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Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
Why lie Goes on c. utches.

Mr.- Gazely, travelling salesman foi
the we'l-knOwn liquor house of Gum.
cane * Racket, now wears pair OF
crutchcS. not for ornament, particular
ly, but mainly for use. Several days
ago Gazely, while en- route for a rural
seat uf trade. fen in with a lot Of Young
fellows. representing many trades and
profess onS. They exchanged cards.
hasks and compliments, old Jokes and
wearisOme stories. When Gazely ar
rived at the small town where he was
to transact business, il possible, no pro
ceeded ut once TO the house whose wants
in the whisky line he had ever supplied:
but upon entering the store he saw that
a change in proprictorship had taken
place. The proprietor came forwar |.
''Good morning. sir"
''GOod morning. | see that this place
has changed owner hip. fused TO dc
considerable business with vou- pred
ecessor and hope to merit you con.
hdenee.
.'Your name?'
Gazely handed him card, not his
own commercial pastcboard. but nm.
fortunately the name and ;wo-line al.
vcrtiscmcnt of young undertaken he
had met ON the train. The merchant
looked at the card for moment anG
said: ~ t
III am thankful to say. sir, that necc
nothing in your line"
but you soon will. hope" replied
Gazely
The merchant knit his brows. droppec
stitch, picked it mp and proceeded to
knit a while longer.
ii hope may not soon need YOU,
Services, sir. / don't know why yor
say that my predecessor ever had an,
dealings with You, for he is a young
man Iszz1. = .
IL know he's a young man. said
Gazely. looking sharply at the mcr.
chant, 'but what difference docs that
make? lie kept his ce lar well stocked
with my goods, bnt that's neither here
nor there. Two got the best i'm the
market. and ust now we arl selling at
sir.k ngly low figures You'H never
have chance to do better and adyise
YOU 10 lay in stock at once. Now. fo1
your own individual use, can do the
nice thing BY you
DO YOU take me for fOolp''
Certainly not. I'm only adv:s np
YOU 20 buy in time. Such reasonable
figures will not be open to you many
days longer | can fix you up in nice
style, so that when your friends and
ncighbors come in'-
"lou heartleSs scoundrelr' exclaimed
the merchant, wheeling Gazely around
and Kicking him from the door. The
iall injured the young man. hence the
cruielies. The mistake has been dis
covered. aud both parties. young Gazely
IN particular. are sorry that such a Ia.
d'crous misunderstanding should have
occurred. ed.-ArkahSQs TrdUcIcr.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
Composing Manures.

VIII 1t pay to compost manures? is a
question which is often asked and fire.
1uently discussed at farmers meetings.
but never settled by definite answers.
or conclusive arguments. Why? Be-
cause for some purposes it will pay, and
for others it will not raw -ls .
For growing field corn or potatoes. il
will not pay to compost all of Tie ma
nure, but, as a rule, it will pay to com
post enough of it TO put small ,,uan-
tity in each hill to start the young corn
or potatoes.
For gar len crops it will pay TO com.
poSta larger proportion of it than fo,
-5e.d crops. TIE composing of manure
simpl advances it towards plant food.
or in other words ripens it. At first
thought If would seem that, unda- all
circumstances, il would be best 10 ,hu.
prepare m ,nure for plant food, bit on
careful investigation it will be found
that TO Offset the advantages, there are
two ways to lose: first, the labor of
composing; second. the loss of the ac-
ton of the escaped gasses on the ele-
ments Of the soil Every careful oh.
server has noticed the changed condi.
tiOh w tuc sui, " WHICH mas Dccn an
Piled green manure. In the process of
decomposition, the soil is filed with
gasses which seem to have the power
to tighten it up and make it in a better
condition for plant growth. II is be-
lieved BY some that, somehow, these
gasscs in connection with the soil
change the pure nitrogen of the air
into a condition to render it available
for plant food. Whether or not tn $ is
SD is n question yet to-be settled. But
one thing is evident. which is when
green manure is applied to the soil and
well mixed with il, when it gets into an
active state of decomposition, the crops
grow very RAPID.
When it is desired that plants should
feel the imme iiate effects of manure. If
should be well rotted. but not mixed
with other materials. except lust 10
keep it from burning. 1t is as a rule a
waste of labor TO compost manure.w.th
an equal bulk of loan or muck; better
compost it directly with the soil. and
thus save labor.
He who in composing his mannres
adds more TO it than enough to keep IL
from burning. and fhe gasses from es.
Gaping. does not occupy MS time to the
best advantage. -gMdssuchusefts P'o,,ab.
man. r1ia4-.-
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
God as Rerealsd In the Bibl,.

