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A 6 KIWIS HOWEt-L COJ-.B C MU, KKWIN A Conn, i r o n n t e y s a r l a w . Aihr.i,, Gear*!*. Office In Hie Deup. c J iY 0. GaILcY, IP T [Avro | I'NVITESATTENTION TO HIS r J .lL.JUiMi,o, MEW fall stock OK CEOC&EET DEALER IN STOVES, GS.B3 Wlf E, \ r: f I.U I K’Y Iir.MRY jackson L 111 >-ii:i & Jackson, V r r »;ls’ :»'S \r LAW will practice in t v s t ,r ' • »rf »f Ciarkc-uiniy, the Suprnn *» in;' :'if v ! no 1 i||> Unite-1 St.it®*s I'miri vr **» X *r*n«rn •'.strict <* r»rsia. feH.Btf SV'IL’BL I*. THURMONO, r r > i > ! -: Y A T L A W v • i *n, fi. Hi^4i ’toil street, over CHIMNEYS AND PURE KEIIOSEXE OIL. Ci'.l *n4 examine hie stock belore nurcUse!ng. tt]>l 13-tf.. SEHOVATE YOJR CARPUS, Something Sew ! Fireside Jitiscdlany. One HnndreiMn the Shade... * Our renders are in a condition to ap preciate the following extravagant piece of isothermal fancy, by Olivkb Wendell Holmes. At least two Fahrenheits blew up, And killed two children small, And one barometer shot dead A tutor with his ball. Now all day long the locust sang Among the leafy trees; Three new hotels warped inside out, Tlu: pumps cuoid only wheese: And ripe old wiue, that twenty years Had cobwebbed o’er in vain, Came ^-pouting through the rotten corks, Like July's best chnmpaigne! nwa Bver asked the old man. He was directed, and ere long was nation with the unfortunate corroborated tne laud- don't you take a new shop ?* said the oW man; “ there’s a new one iD the block right opposite the other barteftfthop.” “!\Yhat!” said the other, “you must be mzy. “Why, that block belongs to old Billy Gibbons; he’d never let ooe of these stores for a ’* shop; they are a mighty sight besides that, I haven’t g n TIN-WA UK, V . 11 ».*ii. VK t. i .i. r. i:.vx*\i«Mi. : IS IX II VTir>W ARF., irr'.ige .1 iTeri .1. Mining 1:1 ml i. HOUSE FURNISHING GCOilS, r HAVE STILL OX HAXD I. the Largest Variety of Stoves •n M’l-n., whi. h I will fumiali at tin- incut lit- A DISCOVERY has recently I»een ittiJe t*y which Velvet, Bru.^eht ^nd In- ! gr ;in t'jtrpeLs **an he thoroughly ,.uue«i atu.i ren^»- I v.iicd, wlUioi.r removing them fr«>ut ti.c it ahiMl,-.vr.ivs and preveutn moths It thoroughly cleanses all rov.*r«*d r uni : t«r»* f «uc- a.« Plush Chairs, ! Sociable*, Divans, ihickera.etc. It is the acknowl- : edged cleanser for clothing of all descriptions, re- And brimstone soon became a dru?. i nioving grease »j>ots und restoring thfir original . . , . ... ! c .h.rs. For silks, rib*»on- *nd lace there is noth- i And Ii>COtocos tell; iugthit oq.i.l* it. snd c n he used wi hout the ! lic Worcester locomotive did Their trip iu half an hour; , The Lowell cars ran torty miles Before they checked the power ; Saudis a pur- K *nov King s luticn Thli entirely a he«r or* •«*«,'« ml •'o-nme*.dsi self when ever used. Wi* w'.il le’UNourear ets.etc.,or foi- nish the solution, wi*h d rod •*-.*for using. Saltpetre was to sell. Plump men of mornings ordered tights, This c-rtif Cleanse • lor : in4 all crease r 'Storing the or gi mend hi M.V V\ BSTRS, > .i X E Y A T it* County, <>a. L A W V t r >> . V. .Inner, Bin PI rr« IN St HINTON, . A T TORNBYS A r LAW, a V. JeTersoii, J tcksou county, tia. NOni’E UK CHANGE OF SCHEDULE JN TIIK GEORGIA ancl M ACOX and AUGUSTA RAILRODS. *uperiutrnriei«t*M Ofllre, (•eiiritU and laron It Augusta |tni;r ml, - Aug ist 4, <> ., Juhe 5,1872. ) ■ / AN AND AFTER WLtLA'E>- " * Y, Ju i ; 5tl», l>72, the fttasenger I’.ains | oil ih i teo.-gi 4 .i4i 1 M t?»m’ and Augusta K iilroaUs 'Aid r»4U is loilowN : UJXHiUL 1 RAILROAD. Dai/ l\t**enjcr Train will Leave August THE MARION, r tn o. o .. . , . will proiunily attend t« all orders left a: h Jj’irj^At (fv 'u Step n‘icz .1/ inuf tciure l / . shop, oil Jackson street, near the National Hundreds of the Marion havel^en sold in Ath- a l ,ri * >9 ~ tf JOHN Pi The undcrsigne*l has oirehased the recei|4 f*»r theatMkve **»luG.»n from Mr. Max M. Myersou. and will promptly attend to all orders left u: his I*aiut Bank. POTTS. without an ex ep i ;tv.*n in Kiu-idel tali-faction. :o|» 4rii.-» wishing i good stove t a sm.4.1 pr.ee 1 can safety say that T:ie Mirion is the Stove. THE S3U THERfUDME, Win. A. Talmailge, PONT OFFin:, VOL. AVF.XL'E, ATHENS An entirely By i ii ««i Vi d.r-edy on 1 strong neu * R ivo in lesij» i a r in^ *in ?n.. i4ie • the . 