo'y organism ;
O'' D"'U" "Pps".""ee SHOWS even
se"''' "o'."''ons Q. phys'eal wreck
"' 'e'n' ""o 'e' INC 'A'er lacks no'h,
."s VI 'ne same 'n'0oqoe'ao'e men'a'
~, e .0n, ~na ene'sy 'nH' marked 10 ms lat
o' 90 n'"'' '"e .na'A''e' o' 'he "'ea'
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! 70 Young Men.

It is easier TO be a good busi-
ncss man than a poor one. Half
the energy displayed in Keeping
ahead that is required to catch up
when behind viii save credit, give
more time to business, and add to
the profit. and reputation Of your
word. Honor your engagements.
If you promise to meet a man, or
do q certain thing at certain
moment, be ready at the appoint
ed time. II you have work to do,
do it at once, cheerfully, and
therefore more speedily aud cor.
rectly. Fyou 60 out on business,
attend promptly to the matter on
hand, and then as promptly 90
about your own business. Do not
stop to tell stories in business
hours. 81 ffA ssE .ae.H E0
If you have a place of business,
be found there when wanted. No
man can get rich by sitting round
stores and saloons: Never" fool "
on business matters. If you have
to labor for living, remember
that one hour in the morning is
better than two at night. If you
employ others, be on hand to see
that they attend to their duties,
and to direct with regularity,
promptness and liberality. Dc
not meddle with any business you
know nothing OF: Never buy any
article simply because the ma 1
that sells it will take it on. ia
trade. Trade is ismopey. Time ID
money. A good business habit
and reputation is always money.
Make your place of business
pleasant and attractive; then stay
there to wait on customers. ID.
Never use quick words, or al.
low yourself to make 'hasty or un.
gentlemanly remarks, to those in
your employ; for to do SO lessens
their respect for you and your in,
fiuence over them. Help your
self, and others will help you.-
BE faithful over the interests con
fided to your keeping, and all, in
good time, your responsibilities
will be increased. DO not be III
too great haste to get rich. Dc
not build until you have arranged
and laid a good foundation. Do
not--as you hope to work for sue,
cess-spend time in idleness. II
your time is your own, business
will suffer if you do. If it is Civ.
en- to another for ray, it belongs
to him, and you lave no more
right to steal that than to steal
money. Be obliging. Strive q
avoid harsh words and personals.
ties, Do not kick every stone i'm
the path more miles can be made
in a day by going steadily on
than by stepping to kick. Pay as
you so. A man OF honor respects
his word as he does his bond
Ask, but never beg. Help others
when you can, but never give
when you can not afford to, sim
1ply because it is fashionable. :
Learn to say no. No necessity O
snapping it out dog,fashion, bu
say it firmly and respectfully
Have but few confidants, and the
fewer the better. Use yonr owr
brains rather than those of others
Learn to think and act for your
self Be yigilant.. Keep ahead
rather than behind the time.
/ Young men, cut this out !; auc
if there is folly in the argument
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g. A SPRING wagon has been invented
by gentleman in Mayslik, which he
proposes TO run si,hopt any kind Of
animal or steam power. lie has. al
ready, perfected small model which
runs up or down hill very rapidly
The power is received from an immense
coiled steel spring, which win run for
half an hour wilhou, being wound up.
In going up hill the spring exhaus,s IL
sell, but in. going down hill il winds
itselfup. The inventor, claims that he
can carry very heavy loads over any
ordinary road. srss
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p BEEF BAcoN.-It is surprising tha,
our people will not provide this luxury
when it can be so easily done. JUS,
take the deshy parts Of the hind quar-,
tor, cut out in large pieces the size Of
a ham, and treat it with sugar or syr.
up, salt and salipetre, and when ready
hang it up and smoke as bacon, and
you will have an article for your, table
which an epicure would relish. s'.-,-
We have tried this 10 person, and
bad it forcibly brought TO our mind BY
a present Of piece Of the beef bacon
from the packcry Of DIR. Perl, near this
CITY, and after giving |, a pslatable
test, We do no, wonder that it com.
mands such prices, and Is in. sucb
great demand in The Northern market.
Houston ( 7sras) Telegraph.
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