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VOLUME XXI.
ATHENS, GEORGIA,—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1874.
NUMBER 10.
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PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS.
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riUBB, ERWIN k COBH,
l j ATTORNEYS at law.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Office in the Doupiee lluil.ling. I)ec21
B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Allornoy-at-Law. Athens, Ga.
Ofiet on Broad itreet.ooer the .tore of Barry A Son,
Will give special attention to cases in Uankruptcy. Al
io, to the collection of all claims entrusted to hie care.
AMES R. LYLE,
Attobsky at Law.
2> WATKIXSVILLE. GA.
to UN mTmatthews. ~
fj Attorney at Law,
Dftn : .tiliviil«, On.
Prompt ittontion will bo given to any basinesv on-
fasted to hia care. Marcbl4.
rpNiiLANDiORR,
Pj Wholesale and Retail Doalcr.i,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Duproo Hall.Broa-1 St, Athens, On.
Wo are now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per
bale, and willadvanco cash when desired. Oct2S.
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WE LAY US DOWN TO SLEEP.
We lay us down to sleep,
And leave to God the rest;
Whether to wake and weep.
Or wako no more, bo beat.
Why vex out souls with caro !
The grave is cool and low;
Have wo found life so fair .
That wo should dread to go t
We’ve kissed love's sweet, rod Ups,
And left them sweet and red.
Tho rose tho wild beo sips
Blooms on when bfc is doad.
Some faithful friend Wvo (band,
But thoso who love us best,
Wbon wo are under ground.
Will laugh on with the rest.
No task have we begun
But other hands can take;
No work beneath the 6uu
For which we need to wake.
Tbon boid us fast, sweet Death,
If so it seemoth best
To Him who gave us breath,
That wo should go to rest.
Wo lay us down to sleep,
Otir weary eyes wo close;
Whether to wake and weep.
Or wake no more. He knows.
—1.unite C. 3/o.llou, in Cltrutian Uait
KITTY’S FOB TV, OiTtIIE SNOW STORM.
D5 - EDWARD EGGLESTON.
It doesn’t do men any good to live apart
from women and children. I never knew
hoys’ school in which thero was not a tendency
to rowdyism. Aud lumbermen, sailors, fisher-
mcD, and all other men that lire only with
whither be went. After an hour of despair
ing, wandering and shouting, he came upon a
house, and having rapped on the door ho found
himself face to face with his wife.
He had returned to his own house in his be
wilderment.
When wo remember that Jones had not slept
for two nights preceding this one, on account
of his mortal quarrel with Bnrton, and he had
now been beating against an arctic hnrricane,
and tramping through treacherous billows of
snow for an hour, we cannot wonder’that he
fell over his own threshold in a state of ex
treme exhaustion.
Happy for him that he did not fall bewilder
ed on the prairie, as many another poor way
farer did on that fatal night!
As it was, bis wife must needs give np tho
vain little searches she had been making in
the neighborhood of the shanty. She bad now
a sick husband with frozen hands and feet and
face, to care for. Every minute the thermom
eter fell lower and lower, and all tho heat the
little cook-stove in Jones’ shanty could give,
would hardly keep them from freezing.
Burton had stayed upon that forty-acre lot
all day, wailing for a chance to shoot his old
partner Jones. He bad not beard of the ar
rival of Jones’ wife, and so he concluded that
his enemy had proved a coward and had left
him in possession, or else that ho meant to
play him some treacherous trick on his way
homo.
So Burton resolved to keep a sharp lookont.
But be soon found that impossible, for the
storm was upon him in all its blinding fury.—
Ho tried to fellow the path, but be could not
find it.
Had he been less of a frontiorman he must
mit yon here; they do not want yon in heaven;
bat I will sell you two hundred barrels of brim
stone for cash, ten per cent, off, and yon can
start a little hell of yoar owa, with no agents
or middle men.' ’’
men, aro proverbially a half-bear sort of peo- . . , . .. , ,. . , ...
. F have perished there, within a furlong of bis
plo. Frontiermen soften down when women
UWliLISH i- CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
Jfj For Boya, cur. IVrav ami Lumpkin Ms., Atb-
c „i;«. «p$—3m LEE M. LYLE, Prin.
T II. HUGGINS,
J , haioanle and Retail Dealer in
PRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
F.IGfS Droait Street, Athon!, lla._
TORN H. CHRISTY,
ti Plain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
Office corner Broad and Wall street*, over the store
James D. Pittard.
PAVILION HOTEL,
X CHARLESTON, S. C.
TbiJ FIRST-CLASS Hotel is aituatml in the very
laatnofthe businos! part of thecity, and all who
iltqohero willfiml every convenience iindluxury that
, e»n tie procured. Board, por day, $3.00.
R. IWxiLtox, Sopt. Mrs. L. II. BuTranriELn, 1
Peo22 tf Proprjetret*. )
OUMMEY & NEWTON,
lO Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE,
June!) No. 6,Broad street, Athens, Ga.
Q C. DOBBS,
Whole!
Whoteaalo aud Retail Dealer In
Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac.
