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pv .T. H. CHRISTY,
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P EVOTED TO JJEWS, J-’OLITICS AND jjENE^AL J^ROGI^EES. J NDEPENDENT IN jtLL. T HINGS.
VOLUME XX.
ATHENS, G-A.—"WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13,1873.
TERMS.
$2.00 Per Annum,
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 21.
oikf
nkiidnl eyery Wednesday Morning.
corxrr of Bidod ini Wall Strrrts, (up-rtain.)
TEHMS.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
invariably in advance.
WAGON YARD IN ATHENS.
advertising.
i i,.rtl.«emenl» will be ineertod at ONE DOLLAR
,pipty CENTS per square for the firstInaer-
•' ND .V, SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS per square for
."'•miiauMicc, forany time under ono monlb. For
•^.rneriois,as follows:
' A liberal -Ic inclion on yearly adrortlsements.
I.EOAL ADVERTISING .
..!»■« .ales porlory of 10 lines $500
mortgage sales, SO days... 5.00
gl le, pi Uyj. hy Administrators, Executors, or ^ ^
coitions oVAdmi"u7»tr«UoB orGuardianship 4.00
' 1 il 0 i, !or s and Creditors...... 5.00
i. nor square, eaebinsertion 1.50
„ in sell Real Es:ate.„ 4.00
,im(or dismission of Admiuietrator 5.00
.< Guardian....» 5.25
, n.'-rtain the number of cqaaree in uu adrertiee-
, or nhitnarT. count the wojde—one hundred being
ten lines. AUfractione are counted as full
iqsarei.
Rales :
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS.
npHE subscriber bee fitted up and opened a safe, oum-
.. fortablo and commodious Wagon Yard, on River
street, in the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where
CORN, FODDER, and all other necessary supplies ran
lurcbased on reasonable terms. Chargesmoderate.
'be highest market price paid for Country Produce,
and Bank bills received in excbangefor Goods.
July7—tf WILEY F. DOOD.
COTTON STATES '
iil© Insurance Co.
OF MACON, GEORGIA,
OFFICERS: _
VII B JOHNSTON ... J. PreeidenL
WM S HOLT...... : ...:..Vioo President.
GEO S O’flfeiR......... —--‘—•••Sscretsiy.
P MoCAY..:.:....., .Tr...'.:....l.._.........Actuary.
JOHN W BURKE....™........ ™..6*nsral Agent.
MERCER GREEN -Medical Examiner.
W J MAGILL™ Superintendent of Agencies.
a cm. | a. s. r.nwi». | bowbll cubb, jn,
rilBB, ERWIN A COBB,
( , ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
v - y ATHENS, QEORQIA.
OfBco in the Druptee Bnilding. D««M
B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attorncy-at-Law. Athens, Ga.
q s-f 0* Brood .trrrt.orer tkr tlort of Barry A Son,
iil gio e jpoclsl sttention to esses in Bankruptcy. Al
to the collection of all claims entrusted to his eare.
ip P. LUMPKIN,
|1i. Attorxky at Law,
ATHENS, GA.
f4f Office over Crane A Barry’s store, formerly oe-
feapied hy tv. (i. Dclony.Esq. SeptlS
tames R. LYLE,
Atiobxxt at Law,
D cc!2 1V.4 TKINSVILLE, GA.
niHX M. MATTHEWS.
Attoubbt at Law,
,, Danictsvlile.Oa.
Prompt mention will be given to Any business en-
„1 to his care. Marehl4.
W.LASD & OUR,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hail. Broad St, Athens, Ga.
, arc now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per
c, soJ will advance cash when desired. 0ct2S,
II. Hl’fiGINsT -
u . hole.ole and Retail Dealer in
fliKV HOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ae.
IV,lil Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
EYERY SOUTHERN MAN
Is interested in keeping tbe largo aeenmuiatione of
Life Companies at borne. In Fire Insurance tbo pre
miums are mostly returned to meet losses; but in Life
Insurance the;
ARE ACCUMULATED,
to meet tbo doathe at old ago. and only
rOHN H. CHRISTY,
Plain mil Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER;
Broad St., Athens, G».
ifp corner Broad and Wall str«oca, over thestore
*« I>. Pittard. tf
) AVI LION HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
i FIRST-CLASS Hotel is situated in tho Tory
... "if the bu.inesgpert of tbeoity, und oil who
ispiherewillfindevery convenience and luxury that
in be procured. Board, per day, $3.00.
I R. Il miLios, Sop!. Mrs. L. H.Bcttkrftild, )
Propriatrm. J
Returned after Many Years*
The money retained here will bring better interest,
and thus swell tbe profit! of a mutnal company, and
BENEFIT THE INSURED
in many other ways.
Every Southern umn will be enre to assent to this,
end fever a Southern company, if it la eafe. We offer
him precisely tbe same security as tbe Northern mu
tual oompuniei—tbe accumulated premium* of tbe In
sured, paid by tbe young, to moot theemountsinrured
when tbey grow old and die, and in addition thereto,
capital commencing with
$300,000!
