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PfU PUBLISHED weekly, y pv .T. H. CHRISTY, Biller and Proprietor. } 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 monopolii