The Scriptures bear the seal Of their
Divine origin in the character which
they ascribe TO God. The conception of
God which they present was not bor-
rowed from surrounding nations.
Egypt did not give b Moses the idea
of one God, the creator0t all, holy and
good, able and present 10. save Yhe
prophets did not get their inspiration
from the .worshipers of Baal and Ash
taroth. The evangcl:sts of Christ did
not proclaim simply the highest Thought
of their age. but acharacter which their
age in its wisdom did not know. Paul
did not take lessons of the philosophers
OF Athens before speaking on Mars
Hill, but boldly asserted that he pro-
claimed TO them a God unknown TO
them. No people had atany time risen
to conception OF God that was in NOR
al attribute higher than man. The gods
of the nations were but their dcfiled
thoughts and passions, and had nothing
in their character TO bind the hcart 10
them, or to promote purity, Or give
the strength OF confident hope Pas
sionate,, yengeful and cruel, they in
spircd fear and required costly offerings
and cruel sacrifices to appease their an
ger. Their worship was debasinc, the
Thought Of their presence a terror, OF
an inspiration to. evil.
Now the marvel is that, when men
were bowing to such gods. when idola-
try was the basest, there was given to
men tie conception of one God. as a
spirit. almighty, holy, just and loving;
a God who, by the word of His power,
called all things into being. who in His
holiness delights in purity, who. in JUS
tice must punish sin. aud who yet loves
us with an oyerfiowing love, and by the
most marvellous sacrifice redeems us
from sin and gives us eternal life.
Moses stood far above the worlds con-
ception when he made the revelation of
The Lord, the Lord God, mcrci.ul and
gracious, long-sufferin9 and abundant
In goodness and truth, keeping mercy
for thousands, forgiving iniquity, trans
gression and sin, and that viii by no
means clear the guilty" The message
of Christ is the only Gospel the world
has ever heard: ..God so loved the
world that He gave His only-begotten
Son, that whososter believeth in Him
should not perish but have eternal
life" This alone meets the need of
man. and il meets il perfectly. With
out one higher than ourselves, one
purer and In every way better. one who
Is infinitely above our highest ideal, we
would sink to lower depths. Without
righteousness acceptable to the in
finitely just and holy one we would
perish in our sins, Without the rev.
elation Of the love <of God. q love
infinite in its greatness and tenderness.
in its reso1fces and ifs power, we could
not bow the heart before Him. With
out the quickening power of His Spirit
we could not be raised into& the new
aud eternal life. But with this love re-
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
Our Little World.

Some physical results Of the Java dis.
turbance help us TO understand how
small the world is. Take bowl oi
water, agitate the fluid in the center,
and the undulations you excite propa-
gate themselves in smooth swelling con-
centric rings till they lap against the
side of the bowl. There they break.
and slop up in mimic tidal waves. This
is an exact illustration -mdgna co,,,-
p0,sere pdrrts-of the oscillations of the
sea reported from both hemispheres
this week. The tidal irregularities.
as might be expected, were most vio-
lent on the northwestern seaboard OF
Australia, which lies right opposite the
scene of the Java disturbances. Or
that coast the sea retreated and adj
vanced hundred yards. A day or two
later oscillations appeared on the At
lantic seaboard of America. The par
ticuiar undulation which, on the fifth
day out. stopped up on the east coast oi
New Zealand must have come by way
oS Cspe of Good Hope and Cape Horn,
and had nearly completed the circle oi
the globe. Austrnla lies as q break.
water between US and Java by the di.
rect route. 1t gives one q new concep-
ton of the littleness of what Henry
Ward Beecher calls ..this 'pennv-ha'-
penny world when q man can stand
on the ocean beach af Duned;n and
watch the riPPies from . splash made in
the Straits OF Sunda- Ofago Times.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22

