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1 / / / / 7 7T .tof /• /'’ 7 / /' /f yy?// CC A • / / u» v i ^ v y • i liY JOHN H. CHRISTY. 7 DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS. .OO per Annum, in advance. VOLUME XXII. ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1875. NUMBER 6. the southern watchman PUBLISHED EVERY WEDXESDAY. corner of llroad and trail Street*, (iij>-»tair*.) TEltMS. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. E. A. WILLIAMSON, Practical Watctata an9 Jeweler. A T Dr. King's Drug Store, Broad Street, will exe cute all work entrusted to him in the best style and at reasonable prices. Terms positively CASII. feb4 ADVERTISING. U'orti«euiont» will be inserted at ONE DOLLAR i s;> y IFTY CENTS per square for the firstinser- ; n . an d SEV12NTY-PIVK CENTS per square for k .. • ntinuauce, for auy time under one For onj j. r periods, a liberal deduction will be made. V <U A liberal loiuetion on yearly advertisements. LEGAL ADVERTISING . ^Miff's sale.% perlory of 10 lines $500 mortgage sales, fiO days 5.00 ; ties. w lavs, t»y Administrators, Executors, or iuirlians 6.50 ;.tstio-.s of Administration or Guardianship 4.00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 5.00 I' jIjw Nisi, por square, each insertion 1.50 L c %vo i * sell Real Estate... 4.00 :;i4tL<»for dismission of Administrator 5.00 “ “ ** Guardian 5.25 T is •rtftin tho number of squares in an advertise- n ent .r iMtuary, count the words—one hundred being . -jal t»ton linos. AUfraotioiii are counted as full BAZAR GLOVE-FITTING PATTERNS A RE the best, neatest fitting, and cheapest paper patterns in the world. Call at the office of the Iproffssional anti ^Business falls. c 111 con,. | A. 9. KllWIlf. I HOWELL CO*i,JR. ill!!!, ERWIN & COBB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ATHENS, GEORGIA. n the Deuprce Building. Dec21 A A. EDGE, , BOOT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER, WATKINS VI I. LE, <3a. B E. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law, . HOMER, GA. Will execute promptly all business entrusted to his far*. Collecting claims a specialty. ap!21tf B ankruptcy.—s&muei p. Thnmond, Attorney-at-Law. Athens, Ga. Ofirtoh Broad street,over the tfore of Barry k Son, Will giro special attention to oases in Bankruptcy. Al io, to the collection of all claims entrusted to his care. TARS. BRAWNER & YOUNG, lJ CARNESVILLE, GA. Having associated in the practice of Medicine and S trgery, tender their professional services to their friends ami the public generally. Office nearly >{ P«>*iie the court bouse. apl21—tf TPMORY SPEER, ill LAWYER, ATHENS, OA. As Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend the Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Bank JarVfon, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White, and give attention to collecting and other claims in thole counties. March 1$, 1873. TTWARD R. HARDEN, .lJj (Late Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah, and uoit Judge of Brooks County Court) Attorney at Law, ju!y2.i ly Quitman, Jtrook» County, Ga, MADISON BELL. TpSTES it BELL, Attorneys at law, J.J GAINESVILLE, GA. ST** WILL practice in the counties composing the Western Circuit, and Da^jon and Forsyth counties of the blue Uidgo Circuit. They will nlso practice in theSopreme Court of Georgia, and in the United States Court at Atlanta. mayl4 TPLOYD ,t SILMAN, AJ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Willpraetioa in the counties of Walton and Jaoksc •0B3I J. FLOYD, J. OILMAN. Corington. Ga. tnard Jefferson, Ga j. Fi 0 KbLLhVS PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, Over Williams’Shoe store, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. sep3. T H. HOGGINS, •J • holesalo and Retail Dealer i£ DHY HOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Keblfi Broad Street, Athens, Ga. T'JUS U IMa Singer Manufacturing Company, corner College Av enue and Clayton street, and see for yourself. Call, or write for catalogue. A large discount to Agents. G. H. HOPE, Agent. mar31 FIRST-GLASS. T HE publio would do well to call at the shop of the undersigned, where all kinds of BARBERING, HAIR-DRtSSING, &c. la dono in the beat Myle of the art. Come, and b« convinced. doc9 DAVIS A SAPP. I pOR use on any Sewing Machine, is "CLARK’S 0. N. T.,*’ especially that made for and bearing the name of tho Singer Manufacturing Co. A wort! to the wise should he sufficient. Price, 75c. pet doien Spools, at the office of the SINGER MANU FACTURING CO. G. H. HOPE, Agent, jnlyl—ly Bishop’a Corner, Athens, G deleft |gis«Hang. Wagon Yard in Athens. T HE subscriberhas fitted up and opened a safe,com fortable and commodious Wagon Yard, on Rivet street, in tbeneighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where CORN, FODDER, and all other necessary supplies ran bepurohased on reasonable terms. Chargesmoderate. The highest market price paid for Country Produce, and Rank bills received in exchange for Goods. July* tf WILEY F. HOOD. TEE GREAT REMEDY for Boms, Scalds, Corns, Poison Oat, Stinis of InsMts and Cutaneous Infiammalious