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00 PEKANMJM
TToTs- P R O p h I tt,
V ' Covington Georgia.
manufacturing «U "of his celebrated
Vmitx mmimwm,
**** Consisting of his
TT rFR MEDICINE,
ir lf 0 v yne pain kill it,
anti-bilious pills,
AGUE PILLS,
DYSENTERY CORDIAL,
FEMALE TONIC, and
PURIFYING PILLS,
. «ml will attend to all business in
to ri"to his office,
his line, , patients when consulted,
•rompt attention given to all Orders.
_ . tce llent Remedies of DK, PROPHITT,
T ? 6 JLmcndation—their well known power
iee J no co j ißesßeß peculiar to our South
„ reniovi g already established for them
rDC Table reputation in Georgia and the ad
’l* states As the majority ot persons hv
oinl.ng,i i «mi’th are predisposed to disease of
Dg r ft is granted by all intelligent physi
heHi, f’Lst of the pains and aches of our
'““l ore da® to organic or functional derange-
Zof that important organ.
I PROPIIITT’S
r.tver Modicino
rfies directly at the root of the evil. It cures
u Liver which in nine cases out of ten is at
M I'.tom of the Coughs, Dyspep*m, Colic,
tv Headache, Rheumatism, Constipation, Men
“ obstructions, etc,, so common among our
>eople. My a .
Liver Medicine.
„ ,T # advantage of almost any other Prepara
*n 0 f Medicine that acts upon the Liver. It is
i thalorm of a Fluid Extract-ready for use at
II times day or night, and can be.carried to
li* locality in America, winterer summer, as it
”fl neither sour nor freeze at any temperature
t a human being can occupy with safety,
if. not too strong for children, or too weak
“the most robust. There ,g no trouble about
rt i n .it, only to unstop the Bottle and drink it
rheneveV you may want it It has gained a
,'rv high reputation in every locality H has had
fair and honorable chance to prove itself at
’ n„int in America, and it lias been used in
erv State south of Maine, and is alike appli
es to disorders of the Liver and Digestive
overt «• all places yet tried.
TrftTelirtg Parties, north and south, carry it,
id find the happy effects of it in all climates.
particular ntotice.
lersftfter NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELI V
RED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
ts-o j&- © EC a
ou need not call unless you are prepared to
AY C.tSlI, for I will not Keep Books,
me 11, 1860. O. 3. PROPHITT.
T. MARKW ALTER,
BAUBLE WORKS
Broad Street Acoysta, Ga.
IARBIjE monuments,
Tomb Stones,
arble!!!Mantles, and Furniture Marble
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
om (he Phvn ‘.t to the most Elaborate,design
and furnished to ovder at sho-t notice.
All work for the 30Uu.tr- carefully boxed
decl4-3-5-ly.
TAN YARD FIXTURES FOR SALE!
NOLUDING a Bark Mill, 29 Vats, and all the
I” Is, Benches, <tc., belonging to a Tan
411 comparatively now and in good order,
11 be sold at a bargain as the present
tars have no use for it. Apply to
W. W. CLARK, Covington, Ga ,
3E M. WELLBORN, at Dixie" Nursery,
N. E. of Covington.—33tf
:on County Script Wanted.
person having any of the above named
ipt to dispose of, will consult their own
by calling on
BOWKER & HARRIS.
Hotels.
ANTERS HOTEL,
Augusta, Gkohoia.
veil known first class Hetel is now re
fer the accommodation of the traveling
with the assurance that those who may
icasion to visit Augusts, will be made
able. As this Hotel is now complete in
epartment, the Proprietor hopes, that by
id personal attention, to merit a share of
atronago. ,
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, Pro’p,
United States Hotel.
A GEORGIA
IITAKER & SABSEEN, Proprietors.
Inc Hundred Yards of the General Passcn
>t, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
iERiCAN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
GEORGIA,
rest house to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pro uetors.
‘»ving re-leased and renovated te above
tel, we are prepared to entertaiD nests in a
l } satisfactory manner. Charp i fair and
»«ratc. Our efforts will be to .ease,
fiage carried to and from Depot .rec of charge
A CARD.