Surely, this makes it aafa s and if eo, let every man
insure at home.
Terms of Insurance.
Our premiums are as low as most of the Northern
companies, and lower than many of them.
And as our policies have no restrictions on Southern
tiavel or residence, they are really cheaptr than those *
v«.ir mmmt *
Select fgisrcUattg.
of New York,
address
tn»r27
T. A. BURKE,
District Agent, Athene, Go.
NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS!
AND NEW STAND!
T HE subscribers Having entered into oopartnerebip
in mercantile business, will open on tbe first day
of January, in tbe building on tbe corner of Thomas
and Clayton atreets, (a abort distance North of Deu-
pree’g Hall) a large and .general assortment of
CMMEY <fc NEWTON,
1 Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE;
No, fi,Broad street, Athens, Ga, ily Grroceuies.
C. DOBBS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
and Fancy DKY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ae.
No. 12 Broad Stroet, Athena, Ga.
DOOTH <t CHAFFIN,
[D Dealers in WHISKIES, BRANDIES,
Cl, Alo, Lager Beer, all kinds of Faoey Drinks,
ra, Tobacco, Ac., Ae., Market street, near court
ic,Athens, Ga. Feb28—ly
IT'MORY SPEER,
LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
I Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
> Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banka,
|«fksoD, Habersham, Franklin, Rabnn and White,
ici give attention to collecting and other claims in
ft counties. Match 19,1B73.
r ELLAS, Attorney at Law,
k.« FRANKLIN. N. C.
[ fricticcs in all the Courts of Western North Caro.
p«. sad in the Federal Courts. Claims oollsetod in
1 psru of the Stste. aplfi—1;
A. A. EDCrE,
I Boot, Shoe and Harness
MAKER,
pprim—l, \VATKIN SVILLE, GA.
[r. icxrxix. hxsrt jacxsou.
LUMPKIN & JACKSON,
A TTORNEYS AT LA IF,
\7ILL prseliee in tbe Superior Court Clarko conn-
. * O', >he Supreme Court of tbe State, and tha U.
I Court for the Xorth. -n Distrietof Georgia. feb7
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
PROVISIONS, HARDWARE,
CROCKERY, SADDLERY,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c.
And, in fact, all artieles usually kept in an assorted
stoek, to which they invltethe attention of tbeirfriendo
and the publio generally.
Their Goods will be sold cheap for cash, or ex
changed for Cotton and other Country Produce atblgh-
est market prices.
decIS PITNER,O’FARRELL A JACKSON.
Ilm undersigned is now prepared to furnitb
MONUMENTS,
IEA.D STONES
Or anything in the Marble or
„ IRON-RAILING
notire. I have quite a number of IIIEW
P- ihbp or Patterns, which can be seen by apply-
¥" Nov30—tf J.B. CRANE.
[ r - Sr„ ALLVi J, c. HALL MAX. t. j. biqbtowir.
INNALLY, HALLMAN & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers,
And dealers in
PROVISIONS. GRAIN, Ae.
Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Geo.
Ig-AGENTS FOR THE ARROW TIE. ■ hbl|
.*. r. BOWBLL.
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
-0 and 23, Kimball House,
ATLANTA, GA.
I »',« I®® * n Steteend Federal Courti,and
, regularly all the Court* in Atlanta, inelud-
t the hup«„ 0 Court of tk . Suu> „ 4 wHl ft „ ac
M P on for abient parties, on reason Ale
[ Pttrllco In the Court, of the counties oou-
[ »r accesrihle to AtluuUby Railroad, aapll
^ROBERTS, M. D.
. '“rated at Monro*, offer* bis profession*
Poultry* t0 t ' 1 * oitl, * n V’ f town undsorroond-
treat. North of Court Honan. Jan 31
k R.B. ADAIR, D.D.S.
GAINESVILLE, GA.
’•Stiutheaaloorner Publio Square. m«r27
UCK-UIG, PliSTERIH
■o Aod Ornamental Work
P u.d,*^* guaran
hUSXSF&S**?- 0r<,8r * fr0ln, ft # *ur r0 und.
Nntry solicited and attended to with despatch.
j* «a,enable. Orders left at thestore of J D pit-
■ *2sf ? *‘** Watchman office, will bo filled at
Betting Gratee a tpeeialty.
WILLIAMS A GARRISON.
ANTI-PYROTIC,
— -OR,—
G-reat Fijpe-Killex*.
NO HUMBUG!
CERTAIN, SURE, RELIABLE.
B Y a recent diieovery, we are enabled to offer the
publio a safe, certain and euro oure for
Borns, Scolds, Scald-Ucod, 8Un*& by Insects,
Tetter, King Worm, Files, Sore Byes
and Old Sores of long standing.
This preparation hue been thoroughly tasted—in
burnt always insures almost inatant relief—bee never
failed la a single ioetauee.
W* have in our possession number! of certificates
■hewing the WONDERFUL CUBFS effected by tbli
preparation, which navar fall!.
Every Family should have a Bottle of it
READY FOR USE!
No ona knows how loon a member of the family may
need It.