vealed TO us in the Son Of God we are
drawn 70 Him, and by His Spirit arc
born again to,a life that can not die be-
cause 1t is the life God gives to U.S.: z I
: IL isnear the closesof the Scriptures
that the declaration is made: "t;od is
love" And it is not then announced
as new doctrine; it is summing up
OF allthat had been revealed from the
beginning of the world. Immediately
after the fallsthere was revelation of
mercy: The covenant with Noah swas
one OF grace. The covenant with Abra-
ham was in love. Moses was sent on q
mission Of mercy and covenant grace.
SO also in the revelation of God in the
law, in the visions of the. prophet, and
in the heart ut;crances of the Psalms,
there is everywhere the love of God. in
the coming OF Christ this love reached
its highest exhibition. =
There.orc it is that God, at the clos-
ing of the word of life, gathers allthe
revelations aud manifestations Of Him
self into the declaration. ..God is love. "
la Himself, in His purposes and His
Works, He Is lore United Presbyterian.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
The Pre- ,erva.len. Of sseorgla Forest.

The prescrration- of TIE forests is
now a prominent topic of discussion in
severs States. 1t should not be neces-
sary TO urge the Importance of this sub
ject in any country, but Che wasteful
habits Of the American people in regard
to the dcstruc;ion of timber are hard To
eradicate. In Georgia the supply OF
timber. until a few years ago, has been
considered practically incxhaustible.
Now, however. in many sections of the
State its scarcity is beginning 10 be ap-
preciated and ie't, and there is not suf-
ficient timber left either for fencing or
fuel a., ..rt~vs
n Tho old-time destructive process Of
clearing land, the multiplication o:tur-
pentnc farms, the work of hundreds of
saw-mi Is, ,kave been ecnud,ng the land
Of timber for many years. and now, if
the present rate Of destruction is con-
tinued, it will not b. long before the
celebrated pine forests Of Georgia will
be among the things of the past.
Comparatively little of the forest area
of Georgia is now part OF the public
domain. Nearly al the land is in the
hands of private individuals or corpora
tions, and II wou'd De all but impossi-
BILE to enact and enforce Jaws for the
effective prescrvafion of timbcred lands
except where fhe title remains in the
State. Thesappeal stould be made not
only TO the good sense. but to the self
interest Of landowners, TO adopt some
system for the pressryat ON of their tim
Der and for its replacement when al
ready destroyed.
It'has been demonstrated by at least
one company in Georgia that the timber
of a ira Z of land can be utilized and put
on the market, and at the same time
the forests preserved in their integrity,
and the supply of lumber taken rem.
dered all but inexhsnstible. 1t has a
rule for the cuttng and milling of TIM
ber by which only. the very largest trees
are cut, while the balance are leftto
grow, and thus by the time the cutters
get over the land one time. say In ten
years. the process Of selection can be
repeated. and so on indefinitely. There
is every reason why all substantial iuni-
bermen should adopt this systematic
manner of utilizing and at the same
time preserving their timber No doubt
il can be so. modified as to be adapted
to turpcnt' ne farms, and regulations
about tire adopted that will render the
turpentine business permanent and
growing Industry, instead of q fight
against time and nature. which must OF
necessity cnd from exhaustion or de-
struction of the timber in very few
years. Savannah (GG.) Netcs,
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
Health and Success.


