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EDWIN MARTIN, Proprietor.
Devoted to Home Interests and Cmtcre.
TWO DOLLj1H§ A Year in Advahct,
VOLUME IX.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRILS, 1879.
' NUMBER 14,
New Advertisements.
The undersigned will be found at liis
old stand in
Perry;
With-a complete stock of
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
DRY" GOODS,
SHOES, & HATS,
Which lie proposes to sell as cheap
any other house in Perry for Gash.
l!1 persons wanting goods on Time
i —.i-- a papers'—Such as I
ist make
a use.
good
FRESH MEAT.
I will also at nil traps in season
keep FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, and
KIDS, as I expect \o keep up a reg
ular meat market, and ask the peo
ple to patronize and euconrage me to
do so.
J. W. MANN,
C C. ANDERSON,
• ATXORXr* A'JCl.AW,
Hawkiimville, Ga.
AS* Will practice iu tlic courts of Pulaski, Hous
ton and adjoiuiug counties.
17 A. JOBSON,
X . Aetisan,
Perry, Georgia.
Sewing Machines, Jewelry, Guns, Locks, and ev
erything in his lino repaired and tilted tip iu the
most substantial manner.
All work not railed fur in ten days after being
nnislicd will be sold to pay charges.
Eg-Ail v/ill'll done promptly and at the Iowcb
rices for cash,
FURNiTURi_FREU5HT FREE.
E.V1TRELY NEW AND ELEGANT STOCK 01
fusl received and for sale at i'o
prices. v
BUY AT S-SOraE?.
A Hearse can bo furnished to order at any time
on short notice. I eau be found in tjiu da> time at
my store, next to the hotel; at night at my residenco
adjoining Hr. Havis.
Furniture Made to Order.
and repaired at short notice. Burial Clothes, ready
luade, for ladies, gentlcmeu and children.
OARTLET’S UNRIVALLED
SPRING BEDS.
GEORGE PAIfL,
PEltliV, GEORGIA.
M X NURSERY STOCK is very large and fino this
season, and if yon wish to jilant acclimated
lees and such varieties as are best adapted to home
i.d markLt nses, yon eau procure them at the i il
Whig eitruordu.niy low prices:
3E=*2ES.XC7 23 LIST:
APPLES.
Single Trees s $ 15.
Pur Hundred 10 OJ.
PEACHES.
Single Trees. $ 15.
Per Hundred 12 OJ.
PEAKS.
Standard Two years old 50 cents cadi.
4% On* 4 * ao cents each.
Dwarf Two Years Old .... 40 cents each.
44 One 44 .25 cents each.
Lecount or Chinese Sand Pear *..$1 OOeaeh.
Pomegranates and Grapes 25 cents
Plums, Quinces, Mulberries and Figs 25 cents
Strawberries.—Per Hundred $ 1,00
4 ' 4 44 Xhcusand. .... S.0U
Special Rates Given for Large Orden.
Descriptive Catalogue sent free on application.
Address
SAMUEL H. HUMPH,
Willow Lake Cfuisery,
Marshallville, Ga.
Fort Valley, Ga.
NEW HARNESS SHOP
J. F. HUMPHREYS,
Perry, « Georgia.
H AVING located in Perry next door to the store
of Moore & Bro., I respectfully solicit a liberal
•hare of the public patronage. I keen on hand
SADDLES,
AT THE BEDSIDE:
Oh, mothers whose children are sleeping.
Thank God by their pillows, to-night;
And pray for the .mothers now weeping
O’er pillows too smooth and too white;
Where the bright little heads eft have lain,
And soft little cheeks bare been pressed;
Oh, mothers who know no:this pehi.
Take courage and bear all the rest!
For the sombre-winged angel is going
With pitiless flight o’er the land,
And we wake in the morn, not knowing
What be, ere the night may demand.
YeB, to-night, while our darlings are sleeping,
There’s many a soft little bed,
Whose pillows arc moistened with weeping,
For the loss of one dear little head.
There are hearts on whose innermost altar
There Is noth ng but ashes to-night;
There are voices whose tones, ejdly falter.
And dim eyes that shriek/rom the light.
Oh, mothers whose children are sleeping.
As ye bend to caress the fair heads,
Pray for the mothers now weeping,
O’er pitifnl, smooth little beds.
BRIDLES,
or make them to order.
AND HARNESS,
RtSPAIHSM©.