. un dersigned, having purchased the en
'ire interest of S. M. Jonbs in the AUGUS
IOiEL, respectfully solicit a share of pat
iafe from the traveling public generally.—
P'Opoee to keep a First Glass House, and
every effort to satisfy and please all that
~”? a call. Both of us have been connected
fl' and for thirteen years,
i . oms of the Hotel are large and airy
urnisheil equal to anv in the city,
j.® the particular attention of the old
.' ns ul , lue House to the change. We desire
ee and welcome them.
furuiohed with the best Liquors aud
DAN’L «. MURPHY,
PATRICK MAY
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
J. W. MURRELL,
D 13 3\T T I S T ,
OrnCE—Upstairs in Murrell’s Brick Stork,
Covington, Georgia,
Being prepared with the latest im-
in Dental Material,
Guarantees Satisfaction in each
'branch of Operative and Mechanical Dentistry.
or If desired will visit Patients at their
homes in this and adjoining Ceunties,
All orders left at the Covington llotki., or at
the residence of Mr. G. W, 11. Murrell, Oxford,
Ga., will receive immediate attention.—ly37.
COVINGTON MALE ACADEMY.
MR. J. N. HOOKER would respectfully
notify the public, that the Second Term of
the above nan ed Academy will open the 2d of
August. Those seeking thorough and practical
instruction, will find it to their interest to pat
ronize this Academy—especially those prepar
ing for College,—July 30 4t37
FHOTOOR A P II S !
(HAVE JUST RECEIVED a Fresh Supply
of Chemicals, and am now prepared to exe
cute work in my line in a supeiior manner.
Call soon if you would have a superior Pic
ture, at my old stand, rear of Post Office build
ing 20tf J. W. CRAWFORD, Artist.
I would respectfully iuferm the
citizens of Newton, and adjoining
XHggMk counties, that I have opened a
*6*®^***^SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP
On north side public square in COVINGTON
where lam prepared to make to order. Harness
Saddles, Ac , or Repair the same at short notice,
and in the best style.
47 ts JAMES B. BROWN
H. T. HENRY,
D B KT T I © TANARUS,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
ftr’Trmu has reduced ms prices, so
tliatall who have been so unfortu
'GJJ.lxyt nates to lose their natural Teeth
can have their places supplied by Art, at very
small cost. Teeth Filled at reasonable prices,
and work faithfully executed, Office north side
of Square.—l 22tf
JOHN S. CARROLL,
dentist
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
,—i i f-* l. Filled, or New ones Inserted,in
the best Style, and on Reasonable Terms
Office Rear of R. King’s Store.—l ltf
J. c. MORRIS,
Attorney at Law,
CON VERS, GA.
J AMES M . LKV Y,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
East side of the Square,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Where he is prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks
and Jewelrv in the best style. Particular atten
tion given to repairing Watches injured by in
competent workmen. All work warranted.
~To S EPH Y. T INSL EY ,
Watch m’aker & Jeweler.
Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Clo-k
and Jewelry, in the best Style, at short notice
All Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
2d door below 1 lie Court House.—6tf
PAGE, WOOD & ROGERS,
HAVE JUST OPENED
A Very Large and Handsome Slock of
spbijuj. coons.
DESCRIPTION..
We invite ours en s to give us a call, as our
Stockevery Department is now complete.
TACE, WOOD <fc ROGERS,
South side of Square, Covington, Ga.
COVINGTON GA., AUGUST 13 1869
ltipe Wheat.
We beut to-day on a coffined form,
And onr tears fell softly down ;
We looked our last at the aged face.
With its look of peace, its patient grace,
And hair like a silver crown.
We touched our own to tho claj'-cold hands,
From life's long labors at rest;
And among the blossoms, white and swoct,
We noted a bunch of golden wheat,
Clasped close to tho silent breast.
The blossoms whispered of fadeless bloom,
Os a land where fall no tears.
The ripe wheat told of the sorrow and caro,
The patient waiting, the trusting prayer,
The garnered good of the yeais.
Wekncw net what work her hands had found,
What rugged places her feet;
What cross was hers, what blackness of
night—
We saw hut tho peaceful blossom3 of whito,
And tho hunch of ripened wheat.
As each ono goes from tho field of earth,
Bearing the treasures of lifo,
God looks for some gathered grain of good
From the ripened harvest that shining stood,
But waiting tho reaper’s knife.
Then labor well, that in death you go
Not only with blossoms sweet —
Not bent with doubt, and burdened with
fears,
And dead, dry husks of wasted years—
But laden with golden wheat.
Affecting Scene in Sing Sing Prison.