FebF No. 12 Broad Stroet, Athens, Ga.
own bouse. But in endeavoring to keep the
direction of the path he beard a smothered
cry, and then saw something rise np covered
.. . , , , | with snow, and fall down again. Ho raised
selves. Jones was a married man. but finding i - a
„ , , „ ... ... , ’ .. bis gun to shoot it, when the creature uttered
it bard to support his wife in a down East vil- ", , . .
, , , , • . , „ ^ ... another wailing cry so like human, that he put
lage, ho had emigrated to Northern Minnesota. , .. , _ ... ,
, ! .. . , down his gun and wont cautiously forward.
mOV'infT Ilia irtfn nnrino Iiak fnthAa'n ..ntll I ° »
and children come—but I forgot myself, it is
the story you waut.
Burton and Jones lived in a shanty by tbem-
lcaving his wife under hor father's roof, until
ho should be able to ‘ make a start.’ He and
It was a child !
„ . , , . ,. . . ,, Ho did not remember that thoro was such a
Burton had gono into partnership and had , ,, , ~
...... ... . _ . T ... I child among all the settlers in Newton. But
How They Drop Shot.
One of the * secrets ’ of the manufacture of
shot is the mixing of the lead with a certain
proportion of a combination of mineral sab-
stances called ‘temper.’ The ‘temper’ is
fused with the lead, and gives the molten
metal that consistency which makes it drop.
If it were not for the * temper’ the lead would
be moulded by the sieve, and would form lit
tle pencils instead of round shot. When ‘ BB'
shot, for instance, are to bo made, the lead is
ponred into a pan perforated with holes cor
responding to that size. The little pellets
come ponring down in a continuous shower,
and fall into a tank filled with water on the
ground floor. In their descent of two hundred
feet they become perfect spheres, firm and
denso, and they are tolerably cool when they
strike the water, although the swift concus
sions make the tank foam and babble as if the
water was boiling furiously. Tho shot must
fall in wator, for if they should strike any firm
substance they would be flattened and knock
ed out of shapo. To get the little pellets per
fectly dry after they have boon in the • well
is the most difficult aud troublosome process
of the whole manufacture. An elevator with
small buckets (very much like thoso used in
flour mills) carries tho shot up as fast as they
reach the bottom of tho ‘ well,’ and deposits
them in a box sixty feet above tbo first floor.
Tho water drips from the buckets as they go
up, and not much is poured into tbo receiver
above, although it is intended to be a sort of
dripping machine. From this receiver the
shot runs down a spout into a dry-pan, which
greatly resembles a gigantic shoe, mado of
sheet iron. The pan rests at aD anglo which
permits the wet shot to roll slowly down to the
chamber below, and the pellets become per
fectly dry as they pass over the warm sheet
iron.
am arrived and do angel Gabriel come tootin’ | In great storms tbe wind forseveralhnndred
along, he’ll sing out troo his trumpet, • All I miles on both sides of the minimum pressure
yon colored gommen rise fast!’ And say, blows toward the line directly or obliquely. .
Uncle Billy, de porvisions ob dat bill ” The force ef the wind is in proportion to
‘ What's dat you say ’bout porvisions, Jo-1 the suddenness and greatness of the depression
siar f [ of the barometer.
‘ Well, Uncle Billy, as I was gwining on to I In the great and sadden depressions of the
state, de porvisions ob dat bill —” barometer, there is much rain or snow; and
‘ Stop right dar, Josiar. Yon say dar’s per- in all sudden rains or snow, there is a great
visions in dat bill V depression of the barometer near the centre of
* Jess so, Uncle Billy. De porvisions ob do the storm, and a rise beyond its borders.
bill—» Many storms are of great and unknown
* Stop right dar, Josiar. Ef der’e porvisions length from north to South, reaching beyond
in dat Bill, I want a sack cb flour dis berry our observers of the Gulf of Mexico and on the.
minnit. Dam do smokin’ in de ladies’ car, southern lakes, while their diameter from east
and do geography, and Latin, and de italic to west ^comparatively small. The storms,
coffins! I want de porvisions, Josiar. Dey’s | therefore, move foremost.
* preempted a town site ’ of three hundred and
twenty aeros.
Thero were, perhaps, twenty families scat
tered sparsely over this town site at the timo f rozen
ho did Dot stop to ask questions. He must,
without delay, get himself and tho child too,
to a place of safety, or both would soon be
my story begins and ends, for it ends in the
same week in which it begins.
Tho partners had disagreed, quarreled and
divided their iDtorosts. The land was all
So he took the little thing in bis arms and
started through the drifts. And the child put
its little icy fingers on Burton's rough check
and muttered, * Papa!' And Burton held her
shared between them, except one valuable closer, and fo * ht tbe snow morecourageoasly
fnrtr qprrt ninno I? o nf nlnim.J «l,n« I u ° *
forty acre piece. Each of them claimed that
pieco of land, and the quarrol bad grown so
high between them that tbe neighbors expect
ed them to 4 shoot at first sight.’ In fact, it
than ever.