Generally, DISCOVERED BY SIRS. L. E. BIJS11, JUG TAVERN, WALTON CO., GA., VI* AS entered against the World, at the late State VV Fair at Macon, and isdaily effecting THE MOST WONDERFUL CURES, and has become an indis pensable household cecofsity. No family should be without it! If, after trial, a family is willing to live without this preparation for Ten Dollars, agents are authorized to refund the money. FOR SALE, In Athens—At Dr Win King’s Drug Store and at the Store of Judge J D Pittard. In Watkinsville—At the Store of Booth A Durham. In Monroe—\l Dr Galloway's Drug Store. At Princeton—By Mr Russell. Address all orders to WILEY H. BUSH, novlO Jug Tavern, SValton co., Ga. For the Southern Watchman. FAREWELL TO MY MOTHER’S TOMB. A MONODY WRITTEN ON LEAVING ATHENS. Dear mnther! when l saw thine eyes Close in the marble sleep of death, Love’s frantic and despairing cries Attested thy departing breath ; But time, the Healer, spake in tones Of soothing to my anguished heart. And filled with life's fell pangs and groans, I wished myself e'en as thou art! And oft at oto I loved to roam Beside the tnrf that wraps thy clay. And dream of my young childhood's home In that bright clime so far away Where tbou, all angel like, did'st reign The queen of tby domestic realm. And launched my life-bark on tbe main Witb fear of God to guide tbe helm ! O, oft I've sat. when dews fell fast, And starry eve crept o'er the scene And prayed mid tears still falling fast Above that sacred mound of green, That from tho heavenly height of bliss Tby spirit would look down on mine, And witb an intercessors kiss Win for mo blessings all divino! And at such times, my darling dead, I felt bow near tbou wert to me, Such little space above tby bead, The turf was printed by my knee. And soon, oh! soon, I felt that I Beside thee, breathless as thou art, Should in thy icy realm, too, lie, The deathless love in my dead heart! But now, alas ! the stern decree Bids mo to distant lands to go, To leave thee, mother, even thee A very exile in my woe; But I shall love thee better far When absence from thy duBt is pain— Shall press more fondly lifes fierce war, Thy blessed presence to regard ! Yet gently shall thine ashes sleep, Though far my exiled feet shall roam, Tended by one whose hands shall keep Within the shadow of her home Thy tomb still decked with fragrant flowers, One who did love thee in tby life. And soothed thee through tbe struggling hours Which closed thy mortal being's strife! O, I shall know thee in that sphere, Though far apart our tombs on earth, By that sweet angel smile which here All other smiles were doubly worth, And by thy words of welcome sweet To greet thine errant son. Rested his weary wand’ring feet, Thoe, and immortal glory won ! B. B. E. Use the Great H. CHRISTY, Plain ami Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, Broad St., Athena, Ga. Office corner Broad and Wall street*, over theatore Kmes I). Piitard. tf TAMES R. LYLE, U Attorsrv at Law, D,c!2 WATKINSVILLE, GA. fOHS M. MATTHEWS. U Attorney at Law, Danielaviile,Qa. Prompt mention will be given to any business on- railed to hi* care. Marchl4. For all Diseases of tbe Bowels, such as CHOLERA, DYSENTERY, Colic*. PAINS IN BACK, SIDE & JOINTS, Toothache and Neuralgia. The Proprietors,in putting this GP.EAT REMEDY before the publio, do so with the firm belief that it will cure all the above diseases it is recommended to cure. All we ask is a fair trial. if this MEDICINE does not perform what we claim for it after a fair trial, according to the directions then Return it ail jet jeer Honey. Prepared and put up by J. E. ROSS, At DB. W. B. D. THOMPSON’S, 285 East Fair street, ATLANTA, GA. ^-AND FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.-®^ PRICE, SO CENTS. July 8th, 1874. tames l. long, m. d. o SURGEON, accoucheur a physician, (Office at Mr. Thomas Sheaf* Store,) Good Hope District, Walton county, Ga. Offers his professional services to the citizens of the larrouadm); country. aug27 E r ELIAS, Attorney at Law, A. franklin, x. c. hraotioot in all the Courts of Western North Caro use, sod in the Federal Courts. Claims collected in all parts of the State. apl#—ly LIVERY, Feed and Sale Stable, ATHENS, GA. Gi.WJ REAVES, Proprietor*. Will be found at their old stand, rear Frank- lin House building, Thomas street. Keep always 0 n hsnd good Turn-outs and careful drivers. Mock well cared for when entrusted to our care. Mock on hand for sale at all times. dec25—tf The undersigned is now prepared to furnish MONUMENTS. HEAD STONES Or anything in the Marble or IRON-RAILING line, at short notice. I have quiteanumberof NEW DESIGNS or Patterns, which can be seen by apply ing to Nov30—tf J. R. CRANE, M W. RIDEN, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, U. S. Claim Agent and Notary Public, Gainiivillk, Ga, Office on Wilson street, below King A Bro’a. ^February 19, 187*. c - ? ««?La*. B. P. HOWELL Peeples & howell, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, _ 20 and 22, Kimball House, Atlanta. Ga.' PRACTICE in the State and Fedaral Court), and attend regularly all tha Court) in Atlanta, inelud- '“ e ll “« Supreme Court of tba State, and will argue open brief! for abaant partita, on reaaonable t«roi. Tbs; also praetlea inthaCourtaof theoountiascon “tuoa, oraeeasslblato Atlanta by Railroad, aapll HORSES & MULES. T HE underaigned have established, In addition to their Livery, n regular SALE STABLE, And will, from thia date, keep an band, at nil times, a fall supply of HORSES & MULES. Those in went o Stock can be supplied at Reasonable Figures. Give i»a a call. Athens, Nov. 4—tf GANN A REAVES. U & ADAIR, D. D. S. GainnariLic, Ga. J nce.s«ntheeat corner Public Square. R s. ADAMS, M. D., • Snasaon, A .