Among the many who have called at Sing
Sing Prison during the past week for the pur.
pose of seeing some erring rolativc was a de.
cently attired English woman, hearing a letter
from the office of the British Consul at New
York vouching for her respectability, and com
mending her to humane consideration. Hav
ing on Monday expressed a desire to see her
son, who is confined for burglary, a short con
sultation among the officials resulted in her
being informed that as the person alluded to
had been one of the leaders in the late mutiny
and at present undergoing punishment, her
request would have to be denied. Bowed down
with great grief and disappointment, the wo
man left the prison and proceeded to the vil
lage, where she engaged temporary board.—
The next day saw her again in the visitor's
room of the prison, where she remained many
hours pleading with the authorities for “ one
look" at the object of her maternal solicitude ;
hut she was a second time informed that the
prison officers were inexorable, and her request
could not he granted. Almost heart broken,
the sorrow stricken mother ceased her impor
tunities, and while sobbing hysterically, sought
her lodgings.
Yesterday morning, a mother’s love—true
as the needle to the pole—impelled tho dis
consolate woman to present herself for the
third time at the prison, when, with looks and
accents bordering on insanity, she begged the
attendants for another interview with the agent
and warden. The latter party, who possesses
feelings of humanity in common with other
men, again gave the woman a hearing, when
she in a frenzied manner told him that her son
was dead, and bitterly upbraided him for de
ceiving her in the matter. While apparently
demented the unhappy woman ejaculated, with
mournful emphasis, that in her dreams the
previous night she saw the object of her woe
clinging to a precipice and begging her to save
him. In confirmation of her frightful vision
she further stated that the man who drove her
to the prison assured her that he had seen two
graves being dug on tho previous day, one of
which she wildly declared contained the re
mains of her “ poor hoy.”
Moved by the poor creature's intense agita
tion, the agent told her that in order to con
vince her of the continued existence of her son,
he would at once have him brought from tho
prison. Having heard this, floods of tears
came now to the happy woman's relief, and it
was difficult to witness her expressions of grat
itude unmoved. Ou seeing the cause of her
trouble the mother appeared somewhat content,
although the convict evinced no feeling of af
fection, and while the woman wept profusely
during the entire interview, her heartless off
spring sat smiling indifferently, as though he
were but an unconcerned spectator of a moth
er’s anguish.
Mad I>og Killed.
Yesterday morning considerable excitement
was occasioned at the residence of Mr. Davis,
on Broad street, near the lower Market, in
apprehension of the danger threatened his
family from a rabid dog. No one was bitten,
however, and Mr. 11. M. Levy quelled the fears
of tho family and neighbors by shooting tho
rabid animal, when a policeman, with his club,
finished the career of the evil disposed poodle,
for it was a very small mad dog.
Rumors were immediately circulated of the
existence of another case of canine hydropho
bin on the opposite side of the street, on the
premises of Dr. J. Dennis, and that Mrs. Den
nis had been bitten on the arm by said dog a>
few days ago, and that her arm was badly in
flamed. and swollen. A committeo of gen
tlemen from the neighborhood, with navy sixes
waited on his canincship, but found him an
exceedingly amiable puppy, manifesting no
indications of hydrophobia, and the dog wa3
permitted to breathe on, subject to the conse
quences of future bad behavior.—[Augusta
Constitutionalist, 7th inst.
A Norfolk cotton dealer makes a summary
of tho cost of sending a bale of cotton from
that city to Liverpool, and also from New York
to Liverpool, by which it appears the cost, less
commission, is $6,90 from Norfolk, aud $10,07
from New York
A Japanese Execution.
While wo had been making our tour of in*
spection the doomed oulprit had been unlashed
and dismounted from his horse at the gate.—
But when set on his feet ho was unable to
stand, owing to weakness and tho constrained
and painful position in which ho had been
kept so long, and his guard was obliged to
carry him into tho precincts of the -prison.—
Hero an ample broakfAst had been provided,
of which he ato heartily, and with evident en
joyment. After a full half hour it was inti
mated to him that his presence was expected.
With tho assistance of an attendant on each
side, he walked slowly into tho execution
ground, and wns placed, kneeling and sitting
on his heels (in the universal Japanese pos
ture), belling a small hole dug out for the re
ception of his head. Some ten yards in front
of him, and separated by a ropo running
across the square, sat tho presiding yakonin
and the prison authorities, calmly fanning
themselves ; and beyond those again were the
six or oight foreigners who had been admit
ted.