He found the shanty at last, aud rolled the
child in a buffalo-robe while ho made a fire.
Then, when ho got tbe room a little warm, bo
was understood that Burton was on the forty- took th# UtUa tbin bia k dipped ber
acre piece, determined to shoot Jones if he achiDg flager8 , n cold water , and J ked bcr
came, aud Jones had sworn to go out thero wbat her nama wa3
and shoot Burton, whon tbe fight was post-1 . Kjtty . 8 ij e ea j d
TjAMORY SPEER,
ill LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
Aa Solicitor General of Westorn Circuit, will attend
the Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Ranks,
Jackson, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White, i
and give attention to collecting and other claim! in \ Stead Of one SUU there Were four, an OCCUr-
those counties. March 10, 1S73.
poned by the unexpected arrival of Jones' wife
aud child.
Jones' shanty was not finished, and he was
forced to forego the luxury of fighting his
partner, in bis exertions to make wife and
baby comfortable for the night. For tbe win
ter snn was Burronnded by ‘ suu-dogs.' In-
* Kitty,’ he said, ‘ and what else ?
* Kitty,’ she answered, nor could he find out
any more.
* Whose Kitty aro you ?'
‘ Your Kitty,’ she said. For she had known
her father but that one day, and now she be
hoved that Burton was he.
Burton sat up all night and stuffed wood in-
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
. FRANKLIN, N. C.
l’ractieet in all the Court! of Wcatorn North Caro-
liaa, and in tbe Federal Courts. Claims collected in
alt part, of the State. aplS—ly
TjMiWARD r. harden,
-Hi (LatftJudgeU. S. Courts Nebraska andlltab,
aad now Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
julj23 ly Quitman, Brook» Count}/, Ga.
T P. 0’KELLEY’S
W . l'UOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Over Williams* Shoo store, Broad street, Athens,
sep3.
B e. camp,
, Attorkky at Law,
CARNESVILLE, GA.
Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted
tokio. Ho will attend the Courts of Habersham,
Fraoklin and Hall. scpl”—ly.
e rtarnts. k. t. bowell.
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
ATTOKNEYS AT LAW,
20 and 22, Kimball House,
ATLANTA, GA.
P RACTICE in the Stnteand Federal Courts, and
attend regularly all theCourta in Atlanta, includ
ing the Supreme Court of tbo State, and will argue
eases upon briefs for absent parties, on reasonable
terms.
They also practice in the Courla of the ccuntiea con
tiguous oraeces-iblo to Atlanta by Railroad, aepll
caught sight of the brown grass without, and
the new world seemed so big that tbe little
feet were fain to try and explore it.
M.W.RIDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
D. S, Claim Apt anil Dotary Pntilic
GAINESVILLE, OEOROU.
■W* Office oi. Wilson street, below King A Bro’f.
February 19, 1873.
Joaa t. Karas. madisom bell
ESTES Ac BELL,
„ ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
GAINESVILLE GEORGIA
IV’ILL practice in the counties composing the Weat-
, am Circuit, and Dawson and Fortyth eonnties
of tha Blue Ridge Circnit. They will also practice in
tbs Supreme Coart of Georgia, and in the United States
Com at Atlanta. m«yl4
JAS. L. LONG, M. D.
Surgeon, Accoucheur and Physician
(Offic* at Mr. Thom at Sheatt* Store,)
Hood Hope Distriot, Walton oo. f Ga.
Offers his profsssional services to the eitisena of the
■arronnding country. angXT
Livery, Feed & Sale Stable
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
HAHN St REAyEB, ^ROBBYBTORS,
W*JA he'found at their old stand, rear Franklin
** Houaehuilding, Thomas street. Keep always
hand good Turn-outs and careful drivers.
“tack wall eared for when entrueted to our care,
stock on band for aale at all times. dac25—ti
WALTON HOTEL,
MONROE. GA.
THE sabseribtr would leepeetfally inform travelers
* P“ bll ° gaaarally that he ha* taken charge
Mho chore Hotel, and will ipare no padfa to make
»a comfortable who may favor him with their patroa-
His charges will ba reasonable. jan>8 lm
all in de bill waff a dam cent!’
Arbitration vs. War.
A lynx and a wildcat were stealthily ap
proaching from opposite directions a dozing
pheasant. The lynx, however, was rather bo-1 \ bo "‘ F ar“ West,’ r bnt"wmme“nces
Most storms commence itatho ’Far West,*
beyond oar most Western observers, bat some
commence in tbe United States.
When tbe storm commences in tbe United
States, tbe line of minimum pressure does not
fore the wildcat, and had bat just secured his wUh the 8torm travel3 with lt toward tho
prey, when bis rival put in an appearance, easlward
and the following angry discussion took place. Tke Qrst of tho prino i ples upou whicb tho
Wddcat—‘How dare yon poach on signal Corps proceeds is, that the invariable
ground! I’ve lived hero all my life and that | J .„ ot ,„ K „„
bird's mine.’
Lynx—‘I don’t care. I caught it, and I
mean to oat it.’