5 .1 L ave A.lao \i » iv • as Atlanta at t* 4 * •>. ir. Arrive at \ugus*a at A 3” •». i.. Sijltt t‘<issen<jer Train. L -avc A ug.ist tat H 15 p m. I.e»ve. V lauia ;t -H is) p. m. Arrive ai Allan!a at ♦> 45a. in. Arrive at Au^uniaat C IS)a. in. MACOX AXD AUGUSTA R. R. Day I’assenger Train. 1.C1W All :u,ia a) II '«» a. m. . M.I It ii :io a. in.. Arrive in An ;ti,t:l at X-4S |>. in. Ann- in Mat >n ut...-. 7 IB (>■«■. Sight I’is&'njer Train. leave A u-ll-la al * IS m. I. we M it .n it !** <X)p. 111. rrivv-in «n.*nst.i -it ♦> Oh a. in. Ar.ivt* .ii Alat-ou at 4 15a. m. Alla it i nak *>.Miger Tr ill. (lie lr Athens, Washington, J lilroid, hy taking the > »a'-e t onnec.iou at Ca- , id const rue*ion. part of the oven • i»rote te l fr .in ihe lire in Ibis particular pla -e, au.1 u iioiioriii -ie;»i :s oiilaincd, in ad parts of iheoven, thu* securing the most desirable 1:11114 in a iy stove, vs*: Kvcn halting an « ro .sting. This siovc has l»con in the mark *t but a short ti ne, and the largo *alv* since its introduction wanaids the conclusion . that it will soon he the L£A0!JG isTdV «»the(JOUMTP.Y I A Lilt KEEP TilE { FOMENT CITY, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. FIRESIDE, CAIMI’OL CITY, And Many Oiliei* Leading Slaves. 1 have on hand at all times a large stock of Ti m * Vare of all Kinds . 4t:s; c-ssth.t JOSES' TIX IVA HE ha* met w . ti » t. e i.s iuimauction, s . s.i(Uc>eot guarantee Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-plated Ware, Mas cal Instruments, >peotacles, l«uus. Pistols, .S|M>rting Equipments, Ac. Ac. A Select St«ick of American and im ported Watches, DouhIel*uns with 40 inch barrel, rscellrnt for long rang*. Putols ol all kinds. Penetration of hull G*-£ inches into wood. With a desire to please all, will sed the above good at very reasonable prices. REPAIRING. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and Pistols, pr onptly tttendetl to in a satisfactory manner— Call anil see for Yourselves. anr 4 X* Wi KALL4M) TEACEIER OS U8IC. / vFI'TvJE o—>r.~ i.i !.u.ii,»kin a-id ' * riavMi, .IIV..I- -,r • ‘ ing the sponges that the greatest dex terity is shown. The spears used by the Greeks are shorter than those em ployed by the natives, but they man age them with such adroitness as some times to reach sponges covered by six ty feet of water. The British Vice- Oonsul at Tunis reports that thee Greeks hold in their hands three or four spears, and dart them with such precision one after the other, that be fore the first has tune to disappear the second strikes its upper extremity, and thus gives it additional impetus to reach the sponge aimed at. What- it op cver a sponge teremoved a- new one is produced within a year to take its place. The finest sponges are found in the Mediterranean, the chief mar ket being Smyrna. Coarse sponges are procured in great numbers in the vraters of the Bahamas, and form an important article of export from those Islands. A very good article of sponge is found on the coast of Florida, m . illui mN \ Firsi-Cl Sle-pini Cars < ii-4.1t l*.c*«M»4-r rr tins •»!! tbe ■ ie-u^ia Kail * I First- '!»'> 4 -eping Canon all Night Trains be nI.4 v -o » an.1 Angaria Uiilro-ul. S. K. JD.I.N30N, Sn/il. C.'/ SS/L /, ) .'l '/)AMrS, TO -’.SIGNTE Ft, |ngrav3E and Printer, ELEOTR iTYPINa, S. IV. A'OHNKR 1VX RTII WilKOT STRtKT- Cin-innnti, Ohio. Loek Box 22C, Full anil Winter Clothing. J. E. 11ITCIL I N VI 1'E. - * the attention of his friends .uni last public to nis 1 »rge ami carefully selec ted slock ol Raar Mto- Glotiims AND lien’s Imi in Dili ns (iiod'. “ u i l.t) )FI Nil, GUrrKKING. AND JOB WORK, OF ALL KtXDS, al ten led in promptly. The inauu actory is still in » h .rge of M.. W. .1. JCN ES, wu » will b j pleased t«» s«v hisoUl r ends and cu^onuei**. Orders from tliv c uutry for w,»rk or goods will meet wit 11 |»ioiu ( »i at.en.itm. E. E. JUNES, C truer Brnal anil T torn is sts., A THEXS. Duves Frent'll, Her n 111 and Fn *' >1» | variety Ueoior d .oths, fmicy cj**- r lot.4 , cft'Unrs, ucltt»n>,;ur -e.ivc.s, c *t ii oatiug , silk velvet hii.1 tan-'y M> stocK of Furn.sniug Gmidsein- S tirls, Collar*. Ties, Saspen lers, Uwler- Shistsanl Drawers, Half-Hose. (iloves in great variety, etc. (jjjii -JV, \ |li311U J. E. BITCH. FREE! FREE!! FREE!!! SINGLE COPIES OF c Lam’s f.u it wdud, V WEEKLY’ Agricultural Journal that h s Ik? 1 s Ik? *n published ;we’ty-:hreeye trs m Units, having the L rgest Ci.cu a.l n and » ieti 1 urp <f contributors of any agf cultural *«r published in the valley of the Mississippi, ill appli** -.nts. .