It ie a Georgia production and parfootly fra* from
mineral poison.
feS.Fort*lein Athens at the Drag Stores of Dr. R*
H. Smith A Co.and Dr. Wm. King, Jr.
Orders should baaddresssd to
JARRETT A MULKEY,
AugS Walton’s Ford, Ga.
THE ECLIPSE
n.
m
M.W.RIDEN,
attorney at law,
" Claim Agent and liotary hOiie.
^ GAINESVILLE, OBORGIA.
|'Wy V"“S°" * tM01 ’ b ° 1<>W KiDg 4 Bro ’ J
P I meeting with nnprecedented success,
folly establishing its claims as the STANDARD
WATER WHEEL. They are in us* all over the
Union, and every wheel heard from is giving unquali
fied satisfaction. A11 sissa, from 8 to TS inches in
diametsr, manufactured by tho
STILLWELL A BIERCE 1IANUFACTO CO.
kt.For desoriptive circulars und Price lists, apply
to <r address R. NICKERSON,
Feb IV Athens, Gi
THE TftAVELLItiG POBLIG
C AN now bo supplied with Railroad and Steamship
tleksta to all principal points of tho
United States and Europe,
either by Augusta or Atlanta.
m ILL TROUBLE IB EXTRA EIPEESE
by buying your tickets andgettingfull information as
to routes, from Capt. WM. WILLIAMS,
aug2S Agent Southern Express Co., Athens.
JOBS B. ESTKS. KADISOS BELL.
ESTES & BELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
GAINESVILLE...... 1. GEORGIA
U *ILL practice in tho counties composing tbe West-
' orn Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth, counties
of tho Blue Ridge Circuit. Tbey will also practice in
tbe Sapreme Court of Georgia, and in tbo United Stat< ‘
Court at Atlanta. may!4
tudward r. harden,
JLIi (Late Judge 11. S. Cenvls Nebraska ond Utah
and now Judge of Brooks County Coart)
Attorney at Law,
july23 ly Quitman, Brooll County, Oa.
For the Southern Watchman.
AFTER ALL.
BY M. W. Aoeeeteae*
Koncht on earth ia seen more lovely,
Than tbo blush of childhood years,
When the bad of promise really
Sweeter than tbe bloom appears.
But the rosy tints of morning.
Like tbe sparkling dews that foil,
Pass away before tbe coming
Ot tbe noonday, after all.
Golden visions of the future.
Flit before tbe youthful mind,
Fountains of exbanstless pleasure.
To regale and bless mankind.
Manhood quaffs tbe purling waters.
But their sweetness turns to gall.
And alas! tbe gilded pleasures
Prove utopian, after aU.
Ardent youth will long for Summer,
Manhood covets Spring again.
Both conceive of age as sombre.
As tbe tboogbt doth come amain.
Age expects no bright to-morrow,
Winter coroetb after Fall,
Every season bath its sorrow.
That will smite us, after aO.
Winter’s coming. Winter’s coming.
Soon tbo smiling skies mast weep,
And o’er all tbe landscapes blooming,
HiB bleak storms will rudely sweep.
Soon onr weary nature failing,
On its final sleep must fail.
And tbe world awbile bewailing,
Soon forget ns, after all.
Why then court its fickle favorf
Hollow its caresses aro.
And its laurels won by labor.
Fade, as doth the meteor's glaro.
Nothing on tbe earth is lasting.
Soon our sweetest pleasures pail.
Moth and rnst ou^ treasures wasting.
Leave us bankrupt, after aU.
Why tbon dread tbe autumn coming f
'Tis tbe time in which to reap,
From the seed we have been sowing,
Stores 'tis needful we should keep.
All who seeds of virtue scatter.
Reap its golden grain in Fall,
And will find lifo's autumn sweeter
Than it’s springtime, afttraU.
Why this dread of Winter coming f
Winter is tbe night of rest,
That precedes the rosy morning
Of a life forever blest;
Winter will not last forever,
Spring shall come to end the Fall,
And its light aDd music ever
Sweetly greet us, after all..
Life, tbe seed-time of our being,
Swifter tban the shuttle flies;
Bat tbe good or evil flowing
FrOm its conduct never dies.
Youth and age are daily sowing
Seeds in distant fields to fail,
And tbe harvest from them growing.
We must gather, after all.
Athens, Ga.
Josh Billings’ Experience with Lager Beer.
I have finally como to the conolosion that
lager beer is not intoxicating.
I have been told so by a German who said
he had drank it all night long jnst to try the
experiment, and was obliged to go home en
tirely sober next morning. I have seen this
same man drink eighteen glasses, and if he was
drank be was drunk in German, and nobody
could understand it. It is proper enough to
state this man kept a lager beer saloon, and
could have no object in stating what was not
strictly true.
I believe him to the fall extent of my ability.
I never drank bnt three glasses of lager beer
in my life, and tbat made my bead ontwist as
tbongb it was hang on a string, bnt I waa told
tbat it was owing to my bile being out of place;
and I guess tbat it was so, for I never biled
over wus tban I did when I got bam that nite.