Wildcat—‘You shan’t.’
Lynx—* I will.’
A terrible strugglo then took place, but al
though they both fought desperately for a long
time it proved to bo a drawn battle.
ronce not uncommon in this latitude, bat one t0 hi8 impoteBt Iittle 8tovo t0 keep tho baby
which always bodes a terrible storm. from freezing to death. Never having had to
In bis endeavor to care for wife and child, do wbb children, ho firmly believed that Kitty,
Jones was mollified a little, and half regretted L loeping snugly under Wankots and buffalo _
that ho had been so violent about the piece of robeSi would freoze if he should let tbe fire
land. But be was determined not to bo back- SQ bside in tbe least.
ed down, and he would certainly have to shoot As tb8 8torm prevailed witb anabat ed fury
Burton or be shot himself. the next day, and as he dared neither to take
When ho thought of tho cbanco of being jiitty out nor to leave hor alone, he stayed by
killed by bis old partnor, the prospect was not ber a)1 day and 8tnffed tbe 8tova with woodf
pleasant. Ho looked wistfully at Kitty, bis and laughed at her droll baby talk, and fed
two years’old child, and dreaded that she bar on biscait and fr!ed bacoQ and coffeo
ohld bo left fatherless. Nevertheless, he Q n { be morning of the second day tho storm
wouldn’t be backed down. Ho would shoot bad 6ub sided. It was forty degrees cold, but
or bo shot. knowing somebody must bo mourning Kitty
While the father was busy cutting^wood, and f or dea d, be wrapped her in skins, and with
the mother was busy otherwise, little Kitty much difficulty reached the nearest neighbor’s
managed to get tbo shanty door open. Thoro boU80j suffering only a frost-bite on his nose by
was no latch as yet, and hor prying little tbe way
fingers easily swung it back. A gust of cold . That chj]dt . „ ld tbe woma n to whose house
air almost took away ber breath, but sbe | be bad como> . ^ Joao8 , i seo d’em take her
outen tbe w&gou day before yesterday.’
Burtdn looked at Kitty a moment in per-
plexity. Tbon be rolled ber up again and
She pushed out through the doer, caught 8tarted oat> . Traveling lito tUo woman
ber breath again, and started away down a Baid< M sho watcbed hiin
path bordered by sere grass and tho dead When he reached Jones’, be found Jones and
stalks of tbe wild sanflower. b j 8 w jf e sitting in utter wretchedness bv the
How often she had longed to escape from firo Thay wer0 botb 8ick from griefi and UQ .
restraint and paddle out into the world alone! ab , 0 t0 mOT0 0Qt of tb0 honSQ Kitty tb0y ^
So ont into the world she went, rejoicing in g j ven up f or buried alive nnder some snow-
her liberty, in the blue sky above and the rusty mound _ They would find her when Spring
prairie beneath. She would find ont where 8bou j d ©ome and melt the snow-cover off.
tbe path went to, and what there was at the Wben tbfl oxhonst6d Burton c^ in witb
end of tho world! What did she care if her h5a bundla of bnffalo 8kin9 tbey looked at h|m
nose was bine with cold, and her cbn'oby hands with Bat when he opened lt Md
red as beets t Now and then she paused to Jat out the ]itUa KittJP) and wid .
turn her head away from a rude blast, a fore- . Herei Jon08i i9 , hi8 yer Kittan f , Mra
runner of tbe storm; but having gasped a mo- Jonea tbink of anything better than
meat, she qaickly renewed ber brave march t0 8cream
in search of the great unknown. I And j ones go t up and took his old partner’s
The mother missed her, and supposed that hand and Baid| . Burton, ole fellow!’ and then
Jones, who could not get enough of the child's cbo |j e fl U p and sat down, and cried hopelessly,
society, had token the little pet ont with him. And Bnrton said, ‘Jones, ole fellow, you
Jones, poor fellow, sure that the darliDg was I may have that forty-acre patch. It come
safe within, chopped away nntil that awful I mighty nigh taskin' me the murderer of that
storm broke upon him, and at last drove him, I btt j 0 gitty's father.'
half Bmotbered by snow and half frozen with 1
cold, into the bonse. When there was nothing
The Hotel Clerk.
I can shake bands with a Governor, sit be
side an Alderman, and smoke witb a State
Senator, and never feel my littleness, but whon
I come to stand in the presence of a modern
hotel clerk, I feel that awe and inferiority
which tourists feel as they staDd in Yosemite
Valley and look np at the monntain-tops, a
thousand feet above. Thero is something
about that young man standing behind tbo
office counter of a first-class hotel, which is
calculated to hold the common man at a dis
tance ; you may gaze at him if you wish to
rn fact ho is there to be gazed at—but don’t
attempt to be familiar. I would as soon think
of diuing with the crater of a volcano as of
going up, extending a baud to a hotel clerk
and asking him if his family wore enjoying
tolerablo good health. I sometimes dream of
being thus familiar, and when I wake up I feel
as if I had been frozen. The dignity, asperity
and condescension of the modern hotel clerk!