Neatly and promptly done.
PRICES LOW-
THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
OBIECTS AND PLANS OF THE OBDEB.
The Order of Knights of Honor is a
secret benevolent society, composed of
a Supreme, Grand and Subordinate.
Lodges. It was established in June,
1873, by persons who felt that the va
rious systems of relief to families of de
ceased member, as adopted by other
orders, were deficient in important res
pects, and who believed that an order
established with the purpose of paying
a (hath benefit 11s one of its main ob
jects would meet with approval and
success. The astonishing growth of the
Order has confirmed the wisdom of its
projectors.
THE OBJECTS OF THE ORDER
arc stated briefly by the Supreme
Lodge, as follows:
1st. To unite fraternally all accepta
ble white men of every profession, bus
iness or occupation.
2nd. To give all moral and material
aid in its power to members of the Or
der, by holding moral, instructive aud
scientific lectures, by encouraging each
other in business, and by assisting one
another to obtain employment.
3rd. To establish a benefit fund,
from which a sum not exceeding §2,000
shall be paid at the death of a member,
to tiis family, or to be disposed of as
he may direct.
4*h. To establish a fund for the re
lief of sick or disticssed members.
FORMATION OF THE ORDER.
The Supreme Lodge i; the head of
the Order and is composed of its olS-
csrs, committees’ aud representatives
from Grand Lodgi s. Annual sessions
are. held by the Supreme Lodge, and
special sessions may be called by the
written n quest of five. Grand Lodges.
The v r ml L dges aie compi s. d of rep-
1 f sen tu lives from each Subordinate
Lodge in the State, end are governed
by such officers and committees as they
may annually elect. Subordinate Lodg
es are placed within their supervision
and control, snl ject to the rules of the
Supreme Lodge aud the principles of
its Constitution.
Subordinate Lodges are composed of
members of gootl moral aud social
standing, who are admitted upon peti
tion, by ballot, alter passing a favora
ble medical examination. The petition
er must be a whits, male person, be
tween the ages of twenty-one aud fifty-
five years.
Subordinate Lodges provide for the
social, moral and intellectual improve
ment of their members, for tilt relief
of the sick, for the assistance of those
out of employment-, and encouragement
to each other in business. .
DUES AND BENEFITS.
Each member pays, as quarterly dues,
such sum as his Lodge by law enacts,
which may not be less than three dol
lars per year. Weekly sick benefits are
paid, or not, as the Subordinate Lodge
chooses. .
EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT.
Each Subordinate Lodge pays a per
capita, tax upon its membership of not
more than one dollar per annum to the
Grand Lodge, and each Grand Lodge
pays a per capita, of twenty-five ’cents
per annum upon each member within
its jurisdiction to the Supreme Lodge.
From the amounts thus received, the
mileage of delegates, salaries, expenses
of annnal sessions and incidentals are
paid.
SALARIED OFFICERS.
The Supreme officers receiving sala
ries are the Reporter, who is paid
§2,500 per year, and the Treasurer, who
receives §1,500.
SECURITY’’'OF FUNDS.
All officers of the Order who have
charge of any of its funds, are required
to give sufficient bonds for the faithfnl
discharge of their duties. The Su
preme Treasurer, who has charge of the
benefit fund, is under bonds in the snm
of one hnndred thousand dollars, and
the Supreme Reporter to the amount
ten thousand dollars, and other officers
in proportion down to the officers of
the Subordinate Lodges. These bonds
may be increased from time to time as
the numerical strength of the Order in
creases.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS BENEFIT FUND.
Each member, noon presenting him
self for.the third degree, pays into the
Widows’ and Orphans’ Benefit Fnnd
according to the following rates:
between the ages of
21 and 45 §1.00. 50 and 51 §2.00
45 “ 46 _ 1.05. 51 “ 52 2.50
46 “ 47 1.10. 52 “ 53 3.00
47 “ 4S 1.20. 53 “ 54 3.50
cant on joining^rremains his assessment [that the public seem' amply justified in
for life, whenever an assessment is ren- i entertaining such an opinion,
dered necessary, which is only when the j its progress and membership.
amount in the Benefit Fund is reduced | It has grown rapidly from its first in
to less than 82,000. - jception. and its members are mostly
These assessments are collected and
forwarded to the Supreme Tieasnrer as
often a3 they are teqnired. for the pay
ment of death benefits to the widows
and orphans, or dependents of deceased
members. They are collected and for
warded in advance; the law requiring
that the Supreme Treasurer shall al
ways have not less than two thousand
dollars in hand. Upon receiving official
notice of the death of any member, the
Supreme Treasurer immediately for
wards two thousand dollars to the
Trustees of his Lodge, and all Lodges
are given bfficial notice of the payment.