^end for a wm| b . >e f rw to inu n. A ldress Norman J. ■ Funl.sher, sb.utst. . Mo dee *.9H S0BG1A STATE COLLEGE Agriculture and the Me- chiiuic Arts. R » <>r 'Lr nl tne B >aril of Trustees i^alr^oualt w‘.u ;^l7 i ^;heT.. , of Luy Vi* ut} r.r .h,. c u , r,^ , '^;,^. 8,i * h - ' ic '« r »i'hr -n,i iK»rJ ‘tim p'r mom'h rran * ,:,n « :,, »lo furnish All applicxiiuu. sllmiW l« art lrr.M,,l . U UUOI X. l-r^rten,. Athens, Georgia. april 12-it TUe&muiijfth Republican. Established in 1H02. BY H Ua’DKK a- It. T. BRUMBY & CO., Druggists and Pharmacists, .4 1 IHsiiensrrs of Fxiiily Medicines, 1 r ■ >UL! > re-peeifully eatl utten*inn • ’ their clogaut pr^par uion of e.fervescing >/ Mijnesia, or 1-tsieless Silts, Aperient Seitlulz Powders, Cra’i Orchard Silts. This article is m *nufacture 1 from the waters of the celebrated springs at Crab Drclianl, KLy., and is a complete suiwiitale Cur cathartic 1M-s, 1 psoiu >alt, Blue Mass, Calomel, Ac. It ex rts a specific action upon the liv.tr,.*xnt ug t when 1 mguid to scert?- tiou, and resoiviug its c.irouic e:igor 0 em-nu. ROSE TOOTH POWDER A superior and well selected stock ot PERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, FINE SOAPS, FINE SPONGER And Plin 111 icculi al >(irriui us. R. T. BRUMBY <t- CO. t>ru^;i.u anrt Fharoi. ciMa. liat, ere the scorching noons, - Tlicir CAti.lle-moulds had grown as loose I’ J As Cossack pantaloons! 'his"kiUfti 1 wr»"e!' iie “ sof A,hens ^ ( The dogs ran inad-mcn could not try If water they would choose; A horse fell dead—he only left Four red-hot, rusty shoes 1 And all about the warehouse steps Were angry men in droves. Crashing and splintering thro' the doors To mash the patent stoves! Sharing a Millionaire. Every body who lives in New Jer sey will recollect Billy Gibbons, the millionaire. He was an eccentric man, and numerous stories are told of his freaks. Here is one of them : It seems that Billy, while in a coun try village, in which he owned some property, stepped into a barber's shop to get shaved. The shop was full of customers, and the old gentleman quietly waited for his turn. A customer, who was under the bar- lier’s bands when the old gentleman came in, asked the “ knight of the razor,” in an undertone, if he knew who that was ? and, on receiving a negative reply, he informed him, iu a whisper, it was “ Old Billy Gibbons, the richest man in the State.” “ Gad,” said the barber, “ I’ll charge him for his shave.” Accordingly, after the old man had bad that operation performed, he was somewhat surprised upon asking the pi io*, <o be told “ seventy-five cents.” “ Seventy-five cents!” said he, qu e lv, “ isn’t that rather a high price ?” “It’s my price,” said he of the lather brush, independently, “ and as this is t'te only barber’s shop in the place, them as comes into it must pay what I ask.” To the old man this was evidently a knock-down argument, for he drew three-quarters of a dollar from his pocket, paid them over to the barber, and left the shop. A short time after he was in close conversation with the landlord of a tavern hard hy, and the topic of con versation-was “ barbers’ shops.” ** tVity is it,” said he, “there’s only one barber’s shop in the town ? There seems to be nearly enough work for two.” . “ Well there used to be two,” Btud the landlord, “ till last winter, when this new man came up from the city and opened a new shop, and as every thing in it was fresh and new, folks sort of deserted Bill Harrington’s shop, which had been going for nigh fourteen years.” But didn’t this Bill do good work ? Pupils Ii' anti practice at theolfic Pianos, Organs & That Music for sa!«, '*n th * ,»i -a; rea*>m v le t:ruis. Al! inst. u- ■lentsul'the beat-maVers and TArrir.L^J.— Persons de>irin.' r. can !lnv/» aa in 'ru men! placed in th-4r house, wvch. \ r no* *:•»!