A sound body has more to do with
success in lie than most persons real
ize. There are instances where men in
continued ill-Eealth have achieved EN-
inence. but this is not the rule. Alex
ander Stephens, Of Georgia. and Thad
deus Stevens, of tbs State, our ole
commoner, were considered remarkable
men, because, despite ill-heLth, the,
impressed themselves on the Nation
There are other cases in distant lands
enough to prove the rule. We do not
of course, hear of the many failures ir
life resulting from ill-health. The ia L
ures, either in speculation or life, are
not paraded. But there are example.
where mOmentary spasms of ill-healtt
have clouded the minds of men of gen
ius, and deranged their plans. Napo
leon lost one of his great battles Re.
cause of q tit of indigestion. And
when the mind must carry tie ailment:
of diseased body, and vet do its lecit.
innate work, it evidently must perform
double duty. 1t can not always do thi.
and succeed. Hence healthy BODY ha.
much to do with success in life.
One of the first considerations ther
in family training is that which relates
to health, and this is tke more impor
tant in our day, when so much of 8
child's life is spent in close school
rooms and it is compelled to breathe 3
vitiated, supcr-heated atmosphere.
Pure air and exercise are Nature
great restoratives, and these need to bt
intelligently and regularly impaired.
The play-cure for children is far better
than summer resorts and medicate0
waters. Play supposes outdoor exer-
cises. 1t imparts buoyant spirits,
cheers the mind. gives healthy tone to
the thought and makes the blood pure
and strong. Bat play alone is not best
las all work is not. Gail work and nc
play makes Jack dull boy'' is true
adagc. Still some work is needed fol
its disciplinary influence and to. make
firm the muscles and nerves. This
work should be, SO far as possible, oul
of doors, But if this can not be given.
saw and buck for wool in the cellar
is better than no work at all
Another element favorable to good
health is pure air when sleeping. II
children are accustomed to ventilated
rooms, they will ultimately enjoy them,
and viii feel oppressed In an unvent lated
room. And they will sleep soundly and
healthfulfy when the cold air of winter
is pouring in-so it does not blow on
them, Sleep under such conditions is
not affected by troubled dreams, nor is
it followed by nervous headache.
Healthful sleep is dreamless. And this
supposes pure air and not too much
heat A cold room is better than an
overheated room. But one that is suf.
ticiently comfortable for preparations
for retiring to be made without chill
is best. Children thus reared will grow
up healthfully; and this good health,
with intelligent, practical education
and self-feliance, viii be of more value
than thousands of unearned capital
Philadelphia CaA.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22
Grand Opera.

"tather.r. asked a young man Of
his cynical parent. ''what is grand
opera?"
Il don't know,
''Why are some operas called grand,
while others are not so designated? 1t
seems to me that II composer could
write grand opera he would never write
any other kind
..Weif, you see it's only by experiment
that a composer can determine whether
or not an opera is grand II, upon first
production, the music is beyond the
abilities OF the singers and borcs the au-
dience, it is grand. The weary yawn
OF man does more, my son. to deter
mine the value OF an opera than the
highest recommendation from profes-
sional critic of music. If. though, the
singer can climb to- the summit oi
emergency, and if the audience Is
pleased, the opera is not grand and the
composer goes away dissatisfied, disap.
pointed and disconsolate. Sometimes
the composer can correct the mirtake
brought to light on the lroof-sheet OF
first production. On one occasion .
great composer produced an opera
which he hoped would be grand, but
there. was so much music In it, the siny.
ers did SO well, and the audience went
into such fits of rapture and spasms ol
enjoyment, that the composer saw his
work doomed to a wayward life of in
ferior appreciation. After the perform
.ance he took the opera and sat up all
night crossing out the music and mark
ing in rasp flats and guinea hen sharps
He went with high hope the next night
to get-a revise. The audience became
restless. Men began to talk business.
A harness and buggy dealer from a
neighboring town sold three buggies,
two sets of harness, and figured exten-
sively on an omnibus trade. Women
drew their cloaks around their shoul.
ders and shivered. The voices on the
stage broke and fell in shattered frag-
ments. The composer went away hap
py. His opera was grand.
Ibid the people continue their pat
rOnage after the music was marked out
and the opera pronounced granda"
BLESS yopr ignorance, yes. Why
the increase in attendance was wonder
ful. Previous to an operas advent as
grand that is. before the music Is
crossed out--only people who really
loved the concord of sweet sounds
went TO see Il, but afterwards it was
alike TO all. The man with the dullest
car enjoyed it quite as much. or pre-.
tended TO, which is all the same, as the.
person whose spirit was stirred by the
gentle touch of soul-born harmony"
but. father, if there Is really moth
ing sweet in the grand operas why dc
you take mother to see them?'
BE :ausc am fool, son."
eyes, but why does mother"
"Because she is fool, nv boy''
"Are all people thus actuated?"
"Yes; that is, all who arc honest
enough to confess it.
Don't you believe there are people
who enjoy grand operas?"
80 yes"
They are highly cultivated. are they
not?'
"No, not necessarily"
What kind of people are they?"
Deaf people, young man. ."-1rkdn
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22