When the funds in the Supreme Treas
ury are exhausted, so that less than
two thousand dollars remain in the W.
& O. B. Fund, all tfie Lodges are noti
fied to forwai’d the assessment they
have in hand, mid collect another as
sessment from their members, wilhin
thirty days, aud hold the same in readi
ness for the next call from the Supreme
Lodge.
The expenses incidental to the collec
tion and disbursement of this W. & O.
B. Fund are paid from the money raised
by the per capita tax and revenue from
supplies, so .that the benefit fund re
mains intact, and is not diminished by
any expense whatever.
The method of conducting this fund
is such that all benefits are paid prompt
ly and, at the S:tme time, there is no
large accumulation of funds in the
hands of the Treasurer. Its plan is
based on sound principles, and furnish-
es a species of insurance that is cheap
er—as it is oblained at bare cos ; more
secure, as the money is mostly in the
pockets of the members until needed;
and easier carried, because it is called
for in small amounts and only as requir
ed—than that of any other plan v< t de
vised or likely to be.
PROBABLE AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENTS.
From the most reliable statistics to be
obtained, if is estimated that from one
ihousand insurable lives, about eight- tV
ten will die annually.
From the experience of our own and
similar organizations, its is estimated
that the cost, will be from twelve to
fourteen assessments per year to each
member, for the presen‘. Eventually,
when the Order at tarns such ar. age as
to reach the highest rate of mortality
known to life insnr nee compa
nies and the older benevolent societies,
the number of assessments will be
about eighteen annually.
At this rate, the member under forty-
five years of age, will carry two thon-
sanb dollars insurance, in onr Order,
.for one-half the ordinary life insurance
rates.
ADVANTAGES SECURED BY THIS PLAN.
Founded upon business principles,
it is calculated to perpetuate itself, as
it is to the interest of,every-: member to
have it managed systematically and hon
estly. The. sympathy, pride and self;
respect, as welt as selfish interest of
each member prompts him to see\that
the benefit is adjusted at once, upon
satisfactory evidence of the death of a
brother, and ail understand that this
can be secured only by the prompt pay
ment of the individual assessments.
None but sound men are admitted,
the medical examiner, who must be a
member of the Order, being sworn to
exercise his best judgment in each
case. It accepts none over fifty-five
years of age. The government of the
Order is thoroughly democratic, each
Dodge being entitled to equal represen
tation in the Grand and Supreme
Lodges, consequently .it contains no
self-appointed board of directors, and
the books of the Supreme, Grand- aud
Subordinate officers are at all times
open to the inspection of the Trustees
and Finance Committees. By its meth
od of assessments benefits are paid
within sixty days from the time official
notice of a death is received.
Being a fraternal organization, with
no stockholders, and; no one to be en
riched thereby, there is little danger of
an attempt to defraud the family of a
deceased brother.
EXPENSE OF ORGANIZING.
The fee required by the Supreme
Lodge for charter and supplies to a
Subordinate Lodge, is one hundred
dollars. After organization the fees for
degrees are fixed by the Lodge, at such
sum as may be thought best, provided
that the three degrees shall not be
conferred for less than ten dollars.
ITS RELATION TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
The Order is not in the field 03 a ri
val to kindred institutions, but as an
ally to them. Recognizing the good
work which they have done, and are
doing, it claims to meet a special want
in the community hot supplied by oth
er societies. Neither is it an opponent
of life insurance associations, as it reit
erates the arguments which reveal the
absolute necessity, in many cases, of
49
50
1.30..
1.50.
54
4.00
men of the highest standing in Mason
ry, Odd Fellowship and other organiza
tions.
Xfs permanency is now conceded
among those familiar.with its plans and
methods, and the most skeptical have
been compelled to admit its grand suc
cess is a beneficial Order. Intelligent
members who have stneHwd it3 methods
and principles have entire faith in its
permanency and usefulness.
TILDEN AUD GRANT.