Tho prisoner’s aruls were' then pinioned be
hind iiis back ; but before the cloth Was tied
over his eyes, he requested that a mintfte’s
grace might be allowed him. This being
granted him, he raised a weak, quavering
voice to its highest pitch, and screamed out,
“My friends!” Immediately an unearthly
chorus of wails answered the poor wretch
from his friends outside the walls, none of
whom could be seen from the interior. This
wns followed by “Syonara” (good-bye), and
by a deeper and more prolonged wail from the
outside. The prisoner then signaled to his
guards that he was ready, and submitted
quietly to the operation of blindfolding; the
executioner stepped up and carefully adjusting
tho victim’s head a little on ono side, so as to
hang exactly over the hole prepnred to re
ceive it, signified that all was ready; the
word was given, when, without raising his
weapon more than a foot above the neck of
the condemned, the executioner brought down
his heavy blade with an audible thud which
severed the head instantly from thC body.
Immediately the head fell it was seized,care
fully washed and cleaned, the procession was
reformed as before—except that the horse pre
viously ridden by the deceased now carried
the executioner in charge of tho lifeless head
—and wended its way to a raised mound at
the side of the highway a quarter of a mil e
distant, llero a kind of gallows had been
erected, and on tliis was placed the dead man’s
head, supported in its position by clay, there
to remain six days in sight of all the passers
by. and a warning to all evil-doers.
Saving—Economy.
A man is very apt to deceive himself into
the idea that he cannot save, and it is of no
use attempting it. lie convinces himself that
his income is little enough for present neces
sities, and puts off the hope of accumulating,
if he forms it at all, to tho happy period when
he shall be in better circumstances. Ilis cir
cumstances do, perhaps, improve; but his
wants extend as much, and still tho time for
saving is far ahead. Thus he goes on
and on, resolving and re-resolving, until he is
at last surprised by sonic sudden calamity,
which deprives him even of his ordinary wa
ges, or by death, which cruelly cuts him off in
the very midst of the best intentions in tho
world. Did any man, we would ask, experi
ence a falling off in his regular income, even
so much as a dollar in a week? Many will
answer they have. Did they continue to live
at a reduced rate ? They will reply we did so,
we were compelled to do it. A ery well; and
pray what is the difference being compell
ed to live a dollar a week cheaper, and com
pelling yourself to do it ? Or, suppose sta
tionary wages and a rising produco market,
did you not find that, although bread rose a
penny a loaf, and other provisions in propor
tion, you still continue to make your income
procure something like the usual exhibition ot
victuals? You answer yes. And where, I
would ask, is tho difference between spending
a small extra sum upon certain articles of
food, and laying it by for accumulation, suppo
sing it not to be so needed? It is clear that
if you had the fortitude and strength of char
acter to make tho savings as much a matter of
compulsion as the other circumstances are, you
would save. You have, therefore no excuse to
present for not saving it, except that yon are
too weak-minded to abstain from using money
that is in your power.
“I Don’t Care.”
Yes you do, and there’s no use trying to de
ceive yourself with tho sophistry of these
words. The best and noblest, truest and most
generous part of your nature does care for the
cutting, unkind words you have uttered to ono
that you loved, in a moment of pique. You
may carry youTsolf ever so proudly and ele
gantly; you may never drop a look or word of
the sweet dew of healing on the wound you
have made, in a nature as proud, as sensitive
and exacting as your own but to your honor
be it said, you are better than your words,
and away down in your heart lurks shame
ami repentanco aud sorrow for them. You
may carefully hide them both, and in a little
while they will be gone; for oh I it is very
easy to make one’s self bitter and proud and
cold —very hard to keep one’s self sweet and
mellow and charitable; but there must be
some struggling, before yon can do a mean
ungenerous thing to one who loves you, and
have your heart endorso your “I don't care.”
Every newly married young couple who de*
sire peace and happines, and wish to make a
good start in lifo must remember that they
should keep two bears iu tho house, and feed
them well—bear and forbear.
A Temperance Lecture,
Wo were witness, says tho St. Paul Press,
of a sail and shameful sight on Fourth street,
near the City Hall Park, a little before 6
o’clock last evening. On a hay wagon, which
was driven down tho street by Officer Shaffer,
lay a man dead drunk ; at his side sat a'sweet
and intelligent looking girl of about fifteen,
engaged in the task of holding her drunkon
father from rolling from the wagon. Tenderly
and carefully, with hfr hands clasping his in
animate form, did this pure young girl, with
bowed head, loviDgly care for her fallen father.
It was a sight to draw tears from the eyes
of spectators, and yet there were passers by
who saw in it only a subject of heartless
laughter.