My wife tbot 1 was going to die, and I was
afraid tbat I shouldn't; for it seemed tbat
everything I bad eaten in my life was cumin
to tbe surface; and I believe tbat if my wife
badnt pulled off my boots just when she did
tbey would have come thundering too.
Oh, how sick I wuz! 14 years ago and I can
taste it now.
I never had so much experience in so short
a time.
If any man should tell roe that lager beer
was not intoxicating, I should believe him but
if he should tell me tbat I wasn’t drunk tbat
nite, bnt tbat my etnmick was ont of order,
shad ask him to state over a few words, jest
how a man felt and acted when he was set up
If I warn’t drank that nite I bad some of
the moet natural simtums ever a man had and
kept sober.
In the first place it was about 80 rods from
where I drank tbe lager beer to my house,
and I wuz just two hoars on tbe road, and
bad a bole bnrsted through each ona of my
pantalooo neez, and didn't have any hat, and
tried to open the door by tbe bell-poll and
hlocupped awfully and sai| everything in the
room trying to get ardnndon the back tide of
me, and in sitting down on a chair, I did not
wait long enough for it to get exactly under
me when I was going round, and I eat down a
little'too soon and missed the chair 12 Inches
and couldn't get np soon enough to, take tbe
next one tbat come along; and that ain’t awl
my wife sod I was drank as a beast, and, as
1 sed before, I began to spin op things freely.
If lager beer is not intoxicating it used me
most almighty mean, tbat I know.
Still I hardly think that lager beei is Intoxi
cating, for I have been told so; and I am pro
bably the only’mao living who ever drank any
when his liver was not plumb.
1 don’t want to say ennything against
harmless temperance beverage, bat if I ever
drink any more, it will bo with my hands tied
behind mo and ml mouth pried open.
I don’t think lager beer is intoxicating bnt
if I remember rite, I think it tastes to me like
a glass of soap suds, tbat a piokle had been
pat tew soak in.
Tbe San Francisco Examiner says: M Some
pretended friends of the farmers deprecate
their meddling with tbe question of tbe tariff.
This is just the question that concerns the
formers most of all. It is irrational to do
mand cheap transportation by railroad and
at the samo time it insists on maintaining in
force tbo present duties on iron, of which the
railroads aro built.' Every thing that enters
into tbe construction of railroads is enhanced
in cost by tbe exactions of tho tariff, and this
fact furnishes an argument to tho railway
managers for retaining their present schedule
of freight and fares. ■'While public demaud
is being made upon the railroads to reduce
their rates, let it bo made entirely possiblo
-
by allowing them to procure cheap material
for constraciing their lines.”
GOLD.
The Great Mine in Cherokee County, Georgia,
Known as the Franklin Mine.
A correspondent of the South writes:
The Franklin Gold Mine waa originally a
forty acre lot, and was drawn by Widow Frank
lin of Athens, Georgia, in the State distribution
of tbe Cherokee lands, and bas a great reputa
tion from tbe amount of gold taken from it by
Mrs. Franklin, nnder her own supervision. Af
ter the discovery of gold upon the land, she
was offered a large price for it, hat she being a
very resolnte woman, determined to move her
family upon the property, and work the mine
and reap the benefits herself, if there were
any, and the result proved she was not mista
ken, for in tbe coarse of a few years she ob
tained a great amount of gold; with which she
bought negroes, added to-her landed property
till she bad near 500 acres in her plantation,
built herself a fine mansion, erected a dam
across tbe Etowah River, put «p a mill with
twelve stamps, and other improvements, saving
her gold in tbe rade way of running over blank
ets. Her help was maioly her own negroes,
who worked, the mine and tended the plan
tation, bat her mine was merely top work, as
in those days of mining they only worked
down to tbe water line, as they had not tbe
pnmps and machinery necessary for deeper
mioiog, consequently all the gold below her
works is still there, growing richer as it goes
down, waiting to be taken ont by the improved
machinery and more skilled mining of the day.
She continved to work her mine up to the war,
aod soon after she died over seventy years of
age. Tbe books at the mint at Dablonega,
show that she sent there for coinage over
$100,000, besides the amount sho disposed of
otherwise, which is conclusive evidence that
the mine deserves the reputation it bas, as a
very valuable property.
After the war, and in the settlement of the
estate, it fell under the control of Col. Strick
land, and improvements were made by patting
in a new dam, new mill house and two sets of
very fine batteries of six stamps each, with
morcury tables, etc., at a cost of over $8,000.
I will describe it more in detail, showing its
advantages and what may be expected of it
with a terrible outlay of capital. Tbe proper
ty consists of about 4t0 acres of land situated
on both sides of the Etowah River, a large
share of its table and bottom land in a good
state of cultivation, situated in the northeast
part of Cherokee county, 32 miles from Ac worth
on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and 22
miles from Gainesville on the Air-Line Railroad
with a good road from either place. ;
It is situated on the line of the Atlantic and
Dncktown Railroad, chartered last year, which
will be a continuation of tbe road from Knox
ville to Dncktown, and may be located imme
diately on tbe property, or at all events can
not be more tban two miles from it. This road,
with others contemplated, will cross tbe min
eral belt, and will open up a vast amonnt of
mineral and timber land, and property on tbe
line of these roads will greatly increase in value.