Did you ever notice how bo resgnts tho at
tempted familiarity of travelers t If a man
calls him ‘ old boy,’ or yells: * Say, you fellow
there!’ no well-bred clork lets on that he
bears. He goes right on reading the morning
paper, and finally that familiar traveler has to
put on a beseeching look, and timidly ask:
• Please, mister, will you kindly permit mo to
disturb you while I humbly inquire if the Tole
do train leaves at 8 o’clock, or at 8:40!’ He
will raise his eyes from the paper, drop them,
raise them to the clock, gently move them
round the room, and reply : * I guess so.’ With
what dignity they receive and assign guests!
If the traveler asks for a room ou the first floor,
on account of his legs, tbe clerk lays back on
his dignity and assigns him to the top story os
punishment, and if all the earthquakes that
ever quaked were to attempt to alter that
clerk’s determination, they would get beaten.
I used to believe tbat hotel clerks were like
hotel waiters, that a bribe would fetch ’em,
but I found ont my error, wben trying to pass
a crumpled ten cent note into tbe young man’s
hand, be drew back witb such a look of scorn
and contempt on his face, that I didn’t dare
to register at all, but I slept in a barn, and
breakfasted on cbeese and crackers. I heard
afterward tbat be was killod by a railroad col-
lison, but I don't see bow any such thing could
have even disturbed his dignity.—Max Adder.
courso of air currents is snch as will equalize
tbe atmospheric pressure upon tbo earth's sur
face, and that whenever inequalities exist, the
winds aro set in motion, tho air thus finding
its lovel—just aa water or any other visible
fluid does.
Lazy Beavers.
It is a curious fact that among tbe beavers
Tho wildcat then said, 1 Suppose we call in I thoro are suoto tbat are lazy, and will not work
tho lion and accept arbitration in tbe matter!’ at all, either to assist in building lodges or
* Agreed i’said the lynx. dams, or to cut down wood for their winter
Just fancy their mutual chagrin wben they stock. Tho industrious ones beat these idle
found that in the very thickest of the fight a fellows, and drivo them away, sometimes cut-
neighbor had slipped unobserved away with ting off parts of their tails, and otherwise la
the prizo. juring them. The ‘ paresseux’ are more easily
‘Ob!’ said the lynx, ‘ why didn’t wo think caught in traps than tho others, and the trap-
of arbitration and mutual concession before per rarely misses one of them. Tbey only dig
tho battle? We have gained nothing by the a hole fram the water, ruuning obliquely to-
war; wo have lost what we fought about, and ward the ground, twenty-five or thirty feet,
inflicted injuries on ourselves which may take a from which they emerge wben hungry, to ob
long, long timo to hoal. Yes, it is cortainly tain food, returning to the same bole with tbe
bettor to settle differences by arbitration rath- wood tbey procure, to cat tho bark. They
er than by war.
never form dams, and aro samotimes to the
number of five or seven togotber; all are males,
It is not at all improbable that these unfortu
nate fellows have, as is tbe case with the males
of many species of animals, been engaged in
fighting with others of their sox, and after be-
| iug conquered and driven from tbe lodge, have
Tho
Punctuation.
Tho following paragraph illustrates tho im
portance of punctuation. It can be read iu
two ways, making a very bad man, or a very
good man, according to tbo printing:
Ho is an old and experienced man in vice,, . „ , , . , ,
and wickedness he is never found opposiug become tdlers from a kind of necessity,
the walks of iniquity he takes delight in tho working beavers, ou the contrary, associate,
downfall of his neighbors he never rejoices in malcs and females, and young, together,
the prospe rity of any of his fellow creatures English Women,
ho is always ready to assist In destroying the There aro 3,453.681 unmarried women in
peace of society ho takes no pleasure in serv-1 England, above tho age of 15, who are engaged
ing the Lord ho is uncommonly diligent in i n specific occupations, and are earning money
sowing disorder among his friends and ao- thereby. This is the report or the census of
quaintanccs he takes no pride in laboring to 1371. i n tb j 3 country, according to the census
promote the cause of Christianity ho has not Lf ]870, there are but 1,836,288 womeu over
been negligent iu endeavoring to stigmatize all I the ago of ten, unmarried and married,
public teachers to make no oxertious to sub- gage d in all classes of occupations.’ It thus
due his evil passions be strives hard to build appears that English women are, as a class,
up Satan’s kingdom ho lends no aid to the much more industrious than their American
support of the gospel among tho heathen he sisters. Wben all the married women have
contributes largely to the evil adversary ho been excluded, tho ratio of feminine workers
pays no attention to good advice be gives above 15 years of age to tho whole population
great hoed to tho devil we will never go to ;a England is over l in 7. Iu this country
heaven he must go where he will receive tho I whore all the married women are counted in,
just recompense or reward. and when tbo limiting age is put five years
~ ‘ ' ' ~~~ lower, tbe sarnq ratio is about 1 in 21.