This drunken father is a farmer who lives
near Long Lake, about fifteen miles from
tho city. lie was found by the policemen in
upper town in the condition stated, the poor
girl weeping bitterly. Her father was r.ot in
a state to drive home, and sho did not know
the road ; and all she could do was to get Offi
cer Shaffer to take them and the team to a
hotel down street, where she hod hopes that
they could be cared for till her father got
sober. She is naturally in sore trouble ; for
they were expected home last night. She
camo to the city to keep her father company
—and though she did not say so it was oasily
guessed—also to try by all the strength of her
love to keep him from falling a victim to what
his loving wife and family feared—an appetito
for strong drink. The sorrow and anxiety of
the daughter are bitter enough, but far less
than the anxiety of the wife and
know not whether their loved ones are safely
cared for or whether they have passed the
night on the road, the drunken father vainly
trying to find the way hifttfo', and the frail
daughter exposed to the fury of the elements.
Should Drnukards Marry ?
Waldcck, a German town, has given public
notico that ho marriage license will hereafter
be granted to any individual who is addicted
to druukenness : or if having been so, he must
exhibit full proofs that he is no longer a slave
to this vice. The same government has also
directed that in every report made by the ec
clesiastical, municipal and police authorities
upon petition for license to marry, the report
shall distinctly state whether either of the
parties desirous of entering into matrimonial
connection is addicted to intemperance.
Market Reports.
Honor— Scarce. Old Btock exhausted and
the new will be a failure.
Virtue—Old growth nearly consumed; young
growth, prospect very unpromising.
Honesty—None in the market.
Patriotism —First quality scarce, and none
to be disposed of. Second quality easily
bought on speculation, ut one hundred per
cent discount.
Prudence—All in the hands of old stock
holders, and held close.
Modesty—Stock badly managed. None for
sale to street speculators.
Vice—Market overstocked.
Pride- Market glutted.
Politeness —Cheap. Iloldbrs unwilling to
dispose of any at the present rates.
Scandal-Noneat wholesale. Dealt in chiefly
by peddlers at retail.
Religion—Very little of the genuine article
on hand. Stock generally adulterated.
Love—None offered, except for the green
backs.
An Arabian Laughing Plant.
For the first time, says Palgrave, the trav
eler, I met with a narcotic plant, very common
further south, and gifted witli curious quali
ties. Its seeds, in which tho deleterious prin
ciple seems chiefly to reside, when pounded
and administered in a small dose, produce
effects much like those ascribed to Sir Humphry
Davy’s laughing gss ; the patient dances, sings,
and performs a thousand extravagances, till,
after an hour of great exoitement to himself
and amusement to the bystanders, he falls
asleep, and on awaking bas lost all memory of
what he did or said while under the influence
of the drug. To put a pinch of this powder
into the coffee of some unsuspecting individual
is not an uncommon joke.
“TnE Coming Boy.”—There is a boy of fif
teen years* of ago in Blackhawk coun
ty, lowa, whose father died three years ago,
leaving his widow and son an eighty acre farm
burdened with a SI,OOO mortgage. He has
taken sole charge of the farm, paid off tho
mortgage, purchased a harvester, a sulky
plough, a wagon and a set of harness, besides
an eighty dollar sewing machine for his moth
er, and is now out of debt. He is a member
of the Cedar Valley Agricultural Society, and
attends school three months each winter.
To Kill Nut Grass.— Dr. Nelson, of this
city, says the Macon Telegraph, says he was
successful in killing Nut Grass ou the family
homestead in Richmond county, by successive
crops of Black Mustard, sown thickly broad
cast, and sown twice during the season. The
dense shade, or quality in the Mustard is pois
onous to the grass, or both, never failing to
exterminate it—causing the nuts to rot in the
ground, It is worth trying.
In England a bill for the abolition of cap
ital punishment has failed by a vote of one
hundred and eighteen to fifty-oight.
A woman in New Orleans was arrested for
throwing a pail of boiling water over a man.
Her defence was that sho mistook him for her
husband.
Bad examples do not authorize yon to sin.
So long as you kuow what U right, do it, no
matter what others do.
VOL 4 NO. 39'
Scenes of Violence iu the West.