^odthccb attn Pnvaiciair. u »ce at tesidtnoe, Mountain District, Walton ooun- J, t.f.rjtia—offers bis profeislonal aarvieea to tho Hen, of the surrounding country. ang28—ly ft c. DOBBS, I,. • Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ”**>• »nd Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac. r,k9 No. 11 Broad Street, Athena, Ga. PLAIN and Fancy Job Printing, At tbe Southern Watchman Office. SPOOL SILK! QW TniS BB8T and CHEAPEST! Gst that man ... J'acturadby the Singer Manufacturing Company, I * „ 11 »peeially adapted for use on all kind) of Scw- *ctachinei. p.JI wholeaale and retail, by tha SINGER "ANbFAcxuRijjfj COMPANY. Wyl-iy q. H- hope. Agant, Athens, Gn. P. G. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Uifotoo ATHENS, GA. llcricE over Barry’a atom. Special attention given U practice. For referenoe, apply to Rx- “»• Thomaa H. Watts and Hon. David Clopton, Mont *!gy;. Alabama. fabS Family Groceries. r. rTsaulter C ALLS the attention of hia frlands ana the “restof mankind” to the faet that he will keep on hand n fresh aasorlment of Family Supplies, With a line quality of COOKING WINE, Either in bottles or on draught. Also, the bast of BRANDIES, WHISKIES, RUM, Gin, Ale, Lager Beer, CIGARS & TOBACCO. Country dealers supplied at low ffiguraa, at HOIiBBOOK’S CORNER, jan8 Naar Northaaatorn Dapot, Athena,Ga. GLOBES HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. Comer of Broad and Jackson streets. T HE Globa Hotel baa Jnst bean refurnished and re fitted, with all the modern Improvamants and oon- v.niances, together witb the addition of. new vernn- dab, making ft one of tho most eompteta Hotels In the country, and is now ready for the accommodation of p, HAY, Pr.pri.lar CITY LOTS for SALE J* , '‘k, 7# lota, located on tha aetata of Dr. B. R. J ,r, i known as tha Joel Hurt plot. Said plot »..*.***“ 41 “• B4 »k of tha University, at a!. Ur ^*’ *ppl; to Prof. L. H. Charbonniar, itJi J ??i** 4 ® 4 » 0T, * thI *«ffie« in th* University, Sd Wkttf, building. TRSS. G. BARRKTT, Ex’r. Brackets! Brackets! B rackets, wail Pookots, B«.k-shaive., ciook. Shelves, Tollat-Cnsoa, Mnteh-Saraa, Hanging Bas kets, Ao-tb. largest and handsomest assortment ever b, n«25 *° F0 VuRKR'8 BOOK 6TORB. Gold Pens and Pencils. M A to be’the Veit made,')' in gold, silver, rubber, ebuuy and pearl oases, -^ URKE ,g B()0K ST0BB . The Late Cyclones. WHAT PROFESSOR BROUN, OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, SAYS ABOUT THEM. Tbe Griffin News has the following: Upon tho special request of the Convention of tbe Teachers of Georgia, Prof. LeK. Broun, of tbe University of Georgia, made the follow ing remarks upon the subject of tbe recent cycloucs that have devastated Georgia : Whenever we are unable to account for any occurrence beyond the range ot the ordinary in nature, we are accustomed to say it is the result of electricity. Wbat is electricity T Many of tboee who so flippantly use the name would be unable to answer the question. Electricity is produced by the falling of rain ; by the ebange of air to vapor ; by tho change of vapor to rain; by the multiform physical changes that occur upon tbe surface of the globe. Wo see tbe evidence of its existence in tbe flash that leaps from cloud to cloud, and illuminates creation by the blaze of its intol erable glory. We see the proof of its exist ence in tbe bolt tbat shivers to atoms the mag nificent forest king, or leaves in ruins the structure that boasts to be the result of the architectural art of gges. Electricity has nothing whatever to do witb these cyclones. It had been reported that the transit of Ve nus bad caused these atmospheric disturban ces. These troubles were caused by the un equal distribution of beat upon the surfacp of the earth. To any one baviug the slightest idea of the relative size of the Sun and the planet Venus, to say nothing of the compar ative influence of the source of all beat, and a body that is not even self-luminous, it would be hardly necessary to say that tbe idea is ab surd. Venus has no more to do with those disturbances than the amours of the fabled goddess whose name she bears. To give the simplest illustration : Suppose a circular sheet of water to be covered by surface of iron, precluding all escape, save at ooe small orifice- Suppose au immense press ure to be applied upon this iron surface. Com mon sense would teach that this water would have a tendency to escape through this orifice witb a force and upward