*•» - lory after ftir trial, caa t»c returned *»r exchanned. Pianos in 1 Organs toll on Monthly Pay ments, an lo d Instruments taken ia part payment, if in good condition. [oct 27-tf nr TB STAHMXS. 3 ii C ESTER 1 DICTIONARIES. II s BY mm flour PEARL GRITS and BIG HOMINY, At June 14-2t ENGLAND & ORB’S. SCUDDKK. m. v. 7 rCnls : On* Y.ar .... lav iri ihly in Adsause: M .nihly ... ..... . ? JS R dss of Advertisin'/: «',e •!«»«, «,Mt in.tcrtioD $1. Each ,„h«. lu^ntiDiicrtiun.Sicii. A -mar. I* , A1 ‘-iwirtU.-a.enuorilcVrt ininirt "Sk?; 1 * Inly |up.*r will no charged il iM-r muiM "'r aal«.Ulher«I»«roulract«d* Ulr * ^ ;ais.S;SHf .SSSasssass&£k£s 4&rirssa5sf T OB PRINTING neatly and qdickly * J executed at ibe Uai.u. r Offite. MARY A. EDWARDS. ~i I.IIk-I for Divorce, in v«. V Franklin ouj'r t'ouit, HENRY EDWARDS. J Ajirfi Ter.u, ISIS. It .tp(»earifig to the Court that the Defendant, Henry KI wards, cannot be found in this county, and it furtner ipp>nring that h.s residence is un known , it is ordered by toe Court that service of tins Ub«! tie pcrle *ted by publication of this order once a month for four mouths previous to the next Ur.u *f this Court iu the rmuthern l.a* ner, a pa- pvr published in Athens, <3a. A lr '»L* extract from t »e minutes of Franklin Su perior Court. June it, 1X72. Til OS. A. LITTLE. Clerk. Picture Frames, \ T.VDETO ORDER, of any size, -a-VJ. aind in various styles of moulding, at [ BURKE’S bookstore. Liberal Cush Advances on COTTOW. GROOVE STUBBilCO.. J3ESPECTFULLY inform the • Merchant* and plan ten of Georgia, Florida ae l Alabama, tbit tbeir large FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE, tVIll, * C-pacilv -f33.000 B*tn, i* now ready lor the tiorage of cotton, and that they arc uow prepared to make liberal cash advances on cotton in «toreand to hold a reaionable length of time, charging bank rate,of interest. If yon want money, aend your cotton to GROOVER, STUBBS & CO., «*p» R-tf Savannah, Ga. with.” -t “ You don’t know old Billy Gibbons ms well as I do,” said the other. “ Now listen to me. »If yon can have that shop all fitted up, rent free, what will you work iu it for by the month ?— wliat is the least you can live on ?” This proposition somewhat startled the unfortunate hair-dresser, who finally found words to stammer out that perhaps twelve or fifteen dollars a month would be about enough. “ Pshaw?” said tfie old man, “ that won’t do. Now listen to me—I’ll give you that store, rent free, one year, and engage your services six months, all on these conditions. You are to shave and cut hair for every body that applies to you, and take no pay; just ciiarge it all to me, and for services I’ll pay you tweuty dollars a mouth, payable in advance—pay to commence now,” continued, he, placing two ten dollar notes ou the table before the astonished barber—who, it Is almost unnecessary to state, accepted the pro position, and who was still more sur prised to learn that it was Billey Gibbons hiaiself who had hired him. In a few days the inhabitants of that village were astonished hy the appear ance of a splendid new barber’s shop, far surpassing the other in elegance of appointments, and in which, with new mugs, soaps, razors, aud perfumes, stood a barber aud assistant ready to do duty on the heads and beards of the people. Over the door was in scribed, “ William Harrington, Shav ing aud Hair Dressing Saloon.” The people were not long acertain- availing themselves of the privileges of this establishment, and it is not to be wt ndered that it was crowded and the other deserted. The other held out some weeks, suspecting this free shaving—for Bill kept his secret well—was but a dodge to entice customers away, who would soon be charged as usual; but when at the end of six weeks he found Billy working away as usual, charging not a cent for his labor, and having money to spend into the bargain, he came to the con clusion that he must have drawn n prize in the lottery, or stumbled upon a gold mine, and was keeping a bar ber’s shop for tun, so he closed bis shop in despair, and left the place. Meantime, “ Bill Harrington” kept on busy as a bee, and one fine morn ing his employer stepped in, and. AVK BEEN ADOPTED the State Boards of Educatiou of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Arkansas, i In use in the ciGes of