A fight occurred in one tho western »üb«
urbs on the first instant, between a party and
river men, who wore taking a drive, and fioinb
rowdies, who seemed disposed to take pot
session of their carriage. During the row,
Sherman Thurston the pugilist, and some
friends, drove up, and Thurston demanded fair
play. He was immediately assaulted. H<(
knocked throe of his assailants down, when
ho was shot, onco behind the ear, tearing a
portion of tho ear away, oneein the cheek, the
ball passing through tho mouth, and once in
the hip, tho bullet reaching the bone.
ton was brought to the city, and although he
suffers a good deal his wounds are not fatal;
■ The excitement at Pekin, Illinois, in regard
to the killing of the Deputy Sheriff of Taxe
well County, while attempting to arrest twtf
horso thieves, culminated at 2 o’clock
day morning, when a crowd of men from the
country broke into the jail, took the leader of
tho gang out and hung him to a tree. He
some way obtained possession of a clasp knife
and cut several of the lynching party, one of
them so badly that he probably will not recover;
It was thought some more of the gang would
be lynched.
Colonel Bowen, the leader of the police, who,
for several weeks, havo been scouring the
woods of Washington and St, Franoiffoountiel
in search of Sam. Hildebrand, the desperado
and murderer, has returned to the city and
reports that all efforts to capture Hildebrand
have so far proved unsuccessful. Endeavor#
are still being made, however, and a large’
number of men are organized and constantly
on the alert to capture the dosperado. Meet*
ings have been held in nearly all the townships'
of St. Francis and Washington counties. The
people havo subscribed considerable sums of
money as rewards for the arrest of the mur
derer, and tho connty courts have awarded
money for the support of organized companies
to hunt tho villain.
At a meeting of the Board of Trade a com
mittee of twelve was appointed to raise, by
subscription, one hundred and twenty thous
and dollars, to build an iron sea going propel
ler, to inaugurate a direct trado between St;
Louis and foreign and domestic ports. Said
vessel to boos one thousand tons, and not to’
draw over six feet of water.
The Coolie Question.
Tho ‘‘Times” is in favor of repealing or mo
difying the act of Congress, prohibiting the
Coolie trade, so as to offer no impediment to
the importation of Chinese labor. The editor
assumes that:
“There is no longer any doubt of the great
value and economy of Chinese coolies as agri
cultural laborers; they have been tested aa
common laborers on various public improve
ments in the West, and have been found mord
economical than the Irish ; but they have not
proved to be available as skilled laborers.—
There is no doubt that the Pacific coast needs
labor, and that Asia will most propably supply
that demand for many years to come. The
conditions, in an industrial sense, are, there
fore somewhat changed from what they were
when the law was pafesed, and favor its modi
fication. The conditions, politically end social
ly, are also materially altered, and these also
favor the modification of the law. To prohibit
the coolie trade entirely is to prohibit the im
migration of the Chinese. The coolies are tob'
poor to immigrate without help ; their Gov»
eminent will not send them, and hence those
in need of their labor will have to supply the’
means of transportation.”
A Good Rcasou for Telling the Truth."
A lettle girl who was put upon the witness
stand in Justice Stephant’s office, in Cleveland
0., a few days ago, gave a very unexpected*
and good reason why the truth should be told.
After taking the oath, the attorney for the
party in whose interest she had been summon
ed asked her if siie knew the nature of the
obligation she had just taken ; what she wae
obliged to do. “Yes, sir," was tho reply, “I
must tell the truth.” Tho attorney for the
other side immediately asked : “Why must
you tell the truth ?” Answer —“Because if I
don't this caso won’t be won.” The reply
produced a sensation, and tho girl was permit*’
ted to testify without any further questioning.-
A Corn Story.—A correspondent of tho
Columbus Enquirer, in Muscogee county, says,
“ Let mo tell you what I saw on the 27th of
this month, (July.) I saw a man six feet two
inches high, stand, and with a cane three feet
long, touch forty four ears of cornl I also saw
the same man, with tho same stick over his
head, fail to reach the silk, when standing
erect and close by the base of a stalk, on the
same plantation.”
That is a pretty tolerable tall—cotn, we
mean.
A worldling was onco visited in his illness
by a well moaning but dolorous clergyman,
who disfigured his countenance and wore a
face of perpetual mourning. As his sad v is
ago appeared in the doorway, the sick man
started up and exclaimed : “ Why, what’s the
matter with you ? You look as though your
religion didn't agree With you I”
An ingenious man in Illinois has patented
a selfacting water elevator. It is about the
size of a quart cup, but will raise thirty gal
lons of water from a well or cistern in an hour,
and by uso of tho necessary piping will lead it
all over tho house. In old times water would
not run up hill.
It is found that tho loss of currency by wear
and tear is more than sufficient to pay the ex
pense of printing and issuing it. The average
life of a bank note is three year;, and that of
currency a much shorter time.