tendency propor tioned to the pressure and the smalloess of the orifice. Now tbe earth is covered with stratum of atmosphere which may be taken for all practicable purposes to be forty-five miles in thickness. In the equatorial regions where the solar heat is greatest, the atmos phere becomes ratified and consequently light ened and rises upward. A partial vacuum is necessarily produced. The air from the polar regions moves iu to supply tbe deficiency or partial vacuum. Were the earth stationary, a current would be produced from tho North pole to tbe equator. For the sake of simplic ity we will only consider tbe Northern hernia phere in which we live. Were the earth sta tionary, the current would be due North to South, but the earth movos from West to East and consequently the current is bent out of its natural course into a Northwest wind. Tbe ratified and lightened air rises and begins to How back toward the North pole. These two currents must be opposed to each other, and whenever two wiBds of approximately equal force meet there must bo a rotary motion. About the time of the cycioDes that swept across Georgia, an area of low barometer was reported at the Signal Office in Washington* extending from southwest to northeast. Above or Dorth of this area was an area of high press ure. Thus this area of low pressure formed trough upon which the areas of high pressure were superimposed, and the added weight res ting upon the lower stratum of air produoed tendency to rise upward at the point ot least resistance. These from all directions were es tabiisbeu currents towards this point, aad to any our who has observed tho tendency of water to form in what are familiarly known whirlpools the rotary or whirling motion thus produced will be easily understood. A cannon ball mores at about the rate of 13,- 000 feet per second. A cubic yard of air weighs abont two pounds, and would therefore move towards this vacuum and orifice with a momentum of about 26,000 pounds. A thou sand cubic yards of air would move at the mo mentum of about 26,000,000 pounds, and when we consider tbe apparently immense height of the atmosphere, we can, to some extent, conceive of the limitless force of the tornado. And as the rotating current of air passes up ward, it encounters the northeasterly current which carries it forward witb great velocity in the prevailing direction northeast. The phosphorescent appearance of tbe clouds was due to the relative opposite conditions of electricity of the earth, and the surrounding atmosphere, and thus one side of the cloud might assume tho appearance of phosphores cence or electrified brilliancy while the other side would appear shronded in gloom. These clouds are not tho producers but the mere ac companimonts of the cyclone and their elect rical conditions and the accompanying phe nomena of rain and hail are accounted for upon tbe simplest natural principles that need not be enumerated here. From tbe tre mendous momentum of huge bodies of air rushing toward a common centre with an aw ful power to which tbe rush of the bullet or ho impetus of the cannon ball are but as the breath of the Zephyr to the whirl of tbe storm, we can readily conceive how in its path, the strength of tbe oak becomes as a straw, and the work of man disolves into rain before the power of Him who bolds tbs world in the hol low of His band. The above is but a brief and imperfect sum mary of the remarks of Professor Broun. Be fore tbe magic of bis clear analysis and plain and simple statements, the causes produemg the ordinary phenomena to the cyclone, be came easy of comprehension to the audience who fronted him. To explain the terrible power and unusual accompaniments of an ex traordinary cyclone, would require beside a knowledge ot the above facts, all the influen ces excited upon our atmosphere during the period immediately preceding the cyclone, by whatever of disturbing agencies that may ex ist without the knowledge of the scientist, who depends and must depend upon tbe pre sent imperfect instruments and systems for collecting and utilizing tbe data of atmospher ic storms. Helping Others. It seems a strange thing, but it is neverthe less true, that sharing another’s burden will lighten our own. If yon begin doing little things for your neighbor, it will very soon be easy for yon to perform great deeds in his be half. No man is sufficient unto himself. Trust in Providence is nothing but higher be lief in humanity. You may feel very much depressed some day, discouraged and well-nigh despairing, when some kind friend happens in God-sent—and you are soothed, cheered and encouraged; tbe vail is lifted, and you are happy once more. Many are able to give sub stantial help to those who are in need; money, to tide over some financial trouble; food, to keep a family from starving; gifts, tbat nour ish tbe heart witb assurances of love; some thing that iBRy be a trifle in itself, bat helps make up the sum of human happiness. Bat perhaps you cannot do this ; yon have a large family and limited income, or are otherwise prevented from making the hand the almoner of tbe heart. Well, then, draw on the spirit ual treasury. Give kind words to those who need them; comfort those who are bowed down ; speak lovingly to little children, and encouragingly to those who faint for this sap- port. Stand ready to help everybody. Charleston News and Courier. THE PRESS. God said, “ Let there bs light!” Grim darkness felt His might, And fled away; Then startled seas and mountains cold Shone forth, all bright in blue and gold, And cried, “ 'Tis day! 