Tho Strength of Materials. heavier pressure of want, and the greater ex
T!, t 80 I ' 8 f S tension of manufactures, with the consequent
1,360,000 of an inch thick. A grain of iron I . o .
terest, and ceaselessly at work seeking easte
rners from all classes.
Newspaper advertising promotes trade, for
even in tbe dullest times advertisers secure
by far tbe largest share of what is being done.
—John Manning.
Housekeepers should know that a small
piece of paper or liueu cloth, moistened
with spirits of turpentine, and put into a bu
reau or wardrobe for a single day, two or
three times, is a sufficient preservation
against moths.
For cleanihg glass a newspaper is one of
the best articles to use. The chemical op
erations of some of the ingredients of print
ing ink give a beautiful polish. Slightly
mc-isten a piece of paper, roll it up, and
rub the glass, then take a dry, soft pieco
and repeat the process. No lint will re
main, as is the case when cloth is used.
The Egyptian Capital.
Bayard Taylor writes from Alexandria,
Egypt, to the New York Tribune:
In the older streets, and especially in the
native bazars, all is gay, diversified, Orien
tal. The faces, costumes and dialects of
Syria, Tripoli, and Tunis are mixed with
those of Egypt, and even groups of wan
dering Desert Arabs are a daily sight. I
saw several this morning, evidently very
tch puzzled by a collection of large chil
dren’s dolls in a shop window; their faees
were an interesting study. But with what
simple dignity they wore their i-agged
burnooses! What fine, statuesque graco
in every deliberate movement or gesture!
These pictures, which meet you at every
turn, give to the newer portion of Alexan
dria, which is architecturally liko Leghorn
or Marseilles, a semi-oriental character.
Of its 225,000 inhabitants, at least 100,000
are of European blood. It has more than
doubled iu twenty years, and the rubbish of
unfinished or demolished buildings meets
your eye wherever you go. Tho hanking
capital of the city is estimated at 8125,000,
000—not much less than that of New York,
where, however, the amount of business is
pot always an evidence of the basis upon
which it is carried ou. Where everybody
rode on donkeys, in 1852, there aro now
superb equipages, and tho rich merchants
are buildiug up a suburb of sumptuous vil
las and gardens at Raiuleh, four or five
miles to the eastward of the city.
may be divided into 4,000,000 parts. Still
chemistry tells ns that there are nltimate parts
called atoms of malecules, which are absolute
ly invisible. These atoms are attracted to
chance of employment, are probably tbe main
causes of this somewhat amazing difference.
Wayside Gatherings.
B
R,B, ADAIR, D.D.S.
GAINESVILLE, GA.
Bee, BontfcoMtearner PqMIo Square. uerlT
A.A.EDG-E,
"Oot, Shoe and Harness
maker,
»priHJ_i, WATKINSVILLE, GA
left but retreat, be bad 8$i$ed an armful of
wood and carried it into tbe house witb him,
to make sore of having enough to keep bis
wife and Kitty from freezing in the coming
awfalness of tbe night, which now Bottled down
upon the storm-beaten and snow-blinded
world.
It was the beginning of tbat horrible storm
in which so many people were frozen to death,
and Jones bad fled none too soon.
When once the wood was stocked by the
stove, Jones looked round for Kitty. He had
not more than inquired for her when father
and mother ea£h road in the other’s face the
fact that she was lest in this wild, dashing
storm of snow.
So fast did the snow fall and so dark was
the night, that Jones conld not seo three feet
ahead of hlcq. He endeavored to follow the
path, which he thought KUty might have
taken, but it was buried in snow-drifts, and he
soon lost himself.
'No! you shall take it yourself,' cried Joneft,
if I have to go to !aw to make yon.’
And Jones actually deeded his interest in
the forty acres to Barton. Bnt Bnrton trans
ferred it to Kitty.
Tbat is why this part of Newton is called to
day * Kitty's Forty.’— Youth’s Companion.
A Granger’s Bream.
The Lanark Gat*tfe a staunch Granger pa
per, publishes the following, which is too good
to be lost 1
*• A Granger dreamed that bo died; he- went
straight to the spirit world; he knocked at the
gate of tho New Jerusalem, and it was opened
nntohim.. The hooks were opened. Ho was
asked, * Did yon ever belong to any secret so
ciety!’ to which be replied. *1 did—to the
Grangers.’ * Then, air, yon cannot bo admit
ted—depart.’ Ho then want to tha bottom
less pit, where tbe same questions were again
asked him by the devil, and again ha was told
FajetteviU e Express
“ De Peirisions, Josiar.”
A sapient looking Fayetteville darkey, oscil
lating between twenty and twenty-five sum
mers, overtook an old negro on the streets tbe
otber day, and wedging him in a fence cor
ner, proceeded to acquaint him with all tbe
gorgeous provisions of tbe civil rights bill.
Young Africa imparted to, old Africa a fund of
valoable information, “ thnsly
“ Well, Uncle BIHy, Sumner’s swivel rights
bill has passed de Senate ob de United States
widouta murmur.”
‘Is dat so, Josiar.’’