While Speaker Randall was re-elect
ed cn liis own merit, it is undoubtedly
the fact that his success is looked upon
by politicians as a decided indication
of the success of Tifdeu in getting the
Democratic nomination for the Presi
dency. In fact the.old political stagers
in Washington already put it down as
an assured fact that Tildes aud Grant
will be the party candidates pitted
against each other in 1830. The figu
ring for Tilden is on this base: The
Democrats can count upon carrying ev
ery Southern State, and will only need
to carry New York and Indiana, and
some smali State in addition, to get the
requisite number of electoral votes. It
is doubtful if there is another man who
would be as sure of carrying New York
as Tilden, and of course Hendricks
would be a winning card in Indiana.—
Then it is believed that. Tilden would
stand a good chance of carrying New
Jersey, and a yet better one of Califor
nia, if that State was not neglected, as
the California Democrats say it was in
1876, under Hewitt's management of
the national campaign. Thus, with
Tilden and Hendricks in the field, with
a bold, < n »rgetic ESairiiian of the na
tional committee, an easy victory is fig-
med out by these calculations. On be
half of Grant, of course, the figuring is
reversed, aud a nearly solid North is
claimed for him,"with! seme inroads up
on the South. Whatever may be the
result of the nominations, it looks to
day as if Tilden aud Grunt will be the
nominees. — Washington Star.
A Famine Kitchen in India.—A large
quadrangle, surrounded by a high wall,
a’nd with one large, guarded door, and
inside, round the wall, sheds with peris
made of bamboo; and down the middle
were two rows of slieds, and under the
sheds a nd in the pecs little huddled
heaps, mostly asleep. “Are these ani-
mais.or human beings?” I think, and
then a llnng comes towards me—a skel
eton! It is easy to say skeleton—to
realize it with all its ghastliness is im :
possible. The limbs with no flesh, and
iind the joints-with nothiug to conceal
their articulation, are horrible enongb;
brtt far more dreadful the head—mostly
shaved here—shows not only the bone
but suture, arid worst- the poor ribs,
bs6k and- front, .with the shoulder-
bladessfiekiDg on as if they had been
.an afterthought; and the poor stomach,
now full, but with the skin stretched
on so tight "that one can fanny that one
can trace the origans within. Now this
is not exaggerated in the least. I have
described one; they are all the same; add
to these horrible skin diseases that
would make even a Sc.otchm.-.n scratch
himself, and imagine four, hnndred and
ninety of these beings in one relief
kitchen! Yet the famine is ever, and
many eg these are convalescent end
making sheds for the rest.
fiLDEN’s victories.
The-Tilden movement is nov tremen
dously active, AH .at once it wins, two
signal victories,, one over the opposition
in in New York, and the other over, that
in Pennsylvania. Some time ago the
bar association of the metropolis ap
pointed a committee to investigate
charges of extortionate fees urged
against the county clerk, and that gen
tleman, with n mulishness signified by
bis name of Gumbleton, refused to let
it see his books. There was a fierce
battle for a while, finally ended by an
order from the Governor removing him.
The Mayor, a stout Tilden man, ap
pointed another stoat Tilden man to
the vacant office. This transfers the
power of that establishment from the
hands of royal King John Kelly to his
old enemy of Gramercy Park. The reg
ister and sheriff, in mortal fear of their
on n official heads, are reported to have
made terms with Tilden also. Through
the revolutionary sclmme, as King
John’s organ calls it, Tilden gets con
trol of the municipal patronage, which
means that he will through this control
the election of Tammany officers next
mon th. * Con trol of Tammany is as re
garded as good as the complete owner
ship of New York Democracy. New
York is regarded as the pivotal State,
the one on which the next election for
President wiii turn. This is the grand
secret of the removal o f the grumbling
Gumbleton. This is Tilden’s triumph
in New York. In Pennsylvania it was
the election of Randall to the Speaker-
ship. The mere fact that-an ardent Til
den man received that honor cn the first-
ballot is in itself on important fact. But
the more important one is that he re
ceived it in spite of the desperate en
deavors of an anii-Tilden man. In
truth, this overthrow of King John in
his own State aud that of King William
in this does show that Tilden is not
hopelessly paralyzed.—Pittsburg Tele
graph.
The slate of afiairs in Mandalay,
Bcrmah, is creating grave anxiety, and
the garrisons there have been doubled.