'tis day!” “ Hail, holy light,'* oxclaimed The thunderous cloud tbat flamed O’er daisies white; And lo! the rose, in crimson dressed, Lean’d sweetly on tbe lily's breast, And, blushing, murmured “ Light! Then was the skylark bom; Then rose tbe embattled corn; Then floods of praise Flow’d oe'r the sunny hills of noon, And then, in stillest night the moon Poured forth her pensive lays. Lo, heaven's bright bow is glad, Lo, trees and flowers all clad Iu glory, bloom! And shall the mortal sons of God Be senseless as the trodden clod, Aod darker than the tomb T No, by the mind of man! By the sweet artisan ! By God, our Sire ! Our souls have holy light within, And every form of grief and sin Shall see and feel its fire. By earth, and hell and heaven, By shroud of souls is riven! Mind, mind alone Is light, and hope, and life and power, Josh BUllngs’ Gable to Health. Never run into debt, uot if you can find en- uy thing else to run into. Be honest if you cao; if you kant be honest pray for help. Marry yung, and if yu make a hit keep cool and don't brag about it. Bo kind to your mother-in-law and. if ne cessary, pay for her board at sum good hotel. Bathe thoroughly once a week in soft water aud kasteel eope, and avoid cite boots. Exercise in the open air, but don’t saw wood until you are obliged to. Laff every time yu feel tickled and laff once in a while enny how. Eat hash washing day ancTbe thankful, if yu have to shut yuro eyo3 to do it. Hold the baby haff the time, and allwuss start the fire in the morning, and put on tho tea kettle. Dou’t jaw back—it only proves that yu are as big a phool as the other pbello. Never borrow what you are able to buy and allwuss har sum things yu won't lend. Never git in a hurry, you cau walk a good dele further in a day than yu cau run. Don’t aware—it may conviuce yu, but iz sure not to conviuce others. If you have dauters, let y ure wife bring them up; if she kas got common sense she can beat A Good Bepntation to Hare. A young man had volunteered, and was ex pected daily to be ordered to the seat of war. One day his mother gave him an unpaid bill with money, and asked him to pay it- When he returned home at night she said, * Did you pay tbat billt’ • Yes,’ he answered. In a few days the bill was sent in a second time. ‘ I thought,' she said to her son, ‘ that you paid this.' I really don't remember, mother; you know I've had so very many things on my mind.' ‘ But you said you did.’ ‘ Well,’ be answered,' if I said I did, I did.' He went away, and bis mother took the bill herself to tbe store. The young man had been known to the town all of his life, and what opinion was held of sim this will show. ‘ I am quite sure,' she said, ‘ that my son paid this some days ago; he has been very busy since, and has quite forgotten about it; but be told me that day he bad, and saye if he said then be had, he is quite sure he did.' Well,’ said the man, * I forgot about it, but if be ever said he did, he did.' Wasn't tbat a grand character to have t Earth’s deepest night from this bless’d hour, all yure theorys. Tho night of minds is gone! “ The Press!" all lands shall sing; The press, the Press we bring. All lands to bless. O, pallid Want! O, Labor stark! Behold we bring tbe second Ark! The Press! the Press! the Press! Is it Worth While? And is it worth while to take all the sun shine out of life for the sake of a few miser able dollars t Meat and groceries, and coal and clotbiog are not ail of life. If we restrict ourselves to these, and shut oat music and pictures, aod tbe hundred things that culti vate tbe aesthetic side of our nature, we shall bo economical at the cost of dwarfing our moral and intellectual nature. And after we have done this for a long series of years, and reached middle age with a fair balance in the bank, we shall then find ourselves un fitted to enjoy the pleasures that money will buy. We shall then keep the dusty road so long that when we finally turn aside into the groves and the brook-eide, our eyes will be iD no condition to see the beauties around ns. Is if not better to live while we do live, to give some brightness and color to onr dally lives, even if by so doing we fail to increase onr hoarded savings quite as rapidly as we other wise might. Is economy quite worth the sac rifice of everything that makes life other than a dull and dismal drudgery f A wise expen ditnre of money for the good things of life is really the beet economy. A Soft Thing for Confederate Generals. General Colston and General Loring, Ex- Confederate soldiers, both high up in tbe ser vice of His Majesty of Egypt, are making character aa soldiers and great