• Jess so. 'jncle Billy. And say, Uncle Bil
ly, we oo’ored parsons is gwine to see whose
pervisi.ons is in de pot. Wo are gwine toJ»
allowed to ride free on de railroads, smoke in
d'e ladies’ car, and pat oar feet on do percus
sions ob de eeats wheneber we dam please.”
• Is dat so, Josiar !”
‘ Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say, Uncle Bil
ly, we’s gwine to be allowed to stop at de ho
tels and set at de bead ob de table, and bab
de biggest elicce ob de chickens, and lay
around in the parlor and spit on do carpets,
and make de white trash hoBtle demselvea and
wait on ns widout grumblin’; and wheneber
de boas of de concern shoves a bill at ns, we’ll
bab him eent to Washington an’ obscured in
de penipotenfiary.”
‘ Is dat so, Josiar f
• Jess so. Uncle Billy. And say, Uncle Bil
ly, we’s gwmo to be allowed to go to de
white schools and sot upon de platform vrld de
teacher and learn geography, triggermanomo-
try, gehominy, Latin, Dutch, French, Choc
taw, algoebray, rheumatics, da rule of thrico
and do diarrhea.”
“ Good God! is dat so, Josiar 1”
to depart. After ho was gono a iittle way off
he was accosted, by tho homely raler of the
He stumbled through the drifts, calling out Spit, when tho following propositions were
to Kitty in hia distress, bat not knowing I made: ‘ Stranger,’ said Nick, • I will not ad-
A Solemn Warning.
Senator Bayard, in the coarse «f his speech
by the attraction of cohesion, and repelled by I on tbe Civil Rights bill, is reported to bavo
tbe force of repulsion. By the attraction of delivered tbo following warning, for tbe benefit
both these forces the atoms are kept in a state of the sleeping Radical Senators whose votes
of pact. The solidity of a solid depends upon were to pass tbo dangerous iniquity. We: put
the fact that each pair of atoms is in this state l it upon record, with tho hope that it will be
of equilibrium. These ato ms are supposed to fulfilled to tho letter, when time, as it assuredly
be of an oblate sphorodial form. An iron bar l will, brings about the hour for action. The
would support its own weight if stretched out I Senator is quoted:
to a length of throe and a quarter miles. A I “ Lot them sleep on, aud laugh on; a judg-
bar of steel was once made which would sus-1 mont day was coming, wben the American
tain its own weight if extended to a*length of people would accuse themselves for their pres-
thirteenauda quarter miles. Our ideas of ont apathy. It was embarrassing to speak
great and small arc no guide to be used in I under tbe circumstances, but it was his right as
judging of what is truly great aud small in I a Senator, and be mast insist that thoso in the
nature. Tho Banker Hill Monument might cloak roomB should not annoy or distract him
be built over a rnrio in beigbt without crush- by their laughter. Ho then proceeded in his
ing the stones at its base. Wben bars of iron argument against the bill, denying tbe power
are stretched until tbey break, those which of Congress to enforce companionship of the
aro the strongest increase in length less than races in theatres, schools or elsewhere. Sena-
the weaker ones. A pieco of wood, having a tors knew that this bill would affeet the poorer
breadth and thickness of three inches and a classes principally, for not one of those who
length of four feet, if supported at its ends, voted for this bill would send his children to
would be bent one-millionth of an inch by a mixed school. It would not only destroy
weight of three pounds placed at its center, tho common schools of the white people, but
aud a weight of one-tenth of an ounce would would injure the schools for the colored peoplo
bend it one-seven-millionth of an iueb. Prof, throughout the whole country.
Norton described a machine for testiog tbe It even extended to tbe hospitals, to the
variations of sticks of wood. The machine alms-houses, in fact everywhere, the great in
consists of levers and screws so contrived that) tent being to compel companionship. Ho be-
the amount of weight brought to bear upon lieved. the measure originated in hostility to
the stick can be accurately measured, and the tbe South, and for a desire to hold on to tbe
variation of the stick from a straight line can colored voters. The result of the bill would
be measured, even though it does not exceed depreciate the property of tbe inn-keeper and
one seven-millionth of an inch. | theatre managers. He hoped the agitation of
this bill would spread throughout tbo land
Facts Abont Storms. I although he trusted it would not reach to snob
The establishment of the Signal Serv ce an exteQt a8 to mak6 tbe condition of the col-
Bnrean by Congress has proved a most vain-1 ored pgopio worse than ever. Rather than see
ly, we’o gwine to be allowed to bo buried in
italic coffins wid ‘looking glasses ou top ob
dem,~and dey will bab to carry ns. on a hearso
to de grabe-yard and bury us ou top ob de
white folks, so when de day ob icsurrectiou oIbo at St. Johns, Newfoundland.
able undertaking. A vast store of practical n^ed schools in Delaware, he would have the
information with reference to atmospherio con- system of that country destroyed. He
ditions, the causes and premonitory indlcar I ka0W jjjj 8 b jjj would work no injury to his
tions of changes of weather, bas been gather-1 par t, y , jf a ver the day should come when bis
ed. We confidently expect that before long par ty was in the majority, hero and in the
the foundation of a troo science of storms will otber Houge( and bo 8bould ^ ber0i it WO nld
be securely laid. be one of the profoundest acts of his life to
The following very interesting statements. uote tb8 repaal of tbi8 measure.’’
among the conclusions of the Bureau, aro care-1
fully noted observations: Newspaper Advertising.