The water-power belongiog to the property
is very valuable, comprising as it does the Eto
wah River, which is a large stream affording
water enough tbe whole year. From the pres
ent dam, which is a very permanent one, by
extending tbe flame below the present gold
mill, may be added a saw mill, floor mill, cot
ton gin, wool cards aod other machinery, at a
very small cost, and a very mach needed, and
with a store of. goods, a very large business
may be done and qnite a village built upon
the property. Theso improvements may be
added from time to time from tbo proceeds of
the mine, or may be sold oot to other parties.
There is a ferry across the Etowah just below,
but a bridge (and it may be a tollbridge) would
draw a large portion of tbe travel for a long
distance to cross at that point, and the sur
rounding country would naturally come for
suppliee. aod bring their cotton and other pro
ducts for sale.
The mill house is a good substantial build
ing, and has twelve scamps all ready to run,
besides the foundation for twelve more, aod
room for twelve more, making it a thirty-six
stamp mill when needed, and all can be added
at small cost. ■ It has a large tubino wheel
nearly new and in good order, all ready to ran
There are several veinsof gold running through
the property, bat tbe vein on which Mrs.
Franklin worked mostly, was large and rich,
but she did some work on other veins with
good success.
These veins ran through a hill rislag ab
ruptly from tbe river abont 120 feet high, and
her house is situated on the top of it, and in
commencing work it would be necessary ,to
have an engine and pnmp and sink down be
low her works, and ore enough could be had
to keep tbe mill running day and night on
tbat vein alone, and as the mill is all ready to
ton, no time need be lost in getting gold to tbe
mint. j
The other veins coaid be opened by a shaft,
but they coaid all be warked by a tunnel to a
level of tbe river, and out all the veins and all
work by the ore tannei, and the ore could be
obtained to ran tbe-mill to its fall capacity of
38 sAmps, as soon as the property is opened np.
here is alarge amonnt of loose gold in the
dil^on the hill; adumpcould bo pnt in the
river, and water thrown upon the bill and tbe
gold saved in sluices, leaving tbe gold bearing
rock it would expose to be ran through the
mill.
. And again, as the veins ran up In the river
.quite a distance, it is known to be • a rich de
posit which has been accumulating for ages,
and by a new process of saction it can all be
reached and the gold extracted at a small cost
and very llotle trouble.
Raising Onion Sets.
A New Plan.—Mr. Wm. C. Pelham, of
Maysvillo, Kentucky, bas made publio through
the American Agriculturist a new method
of raising onion sets. It is essentially this :
He selects a level and dry piece of ground
His ground is rich alluvial loam, but the char
acter of the. soil is of no special importance,
Beds are formed two feet wide, with a path
of one foot between. The beds are excavated
to tbe depth of two inches—or, in other words,
the path or alley between is two inches higher
tban tbe beds; the bottom of the beds is nice
ly smoothed with the Iniok of a spade, so as
to present a level warfare whereupon to sow
the seed. The seed is sown^o that from fif
teen to twenty needs will cover a square inch.
Ifthe8urtace of tbe beds was sprinkled with
plaster or white sand, the seeds, which are
black; could be sown more evenly. After
sowing, tbe seeds are covered with two inches
of pare clean sand, which brings the beds and
paths to the same level. The whole is then
rolled with a light roller or patted down with
a spade. The advantages of this plan are,
tbat there being no seeds of weeds in tbe sand,
tbe labor of weediog is entirely saved, and tbe
sets when matured far more easily harvested
from the clean, soft sand than from tbe hard-
baked surface which most soils present after a
season’s rains and snn on asnrfoce that cannot
be stirred.
A Ropy Examination.
The following racy examination .of candi
dates for admission to the bar is taken from
tbe Western Law Journal. The examination
commenced with:
v, Do you smoke t*
* I do, sir.’
* Have yon a spare cigar t’
* Yes, sir,’ (Extends a short six.)
* Now, sir, what is the first duty of a lawyer V
* To collect fees.’
* Right. What is the second t’
‘To increase tbe number of clients.’
‘ When does the position towards clients
change V
* When making out a billl of costs.’
* Explain.’
* We then occupy tbe antagonistic position.
I become the plaintiff and he becomes tho de
fendant.’
* Asuit decided, how do yon stand with the
lawyer on the other side.’
* Cheek by jowl.’
* Enough, sir. Yon promise to become an
ornament to your profession, and I wish you
success. Now, aro you aware of tho duty
you owe me t’
4 Perfectly.’
4 Describe it.*
4 It is to invite you to take a drink.’
4 But suppose I decline f*
Candidate scratches bis head.
4 There is no instance of tbat kind oh record
in tbe books. I cannot answer the question.’
4 You are right. And the confidence with
which you make the assertion shows conclu
sively that you read the law attentively. Let’s
take a drink and I will sign your certificate at
once.’