Richmond. Va., Norfolk, Va., Mobile, Ala., Savannah, Ga., Atlanta, Ga., <fre. The standard In Orthography and Pronunciation in Horthm iton and Lee University, Vie University of Virginia, Tne College of iilllb The University of C __ Vie Wesley,n University, Alabama, didn ’ t ^ shav ~ e a ‘ n d-^h^p ?’” BREWER & TILKSTON, 17 Milk Street, BOSTON. v/here the supply is so great that, if the fisheries were actively prosecuted, it would suffice for the consumption of the United States. Singular Variety »f Cotton. Dr. T. L. Anderson, of Wilkes county, has developed, by cultivation and careful selection of seed, a variety of cotton which is certainly a curiosity, Mr. Wall aha that nothing is more perfect Ia rani economy than the English flaa—iw* tation of root and grain crops. Ha considered that the cast which had , , ,, been bestowed on root cultivation bad and may prove a very valuable vane- ^ ^ tv Tkto AnttAn in niwtnliffir nn as. * ‘ ty. This cotton is peculiar on ac count of its excessive fruitfulness aud the manner in which the bolls are de veloped. As described by the Wash ington Gazette, in growth and appear ance the weed has- the resemblance of the prolific varieties, growing np in a somewhat conical form, though we thinktim .growth more rigoijms Popular Varieties of Peaks.— Pears in American Pomological Socie ties’ List for 1872 receive the Mow ing votes in thirty-one States spi Ter ritories : Bartlett, 30 votes; Beurre d’Anjoti* 26; Seckel, 25; Beurre Gifford* 1 Sandspouts in Nevada. For several hours yesterday after noon there were visible from this city, on Twenty-two-miie Desert, five or six till colutnus of sand, sucked up by as many whirlwinds. At sea these would have been waterspouts, but upon the desert they were ouly what we might call sand-pouts. The columns appear ed to he ten feet iu diameter and one thousand feet in height. Although they waltzed about over the plain for two or three hours, they never came together or never lost their distinctive cylindrical form, and when they did go down at once—all failing together. These sandspouts are well known to all old prospectors, aud seem to indi cate a change of weather. We have frequently seen in the Forty-mile Des ert, east of the lower Sink of the Car- son, not less than ten or fifteen of these tall columns moving about over the plains at the same time. It is sel dom that they come together, hut when they do they dart forward like more than half of the < With the exception of three or four varieties, we think this list would give general satisfaction in all parts of ihe country. varieties. ” Thfe eqdsres ftttfl blooms grow in clusttis and very thick. A very large proportion of the! Seedling, Flemish Beauty, each 22; bolls are what we would call double! Beurre Diel, 21; Bede Lucrative, 20; for want of a better word; that is, two 1 Lawrence, Onondaga, each 10; Beur- bolls are produced from the same j re Superfine, Howell. Rostiexer, Ty- square. This tendency to doubling is j son, each 18; Boyenne Boussock, Vi- exhibited throughout the plant, and | car of Wakefield, 17. the stalk and limbs of many specimens \ Twenty-one varieties seem to take on the same character istic, there being a groove ou each side, presenting somewhat the appearance of a double-barreled gun. This crowding of the bolls does not seem to diminish their size, but they are gen erally very large and healthy in ap pearance. Upon one stalk in his field Dr. A. exhibits fifteen young bolls so closely clustered ns to be covered with single open hand. He has taken great pains during the past two or three years to preserve the seed pure and unmixed with other varieties.