Storms are accompanied with a depression | Newspaper advertising is now recognized
of the barometer near the central line of the by business men, having faith In their own
storm, and a riso in tbe barometer in the front I wares, as tbe most effective means for secur-
androar. I ing for their goods a wido recognition of their
The line is sometimes nearly straight, bnt I merits,
goneraily carved and most frequently witb its Newspaper advertising impels inquiry, and
convey side toward tho east. I whon tbo articio offered is of good quality and
Tho velocity of this line is so that it travels I at a fair price, the natural result is iucreasod
from the Mississippi to tho Connecticut river sales.
in about 24 hours, aud from tho Connecticut i Newspaper advertising is apermanentad-
Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say. Uncle Bil- to'St. Johns, Newfoundland, in about tbe I dition to tbo reputation of tbe goods advertia-
same time, or about 36 miles an hour. ed, because it is a permanent influence always
When the barometer falls suddenly in the at work in their interest.
western part of New England, it rises at the. I Newspapor advertising is'the most energetic
same time in the valley of the Mississippi, and I and vigilant of salesmen; addressing thou-
ands each day, always in the advertiser’s in
What is the key-note of good brooding!
natural.
..Gild a big knave aud little honest mon
will worship him.
..A gentleman caugbt cold by kissing a la
dy's snowy brow.
. -Patience isaflower that grows notin every
one's garden.
. .Tbo dressing-gown is the most lasting of
all garments—it is seldom worn out.
. .Why is a beefsteak like a locomotive ? It's
not of ranch account without it’s tender.
All human virtues increase and strengthen
by tbo practice and experience of them.
. .Why should a spidor be a good corespon
dent ! Because he drops a line by rvery post.
..A cotemporary calls his items “Nits,” to
show tbat be gets them out of bis own head.
. .Tbe current valne of a woman in Eastern
Africa is two cows. AtNiblo’sit is only two
calves.
..The French press is now snpposed to
exhibit the best speclmon of- •* ruled paper”
extant.
He fell dead and expired in two miuutes,’
says a Georgia paper of tbe death of a negro.
..What is tbe most daring theft a man can
be guilty off Taking tbo chair at a public
meeting.
..Marriage is often said to be a lottery : but
Caleb declares bis belief tbat it is a game of
cribbagc. •
. .There is a sly fellow up town who has
laughed in bis sleeve so much that it has be
come threadbare.
..A Georgia paper promises to publish a
thrilling cereal.’ Its readers will probably
make an oat of it.
..If a man is murdered by bis hired man
should tbe coronor render a verdict of ‘ killed
by bis own band.'
.Two boms will last an ox a lifetime, bnt
many a man wants that number every morn
ing before breakfast.
.. Why is a London milkman like Pharaoh’s
daughter! Because betakes a little profit
out of water.
..Jaynesville hoe an educated pig called
Ben Butler. There is a chance for a libel suit
—on the part of tbe pig.
.Why do women talk less in February than
in any other month f Because it is the short
est month in tbe year.
.A New Jersey paper boasts of a new sub
scriber one hundred and three years old. We
sbouldd’t call him very new.
a. An agricultural paper recommends a quart
of brandy to care the staggers. Wo have
thought brandy was the cause of staggers.
..‘Thisengine won’t work,' said a fireman
to the chief of the firo department. No won
der,* was the reply - * It was made to play.’
..A gentleman bas two canaries which be
calls ‘ Wheeler* and ‘ Wilson.' His reason for
these appellations is that neither of them are
Singers.'
..A clergyman, who has a habit of adding
<ab,’to many of Uls words told lost Sunday
of those who bad been brought up on tbe
Lord's alde-ah.
.Kansas Judges are either very generous,
or else tbey have very little dignity. Ooo of
them was called, ‘ Old Skillet-legs’ by a law
yer, and be only imposed a fino of 87i conts
for the contempt of court.
Sunshine .—The sun is always shining;
the flowers are always blooming; the birds
are always singing ; the grain is always wav
ing somewhere in this beautiful world of ours.
..The newspaper is asermou for the thought-,
ful, a library for tho poor,* anil a blessing to
everybody.
..A Sunday-school girl was asked coucorh-
ing * the pestilence that walketh iu darkues3,‘
and, answered; ‘ I guess it's bed-bugs.’
—Au Iowa farmer, after baviug been mar- |Sv
Hed seven weeks, had to buy a wig, and now
offers to bet that his wifo can whip a panther.
..A good Christian seldom sees a wrong in
his neighbor. A-pure lake reflects a beauti
ful'Sky. A bad man Seldom sees a good trait
in bis neighbor. An imperlect glass reflects f 1
nothing correctly. A perfect, mirror veflecte
nothing but bright and pure images.
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