Why the Red Sea is Called Red.
A question tbat bas pnzzled scholars fonnd
a solution some time since in the observations
or an American submarine diver. Smith’s Bi
ble Dictionary discusses learnedly the name of
the Red Sea, written e eruthra thalassa in the.
Septuagint. The Dictionary surmises that, the
name was derived from tbe red western mono-
tains, red coral zoophytes, etc., and appears to
givo^^e weight to the real and natural rea-
son whB came under onr American’s notice.
Onon^Mcaaion tho div.er observed, while nn
der sea, that the carious wavering shadows,
which cross the lnstrons, golden floor, like
Franenhofer’s lines on tbe spectrum, began to
change and lose themselves. A purple glory
of intermingled colors darkened the violet cur
tains of the sea chambers, reddening all glints
and tinges with an angry fire. Instead of tho
lustrous, golden firmament, the thallassphere
darkened to crimson and opal. The walls
grew purple, tbe floor as red as blood; the
deep itself was purpled with the venous hue of
deoxidized life-currents.
The view on the surface was even more mag
nificent. The sea at first assumed the light
tawny or yellowish red of sherry wine. Anon
this wine-color grew instinct with richer ra
diance ; as far as tbe eye coaid see, and flush
ing in the crystalline splendor of the Arabian
snn, was a glorious sea of rose. The dnsky
red sandstone hills, with a border of white
sand and green and flowered foliage, like an
elaborately wroght cup of Bohemian glass, en
ameled with brilliant flowers, held the spark
ling liquid petals of that rosy sea. The sur
face,, on examination', proved to be covered
with a thin brick-dust layer of infusoria, slight
ly tinged with orange.' Placed in a white glass
bottie, this changed into a deep vioiet, but tbe
wide surface of the external sea was of that
magnificent and brilliant rose-color. It was a
new and pleasing example of the lnstrons, ever-
varying beauty oi the ocean world. It was
caused by a diatomacem, minute algm, which
under tbe microscope revealed delicate threads
gathered in tiny bundles, and containing rings,
like blood disks, of that edrions coloring mat
ter in tiny tabes.
This miracle of beauty is not without its
analogies in other seas. The medusa: of tbe
Arctic seas, an allied existence, people the ul
tramarino blue of the cold, pure sea, with the
vivid patches of living green thirty miles in
diameter. These minnte organisms are doubly
curious, from their power of astonishing pro
duction and the strange electric fire tbey dis
play. Minute as these microscopic creatures
are, every motion and flash is the result of vo
lition, and not a mere chemic or mechanic phos
phorescence. Tho Photocnris light a flashing
cirrus, on bring irritated, in brilliant kindling
sparks. Increasing in intensity until the whole
organism is illuminated. The living fire wash
es over its back, and pencils in greenish yel
low light its microscopic oatline. Nor do these
creatures lack a beauty of their own. Their
minnte sDields of pure translucent silex are
elaborately wrought in microscopic symbols of
mimic heraldry. They are tbe chivalry of tho
deep, the tiny knights with lance and cuirass,
and oval bossy shield carved in quaint con
ccitsand ornamental fashion. Nor must we
despise them when we reflect upon their power
of accretion. The Gallionella, invisible to the
naked eye, can, of their heraldic shields aud
flinty ariitor, make two cubic feet of Bilin po
lishing slate in four days. By straining sea
water, a web of greenish cloth of gold, ilia
ruinated by their play of self-generated electric
light, has been collected. Humboldt and Eh
renberg speak of their voracity, their power of
discharging electricity at will, and theirsport
ing about, exhibiting an intelligent enjoyment
of the life God has given to them. Man and
his works perish, but the monuments of the
infusoria are the flinty ribs of the sea, the giant
bones of huge continents, heaped into moun
tain ranges over which the granite and por
phyry have set their stony seal forever. Man
thrives in his little zone; the populous infuso
ria crowd every nook of eartii, from the remote
poles to the burning equatorial belt.
j^jticnltal fptters.
The Farmers’ Movement.
A Des Moines correspondent in Friday's
Chicago Tribune gives valuable statistics as to
tho work of the Granges. Tho Order was
founded in Washington in 1867, and since then
Mr. Wilson, Secretary at Des Moines, reports
it has formed a home and habitation In twen
ty-six States and Territories, and in twenty-
one States there are State organizations. 'Tho
number of Granges is roughly estimated at 4,-
500, with an average membership of 50. mak
ing a total membership of 225,000. In Iowa
there are 1,750 Granges—an increase of over
,000 since January 1. The average number
of members in each Grange is put at 50—alow
estimate—making a total membership of 87.-
500, of whom one-fourth are women and young
men between eighteen, and-twenty-oue, leap
ing an adult membership of67,650, which may
be regarded as the political or voting power
of the organization in-that State Alone.