It is stated that the recant massacre cf
the Royal family, in which forty mem
bers were killed, were attended by every
possible atrocity, The victims were
beaten and kicked, and the women,
were shamefully abused. The Royal
Princes were reserved to the last and
made to witness the torture and death
of their families. The bodies of all the
violins were thrown, into cld welis.
The fugitive South Carolina embez
zler, Hiram Simpton, has sent to Hart
ford, Conn., to find ont whether Gov
ernor Andrews, of that State,'will de
liver him up to the South Carolina au
thorities on a requisition if he goes to
Hartford to live. Andrews will give
the criminal pet of Governor Rice' no
satisfaction on the subject, and so
Kimpton will have to stay in Massachn
setts and dodge his lawyers, who he
has already s win died ont cf their fees.
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Trichinosis seems to be becoming
common all over the world. Twelve
workmen in a brewery at St. Peters
burg were attacked by this horrible ail
ment a short time ago, and their symp
toms, being misunderstood, at first, gave
rise to a report that the plague had
broken ont, and for a little while there
was a general panic. Diseased pork,
as usuaL was at the bottom of the mis-
iigs
some sort of insurance. The man who
dies and leaves a family without the ehief.
means of education or support, at the|
period m life when they most need snch i One of the largest roosts of pigeons
aid, is looked upon in this enlightened 1 probably in the world is in Grayson
age as guilty of wilful neglect at le-isL county, Texas. It is said to be IS miie3
There are so many methods by which i wide, 40 miles iong, and contains mill-
Le may provide .against snch a calami- ‘ lions of birds.
SEELY AND BIS MOTOR
So long a time has elapsed since any
thing was heard from Krely and his
motor that most people had forgotton
him or concluded that he had given up
in despair Lis attempts to “bridle” the
new and powerful force which he claims
to have discovered. During all these
weeks and months, however. Keely has
been diligently at work building what
he calls his “vibratory engine,” which
is to utilize the new motive power.
This engine was completed some days
ago, and the directors and stockhold
ers of the company, who had said that
one revolution of it would demonstrate
the praatibility of Ms invention and in
sure their fortunes, claim that they are
fully repa’d for their long and anxious
wailing by seeing it run for seven
consecutive horirs. Ten-horse porter
was developed, and Keely is now en
gaged in “graduating-” the engine,
which peculiar, process he. sayswill en
able him to intensity the action of the
vapor and-;.obtain- almost any desired
power. Upon the strength of the- de
velopments, a stockholder says that the
stock has already advanced in price
con sid erabjy.—Philadelphia Times.
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ELECTRICITY AS A DISINFEC
TANT. -
The experiment cf disinfecting sewers
by means of ozone produced by the
electric spark was tried in 'London re
cently. Twelve hundred cubic feet of
sewer gas were enclosed in e receiver,
and a torrent of nine inch sparks from
a powerful Cbumfcroff coil was passed
for one hour. Then the ozone was al
lowed to act- for twenty-four hours. At
the end of that time it was found that
that the sewer gas was for the most
part unchanged, although deodorized
to a considerable extenl. A second ex
periment wa3 tried, by placing a quan
tity of decomposing sewer filth in the
receiver, and again introducing the
ozone. After twenty-fonr hours the
enclosed gas was drawn off and fresh
ozone introduced. It was then found
that the pntrifleation of the mass pro
ceeded much more rapidly in ozone
than in air, bnt tha t the elfin via and
the mass itself, were entirely destitute
of these bacterial which are snppppsed
to be the cause of zymotic disease. The
experiment, therefore, was a partial
success, and although the great cost of
this method will prevent its general in
troduction and practical nse, yet is one
step towards gaining knowledge of the
prevention of those horrible complaints
arising from, defective drainage,, and
which annually swept off thousands of
children in all metropolitan cities.
A Boston lady, who comtemplated
purchasing a homestead in North Caro
lina, wrote to an old settler in that vi-
cinity asking if it was true, as reported
that the grass in that country was ‘with
■jiggers,” that creep into the flesh.
The reply was: “Yes,, bnt all that
yon have to do is to keep yonr limbs
greased and they won’t trouble
yon.” She concluded not to buy.
Six hydranlic cotton presses are soon
to he erected in Savannah. They will
be the most powerful in the United
States, and will press cotton to the den
sity of live oak,
THE RETORT COURTEOUS.