— He has now several acres planted in this cotton, and we wish that his ex periment may be of value to himself and the cotton interests of the couutry. Alsyke Clover. Of this clover, of which so much has been said in its favor as honey- producing plant, the English Farmer’s Dairy for 1872, says: Alsyke, or Perennial Hybrid Clo ver, which takes its name from the Alsyke district, near Stockholm, was first introduced into Swe len. Within the last century, v>*st improvements in agriculture have enabled this valuable clover to be brought to great perfec tion, and it is now held in high esti- without a word, sat down, and was jg that recommended bv an old farmer, shaved; on rising from his chair he BLACKSMITHING. Attention,Ihe Whole! r |MIE UNDERSIGNED still con- JL tinu •« iheab .ve (itMinen at hi* oIJ »tand, " lvu 6™ V ‘V lie BRICK .SHOP, on l*rin * A venue, where »ll though, to tell the truth,” Said the lasse of work in his line wtllbe faithfully exocti- ° landlord, striking a chin sown with a “ Well, as for that,” said the land lord, “ Bill did his work well enough, but his shop wasn’t on the main street like the new one, and didn’t have so many pictures and handsome curtains, aud folks got in the way of thinking the new chap was more scientific and brought more city fashions with him, l*ttrticular attention given to horse-shoeing. Taose in waut ol the genuine H*PULL PLOW, which is now so popul ir f will do well to oill and ouy from the old man himself. His superior will also be kept on hand. Thankful for past pa ronage, he respectfully! licits a continuance of theamn. W. S. HEMPHILL. dec 29 tf TilE MODEL MA0AZ1NE OF AMERICA. Tne Jjargest in Form, the Largest in Circulation, and the only original F.4Sillt>\ >1AGAZI MP . LAE MO REST'S ILLUSTRATED monthly c.ini in* sick a long time, and Bill had beard resembling screen wire,” I never want a lighter touch or a keener razor than Bill Harrington’s.” “City fashions—eh f" growled the old man. “ So the new man’s city fashions shut up the other barber’s shop >” “ Well, not exactly,” said the land lord, “ though things never did seem to go well with Bill after the new shop opened ;—first, one of his little chil dren died of fever; then his wife was big music. MutifcoU m»ltei»,icyu«nu »nd aru»Uc lit- a * . ernure,*nd the only reli.Ble Fmihionj. with Full bill to pay at the doctors ; then, OS a S«ze l*attorns. Ye:rlv, only S 00, with the apleu- .v ... ^ j j did Cbromo, • Isn't She PreUg" siae 13x17, "<>«*» last misfortune, htS SHOD burned dOWH $8 00, tie it post fre ? to each su»»?riber; or, the , . . , , r .. largo a. id elegant chnmo, alter Jennings Thump- qqq night, tOQlS, brUdhei, IUrmtUre, son, HUwatha’s Wooing, size. 15f23.jf’jSgJgill 1 J ii J • ^ » for tl a» extra, .a*butbehromo»wUh the ,„r*5 00^-^.n- DEMQBEST dec I 8S8 Broadway, New York. L A.N DHETH’-S TUST RECEIVED, a full supply tl ofFreslfSeed»tth* cl>2 NEW DRUG STORE, j i and all, and no insurance. “Well," said the old man, pettishly, “ why don’t he start again T “ Start again!” said the commu nicative landlord; “ why, bless your sole, he hasn’t got any thing to start with.” . , Where does this asked to see the score for the six months past. The barber exhibited it, and after a careful calculation, the old man said: “ Plenty of customers, eh ?” “Lots of’em,” said the barber; “never did such a business in my life!” “ Well,” replied Money Bags, “ you have kept the account well. I see I’ve paid you one hundred and twenty dollars for services.—all right—and there are three hundred and thirty charged for shaving all that applied ; now, this furniture cost one hundred and eight dollars; balance due you one hundred and two dollars. Here it is. Now you own this furniture, and are to have this shop rent free six mouths longer, and after to-day you are to charge the regular price for work, for your pay from me stops to day.” This of course the barber gladly assented to. But,” said the old man, on leaving, take care you never cheat a man by charging ten times the usual price for a shave; for it may be another ‘old Billy Gibbons.” Sponges. The work of procuring sponges, as pursued at Tunis, requires great care on the part of the sponge fish rs, who are princif'Uy Greeks, Sicilians and Arabs? Of these the Greeks are the ino3t expert in their vocation. The sponge fishery is most actively carried on during the months of December, January |and February, as at other season, the places wiiere the sponges exist mw overgrown with sea weeds. The storms daring November and De cember destroy and sweep away the thick marine vegetation and leave the sponges exposed to view. They are obtained by spearing, diving with or without the assistance of an apparatus, and by dredging with a machine simi lar to'fen oyster dredge. It is in spear- two flashes of lightning, and an explov nation by the Swedish farmers, and sion like a heavy blast ends all, and the two columns of sand at once fall to the ground. Those who h ive not lieen upon our great deserts and have never witnessed these grand sandspouts or the wonderful mirages, have but little idea of the romantic grandeur of these apparently uninteresting was'es of sand.