God hath His working in those
things which man can not frustratc.-
james Shirley.
Zeal is the combination Of will. in.
tellecf, affections, passions and force,
and their practical concentration npon
the accomplishment of some object.
-Ilf wc,coIld read the secret history
of-our enem les wee should tind in each
mans life, sorrow and suffering enough
10 disarm all hostility Drift Wood.
Our best friend is in our Fathers
house on high. Our hearts and ou
treasures are there. Why should we
not ''look up and lift our heads toward
the land where we shall s..see the King
in His beauty" and meet the dear ones
who are waiting our coming?
Everything in life has right and a
wrong side. You may take any Joy,
and, by turning il around, find troubles
on the other side; or You can take the
greatest trouble, and, by turning il
around. find joys on the other side.
The gloomiest mountain never casts u
shadow on both sides at once.
i find one occupation which is ever
green, of which we shall never. weary.
which is good for all seasons, beautiful
at all times, source of unyarying de-
light, which comes nearest to the Divine,
and that is the set of doing good This
is the one pleasure which willsurely in
crease as life goes Baptist sWeekiy
Truth will ever beAinpalatable to
those who are determined not to re-
linquish error, bpt can never give
oflense to the honest and weil-meaning:
for the plain-tlealing remonstrances of n
friend differ as widely from the rancor
of an enemy, as the friendly probe of 4
physician from thedagger of an assassin
e W.aMontaJhe.
Nothing is more certain than that
when Sun lay is lost as a sacred day. il
will be lost as a rest day. and then
laboring men will find seven days of
work required with the same wages now
given for six- 1t il easy 10 charge the
friends of the sacred day with bigotry
and harshness, yet they arc the truest
friends of those who work hard for
living. They honestly believe that
their duty both toGod and to man binds
them to stand fast against sny invasion
of the Lords day as a grievous error
and wrong. -IntcHigencer.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-22

|
+ The want of pure and fresh wate,
accounts in many instances for the laek
of eggs during the winter season.
Fowls require n constant supply oi
water. and without 1t viii not lay.-AL
I bdHY JosfTRdi. -
| "A correspondent of the Ohio FdrDley
says that peach trees raised from the
seed on the spot where they are &c
grow. and budded there, live longer
and produce more fruit and are sureI
bearers than those transplanted.
Lemon Pudding: Three-quarters oil
a pound of grated bread, six ounces OF
suet, one-4uarter of a pound of moist
.Slgar, the peel of a lemon grated, and
the juice. two eggs and little milk tc
mix 1t. Boil three hours.-N. y. Her.
att.
"A frost-proof vegetable-house is de-
scrihed as made with walls fifteen inch.
es thick, double-boarded, the space be-
tween the boards being filed with saw
dust. The ceiling is also boarded with
about ten inches of saw-dust between
the boards.-TToy Times
"A writer in Gardenin7 Illustrated
says that II young shoots of the tomato
are taken OF apd propagated like bed
ding plants, they will make less ram.
pant growth than seedlings, and I've
more fruitful. Cuttings prove best for
pot culture; they are then to be kept
near the glass with a temperature OF
about fifty degrees. They will make
line plants by spring.
AN exchange suggests, if farmers
I 70 As,.. 4
and spend their time in making an
eaves-trough for the barn or stable, and
thereby carry away the drip which
would otherwise fall on the manure
pile, causing a waste of the elements OF
plant food contained therein. they will
make more money that day than they
could any fine day in the field.
delicious hot cake for tea is made
by beating two eggs to froth, add tc
them half cupful OF sugar. Into one
cupful of sour cream beat half tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in loilino
water. Stir it into tie eggs and sugar.
Add pinch of salt and -four enough &c
make il a thick batter for griddle
cakes. Bake in ..gem pans" or shallow
biscuit pans, and serve piping hot.-N.
J. IOSt. b.
Bitter milk is matter of frequent
occurrence every fall and winter, OF
soon after the cows are off from graz
ing. Ii is caused first by bitter herbs
in the hay, such as May-weed, Johns
wort, etc, and also by the use of too
much Over-ripe food, such as straw, corn
stOYer or late-cut hay. II never occurs
when cows are fed on good food and
are thriving or even holding their own,
and are kept comfortably warm. -Bos-
ton NLObc.