Socially, the Order has accomplished much
good. Heretofore the farmers, especially in
the sparsely settled districts, knew little or
nothing of eaoh other, seldom eame in contact,
were witbont tbe mental stimulant generated
by the friction of mind against mind, and the
smaller amenities of life and tbe social inter
course which make up so much of man's brief
career were sadly lacking. The Grange
bronghtthem together. It was established
for their benefit, they gravitated toward it;
and soon tbe cohesive power of mutual kind
ness, good will and interest bound them to
gether to promote the common welfare. Tbe
agent receives orders from the Grangers for
implements, groceries, dry goods, boots and
shoes, pianos—in short, for anything and every
thing tbey need, and bays in balk, the princi
ple being that the more he buys the less he
pays. It is just tbe difference between whole
sale and retail. Tbey claim to purchase at
about the same price as country dealers, earn
ing tbe profits absorbed by middlemen, wheth
er dealers or agents. Manufacturers write to
Mr. Wilson that their agencies cost them from
twenty-five thousand dollars to sixty thousand
dollars annually, and they were willing to re
duce the price of machines in proportion as
they coaid redace their agencies by selling
directly to Granges. In some of the country
towns there were too many stores for the pop
ulation. When the Granges began to purchase
in large quantities the small dealers were
forced ont of bosiness. Mr. Wilson said they
were non-prodneera, and eked a bare living
ont of commnnities on which they were har
dens. The dealers who remained were ben-
fited by increased trade, as the Granges made
it a rale, as far as consistent with their inter
est, to encourage homo merchants and home
manufactures. The agent first goes to the
nearest town to see if be can deal there on
reasonable terms; if not, he goes to a larger
town, until finally bo goes to Chicago for all
large purchases. In most casc3 the State
agent was entrusted with tbe larger transac
tions, as be received orders for the same kind
of goods from all the Granges, and bought at
wholesale. At tbe outset, wholesale dealers
and manufacturers in Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Louis refused to sell at wholesale rates to
the Granges on tho ground that it would ruin
their conntry customers; but eventually tbey
dismounted from their high horses and are
now very willing to solicit orders and offer
special inducements to Granges. There are
agents of the Order in Chicago looking after
its interests and watching the markets. Tbey
have agents at the stock yards; 44 and by tho
way,*’ observed Mr. Wilson, 44 the rates charg
ed at these same stock yards are exorbitant
and oppressive on the producer. It is a close
corporation—a monopoly."
Tho percentage saved on sewing machines
is nearly 50 per eent., the Granges getting a
machine for $30 which retails for $50; tbe
saving on scales is 50 per cent., on wagons,
plows, mowers, reapers, cultivators, corn shel
ters, See., from 20 to 50 per cent. Co-opera
tion in selling bas been successful to a limited
extent. In the sale of hogs, for instance, tbe
farmers have reaped some advantages. For
merly a semi-middleman scoured tbe country,
and bought a few from one farmer and a lew
from another, until ho collected a drove, when
he took them to market, and sold them to tbe
packer at an advance. Tbe fanners now de
cline to sell to the middleman. The Grange
makes up a drove, and they are sold direct—
the profit which the middleman pocketed be
ing divided among the Grangers in proportion
to the number of pigs contributed. Some
times contracts have been made in advance.
A prominent packer told Mr. Wilson that it
would not work; that if the farmor was offer
ed a few cents more per hundred, ho would
ignore tho contract made on his behalf by the
agent. The packer’s prediction was not veri-
fiod. In all cases, tbe Grangers abided by tho
contracts, to tbo great astonishment of tbe
packer, who was pleasantly disappointed, and
announced his willingness to deal directly with
tho Grangers. This experience gratified tho
heads of the Order, who were dubious about
the experiment. They aro now satisfied that
the farmers are rapidly acquiring the rudi
ments of a business education, and that com
mercial integrity and promptness will soon
supersede the loose and thriftless manner in
which they have been acoustomed to transact
their business. Much, they conceive, has yet
to bo done to bring the system of co-operation
to perfection. It will be a matter of time and
patience; but so far the results are encourag
ing.
Mr. Wilson estimates the amount saved to
tho farmers of Iowa through the instrumental
ity of the Granges, since January, atfrom$l,-
500,000 to $2,000,000. Mr. Whitman regards
this estimate as too high, but has not statis
tics from which to make an exact statement.
If it is ofie-balf of that amount,-:the saving bas
been enormous. Perhaps $1,000,000 is a fair
estimate. Tile railroads refused to grant
special rates on large quantities of freight con
signed to the Granges, which are not railroad
pets by any raeaDs. When application for
rates was made to tbe roads, it was kindly re
ceived and partially promised, but the promise
was never fulfilled. The railroads backed
out, and now decline to grant any favors
the Granges, though other large shippers ar
allowed reductions. This makes tho Grange
wrathy, and does not diminish their enmity
asMIl
Destroying Potato Beetles.
A Wisconsin correspondent; of the American.