credit as ex plorers in Africa. Tbe former is now in Up per Nnbia and the latter in Central Africa, and both “ marching along.” And that re minds us of what the Bulgarian priest of tbe Greek Chnrcb, who was here the other day, said about our Confederate Generals whom he met when traveling in Egypt. He spoke par ticularly of Loring, who seems to have impress ed him most favorably; but he spake in terms of condemnation of his apoetacy to his religion, and told ne what we didn’t know before, that in accepting office from the Khedive they had to give in their adhesion to the religion ofMa- homet. Loring gets $500 a month, and lives like an Egyptian magnate—his establishment, including a very respectable harem, witbont which he would be a nobody with no preten tions in respectable society .—Meridian fAfiss. Mercury. ..The variety of kisses introduced in the Beecher business is calculated to amaze peo ple who do their kissing withont analysis. There hare been tbe paroxysmal kiss, the in- spiratienal kiss, tbe impulsive kiss, the enthu siastic kiss, and the holy kiss; tbe kiss of re- conciliation, the kiss of grace, mercy and peace and the kiss mutual. The other kisses are reserved for the rebuttal aud re-rebuttal tes timony. It would not do to bring them out all at once; there is a limit to human endurance. Don't drink too much nu aider, aad how- | ever mean you may be, don't abuse a cow. Luv aud re8pekt your wife enny how; it iz I a good deal cheaper than to be all the time I wishing she was sum how different. Dou’t phool with epiritsulism; it iz like be I ing a moderate drinker, sure to beat you at I last. Don't have enny rules for long life that yu I won’t break; be prepared to-day to die to [ morrow, iz tbe best kreed for long life I kno ov. Keep your hed cool and feet dri and breath Death in the Ain THE PERILS OF BALLOONING IN FRANCE. Full particulars have been received by mail of tho terrible ballooning disaster in France last month, which was briefly reported by tele graph. The story is intensely interesting and 1 1h ^„re much u you kan.' the matter is likely to be much talked over in - scientific circles. The party consisted of MM. Mark of a Gentleman. Tissandier, Croce-Spinelli and Sivel, all of No man is a gentleman who, without pro them experienced balloonists. M. Sivel was vocation, would treat with incivility the hum of the party simply to manage the balloon, I blest of bis species. It iB a vulgarity for he already having made 261 ascents. The which no accomplishment of dress or address start was made in tbe balloon Zenith from I can evor atone. Show us tbe man who de- the gas works of La Villette, near Pari3, on 8 ' re9 to mako every one around him happy, the 15th of April, at 11:30. As the ascent and "hose greatest solicitude is never to give was made for scientific purposes, and as it ca u® e of any offence to any one, an3 we will was intended to reach a great altitude, the show you a gentleman by nature aod by prae party was provided amply with instruments I though he may never have worn a suit and with bags of oxygen to be breathed when broadcloth nor ever heard of a lexicon the air should became too rare to support life. ' Ve ar0 P r °ud to say for the honor of our spe- The incidents of the voyage have been graph- °t 03 there are men in every throb of whose ically described by the sole survivor of the heart there is a solicitudo for the welfare of expedition. M. Tissandier, in minutes kept mankind, and whose every breath is perfumed by him during the ascent, and in a report with kindness. mado to the French Aeronautical Society. Couldn’t Resist tho Odds. At 1 o’clock the balloon had reached a height A son of the fadorland went into Barnoy of 5000 metres, or something more than three Qalligan’s saloon tho other day and called for miles. The balloonists * felt happy,' and ac-1 ^ dri u [£. Barney shook his head, saying: ’No, tively occupied themselves in making scien- j you aro (j run ^ now , tific observations. They continued to ascend, . j (j a( j 0 y 0U not . and at 1-20 were at a height of 7000 metres. . We „ t rl , bet you flfty dollars to ona that Although pallid and weak, they agreed ko I y 0U are drunk.*said Barney, vrbite quite a aum throw out more ballast and ascend still fur- ber Katbered around to see tbe fun. ther. But already they had passed the point . Good ell0Ugb . j bade yoUt . ^ he> pullin g where they could pursue their scientific i“* out fractional currency enough to make up a quiries. Tho following extract from AI. Tie- j do n ari »How who will you leave it mid ?' sandier’s notes, the last that he was able to . r wi|l Ieave lt t0 y0 urself. Are you not write, shows that it was already time for them drun £ y to descend : . Yes, by jingoes, I am,’ said he, mournfully, ‘ Now the height is 6,500 metres. A little , ta ^ e der do u ar oppressive. Hands slightly frozen. We are A friend of hi8 ha pp en e d t0 be iu tho crowd better. Hands frozen. Croce pants. and upbraided him for deciding against him- inhaie the oxygen in the bag. Sivel and Croce M |j- shut their eyes. They are pale. A little better, even gay. Croce says to me, laugh ing, ‘You blow like a porpoise.’ 