ThejNeW York San has a way of
touching the raw spots oh the epider
mis of its opponents that makes them
very sore. Taking the Evening Post to
task for having said that “patriotism
was the last resource of a scoundrel,
the Snn denies that Washington, the
Adamses, Jefferson and Franklin,
though patriots, were sconndrnls, and
adds:
“And the mention of Mr. Lincoln’s
name; reminds ns of an occurrence
wiuch may interest our readers os well
as . the few readers of the Evening Post.
One day we handed to Mr. Lincoln, at
the White House, a number of dnen
menst, among them an autograph letter
from tile Eta William Cnilen Bryant.
Mr. Lincoln carefully examined the oth
er papers, but laid the letter from flic
venerable poet aside. Alter twenty or
thirty minutes conversation we vent
ured to say; “Mr. President, yoa have
not read the letter from Mr. Bryant,”
“No,” said he, “I supposed that re
ferred to the ease of his partner, Hen
derson, who was indicted for defraud
ing the government, and I have heard
so much of his case that I wasn’t in any
hurry to read another letter abont it.
“Solely by the aid of Counsel, and on
strictly technical points, Mr. Hender
son, escaped. Eau; we think the Even
ing PoBt—Mr, Bryant always was n
stickler to have his paper called the
Evening Post and never simply the
Post—we think onr evening contempo
rary is in error in speaking of patriot
ism as the last resource of a scoundrel.
If it had said the naval office is the last
resource of a scoundrel, it wonlu have
spoken from experience, and would
have been regarded as an authority.”
Henderson is the editor of the Even
ing Post.
oe*
HUNTED TURNED HUNTER.
Captain Aylward tells a droll story of
a rencontre between a busbman and a
lion. The narrator was acquainted with
the man, and lias no doubt- of the truth
of I he story. The bushmau while a
loug way from home, was met by a lion.
The animal, assured that he had lib
victim completely in his power, began
to sport and dally with him with a feline
jocosity which the'' poor little bnsb-
mr.n failed to appreciate, i- The Hod
would appear at- a point in the road and
leap , back in the jungle to reappear a
Jittie farther.cn. But the Bushman'
did not loose Lis presence of mind, and
presently hit upon a device by
which he might possibly outwit his foe.
This .plan-was suggested by the lion’s
own conduct. Aware that the brute
was uhcr.d of him, Le aouged to Hie
right, and feeling pretty sure of the
lion’s whereabouts, resorted to Ibe
coarse of quietly watching his move
ments, When he bad dicovered that
tl:e man had srddeoiy disappeared
from the path, he was a good deal per
plexed. He reared with' mortification
when'he espied the busbman peeping
at him over the grass. The bnshmah
at once changed his position, while the
lion stood.irresolutely in the path; fcl
lowlngwith his ryes the shifting black-
man. Xu another moment the little man
resiled the reeds, vanished, and showed
again at an other, point. The great
brute was at first confused and then
alarmed It evidently began to Sawn,
npon him that he had mistaken the po
sition of matters, and that he was the
hunted party. The bnshman, who
clearly recognized wont was passing in
bis enemy’s miufi,.didn't ptmat to let the
lion recover his startled wits. • He be-,
gan to steal gradually iow-ml the foe.
who, now iu a complete state of doubt
and fear, fairly turned tail and decamp
ed, leaving the plucky and ingenuous
littlebushm.m master of the sitiiatipn.—
COLLECTING
Chambers' Journal. .
— ■
The Don Cossacks of Russia have a
peculiar way of decting thieves, and
the results are sometimes peculiar.
Five thousand roubles of the Govern
ment money, appropriated for the e-
auipment of a body cf - Cossacks, was
locked ip.a Irnnk. which, for sate keep-
mg, was deposited in the village church,
the key being entinsted to a Judge.
After a time the Atfaman i f qniic d
a portion of the money, but the Judge
who went to obtain it, quickly
retained with ti e report that the whole
of it bad been stolen. Following the
custom of the Don Cossacks, the Atta-
man ordered the villagers to send him
their handkerchiefs, which be deliver
ed to a fortune-teller, who was reqnired
to ’i dentify the thieves. She was
blindfolded and at once seized two of
the handkerchiefs, exclaiming, “These
are tlie thieves,” They belonged to the
Jndge and the priest.