Rural Home, referring to the use of Paris green
to destroy potato booties, says: “Here wo
have been obliged to endure tbe infliction of
his annual appearance aud depredations upon
onr potatoo vines for the last seven years* and
after throwing away thousands of dollars’
worth of flour mixed with Paris green, it was
discovered that the green mixed with water
waa a great deal cheaper and more effectual
in the work of killing them, inasmuch as it can
be applied at any time of the day. It is a
much more durable and constant destroyer
tban when applied with flour, as otter the dew
is off it becomes dry and then by a little shak
ing of tho vines by tho wind the composition
disappears mostly, and after that the plants
are not materially harmed by the bags.
My method is to fill a common sized water
pafl with water, apd mix a tablespoon oven
fall of the green, by stirring well, which will
give the water a deep green color. I then tako
part of an old broom (or a new one will do)
and with that I sprinkle the vines. One pail-
full suffices for two rows, about twelve rods in
length. One application will suffice for the
present and first future generation. I seldom
tfove to make more than two applications dur
ing the season. I will farther state that it is
safer to get the green of some reliable drug
gist, as you are more likely to obtain an un
adulterated article.
Canning Frnlts.
In reply to a correspondent, who wishes to
know which we recommend,metal or glass jars,
to keep canned fraits or vegetables, the New
York Sun replies that its editor uses glass jars
or cans in his own family, and it quotes the
following extract from an article in a journal
of chemistry, which gives a practical reason
why glass is the best:
..‘The impression prevails among those who
use freely fraits which are pat up in tin cans
tbat they are injured thereby, and this.impres
sion is in many cases correct. We have long
contended that all preserved fraits and vege
tables should be stored iu glass, and tbat no
metal of any kind should be brought in contact
with them. All fruits contain more or less of
vegetable acids, and others that are highly
corrosive are formed by fermentation, and tbe
metallic vessels are considerably acted npon.
Tin cans are held together by sclder, an alloy
into which lead enters largely. This metal 1b
easily corroded by vegetable acids, and poison
ous salts are formed. Undoubtedly, maoy per
sons are greatly injured by eating tomatoes,
peaches, {to., which have been placed in tin
cans, and we advise all onr friends who con
template patting np fruits the present sum
mer, to use oniy glass jars for the purpose.’
Manure from one Fowl.
Lewis Wright, tbe well known English poul
try writer, says that in one instance the drop
pings of four Brahma fowls in one night weigh
ed exactly one ponnd; In another instance, 13
ounces. The average was 3J oz. per bird, bnt
which was reduced by drying to 1} ounces.—
On a basis of 1 ounce to each fowl, the amount
per year will be 22i lbs., and for a flock of
fifty head, 1140 lbs. He pronounces the ma
nure equal to guano, and better in some re
spects ; but counting it as worth only $50 per
ton, tbe manure from 50 fowls will be worth
$25 per annum, or 50 cents per head. This
estimate is not, probably, any too high, and is
worth remembering by those who keep poul
try, or who propose to do so.
It should also be remembered that this esti
mate is merely for the night droppings, and
takes no account of the value ot what is made
in tbe day time. Mocb of this last, no doubt,
is lost by exposure, but judicious management
of poultry yards by breeders bent on saving
everything possible, would probably result ia
devising a mode for utilizing most of it.
Irish potatoes for a fall crop may be plant
ed toward tbe last of this month or in August.
To prepare your seeds, about two weeks be
fore planting, spread tbe potatoes on tbe
ground in a moist spot, cover slightly with
earth and thickly with mnlcb, watering occa
sionally if necessary. When ready to plant,
make use of those tabors only which have be
gan to sprout, and which show signs of develop
ment in the eyes, and you will get a stand at
once, while if the seeds be taken at random
from your Stock of potatoes, many of them will
fail to germinate till to late too produce any
thing. For this planting, tbe tubers should
not be cut, as they would be more liable to
rot. '
Cheap Vinegar.
I take a quantity of common Irish potatoes
and wash them until they are thoroughly
clean, and then place them in a largo vessel
and boil them until dono. I now drain off
carefully the water tbat I cooked them iu,
straining it if necessary, in order to. remove
every particle of tho potato. Then I put this
potato water into a jag or keg, which I place •
near the stove, or in some place where it wilt
be kept warm, and add one pound of sugar to
about two aud oue-half gallons of water, some
bop yeast, or a small portion of whiskey. Pre •
pare in this way, and lotting it stand three or
four weeks, you will have most excellent vin
egar. Indeed, it is the only vinegar that will
preserve cucumbers cut fresh from tho viues
without the aid of salt.—Canada Farmer, ief.
Soft Soap with Potash.
Excellentsoap may be made by the follow
ing receipt: Use a pine barrel, for a hard
wood barrel will warp and leak- An. old fish
barrel is commonly taken lor the purpose. Put
in ten to twelve pounds of potash, and throw
upon it two pailfulls of boiling water. Let it
digest awhile aud then put in two pounds of
grease to oach pound of potash. Have the
grease hot. Let that digest awhile, then add
a third pailfull of hot wator. Keep doing
this until the barrel is within six inches of
being fall. Stir occasionally until tho whole
is welt mixed. It should stand three months
before use. Stir oesasionaily during the
first week. The longer it stands after ma
king, tbe bettor the soap. Wa keep it a year
before uso
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