1:20. We But it was the drudh.’ Well, supposing it was, what did you want to be fool enough to bet for, then t' I couldn't help it, der odds was so groad,’ be replied, turning away more in sorrow than in anger.—Bethlehem (R. I.) Times. are 7000 metres. Sivel seema drowsy. Sivel and Croce are pale. 7400. Sleepy. 7500. Sivel still throws out ballast.’ As they rose after this last emptying of the bags, the narrator became powerless. He Th® Owl. could uot turn his head to look at his compan- The most wonderful thing about an owl, ions. He could not raise bis arm to take hold says Josh Billings > iz, the sollnm importance of the oxygen tube. His eyes remained fixed |°fthe whole kritter, as he sits on hie perch, on the barometer, and he tried to say that I looking over the world he seems to own. the height reached was 8000 meters, hut his Next to a newly elected Justice of the Peace, tongue refused to move, and he fell senseless. I seated on the bench, with a * poor cuss before Thia was at half-past one. Consciousness re- hi 01 charged with stealing a loaf uv bread, turned for a moment about forty minutes lat-1 *ho owl has more rare aud unfathomable wls- The balloon was rapidly descending, and dom in his face than enny thing ancient or Tissandier had strength enough to cut off one modern. of the bags of ballast to stop the descent, to I have looked at them half an hour stiddy, observe that the height was about 7300 met- until I wuz ashamed uv my Impudeuee, to see era, to notice that bis companions were lying I If they winkt, and I never see them do it. in a faint at the bottom of the car, and to I would thank some one to tell me if an owl write a brief note of the situation. Then he ever duz wink, and if beduz, how often » fainted again. Soon after he was awakened This would be a good subjekt for some de- by Croce shaking his arm, and noticed that he bating society in enny of our colleges, was throwing out ballast, but again fell into I Answers to this phenomena, poet paid re- a trance. Not until quarter past three did spectfully solicited he become conscious again. Then he awoke I The owl bilds his nest in sum vast hollow ov to find the balloon descending with frightful U tree, and lays how many eggs I can’t tell, rapidity. Sivel and Croce were huddled np hut sumwhere less than a hundred I am sura in the car, their faces black, their mouths cov- This stands to reason, and reason seldom ered with blood. He tried to ronse them, bat Dee it was not possible. Gathering hie strength Owls are not luvly to eat; no matter how he threw out two bags ef ballast, as the bal-17°“ fry them, they resemble ia flavor the loon was rapidly nearing the earth. By a 1 meat of the yalier dog, if enny know how that last effort he ancceeded in finding his knife and tastes, cat loose the anchor. Tbe shock when the I don't, earth was touched was very violent, bat the I have shot owls; it’s a good deal like anchor did not hold, and the balloon glided shooting into a feathered pillow; they are along on tbe earth, the car touching the I full, feathered from their toe nalea clean up to ground, 1 ' and the bodies oi Croce and Sivel I the base of their bills, and when tbe feathers were shaken from side to side. At last Tie- are pikt off from them, they shrink as bad as sandier managed to seize the rope of the es-1 sum other things I know uv with cotton all cape valve and let ont the gas; the balloon taken out. crashed up against a tree and came to a stop, Owls are plenty, but I don’t know as this and at 4 o'clock one only of the three came out |enny thing in their favor of the car. Croce and Sivel were dead. . __ _ - _ , T , . , Dr. Otto Leibreicb, tbe famous German ..A Baltimore man called on a grave-dig- Physician, has lately discovered five new ger to have his wife’s grave sodded. He was aomsthetio agents, one of which, entitled “Do- extremely penurious, and higgled a long time I nomine,” possesses the wonderful power of over the price of the sodding. Suddenly he putting tbe patient into a deep but healthy became mute, while his eyes were fixed upon sleep. One hour of tbe sleep induced by it is a neighboring tombstone. His daughter and I equivalent in reparative power to oight hours the grave-digger stood baok in respect for °f ordinary sleep. The elnmber is profound, the feelings of the old gentleman, for grief I and the medulla oblongata, whence are spread was depicted in his countenance, and he was the nerves which govern the lunge, must be visibly agitated. At length the deep erne- powerfully affeoted, for the broathiDg is deep tion which .swelled his bosom, found vent iu I and rapid, whereby enormous quantities of this pathetic outburst, * Great Heavens! oxygen are taken into the system and a pro* when did that man die t He owes me two portionate amount of carbon eliminated. If hundred dollars, and I’ll never see a cent of moreextended experimentsestablishtheharm- it!’ I lessness tbat is claimed for this new drug, tbe ..A fashion editor reports that the Easter I “ a Cariosities of the Cyclone. INCIDENTS OF THE RECENT TORNADO. Columbus Enquirer: In Talbot county, last Saturday, the storm blew a negro woman two hundred and flfty yards. The fall broke her neck and she died instantly. In Newton county chickens and other fowls were carried in tbe storm two miles to a neigh bor, some arriving dead and others still flut tering. A verandah went in the air a quarter of a mile before touching the ground. Coiumbns Enquirer: People in the vicinity of Waverly Hill, Harris county, are preparing for the next cyclone by digging pits in the earth. There are said to be some nineteen or twenty of them ready for the next blow. The earth will have to he tossed up in order to get them the next time. In Newton county, Tom Jones' house, situ ated one mile and a half west of Capt. Cun ningham's place, and being nearly one mile from tbe centre of the cyclone, caught fire and wan burnt to the ground. Tbe family were not at home, and no fire had been left in the house. It is supposed to have caught from electricity. Hamilton Visitor: Tbe storm of Saturday is the fifth ooe which has scourged this conn- try in six weeks. It is a little singular tbat each one occurred on Saturday, and in the day time. Had they come at night the result would have been still worse. It is impossible to accurately estimate the damage. Judge Spence’s loss must be over one thousand dol lars. Messrs. Moss and Booker both had nice dwellings. The loss of each will probably reach two thousand dollars. Correspondence Jonesboro’ News: Your correspondent being just outside of tho track of the tornado, witnessed it as it passed. To describe its appearance is almost impossible. I can compare it to nothing ever seen before. At times a dense blaek mass, changing again to lighter bnes, with numbers of different beads whirling in angry confusion, like unto a house on fire in the interior, with the smoke belchiag forth in every direction, as though impatient to burst ont into an immense flame, it went crashing along at the rate of more than a mile per minute, causing feelings of awe aad terror to the spectator, soothed only by tbe consciousness that he was enabled to thank the Baler of all things that he was not in its track. Coiumbns Times : Several incidents are re ported of the fearful tornado which passed over Stewart county on last Monday night.— We heard from good authority that a most re markable circumstance occurred at the resi dence of Mr. H. M. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins ie an old man. He and his wife slept in a corner room of tbe house. The storm made a gen eral havoc of his place. AU bis out-houses were destroyed, and the dwelling unroofed.— It is asserted by an eye-witness tbat a plank from the roof was blown into the house with terrible foroe, and driven into the wall just over Mr. Jenkins and bis wife. The plank was held so firmly in position just above them tbat it was impossible for them to rise. They were pinned down so tightly tnat they lay there until neighbors found them in this posi tion and broke the plank off so that they conld rise. The position mast have been terrible, and cannot be realized without being ex perienced. Hamilton Visitor: Tbe late storms have almost totally discouraged our people. They are no terrific, and come so suddenly, wo know not when to look for them; consequently an ordinary cload produces, the utmost consterna tion, especially among the female portion.— Last Monday evening a dark dond came np and caused quite a stampede of the ladies. Some fled to houses they presumed were safer than their own, while others fled to the fields; and again at about 9 o'clock at night it get very dark and clondy; from then till eleven, we never eaw each lightning, nor beard such thunder, and the rain fell in torrents. While -we felt no alarm, yet it made us uncomfortable to witness the utter distress of onr ladies, and bear tbe anxiousinqalring of children: “What shall we do f' It was terrible, and onr solici tude for those that were depending on us caus ed us to utter to ourselves, more than once, when will the storm abate T” Perhaps it may be interesting to state that all of these storms have occurred on Saturday. The two below the mountain in tbe forenoon—same day. Three above the mountain in tbe after noon—just twenty-one days, to au hour, apart. bonnets have a hurricane deck, a bell tower, signal lights, birds of Paradise, quail, Welsh rabbits aud flower gardens, ad lib. benefactor of sufferinghumanity. Those 500-pound turtles they catch iu Flor ida must be soiqi-erior animals. Well, Uncle Billy, don't you want any more civil righto!’ * Not any mo’, I tank you,’ replied Billy. ‘ Nearly done ruined now. Hev to pay my own doctor's bill,.ioat all my mon ey in the Freedman's bank, oebber got no forty acres an* de mule dey promised me, ans cant help myself to a little chicken, fryiu size, without gwiqe to do penitentiary. I'so got •nuff cibbil rights!' ..Gen. Frank P. Blair, of Missouri, is said to be improving under the treatment of Dr. Franklin, who has been applying tho process of the transfusion of blood to the veins of his patient.