— Virginia (Nevada) Enter prise, July 3. Preserving Shingles on Roofs. Some people paint roof shingles af ter they are laid, which makes them really decay sooner than they other wise would. Others paint the courses <ts they are laid, which is a great pre servative, if each shingle is painted the length of three courses. But the sim plest, surest and least expensive plan extensively cultivated by leading agri culturists in Great Britain aud Ire land. The root is fibrous and the head globular. The plant bears a greater resemblance to the White than to the Red Clover, and may be de scribed as the Giant White Clover, with flesh-colored heads. The advant ages it possesses over other varieties of clover are: Its perennial or perma nent character—its greatest hardiness (for no winter will kill it)—its capa bility alike of resisting the extremes of drought and wet—the much greater weight of herbage it produces daring the season, and the certainty, of a plant, when other varieties fail, from the land having become clover-sick.— Its powers of production are inexhaus- table, as is proved by the wonderfully curious formation of the plant, from the single crown of which innumera ble heads are continually being pro duced all through the season, and till ering out laterally over the ground.— The hardy nature of the plant is prov ed by the fact of its thriving by trans planting. A single plant may be tak en up and divided into ten or more parts, the fibrous roots just cropped, and each part will produce a luxuriant plant—so that no farmer need ever hereafter have a patchy piece of clover. Twelve pounds of Swedish Alsyke is sufficient to sow an acre. English Farming. Mr. Wall, in an address to the farmers of New Jersey, alluded to the very flourishing state of agriculture in England. He pointed out that in less than a century the production of wheat had risen from 16,000,000 to 100,000,- 000 of bushels. This enormous in crease he attributes to the systematic attention to all the requirements of good farming; in the skill and exact ness with which all the operations are who says: 4 There is one thing more, that nearly all people know, if they would only attend to it; that is, to sprinkle slaked lime on the roofs of their build ings, in rainy days. Put it on consid erably thick, so as to make the roof look white, and you will never be troubled with moss, and if the shingles are covered ever so thick with moss, by putting the lime on twice, it will take it all off and leave it white and clean, and will look almost as well as if it had been painted. It ought to be done once a year in my opinion, the shingles will last almost twice as long as they will to let the roof grow over to moss. I tried it on the back of my house ten years ago, when the shingles were all covered with moss, and they appeared to be nearly rotten. I gave the roof a heavy coat of lime, and have followed it nearly every year since, aiid the roof is better now than it wes then, and to all appearance, if I follow ray hand, it will last ten or fifteen years longer. The shingles have been on the roof over thirty performed; to their careful selection years. There is no more risk about; of the ^ varieties of seed, and to the sparks catching on the roof than on a Hogs. — Hogs require sulphur, which is best administered to them ia charcoal, soft coal, rotten wood, or the green, wild or domestic mustard. A contemporary smvb they devour the stem, leaf, blossom and seed of mus tard, especially when they are penned or confined to a small lot. As • means for preserving health, or ta » pleasant condiment, instinct leads the hog to seek sulphur in different bodies, hut especially in the wild mustard, as they do sail, which they will eat to ex cess aud be killed thereby if they are not accustomed to it, bat when they have, from pigship, had free excess to it, they never overdose themselves. Raised Doughnuts.