Mr. David C. Grisholm, of Meriweth
er county who was sent to the Lunatic
Asylum from that eonnty.abont three or
or four weeks ago, died in the asylum
Monday night last. He was at one
time one of the most influential men in
ihe county, and filled the position of No man was e
Ordinary for twenty-four years. At the
time of his death he was 73 years of
age. He leaves a large family.
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IVe enter onr protest againts the em
ploy me nf of special Agents, with enor*
inous fees, to collect sums of money
dna the State, We regard it simply
as an outrage that more than ten thou
sand dollars should be paid to Tiiggla
for doing what it plainly was the duty
of onr Congressmen to have dope, and
what- either of onr Senators would havd
attended to with 6 zeal not warined up
by a fee. This is but another phase of
Mnrphayism. It is unspeakably absurd
to maintain tbat Congressmen have no
time to look after, the interest of them
States. They are in Washington sole
ly for the purpose. The people have
no other motive in the world in send
ing them there. Every well-informed
school-bcy knows this to be
We charge nothing criminal against
any one in the matter. Wo are
sorry to say that there are precedents
for this notion of the Governor. It is
custom now, in these bitter and degen
erate days: blit it is nonefhe less an ont*
rage cn the poor, lax-ridden people of
Georgia. The payment, of a cent to it
special agent to represent Georgia’s in-
■erest before the authorities in Wash
ington cannot be justified on any credit*
able ground whatever; and if we s’and
alone in opposition to it, we intend !0
denounce it withont regard to conse;
quences. It is wrong. It is a Wtofcg
for which there is no eScuse. The in*
teresi of the prople ar too seldom
looked to in these dark days upon whicll
we have fallen. May God help ns to
help ourselves.—Sparla Jshmaelile.
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CHINESE SPIRITUALISM.
The spirits of the unseen universe ard
directly invoked by the Chinese, chiefly
in c. ses of illness. In matters which
involve merely pecuniary interests,
3nch means ns planchette and yarions
other indirect ways of consulting the
oracle are preferred, being at once sim*
pier and less costly to tlie inquire!*. A
man who wants to learn the probable
result of an enterprise he has in view,
will drop into some roadside temple and
will lay a small fee npon the alto!'.
The attendant priest lights a fresh can*
din or a new slick of incense, and the
supplicant, after making the usual se
ries of prostrations, reverently takes
with both hands a kidney shaped., piece
of wood which has beep split into tvro
halves, so that each half shall have one
flat and one convex side. These are
raised above the head and dropped to
the ground before the altar, and. from
the combination which results, namely,
(1) two convexes, (2) two flats, or (3)
a fiat and a convex, a propitious or
nnpropitious answer is deduced, being
(1) negative, (2) indifferent, (3) affirma
tive, respecliveiy. The more elaborate
method, or that form known in Europe
as Spiritualism, is to engage the servi
ces of a medium, generally a Taoist
priest, whose body is for the time be
ing occupied by the god. This state
of divine ‘.‘possession’, is brought’about
iu the following manner: The medium,
takes a seat, while his brother priests
or confederates arrange the usual altar,
light candles, barn incense, and invoke
the presence of the deity required. Af
ter a short interval, one of them ad-
varces toward the medium and per
forms certain movements, apparently
me smeric passes, by which a state of
unconsciousness is indneed; whereupon
the god takes possession of the tempo
rarily occupied body. From that mo
ment evary word uttered by the medi
um is held to be divinely inspired, or,
more properly, tbe very words of the
god, who simply use3 the medium as
his month piece—Frazer's Magazine.
THE TONGUE.
All should go throngh life as through
the Swiss mountains, whei-e a hearly .
word may bring down an avalanche.
Never praise any one in bis presence;
never blame him in his absence..
One of the first questions a physician
asks his patient is, “Let me fee yonr
tongue,” His spiritual ad riser .might
do the same.
There is never a spur for the tongue
in all the Bible; bnt many a bit.
Never give your tongue its full liber
ty; let it always be your servant, never
yonr master.
Speech is of sTvcr, but sileiice is of
gold.
S m? carry d'rks in their pockets,
others in their mouths. We have,
however, yet to learn that to convict a
man of mnrder it is neeess try fo: him
to have made with his own hands the
knife witli which he dealt ihe deadly
blow; that he used the knife is enough
to convict him of the crime. So it
matters not who origi
all who repeat it are the
guilt it docs. He
a poison is as {.
pounds it.
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throw stones.
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