—Two cups of sweet milk, one cup of sugar, one egg, a piece of lard the size of an egg, one half cup yeast. Knead it at night; in the morning, if light, knead it over; when raised again, roll out, and cat them and let them lie on the board until light before frying. Peanut Chop nt Tennessee.— The peanut crop mania is nsgiag i* such an extent in some of the countiee of Middle Tennessee (says the- Nash* -ville Union), that some of the farmers are confining almost their whole efforte to their cultivation. The crop is we9 cultivated, and unless some unforeseen calamity befalls it, it will surpass any previously grown, both in quality and quantity. From numerous inquiries made of dealers and farmers, we are disposed to put down the total crop for the year 1872 of Middle Tennessee at 11,000,000 bushels. Manufacturing States.—Ac cording to a table in the World the an- nunl wheat product of Maine lasts her It days; New Hampshire 10 days, and Vermont 37 days. Massachusetts eats up all the wheat she grows in two meals and consequently has to buy the greater part of her flour. Connecti cut travels two days on her wheat pro duct, while little Rhody does not raise enough for n single supply of breakfast rolls. AH these States raise 997,784 bushels of wheat, and buy 47,414,000 bushels yearly. Cube fob Cancer.—A yolk of an egg, mixed with fine salt, until it is made a thick paste, applied three times a day. After a few days all the cancerous flesh will be been eaten out, leaving a considerable hole in the face. The application of a little salve will heal it up and the patient is well. Another cure is simply to take the dried blossom of the common red clo ver, put them into hot water, allow them to steep over night, and thus make red clover tea. Take a table spoonful of cold tea five or six times s day. The dried clover blossoms can be taken from the clover hay ia the mow. , newly shingled roof. Those who do not have lime near hy, can use good wood ashes, and these will answer a very good purpose to the same end.” The action of the lime is to cleanse the surface of all impediments to the free and rapid passage of the rain wa ter off. This enables the shingles to dry very soon, and consequently pre vents rotting. Moss-covered roofs will rot very rapidly. Tea Biscuit.—One pint thick cream moderately sour; one teaspoon ^ soda, ond teaspoon cream tarter; flour sufficient to roll out. Bake in quick oven. These are pronounced better limn cake. Pulverize the soda and cream tartar very finely with a knife, and mix in the flour before adding it to the other ingredients, for eith-r cake or biscuit. extensive and prudent uso of their barn-yard manure. Nothing is left to casuality or chance. No expectations are indulged in that the bounty of Providence, by an unusually favorable season, will atone fer their short-com ings or neglect. He dilated upon the extraordinary liberality of English formers, in restoring to the earth, by means of purchased manures, all those elements of fertility which are exhaust ed by cultivation. It is estimated by chemical oualysis that wheat absorbs forty per cent of nutriment contained In 1837, the first year in which bones came into general use as a fertilizer, the foreign bones imported were valued at the custom house at 1,- 500,000 dollars, since which time it ia estimated that the amount paid for imported bones alone, amounted to 160,000,000 dollars. Since 1841, up wards of 1.500.000 ton® of guano have To Keep Flowers Fresh.—A few iron nails placed in a vase of flow ers will keep the water sweet and the flowers fresh. This arises from the sulphur eliminated from the plant* combining with the iron. • To Polish Tin.—First rob your tins with a damp cloth; then take dry flour and rub it on them with your hands; afterward take an old news paper and rub the flour off and this tin wiU shine as well as if half an hour had been spent in rubbing them with brick dust or powder, which spoils the hands. A Marion Co., Iowa, former, has a cow that has brought him six calves withiu the last 20 months, and the two first have now calves of their own. making an increase of right bead from one cow within the last two months. The Marysville JSaor wants to know if that on b» brazil . And now Memphisis to have a stu pendous exposition building. « m*